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Amazon launches U.K. cloud data centers for 100K+ customers
Just days after announcing an expansion into Canada, Amazon.com Inc. is growing its global infrastructure network once again by opening two new cloud data centers in the United Kingdom. The facilities are located in London and are reportedly on lease from local hosting companies as opposed to being owned by the company itself. Regardless, Amazon has ...
Docker open-sources a core component of its container engine
About eight months ago, the engineers at Docker Inc. decided that its popular container platform was in need of a revamp and set out to break up the complex tangle of components that formed its core architecture. The long-awaited product of their efforts arrived today in the form of “containerd,” a runtime module that is ...
Cloudflare buys Eager to build an app store for websites
Cloudflare Inc.’s strategic ambitions extend far beyond the domain name system hosting space where it has built its reputation. The provider also offers several tools designed to improve the security and usability of web services, a lineup that is poised to receive a major boost in the wake of its move today to acquire Eager ...
Amazon offers to manage big customers’ cloud deployments
Setting up and maintaining a remote cloud environment can be a major challenge even for large organizations with plenty of technical personnel at their disposal. In a bid to ease the task, Amazon.com Inc. is rolling out a new management service that aims to reduce the amount of effort required to run applications on ...
FusionOps will harness AI to automate supply chain operations
The size and complexity of a large enterprise’s supply chain can make it incredibly difficult to stay on top of every upstream change that may impact operations. As a result, companies are turning to business intelligence providers such as FusionOps Inc. that promise to ease the task. The Mountain View-based firm offers a specialized cloud ...
Nasuni raises $25M to pursue its vision for hybrid cloud storage
While traditional storage suppliers are only starting to address the growing amounts of data that companies are moving to the cloud, Nasuni Inc. is looking to build on its foothold in cloud-connected storage. The Massachusetts-based startup secured $25 million in funding this morning to try to strengthen its position even further. About two-thirds of the ...
Tact raises $15M to put conversational interface on Salesforce.com
Chatbots are automating cybersecurity operations and speeding up recruiting, and now companies are starting to employ them as part of their sales efforts. That’s being driven in part by Tact Inc., a five-year-old startup that today announced it has raised $15 million in funding from a group of big-name investors. Upfront Ventures provided the biggest portion of the ...
Microsoft Ventures launches dedicated AI fund
Stepping up efforts to capitalize on the rapid rise of artificial intelligence, Microsoft Corp. said today that it’s launching a new fund dedicated exclusively to artificial intelligence. Nagraj Kashyap (above), the head of the company’s venture capital arm, said Microsoft is looking to back AI startups with, not surprisingly, “potential for strong financial returns” and ...
Sprinklr debuts tool to help brands get ads in front of the right audience
Although Google Inc. and other advertising providers have built their entire businesses on helping brands target specific audiences, consistently showing the right promotion to the right people can still be difficult. Sprinklr Inc. hopes to ease the challenge for users of its social media management platform with a new analytics tool rolling out today that’s designed ...
AWS arrives in Canada as Amazon’s cloud continues to expand
Less than two months after Amazon.com Inc. chief technology officer Werner Vogels revealed plans to bring its public cloud into Canada, the expansion has become official. The company on Wednesday launched a new data center cluster in Montreal that consists of two separate campuses located a safe distance apart. As Amazon detailed in its announcement, ...
