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Directly Software buys conversational AI startup Kylie.ai
Intelligent automation company Directly Software Inc. today said it has acquired a startup called Kylie.ai to improve its conversational artificial intelligence capabilities. Directly sells intelligent automation tools for customer service teams. Its main focus is helping companies build personalized virtual agents that can interact directly with their customers and handle a range of customer support tasks. ...
Google updates Chrome browser with a focus on easier content distribution
As Google LLC hosts its annual Chrome Developer Summit this week, it’s announcing several developer-centric updates to its popular web browser. A big focus of Google’s efforts with its Chrome browser in recent times has been on expanding the versatility of the internet and making it more accessible, and to do that it’s giving developers ...
Juniper Networks extends its self-driving network capabilities
Juniper Networks Inc. subsidiary Mist Systems today launched what it calls the industry’s first “AI-Driven Self-Driving Network” for companies that want to set up a cloud-based network with minimal troubleshooting required. Mist Systems began life as an independent networking startup, focused on using artificial intelligence technologies to automate its customer’s Wi-Fi infrastructure, before it was acquired ...
NortonLifeLock, formerly Symantec, names Vincent Pilette its new CEO
Vincent Pilette today was named chief executive at Symantec Corp.’s former consumer cybersecurity division, now known as NortonLifeLock Inc. NortonLifeLock came into existence earlier this week following the completion of Broadcom Inc.’s acquisition of Symantec’s enterprise security business, a deal that was first announced in August. Under the terms of the acquisition, Broadcom took the rights to ...
Dropbox beats market estimates thanks to solid customer growth
Cloud storage company Dropbox Inc. beat market expectations for its third-quarter results thanks to some solid growth in its customer base, but its share price barely moved. The company, which sells file-sharing and collaboration tools to enterprise customers, reported a profit before certain costs such as stock compensation of 13 cents per share on revenue of ...
Kubernetes infrastructure company Diamanti raises $35M
Hyperconverged infrastructure company Diamanti Inc. has topped up its war chest with $35 million in new funding. Announced today, the Series C funding round was led by ClearSky. Existing investors CRV, DFJ, Goldman Sachs, GSR Ventures, and Northgate Capital also participated in the round, which brings Diamanti’s total funding to date to $78 million. Diamanti ...
Strong cloud sales help data integrator Talend beat earnings target
Shares in data integration software company Talend SA rose 2% in after-hours trading today after it reported third-quarter results that beat expectations thanks to solid growth in its cloud business. The company reported a loss before certain costs such as stock compensation of 8 cents per share on revenue of $62.6 million, up 20% from the ...
Royalty flush: Qualcomm beats earnings targets
Business at Qualcomm Technologies Inc. is humming along nicely again as the smartphone chipmaker reported fourth-quarter financial results that beat Wall Street’s expectations. Qualcomm reported a profit before certain costs such as stock compensation of 78 cents per share on revenue of $4.8 billion, down 17% from a year ago. Wall Street had pegged the company’s ...
Nvidia announces Jetson Xavier NX chipset for running AI at the network edge
Nvidia Corp. wants to play a bigger role in enabling artificial intelligence at the network edge with the launch of Jetson Xavier NX, which it says is the world’s smallest and most powerful AI supercomputer for robotic and embedded devices. The word “supercomputer” might be a bit strong, but the Jetson Xavier NX module is ...
Arista Networks launches CloudEOS to simplify multicloud networking
Arista Networks Inc. this week launched two new cloud networking tools that should help companies streamline virtual machine and Kubernetes container operations in both multicloud and on-premises information technology environments. Arista made its name as a maker of networking hardware such as Ethernet switches and routers, but in recent years it has positioned itself as ...