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Google advances its hybrid cloud plans with new managed automation service
Google Inc.’s cloud ambitions aren’t limited to its own infrastructure-as-a-service platform. The company this morning released Cloud Composer, a service that enables administrators to create workflows for automating their firms’ technology environments. It works not only with Google’s platform but also those of competitors such as Amazon Web Services Inc. Moreover, the offering can integrate with ...
Microsoft one-ups Gmail’s big redesign with new features for Outlook
A week after Google Inc. debuted a new design for Gmail with a host of features aimed at business users, Microsoft Corp. is updating Outlook to reinforce its leadership position in the productivity segment. Most of the big changes unveiled today focus on mobile users. One of the enhancements that will likely resonate the most ...
Cisco to sell its video software business for up to $1B, buys an AI company
Cisco Systems Inc. today announced plans to sell its video software business to private equity firm Permira Advisers Ltd. in a deal that, by some accounts, is worth $1 billion. There’s some conflicting information on the exact value of the deal. The $1 billion figure comes from reports by Reuters and Israeli business journal Globes ...
Microsoft launches an ultrafast version of its cloud data warehouse
Against the backdrop of rival Google LLC rolling out new infrastructure options for cloud customers, Microsoft Corp. today augmented the analytics capabilities of its Azure platform. The company this morning launched a heavily upgraded version of the Azure SQL Data Warehouse service that features major speed improvements across the board. According to Microsoft, this includes an ...
Marketo teams up with Google to build a new AI-powered marketing tool
Marketing automation giant Marketo Inc. today announced a collaboration with Google LLC to develop an artificial intelligence tool that will let enterprises look for potential buyers more efficiently. The company today also announced that it has acquired Bizible Inc., a Seattle startup that helps companies attribute revenue to particular parts of the sales and marketing process, based on data ...
Microsoft will begin rolling the next major upgrade to Windows 10 Monday
Cloud services have become Microsoft Corp.’s most important source of revenue growth, as its better-than-expected earnings report on Thursday demonstrated. But the company is still as committed as ever to advancing Windows 10. Microsoft today announced that the next major upgrade to the personal computer operating system will become available for manual download on Monday, ...
Digital banking startup Revolut lands $250M in funding, now valued at $1.7B
The venture capital community continues to make big bets on startups working to disrupt the financial sector. Revolut Ltd., a five-year-old digital banking firm in London, today announced that it has closed a hefty $250 million financing round led by DST Global. The Hong Kong-based fund is notable for having made early investments in tech ...
Amazon plans new AI features for Alexa to enable more natural interactions
Amazon.com Inc. plans to roll out a trio of new features for Alexa that should make interactions with the virtual assistant feel more natural, as well as significantly expand its utility. The development effort is led by a group within the retail giant that’s known as the Alexa Brain Initiative. According to Ruhi Sarikaya, the ...
Sprinklr applies AI to social media management with new Intuition toolkit
Sprinklr Inc., the social media management unicorn valued at $1.8 billion, is doubling down on artificial intelligence. The company today unveiled Intuition, a new set of AI features for its flagship Experience Cloud designed to help brands better engage customers via platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. Intuition will roll out with two initial capabilities ...
Google boosts cloud database lineup with an in-memory store and new features
Google LLC today revealed plans to strengthen the lineup of database services on its cloud platform with a managed in-memory store and several improvements to existing products. Cloud Memorystore for Redis, the new offering, is based on the open-source Redis project. The database keeps records on a server’s memory instead of slower secondary storage as ...
