Maria Deutscher, Author at SiliconANGLE

Apps

Atlassian shells out $425M to buy team collaboration service Trello

By Maria Deutscher Jan 9, 2017

Atlassian Corp. Plc is kicking off the week with a big addition to its collaboration lineup. The Australian project management giant today announced that it’s acquiring Trello Inc., the startup behind the hugely popular task…

Cloud

FinancialForce taps Salesforce.com veteran Tod Nielsen as CEO

By Maria Deutscher Jan 6, 2017

After a strong year that saw its revenues rise more than 40 percent, FinancialForce Inc. is making some management changes in preparation for the next phase of its growth effort. The enterprise resource management…

Cloud

Bitglass raises $45M to help companies defend cloud data

By Maria Deutscher Jan 6, 2017

The growing amount of data that companies keep in the cloud represents a major target for hackers, but such information can be difficult to protect since it’s hosted on remote hardware operated by third parties.…

Apps

Namely closes $50M round to streamline HR for midsized companies

By Maria Deutscher Jan 5, 2017

The investor enthusiasm around human relations startups that showed itself last year appears to have carried over to 2017. Namely Inc., a four-year-old provider of workforce management services, today revealed that it has closed…

Big Data

Gartner buys analyst firm CEB for $3.3B to broaden research

By Maria Deutscher Jan 5, 2017

Gartner Inc. is frequently cited in news articles about the IT industry for its commentary. Today, it became the news itself after announcing plans to acquire business advisory provider CEB Inc. for $3.3 billion. Excluding debt,…

Big Data

Qlik buys location data firm Idevio to bolster its geospatial capabilities

By Maria Deutscher Jan 4, 2017

Location data such as the distribution of a company’s offices should be more intuitive to visualize than cold business figures, but the task is difficult in practice due to the complexity of geospatial information.…

Infra

Qualcomm touts VR, efficiency improvements in new Snapdragon 835 chip

By Maria Deutscher Jan 4, 2017

Two months after Qualcomm Technologies Inc. unveiled the next iteration of its flagship Snapdragon system-on-chip, the official specifications have been released, promising better battery life and virtual-reality experiences. The Snapdragon 835 is described as…

Emerging Tech

DJI Robotics taps Seagate to develop data storage for its drones

By Maria Deutscher Jan 4, 2017

A commercial-grade drone such as DJI Robotics Inc.’s recently introduced Inspire 2 model can generate 120 gigabytes of footage during a 25-minute flight, which requires a lot of on-board storage to accommodate. Hard drive…

Emerging Tech

Intel plans to buy 15 percent stake in mapping tech provider HERE

By Maria Deutscher Jan 3, 2017

Over the course of the past week, the number of stakeholders in buzzed-about Geran mapping provider HERE has doubled from three to six, but now there’s yet another investor. Intel Corp. today disclosed plans…

Infra

Private equity firm buys IT automation provider LANDesk for $1.1B

By Maria Deutscher Jan 3, 2017

The workers at Salt Lake City-based LANDesk Software Inc. can expect a lot of changes going into 2017. Clearlake Capital Group L.P., a private equity firm with about $3 billion in assets under management, today…

Maria Deutscher

FinancialForce taps Salesforce.com veteran Tod Nielsen as CEO

Namely closes $50M round to streamline HR for midsized companies

Gartner buys analyst firm CEB for $3.3B to broaden research

Qlik buys location data firm Idevio to bolster its geospatial capabilities

Qualcomm touts VR, efficiency improvements in new Snapdragon 835 chip

DJI Robotics taps Seagate to develop data storage for its drones

Intel plans to buy 15 percent stake in mapping tech provider HERE

Private equity firm buys IT automation provider LANDesk for $1.1B

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