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Sortd aims to make Slack more organized with task management overlay
Just like with email, staying on top of all the messages in a Slack room can often be difficult for users, especially if they’re part of a large team that uses multiple channels. Sortd Pty Ltd. believes that it has the answer. The South African startup is bringing its widely used task management overlay for Gmail ...
IBM makes its quantum computer more accessible for developers
Making quantum computing a reality will require much more than overcoming the hardware limitations that currently rule the discussion. There’s also a need for specialized software that can unleash the technology’s full processing power, which is what IBM Corp. has set out to tackle. The company today released a set of tools that aim to help ...
Okta buys app access startup Stormpath to bolster its developer offering
As large-scale data breaches continue to make headlines, developers are putting more thought into regulating access to their applications. Identity management provider Okta Inc. is eager to capitalize on the trend. The company set out to boost its efforts today by acquiring the team behind Stormpath, a user management service specifically geared towards the developer ...
VeloCloud raises $35M to help companies make better use of networks
With more than 600 companies relying on its connectivity platform to support approximately 50,000 sites, VeloCloud Networks Inc. is emerging as a force to be reckoned with. To maintain its momentum, the Mountain View, California-based company has raised $35 million in funding from a group of investors led by Hermes Growth Partners. Other notable participants ...
HPE, big-name funds bet $21.5M on storage startup Hedvig
The rapid adoption of software-defined storage in the enterprise is drawing interest from all kinds of investors hoping to capitalize on the trend. Among them is Pathfinder, the venture capital arm of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., which on Thursday contributed to a $21.5 million financing round into Hedvig Inc. as part of this gold rush. ...
Docker reworks its container platform to be more flexible
Now that its application container platform is starting to draw significant interest from the traditional corporate crowd, Docker Inc. is moving to provide better support for enterprise environments. The startup today launched a new version of its commercial offering that aims to make containerized workloads more portable across the different platforms powering an organization’s infrastructure. Containers ...
Pure Storage sees 52 percent sales jump, but forecast raises doubts
Flash memory storage is growing as fast as ever if Pure Storage Inc.’s latest earnings report is any indication. The array maker on Wednesday announced that its fourth-fiscal quarter revenues rose 52 percent from a year ago, to $228 million, slightly better than what Wall Street expected. Full-year sales jumped a 65 percent, to $728 ...
Enterprise edition of GitHub is now available as a managed cloud service
The more than 75,000 organizations that rely on GitHub Inc. to manage their software projects now have a new and more convenient way of using its code repository platform. In a blog post published today, the company announced the introduction of a hosted, fully managed tier that delivers key features from its on-premises enterprise offering. Their ...
Google launches Meet, a business-friendly video conferencing service
Hot on the heels of integrating native note-taking capabilities into G Suite, Google Inc. has bolstered its lineup of business-focused cloud services once again. The search giant on Wednesday quietly released an app called Meet to the App Store that appears to be a new variant of its Hangouts video conferencing service. The download page ...
GV leads $10M round into ambitious data analytics startup Incorta
The most time-consuming part of an analytics project often isn’t the data processing itself but rather the preparatory work beforehand. GV, the venture capital arm of Google Inc. parent Alphabet Inc., is betting that a low-key startup called Incorta Inc. can help ease the challenge. The search giant provided its endorsement this morning by leading ...
