Collaborate Disseminate
Managing IoT devices in a large organization can be a messy proposition, especially when many of them aren’t even managed directly by IT and often involve integrating with a number of third-party systems. SecuriThings wants to help with a platform of services to bring that all under control, and today the startup announced a $14 […] Continue reading SecuriThings snares $14M Series A to keep edge devices under control
Amazon, Microsoft and IBM have each elevated people who ran their cloud divisions to the CEO role. Continue reading Is overseeing cloud operations the new career path to CEO?
SentinelOne, a late-stage security startup that helps customers make sense of security data using AI and machine learning, announced today that it is acquiring Scalyr, the high-speed logging startup for $155 million in stock and cash. SentinelOne sorts through oodles of data to help customers understand their security posture, and having a tool that enables […] Continue reading SentinelOne to acquire high-speed logging startup Scalyr for $155M
Why is there so much M&A action in the container security space now? Continue reading Container security acquisitions increase as companies accelerate shift to cloud
BeyondID, a cloud identity consulting firm, announced a $9 million Series A today led by Tercera. It marked the first investment from Tercera, a firm that launched earlier this month with the goal of investing in service startups like Beyond. The company focuses on helping clients manage security and identity in the cloud, taking aim […] Continue reading BeyondID grabs $9M Series A to help clients implement cloud identity
We often hear about companies working to improve the customer experience, but for IT their customers are the company’s employees. Nexthink, a late stage startup that wants to help IT serve its internal constituents better, announced a $180 million Series D today on a healthy $1.1 billion valuation. The firm, which was founded in Lucerne, […] Continue reading Nexthink nabs $180M Series D on $1.1B valuation
The cloud infrastructure market in 2020 reflected society itself, with the richest companies getting richer and the ones at the bottom of the market getting poorer. It grew to $129 billion for the year, according to data from Synergy Research Group. That’s up from around $97 billion in 2019. Synergy also reported that the cloud […] Continue reading The cloud infrastructure market hit $129B in 2020
There is so much data sitting inside companies these days, but getting data to the people who need it most remains a daunting challenge. Polytomic, a graduate of the Y Combinator Winter 2020 cohort set out to solve that problem, and today the startup announced a $2.4 million seed. Caffeinated Capital led the round with […] Continue reading Polytomic announces $2.4M seed to move business data where it’s needed
Box announced this morning that it has agreed to acquire eSignature startup SignRequest for $55 million.The acquisition gives the company a native signature component it has been lacking and opens up new workflows for the company. Box CEO Aaron Levie says the company has seen increased demand from customers to digitize more of their workflows, […] Continue reading Box acquires eSignature startup SignRequest for new content workflows
Scratchpad is an early stage startup that wants to make it easier for sales people to get information into Salesforce by placing a notation layer on top of it. Today, it announced a $13 million Series A led by Craft Ventures with participation from Accel. The company has now raised a total of $16.6 million […] Continue reading Scratchpad snags $13M Series A to simplify Salesforce data entry