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Visa buys fintech startup Plaid for $5.3B

By Duncan Riley Jan 13, 2020

Visa Inc. today announced it has signed a deal to acquire financial technology startup Plaid Financial Inc. for $5.3 billion in an all-cash deal. It’s one of largest tech acquisitions in recent times, beating…

Cloud

Amazon cloud CEO Andy Jassy shuffles ranks, and marketing head Ariel Kelman joins Oracle

By Maria Deutscher Jan 13, 2020

Amazon Web Services Inc. is shuffling its executive ranks a bit as a former top marketing executive moves over to rival Oracle Corp. CNBC first reported today that Oracle has appointed Ariel Kelman (pictured), until…

IoT

Messaging could beat Kubernetes to the edge

By R. Danes Jan 13, 2020

There’s nothing like a distributed application to force an overhaul of information technology. From atop the stack, broken-up microservices-based apps are remaking everything in their own image. All this decentralizing and decomposing is placing…

Infra

Samsung acquires network services firm TeleWorld to advance 5G plans

By Maria Deutscher Jan 13, 2020

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. today said that it has acquired networking consultancy TeleWorld Solutions Inc. to boost its budding 5G business. Samsung is the world’s largest manufacturer of both consumer electronics and semiconductors, but…

Apps

Samsung’s new Galaxy XCover Pro is a rugged phone for frontline workers

By Maria Deutscher Jan 13, 2020

While Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.’s flagship Galaxy S smartphone series follows a 12-month refresh cycle, the extended Galaxy family of devices is updated much more frequently. The latest update arrived on Sunday when the…

Cloud

Cloud-native networking startup Containous closes $10M funding round

By Mike Wheatley Jan 13, 2020

Cloud-native networking company Containous SAS today bagged $10 million in new funding. The Series A round was led by Balderton Capital, with participation from existing investors Elaia and 360 Capital Partners. Four-year-old Containous has built…

Cloud

Analysis: Post-acquisition, Veeam gears up for a big enterprise push

By Dave Vellante with Mike Wheatley Jan 12, 2020

Data protection company Veeam Software Inc. is poised to make a big push into U.S. markets after its $5 billion acquisition last week by the private equity firm Insight Partners. The acquisition is likely…

Security

Medical practitioners expose 1B+ records via unsecured databases

By Duncan Riley Jan 12, 2020

More than 1 billion medical images are believed to be exposed online as medical practitioners continue to upload them to unsecured databases. Discovered by German cybersecurity firm Greenbone Networks, the exposure follows a similar report…

Cloud

VCs bet $30B on enterprise startups in 2019, surpassing consumer tech funding

By Maria Deutscher Jan 10, 2020

For the first time since at least 2015, venture capitalists wrote more checks to enterprise technology companies than their peers in the consumer market. That’s the main takeaway from year-end funding numbers PitchBook Data…

Cloud

Cloud, containers and copy data are just part of the story with Actifio’s 10c release

By Mark Albertson Jan 10, 2020

A decade ago, the information-technology world faced a serious case of tech sprawl. As data became more important to the enterprise, IT organizations were seeking to move on from the technical limitations of tape…

all stories

Visa buys fintech startup Plaid for $5.3B

Amazon cloud CEO Andy Jassy shuffles ranks, and marketing head Ariel Kelman joins Oracle

Messaging could beat Kubernetes to the edge

Samsung acquires network services firm TeleWorld to advance 5G plans

Samsung’s new Galaxy XCover Pro is a rugged phone for frontline workers

Medical practitioners expose 1B+ records via unsecured databases

VCs bet $30B on enterprise startups in 2019, surpassing consumer tech funding

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