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In yet another sign that the cloud is disrupting traditional enterprise computing, VMware Inc. today announced plans to acquire Heptio Inc., an infrastructure automation startup that had raised more than $33 million in funding from Accel, Madrona Venture Group and Lightspeed Venture …
Data startup PredictHQ raises $10M for its global events API
An isolated snowstorm passing over a city isn’t likely to make a big dent in store visits for a national retailer with locations across the country. But in aggregate, weather changes and numerous other localized events that influence customer behavior either indirectly …
Intel debuts new top-end Xeon chips with up to 48 cores and AI optimizations
Intel Corp. today previewed a new Xeon server processor series that it claims can outperform silicon from rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. by delivering up to 48 cores per chip. The Cascade Lake AP family is based on a fundamentally different design …
Symantec picks up cybersecurity startups Appthority and Javelin to bolster portfolio
Symantec Corp. recently revealed plans to trim its workforce by 8 percent as part of a cost-cutting initiative, but the company continues to invest in growth areas. The cybersecurity heavyweight today announced that it has acquired Appthority Inc. and Javelin Networks Inc., …
Tesla in hot water again after SEC issues subpoena over Model 3 production figures
Tesla Inc. is once again under the Securities and Exchange Commission’s microscope. The automaker said in a regulatory filing today that the agency is investigating projections that it had made about the production of its Model 3 sedan. The development comes only …
Alibaba posts mixed earnings, lowers guidance as revenue growth slows
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. continues to expand at breakneck speed in the e-commerce and cloud markets, but the company’s overall growth has dropped from previous quarters. China’s most valuable tech firm today posted revenues of 85.1 billion yuan, or $12.4 billion, in the quarter …
Google reinforces its hosted Kubernetes service with new network security controls
Google LLC’s latest update to its public cloud aims to make the platform a more attractive destination for running software container projects. The update, released today, introduces three new networking controls for the platform’s Google Kubernetes Engine service. It’s a hosted implementation of …
Open-source cloud tooling maker HashiCorp bags $100M round at $1.9B valuation
HashiCorp Inc., a startup that makes open-source tools for managing cloud environments and applications, today announced that it has reeled in a $100 million late-stage funding round led by IVP. IVP is one of two new backers to have participated in the …
Greylock-backed Rockset launches with a serverless analytics platform for the cloud
Rockset Inc., a San Mateo, California-based data processing startup, today exited stealth mode with what it describes as a serverless analytics and search platform. The term “serverless” refers to a fast-rising category of cloud services that automate the low-level infrastructure management tasks administrators …
Google teams up with iRobot to give smart home devices spatial awareness
Google LLC has a new plan to make smart home devices more useful that involves using data from vacuums. The search giant today announced that it’s teaming up iRobot Corp., the company behind the hugely popular Roomba family of autonomous vacuum cleaners, …