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Cloud and DevOps infrastructure automation startup Quali Systems Ltd. said today it has raised $54 million in a new round of funding. Greenfield Partners and JVP co-led the Series D round, which brings Quali’s total amount raised close to $100 million. Quali …
Google Cloud announces new AI tools for online retail
Google LLC is targeting retailers with its latest batch of artificial intelligence services that it says will help them deliver more personalized, real-time experiences in to consumers. The new services, announced today, have been branded as Google’s Product Discovery Solutions for Retail. …
Cloud data backup-as-a-service startup Rewind raises $15M in Series A round
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 …