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Distil Networks bolsters bot hunting service with first acquisition
Although the security operations of the modern enterprise are becoming increasingly automated thanks to the growing use of machine learning in network protection software, a human touch is still needed to pull everything into working order. That’s the reasoning behind Distil Networks Inc.’s newly announced acquisition of ScrapeSentry Inc., a professional services outfit that specializes ...
Elastifile raises $35 million for its universal all-flash storage stack
Just as declining memory prices have given rise to new analytics solutions that avoid the reliance of traditional data processing software on cheaper but slower spinning disk, so is the increasing accessibility of flash driving a shift to faster architectures over in the storage arena. The newest player that is trying to seize the trend ...
Import.io raises $13M to bring web scraping into the analytics discussion
There are numerous vendors tackling the challenges of data aggregation in the enterprise, but the majority focus only on the private records that companies keep behind the firewall and in their equally closely-guarded cloud deployments. Import.io Inc., by contrast, is working to simplify the collection of the publicly available information on the open web, an ...
Software-defined storage startup Scality snags funding from HPE
In its first return to investing since becoming an independent company three months ago, Hewlett Packard Enterprise today announced a follow-up contribution to the $45 million August funding round of Scality Inc., an emerging software-defined storage provider. The capital infusion puts the startup in league with big names such as infrastructure automation powerhouse Chef Inc. ...
Centrify tackles IT outsourcing security risks with new access controls
As the complexity of enterprise technology infrastructure continues to increase, so does the number of outsourced personnel CIOs are bringing aboard to support their operations. The trend is opening a new channel of attack for hackers that Centrify Inc. hopes to close with the latest iteration of its cloud-based login manager that was announced this ...
What you missed in Big Data: Redefining business intelligence
Business intelligence returned to the center of attention in the analytics universe last week after Sisense Inc. received $50 million in funding from a group of investors led by private equity heavyweight Bessemer Venture Partners. The capital will be spent on widening the adoption of its namesake analytics platform, which is already finding use among more ...
What you missed in Cloud: Strategic decisions
Last week saw the public cloud ecosystem return to business in full force to try and make up for the time lost during the holiday season. Infrastructure-as-a-service kingpin Amazon Inc. led the charge with the announcement of a sweeping price cut for three of its most popular Linux instance types, which now cost five percent ...
Report: Cloud revenues surpassed $100 billion in 2015
Cloud vendors added another zero to their combined revenues in the 12-month period ended September 2015 for an eye-watering total of $110 billion worldwide, according to a new market estimate from Synergy Research. The figure represents an impressive 28 percent improvement over the previous year that was predictably driven in large part by the rapidly ...
Amazon beats out rivals on cloud availability for second year in a row
There is a reason why Amazon Inc. has been able to maintain a stronghold over the public cloud for the better part of the past decade. In addition to boasting the broadest selection of capabilities and lowest prices of any major provider, Jeff Bezos’ firm apparently also offers the best service availability rates, according to the ...
BI startup Sisense raises $50 million to disrupt SAP
Eighteen months and several hundred customer wins after its last funding round, Sisense Inc. has raised another $50 million from investors to shift into the next gear of growth. The startup hopes to achieve that through a classic combination of increased marketing investment and the development of new features for its namesake analytics platform. The software ...