Windows Azure is offering up to 22 percent off the cost of memory-intensive compute instances across Windows, Linux and its “Cloud Services” offerings. The price drop is primarily for running applications such as Sharepoint, SQL Server, third-party databases, in-memory analytics and other enterprise applications. The news is one of a host of new services launched today […]
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Wonga is a UK-based startup best known for its online payday loan services, but today the company made a move that could see it not only extending across to other markets in Europe but also into other services like payments: the company today is announcing the acquisition of BillPay, known as the “PayPal of Germany”. […]
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October 17, 2013 06:00 PDT | 09:00 EDT | 13:00 UTC Not a TechBrief subscriber? Sign up for a free subscription. Tweet This Post
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Data analytics startup ParStream has raised an $8 million Series B round led by Khosla Ventures. The round increases ParStream’s total funding to $13.6 million. The company raised $5.6 million last year in a round led by Khosla Ventures with Baker Capital, CrunchFund (which is owned by TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington), Data Collective, Tola Capital and private individuals […]
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Tibco, the middleware company, showed again its push to become an enterprise collaboration provider with the latest version of its tibbr service by adding file storage and sharing capability, task management, and a publishing platform for managing content. The company also announced a partnership with Huddle and support for the new Microsoft Surface launching October 22. […]
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IBM has reported its third-quarter revenues were $23.72 billion compared to $24.74 billion this time last year. The revenues were down due to the company’s underperforming hardware division, which is taking a hit with the growing popularity of cloud services. Revenues for the nine-month period totaled $72.1 billion, a decrease of 4 percent, compared with $75.2 billion for […]
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Druva has raised a $25 million Series C investment from Sequoia Capital, Nexus Venture Partners and Tenaya Capital for its backup and file sharing platform that safeguards a company’s data across mobile devices and desktops. The company will use the funds to extend its new cloud services offering. To date, Druva has raised a total of $52 million. […]
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