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Aiming at enterprises, Google launches audit logging tool for its cloud service
Google Inc. has announced the beta launch of a Cloud Audit Logging service that’s designed to help organizations keep track of user and administrator activity across its cloud apps and services. Cloud Audit Logging is available on Google Compute Engine, Container Engine, Cloud DNS, Storage and Cloud Key Management Services. Companies can use the service to see ...
Collaboration pays: Atlassian highlights expanding customer base in solid Q2 earnings
Enterprise collaboration software provider Atlassian Corp. saw its share price waffle after reporting better-than-expected fiscal second-quarter earnings but issued a forecast short of some Wall Street forecasts. Shares leveled off up a fraction, to $27.50, in extended trading Thursday evening after rising nearly a point in regular trading before the earnings announcement. The company reported a ...
Podium Data accelerates data lake management with updates
Podium Data Inc. has updated its data lake management platform with new data preparation and publishing features that enable enterprises to access business intelligence faster than before. “Data lakes” consolidate disparate data management systems into a single, centralized repository. By doing so, companies can theoretically simplify big data preparation by picking and choosing elements to ...
IBM lands huge $62M private cloud contract with US Army
IBM Corp. has secured a huge deal with the U.S. Army to build, manage and operate a cloud solution for its Redstone Arsenal near Huntsville, Alabama. The deal was described as “a one-year task order with four additional one-year options under the Army Private Cloud 2 contract,” which means it could be worth $62 million ...
Red Hat adds dynamic storage provisioning in OpenShift Container Platform update
Open-source Linux software company Red Hat Inc. on Wednesday announced an update to its OpenShift Container Platform, with new features that include support for dynamic storage provisioning for both local and remote applications. Red Hat’s OpenShift Container Platform is deployed on-premises as a Platform-as-a-Service product, and enables enterprises to run apps built on Docker application ...
Cybersecurity outfit ProtectWise closes on $25M Series B round
Security analytics software startup ProtectWise Inc. today said it has closed on a Series B funding round that raised $25 million. The round, which brings its total funding to $67 million, was led by Arsenal Venture Partners, Top Tier Capital Partners, Tola Capital and other strategic investors. ClearSky Managing Director Jay Leek joins the board. ...
Microsoft claims Windows 7 no longer ‘fit’ for business
Microsoft Corp.’s German subsidiary has said that the Windows 7 personal computer operating software is no longer “fit” for business users, in what looks like another effort to push companies to upgrade to Windows 10. A translated version of Microsoft Germany’s post says that Windows 7 is no longer able to “keep up with the ...
FTC slaps Qualcomm with antitrust lawsuit, alleging it forced Apple to use its chips
Mobile chip maker Qualcomm Technologies Inc. is being sued by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission for violating laws on fair competition. The FTC on Tuesday filed a three-page complaint against Qualcomm, accusing it of strong-arming smartphone manufacturers, including Apple Inc., into agreeing to unfair licensing deals through the abuse of its patents. Qualcomm saw its share ...
Eyeing virtual reality, Zoom lands massive $100M Series D funding round
Zoom Video Communications Inc., the Santa Clara, California-based startup that’s bidding to disrupt the online video communications industry, has just landed $100 million in new funding. The Series D funding round brings its total funding to $145.5 million and puts its valuation over the $1 billion mark. The round was led by Sequoia Capital Operations LLC, ...
With lasers, security chips, encryption galore, Google sends a message: Don’t even try to hack us
Google Inc. has just published a white paper that details how it secures the data centers for its public cloud services and internal operations, sending a clear message: Don’t even think about trying to hack us. In order to physically infiltrate one of Google’s facilities, one will need to contend with security cameras, laser intrusion ...