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AI startup Neurala claims major breakthrough in deep learning
Artificial intelligence startup Neurala Inc., a company that’s built a deep learning neural network used by NASA among other organizations, today announced a major new breakthrough that it claims will finally make the technology useful for consumers. The company says it has developed deep learning software capable of learning without the need for servers running ...
Cisco acquihires Saggezza’s advanced data analytics team
Cisco Systems Inc. has pulled out its checkbook for the second time in a week, announcing a deal Thursday to buy Saggezza Inc.’s advanced analytics and data science technology assets for an undisclosed fee. The deal comes after Cisco snapped up software-defined networking startup Viptela Inc. for $610 million on Monday. Saggezza is a privately ...
Report: Qualcomm seeks to ban iPhone imports into the U.S.
Qualcomm Technologies Inc. looks set escalate its patent war with Apple Inc. following reports that it will ask a U.S. trade agency to impose a ban on the importation of iPhones to the country. The move is a retaliatory strike against Apple for withholding royalty payments to the chipmaker. According to Bloomberg, Qualcomm plans to ask ...
Dell EMC announces hybrid cloud platform for Microsoft’s Azure Stack
With the long-awaited release of Microsoft Corp.’s Azure Stack offering said to be just months away, Dell EMC is hoping to convince customers to use the platform on its own hardware. It’s doing so with the launch of new offering called Dell EMC Cloud for Azure Stack that’s designed to make it simple for enterprises ...
Report: Oracle set for big sales restructuring to focus on the cloud
Oracle Corp. is reportedly undergoing a major restructuring of its sales teams that could result in a number of layoffs at the end of the month. The software giant has provided no official confirmation of the reports, let alone offered a comment, but The Register cites unidentified sources close to the company as saying the reorganization ...
Taylor Rhodes quits Rackspace CEO role for unnamed cloud company
Rackspace Inc. Chief Executive Officer Taylor Rhodes said Wednesday he’s leaving the company after three years at the helm. Rhodes (pictured) led the company through a strategic transformation that saw it focus on providing managed services for public cloud providers such as Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure after giving up on its ambitions to ...
Tableau shares spike following mixed earnings call
Data analytics company Tableau Software Inc. reported a mixed bag in its first-quarter earnings report, barely missing estimates on revenue but blowing past expectations on losses. Tableau posted revenue of $199.9 million for the quarter, a 16 percent increase year-over-year. That compared with analysts’ estimates of $200.83 million. However, the company reported a loss after ...
Bonsai lands $7.6m Series A round to simplify AI for industrial uses
Artificial intelligence startup Bonsai AI Inc. has just landed $7.6 million in a Series A funding round as it tries to commercialize the open-source machine learning library TensorFlow. The company is hoping to simplify Tensorflow for enterprises that want to build their own AI models and incorporate them into their businesses. Microsoft Ventures and existing investor NEA ...
Netwrix updates network monitoring tool to counter ransomware
So-called ransomware, which is malicious software designed to block access to a computer system until a sum of money is paid, is reaching epidemic proportions. To counter the threat, security vendors haven been attempting to respond with new network monitoring tools designed to mitigate the problem. One such vendor is Netwrix Corp., which has just ...
LinkedIn wants to deploy chatbots to help users further their careers
LinkedIn Corp. wants to lend a helping hand to business professionals hoping to climb the corporate ladder, and to do so it’s reportedly turning to chatbots. Although there has been no official statement, LinkedIn recently emailed users about an update its terms and conditions. In the email, it makes mention of something called “productivity bots” that ...