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The fifth annual Future of Cloud Computing Survey, conducted by venture capital firm North Bridge in partnership with Wikibon, leaves no doubt that the biggest cloud computing question facing corporations is no longer “whether” but “how much”. The 2015 survey of 952 cloud …
Cloudyn raises $11M to expand cloud management platform
Multi-cloud management startup Cloudyn Ltd. said it has raised an $11 million Series B round of financing and plans to use the infusion to expand its U.S. presence. The Tel Aviv, Israel-based firm is also looking to expand its support of private …
Digital business still a lot more talk than action, says Capgemini study
Like teenage sex, digital business still appears to be a lot more talk than action, according to a new report by Capgemini Consulting. Its survey of more than 270 senior executives at 135 companies in 28 countries conducted in collaboration with the …
Startup Anodot uses machine learning to hunt for anomalies
Fresh from a $3 million Series A funding round, Israeli analytics startup Anodot, Inc. exits stealth today with a real-time analytics engine focused on anomaly detection. The system uses patented machine learning algorithms to deliver what it claims is unparalleled ease-of-use and …
Tips for writing year-end predictions
Each year the holiday season brings SiliconANGLE a deluge of inquiries from vendors and their agencies about publishing their predictions for the coming year. I’ll be blunt: Most of these predictions articles are dull and, well, predictable. And since everyone does them, …
AppDynamics raises $158M, updates monitoring platform
Red-hot application monitoring startup AppDynamics, Inc. kicked off its annual user conference by announcing that it has closed a $158 million funding round and released a new version of its Application Intelligence Platform that adds server infrastructure and browser-simulated monitoring as well as support for C/C++ applications and enhanced …
Sizing up public cloud: Amazon dominant, but not indomitable
First in a series of articles analyzing the strategies the largest public cloud vendors are using to court enterprise customers. So much praise has been showered on Amazon Web Services (AWS) this year, particularly in the afterglow of its recent re:Invent conference, …
200-year-old publisher finds happiness with NoSQL database
When Ted Blizzard was presented with the idea of hosting mission-critical data on a NoSQL database way back in 2005, his initial reaction was predictable. “I said absolutely no way,” said Blizzard (below right), CIO of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), …
Datto scores $75 million to boost global expansion
Backup and recovery powerhouse Datto Inc. got a significant boost for its expansion efforts with a $75 million Series B funding round from a single investor: Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV). The infusion brings Datto’s total fundraising to $100 million, a princely sum for …