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Microsoft’s vertical cloud platform for retail now in preview
Microsoft Corp. today announced the launch in preview of its second vertical cloud, and this time it’s targeting retailers with the promise of helping them to unlock their data and transform it into actionable insights. The Microsoft Cloud for Retail comes about two months after the launch of its first vertical cloud platform for healthcare ...
Oracle Database 21c update lands on Oracle’s cloud
Oracle Corp. today announced the availability of its updated flagship database offering, Oracle Database 21c, on its cloud infrastructure, featuring a raft of additions such as blockchain tables and artificial intelligence features. The launch of Oracle Database 21c, available today on the Oracle Cloud, comes alongside a new browser-based version of the low-code Oracle APEX ...
Amazon announces global expansion of its Contact Center Intelligence tools
Amazon Web Services Inc. is expanding the focus of its Contact Center Intelligence services that customers can use to add artificial intelligence capabilities to their contact center operations. AWS CCI can now be used with customer’s existing contact center providers to deliver new efficiencies, create more customized customer experience and get deeper insights from data, ...
Internal debuts its no-code platform with low-code capabilities
No-code application development startup Console Corp., which does business as Internal, announced today the launch of its platform that enables enterprise workers to build internal company tools to help them get work done faster. The company said its platform makes it possible for enterprises to open up internal application development to anyone within their organization, ...
No-code workflow automation startup airSlate raises $40M
Workflow automation startup airSlate Inc., which sells a “no-code” platform that helps office workers automate various business processes, said today it has closed on $40 million in additional investment. The funding, which comes from from Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital, General Catalyst and HighSage Ventures, brings its total amount raised to $80 million to date. AirSlate’s ...
Intel debuts four new processor chip families at CES
Intel Corp. took to the online stage at the Consumer Electronics Show today to unveil its latest families of computer processors, at a time when it faces stiff competition from rivals such as Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and Apple Inc. in the gaming, personal computing and mobile markets. Intel said its four new chip families ...
Social media showdown: Parler sues Amazon over site takedown
In a growing social media showdown, Amazon.com Inc. is facing legal action after its decision to block the conservative social app Parler from using Amazon Web Services Inc.’s cloud infrastructure. Parler Inc. today filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Seattle accusing Amazon of violating antitrust law and breaching a contractual agreement. The legal ...
Workday uses Google’s Procurement DocAI service to accelerate document scanning
Google LLC is highlighting how the financial management and human capital management software provider Workday Inc. is using one of its new cloud-based artificial intelligence services to accelerate document processing in multiple languages for its customers. In a blog post today, Google revealed that Workday turned to its Procurement DocAI service to automate the processing ...
AWS suspends free speech app Parler, forcing it to find a new web host – if it can
Amazon Web Services Inc. has told the popular social media app Parler that it will no longer be able to use its cloud services because of a lack of content moderation on its platform. Parler is an alternative to Twitter that’s popular with supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump, conspiracy theorists and right-wing extremists. Its ...
Samsung says its fourth-quarter profits will rise 26%
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. said early Friday morning in South Korea that its fourth-quarter operating profit is expected to rise by about 26%, fueled by what analysts say was a surge in sales of computer chips and display panels. The company reported operating income of 9 trillion won ($8.23 billion) in its preliminary fourth-quarter earnings ...