Sunday December 22, 2024

Outside of AI, companies are doing less research and more development

 If you’ve been following the headlines in the world of AI, you might be fooled into thinking that corporations are doubling down, rather than withdrawing, from pure research. But on the ground, things are considerably more complicated — tech companies are spending more on the development part of R&D while relying more on cash strapped […]

UK’s Tide raises $14M to challenge big banks with a mobile-first service for SMBs

 Europe has seen a large wave of startup banks pop up in the last few years — businesses like N26, Atom and Monzo that are taking on the big incumbents by creating faster and cheaper services for a new class of consumers as they grow up and enter the working world. Now a startup has […]

The next generational shift in enterprise infrastructure has arrived

 Cloud computing is driving growth at 3 of the 5 most valuable companies in the world. AI will impact jobs only as quickly as AI-powered business software evolves. These are just two of the ramifications of disruptions in enterprise technology permeating mainstream media. Yet the inner workings of the tightly knit enterprise software industry are […]

Salesforce introduces several Einstein AI tools for third-party developers

 Salesforce launched three AI tools for developers today at the TrailheaDX developer conference. These algorithms, which fall under the new Einstein Platform Services, enable third-party developers to add Einstein intelligence to applications built on top of the Salesforce platform. The new services include sentiment and intent analysis and some pretty sophisticated image recognition… Read More […]

Intercom lands former Intuit exec Karen Peacock as its new COO

 Intercom, a business messaging tool that enables companies to communicate directly with customers in an online context, announced today that it has hired former Intuit SVP Karen Peacock as company COO. She joined the company May 30th, but they are making the news public for the first time today. Peacock comes with an impressive resume […]

Top 10 Reasons Why Telecommuting makes sense

Telecommuting makes great economic sense Telecommuting Top 10 Reasons Why Flexible Work Hours Reduced costs Ease the strain on employees More Productive Minimize Non-Work Distractions Better Morale Green Solution Staying Healthy Potential Tax Deductions for ewmployees Reduce the Need for Outsourcing Tweet This Post

Kinetica scores $50 million Series A for super-charged in-memory database solution

 Kinetica’s roots as a company go back to a 2009 consulting project for U.S. intelligence services. When they couldn’t find a solution on the market to meet the strict demands of the army and NSA to track terrorists in real time, they decided to build one. Today, it’s an in-memory database solution that relies on […]

Tintri up slightly after lowering IPO price

 Enterprise cloud company Tintri was supposed to debut on the public markets yesterday with an IPO price between $10.50 to $12.50, but then pushed things back a day and lowered its price to $7. Shares were up about 3.5 percent midday Friday, trading at roughly $7.25 per share. Read More Tweet This Post