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Robotic process automation leader UiPath raises $225M in late-stage round
Robotic process automation company UiPath Inc.’s valuation stretched beyond the $10 billion mark today after it raised $225 million in a late-stage round of funding. The Series E round was led by Alkeon Capital Management, with participation from Accel, Coatue, Dragoneer, IVP, Madrona Venture Group, Sequoia Capital, Tencent, Tiger Global, Wellington and funds and accounts ...
How Orangetheory Fitness pivoted to a digital business with AWS cloud
With the unexpected closure of its business premises because of lockdown measures imposed to combat the spread of COVID-19, health and fitness company Orangetheory Fitness was facing a nightmare scenario. The company, which offers specialized interval training programs and uses “internet of things” heart rate devices to monitor the fitness of its customers at its 1,200 studios ...
PC shipments surge as remote work during the pandemic fuels sales
Information technology industry market researchers Gartner Inc. and International Data Corp. today both reported a jump in personal computer shipments during the second quarter. The surge came thanks to stronger demand from PCs to facilitate remote work during the coronavirus pandemic, but the recovery is likely to be short-lived, both firms said. Gartner reported worldwide ...
Amazon says its AWS IoT SiteWise monitoring service is now generally available
Amazon Web Services Inc. said today its “internet of things” service AWS IoT SiteWise has finally become generally available in its US East, US West, Frankfurt and Ireland regions. The managed service, which was launched in preview in November 2018, is aimed at customers that need to monitor sensor-enabled industrial equipment. It enables those industrial ...
Docker partners with Amazon to speed up cloud application delivery
Software container company Docker Inc. said today it has partnered with cloud computing giant Amazon Web Services Inc. to speed up application delivery. In particular, the companies are creating a simplified workflow for developers that want to use Docker Compose to build applications that can run on the Amazon Elastic Container Service and Amazon ECS ...
MadHive announces $50M deal with SADA to expand its Google Cloud deployment
Digital TV advertising firm MadHive Inc. announced a five-year deal worth $50 million today with Google Cloud consultancy firm SADA Systems Inc. to expand its use of Google’s cloud for launching a range of new products and services. MadHive is already heavily reliant on Google Cloud. It uses a number of Google’s cloud services, including Google BigTable, ...
Microsoft adds more APIs to its Azure Cognitive Services for developers
Microsoft Corp. is adding more Cognitive Services application programming interfaces to its Azure cloud platform as it continues to expand its array of artificial intelligence services. Azure Cognitive Services is used by developers to add AI capabilities such as image recognition, speech understanding and search to their applications. The idea is to help them build ...
Google and Canonical partner to support Flutter-based apps on Linux
Google LLC’s said today it’s forging a partnership with Canonical Ltd.’s Ubuntu Desktop team to support applications built using its Flutter framework on Linux-based computer systems. Flutter is a software framework that’s used by developers to build “native” apps on multiple operating systems, including Android, iOS, Windows and MacOS. The idea is that they can ...
Arm to spin off its two IoT businesses to SoftBank
Arm Holdings Plc said today it’s going to spin off its two “internet of things” chip businesses and transfer them to its parent company SoftBank Group Corp. Arm said it will hand over its IoT Platform and Treasure Data businesses to SoftBank in order to focus exclusively on the semiconductor intellectual property business that has ...
DocuSign buys Liveoak Technologies to power its upcoming Notary tool
E-signature company DocuSign Inc. made another in a string of acquisitions today, announcing it’s buying Liveoak Technologies Inc., which sells software that lets people electronically prepare, sign and manage contract agreements. Liveoak uses a combination of identity verification, videoconferencing and other collaboration tools to enable people to remotely complete auditable transactions. DocuSign said it’s buying Liveoak to boost the ...