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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 ...
Dataiku secures $28M more to make data science more collaborative
Less than a year after its last funding round, Dataiku Inc. has nabbed $28 million in a new round led by Battery Ventures to establish a stronger position in the analytics market. The four-year-old startup offers a data science platform that prioritizes an often-overlooked aspect of business intelligence initiatives: collaboration. A typical project involves multiple staffers with different ...
Axonius launches with $4M in funding to secure corporate devices
Analyst firm Gartner Inc. predicts that there will be 8.4 billion connected devices worldwide by the end of the year, up 31 percent from 2016. This rapid growth is leading companies to look for new security tools that can help protect all the hardware entering the corporate network. Axonius Ltd., which exited stealth mode today ...
Targeting early 2019 IPO, ForgeRock takes in $88M from investors
Consumers interact with companies via a growing number of mediums, from mobile devices and the web to point-of-sale systems. As a result, it’s not uncommon for large organizations to be managing upwards of millions of user accounts. San Francisco-based ForgeRock Inc. has spent the past seven years working to ease the task. Today, the company ...
Hadoop distributor MapR raises $56M following major sales jump
A year after closing its last funding round, MapR Technologies Inc. has secured another cash infusion to establish a stronger position in the global analytics market. The company, which sells a commercial version of the popular Hadoop data crunching framework, today announced the completion of a $56 million investment. Lightspeed Venture Partners led the round with ...
Carpooling startup Via nabs funding from Daimler for European push
The competition in the ride-hailing market continues to intensify. Daimler AG, the parent company of Mercedes-Benz AG, today inked a partnership with Via Transportation Inc. to launch a joint carpooling service in Europe. The alliance will center on Via’s mobile app, which enables users to catch a ride on a vehicle going their way and ...
HPE wraps up its $8.8B software spinoff to Micro Focus
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. is a much leaner company than it was yesterday. The technology giant this morning officially wrapped up the sale of its former software business to U.K.-based Micro Focus International plc. As part of the deal, HPE has received an $2.5 billion cash payment while its shareholders will own a 50.1 percent ...