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With IPO on the table, Rubrik hires Atlassian’s former CFO
Last May, Rubrik Inc. Chief Executive Officer Bipul Sinha said during an interview that he expects to take the company public “probably in two or three years.” Today, the data protection startup announced a hire that may represent an initial step toward a stock market debut. Rubrik this morning revealed that it has appointed veteran finance executive ...
IBM teams up with Unity to bring Watson into virtual reality environments
Companies have begun seriously experimenting with how virtual reality can be applied in work environments to streamline tasks such as product design. Now, IBM Corp. is looking to capitalize on the trend. As part of the effort, the technology giant today announced a partnership with Unity Technologies Inc., the maker of a popular game engine ...
Intel’s new silicon-based qubits could help make quantum computing a reality
Intel Corp. and Dutch research institute QuTech have invented a silicon-based quantum chip that could take the industry effort to move beyond classical computing in an entirely new direction. The unit, which was unveiled on Wednesday, is based on so-called spin qubits. These are special transistors controlled by microwave pulses that each keep information on a ...
Oracle picks up security startup Zenedge to bolster cloud lineup
Hot on the heels of introducing new “autonomous” services that can tune and update themselves, Oracle Corp. is once again bolstering its cloud platform, this time through an acquisition. The database maker today announced that it has inked an agreement to buy Zenedge Inc., a four-year-old developer of cloud security tools backed by about $14 ...
New MongoDB release adds features to take on relational databases
MongoDB Inc., the company behind the popular open-source NoSQL database used for managing large amounts of rapidly changing data, today unveiled a new iteration of the platform that could significantly raise its enterprise appeal. MongoDB 4.0 introduces support for what’s known as the ACID standard, which stands for Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability. The acronym refers to ...
Qualcomm debuts ultrafast modem chip and connected-device services
It apparently takes more than a cross-border legal battle and a hostile takeover attempt going on at the same time to throw a wrench in Qualcomm Technologies Inc.’s product development efforts. The chipmaker today unveiled a new LTE modem chip for mobile devices it said is an industry first in several regards. Most notably, the X24 can provide ...
Microsoft commits $500M to expansive new startup program
Microsoft Corp. hopes to build the foundation for future partnerships and cloud revenue with an expansive new program focused on fostering budding tech firms. The initiative, which launched this morning under the name Microsoft for Startups, will be supported by a $500 million investment from the company over the next two years. Microsoft will provide participating startups with ...
Dell to sell its Mozy cloud backup division to Carbonite in $145M deal
Dell Technologies Inc. is offloading another of the divisions that it absorbed through the $67 billion acquisition of EMC Corp. in 2016. Carbonite Inc., a publicly traded provider of cloud backup services, revealed on Tuesday that it has reached a deal with the data center giant to acquire the latter’s Mozy data protection group for $145.8 ...
HackerRank raises $30M to bring code directly into the recruiting process
HackerRank Inc. offers an unconventional technical recruiting platform that can best be described as a mix of a hiring tool and a code editor. The startup’s unique feature set has won over 3.4 million developers worldwide, along with the support of several major investors. The Palo Alto, California-based startup today announced the completion of a $30 million Series C ...
Google hires former Samsung CTO Injong Rhee to lead IoT business
Google LLC has brought aboard Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.’s former top technologist to help advance its connected device strategy. Injong Rhee, who served as the South Korean hardware giant’s chief technology officer until December, shared the news in a LinkedIn post on Monday. The executive wrote that he will assume the role of entrepreneur-in-residence to ...