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Juniper Networks Inc. is extending its presence in the secure access service edge or SASE market with a cloud-based firewall-as-a-service offering introduced today. The cloud service can be managed by its Security Director Cloud, a single portal for on-premises, cloud-based security and …
Database provider MariaDB to take the SPAC route to the public market
MariaDB Corp., which sells a commercial version of the open-source MariaDB database management system, will become a publicly traded company via a merger with Angel Pond Holdings Corp. in a transaction known as a special-purpose acquisition company or SPAC. A SPAC is …
SAP beats forecasts, but weaker margins beat down stock price
SAP SE today reported fiscal fourth-quarter earnings and revenue that beat analysts’ expectations thanks to growing momentum in its cloud business. However, investors sent the stock down nearly 6% in early trading on forecasts of a decline in operating profits and margins …
Supply chain intelligence provider o9 raises nearly $300M on $2.7B valuation
O9 Solutions Inc., makers of a platform for managing supply chains in vertical industries, today said it raised $295 million in funding on a valuation of $2.7 billion. That’s nearly triple the valuation the company earned when it announced a $100 million …
SiteAware raises $15M for its digital twin technology for construction
SiteAware Inc., a startup in the rapidly growing construction technology market, today announced a $15 million funding round to build and sell its digital construction verification technology. The Series B funding round brings the company’s total cash raised to $30 million. The …
Google and ZoomInfo partner on BigQuery integration
Google LLC’s cloud computing unit and ZoomInfo Technologies Inc. today announced a partnership that will make ZoomInfo’s business-to-business data available directly from Google’s BigQuery data warehouse. The companies said the partnership is the beginning of a series of joint product development projects …
Revelstoke aims to take the coding out of cybersecurity automation and response
Two-year-old startup Revelstoke Security Inc. today launched itself into the security orchestration, automation and response or SOAR market with a product built on a single data plane that simplifies the process of gathering and analyzing security data. Revelstoke has raised more than …
IBM impresses with strong sales and earnings growth
Updated: IBM Corp. surprised and delighted investors with fourth-quarter revenue and profit that beat analysts’ forecasts on the strength of its Red Hat cloud computing business, increasing annual recurring revenue, and sales to the recently spun-off Kyndryl Holdings Inc. Quarterly sales rose 8.6%, to …
Ambient AI emerges from stealth with sights set on remaking physical security
Ambient AI Inc. is emerging from stealth mode today with $52 million in funding and technology that it hopes will revolutionize physical security. The company, whose founders worked in computer vision and robotics at Stanford University, Apple Inc., Google LLC and Microsoft …
NetSuite begins analytics overhaul with cash and project management dashboards
Oracle Corp.’s NetSuite subsidiary today added cash flow and project management features to its enterprise resource management software for small and midsized businesses. Cash 360 is the first in a line of redesigned dashboards the company plans to roll out over the …