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API security startup Traceable exits stealth with $20M in funding
Application programming interface security startup Traceable Inc. exited stealth mode today armed with a $20 million Series A funding round from Unusual Ventures and BIG Labs. Traceable has created a security platform that tracks end-to-end application activity from the user and session all the way down to the code. It uses machine learning and distributed tracing technology ...
Google launches a new Center of Excellence for software providers
Google LLC today announced it’s launching a new center of excellence for independent software vendors to help them take better advantage of its cloud services. ISVs are coming under increasing pressure from their customers, who aren’t satisfied with simply running their applications in the cloud. While the cloud offers big benefits such as lower costs ...
With BigQuery Omni, Google makes multicloud analytics possible
Google LLC today announced the availability of a new cloud service in private alpha test mode that lets customers analyze data stored in multiple public clouds without needing to move it first. The new service is called BigQuery Omni, which essentially brings the capabilities of Google’s BigQuery data warehouse and analytics tool to additional cloud ...
Google aims to ease compliance concerns with Assured Workloads for Government
Google LLC today announced a new tier of cloud computing services for government agencies that it says can better compete against similar “government cloud” offerings from rivals such as Amazon Web Services Inc. and Microsoft Corp. In a blog post, Google Cloud product managers Christopher Johnson and Bhavna Batra explained that compliance and security around data locality ...
Google debuts Confidential VMs that keep data encrypted while it’s in use
Google LLC today announced a new tier of “Confidential” virtual machines for cloud users that ensure their data remains encrypted while it’s being used. The new Confidential VMs, detailed at the Google Cloud Next OnAir online conference that runs nine weeks through Sept. 8, are available now in beta test mode. They’re the first product ...
SoftBank mulls possible sale or listing of chip designer Arm
SoftBank Group Corp. is reportedly exploring the possibility of selling or publicly listing the British semiconductor designer Arm Holdings Plc, which it acquired for $32 billion in 2016. The report today from The Wall Street Journal cites “people familiar with the matter” as saying that the review is still at an early stage, and that it isn’t ...
Robotic process automation leader UiPath raises $225M in late-stage round
Robotic process automation company UiPath Inc.’s valuation stretched beyond the $10 billion mark today after it raised $225 million in a late-stage round of funding. The Series E round was led by Alkeon Capital Management, with participation from Accel, Coatue, Dragoneer, IVP, Madrona Venture Group, Sequoia Capital, Tencent, Tiger Global, Wellington and funds and accounts ...
How Orangetheory Fitness pivoted to a digital business with AWS cloud
With the unexpected closure of its business premises because of lockdown measures imposed to combat the spread of COVID-19, health and fitness company Orangetheory Fitness was facing a nightmare scenario. The company, which offers specialized interval training programs and uses “internet of things” heart rate devices to monitor the fitness of its customers at its 1,200 studios ...
PC shipments surge as remote work during the pandemic fuels sales
Information technology industry market researchers Gartner Inc. and International Data Corp. today both reported a jump in personal computer shipments during the second quarter. The surge came thanks to stronger demand from PCs to facilitate remote work during the coronavirus pandemic, but the recovery is likely to be short-lived, both firms said. Gartner reported worldwide ...
Amazon says its AWS IoT SiteWise monitoring service is now generally available
Amazon Web Services Inc. said today its “internet of things” service AWS IoT SiteWise has finally become generally available in its US East, US West, Frankfurt and Ireland regions. The managed service, which was launched in preview in November 2018, is aimed at customers that need to monitor sensor-enabled industrial equipment. It enables those industrial ...