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RStor exits stealth with a multicloud network for deploying high performance applications
Startup RStor Inc. is exiting stealth mode today armed with $45 million in funding and a partnership with the global data center firm Equinix Inc. The company said it wants to tackle the challenges of running high-performance computing applications across multiple cloud infrastructures. RStor’s Series A round of funding was led by Cisco Systems Inc.’s ...
Microsoft brings serverless computing to software containers
Microsoft Corp. announced the general availability of Azure Container Instances on its cloud Wednesday, enabling developers to spin up Linux and Windows containers without needing to manage the virtual machines they run on. The ACI service brings the benefits of the emerging “serverless computing” trend to software containers. Serverless computing was pioneered by Amazon Web ...
Gartner: Enterprise AI market to hit $1.2 trillion this year
Analyst firm Gartner Inc. is taking a bullish stance on artificial intelligence technologies, saying industry revenues will top $1.2 trillion by the end of this year, up 70 percent from the year before. The firm further projects in a report released today that AI-derived business value will reach $3.9 trillion by 2022. “AI promises to be ...
AMD stock jumps 12% on blowout first-quarter revenue gain
Updated: Computer chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. saw its share price jump almost 10 percent in after-hours trading today after it beat Wall Street’s sales and earnings targets in its first-quarter results. The Santa Clara, California-based company posted earnings after certain costs such as stock compensation of 11 cents per share on revenue of $1.65 ...
Red Hat simplifies software-defined storage with Storage One platform
Linux company Red Hat Inc. is adding to its software-defined storage options with the release today of a new platform called Red Hat Storage One. The platform is designed to give enterprises a “plug-and-play” option for procuring and deploying SDN and tuning its performance. Storage One is available via a number of pre-engineered storage systems ...
Juniper revamps its software-defined network controller for a multicloud world
With more enterprises shifting workloads to cloud environments, Juniper Networks Inc. is updating its software-defined networking controller with new capabilities to improve control of these tasks across a range of information technology environments. Juniper envisions its Contrail Enterprise Multicloud platform as the foundation of its network automation efforts in a newly emerging multicloud world, in ...
Google launches its most significant update to Gmail in years
Google LLC is launching a major revamp of its Gmail service today as part of a larger update to its G Suite productivity suite for enterprises. The update, which looks to be one of the most significant that Gmail has seen in years, includes a new user interface, more features powered by its artificial intelligence ...
Oracle buys brand safety-focused marketing firm Grapeshot
Oracle Corp. quietly announced today it’s acquiring a company called Grapeshot Ltd., which has built marketing platform centered on ensuring brand safety. Grapeshot uses artificial intelligence to help marketers avoid placing advertisements alongside potentially damaging content online. For example, its system would automatically prevent an ad for dairy company being placed on a website that targets ...
Google expands cloud connectivity with Partner Interconnect
Google LLC is adding a new option for data center operators to connect to its cloud with the launch of its new Partner Interconnect service. The service adds to the existing Cloud VPN and Dedicated Interconnect options, which provide connectivity over the public internet or a private connection, respectively. Just like Dedicated Interconnect, which was ...
Trello gets major update to help users prioritize tasks and eliminate distractions
The popular task management service Trello, which was acquired by project management company Atlassian Inc. in 2017, is getting a major facelift. The company today announced Trello Home, a new dashboard that provides a single view of a user’s tasks in one place, surfacing those with the highest priority to the top. The new dashboard ...