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Recent Reports

Qlik boosts data management credentials with Attunity pickup

Deal Analysis - February 21, 2019

The company has agreed to purchase data replication and integration specialist Attunity for $560m, its second data-management-related acquisition in less than a year following the July 2018 purchase of Podium Data.
Matt Aslett Paige Bartley

JFrog acquires Shippable for fuller DevOps offering

Deal Analysis - February 21, 2019

The DevOps and binary management vendor has purchased continuous integration/continuous delivery software provider Shippable to enhance its automation capabilities delivered both in the cloud and on-premises.
Jay Lyman

Autodesk keeps its focus on evolving designer needs with AutoCAD updates

Impact Report - February 21, 2019

AutoCAD is a computer-aided design software for workers that rely on precise 2-D or 3-D drawings. Designers can use it for simple design models or employ a number of features to accommodate complex projects.
Chris Marsh Rosanna Jimenez

Cooling specialist Munters pours cold water on its datacenter business

Impact Report - February 21, 2019

The Swedish maker of climatic systems has announced its intention to close down its European datacenter business, and potentially leave the datacenter market, as part of a broader restructuring.
Daniel Bizo

Pure Storage mixes AI into a data management tonic for US healthcare provider

User Deployment Report - February 21, 2019

Storage system reliability and management overheads are being heavily improved by the use of machine learning in cloud-based technical support and management services – as a large US healthcare provider has found.
Tim Stammers

Import.io bolsters AI-driven capabilities for web data integration

Impact Report - February 21, 2019

Web scraping has traditionally been done with scripting, and data must still be integrated and cleansed before it is useful in analysis. Import.io offers a SaaS platform that performs the full lifecycle of web data collection: from extraction to analysis.
Paige Bartley

The silver lining to Africa's cloud: strong demand for datacenters

Spotlight - February 21, 2019

A lack of datacenters in Africa has been impeding digital transformation in the region. Africa is currently served by only about 150 multi-tenant datacenters. However, that is beginning to change.
Rahiel Nasir

Shelf aims to simplify knowledge management for service operations

Impact Report - February 21, 2019

The company is driving a reappraisal of knowledge management, arguing that the creation of complex customer experiences across channels is pointless if customers don't have access to consistent and accurate information from agents and platforms at all times.
Keith Dawson Conner Forrest

Google acquires Alooma to beam more data to Google Cloud data services

Deal Analysis - February 20, 2019

The company has agreed to acquire ETL-as-a-service provider Alooma in a bid to boost its data-transfer service family and make it easier for Google Cloud customers to migrate data from multiple sources into Google Cloud database services.
Matt Aslett Scott Denne

Palo Alto Networks looks to build the next-generation SOC

Deal Analysis - February 20, 2019

The vendor is on a path toward the next-generation security operations center with the acquisition of Demisto and its security automation and orchestration technology. SAO tools are required to extend Palo Alto Networks' Application Framework to address NG SOC needs for broad integration, analytics and cloud deployments.
Eric Ogren

Kibo reaches for Certona to bolster personalization capabilities

Deal Analysis - February 20, 2019

Announcing its second acquisition in the personalized customer marketing space in less than three years, unified commerce SaaS provider Kibo has picked up Certona. The deal should bolster Kibo's personalization offering, as the target's focus on making its individualization and predictive analytics capabilities available across all channels and for B2B commerce aligns with Kibo's growth plans.
Cameron O'Shaughnessy Sheryl Kingstone Scott Denne

Cisco CloudCenter Suite aims to deliver full-service transformation

Impact Report - February 20, 2019

The operational complexity and growing cost of managing applications across multiple public and private clouds is a growing challenge for IT teams. CloudCenter Suite is now priced by features, making it easier to consume, and is available as SaaS as well as on-premises.
William Fellows

Striim aligns its streaming integration and analytics offering with major cloud vendors

Impact Report - February 20, 2019

The company is continuing its pursuit of enabling the movement and analysis of real-time data within the enterprise. Striim has increased its focus on loading real-time data streams to various cloud environments from an array of sources with packages positioned specifically for major cloud data processing environments.
Matt Aslett Haley Brown

JetStream Software adds a wicked tailwind to help speed data movement and protection

Impact Report - February 20, 2019

Speed is of the essence when it comes to disaster recovery, and JetStream Software's focus on acceleration, migration and data protection touches all the right notes for addressing the changing BC/DR demands of hybrid IT.
Steven Hill William Fellows

Roadmap Planner offers visually intuitive software for strategic planners

Impact Report - February 20, 2019

Roadmap Planner is a young contender in the productivity software space specializing in strategic project planning for the c-suite, project owners and dedicated decision makers. Its value proposition is that it allows for increased productivity by helping users better prioritize tasks and have visibility into the statuses of each projects goal.
Chris Marsh Rosanna Jimenez

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