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Wireless LAN startup Mist Systems closes on $46M funding round
Networking startup Mist Systems Inc., which has built a self-learning wireless local area network for enterprises that’s powered by artificial intelligence technologies, is gearing up for expansion after landing a $46 million late-stage funding round. Mist said the oversubscribed Series C round, announced today, was led by Kleiner Perkins, whose general partner Mamoon Hamid will ...
Morgan Stanley says on-premises hardware sales could explode in 2018
Enterprise information technology practitioners could be forgiven for thinking that on-premises hardware has had its day, as organizations of every shape and size rush to embrace cloud computing. But financial services firm Morgan Stanley says the fat lady hasn’t sung yet, and it’s predicting a stunning rebound in sales that could lead to double-digit growth ...
Workday’s push into financial software pays off as earnings top estimates
Software-as-a-service company Workday Inc. saw its share price slide late Tuesday despite announcing fourth-quarter earnings that easily beat market estimates. The company reported a profit after certain costs such as stock compensation of 28 cents per share on revenue of $582.5 million, up from a 16-cent profit on sales of $437 million a year ago. It ...
Algorithmia to enable trading of AI algorithms on the Ethereum blockchain
Artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithm marketplace provider Algorithmia Inc. today announced plans to leverage the Ethereum blockchain to facilitate its trade. Algorithmia’s marketplace allows researchers and developers to share the AI and ML algorithms they create and get paid when others use them, without worrying about the logistics of delivery. The company also provides analytics ...
Quick Base adds enterprise-friendly features to its low-code app development platform
Low-code software development platform provider Quick Base Inc. is shoring up its product with new capabilities designed to enable greater visibility into user activity, streamline the management of application deployments and ensure compliance. Quick Base is one of a host of companies aiming to dominate emerging low-code software development, which involves minimizing the hand-coding of ...
It’s official: Apple is using Google’s cloud storage services to host iCloud data
iPhone maker Apple Inc. has confirmed in a newly released security document that it’s one of Google LLC’s highest profile cloud customers. The document, first obtained by CNBC, shows that Apple began using Google’s cloud infrastructure sometime within the last 10 months, possibly at the expense of Google’s main public cloud rivals, Amazon Web Services ...
Google simplifies virtual machine management on its cloud
Google LLC has added some new management features to its cloud platform that make it easier for customers to spin up and manage virtual machines, which are computers emulated in software for more speed and flexibility. Google Compute Engine’s “instance templates” have been updated so that organizations can create VM instances from existing templates. Users ...
Esri acquires location data extraction company ClearTerra
Geographic information software company Esri Global Inc., which provides spatial analytics and other services to the defense industry and others, said today it has acquired the geospatial and activity-based intelligence provider ClearTerra for an undisclosed fee. Esri’s flagship product is its ArcGIS mapping and analytics platform, which provides contextual tools for mapping and spatial reasoning ...
InfluxDB enhances its time-series database with support for ephemeral data
Time-series database provider InfluxData Inc. today updated its platforms with support for “ephemeral data,” which is increasingly being generated by new technology deployments such as software containers, Kubernetes and “internet of things” sensors. Ephemeral data refers to data that only exists for a very short period of time. For example, much of the data stored on ...
Microsoft releases data protection tools to ensure compliance with EU’s GDPR rules
With less than 90 days on the clock until the implementation of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, Microsoft Corp. today released a couple of new data protection and compliance tools for some of its most popular enterprise products. The new tools are designed to help enterprises ensure they adhere to the EU’s new ...
