When you think about service meshes, a somewhat esoteric cloud native tool designed to stitch different microservices together, you might not think it’s the most lucrative side of the Kubernetes led cloud native market, but you would be wrong. Today, Solo.io, a Cambridge, Massachusetts service mesh startup, announced a $135 million Series C at a […]
From bootstrapped to a $417M valuation, Chile’s Buk raises $50M for its HR management platform
Chile’s Buk, which has developed a human resources management platform for Latin American companies, announced today that it has raised $50 million in a Series A funding round that values the company at $417 million. There are a few notable things about this financing. For one, it represents one of the largest (if not the) […]
Temasek leads $550M Series C extension into Orca Security, which aims for further international foothold
This is the third in a quick succession of funding that Orca Security received in the past 12 months.
Investors share how infrastructure as code is taking over DevOps
Infrastructure as code (IaC) has been gaining wider adoption among DevOps teams in recent years, but the complexities of data center configuration and management continue to create problems — and opportunities.
Jared Spataro will talk about building Microsoft’s SaaS business at TC Sessions: SaaS
Jared Spataro has been with Microsoft for more than 15 years now, and he has been part of the transition from an on-prem software company to a SaaS business. Today his official title is corporate VP in charge of the company’s biggest SaaS product, Office 365. Spataro is going to join us on October 27th […]
DevOps market demand drives quick Series C turnaround for Esper
CEO Yadhu Gopalan said Insight proactively approached the company, and Esper “jumped at the opportunity to partner with them to accelerate our trajectory and predict market growth quicker.”
Alliance Including Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and IBM Vows to Protect Rights and Privacy With ‘Trusted Cloud Principles’
ZDNet reports:
Some of the world’s largest tech giants — Amazon, Google, Microsoft, IBM, Salesforce/Slack, Atlassian, SAP, and Cisco — have joined forces to establish the Trusted Cloud Principles in what they are claiming is their commitmen…
Orchest raises $3.5M to provide a simpler way to build data pipelines
Orchest is building a tool for data scientists to develop and deploy data pipelines without having to rely on an infrastructure or engineering team.
Amazon、家庭用ロボット「Astro」から15インチ「Echo Show」まで複数製品を発表
Amazon.comは9月28日にオンラインイベントを開催、複数のデバイスを発表した。ほとんどの製品で音声アシスタントである「Alexa」を採用した製品が多くなっている。日本国内での発売時期などに関しては未定のものがほとんどとなっている（ITmedia、価格.comマガジン）。
新たなジャンルの製品としては、家庭用ロボット「Astro」がある。部屋の中を自由に移動できる能力があり、Ring社の警備サブスクリプションサービス「Protect Pro」と連携することにより、屋内を自動でパトロール、異…
Employee leave startup Cocoon launches after raising $20M in new funding
The platform is available in across all 50 states and is designed for any type of employee leave, like parental, medical, caregiver or bereavement.