Barracuda Networks strengthens bone protection with InfiSecure technology
Barracuda Networks has adopted the collision detection technology from InfiSecure Technologies. With this technology, the company wants to strengthen its recently announced Advanced Bot Protection.
Barracuda Networks announced its Advanced Bot Protection in June. The solution - which uses artificial... Read more
Cisco acquires customer analytics start-up CloudCherry
CloudCherry, a startup for customer analytics, has been acquired by Cisco. The CloudCherry software helps companies achieve a better customer experience. Cisco will probably use the expertise of the acquisition for its contact center products.
CloudCherry has a platform that allows companies to c... Read more
VMware acquires Pivotal Software
Pivotal Software, a provider of software development platforms, is acquired by VMware. The deal includes an amount of some $2.7 billion (2.4 billion euros), VMware reports in a press release.
With Pivotal Software VMware wants to offer an extensive portfolio of services, tools and products. These... Read more
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
Microsoft acquires jClarity to optimize Java workloads on Azure
Java company jClarity has been acquired by Microsoft. With the acquisition, Microsoft hopes that Java workloads on Azure will run more smoothly. It has not been disclosed how much Microsoft pays for jClarity.
The blog post in which the news was published shows that Microsoft wants to make the Azu... Read more
“Mitel’s making an offer to take over Avaya.
Avaya has considered a bid from Mitel to take over the company, reports Bloomberg. According to sources, the deal would ultimately create a telecom company worth more than $5 billion (€4.5 billion).
The American and Canadian telecom tower had been in conversation since April. There were rum... Read more
VMware wants to take over sister company Pivotal Software
VMware and Pivotal Software are discussing an acquisition. About five years ago, Pivotal Software became even more detached from VMware and EMC Corporation (now Dell EMC). Currently, the majority of VMware and Pivotal Software are owned by Dell Technologies.
The companies say they are talking about ... Read more
McAfee takes over NanoSec for an unknown amount of money
McAfee has announced the acquisition of NanoSec. By attracting the startup, McAfee wants to further expand the possibilities of container and cloud security. The amount of money involved in the takeover has not been disclosed.
McAfee will integrate NanoSec's products and technology into its MVISION ... Read more
Broadcom acquires Symantec enterprise security portfolio
Broadcom has announced that it is taking over Symantec's enterprise security division for $10.7 billion ($9.56 billion). This means that Symantec itself only has a product portfolio for consumers.
Broadcom takes over all security products for companies. The Symantec brand name will hereby be mainta... Read more
Salesforce wants to improve Field Service Lightning service with acquisition ClickSoftware
Salesforce acquires ClickSoftware for $1.35 billion ($1.20 billion). ClickSoftware is a provider of cloud-based field service management and workforce management software. The acquisition may improve the Field Service Lighting service for mobile personnel.
ClickSoftware was founded in 1997 and is th... Read more