How Expensify shed Silicon Valley arrogance to realize its global ambitions

Expensify may be the most ambitious software company ever to mostly abandon the Bay Area as the center of its operations. The startup’s history is tied to places representative of San Francisco: The founding team worked out of Peet’s Coffee on Mission Street for a few months, then crashed at a penthouse lounge near the […] Continue reading How Expensify shed Silicon Valley arrogance to realize its global ambitions

As the pandemic creates supply chain chaos, Craft raises $10M to apply some intelligence

During the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chains have suddenly become hot. Who knew that would ever happen? The race to secure PPE, ventilators and minor things like food was and still is an enormous issue. But perhaps, predictably, the world of “supply chain software” could use some updating. Most of the platforms are deployed “empty” and […] Continue reading As the pandemic creates supply chain chaos, Craft raises $10M to apply some intelligence

Hasura launches managed cloud service for its open-source GraphQL API platform

Hasura is an open-source engine that can connect to PostgreSQL databases and microservices across hybrid- and multi-cloud environments and then automatically build a GraphQL API backend for them, making it easier for developers to then build their own data-driven applications on top of this unified API . For a while now, the San Francisco-based startup […] Continue reading Hasura launches managed cloud service for its open-source GraphQL API platform

DevOps Chats: RSAC Innovation 2020, With Cecilia Marinier

RSA Conference (#RSAC), in addition to being the world’s largest cybersecurity conference, has become the place to see the latest innovation in the world of cyber. The woman who drives the innovation programs at RSAC is Cecilia Marinier. We spok… Continue reading DevOps Chats: RSAC Innovation 2020, With Cecilia Marinier

The 7 most important announcements from Microsoft Ignite

It’s Microsoft Ignite this week, the company’s premier event for IT professionals and decision-makers. But it’s not just about new tools for role-based access. Ignite is also very much a forward-looking conference that keeps the changing role of IT in mind. And while there isn’t a lot of consumer news at the event, the company […] Continue reading The 7 most important announcements from Microsoft Ignite

Symantec’s Sheila Jordan named to Slack’s board of directors

Newly-public Slack taps cybersecurity expertise for growing board. Continue reading Symantec’s Sheila Jordan named to Slack’s board of directors

SAP covers hot topics at TechCrunch’s Sept. 5 Enterprise show in SF

You can’t talk enterprise software without talking SAP, one of the giants in a $500 billion industry. And not only will SAP’s CEO Bill McDermott share insights at TC Sessions: Enterprise 2019 on September 5, but the company will also sponsor two breakout sessions. The editors will sit down with McDermott and talk about SAP’s […] Continue reading SAP covers hot topics at TechCrunch’s Sept. 5 Enterprise show in SF

Why now is the time to get ready for quantum computing

For the longest time, even while scientists were working to make it a reality, quantum computing seemed like science fiction. It’s hard enough to make any sense out of quantum physics to begin with, let alone the practical applications of this less than intuitive theory. But we’ve now arrived at a point where companies like […] Continue reading Why now is the time to get ready for quantum computing

Microsoft Azure CTO Mark Russinovich will join us for TC Sessions: Enterprise on September 5

Being the CTO for one of the three major hypercloud providers may seem like enough of a job for most people, but Mark Russinovich, the CTO of Microsoft Azure, has a few other talents in his back pocket. Russinovich, who will join us for a fireside chat at our TechCrunch Sessions: Enterprise event in San […] Continue reading Microsoft Azure CTO Mark Russinovich will join us for TC Sessions: Enterprise on September 5