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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 ...
Google announces API-first approach to application data integration with Apigee
Google LLC is expanding its Apigee API management platform with a new integration that allows companies to connect their existing data and applications and surface them as application programming interfaces that can be accessed more easily to power new experiences. The new integration, generally available starting Oct. 6, comes alongside some key updates to Apigee ...
Oracle revamps its Exadata hardware platforms, boosting performance for on-premises workloads
Oracle Corp. is accelerating its on-premises performance with a refreshed line of Oracle Exadata X9M platforms that are designed to run its database software within customer’s own data centers. The new products announced today include Exadata Cloud@Customer X9M, an appliance that’s designed specifically for companies that want to run the company’s flagship Autonomous Database on-premises. ...
VMware boosts application management and performance with big updates to vSphere and vSAN
VMware Inc. today pushed out a major update to its vSphere and vSAN virtualization tools. The computing virtualization giant announced a raft of new features that it says will simplify the management of cloud and on-premises environments. Today’s updates also help improve application performance while giving enterprises the chance to move to a single platform ...
Amazon Connect updates enhance agent productivity to enable mass outreach
Amazon Web Services Inc.’s cloud contact center service Amazon Connect is getting some powerful new capabilities today that are aimed at helping make agents more productive and boost organizations’ outreach. Amazon Connect is an easy-to-use, omnichannel cloud contact center service businesses can use to enable customer service and customer engagement. Customer service representatives will be ...