Telegrams : Galaxy Note 7 recall and recovery, autonomous Car … – Silicon

Galaxy Note 7 between reminder and stimulus. The us government has officially responded to the risks of explosion of the batteries of the smartphone of Samsung. The Consumer Product Safety Commission requested the recall of one million of Galaxy Note 7 and delivered before September 15. The commission has recorded 92 cases of combustion related to the smartphone. The recall campaign from the Korean manufacturer is still in effect. At the same time, Samsung has announced a resumption of the marketing of the Galaxy Note 7 on 28 September, but only in South Korea. Also, this “will depend on the context in each country, ” said Samsung to Reuters.

autonomous Car which can be destructive to jobs. If the current discussions focus on the state of technological advancement of the various manufacturers and actors of the autonomous car, few people care about (for now) the social impact of such a revolution. In the United States, the autonomous car could, however, remove the 4.1 million jobs, according to the blog post Wolf Street. Wolf Richter takes a number of examples : truck drivers, taxis, etc., employers look with attention the benefits of the autonomous car : less tax, no sick leave, no vacation, zero rest time. We understand better the development of the projects of autonomous cars launched by companies such as Uber, which has launched a test in Pittsburgh.

SAP strengthens on Hadoop. Confirming rumors that appeared in the August issue of VentureBeat, of the tweets from the teams of SAP in Silicon Valley announced the acquisition of start-up, Altiscale, which offers a Hadoop distribution in the Cloud. This acquisition, not yet formalized by the parent company, should be approximately$ 125 Million . The founder of Altiscale, a company born in 2012 and has raised$ 42 Million since its inception, is anything but a stranger ; Raymie Stata, had in fact sold his company, Stata Labs, to Yahoo in 2004 before develop the use of Hadoop within the portal. The solution Hadoop as a service with Altiscale, which markets also offer a Spark in the Cloud, could enhance the Hana Cloud Platform, SAP, which provides online access to the technology In-Memory of the first european publisher.

Infor soon redeemed ? According to Reuters, the third editor of global ERP, the American Infor, has mandated Morgan Stanley to study the expressions of interest received. One thinks of course of takeover offers, even if Reuters explains that Golden Gate Capital and Summit Partners, two funds that currently have control of the Information, might prefer to sell a minority share of the capital. The interest for the software has been revived by recent acquisitions in the sector, such as that of Netsuite by Oracle to 9,3 billion usd . Under the direction of Charles Phillips, former president of Oracle in 2010, Infor has begun its shift to Saas. During its last fiscal year, ended last April, the editor has achieved a turnover of 2.7 billion usd , for a profit of$ 35 Million .