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Reports: Nvidia to acquire networking startup Mellanox for $7B
Updated below: Computer graphics chipmaker Nvidia Corp. reportedly has won a bidding war to acquire hot Israeli startup called Mellanox Technologies Ltd. that had also caught the eye of Intel Corp. and Microsoft Corp. Bloomberg and Reuters, citing “people familiar with the matter,” reported today that Nvidia will cough up a hefty $7 billion to acquire Mellanox. Update: The ...
Tibco Software buys SnappyData for real-time analytics on Apache Spark
Data integration software firm Tibco Software Inc. said today it has acquired a startup called SnappyData Inc. as it looks to boost the real-time analytics capabilities of its platform. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Tibco’s main product is its Connected Intelligence Cloud, which aggregates data from various enterprise systems, devices and application programming ...
Google launches Rewarded Products to help developers earn on their apps
Google LLC is trying to make it easier for Android developers to monetize application users with a new Google Play service it’s calling “Rewarded Products.” The service, introduced today, enables developers to offer perks for app users such as in-game content or currency in exchange for viewing video advertisements. In a post on the Android ...
Okta buys workflow automation startup Azuqua for $52.5M
Cloud identity management company Okta Inc. today announced the acquisition of “low code” workflow automation startup Azuqua Inc. in a deal valued at $52.5 million. The announcement came as the company posted its fourth-quarter earnings results, beating expectations but coming up short on guidance, causing its stock to fall sharply in after-hours trading. Okta said it ...
Transposit grabs $12.2M Series A funding to simplify API composition
Startup Transposit Corp. wants to solve developer’s headaches with its new application programming interface composition platform after raising $12.2 million in a new round of funding. Sutter Hill Ventures led the Series A round, with participation from SignalFire and Unusual Ventures. APIs can be thought of as a set of routines, protocols and tools for building ...
France shakes down foreign tech firms with a new 3% tax
France’s government is taking aim at big internet companies such as Amazon.com Inc., Google LLC and Facebook Inc. with a new 3 percent tax on their French revenues. The move is designed to prevent companies from using tax avoidance measures that allow them to pay taxes only in the EU country where they’re based, often ...
Apple to recruit 1,200 engineering staff at new San Diego facility
Apple Inc. today said it’s planning to hire 1,200 additional employees over the next three years to work at a planned new facility in San Diego, which is not coincidentally the home base of one of its main legal rivals, Qualcomm Technologies Inc. The move follows an earlier announcement from Apple in December that it would ...
Google’s new Web Risk API protects apps from malicious URLs
Google LLC today added more security features to its cloud platform as it bids to stay one step ahead of cyberattackers who are constantly on the lookout for new targets to attack. The new features include the Web Risk application programming interface, which is a service for developers looking to provide safeguards within the applications ...
Clari updates its AI-powered sales platform
Artificial intelligence-powered sales software company Clari Inc. today extended its services with the launch of a new Connected Revenue Operations platform. The new platform is meant to align go-to-market operations such as sales, marketing and customer success in order to help enterprises automate their revenue operations. Clari’s original platform was designed to make the sales process easier ...
IBM launches a blockchain testing service for enterprises
IBM Corp.’s X-Force Red security team, which focuses on hacking software in order to discover and mitigate vulnerabilities, today launched a blockchain testing service. The new service is designed to help enterprises test and secure their private blockchains. Blockchains are essentially distributed ledgers or databases that use a peer-to-peer network to transfer information using “blocks” and computer ...
