When a startup realizes its original idea isn’t going to fly, the cliched but often effective solution is a “pivot,” applying the technology in a new direction. Problem is, for a number of reasons, pivoting doesn’t really work for the rising number of startups building their businesses on machine learning. That’s one reason behind a ...

Cloud computing may still be a small part of overall information technology spending, but don’t tell that to investors in Amazon.com Inc., Google LLC owner Alphabet Inc. and Microsoft Corp. The technology giants derive most of their revenue respectively from e-commerce, advertising and software, but their latest quarterly reports out today shone a light once ...

Thanks to a never-ending stream of attacks and threats, cybersecurity is about as hot a technology sector as any these days. Allegis Capital thinks it’s only getting started. That’s why the San Francisco-based venture capital firm is doubling down on cyber, as it’s known for short. For one, the firm, which has also invested in ...

Google LLC and Cisco Systems Inc. said today they’re joining forces to help corporate enterprises more easily develop software that spans private data centers and public cloud computing. The deal is intended to allow companies to run software consistently in a so-called hybrid computing environment in which some work can be done in the cloud ...

Amazon.com Inc.’s unusual strategy for finding a location for a second headquarters apparently has worked. Some 238 cities and regions submitted proposals to host the HQ, which Chief Executive Jeff Bezos said would be a full equal to its current home in Seattle (pictured). The retail and cloud computing giant announced in early September that it ...

Australian enterprise collaboration software maker Atlassian Corp. Plc beat earnings expectations today, sending shares up about 12 percent to what will be a new record high if it holds Friday. Atlassian, whose enterprise softwares includes the JIRA Service Desk offering, team chat tools HipChat and Stride, workflow platform Confluence and task management software Trello, posted ...

It’s not all up and to the right for SAP SE, as the European business software giant hit a rough patch in its third quarter as it continues to move its applications business into the cloud. After at least a couple of quarters of strong growth both in its software license business and its cloud revenues, ...

Bixby, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.’s smart digital assistant, no longer will be trapped inside the Korean giant’s smartphones, as the company today announced plans to make it available on its own smart TVs and refrigerators and eventually other companies’ products. The move, announced today at Samsung’s developer conference in San Francisco, is an attempt to ...

Innumerable cybersecurity companies promise to protect companies from all manner of attacks. Tanium Inc. Chief Executive Orion Hindawi doesn’t seem to be one of them. In the 10-year-old company’s second annual Converge show for customers in San Francisco today, Hindawi was remarkably candid about the reality that none of them, including his, can ensure that ...

In a sign that virtual reality is finally poised to enter the mainstream, Facebook Inc. today revealed plans for a $199 standalone VR headset called Oculus Go that will be on the market early next year. Oculus, which Facebook bought for $2 billion in 2014, revealed the Go (pictured) and other hardware and software advances ...