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Report: Marketing analytics provider Cardlytics has secretly filed for an IPO
Cardlytics Inc., a low-key but influential provider of marketing data that has raised more than $200 million in funding, is planning to go public. That’s according to a report from TechCrunch published today that cited multiple sources as saying the Atlanta, Georgia-based firm has quietly put in the paperwork for an initial public offering. Such confidential ...
Private equity firm Vista acquires well-funded cloud backup startup Datto
Against the backdrop of another major buyout in enterprise technology, Vista Equity Partners LLC on Thursday announced plans to acquire Datto Inc., a cloud-based data protection provider. The terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the price tag is likely quite considerable based on the available information. Datto has raised about $100 million from investors since launching in ...
Network monitoring provider Gigamon to be sold for $1.6B to activist investor
Elliott Management Corp. has a long history of successfully pressuring publicly traded tech companies that it considers undervalued to seek a buyout. Rarely, however, does the activist hedge fund play the role of acquirer. Thursday marked one of those occasions. Elliott announced that it has entered an agreement to buy Gigamon Inc., a Santa Clara, California-based ...
AMD seeks to one-up Intel with speedy new Ryzen laptop processors
The laptop processor market, which historically has been dominated by Intel Corp., is on track to become a lot more competitive. Advanced Micro Devices Inc. today unveiled two new chips designed to challenge its larger rival’s position as the leading supplier of silicon for thin, ultraportable machines. The Ryzen 5 2500U and Ryzen 7 2700U ...
Amazon launches AI cloud computing services using Nvidia’s new Volta chips
In a bid to lure more companies to run their artificial intelligence projects on its cloud platform, Amazon Web Services Inc. today launched a family of AI-optimized instances described as the most powerful of their kind on the market. The new P3 series is based on Nvidia Corp.’s latest-generation Volta graphics processing unit, called Tesla V100, ...
Low-key cybersecurity provider Skybox Security grabs $150M in funding
Despite keeping a relatively low profile compared with some rivals, Skybox Security Inc. is a force to be reckoned with in the cybersecurity market. The San Jose, Calif.-based company today cemented its position by announcing the completion of a $150 million funding round. The investment came from private equity firms CVC Capital Partners and Pantheon. Skybox ...
Wire takes its encrypted messaging service to the enterprise
Although consumer messaging services such as WhatsApp have been offering end-to-end encryption for a while now, Slack and other leading business communications platforms still use weaker security methods to protect user privacy. Wire Swiss GmbH Is looking to fill the gap. The Switzerland-based startup, which was founded by three Skype veterans, today launched a new ...
ThousandEyes adds new features for tracking down network problems
A typical enterprise network consists of numerous individual segments that often extend beyond the data center. As a result, pinpointing the cause of traffic bottlenecks and other technical problems can be a rather tricky task. San Francisco-based ThousandEyes Inc. is one of the several venture-backed startups working to address the challenge. Today, the provider launched a ...
Delphi to acquire self-driving car startup nuTonomy in $400M+ deal
Delphi Automotive PLC, one of the world’s largest auto parts suppliers, today announced that it has inked an agreement to buy self-driving car startup nuTonomy Inc. for $400 million. The company will pay up to $50 million more in earn-outs depending on how well the acquisition turns out. Spun out from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in ...
Cloud Native Computing Foundation adds two open-source security projects
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation, a prominent industry body backed by a who’s who of technology firms, is joining the cybersecurity fray. The group this morning announced that it has taken charge of two open-source projects designed to help developers better protect their applications against hackers. The projects join a dozen technologies already under the ...