by CDO Review Staff | Nov 19, 2018 | Deals
Data mining specialist Palantir Technologies Inc. is looking forward to a 2020 IPO that could value the company in excess of $40 billion. The firm had already rounded up $2 billion in investments during its last funding round in 2015, valuing the company at $20...
by CDO Review Staff | Nov 19, 2018 | Deals
Qualtrics, a US-based company that specializes in collecting and analyzing data for market research and customer loyalty, has been sold to software giant SAP for $8 billion. Qualtrics had been valued at around $4.5 billion and it was just about to go public. SAP CEO...
by CDO Review Staff | Nov 19, 2018 | Deals
As worldwide smartphone sales start to plateau, tech giant Samsung is taking the plunge into artificial intelligence (AI) and 5G telephony. Samsung covets Zhilab’s strengths in network data analysis and it has acquired the Barcelona-based Zhilabs for an undisclosed...
by CDO Review Staff | Nov 9, 2018 | Deals
As more and more data piles up in siloed electronic warehouses, the greater is the need for a data management solution that will allow companies to identify and access all data at hand especially in the face of greater penalties for non-compliance of privacy...
by CDO Review Staff | Oct 18, 2018 | Deals
Data analytics firm Guavus has landed a $10.5 million contract with telecom operator Reliance Jio. Guavus is to provide Reliance Jio with real-time predictive analytics and marketing insights gleaned from the immense pool of data that Jio accumulates from its hundreds...
by CDO Review Staff | Oct 18, 2018 | Deals
Netradyne, a startup that focuses on comprehensive, real-time driver analytics to encourage safer driver behaviour, has received $12 million in Series B financing from Microsoft’s corporate venture arm M12 along with smaller contributions from Point72 Ventures and...
