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Norwest VC Eyes Waves of Change in A.I., Marketing, Cloud for 2019

Xconomy

Scott Beechuk, a partner at Norwest Venture Partners , is one of the tech industry observers invited by Xconomy to look back at the technology developments of 2018, and also forecast some trends he expects to see in 2019. Palo Alto, CA-based Norwest weathers the uncertainties of technology and the economy with an investing strategy.

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Hold Your Horsepower: For Mobility Industry, “Reality Is Sinking In”

Xconomy

Earlier this month, GM CEO Mary Barra told the crowd at a financial conference that her company was on track to unveil a ridesharing service in 2019 that would be powered by autonomous vehicles.

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Autonomic CEO Gavin Sherry on Mobility, China, and Data Privacy

Xconomy

In a tech culture that looks toward self-driving cars as the pinnacle of mobility innovation, we’re still debating whether fully autonomous vehicles are an imminent reality for our roads or an ever-receding Shangri-La.

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New Year to Bring New Data Security Threats, Cyber Investor Warns

Xconomy

So, you might imagine that his outlook on data protection for 2019 would be more optimistic than in past years, because businesses now take advantage of a broad choice of security services to protect themselves. Bob Ackerman is one of the venture capitalists whose funding has long fed the growth of the burgeoning cybersecurity industry.

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ResMed Boosts Connected Health Play With $225M Propeller Health Deal

Xconomy

The acquisition, which is expected to close by the end of March 2019, continues San Diego-based ResMed’s (NYSE: RMD ) “connected healthcare” push that began about five years ago, as Xconomy chronicled last year. [ Updated 12/3/18, 3:30 pm, with CEO comments.

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Cloudera, Hortonworks Plan To Merge As $5.2B Cloud Data Platform

Xconomy

Palo Alto, CA-based Cloudera (NYSE: CLDR ) and Santa Clara, CA-based Hortonworks (NASDAQ: HDP ) said they expect the merger to close during the first quarter of 2019 if it passes an antitrust review. The goal of the combined entity is to provide a leading data platform. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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L.A.’s Social Collaboration Work Tool ‘Incentive’ Raises $3.5M Total Seed Funding

Tech Zulu Event

All content – whether a wiki, blog, document, IM or video conversation – is centralized, making it accessible by every employee through a simple, intelligent search. “Employees want the flexibility and mobility that comes with working with the cloud, but with so much internal data moving through the platform, security is imperative.