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AMD shifts electronic design automation workloads to Google Cloud
Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said today it plans to shift some of its electronic design automation workloads for chip design onto Google Cloud, in order to extend the capabilities of its own data centers. EDA is an important part of the chip design process that involves using computer-aided design software to create printed circuit ...
Cloud data protection startup Dig Security launches with $11M in seed funding
As it exits stealth mode today, data security firm Dig Security Solutions Ltd. wants to convince enterprises it can comprehensively secure their cloud-hosted information. The company is backed by $11 million in seed funding from Team8 and leading cybersecurity firms CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. (via its Falcon Fund) and CyberArk Software Ltd. Merlin Ventures also participated ...
Chip design software firm Synopsys beats forecast and raises full-year guidance
Semiconductor design software maker Synopsys Inc. today delivered fiscal second-quarter results and guidance for the next period that came out ahead of Wall Street’s forecasts, sending its stock higher in extended trading. The company reported a net profit of $294.8 million, with earnings before certain costs such as stock compensation coming to $2.50 per share. ...
Cisco’s stock crashes as China lockdown hurts revenue and guidance
Shares of Cisco Systems Inc. tanked in extended trading after executives said COVID-19-related lockdowns in China and the war in Ukraine dragged on sales in its fiscal third quarter. The same two factors were blamed for a lower-than-expected forecast for Cisco’s fourth-quarter earnings and revenue, and led to the company lowering its full-year guidance. The ...
Google expands Business Messages partner ecosystem
Google LLC said today it’s expanding its Business Messages service that makes it easier for customers to connect to companies when they need support. Business Messages is an artificial intelligence-powered system released by Google Cloud. It loops in customers via text chats that can be launched from the places they normally seek answers such as ...
Masterschool raises $100M to tackle the world’s tech talent shortage
Education technology startup Masterschool said today it has closed on a $100 million round of funding as it looks to satisfy the seemingly unquenchable thirst for technology talent in the enterprise. Despite the big number, the raise is being billed as a “seed funding” round led by Group 11, together with participation from Target Global, ...
Tableau adds new data storytelling and AI capabilities to its rebranded cloud platform
Tableau Software LLC took the wraps off a new edition of its cloud-based data analytics and visualization platform today at its Tableau Conference. The company also previewed some upcoming capabilities that will arrive on Tableau Cloud later this year, and it talked about how it’s working to integrate its platform with the cloud applications of ...
Google Cloud sharpens its focus on open-source software security, zero trust, cloud governance and more
Google Cloud said today it’s doubling down on its concept of “Invisible Security” with the launch of an array of new security services. They’re aimed at helping enterprise customers to secure their software supply chains, adopt zero-trust security architectures, improve cloud governance and transform their security operations. “We’re wanting to package the Google magic and ...
Armed with $25M, Pangea Cyber debuts embedded security APIs for cloud-native app builders
Embedded security services provider Pangea Cyber Corp. is opening the doors to its business, emerging from stealth mode today armed with $25 million in a Series A funding round led by Ballistic Ventures. Pangea has developed what it says is a comprehensive portfolio of application programming interface-based security services that can be accessed via a ...
Lightbend launches Kalix application layer to simplify serverless and cloud-native development
Lightbend Inc. is making it easier for developers to build cloud-native applications with the launch today of Kalix, a new platform-as-a-service that serves as a unifying application layer in concert with the underlying serverless cloud infrastructure of modern applications. Lightbend, which has until now focused on tools that make serverless infrastructure viable for different kinds ...