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Investors bet $20M on Gong.io, a startup using AI to analyze sales calls
An artificial intelligence program couldn’t conduct a sales call or close a deal, but the technology can go a long way toward easing such tasks for humans. That’s the proposition put forth by Gong.io Ltd., which today announced it has secured $20 million in funding to apply the power of machine learning to customer acquisition. The ...
Symantec picks up mobile security startup Skycure
Symantec Corp. is investing heavily to expand its security capabilities amid the fierce competition in the cybersecurity market. The company last week acquired browser isolation provider Fireglass Ltd. and returned to the headlines today after picking up Skycure Ltd., another breach prevention startup that focuses on mobile devices. Skycure offers an artificial intelligence-powered platform aimed ...
Once again, Citrix replaces CEO amid shift to cloud services
A year and a half after its last reshuffle, the leadership team at Citrix Systems Inc. is already undergoing another major change. The biggest news is the departure of Kirill Tatarinov, who came aboard as the desktop virtualization giant’s chief executive officer last January following 13 years at Microsoft Corp. Citrix divulged on Monday that the ...
Twitter veterans’ startup nabs $10.5M to change how applications are wired
During their five-year stint at Twitter Inc., William Morgan and Oliver Gould played a central role in doing away with the notorious Fail Whale that embodied the social network’s early growth pains. The duo has now raised $10.5 million from a consortium led by Benchmark Capital to help other companies overcome their own service reliability ...
Scality’s latest open-source project aims to cloudify storage
Cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services have made it much simpler to store and manage large volumes of data, but there are still challenges. They’re particularly pronounced for companies that rely on multiple providers, which constitute a fast-growing part of the overall market. Scality Inc. has taken it upon itself to address the challenge. ...
Microsoft bundles Office 365 with Windows to boost channel sales
The estimated 17,000 attendees at Microsoft Corp.’s Inspire partner conference this week will have plenty to talk about between sessions. In conjunction with the opening keynote of Chief Executive Satya Nadella (pictured) this morning, the company debuted two new product bundles that make some of its most important offerings available under a single subscription. They’re an ...
Samsung expected to post higher profit than Apple for the first time
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.’s second quarter looks to be its most profitable yet. In the preliminary earnings report for the three months ended last month, released early Friday, the technology giant estimated that operating income totaled 14 trillion won ($12.1 billion) on 61 trillion won ($44.9 billion) in revenue. That would represent a new all-time high, and a ...
H2O.ai launches a new tool to automate AI development
The open secret of the artificial intelligence boom is that there are too few AI experts to meet the demand from all the companies looking to harness the technology. Several software makers are working to fill the gap with tools designed to automate AI development. The latest provider to have jumped on the bandwagon is H2O.ai ...
OnboardIQ raises $9.1M to speed up recruiting
Recruiting poses difficulties for every organization, but it’s a particularly big challenge in service industries where companies must often hire hundreds of employees per year due to high turnover. OnboardIQ Inc., a startup based in San Francisco, has armed itself with $9.1 million in funding announced today to tackle the issue. The firm offers a ...
Symantec adds browser isolation security with new startup acquisition
Symantec Corp.’s latest acquisition may not be as big as its $2.3 billion purchase of LifeLock Inc. last November, but the deal could prove significant in several ways. The cybersecurity giant today announced that it’s buying Fireglass Ltd., an Israeli startup with a novel approach to protecting workers from online threats. The firm has developed a platform ...
