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Watch out, Intel: Qualcomm’s newest chip breaks the 10-nanometer barrier
More and more semiconductor makers are challenging Intel Corp. in the server market. Qualcomm Technologies Inc., which is best known for its mobile chips, moved to the head of the pack today after introducing a new 48-core data center processor. The chip ups the industry ante on computational density. Referred to as the Centriq 2400, it’s based ...
Kenna raises $15M to help companies find hidden security risks
Fixing every security vulnerability in a large enterprise with thousands or tens of thousands of endpoints is practically impossible. San Francisco’s Kenna Security Inc. aims to help address that problem. The startup, which works with dozens of Fortune 500 companies including PepsiCo Inc. and Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc., secured a $15 million funding round this ...
IBM launches new cloud service to speed app development
Like every other part of a software project, the various tools that companies use to build and maintain their applications can often take a lot of effort to manage. IBM Corp. hopes to ease the task with a new cloud service called Bluemix Continuous Delivery. The service provides a hosted environment for running development workflows. According ...
Verizon sells 29 data centers to Equinix for $3.6B
In the latest deal the roll up corporate data centers into independent providers, Equinix Inc. said today it’s buying 29 of Verizon Communications Inc.’s data centers for $3.6 billion. The deal comes a month after CenturyLink Inc. sold 57 data centers to a Wall Street consortium for $2.15 billion. Verizon agreed to offload its cloud facilities ...
HPE’s data navigation engine can now answer questions like a chatbot
The swift rise of chatbots in the enterprise has not gone unnoticed by Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., which today is rolling out a new release of IDOL, its data navigation engine, that adds a natural-language query mechanism for easing searches. The feature enables workers to explore their organizations’ information troves using the same type of plain ...
Security startup Secdo raises $10M to keep hackers out of enterprise devices
With new malicious software strains such as Mirai and the recently discovered Googlian virus infecting millions of devices at a time, companies have more reason than ever to invest in endpoint protection software. One of the startups fighting for a piece of the pie is the New York-based Secdo Inc., which today announced it has ...
The startup that powers sales teams at Google and IBM just raised $4M in funding
Running a successful sales campaign requires finding not only organizations that would be receptive to its pitch but also specific people with the authority to sign a deal. Berkeley, Calif.-based LeadGenius Inc. is hoping to improve its ability to ease that task with a new $4 million debt and equity investment provided by SJF Ventures. The cash ...
NEA leads $55M funding of storage startup Datrium
Although the slogan “Open Convergence” is displayed prominently on its site and product materials, Datrium Inc. has little to do with the tightly integrated hyperconverged appliances that the phrase evokes. Instead, the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based storage startup is pursuing an entirely different approach to data center hardware — one that has attracted $55 million in new ...
Juniper Networks acquires cloud automation startup AppFormix
Juniper Networks Inc. said Thursday it has purchased AppFormix Inc., buying what it hopes will be a new revenue stream from customers moving to the cloud. San Jose-based AppFormix sells software for automating the management of large-scale cloud environments. The deal comes four months after the networking company bought silicon photonics maker Aurrion Inc. for an undisclosed amount. ...
Pfizer taps IBM’s Watson to hunt for cancer cures
Less than 48 hours after announcing a landmark cloud deal with American Airlines Group Inc., IBM Corp. has reeled in another blue-chip company for an even more ambitious project. The technology giant today revealed a collaboration with Pfizer Inc. to tap the capabilities of its Watson artificial intelligence for cancer research. Their partnership will revolve ...