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Google launches new gateway for cloud application programming interfaces
As part of its campaign to provide greater freedom of choice in the public cloud, Google Inc. is giving customers a new option for managing the application programming interfaces they use to enable web services to communicate with one another. The search giant today launched a gateway service called Cloud Endpoints that is aimed at making ...
Docker debuts new security mechanism for application containers
One of the reasons behind the rapid adoption of containers is that the applications running inside them can be easily moved across different types of infrastructure, which simplifies a lot of administrative tasks. But this portability often has the opposite effect when it comes to security, an issue that Docker Inc. wants to tackle. The ...
Intel’s new top-end processor packs 24 cores and a hefty price tag
Moore’s Law may be becoming harder for the semiconductor industry to follow, but Intel Corp. keeps finding ways of increasing its chips’ computational power. The hardware giant maker on Thursday unveiled a new addition to its Xeon chip lineup that is hailed as its most powerful CPU to date. Dubbed the E7-8894 v4, the model ...
Zenefits lays off 430 employees, nearly half its workforce
Just when it started to look like Zenefits is returning to a more or less stable course, the management team has announced its biggest staff reduction reduction to date. The workforce management startup is laying off a full 45 percent of its employees as part of an effort to reduce costs and assume a “better ...
ZingBox debuts an IoT security platform for finding hacked devices
The growing threat from Mirai and other new malware strains that can hijack millions of devices at a time is driving companies to revamp their security defenses. ZingBox Inc., a startup spun out of Stanford University’s incubator program, wants to help ease the task. The Mountain View-based firm is launching a new security platform today that ...
Demisto raises $20M to bring chatbots into the cybersecurity world
While most chatbot startups focus on automating common business tasks such as sharing files and answering customer questions, Demisto Inc. is working towards an entirely different goal: fighting hackers. The two-year-old firm today said it has closed a $20 million funding round to fuel its efforts. At the same time, Demisto released a new version of its flagship ...
Communications startup Fuze lands $104M ahead of IPO
While the industry has its attention fixed on Slack Technologies Inc., several other promising team communications providers are expanding aggressively in the background. One of them is the Boston-based Fuze Inc., known until recently as ThinkingPhones, which today announced that it has raised $104 million in new funding from Wellington Management Co. The investment giant ...
HackerOne raises $40M for its crowdsourced security platform
After winning over the U.S. Department of Defense and numerous other high-profile customers in 2016, HackerOne Inc. is hoping to continue its momentum this year. The security startup today announced it has closed a $40 million in funding led by Dragoneer Investment Group. It was joined by existing backers New Enterprise Associates, Benchmark and several other ...
Study: Companies struggle to keep up in the mobile-first era
The time between technology product releases has dropped dramatically in recent years, but many companies still struggle to meet their development schedules, especially when it comes to mobile projects. That’s the conclusion OutSystems Inc. draws in a newly published survey of more than 3,200 information technology personnel in 40 countries. The study, which is the fourth of ...
Egnyte launches a latency-optimizing desktop client for its file sharing service
The desktop applications that accompany every leading file locker are often perceived as secondary to the core cloud-based platform itself. But where most providers see little more than a frontend, Egnyte Inc. sees a big opportunity to set itself apart. The company today launched a new desktop client for its enterprise file sharing service that ...
