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Snowflake’s new data loading service aims to speed up analytics
Snowflake Computing Inc. has a new service that it says can enable companies to act upon new business information faster. Unveiled this morning, Snowpipe is accessible from within the startup’s cloud-based data warehouse and provides the ability to automatically ingest updates as they come in. Normally, analyzing information in real-time requires setting up complicated workflows ...
Microsoft’s experimental new Sets interface could change Windows 10
Juggling several windows at once can be a hassle, especially when a user needs to return to the same web pages and documents multiple times for something like a business project. Microsoft Corp. will soon begin testing a feature that could do away with this challenge, transforming the Windows 10 experience in the process. The capability is called Sets and ...
HPE’s new OneSphere service aims to unify management operations across clouds
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. today unveiled a new cloud service designed to bring the different types of infrastructure that power a company’s operations together under a single set of management tools. Dubbed OneSphere, the product offers a set of centralized controls for managing hardware resources. HPE, which debuted the product at its HPE Discover customer conference in Madrid ...
ClimaCell, a startup using wireless signals to predict the weather, raises $15M
IBM Corp. acquired The Weather Company in late 2015 with the intention of using its meteorological data to help enterprises bring better operational decisions. Boston-based ClimaCell Inc. hit the scene in the same year with a similar vision, but an entirely different plan for executing it. The startup today announced the completion of a $15 million ...
Cybersecurity consolidation: Barracuda to go private in $1.6B buyout as McAfee buys Skyhigh
In the latest of a long string of recent acquisitions in the cybersecurity market, Barracuda Networks Inc. is set to go private in a $1.6 billion buyout. The company announced today that its board has accepted the offer from private equity firm Thoma Bravo LLC. The sum breaks down to $27.55 per share, a respectable 16 percent ...
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 ...