Advanced Acquisition Signals Private Equity Appetite for Enterprise Software
Slough-based software company Advanced is not shy about its mission – becoming the biggest enterprise software vendor in the UK.
Slough-based software company Advanced is not shy about its mission – becoming the biggest enterprise software vendor in the UK.
Cybersecurity firm McAfee is buying four-year-old startup NanoSec, pioneer of the increasingly popular ‘container’ approach to cloud security.
Cloud computing and virtualisation firm VMware has acquired Uhana, an AI startup that uses machine learning to help telecom companies optimise their networks.
As companies migrate increasingly large volumes of data to the cloud, demand for software that can protect and backup this data is growing.
The economic slowdown has hit German lighting firm Osram hard, and difficulties in all three business sectors – automotive, optical semiconductors, and digital systems – are hurting profits.
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In the rush to adopt Internet of Things technology, innovative enterprises have left themselves vulnerable to cyber attacks and data theft.
As the sphere of innovation shifts from hardware to software, a new breed of programmable servers, storage gear and networking chips is being created.
Trade tensions, regulatory scrutiny, and falling demand for memory chips have dashed growth forecasts in the semiconductor industry.