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What you missed in Big Data: AI-generated insights
As more and more organizations start harnessing artificial intelligence in their analytics projects, the vendor community is stepping up its efforts to address the trend. IBM led the charge last week by adding a new model to its Power LC server line that is specifically geared towards running machine learning algorithms. The two-socket server is ...
What you missed in Cloud: Bright prospects
Acquisitions continue to reshape the cloud ecosystem. Last week saw Google set the pace by entering into a $625 million agreement to buy Apigee Inc., a publicly-traded provider of API management services. The outfit’s flagship offering is a managed platform called Apigee Edge that makes it possible to closely regulate how users interact with a ...
IPO thaw? Cloud software company Coupa files $75M offer
Tech IPOs are slowly but surely starting to make a resurgence. Less than three weeks after advertising automation specialist The Trade Desk Inc. filed for a public offering, Coupa Inc. is following suit and starting its own journey towards the stock market. The company’s Securities and Exchange Commission paperwork states that it’s planning to trade ...
Report: Intel has quietly bought chip startup Soft Machines for $250M
Growing competition in the chip market is driving Intel Corp. to aggressively hunt for new technologies that can help maintain its leadership position. According a tipster who recently spoke with The Register, the vendor has secretly acquired a startup called Soft Machines Inc. as part of the effort in a deal worth about $250 million. ...
Zenedge raises $6.2 million for its AI-powered firewall
As hackers continue to improve their methods, organizations are swapping traditional security software for more modern products that can provide better protection against attacks. A Florida-based startup called Zenedge LLC raised $6.2 million in funding today to try and capitalize on the trend with its namesake web application firewall. The hosted system uses patent-pending artificial intelligence technology ...
Google boosts cloud efforts with $625M Apigee acquisition
For the first time since absorbing Motorola Mobility Inc. in 2011, Google is acquiring a publicly traded company, announcing today that it’s buying cloud-based application programming interface management provider Apigee Inc. for $625 million. It’s a key move in Google’s attempt to build up its cloud computing services versus leaders such as Amazon.com Inc. and ...
Israel’s Proov raises $7M for its proof-of-concept cloud
There’s much more to buying software in the enterprise than just choosing the vendor with the most appealing value proposition. Organizations must also painstakingly test every product to see whether it works with their existing infrastructure, a task that Proov Inc. is looking to simplify. The Israeli startup today raised $7 million from Mangrove Capital Partners and ...
IBM unveils new chip and servers for data-intensive workloads
Since exiting the commodity server market in 2014, IBM Corp. has been able to pay much more attention to its high-end machines. The latest fruit of the vendor’s efforts is a trio of Power LC models that are built to run complex artificial intelligence and analytic applications. The most noteworthy of the systems is the two-socket S822LC, ...
Fast-rising DevOps startup HashiCorp raises $24M in funding
For a startup that hit the scene in only 2012, HashiCorp Inc. punches above its weight. The outfit has seen its open-source application management tools downloaded millions of times in the last few years, recently passed the seven-figure quarterly sales mark and today raised an additional $24 million to fuel its growth efforts. The capital ...
vArmour joins the deception-based security game
The growing interest in deception-based security software from startups like the recently funded GuardiCore Ltd. is starting to draw the attention of more established players as well. The latest entrant into the race is vArmour Inc., which today unveiled a new honeypot tool for its namesake breach prevention system that promises to help organizations deflect hacking ...