Quantum computing is still very much in the early research stage, but IBM is hoping to accelerate the progress around it by making a quantum computer available to researchers as a cloud service. It is a bold and ambitious idea, although still very much a small step in trying to understand quantum computing processing. IBM is allowing interested […]
Posted on May 8th, 2016 by admin
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Eden, the on-demand tech support company turned office support service, has today announced the launch of the platform in Oakland. That means that Eden’s service now covers all of the Bay Area, from Oakland to San Francisco to the Peninsula, including Palo Alto and Mountain View. Eden launched almost a year ago out of Y […]
Posted on April 27th, 2016 by admin
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Azure Container Service, Microsoft’s container scheduling and orchestration service for its Azure cloud computing service, is now generally available. The service, which allows its users to choose either Mesosphere’s Data Center Operating System (DC/OS) or Docker’s Swarm and Compose to deploy and orchestrate their containers, was first announced in September 2015 and hit… Read More Tweet […]
Posted on April 23rd, 2016 by admin
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Ericsson today announced it has acquired NodePrime, a San Francisco-based startup that helps enterprises manage their data centers. NodePrime came out of stealth last September after the company raised $7 million in seed funding from Menlo Ventures, NEA, Formation 8, Initialized Capital, Crosslink Capital and TEEC Angel Fund. Ericsson also participated in this round and was already […]
Posted on April 5th, 2016 by admin
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Altiscale, a company that has always been about reducing the complexity related to using Hadoop, has taken that to the next level today with the release of Altiscale Insight Cloud, a cloud service aimed at making Hadoop accessible to business users. Altiscale Insight Cloud provides services for data ingestion, processing, analysis and visualization. That includes the ability to… Read More […]
Posted on March 20th, 2016 by admin
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Salesforce has its fingers in many pies when it comes to tracking customers, customer service and marketing, but until now it left field service to third parties like ServiceMax. That changed today when the cloud giant announced a new field service product they have dubbed Field Service Lightning. Salesforce licensed parts of their new solution from ClickSoftware for […]
Posted on March 16th, 2016 by admin
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The number of startups hoping to break through into the world of payments appears to be shrinking a little bit more. Flint Mobile, a startup backed by the likes of Verizon and True Ventures, has ceased payment operations, and this week it started directing its customers to use Stripe for payments services. The shutdown has been slow and […]
Posted on February 19th, 2016 by admin
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UK cyber security startup Digital Shadows, which sells a SaaS service to businesses wanting to monitor and manage potential risks by keeping tabs on activity related to their digital footprint — has closed a $14 million Series B funding round, led by Trinity Ventures. As part of the investment, Trinity’s Fred Wang has joined the […]
Posted on February 9th, 2016 by admin
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ZIRX, an on-demand valet startup, is shutting down its consumer service at the end of the month, according to an email that the company sent out to ZIRX members today. The company confirmed the move in a blog post. However, the company isn’t shutting down. ZIRX is shifting its focus to its enterprise service while shuttering its consumer valet […]
Posted on February 6th, 2016 by admin
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Mike Hennessy thinks finding potential recruits is just like marketing — you have to keep them interested and snatch them at the right time. That’s why he started SmashFly, a startup that manages inbound interest from potential recruits and keeps them engaged with a company that’s eventually hoping to convert them to an employee. To […]
Posted on January 14th, 2016 by admin
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