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VMware targets edge computing with Project Dimension and new IoT features
VMware Inc. unveiled at its annual VMworld conference today an upcoming appliance and new software features geared toward edge computing use cases. Edge computing is an approach that lets companies process data where it’s created, at the metaphorical boundary of the corporate network, instead of sending it to a centralized backend location. The term has risen to ...
Lacework raises $24M in funding to improve cloud security
The past year has seen multiple high-profile incidents where companies left sensitive data in insecure cloud deployments. Lacework Inc. wants to make it easier to keep information hosted off-premises safe. The security startup announced today that it has raised a $24 million Series B funding round led by Sutter Hill Ventures to support the effort. Lacework provides a software-as-a-service platform that can sift through ...
Report: Apple is preparing to launch a new supersized 6.5-inch iPhone
Apple Inc. next month plans to launch three new iPhones headlined by a supersized flagship with a display capable of running two apps side-by-side. That’s according to a new Bloomberg report published today, which cited insiders as saying the models will borrow heavily from the iPhone X. They specified that the handsets will feature edge-to-edge displays ...
Panzura offers enterprises a centralized view of their data with Vizion.AI
Hybrid cloud storage provider Panzura Inc. today pulled back the curtains on Vizion.AI, a new service that offers organizations a single pane of glass for managing their data. Panzura said the offering addresses two big trends. The first is the continued growth of digital data, which International Data Corp. sees reaching 163 zettabytes by 2025. The other ...
Waymo rolls into China as Google seeks to re-establish local presence
Waymo, Alphabet Inc.’s self-driving car division, today confirmed that it has set up shop in China amid a broader effort by the search giant to return to Asia’s biggest market. The statement came after a Reuters report late Thursday revealed the existence of a Shanghai subsidiary that Waymo had opened earlier this year. According to a regulatory filing ...
T-Mobile data breach exposes personal details of 2M customers
T-Mobile US Inc. has fallen victim to a data breach that exposed the personal details of about 2 million customers. The company disclosed the incident late Thursday in a note on its website. T-Mobile is warning affected users that the attackers may have accessed their names, email addresses, ZIP codes, phone numbers, email addresses and account numbers ...
Online ticketing powerhouse Eventbrite files for $200M IPO
Following a July report that claimed Eventbrite Inc. has secretly filed for an initial public offering, the online ticketing giant today officially announced plans to join this year’s tech IPO wave. Eventbrite will debut on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker “EB.” The company hopes to raise as much as $200 million through ...
Partly thanks to fast-growing cloud, Alibaba tops earnings expectations again
Following disappointing earnings reports from China’s two other leading tech firms, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. today brought a welcome change for investors with first-quarter results that topped Wall Street expectations. The biggest highlight was the e-commerce titan’s revenue. Alibaba saw sales climb an impressive 61 percent during the first quarter to 80.9 billion yuan, or ...
Nylas raises $16M round backed by John Chambers to become the Twilio of email
Nylas Inc., a startup that helps developers add email-powered features to their applications, today announced that it has secured $16 million in funding from a group of high-profile backers. The lead investor in the round was Spark Capital. The firm is known for having made successful bets on Twitter Inc., Slack Technologies Inc. and other top tech ...
Ahead of 2019 IPO, Uber hires Wall Street veteran Nelson Chai
Uber Technologies Inc. today appointed Wall Street veteran Nelson Chai as chief financial officer, filling a position that has been vacant since 2015, in preparation for a near-future initial public offering. Uber Chief Executive Officer Dara Khosrowshahi said in May that he’s looking to launch the IPO during the second half of 2019, while anonymous sources ...
