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Semarchy brings material design to ‘master data management’
Semarchy Inc. hopes to help democratize master data management with new software that uses material design principles to simplify the process of data harmonization. MDM is an approach to linking important data across an organization to a single master file that acts as a common point of reference. The intent is to minimize data duplication ...
Crunchbase raises $18M as it seeks to become a broad-based data provider
Crunchbase Inc., the tech startup directory that grew out of the popular TechCrunch news site and was spun out of AOL Inc. 18 months ago, has raised $18 million in a series B funding round and launched a high-end Crunchbase Enterprise version of its premium subscription services. The latest round was led by Mayfield Fund and brings to ...
Survey shows lackadaisical attitudes toward cloud security risks
Information technology professionals may worry a lot about cloud security, but a new survey indicates they’re doing little about it. The survey of more than 3,000 IT professionals by cloud access security broker Bitglass Inc. found that only 24 percent of organizations routinely monitor software-as-a-service and infrastructure-as-a-service accounts. That’s despite the fact that 87 percent ...
SugarCRM gives its mobile app an overhaul
With use of its mobile app tripling year-over-year, SugarCRM Inc. is buffing up the iOS and Android software with a host of new usability and management features. Many of the enhancements relate to “streamlining where the clicks are and making intuitive actions part of the flow,” said Clint Oram, co-founder and chief marketing officer. “We also did a ...
Hortonworks announces faster, more secure data platform
Hortonworks Inc. today announced a new version of its data platform, boosting query performance, strengthening security and streamlining data management operations. With version 2.6 of the Hortonworks Data Platform, based on the open-source Hadoop software framework for handling very large datasets distributed on many computers, the company claims to be the first Hadoop vendor to ...
WalkMe snaps up Jaco, builder of user experience visualization engine
WalkMe Inc., maker of a platform for understanding and improving user experience, has made its second acquisition, picking up Jaco Analytics Inc. and its user experience visualization technology. WalkMe calls its cloud-based service a “guidance and engagement platform.” The software enables companies to offer contextual guidance, help and prompts to application users or website visitors ...
Intel completes McAfee spinoff to sighs of relief at both companies
Formalizing a deal announced in September, Intel Corp. has completed the spinoff of its McAfee security subsidiary, selling a 51 percent stake to private equity firm TPG for $3.1 billion plus a promise by TPG to invest an additional $1.1 billion in the business. Intel, which paid $7.7 billion for the security firm in 2011, ...
Quality assurance firm has an unusual advantage: autistic testers
“I see things at different levels than most people. I can see a whole spreadsheet of information organized in my mind. Before we moved into our house, I could picture every room and know exactly where I was going to put everything. I can also do that with random bits of data.” – Marcie C, community ...
EMC drives most of Dell’s growth as PC and server revenues flatten
Dell Technologies Inc. said it’s growing market share in all of its key markets as synergies between its new EMC subsidiary and other federated companies kick in. The Round Rock, Texas-based company early today reported $20.1 billion in fiscal fourth-quarter revenues, up 58 percent from a year ago and 24 percent from the previous quarter. ...
Business intelligence hotshot Looker rakes in another big pile of cash
Hot business intelligence startup Looker Data Sciences Inc. has closed an $81.5 million Series D funding round, adding CapitalG, the late-stage venture capital fund run by Google’s Alphabet parent, to its growing roster of investors. The latest infusion brings Looker’s total funding to $177.5 million, with nearly $130 million of that raised since the first of last year. Other ...
