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Gartner publishes first Magic Quadrant for robotic process automation market
Gartner Inc. this week published its first Magic Quadrant for the robotic process automation software market, shining a light on the leading players and key trends in the rapidly growing technology segment. RPA relates to the use of software with artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities to handle high-volume, repeatable tasks that previously required humans to ...
Rigetti Computing buys quantum application developer QxBranch
Quantum computing platform company Rigetti Computing Inc. is expanding into application territory with the acquisition of a startup called QxBranch Inc. Rigetti has built what it calls a “hybrid quantum-classical” computing platform that it claims is one of the world’s first genuine, working quantum computers. Available to use by researchers and organizations as a cloud service, ...
AWS makes the case for running Windows workloads on its cloud
Amazon Web Services Inc. is pushing to handle more of its customers’ Windows workloads, citing new data from International Data Corp. and various customer examples as proof that its public cloud computing infrastructure is one of the most cost-effective and agile platforms for doing so. In a blog posted on LinkedIn today, AWS Vice President ...
Nvidia sets new records in MLPerf AI benchmark tests
Nvidia Corp. says its solid performance in new benchmark tests released today show that its supercomputer hardware is one of the most suitable platforms for training artificial intelligence algorithms. The company’s DGX SuperPOD platform, which is powered by its latest Tesla V100 Tensor Core graphics processing units and runs on its CUDA-X AI software, set ...
Twilio adds email automation and testing tools to SendGrid
Cloud communications company Twilio Inc. wants to help email marketers optimize their campaigns with new automation and testing features in its SendGrid platform. Twilio SendGrid was created following the firm’s $2 billion acquisition of SendGrid Inc. in October. The acquisition added cloud email support to complement Twilio’s existing communications software, including its popular voice-over-IP features. ...
OpenText and Google deepen cloud ties
Enterprise information management company OpenText Corp. is expanding its ties with Google LLC’s cloud in a deal that leverages Anthos, Google’s new platform for managing services hosted on-premises or in cloud environments. OpenText, which sells software for document management, record management, email management and web content management, said the expanded partnership announced today is based on the ...
ServiceNow’s software-as-a-service platform lands on Microsoft’s Azure cloud
Cloud automation platform company ServiceNow Inc. said today it’s making its software-as-a-service offering available on Microsoft Corp.’s Azure cloud, as well as its own private cloud infrastructure. The partnership builds on an earlier agreement between the two companies announced last October that enabled ServiceNow to deliver “digital workflows” through Microsoft’s Azure Government Cloud platform. In ...
Cision updates its Communications Cloud tools for tracking PR campaigns
Cision Ltd., which provides software tools for tracking and analyzing the impact of public relations campaigns and media content, is updating its Communications Cloud platform with new features that enable “more intelligent and interactive reporting and better campaign execution.” Cision tries to help companies assess the impact of their public relations campaigns through advanced data analytics. ...
Menlo Security raises $75M round to grow its internet isolation platform
Menlo Security Inc.’s $75 million late-stage funding round announced today once again illustrates the premium that enterprises are willing to pay to keep their data secure. Today’s Series D round was led by JP Morgan Asset Management, with participation from existing investors General Catalyst, Sutter Hill Ventures, Osage University Partners, American Express Ventures, HSBC. It brings ...
IQM Finland raises $13M to try to fix quantum computing errors
Finnish quantum computing startup IQM Finland Oy today said it has raised $13 million in a seed funding round to help it build hardware that it says can fix quantum errors and drive greater adoption of the emerging technology architecture. The investors are Matadero QED, Maki.vc, MIG Fonds, OpenOcean, Tesi (Finnish Industry Investment), and Vito Ventures. ...
