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Things are looking up for software-defined storage startup Excelero Inc., which today received a strategic investment from data center giant Western Digital Corp. that brings its total funding to $35 million. The companies didn’t say exactly how much Western Digital is investing, but …
Google launches the first of its prepackaged AI services
Google LLC has delivered on one of the promises it made at its recent Cloud Next conference to make its artificial intelligence services easier to implement. The cloud company today launched the first of what it calls “prepackaged AI services,” which as …
Open-source software services company Instaclustr lands $15M funding round
Open-source software-as-a-service provider Instaclustr Pty Ltd. is getting some more financial help with a $15 million “growth equity investment” from New York-based Level Equity. The company said today that the funding round, its biggest to date, will help it expand its platform of …
Alibaba Cloud plots massive expansion into Asia-Pacific region
Eyeing an aggressive expansion outside its native Chinese market, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s public cloud computing arm has launched a mass of new products and a new partner program. The new offerings from Alibaba Cloud encompass a wide range of information technology fields, including …
NetApp beats earnings expectations, but guidance disappoints again
Data storage company NetApp Inc. took a beating in after-hours trading despite posting fiscal first-quarter earnings today that came in above expectations. The company, which said it benefited from strong demand for its all-flash storage arrays, reported a profit of $283 million, or $1.05 per …
Container security startup Twistlock raises $33M in biggest-yet funding round
Container security startup Twistlock Ltd. is gaining more traction in the enterprise if the latest news of its new funding round can be seen as a yardstick measuring its success. The company today said it has landed its biggest investment yet in …
SnapLogic moves to automate DevOps software development operations
Data integration company SnapLogic Inc. is stepping up its game for application developers with new capabilities designed to help automate DevOps processes. The updates announced today include integration with GitHub and support for Mesosphere. They’re aimed at automating elements of continuous integration …
Netifi lands $2M seed funding to help developers build better microservices
Another cloud-native microservices startup emerged from stealth mode today, backed by $2 million in a seed funding round led by Dell Technologies Capital. Netifi Inc. is the startup in question, touting a “next-generation platform” called Proteus that’s designed to enable the development …
HPE builds a new supercomputer for renewable energy research
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado, has chosen Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Co. to build a new supercomputer it’s planning to use to power its research in energy efficiency. The “Eagle” supercomputer, announced today, will be installed within one of the NREL’s …
IT services company Cloudreach acquires Relus Cloud
Public cloud services providers Cloudreach and Relus Technologies LLC, which does business as Relus Cloud, are looking to join forces in a bid to become more relevant and offer new capabilities to their enterprise customers. Cloudreach today announced its intention to acquire …