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The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT), best known as the body that facilitates international bank transfers, is riding with the times with a new initiative that will see it explore the possibilities of the Blockchain, the distributed digital ledger that …
Machine-powered analysis startup DataScience raises $22m Series B
Machine-powered analysis startup DataScience, Inc. has raised $22 million Series B in a round led by Whitehard Ventures. Founded in 2014, DataScience aims to help companies spend less time analyzing data and more time implementing decisions based on their data through actionable …
Shares in Australian SaaS firm Atlassian surge 32.29% on debut to $28.21/ $5.74b market cap
Shares in SaaS enterprise solutions provider Atlassian Corporation PLC, Australia’s biggest tech company, surged on their NASDAQ debut Thursday. The stock, which floated at $21 a share, hit an intraday high of $28.21 per share before settling at $27.78 at the ring …
Six team members from Rapid 7 share their cybersecurity predictions for 2016
What lies ahead for cybersecurity in 2016? For a different take in our series of 2016 predictions six members of the team at cybersecurity firm Rapid7 LLC have shared what they are predicting for the year ahead. IoT vendors will improve security …
Australia’s biggest tech company Atlassian to float on NASDAQ at $21/ share on $4.38b valuation
SaaS enterprise solutions provider Atlassian Pty. Ltd., Australia’s biggest tech startup, lists Thursday morning local time on the NASDAQ with the company releasing details of the initial public offering price Wednesday evening. Atlassian’s initial public offering (IPO) ended up being priced at …
Apple TV won’t be getting subscription television as legacy media won’t compromise on bundling
Negotiations to bring subscription television to Apple TV have come to a halt with a report Wednesday that Apple has walked away from the negotiating table. According to Re/Code talks between the tech giant and media companies broke down due to Apple’s …
Augmented reality startup Magic Leap raises $827m Series C on $3.7b valuation
Google, Inc. backed augmented reality startup Magic Leap, Inc. has raised $827 million Series C on a $3.7 billion valuation. Details on the round were obtained by Forbes via a Delaware filing which did not include who the investors were. Founded in …
Coupa’s Rob Bernshteyn predicts that with cloud and SaaS there’s a chance to get enterprise software right
With the adoption of cloud services continuing to grow apace, how will the enterprise software space change in 2016? Coupa Software, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Rob Bernshteyn believes that “with the cloud and Software-as-a-Service, we have a new chance to get enterprise …
Spotify may cave into greedy musicians and withhold some music from free ad-support tier
Streaming music service provider Spotify AG may be about to back down on one of its founding principles, that all users of the service should have access to the same catalog of music, due to pressure by filthy rich, greedy musicians. The …
Cord cutters delight: Amazon adds subscriptions to Showtime, Starz + others to Prime Video
Amazon.com, Inc. has announced a new offer for its Amazon Prime Video streaming service that allows customers to sign up to video on demand (VOD) services from a range of premium cable providers. The Streaming Partners Program sees Amazon Prime customers being …