Author Archives: Ron Miller

Equalum grabs $18M Series B to help companies ingest data faster

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Equalum, an Israeli startup, which helps companies gather data from a variety of enterprise sources, announced an $18 million Series B investment today. The round was led by Planven Investments . Other participants included United Ventures and prior investors Innovation Endeavors and GE Ventures along with a group of unnamed individuals. Today’s haul brings the […] Continue reading Equalum grabs $18M Series B to help companies ingest data faster→

FireEye snags security effectiveness testing startup Verodin for $250M

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When FireEye reported its earnings last month, the outlook was a little light, so the security vendor decided to be proactive and make a big purchase. Today, the company announced it has acquired Verodin for $250 million. The deal closed today. The startup had raised over $33 million since it opened its doors 5 years […] Continue reading FireEye snags security effectiveness testing startup Verodin for $250M→

The challenges of truly embracing cloud native

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There is a tendency at any conference to get lost in the message. Spending several days immersed in any subject tends to do that. The purpose of such gatherings is, after all, to sell the company or technologies being featured. Against the beautiful backdrop of the city of Barcelona last week, we got the full […] Continue reading The challenges of truly embracing cloud native→

IBM-Maersk blockchain shipping consortium expands to include other major shipping companies

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Last year IBM and Danish shipping conglomerate Maersk announced the limited availability of a blockchain-based shipping tool called TradeLens. Today, the two partners announced that a couple of other major shippers have come on board. The partners announced that CMA CGM and MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company have joined TradeLens. When you include these companies together […] Continue reading IBM-Maersk blockchain shipping consortium expands to include other major shipping companies→

Serverless and containers: Two great technologies that work better together

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Cloud native models using containerized software in a continuous delivery approach could benefit from serverless computing where the cloud vendor generates the exact amount of resources required to run a workload on the fly. While the major cloud vendors have recognized this and are already creating products to abstract away the infrastructure, it may not […] Continue reading Serverless and containers: Two great technologies that work better together→

HPE is buying Cray for $1.3 billion

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HPE announced it was buying Cray for $1.3 billion, giving it access to the company’s high performance computing portfolio, and perhaps a foothold into quantum computing in the future. The purchase price was $35 a share, a $5.19 premium over yesterday’s close of $29.81 a share. Cray was founded in the 1970s and for a […] Continue reading HPE is buying Cray for $1.3 billion→

Health[at]Scale lands $16M Series A to bring machine learning to healthcare

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Health[at]Scale, a startup with founders who have both medical and engineering expertise, wants to bring machine learning to bear on healthcare treatment options to produce outcomes with better results and less aftercare. Today the company announced a $16 million Series A. Optum, which is part of the UnitedHealth Group, was the sole investor . Today, […] Continue reading Health[at]Scale lands $16M Series A to bring machine learning to healthcare→

SugarCRM moves into marketing automation with Salesfusion acquisition

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SugarCRM announced today that it has acquired Atlanta-based Salesfusion to help build out the the marketing automation side of its business. The deal closed last Friday. The companies did not share the purchase price. CEO Craig Charlton, who joined the company in February, says he recognized that marketing automation was an area of the platform […] Continue reading SugarCRM moves into marketing automation with Salesfusion acquisition→

VMware acquires Bitnami to deliver packaged applications anywhere

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VMware announced today that it’s acquiring Bitnami, the package application company that was a member of the Y Combinator Winter 2013 class. The companies didn’t share the purchase price. With Bitnami, the company can now deliver more than 130 popular software packages in a variety of formats such as Docker containers or virtual machine, an […] Continue reading VMware acquires Bitnami to deliver packaged applications anywhere→

Solo.io wants to bring order to service meshes with centralized management hub

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As containers and microservices have proliferated, a new kind of tool called the service mesh has developed to help manage and understand interactions between services. While Kubernetes has emerged as the clear container orchestration tool of choice, there is much less certainty in the service mesh market. Solo.io announced a new open source tool called […] Continue reading Solo.io wants to bring order to service meshes with centralized management hub→