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Cisco to acquire Indy startup Socio to bring hybrid events to Webex

TechCrunch

Cisco announced this morning that it intends to acquire Indianapolis-based startup Socio , which helps plan hybrid in-person and virtual events. Indy VC firm Sixty8 Capital launches $20M fund aimed at underrepresented founders. The two companies did not share the purchase price.

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NPO Cybersecurity Getting New Defense Level

The NonProfit Times

This initiative unites a group of organizations dedicated to providing funding, expertise, tools, and technology to support the Global Humanitarian ISAC mission of enhancing cybersecurity for global humanitarian and conservation nonprofits. As cybersecurity risks have become increasingly complex, solitary defense is no longer an option.

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Cisco strikes again grabbing threat assessment tool Kenna Security as third acquisition this week

TechCrunch

Cisco has been busy on the acquisition front this week, and today the company announced it was buying threat assessment platform Kenna Security , the third company it has purchased this week. Cisco plans to take that technology and integrate into its SecureX platform. The two companies did not disclose the purchase price.

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HYCU locks down additional funding to grow its cloud data protection business

TechCrunch

In an email interview with TechCrunch, CEO Simon Taylor said that the proceeds will be put toward expanding HYCU’s 300-person team with a particular focus on customer success and partnerships as well as funding the development of new products and services, including a software-as-a-service product.

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AMD to acquire data center optimization startup Pensando for $2B

TechCrunch

AMD is in the chip business, and a big part of that these days involves operating in data centers at an enormous scale. AMD announced today that it intends to acquire data center optimization startup Pensando for approximately $1.9 Jain will join the data center solutions group at AMD when the deal closes.

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Dremio raises $160M Series E for its data lake platform

TechCrunch

Data lake platform Dremio today announced that it has raised a $160 million Series E funding round led by Adams Street Partners. “What we do is provide technology that allows end-users to access their data in their data lakes directly via SQL — and they can do this in a way that delivers mission-critical BI.

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The Impact of Connectivity in the Future: Everything Is Connected, Cows will Tweet

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

With Dave Evans - Futurist At Cisco. ” Next up was Dave Evans, Chief Futurist at Cisco. He said in the future there will sensors on livestock that will give us data about them. These are mobile, sensors everywhere (wearable technology), location data, social networks, and big data and machine learning.

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