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Slack lands $250M funding round led by Japan’s Softbank Group

By Mike Wheatley Sep 17, 2017

Slack Technologies Inc., maker of the popular team messaging application of the same name, has become the latest beneficiary of Softbank Group Corp.’s $1 billion Vision Fund. The company said on Sunday it has…

Infra

David Goulden, Dell EMC’s infrastructure services president, will quit next year

By Mike Wheatley Sep 17, 2017

One of Dell EMC’s most senior executives, David Goulden (pictured), who is currently in charge of the company’s Infrastructure Solutions Group, will leave the company by the end of its current fiscal year in…

Cloud

Amazon beefs up cloud server instances for high-performance databases

By Mike Wheatley Sep 14, 2017

Amazon Web Services Inc. late Wednesday announced new server instances for customers running data-intensive in-memory databases such as SAP SE’s Hana platform on its cloud. The new EC2 instances come with 4 terabytes of…

Cloud

Microsoft unveils new cloud security services and user interface tools

By Mike Wheatley Sep 14, 2017

Microsoft Corp. on Thursday unveiled a new set of services called Azure Confidential Computing that’s designed to bolster the security of its public cloud service. Separately, the company is also planning to lift the…

Emerging Tech

Lyft and Uber eye big funding from Google and SoftBank

By Mike Wheatley Sep 14, 2017

Ride-hailing giants Lyft Inc. and Uber Technologies Inc. look to be on the verge of landing even more big funding rounds, led by Google Inc.’s parent company Alphabet Inc., and Japanese technology giant SoftBank…

Emerging Tech

IBM can now simulate chemical molecules on its quantum computers

By Mike Wheatley Sep 14, 2017

IBM Corp. has claimed a major new breakthrough in its quantum computing efforts. The company said it has created a new approach to simulating molecules using a quantum computer that could have a transformative…

Infra

Toshiba aims to sell flash memory unit to consortium including Apple and Dell

By Mike Wheatley Sep 13, 2017

Apple Inc. and Dell Technologies Inc. may soon be part-owners of Toshiba Corp.’s flash memory chip business. Toshiba said Wednesday it has entered into a memorandum of understanding with a consortium led by Bain…

Infra

Trump blocks sale of Lattice Semiconductor to China-backed firm

By Mike Wheatley Sep 13, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump has blocked the proposed sale of Lattice Semiconductor Corp. to a private equity firm backed by Chinese investors, saying the deal “threatens to impair the national security of the United…

Cloud

Oracle joins Cloud Native Computing Foundation, adds new container services

By Mike Wheatley Sep 13, 2017

As the excitement around software containers reaches fever pitch, database software giant Oracle Corp. is throwing its weight behind the cause. The company said Wednesday it’s signing up as a platinum member of the…

Cloud

Ride-hailing firms Lyft and Uber open-source microservices technology

By Mike Wheatley Sep 13, 2017

Ride-hailing companies Lyft Inc. and Uber Technologies Inc. are embracing the open-source software movement. The two megastartups have both donated technologies developed in-house to the Cloud Native Computing Federation, which is best known for…

Mike Wheatley

Slack lands $250M funding round led by Japan’s Softbank Group

David Goulden, Dell EMC’s infrastructure services president, will quit next year

Amazon beefs up cloud server instances for high-performance databases

Lyft and Uber eye big funding from Google and SoftBank

IBM can now simulate chemical molecules on its quantum computers

Toshiba aims to sell flash memory unit to consortium including Apple and Dell

Trump blocks sale of Lattice Semiconductor to China-backed firm

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