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Conexiom, a Canadian software-as-a-service provider focused on making companies’ sales processes more efficient, today said that it has landed $40 million in funding from Iconiq Capital. Iconiq Capital makes investments on behalf of a client roster that includes Facebook Inc. Chief Executive …
Commvault shatters earnings estimates as cloud strategy pays off
Shares of Commvault Systems Inc. rose more than 7% today after the data protection provider posted solid quarterly financial results that beat Wall Street’s expectations by a wide margin. Tinton Falls, New Jersey-based Commvault provides software that helps organizations back up their records and protect them from …
Google announces Grace Hopper subsea internet cable to link the U.S. and Europe
Google LLC today announced plans for a new subsea internet cable that will enable data to cross the Atlantic faster and advance the search giant’s cloud expansion roadmap. The cable is to be named after computer pioneer Grace Hopper. Bikash Koley, the vice …
Microsoft wants to place hydrogen fuel cells in its cloud data centers
Microsoft Corp. wants to use hydrogen fuel cells to provide backup power for its Azure data centers and reduce carbon emissions. The company detailed its plans in a blog post today, saying that it has reached a notable technical milestone toward realizing …
Google tells employees that most won’t return to their offices for at least a year
Nearly all of Google LLC parent Alphabet Inc.’s roughly 200,000 employees will work from home at least July 2021, Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai announced in an internal memo today. The news was first reported by the Wall Street Journal. Pichai is …
Coupa embeds more automation into its business spend platform
Publicly-traded Coupa Software Inc. today introduced an update for its BSM Platform that adds automation and analytics features to help optimize enterprises’ bottom line. The BSM Platform is a so-called business spend management product that is used by organizations to manage supplier …
Revolut raises $80M more at $5.5B valuation in latest fintech funding round
Mobile-first financial technology startups are continuing to draw investor interest. Revolut Ltd., the operator of a digital banking service that users can access via an app, today said that it has secured $80 million in fresh funding at a $5.5 billion valuation. …
U.S. officials detail plans to build a national quantum internet
The U.S. Department of Energy wants to develop a national quantum internet to enable more secure communications and advance scientific research in areas such as gravitational wave detection. Officials presented a blueprint strategy for the effort in a Thursday press conference at …
AWS launches AI-powered Contact Lens analytics features for contact centers
Amazon Web Services Inc. today announced the general availability of Contact Lens, a set of artificial intelligence features to help optimize the contact centers of enterprises using its Amazon Connect service. The launch comes eight months after AWS first previewed the technology …
Talkdesk becomes $3B+ unicorn after landing $143M to cloudify the contact center
Cloud contact center software startup Talkdesk Inc. disclosed a big valuation bump today, announcing that it has raised an outsize $143 million funding round valuing it at more than $3 billion. The round continues a recent trend of investors backing startups whose technology …