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Computer chipmaker Broadcom Inc. is about to acquire cybersecurity firm Symantec Corp.’s enterprise business for about $10 billion, according to separate reports from the Wall Street Journal and Reuters late today that cite people familiar with the matter. The companies are reportedly at the “advanced …
Google extends zero-trust security model with context-aware access for virtual machines
Google LLC is making new context-aware access capabilities in its cloud-based Identity-Aware Proxy service generally available today as it tries to encourage wider adoption of its BeyondCorp, or “zero-trust,” security model among its enterprise customers. The zero-trust security model is a framework …
Debugging software startup Rookout lands $8M funding
Israeli debugging tools provider Rookout Inc. is hoping to get a bit more traction after raising $8 million in a new round of funding. Announced today, the Series A round was led by Cisco Investments along with existing investors TLV Partners and Emerge. Also …
Microsoft and Informatica team up to ease cloud data warehouse migration
Microsoft Corp. is teaming up with data integration software company Informatica LLC in a bid to tempt more enterprises to use its cloud-based Azure SQL Data Warehouse service. The companies are working together to make it easier for potential customers to migrate …
Neocortix launches edge-based cloud services for web testers
So-called “Cloud at the Edge” startup Neocortix Inc. will launch its cloud infrastructure services at the DevOps World/Jenkins World conference taking place in San Francisco next week. Its main advantage is giving companies that need to run large websites and monitor information technology assets a …
New Relic stock crumbles on lower-than-expected earnings guidance
Updated: Application and DevOps monitoring company New Relic Inc. was left reeling today after its stock lost almost a fifth of its value in after-hours trading thanks to a weak second-quarter outlook. The collapse came despite a reasonably decent first quarter, beating …
Sysdig adds machine learning-based runtime profiling to improve Kubernetes monitoring
Container security company Sysdig Inc. is beefing up its Kubernetes monitoring system with a couple of new capabilities that leverage its latest advancements in machine learning. They include runtime profiling as well as a new user interface called Falco Rule Builder that …
Google pledges to use recycled materials in all of its hardware products
Google LLC is stepping up its efforts to help the environment with a pledge to use recycled materials in all of its “Made by Google” hardware products by 2022. Google’s hardware product portfolio is quite substantial. It includes its Pixel phones, Pixelbooks, …
Huawei could launch first smartphone running Hongmeng OS later this year
Chinese smartphone maker Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. is testing a low-cost smartphone running its homemade Hongmeng operating system ahead of a possible launch by the end of the year, local media reported today. The report from Global Times suggested that Huawei sees …
Offering $300K to hack its cloud, Microsoft launches new Azure Security Lab
Microsoft Corp. announced today at the Black Hat USA Conference in Las Vegas the creation of a new Azure Security Lab that it believes will bolster the security of its public cloud service. The company said that Azure Security Lab is an …