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A pending $6.5 billion acquisition of Auth0 by Okta, announced this week, indicates the potential for a building wave of mergers and acquisitions driven by the rise of DevSecOps. As developers assume more responsibility for security, the influence the… Continue reading Okta Acquisition of Auth0 Signals DevSecOps Shift Left
As Okta announced earnings today after the bell, it revealed that it’s buying cloud identity startup Auth0 for a hefty $6.5 billion. The company had a valuation of $1.92 billion when it raised $120 million led by Salesforce Ventures last July. With Auth0, Okta gets a cloud identity company that helps developers embed identity management […] Continue reading Okta acquires cloud identity startup Auth0 for $6.5B
The Atlassian platform is chock full of data about how a company operates and communicates. Atlassian launched a machine learning layer, which relies on data on the platform with the addition of Atlassian Smarts last fall. Today the company announced it was acquiring Chartio to add a new data analysis and visualization component to the […] Continue reading Atlassian is acquiring Chartio to bring data visualization to the platform
SailPoint, an identity management company that went public in 2017, announced it was going to be acquiring Intello today, an early stage SaaS management startup. The two companies did not share the purchase price. SailPoint believes that by helping its customers locate all of the SaaS tools being used inside a company, it can help […] Continue reading SailPoint is buying Saas management startup Intello
A couple of weeks ago SentinelOne announced it was acquiring high-speed logging platform Scalyr for $155 million. Just this morning CrowdStrike struck next, announcing it was buying unlimited logging tool Humio for $400 million. In Humio, CrowdStrike gets a company that will provide it with the ability to collect unlimited logging information. Most companies have […] Continue reading Logging startups are suddenly hot as CrowdStrike nabs Humio for $400M
Since the start of the year, I’ve covered nine M&A deals already, the largest being Citrix buying Wrike for $2.25 billion. But not every deal involves a huge price tag. Today we are going to look at three smaller deals that show there is plenty of activity at the lower-end of the acquisition spectrum. As […] Continue reading These 3 enterprise deals show there’s plenty of action in smaller acquisitions
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
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
Despite the market turmoil caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 proved that mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are an essential part of business. Even in a challenging year, M&A deals in Q3 2020 reached a total of $896.3 billion; a 32% increase f… Continue reading Securing M&A Activity Using Active Directory