Author Archives: Ron Miller

President throws latest wrench in $10B JEDI cloud contract selection process

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The $10 billion, decade long JEDI cloud contract drama continues. It’s a process that has been dogged by complaints, regulatory oversight and court cases. Throughout the months long selection process, the Pentagon has repeatedly denied accusations that the contract was somehow written to make Amazon a favored vendor, but today the Washington Post reports President […] Continue reading President throws latest wrench in $10B JEDI cloud contract selection process→

Why AWS gains big storage efficiencies with E8 acquisition

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AWS is already the clear market leader in the cloud infrastructure market, but it’s never been an organization that rests on its past successes. Whether it’s a flurry of new product announcements and enhancements every year, or making strategic acquisitions. When it bought Israeli storage startup E8 yesterday, it might have felt like a minor […] Continue reading Why AWS gains big storage efficiencies with E8 acquisition→

Salesforce closes $15.7B Tableau deal

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In an amazingly quick turn-around for a deal of this scope, Salesforce announced today that it has closed the $15.7 billion Tableau deal announced in June. The deal is by far the biggest acquisition in Salesforce history, a company known for being highly acquisitive. A deal of this size usually faces a high level of […] Continue reading Salesforce closes $15.7B Tableau deal→

Prodly announces $3.5M seed to automate low-code cloud deployments

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Low-code programming is supposed to make things easier on companies, right? Low-code means you can count on trained administrators instead of more expensive software engineers to handle most tasks, but like any issue solved by technology, there are always unintended consequences. While running his former company, Steelbrick, which he sold to Salesforce in 2015 for […] Continue reading Prodly announces $3.5M seed to automate low-code cloud deployments→

Conflura snags $9M Series A to help stop cyber attacks in real time

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Just yesterday, we experienced yet another major breach when Capital One announced it had been hacked and years of credit card  application information had been stolen. Another day, another hack, but the question is how can companies protect themselves in the face of an onslaught of attacks. Conflura, a Palo Alto startup wants to help […] Continue reading Conflura snags $9M Series A to help stop cyber attacks in real time→

Adobe’s latest Customer Experience Platform updates take aim at data scientists

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Adobe’s Customer Experience Platform provides a place to process all of the data that will eventually drive customer experience applications in the Adobe Experience Cloud. This involves bringing in vast amounts of transactional and interactional data being created across commerce platforms. This process is complex and involves IT, applications developers and data scientists. Last Fall, […] Continue reading Adobe’s latest Customer Experience Platform updates take aim at data scientists→

Bindu Reddy, co-founder and CEO at RealityEngines, is coming to TechCrunch Sessions: Enterprise

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There is surely no shortage of data in the modern enterprise, and data is the fuel for AI. Yet packaging that data in machine learning models remains a huge challenge for large companies. Without that capability, automating processes with AI underpinnings remains elusive for many companies. RealityEngines wants to change that by creating research-driven cloud […] Continue reading Bindu Reddy, co-founder and CEO at RealityEngines, is coming to TechCrunch Sessions: Enterprise→

Ethyca raises $4.2M to simplify GDPR compliance

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GDPR, the European data privacy regulations, have been in effect for over a year, but it’s still a challenge for companies to comply. Ethyca, a New York City startup, has created a solution from the ground up to help customers adhere to the regulations, and today it announced a $4.2 million investment led by IA […] Continue reading Ethyca raises $4.2M to simplify GDPR compliance→

CircleCI closes $56M Series D investment as market for continuous delivery expands

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CircleCI launched way back in 2011 when the notion of continuous delivery was just a twinkle in most developer’s eyes, but over the years with the rise of agile, containerization and DevOps, we’ve seen the idea of continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) really begin to mainstream with developers. Today, CircleCI was rewarded with a […] Continue reading CircleCI closes $56M Series D investment as market for continuous delivery expands→

Arrcus snags $30M Series B as it tries to disrupt networking biz

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Arrcus has a bold notion to try and take on the biggest names in networking by building a better networking management system. Today it was rewarded with a $30 million Series B investment led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. Existing investors General Catalyst and Clear Ventures also participated. The company previously raised a seed and Series […] Continue reading Arrcus snags $30M Series B as it tries to disrupt networking biz→