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Despite challenges, enterprise software startups weather COVID-19 storm
The COVID-19 pandemic has had some far-reaching consequences for software companies, but overall the sector has managed to weather the storm by adjusting to a new normal of remote work and keeping costs down. That’s according to the findings of a new study by the venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates, which surveyed companies across ...
Amazon brings its S3 storage service to AWS Outposts
Amazon Web Services Inc. said today that its Amazon Simple Storage Service is now generally available on its hybrid cloud service AWS Outposts. Announced during AWS re:Invent back in December, Outposts is a hybrid cloud platform that extends native AWS or VMware Cloud on AWS deployments to customers’ own data centers, effectively giving them an on-premises ...
TigerGraph debuts a free, full-featured on-premises version of its platform
TigerGraph Inc. announced at its Graph + AI World 2020 virtual conference today that it’s launching TigerGraph On Prem Free Tier, a new, free on-premises version of its platform for companies that want to try out the capabilities of its graph database offering. TigerGraph’s graph database is a kind of NoSQL database that represents data as connected ...
AI chipmaker Hailo accelerates deep learning at the edge
Artificial intelligence chip company Hailo Technologies Ltd. said today it’s launching two new acceleration modules that will boost the processing capabilities of edge devices that run its specialist hardware. Hailo burst onto the AI scene in 2019 with a customized processor for running deep learning workloads at the edge of the network. The company, which ...
Google Cloud expands its presence in Europe, the Middle East and Africa
Google LLC today outlined how it intends to boost its cloud presence in Europe, the Middle East and Africa via more collaborations, partnerships and promotions. Google Cloud kicked off its Next OnAir EMEA virtual event this week, which is a five-week online summit for developers and clients to discuss the current cloud computing landscape. In a ...
Palantir and Asana rise in debuts on the New York Stock Exchange
Updated: Data analytics firm Palantir Technologies Inc. and work management software company Asana Inc. saw their stock prices rise in their public debuts on the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday. The companies both opted for a direct listing, which removes the investment banker underwriters from the equation. With a direct listing, there is no matching of ...
Micron beats forecasts but its stock falls on weak outlook
Computer chipmaker Micron Technology Inc. reported strong fourth-quarter financial results today, topping Wall Street’s expectations on earnings and revenue, but a miserable forecast for the next three-month period pushed its share price down after-hours. The company, which sells dynamic random-access memory, or DRAM, a type of memory that’s used in PCs and servers, and NAND ...
VMware and Nvidia partner to accelerate AI and enterprise workloads
Virtualization software giant VMware Inc. said today at its VMworld 2020 virtual event that it’s partnering with computer graphics chipmaker Nvidia Corp. on a new enterprise platform for artificial intelligence workloads. VMware also announced a new architecture for the cloud, data center and edge that runs on Nvidia’s newest data center processing units. Nvidia will ...
D-Wave doubles its cloud quantum computing power to 5,000 qubits
D-Wave Systems Inc. today updated its cloud-based quantum computing platform, giving users access to more powerful hardware and software in order to accelerate the delivery of new, in-production quantum applications. D-Wave is widely regarded as the first company in the world to have built a working quantum computer. Quantum computers have the potential to solve incredibly ...
Flash memory maker Kioxia postpones its October IPO plans
Japanese semiconductor firm Kioxia Holdings Corp., formerly known as Toshiba Memory Corp., said today it’s postponing an initial public offering that was due to take place next month. The company, which is the world’s second-largest maker of flash memory chips behind Samsung Electronics Ltd., said it was calling off its IPO because of stock market volatility and ...