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Report: Microsoft is moving to challenge Amazon’s automated grocery stores
A team of engineers at Microsoft Corp. is reportedly pursuing an initiative to develop technology for a new generation of automated, cashier-free stores. The effort, which was revealed by Reuters this morning, appears to be a direct counter to Amazon.com Inc.’s Go retail automation project. According to one of the news agency’s sources, Microsoft has ...
With new platform release, Sysdig looks to make containerized apps more secure
Sysdig Inc. debuted a new version of its software container security platform at the DockerCon conference today, with features to prevent code vulnerabilities from making their way into enterprise applications. Many factors can lead to a security weakness slipping through the cracks. One of them, according to Sysdig, is that companies often push back vulnerability ...
Docker introduces new features for managing software containers at DockerCon
Docker Inc. today introduced new features for its enterprise products that aim to simplify the deployment and management of software containers at scale. The startup is a major force within the container ecosystem, having played a key role not only in developing the technology but also popularizing it. Docker’s container platform leads the market to this ...
Tableau acquires Empirical Systems, an AI startup with MIT roots
Tableau Software Inc. is looking to enhance its data visualization platform through the newly announced acquisition of Empirical Systems Inc., an artificial intelligence startup with roots at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. As part of the transaction, made public this morning, Tableau is gaining Empirical’s Analytics Engine, a software tool designed to take much of the complexity ...
Microsoft will overhaul Office 365’s iconic ribbon as part of a broad redesign
More than a decade after Microsoft Corp. introduced the trademark ribbon that frames the top of every core Office 365 application, the option-packed toolbar is about to take on a new form. The change is part of a broader redesign that the company announced today. Jared Spataro, Microsoft’s corporate vice president for Office and Windows ...
ARM picks up IoT connectivity specialist Stream Technologies
ARM Holdings plc today announced that it has acquired Stream Technologies LLC, a software provider focused on helping companies optimize how their “internet of things” devices communicate. Sensors and other connected endpoints can generate massive amounts of data when deployed in large numbers. Stream’s software provides the ability to configure how those endpoints transmit information, ...
Sumo Logic adds new features for monitoring software container environments
Sumo Logic Inc. joined the list of companies making announcements at the DockerCon conference today with the introduction of new monitoring features for software container environments. Software containers, the theme of DockerCon, are an increasingly popular means of deploying enterprise applications. The technology provides the ability to bundle code into lightweight, portable packages that lend ...
Industrial giants back $60M funding round for cybersecurity startup Claroty
Claroty Ltd., a startup focused on securing industrial infrastructure such plants and power grids, today announced that it has raised a $60 million funding round to support its efforts. The investment comes just a year and a half after Claroty’s formal launch. Singapore’s Temasek national wealth fund led the round with participation from funds associated with ...
Splunk to acquire IT alerting startup VictorOps for $120M
Splunk Inc. today announced plans to acquire alerting startup VictorOps Inc. in a move that could help make its popular infrastructure analytics platform an even more central part of information technology teams’ work. The deal is worth $120 million in cash and securities. This represents a respectable return for VictorOps’ investors, which have bet a ...
SoftBank leads $250M investment into fast-rising storage startup Cohesity
Cohesity Inc., a rising star in the crowded data storage market, today announced that it landed a mammoth $250 million funding round led by SoftBank Corp.’s Vision Fund. The investment is touted is the biggest received by a U.S.-based enterprise software startup in the last 18 months. It also marks only the second occasion that ...
