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BlackBerry is buying Cylance for $1.4 billion to continue its push into cybersecurity

sudshr47 November 16, 2018

BlackBerry was best known for keyboard-totting smartphones, but their demise in recent years has seen the Canadia firm pivot towards enterprise services and in particular cybersecurity. That strategy takes a big step further forward today after BlackBerry announced the acquisition of AI-based cybersecurity company Cylance for a cool $1.4 billion. Business Insider reported that a […]

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Pondering an IPO, cyber security company CrowdStrike raises $200 million at over $3 billion valuation

sudshr47 June 19, 2018

CrowdStrike, the developer of a security technology that looks at changes in user behavior on networked devices and uses that information to identify potential cyber threats, has reached a $3 billion valuation on the back of a new $200 million round of funding. The company’s hosted endpoint security technology has seen tremendous adoption worldwide and […]

View More Pondering an IPO, cyber security company CrowdStrike raises $200 million at over $3 billion valuation