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AWS expands its serverless capabilities and adds a managed Kafka service
After unveiling a satellite data service, an on-premise infrastructure offering and countless new features in the first two days of its annual re:Invent conference in Las Vegas, Amazon Web Services Inc. this morning introduced yet another set of enhancements for its cloud platform. Expanded serverless features Many of the capabilities announced today are rolling out for AWS ...
Microsoft lands $480M contract to supply HoloLens headsets to US Army
In a major boost for its augmented reality efforts, Microsoft Corp. has landed a $480 million contract to provide the U.S. Army with a military-grade version of its HoloLens headset. The deal, which was first reported by Bloomberg Wednesday, went through a bidding process that also drew offers from other companies. Heavily funded AR startup Magic ...
With $50M funding round, productivity startup Asana hits $1.5B valuation
The latest startup to join Silicon Valley’s unicorn club is San Francisco-based team productivity specialist Asana Inc., which today announced that it has raised $50 million from investors at a $1.5 billion valuation. The late-stage, Series E funding comes less than a year after Asana’s $75 million Series D raise. This latest round saw London-based Generation ...
AR navigation startup Phiar bags $3M investment backed by Y Combinator
Phiar Inc., an augmented reality startup eyeing revenue opportunities in self-driving cars, today announced that it has raised $3 million to bring its technology to market. The seed round was led by Virtual Reality Fund. The more than a half-dozen other backers that participated in the investment included prominent Sand Hill Road firm Mayfield Fund ...
Google expands its Project Fi wireless service to iPhones and most Android devices
Google LLC is moving to grow its role in the telecommunications market. The search giant today expanded the availability of Project Fi, the wireless service it launched in 2015, to iPhones and the “majority” of Android devices. The company also renamed the service to Google Fi in another sign that its telecommunications operation is starting to shed its experimental ...
AWS racks up cloud deals with finance heavyweights Guardian Life and Openbank
Two more multibillion-dollar companies have jumped on the Amazon Web Services Inc. bandwagon at the cloud leader’s re:Invent conference this week. AWS today revealed that insurance giant The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America and online banking provider Open Bank SA have chosen to migrate their operations to its platform. The announcement brings the total number of ...
Robinhood, valued at $5.6B, hires its first CFO ahead of planned IPO
Robinhood Markets Inc., one of the fastest-growing players in the red-hot financial technology segment, has moved a step closer towards going public. The heavily funded startup today announced that it has appointed Amazon.com Inc. veteran Jason Warnick as its first chief financial officer. Warnick joins Robinhood after a 20-year stint with the online retail giant. He ...
Red Hat snaps up cross-cloud data management startup NooBaa
Red Hat Inc. today announced that it has picked up Boston-based data management startup NooBaa Inc. to boost its strategically important hybrid cloud portfolio. The deal comes as the company itself is being acquired by IBM Corp. in a $34 million acquisition expected to complete next year. Red Hat’s strong position in the hybrid cloud market ...
LinkedIn launches new data features for Samza stream processing engine
LinkedIn today announced a major new release of the Samza stream processing engine, one of its marquee open-source projects, that will give enterprises more options in how they analyze their real-time data. Samza is built to process high-volume data streams quickly with a high degree of reliability. This feature combination makes it handy for a ...
HPE acquires BlueData to boost its AI and analytics ambitions
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. today revealed that it plans to acquire BlueData Software Inc., a startup focused on making it easier for companies to use artificial intelligence and analytics tools. HPE expects to close the deal by the end of January. The company didn’t share the financial terms, but it’s reasonable to assume that the ...