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Google beefs up Android Enterprise security and makes it easier to manage
Google LLC is updating its Android Enterprise program with a number of new features and capabilities today. Among them, it’s adding a superior way for identity providers to integrate authentication services an a new application programming interface for speedier updates. And it’s launching its first vulnerability reward program to improve the security of its Pixel ...
Zebra announces more flexible warehouse robots for fulfillment operations
Enterprise technology giant Zebra Technologies Corp. announced three new autonomous mobile robots today as part of a new fulfillment system for warehouse operators. The Fetch Robotics-branded system is powered by a fulfillment software package for order or batch picking called FetchCore that’s used to manage warehouse operations and control the three robots. Zebra is a massive ...
Amazon previews AWS Data Exchange for its Redshift data warehouse service
Amazon Web Services Inc. has announced the public preview of AWS Data Exchange for Amazon Redshift, with an aim to make it simpler for customers to find third-party data and query it using its data warehouse service. The AWS Data Exchange debuted in 2019. The service is meant to help customers find, subscribe and use ...
Qualtrics posts another surprise profit and its stock makes solid gains
Experience management platform provider Qualtrics International Inc. delivered another strong quarter today with a surprise profit and stronger-than-expected revenue sending its stock higher. The company reported a third-quarter profit before certain costs such as stock compensation of a penny a share on revenue of $271.6 million, up 41% from a year ago. Analysts had been expecting Qualtrics ...
Automation Anywhere wants to bring software robots into the call center
Robotic process automation firm Automation Anywhere Inc. is bringing its smarts into contact centers, helping call center agents become more efficient by quickly surfacing the information they need to handle customer calls. Automation Anywhere is widely considered one of the leaders in the fast-growing RPA market, valued at north of $6.8 billion. The company’s Automation ...
Asana adds more collaborative tools to reduce time spent on ‘work about work’
Collaboration software company Asana Inc. is trying to eliminate what it says are countless working hours wasted on tasks such as searching for information, switching between applications and regular status meetings that achieve nothing in terms of productivity. Asana refers to the time employees waste on the mundane tasks listed above as “work about work.” ...
Application security testing firm Invicti Security to raise $625M
Application security testing startup Invicti Security Ltd. will have bags of money to play with after raising a $625 million funding round led by Summit Partners. The round Existing investor Turn/River Capital will also participate in the round, which is expected to close sometime in the fourth quarter, Invicti said. Invicti sells tools that improve ...
Deci gets $21M funding to help automate deep learning model development
Deci.AI Ltd. is getting a $21 million cash infusion via an early-stage round of funding aimed at furthering its mission of helping companies build, optimize and deploy artificial intelligence-powered applications. Today’s Series A round was led by Insight Partners and saw the participation of existing investors Square Peg, Emerge and Jibe Ventures, plus new investors ...
Couchbase debuts Capella, a hosted database-as-a-service on Amazon’s cloud
Couchbase Inc. is getting into the hosted database-as-a-service game with the launch of Couchbase Capella on Amazon Web Services Inc.’s cloud platform. Couchbase Capella is a fully managed and automated version of Couchbase Server. That’s a popular NoSQL database used to power modern enterprise applications. Unlike traditional databases that can accommodate either structured or unstructured data, Couchbase’s ...
Secure access service edge startup Cato Networks raises $200M to scale up its cloud network
Cloud networking company Cato Networks Ltd. has announced another bumper funding round, this time closing on a late-stage $200 million round that brings its total amount raised to $532 million. Lightspeed Venture Partners led today’s round, with participation from existing investors Greylock, Acrew Capital, Coatue, Singtel Innov8 and Shlomo Kramer. The round values Cato Networks ...