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Israeli data protection outfit BigID Inc. is prepping for its next stage of growth after landing a $14 million round of funding. The Series A round was led by ClearSky Security, Comcast Ventures and the SAP.iO Fund. Previous investor BOLDstart Ventures also …
Baker Hughes GE and Nvidia team up on AI for the oil and gas industries
General Electric Co. subsidiary Baker Hughes GE is teaming up with Nvidia Corp. to introduce artificial intelligence and data analytics technology to the oil and gas industries. The initiative aims to make the two energy industries more efficient and predictive by collecting …
Microsoft updates Teams collaboration tool with new app integrations
Microsoft Corp. today rolled out a major new update to its Teams collaboration tool, which competes with the likes of Slack Technologies Inc. and Facebook Inc.’s Workplace. The update is billed as the “biggest single release of new functionality” since Teams was …
Chipmaker Renesas reported in talks to buy Maxim for $20B but denies deal
American chipmaker Maxim Integrated Products Inc.’s share price jumped to a 17-year high today rumors that it’s holding talks to be acquired for $20 billion by its Japanese rival Renesas Electronics Corp. News of the potential acquisition was first reported by CNBC, …
New CNCF project Rook provides persistent storage for Kubernetes clusters
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation, which houses the Kubernetes project and other cloud-native technology initiatives, is pitching its latest project Rook as a solution for persistent storage systems in Kubernetes clusters. Last week the CNCF voted to accept Rook as its 15th …
ContentSquare lands $42M to expand digital experience insights platform
ContentSquare is setting its sights on dominating user engagement analytics after landing a hefty $42 million in funding. Cannan Partners and Highland Europe led the Series B round together with participation from Eurazeo and H14. Including a $20 million Series A round in …
Microsoft’s prototype Ink to Code app transforms sketches into working code
Microsoft Corp.’s experimental Garage Project team has unveiled a new application that aims to bring to life all of those wonderful ideas that are first jotted down on a scrap of paper. The app, called Ink to Code, is designed to help …
Dell considers going public to pay down debt, buy rest of VMware
Dell Technologies Inc. is reportedly mulling over the idea of becoming a publicly traded company once again, less than five years after it bought out shareholders to go private. Sources including Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal cite people familiar with the …
Cisco’s HyperFlex multicloud platform gains support for containers
Cisco Systems Inc. Thursday said it’s updating its hyperconverged infrastructure platform HyperFlex to enable both multicloud deployments and management of on-premises software containers. HyperFlex 3.0 is a platform that combines hardware from Cisco with software obtained from Springpath Inc., which the networking …
Microsemi reportedly seeks buyers as consolidation grips the chip industry
Microsemi Corp., a semiconductor manufacturer that’s focused on selling computer chips to the military and aerospace industries, is scouting out potential buyers after receiving an offer from an unnamed firm. The company has reacted to that offer by hiring Qatalyst Partners, an …