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Accenture to Acquire Industrial Robotics and Automation Solutions Provider Pollux
March 1st, 2021
NEW YORK and JOINVILLE, Brazil, March 1, 2021 -- Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has agreed to acquire Pollux, a provider of industrial robotics and automation solutions, headquartered in Joinville, Brazil. The acquisition will expand Accenture’s capabilities for clients in consumer ...
Siemens, IBM, Red Hat Launch Hybrid Cloud Initiative for Industrial IoT Data
February 26th, 2021
ARMONK, N.Y., Feb. 26, 2021 -- Siemens, IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Red Hat announced a new collaboration that will use a hybrid cloud designed to deliver an open, flexible and more secure solution for manufacturers and plant operators to drive real-time value ...
AWS Announces General Availability of Amazon Lookout for Vision
February 25th, 2021
SEATTLE, Feb. 25, 2021 -- Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN), announced the general availability of Amazon Lookout for Vision, a new service that analyzes images using computer vision and sophisticated machine learning capabilities ...
Altair Acquires Flow Simulator from GE Aviation to Expand into New Industries
February 24th, 2021
TROY, Mich. Feb. 24, 2021 -- Altair, a global technology company providing software and cloud solutions in the areas of simulation, high-performance computing (HPC), and artificial intelligence (AI), today announced that it has acquired Flow Simulator from GE Aviation. ...
Tookitaki Powers AI-Driven Anti-Money Laundering Using HPE GreenLake
February 23rd, 2021
SINGAPORE, Feb. 23, 2021 -- Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) today announced a key collaboration with Tookitaki, a leading provider of compliance solutions for the financial services industry, to provide a new offering designed for banks and financial institutions across ...
ALP.Lab and Cepton Deploy Lidar Intelligence to Enable Smart Intersections in Europe
February 22nd, 2021
SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 22, 2021 -- Cepton, a leading provider of intelligent, lidar-based solutions, and the Austrian Industry and Testing Alliance ALP.Lab have partnered to build lidar-equipped testing environments for studying complicated road driving situations. For the first ...
BlackRock to Launch the ‘Aladdin Data Cloud’ Powered by Snowflake
February 22nd, 2021
NEW YORK and SAN MATEO, Calif., Feb. 22, 2021 -- BlackRock and Snowflake (NYSE:SNOW) today announced a strategic partnership to deliver a next-generation solution for the investment management industry. BlackRock will launch Aladdin Data Cloud, a solution for investment managers ...
Locus Robotics Announces $150 Million Series E, Bringing Valuation to $1 Billion
February 18th, 2021
WILMINGTON, Mass., Feb. 18, 2021 -- Locus Robotics, a leader in autonomous mobile robots (AMR) for fulfillment warehouses, today announces $150 million in Series E funding, led by Tiger Global Management and BOND. The round builds on support from ...
Fujitsu Develops AI for Video Data to Aid Employee Training and Quality Control
February 18th, 2021
KAWASAKI, Japan, Feb. 18, 2021 -- Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. today announced the development of a technology that automatically detects different work elements—for instance, "removing a part," "tightening a screw," or "installing a cover"—from video data consisting of a series ...
Western Digital Helps University of Hawaiʻi Leverage Data, AI to Combat Breast Cancer
February 17th, 2021
SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 17, 2021 -- A leading provider of essential data storage infrastructure, Western Digital (NASDAQ: WDC), today announced that it has partnered with the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center to provide the storage foundation needed to scale ...