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Cisco Systems Inc. Tuesday unveiled a series of new collaboration tools based around its Spark communications platform, aimed at helping customers get better value from the cloud while making the most of their on-premises deployments. The tools are designed to keep Cisco’s base of legacy …
Forrester: CIOs will put the pedal to the metal in 2017
Chief information officers will move rapidly to embrace emerging technologies as they try to keep up with today’s empowered consumer, Forrester Research Inc. says in its latest report. The report, “2017 CIO Predictions: CIOs Push For Speed Amid Volatility“, reveals that the …
Google discloses critical vulnerability in Windows 10, angering Microsoft
Google Inc. dropped a bomb on Microsoft Corp. Monday by revealing a vulnerability in its Windows operating system that’s yet to be patched. Google says attackers can exploit the bug to gain administrator-level access using simple malware. In a blog post, Neel Mehta …
AI chip startup Graphcore lands $30M in new round
A U.K.-based startup that’s looking to build processors focused on artificial intelligence and machine learning workloads has just emerged from stealth with $30 million in funding. Graphcore, based in Bristol, England, has spent the last two years quietly building a soon to be …
Mozilla’s Firefox browser aims to make a ‘Quantum’ leap forward
The Mozilla Foundation has been constantly evolving its Firefox web browser, most recently adding new context and discovery features, and implementing multi-processing support. Now, the organization is set to make a revolutionary new change with the announcement of Project Quantum, a new …
Tenable Network Security buys FlawCheck to seal up leaky software containers
Cyber-security firm Tenable Network Security Inc. is betting on the rise of containers, which allow applications to run on any computer. But ensuring the security of containers deployed usingDevOps, a method of speeding up deployment of information technologies in companies, has been a particular …
Oracle says $9.3B bid for NetSuite is its ‘final offer’
Oracle Corp. Chief Executive Mark Hurd has said that the company’s $9.3 billion bid to acquire NetSuite Inc. is its final offer, even as NetSuite investors agitate for more. Hurd told CNBC in an interview that Oracle has set a deadline of …
Databricks brings deep learning capabilities to Apache Spark
Databricks Inc. is turning its attention to machine learning by adding support for deep learning on its cloud-based Apache Spark platform. The gist of the announcement is that Databricks is adding graphics chip support and integrating popular deep learning libraries to accelerate these …
IBM’s OpenPower data center consortium sets sights on Europe
The OpenPower Foundation, an IBM Corp.-led initiative that aims to build server, networking, storage and graphics acceleration technologies for hyperscale and cloud data centers, is targeting European expansion as the next stage of its growth. The consortium said at its inaugural OpenPower …
Intel unveils new Atom chips for the Internet of Things
Intel is making an Internet of Things play with the launch of an update Atom chip that packs in double the compute power and boosts graphics performance by three times of its predecessor. Intel’s Atom E3900 series is the next step up …