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Informatica collaborates with Google’s Apigee on API integration
Informatica LLC is teaming up with Google LLC’s Apigee product group to offer a new unified application programming interface and integration service. Informatica is a provider of enterprise-grade cloud data management products, while Apigee is an API platform available on Google’s cloud. It’s for enterprises to gain more visibility and control over the APIs that connect ...
Intel acquires eASIC to boost its programmable-chip business
Intel Corp. today said it’s buying a fabless chipmaker called eASIC Corp., which builds programmable computer chips that can be customized during the production process. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, though Intel said the price was “not material.” The deal will see about 120 of eASIC’s employees join Intel’s programmable solutions group, which ...
StackRox hardens its Kubernetes threat detection platform
Container security company StackRox Inc. is updating its Kubernetes threat-detection platform with new capabilities that should help to prevent incidents such as the recent hack of Tesla Inc. StackRox, which recently landed $25 million in funding, offers a cloud-based platform that provides continuous advanced threat detection for technologies such as Docker Swarm and Kubernetes, which ...
Most enterprises will re-evaluate their cloud strategies for the multicloud era
As large enterprises increasingly adopt multiple cloud computing platforms to host business critical software applications, almost three quarters of them are planning to re-evaluate their cloud strategies or implement an entirely new one. That’s according to a new survey conducted by Forrester Research Inc. on behalf of Dell Technologies Inc. company Virtustream Inc., released today. ...
Snowflake Computing’s cloud data warehouse lands on Microsoft Azure
Big-data startup Snowflake Computing Inc. is bringing its cloud data warehouse to Microsoft Corp.’s Azure cloud platform, giving customers a second option besides running it on Amazon Web Services. Founded in 2012, Snowflake offers a data warehouse and analytics service hosted in the cloud, which organizations can use to store all their data in one ...
Fujitsu offers 5-day course to help businesses get started with blockchain
Japanese technology giant Fujitsu Ltd. is launching a new blockchain consultancy service for companies that would like to know whether their plans for a distributed digital ledger are viable. The company said its new service is “extremely rapid” and will provide proof-of-business and enable the “cocreation of a minimum viable product” in just five days. The ...
Moving into software, Broadcom announces $19B acquisition of CA Technologies
More consolidation is coming in the semiconductor market with the news today that Broadcom Inc. has agreed to acquire traditional software giant CA Technologies Inc. for almost $19 billion. The planned acquisition, which was confirmed by both companies late Wednesday, is Broadcom’s first new acquisition since it was blocked by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration from pursuing ...
Salesforce adds Einstein Bots to its customer service cloud platform
Salesforce.com is continuing to build out its portfolio of software-as-a-service products with the general availability of Einstein Bots for its Service Cloud platform. Service Cloud is software that’s used by customer service professionals to provide support services after a sale has been made. The division is Salesforce’s second-most profitable business after its flagship Sales Cloud ...
Next Insurance nets massive $83M Series B funding round
Startup Next Insurance Inc. today said it has raised a massive $83 million round of funding that seems to validate its model of providing customized insurance policies for small businesses. The Series B round, led by Redpoint Ventures, brings Next Insurance’s total funding to $131 million since its founding in 2016. Other investors, including Nationwide Insurance, Munich ...
Google unveils more advanced ad products powered by machine learning
Google LLC today unveiled a new suite of tools for marketers that leverage its latest developments in machine learning, a subset of artificial intelligence that mimics the way the human brain works. The idea is to help marketers create and place better optimized and therefore more effective advertisements on its platforms. First up is the ...