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Google updates Anthos and debuts a new app modernization program
Google LLC today expanded the capabilities of its hybrid cloud application development platform Anthos, with an eye to helping companies modernize their most critical business applications. To that end, Google also announced during its Cloud Next OnAir digital conference a new Global Cloud Application Modernization Program. CAMP is meant to help companies get started with ...
IPO explosion: Snowflake leads a wave of filings to go public
Fast-growing cloud computing company Snowflake Computing Inc. filed plans to go public today, joining five other Bay Area startups that have announced similar plans as well today. Snowflake said in its IPO filing that it more than doubled its revenue, to $242 million, during the first half of the year, posting a net loss of ...
Confluent adds ‘cluster linking’ to Apache Kafka to make event data globally accessible
Confluent Inc. said today it’s introducing a new “cluster linking” feature to its event streaming platforms. The idea is to make event data globally available to businesses, no matter if it resides in multiple clouds or on-premises data centers located in different parts of the world. The company’s Confluent Platform and Confluent Cloud projects are ...
Microsoft looks to secure more cloud contracts with foreign governments
Microsoft Corp. is eyeing more cloud computing deals similar to the $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contract it won from the U.S. Department of Defense last year. The company is targeting foreign governments with similar initiatives as it looks to expand its “cloud-based computing and storage resources at all government security classification levels,” CNBC ...
Google adds near real-time wildfire data to Maps
Google LLC said today it has updated its Maps and Search tools to show wildfire boundaries so people can see exactly where they’re located in real time and work out how to avoid them. In addition, the Google search engine will also provide the latest news reports and helpful resources from local emergency services in its ...
Alibaba Cloud reports strong first-quarter sales
China’s Alibaba Group Ltd. said today that its cloud computing business saw strong growth in its fiscal first quarter amid rising demand from industries including the financial services and retail sectors. The growth comes at a time when Alibaba Cloud is branching out from its basic cloud compute and storage services to other areas such ...
Apple reportedly acquired augmented reality startup Camerai 18 months ago
Apple Inc. reportedly acquired an Israeli startup called Camerai around 18 months ago for “several tens of millions of dollars” and quickly folded it into its computer vision team, according to a report in Calcalist. Camerai’s technology has since become “a significant part of every Apple camera” and added some “useful augmented reality and video ...
FinOps Foundation launches to promote best cloud financial practices
The FinOps Foundation announced its formation today, saying it aims to advance best practices, education and standard for cloud financial management. Backed by the Linux Foundation, the FinOps Foundation said it’s focused on “codifying and promoting cloud financial management best practices and standards” in order to help enterprise technology consumers become better at cloud financial management. ...
Pentest-as-a-service provider Cobalt Labs raises $29M in new funding
Penetration-test-as-a-service company Cobalt Labs Inc. today expanded its war chest after landing $29 million in a funding round that brings its total amount raised to $37 million. Highland Europe led the round, and Cobalt said it will use the money from the Series B round to expand and develop its PtaaS model and make it available ...
BigID adds Hyperscan tool for large volumes of unstructured data
Data protection and privacy startup BigID Inc. said today it’s adding a new Hyperscan technology to its platform that enables customers to scan large volumes of unstructured file data hosted in their internal data centers or in the cloud at petabyte scale. The idea is to expedite processes such as classifying, cataloging and correlating sensitive ...