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MongoDB CEO Dev Ittycheria talks AI hype and the database evolution as he crosses 10-year mark

April 28, 2024 mpsingh No Comments Technology 10Year, CEO, Crosses, database, Dev, Evolution, Hype, Ittycheria, mark, MongoDB, Talks

A lot has happened since Dev Ittycheria took the reins at MongoDB, the $26 billion database company he’s led as president and CEO since September 2014. Ittycheria has taken MongoDB to the cloud, steered it through an IPO, overseen its transition from open source, launched a venture capital arm, and grown the customer base from [...]read moreMongoDB CEO Dev Ittycheria talks AI hype and the database evolution as he crosses 10-year mark

Aerospike raises $100M for its real-time database platform to capitalize on the AI boom

April 4, 2024 mpsingh No Comments Technology 100M, Aerospike, boom, capitalize, database, platform, raises, realtime

NoSQL database Aerospike today announced that it has raised a $100 million Series E round led by Sumeru Equity Partners. Existing investor Alsop Louie Partners also participated in this round. In 2009, the company started as a key-value store with a focus on the adtech industry; Aerospike has since diversified its offerings quite a bit. [...]read moreAerospike raises $100M for its real-time database platform to capitalize on the AI boom

A leaky database spilled 2FA codes for the world’s tech giants

March 1, 2024 mpsingh No Comments Technology 2FA, codes, database, giants, leaky, spilled, tech, worlds

A technology company that routes millions of SMS text messages across the world has secured an exposed database that was spilling one-time security codes that may have granted users’ access to their Facebook, Google and TikTok accounts. The Asian technology and internet company YX International manufactures cellular networking equipment and provides SMS text message routing [...]read moreA leaky database spilled 2FA codes for the world’s tech giants

Struggling database company MariaDB could be taken private in $37M deal

February 19, 2024 mpsingh No Comments Technology 37M, company, database, deal, MariaDB, Private, Struggling

MariaDB is the subject of another potential takeover bid, as the company behind the eponymous open source relational database management system (RDBMS) confirmed it had received a provisional offer from California-based K1 Investment Management. K1 quietly revealed on Friday that it had tabled what is known as an “unsolicited non-binding indicative proposal” for MariaDB, which [...]read moreStruggling database company MariaDB could be taken private in $37M deal