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Report: VMware has acquired software-defined networking startup PLUMgrid
VMware Inc. has been doing some last-minute holiday shopping. The virtualization giant Monday confirmed a report on SDxCentral that it closed a deal Friday to acquire PLUMgrid Inc., an early contender in the software-defined networking space. The startup was founded in 2011 by three Cisco Systems Inc. veterans to help companies better handle the growing amounts of traffic crisscrossing ...
Cumulus puts more Linux into its Linux-based software-defined networking platform
The versatile command line interface in Linux is one of its main appeals for administrators, but a comparable control mechanism is largely lacking from the versions of the operating system that are used to power data center switches. Or at least until today. Cumulus Networks Inc. this morning introduced a new release of its Linux-based ...
Google’s Project Wycheproof aims to tackle cryptographic vulnerabilities
Most companies don’t have a resident cryptography expert who can assess the encryption in their software projects, so they’re often vulnerable to attacks that seek to exploit poorly implemented code. Daniel Bleichenbacher and Thai Duong of Google Inc. want to help mitigate the threat with Project Wycheproof. The newly open-sourced toolkit provides a set of ...
Dell EMC officially joins OpenSDS Project for software-defined storage standards
Three months after an insider revealed that Dell EMC is preparing to join The Linux Foundation’s software-defined storage initiative, the move is now official. The data center giant today took its place on the OpenSDS Project’s roster of backers alongside fellow array makers Fujitsu Ltd., Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. and Hitachi Data Systems. The three suppliers ...
Enterprise communications giant Mitel sells its telco business for $385M
Mitel Networks Corp. is looking to become a slimmer company in 2017. The Canadian unified communications provider today announced that it has struck a deal to sell its carrier business to Xura Inc., a portfolio company of Siris Capital Group, for $385 million. This sum consists of $350 million in cash and a $35 million ...
Amazon adds more secure edition of its QuickSight analytics service
Amazon.com Inc. has introduced an enterprise edition of its QuickSight analytics service that aims to help companies better secure the data they’re processing. The introduction comes a month after the company launched QuickSight into general availability. The biggest improvement over the standard tier is a built-in encryption feature for protecting records when they’re not being actively used. ...
VictorOps lands additional $2.8M as part of oversubscribed funding round
With an annual growth rate in the high double digits and thousands of customers under its belt, VictorOps Inc. has become a magnet for venture capitalists. The incident response startup on Friday revealed that it had raised an additional $2.8 million as part of a $15 million round originally announced in November. “We received a lot ...
Bold launches its enterprise publishing platform and adds a Slack bot
The cloud-based collaboration market is jam packed with document sharing tools, but Bold Inc. believes that there’s room for one more. The startup, founded by Ben Lee and David Byttow, founder of the defunct anonymous sharing app Secret, on Thursday announced the general availability of its IO publishing service, which aims to provide a one-stop hub ...
Springbot raises $10M for its marketing automation platform
Online retailers are investing heavily in marketing tools to try to capture a bigger slice of the $1.9 trillion global e-commerce market. Springbot Inc., a five-year-old marketing automation startup, announced on Thursday that it has raised $10 million in funding to capitalize on the trend. The round was led by the growth capital arm of Harbert ...
HyperScience raises $18M for its paperwork-beating AI
Handling paperwork isn’t exactly the most complicated aspect of a company’s operations, but it consumes a lot of person-hours that could be spent on more productive activities. New York’s HyperScience Inc. believes that the answer is artificial intelligence. The startup exited stealth today to pursue its vision for automating document management and announced the completion ...