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Quantexa raises $64.7M

Contextual decision intelligence software company Quantexa has raised $64.7 million in Series C funding.

AtScale raises $50 million

San Mateo, California-based data warehouse virtualization platform company AtScale, has closed a Series D funding round of $50 million.

UK Met Office starts using Cray Urika-XC AI and analytics

The Met Office, the United Kingdom’s National Weather Service, has expanded its Cray XC40 supercomputer with artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics capabilities.

Samsung Heavy Industries selects AWS as cloud provider

Samsung Heavy Industries has selected AWS as its preferred cloud provider, Amazon said in a statement on Wednesday.

Google acquires big data solutions startup Cask

Google has acquired Cask for an undisclosed sum. The announcement was made by Jonathan Gray and Nitin Motgi, founders of Cask, in a blog post on Wednesday.