Cisco acquires Voicea to bring transcription and analytics to WebEx
Cisco has announced that it is taking over Voicea. This specialist offers real-time transcripts of meetings, speech search and highlights. The tools must be added to the WebEx platform.
WebEx is currently used by more than 130 million people per month. With the acquisition of Voicea, Cisco says t... Read more
HPE acquires technologies and intellectual property from MapR Technologies
Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) has announced the acquisition of assets from MapR Technologies. MapR Technologies is a company that focuses on big data. The amount of money involved in the takeover is unclear.
According to the new deal, HPE will acquire MapR Technologies' technology, intellectua... Read more
ABBYY focuses more on process mining with TimelinePI acquisition
ABBYY, a specialist in content intelligence solutions and services, has further expanded its position in the process mining market. Recently, the American process mining specialist TimeLinePI was definitively acquired. Financial details have not been disclosed.
With the final acquisition of the p... Read more
Apple now makes everything but the memory and Mac processors themselves
With Apple taking over much of Intel's smartphone modems business, the manufacturer is making virtually all the parts for its devices itself. Only the memory chips for the iPhone and iPad and the processors for the Macs are still designed and made by third parties.
Apple acquired Intel's smartpho... Read more
Amazon takes over Israeli flash storage startup
Amazon has taken over an Israeli storage start-up. These include E8 Storage, which provides flash storage for enterprises and the software-defined cloud.
The news was previously reported to Reuters by a source familiar with the deal. He said that E8 Storage should go hand in hand with the Amazon Web... Read more
Microsoft buys data governance start-up BlueTalon
Microsoft has announced that it has acquired data governance start-up BlueTalon. Startup technology should make it easier for security teams that use Azure to strike a balance between protecting and accessing business data.
BlueTalon has developed a platform that allows companies to centrally manage... Read more
US approves merger T-Mobile and Sprint
The US Department of Justice has authorised the merger of Sprint and T-Mobile. With the deal of 26 billion dollars (about 23 billion euros) the companies hope to get a head start on the competition.
The merger was announced over a year ago. The Justice's approval was delayed because the Ministry ha... Read more
VMware acquires AI-startup Uhana for an unknown amount
VMware has taken over Uhana, an artificial intelligence (AI) startup, for an unknown amount. Uhana creates an AI-driven analytics platform that helps telecom providers find ways to optimize their networks.
Uhana was founded in 2016 by Professor Sachin Katti of Stanford University and Manu Bansal, an... Read more
Apple acquires Intel branch for smartphone modems for $1 billion
Apple takes over a large part of the Intel branch that develops smartphone modems for $1 billion (about $897 million). Intel's division has been making losses for a long time.
With the acquisition, Apple says it will take over approximately 2,200 employees from Intel. In addition, the company acquir... Read more
Apple about to take over 5G fashion division from Intel
Apple is at an advanced stage of taking over the 5G fashion division of Intel. The Intel division, which has been in loss for a long time, will be bought for around $1 billion.
The first rumours of interest in a takeover at Apple arose in April. At the time, the company announced that Qualcomm's co... Read more