BigID pulls in $14 million Series A to help identify private customer data across big data stores

 As data privacy becomes an increasingly important notion, especially with the EU’s GDPR privacy laws coming online in May, companies need to find ways to understand their customer’s private data. BigID thinks it has a solution and it … Continue reading BigID pulls in $14 million Series A to help identify private customer data across big data stores

Snowflake lands massive $263 million investment on unicorn valuation

 Snowflake, the cloud-based data warehouse service, announced an enormous investment round today, pulling in a whopping $263 million on a unicorn valuation of $1.5 billion. The round was led by a trio of big-name Silicon Valley VC firms including … Continue reading Snowflake lands massive $263 million investment on unicorn valuation

Sumo Logic expands security toolset with FactorChain acquisition

 When we heard from Sumo Logic last June, the company was announcing a $75 million Series F. Today, they announced they were acquiring FactorChain, a security startup that has raised $3.6 million. The companies would not disclose the purchase pric… Continue reading Sumo Logic expands security toolset with FactorChain acquisition

Clairvoyant launches Kogni to help companies track their most sensitive data

 As we inch ever closer to GDPR in May, companies doing business in Europe need to start getting a grip on the sensitive private data they have. The trouble is that as companies move their data into data lakes, massive big data stores, it becomes … Continue reading Clairvoyant launches Kogni to help companies track their most sensitive data

Okta teams up with ServiceNow to bring identity layer to breach containment

 Okta and fellow cloud company ServiceNow got together to build an app that helps ServiceNow customers using their security operations tools find security issues related to identity and take action immediately.
The company launched the Okta Identi… Continue reading Okta teams up with ServiceNow to bring identity layer to breach containment

Google and Salesforce unveil first elements of partnership

 Last fall at Dreamforce, Google and Salesforce announced a partnership. Today, the two companies unveiled the first pieces of that agreement. For starters, Google Analytics 360 users can now import data from the Salesforce CRM tool such as leads … Continue reading Google and Salesforce unveil first elements of partnership

Anomali secures $40 million Series D led by Lumia Capital to scale threat detection solution

 Anomali, a threat detection and mitigation company, announced a hefty $40 million Series D investment today led by Lumia Capital. The company was previously known as ThreatStream. New investors Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners (DTCP), Telstra an… Continue reading Anomali secures $40 million Series D led by Lumia Capital to scale threat detection solution

Nyansa lands $15 million led by Intel Capital to grow user performance management

 Companies like New Relic and AppDynamics have been offering applications performance management solutions to help operations teams track external performance issues for years. Nyansa (pronounced ‘knee-ans-sah’) is bringing that kind o… Continue reading Nyansa lands $15 million led by Intel Capital to grow user performance management