Author Archives: Ron Miller

Dell sells RSA to consortium led by Symphony Technology Group for over $2B

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Dell Technologies announced today that it was selling legacy security firm RSA for $2.075 billion to a consortium of investors led by Symphony Technology Group. Other investors include Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board and AlpInvest Partners. RSA came to Dell when it bought EMC for $67 billion in 2015. EMC bought the company in 2006 […] Continue reading Dell sells RSA to consortium led by Symphony Technology Group for over $2B→

Egnyte unifies its security and productivity tooling into single platform

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Egnyte announced today it was combining its two main products — Egnyte Protect and Egnyte Connect — into a single platform to help customers manage, govern and secure the data from a single set of tools. Egynte co-founder and CEO Vineet Jain says that this new single platform approach is being driven chiefly by the […] Continue reading Egnyte unifies its security and productivity tooling into single platform→

Alibaba Cloud revenue reaches $1.5B for the quarter on 62% growth rate

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Alibaba issued its latest earnings report yesterday, and as part of that the Chinese eCommerce giant reported that cloud revenue grew 62% to $1.5 billion U.S., crossing the RMB10 billion revenue threshold for the first time. Alibaba also announced that it had completed its migration to its own public cloud in the most recent quarter, […] Continue reading Alibaba Cloud revenue reaches $1.5B for the quarter on 62% growth rate→

Judge temporarily halts work on JEDI contract until court can hear AWS protest

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A sealed order from a judge today has halted the $10 billion, decade long JEDI project in its tracks until AWS’s protest of the contract award to Microsoft can be heard by the court. The order signed by Judge Patricia E. Campbell-Smith of the US Court Federal Claims stated: The United States, by and through […] Continue reading Judge temporarily halts work on JEDI contract until court can hear AWS protest→

Google closes $2.6B Looker acquisition

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When Google announced that it was acquiring data analytics startup Looker for $2.6 billion, it was a big deal on a couple of levels. It was a lot of money and it represented the first large deal under the leadership of Thomas Kurian. Today, the company announced that deal has officially closed and Looker is […] Continue reading Google closes $2.6B Looker acquisition→

Datometry snares $17M Series B to help move data and applications to the cloud

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Moving data to the cloud from an on-prem data warehouse like Teradata is a hard problem to solve, especially if you’ve built custom applications that are based on the data. Datometry, a San Francisco startup, has developed a solution to solve that issue, and today it announced a $17 million Series B investment. WRVI Capital […] Continue reading Datometry snares $17M Series B to help move data and applications to the cloud→

Tozny introduces encrypted identity tool as part of security service platform

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Tozny, a Portland, Oregon startup that wants to help companies more easily incorporate encryption into their programs and processes, introduced TozID today. It is an identity and access control tool that can work independently or in conjunction with the company’s other encryption tools. “Basically we have a Security as a Service platform, and it’s designed […] Continue reading Tozny introduces encrypted identity tool as part of security service platform→

Model9 gets $9M Series A to move data between mainframes and cloud

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Model9, an Israeli startup launched by mainframe vets, has come up with a way to transfer data between mainframe computers and the cloud, and today the company announced a $9 million Series A. Intel Capital led the round with help from existing investors including StageOne, North First Ventures and Glenrock Israel. The company reports it […] Continue reading Model9 gets $9M Series A to move data between mainframes and cloud→

Good news for enterprise startups: SaaS helped kill the single-vendor stack

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In the old days of enterprise software, when companies like IBM, Oracle and Microsoft ruled the roost, there was a tendency to shop from a single vendor. You bought the whole stack, which made life easier for IT — even if it didn’t always work out so well for end users, who were stuck using […] Continue reading Good news for enterprise startups: SaaS helped kill the single-vendor stack→

Infosys is acquiring Simplus for $250M to grow its Salesforce consulting arm

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Infosys is a huge consulting organization based in India, which works with clients as they implement complex software integrations. Today, the company announced it was buying Simplus, a Salesforce integration consultant, for $250 million. The company, which is based in Salt Lake City, Utah, launched in 2014 and has raised almost $50 million, according to […] Continue reading Infosys is acquiring Simplus for $250M to grow its Salesforce consulting arm→