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Pinterest’s Lens app uses computer vision to find inspiration anywhere

By Eric David Feb 8, 2017

Digital scrapbooking site Pinterest announced today that it is testing out a new app called Lens, an artificial-intelligence-powered camera app that lets users find pins based on the pictures they take. While there are already…

Cloud

The strategies every CDO should know for hybrid cloud | #SparkSummit

By Bev Bellile Feb 8, 2017

When you scratch the surface, almost every company today is a data company, no matter what product or service they are selling. As a nod to this new reality, companies are adding the role…

Big Data

How IBM handles complexities in Apache Spark for enterprise adoption | #SparkSummit

By Marlene Den Bleyker Feb 8, 2017

IBM Corp. opened its Spark Technology Center a little over a year ago in downtown San Francisco to collaborate with the open-source community while sharing the company’s real-world experiences using Spark. With a mission…

Big Data

Can Spark break the compute bottleneck holding back big data apps?

By R. Danes Feb 8, 2017

Now that businesses have all of this big data, what exactly are they going to do with it? At the Spark Summit East 2017 conference in Boston, Massachusetts, the answer seems to be: Lots.…

Apps

Communications startup Fuze lands $104M ahead of IPO

By Maria Deutscher Feb 8, 2017

While the industry has its attention fixed on Slack Technologies Inc., several other promising team communications providers are expanding aggressively in the background. One of them is the Boston-based Fuze Inc., known until recently…

Cloud

Box courts developers with burnished API library

By Paul Gillin Feb 8, 2017

Box Inc. is enhancing the experience for users of its application program interfaces in a bid to convince corporate developers and independent software vendors of the merits of incorporating Box’s document-sharing features into their…

Infra

HackerOne raises $40M for its crowdsourced security platform

By Maria Deutscher Feb 8, 2017

After winning over the U.S. Department of Defense and numerous other high-profile customers in 2016, HackerOne Inc. is hoping to continue its momentum this year. The security startup today announced it has closed a $40…

Big Data

WATCH LIVE: Spark Summit explores growth and challenges in open source tech | #SparkSummit

By Kristen Nicole Feb 8, 2017

Kicking off today is our live broadcast from Spark Summit East, an event dedicated to the open-source community as Apache Spark tackles the biggest data-wrangling challenges in enterprise information technology. With ongoing enhancements for…

Cloud

Rackspace to lay off 6 percent of its workforce

By Mike Wheatley Feb 8, 2017

Cloud services and support specialist Rackspace Inc. has revealed plans to lay off 6 percent of its staff, including about 250 of its U.S.-based workforce. Rackspace Chief Executive Taylor Rhodes broke the news in…

Apps

Microsoft enhances voice recognition with Custom Speech Service tool

By Mike Wheatley Feb 8, 2017

Developers have a new machine learning tool for improving speech recognition to play around with courtesy of Microsoft Corp., which launched the public beta for its Custom Speech Service on Tuesday. Custom Speech Service…

all stories

Pinterest’s Lens app uses computer vision to find inspiration anywhere

The strategies every CDO should know for hybrid cloud | #SparkSummit

How IBM handles complexities in Apache Spark for enterprise adoption | #SparkSummit

Can Spark break the compute bottleneck holding back big data apps?

Communications startup Fuze lands $104M ahead of IPO

Box courts developers with burnished API library

HackerOne raises $40M for its crowdsourced security platform

WATCH LIVE: Spark Summit explores growth and challenges in open source tech | #SparkSummit

Microsoft enhances voice recognition with Custom Speech Service tool

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