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Cray announces Shasta, a supercomputer designed for enterprises
Supercomputer company Cray Inc. today unveiled what it says is its first “exascale-capable” machine, one that ultimately will be able to do a quintillion calculations per second. Shasta, as it’s called, is designed for enterprises that need more choice over their compute and networking technologies. It’s also meant to keep things simple by providing a single platform capable ...
Microsoft chooses new chip supplier Xilinx for half of Azure’s AI workloads
Microsoft Corp. is reportedly diversifying its chip suppliers for its Azure cloud infrastructure, using highly specialized semiconductor technology from Xilinx Inc. in addition to those from its chief supplier Intel Corp. Microsoft’s move comes at a time when it’s trying to promote the artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities of its Azure platform, which is ...
Edgeworx touts fog computing platform for IoT deployments at the network edge
Edge computing startup Edgeworx exited stealth mode this week, announcing the launch of its open-source ioFog software that can be used to turn any compute hardware into a secure software platform. The company timed its launch to coincide with a seed funding round led by Samsung NEXT, with participation from Sequoia Seed and CloudScale Capital ...
Iguazio revamps its Nuclio serverless computing platform
Data analytics company Iguazio Systems Ltd. today unveiled a major update to its Nuclio serverless framework for multicloud, on-premises and edge computing platforms. Nuclio is one of the key components of Iguazio’s Continuous Data Platform, which provides real-time intelligence for software applications. Open-sourced in 2017, it’s designed for high-volume data processing, real-time analytics and artificial intelligence ...
Avi Networks simplifies network load balancing for multiclouds
Computer networking company Avi Networks Inc. is making its load balancing controller for multiple public clouds available starting today as software as a service. Avi said it’s trying to overcome the limitations of appliance-based application delivery controllers that are not designed for public clouds, while also providing an easy way for network operators to provision ...
Google updates its reCAPTCHA tool to limit human interaction
Google LLC today rolled out a revamped version of its reCAPTCHA verification tool that’s used to ensure website visitors are humans and not automated bots. With the new version, website visitors will be able to waste less time completing puzzles to prove they’re a real person. Google designed reCAPTCHA in order to provide a way for ...
Data discovery firm Waterline Data grabs $14.5M funding round
Data discovery software provider Waterline Data Inc. is setting its sights on “global expansion” after raising $14.5 million in a new round of funding today. The Series C round, led by Menlo Ventures, with participation from Jackson Square Ventures, Partech Ventures and Infosys Ltd., brings the company’s total capital raised to $37.5 million. Waterline Data sells ...
Google adds more machine learning features to Firebase
Google LLC is adding new capabilities to its Firebase mobile and web application development framework in order to make it more appealing to users from large enterprises. Google has been steadily rolling out updates to Firebase ever since it bought the service back in 2014, with the aim being to create a full-fledged platform for ...
Mirantis launches Kubernetes-based edge computing platform
Private-cloud infrastructure company Mirantis Inc. is switching its attention to the edge computing market with the launch of Mirantis Cloud Platform Edge, which is based on the open source Kubernetes container orchestration software. Mirantis said the main target market for MCP Edge is telecommunications providers, which need an easy way to roll out 5G services at ...
Chip giant Intel shows its resilience with blowout earnings
Intel Corp. is riding high today after posting better-than-expected third-quarter results thanks to record-breaking revenue from its data center group. The company, whose computer chips continue to power the vast majority of the world’s laptops, desktops and servers, posted a profit of $6.4 billion, or $1.38 per share, on revenue of $19.2 billion, up 19 percent ...