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Snowflake launches Private Data Exchange service for secure info sharing
Cloud data warehouse company Snowflake Computing Inc. is launching a Private Data Exchange service that will act as a centrally and internally managed data hub for customers that need a way to privately share data sets between specific users. The new offering builds upon the original Snowflake Data Exchange that was announced in June. Data ...
On-prem IT management firm Snow Software acquires Embotics to expand into multicloud
Software asset management firm Snow Software Inc. is expanding its capabilities with the acquisition of hybrid cloud management company called Embotics Corp. for an undisclosed price. Sweden-based Snow Software provides what it calls “technology intelligence,” giving enterprises more complete visibility into their on-premises information technology infrastructure. The company said customers can optimize both their spending ...
Druva adds new data management and protection capabilities for AWS
Cloud data protection company Druva Inc. is expanding its capabilities for Amazon Web Services Inc. The updates announced today as AWS’ re:Invent conference begins in Las Vegas include new backup services for the Amazon Simple Storage Service, archiving capabilities for Amazon Elastic Block Store snapshots and global policies for AWS accounts. Druva sells an integrated ...
UK antitrust watchdog investigates Google’s acquisition of Looker
The U.K.’s competition watchdog today said it’s probing Google’s $2.6 billion acquisition of business intelligence startup Looker Data Sciences Inc. The Competition and Markets Authority said it was considering whether the deal could hurt competition in the U.K. or other markets and invited comments on the acquisition until Dec. 20. Google announced its intention to ...
AppSheet adds predictive machine learning to its no-code app development tools
No code application software company AppSheet is expanding its skillset today by adding predictive machine learning capabilities and optical character recognition to its platform to help users make more intelligent business apps. AppSheet is one of several “no-code” platform providers that enable enterprise workers who lack coding skills to build all kinds of useful software ...
Formula One runs aerodynamic simulations on AWS to improve race car design
Always keen to showcase the capabilities of its public cloud computing platform at its annual re:Invent conference this week in Las Vegas, Amazon Web Services Inc. today revealed a new project by existing customer Formula One Group as well as two brand-new customers. The motorsports company used AWS to help do auto race simulations in ...
Nvidia uses federated learning to enable AI in hospitals
Nvidia Corp. wants to make artificial intelligence a staple of the healthcare industry with a new distributed learning technique announced today that can train machine learning models while protecting patient privacy. AI holds great promise, but for industries such as healthcare where data privacy is of paramount importance, tapping into that potential is a big ...
EU launches new antitrust probe into Google data collection practices
European Union antitrust regulators are targeting Google LLC again, this time scrutinizing its data collection practices in Europe, Reuters reported today. The new investigation comes just a few months after the EU imposed a record fine on the company for its alleged “abusive” online advertising practices. A spokesperson for the European Commission told Reuters it’s ...
Russia’s Sberbank invests in driverless car tech firm Cognitive
Russian financial services giant PJSC Sberbank has expanded its technology portfolio to include driverless cars after making a substantial investment in local artificial intelligence transport firm Cognitive Technologies. Sberbank has signed a legally binding agreement with Cognitive Technologies that will lead to the creation of a new company, to be called Cognitive Pilot, it told ...
AI in the cloud: AWS makes machine learning more accessible for developers
Amazon Web Services Inc.’s re:Invent conference is still nearly a week away, but you wouldn’t know it from the sheer number of new products and updates its announced in recent days — especially in artificial intelligence, likely to be a key focus of the conference. Following last week’s storage announcements and its “internet of things” ...