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

CIO

Rather than selling software to customers, HP said, Autonomy had been selling them hardware at a loss, then booking the sales as software licensing revenue. Its Agentware internet search tools are used by enterprises including Barclays Bank and Unilever and sold as shrink-wrapped software through retail outlets. billion or $11.7

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Crypto tax prep, no-code survey, 4 VCs discuss how to pitch them

TechCrunch

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AllSpice thinks hardware developers lack their own ‘GitHub,’ so it is building one

TechCrunch

AllSpice , a collaborative hub designed for hardware development, came out of private beta on a mission to build a DevOps ecosystem inspired by GitHub. Founders Valentina Ratner (formerly Toll Villagra) and Kyle Dumont met at Harvard while both were getting a joint engineering master’s and MBA in 2019. Image Credits: AllSpice.

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Qapita, a developer of equity management software for startups, raises $5M led by MassMutual Ventures

TechCrunch

Qapita , a Singapore-based fintech that provides capitalization table and employee stock ownership plans (ESOP) management software, has raised $5 million in pre-Series A funding. Its software platform helps private companies digitize and manage cap tables, perform due diligence and issue equity to employees.

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Outsourcing QA in the world of DevOps – Best Practices for Dispersed (Distributed) QA teams

Trigent

DevOps is the preferred methodology for software development and release, with collaborating teams oriented towards faster delivery cycles augmented by early feedback. Outlined below some of the best practices for ensuring the effectiveness of distributed QA teams for an efficient DevOps process.

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Payments remain the darling of the fintech space

TechCrunch

Either way, let’s hope 2023 brings with it greater due diligence, less ego and more viable business models. On outage tracker DownDetector.com, irate customers reported missing funds and unexpected negative balances due to problems with the digital payment network.” So whether it’s a correction or a bubble is hard to say really.

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Three Ways a Private Equity Partner Can Help Your Software Company Grow

Battery Ventures

In particular, growth-oriented private equity is a growing force backing mature software companies who’ve already built steady, profitable businesses but see more runway ahead. Cloud-based enterprise software companies are particularly attractive to PE investors for the consistent revenue streams they generate. Growth through M&A.