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Perforce acquires IT infrastructure automation startup Puppet
Developer tooling maker Perforce Software Inc. is acquiring Puppet Inc., which provides software that companies use to automate the management of their information technology infrastructure. Perforce announced the deal this morning. The acquisition’s financial terms were not disclosed. Minneapolis-based Perforce provides a collection of software products designed to help application development teams become more productive. ...
IT management software provider Kaseya acquires Datto for $6.2B
Kaseya Ltd., a provider of software tools for managing information technology infrastructure, today announced that it is acquiring fellow software maker Datto Inc. in a $6.2 billion deal. The acquisition price amounts to $35.50 per Datto share, a 52% premium to the price at which the company’s stock closed on March 16. Kaseya will finance ...
Thoma Bravo buys cybersecurity provider SailPoint for second time in $6.9B deal
Private equity firm Thoma Bravo LLC today announced that it has inked a $6.9 billion deal to acquire SailPoint Technologies Holdings Inc., a publicly traded cybersecurity provider. The transaction marks the second time SailPoint is being acquired by Thoma Bravo. The previous deal occurred in 2014. That year, Thoma Bravo bought a majority stake in ...
Google Cloud and SADA launch expanded partnership with $2.5B cloud sales goal
Google LLC’s cloud business and SADA Systems Inc., a major technology consultancy, today announced an expanded partnership aimed at broadening enterprise adoption of Google Cloud. At the center of the partnership is a new three-year revenue growth initiative. The goal of the initiative, the companies said, is to encourage joint customers to purchase $2.5 billion ...
Google partners with iFixit to provide spare parts for Pixel devices
Google LLC today announced that it’s teaming up with consumer hardware repair specialist iFixit to make its Pixel smartphones easier to fix. As part of the partnership, the search giant will make Pixel spare parts available on iFixit’s popular hardware repair website. The website provides guides on how to fix malfunctioning consumer electronics and includes ...
Chip giant TSMC reports 36% first-quarter revenue growth
Chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. today announced that its revenue grew 36% in its fiscal first quarter, to NT$491.08 billion, or about $16.98 billion. According to Tom’s Hardware, TSMC’s revenue was in line with its sales guidance and surpassed analyst expectations. Of the $16.98 billion in revenue that the chipmaker made during the first ...
Fintech unicorn Bolt acquires cryptocurrency startup Wyre for reported $1.5B
Financial technology unicorn Bolt Financial Inc. is acquiring cryptocurrency startup Wyre Payments Inc. for about $1.5 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported today. Bolt confirmed the acquisition in an announcement released shortly after the Journal reported the deal. The announcement didn’t specify the acquisition price. San Francisco-based Bolt provides an e-commerce checkout service that enables ...
Web3 and blockchain security startup CertiK raises $88M at $2B valuation
CertiK, a cybersecurity startup focused on the Web3 and blockchain ecosystem, today announced that it has raised $88 million from investors three months after closing its previous funding round. CertiK’s Series B3 funding round was led by Insight Partners. Tiger Global, Advent International and Goldman Sachs participated along with existing backers. The investment values CertiK ...
HP shares jump after Berkshire Hathaway acquires 11.4% stake
Shares of HP Inc. jumped more than 15% today after Berkshire Hathaway Inc. disclosed that it has acquired a 11.4% stake in the company. Berkshire Hathaway detailed the investment in a regulatory filing released late Wednesday. The conglomerate, which is led by billionaire investor Warren Buffett, disclosed that it has purchased about 121 million HP ...
Stacklet launches managed version of its cloud governance platform
Cloud governance startup Stacklet Inc. today introduced Stacklet SaaS, a new software-as-a-service product aimed at helping companies operate their public cloud environments more efficiently. The new service is a managed version of the startup’s flagship Stacklet Platform. The latter offering is based on a popular open-source tool called Cloud Custodian, which was created by Stacklet ...