Author Archives: Ron Miller

Oracle delves deeper into blockchain with four new applications

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Oracle is a traditional tech company that has been struggling to gain traction in the cloud, but it could see blockchain as a way to differentiate itself. At Oracle OpenWorld today it announced the Oracle Blockchain Applications Cloud, a series of four applications designed for transactions-based processing scenarios using Internet of Things as a data […] Continue reading Oracle delves deeper into blockchain with four new applications→

Bright Machines lands $179M to bring smarter robotics to manufacturing

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Robotics has had a role in manufacturing since the 1970s, but even today they are aren’t often driven by the latest software. Bright Machines, a San Francisco startup wants to change that and it got a whopping $179 million Series A today to get this thing going. While it was at it, it also officially […] Continue reading Bright Machines lands $179M to bring smarter robotics to manufacturing→

Seva snares $2.4M seed investment to find info across cloud services

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Seva, a New York City startup, that wants to help customers find content wherever it lives across SaaS products, announced a $2.4 million seed round today. Avalon Ventures led the round with participation from Studio VC and Datadog founder and CEO Olivier Pomel. Company founder and CEO Sanjay Jain says that he started this company […] Continue reading Seva snares $2.4M seed investment to find info across cloud services→

PwC staves off disruption with immersive emerging tech training

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The big accounting firms are under pressure from digital disruption just like every industry these days, but PwC is trying a proactive approach with a digital accelerator program designed to train employees for the next generation of jobs. To do this, PwC is not just providing some additional training resources and calling it a day. […] Continue reading PwC staves off disruption with immersive emerging tech training→

Jeff Bezos is just fine taking the Pentagon’s $10B JEDI cloud contract

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Some tech companies might have a problem taking money from the Department of Defense, but Amazon isn’t one of them, as CEO Jeff Bezos made clear today at the Wired25 conference. Just last week, Google pulled out of the running for the Pentagon’s $10 billion, 10-year JEDI cloud contract, but Bezos suggested that he was happy […] Continue reading Jeff Bezos is just fine taking the Pentagon’s $10B JEDI cloud contract→

Celonis brings intelligent process automation software to cloud

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Celonis has been helping companies analyze and improve their internal processes using machine learning. Today the company announced it was providing that same solution as a cloud service with a few nifty improvements you won’t find on prem. The new approach, called Celonis Intelligent Business Cloud, allows customers to analyze a workflow, find inefficiencies and […] Continue reading Celonis brings intelligent process automation software to cloud→

Anaplan hits the ground running with strong stock market debut up over 42 percent

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You might think that Anaplan CEO, Frank Calderoni would have had a few sleepless nights this week. His company picked a bad week to go public as market instability rocked tech stocks. Still he wasn’t worried, and today the company had by any measure a successful debut with the stock soaring up over 42 percent. […] Continue reading Anaplan hits the ground running with strong stock market debut up over 42 percent→

IBM files formal JEDI protest a day before bidding process closes

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IBM announced yesterday that it has filed a formal protest with the U.S. Government Accountability Office over the structure of the Pentagon’s winner-take-all $10 billion, 10-year JEDI cloud contract. The protest came just a day before the bidding process is scheduled to close. As IBM put it in a blog post, they took issues with […] Continue reading IBM files formal JEDI protest a day before bidding process closes→

Snowflake scoops up another blizzard of cash with $450 million round

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When Snowflake, the cloud data warehouse, landed a $263 million investment earlier this year, CEO Bob Muglia speculated that it would be the last money his company would need before an eventual IPO. But just 9 months after that statement, the company announced a second even larger round. This time it’s getting $450 million, as […] Continue reading Snowflake scoops up another blizzard of cash with $450 million round→

Google introduces dual-region storage buckets to simplify data redundancy

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Google is playing catch-up in the cloud, and as such it wants to provide flexibility to differentiate itself from AWS and Microsoft. Today, the company announced a couple of new options to help separate it from the cloud storage pack. Storage may seem stodgy, but it’s a primary building block for many cloud applications. Before […] Continue reading Google introduces dual-region storage buckets to simplify data redundancy→