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Lookout sells its consumer cybersecurity business to F-Secure for $223M and goes all-in on the enterprise

TechCrunch

Lookout’s long-running transition to becoming an enterprise security company is all but complete, revealing today that it’s selling its consumer mobile security business to Finland’s F-Secure in a deal valued at around $223 million. ” For F-Secure, the deal gives it a stronger foothold in the U.S.

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Enterprise Inertia Slowing Down DevSecOps Integration

DevOps.com

DevSecOps has become an increasingly popular topic as enterprises grapple with the continuing challenge of improving their cybersecurity infrastructure. As the first quarter of 2020 has come to a close, are we making significant progress in fully integrating the development, operations and security functions in the enterprise?

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The HP-Autonomy lawsuit: Timeline of an M&A disaster

CIO

Around the turn of the century, Autonomy Corporation was one of the darlings of the UK technology industry, specializing in knowledge management and enterprise search. Its Agentware internet search tools are used by enterprises including Barclays Bank and Unilever and sold as shrink-wrapped software through retail outlets.

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Former Salesforce exec Bret Taylor is teaming up with Google AR/VR vet Clay Bavor on mystery startup

TechCrunch

The company was purchased by Facebook in 2009 and Taylor had a stint as CTO at the company. He would later found Quip, an enterprise document collaboration company, which was acquired by Salesforce in 2016 for $750 million. He climbed through the ranks to co-CEO, and now will be returning to his company building roots.

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Automattic acquires analytics company Parse.ly

TechCrunch

is now part of WPVIP, the organization within Automattic that offers enterprise hosting and support to publishers including TechCrunch. (We was founded in 2009 and has raised $12.9 Specifically, Parse.ly We use Parse.ly, too.). perspective that it still exists as a standalone product. ” Parse.ly and Montalenti leading product.

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Kdan Mobile gets $16M Series B for its cloud-based content and productivity tools

TechCrunch

Launched in 2009, Kdan Mobile has focused on developing content creation and productivity software for mobile devices from the start, founder and chief executive officer Kenny Su told TechCrunch. Su said the company’s focus on enterprise was validated with the 2019 launch of DottedSign, which now has more than 300,000 users.

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Microsoft faces new antitrust complaint over cloud software licensing in Europe

CIO

Microsoft chief partner officer Nicole Dezen described the changes as making it easier for enterprises to bring software they had licensed to a partner’s cloud — for example running applications on Windows 11 on multi-tenant servers — and for service providers to build and sell solutions more easily in their preferred cloud.

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