Author Archives: Ron Miller

Xage now supports hierarchical blockchains for complex implementations

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Xage is working with utilities, energy companies and manufacturers to secure their massive systems, and today it announced some significant updates to deal with the scale and complexity of these customers’ requirements including a new hierarchical blockchain. Xage enables customers to set security policy, then enforce that policy on the blockchain. Company CEO Duncan Greatwood […] Continue reading Xage now supports hierarchical blockchains for complex implementations→

Salesforce adds integrated order management system to its arsenal

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Salesforce certainly has a lot of tools crossing the sales, service and marketing categories, but until today when it announced Lightning Order Management, it lacked an integration layer that allowed companies to work across these systems to manage orders in a seamless way. “This is a new product built from the ground up on the […] Continue reading Salesforce adds integrated order management system to its arsenal→

Clari snags $60M Series D on valuation of around $500M

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Clari uses AI to help companies find key information like the customers most likely to convert, the state of orders in the sales process or the next big sources of revenue. As its revenue management system continues to flourish, the company announced a $60 million Series D investment today. Sapphire Ventures led the round with […] Continue reading Clari snags $60M Series D on valuation of around $500M→

Okta wants to make every user a security ally

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End users tend to get a bad rap in the security business because they are often the weakest security link. They fall for phishing schemes, use weak passwords and often unknowingly are the conduit for malicious actors getting into your company’s systems. Okta wants to change that by giving end users information about suspicious activity […] Continue reading Okta wants to make every user a security ally→

Nadella warns government conference not to betray user trust

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, delivering the keynote at the Microsoft Government Leaders Summit in Washington, DC today, had a message for attendees to maintain user trust in their tools technologies above all else. He said it is essential to earn user trust, regardless of your business. “Now, of course, the power law here is all […] Continue reading Nadella warns government conference not to betray user trust→

Satya Nadella looks to the future with edge computing

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Speaking today at the Microsoft Government Leaders Summit in Washington DC, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella made the case for edge computing, even while pushing the Azure cloud as what he called “the world’s computer.” While Amazon, Google and other competitors may have something to say about that, marketing hype aside, many companies are still in […] Continue reading Satya Nadella looks to the future with edge computing→

T4 wants to transform market research data with a combination of AI and humans

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When T4 co-founder and CEO Maks Khurgin was working at Bain and Company, he ran into a common problem for analysts looking for market data. He spent way too much time searching for it and felt there had to be a better way. He decided to build a centralized market data platform himself, and T4 […] Continue reading T4 wants to transform market research data with a combination of AI and humans→

Harness launches Continuous Insights to measure software team performance

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Jyoti Bansal, CEO and co-founder at Harness, has always been frustrated by the lack of tools to measure software development team performance. Harness is a tool that provides Continuous Delivery as a Service, and its latest offering, Continuous Insights, lets managers know exactly how their teams are performing. Bansal says a traditional management maxim says […] Continue reading Harness launches Continuous Insights to measure software team performance→

Render challenges the cloud’s biggest vendors with cheaper, managed infrastructure

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Render, a participant in the TechCrunch Disrupt SF Startup Battlefield, has a big idea. It wants to take on the world’s biggest cloud vendors by offering developers a cheaper alternative that also removes a lot of the complexity around managing cloud infrastructure. Render’s goal is to help developers, especially those in smaller companies, who don’t […] Continue reading Render challenges the cloud’s biggest vendors with cheaper, managed infrastructure→

Salesforce is building an office tower in Sydney, pledging 1000 new jobs in next five years

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Salesforce announced this week that it’s building another shiny tower. This one will be in Sydney with views of the harbor and the iconic Sydney Opera House. The company has also committed to adding 1000 new jobs in the next five years and to building the tower in a sustainable fashion. In fact, Salesforce is […] Continue reading Salesforce is building an office tower in Sydney, pledging 1000 new jobs in next five years→