Author Archives: Frederic Lardinois

Google Cloud goes after the telco business with Anthos for Telecom and its Global Mobile Edge Cloud

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Google Cloud today announced a new solution for its telecom customers: Anthos for Telecom. You can think of this as a specialized edition of Google’s container-based Anthos multi-cloud platform for both modernizing existing applications and building new ones on top of Kubernetes. The announcement, which was originally slated for MWC, doesn’t come as a major […] Continue reading Google Cloud goes after the telco business with Anthos for Telecom and its Global Mobile Edge Cloud→

Google Cloud announces four new regions as it expands its global footprint

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Google Cloud today announced its plans to open four new data center regions. These regions will be in Delhi (India), Doha (Qatar), Melbourne (Australia) and Toronto (Canada) and bring Google Cloud’s total footprint to 26 regions. The company previously announced that it would open regions in Jakarta, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, Seoul and Warsaw over the course of […] Continue reading Google Cloud announces four new regions as it expands its global footprint→

Stack Overflow expands its Teams service with new integrations

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Most developers think of Stack Overflow as a question and answer site for their programming questions. But over the last few years, the company has also built a successful business in its Stack Overflow for Teams product, which essentially offers companies a private version of its Q&A product. Indeed, the Teams product now brings in […] Continue reading Stack Overflow expands its Teams service with new integrations→

Datastax acquires The Last Pickle

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Data management company Datastax, one of the largest contributors to the Apache Cassandra project, today announced that it has acquired The Last Pickle (and no, I don’t know what’s up with that name either), a New Zealand-based Cassandra consulting and services firm that’s behind a number of popular open-source tools for the distributed NoSQL database. […] Continue reading Datastax acquires The Last Pickle→

Honeywell says it will soon launch the world’s most powerful quantum computer

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“The best-kept secret in quantum computing.” That’s what Cambridge Quantum Computing (CQC) CEO Ilyas Khan called Honeywell‘s efforts in building the world’s most powerful quantum computer. In a race where most of the major players are vying for attention, Honeywell has quietly worked on its efforts for the last few years (and under strict NDA’s, […] Continue reading Honeywell says it will soon launch the world’s most powerful quantum computer→

Google cancels Cloud Next because of coronavirus, goes online-only

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Google today announced that it is canceling the physical part of Cloud Next, its cloud-focused event and its largest annual conference by far with around 30,000 attendees, over concerns around the current spread of COVID-19. Given all of the recent conference cancellations, this announcement doesn’t come as a huge surprise, especially after Facebook canceled its […] Continue reading Google cancels Cloud Next because of coronavirus, goes online-only→

Microsoft’s Cortana drops consumer skills as it refocuses on business users

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With the next version of Windows 10, coming this spring, Microsoft’s Cortana digital assistant will lose a number of consumer skills around music and connected homes, as well as some third-party skills. That’s very much in line with Microsoft’s new focus for Cortana, but it may still come as a surprise to the dozens of […] Continue reading Microsoft’s Cortana drops consumer skills as it refocuses on business users→

DocuSign acquires Seal Software for $188M to enhance its AI chops

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Contract management service DocuSign today announced that it is acquiring Seal Software for $188 million in cash. The acquisition is expected to close later this year. DocuSign, it’s worth noting, previously invested $15 million in Seal Software in 2019. Seal Software was founded in 2010, and, while it may not be a mainstream brand, its […] Continue reading DocuSign acquires Seal Software for $188M to enhance its AI chops→

Freshworks acquires AnsweriQ

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Customer engagement platform Freshworks today announced that it has acquired AnsweriQ, a startup that provides AI tools for self-service solutions and agent-assisted use cases where the ultimate goal is to quickly provide customers with answers and make agents more efficient. The companies did not disclose the acquisition price. AnsweriQ last raised a funding round in […] Continue reading Freshworks acquires AnsweriQ→

Salesforce co-CEO Keith Block steps down

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Salesforce today announced that Keith Block, the company’s co-CEO, is stepping down. This leaves company founder Marc Benioff as the sole CEO and chair of the CRM juggernaut. Block’s bio has already been wiped from Salesforce’s leadership page. Block stepped into the co-CEO role in 2018, after a long career at the company that saw […] Continue reading Salesforce co-CEO Keith Block steps down→