Saturday January 11, 2025

Video And Data Management Software Maker DIGIOP Bought By Investor Group

DIGIOP Technologies, a developer of video and data management software solutions, this morning announced that an investor group led by The Carlyle Group has acquired them earlier this month. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. DIGIOP offers a suite of video and data management solutions, primarily for the surveillance industry, and plans to launch […]

Accel-Backed ScaleXtreme Takes Data Center Management To The Cloud

Data center automation is a hulking $14 billion segment of the enterprise IT industry dominated by hulking giants like IBM, HP (through its $1.6 billion Opsware acquisition), BMC (through its $800 million BladeLogic acquisition in 2008), and VMWare. Companies often have thousands of servers, both physical and virtual, that need to be managed, and on […]

Sales Performance Management Software Maker Callidus Buys ForceLogix For $3.75M

Callidus Software, which markets Sales Performance Management (SPM) software solutions, has announced its intent to acquire all of the assets of its technology partner ForceLogix. Through the acquisition, Callidus says it gains a solid sales coaching and talent development technology platform, and the ability to extend its footprint to provide the most comprehensive offering of […]

Project Management Tool Wrike Opens Up API

Project management startup Wrike is opening up its API today, allowing third-party developers to create custom applications using the startup’s collaborative features. Wrike’s online project management application allows small to medium sized businesses to track employees, assign and monitor tasks, and more. One of the more compelling features of the app is the ability to […]

Cisco To Acquire Network Management Software Company LineSider

Cisco this morning said it intends to purchase LineSider Technologies, a privately-held network management software based out of Danvers, Massachusetts. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed, and Cisco said it aims to complete the acquisition in the second quarter of its fiscal year 2011. LineSider markets software that enables companies to build network […]

Enterprise Cloud Management Software Maker Abiquo Raises $10 Million

Enterprise cloud management software provider Abiquo has raised roughly $10 million in Series B funding led by Balderton Capital, with existing investors Nauta Capital and Eurecan participating. Bernard Liautaud, a Partner at Balderton Capital and well known for being the founder and former CEO of Business Objects, will join the Abiquo Board of Directors. Abiquo […]

Social IT Management Software Spiceworks Hits 1.2 Million Users

Spiceworks, a startup that develops Web-connected social IT management software, is announcing a few milestones today at the company’s conference Spiceworld. The company now has 1.2 million IT professionals using its platform, who support 37.5 million workers and manage 66 million computers and devices. Spiceworks, which recently raised $16 million in funding, develops a desktop […]

IBM Buys Information Management Software Company PSS Systems

IBM is continuing its shopping spree today with the acquisition of PSS Systems, a company that builds an information management software suite. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. PSS Systems’ software helps organizations manage information governance policies across massive amounts of electronic business information while avoiding legal risk, and discovery and data management costs. […]

CA Buys Capacity Management Software Company Hyperformix

CA Technologies this morning announced that it has agreed to purchase Hyperformix, a provider of capacity management software for dynamic physical, virtual, and cloud IT infrastructures. Deal terms were not disclosed. Capacity management enables customers to discover how physical, virtual, hardware, software, storage, and network resources are being used, and to determine what resources will […]

Cloud Management Platform RightScale Raises $25 Million

RightScale, a company that offers a cloud computing management platform, has raised $25 million led by Tenaya Capital with DAG Ventures, Benchmark Capital, Index Ventures and Presidio Ventures participating. This brings RightScale’s total funding to $42.5 million. RightScale’s cloud management platform helps engineers design, deploy, and manage business-critical applications on the cloud. RightScale platform is […]