Google launches new security features to protect users from unverified apps

 Google has been steadily adding new security features for its G Suite users over the course of the last few months, including new anti-phishing tools and OAuth apps whitelisting, as well as an enhanced app review process. Today, it’s adding another layer on top of this with the launch of a new “unverified app” screen for new web applications and Apps Scripts. This new screen… Read More Continue reading Google launches new security features to protect users from unverified apps

Rackspace partners with Pivotal to launch managed services for Cloud Foundry

 Rackspace, which strongly focuses on managed services these days, today announced a partnership with Pivotal, the company behind the open source Cloud Foundry platform as a service project. Rackspace already offers managed services for AWS, Micro… Continue reading Rackspace partners with Pivotal to launch managed services for Cloud Foundry

Google launches Hire, a new service for helping businesses recruit

 Google today announced the launch of Hire, a new service that helps businesses more effectively manage their internal recruiting process. Hire offers businesses a cohesive applicant tracking service that’s deeply integrated with G Suite to make it easier for businesses to communicate with their candidates and track their progress through the interview process. Earlier this year,… Read More Continue reading Google launches Hire, a new service for helping businesses recruit

How Microsoft brought SQL Server to Linux

 Back in 2016, when Microsoft announced that SQL Server would soon run on Linux, the news came as a major surprise to users and pundits alike. Over the course of the last year, Microsoft’s support for Linux (and open source in general), has come into clearer focus and the company’s mission now seems to be all about bringing its tools to wherever its users are.
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Canada’s Assent Compliance raises $31.4M Series B round to help businesses stay in compliance

 Assent Compliance isn’t in a sexy space. The company focuses on helping enterprises collect the necessary data to keep their global supply chains in compliance with local and international regulations. But while that may not sound like the most exciting space to be in, the company today announced that it has raised a $40 million CAD Series B round. Read More Continue reading Canada’s Assent Compliance raises $31.4M Series B round to help businesses stay in compliance

IBM’s new Services Platform uses AI to help businesses manage their IT operations

 IBM is launching a new machine learning-centric product for enterprises today: the IBM Services Platform. This new service aims to help businesses manage their IT infrastructure and make better data-driven decisions to keep that infrastructure running smoothly. Because there can’t be a machine learning service from IBM that doesn’t invoke the Watson brand, the service’s full… Read More Continue reading IBM’s new Services Platform uses AI to help businesses manage their IT operations

Buoyant raises $10.5M Series A round as it looks to bring service meshes to the masses

 Buoyant, a company founded by former Twitter infrastructure engineers William Morgan and Oliver Gould, today announced that it has raised a $10.5 million Series A round. Read More Continue reading Buoyant raises $10.5M Series A round as it looks to bring service meshes to the masses

Microsoft launches new email marketing and invoicing tools for small businesses

 In the shadow of its Inspire partner conference, Microsoft today launched in preview three new tools for small businesses: Microsoft Connection, Microsoft Listings and Microsoft Invoicing. These join the company’s existing stable of small business tools like Microsoft Bookings and the Outlook Customer Manager. Microsoft Connection allows its users to create Mailchimp-like email… Read More Continue reading Microsoft launches new email marketing and invoicing tools for small businesses

Microsoft’s Azure Stack private cloud platform is ready for its first customers

 Microsoft’s cloud strategy has long focused on the kind of hybrid cloud deployments that allow enterprises to run workloads in a public cloud like Azure and in their own data centers. Azure Stack, its project for bringing the core Azure services into the corporate data center, is the logical conclusion of this. If developers can target a single platform for both the public and… Read More Continue reading Microsoft’s Azure Stack private cloud platform is ready for its first customers