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Invoca applies machine learning to transcribing and classifying voice calls
Invoca Inc. today extended its call tracking and analytics platform with capabilities that apply keyword analytics to transcribed conversations and automatically categorize them for marketing purposes. The new Signal Discovery feature uses unsupervised machine learning to scour large volumes of recorded calls and automatically group them based upon words and speech patterns. Unsupervised machine learning discovers ...
TigerGraph’s cloud-native engine debuts as it raises $32M in new funding
Graph database startup TigerGraph Inc. today announced the general availability of a cloud-native version of its product that it announced nearly a year ago, adding a free trial option and a range of starter kits aimed at making graph technology accessible to a broader audience. The company also announced $32 million in a Series B ...
Cloudera debuts all-open-source integrated cloud data platform
Two months after adopting an all-open-source strategy, Cloudera Inc. today is announcing an integrated data platform made up entirely of open-source elements. Cloudera Data Platform is being positioned as one-stop-shopping cloud service for organizations that want to perform analytics across hybrid and multicloud environments with enterprise-grade security and governance. The package combines a cloud-native data ...
Startup applies AI to cybersecurity insurance underwriting to improve policy precision
Startup Cowbell Cyber Inc. is applying machine learning to the small but growing market for cybersecurity insurance. It’s doing so with the announcement today of a continuous underwriting platform that it claims brings new levels of precision to risk assessment to enable more insurers to write policies with greater confidence. The company is targeting small ...
Alfresco offers content/process management platform as a cloud-native service
Alfresco Software Inc. today is unveiling a cloud-native version of its Digital Business Platform that it will offer as a fully managed service. The maker of open-source enterprise content management and business process management services pitches its software as a way to create automated workflows involving multiple documents and users. It’s intended for jobs such ...
Splunk adds new pricing options and launches venture capital arm
Splunk Inc. is introducing new pricing options, an assortment of new partner initiatives and the establishment of a venture capital arm to invest in data-focused businesses. The company, which Gartner Inc. ranks as No 2 behind IBM Corp. in the market for searching, monitoring and analyzing machine-generated data, is introducing what it calls Data-to-Everything with three ...
Cloudian spins off subsidiary to build edge AI devices for Japanese market
Object storage appliance maker Cloudian Inc. is taking the unusual step today of spinning off an independent company to build an edge processing platform, initially for the Japanese market. Cloudian, which has raised $173 million for what it calls its infinitely scalable storage platform that’s compatible with Amazon Web Services Inc.’s S3 cloud storage service, ...
Oracle cloud app refresh is all about AI and digital assistants
Oracle Corp. customers can expect to hear a lot about intelligent digital assistants and machine-driven insights as the company kicks off the first full day of its OpenWorld conference in San Francisco this morning. Major updates to Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning Cloud and Enterprise Performance Management Cloud center on streamlining tasks through artificial intelligence while making it possible ...
Dremio unlocks cloud object stores for use in high-performance analytics
Dremio Corp., a developer of self-service analytics technology, says it has figured out how to unlock data in popular cloud stores for use in performance-sensitive data warehouse applications. The company’s new Data Lake Engines for Amazon Web Services, Azure and hybrid cloud systems enables users to work directly on data in cloud object stores such ...
Trifacta bags $100M to fuel global adoption of its ‘data wrangling’ technology
Trifacta Inc. received a huge endorsement for its “data wrangling” technology this morning, announcing a $100 million series E financing round that includes several new investors with international reach. The company has now raised a total of $224 million. The money will be used to accelerate expansion into new geographies, new verticals and product areas. Trifacta ...