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Government And IBM Pledge £313m For Big Data Research
British government and Big Blue funnel £300m into big data and cognitive computing research
UK SMEs Set To Ramp Up Digital Spending
Business investment in websites is to increase dramatically over the next two years, research predicts
Docker Lands $95M With Help From Goldman Sachs
Container startup Docker surveying enterprise landscape with latest Series D funding round
Interoute Plans Data Centre Expansion With Private Equity Funding
Data centre and cloud expansion will turn Interoute into a 'predator' says CEO, with revenue set to double in five years
Google Invests Heavily In Solar Panel Fund For Homes
Search engine giant contributes $300m (£195m) to a fund to push solar panels onto residential roofs
Government Funding To Turn Gloucestershire Nuclear Lab Into Green Tech Research Park
Funding to transform former Nuclear Lab into centre for renewable energy and cyber security skills
CyLon To Help Startups Develop UK’s Cyber Defences
The scheme aims to develop the UK into Europe's hub for cyber security startups
TransferWise Racks Up Further Investment
Andreessen Horowitz funding values London-based company at close to $1bn
MIT Lands Major Cyber-Security Funding Injection
American academic centres land the largest ever private funding deal for cyber-security research
UK Data Centre Cuts Emissions After Green Investment Bank Funding
Green Investment Bank congratulated by Prime Minister on it’s 2nd anniversary - reveals data centre funding
Twitter Funds MIT Research For Social Data Analysis
Twitter to hand over millions of dollars and all of its Tweets to American university researchers for social data study
HootSuite Announces $60m Funding Raise
New funds comes alongside acquisition of "social telephony company" Zeetl
£4 Million Government Fund To Help SMBs Break Into Cyber Security Market
Andy Williams from techUK appointed as cyber security small business champion
Cameron Pledges £1.1bn To Fight ‘Modern’ Cyber Terror Threat
Cyber attacks are recognised as a serious threat to the security of the country, but just how much money will be spent on digital defences remains unclear
MapR Gets $110 Million To Improve Its Hadoop Distribution
The company closes its largest ever financing round, led by Google Capital
Kickstarter Pledges Top $1bn
5.7m people have contributed over a billion dollars to Kickstarter projects since April 2009
Shape Emerges With Polymorphic Cyber Defence
Shape Security launches with new security technology designed to stump hackers with a constantly moving target
Kickstarter Reveals Record Year
Three million people pledged $480m to projects throughout 2013
Government Pledges Millions For Future Technologies
The government has pledged millions of pounds to help bring technologies of the future to market
Mayor Launches £22m London Startups Fund
London startups get European money and venture cash as Boris chooses a partner
Graphene Flagged As EU Research Priority
The European Commission has chosen graphene as a research priority and pledged a £864m research grant
Microsoft Joins Dell Buyout Push: Report
Microsoft is reportedly willing to invest as much as £1.9bn in the efforts to take Dell private again
Google Targets Open Data With Donations
Google has funded groups seeking open government data that can be easily accessible for citizens
Google Invests For Smarter Energy Use
Google has invested £1.65m to help find ways to better improve energy usage and conservation
Government Increases Funding For Graphene Research
George Osborne has pledged more funding to help British universities conduct graphene research
Intel Sinks £2.6bn Into Dutch Chip Firm ASML
Intel has invested a whooping $4.1 billion (£2.6bn) into the Dutch chip-equipment maker ASML
Juniper Video Conferencing Push With Vidyo Funding
Networking vendor Juniper is moving into video conferencing after investing in video startup Vidyo
Defra Opens Applications For £20m Rural Broadband Fund
Rural communities have until 6 July to submit proposals for ultra-fast broadband projects in the nation's 10 percent hardest-to-reach areas
Tracelytics Boosts SaaS APM Product WIth £3.2m Funding Round
Tracelytics has raised £3.2m in funding around its application performance management offering