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What you missed in Cloud: The blockchain rises
If the major infrastructure-as-a-service providers have their way, many of tomorrow’s blockchain applications will run in the public cloud. Last week saw Microsoft Corp. bring this goal a step closer by introducing a set of development tools designed to ease the implementation of distributed ledger functionality on Azure. One of the main components is an ...
Dataloop raises $5M to make IT monitoring less of a pain
Infrastructure monitoring tools have grown immensely sophisticated over recent years, but they can still be difficult to deploy and manage on a large scale. The issue is driving organizations towards providers with a more user-friendly approach like Dataloop Software Inc., which raised $5 million today from Battery Ventures and Finald’s Open Ocean to fuel its ...
IBM teams with in-flight WiFi provider GoGo to tackle air turbulence
Air turbulence is not only an aviation safety risk but a major resource drain as well: IBM Corp. estimates that airlines lose $100 million every year as a result of related maintenance costs and operational disruptions. The vendor set out to reduce the price tag this week by partnering with in-flight WiFi provider Gogo Inc. to ...
Microsoft buys bot startup Wand Labs to boost its AI chops
Many of the tech industry’s biggest players are currently working to address the chatbot trend, but few are investing more into the effort than Microsoft. The company joined the fray early on with Cortana and is now doubling down by acquiring a low-called startup called Wand Labs Inc. that has developed its own virtual assistant ...
Monitoring startup LogicMonitor joins the big leagues with $130M funding round
Nine-figure funding rounds are not unheard of in the infrastructure monitoring space, but it’s been a while since investors felt confident enough to make such a large bet. LogicMonitor Inc.’s newly announced completion of a $130 million funding round indicates that the flow of venture capital into the segment is starting to pick up again. The financing ...
Cisco’s new 39-node monitoring appliance promises “complete data center visibility”
Organizations are moving more and more of their analytics workloads to the cloud in a bid to cut costs, but a lot of data is still processed behind the firewall due to logistical reasons. Network logs, for instance, are so numerous that transmitting them to a remote third party facility is often impractical. Cisco Systems ...
IBM: Enterprises lose an average of $4M per data breach
The rapid increase in the volume and sophistication of cyberattacks is starting to take its toll on organizations’ bottom line. According to a new study conducted by the Ponemon Institute on behalf of IBM Corp., the average cost of data breaches has increased by nearly 30 percent over the past two years to $4 million. ...
Developer-friendly log cruncher Loggly nabs $11M from investors
The 12-month period through March saw Loggly Inc. double both its total user count and the number of paying customers subscribed to its namesake service, momentum that CEO Charlie Oppenheimer is determined to maintain. As part of the effort, the startup this morning raised an additional $11.5 million in funding from True Ventures and a number ...
VMware buys network automation startup Arkin to boost SDN push
While it may be grabbing all the headlines, Microsoft Corp.’s purchase of LinkedIn Inc. for $26 billion today isn’t the only new update from the tech industry’s mergers and acquisitions scene. This morning saw VMware Inc. join the fray as well by scooping up Arkin Net Inc., a low-key data center automation specalist based in ...
Preempt exits stealth to redefine the firewall
A traditional firewall can be configured to block a wide variety of malware and access control violations, but a threat not included on its blacklist is practically guaranteed to slip through the cracks. This inflexibility is proving to be a major issue at a time when hackers are constantly changing up their attack methods. Fortunately, a ...