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Cloud data protection startup Rewind said today it has raised $15 million in a new round of financing. The Series A round was led by Inovia Capital, with participation from Ridge Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, ScaleUP Ventures, Fundfire, Mistral Venture Partners and some …
Ride-hailing startup Grab mulls possible US IPO
Singapore-based ride-hailing and food delivery firm Grab Taxi Pte Ltd. is considering launching an initial public offering in the U.S. later this year. That’s according to Reuters, which said today the company is looking to raise at least $2 billion through the …
Report: Citrix poised to buy collaboration software firm Wrike for $2 billion
Citrix Systems Inc., which sells network security and desktop virtualization software tools, is reportedly trying to expand into the collaboration space by acquiring the work management platform provider Wrike Inc. in a deal valued at more than $2 billion. Bloomberg, which first …
Digital Realty joins big tech exodus from California to Texas
Data center colocation and interconnection provider Digital Realty Inc. has become the latest tech firm to announce it’s moving its headquarters away from California to Texas, joining an exodus that includes Oracle Corp., Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Co. and Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon …
Microsoft, Oracle and Salesforce team up on digital COVID-19 vaccination initiative
Microsoft Corp., Oracle Corp., and Salesforce.com Inc. have joined a coalition that’s aiming to create a digital COVID-19 vaccination passport to enable safer post-pandemic travel. The Vaccination Credential Initiative, announced today, also includes a number of healthcare organizations such as the nonprofit …
IBM buys cloud consultancy firm Taos Mountain
IBM Corp. said today it’s buying the managed and professional information technology services provider Taos Mountain LLC. San Jose, California-based Taos is said to be one of the largest multicloud consulting firms in North America, working with major enterprises to deliver managed …
Carbyne raises $25M in funding to transform 911 emergency response
Self-styled emergency technology startup Carbyne Ltd. said today it has closed on a $25 million round of funding that brings its total amount raised to $53 million. Hanaco Ventures and ELSTED Capital Partners led the Series B1 round, with participation from former …
Google and Nokia partner on cloud-native 5G edge infrastructure
Google LLC said today it’s working with the Finnish telecommunications giant Nokia Corp. to deliver advanced 5G networking solutions to communications service providers and enterprises. The aim is to help cloud service providers or CSPs and other enterprises modernize their network infrastructures …
Swimm raises $5.7M in seed funding round and launches its unique code-sharing platform
Codebase tutorial provider Swimm Tech Ltd. said today it has raised $5.7 million in a seed funding round led by Pitango First. TAU Ventures, Axon Ventures and Fundfire, plus a group of high profile angel investors including the founder of code security …
VMware debuts Tanzu Advanced & Project Iris
VMware Inc. said today it’s adding a new product to its Tanzu portfolio for building and managing modern container-based applications. VMware Tanzu Advanced is said to build upon VMware Tanzu Standard, adding more focus on DevSecOps, which is a set of practices …