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Aqua Security gets $62M to boost its container security platform
Aqua Security Software Ltd.’s latest blockbuster funding round demonstrates the insatiable appetite among enterprises for more container security controls. The company, which sells tools to protect container-based, cloud-native and serverless applications from malware and malicious attacks, today said it has raised $62 million in a Series C round of funding. Insight Partners is the lead ...
Microsoft and BMW launch smart factory initiative
Microsoft Corp. is teaming up with BMW AG on an initiative designed to help manufacturers build so-called “smart factories” that leverage “internet of things” and cloud computing technologies. The Open Manufacturing Platform is an “open technology framework” targeted at companies in the automotive sector and other industries that can benefit from more connected manufacturing systems, ...
Report: Microsoft considers taking on Shopify in the e-commerce market
Microsoft Corp. is reportedly looking to take on Shopify Inc. in the e-commerce online store-building market in response to demand from some of its larger customers. Shopify sells a platform for building e-commerce stores for enterprises and smaller businesses that want to sell their products online. Its platform comes with a range of hosting options ...
Dell EMC and Supermicro debut servers based on Intel’s new Xeon Scalable chips
Dell Technologies Inc. company Dell EMC and Super Micro Computer Inc. are refreshing their data center server lineups with new systems based on Intel Corp.’s latest second-generation Xeon Scalable processors. The new servers introduced today also incorporate Intel’s Optane DC persistent memory and its Deep Learning Boost technology designed to accelerate artificial intelligence workloads. Intel’s ...
Okta debuts zero trust-based cloud server access controls
Cloud identity management Okta Inc. is beefing up its Okta Identity Cloud platform today with a new offering designed to facilitate “contextual access management” to public cloud infrastructure. Okta Advanced Server Access is based on technology the company acquired last year when it bought a startup called ScaleFT Inc., which specialized in “zero trust” security systems. Zero trust ...
Intel Capital is betting big on AI as it invests $117M in 14 disruptive startups
Intel Corp. is getting its checkbook out as it looks to hedge its bets on a wave of early-stage startups doing some interesting things in artificial intelligence, communications, healthcare and manufacturing. The giant chipmaker is investing in no less than 14 disruptive tech startups via Intel Capital, its funding arm. The investments, announced at the ...
Ex-Google Analytics chief Jody Shapiro’s startup Productiv exits stealth
Former Google Analytics chief Jody Shapiro has chosen April Fools’ Day to announce that he’s deadly serious about wanting to help enterprises get a better handle on the software-as-a-service applications they use. Shapiro, who served as global head of Google Analytics Premium from 2007 until 2016, is launching his new company out of stealth today. ...
Google adds new features for Gmail’s 15th birthday
Google LLC is celebrating Gmail’s 15th anniversary today with a number of new features aimed at boosting the productivity of its users. The first is an expansion of the popular Smart Compose feature in Gmail that helps to save users from typing out unnecessary, commonly used words and phrases such as greetings when they compose ...
Apple CEO Tim Cook to testify at Qualcomm trial next month
Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook will testify at a trial next month that could mark the culmination of its long-running legal battle with Qualcomm Technologies Inc. Bloomberg reported Thursday that the trial will include testimony from both Cook (pictured) and his counterpart at Qualcomm, Steven Mollenkopf. According to a filing seen by Bloomberg, Cook will appear ...
Liftoff for unicorn IPOs: In market debut, Lyft shares close with 9% gain
Updated with closing stock price: Lyft Inc. might not be the first ride-hailing company to hit the road, but its successful debut on the stock market today could pave the way for a fleet of newly public tech giants. After pricing its initial public offering at $72 a share late Thursday, well above its original list ...