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Typeform takes in $35M to reimagine online surveys and forms
For all the energy that the tech industry puts into user experience these days, the basic design of online forms has changed relatively little since the first sign-up boxes appeared on the web. Barcelona’s Typeform S.L. is working to bring a new approach into play. The startup today announced that its efforts have received a big ...
NS1, the startup serving traffic to LinkedIn and Dropbox, raises $20M
Web requests must traverse a long and often convoluted path across the Internet to reach their destination. Along the way, traffic usually passes through several intermediaries such as New York-based NS1 Inc., which on Thursday announced the completion of a $20 million funding round led by GGV Capital. The startup helps companies host the infrastructure ...
PagerDuty’s new AI features aim to speed up incident response
Occasional operational snags are bound to crop up in every organization. PagerDuty Inc., an incident response provider backed by $83 million in funding, is turning to artificial intelligence to help companies deal with issues more efficiently. PagerDuty on Thursday released a new version of its namesake platform that incorporates machine learning to ease troubleshooting. The ...
Amazon to build a second headquarters that will cost over $5B
It looks like Amazon.com Inc.’s expansion roadmap encompasses more than just new warehouses and cloud data centers. Today, the retail giant announced plans to build a second headquarters in North America that is expected to employ up to 50,000 staffers when fully operational. Amazon intends to invest over $5 billion in the project and is ...
Datadog snaps up French log analysis startup Logmatic.io
With more than 5,000 enterprise customers and $147 million raised from investors, Datadog Inc. is one of the better-established players in the cloud monitoring market. Now, the company is looking to expand its reach with the announcement today that it has acquired Paris-based Logmatic.io. The low-key startup has developed a service that can help companies analyze the ...
Microsoft and Adobe extend their cloud alliance to more products
The millions of companies that rely on Microsoft Corp.’s and Adobe Systems Inc.’s respective cloud tools now have more reason to use them together. Today, the two tech giants revealed that they’ve expanded their partnership to build new product integrations aimed at improving workplace productivity. The main focus of the collaboration is Adobe Sign. The e-signature service, which ...
Snowflake beefs up the security of its cloud data warehouse
Amid rising concerns over hacking in the enterprise, Snowflake Computing Inc. is doubling down on security. The startup today unveiled a new version of its cloud-based data warehouse called Virtual Private Snowflake that packs extra features for fending off breaches. The biggest difference lies in the infrastructure under the hood. Both editions are hosted on Amazon ...
NGINX launches new tools to automate web services
Web operations powerhouse NGINX Inc. is expanding its portfolio in a build to capture more of the market for application automation tools. The company today pulled back the curtains on the NGINX Application Platform, a suite that promises to help enterprises manage their web services in a more robust way. The toolkit centers on NGINX’s flagship web server, NGINX ...
LinkedIn seeks to drive more ad revenue with new audience network
Despite boasting a user base of more than 500 million professionals, LinkedIn has historically derived a relatively small portion of its revenue from advertising. The social networking giant is now taking an important step toward changing that. LinkedIn today introduced a display advertising network that allows marketers to reach its members on other parts of ...
Zipwhip raises $22.5M to get companies texting
Zipwhip Inc. is working to make text messages a standard part of companies’ customer engagement arsenal. The startup, which operates out of Seattle, today announced that it has closed a $22.5 million funding round led by OpenView Venture Partners to ramp up the effort. Zipwhip will use the capital to expand customer acquisition operations and ...