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Kafka Summit Austin 2020 is Going Virtual

Confluent

To prioritize the safety of our community, we are transforming Kafka Summit Austin into a virtual experience. We are excited to invite the global Kafka community to Kafka Summit 2020: Event Streaming Everywhere.

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Nerdio lands $117M to build management tools on top of Azure Virtual Desktop

TechCrunch

Recognizing an opportunity for further growth, Vladimirskiy and Nerdio’s co-founder, former Microsoft exec Joseph Landes, decided to spin-off Nerdio as a separate company and sell Adar to a private equity firm in January 2020. Nerdio runs in a customer’s own Azure subscription as an Azure-based application.).

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What To Expect at a Virtual DevOps World 2020

DevOps.com

DevOps World 2020 will have all those things. The post What To Expect at a Virtual DevOps World 2020 appeared first on DevOps.com. But, with the pandemic still impacting society, this […].

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Upcoming Event: GitLab Commit Virtual 2020

DevOps.com

For the first time ever, GitLab’s annual user conference will take place in a virtual environment on Aug. GitLab Commit Virtual is a 24-hour virtual event that provides attendees with the opportunity to join DevOps discussions, demos and presentations, and […].

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Virtual Internships matches students with top companies around the world

TechCrunch

Remote work struck down barriers for many employees, and now Virtual Internships is doing the same for university students around the world by partnering with over 12,000 companies from 100 countries. Since its launch, Virtual Internships has increased its revenue from $100,000 in fiscal year 2019/2020 to $4.1

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Virtual events startups have high hopes for after the pandemic

TechCrunch

Few people thought of virtual events before the pandemic struck, but this format has fulfilled a unique and important need for companies and organizations large and small during the pandemic. But what will virtual events’ value be as more of the world attempts to return to life before COVID-19? Of course they will.”

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Hong Kong’s offline and virtual events platform EventX closes $18M Series B

TechCrunch

But the virtual event space continues to attract investors, at least in Asia. Previous investors include Gaocheng Capital, an investment firm founded by a former Hillhouse partner, and HTC, the Taiwanese electronics giant that has pushed into virtual reality in recent years. EventX declined to disclose its post-money valuation.