VMware Acquires Lastline

VMware Acquires Carbon Black

October 8, 2019

Cybersecurity

VMware completed its acquisition of Carbon Black in an all-cash transaction valued at $2.1 billion (at $26 per share). Carbon Black will form the nucleus of a new VMware Security Business Unit to expand VMware’s cloud-native security and endpoint protection capabilities.

VMware Acquires Nyansa to Bolster SD‑WAN with AI‑Driven Network Analytics

January 21, 2020

Cloud & SaaS

VMware announced intent to acquire Nyansa, an AI-based network analytics vendor, to integrate end-to-end visibility, monitoring and remediation into VMware SD‑WAN by VeloCloud. The acquisition brings Nyansa's Voyance AIOps platform and AI/ML capabilities into VMware's networking portfolio to improve troubleshooting, proactively predict client problems and advance self‑healing network capabilities.

Barracuda Networks Acquires PhishLine

December 21, 2017

Cybersecurity

Barracuda Networks acquired PhishLine, a Waukesha, Wisconsin–based SaaS provider of social engineering simulation and security awareness training. The acquisition expands Barracuda’s email and security training capabilities by integrating PhishLine’s phishing simulation, analytics and training platform into Barracuda’s portfolio.

Nvidia Reportedly Acquires Shoreline for ~$100M

June 19, 2024

Cloud & SaaS

Nvidia has reportedly agreed to acquire incident-automation startup Shoreline Inc. in a deal valued at around $100 million, according to Bloomberg. Shoreline, founded in 2019, provides cloud observability and runbook-driven remediation software for AWS, Azure and Google Cloud and had raised roughly $57 million from investors including Insight Venture Partners, NTT Venture Capital and Dawn Capital.

Broadcom Acquires VMware

November 22, 2023

Cloud & SaaS

Broadcom Inc. completed its acquisition of VMware, Inc., a leading provider of multi-cloud and virtualization software, in a transaction valued at approximately $61 billion (plus assumed net debt). The deal brings VMware into Broadcom’s software portfolio to expand Broadcom’s infrastructure and cloud software capabilities and rebrand the combined software business under the VMware name.

Palo Alto Networks Acquires Talon Cyber Security

December 28, 2023

Cybersecurity

Palo Alto Networks completed the acquisition of Talon Cyber Security to integrate Talon’s enterprise browser technology into its Prisma SASE offering. The deal extends Palo Alto’s SASE capabilities by protecting managed and unmanaged devices and will make Talon’s Enterprise Browser available to qualified SASE AI customers at no additional cost.