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Rapid7 announced today after the closing bell that it will be acquiring DivvyCloud, a cloud security and governance startup for $145 million in cash and stock. With Divvy, the company moves more deeply into the cloud, something that Lee Weiner, chief innovation officer says the company has been working towards, even before the pandemic pushed […] Continue reading Rapid7 is acquiring DivvyCloud for $145M to beef up cloud security
DataRobot a company best known for creating automated machine learning models known as AutoML, announced today that it intends to acquire Paxata, a data prep platform startup. The companies did not reveal the purchase price. Paxata raised a total of $90 million before today’s acquisition, according to the company. Up until now DataRobot has concentrated […] Continue reading DataRobot is acquiring Paxata to add data prep to machine learning platform
Software-defined networks can be an efficient way to blend networks without compromising security Mergers and acquisitions inherently create times of growth, opportunity and excitement for enterprises, but they also can create challenges from the pers… Continue reading M&A and Networks: Creating an Expandable, Secure IT Architecture
Acquia announced yesterday that Vista Equity Partners was going to buy a majority stake in the company worth a $1 billion. That would seem to be reason enough to sell the company. That’s a good amount a dough, but as co-founder and CTO Dries Buytaert told Extra Crunch, he’s also happy to be taking care […] Continue reading How founder and CTO Dries Buytaert sold Acquia for $1B
In an amazingly quick turn-around for a deal of this scope, Salesforce announced today that it has closed the $15.7 billion Tableau deal announced in June. The deal is by far the biggest acquisition in Salesforce history, a company known for being highly acquisitive. A deal of this size usually faces a high level of […] Continue reading Salesforce closes $15.7B Tableau deal
Sisense announced today that it has acquired Periscope Data to create what it is calling, a complete data science and analytics platform for customers. The companies did not disclose the purchase price. The two company CEOs met about 18 months ago at a conference, and running similar kinds of companies, hit it off. They began […] Continue reading Sisense acquires Periscope Data to build integrated data science and analytics solution
As you look at the $34 billion IBM-Red Hat deal announced yesterday, if you follow the enterprise closely, it seems like a good move, at least on its face. It could be years before we understand the true value of it for IBM (or lack thereof, depending on how it ultimately goes). The questions stands […] Continue reading Assessing IBM’s $34 billion Red Hat acquisition
Customer experience management is about getting to know your customer’s preferences in an online context, but pulling that information into the real world often proves a major challenge for organizations. This results in a huge disconnect when a customer walks into a physical store. This morning, Cisco announced it has bought July Systems, a company […] Continue reading Cisco buys July Systems to bring digital experience to the real world
Google announced today it was going to acquire Israeli cloud migration startup, Velostrata. The companies did not share the purchase price. Velostrata helps companies migrate from on-premises datacenters to the cloud, a common requirement today as companies try to shift more workloads to the cloud. It’s not always a simple matter though to transfer those […] Continue reading Google to acquire cloud migration startup Velostrata
Rackspace announced today it was purchasing TriCore, giving it an enterprise applications management play to go along with its cloud management services. The announcement comes just one day after the company announced it was bringing a new CEO on… Continue reading Rackspace acquires TriCore, adds enterprise applications to cloud management mix