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Box Inc. is enhancing the experience for users of its application program interfaces in a bid to convince corporate developers and independent software vendors of the merits of incorporating Box’s document-sharing features into their products. Box estimates that more than 80,000 developers …
VMware makes virtual desktops faster, easier to deploy and manage
VMware Inc. is updating its Horizon virtual desktop services to reduce the cost and complexity of delivering Windows desktops over a network and improving performance for users as well. The new Just-in-Time Management Platform integrates VMware App Volumes, Instant Clone and User …
MapR plugs container storage gap with direct access to its converged platform
MapR Technologies, Inc. is attempting to cash in on container mania, announcing what it calls the industry’s first persistent storage system for containers that includes stateful access to files, database tables and message streams from any location. The company does this through …
Startup uses AI to relieve burden of security data analysis
Loom Systems Ltd. is joining the growing ranks of companies applying artificial intelligence to the task of making sense out of the mass of data that overwhelms security professionals. The company today is announcing an operational analytics platform for real-time detection and …
Conversica further blurs line between human and robotic sales prospecting
Just six weeks after raising $34 million in funding, Conversica Inc. is enhancing its artificial intelligence-powered business conversation engine to enhance its natural language processing capabilities and add time-recognition intelligence and automated FAQ response capabilities. The company said it has also completely …
H&R Block enlists IBM’s Watson to support its 80,000 tax pros
Can you deduct the cost of your Super Bowl party? We can’t answer that question, but there are about 80,000 people at H&R Block Inc. who can. Beginning this week, they’ll be joined by the digital assistant called Watson. A collaboration between IBM Corp. …
Startup wants to augment security staff, not replace them
LogicHub Inc. is emerging from stealth to join the crowded cybersecurity market today with $8.4 million in fresh funding and a novel approach to machine-aided security that puts humans first. The company, which was founded by two former Arcsight Inc. executives, says that …
Mavenlink bulks up project management suite for professional services firms
If the term “project management software” sends you into a coma, consider this: Mavenlink Inc. has raised $84 million, counts hundreds of thousands of paying customers in more than 100 countries, and it’s targeting a professional service market that will collectively bring in …
Government app builder CSDC lands $30M investment
BuildGroup Management LLC, a venture capital firm led by former Rackspace Inc. Chief Executive Lanham Napier (pictured), has invested $30 million in Toronto’s CSDC Systems Inc., a 27-year-old Mississauga, Ontario-based developer of applications for government. The investment will fund customer growth, product …
Datto scoops up Open Mesh to expand network appliance line
Cloud business continuity, backup and recovery firm Datto Inc. has acquired Open Mesh Inc., a maker of plug-and-play wireless mesh networks that organizations can use to build Wi-Fi networks in spread-out premises such as hotels and apartment buildings. Datto will integrate the acquired …