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Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu is best known for the information technology consultancy services it provides to enterprises, but now the company is looking to broaden its horizons with the launch of a series of standalone software products tailored to address specific customer pain …
Not content with just cars, Google wants to build autonomous ships as well
After spearheading the development of autonomous self-driving cars for several years, Google LLC is now turning its attention to commercial shipping. The internet giant announced last week that it’s going to work with Rolls-Royce Holdings plc to help improve the engineering firm’s intelligent awareness …
Splunk acquires staff and technology assets from former rival Rocana
A fairly heated dispute between two leading business intelligence platform providers seems to be done and dusted after Splunk Inc. said it’s acquiring some technology and intellectual property assets from rival Rocana Inc. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Publicly …
SAP and VMware partner to make enterprise IoT deployments easier
Software giants SAP SE and VMware Inc. are teaming up to launch a new enterprise-focused “internet of things” initiative that encompasses devices, the cloud, infrastructure and other applications. The two companies said their new partnership is all about accelerating and streamlining enterprise …
Ascendify lands $11M funding to bring predictive analytics to talent management
Skills shortages are a growing problem for enterprises today, preventing many from adopting new technologies such as cloud computing and artificial intelligence. To address this challenge, a startup called Ascendify Corp. is touting its Intelligent People Management talent acquisition platform as a …
Red Hat adds software-defined storage to application containers
Linux company Red Hat Inc. is bringing what it calls “versatile software-defined storage” to its OpenShift Container Platform. The idea is to make it easier for those working with the platform to provision, manage, scale and upgrade their storage environments for container-based workloads. The …
Pensa emerges from stealth with tools to automate software-defined data centers
A new startup that wants to help developers spin up virtual data centers more easily has just emerged from stealth mode: Pensa Inc., which today launched the first of its products alongside the hiring of a high-profile chief executive officer to lead its …
Gartner says worldwide IT spending will grow 4.3% in 2018
Gartner Inc. says organizations will hike their spending on global information technology next year as they step up their digital transformation efforts. The analyst firm said at its Gartner Symposium/Itxpo in Orlando, Florida, Tuesday that it expects worldwide IT spending to hit …
Broadcom’s $5.5B deal to buy Brocade is delayed again
Broadcom Ltd.’s proposed $5.5 billion acquisition of network equipment maker Brocade Communications Systems Inc. has been pushed back amid regulatory review hurdles. Semiconductor maker Broadcom announced its intention to acquire Brocade back in November, but the deal has been repeatedly delayed due …
NetApp expands hybrid cloud partnership with Microsoft Azure
NetApp Inc. said it’s launching a new service that aims to make it easier to migrate workloads to Microsoft Corp.’s Azure cloud. On Tuesday the company launched its Microsoft Azure Enterprise Network File System as a service in the Azure cloud. The …