Splunk has acquired BugSense, a mobile analytics platform used by developers to improve app performance and improve quality. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The transaction is expected to close during Splunk’s 2014 fiscal third quarter, which ends in October. BugSense, founded in 2011, provides analytics from machine data it collects to understand how apps […]
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Box showed off new versions of its file preview feature and iOS apps at its BoxWorks conference this morning. In doing so, it was also highlighting what recent acquisitions have brought to the company. The new preview, for example, was built on HTML5 document-viewing technology from Crocodoc, which Box acquired earlier this year, and it […]
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For the second week in a row, LinkedIn’s market capitalization finished higher than Salesforce.com. Linkedin ended trading on Friday with a $32.56 billion market cap while the Salesforce market cap was $29.59 billion. Salesforce is a darling of Wall Street and has long been the symbol of the SaaS and new world of the enterprise, […]
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Few tech buzzwords of late have been more prevalent than “big data,” and SAP is hoping to make sure the market knows it’s hip to the trend with a series of new announcements. Perhaps the most significant announcement, made at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in San Francisco on Wednesday, concerns a pair of new agreements […]
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JumpCloud launched at TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco today with a new way to secure the deep vulnerabilities that come with cloud servers, in particular Amazon Web Services (AWS). The service, in private beta until today’s launch, represents a new way to analyze machine data to provide notifications and alerts about a customer’s cloud deployments. The […]
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LevelEleven, a developer of gamification apps, has raised $2 million from Detroit Venture Partners, Hyde Park Venture Partners, Salesforce.com and a group of investors, including two professional athletes. The company will use the funding to build out its service designed for salespeople. The company’s flagship app, Compete, drives competition between sales people through contests that […]
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There’s a big misconception about big data, renowned statistician and blogger Nate Silver says. It’s not enough to just have access to massive amounts of data: You need to know how to use it and what to do with it. It may seem obvious, but it’s a problem many organizations struggle with, Silver said during […]
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Zula, a startup from Jeff Pulver, a co-founder of VoIP success story Vonage, and serial entrepreneur Jacob Ner-David, is hoping to make your life a little less reliant on your inbox. The app combines elements of enterprise collaboration and communication tools, as well as mobile messaging giants like WhatsApp, for a tool that targets enterprise […]
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Investing in enterprise startups is a long-odds game, but if you play your cards right you can hit the jackpot. That was one of the takeaways of a conversation today between Doug Leone, a partner at storied VC firm Sequoia; Sanjit Biswas, co-founder of enterprise WiFi startup Meraki and Michael Arrington this morning at TC Disrupt […]
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