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Google cloud customers can now track their carbon emissions
Google LLC has been quite vocal about its sustainability efforts over the past few years and it’s known to operate some of the greenest cloud data centers around, matching 100% of its energy use with renewable energy purchases, for example. Now, not content with simply limiting its own carbon emissions, Google is also striving to ...
Google strengthens security for remote workers with Work Safer program
Google LLC is expanding its cybersecurity services with a new initiative announced today at Cloud Next ’21 targeted at smaller organizations that rely on legacy technology and lack the expertise to address the security challenges associated with remote work. Google Work Safer is a new program that gives companies access to a range of services designed ...
Google Cloud grows its partner ecosystem around big data, hybrid work and sustainability
Google Cloud is one of the most capable cloud computing platforms around, but it wouldn’t be what it is without the expertise of Google LLC’s vast ecosystem of partners. In the past few years Google Cloud has massively expanded that ecosystem, with regular announcements about new integrations, services and solutions provided by third-parties across a ...
Microservices connectivity firm Solo.io raises $135M in Series C funding
Application networking company Solo.io Inc. is feeling flush today after raising $135 million in a new round of funding that brings its post-money valuation to more than $1 billion. Altimeter Capital Management led the Series C round, which also saw participation from existing investors Redpoint Ventures and True Ventures, bringing the company’s total amount raised ...
ArangoDB brings yet more money into graph database market with $27.8M round
Open-source graph database startup ArangoDB GmbH today said it has landed $27.8 million in a new funding round led by Iris Capital. Existing investors Bow Capital and Target Partners also participated in the Series B round alongside another new backer, New Forge, bringing ArangoDB’s total amount raised to $47 million. ArangoDB has built a graph database ...
Google goes greener, enabling sustainable life choices with Search
Google LLC is making a huge push to combat climate change with the launch of numerous new features in Google Search. The idea is to help people to make more sustainable choices, either by lowering their carbon footprint, supporting clean energy or taking eco-friendly actions. In a blog post, Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai spoke about ...
Quantum computing startup Rigetti plans to go public through SPAC merger
One of the most prominent startups in the quantum computing market, Rigetti Computing Inc., today announced plans to go public through a merger with a special-purpose acquisition company. The transaction values Rigetti at about $1.5 billion and the company expects to receive $458 million in cash, including $100 million from a private investment in public equity ...
Box adds advanced ransomware protection and a ton of collaborative features at BoxWorks 2021
Cloud content management company Box Inc. is stepping up its ransomware protections with the addition of a new malware deep scan capability in Box Shield. The new feature, to be announced at its BoxWorks 2021 event today, comes alongside a host of productivity-related enhancements that include revamped Box Notes and Box Mobile apps to will ...
Databricks buys 8080 Labs for its low-code data exploration tools
Venerable big-data analytics company Databricks Inc. is betting on the ability of low-code software to inspire more citizen data scientists. Databricks announced today it’s acquiring the Germany-based startup 8080 Labs GmbH, maker of a popular user interface-based data science tool called bamboolib that helps people without coding skills explore and transform data quickly and easily. ...
MadHive to expand Google Cloud deployment in $100M deal with consultancy SADA
Digital TV advertising platform provider MadHive Inc. has announced another megabucks deal with the Google Cloud consultancy firm SADA Systems Inc. The company is expanding its use of Google Cloud in a big way, it said in an announcement today, having agreed to a $100 million deal aimed at supporting its growth and enhancing its ...