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DocuSign Inc. today made its first acquisition after its initial public offering: Chicago-based cloud contract management firm SpringCM for $220 million. Founded in 2005, SpringCM offers a document management and workflow platform that facilitates contract lifecycle management, which is the management of a contract from …
Sequoia Capital leads $18M round into real estate technology startup Skyline AI
Real estate investment technology startup Skyline AI Ltd. today said it has raised $18 million in new funding to expand platform integration to include additional asset classes and further cooperation with the leading commercial real estate investment firms in the U.S. The Series A …
A year after Equifax, report finds growing gap in digital trust
Nearly a year after the notorious hack of Equifax Inc. saw the theft of 146.6 million customer records, a new report has found that there’s a big gap between what consumers want in data protection and what businesses are providing. The findings come today from …
Microsoft Component Object Model vulnerability allows for Windows hijacking
Security researchers at Cyberbit Ltd. have uncovered a new way that hackers can hijack Windows installations using a vulnerability in Microsoft Corp.’s Component Object Model. The Microsoft COM is a platform-independent, distributed, object-oriented system for creating binary software components that can interact …
Pentagon issues ‘Do Not Buy’ list covering Russian and Chinese software
The Pentagon has created a “Do Not Buy” list of primarily Chinese and Russian software makers the U.S. Department of Defense and its contractors shouldn’t buy software from due to security concerns. First reported by Defense One, the list has been compiled …
IBM teams with CLS for unveil new LedgerConnect financial services blockchain
IBM Corp. said today it has teamed with foreign exchange services provider CLS Group Inc. and a number of banks to unveil a new proof-of-concept blockchain platform for the financial services industry. Called LedgerConnect, the blockchain platform has been designed for financial …
Report: Bitcoin miner Bitmain looking at public offering on $14B valuation
Chinese bitcoin hardware maker and miner Bitmain Technologies Inc. is looking to go public in either Hong Kong or the U.S., according to an unconfirmed report published Monday. Forbes claimed that the company is looking to go public on a $14 billion valuation, up …
Uber dumps self-driving truck division two years after buying Otto
Uber Technologies Inc. is shutting down its self-driving truck division two years after spending $680 million to acquire Otto, the company behind the technology, in 2016. First reported by TechCrunch, the decision is being pitched by Uber as the company focusing on the …
Imperva acquires application self-protection security startup Prevoty for $140M
Cybersecurity software maker Imperva Inc. today said it has acquired runtime application self-protection security startup Prevoty Inc. for $140 million. Founded in 2013, Los Angeles-based Prevoty offers RASP security that is said to enable enterprises to automatically protect their applications in production. Its …
LifeLock exposes customer data via email unsubscribe vulnerability
Identity theft protection company LifeLock, a division of Symantec Corp., has exposed the email addresses of its customers in what could shape up to be one of the most ironic data exposure fails of all time. The exposure occurred because of a …