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Built buys fellow construction robotics firm, Roin

TechCrunch

One of the most remarkable things about construction robotics is the sheer breadth of tasks that can potentially be automated. It’s also one of those areas that have become increasingly difficult to staff, post-pandemic, even as construction work came roaring back. This isn’t one of those cases of a one-to-one technology acquisition.

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Private cloud makes its comeback, thanks to AI

CIO

Generative AI shifts the cloud calculus Somerset Capital Group is one organization that has opted to go private to run its ERP applications and pave the way for generative AI. Agile enterprises, by definition, make frequent changes to their applications, so they sometimes see big fluctuations in the cost of having their data on public clouds.

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Difference between Software Engineering and Computer Science

The Crazy Programmer

Software engineering can also deal with the interaction of software packages with hardware. For example, an IT professional may decide on an approach to creating software packages that are well suited to the computer’s hardware. Software engineers arrange custom programs according to their organizations’ needs.

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Why NTT followed its own advice to accelerate technology modernization

CIO

The future is in the cloud, driven by software and with a limited need for physical hardware. This shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone, and it’s what we tell our clients at NTT daily as we help them make the transition from hardware to software-defined infrastructure (SDI).

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Induction cooking heats up with a $20M cash injection for Impulse

TechCrunch

The company today announced its official launch, and a $20 million Series A funding round led by Lux Capital, and joined by Fifth Wall, Lachy Groom and Construct Capital. This brings their total funding to $25 million (Lux Capital, Construct and Lachy Groom formerly led the company’s $5 million seed round in 2021).

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HAAS Alert raises $5M seed round to scale its automotive collision prevention system

TechCrunch

HAAS Alert’s proprietary digital alerting system, Safety Cloud, can be found on a range of fleet vehicles in the public and private sector, from fire trucks, ambulances and police vehicles to tow trucks, construction and waste vehicles, school buses and more.

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Righting the vessel

CIO

We do not want to deal with distracting things such as IT and cyber security, software and hardware support, VPNs (virtual private networks), backups or on-premise servers,” said YANMAR Marine’s senior vice president of sales Floris Lettinga. Its support network includes 2,100 locations providing service and parts in 130 countries.

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