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ServiceNow buys FriendlyData to boost its natural language processing skills

By Mike Wheatley Oct 10, 2018

Workflow automation software company ServiceNow Inc. today made another acquisition, buying a startup called FriendlyData Inc. that has built a natural language interface for querying databases. FriendlyData’s interface does what its name suggests, making it…

AI

With a new $100 million fund, Micron plans to invest in AI startups and diversity

By Mike Wheatley Oct 10, 2018

Computer chip maker Micron Technology Inc. said today it will throw $100 million at artificial intelligence startups as it seeks to create new markets for its semiconductor technology. The company announced the new fund during…

Cloud

Commvault’s backup hybrid strategy strengthened by expanding partner ecosystem

By Mark Albertson Oct 10, 2018

Commvault Systems Inc. is building a partner ecosystem to strengthen its position in expanding hybrid environments. Yesterday, the company announced that its Complete Backup and Recovery software would now be available directly from NetApp…

Big Data

Looker gets vertical in new version of its business intelligence platform

By Paul Gillin Oct 10, 2018

Looker Data Sciences Inc. today added industry- and function-specific templates along with a host of new goodies for analysts in version 6 of its namesake business intelligence platform. Compared with the overhaul Looker made a year…

Apps

Microsoft opens up its vast patent portfolio to the Linux community

By Maria Deutscher Oct 10, 2018

Microsoft Corp.’s latest gesture to the open-source community could prove to be one of its most significant so far. The company today announced that it’s joining the Open Invention Network, an industry consortium dedicated…

AI

DDN and Nvidia partnership powers the AI data center

By Mark Albertson Oct 10, 2018

Businesses confronted with rolling out an artificial intelligence project often stare at the assembled pieces and wonder what kind of engine will be needed to power the car. Data scientists? Check. AI initiative? Check.…

AI

Report: Apple has secretly acquired AI-based visual effects startup Spektral for $30M

By Maria Deutscher Oct 10, 2018

A new report claims that Apple Inc. last year quietly acquired a Copenhagen-based machine learning startup called Spektral for $30 million. The story appeared today in Danish business journal Børsen and was picked up…

Security

In another cybersecurity buy, Thoma Bravo to take Imperva private in $2.1B buyout

By Maria Deutscher Oct 10, 2018

Imperva Inc., a major provider of cybersecurity software that has in recent years worked to transition to a cloud-based business model, is going private. The company today announced that it agreed to be taken…

Infra

CNEX Labs lands $23M funding round to optimize solid-state storage

By Mike Wheatley Oct 10, 2018

Storage semiconductor startup CNEX Labs Inc. today said it has landed $23 million in a late-stage round of funding as it presses ahead with the development of a unique architecture for solid-state drive storage controllers…

Emerging Tech

EY applies robotic learning in-house, saves 2M hours per year

By Mark Albertson Oct 10, 2018

Global professional services firm Ernst & Young Global Ltd has become one of the leading users of robotic process automation, or RPA, technology, and that’s not by accident. The company has embarked on a deliberate…

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With a new $100 million fund, Micron plans to invest in AI startups and diversity

Looker gets vertical in new version of its business intelligence platform

Microsoft opens up its vast patent portfolio to the Linux community

DDN and Nvidia partnership powers the AI data center

Report: Apple has secretly acquired AI-based visual effects startup Spektral for $30M

In another cybersecurity buy, Thoma Bravo to take Imperva private in $2.1B buyout

CNEX Labs lands $23M funding round to optimize solid-state storage

EY applies robotic learning in-house, saves 2M hours per year

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