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NinjaOne completes $270 million Dropsuite acquisition
Endpoint management provider NinjaOne has completed its acquisition of Dropsuite in a deal valued at $270 million. Founded in 2011, Dropsuite specializes in SaaS backup and data protection for critical workloads, covering cloud backup, archiving, and recovery. Geared towards MSPs, the cloud platform is designed to protect data, ensure business continuity, and simplify compliance. NinjaOne said the acquisition will help…
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Snowflake targets PostgreSQL enterprise gains with Crunchy Data acquisition
Snowflake has announced plans to acquire open source Postgres provider Crunchy Data in a move the firm says will accelerate secure agentic AI development. The deal, announced at the Snowflake Summit in San Francisco this week, will bring Snowflake Postgres to the company’s flagship AI Data Cloud service. In a statement confirming the acquisition, Snowflake said this will combine the…
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‘A bold and highly strategic move’: Why Salesforce’s Informatica acquisition could be the key to Benioff’s agentic AI dream
Salesforce’s acquisition of Informatica could be a game changer for the company’s agentic AI ambitions, according to industry analysts, but questions still remain over how it will fit under the CRM giant’s umbrella. The $8 billion deal, announced earlier this week, will create the “most complete, agent-read data platform in the industry”, according to Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff. By bringing…
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Check Point bolsters attack surface protection with Veriti acquisition
Cybersecurity solutions provider Check Point has announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire exposure asset specialist Veriti Cybersecurity. Founded in 2021, Veriti has pioneered the preemptive exposure management (PEM) platform category, offering fully automated threat exposure and mitigation tools. Powered by AI and featuring integration with more than 70 vendors, Veriti’s offering is designed to continuously identify,…
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Proofpoint’s acquisition spree continues with Nuclei deal
Proofpoint has announced the acquisition of US-based tech firm Nuclei in a move the cybersecurity vendor said will bolster communications capture and archiving across workspace collaboration platforms. Headquartered in Holmdel, New Jersey, Nuclei specializes in compliance archiving and AI-driven data-enrichment for modern workspace communications. With the firm’s acquisition, Proofpoint said it is enhancing its digital communications governance (DCG) offering with…
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OpenAI just made its first hardware acquisition with a deal for Jony Ive’s startup – but Altman’s $6.4 billion moonshot is a huge risk
OpenAI has announced it will acquire io Products, a hardware company founded by former Apple chief design officer Jony Ive. The deal, reportedly worth $6.4 billion, will see io brought under OpenAI’s roof as the company pursues what CEO Sam Altman described as “a new generation of AI-powered computers” in a post on X. Io was founded in 2024 by…
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Proofpoint bolsters Microsoft 365 protection with Hornetsecurity acquisition
Cybersecurity provider Proofpoint has announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Hornetsecurity Group, subject to customary closing conditions. Expected to close in the second half of 2025, Proofpoint said the move will “significantly enhance” its ability to provide human-centric security to small- and mid-sized businesses around the world, via managed service providers. Headquartered in Hannover, Germany, Hornetsecurity…
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OpenAI is closing in on its biggest acquisition to date – and it could be a game changer for software developers and ‘vibe coding’ fanatics
OpenAI has reportedly purchased AI startup Windsurf for $3 billion after weeks of speculation over a looming acquisition. In April, reports suggested OpenAI was in talks with the AI coding tool developer on a $3bn deal, which would mark the company’s largest acquisition to date. Reports from Bloomberg suggest the deal has been agreed but not fully closed, hence the…
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LaunchDarkly to “double down” on observability with Highlight acquisition
Feature management specialist LaunchDarkly has announced the acquisition of open-source observability platform, Highlight. Highlight’s full-stack application monitoring platform equips organizations with error monitoring, logging, distributed tracing, and session replay capabilities. On the acquisition, LaunchDarkly said it is “doubling down on observability” by integrating Highlight’s tools into its own feature management platform, which is designed to enable software and AI development…
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Datatonic expands global services with Syntio acquisition
Cloud data and AI solutions provider Datatonic has moved to expand its range of global services with the acquisition of Syntio. Founded in 2017, Zagreb-headquartered Syntio specializes in data engineering, providing services designed to help organizations modernize their data infrastructure and develop advanced data platforms. For three years in a row, the firm was listed by the Financial Times as…
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