The robotic process automation company UiPath Inc. made news this month when it raised $225 million, pushing the firm into “triple unicorn” or $3-billion startup valuation territory. As the RPA company leads its UiPathForward Americas conference in Miami, Florida, this week, the central focus will be on whether the age of automation and robotics has finally ...

It’s one thing when cute babies or playful cats draw major audiences on YouTube. It’s quite another when customers flock to a video post in order to learn about office software. Yet, that’s exactly the position Smartsheet Inc. found itself in not long ago when a major financial company’s employees discovered the work application’s YouTube channel ...

Multiple species of sharks navigate the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California and, on a bleak day five years ago, one of the area’s tech entrepreneurs swam with the sharks, figuratively speaking. It did not go well. Appearing on the hit ABC TV series “Shark Tank,” Jamie Siminoff (pictured) brought his idea for ...

Splunk Inc. opened its major annual conference on Tuesday with a series of announcements that included new features for the firm’s machine data processing platform. The news involved expanded artificial intelligence and container support, technologies that could position the company for growth in its total addressable market. “Today, the whole conversation was about expanding into line ...

The evolution of Infor OS mirrors Infor Inc.’s growth as a company. OS, or Operating Service, is the unifying foundation on which Infor users run cloud-based, user-friendly enterprise tools, and the company has steadily enhanced the platform over several years as it has announced new features in its product portfolio. A key element of Infor ...

Organizations firmly entrenched at the intersection of Big Data Way and Cloud Boulevard often face a dilemma. Which direction allows the ability to move information among multiple platforms while maintaining a unified view of the entire database landscape? It’s not an easy decision, yet Imanis Data Inc. has built its business on specific expertise in data ...

For a read on the current state of multicloud computing, ask someone who owns and runs data centers. QTS Realty Trust Inc. provides data center solutions through six million square feet located in multiple North America facilities and delivers a software-defined platform to a range of enterprise and government clients. Since the 2003 purchase of ...

In today’s expensive world, there are many things to spend $8,000 on. A used car might be one, but it won’t have the latest technology. Rottweiler or chow chow dog breeds can cost that much. Some appliance companies even make an $8,000 refrigerator. In the mid-1990s, Billy Southerland (pictured) had worked for and sold his ...

For F5 Networks Inc. it all began with Big IP, a tool for controlling internet traffic in the late 1990s. Now the company has moved into traffic management and security services for the critical application layer, or Layer 7, as the enterprise embraces cloud infrastructure. “The cloud puts us in a position to get in ...

As Infor Inc. surveys the global technology landscape, the company is experiencing strong business growth in Asia-Pacific and Germany, while the market in Great Britain remains highly uncertain as political leaders decide how the nation’s departure from the European Union will be carried out. That’s the capsule summary provided by Cormac Watters (pictured), executive vice ...