Acquisition stories - Page 80
How chatbots can enhance the customer experience
Wed, 18th Jul 2018
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uc
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data protection
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cx
Companies are increasingly using chatbots in their mobile apps to enhance customer service and improve the overall customer experience.
Radiflow raises $18m with support from Singapore engineering firm
Mon, 16th Jul 2018
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manufacturing
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cybersecurity
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industrial software
Industrial cybersecurity solution provider now has $18 million more in its coffers after a successful investment round.
Mimecast acquires cybersecurity training firm Ataata
Fri, 13th Jul 2018
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edutech
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email security
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risk & compliance
Ataata's security awareness training and cyber risk management platform will be integrated with Mimecast's cyber resilience for email.
AirTrunk appoints two new recruits – says focus is on APAC expansion
Thu, 12th Jul 2018
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hyperscale
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dc
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airtrunk
AirTrunk hires Dana Adams as new COO and William Nicholson as technical director of critical environments to expand its presence in Asia Pacific.
Cybersecurity firm AlienVault will soon be part of AT&T
Thu, 12th Jul 2018
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cybersecurity
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at&t
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alienvault
Cybersecurity firm AlienVault will soon become part of AT&T as the companies agreed to an acquisition deal worth an undisclosed amount.
SolarWinds acquires Trusted Metrics, adds threat monitoring offering for MSSPs
Wed, 11th Jul 2018
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advanced persistent threat protection
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solarwinds
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mssp
The acquisition will allow SolarWinds to offer a new security software product, dubbed SolarWinds Threat Monitor.
DDN steps in at final hour to salvage Tintri trainwreck
Wed, 11th Jul 2018
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hyperscale
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dc
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tintri
On its day of admitting bankruptcy, Tintri can now be brought back from the brink after Data Direct Networks made a bid for acquisition.
JASK raises $25mil in Series B financing to advance security operations beyond SIEM
Tue, 3rd Jul 2018
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siem
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socs
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ai
The company will continue its focus on platform development, increase hiring in all departments and expand global sales channels.
Three providers of unified endpoint management software named IDC innovators
Mon, 2nd Jul 2018
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edr
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tablets
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report
Unified endpoint management (UEM) technologies provide management, configuration, and deployment capabilities to all end-user computing devices.
Ensono nearly doubles in size with data centre company acquisition
Fri, 29th Jun 2018
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hyperscale
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edge computing
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dc
By acquiring a global hosted data centre services business, Ensono hopes to strengthen its presence in the UK and US, and establish one in India.
KPMG and Cylance team up to secure enterprise endpoints
Wed, 27th Jun 2018
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endpoint protection
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partner programmes
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ai security
The alliance with Cylance adds AI-enabled endpoint security technology to KPMG's portfolio of security strategy and roadmap services.
DDN acquires Lustre business from Intel, significant investment to come
Tue, 26th Jun 2018
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hyperscale
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dc
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healthtech
DDN acquires Intel's Lustre File System business, aiming to boost its HPC, analytics, and cloud portfolio with substantial investment in new features.
Dimension data acquires majority stake in e2y to bolster digital commerce play
Mon, 25th Jun 2018
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martech
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commerce systems
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partner programmes
According to DiData, the acquisition will provide a complementary set of skills to the company's core value proposition.
Huge money being made in U.S. data center real estate
Thu, 21st Jun 2018
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hyperscale
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dc
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colocation
A real estate investment trust has revealed the value of two recent data center sales, with the total sum exceeding $85 million.
HPE enables full software stack at the edge, announces increased storage offerings
Thu, 21st Jun 2018
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storage
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edge computing
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supply chain
The Edgeline solutions enable customers to run unmodified enterprise-class applications and management software from edge to cloud.
Why 'best-fit' is replacing 'best-of-breed' software solutions
Fri, 15th Jun 2018
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data analytics
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planning
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software
Businesses are shifting from 'best-of-breed' to 'best-fit' software solutions, prioritising customisation and cost-efficiency over one-size-fits-all approaches.
Continuum acquires MSSP CARVIR, adds SIEM to cybersecurity offerings
Fri, 15th Jun 2018
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siem
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socs
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mssp
The move extends Continuum's cybersecurity offerings and ability to enable IT service providers to meet the mounting security and compliance needs.
Superloop acquires SkyMesh broadband customers in $1.5 million deal
Tue, 12th Jun 2018
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uc
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nbn
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superloop
The new deal will add over 10,000 broadband subscribers to Superbb, the newly formed retail broadband division of Superloop.
TIBCO acquires cloud integration provider Scribe Software
Fri, 8th Jun 2018
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saas
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paas
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digital transformation
TIBCO says the acquisition will allow them to deliver a single solution to address a wide range of integration scenarios.
Gartner: AIM market winners will be those with complementary solutions
Tue, 5th Jun 2018
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hybrid cloud
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iot
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api
The application infrastructure and middleware market experienced a surge in spending of 12.1% in 2017, reaching $28.5bn, according to Gartner.