Author Archives: Frederic Lardinois

Atlassian launches free tiers for all its cloud products, extends premium pricing plan

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At our TC Sessions: Enterprise event, Atlassian co-CEO Scott Farquhar today announced a number of updates to how the company will sell its cloud-based services. These include the launch of new premium plans for more of its products, as well as the addition of a free tier for all of the company’s services that didn’t […] Continue reading Atlassian launches free tiers for all its cloud products, extends premium pricing plan→

Why now is the time to get ready for quantum computing

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For the longest time, even while scientists were working to make it a reality, quantum computing seemed like science fiction. It’s hard enough to make any sense out of quantum physics to begin with, let alone the practical applications of this less than intuitive theory. But we’ve now arrived at a point where companies like […] Continue reading Why now is the time to get ready for quantum computing→

Nvidia and VMware team up to make GPU virtualization easier

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Nvidia today announced that it has been working with VMware to bring its virtual GPU technology (vGPU) to VMware’s vSphere and VMware Cloud on AWS. The company’s core vGPU technology isn’t new, but it now supports server virtualization to enable enterprises to run their hardware-accelerated AI and data science workloads in environments like VMware’s vSphere, […] Continue reading Nvidia and VMware team up to make GPU virtualization easier→

Enterprise software is hot — who would have thought?

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Once considered the most boring of topics, enterprise software is now getting infused with such energy that it is arguably the hottest space in tech. Continue reading Enterprise software is hot — who would have thought?→

Splunk acquires cloud monitoring service SignalFx for $1.05B

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Splunk, the publicly traded data processing and analytics company, today announced that it has acquired SignalFx for a total price of about $1.05 billion. Approximately 60% of this will be in cash and 40% in Splunk common stock. The companies expect the acquisition to close in the second half of 2020. SignalFx, which emerged from […] Continue reading Splunk acquires cloud monitoring service SignalFx for $1.05B→

Ally raises $8M Series A for its OKR solution

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OKRs, or Objectives and Key Results, are a popular planning method in Silicon Valley. Like most of those methods that make you fill in some form once every quarter, I’m pretty sure employees find them rather annoying and a waste of their time. Ally wants to change that and make the process more useful. The […] Continue reading Ally raises $8M Series A for its OKR solution→

Microsoft Azure CTO Mark Russinovich will join us for TC Sessions: Enterprise on September 5

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Being the CTO for one of the three major hypercloud providers may seem like enough of a job for most people, but Mark Russinovich, the CTO of Microsoft Azure, has a few other talents in his back pocket. Russinovich, who will join us for a fireside chat at our TechCrunch Sessions: Enterprise event in San […] Continue reading Microsoft Azure CTO Mark Russinovich will join us for TC Sessions: Enterprise on September 5→

How Facebook does IT

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If you have ever worked at any sizable company, the word “IT” probably doesn’t conjure up many warm feelings. If you’re working for an old, traditional enterprise company, you probably don’t expect anything else, though. If you’re working for a modern tech company, though, chances are your expectations are a bit higher. And once you’re […] Continue reading How Facebook does IT→

VMware says it’s looking to acquire Pivotal

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VMware today confirmed that it is in talks to acquire software development platform Pivotal Software, the service best known for commercializing the open-source Cloud Foundry platform. The proposed transaction would see VMware acquire all outstanding Pivotal Class A stock for $15 per share, a significant markup over Pivotal’s current share price (which unsurprisingly shot up […] Continue reading VMware says it’s looking to acquire Pivotal→

Clumio raises $51M to bring enterprise backup into the 21st century

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Creating backups for massive enterprise deployments may feel like a solved problem, but for the most part, we’re still talking about complex hardware and software setups. Clumio, which is coming out of stealth today, wants to modernize enterprise data protection by eliminating the on-premise hardware in favor of a flexible, SaaS-style cloud-based backup solution. For […] Continue reading Clumio raises $51M to bring enterprise backup into the 21st century→