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Talk of Broadcom Buyout of Symantec Puts Broader IT Focus Into View

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Broadcom is once, twice, three times a multi-billion-dollar dealmaker (well, basically) in the past year if it follows through on its reported talks to acquire Mountain View, CA-based cybersecurity giant Symantec. Though it is one of the largest cybersecurity software providers, Symantec is.

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$100M Round Turns San Diego’s Seismic into Region’s Newest Unicorn

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The venture investment, which the San Diego startup announced Tuesday, is one of only a few so-called mega-rounds—$100 million or more—recorded this year in the region. (In Thompson to its board of directors. In Southern California, rounds that large are more often raised by life sciences companies.)

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Is the Future of Cybersecurity in M&A?

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Last month Symantec announced its plans to buy Blue Coat for $4.7 The bigger public players – Cisco, Check Point, HP, IBM, Symantec, and others – need to continually add to their arsenal of security solutions as the threat landscape continues to evolve. Symantec Forces the Industry to Stay Competitive. Why is this happening?

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IPO Scorecard: CrowdStrike Gains 70 Percent on First Trading Day

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That close pegged CrowdStrike’s market capitalization at $11.4 Trading began at $63.50 Wednesday, and reached a near-doubling of the company’s IPO price before settling down to close at $58 for a first-day bump of more than 70 percent. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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New Year to Bring New Data Security Threats, Cyber Investor Warns

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Ackerman (pictured) is founder and managing director of San Francisco-based VC firm AllegisCyber , and co-founder of Fulton, MD-based DataTribe , which helps launch startups grounded in the expertise of former federal cybersecurity experts at the National Security Agency and other government units.

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Endpoint Security Company CrowdStrike Files Publicly for IPO

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CrowdStrike , the cybersecurity company that identified the two Russian government-linked hacker groups that invaded the Democratic National Committee (DNC)’s network during the 2016 presidential campaign, filed publicly for an initial public offering on Tuesday.

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CrowdStrike Hauls In $200M, Reports Valuation Over $3 Billion

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CrowdStrike , a Silicon Valley cybersecurity company that fends off hackers by patrolling the edge devices connected to a network, announced today it raised $200 million in a financing round that sets the company’s valuation at more than $3 billion.

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