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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 ...
Google introduces serverless Database Migration Service
Google LLC today introduced its Database Migration Service, a new serverless offering currently in preview that will make it easier for customers to move their databases to its public cloud. The tool can import the contents of MySQL deployments running on-premises or on competing clouds such as Amazon Web Services into Google’s Cloud SQL database server. In ...
TriggerMesh launches cloud-native integration platform
Startup TriggerMesh Inc. today announced the general availability of its Cloud Native Integration Platform, which enables enterprises to link together applications running in different clouds and on-premises data centers. Enterprise applications frequently interact with one another to perform business tasks. A sales analytics system, for example, might pull purchase records from a customer database to ...
Alexa gets smarter as Amazon boosts AI models with ‘latent goal’ detection
Amazon.com Inc. is enhancing Alexa with new artificial intelligence models that can help users find useful Skills, or apps, to install on their smart speakers. Alexa Skills are created by third-party developers and provide features not included by default in the voice assistant, such as the ability to control smart lights or tune into a ...
SentinelOne raises $267M for its AI-infused endpoint protection platform
SentinelOne Inc., a cybersecurity unicorn that counts four of the Fortune 10 as customers, today said that it has closed a $267 million late-stage round of funding led by Tiger Global Management. After the Series F round, SentinelOne is now worth more than $3 billion, triple the valuation it received after its previous nine-figure raise ...
Palo Alto Networks inks $800M deal to buy security startup Expanse
Palo Alto Networks Inc. will pay about $800 million to acquire Expanse Inc., a well-funded startup with a software platform that enables enterprises to find internal systems exposed to the internet. The deal was announced today. Palo Alto’s $800 million proposed offer breaks down to $670 million in cash and stock, plus an additional $130 million ...