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Networking-as-a-service startup Alkira Inc. said today it has raised $54 million in a funding round that brings its total amount raised to $76 million. Koch Disruptive Technologies led the Series B round, with participation from previous investors Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia Capital, …
Palo Alto Networks beefs up its multicloud security platform Prisma Cloud
Palo Alto Networks Inc. said today it’s adding four new cloud security modules to Prisma Cloud, a multicloud security offering that enables developers to block vulnerabilities during the application development and deployment process. Prisma Cloud is a relatively new service that’s made …
Report: AMD in talks to acquire custom chipmaker Xilinx for $30B
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. reportedly plans to acquire rival chipmaker Xilinx Inc. in a deal that could be valued at more than $30 billion. The Wall Street Journal reported late today that AMD is in advanced talks to buy Xilinx, and that the …
Report: Google planning to relinquish control of its open-source Knative project
Google LLC is reportedly planning to relinquish direct control over its open-source Knative project to a five-seat steering committee that will have rules to prevent any single organization from having more than two seats. The plan is designed to stymie criticism that …
Amazon shows off its first electric delivery van built by Rivian
Amazon.com Inc. showed off its first electric powered delivery van built by startup Rivian Automotive LLC today. The vehicle boasts some cool technology, including an advanced driver-assist system, voice controls powered by Alexa and various sensors. “When we set out to create …
Shipa debuts its cloud-native application management framework
Shipa Corp., a startup that has built a cloud-native application management framework for managing the full app development lifecycle, is emerging from stealth mode today after banking $3.75 million in seed funding round led by Engineering Capital and Jump Capital. Shipa is …
Camunda aims to modernize robotic process automation with APIs
Camunda Services GmbH said today it’s aiming to modernize robotic process automation bot implementations with its latest Camunda 7.14 platform release. RPA is a subset of artificial intelligence that involves using software robots to observe workflows in common business applications and then …
Gartner says global data center infrastructure spending will grow 6% next year
Gartner Inc. has some welcome news for data center infrastructure vendors today, publishing a forecast that predicts spending in the industry to grow 6% globally next year. The growth will come as a result of businesses rebounding from cash flow restrictions that …
Observe exits stealth with $35M funding to reinvent application observability
An appropriately named startup called Observe Inc. said today it’s getting into the emerging market for observability tools after landing $35 million in a new funding round and debt financing led by Mike Speiser, managing partner at Sutter Hill Ventures. Famous technology …
Amazon cuts the cost of AWS SageMaker instances by up to 18%
Amazon Web Services Inc. said today it’s making its popular Amazon SageMaker artificial intelligence service cheaper to use. Amazon SageMaker was launched in 2017 and makes it possible for developers to build and train machine learning models for analytical and predictive applications …