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Bitglass raises $45M to help companies defend cloud data
The growing amount of data that companies keep in the cloud represents a major target for hackers, but such information can be difficult to protect since it’s hosted on remote hardware operated by third parties. To circumvent the problem, chief information officers are adopting specialized security tools from the likes of Bitglass Inc. The four-year-old startup ...
Namely closes $50M round to streamline HR for midsized companies
The investor enthusiasm around human relations startups that showed itself last year appears to have carried over to 2017. Namely Inc., a four-year-old provider of workforce management services, today revealed that it has closed a $50 million funding round by early Box Inc. backer Scale Venture Partners and Altimeter Capital. They were joined by several ...
Gartner buys analyst firm CEB for $3.3B to broaden research
Gartner Inc. is frequently cited in news articles about the IT industry for its commentary. Today, it became the news itself after announcing plans to acquire business advisory provider CEB Inc. for $3.3 billion. Excluding debt, the deal is worth approximately $2.6 billion in cash and stock, representing a 25 percent premium over the last closing price ...
Qlik buys location data firm Idevio to bolster its geospatial capabilities
Location data such as the distribution of a company’s offices should be more intuitive to visualize than cold business figures, but the task is difficult in practice due to the complexity of geospatial information. QlikTech International AB is moving to ease the challenge for users of its dashboarding software today by acquiring analytics provider Idevio ...
Qualcomm touts VR, efficiency improvements in new Snapdragon 835 chip
Two months after Qualcomm Technologies Inc. unveiled the next iteration of its flagship Snapdragon system-on-chip, the official specifications have been released, promising better battery life and virtual-reality experiences. The Snapdragon 835 is described as a processing powerhouse packing 3 billion transistors made using Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.’s 10-nanometer fabrication technology. It’s comprised of a Kryo ...
DJI Robotics taps Seagate to develop data storage for its drones
A commercial-grade drone such as DJI Robotics Inc.’s recently introduced Inspire 2 model can generate 120 gigabytes of footage during a 25-minute flight, which requires a lot of on-board storage to accommodate. Hard drive maker Seagate Technology plc has taken it upon itself to meet the demand. Seagate today launched a product collaboration with DJI that ...
Intel plans to buy 15 percent stake in mapping tech provider HERE
Over the course of the past week, the number of stakeholders in buzzed-about Geran mapping provider HERE has doubled from three to six, but now there’s yet another investor. Intel Corp. today disclosed plans to buy a stake in HERE to the Federal Cartel Office, Germany’s equivalent of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. The document didn’t ...
Private equity firm buys IT automation provider LANDesk for $1.1B
The workers at Salt Lake City-based LANDesk Software Inc. can expect a lot of changes going into 2017. Clearlake Capital Group L.P., a private equity firm with about $3 billion in assets under management, today acquired the IT management provider from Thoma Bravo LLC. The Wall Street Journal cited anonymous insiders as saying that the deal ...
Dell’s new XPS 13 two-in-one promises a hybrid experience
Although the Consumer Electronics Show doesn’t officially kick off until Thursday, hardware makers are already starting to unveil the new products that they’ll be demonstrating at the event. Dell became one of the first to join the fray today, pulling back the curtain on a new two-in-one configuration of its XPS 13 laptop. Introduced during ...
MobileEye and HERE join forces to help autonomous vehicles drive better
If autonomous vehicles are ever to hit the roads en masse, they’ll require the ability to accurately recognize all the different landmarks and environmental factors that influence driving. The technology isn’t quite there yet, but Mobileye N.V. and HERE believe that they can bring the auto industry a lot closer. The companies today launched a ...
