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Gary Steele Pushes Proofpoint Past Email Protection

Proofpoint has been on a buying spree, making relatively small but strategic acquisitions. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based provider of security software via the cloud spent $24 million for NetCitadel and $35 million for Nexgate last year. In March, Proofpoint agreed to pay $40 million for security firm Emerging Threats. It was money well spent, CEO Gary Steele says, enhancing Proofpoint’s (PFPT) capabilities in advanced threat intelligence, security

Wall Street Analyst Jumps In NoSQL Database Market

When it comes to the Internet, Peter Goldmacher has seen a lot of it from the outside. Now, he’s seeing it from the inside. Goldmacher this year ended a 14-year career as a Wall Street analyst at Cowen and Co. and Merrill Lynch to become vice president of strategy and market development for privately held Aerospike , a maker of next-generation NoSQL open-source database software. Aerospike has its work cut out for it with rivals that include

Knock, Knock: Apple iBeacons, Looking For You

With most U.S. adults using smartphones, more retailers are looking for ways to use the devices to reach out to customers while the customers are right there in their store. Companies ranging from Facebook (FB) to Alibaba (BABA) to Walgreens (WBA) have tested an emerging technology that could automatically tip off retailers that someone is lingering in the shoe department and then quickly deliver individually tailored offers to that shopper’s