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A new open-source unicorn is born as Confluent bags $125M at $2.5B valuation

By Maria Deutscher Jan 23, 2019

Confluent Inc., a startup dedicated to commercializing the open-source Apache Kafka project, joined Silicon Valley’s unicorn club today after revealing that it has raised a late-stage $125 million round at a $2.5 billion valuation.…

Startup of the Week

Elastic OLAP cuts through hybrid-data clutter for instant BI

By R. Danes Jan 23, 2019

Business intelligence software has been around for years. Many big-data analytics tools have the goal of providing actionable business insight. But data silos, vast data lakes, and the tricky logistics of hybrid-cloud environments can…

Emerging Tech

U.K.-based AR firm Blippar finds new life in acquisition by Candy Ventures

By Kyt Dotson Jan 23, 2019

The seemingly doomed United Kingdom-based augmented reality and computer vision startup Blippar.com Ltd. has been rescued by one of its primary investors, Candy Ventures Ltd., run by property tycoon Nick Candy. Launched in 2011,…

Infra

Red Hat defines DX with Kubernetes Operator Framework

By R. Danes Jan 23, 2019

Many companies are fumbling through low-yield digital transformation experiments. Transformation is a vague target anyway. Is it big data? Is it artificial intelligence? Is it developer operations? Some are fatigued by the hype around the…

Infra

Machine learning anchors AppDynamics’ ‘central nervous system’ monitoring vision

By Paul Gillin Jan 23, 2019

Cisco Systems Inc.’s AppDynamics subsidiary is broadening its monitoring scope and folding machine learning into its technology in a campaign aimed at bringing more automation to complex multicloud environments. The company, which Cisco swooped…

Cloud

Serverless intelligence startup Lumigo exits stealth with $8M seed funding

By Mike Wheatley Jan 23, 2019

Israeli startup Lumigo is exiting stealth mode today backed by $8 million in seed funding for its intelligent serverless application monitoring and troubleshooting tool. Grove Ventures and Pitango Venture Capital led the round, which…

Big Data

Varada lands $7.5M to make data lakes more easily accessible

By Mike Wheatley Jan 23, 2019

Israel-based startup Varada has scooped up $7.5 million in a seed funding round that it plans to use to make big data more accessible to enterprises. The company is touting a big-data inline indexing…

Cloud

StackRox shores up Kubernetes container security

By Mike Wheatley Jan 23, 2019

Container security company StackRox Inc. is updating its threat-detection platform with new capabilities designed to safeguard Kubernetes deployments. StackRox has gotten some serious attention in recent months thanks to its cloud-based platform that provides…

Security

Security report warns of rising cyberattacks fueled by geopolitical tension

By Duncan Riley Jan 23, 2019

A new report released today by cybersecurity firm Carbon Black Inc. predicts a change in the security landscape in 2019 based on the rise of cyberattacks fueled by geopolitical tension. The 2019 Global Threat Report analyzes…

Policy

Labor Department accuses Oracle of underpaying women and minorities by $400 million

By James Farrell Jan 22, 2019

The U.S. Department of Labor said today that Oracle Corp. underpaid women and people of color, resulting in $400 million in lost wages, according to a federal filing. “Oracle suppressed starting salaries for its…

explore news

A new open-source unicorn is born as Confluent bags $125M at $2.5B valuation

U.K.-based AR firm Blippar finds new life in acquisition by Candy Ventures

Varada lands $7.5M to make data lakes more easily accessible

Security report warns of rising cyberattacks fueled by geopolitical tension

Labor Department accuses Oracle of underpaying women and minorities by $400 million

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