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Nvidia Corp. is stepping up its bid to power 5G applications at the edge of the network, adding support for Arm central processing units on its Nvidia Aerial A100 AI-on-5G platform. Aerial A100 AI-on-5G is a single, converged platform that’s designed to …
Dell debuts open-source Omnia software to automate deployment of converged AI, data and HPC workloads
Dell Technologies Inc. is pitching a new open-source software suite it created in partnership with Intel Corp. and Arizona State University as a way for customers to manage the convergence of high-performance computing, artificial intelligence and data analytics workloads more easily. The …
IBM’s newest Cloud Pak offering brings automation to 5G network deployments
IBM Corp. is expanding its portfolio of automation software with a new offering for communications service providers that’s meant to help them to stand up and manage new 5G networks faster and more easily. The offering was announced at the Mobile World …
Amazon launches AWS BugBust to make finding software bugs more fun
Amazon Web Services Inc. is trying to encourage developers to build better software with fewer bugs with the launch today of its global AWS BugBust competition. The idea is to get developers to compete to find and fix more than a million …
Confluent IPO raises $828M and its stock soars on its first day of trading
Big-data company Confluent Inc. had a strong debut today as it entered the Nasdaq stock exchange, as its shares climbed 25% on their first day of trading. The company raised $828 million in its initial public offering as it sold 23 million …
Tonkean, a business process automation startup aiming to build on RPA, lands $50M round
Yet more investor capital is pouring into the business automation market as startup Tonkean Inc.today announced a $50 million round of funding today. The Series B round was led by Accel and saw participation from Lightspeed Ventures, which led Tonkean’s $24 million …
Nvidia’s Vid2Vid Cameo AI brings 2D photos to life in video calls
Nvidia Corp. is using artificial intelligence to help ensure people will always look their best during a video call, even if they’re still in bed, having just woken up with a hangover. Vid2Vid Cameo is a new deep learning model that will …
Firebolt Analytics raises $127M to grow its superfast cloud data warehouse
Speedy cloud data warehouse startup Firebolt Analytics Inc. is looking like a very hot prospect indeed after landing $127 million in an all-equity round of funding. New investors Dawn Capital and K5 Global led the Series B round, with participation from angel …
Dell’s PowerFlex software-defined storage offering adds support for Nvidia GPUs to power new AI workloads
Dell Technologies Inc. today is updating its software-defined storage offering Dell EMC PowerFlex with new automation capabilities, extended features for software containers and improvements to security and compliance. Dell EMC PowerFlex is a software-defined storage layer that pools storage resources across multiple nodes. …
Cloud call center software startup Aircall pick up $120M in late-stage round
Call center software startup Aircall SE hit unicorn status today after raising $120 million in a late-stage funding round, just 13 months after it raised just over half that amount. The Series D round was led by the Growth Equity business within …