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Icahn attacks Dell’s planned stock market return, citing the $34B IBM-Red Hat deal

By Maria Deutscher Nov 12, 2018

Back in 2013, activist investor Carl Icahn sued Dell Technologies Inc. in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to block Chief Executive Michael Dell (pictured) from taking it private. Now that the enterprise technology giant is looking…

AI

RPA provider Kofax to shell out $400M for Nuance’s document imaging business

By Maria Deutscher Nov 12, 2018

Kofax Inc., a major player in the fast-growing robotic process automation market, today announced its first acquisition since moving under the wing of the private-equity firm Thoma Bravo LLC last year. Kofax has inked…

Cloud

Oracle’s cloud adds new options for high-powered computing workloads

By Mike Wheatley Nov 12, 2018

Oracle Corp.’s Cloud Infrastructure business is adding new bare-metal compute instances for high-performance computing workloads such as artificial intelligence and engineering simulations. The bare-metal Oracle Cloud Infrastructure instances — meaning they ship without additional…

AI

As AWS re:Invent approaches, AI becomes the killer app for public cloud

By James Kobielus Nov 12, 2018

Amazon Web Services Inc. has become a powerhouse provider of cloud-based tools for enterprises to develop and deploy sophisticated artificial intelligence applications. As we look ahead to the seventh annual re:Invent conference late this month, AWS…

Cloud

IT management software firm Apptio acquired by Vista Equity Partners for $1.9B

By Duncan Riley Nov 11, 2018

Slightly over two years since going public, information technology management software firm Apptio Inc. is going private again via a $1.94 billion acquisition from private-equity firm Vista Equity Partners. The deal will see Apptio shareholders receive $38 per…

Apps

Apple announces repair program for faulty iPhone X and MacBook Pro models

By Duncan Riley Nov 11, 2018

Apple Inc. Friday announced repair programs for two of its most popular devices launched last year, both suffering hardware faults. Top of the list is the iPhone X, the first iPhone launched without a…

Apps

Report: Facebook pushed out Oculus founder Palmer Luckey for his political views

By Duncan Riley Nov 11, 2018

Oculus founder Palmer Luckey was forced out of Facebook Inc. for his political views, according to a new report Sunday in The Wall Street Journal. Luckey (pictured) left Facebook in March 2017 after having virtually…

Apps

SAP snaps up experience management software company Qualtrics for $8B

By Mike Wheatley Nov 11, 2018

German enterprise software giant SAP SE is beefing up its capabilities even more with the acquisition of survey software specialist Qualtrics International Inc. for a hefty $8 billion. The all-cash deal, announced Sunday night, comes…

Cloud

Red Hat post-IBM: embracing change and transformation

By Stuart Miniman Nov 9, 2018

One of my favorite fun facts in discussing change is that due to the lifecycle of cells, your body mostly replaces itself every seven to 15 years. Companies often have significant changes in personnel, products and missions, yet like how…

Infra

Doing a reality check on GPU-accelerated databases

By James Kobielus Nov 9, 2018

The graphics processing unit-accelerated database market has established itself as a substantial startup niche. However, it’s not clear if or when GPU-accelerated databases will ever move into mainstream enterprise database management systems. Though GPUs…

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Icahn attacks Dell’s planned stock market return, citing the $34B IBM-Red Hat deal

RPA provider Kofax to shell out $400M for Nuance’s document imaging business

IT management software firm Apptio acquired by Vista Equity Partners for $1.9B

Apple announces repair program for faulty iPhone X and MacBook Pro models

Report: Facebook pushed out Oculus founder Palmer Luckey for his political views

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