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MemSQL Inc., which is probably the only high-profile database startup that can boast of an active A-lister among its investors, has pulled the curtains back on a new version of its namesake in-memory store that is hailed as the most significant iteration …
Intel offers hardware-level answer to container security challenges
Intel has become the latest vendor to throw its weight behind the push to solve the security woes of containers with the launch of a new technology that promises to address the risks currently standing in the way of widespread production use …
Salesforce.com continues to defy gravity; investors cheer another record quarter
Unlike some of its more traditional competitors, Salesforce.com Inc. has managed to brave losses from a strengthening dollar to post record growth across all of its businesses for the first quarter. The upbeat earnings reflect continued momentum in the shift from on-premise …
Analysis: Microsoft going with the Flow in renewed enterprise collaboration push
Microsoft has been suspiciously haphazard with its internal projects lately. First, details about the upcoming container-based version of Windows Server leaked shortly before the official reveal, and now an anonymous Twitter user has stumbled upon a page on its site that seemingly reveals …
Clarabridge’s latest acquisition aims to put more analytics into customer experience management
The consolidation of the digital marketing world is continuing apace. Barely a day after the company powering some of the most well-known cloud services around entered the business of helping providers understand their customers with its first acquisition, Clarabridge Inc. has announced …
Zuora infuses analytics into its cloud subscription platform
Cloud computing is most often discussed through the prism of the technology innovation that enables on-demand infrastructure consumption at scale, but it’s first and foremost a business model. And every business model requires a way to charge customers, which is what Zuora …
Google Preemptive Instances redefine infrastructure-as-a-service model (again)
Google is marking its latest round of double-digit cloud pricing cuts with the introduction of an entirely new consumption option for infrastructure-as-a-service customers that promises to bring the costs of running certain workloads even lower. Amazon started the trend a decade ago …
API mania: MuleSoft scores a massive $128 million to simplify cloud interoperability
If it seemed like the investor interest surrounding API management reached a peak after Apigee Inc. raised $87 million in its stock market debut last month, think again. MuleSoft Inc. has upped the ante this morning with the completion of a $128 …
Accel leads $18M round into “search-as-a-service” rising star Algolia
If you thought the search engine game was over, Algolia, Inc. would like to have a word. The hosted-search startup just found its way into the exclusive investment portfolio of venture capital titan Accel Partner as part of an $18.3 million funding …
Skyport exits stealth to redefine data center security from the ground up
A month after raising $30 million from a group of investors that includes Intel to change the way on-premise workloads are protected, Skyport Systems Inc. is making good on its promise with the launch of a new service that puts an original …