Author Archives: Ron Miller

Even as cloud infrastructure growth slows, revenue rises over $30B for quarter

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The cloud market is coming into its own during the pandemic as the novel coronavirus forced many companies to accelerate plans to move to the cloud, even while the market was beginning to mature on its own. This week, the big three cloud infrastructure vendors — Amazon, Microsoft and Google — all reported their earnings, […] Continue reading Even as cloud infrastructure growth slows, revenue rises over $30B for quarter→

Cisco acquires Modcam to make Meraki smart camera portfolio even smarter

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As the Internet of Things proliferates, security cameras are getting smarter. Today, these devices have machine learning capability that helps the camera automatically identify what it’s looking at — for instance, an animal or a human intruder? Today, Cisco announced that it has acquired Swedish startup Modcam and is making it part of its Meraki […] Continue reading Cisco acquires Modcam to make Meraki smart camera portfolio even smarter→

New Relic is changing its pricing model to encourage broader monitoring

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In the monitoring world, typically when you spin up a new instance, you pay a fee to monitor it. If you are particularly active in any given month, that can result in a hefty bill at the end of the month. That leads to limiting what you choose to monitor to control costs. New Relic […] Continue reading New Relic is changing its pricing model to encourage broader monitoring→

Hearsay, maker of compliant tools for financial services, deepens ties with Salesforce

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Financial services companies like banks and insurance tend to be heavily regulated. As such they require a special level of security and auditability. Hearsay, which makes compliant communications tools for these types of companies, announced a new partnership with Salesforce today, enabling smooth integration with Salesforce CRM and marketing automation tools. The company also announced […] Continue reading Hearsay, maker of compliant tools for financial services, deepens ties with Salesforce→

SAP decision to spin out Qualtrics 20 months after spending $8B surprises industry watchers

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When SAP announced it was spinning out Qualtrics on Sunday, a company it bought less than two years ago for an eye-popping $8 billion, it was enough to make your head spin. At the time, then CEO Bill McDermott saw it as a way to bridge the company’s core operational with customer data, while acquiring […] Continue reading SAP decision to spin out Qualtrics 20 months after spending $8B surprises industry watchers→

YC alum Paragon snags $2.5M seed for low-code app integration platform

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Low-code is a hot category these days. It helps companies build workflows or simple applications without coding skills, freeing up valuable engineering resources for more important projects. Paragon, a member of the Y Combinator Winter 2020 cohort, announced a $2.5 million seed round today for its low-code application integration platform. Investors include Y Combinator, Village […] Continue reading YC alum Paragon snags $2.5M seed for low-code app integration platform→

Explorium reels in $31M Series B as data discovery platform grows

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In a world with growing amounts of data, finding the right set for a particular machine learning model can be a challenge. Explorium has created a platform to make that an easier task, and today the startup announced a $31 million Series B. The round was led by Zeev Venture with help from Dynamic Loop, […] Continue reading Explorium reels in $31M Series B as data discovery platform grows→

iObeya raises $17M to digitize management planning processes like Agile

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As we move deeper into the pandemic, companies are looking for ways to digitize processes that previously required in-person meetings with manual approaches. Investors appear to be rewarding companies who can achieve this. iObeya, a French company that helps digitize management planning processes like lean and agile, announced a $17 million Series A today. Red […] Continue reading iObeya raises $17M to digitize management planning processes like Agile→

Reflect wants to help you automate web testing without writing code

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Reflect, a member of Y Combinator Summer 2020 class, is building a tool to automate website and web application testing, making it faster to get your site up and running without waiting for engineers to write testing code, or for human testers to run the site through its paces. Company CEO and co-founder Fitz Nowlan […] Continue reading Reflect wants to help you automate web testing without writing code→

huddl.ai wants to bring more intelligence to online meetings

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As the pandemic has shut down in-person meetings, and pushed us online, products like Zoom, Cisco WebEx, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams have become part of our daily lives. Into the fray jumps huddl.ai, a 3.5 year old startup from a serial entrepreneur who wants to bring a dose of artificial intelligence to meeting technology. […] Continue reading huddl.ai wants to bring more intelligence to online meetings→