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Tableau users can now query their data in natural language
Software makers these days are all about providing tools that can help ordinary business workers make more sense of their company’s data and the insights this can generate. Tableau Software Inc., one of the leading data analytics firms around, is no different in this regard, so it’s adding a new feature called Ask Data that allows ...
Rookout adds breakpoints to Kubernetes, making container apps easier to debug
Rapid debugging tools startup Rookout Inc. is bringing its capabilities to Kubernetes, meaning that developers who use software containers to build their applications can locate and fix any problems with their apps more easily. Rookout’s main focus up until now has been on providing debugging tools for serverless computing platforms such as Amazon Web Services ...
At OpenWorld, Oracle debuts new AI-powered cloud app services
Oracle Corp. is putting software as a service at the forefront of its cloud strategy as it kicks off its annual Oracle OpenWorld conference today in San Francisco with a number of important updates to its cloud application portfolio. The updates leverage Oracle’s continuing investments in areas such as artificial intelligence and machine learning, with a ...
Micron plans to buy out Intel’s share of their 3D XPoint memory chip joint venture
Micron Technology Inc. said Thursday it’s taking an option to buy out Intel Corp.’s share of their flash memory joint venture company IM Flash Technologies in a deal worth $1.5 billion. IM Flash, established in 2005, is the world’s only producer of 3D XPoint memory technology (pictured), which is a nonvolatile or persistent memory that is ...
Samsung begins mass-producing next-gen chips built using extreme ultraviolet light
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. said today it’s starting mass production of semiconductors built with its 7-nanometer Low Power Plus process after finally perfecting the technology. Samsung’s 7nm LPP process technology is significant because it’s the first in the world to use extreme ultraviolet lithography tools to inscribe circuits onto silicon boards. The new fabrication process ...
Despite beating earnings projections, Atlassian’s stock drops again
Enterprise software company Atlassian Corp. Plc struggled to brush off investor concerns relating to its profitability, despite posting fiscal first-quarter financial results that beat market expectations. The company, which sells a range of collaboration, project management and productivity software for enterprises, reported income before certain costs such as stock compensation of $49.2 million, or 20 ...
Incorta lands another $15M to push its streamlined data analytics platform
Data analytics startup Incorta Inc. has won the backing of yet another high profile tech giant, announcing today that it’s expanding its latest funding round with another $15 million from M12, the venture capital arm of Microsoft Corp., and Telstra Ventures. The additional capital brings Incorta’s total Series B funding to $30 million. It follows a ...
With Spinnaker app delivery platform, Google makes it easier to use Kubernetes
Google LLC is adding a new “Kubernetes provider” to the open-source Spinnaker platform that’s used to deploy application code to multiple cloud platforms. Spinnaker, which was jointly developed by Google and Netflix Inc., is a platform that enables the continuous delivery of software updates to apps and services hosted on public cloud platforms. Continuous delivery ...
Intel to reorganize chip manufacturing group as another key executive leaves
Chipmaker Intel Corp. is reorganizing its manufacturing businesses following the departure of yet another key executive. The restructuring comes as Intel struggles to deliver on its promised 10-nanometer central processing units and continues its hunt to replace former Chief Executive Brian Krzanich, who left the company earlier in the year. News of the reshuffle was ...
Worldwide IT spending to hit $3.8 trillion in 2019, Gartner says
Worldwide spending on information technology is set to top $3.8 trillion in 2019, up 3.2 percent from the forecast of $3.7 trillion spend in 2018, research firm Gartner Inc. said in its latest Worldwide IT Spending Forecast. Global IT spending will rise despite the current climate of tariffs, trade wars and general currency volatility, Gartner ...