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Dell Technologies Inc. is stepping up its cloud data backup capabilities with the launch of a new data protection service designed to safeguard software-as-a-service applications and other cloud workloads. In a blog post today, Laura Dubois, vice president of product management at …
Tessian updates its intelligence platform to strengthen employee security behavior
Enterprise security firm Tessian Ltd., which sells tools that enable companies to assess the risk posed to their data and systems by their employees, is adding a new Human Layer Risk Hub to its platform. Tessian debuted its Human Layer Security Intelligence …
ServiceNow to integrate sentiment data from Qualtrics
ServiceNow Inc. said today it’s teaming up with the experience management provider Qualtrics International Inc. to bring more sentiment data from customers into its customer and information technology workflows. The partnership is all about improving customer service through “empathy,” ServiceNow said. The …
LG Electronics quits making smartphones after years of losses
LG Electronics Inc. said today that it’s exiting the smartphone business after years of operating at a loss. The decision comes after an announcement in January that LG was exploring all possible options for the flailing division, which is said to have …
No fooling: Microsoft cloud outage takes Azure, Teams and Office 365 offline
Microsoft Corp. was hit by a massive cloud outage today that took most of its internet services offline. Microsoft’s Azure cloud services, as well as Teams, Office 365, OneDrive, Skype, Xbox Live and Bing, were all inaccessible due to the outage. Even …
IoT observability platform startup Memfault raises $8.5M in early-stage funding
A startup called Memfault Inc. is exiting stealth mode today armed with $8.5 million in early-stage funding for its cloud-based observability platform for “internet of things” devices. The Series A round was led by Partech and also included the participation of existing …
Micron’s stock jumps on strong earnings and bullish forecast
Semiconductor firm Micron Technology Inc. delighted Wall Street once again today with strong second-quarter revenue and profit that was in line with a revised forecast it provided earlier this month. The company also posted a strong outlook for the next quarter that …
Report: Micron and Western Digital are competing to buy flash memory supplier Kioxia
Micron Technology Inc. and Western Digital Corp. are both reportedly interested in buying the Japanese flash memory maker Kioxia Holdings Corp. The Wall Street Journal cited people familiar with the matter as saying that Micron and Western Digital are both exploring possible deals …
Microsoft wins potential $22B contract to supply HoloLens AR headsets to US Army
Microsoft Corp. has won a multibillion-dollar contract to supply customized HoloLens augmented reality headsets to the U.S. Army. The contract, announced by the Army today, could be worth as much as $21.88 billion and will see Microsoft supply more than 120,000 headsets …
Cisco wants to foster employee well-being with Personal Insights in Webex
Cisco Systems Inc. said today it’s bringing more insights to its Webex communications and collaboration platform that it believes will help people work smarter and combat burnout. The networking giant announced People Insights on the second day of its virtual Cisco Live digital …