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Enterprise spending on IT infrastructure hardware grows 3% in 2017
Enterprise spending on information technology hardware grew at a healthy clip in the past 12 months, with combined revenues across six major market segments rising by almost 3 percent, according to new data from Synergy Research Group. The analyst firm said that aggregated revenue for enterprise IT infrastructure hardware topped $113 billion in 2017, with ...
AImotive lands $38M to fund its AI-based autonomous driving system
Autonomous driving technology creator AImotive has just landed $38 million in a Series C funding round as it seeks to gain a lead on some of its better-known competitors. The round was led by B Capital Group and Prime Ventures, with participation from Cisco Investments, Samsung Catalyst Fund and earlier investors Robert Bosch Venture Capital, ...
Google’s Data Studio analytics tool gains access to more data with Community Connectors
Google LLC is enabling users of its Data Studio visualization tool to fetch data more easily from a range of sources. Data Studio is a free data analytics tool for developers that can be used to create informative reports and dashboards with visualizations that are easy to read and share. Google’s latest update to the platform ...
Data center merger and acquisition activity topped $20 billion in 2017
Merger and acquisition activity in the data center space accelerated last year, with the total value of transactions in 2017 topping $20 billion, according to new data from Synergy Research Group. That total far exceeds the combined transaction amount in the preceding two years, Synergy said. What’s more, four additional deals in the space, valued at ...
Critical vulnerability afflicts all processor chips, not just Intel’s
Updated: Fresh details indicate that the vulnerability revealed Tuesday in Intel Corp. chips is even more serious than it first appeared, affecting virtually all central processing units built by Intel Corp. over the past two decades as well as other chips from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and ARM Holdings. Now, it’s clear that not one but two vulnerabilities ...
Twistlock updates container security platform with protection for serverless deployments
Container security company Twistlock Ltd. today updated its namesake platform with a new release that aims to beef up security for serverless computing functions and help companies meet their compliance obligations. The Twistlock 2.3 release also comes with enhancements to its runtime defense based on real-world research into security vulnerabilities, along with updates to its cloud-native ...
Asure Software starts the new year with 3 acquisitions
Human capital management and workplace management software provider Asure Software Inc. is racing into the new year with no fewer than three acquisitions under its belt. The company, based in Austin, Texas, announced Tuesday that it has snapped up payroll providers TelePayroll Inc. and Pay Systems of America Inc. for undisclosed amounts. In addition, Asure ...
Microsoft’s Connect Americans Now initiative aims to bring faster internet to rural areas
Microsoft Corp. is making a renewed effort to help roll out broadband internet access across rural areas of the United States, forming formed a new coalition called Connect Americans Now that aims to pressure policymakers to narrow the digital divide between urban and rural communities. According to Microsoft’s latest figures, around 34 million Americans are still living without ...
Intel patches critical processor security bug, but the fix imposes a 35% performance hit
Intel Corp. is having a rough start to the new year, with reports of a critical flaw in its central processing unit chips for computers that needs urgent patching. The bug is said to be causing Intel headaches not because vulnerabilities like this are anything new, but in this case because fixing it can reportedly ...
Google saved itself $3.7B in taxes in 2016 thanks to Irish legal loophole
Google LLC reportedly saved itself $3.7 billion in taxes in 2016 after shifting around 16 billion euros between its accounts in Ireland, the Netherlands and Bermuda. The company exploited a couple of well-known legal loopholes in those countries that allow it to sidestep its tax responsibilities in foreign countries, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. According to the report, Google ...