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StepZen raises $8M round to simplify application data workflows
StepZen Inc., a new developer tooling startup, today launched with $8 million in initial funding and a platform that it says can enable software teams to build applications more quickly. The startup is led by former executives from Apigee, a provider of application programming interface tools that Google LLC acquired for $625 million. StepZen Chief ...
IBM to acquire Nordcloud for its public cloud know-how
IBM Corp. today disclosed that it’s buying Nordcloud Ltd., a Finland-based professional services provider that assists enterprises with their cloud projects. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. If everything goes according to plan, the transaction will wrap up in the first quarter of 2021. Nordcloud, founded in 2011, has annual revenues of ...
Google Cloud details plans for three new international cloud regions
Google LLC today announced plans to build three new international cloud regions, or data center clusters, to meet the infrastructure requirements of customers more effectively. The new cloud regions will be launched in Chile, Germany and Saudi Arabia. The regions set to be built in Chile and Saudi Arabia will be the first for Google ...
OneTrust raises mammoth $300M round for its enterprise privacy platform
OneTrust LLC, an Atlanta-based developer of privacy tools for enterprises, today announced that it has secured a $300 million funding round at a valuation of $5.1 billion. The round bumps OneTrust’s total raised over the past 18 months over $700 million. OneTrust, founded in 2016, provides a cloud-based platform used by big companies such as ...
Verizon debuts On Site LTE to let enterprises build on-prem 4G networks
Verizon Communications Inc. today introduced On Site LTE, a hardware-software bundle that can be used to set up a miniature 4G network in locations such as factories. Enterprises are deploying a growing number of so-called “internet of things” devices to make their operations more efficient. Those devices, which range from tiny production line sensors to ...
Alphabet’s Verily life sciences unit raises $700M more
Verily, the Google LLC sister company focused on life sciences, has raised an additional $700 million from parent Alphabet Inc. and external investors. Announced Thursday, the raise follows a $1 billion round in 2019. Verily plans to use the new funds to advance a number of life sciences programs it’s currently pursuing in the areas ...
Morpheus Data eases hybrid cloud security and management with new release
Hybrid cloud management provider Morpheus Data LLC has released new tools for finding software vulnerabilities in enterprise networks and automating common maintenance tasks. The additions are rolling with version 5.2 of the company’s namesake software platform, which made its debut today. Morpheus Data’s platform enables information technology teams to manage public cloud environments and on-premises infrastructure ...
38 attorneys general sue Google for alleged anticompetitive practices
A bipartisan coalition of attorneys general representing 38 U.S. states and territories is suing Google LLC for allegedly using anticompetitive business practices to boost its search business. The company, the coalition wrote in a lawsuit filed today, has been pursuing a strategy aimed at “building an impenetrable moat to protect its kingdom.” The lawsuit, the second ...
Google Cloud powers IT modernization projects for Highmark and Tapestry
Google LLC today said that its cloud business is working with nonprofit healthcare organization Highmark Health and Tapestry Inc., a publicly traded fashion company, to support their information technology modernization efforts. Pittsburgh-based Highmark is a major regional health insurer and hospital operator. It also has a presence in a number of adjacent areas such as ...
Amazon develops phased array antenna for connecting to its internet satellites
Amazon.com Inc.’s Project Kuiper unit, which is building a network of internet satellites, today detailed a compact antenna design it developed to let users connect to the constellation from the ground. Project Kuiper is backed by more than $10 billion that Amazon earmarked earlier this year to support the effort. Unlike traditional communications satellites, which are ...