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Fast-growing cloud computing company Snowflake Computing Inc. filed plans to go public today, joining five other Bay Area startups that have announced similar plans as well today. Snowflake said in its IPO filing that it more than doubled its revenue, to $242 …
Confluent adds ‘cluster linking’ to Apache Kafka to make event data globally accessible
Confluent Inc. said today it’s introducing a new “cluster linking” feature to its event streaming platforms. The idea is to make event data globally available to businesses, no matter if it resides in multiple clouds or on-premises data centers located in different …
Microsoft looks to secure more cloud contracts with foreign governments
Microsoft Corp. is eyeing more cloud computing deals similar to the $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contract it won from the U.S. Department of Defense last year. The company is targeting foreign governments with similar initiatives as it looks to expand …
Google adds near real-time wildfire data to Maps
Google LLC said today it has updated its Maps and Search tools to show wildfire boundaries so people can see exactly where they’re located in real time and work out how to avoid them. In addition, the Google search engine will also provide …
Alibaba Cloud reports strong first-quarter sales
China’s Alibaba Group Ltd. said today that its cloud computing business saw strong growth in its fiscal first quarter amid rising demand from industries including the financial services and retail sectors. The growth comes at a time when Alibaba Cloud is branching …
Apple reportedly acquired augmented reality startup Camerai 18 months ago
Apple Inc. reportedly acquired an Israeli startup called Camerai around 18 months ago for “several tens of millions of dollars” and quickly folded it into its computer vision team, according to a report in Calcalist. Camerai’s technology has since become “a significant …
FinOps Foundation launches to promote best cloud financial practices
The FinOps Foundation announced its formation today, saying it aims to advance best practices, education and standard for cloud financial management. Backed by the Linux Foundation, the FinOps Foundation said it’s focused on “codifying and promoting cloud financial management best practices and standards” …
Pentest-as-a-service provider Cobalt Labs raises $29M in new funding
Penetration-test-as-a-service company Cobalt Labs Inc. today expanded its war chest after landing $29 million in a funding round that brings its total amount raised to $37 million. Highland Europe led the round, and Cobalt said it will use the money from the Series …
BigID adds Hyperscan tool for large volumes of unstructured data
Data protection and privacy startup BigID Inc. said today it’s adding a new Hyperscan technology to its platform that enables customers to scan large volumes of unstructured file data hosted in their internal data centers or in the cloud at petabyte scale. …
VMware’s Fusion and Workstation desktop hypervisors add support for Kubernetes apps
VMware Inc. today announced some forthcoming updates to its VMware Fusion and VMware Workstation desktop hypervisor products that will work with container-based applications running on Kubernetes. VMware Workstation is a hosted hypervisor that makes it possible to run multiple computer operating systems as …