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Databricks announced a new $1 billion funding round on Monday, taking it to a $28 billion valuation.
The round includes investment from the biggest three cloud-computing firms.
CEO Ali Ghodsi says the investment will allow Databricks to acquire companies and approach an IPO.
Ali Ghodsi, the CEO of Databricks, told Insider that the most important aspect of the mammoth $1 billion Series G round of venture capital his company announced Monday – which takes it to a $28 billion valuation – is investment by all three of the largest cloud-computing firms: Amazon, Microsoft, and Google.
Last week, India-based Tanla Platforms launched a new communications platform-as-a-service (CPaaS) with Microsoft (Microsoft is the development partner who architected and built this platform for Tanla). Any new communication platform entering the market is interesting, but this one had an added attraction â it is blockchain-enabled and built on Microsoft Azure. Called Wisely, the new platform offers a global edge-to-edge network that delivers private, secure, and trusted communication experiences.
Blockchain for Communications
The Wisely network takes advantage of Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Databricks as well as Azure PostgresSQL Database and other Azure services. Enterprises can access the network with a single API offering omnichannel capabilities. Edge-to-edge encryption ensures data security and data privacy for end users.
Tanla ties up with Microsoft to launch blockchain-enabled CPaaS platform
January 22, 2021
‘Wisely’ for enterprises is enabled with edge-to-edge encryption for secure experiences
Tanla Platforms Limited has partnered with Microsoft to launch ‘Wisely,’ a blockchain-enabled communications platform-as-a-service (CPaaS) to offer secure and trusted communication experiences.
The platform is built on Microsoft Azure. Tanla and Microsoft will be co-sell partners for the platform.
“The Wisely network takes advantage of Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Databricks as well as Azure PostgresSQL Database and other Azure services,” said Microsoft in an official release.
Enterprises can access the communication network through a single API (Application Programming Interface) and enabled with edge-to-edge encryption.
Tanla Platforms teams up with Microsoft to launch Wisely secure communication solution
The Wisely network uses Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Databricks as well as Azure PostgresSQL Database and other Azure services. PTI
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Tanla Platforms Ltd on Wednesday said it has partnered Microsoft to launch Wisely , a blockchain-enabled communications platform-as-a-service (CPaaS) offering that will allow private and secure communication experiences for enterprises.
Microsoft is the development partner, which architected and built this platform for Tanla. Billions of conversations occur between customers and enterprises over multiple channels. We have seen incidents like data breaches man-in-the-middle attacks, where users are subjected to unauthorised profiling and phishing. Compromise of data security and data privacy is a clear and present danger, Tanla Platforms Ltd Chair
Review: Microsoft Azure AI and Machine Learning aims for the enterprise
Microsoft Azure combines a wide range of cognitive services and a solid platform for machine learning that supports automated ML, no-code/low-code ML, and Python-based notebooks. Credit: Dreamstime
Microsoft has a presence in most enterprise development and IT shops, so it’s not a surprise that the Azure AI and Machine Learning platform has a presence in most enterprise development, data analysis, and data science shops. Enterprise AI often has demanding requirements, and the Azure offerings do their best to meet them.
Azure AI and Machine Learning includes 17 cognitive services, a machine learning platform pitched at three different skill levels, cognitive search, bot services, and Azure Databricks, an Apache Spark product optimized for the Azure platform and integrated with other Azure services.