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Mimecast acquires Solebit for $88M to fend off zero-day email threats
Publicly traded email security provider Mimecast Ltd has bought Solebit Inc., a startup focused on fending off zero-day attacks that target users via their inboxes. The deal, which was announced this morning, is valued at $88 million net of acquired cash. San Francisco-based Solebit previously raised $13 million in funding from investors. It’s a graduate ...
Tableau’s new Extensions API lets users add machine learning to data visualizations
Tableau Software Inc. today launched a new version of its data visualization platform that expands what companies can do with their analytics dashboards. The biggest enhancement in the update is Extensions API, a programming interface for integrating with external software systems. Analytics teams can now augment a dashboard with machine learning models and other components from ...
5G moves closer to reality after T-Mobile and Nokia strike $3.5B networking deal
T-Mobile US Inc. and Nokia Oyj today announced a landmark $3.5 billion deal to build high-speed 5G wireless infrastructure in the United States. All three major U.S. carriers are currently in the process of upgrading their networks to 5G, a set of technologies that promise to enable vastly improved connectivity for consumers. It’s estimated that ...
Marketing analytics startup Simon Data pulls in $20M funding round
There’s an abundance of analytics tools out there that companies can use to process customer data and look for patterns. Simon Data Inc., one of the newer players in this crowded segment, hopes to set itself apart by making it easier for marketers to act on their information. The startup’s strategy has been working out so ...
Backed by $10M, Serverless intros a platform for managing serverless apps
Serverless Inc., a startup with a central role in the accelerating technology trend after which it’s named, today introduced a new offering to bring more enterprises into the fold. Serverless computing is a model of running applications that expands upon the original idea behind the cloud. On top of freeing up companies from managing hardware, it also ...
Microsoft is reportedly developing a managed Windows 10 service
Microsoft Corp. is reportedly working on a new way to monetize Windows 10 in the enterprise. The information comes from veteran Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley, who has broken many stories about the company over the past few decades. In a ZDNet report published today, Foley cited inside sources as saying that the technology giant is ...
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Google teams up with GitHub to simplify software container projects for developers
Google LLC today announced a collaboration with GitHub Inc. at the Google Cloud Next conference that’s focused on simplifying a key part of modern software projects. At the center of the partnership is Cloud Build, a service the company introduced at the event on Tuesday. It’s a CI/CD (continuous integration and continuous delivery) tool designed to ...
Facebook acquires team chat startup Redkix to turn up the heat on Slack
Redkix Inc., a team chat startup with offices in California and Israel, today revealed that it has been acquired by Facebook Inc. to boost the company’s Workplace collaboration platform. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. According to a source close to the matter who spoke with Israeli business publication CTech, the transaction ...
Amid foldable phone rumors, Samsung debuts ‘unbreakable’ bendable screen
Following reports that Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is preparing to launch a foldable smartphone, the company today debuted a bendable mobile display it hails as “unbreakable.” The new screen (pictured) is based on organic light-emitting diode technology. OLED panels already ship in a number of devices including Apple Inc.’s iPhone X and are inherently flexible. ...
Waymo teams up with Walmart to widen the use of self-driving vehicles
While Google LLC watchers have their eyes turned to Cloud Next, the company’s Waymo division is pressing forward with its effort to put self-driving vehicles on the road. The group today unveiled a set of partnerships focused on testing new ways for consumers to use autonomous vehicles in their lives. The most significant among them is ...