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Freight startup Flexport lands SoftBank-led $1B round at $3.2B valuation
Flexport Inc., a startup working to bring the multitrillion-dollar freight transport industry into the cloud computing age, today announced that it has secured a staggering $1 billion funding round led by SoftBank Group Corp.’s Vision Fund. The investment is the latest in a series of big bets that the Japanese carrier has made in the ...
Apple’s rumored credit card will reportedly launch this spring with iOS integration
Apple Inc. will release its rumored credit card this spring with an iOS integration and dedicated personal finance features, the Wall Street Journal reported today. Word of the iPhone maker’s ambitions in this area first emerged last May by way of a leak that has since been followed by several others. Apple’s credit card is ...
With $560M Attunity acquisition, Qlik pushes deeper into data management
QlikTech International AB today announced plans to buy Attunity Ltd. in a $560 million deal that’s set to give it a bigger slice of the lucrative data management market. The acquisition price breaks down to $23.50 per share, an 18 percent premium to the Wednesday closing price of Attunity’s stock. It’s a respectable conclusion to ...
Entering the 5G era, Samsung launches Galaxy Fold and S10
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.’s annual Unpacked product events usually center on its flagship Galaxy S smartphone family, but this year brought a whole lot more. The company debuted its latest-generation Galaxy S10 models at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco today, alongside the highly anticipated Galaxy Fold foldable phone (pictured). The launch represents a milestone ...
Oracle suit on $10B cloud contract on hold as DOD probes potential conflicts of interest
A lawsuit by Oracle Corp. that challenges the U.S. Department of Defense’s hotly contested $10 billion cloud computing contract is on hold so the agency can continue to probe potential conflicts of interest. U.S. Court of Federal Claims Senior Judge Eric Bruggink late Tuesday issued a stay of Oracle’s case to give the DOD time ...
Arm unveils new Neoverse chips for data centers and 5G networks
Arm Ltd. today pulled back the curtains on two new seven-nanometer chip designs, including what the company describes as its first server-grade product capable of competing with Intel Corp.’s market-leading data center processors. Arm already has a significant presence in the data center. The company’s chip designs, which it licenses to other semiconductor makers, are mostly ...
GV, Salesforce back $50M round into network intelligence startup ThousandEyes
Last year, a pair of damaged fiber optic cables caused a nationwide internet disruption that left millions of Americans temporarily unable to access parts of the web. Such large-scale outages are rare, but more localized connectivity hiccups occur quite frequently and represent a serious issue for corporate information technology departments. San Francisco-based ThousandEyes Inc. is working to ...
Qualcomm debuts new 5G modem chip to supercharge mobile connections
The first 5G-compatible smartphones are still weeks from launching, but Qualcomm Inc. is already looking to the second generation of devices. The company today debuted a new modem chip designed to provide ultrafast connectivity for tomorrow’s handsets. The Snapdragon X55 (pictured) is a follow-up to Qualcomm’s original 5G modem, the X50, which is expected to power practically ...
Continuing acquisition streak, Palo Alto Networks shells out $560M for Demisto
Network protection giant Palo Alto Networks Inc. is acquiring Demisto Inc., a startup that uses chatbots and machine learning to help cybersecurity teams work more efficiently. The deal, announced today, is worth $560 million. Palo Alto Networks expects to complete the acquisition by the end of April and plans to continue offering Demisto’s software on ...
Redis Labs bags $60M from Dell-backed group for its hugely popular database
Redis Labs Inc., the primary maintainer of the popular Redis open-source database, today said that it has secured $60 million in new funding to expand its operations. Technology-focused private equity firm Francisco Partners led the investment. It was joined by existing backers Goldman Sachs Group, Bain Capital Ventures, Viola Ventures and Dell Technologies Capital. The ...
