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Three Ways 5G Is More Than Just Fast Video Streaming

Xconomy

In 2019, we will finally see commercial deployment of the much-anticipated 5G (fifth-generation) wireless network. 5G, particularly when coupled with cloud computing and artificial intelligence (A.I.), 5G, particularly when coupled with cloud computing and artificial intelligence (A.I.),

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AWS updates its edge computing solutions with new hardware and Local Zones

TechCrunch LA

This service launched in Los Angeles in 2019 and starting today, it’s also available in preview in Boston, Houston and Miami. The first result of that was VMware Cloud on AWS, which allowed customers to use the same VMware software and tools on AWS they were already familiar with.

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Whiskey Coffee, Immigration, AI: MassChallenge Austin 2019 Startups

Xconomy

Austin —MassChallenge has picked the 74 early-stage companies that will eventually compete for a portion of $500,000 in cash as a part of its Austin accelerator program. They’re startups that are developing products in a wide range of sectors, including life sciences, agriculture, and artificial intelligence.

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Putting the band back together, ExactTarget execs reunite to launch MetaCX

TechCrunch LA

Scott McCorkle has spent most of his professional career thinking about business to business software and how to improve it for a company’s customers. And its software monitors and manages the full spectrum of the customer relationship with that product. What is it that they want to achieve and why did they buy my product.

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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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The Five Major Tech Trends of 2016

Xconomy

The Continued Growth of Cloud. Early this year, IDC predicted that worldwide spending on public cloud services will be $141 billion in 2019, while last year Amazon Web Services achieved net sales of $7.88

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Canada’s newest unicorn: Clio raises $110M at a $1.6B valuation for legal tech

TechCrunch LA

Clio , a software company that helps law practices run more efficiently with its cloud-based technology, announced Tuesday it has raised a $110 million Series E round co-led by T. Clio last raised in September of 2019 when it brought in $250 million in a Series D financing. Rowe Price Associates Inc. and OMERS Growth Equity.

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