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Ambiq says new processors use one-tenth the power of rival chips
Ambiq Micro Inc., one of a host of well-funded startups that are vying to build microprocessors to power a new generation of smart devices, today introduced the fourth generation of its Apollo processor line. The company says it can enable some wearable, tracking and healthcare devices to run for months on a single charge. The ...
Talend integrates trust metrics into its data integration platform
Bidding to break from the pack in a crowded market, data integration provider Talend SA today is introducing an algorithm that evaluates data trust based upon such factors as data quality, popularity and user-defined rankings. Talend Trust Score instantly assesses the reliability of an organization’s data to help companies resolve data integrity issues across increasingly ...
Hasura raises $25 million in funding and expands GraphQL database support
Hasura Inc., a startup that sells a commercial version of the open-source GraphQL data management language aimed at developers, yesterday announced that it raised $25 million in a Series B funding round just six months after closing a $9.9 million Series A round. The company also said it added support for the open-source MySQL database and early ...
IBM, Red Hat boost OpenShift with dedicated marketplace
IBM Corp. and its Red Hat Inc. subsidiary are doubling down on Kubernetes, the orchestrator for software containers, with the introduction today of a software marketplace dedicated to applications that run across hybrid information technology infrastructure and multiple clouds. The Red Hat Marketplace, which was introduced today, is billed as a “one-stop-shop to find, try, ...
Progress Software acquires infrastructure automation pioneer Chef
Progress Software Inc. today said it plans to acquire infrastructure automation firm Chef Software Inc. for $220 million, or about twice the $105 million in funding Chef has raised to date. The Bedford, Mass.-based Progress said the addition of Chef will contribute to Progress’ efforts to “build, deploy, manage and secure applications in modern multicloud and ...
Google binds no-code tools, API management and serverless computing into new development platform
Placing a bet on the red-hot low-code/no-code market, Google LLC today debuted its new Business Application Platform category of software encompassing application programming interface management, no-code application development, process automation and business analytics. Google said it aims to create more consistent ways for users to access services, data and functionality via APIs while disguising the ...
VMware’s app modernization chief: ‘We’ve put to bed the debate about containers versus virtual machines’
VMware Inc. kicked off the Spring One virtual conference today, celebrating the Spring Java development framework whose commercial version it picked up with the acquisition of Pivotal Software Inc. late last year. It’s also an anniversary party of sorts for Tanzu, the application modernization portfolio that VMware introduced in August 2019. With Tanzu, VMware threw ...
Mendix low-code platform gets data catalog and automation enhancements
Low-code application development tools provider Mendix Inc. today released the latest version of its namesake platform and introduced data cataloging features specific to development in its environment. Enhancements in version 9 provide improved access to data from across a business, tools to vary user experiences by the type of device being used and automation features that ...
VMware tops estimates again as subscription revenue jumps
Continuing a streak of positive earnings surprises that have become almost routine, VMware Inc. beat Wall Street forecasts in its fiscal second-quarter financial results and provided solid evidence that its effort to shift to a more predictable subscription revenue stream are bearing fruit. Earnings of $1.81 per share were 36 cents better than consensus estimates ...
HPE rebounds with third-quarter earnings that soundly beat estimates
When Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. stunned investors with an unexpected 15% decline in revenue in its fiscal second quarter, Chief Executive Antonio Neri reassured them that the shortfall was a onetime event related to the COVID-19 pandemic. It appears he was right. HPE today reported profit and revenue for its fiscal third quarter that, while ...