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20th National Cybersecurity Awareness Month kicks off

Network World

The designation became official in 2004, when President George W. Keep in mind that in 2004, security practice often involved little more than updating antivirus software. Bush and Congress declared October to be National Cybersecurity Awareness Month.

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Microsoft faces new antitrust complaint over cloud software licensing in Europe

CIO Business Intelligence

Changes Microsoft made to its cloud licensing of Windows and application software to “make bringing workloads and licenses to partners’ clouds easier,” the company says, have drawn the ire of those cloud partners, some of whom have jointly filed an antitrust complaint in the European Union. OVH, along with fellow CISPE member Aruba.it

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Inrix to acquire Portland startup Ride Report, which helps cities manage mobility programs

GeekWire

(Ride Report Image) Transportation software company Inrix acquired Ride Report , a Portland, Ore.-based Ride Report, which raised $10 million in 2020, originally started as Knock Software, which made a small device that counted bicycle traffic. based startup that helps city governments manage shared mobility fleets.

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Planview to acquire Seattle-based portfolio management software startup Changepoint

GeekWire

Planview, the enterprise software company recently acquired for $1.6 The three companies are similar, offering software for project portfolio management, or PPM. It was acquired by Compuware in 2004, then purchased again by Marlin Equity Partners in 2014. Matt Scheuing, CEO of Changepoint. Changepoint Photo). based Clarizen.

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Avalara nabs nearly $1B in debt securities to fuel growing tax compliance software business

GeekWire

The money will be used to fuel the company’s compliance automation software that helps more than 30,000 companies across 95 countries manage their sales and other types of taxes. Avalara said last week that it added $959.9 Customers include companies such as Zillow, Pinterest, Converse, Roku, Thule, and others.

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SEO software startup Moz acquired by iContact Marketing Corp., 17 years after launching in Seattle

GeekWire

SEO software startup Moz has been acquired by email marketing company iContact , a subsidiary of J2 Global. Rand Fishkin and his mother Gillian Muessig launched Seattle-based Moz back in 2004. (Moz Photo). Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Transportation data analytics provider INRIX lands $70M from Morgan Stanley

GeekWire

-based transportation software and data provider, raised $70 million from investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital and Morgan Stanley Tactical Value.