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Avi Networks simplifies network load balancing for multiclouds
Computer networking company Avi Networks Inc. is making its load balancing controller for multiple public clouds available starting today as software as a service. Avi said it’s trying to overcome the limitations of appliance-based application delivery controllers that are not designed for public clouds, while also providing an easy way for network operators to provision ...
Google updates its reCAPTCHA tool to limit human interaction
Google LLC today rolled out a revamped version of its reCAPTCHA verification tool that’s used to ensure website visitors are humans and not automated bots. With the new version, website visitors will be able to waste less time completing puzzles to prove they’re a real person. Google designed reCAPTCHA in order to provide a way for ...
Data discovery firm Waterline Data grabs $14.5M funding round
Data discovery software provider Waterline Data Inc. is setting its sights on “global expansion” after raising $14.5 million in a new round of funding today. The Series C round, led by Menlo Ventures, with participation from Jackson Square Ventures, Partech Ventures and Infosys Ltd., brings the company’s total capital raised to $37.5 million. Waterline Data sells ...
Google adds more machine learning features to Firebase
Google LLC is adding new capabilities to its Firebase mobile and web application development framework in order to make it more appealing to users from large enterprises. Google has been steadily rolling out updates to Firebase ever since it bought the service back in 2014, with the aim being to create a full-fledged platform for ...
Mirantis launches Kubernetes-based edge computing platform
Private-cloud infrastructure company Mirantis Inc. is switching its attention to the edge computing market with the launch of Mirantis Cloud Platform Edge, which is based on the open source Kubernetes container orchestration software. Mirantis said the main target market for MCP Edge is telecommunications providers, which need an easy way to roll out 5G services at ...
Chip giant Intel shows its resilience with blowout earnings
Intel Corp. is riding high today after posting better-than-expected third-quarter results thanks to record-breaking revenue from its data center group. The company, whose computer chips continue to power the vast majority of the world’s laptops, desktops and servers, posted a profit of $6.4 billion, or $1.38 per share, on revenue of $19.2 billion, up 19 percent ...
Mesosphere makes Kubernetes and Jupyter Notebooks available as a service
Data center operating system provider Mesosphere Inc. is updating its platform in a new release today that makes Kubernetes and Jupyter Notebooks available “as a service” for the first time. Mesosphere shot to fame around five years ago with the launch of its Data Center Operating System, or DC/OS, which is based on the open-source ...
Cloud security-as-a-service startup Arctic Wolf lands $45M Series C round
Cybersecurity startup Arctic Wolf Networks Inc. is cashing in on enterprises’ fears of becoming the next high-profile hacking victim, raising $45 million in a new round of funding. Future Fund led the Series C investment in the Sunnyvale, California-based company, which sells a security operations center-as-a-service, bringing the company’s total amount raised to $91.2 million. ...
Edge infrastructure firm Scale Computing raises $34.8M round
Hyperconverged infrastructure and edge computing startup Scale Computing Inc. today said it has landed $34.8 million in a late-stage round of funding. Scale Computing’s promise is a simple one, helping smaller organizations to identify, correct and mitigate problems with their information technology infrastructure so they can keep their systems up and running without any need for ...
Machine learning automation startup DataRobot lands $100M round
Well-funded machine learning startup DataRobot Inc. has just added $100 million more to its war chest via a late-stage round of funding led by Meritech and Sapphire Ventures. DFJ Growth and existing investors NEA, IA Ventures and Intel Capital also participated in the Series D round, which brings DataRobot’s total funding to date to $225 million. ...