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Cisco intros a $4,990 digital whiteboard for collaborative meetings
Although it’s best-known for making networking equipment, Cisco Systems Inc.’s hardware lineup includes a wide range of other products as well. The list includes items as diverse as telephony systems, surveillance cameras, and, starting today, a cloud-connected digital whiteboard for conference rooms. The touch display is launching under the name Spark Board in a nod to ...
AI-based antivirus maker SentinelOne closes $70M funding
Despite fierce competition in the antivirus market, SentinelOne Inc. sees a bright future for its artificial intelligence-powered threat detection platform. Now, it appears several top Silicon Valley venture funds agree. SentinelOne revealed this morning that it’s closed a mammoth $70 million funding round led by Redpoint Ventures. The firm, which counts itself among the startup’s ...
Microsoft taps LinkedIn infrastructure head Kevin Scott as CTO
A month after completing its landmark $26 billion acquisition of LinkedIn, Microsoft Corp. has added one of the business network’s top technologists to its leadership team. The new arrival is Kevin Scott, who will assume the newly created post of chief technology officer. TechCrunch noted that the executive isn’t the first person to have landed ...
Microsoft invests in deception-based security startup Illusive Networks
In an area as competitive as the enterprise security market, the endorsement of a big-name investor can be tremendously valuable for a startup looking to stand out. Illusive Networks Ltd. received exactly that today with an investment from Microsoft Corp.’s recently formed private equity arm. The Israeli firm didn’t specify the size of the round ...
Fuse raises $12M to let mobile developers work in real-time
Every mobile developer aims to provide fast response times for users, but they often don’t enjoy the same luxury in their own work, especially when it comes to interface design. Norway’s FuseTools SA believes the industry is due for a change. The startup’s push today won the support of Nordic investment firms Northzone and Alliance ...
TripActions raises $14.6M to apply big data to business travel
Now that companies are embracing a data-centric approach to helping their field personnel choose driving routes, some are already taking the next logical step: applying the same strategy to business travel. Much of the credit for this trend goes to the Menlo Park-based TripActions Inc., which today raised $14.6 million in funding. The investment was ...
Akamai launches remote access service to disrupt virtual private networks
As the content delivery market becomes more and more crowded, Akamai Technologies Inc. is increasingly looking elsewhere for growth opportunities. As part of the effort, the Internet giant today launched a cloud-based remote access service that promises to help companies make internal applications more easily reachable. It targets the growing number of people who perform ...
Google Voice gets a much-needed revamp
Several years after the last major update to Google Voice, it appears that the millions of users who rely on the service have finally managed to draw some attention to themselves. Google today released new web and mobile versions of the app that aim to up the ante against its numerous rivals in the voice-over-IP market. ...
Oracle axes 450 workers at its struggling hardware business
Oracle Corp. as a whole may be adjusting to the industry shift towards cloud computing at a brisk pace, but its traditional hardware business is falling behind. The latest sign of the group’s troubles came on Friday after the San Jose Mercury News reported that the database giant has laid off about 450 employees from its ...
IBM acquires partner Agile 3 Solutions to boost cybersecurity lineup
It looks like cybersecurity will continue to remain a central focus for IBM Corp. this year, as the enterprise technology giant today revealed that it’s acquiring Agile 3 Solutions LLC, a San Francisco-based partner focused on helping organizations fight privacy risks. The company’s flagship offering is a compliance tracking platform to ease the identification and ...