Chris Ehrlich

DEERFIELD, Ill. — Oracle is introducing a hands-on innovation lab near Chicago for its customers. Oracle opened the doors to its 30,000-square-foot Oracle Industry Lab in Deerfield, Illinois, according to the company this month.  The lab is intended to give customers an environment to develop ideas and create industry-specific solutions with technology from Oracle and […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Cisco and General Motors are working together to “modernize” vehicle testing with the industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).   GM is using Cisco’s Ultra-Reliable Wireless Backhaul network architecture for real-time, pre-production performance testing at the GM Milford Proving Ground, according to Cisco last month. The wireless backhaul by Cisco provides vehicle-to-trackside connectivity […]

REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft is helping Boeing “accelerate” its digital transformation. Boeing and Microsoft are “deepening” their strategic partnership on digital aviation, according to the companies this month.  The partnership is intended to help Boeing “unlock tangible and sustainable value” in its data estate and reinforce the companies’ commitment to “lead aerospace innovation.” Under the […]

ARMONK, N.Y. — A new report shows the gap between companies’ plans for artificial intelligence (AI) ethics and the market reality.  “AI ethics in action” by the IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV) is intended to show “where executives stand” on AI ethics and how they’re implementing AI ethics, according to IBM this month. The […]

BELLEVUE, Wash. and LOS ANGELES — Disney’s StudioLAB and T-Mobile are working together to “advance storytelling” with 5G. StudioLAB, a division of The Walt Disney Studios, and T-Mobile entered a five-year “innovation partnership,” according to T-Mobile last month.  The partnership between T-Mobile and StudioLAB is intended to explore emerging technologies for consumers, such as virtual […]

NEW YORK — Verizon is helping the electronic vehicle (EV) analytics company Sawatch Labs deliver fleet data to customers. Sawatch Labs and Verizon Connect entered into a technology integration partnership, according to Verizon this month. The partnership is intended to help Sawatch Labs assist customers with more than 10 vehicles plan the shift from internal […]

SAN DIEGO and DALLAS — The defense contractor Northrop Grumman and AT&T are working on 5G-enabled defense capabilities for the U.S. Northrop Grumman and AT&T Communications, part of AT&T, entered into a collaboration agreement to research and develop a “digital battle network” to support the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), according to AT&T last month. […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The no-code/low-code (NC/LC) company DuploCloud is welcoming an executive to its team. DuploCloud hired Zafar Abbas as its VP of engineering, according to the company last month.  Abbas will be responsible for leading DuploCloud’s global engineering and operations team and guide its DevOps-as-a-service NC/LC technology. Abbas is an “accomplished engineer” with […]

NEW YORK — The machine learning (ML) company Grid.ai is enhancing its deep learning (DL) capabilities through an acquisition. Grid.ai acquired the open-source DL company Tensorwerk, according to Grid.ai last month.  Grid.ai is a cloud-based platform for building and training ML models.  The deal is intended to boost Grid.ai’s functionality, helping data scientists and researchers […]

TEL AVIV, Israel and NEW YORK — The synthetic data company Datagen secured an additional $50 million in funding.  Datagen closed its Series B financing round, which was led by new investor Scale Venture Partners, with participation from existing investors TLV Partners, Viola Ventures and Spider Capital, according to the company last month. Andy Vitus, […]