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Software-as-a-service monitoring firm BetterCloud raises $75M
Software-as-a-service management company BetterCloud Inc. today said it has raised $75 million in a fresh round of funding led by the private equity firm Warburg Pincus. Existing investors Accel, Bain Capital Ventures, Flybridge Capital Partners, New Amsterdam Growth Capital, Greycroft and e.ventures also participated in the round, which brings BetterCloud’s total amount raised to $182 million. ...
Container security startup Aqua Security raises $30M
Aqua Security Software Ltd.’s latest funding round shows there’s still a big appetite for container security tools in the enterprise. The company today said it has just raised $30 million in a Series D round of funding, bringing its total amount raised to more than $130 million. Greenspring Associates led the latest round, which also saw ...
Docker partners with Snyk on container image vulnerability scanning
Software container company Docker Inc. said today it’s teaming up with the British cybersecurity startup Snyk Ltd. to provide what it said is the first native vulnerability scanning service for container images. The companies said they intend to create a more streamlined workflow that will secure the application development process for millions of developers who ...
At digital Build conference, Microsoft unifies Windows app development, boosts Teams and AI
Microsoft Corp. kicked off its annual developer conference Build 2020 today with new services to unify Windows application development, additional Teams services and even a supercomputer for artificial intelligence available through its Azure cloud service. This year’s event is quite a bit different from previous editions, as safety concerns around the coronavirus pandemic prompted Microsoft to transform ...
Xilinx’s new smaller programmable chips enable machine learning in space
Xilinx Inc. today launched what it says is the industry’s first-ever 20-nanometer, space-grade field-programmable gate array, which is a special kind of computer chip built on an integrated circuit that can be reprogrammed for specific computing tasks. The new 20nm Radiation Tolerant Kintex UltraScale XQRKU060 FPGA is designed for use in orbital satellites, and delivers a ...
Puppet launches new IT infrastructure security compliance service
DevOps automation firm Puppet Inc. is pitching a new service that helps companies ensure the information technology infrastructure they use is compliant with Center for Internet Security benchmarks. Puppet sells tools that developers use to automate the delivery and optimization of modern software applications. It’s best known for its flagship Puppet Enterprise platform that’s used ...
Xs:code and Redis Labs team up to help open-source software developers get paid
Xscode international Ltd., which does business as xs:code, said today it’s teaming up with Redis Labs Inc., developer of the popular Redis in-memory data structure store, to provide financial incentives for software developers. Xs:code’s platform provides open-source software developers with a way to make money from their code by offering premium features and support. The idea ...
Altran’s Code Detect AI tool helps developers discover bugs faster
Altran Technologies SA, a provider of digital design services owned by the French consulting firm Capgemini SE, today released a new tool for developers that uses artificial intelligence to predict the likelihood of bugs being found in software source code. The tools is called Code Detect AI, and it works by applying machine learning to historical ...
New Relic’s stock surges on strong earnings results
Application and DevOps monitoring company New Relic Inc. saw its stock rise more than 12% in after-hours trading today after posting strong fourth-quarter results that surpassed expectations. The company reported a profit before certain costs such as stock compensation of 14 cents per share on revenue of $160 million, up 21% from the same period a ...
Apple acquires virtual reality startup NextVR
iPhone maker Apple Inc. today confirmed to Bloomberg that it has acquired the virtual reality startup NextVR Inc., which specializes in creating VR video content based on events such as sports matches and musical performances. Apple didn’t say how much it was paying to acquire NextVR, but Bloomberg said the deal is expected to be valued ...