Cloud
Riding the cloud wave with always-on data
Few saw how the cloud would change the way the world does business. But some did. While the scope of those changes spread by the cloud are beyond imagining, the concept itself is logical…
Cloud
How SAP aims to transform the user experience
By Aaron Melgar
As cloud computing disrupts the traditional way of doing business, companies must adopt new strategies around the shift or get left behind. Companies are dropping out of the S&P 500 at an alarming rate,…
Apps
Machine learning, AI are differentiators for this recruitment company
By Bev Bellile
Among the winners of this year’s Informatica Innovation Awards was Allegis Group, a privately held staffing and recruitment services company. Allegis partners with Informatica LLC, using machine learning and artificial intelligence on its data to innovate…
Big Data
SAP reveals its trajectory to the multi-cloud world
The breaking news at SAP’s Sapphire Now event this week in Orlando, Florida, is all about the three Cs of SAP’s multi-cloud offerings. “Three things to remember, it’s about helping accelerate cloud adoption, consumption,…
Cloud
How this company makes different clouds talk to each other
By R. Danes
The endlessly growing selection of Software as a Service business applications is great … until a company’s partner adopts one that doesn’t talk to its own SaaS app. Cloud backup and restore solutions company…
Emerging Tech
Spotify buys another AI startup in quest for better music recommendations
Spotify AB is making the most out of the $1 billion in debt financing it raised last year. The music streaming giant quietly revealed Wednesday that it has bought Niland, a Paris-based machine learning startup, in what…
Big Data
All-cloud enterprise? Not with hybrid data, says Informatica board member
By R. Danes
If the foundation of digital business is data, then to predict whether enterprises can go all-cloud, simply ask: Is all of their data going to the cloud? advises Jerry Held (pictured), board member of Informatica LLC…
Emerging Tech
Neurala fights poaching in Africa with AI-powered drones
Deep learning startup Neurala Inc. is applying its technology to a partnership with the Lindbergh Foundation that aims to combat illegal elephant poaching in Africa with artificial intelligence-powered drones. Despite increased efforts to combat…
Apps
Indian digital payments startup Paytm raises a massive $1.4B from Softbank
By Duncan Riley
Indian digital payments startup Paytm has raised a massive $1.4 billion round funded exclusively by Japanese giant Softbank Group Corp. The deal includes Softbank purchasing $400 million in shares from SAIF Partners, an early investor in…
Infra
FCC moves one step closer to undoing net neutrality rules
The Obama administration’s rules intended to ensure net neutrality are on their way out after the Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to begin implementing Chairman Ajit Pai’s plans to scrap the regulations. The FCC voted 2-1…