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SolarWinds aims to modernize network administrators’ toolbox
SolarWinds Inc. today pulled back the curtains on Traceroute NG, a new product that it’s positioning as an alternative to one of the most tried-and-tested tools in network administrators’ arsenal. The original Traceroute is an open-source diagnostics utility that traces its roots to 1987, four years before the release of the world’s first web browser. The software is ...
Google to sell Zagat, a restaurant review service it bought for $151M
Two months after insiders first revealed that Google LLC is trying to offload its Zagat restaurant review service, the move is now official. The search giant has agreed to sell the business to another restaurant review provider that operates under the brand The Infatuation. The financial terms were not disclosed in the release that announced the ...
Report: Amazon looks to offer its own version of a checking account
Amazon.com Inc. is negotiating with leading banks to develop a financial service that would offer features similar to a checking account for online shoppers. According to a Wall Street Journal report published this morning, anonymous sources named JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Capital One Financial Corp. among the institutions involved in the talks. They said the ...
Intel backs $13.5M round into data resilience startup Imanis Data
Imanis Data Inc., a startup that uses machine learning to help companies protect their business information, today announced that it has landed a $13.5 million funding round backed by big names such as Intel Capital and Canaan Partners. The startup announced its new funding today in conjunction with the appointment of former Adobe Systems Inc. and Apple ...
Microsoft bolsters Azure cloud’s computer vision and search capabilities
Artificial intelligence has emerged as a key competitive focus in the cloud market. Microsoft Corp.’s latest update to its Azure platform aims to up the ante on this front against rival providers. The company on Thursday launched a public preview of Custom Vision, a service that lets developers train models for processing specific kinds of images. ...
Toyota to launch a new $2.8B self-driving car company
Competition in the nascent but crowded autonomous-driving market is on track to heat up even more. Toyota Motor Corp., the world’s second largest automaker by vehicle shipments, on Thursday night revealed plans to form a new company dedicated to developing autonomous driving technology. The group is set to launch this month and will be headquartered in ...
Bugcrowd raises $26M for its crowdsourced cybersecurity platform
Bugcrowd Inc., a startup that works with Fortune 500 companies such as MasterCard Inc. to find vulnerabilities in their infrastructure before hackers do, today announced that it has raised $26 million from investors to expand operations. Bugcrowd offers a service for running so-called bug bounty programs. The platform allows enterprises to engage the global security community ...
Dropbox teams up with Google to bring G Suite into its platform
Less than a week after its long-rumored plan to go public was confirmed, Dropbox Inc. this morning announced a landmark partnership with Google LLC to integrate their respective productivity services. The collaboration is set to see the companies build out features to let users keep G Suite documents in the cloud storage provider’s platform. Workers will gain the ...
Google belatedly launches Hangouts Chat, its alternative to Slack and Microsoft Teams
After nearly a year of private beta testing, Google LLC is finally launching its business chat service to take on Slack Inc. and the other players in the competitive team messaging market. Hangouts Chat sports a spacious interface that should be familiar to users of rival services. The dashboard consists of a prominent chat window that takes ...
In healthcare push, Microsoft launches genomics service on Azure cloud
Microsoft Corp. hopes to establish a stronger presence in the healthcare sector with a new genomic analysis platform that will provide scientists with an environment for carrying out large-scale medical research. The service, which is launching under the name Microsoft Genomics, is one of several healthcare offerings that the company introduced today for its Azure cloud ...
