Start-ups

AT&T and SAP AG (announced an expanded partnership focused on mobile application development, mobile security and management for businesses.  The comprehensive suite of mobile solutions from SAP is now expected...

AT&T has opened its second innovation center in Plano, Texas. The new AT&T Foundry, which is located on a floor above the first facility will help hardware developers by providing...

Splunk, which provides software for real-time operational intelligence, agreed to acquire BugSense, a start-up providing an analytics solution for machine data generated by mobile devices. Financial terms were not disclosed....

Gordon Stitt, the founder and former CEO of Extreme Networks, will be joining Nebula, a start-up focused on the enterprise cloud space, as CEO effective September 23rd. Nebula is developing...

Datapipe, a global provider of managed services and infrastructure for outsourced IT and cloud computing, has acquired Newvem, a start-up specializing in cloud usage analytics and operations optimization. Datapipe said...

AppDirect, which offers a cloud service marketplace and management platform that enables companies to distribute web-based services, has acquired Standing Cloud, another start-up offering cloud management services, such as automated...

Cisco agreed to acquire WHIPTAIL, a privately-held developer of high performance, scalable solid state memory systems, for approximately $415 million in cash and retention-based incentives. WHIPTAIL, which is based in...

CrowdStrike, a start-up based in Irvine, California, has raised $30 million in Series B financing for it ssecurity technologies and services focused on identifying advanced threats and targeted attacks. CrowdStrike's...

RiverMeadow Software, a start-up based in San Jose, California and Westford, Massachusetts, has closed a $12 million Series B financing round to support its automated server migration solution developed specifically...

Pure Storage, a start-up based in Mountain View, California, last week announced $150 million in new funding to support its all-flash enterprise storage array strategy. The Series E funding round...

Violin Memory, a start-up offering memory-based storage systems, filed its registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the proposed initial public offering of its common stock. The number...

HyTrust, a start-up based in Mountain View, California, raised $18.5 million in Series C funding for its Cloud Security Automation (CSA). HyTrust said its sales are on target to quadruple...

Netsocket named Fletcher Hamilton as its new president and CEO, replacing John White, who for the last 2 years led the company’s transformation into a key and innovative technology provider...