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Apple and Samsung’s seven-year design patent battle finally ends as they settle out of court
Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. have been slugging it out in the courts over alleged patent infractions for the best part of this decade, but that battle has finally come to its conclusion with Reuters reporting the two companies have settled the matter in private. The technology giants agreed on their long-awaited truce ...
Microsoft’s M12 VC fund backs DevOps startup Codefresh in $8M round
Israeli startup Codefresh Inc. is hoping to shake up the DevOps landscape after closing on an $8 million round of funding led by Microsoft Corp.’s new venture capital arm, M12. The Series B round, which also saw previous investors Hillsven Capital, Viola Ventures and the CEIF fund participate, brings Codefresh’s total funding to $15.1 million. ...
Google flags bigger open-source ambitions as it steps up commitment to the Linux Foundation
Google LLC has been a member of the Linux Foundation for quite some time, but only at the lower level, holding a silver membership since it first signed up. That changed today as the internet revealed that it’s upping its membership status to the highest-tier Platinum level, giving it much greater influence in the future direction of ...
Databricks makes it easier to build AI apps using the R programming language
Big-data analytics company Databricks Inc. is teaming up with RStudio Inc. in order to help developers write code for artificial intelligence and machine learning applications more easily using the R programming language. The partnership entails integrating Databricks’ popular Unified Analytics Platform with the RStudio Server, which is a development environment for programmers working with R. ...
DevOps automation leader Puppet lands $42M funding round
DevOps automation firm Puppet Inc.’s recent frenzy of activity is showing no signs of slowing down. The company, which automates the delivery and optimization of modern software applications, today said it has closed on a $42 million round of funding led by Cisco Investments, with participation from EDB Investments Pte. Ltd., Kleiner Perkins Caufield & ...
After $50M funding, big-data firm Celonis is Europe’s latest unicorn
German big-data company Celonis GmbH today said it has raised a hefty $50 million, bringing its valuation to a cool $1 billion. The company plans to use the proceeds from the Series B round to bolster its recent entry into the U.S. market, which already accounts for around half of its business. Celonis’ product is used ...
VMware brings Kubernetes container orchestration to multiple cloud platforms
Virtualization software giant VMware Inc. is stepping up its involvement in the software container movement, announcing today the availability in beta of its new VMware Kubernetes Engine. VMware is touting the platform as an enterprise-grade Kubernetes-as-a-service offering that helps companies to easily manage, secure and cut costs with their Kubernetes workloads. Kubernetes is a popular ...
Quantum Xchange to build first quantum network in U.S. offering ‘unbreakable encryption’
Startup Quantum Xchange today said it has raised $10 million in a seed funding round timed to coincide with the launch of the first-ever quantum fiber optic network in the U.S. The network is designed to protect data in transmission from attacks powered by quantum computers. The $10 million funding round, led by New Technology Ventures ...
Ping Identity acquires Elastic Beam for its AI-based API protection
So-called identity-defined security firm Ping Identity Corp. today launched new artificial intelligence capabilities to protect against attacks on application programming interfaces. The launch follows its acquisition of cybersecurity firm Elastic Beam Inc., also announced today. Elastic Beam provides security for hybrid clouds by using AI techniques to root out and shut down threats that access corporate systems ...
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AtScale hires Christopher Lynch as its new CEO
Business intelligence abstraction platform company AtScale Inc. is reshuffling its leadership pack, hiring ex-Vertica Systems Inc. Chief Executive Christopher Lynch (pictured) as its new executive chairman and CEO. Lynch takes over the top spot from AtScale co-founder Dave Mariani, who will focus on the technology side of the business as executive vice president of technology. ...