Thursday May 9, 2024

Use Yammer Connect To Integrate Log-Ins And Feeds Into Third-Party Applications

Enterprise social networking platform Yammer is expanding the reach of its network today, launching Yammer Connect. The new plug-ins allows users to bring their Yammer identity to other business applications and an Embed feature enables companies to embed Yammer feeds into their intranet or other apps. Using a JavaScript API, developers can add the Yammer […]

Social Enterprise Company Jive Files For $100M IPO; 2010 Revenue Was $46M

Social enterprise giant Jive has just filed its S-1, and will raise as much as $100 million in the offering. Modeled to offer Facebook-like features to enterprises, Jive’s software combines computing with social collaboration to offer fully-featured social networks for businesses. Its suite of applications help businesses collaborate on a variety of tasks, including holding […]

Online Video Platform Company Brightcove Files For $50 Million IPO

Online video platform company Brightcove this morning announced that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the SEC in connection with a proposed IPO of its common stock. The company is looking to raise up to $50 million through the offering. Brightcove offers cloud-based solutions for publishing and distributing video and other […]

Accel Boosts Social Enterprise Expertise, Adds Salesforce Chatter Creator As EIR

After adding online payments exec Bill Ready as an Executive-In-Residence, Accel Partners is shoring up another area of expertise with the addition of former Salesforce.com executive Chuck Ganapathi as the firm’s newest Entrepreneur-in-Residence. At Accel, Ganapathi, who was the creator of Salesforce’s “Facebook for the Enterprise” Chatter, will focus on developing a company in the […]

Engine Yard Acquires Orchestra To Add PHP Support To Its PaaS

Engine Yard, a provider of Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solutions, this morning announced it has acquired Orchestra, developer of a platform for deploying, scaling and managing PHP applications. Engine Yard, which is backed by investors like Benchmark Capital, New Enterprise Associates, and Amazon.com, opted not to disclose the financial terms of the acquisition. The San Francisco-based company […]

6fusion Raises $7 Million For Cloud Infrastructure Management Software

6fusion, a provider of cloud infrastructure management software and services, this morning announced that it has raised $7 million in a Series B round of funding led by Grotech Ventures. Previous backer Intersouth Partners also participated in the round. The company provides an end-to-end cloud management platform that enables global workload distribution by turning companies’ […]

NextDocs Raises $10.3M To Provide Microsoft SharePoint Software To Life Sciences Industry

NextDocs, a company that sells Microsoft SharePoint based software for the life sciences industry, has raised $10.3 million in a Series A financing from OpenView Venture Partners. NextDocs helps life sciences companies of leverage SharePoint-based document and management software.The company actually customizes SharePoint for companies in the pharmaceuticals, medical device and biotech industries. NextDocs actually […]

Thought Equity Motion Scores $25 Million For Cloud-Based Video Platform

Online video technology and footage licensing services provider Thought Equity Motion has raised $25 million from Shamrock Capital Advisors, the company announced this morning. The company delivers video archive management and “smart content” metadata tools as a cloud service, as well as rights development expertise. Through its Web platform and global sales force, the company […]

OpenDNS Now Serving 30 Million Customers

Everyone’s favorite alternative DNS service, OpenDNS, is now serving up DNS to 30 million customers world-wide. The company announced this milestone in a short release and notes that they are now sending out more DNS goodness than any other major ISP. The company says they are now used in one of three US schools, hundreds […]

Andreessen Horowitz Leads $15M Round In Cloud Business Intelligence Platform GoodData

Startup GoodData, which provides companies with a cloud-based business intelligence (BI) platform, has raised $15 million in funding led by Andreessen Horowitz with existing investors General Catalyst Partners, Fidelity Growth Partners and Windcrest Partners also contributing to the round. This investment brings GoodData’s total funding to $28.5 million. The company has also added two new […]