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What you missed in Big Data: New operational insights
Vendors are coming up with increasingly creative ways to tap the growing amounts of data on the web. BitSight Technologies Inc., for instance, aggregates information about hacker movements, exposed servers and other threats to track the online security landscape, an effort that attracted $40 million from investors last week. The capital will help drive the ...
What you missed in Cloud: Funding growth
Cloud startups continue to draw big investments from the venture capital community. Last week, Lucid Software Inc. added its name to the list by raising $36 million in funding from Spectrum Equity for its two managed design services. The first is called LucidChart and aims to ease the creation of wireframes for large digital projects ...
BitSight raises $40M to help companies quantify their security risks
There’s much more to cybersecurity than just fending off attacks against a company’s internal infrastructure. Organizations must also keep a close watch on partners, suppliers and customers who may make them indirectly vulnerable to hacking, a task that BitSight Technologies Inc. is working to ease with the support of GGV Capital. The venture firm today ...
Mirantis fast-tracks OpenStack expansion plans with acquisition
Mirantis Inc. isn’t afraid to change up its strategy when the situation calls for it. The company started out as an OpenStack consultancy in 2011, went on to become one of the top commercial distributors of the platform and is now moving into the managed services space by acquiring a competitor called TCP Cloud SA. ...
FinancialForce aims to automate cloud billing with new financial service
Subscription-based services are on the rise. Software makers are transitioning from selling on-premise licenses to cloud offerings, while less tech-savvy companies are trying to monetize their digital assets with on-demand APIs. FinancialForce Inc. believes the trend is creating an opening in the revenue management space that it hopes to seize with a new managed platform ...
Applause nabs $35M for its crowdsourced app testing platform
Companies are finding increasingly creative ways to shorten their release cycles. Some are adopting new development methodologies that can speed up code deployment, while others are tapping the power of the crowd with the help of providers like Applause Inc., which raised $35 million today to spread the word about its approach. The Massachusetts-based startup ...
IBM hires Silicon Valley veteran Michelle Peluso as its first CMO
A few months after hiring former AOL Inc. executive Bob Lord as its chief digital officer, IBM is welcoming another new member to the management team. The technology giant this week appointed Silicon Valley veteran Michelle Peluso to the newly created position of Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer. Peluso joins Big Blue from Technology ...
Sapphire Ventures raises $1B to fuel startup investments
Sapphire Ventures LLC has come a long way since spinning out of SAP SE in 2011. The former corporate investment arm, based in Palo Alto, CA, now ranks as one of the most prolific venture funds in the U.S., maintains an in-house market development team focused on mentoring founders and, last but not least, boasts ...
SAP launches Build, a cloud-based tool for prototyping enterprise apps
There’s much more to software development than just writing code. Application teams must also create a fine-tuned interface for every project if they want users to take full advantage of its features, a task that SAP SA hopes to ease with a new service called Build. The tool’s main selling point is a built-in template ...
Bessemer leads $25M investment into file sharing provider CTERA
While cloud lockers such as Box and Dropbox can make it much easier to manage business data, many organizations still prefer to handle employees’ file sharing activates on their own. As a result, they’re recruiting the help of providers like CTERA Networks Inc., which today raised $25 million from Bessemer Venture Partners, Cisco Systems Inc. and Vintage ...