Modeling software company Autodesk has acquired BIM (building information modeling) platform Assemble Systems, as the former aims to bolster its offering for the construction industry. The deal – financial details of which…
Microsoft Acquires GitHub for $7.5bn
Microsoft has acquired coding service GitHub, in a deal worth $7.5 billion in Microsoft stock. The acquisition was confirmed today by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella in an official company blog, having been reported…
Amazon Bites Back at Police Face Recognition Critics
Amazon has defended the use of its Amazon Web Services (AWS) technology to power US police facial recognition platforms, amid concern the firm is underpinning “authoritarian” policing techniques. An open letter signed…
Keep Your WordPress Site Safe and Secure: Five Simple Tactics
Launched in 2003, WordPress had a humble start as a small bit of code meant to improve typography. Since then, it has grown into a robust, easy to use blogging system with…
Micro Focus Shares Tumble Amid Sales Slump and CEO Exit
Micro Focus International is entering a crisis, as it warns revenues will drop by a far greater amount than expected. The company, which is Britain’s biggest tech brand, has seen 56% wiped…
How Will Blockchain Impact the Internet of Things?
According to Gartner, by 2020, the Internet of Things (IoT) installed base, excluding PCs, tablets, and smartphones, will reach 26 billion units, empowering a market worth of $3 trillion. By 2025, the total…
Plutora “Unwinds the Spaghetti” of Highly Complex DevOps
There’s a common misconception about banks, Dalibor Siroky says: that they’re old school. Despite what the startup world might think about big financial institutions, he adds, in reality they’re “highly complex software…
Seceon Founder Chandra Pandey: “2018 Will Be a Year of Huge, Automated Attacks – And We’ll Be On Top of Them”
Last October Chandra Pandey, founder and CEO of cybersecurity firm Seceon, told Red Herring how the security industry was “broken”, and that his was one of few companies willing to build personal, trust-based…
Transparency and Diversity Key for SpotMe’s Software Success
When SpotMe was founded it had a bold vision: to develop a handheld device of its own. It was 2001, and the Lausanne, Switzerland-based firm had just spun out of the Swiss…
As eSports Continues to Grow Apace, its Athletes and Startups are Winning Big
The headquarters of G2 Esports’ Berlin team, on first glance, looks every bit what you’d expect from the home of seven young gamers. Beds are unmade, towels hang on bedroom doors and…