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Storage software giant NetApp Inc. hopes to expand its Financial Operations, or FinOps, business after acquiring cloud optimization software firm CloudCheckr Inc. today for an undisclosed price. NetApp plans to integrate CloudCheckr with its Spot by NetApp service, which uses analytics and automation …
Chipmaker GlobalFoundries files to go public on US Nasdaq exchange
Semiconductor maker GlobalFoundries Inc. today confirmed it’s heading for an initial public offering of stock. The company said in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it plans to list its shares on the Nasdaq exchange. Its current owner, Abu …
With Google Cloud’s Speaker ID, callers can now use their voice for authentication
Companies that rely on Google LLC’s Contact Center AI service to automate their call center operations can now enable Speaker ID, a machine learning-based voice identification feature that allows callers to authenticate themselves easily by saying a few words. Google Cloud launched …
Google-backed program will pay developers for open-source software security improvements
Few companies are as devoted to the cause of open-source software as Google LLC, and as if to underline that point, the company said today it’s sponsoring the Linux Foundation’s new Secure Open Source Pilot Program. The SOS program is an initiative …
Amazon simplifies cloud service management with AWS Cloud Control API
Life just got a little bit easier for developers who rely on Amazon Web Services Inc.’s cloud services, thanks to the availability of its new AWS Cloud Control API. The new tool is a set of common application programming interfaces that the …
Quantum computing startup IonQ to make its stock market debut
IonQ Inc. is all set to become the first publicly traded company that’s solely focused on quantum computing. Having finalized its merger this week with dMY Technology Group Inc. III, a special-purpose acquisition company, it will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …