Varied explanations for the growing herd of unicorns — and predictions of their imminent demise — abound. But all can agree: Those who invest in unicorns are chasing returns they can’t get elsewhere. And while venture capital is widely perceived to be fueling the unicorns’ growth, a closer look reveals that not all venture capital […]
Posted on July 27th, 2015 by admin
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The history of software is dominated by companies that automated how the biggest companies in the world did business. IBM automated clerical tasks, SAP unified corporate financials, and Siebel digitized Rolodexes for relationship-driven salespeople. With that focus in mind, it’s no wonder that many of the world’s largest technology companies survive based on their ties […]
Posted on July 26th, 2015 by admin
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Dropbox has acquired Clementine, an enterprise communication service, today according to a blog post on the company’s page. Clementine focuses on internal communication, such as conference calls and chat services that aren’t connected to a personal phone number. It’s an important area for the workplace, given that more and more people are connecting their work software… Read […]
Posted on July 25th, 2015 by admin
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Cazena, a new platform that wants to make it easier for enterprises to process their data, today announced that it has raised a $20 million Series B round led by Formation 8. Other participants include Andreessen Horowitz and North Bridge Venture Partners, who both also participated in the company’s $8 million series A round last […]
Posted on July 25th, 2015 by admin
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IBM today announced that it has acquired Compose, the Y Combinator-backed database-as-a-service startup originally known as MongoHQ. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Compose had raised $6.4 million since it launched in 2010 — most of it in a Series A round in 2012 that was led by Trinity Ventures. Read More Tweet […]
Posted on July 24th, 2015 by admin
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Zenefits, the $4.5 billion human resources software startup, said today it hired Twitter’s (now former) director of global business development Rita Garg. It’s another executive departure for Twitter, with head of communications Gabriel Stricker and former CEO Dick Costolo recently stepping back. Twitter is not unfamiliar with executive shuffles, with the top of the company… […]
Posted on July 24th, 2015 by admin
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Slack, the popular office communication tool, will now integrate with Google Calendar, letting events automatically post reminders inside slack channels. Here’s how the integration will work: After linking a Google account to Slack, you can choose any calendar and instruct it to post to certain Slack channels. For example, you could have events from your company’s development… […]
Posted on July 23rd, 2015 by admin
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As an email startup CEO, I hear it every week. “I hate email. Email sucks. Why can’t anyone fix it? And why would you want to spend your life working on something everyone hates?” Email is an obvious target for blame, since we collectively send 183 billion of them every single day. But blaming email […]
Posted on July 23rd, 2015 by admin
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Earlier this year, CoreOS announced Tectonic, its commercial distribution that combines the CoreOS operating system with Kubernetes, Google’s container management and orchestration tool. Today, as Kubernetes hits 1.0, the company launched the first preview of this new service. Tectonic subscribers will get 24×7 support for the whole stack, which, among other things, includes… Read More […]
Posted on July 22nd, 2015 by admin
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Apprenda, an enterprise platform as a service (PaaS) player that originally launched back in 2007, today announced that it has raised a $24 million Series D round led by Safeguard Scientifics. Other participants in this round include New Enterprise Associates and Ignition Partners. This brings Apprenda’s total funding to $56 million. Read More Tweet This […]
Posted on July 22nd, 2015 by admin
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