Monthly subscription pricing of its software is something that SAP doesn’t even offer its customers of its own brand-new Cloud.
Mobile Cloud
23 May 2013
When the software finds an unapproved program, it assesses how big of a risk it is. When too high, IT can block it or do things to the program to make it more compliant.
The deal shows yet again how software defined networking has become a focal issue for companies building out their own Clouds.
The startup builds large-scale data apps for companies to help them manage and analyze complex business data about users and predict their behavior. It raised $20m to date.
The startup, in stealth mode since it launched in 2011, claims that users who download games can start almost instantly playing them while the full download finishes.
The CEO sold to Dropbox because he didn’t want to be the company that identified a massive market, then got steamrolled by a bigger company who could tackle it faster.
22 May 2013
The API service startup will use the funding for hiring, as well as for expanding infrastructure to work with multiple partners across the world in the coming year.
Swipely allows small businesses to accept credit cards, with enhanced analytics and no new hardware or software purchases.
This looks to be the 4th acquisition for Blue Coat and a shopping spree by the company who was itself acquired in a $1.3bn deal by Thoma Bravo at the end of Dec. 2011.
21 May 2013
Last week, representatives of many of the world’s leading cities came to San Francisco to learn from Silicon Valley entrepreneurs about how to make their cities smarter.