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Buoyant brings zero-trust network policies to the heart of Linkerd service mesh
Buoyant Inc. said today it has added new security features to the open-source Linkerd service mesh, as well as Bouyant Cloud, a software-as-a-service platform that bundles additional features with Linkerd. The Linkerd service mesh is a software layer that provides connectivity for microservices, which are the components of modern, container-based applications. Containerized apps are popular ...
Big-data processing chip startup Speedata exits stealth with $55M
Speedata, a startup that’s developing a specialized computer processor for data analytics workloads, exited stealth mode today as it closed on a $55 million funding round that brings its total amount raised to $70 million. Walden Catalyst Ventures, 83North and Koch Disruptive Technologies led the Series A round, together with participation from existing investors Pitango ...
Amazon debuts fully managed, Prometheus-based container monitoring service
Amazon Web Services Inc. announced an important new cloud service today to help customers to keep a better eye on the performance of their Kubernetes-managed container software deployments. The company said Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus is generally available starting today, giving customers an easier way to monitor modern applications. The service is based on ...
Satellogic taps Amazon’s cloud to create a searchable, near-real-time view of Earth
High-resolution satellite imagery provider Satellogic Inc. is tapping Amazon Web Services Inc.’s cloud to scale up its operations and eventually provide a live and extremely detailed catalog of the Earth’s surface that will be updated on a daily basis. The company provides its high-resolution images of the Earth to decision makers in areas such as ...
With newest switch, Juniper extends reach of intent-based network automation
Juniper Networks Inc. claims to be “future-proofing” enterprises data centers with the launch of its latest QFX5700 Series networking switch. It’s billed as the most flexible midsized switch of its kind available, with the ability to mix and match line cards with a range of interface options ranging from 10-gigabit Ethernet to 400G to support ...
Decision intelligence platform Sisu Data raises $62M in Series C round
Decision intelligence startup Sisu Data Inc. is feeling a lot richer today after closing on a $62 million round of funding that brings its total amount raised to more than $128 million. Green Bay Ventures led the Series C round, which also saw participation from existing investors a16z and NEA, plus new investor Geodesic Capital. ...
Micron stock falls on fears of memory chip price declines
Micron Technology Inc. took a battering in after-hours trading today as it posted guidance for its fiscal first quarter that came in some way below analysts’ forecasts because of an expected decline in the price of memory chips. That warning came after the chipmaker posted strong fourth-quarter and full-year results. The company reported a profit before ...
Dell sets new standard for high-speed, software-defined storage connectivity with NVMe-over-Fabric
Dell Technologies Inc. today announced its support for a new connectivity standard that will be implemented across its storage, networking and compute platforms. The company promises the new NVMe/TCP protocol will deliver faster software-defined connectivity to meet the needs of data on demand at the network edge. Dell said its supporting NVMe/TCP through its new NVMe IP ...
Kong simplifies cloud connectivity with plug-and-play API tools
Application programming interface connectivity firm Kong Inc. is upgrading its technology stack, adding new “plug-and-play capabilities” today that it says will make APIs and microservices as easy to consume and manage as electricity. Kong has built software and managed services that connect APIs and microservices natively across and within clouds, Kubernetes, data centers and more using ...
Open-source ‘backend-as-a-service’ platform Appwrite raises $10M in seed funding
Backend-as-a-Service startup Appwrite said today it has raised a total of $10 million in two successive seed funding rounds. The first round was led by Ibex Investors and Seed Camp, while the second was led by Bessemer Venture Partners and Flybridge Capital Partners, with participation from individual investors Uri Boness and James Lidenbaum. Appwrite has ...