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AWS updates its edge computing solutions with new hardware and Local Zones

TechCrunch LA

AWS today closed out its first re:Invent keynote with a focus on edge computing. The company launched two smaller appliances for its Outpost service , which originally brought AWS as a managed service and appliance right into its customers’ existing data centers in the form of a large rack.

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Google Cloud opens its Las Vegas region

TechCrunch LA

Like all of Google’s new regions, Las Vegas will offer three availability zones and access to most of Google Cloud’s services. In Vegas, though, developers won’t be able to use relatively new services like Cloud Functions and Cloud Run yet.

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Grocery startup Mercato spilled years of data, but didn’t tell its customers

TechCrunch LA

Mercato was founded in 2015 and helps over a thousand smaller grocers and specialty food stores get online for pickup or delivery, without having to sign up for delivery services like Instacart or Amazon Fresh. The company fixed the data spill, but has not yet alerted its customers.

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Putting the band back together, ExactTarget execs reunite to launch MetaCX

TechCrunch LA

The former President of ExactTarget and later chief executive of Salesforce Marketing Cloud has made billions of dollars building products to help support customer service and now he’s back at it again with his latest venture MetaCX. If customers are doing the things i want them to be doing through my product. .”

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Why Amazon Is the Undisputed E-Commerce Growth Leader

Startup Professionals Musings

From meager beginnings selling books online back in 1994, Amazon is currently the largest e-commerce retailer and cloud computing platform in the world, and now dominates even the giant Walmart. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 05/15/2019. Everyone wants to grow and innovate like Amazon these days.

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The Five Major Tech Trends of 2016

Xconomy

The Continued Growth of Cloud. Early this year, IDC predicted that worldwide spending on public cloud services will be $141 billion in 2019, while last year Amazon Web Services achieved net sales of $7.88

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Canada’s newest unicorn: Clio raises $110M at a $1.6B valuation for legal tech

TechCrunch LA

Clio last raised in September of 2019 when it brought in $250 million in a Series D financing. Newton said his vertical SaaS company helps legal professionals be more productive, grow their firms and “make legal services more accessible.” Rowe Price Associates Inc. and OMERS Growth Equity. Image Credits: Clio.

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