US bans export of AI-software
The United States government is going to ban the export of certain types of artificial intelligence software. These are programs used to analyse satellite images. The ban should keep the technology out of the hands of foreign competitors.
The range of the ban is rather limited. It applies only t... Read more
Sumo Logic introduces solutions for improved data analysis
Sumo Logic announces Interactive Intelligence Service and Archiving Intelligence Service. The combined offering should improve the collection and analysis of data. The solutions are suitable for, among others, operational, security, business intelligence and IoT use cases.
The solutions enable o... Read more
Informatica announces updates to Intelligent Data Platform
Informatica aims to improve the traceability of data lineage with a data catalog powered by artificial intelligence (AI). A number of other updates to the Intelligent Data Platform have also been announced.
The company's Intelligent Data Platform will be updated with data lineage tracking tools,... Read more
Veaam launches Veeam Backup for AWS
Veeam has launched Veeam Backup for Amazon Web Services (AWS). According to the company, this is a point solution specifically designed for cloud-native Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud protection (Amazon EC2).
The solution features Veeam recovery capabilities and will be exclusively available on AW... Read more
Snow Software acquires Embotics
Software asset management company Snow Software has acquired hybrid cloud management company Embotics, for an unknown price. The two companies want to combine their platforms to provide CIOs with integrated information.
The Swedish company Snow Software offers what it calls "technology informati... Read more
Snowflake Computing launches Private Data Exchange
Snowflake Computing is launching a new service called Private Data Exchange, which should function as a central and internally managed data hub for users who want to share datasets privately, with specific users.
The new offering builds on the original Snowflake Data Exchange, which was announce... Read more
Antitrust authorities investigate acquisition of Looker by Google
The UK antitrust authorities are investigating whether
Google's acquisition of Looker will harm competition with other players. Google
announced its intention to acquire Looker in June.
The acquisition of Looker was the first major acquisition under the leadership of Thomas Kurian, Google Cloud'... Read more
NetApp and Google collaborate on new hybrid cloud solutions
Together with Google Cloud, NetApp is launching three new solutions for innovation in the hybrid cloud. These include NetApp Cloud Volumes Service, Cloud Volumes ONTAP for Google Cloud and support for Anthos on NetApp HCI.
NetApp Cloud Volumes Service and NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP for Google Cl... Read more
Tableau expands AWS collaboration with cloud migration
Tableau is extending its partnership with Amazon Web Services. With the launch of Modern Cloud Analytics (MCA), AWS' scale and infrastructure services are combined with Tableau's migration, integration and analystics tools. The goal is to help companies develop a cloud-based analytics strategy by m... Read more
Veeam launches new backup features for Microsoft Cloud Platforms
Veeam presented the public beta of Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office
365, v4, during Microsoft Ignite 2019 in Orlando. The company also gave event visitors
a sneak peek of Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure.
The new solutions support the company's cloud strategy and offer
Microsoft users better da... Read more