Maria Deutscher, Author at SiliconANGLE

Cloud

Workday to acquire workforce analytics provider Peakon for $700M

By Maria Deutscher Jan 28, 2021

Workday Inc. today announced plans to acquire Peakon ApS, a Copenhagen-based startup with a cloud service for collecting employee feedback. The deal is an all-cash transaction valued at about $700 million. Workday expects to…

Cloud

Qualtrics’ market capitalization soars after $1.5B+ IPO

By Maria Deutscher Jan 28, 2021

Qualtrics International Inc.’s shares jumped more than 45% in their trading debut today after the company sold about 51.7 million shares in an initial public offering on Thursday night, raising north of $1.5 billion.…

Cloud

Google Cloud’s new VM Manager brings automation to large instance fleets

By Maria Deutscher Jan 28, 2021

Google LLC today introduced VM Manager, a bundle of tools for administrators designed to make it more time-efficient to manage large fleets of instances on Google Cloud. VM Manager’s features can be organized into…

Cloud

Email optimization startup SparkPost raises $180M to expand its market reach

By Maria Deutscher Jan 27, 2021

SparkPost Inc., a startup helping to deliver more than a third of the world’s commercial emails, today announced that it has raised $180 million in fresh funding from LLR Partners, NewSpring Capital and PNC…

Big Data

DataStax targets data streaming market with Kesque acquisition

By Maria Deutscher Jan 27, 2021

DataStax Inc. today said that it has acquired Kesque Inc., a startup with a data platform for powering real-time enterprise applications such as analytics and package tracking services. The terms of the deal were…

Cloud

Commvault’s revenue hits record as new products gain momentum

By Maria Deutscher Jan 27, 2021

Commvault Systems Inc. today reported $188 million in revenue for its third fiscal quarter ended Dec. 31, a 7% improvement from the same time a year earlier and a new all-time record for the…

Infra

DriveNets reels in $208M for its container-based carrier networking platform

By Maria Deutscher Jan 27, 2021

DriveNets Ltd., a startup developing a software container-based networking platform for carriers, today announced that it has raised $208 million in funding at a valuation exceeding $1 billion. D1 Capital Partners led the round…

Big Data

Data streaming startup Vectorized raises $15.5M to take on Apache Kafka

By Maria Deutscher Jan 26, 2021

Vectorized Inc., a new data management startup, today disclosed that it has raised $15.5 million across two funding rounds from Lightspeed Venture Partners and Alphabet Inc.’s GV fund. The startup’s entry into the crowded…

Infra

Amazon will add 3000+ workers to its Boston Tech Hub in latest major expansion

By Maria Deutscher Jan 26, 2021

Amazon.com Inc. today announced plans to recruit more than additional 3,000 workers in Boston to support the growth of Amazon Web Services Inc., Alexa and other important parts of its business. The new hires…

Apps

Twitter buys email newsletter publishing startup Revue

By Maria Deutscher Jan 26, 2021

Twitter Inc. has acquired Revue, a Substack Inc. competitor with a service that enables writers to publish email newsletters more easily and sell subscriptions to their content. Under the deal announced today, Revue will…

Maria Deutscher

Qualtrics’ market capitalization soars after $1.5B+ IPO

Google Cloud’s new VM Manager brings automation to large instance fleets

Email optimization startup SparkPost raises $180M to expand its market reach

DataStax targets data streaming market with Kesque acquisition

Commvault’s revenue hits record as new products gain momentum

DriveNets reels in $208M for its container-based carrier networking platform

Data streaming startup Vectorized raises $15.5M to take on Apache Kafka

Amazon will add 3000+ workers to its Boston Tech Hub in latest major expansion

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