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Machine learning company DataRobot Inc. today made another acquisition, buying Boston Consulting Group’s artificial intelligence technology platform. The companies also announced they’re entering into a strategic partnership that will combine DataRobot’s intellectual property with Boston’s consulting services. DataRobot is a well-funded startup that …
JSonar raises $50M to secure every kind of database
Database security startup jSonar today said it has gotten itself some serious backing: Goldman Sachs, which has just invested $50 million as part of the company’s first institutional round of funding. The Waltham, Massachusetts-based startup sells a security platform that helps to protect …
MongoDB’s new release helps unify distributed data sources
Document-oriented database company MongoDB Inc. today announced a raft of updates to its product portfolio today, including a new release of its namesake database software. The company is also adding more features to MongoDB Atlas, the cloud-specific version of its database, and launching …
Yugabyte raises $30M for its cloud-native distributed SQL database
Open-source relational database company Yugabyte Inc. is in the mood for expansion after landing a new $30 million funding round announced today. The oversubscribed Series B funding round was led by 8VC. Wipro Ventures and existing investors Lightspeed Venture Partners and Dell …
IBM to stop selling facial recognition technology
IBM Corp. Chief Executive Officer Arvind Krishna is withdrawing his company from the general-purpose facial recognition market over concerns that the technology is being used to promote discrimination and racial injustice. In a letter addressed to the U.S. Congress today, Krishna said …
Amazon sues to limit former AWS marketing VP Brian Hall’s new job at Google Cloud
Amazon.com Inc. has filed a lawsuit against Brian Hall, a former vice president of product marketing at Amazon Web Services Inc., alleging that he has violated the terms of a noncompete agreement after taking up a new role at Google Cloud, one …
VMware buys Lastline to improve malware threat detection
Virtualization software giant VMware Inc. said today it has agreed to buy an anti-malware research startup called Lastline Inc. to help it better detect sophisticated network threats. VMware said the acquisition of Lastline, which is expected to close at the end of …
MongoDB beats earnings expectations but its guidance comes up short
MongoDB Inc. blew past Wall Street’s expectations today as it reported its first-quarter financial results, but the database software company’s stock fell in after-hours trading after it warned of a wider second-quarter loss than analysts were expecting. The company, which sells an …
Slack announces multiyear cloud partnership with AWS
Slack Technologies Inc. today announced today a sweeping multiyear agreement with Amazon Web Services Inc. that covers both cloud services and product integrations. The announcement came as the workplace collaboration firm reported its fiscal first-quarter results, easily topping Wall Street’s expectations. The company’s …
Full cloud ahead: Storage giant NetApp buys cloud cost control startup Spot
In its third acquisition this year, Data storage firm NetApp Inc. said Wednesday it’s buying the Israeli cloud infrastructure optimization startup Spot. The companies didn’t reveal the amount, but a source told Calcalist the price was $450 million. Spot had raised about …