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ServiceNow doubles down on cybersecurity with expanded Microsoft alliance
ServiceNow Inc. introduced new integrations with Microsoft Corp. products during its Knowledge 2021 virtual conference today that promise to make enterprises’ cybersecurity operations more efficient. In the big picture, the features will also enhance the company’s “platform of platforms” value proposition for large enterprises. Publicly traded ServiceNow provides a cloud platform for managing a company’s ...
New $120M round doubles AI startup ASAPP’s valuation to $1.6B
ASAPP Inc., a startup taking what it says is a research-driven approach to developing artificial intelligence products for the enterprise, has raised $120 million at a $1.6 billion valuation. The startup secured the capital through a Series C round announced today that was led by Fidelity Management. ASAPP’s new $1.6 billion valuation is twice as ...
UiPath builds AI-driven task mining engine into its RPA platform
Newly public UiPath Inc. today debuted an artificial intelligence module that points out manual business processes enterprises should automate and provides useful related data. The module is arriving as part of UiPath Platform 21.4, a significant new release of the company’s robotic process automation platform that was detailed today. Other highlights include security controls for managing large ...
In major refresh at I/O, Google Workspace gets ‘smart chips’ and ‘pageless’ documents
Google LLC today debuted “smart chips” for Google Workspace that will enable users to enhance their documents with interactive elements such as polls and pop-up previews of other documents. The feature is rolling out as part of a broad update to the productivity suite that Javier Soltero (pictured), vice president and general manager of Google ...
After 75M downloads, cloud-native authorization startup Styra raises $40M
Styra Inc., the startup behind a ubiquitous piece of open-source software used to secure containerized applications, has raised $40 million in funding to help it double its headcount this year and win more customers. Battery Ventures led the round, the startup disclosed in its funding announcement today. Styra’s open-source Open Policy Agent tool is downloaded ...
Artificial lands Microsoft-led $21.5M round for its lab automation software
Life sciences software startup Artificial Inc. today disclosed that it has reeled in a $21.5 million funding round led by Microsoft Corp.’s M12 venture capital arm. The investment comes as Microsoft increasingly prioritizes the healthcare sector not only with its startup investment decisions, but also with product strategy. Artificial, based in Palo Alto, California, sells ...
Rubrik takes on ransomware with AppFlows and bulk application recovery
Rubrik Inc. kicked off its Forward virtual event today with the introduction of new software features and a cloud tool called AppFlows that companies can use to recover data lost because of ransomware. Rubrik is one of the industry’s biggest privately-held providers of data protection software with a $3.3 billion valuation as of its last ...
Barracuda adds AI-powered automation to its web application security platform
Barracuda Networks Inc. today released Cloud Application Protection 2.0, a new version of its software product for securing websites and web applications, that can automatically adjust its configuration settings in response to changing requirements. Barracuda is a major maker of cybersecurity software and appliances. The company traded on the Nasdaq until 2017, when it was ...
No-code development startup Adalo closes $8M round led by Tiger Global
Adalo Inc., a startup that enables knowledge workers to create web services and mobile apps without writing any code, has secured a $8 million funding round led by Tiger Global. The round, announced today, also saw the participation of GitHub Chief Technology Officer Jason Warner, Zapier Inc. Chief Executive Officer Wade Foster and multiple other ...
Microsoft makes Teams more consumer-friendly with new features
Microsoft Corp. today released a collection of new features to Microsoft Teams in a bid to make the collaboration application a more compelling alternative to services such as Zoom for consumers. Launched in 2017, Teams is a popular chat and videoconferencing application mainly used among knowledge workers. Microsoft disclosed in April that the number of ...