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IBM buys Spanugo to bolster its financial services public cloud
IBM Corp. said today it’s acquiring the software assets of cloud cybersecurity posture management provider Spanugo Inc. It will use the assets to bolster the security of its financial services public cloud, which is an upcoming offering announced last year that will that help ensure regulatory compliance, security and resiliency for financial services industry customers. ...
Amazon rolls out cloud computing instances with faster Arm-based Graviton processors
Amazon Web Services Inc. announced Thursday the general availability of two new cloud computing instances powered by its Arm-based Graviton2 processors, which it says deliver up to 40% better price/performance over its current Intel Corp. x86-based instances. The new AWS C6g instances were announced in December and are meant for compute-intensive workloads, including central processing ...
Intel loses ‘rock star’ chip designer Jim Keller
Intel Corp. has lost one of its most talented chip engineers. Jim Keller, who joined the company from Tesla Inc. two years ago, has resigned from the company citing “personal reasons,” the tech giant said today. Keller (pictured) joined Intel in 2018 and was tasked with leading an engineering group that aims to develop new, ...
Adobe stock rises despite mixed earnings report
Adobe Inc. saw its shares jump Thursday in after-hours trading despite reporting mixed second-quarter financial results, plus guidance for the next period that came in light. The maker of creative cloud software reported a profit before certain costs such as stock compensation of $2.45 per share on record revenue of $3.13 billion, up 14% from a year ...
Tessian debuts its Human Layer Security Intelligence platform
Security firm Tessian Ltd. is launching a new tool to help companies assess the risk posed to their computer systems and data from current and former employees. Tessian’s Human Layer Security Intelligence platform also helps reduce the risk of accidental data loss, data exfiltration and advanced impersonation phishing attacks, the company said. Further, it added, ...
Cloudera aims to fulfill its vision of an enterprise data cloud
Big data company Cloudera Inc. today launched a new version of its Cloudera Data Platform for private cloud users. The company said CDP Private Cloud is designed for hybrid cloud users, enabling enterprises to connect their on-premises environments with various public clouds while ensuring their data is consistent and secure. It’s positioned as a one-stop-shop cloud service ...
Domino Data raises $43M and debuts new AI model monitoring tool
Data science company Domino Data Lab Inc. announced today it has raised $43 million in funding and launched a new machine learning monitoring platform. Highland Capital Partners led the round, which Dell Technologies Capital also participated in, bringing its total amount raised to $128 million. Domino Data Lab’s central offering is its Data Science Platform, which ...
AWS bans police from using its facial recognition technology for a year
Updated with Microsoft news: Amazon Web Services Inc. today said it’s placing a one-year moratorium on police use of its already controversial facial recognition technology platform, Amazon Rekognition. The announcement comes just two days after Amazon’s cloud rival IBM Corp. said it would no longer develop or offer its own facial recognition technology to anyone. ...
Google releases first public beta of Android 11
Google LLC’s Android team today announced the long-awaited public beta release of Android 11, after postponing its launch several times. Android is the popular open-source mobile operating system developed by Google that powers more than 2.5 billion active devices. It’s based on the Linux kernel and is primarily designed for touchscreen mobile devices such as ...
Cloud compliance startup Concourse Labs exits stealth with $15.2M round
Automated cloud compliance startup Concourse Labs exited stealth mode today after securing a $15.2 million round of funding. The Series A round was led by ForgePoint Capital and also included 83North and Capri Ventures. Concourse Labs said it plans to use the money to expand its marketing and sales teams and accelerate product development. Concourse Labs sells a ...