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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. ...
IDC report shows AI is a priority, but few enterprises are ready
About two-thirds of companies that have adopted artificial intelligence technologies are also trying to develop an “AI-first culture,” but just a quarter of those firms have a broad strategy in place to achieve that goal. That’s according to a new International Data Corp. survey of 2,473 organizations in May that was released today. It also found ...
Huawei claims its Android replacement HongMeng OS will be 60% faster
China’s Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. was recently given a temporary reprieve, allowing it to do business with U.S. technology firms once again, but the company is apparently taking no chances as it forges ahead with the development of its own mobile operating system. HongMeng OS, as it’s called, is an internally built operating system said ...
Microsoft debuts new cloud-based SQL Server database options
Microsoft Corp. today announced new cloud-hosted versions of its SQL Server database service as two older on-premises varieties finally will see the end of extended support Tuesday. Having transformed itself during the intervening years into a company that’s predominantly focused on the cloud, Microsoft now wants users of those platforms to do the same thing. ...
Samsung profits fall more than 50% on lower demand for memory chips
Samsung Electronics Co. said late Thursday in its preliminary second-quarter earnings guidance that its operating profit fell by more than 50% from a year ago on weak demand for its memory chips and a slowdown in the smartphone market. Samsung estimated its operating profit for the second quarter at just 6.5 trillion won ($5.6 billion), which came in ...
Public cloud spending set to double in the next 4 years
Global spending on public cloud infrastructure and services will almost double from $229 billion this year to around $500 billion by 2023, according to analyst firm International Data Corp.’s latest report. IDC, in its Worldwide Semiannual Public Cloud Services Spending Guide published this week, said the main force driving this growth would be continued adoption ...
Apple resolves widespread iCloud outage that hit services across the U.S.
Most of Apple Inc.’s iCloud services were offline for almost an hour Thursday as the company suffered a widespread systems outage affecting users across the U.S. Users reported being unable to access their iCloud accounts, as well as services such as Find My Friends, Find My iPhone, Game Center, Photos and Screen Time. Apple said in an ...