Ransomware attacks worldwide set to rise to $265 billion
The damages resulting from ransomware have already risen 57x over what they were in 2015
Cybersecurity Ventures predicts that ransomware will cost its victims more around $265 billion (USD) annually by 2031. Moreover, they say that there is a new attack every 2 seconds as ransomware perpetrators... Read more
Alation closes $110M round backed by Snowflake, Dell and Salesforce
The company will use the capital to fuel growth and product development.
Alation announced this week that it has raised a $110 million Series D round of investment. The injection round was led by Riverwood Capital with participation from new investors Sanabil Investments and Snowflake Ventures. ... Read more
Google Sheets adds a sidebar for commenting
Google aims to make their Google Docs collaboration platform even more collaborative.
Google Docs has become one of the most popular ways for companies to collaborate and synchronize their work on documents of all types. The popularity of Google Docs has surged during the COVID pandemic, as remo... Read more
Amazon adds Global Clusters to its revamped DocumentDB
AWS customers can now expand their DocumentDB reach across multiple regions around the world.
AWS is introducing a new multi-region capability that they call "Global Clusters." DocumentDB, like most AWS databases, has always supported multiple read replicas across different availability zones w... Read more
Celonis announces $1 billion round of funding
The company also appointed Former Wall Street Analyst Carlos Kirjner as CFO
Celonis this week announced a $1 billion Series D round. The funds injection increases the company's post-money valuation to more than $11 billion. Celonis also announced that Carlos Kirjner, a technology industry veter... Read more
Chrome OS 91 rolling out with Nearby Share launch
The latest release of Chrome strives to match the facility of Apple features such as AirDrop
This week Google rolled out Chrome OS 91. The new release sports many new features, bowever one new addition stands out among the others.
In Chrome OS 91, Google is finally bringing its Nearby Share f... Read more
Cisco launches the new Cisco UCS X-Series
With the new launch, Cisco has joined the race to dominate the hybrid cloud space.
This week Cisco launched what it calls the Cisco UCS X-Series. This new HCI platform represents an overhaul of its hyperconverged system designed for hybrid cloud deployments. Cisco announced the UCS X-Series alon... Read more
Exabeam secures $200 Million at $2.4 Billion Valuation
The company also announced a new CEO and President, Michael DeCesare
Exabeam this week announced a $200 million Series F growth round at a valuation of $2.4 billion. The round is led by the Owl Rock division of Blue Owl Capital. It is supported by existing investors Acrew Capital, Lightspeed Ven... Read more
Google unveils new Cloud TPU VMs to simplify training ML models
Early adopters are using the preview version in everything from healthcare analytics to quantum chemistry.
This week Google announced a new infrastructure option for its cloud platform. The new feature will enable enterprises to more efficiently provision instances with Tensor Processing Units, ... Read more
Dell announces upgrade to HCI VxRail line-up
The enhancements unveiled stress simplification and improved performance.
Dell Technologies is expanding its VxRail hyperconverged infrastructure. As part of the upgrade, it is adding an option for users to incorporate external third-party storage.
Nancy Hurley, senior manager of program mana... Read more