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Big Data

Lumity’s employee benefits platform attracts $19M in funding

By Maria Deutscher Aug 23, 2017

Lumity Inc. is using analytics to change how companies deliver employee benefits. Today, the three-year-old startup announced that it has raised $19 million from Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Social+Capital Partnership and True Ventures to take…

Emerging Tech

Battle of the titans: Wal-Mart and Google join to take on Amazon’s voice-assisted shopping

By Eric David Aug 23, 2017

Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is teaming up with Google Inc. to build its own voice-assisted shopping experience, as it looks to go head-to-head with similar features offered by Amazon.com Inc. Wal-Mart and Google…

Infra

Riverbed gets edgy as Xirrus acquisition meshes Wi-Fi with SD-WAN

By R. Danes Aug 23, 2017

Shortly after its founding in 2004, wireless network provider Xirrus Inc. saw that Wi-Fi use and demand were growing faster than the infrastructure to support it. It began developing technology to scale, provision and orchestrate…

Cloud

Google offers cheaper network pricing tier for its cloud

By Robert Hof Aug 23, 2017

Hoping to battle its way into contention with cloud computing leaders Amazon Web Services Inc. and Microsoft Azure, Google Inc. today offered a new, cheaper way to get basic network access on its cloud…

Big Data

M-Files acquires Apprento to handle natural-language queries of enterprise content

By Paul Gillin Aug 23, 2017

Document management firm M-Files Corp. Tuesday said it has acquired Apprento Inc., a New Brunswick-based developer of a natural language query engine that works on unstructured text, for an undisclosed amount. Apprento said its…

Infra

SD-WAN gives network new operational powers, says Riverbed

By R. Danes Aug 23, 2017

Software-Defined Networking frees network administrators from constant tinkering with individual boxes. It allows admins to view and program the network from a central software consul. This new agility could elevate the network and its admins to…

Infra

Software-defined networking pioneers’ startup raises $16M to tackle outages

By Maria Deutscher Aug 23, 2017

An erroneous change to a company’s network can cause major operational disruptions, which is why administrators usually take great pains to validate updates before rolling them out. It’s a difficult task that Forward Networks…

Apps

Uber hits $50 million in driver tips, adds more driver-friendly features

By Collen Kriel Aug 23, 2017

As part of its “180 Days of Change” campaign, Uber Technologies Inc. has introduced additional driver-centric features, which focus on providing additional flexibility to its drivers. Following a long period of turmoil, the ride-hailing…

Infra

Threat detection startup Versive raises $12.7M in new round

By Duncan Riley Aug 23, 2017

Threat protection startup Versive Inc. Tuesday said it has raised $12.7 million in a new funding round from a number of undisclosed investors. Founded in 2012, Versive offers a platform called the “Versive Security Engine” that…

Emerging Tech

DJI will completely disable drones if users don’t install firmware update

By Duncan Riley Aug 22, 2017

Doubling down on its threat in May to cripple drones that aren’t registered, Chinese drone maker DJI (Dà-Jiāng Innovations Science and Technology Co. Ltd.) has now warned that owners of its Spark drones who do not…

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Lumity’s employee benefits platform attracts $19M in funding

Battle of the titans: Wal-Mart and Google join to take on Amazon’s voice-assisted shopping

Riverbed gets edgy as Xirrus acquisition meshes Wi-Fi with SD-WAN

M-Files acquires Apprento to handle natural-language queries of enterprise content

SD-WAN gives network new operational powers, says Riverbed

Software-defined networking pioneers’ startup raises $16M to tackle outages

Threat detection startup Versive raises $12.7M in new round

DJI will completely disable drones if users don’t install firmware update

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