Parker Harris prepared Salesforce for AI. Now he’s focused on Slack

Parker Harris prepared Salesforce for AI. Now he’s focused on Slack

Parker Harris, a co-founder of Salesforce, speaks during a keynote at the company’s Dreamforce conference in San Francisco on Sept. 12, 2023. Marlena Sloss | Bloomberg | Getty Images Each year, Salesforce updates its V2MOM, a planning document laying out vision, values, methods, obstacles and measures. CEO Marc Benioff has said it’s “been used to … Read more

UnitedHealth working to restore Change Healthcare systems by mid-March, company says

UnitedHealth working to restore Change Healthcare systems by mid-March, company says

In this photo illustration the UnitedHealth Group logo displayed on a smartphone screen.  Sheldon Cooper | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images UnitedHealth Group on Thursday said it expects to restore Change Healthcare’s systems by mid-March, offering a potential resolution to the ransomware attack that has disrupted crucial operations across the U.S. health-care system. … Read more

Salesforce announces new AI tools for doctors

Salesforce announces new AI tools for doctors

Salesforce headquarters in San Francisco, California, US, on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Salesforce on Thursday announced new data and artificial intelligence solutions for health-care workers that could help lessen their burdensome administrative workloads.   The first tool is called Einstein Copilot: Health Actions, and it will allow doctors … Read more

Dexcom announces Stelo has been cleared by the FDA

Dexcom announces Stelo has been cleared by the FDA

The Dexcom logo is seen on a smartphone screen and in the background. Pavlo Gonchar | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Dexcom on Tuesday announced that its new over-the-counter continuous glucose monitor called Stelo has been cleared for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and it will be available for purchase … Read more

CrowdStrike (CRWD) Q4 2024 earnings

CrowdStrike (CRWD) Q4 2024 earnings

George Kurtz, co-founder and CEO of CrowdStrike, speaks at the Wall Street Journal D.Live global technology conference in Laguna Beach, California, on Oct. 17, 2017. Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images CrowdStrike shares surged as much as 17% in after-hours trading Tuesday, after the cybersecurity company reported a beat on the top and … Read more

Telcos are barely done rolling out 5G networks — and they’re already talking about ‘5.5G’

Telcos are barely done rolling out 5G networks — and they’re already talking about ‘5.5G’

You probably remember mobile operators raving about the promise of 5G several years ago. Now, they’re getting excited about a new upgrade: 5G Advanced. Angel Garcia | Bloomberg | Getty Images BARCELONA, Spain — Telecom operators haven’t yet finished rolling out 5G wireless mobile networks. And yet bosses of major carriers are already talking about … Read more

Here’s why General Catalyst is trying to buy Summa Health

Here’s why General Catalyst is trying to buy Summa Health

Dr. Marc Harrison, who’s now CEO of HATCo, speaking at the Healthy Returns conference in New York City on May 21, 2019. Astrid Stawiarz | CNBC Dr. Marc Harrison is a different kind of venture capitalist. He’s not looking for the next Mark Zuckerberg or Elon Musk. He’s not hanging out at startup demo days. … Read more

Salesforce top AI ethics leader ‘optimistic’ on path to US regulation

Salesforce top AI ethics leader ‘optimistic’ on path to US regulation

There are several different pieces of legislation going through the U.S. Congress that focus on AI-related areas. But there is still no official regulation that focuses specifically on AI. Pol Cartie | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images BARCELONA — A top executive at Salesforce says she is “optimistic” that U.S. Congress will make … Read more

Snowflake’s Slootman not worried about exodus: ‘not a personal cult’

Snowflake’s Slootman not worried about exodus: ‘not a personal cult’

Snowflake Chairman Frank Slootman attends the Snowflake Summit 2022 in Las Vegas on June 14, 2022. Snowflake | Via Reuters News of Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman’s retirement sparked an 18% plunge in the company’s stock price on Thursday, its steepest selloff since the data analytics software vendor debuted on the New York Stock Exchange in … Read more

Change Healthcare cyberattack has caused financial ‘mess’ for doctors

Change Healthcare cyberattack has caused financial ‘mess’ for doctors

Small private practices and health-care providers are facing mounting financial pressures as crucial reimbursement systems remain down for the ninth day, following the cyberattack on Change Healthcare.  Change Healthcare offers tools for payment and revenue cycle management that help facilitate transactions between providers and most major insurance companies. Its parent company UnitedHealth Group discovered that … Read more