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Innovation through social good is business as usual at Accenture

By Manas Sarma Nov 29, 2018

Businessmen and businesswomen are often noted for their philanthropy, but Accenture LLP’s business is philanthropy. As a result, it consistently seeks to drive beneficence and to help others improve conditions for society as a…

Emerging Tech

Microsoft lands $480M contract to supply HoloLens headsets to US Army

By Maria Deutscher Nov 29, 2018

In a major boost for its augmented reality efforts, Microsoft Corp. has landed a $480 million contract to provide the U.S. Army with a military-grade version of its HoloLens headset. The deal, which was…

Cloud

For Nutanix CEO, core infrastructure needs to be more than ‘good enough’

By Mark Albertson Nov 29, 2018

People who scoff at the importance of core information technology infrastructure just don’t get it. That’s the impression left with Nutanix Inc. founder, chairman and Chief Executive Officer Dheeraj Pandey. And Pandey (pictured) has seen…

Cloud

Go, DeepRacer, Go: How a toy car makes machine learning fun for developers

By Bev Bellile Nov 29, 2018

At this year’s AWS re:Invent in Las Vegas, Amazon.com Inc. launched its AWS DeepRacer. While it is a toy car on the outside, it is also a highly sophisticated reinforcement learning platform designed to…

Infra

OpenLegacy raises $30M for technology to refresh legacy applications with microservices

By Paul Gillin Nov 29, 2018

The investment environment for all things related to application program interfaces remains hot. OpenLegacy Inc., a maker of microservices-based API integration tools that are primarily intended for use with legacy enterprise applications, Wednesday said…

Apps

With $50M funding round, productivity startup Asana hits $1.5B valuation

By Maria Deutscher Nov 29, 2018

The latest startup to join Silicon Valley’s unicorn club is San Francisco-based team productivity specialist Asana Inc., which today announced that it has raised $50 million from investors at a $1.5 billion valuation. The late-stage,…

AI

Deeper into cloud data: AWS launches a blitz of innovative AI offerings at re:Invent

By James Kobielus Nov 29, 2018

Amazon Web Services Inc. made artificial intelligence far and away the dominant theme of its announcements on Wednesday, the second day of re:Invent 2018. As presented in detail in AWS Chief Executive Andy Jassy’s…

Security

Misconfigured ElasticSearch server leaks records of 57M US citizens

By Duncan Riley Nov 28, 2018

An ElasticSearch B.V. server has been found leaking the details of nearly 57 million U.S. citizens online in the latest case of a misconfigured online server. The server, discovered by security researcher Bob Diachenko…

Blockchain

Blockchain social media startup Steemit downsizes as crypto crash bites

By Duncan Riley Nov 28, 2018

Steemit Inc., a social media platform built on a decentralized database that rewards contributors with cryptocurrency payments, has laid off 70 percent of its workforce as the cryptocurrency downturn has affected its bottom line.…

Cloud

Box beats earnings estimates as it edges toward profitability

By Mike Wheatley Nov 28, 2018

Cloud storage company Box Inc. cheered investors today as it reported earnings that came in just above expectations. The company still posted an overall loss but managed to whip up excitement by claiming it’s…

explore news

Microsoft lands $480M contract to supply HoloLens headsets to US Army

OpenLegacy raises $30M for technology to refresh legacy applications with microservices

With $50M funding round, productivity startup Asana hits $1.5B valuation

Misconfigured ElasticSearch server leaks records of 57M US citizens

Blockchain social media startup Steemit downsizes as crypto crash bites

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