Kyt Dotson

Kyt Dotson is a Senior Editor at SiliconAngle and works to cover beats surrounding DevOps, security, gaming, and cutting edge technology. Before joining SiliconAngle, Kyt worked as a software engineer starting at Motorola in Q&A to eventually settle at Pets911.com where he helped build a vast database for pet adoption and a lost and found system. Kyt is a published author who writes science fiction and fantasy works that incorporate ideas from modern-day technological innovation and explore the outcome of living with those technologies.

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We.trade partners with IBM to expand its blockchain trade platform globally

Blockchain-based distributed ledger blockchain trade finance platform we.trade today announced it has inked a deal with IBM Corp. to join we.trade’s bank shareholders and enhance its service as part of an upcoming global expansion. The we.trade platform is one of the largest blockchain-enabled trade networks that connect businesses and banks in a way that’s designed ...

CloudBees extends its DevOps delivery management platform with Google Cloud Build and Tekton

Enterprise software delivery company CloudBees Inc. today announced it’s extending the integration of its software delivery management platform to include Google Cloud Build and Tekton. These updates will improve the lives of DevOps engineers seeking to build out their own continuous delivery and continuous integration or CI/CD lifecycles for software management with these popular platforms. Both ...

Claris launches FileMaker 19 to boost low-code development for business users

Claris International Inc. today announced the release of FileMaker 19, the newest version of the company’s flagship low-code development product for businesses. It represents the Apple Inc. subsidiary’s first open platform for developers, enabling the rapid production of custom apps using JavaScript integrations, drag-and-drop add-ons, machine learning via Apple’s Core ML and more. The features, the company ...

Rolls-Royce expands VR engine maintenance training programs for remote study

British multinational engineering company Rolls-Royce Holdings plc announced Wednesday that it’s expanding its immersive virtual reality training programs for customer training with distance learning for business aircraft engine repairs. This move follows a leap in remote work required because of the global COVID-19 pandemic, which has introduced an increased need to keep workers safe by ...

Emteria raises $1.5M in seed funding to power custom industrial Android devices

Custom Android operating system provider Emteria GmbH today announced the company has raised $1.5 million in seed funding from German High-Tech Gründerfonds and international VC fund Runa Capital. Emteria’s flagship solution, Emteria OS, is a custom Android platform designed for industrial applications where pure Android installations are not suitable. Such devices, for example, industrial machines ...

Blockchain infrastructure startup Blockdaemon nets $5.5M in funding

Blockdaemon Inc., a distributed ledger blockchain infrastructure node management startup, today announced it raised $5.5 million in a strategic funding round. As more companies begin to explore blockchain technology for asset orchestration, supply chain management and other use cases developers and businesses need access to their own customizable infrastructure. Blockdaemon provides a node management platform ...

Fenix blockchain launches music platform to bring fans and indie bands together

Fenix, a startup empowering independent artists and fans with blockchain distributed ledger technology, today announced the launch of its blockchain-based platform intended to give indie musicians a fighting chance. The company also announced the launch of its cryptocurrency, the Fenix token, on sky.io, a wallet and exchange for blockchain assets. Using the platform and its ...

Applause debuts crowdsourced app testing solution for enterprises

Crowdsourced testing solutions company Applause App Quality Inc. today announced the launch of the world’s first Integrated Functional Testing platform that bridges manual and automated testing to help brands accelerate development and improve quality of digital experiences for customers. Applause believes that it’s the first and only testing service to offer this coordinated solution, which ...

Quick Base boosts low-code platform with drag-and-drop integration, workflow automation

Quick Base Inc., a low-code platform for operational agility, today announced the addition of drag-and-drop integration and new workflow automation functions that will allow business users to build and execute workflows connected to third-party apps. These new functions will compliment Quick Base’s existing application programming interface integrations and are designed to allow anyone, even those without ...

Props Project distributed app platform secures $2M in token sale and moves to Algorand

The blockchain-based distributed app network Props Project today announced the company raised approximately $2 million in token-sale strategic financing led by Union Square Ventures and Borderless Capital. Props also announced that it would move its infrastructure from IBM Corp.’s HyperLedger to Algorand Inc.’s public blockchain network. This move will help support growing volume activity on PropsChain, ...