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Google will launch a new cloud region in Hong Kong next year
There may be more to Google LLC’s latest cloud expansion than what immediately meets the eye. In a blog post published on Wednesday, the technology giant revealed plans to bring its infrastructure-as-a-service platform to Hong Kong sometime next year. Google already operates cloud regions in several major Asian cities, notably Tokyo, Singapore and Taiwan. Each region ...
After Uber’s mammoth funding round, Lyft looks to raise $500M
It seems that the ride-hailing market is on track to see yet another major funding round in the foreseeable future. On Wednesday night, Axios was tipped off that Lyft Inc. had quietly filed paperwork to raise new capital. The share authorization document was submitted to regulators in Delaware and specifies that the company is seeking up to $500 million, which a ...
With $5M in new funding, PacketZoom looks to speed up mobile apps
PacketZoom Inc., a four-year-old startup that focuses on improving the performance of mobile apps, today announced that it has bagged $5 million in funding. The Series A round was led by Baseline Ventures. The investment firm has previously backed high-profile tech companies such as Instagram and ExactTarget, a marketing automation provider that was acquired by Salesforce.com ...
Lyft gets approval to operate self-driving cars in California
The self-driving cars currently being tested on public roads in the Bay Area may soon have some extra company. According to an update on the California Department of Motor Vehicles’ website that was spotted by Axios today, Lyft Inc. is now authorized to operate autonomous vehicles in the state. The approval comes a full 10 months after rival ...
Going after VMware, Microsoft debuts a free Azure cloud migration service
Microsoft Corp.’s latest cloud tool should make it considerably easier for companies to transfer their on-premises applications to its infrastructure-as-a-service platform. Azure Migrate, which was unveiled today, is touted as a convenient means of moving workloads powered by VMware Inc.’s hypervisor off in-house gear. The latter provider’s software is the most popular option on the market for ...
HPE’s new AI engine serves up advice on how to fix data center issues
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. is looking to harness the power of artificial intelligence to prevent data center outages. The company today unveiled a new AI engine that uses data from customers’ infrastructure to identify common technical issues, find the early signs and provide advance warning to administrators. It’s set to roll out as part of a forthcoming update ...
Industrial cybersecurity startup SCADAfence reels in $10M from investors
Industrial companies are bringing more and more of their equipment into the “internet of things” in a bid to streamline operations. The payoff is the ability to perform tasks such as predict malfunctions ahead of time, but the increasingly connected nature of production lines is also creating new attack opportunities for hackers. Tel Aviv-based SCADAfence Ltd. ...
Ex-Googlers raise $20M in funding for Scalyr to take on Splunk
Analyzing infrastructure logs is at once among the most important and the most difficult parts of administrators’ work. The machine-generated data coming off a company’s systems is essential for diagnosing technical issues, but it can be tricky to put into proper context because of the sheer amount being produced. Former Google LLC engineers Steve Newman ...
Uber orders 24,000 SUVs from Volvo to build a fleet of self-driving taxis
Swedish auto giant Volvo Cars Corp. today revealed that Uber Technologies Inc. has placed a landmark order for up to 24,000 sport utility vehicle a bid to build a fleet of self-driving taxis. The deal is reportedly valued at approximately $1.4 billion and will see the vehicles delivered over a period of three years starting ...
Food delivery startup Deliveroo picks up $98M in additional funding
Deliveroo Ltd., one of the billion-dollar-plus startups competing in what has come to be known as the on-demand economy, today announced the completion of a $98 million investment. The cash infusion is an extension of the $385 million Series F funding round that the British food delivery provider raised in September. Deliveroo runs an online marketplace ...