A U.K. startup that uses artificial intelligence to help banks and other financial firms with anti-money laundering compliance received $8.3 million to fund its expansion in Europe and North America, according to Bloomberg.

Amazon.com is teaming up with VMware to let customers combine VMware’s software for corporate networks with Amazon’s internet-based cloud-computing services, a bid by Amazon to better compete with rival Microsoft in hybrid cloud solutions, according to Bloomberg.

Combis has donated the ER Scheduler solution to the Institute of Emergency Medicine of Vukovar-Srijem County, and the Olive Manager solution to the agricultural cooperative Marina.

People first, focus and knowledge sharing, these are the things that make Inchoo, the company from Osijek, stand out from the competition, as Tomislav Bilić, manager and founder of the company love to boast. He says that so far they have had 255 clients from 44 countries. This number includes all clients they have had any kind of engagement with.

Yandex , Russia’s largest search engine, is expanding to Hungary with an app that promises to help users navigate Budapest’s public transport system, according to Bloomberg.

Intel announced the availability of Intel Building Management Platform (Intel BMP) to help small- and medium-size buildings become smart and connected. Intel BMP has built-in security and manageability essentials to manage data from a broad set of building systems and sensors, and to filter and transfer data to the cloud (or on-premises servers).

Approximately 2.7 million cellular M2M terminals were shipped globally during 2015 according to a new research report from the M2M/IoT analyst firm Berg Insight. Growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16.1 percent, this number is expected to reach 5.7 million in 2020.

EuroCloud declares winners of EuroCloud Award 2016 competition in the Bucharest's final. The competition of the best European provider of cloud services in five categories completed with a great success of the nominated Croatian solutions.

Solteq, company from Norway with expertise of multichannel and digital commerce, will launch a dedicated Magento Practice, for developing and implementing ecommerce solutions using the platform. As stated by the company, the launch of Magento Practice is a logical continuum in Solteq’s new strategy focusing on customer, international growth and offering that covers the entire chain of digital commerce. The Practice to be launched will mainly serve Nordic mid-market commerce customers.

Today's threats are evolving at an accelerated rate, challenging organizations to operate safely across their networks. These conditions are calling for fast and intelligent security that's built around real-time threat prevention, automated enforcement and adaptive protection.

Intel Security launched its 2017 consumer security lineup featuring security innovations to better protect the devices people use every day against the latest threats. The centerpiece of the new portfolio is a next-generation anti-malware engine that offers more efficient and effective detection by offloading analysis to the cloud.

Amazon, DeepMind/Google, Facebook, IBM and Microsoft announced that they will create a non-profit organization that will work to advance public understanding of artificial intelligence technologies (AI) and formulate best practices on the challenges and opportunities within the field. Academics, non-profits, and specialists in policy and ethics will be invited to join the Board of the organization, named the Partnership on Artificial Intelligence to Benefit People and Society (Partnership on AI).

China’s two largest bike-sharing services both landed major investments within days of each other, one of them at an unprecedented $500 million valuation, according to Bloomberg.

Lenovo announced a collaboration with Intel, PayPal and Synaptics to bring secure online payments to the personal computer with just the touch of a finger. With the new Lenovo Yoga 910 featuring a 7th Gen Intel Core processor, buyers making purchases from their PCs will have access to enterprise-grade security measures without the use of passwords.

According to the latest release of the Worldwide Semiannual Public Cloud Services Spending Guide from International Data Corporation (IDC), worldwide revenue from public cloud services will reach over $195 billion in 2020, more than doubling the current market size. Western Europe will continue to represent around a fifth of the global market, with revenues growing from a $15 billion in 2015 to $38.6 billion in 2020, at a 20.8% five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR).

Results of a new global survey indicate that nearly three-quarters of enterprises continue to adopt multiple private and public cloud strategies. The findings highlight the need for organizations to adopt solid information management and security strategies.