Author Archives: Ron Miller

Evolute debuts enterprise container migration and management platform

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Evolute, a 3-year old startup out of Mountain View, officially launched the Evolute platform today with the goal of helping large organizations migrate applications to containers and manage those containers at scale. Evolute founder and CEO Kristopher Francisco says he wants to give all Fortune 500 companies access to the same technology that big companies […] Continue reading Evolute debuts enterprise container migration and management platform→

Slack forms key alliance as Atlassian throws in the towel on enterprise collaboration

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With today’s announcement from Atlassian that it was selling the IP assets of its two enterprise communications tools, Hipchat and Stride, to Slack, it closes the book on one of the earliest competitors in the modern enterprise collaboration space. It was also a clear  signal that Slack is not afraid to take on its giant […] Continue reading Slack forms key alliance as Atlassian throws in the towel on enterprise collaboration→

GitHub and Google reaffirm partnership with Cloud Build CI/CD tool integration

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When Microsoft acquired GitHub for $7.5 billion smackeroos in June, it sent some shock waves through the developer community as it is a key code repository. Google certainly took notice, but the two companies continue to work closely together. Today at Google Next, they announced an expansion of their partnership around Google’s new CI/CD tool, […] Continue reading GitHub and Google reaffirm partnership with Cloud Build CI/CD tool integration→

Facebook acquires Redkix to enhance communications on Workplace by Facebook

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Facebook had a rough day yesterday when its stock plunged after a poor earnings report. What better way to pick yourself up and dust yourself off than to buy a little something for yourself. Today the company announced it has acquired Redkix, a startup that provides tools to communicate more effectively by combining email with […] Continue reading Facebook acquires Redkix to enhance communications on Workplace by Facebook→

Google Cloud introduces shielded VMs for additional security

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While we might like to think all of our applications are equal in our eyes, in reality some are more important than others and require an additional level of security. To meet those requirements, Google introduced shielded virtual machines at Google Next today. As Google describes it, “Shielded VMs leverage advanced platform security capabilities to […] Continue reading Google Cloud introduces shielded VMs for additional security→

Outlier raises $6.2 M Series A to change how companies use data

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Traditionally, companies have gathered data from a variety of sources, then used spreadsheets and dashboards to try and make sense of it all. Outlier wants to change that and deliver a handful of insights right to your inbox that matter most for your job, company and industry. Today the company announced a $6.2 million Series […] Continue reading Outlier raises $6.2 M Series A to change how companies use data→

Rescale reels in $32 million Series B to bring HPC to cloud

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Rescale, the startup that wants to bring high performance computing to the cloud, announced a $32 million Series B investment today led by Initialized Capital, Keen Venture Partners and SineWave Ventures. They join a list of well-known early investors that included Sam Altman, Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, Paul Graham, Ron Conway, Chris Dixon, Peter Thiel […] Continue reading Rescale reels in $32 million Series B to bring HPC to cloud→

Google Cloud’s partnership network begins paying dividends

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When Google Cloud brought Diane Greene on board at the end of 2015, one of her goals was to expand the division’s partnership network, an approach she found worked quite well when she was running VMware in the early 2000s. It appears to be working at Google too. This week at Google Next, the company’s […] Continue reading Google Cloud’s partnership network begins paying dividends→

Xage secures $12 million Series A for IoT security solution on blockchain

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Xage (pronounced Zage), a blockchain security startup based in Silicon Valley, announced a $12 million Series A investment today led by March Capital Partners. GE Ventures, City Light Capital and NexStar Partners also participated. The company emerged from stealth in December with a novel idea to secure the myriad of devices in the industrial internet […] Continue reading Xage secures $12 million Series A for IoT security solution on blockchain→

SessionM customer loyalty data aggregator snags $23.8 M investment

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SessionM announced a $23.8 million Series E investment led by Salesforce Ventures. A bushel of existing investors including Causeway Media Partners, CRV, General Atlantic, Highland Capital and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers also contributed to the round. The company has now raised over $97 million. At its core, SessionM aggregates loyalty data for brands to […] Continue reading SessionM customer loyalty data aggregator snags $23.8 M investment→