Breakthrough alert: AWS’s new HPC service could fast-track the next big discovery

Breakthrough alert: AWS’s new HPC service could fast-track the next big discovery

Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), has officially launched the AWS Parallel Computing Service, a revolutionary managed service aimed at enhancing scientific and engineering research through advanced high-performance computing (HPC) capabilities. The service simplifies the setup and management of HPC clusters, enabling users to run complex simulations and models […]

Space tech company Maxar Technologies to go private in $6.4bn deal with Advent

Space tech company Maxar Technologies to go private in $6.4bn deal with Advent

Advent International, a private equity company, will acquire American space technology company Maxar Technologies for an enterprise value of around $6.4 billion. The all-cash deal is expected to help Maxar Technologies to fast-track the development of its next-generation satellite technologies and data insights for its government and commercial customers. In addition, the deal is expected […]

Maxar to take full ownership of 3D data and analytics company Vricon

Maxar to take full ownership of 3D data and analytics company Vricon

Maxar Technologies (formerly DigitalGlobe), a US space technology company, revealed plans to exercise its call option to take 100% ownership of Vricon, a Virginia-based 3D data and analytics company, for nearly $140 million. Vricon was established in 2015 as a joint venture between Maxar Technologies and Swedish aerospace company Saab to combine patented Saab IP […]