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Google makes biggest gains in ThousandEyes’ report on public cloud network performance
Network intelligence company ThousandEyes Inc. today released the findings of its second annual study of the major public cloud infrastructure providers’ network performance. ThousandEyes is uniquely positioned to provide an unbiased look at each of the five major public cloud providers’ network performance, since its business model is based on helping companies track how their network ...
Google launches new service for monitoring multicloud networks
Google LLC launched a major new service today aimed at helping customers using multiple cloud computing providers get a better handle on their network operations. Multicloud is the name of the strategy in which enterprises use the services of multiple public cloud platforms to host their information technology operations. But though it has clear advantages, ...
Customer relations management unicorn Freshworks raises $150M in late-stage funding
Freshworks Inc., an Indian company that sells business software tools ranging from information technology management to customer sales and support software, today announced its biggest funding to date, a late-stage $150 million round. The Series H round was led by existing investors Sequoia Capital, CapitalG and Accel, and brings Freshwork’s total amount raised to date ...
Tableau Software and AWS announce new cloud migration program
Tableau Software Inc. is cozying up to Amazon Web Services Inc. with the launch of a new initiative called Modern Cloud Analytics Tuesday. MCA combines Tableau’s analytics, migration and integration tools with the scale and performance of AWS’ cloud infrastructure. The idea is to help enterprises adopt a new, cloud-based analytics strategy by migrating data ...
Hong Kong reportedly grants approval for Alibaba IPO
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s proposed initial public offering in Hong Kong is looking more and more likely after the company won approval to move forward with the listing, which could raise between $10 billion and $15 billion. Alibaba has been plotting what would be its second IPO for several months already. It originally planned to list ...
Directly Software buys conversational AI startup Kylie.ai
Intelligent automation company Directly Software Inc. today said it has acquired a startup called Kylie.ai to improve its conversational artificial intelligence capabilities. Directly sells intelligent automation tools for customer service teams. Its main focus is helping companies build personalized virtual agents that can interact directly with their customers and handle a range of customer support tasks. ...
Google updates Chrome browser with a focus on easier content distribution
As Google LLC hosts its annual Chrome Developer Summit this week, it’s announcing several developer-centric updates to its popular web browser. A big focus of Google’s efforts with its Chrome browser in recent times has been on expanding the versatility of the internet and making it more accessible, and to do that it’s giving developers ...
Juniper Networks extends its self-driving network capabilities
Juniper Networks Inc. subsidiary Mist Systems today launched what it calls the industry’s first “AI-Driven Self-Driving Network” for companies that want to set up a cloud-based network with minimal troubleshooting required. Mist Systems began life as an independent networking startup, focused on using artificial intelligence technologies to automate its customer’s Wi-Fi infrastructure, before it was acquired ...
NortonLifeLock, formerly Symantec, names Vincent Pilette its new CEO
Vincent Pilette today was named chief executive at Symantec Corp.’s former consumer cybersecurity division, now known as NortonLifeLock Inc. NortonLifeLock came into existence earlier this week following the completion of Broadcom Inc.’s acquisition of Symantec’s enterprise security business, a deal that was first announced in August. Under the terms of the acquisition, Broadcom took the rights to ...
Dropbox beats market estimates thanks to solid customer growth
Cloud storage company Dropbox Inc. beat market expectations for its third-quarter results thanks to some solid growth in its customer base, but its share price barely moved. The company, which sells file-sharing and collaboration tools to enterprise customers, reported a profit before certain costs such as stock compensation of 13 cents per share on revenue of ...