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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 …
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, …
Splunk doubles down on multicloud data access, observability and security at its annual summit
Splunk Inc. is boosting the multicloud data management capabilities it offers to enterprises to help them accelerate their cloud-driven digital transformations. The company reeled off a long list of updates today during its annual Splunk .conf21 Virtual event that should ensure customers …
Open-source software champion Aiven hits unicorn status after closing on $60M Series C extension
Aiven Ltd., a startup that champions the concept of open-source software, says it has become the “latest unicorn of the Nordics” after raising a $60 million funding that values it at $2 billion. The company said the Series C extension was co-led …
Gartner predicts rise of distributed data architectures, smarter AI and accelerated automation
The pandemic’s push to remote and hybrid work will drive a raft of new distributed data and services and more automation over the next five to 10 years. That’s among the predictions tech industry analyst firm Gartner Inc. made today as it …
Arm bids to accelerate IoT application development with virtualized silicon in the cloud
Computer chip design firm Arm Ltd. is making a major effort to accelerate “internet of things” application and product development times with the launch of a new, solutions-based approach to IoT design. The Arm Total Solutions for IoT initiative announced today at …
Pulumi’s new registry aims to ease sharing and reusing cloud infrastructure building blocks
Infrastructure-as-code company Pulumi Corp. said today it has created a new public registry where developers can discover and share Pulumi Packages that make it easier to build and deploy modern cloud applications. The company said its collection of cloud architecture implementations and …
Clarifai gets $60M in funding to simplify AI development on unstructured data
Another day and another artificial intelligence startup is raising money — and today it’s Clarifai Inc., which closed on a $60 million round led by New Enterprise Associates. Menlo Ventures, Union Square Ventures, LDV Capital, Corazon Capital and New York University also …
Elastic buys Optimyze to add ‘continuous profiling’ to its observability tools
Elastic N.V. is looking to create a full set of observability capabilities into its enterprise search platform after acquiring a startup called Optimyze Inc. today that specializes in continuous profiling. Three-year-old Optimyze is a Zurich, Switzerland-based startup that’s best known for its Prodfiler …
Canonical delivers Ubuntu 21.10 release with cloud-native features
Canonical Ltd. today announced a major update to the Ubuntu Linux operating system, with improvements that beef up security, enable cloud-native application development and enhance artificial intelligence and machine learning innovation. The Ubuntu operating system is one of the most popular versions …