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A startup called Lightbend Inc. is trying to get around the limitations of the serverless computing model that often prevent its adoption for more complex, data-hungry applications. The company today announced a new, open-source developer platform called Akka Serverless today that it …
Amazon eases serverless app delivery headaches with AWS Proton
Amazon Web Services Inc. is making life easier for developers with the general availability of a new service that helps automate the deployment of container-based and serverless software applications in its cloud. AWS Proton is an application delivery service that enables platform …
Dell is rapidly building a cloud-native telecom ecosystem for 5G
Dell Technologies Inc.’s 5G strategy became a lot clearer today as it outlined its plans for a “cloud-native telecom ecosystem” consisting of network infrastructure and software, dozens of reference architectures, a new innovation lab and a host of industry partners. The company …
UiPath’s stock slides despite a solid first post-IPO earnings report
Automation technology platform company UiPath Inc. saw its stock take a beating in after-hours trading today after its first quarterly earnings call following an initial public offering in late April. That came despite a strong performance in which UiPath beat expectations on revenue, …
AI transcription startup Verbit.ai becomes a unicorn with $157M funding round
Artificial intelligence-powered transcription and captioning platform provider Verbit Software Ltd. has risen to “unicorn” status after landing a $157 million round of funding. Sapphire Ventures led the Series D round, announced today, with participation from new investors such as Third Point, More …
Dell announces new AMD-based Integrated Systems for Azure Stack HCI
Dell Technologies Inc. is expanding the capabilities of its Dell EMC Integrated Systems for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI with the launch of new Advanced Micro Devices Inc.-based configurations that can handle more exotic workloads. The new systems also feature some updates on …
Snowflake brings programmability and governance to its Data Cloud
Cloud data warehouse darling Snowflake Inc. today is expanding its Data Cloud with new platform features focused on data programmability and governance. The aim is to help customers bring even more information into their Snowflake Data Clouds as a means of obtaining more …
NetApp simplifies hybrid cloud data management with ONTAP updates
NetApp Inc. said today it’s updating its ONTAP data management software with new capabilities and features that it says will centralize and simplify data administration across hybrid cloud environments. The company also announced updates to some of its key products powered by …
IBM is teaching AI models to express how confident they are about their decisions
IBM Corp. wants to make artificial intelligence models more reliable by giving them the ability to express when they’re not sure of something. The problem IBM is trying to tackle is that AI systems are sometimes too confident for their own good, …
Cisco Webex to gain new audience engagement capabilities and more
The evolution of Cisco Systems Inc.’s Webex video call and collaboration platform is gathering speed as the company prepares to cater to the so-called “hybrid work era” that will see more people work from home as a matter of course. The company …