Author Archives: Ron Miller

DataStax launches Kubernetes operator for open source Cassandra database

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Today, DataStax, the commercial company behind the open source Apache Cassandra project, announced an open source Kubernetes operator developed by the company to run a cloud native version of the database. When Sam Ramji, chief strategy officer at DataStax, came over from Google last year, the first thing he did was take the pulse of […] Continue reading DataStax launches Kubernetes operator for open source Cassandra database→

Turbo Systems hires former Looker CMO Jen Grant as CEO

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Turbo Systems, a three-year old, no-code mobile app startup, announced today it has brought on industry veteran Jen Grant to be CEO. Grant, who was previously vice president of marketing at Box and chief marketing officer at Elastic and Looker, brings more than 15 years of tech company experience to the young startup. She says […] Continue reading Turbo Systems hires former Looker CMO Jen Grant as CEO→

Salesforce’s Benioff pledges no ‘significant’ layoffs for 90 days

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In a Twitter thread on Tuesday, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff outlined an eight-step plan to keep people safe and find treatments and a vaccine for the COVID-19 virus, all while working to find a way to get people back to work safely. He also asked that all CEOs take a 90-day “no lay off” pledge […] Continue reading Salesforce’s Benioff pledges no ‘significant’ layoffs for 90 days→

Yaguara nabs $7.2M seed to help e-commerce companies understand customers better

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Yaguara, a Denver-based startup that wants to help e-commerce companies understand their customers better to deliver more meaningful experiences, announced a $7.2 million seed investment today. The round was led by Foundation Capital with participation from Gradient Ventures, Rainfall Ventures and Zelkova. It also had help from some e-commerce heavy hitters including Warby Parker, Harry’s […] Continue reading Yaguara nabs $7.2M seed to help e-commerce companies understand customers better→

Spotinst rebrands as Spot and announces new cloud spend dashboard

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Spotinst, the startup that helps companies find lower cost spot instances in the cloud, announced today that it was rebranding as Spot. It also announced a brand new cloud usage dashboard to help companies get a detailed view of their cloud spend. Amiram Shachar, co-founder and CEO at Spot, says the new product is designed […] Continue reading Spotinst rebrands as Spot and announces new cloud spend dashboard→

Humio announces $20M Series B to advance unlimited logging tool

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Humio, a startup that has built a modern unlimited logging solution, announced a $20 million Series B investment today. Dell Technologies Capital led the round with participation from previous investor Accel. Today’s investment brings the total raised to $32 million, according to the company. Humio co-founder and CEO Geeta Schmidt says the startup wanted to […] Continue reading Humio announces $20M Series B to advance unlimited logging tool→

Espressive lands $30M Series B to build better help chatbots

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Espressive, a four-year-old startup from former ServiceNow employees, is working to build a better chatbot to reduce calls to company help desks. Today, the company announced a $30 million Series B investment. Insight Partners led the round with help from Series A lead investor General Catalyst along with Wing Venture Capital. Under the terms of […] Continue reading Espressive lands $30M Series B to build better help chatbots→

GitLab offers key lessons in running an all-remote workforce in new e-book

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As companies that used to having workers in the same building struggle to find ways to work from home, one company that has been remote from Day One is GitLab . It recently published a handbook to help other companies who are facing the work-from-home challenge for the first time. Lest you think GitLab is […] Continue reading GitLab offers key lessons in running an all-remote workforce in new e-book→

Startups are helping cloud infrastructure customers avoid vendor lock-in

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For much of the history of enterprise technology, companies tended to buy from a single vendor because it made managing the entire affair much easier while giving them a “single throat to choke” when something went wrong. On the flip side, it also put customers at the mercy of said vendor — and it wasn’t […] Continue reading Startups are helping cloud infrastructure customers avoid vendor lock-in→

Activist investor Starboard Value taking three Box board seats as involvement deepens

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When activist investors Starboard Value took a 7.5% stake in Box last September, there was reasonable speculation that it would begin to try and push an agenda, as activist investors tend to do. While the firm has been quiet to this point, today Box announced that Starboard was adding three members to the 9 member […] Continue reading Activist investor Starboard Value taking three Box board seats as involvement deepens→