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Swept Accelerates Product and Market Expansion with Growth Financing from FirePower Capital
Swept Technologies Inc. (“Swept”), the leading field management software platform in the janitorial industry, announced closing debt financing with FirePower Capital (“FirePower”), Canada’s entrepreneurial lender, investor, and M&A advisor.
Data Dynamics’ ControlX is a finalist in TechTarget’s Enterprise Data Storage 2021
Data Dynamics, the Unified Unstructured Data Management platform leader, announced that one of its products, ControlX, has been named as a finalist in TechTarget’s Enterprise Data Storage 2021 Products of the Year. In honor of the 20th anniversary of the Storage Magazine and SearchStorage Products of the Year contest, 39 finalists were selected for their products in backup, cloud, disk, hyper-converged, and management.
New Cybersecurity Report from Hornetsecurity Cites Growing Threats of Brand Impersonation
Cybercrime remains one of the biggest threats worldwide, according to a new report from email cloud security and backup provider Hornetsecurity. The Cyber Threat Report Edition 2021/2022 details the latest insights and data on the current threat situation with a focus on email communication. The report examines the development of spam and advanced threats, shows which industries are most under threat, and identifies the most frequently used cyberattack methods. It also reviews the most crucial cybercrime-related events of the past year.
LogicGate Welcomes GRC Veteran Christopher “CPat” Patteson as Field Risk Officer
LogicGate, a leading provider of transformative risk and compliance solutions, announces the addition of Christopher Patteson as its Field Risk Officer to lead the company’s new Risk Transformation Office.
Clearlake & Ta Associates-backed Precisely Signs A Definitive Agreement To Acquire PlaceIQ
Precisely, a global leader in data integrity software, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire PlaceIQ, a leading data, and technology provider that powers marketing and business decisions with location-based consumer insights. Financial terms were not disclosed.