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In $9.5B deal, Hitachi to acquire software engineering firm GlobalLogic
Japanese industrial giant Hitachi Ltd. has signed a $9.5 billion agreement to acquire GlobalLogic Inc., a California-based software engineering firm that develops applications for large enterprises. The deal, announced today, is expected to close by the end of July. Tokyo-based Hitachi is a major player in the industrial sector that makes products ranging from auto ...
AWS’ newest partner validations boost mainframe-to-cloud migrations
Amazon Web Services Inc. today expanded its AWS Competency Program to make it easier for enterprises to find partner firms that can help them migrate mainframe applications to the cloud. More than half a century after IBM Corp. launched the world’s first commercial mainframe, systems in the category continue to see active use at many ...
Google begins testing FLoC third-party cookie alternative with Chrome trial
Google LLC is kicking off public tests of FLoC, a machine learning technology intended to provide a more privacy-friendly alternative to the third-party cookies used by online advertisers. The technology, which stands for Federated Learning of Cohorts, is rolling out as a Chrome update to a small subset of the browser’s users, the search giant ...
Google launches its serverless Database Migration Service into general availability
Google LLC today launched its Database Migration Service into general availability, four months after introducing the serverless tool in preview to help companies move business applications to its public cloud. The offering will enable the search giant to provide more effective support to organizations modernizing on-premises workloads. It should make switching to the Google Cloud ...
Data integration startup Striim lands $50M round backed by Goldman Sachs and Dell
Startup Striim Inc. has raised a $50 million funding round to grow its market share in the data management segment, where it competes with a software platform that moves business information from enterprises’ on-premise systems to the cloud. Announced this morning, the Series C round was led by Goldman Sachs’s growth equity arm. The venture ...
Apple to kick off virtual WWDC21 developer event on June 7
Apple Inc. today revealed that WWDC21, the next installment of its annual technical event for iOS and Mac developers, will take place online June 7-11. Apple’s WWDC, or Worldwide Developers Conference, event series draws significant attention because it’s often where the company announces new releases of its operating systems. The iPhone maker said five different ...
Cohesity’s valuation jumps to $3.7B with $145M equity sale
Institutional investors have offered to purchase some of the equity that Cohesity Inc. employees hold in the data management provider at a valuation of $3.7 billion, $1.2 billion more than what the company worth last year. The investors participating in the tender offer include Steadfast Capital Ventures, DFJ Growth, Foundation Capital, Wing Venture Capital and ...
Tricentis buys Neotys to broaden its continuous software testing capabilities
Tricentis GmbH, a major provider of tools for testing the reliability of enterprise software, has acquired Neotys SAS, another player in the software testing market that counts tech giants such as Cisco Systems Inc. among its customers. The deal is the latest in a series of acquisitions made by Tricentis in recent years. Tricentis, based ...
Amid rapid growth, ‘knowledge orchestration’ startup Zoomin raises $52M more
Zoomin Software Ltd., a startup that helps enterprise technology companies such as Dell Technologies Inc. share product explainers with customers, has raised $52 million in fresh funding. The Series C round, announced today, comes just four months after the New York and Israel-based startup announced a $21 million investment. This latest round is also notable ...
IBM debuts ‘industry’s first’ quantum developer certification
IBM Corp. today debuted what it describes as the industry’s first developer certification program focused on quantum computing, a move that represents a milestone for the nascent technology. Current quantum computers are only capable of performing relatively simple processing tasks. However, it’s believed that the technology will eventually become advanced enough to tackle calculations too ...