Sumo Logic Acquires FactorChain to Pioneer New Security Analytics Essential for Cloud and Modern Application Delivery

Sumo Logic, the leading cloud-native, machine data analytics platform that delivers continuous intelligence, today announced it has acquired FactorChain, an early stage security company with a Security Investigation Platform that makes transformational improvements in speed and depth of threat investigations, enabling resolution of complex threats spanning both IT and security in minutes instead of hours.

Cisco Acquires HCI Company Skyport Systems

Cisco plans to acquire Skyport Systems, a private company that provides hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) with the added benefit of security. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Barracuda Acquires PhishLine

PhishLine’s Social Engineering Simulation and Training Platform Expands Barracuda Solutions to Protect Against Email-borne Targeted Attacks

Arrow acquires eInfochips to further its IoT leadership position

Arrow Electronics has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire California-based product engineering and software R&D services firm eInfochips.

Microsoft acquires Avere Systems to further hybrid computing mission

In a world shifting to the cloud, Microsoft has carved out a place trying to help companies caught between two worlds — on-prem legacy solutions and the public and private cloud. To help further that hybrid mission, the company announced it was acquiring Avere Systems today for an undisclosed amount.

SolarWinds acquires log-monitoring service Loggly

SolarWinds, the company behind services like Pingdom, Papertrail and AppOptics, today announced that it has acquired the cloud-based log-monitoring and analytics service Loggly.

Acquisition of Kilopass by Synopsys

Synopsys, Inc. announced acquired Kilopass Technology, Inc., provider of antifuse OTP NVM IP used in automotive, mobile, industrial, and IoT applications.

VMware and Carbon Black Join Forces, Tackle Data Center Security

VMware wants its data center customers to know it takes security seriously. Today, it’s announcing a new security product, co-developed with Carbon Black.

Cisco to Buy Cmpute.io, Acquiring Yet Another Cloud Cost Comparison Tool

Cisco announced plans to buy Cmpute.io for its software product that compares workloads and costs across clouds and identifies ways to save money.

Jungle Disk Acquires SafetyNet Backup From Jobber

Jungle Disk, LLC acquired SafetyNet, a backup for QuickBooks Online, from Jobber, a cloud and mobile software platform for home service businesses, at QuickBooks Connect Toronto.