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SAP adds more AI capabilities to its S/4HANA Cloud database
Business operations software company SAP SE is updating its S/4HANA Cloud database product with new artificial intelligence-powered capabilities for customers in the manufacturing and professional services industries. The new features in the SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1808 release are aimed at reducing the total cost of ownership of its customer’s information technology infrastructure, enabling faster decision-making ...
India considers new rules that would force internet firms to store data in-country
India’s government is said to be considering a sweeping new data privacy bill similar to the General Data Protection Regulation in Europe that would force major internet companies such as Google LLC and Facebook Inc. to store data on its 1 billion-odd citizens at facilities within the country. The bill, which is said to have ...
AWS intros Device Defender service for IoT security
Amazon Web Services Inc. is upping its game in “internet of things” security with Thursday’s launch into general availability of a new fully managed service that audits IoT devices for suspicious activity. The AWS IoT Device Defender service works by auditing and monitoring fleets of connected devices to make sure they always remain in compliance ...
Sealing Treasure Data buy, Arm launches Pelion IoT Platform to manage data on any device
British chip designer Arm Holdings Plc Thursday announced a new platform for the “internet of things” devices that can handle data from any kind of device on any cloud. The platform was made possible thanks to Arm’s acquisition of data analytics company Treasure Data Inc. That deal was first rumored to be happening last weekend, and finally confirmed ...
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Amazon wants to ditch Oracle’s software by 2020, but analysts say it won’t be easy
Amazon.com Inc. and Oracle Corp. have famously been at each other’s throats for years, arguing over whose products and services are more superior and offer better value. Even so, Amazon has also been a major customer of Oracle’s for many years, using its database software to power the information technology infrastructure for both its retail ...
Siemens eyes IoT opportunity as it acquires low-code software developer Mendix
German industrial conglomerate Siemens AG said today it’s acquiring “low-code” software development platform provider Mendix Inc. in a deal valued at about $700 million. Siemens will pay cash to acquire Mendix, which has its headquarters in Boston. The company will also boost its investment in research and development and global expansion over the next few ...
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Microsoft chips away at Amazon’s lead in the cloud infrastructure market
If Gartner Inc.’s latest report on the state of the cloud infrastructure-as-a-service market wasn’t surprising in putting Amazon Web Services Inc. well out in front, it does show that Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud unit had better check its rear-view mirror. Although AWS continues to dominate the market by some distance, its rivals, including Microsoft Corp. with its ...
To save money, enterprises are replacing virtual machines with software containers
Docker software containers are seeing increased enterprise adoption at the expense of older virtualization technology platforms, according to a new survey from bare-metal container company Diamanti Inc. The company, which quizzed 576 information technology leaders for its newly published 2018 Container Adoption Benchmark survey, found that enterprises are mostly shifting to containers in order to ...
Confluent’s new release makes Apache Kafka easier to use and more secure
Confluent Inc. is pressing forward with its goal of making Apache Kafka easier and safer to use, updating its commercial version of the open-source streaming data processing software with enterprise-grade security and new developer features. Confluent Platform 5.0 is based on the Apache Kafka project that was first developed by LinkedIn Corp. Kafka was built ...
After a record-breaking quarter, Apple edges closer to $1 trillion valuation
Apple Inc. is inching closer toward becoming the world’s first trillion-dollar valuation company after smashing expectations with record-breaking third-quarter earnings. The iPhone maker Tuesday easily beat Wall Street’s forecasts with earnings of $2.34 per diluted share, up 40 percent from the same period one year ago. Revenue also rose 17 percent, coming in at $53.3 ...