July 7, 2025

Producing tangible business benefits from modern iPaaS solutions

When a historic UK-based retailer set out to modernize its IT environment, it was wrestling with systems that had grown organically for more than 175 years. Prior digital transformation efforts had resulted in a patchwork of hundreds of integration flows spanning cloud, on-premises systems, and third-party vendors, all communicating across multiple protocols.  The company needed…

Clerk is simplifying identity for front-end web developers

March 22, 2023

Developers building front-end Jamstack web applications often struggle to build identity with traditional API tools. With the approach growing in popularity, the founders of Clerk decided to focus their startup on building a simplified identity tool purpose-built for React applications. The company announced a $15 million Series A led by Madrona today. Colin Sidoti, who […]

Clerk is simplifying identity for front-end web developers by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch

New victims come forward after mass-ransomware attack

March 22, 2023

The number of victims affected by a mass-ransomware attack, caused by a bug in a popular data transfer tool used by businesses around the world, continues to grow as another organization tells TechCrunch that it was also hacked. Canadian financing giant Investissement Québec confirmed to TechCrunch that “some employee personal information” was recently stolen by […]

New victims come forward after mass-ransomware attack by Zack Whittaker originally published on TechCrunch

Dope Security nabs $16M led by GV to build out secure web gateways designed to work on endpoints, not in the cloud

March 22, 2023

Secure web gateways — network security services designed to help organizations enforce IT policies around Internet usage by blocking (or letting through) certain traffic — are one of the most common investments that organizations make in their cybersecurity profiles. But as a product that’s been around for decades, there remains a lot of room for […]

Dope Security nabs $16M led by GV to build out secure web gateways designed to work on endpoints, not in the cloud by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

The Download: Google’s Bard experiment, and Ernie Bot’s rehabilitation

March 22, 2023
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Google just launched Bard, its answer to ChatGPT—and it wants you to make it better Google has launched Bard, the search giant’s answer to OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Microsoft’s Bing Chat. Unlike Bing Chat,…

Brex takes a swipe at Concur with an expansion into travel

March 22, 2023

In yet another example of how competitive the spend management space has become, Brex announced today that it has expanded into travel. Besides seeking to snag market share from incumbents such as Concur, Brex is also taking on startups such as Navan (formerly called TripActions) — which actually started its business focused on travel expense […]

Brex takes a swipe at Concur with an expansion into travel by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch

Retro camera app Hipstamatic makes its return as an anti-Instagram social network

March 22, 2023

Hipstamatic is back. Actually, the one-time Instagram rival and iPhone camera app maker never really left. During its decade-plus existence, the company rolled out variations on its original concept, like its quirky Hipstamatic X for analog photography lovers while also maintaining Hipstamatic Classic, one of the first apps to receive Apple’s “App of the Year” […]

Retro camera app Hipstamatic makes its return as an anti-Instagram social network by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch