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Cato Networks raises $131M to converge networking with cybersecurity
Cato Networks Inc. today said that it has closed a $131 million round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners at a pre-money valuation of $1 billion. Tel Aviv-based Cato Networks competes in a market Gartner Inc. refers to as the secure access service edge or SASE segment. SASE platforms provide networking features that enterprises can use ...
Microsoft developing ‘Pluton’ security chip for Windows
Microsoft Corp. wants to equip Windows computers with a specialized security chip to be built directly into the main processor. Pluton, as the company calls the chip, will provide protection against threats such as the infamous Meltdown and Spectre exploits. The technology was detailed today in a blog post by David Weston, Microsoft’s director of enterprise and ...
AMD reveals ‘world’s fastest’ supercomputer graphics card
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. today pulled back the curtains on the MI100, a graphics processing unit for supercomputers touted as the fastest chip in its class with more than 10 teraflops of peak performance. Supercomputers are typically used to run scientific workloads such as weather prediction models and physics simulations. Once, they were built mainly ...
Codefresh brings better monitoring to ‘GitOps’ workflows
Codefresh Inc. today introduced a set of capabilities that will enable software teams to do a more effective job of tracking and controlling the code they deploy on their companies’ infrastructure. In recent years, many software teams have shifted from releasing new code every few weeks or months to releasing updates once a day or ...
Yellowbrick Data makes its hybrid cloud data warehouse more accessible
Yellowbrick Data Inc. today debuted a new release of its hybrid cloud data warehouse that it says will enable enterprises to build analytics workflows more easily and improve information security. The company also introduced an entry-level product tier for customers looking to analyze only a limited amount of information. Yellowbrick Data is a Snowflake Inc. competitor backed ...
Riverbed upgrades cloud and AI capabilities with product refresh
Riverbed Technology Inc. is upgrading several of its software products with new artificial intelligence features and other enhancements that will give enterprises deeper visibility into their networks. The updates were announced today against the backdrop of the company’s Global Virtual User Conference. San Francisco-based Riverbed claims more than 30,000 customers, including 99 companies on the ...
In IPO filing, DoorDash reveals 226% revenue surge and narrowing losses
Nearly a year after confidentially filing to go public, food delivery unicorn DoorDash Inc. today released the paperwork for its upcoming listing to give the world the first detailed glimpse at its earnings. DoorDash, with a valuation of $16 billion as of its last funding round, is the largest player in the U.S. food delivery market. ...
Solo.io simplifies container networking with new platform
Startup Solo.io Inc. today introduced Gloo Mesh Enterprise, a service mesh management platform that promises to simplify networking tasks in enterprise software container environments. The term “service mesh” refers to a category of tools that enterprises are increasingly adopting in their container environments. The typical containerized application comprises a set of loosely-connected components, called microservices, that need ...
Setting course for IPO, Menlo Security picks up $100M in funding
Menlo Security Inc., a startup that helps enterprises protect their workers from malware while they’re browsing the web, has raised a $100 million round of funding led by Vista Equity Partners. Vista Equity Partners is an investment firm notable for backing successful enterprise technology firms such as Marketo Inc. and Ping Identity Inc. Menlo Security’s new ...
Mirantis eases Kubernetes management with Lens Extensions API
Mirantis Inc. today introduced a new version of its open-source Lens platform that will enable developers to manage the components of their Kubernetes clusters via a centralized interface. The centralized management is made possible by the Extensions API, a new application programming interface that makes it possible to expand the platform’s default feature set. It’s rolling ...