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Google Drive integrates DocuSign, K2 and Nintex to speed up business workflows
Google LLC is integrating a number of tools with its cloud storage service Google Drive to make it easier for users to find information and take certain actions without leaving the platform. “As more and more companies migrate their content to the cloud, it’s critical that they reimagine their workflows to follow similar principles: to ...
IP infringement detection firm Red Points raises $38M
Spanish company Red Points Solutions S.L.’s $38 million funding round highlights a growing interest from companies looking to protect their intellectual property online. The Series C round, announced today, was led by Summit Partners, with participation from existing investors Northzone, Mangrove, Eight Roads and Banco Sabadell. Red Points bills itself as an “online IP infringement ...
Deep learning startup Run:AI exits stealth with $13M funding
Israeli artificial intelligence startup Run:AI wants to speed up the way we train deep learning models after exiting stealth mode with $13 million in its war chest. The money comes from a $10 million Series A round of financing announced today. It was led by Haim Sadger’s S Capital and TLV Partners, following an earlier ...
Aqua Security gets $62M to boost its container security platform
Aqua Security Software Ltd.’s latest blockbuster funding round demonstrates the insatiable appetite among enterprises for more container security controls. The company, which sells tools to protect container-based, cloud-native and serverless applications from malware and malicious attacks, today said it has raised $62 million in a Series C round of funding. Insight Partners is the lead ...
Microsoft and BMW launch smart factory initiative
Microsoft Corp. is teaming up with BMW AG on an initiative designed to help manufacturers build so-called “smart factories” that leverage “internet of things” and cloud computing technologies. The Open Manufacturing Platform is an “open technology framework” targeted at companies in the automotive sector and other industries that can benefit from more connected manufacturing systems, ...
Report: Microsoft considers taking on Shopify in the e-commerce market
Microsoft Corp. is reportedly looking to take on Shopify Inc. in the e-commerce online store-building market in response to demand from some of its larger customers. Shopify sells a platform for building e-commerce stores for enterprises and smaller businesses that want to sell their products online. Its platform comes with a range of hosting options ...
Dell EMC and Supermicro debut servers based on Intel’s new Xeon Scalable chips
Dell Technologies Inc. company Dell EMC and Super Micro Computer Inc. are refreshing their data center server lineups with new systems based on Intel Corp.’s latest second-generation Xeon Scalable processors. The new servers introduced today also incorporate Intel’s Optane DC persistent memory and its Deep Learning Boost technology designed to accelerate artificial intelligence workloads. Intel’s ...
Okta debuts zero trust-based cloud server access controls
Cloud identity management Okta Inc. is beefing up its Okta Identity Cloud platform today with a new offering designed to facilitate “contextual access management” to public cloud infrastructure. Okta Advanced Server Access is based on technology the company acquired last year when it bought a startup called ScaleFT Inc., which specialized in “zero trust” security systems. Zero trust ...
Intel Capital is betting big on AI as it invests $117M in 14 disruptive startups
Intel Corp. is getting its checkbook out as it looks to hedge its bets on a wave of early-stage startups doing some interesting things in artificial intelligence, communications, healthcare and manufacturing. The giant chipmaker is investing in no less than 14 disruptive tech startups via Intel Capital, its funding arm. The investments, announced at the ...
Ex-Google Analytics chief Jody Shapiro’s startup Productiv exits stealth
Former Google Analytics chief Jody Shapiro has chosen April Fools’ Day to announce that he’s deadly serious about wanting to help enterprises get a better handle on the software-as-a-service applications they use. Shapiro, who served as global head of Google Analytics Premium from 2007 until 2016, is launching his new company out of stealth today. ...
