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In developer push, MongoDB debuts free tier of its managed database service
Less than a year after bringing its popular database to the cloud in the form of a service called Atlas, MongoDB Inc. is making the offering available at no charge. Elliot Horowitz, the company’s co-founder and chief technology officer, announced the launch of the new free tier in a blog post published today. It’s offered as a ...
Data streaming startup Confluent secures $50M round backed by Sequoia
Like so many of the other tasks involved in data analytics, aggregating records for processing can become incredibly difficult on a large scale. Confluent Inc. has convinced some of Silicon Valley’s top investors that it’s uniquely positioned to address the challenge. The three-year-old startup today announced it has secured $50 million in funding from Sequoia ...
Sortd aims to make Slack more organized with task management overlay
Just like with email, staying on top of all the messages in a Slack room can often be difficult for users, especially if they’re part of a large team that uses multiple channels. Sortd Pty Ltd. believes that it has the answer. The South African startup is bringing its widely used task management overlay for Gmail ...
IBM makes its quantum computer more accessible for developers
Making quantum computing a reality will require much more than overcoming the hardware limitations that currently rule the discussion. There’s also a need for specialized software that can unleash the technology’s full processing power, which is what IBM Corp. has set out to tackle. The company today released a set of tools that aim to help ...
Okta buys app access startup Stormpath to bolster its developer offering
As large-scale data breaches continue to make headlines, developers are putting more thought into regulating access to their applications. Identity management provider Okta Inc. is eager to capitalize on the trend. The company set out to boost its efforts today by acquiring the team behind Stormpath, a user management service specifically geared towards the developer ...
VeloCloud raises $35M to help companies make better use of networks
With more than 600 companies relying on its connectivity platform to support approximately 50,000 sites, VeloCloud Networks Inc. is emerging as a force to be reckoned with. To maintain its momentum, the Mountain View, California-based company has raised $35 million in funding from a group of investors led by Hermes Growth Partners. Other notable participants ...
HPE, big-name funds bet $21.5M on storage startup Hedvig
The rapid adoption of software-defined storage in the enterprise is drawing interest from all kinds of investors hoping to capitalize on the trend. Among them is Pathfinder, the venture capital arm of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., which on Thursday contributed to a $21.5 million financing round into Hedvig Inc. as part of this gold rush. ...
Docker reworks its container platform to be more flexible
Now that its application container platform is starting to draw significant interest from the traditional corporate crowd, Docker Inc. is moving to provide better support for enterprise environments. The startup today launched a new version of its commercial offering that aims to make containerized workloads more portable across the different platforms powering an organization’s infrastructure. Containers ...
Pure Storage sees 52 percent sales jump, but forecast raises doubts
Flash memory storage is growing as fast as ever if Pure Storage Inc.’s latest earnings report is any indication. The array maker on Wednesday announced that its fourth-fiscal quarter revenues rose 52 percent from a year ago, to $228 million, slightly better than what Wall Street expected. Full-year sales jumped a 65 percent, to $728 ...
Enterprise edition of GitHub is now available as a managed cloud service
The more than 75,000 organizations that rely on GitHub Inc. to manage their software projects now have a new and more convenient way of using its code repository platform. In a blog post published today, the company announced the introduction of a hosted, fully managed tier that delivers key features from its on-premises enterprise offering. Their ...