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Software-defined storage firm DataCore Software Corp. is looking to address the challenges around container storage with the acquisition of a startup called MayaData Inc. announced today. MayaData is an emerging player in Kubernetes storage. The company leads the open-source OpenEBS project, which …
Lightbend enables serverless deployment for more apps with Akka Serverless
Cloud-native microservices company Lightbend Inc. announced the general availability of its Akka Serverless platform-as-a-service offering today in a move it says will make serverless computing more accessible for data-hungry applications. Akka Serverless debuted in beta in June, with Lightbend proclaiming that it will …
Customer engagement firm Braze valued at $8B following strong IPO
Customer engagement software company Braze Inc. enjoyed a strong debut on the public markets today with its share price opening 34% above its marketed range to value the company at almost $8 billion. Braze said it sold 8 million shares in its …
Nvidia easily beats expectations as data center chip sales grow 55%
Computer graphics chipmaker Nvidia Corp. posted strong third-quarter results that topped Wall Street’s expectations today, driven by record sales of chips for data centers, especially those designed for artificial intelligence workloads. The company also offered bullish guidance for the current quarter, sending …
Cisco misses revenue targets and its stock slides
Cisco Systems Inc. endured a rough ride in after-hours trading today as its stock lost more than 6% of its value after the networking giant reported mixed first-quarter financial results and offered lower-than-expected guidance for the current quarter. Cisco reported a profit before …
Public cloud data protection startup Laminar exits stealth and closes on $32M funding
Cloud data protection startup Laminar Ltd. exited stealth mode today after closing on a new $32 million round of funding. The company says it’s on a mission to prevent data leakage from everything that enterprises build and run in the public cloud. Today’s …
With $105M in new funding, Jamstack creator Netlify buys GraphQL startup OneGraph
Netlify Inc., creator of the automated web development platform Jamstack, announced today it has raised $105 million in a late-stage round of funding, bringing its total amount raised to $212 million to date. The news came as the company revealed it has …
Container monitoring tool Prometheus now runs more efficiently in low-resource environments
The developers of the popular Prometheus monitoring tool announced a new operating mode for the software today that’s designed to run more efficiently in low-resource environments such as edge networks and “internet of things” deployments. Prometheus is a popular open-source tool that’s …
Zuora’s newest product enables real-time revenue reconciliation
Cloud subscription software company Zuora Inc. is betting on the need for real-time revenue management with its latest offering. The Real-Time Revenue product for Zuora Revenue announced today enables businesses an automatic way to recognize, then reconcile and analyze their incoming revenue …
Dell debuts new validated systems for high-performance computer-aided design
Dell Technologies Inc. is revving up its computer-aided engineering and design offerings to help customers tackle modeling- and simulation-intensive computing workloads. Today’s offerings include new and updated Validated Designs for Manufacturing that have already been put to use by the Formula One …