Splunk takes over SignalFX for over a billion dollars
Splunk announces that it has acquired SignalFX, a provider of cloud monitoring and predictive analytics tools. The acquisition will help Splunk become a leader in cloud observation and application performance monitoring in the marketplace.
The deal of 1.05 billion dollars (about 946 million euros... Read more
Paessler will monitor everything with PRTG: IT, IoT and the cloud.
Paessler currently focuses mainly on the IT
infrastructure, on monitoring servers and networks. As soon as something goes
wrong, their monitoring tool, PRTG, alerts the system and network
administrators. This clear focus on IT is changing. Although monitoring the IT
infrastructure remains important... Read more
Most companies prefer spreadsheets to analytics platforms
The market for analytics platforms is growing, and the end of the spreadsheet is briefly announced. However, new research by Deloitte among 1,048 executives shows that they still prefer the spreadsheet.
62 percent of respondents in the survey still rely on spreadsheets for their insights, writes ZDN... Read more
Check Point security analytics solution needs to discover more cloud threats
Check Point has launched a new tool that offers cloud-native threat protection and security intelligence. The tool, CloudGuard Log.oc, enables customers to view any data flow and audit trail in flexible, scalable cloud environments. The tool is designed to help customers better understand their clou... Read more
Barracuda Networks adds analytics to firewall with SDWAN capabilities
Barracuda Networks has added analytics to its next-generation firewall, which also includes SD-WAN capabilities. The new platform for security analytics, Firewall Insights, collects and analyzes information from all CloudGen Firewalls that are deployed in an organization's network. These deployments... Read more
Virtualization company Zoomdata taken over by Logi Analytics
Logi Analytics, a developer's toolkit for putting data analytics capabilities into their software applications, has acquired data visualization company Zoomdata. The amount of money involved in the takeover is unknown.
The acquisition should help Logi Analytics improve their embedded analytics capa... Read more
Microsoft gives Power BI new design and AI analytics tools
Microsoft has made a new version of its business intelligence platform Power BI available. The new version has a new user experience and new analytics features driven by machine learning.
Power BI allows analysts to convert raw data such as sales figures into visualizations that can easily be shared... Read more
Google Cloud takes over for 2.6 billion U.S. dollars Looker
Google has announced to take over business intelligence platform Looker for 2.6 billion U.S. dollars (2.3 billion euros). Looker's services must be added to the Internet giant's Cloud platform. The acquisition is intended to close the gap with the solutions of competitors AWS and Microsoft Azure.
L... Read more
Splunk delivers insights and answers based on all types of data
Techzine recently attended SplunkLive! in Utrecht, an
event for all Splunk customers and partners to learn more about the products
and latest features. We were mainly guests to get to know the company better.
After all, what exactly does data company Splunk do?
Initially, Splunk started on the I... Read more
ServiceNow takes over mobile app analytics startup Appsee
ServiceNow has announced the acquisition of Appsee. Appsee is an analytics start-up that aims to help developers understand how users interact with their mobile apps. Financial details of the acquisition have not been disclosed.
Appsee, a startup from Tel Aviv, has developed an analytics platform th... Read more