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Splunk Inc. today said that it has secured a $1 billion investment from Silver Lake to support growth initiatives and buy back shares. Splunk climbed more than 12% in trading on the news. The jump can likely be explained in part by …
HPE debuts GreenLake silicon on demand, chip-level firmware security and more at Discover 2021
Hewlett Packard Co. today detailed a significant expansion of its infrastructure product portfolio that will introduce hardware offerings priced by the processor core, systems capable of verifying the security of their own firmware and new industry-specific solutions. HPE made the announcements at …
EU launches extensive antitrust investigation of Google’s digital ad business
The European Commission, the European Union’s executive branch, today announced an antitrust investigation into Google LLC’s ad business that will scrutinize its display advertising unit, YouTube and Android. Notably, EU officials also plan to probe Google’s high-profile efforts to replace third-party cookies in …
HPE’s Aruba doubles down on AI and edge networking at Discover 2021
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.’s Aruba networking division debuted new artificial intelligence features at the HPE Discover 2021 virtual event today that can automatically fix certain types of technical issues in corporate networks. Also at the event, Aruba said that it’s rolling out …
Database maker Couchbase files for IPO as it targets cloud opportunities
Couchbase Inc., the company behind the enterprise database of the same name, today confirmed recent reports about an upcoming listing by releasing the paperwork for its initial public offering. Couchbase is headed to the Nasdaq stock exchange with more than 500 customers, including …
SentinelOne seeking to raise nearly $1B in upcoming IPO at $7B+ valuation
Cybersecurity provider SentinelOne Inc. has revealed new details about its upcoming initial public offering, disclosing today that the listing could value it at more than $7 billion. To achieve that market capitalization, SentinelOne would need to price its shares in the high …
HPE acquires Determined AI to boost its supercomputer and AI server businesses
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. today said that it has acquired Determined AI Inc., a startup with an open-source software platform capable of accelerating the speed at which machine learning algorithms can be trained by dozens of times. The acquisition will boost HPE’s …
Transform exits stealth mode with $24.5M in funding to simplify metrics-driven analytics projects
Transform Data Inc., an analytics startup led by former Airbnb Inc. software engineers, launched from stealth mode on Thursday with $24.5 million in initial funding. The startup raised the capital over two rounds that were both jointly led by noted venture capital …
Insight Partners and Amazon back $32M round for explainable AI startup Fiddler Labs
Fiddler Labs Inc., a startup helping enterprises understand the inner workings of their artificial intelligence models, has raised a $32 million funding round that saw the participation of Insight Partners, Amazon.com Inc.’s Alexa Fund and other institutional investors. The Palo Alto, California-based …
AWS debuts low-code Workflow Studio to speed up cloud application development
Amazon Web Services Inc. today introduced Workflow Studio, a new low-code development tool aimed at reducing the amount of time and effort required to build applications on its public cloud. Workflow Studio is available as part of the Amazon.com Inc. unit’s AWS …