BMC adds to automation capabilities
Posted by Brenon Daly on December 3, 2010
by Brenon Daly BMC Software hopes its latest purchase will make life easier for database administrators (DBAs) and systems operations. The management giant on Friday picked up longtime partner GridApp Systems, adding the startup’s database automation offering to its broader automation and management portfolio. GridApp automates tasks such as database provisioning and patching – mundane [...]
3Leaf ends up at Huawei – but will it be staying there?
Posted by Brenon Daly on November 30, 2010
Contact: John Abbott Six months ago, I/O virtualization startup 3Leaf Systems disappeared from our radar screens. A little digging around more recently revealed that key staff members had scattered. VP of marketing Shahin Kahn was now at ORION Marketing Group, a consulting firm, with other ex-Sun Microsystems colleagues. CEO B.V. Jagadeesh had turned up as [...]
A bidding war (of sorts) between the virtualization vendors
Posted by Brenon Daly on September 1, 2010
Contact: Brenon Daly The tech industry has another bidding war. No, we’re not talking about the parrying over 3PAR or even the private equity shops slugging it out over Phoenix Technologies, a company that had largely been consigned to the corporate ash heap. Instead, we’re talking about the latest M&A moves by the virtuosos of [...]
A clear return and ‘cloudy’ outlook for Tripwire’s only deal
Posted by Brenon Daly on August 26, 2010
Contact: Brenon Daly Exactly a year ago, Tripwire made its first and only acquisition in its 14-year history, picking up the assets of Activeworx. The tiny startup added log management technology to Tripwire, an IT configuration and compliance vendor. The deal itself, which only set Tripwire back about $3m, was a fittingly quiet purchase of [...]
Desktop virtualization could lead to real security deals
Posted by Brenon Daly on July 9, 2010
Contact: Brenon Daly, Steve Coplan Despite virtualization sweeping datacenters and now serving as a cornerstone of cloud computing, virtualization security has largely been an afterthought. Few startups focused on this market are generating much revenue, and M&A activity has been muted, both in terms of deal flow and valuations. For instance, VMware – the kingpin [...]
Imagining ‘what if’ on Tripwire
Posted by Brenon Daly on June 2, 2010
Contact: Brenon Daly As we were skimming through Tripwire’s recently filed IPO paperwork, we couldn’t help but wonder ‘what if….’ Specifically, we were wondering what the company would be like if it had gone for the other exit and taken the rumored offer from BMC more than three years ago. At the time, Tripwire was [...]
Cavium’s quick moves on MontaVista
Posted by Brenon Daly on November 13, 2009
Contact: Brenon Daly, Jay Lyman It was hardly surprising when embedded OS vendor MontaVista Software got snapped up earlier this week. In fact, my colleague Jay Lyman put MontaVista at the top of his hit list for targets in the market in his report back in August. After all, the company was a pioneer of [...]
Microsoft pals up with Opalis?
Posted by Brenon Daly on October 19, 2009
Contact: Brenon Daly, William Fellows Having already seen a trio of notable runbook automation (RBA) startups get snapped up by major tech players, we’re now hearing buzz about another pairing. Word is that Microsoft has snagged Opalis Software for about $60m, according to both financial and industry sources. Opalis, which has raised $25m in venture [...]
Increasing cloudiness
Posted by Brenon Daly on August 31, 2009
Contact: Brenon Daly Just three weeks after VMware inked its company-defining acquisition of SpringSource, the virtualization kingpin is throwing the doors open on its annual VMworld conference today. (We can only hope that those attending the get-together found it smoother than those trying to access the conference through the website. For much of Monday morning, [...]
VMware: a ‘table-clearing’ bid for the clouds
Posted by Brenon Daly on August 13, 2009
Contact: Brenon Daly About a year and a half after Paul Maritz got picked up by EMC, the former Microsoft honcho has struck his signature deal for his new employers. When EMC reached for Pi Corp, which had yet to release a product, we figured the move was basically ‘HR by M&A.’ And that has [...]
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