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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 ...
Google launches Meet, a business-friendly video conferencing service
Hot on the heels of integrating native note-taking capabilities into G Suite, Google Inc. has bolstered its lineup of business-focused cloud services once again. The search giant on Wednesday quietly released an app called Meet to the App Store that appears to be a new variant of its Hangouts video conferencing service. The download page ...
GV leads $10M round into ambitious data analytics startup Incorta
The most time-consuming part of an analytics project often isn’t the data processing itself but rather the preparatory work beforehand. GV, the venture capital arm of Google Inc. parent Alphabet Inc., is betting that a low-key startup called Incorta Inc. can help ease the challenge. The search giant provided its endorsement this morning by leading ...
Equinix harnesses sensory data to let customers monitor their hardware
Most of the well-known infrastructure monitoring tools out there are designed to give companies insight into how their hardware performs. Equinix Inc.’s newly introduced IBX SmartView platform, in contrast, focuses on the underlying operating conditions. The subscription-based software enables organizations that host servers in its co-location facilities to keep an eye on the environment where ...
Fortscale raises $7M for its self-learning insider threat detector
Hackers employ a variety of tactics to target corporate infrastructure, but most successful attacks have one thing in common: They exploit legitimate user credentials to access data. It’s a vector that Fortscale Security Ltd. has spent the past five years trying to close. To fuel its efforts, the startup today announced that it has raised ...
Akamai retools its web optimization service for the mobile era
Data from Google Inc. indicates that more than half of mobile browsing sessions are abandoned when content takes longer than three seconds to load. It’s true regardless of whether the fault is with the website or the user’s connection, an issue that companies have no way to address directly. According to Akamai Technologies Inc., however, it’s ...
SK, Deutsche Telekom move to take quantum cryptography mainstream
Large-scale quantum computing may still be decades away, but the underlying physical laws are already being exploited in other parts of the technology industry. One of the most active areas is cybersecurity, where SK Telecom Co. Ltd. and Deutsche Telekom AG hope to take the lead. The carriers established a new industry group at the Mobile ...
On a quest to simplify meetings, AI startup Workfit raises $5.5M
Business workers spend a significant portion of their time in meetings, but often don’t have much to show for it. Workfit Inc. believes that the solution lies in artificial intelligence. To put its theory to the test, the Menlo Park, California-based startup has closed a $5.5 million investment from a group of backers that included the investment arm ...
LeoLabs raises $4M to help satellites dodge space debris
Launching a rocket or satellite into orbit is only half the journey for companies operating in the space commercialization industry. They also have to worry about preventing collisions with floating debris after the initial deployment is complete, a challenge that LeoLabs Inc. is working to tackle. The Menlo Park, California-based firm’s efforts this morning attracted ...