Author Archives: Frederic Lardinois

Learn how enterprise startups win big deals at TechCrunch’s Enterprise show on Sept. 5

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Big companies today may want to look and feel like startups, but when it comes to the way they approach buying new enterprise solutions, especially from new entrants, they still often act like traditional enterprise behemoths. But from the standpoint of a true startup, closing deals with just a few big customers is critical to success. […] Continue reading Learn how enterprise startups win big deals at TechCrunch’s Enterprise show on Sept. 5→

Ment.io wants to help your team make decisions

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Getting even the most well-organized team to agree on anything can be hard. Tel Aviv’s Ment.io, formerly known as Epistema, wants to make this process easier by applying smart design and a dose of machine learning to streamline the decision-making process. Like with so many Israeli startups, Ment.io’s co-founders Joab Rosenberg and Tzvika Katzenelson got […] Continue reading Ment.io wants to help your team make decisions→

Quantum computing is coming to TC Sessions: Enterprise on Sept. 5

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Here at TechCrunch, we like to think about what’s next, and there are few technologies quite as exotic and futuristic as quantum computing. After what felt like decades of being “almost there,” we now have working quantum computers that are able to run basic algorithms, even if only for a very short time. As those […] Continue reading Quantum computing is coming to TC Sessions: Enterprise on Sept. 5→

Apple subsidiary FileMaker Inc. changes its name (back) to Claris

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Remember Claris, the 1987 Apple spin-off that made applications like MacWrite, MacPaint and FileMaker? In 1998, Apple brought all of those products in-house again, with the exception of the low-code application platform FileMaker . With that move, Claris changed its name to FileMaker Inc. Today, however, the Claris name rises from the dead, as FileMaker […] Continue reading Apple subsidiary FileMaker Inc. changes its name (back) to Claris→

Microsoft Azure now lets you have a server all to yourself

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Microsoft today announced the preview launch of Azure Dedicated Host, a new cloud service that will allow you to run your virtual machines on single-tenant physical services. That means you’re not sharing any resources on that server with anybody else and you’ll get full control over everything that’s running on that machine. Previously, Azure already […] Continue reading Microsoft Azure now lets you have a server all to yourself→

With the acquisition closed, IBM goes all in on Red Hat

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IBM’s massive $34 billion acquisition of Red Hat closed a few weeks ago and today, the two companies are now announcing the first fruits of this process. For the most part, today’s announcement further IBM’s ambitions to bring its products to any public and private cloud. That was very much the reason why IBM acquired […] Continue reading With the acquisition closed, IBM goes all in on Red Hat→

Google teams up with VMware to bring more enterprises to its cloud

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Google today announced a new partnership with VMware that will make it easier for enterprises to run their VMware workloads on Google Cloud.  Specifically, Google Cloud will now support VMware Cloud Foundation, the company’s system for deploying and running hybrid clouds. The solution was developed by CloudSimple, not VMware or Google, and Google will offer […] Continue reading Google teams up with VMware to bring more enterprises to its cloud→

Microsoft acquires data privacy and governance service BlueTalon

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Microsoft today announced that it has acquired BlueTalon, a data privacy and governance service that helps enterprises set policies for how their employees can access their data. The service then enforces those policies across most popular data environments and provides tools for auditing policies and access, too. Neither Microsoft nor BlueTalon disclosed the financial details […] Continue reading Microsoft acquires data privacy and governance service BlueTalon→

Duo’s Wendy Nather to talk security at TC Sessions: Enterprise

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When it comes to enterprise security, how do you move fast without breaking things? Enter Duo’s Wendy Nather, who will join us at TC Sessions: Enterprise in San Francisco on September 5, where we will get the inside track on how to keep enterprise networks secure without slowing growth. Nather is head of advisory CISOs […] Continue reading Duo’s Wendy Nather to talk security at TC Sessions: Enterprise→

Google updates its speech tech for contact centers

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Last July, Google announced its Contact Center AI product for helping businesses get more value out of their contact centers. Contact Center AI uses a mix of Google’s machine learning-powered tools to help build virtual agents and help human agents as they do their job. Today, the company is launching several updates to this product […] Continue reading Google updates its speech tech for contact centers→