TechTaffy

tech:

taffy

Cisco, Tieto Ink Internet Of Everything Deal

By TechTaffy Desk

tietosign07_0

Cisco and Tieto, one of the largest IT services company in the Nordic countries, have signed a global Internet of Everything collaboration. Tieto is the first Nordic company to join the application developer community for Cisco’s IOx, which provides an application platform for running Linux-based software directly on Cisco’s IoT network platforms.

Tieto and Cisco are targeting specific industry issues or opportunities in many industries says the networking behemoth, starting in manufacturing and transportation, where the first offerings will become available already this autumn.

[Image courtesy: Tieto]

Just in

Series E

Vercel raises $250M

San Francisco-based Vercel, a frontend cloud platform provider, has secured $250 million in Series E funding, bringing the company's valuation to $3.25 billion.
Series A

Worky raises $6M (Mexico)

Mexico City-based Worky, a provider of HR and payroll software solutions for Mexican companies, has closed a $6 million Series A financing round.
Industry

Amazon announces $1.31B investment in France

Amazon has announced a new investment of about $1.31 billion (€1.2 billion) in France, which the company says will lead to the creation of over 3,000 permanent jobs in the country.
Around the web

Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky to step down — CNBC

Adam Selipsky, CEO of Amazon’s cloud computing business, will step down from his role next month. Matt Garman, senior vice president of sales and marketing at Amazon Web Services, will succeed Mr. Selipsky after he exits the company June 3, writes Annie Palmer. 
AI

Palo Alto Networks, Accenture expand alliance to offer generative AI services

Palo Alto Networks and Accenture have announced the expansion of their strategic alliance to provide new offerings that combine Palo Alto Networks' Precision AI technology with Accenture's secure generative AI services.