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Dell, Switch and FedEx to build edge infrastructure hubs across the US
Dell Technologies Inc. has set its sights on becoming a major provider of exascale multicloud edge infrastructure services for its enterprise clients, and it will be working with Fedex Corp. and the data center colocation services provider Switch Inc. to achieve that goal. Edge infrastructure is becoming important because it makes it possible for data ...
Amazon makes data handling easier with AWS Glue DataBrew tool
Amazon Web Services Inc. today announced an extension to its AWS Glue data cleansing service, adding a visual user interface that helps automate some of the steps involved in cleaning and normalizing data without writing any code. The new tool launched today is called AWS Glue DataBrew, and it simplifies the extract, transform and load or ...
Synthesized debuts a free tool for identifying and removing biased data
Artificial intelligence startup Synthesized Ltd. today launched a tool for companies to detect and remove bias in the data they use for their AI projects. Data bias is a big problem when it comes to AI models, which are usually trained using enormous datasets. It refers to a kind of error in which certain elements of ...
Dell updates its PowerProtect data protection suite for Kubernetes apps
Dell Technologies Inc. has expanded its PowerProtect family of software and appliances that’s used by companies to protect, manage and recover their most critical application data. Dell said early Wednesday that its updated portfolio gives customers greater agility by meeting their data protection needs across VMware and Kubernetes environments, as well as in public clouds ...
Amazon simplifies network traffic inspection with AWS Gateway Load Balancer
Amazon Web Services Inc. announced general availability today of a new service that it says makes it easier for customers to use outside virtual network appliances on its cloud infrastructure. AWS Gateway Load Balancer makes it simple and cost-effective to deploy, scale and manage virtual appliances such as firewalls or network monitoring systems in the ...
Datadog delivers again with a quarterly earnings beat but light billings hit stock
Data monitoring and analytics provider Datadog Inc.’s stock fell almost 7% in late trading today even after it posted strong third-quarter results that comfortably beat analysts’ expectations. The company reported a profit before certain costs such as stock compensation of 5 cents per share on revenue of $154.7 million, up 61% from a year ago. Wall ...
Google’s latest AI tools help doctors read medical records faster
Google LLC is trying to lift some of the burden from overworked physicians and doctors with new cloud services launched today that it says can automate the review and programmatic analysis of medical documents. The aim is to help them increase productivity and prevent the burnout of healthcare workers who are under more pressure than ever before ...
Adobe buys marketing software firm Workfront for $1.5B to boost Experience Cloud
Adobe Inc. announced today it has inked a deal to acquire the marketing software company Workfront Inc. for $1.5 billion. The company, which sells cloud-based software for creatives and designers, said it plans to integrate Workfront’s software with its Experience Cloud offering, which is used to manage customized marketing campaigns, content delivery, analytics, data, advertising and ...
Pressured by investors, F5 Networks announces $1B stock buyback
Network security and traffic management company F5 Networks Inc. saw its stock jump almost 7% in pre-market trading today after announcing plans to buy back $1 billion worth of its stock over the next two years. The company said the plan involves the “accelerated repurchase” of $500 million worth of its stock in fiscal 2021, ...
Cellwize raises $32M for its RAN automation platform that helps speed up 5G deployments
Mobile network automation and orchestration provider Cellwize Wireless Technologies Inc. said today it has secured $32 million in a funding round led by Intel Capital and Qualcomm Ventures LLC. Verizon Ventures, Samsung Next and existing investors Viola Ventures, DTCP, GreenApple Tech, Vintage Investment Partners, and Sonae IM also participated in the Series B round, which ...