Acquia secures $8.5m funding
US-based Acquia, a provider of content management software, Drupal, has finalised $8.5 million in financing, reports CMS Wire.
Acquia will use the funding to expand operations and increase investment in software-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service offerings for Drupal solutions.
Acquia received the investment from existing investors North Bridge Venture Partners and Sigma Partners together with Acquia CEO Tom Erickson. Since inception in 2007, Acquia has amassed $23.5 million of funding from venture capital.
Irish start-up drives open CMS
A new Irish and Danish technology company, Wiccle, has rolled out an open source content management system (CMS) for start-up companies, states Silicon Republic.
This CMS lets developers and end-users create and maintain Web sites without requiring knowledge of Web-coding languages, such as HTML, PHP or Java.
It has more than 30 modules, including video, e-commerce, shopping carts and forums, as well as built-in search engine optimisation.
Dell to snap up Boomi
SaaS cloud integration company Boomi will be acquired by Dell as it expands its cloud computing services, says News Factor.
Dell is already involved in cloud computing through such efforts as its Dell Services Cloud and an alliance with Microsoft to offer a branded version of its Azure platform appliance.
Boomi has a variety of high-profile clients, including Salesforce CRM, of which Dell is a partner. Its technology is used in marketing, financial management, content management, service-desk management, and human resources.
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