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Sisense to merge with Periscope Data, forming analytics powerhouse
Sisense Inc. and Periscope Data Inc., two prominent analytics startups that have raised a combined $207 million in funding, today announced plans to merge into a single company. The move will create a firm with more than 2,000 customers representing north of $100 million in annual revenue. With this expanded market reach, the new company ...
Nvidia, Qualcomm back $31.7M funding round for storage startup WekaIO
Storage software startup WekaIO Inc. today revealed that it has raised $31.7 million in funding from a who’s who of the technology industry, including among others Nvidia Corp., Qualcomm Inc., Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. and Western Digital Corp. The investment brings the startup’s total raised to over $66 million. WekaIO will use the capital to widen ...
ServiceNow picks up mobile app analytics startup Appsee
ServiceNow Inc. today announced that it has acquired Appsee Ltd., an analytics startup focused on helping developers understand how users interact with their mobile apps. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. ServiceNow expects to complete the acquisition by the end of the quarter, at which point Appsee’s two co-founders and engineering team ...
Ruling against Apple, Supreme Court allows App Store antitrust lawsuit to go ahead
The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that a long-running antitrust lawsuit against Apple Inc. can proceed, setting the stage for what will likely be the tech industry’s most closely watched legal battle in recent memory. The justices decided 5-4 to reject the company’s appeal to have the case, known as Apple v. Pepper, thrown out. ...
Report: India’s antitrust watchdog is investigating Google over Android licensing
Google LLC is said to be facing fresh regulatory scrutiny over the way it licenses Android to handset makers. Citing two sources, Reuters reported today that India’s antitrust watchdog has opened a probe to determine if the search giant abused the dominant position of its mobile operating system in the country. An estimated 99 percent ...
Cisco opens up its MindMeld voice AI platform
Back in 2017, Cisco Systems Inc. shelled out $125 million to acquire MindMeld Inc., an early-stage startup that had created a platform for building voice assistants. The offering was one of the first development tools focused specifically on conversational artificial intelligence. Cisco announced Wednesday that it’s releasing MindMeld under an open-source Apache 2.0 license. The move is ...
Smartphone shipments plummet 18% in North America to five-year low
The recent slowdown in the global mobile market caused North American smartphone shipments to drop by 18% this past quarter, according to a study released today. Research firm Canalys.com Ltd., which produced the report, said that it’s the biggest year-over-year decline it has ever recorded. The company’s data shows that weak demand pulled down first-quarter ...
Evident ID bags $20M round backed by NEA for its identity verification platform
In addition to the growing risk posed by data breaches, enterprise security teams have to fend off the increasingly sophisticated online fraud methods being deployed by cybercriminals. Evident ID Inc. hopes to mitigate this threat by making it easier for companies to verify that potential suppliers, customers and employees are whom they say they are. The ...
Cohesity picks up backup startup Imanis Data in first acquisition
Heavily funded storage startup Cohesity Inc. today announced that it has bought Imanis Data Inc., a provider of database backup software, in its first acquisition. The deal comes a year after Cohesity raised a $250 million investment from a consortium led by SoftBank Corp.’s Vision Fund. The startup didn’t disclose how much of that capital it ...
After two years as Docker CEO, Steve Singh steps down, Rob Bearden steps in
Docker Inc. Chief Executive Steve Singh is stepping down and will hand over the reins to former Hortonworks Inc. CEO Rob Bearden, the company announced today. Singh will remain at the helm until early June to help with the transition. He’ll continue serving as chairman of the board once the leadership change becomes official. The ...
