At Dreamforce, Marc Benioff touts Salesforce’s AI chops with Einstein
By Robert Hof
Salesforce.com on Wednesday announced more detailed plans to infuse artificial intelligence deep into all its customer relationship management services.
By Robert Hof
Breaking analysis: With upgrade, Infinidat challenges conventional wisdom in flash
When I first heard about Infinidat I put it in the category of FM — “Effing Magic.” At the time, Wikibon analyst David Floyer was shaping the industry’s first prediction of the so-called All-Flash Datacenter.…
Amazon bans incentivized reviews after report proves they’re biased
By Eric David
In hopes of eliminating biased reviews from its online storefront, Amazon.com Inc. has announced some important changes to its community guidelines. Amazon explained in a blog post that it will no longer allow incentivized reviews,…
Bitcoin Weekly: Adam Back becomes Blockstream CEO, bitcoin exchanges expand and more investment funding
By Kyt Dotson
A lot of business is going on in the bitcoin and blockchain ecosystem this week. A shakeup happened at the bitcoin technology startup Blockstream when co-founder Austin Hill quit his position as chief executive…
Beyond the firewall: Why network security must evolve | #WomenInTech
Securing the network is one of the largest concerns for the enterprise today. With a host of malware crawling undetected through networks and highly publicized attacks, security is now a topic of conversation in…
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VMware sells its government cloud to QTS Realty Trust
The fierce competition in the infrastructure-as-a-service market is driving consolidation even among established vendors. VMware Inc. today sold its vCloud Government Service, the part of its hosting platform geared toward public sector customers, to…
Hybrid storage unicorn Infinidat embraces compression, iSCSI
By Paul Gillin
Infinidat Inc., which raised $150 million last year to build a hybrid storage array, is today announcing version 3.0 of its InfiniBox storage system, featuring improved scalability, inline data compression, integrated performance analytics and…
Bill Gross: Bitcoin may be a better investment than shares
By Duncan Riley
Billionaire bond manager Bill Gross has claimed that people may be better off investing in bitcoin and gold rather than shares, due to the current low interest rate policies of global banks. Gross, who…
Criteo acquires performance marketing exchange firm HookLogic for $250M
By Duncan Riley
Marketing technology firm Criteo Inc. has acquired performance marketing exchange firm HookLogic Inc. for $250 million. Founded in 2004, HookLogic provides closed-loop marketing for brand advertisers through partnerships with leading retailers and travel companies,…
End-to-end encryption comes to all Facebook Messenger users: How to send Secret Conversations
By Collen Kriel
Facebook Inc. started testing end-to-end encryption with a select group of Facebook Messenger users back in July. The new feature, appropriately named Secret Conversations, allows users to decide when they want their messages, sent…