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Data protection giant Veeam Inc. has introduced a new release of its Kasten K10 software platform with immutability features for defending Kubernetes environments against ransomware attacks. Veeam obtained Kasten K10 after acquiring a venture-backed startup of the same name last October. The …
Vena Solutions raises $242M to make enterprise financial planning more efficient
Vena Solutions Inc. today said that it has raised $300 million Canadian dollars, or about $242 million, to expand the adoption of its namesake software platform, which is used by companies such Nike Inc. and Nutanix Inc. to manage their finances. The …
Apple’s App Store in the spotlight as EU reportedly preparing antitrust charges
The European Union could file antitrust charges against Apple Inc. as soon as this week over App Store policies that allegedly harm the competition. That’s according to a report today in the Financial Times, which attributed the information to multiple sources with …
Dell and Red Hat target new joint reference architecture at carriers
Dell Technologies Inc. and IBM Corp.’s Red Hat have jointly developed an infrastructure reference architecture to assist telecommunications companies with the upgrade to 5G. The architecture was detailed today at the virtual Red Hat Summit. The telecommunications sector’s switch to the high-speed …
Apple reveals plans to invest $430B in US over five years
Apple Inc. today announced that it will invest $430 billion in the U.S. over the next five years as part of an expansion initiative that includes, among other things, plans to spend “tens of billions of dollars” on developing chip and networking …
Thoma Bravo inks $12.3B deal to acquire cybersecurity specialist Proofpoint
Publicly traded cybersecurity provider Proofpoint Inc. today announced that it has agreed to be acquired by Thoma Bravo, a prominent private equity firm, in a $12.3 billion all-cash transaction. The deal is set to net a sizable return for Proofpoint’s shareholders. Thoma …
Panasonic inks $7.1B deal to acquire supply chain software firm Blue Yonder
Electronics giant Panasonic Corp. today announced that it has signed a $7.1 billion agreement to acquire Blue Yonder Inc., a developer of software for managing enterprise supply chains. The deal comes less than a year after Panasonic purchased a 20% stake in …
Apache Kafka startup Confluent confidentially files for IPO
Confluent Inc., a unicorn startup commercializing the Kafka open-source data platform, divulged on Thursday that it’s headed to the stock exchange. In a brief announcement, the company said that it has confidentially filed paperwork for an initial public offering with the U.S. …
Alphabet’s X lab reveals project to develop technology for power grids
Alphabet Inc.’s X moonshot unit is working on a project to develop tools that can help utilities monitor and predict activity on their power grids. The project was announced this morning by X Vice President Audrey Zibelman during remarks at the White …
Google upgrades Cloud Spanner’s encryption capabilities
Google LLC’s Cloud Spanner managed relational database now allows companies to encrypt their information using their own encryption keys, the search giant announced today. It’s a narrow but significant update because organizations in regulated industries such as finance and healthcare are often …