credit: adobe stock あんみつ姫ASICs are on the Agenda as Marvell Acquire Custom Chipmaker Avera
Chipmaker Marvell has announced the purchase of Avera, the custom semiconductor manufacturer that was spun out from IBM’s chip-manufacturing unit GlobalFoundries in 2018.
credit: adobe stock vchalupHPE Make Supercomputing Play with Acquisition of Cray
As the fuel of the information economy, data is occupying an increasingly important role in business, and driving demand for high performance computers that can process this data faster than ever before.
credit: adobe stock max_776Consolidation Continues in Business Analytics as Sisense and Periscope Data Join Forces
In a move reflecting the continued consolidation of the analytics industry, Business Intelligence platforms Sisense and Periscope Data have combined forces.
credit: adobe stock Michael TraitovSolarWinds Plug Security Hole With Passportal Acquisition
In a bid to offer increased security to its MSP customers, Texas-based software giant SolarWinds has acquired Canadian password and documentation management firm Passportal.
credit: adobe stock bloomiconPluralsight Takes on GitPrime to Boost Enterprise Education
Pluralsight, the Utah-based enterprise technology skills platform, has purchased developer productivity pioneer GitPrime for $170 million in cash.
credit: adobe stock Production PerigSalesforce Snaps up MapAnything as Location of Things Market Heats up
One of the fastest growing enterprise software companies of all time – Salesforce – is acquiring Location of Things platform MapAnything, which is built natively on Salesforce’s AppExchange.
credit: adobe stock BillionPhotos.comMicrosoft Express Logic Deal Highlights Demand for IoT
Since the acquisition of software firm Forethought in 1987, Microsoft has purchased an average of six companies a year, making the corporation one of the most prolific dealmakers of all time.
credit: adobe stock phonlamaiphotoAmazon Renews Robot-human Assembly Line with Canvas Deal
The robotics and AI revolution is in full swing in Amazon’s warehouses, and the retail giant has announced the purchase of yet another robotics company – Colorado-based startup Canvas Technology.
credit: adobe stock AndSusMailgun Deal Highlights Investor Appetite for Enterprise Software
Enterprise software-focused private equity firm Thoma Bravo have acquired a majority stake of Mailgun, the Y Combinator graduate that provides email infrastructure products to companies such as Stripe, Slack, Lyft, Iterable and GitHub.
credit: adobe stock Maksim KabakouCarbonite Seeks Cyber Security Dominance with Webroot Acquisition
The growth of cloud-based applications has boosted innovation but has also created new security challenges.