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Slack adds 11 more bot startups to its $80M investment fund

By Eric David Jan 5, 2017

Slack Technologies Inc. has revealed the next 11 startups that will receive part of its $80 million Slack Fund, which is aimed at bringing even more developers to the company’s already robust app ecosystem. The fund’s latest cohort…

Big Data

Gartner buys analyst firm CEB for $3.3B to broaden research

By Maria Deutscher Jan 5, 2017

Gartner Inc. is frequently cited in news articles about the IT industry for its commentary. Today, it became the news itself after announcing plans to acquire business advisory provider CEB Inc. for $3.3 billion. Excluding debt,…

Cloud

Fugue lands $41M Series D round to push cloud management

By Mike Wheatley Jan 5, 2017

Cloud infrastructure management company Fugue Inc. has just closed on a juicy $41 million Series D funding round, bringing its total funding to more than $75 million. The round was led by New Enterprise…

Emerging Tech

New smartphones debut at CES: ZenFone AR, Galaxy A-series and others

By Collen Kriel Jan 5, 2017

Various smartphone manufacturers have chosen the Consumer Electronics Show, currently underway in Las Vegas, to unveil their latest smartphones due out in the first half of 2017. CES is normally the place where midrange…

Emerging Tech

Tablets and 2-in-1 laptops released at CES so far

By Collen Kriel Jan 5, 2017

Early releases of tablets and 2-in-1 laptops are in full swing at the Consumer Electronics Show, currently taking place in Las Vegas. In addition to the release of Dell Inc.’s XPS 13 2-in-1 on…

Cloud

Amazon Web Services claims 16,000 database migrations to its cloud since March

By Mike Wheatley Jan 5, 2017

Amazon Web Services has seen more than 16,000 migrations of databases off private data centers since the launch of its migration service last March. That’s according to a tweet from AWS Chief Executive Andy…

Emerging Tech

Privacy advocate foils facial recognition technology with patterned clothing

By James Farrell Jan 5, 2017

A Berlin-based artist and privacy advocate, Adam Harvey, is fighting back against what he considers intrusive and oppressive facial recognition technology. Harvey, who melds art with his contention that data collection on the individual…

Cloud

Red Hat adds hybrid cloud management features in new CloudForms

By Mike Wheatley Jan 4, 2017

Red Hat Inc. has updated its hybrid cloud management platform CloudForms to provide enhanced capabilities for users of Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform, as well as Red Hat’s OpenStack platform. CloudForms is software…

Emerging Tech

BMW and Accenture build augmented reality app to show vehicle options

By Duncan Riley Jan 4, 2017

BMW Group has teamed up with Accenture PLC to develop a new augmented reality app based on Google’s Tango platform to allow customers to see a virtual representation of a customized vehicle. The app, announced…

Emerging Tech

IoT spending forecast to hit $1.29 trillion by 2020

By Mike Wheatley Jan 4, 2017

Global spending on the Internet of Things will hit $1.29 trillion over the next three years, according to a revised prediction from research firm International Data Corp. IDC made the new forecast in an update…

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Slack adds 11 more bot startups to its $80M investment fund

Gartner buys analyst firm CEB for $3.3B to broaden research

New smartphones debut at CES: ZenFone AR, Galaxy A-series and others

Tablets and 2-in-1 laptops released at CES so far

Privacy advocate foils facial recognition technology with patterned clothing

Red Hat adds hybrid cloud management features in new CloudForms

BMW and Accenture build augmented reality app to show vehicle options

IoT spending forecast to hit $1.29 trillion by 2020

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