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AWS adds giant memory-optimized instances to win over SAP HANA users
The latest addition to Amazon Web Services Inc.’s ever-growing selection of cloud instances is a pair of beefy bare-metal servers aimed at enterprises running SAP SE applications. The machines, unveiled today, are joining the EC2 High Memory instance family AWS launched last year. They both pack eight Intel Corp. central processing units with a 2.7-gigahertz ...
Oracle will add 2,000 jobs and 20 data centers in cloud infrastructure push
If its infrastructure expansion plan goes according to schedule, Oracle Corp. will have more than doubled the size of its cloud data center network by 2021. Don Johnson, Oracle’s head of cloud infrastructure engineering, detailed the initiative in a Reuters interview published Monday night. The push is set to see the company open 20 data ...
Intel unveils new workstation processor chips for data scientists and developers
Intel Corp. has a new family of desktop processors aimed squarely at data scientists, architects, developers and other power users who work with hardware-intensive applications. The W-2200 series, unveiled today, consists of eight 14-nanometer central processing units ranging in price from $294 to $1,333. The CPUs cost between 40% and 50% less than their respective predecessors in ...
Next Insurance picks up $250M to simplify digital insurance for small businesses
Traditional industries where the shift to digital is still ongoing are proving to be fertile grounds for startups. One such industry, the insurance sector, saw a new unicorn emerge today after Next Insurance Inc. announced that it has raised $250 million in funding. The capital was provided entirely by Munich Re Inc. and values the ...
Alteryx snaps up MIT-born machine learning startup Feature Labs
Analytics provider Alteryx Inc. today announced that it has acquired Feature Labs Inc., a startup using techniques developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to simplify artificial intelligence development. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. The Feature Labs team will continue to operate out of its current Boston headquarters and its technology will ...
Google reveals hackers are using a new flaw to attack Android devices
A month after revealing a set of previously unknown “zero-day” vulnerabilities in iOS, Google LLC has exposed a zero-day flaw affecting its own Android operating system. The search giant published a technical description of the bug late Thursday. Project Zero, the Google security team behind the report, usually waits 90 days before publicizing a software vulnerability ...
Apple acquires iKinema, a motion capture startup with aerospace roots
Apple Inc. has quietly absorbed iKinema Ltd., a developer of motion capture software whose products are used in the production of films, virtual reality content and video games. The iPhone maker confirmed the deal today after MacRumors broke the news on Thursday afternoon. “Apple buys smaller companies from time to time, and we generally don’t ...
Box adds Splunk and Adobe links to improve security and document editing
In recent years, Box Inc. has expanded upon its platform’s core file-sharing capabilities by adding tools spanning areas such as security and analytics. But the company can’t tick every box on its own, which is why it provides integrations with external services to round out the native feature set. Box today previewed two new integrations ...
EU ruling will let courts order Facebook to delete illegal content globally
Following a landmark ruling released today by the European Union’s top court, judges in the bloc can now order Facebook Inc. to take down content globally if it’s found to violate local defamation laws. The European Court of Justice issued the judgment in connection with a lawsuit filed by an Austrian politician. Eva Glawisching-Piesczek, a former ...
Data integration provider SnapLogic lands $72M in fresh funding
SnapLogic Inc., a startup helping enterprises synchronize data among their disjointed applications and systems, today announced it has secured a $72 million investment led by Arrowroot Capital. Arrowroot is a California-based fund that specializes in backing business-to-business technology firms. It was joined in the round by Golub Capital and existing investors. SnapLogic didn’t name those returning ...