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Google’s Dialogflow CX brings more advanced virtual agents to contact centers
Google LLC said today that its Dialogflow CX service is now generally available, meaning enterprises now have an easier way to create more advanced virtual agents to staff their contact centers. Part of Google’s Contact Center AI offering, Dialogflow CS is designed for companies that want to automate their contact center operations. Google said Dialogflow ...
Pinecone exits stealth with a vector database for machine learning
Pinecone Systems Inc. is emerging from stealth mode today armed with $10 million in seed funding and a serverless vector database that it says can make machine learning queries much faster and more accurate. The investment was led by Wing Venture Capital. Its founding partner Peter Wagner, who previously invested in cloud data warehouse company ...
F5 Networks stock falls on mixed guidance
F5 Networks Inc.‘s stock fell in after-hours trading today even though the company beat fiscal first-quarter expectations on both profit and revenue. The company, which sells network security and traffic management tools for enterprises, reported a profit before certain costs such as stock compensation of $2.59 per share on revenue of $625 million. Wall Street ...
AMD beats earnings forecast on strong gaming and data center chip sales
Computer chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. delivered strong fourth quarter revenue and profit today, easily beating analysts expectations. The company reported a profit before certain costs such as stock compensation of 52 cents per share on revenue of $3.24 billion. Wall Street had been modeling a profit of 47 cents per share on $3.03 billion ...
Google brings cloud-based zero-trust security to the enterprise
Google LLC said today that its BeyondCorp Enterprise framework is now generally available to all enterprises that want to enjoy the benefits of the “zero-trust” security model. BeyondCorp Enterprise is a security framework that involves shifting access controls from the perimeter to individual devices and users, thereby enabling employees to work securely from any location without ...
Nvidia announces certified server systems for AI workloads
Nvidia Corp. today announced the first batch of what it calls “Nvidia-Certified Systems” for organizations that want to run artificial intelligence workloads at scale. The company said it has worked with server makers, including Dell Technologies Inc., Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., Gigabyte Technology, Inspur Group and Super Micro Computer Inc., to certify that their systems ...
Deep learning virtualization startup Run:AI raises $30M in new round
Artificial intelligence orchestration and virtualization software startup Run:AI Labs Ltd. said today it’s now in expansion mode after raising $30 million in a new round of funding. Insight Partners led the Series B round, which also saw the participation from existing investors TLV Partners and S-Capital. It brings Run:AI’s total amount raised to $43 million, ...
Commvault adds new SaaS workloads to its Metallic backup service
Enterprise data management provider Commvault Systems Inc. said today it’s expanding its Metallic software-as-a-service backup and recovery portfolio, adding new data protection features and support for workloads including Salesforce and Microsoft Teams. Metallic was launched in October 2019 as a data protection service built specifically for midmarket customers. Marketed as being easier to deploy than ...
Algolia acquires MorphL to embed AI into its enterprise search tech
Search-as-a-service provider Algolia Inc. said today it has acquired a Google Digital News Initiative-funded startup called MorphL AI Inc. Moreover, it has already integrated the company’s tech to power a new artificial intelligence offering called Algolia AI that the company says will enable developers and marketers to predict someone’s intent when they make an online ...
Gartner says worldwide tech spending will grow 6% in 2021
Gartner Inc. said Monday that global information technology spending will hit $3.9 trillion this year as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to catalyze digital transformation around the world. The research firm estimates that spending on IT will grow by 6.2% in 2021, after declining by 3.2% last year. Most enterprises spent the last year shoring up ...