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Vector Capital to merge Showpad & Bigtincan in global AI push
Digital Transformation

Vector Capital to merge Showpad & Bigtincan in global AI push

Vector Capital will merge AI firms Showpad and Bigtincan under the Showpad brand to create a global AI-driven revenue enablement platform by 2025.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Thu, 28th Aug 2025
Bigtincan & Showpad to merge, targeting USD $12 billion market
Customer Experience

Bigtincan & Showpad to merge, targeting USD $12 billion market

Bigtincan and Showpad will merge under Vector Capital to target the USD $12bn AI-driven sales enablement market, operating globally under the Showpad brand.

By Melvin Hipolito • 4 min read • Wed, 27th Aug 2025
WatchGuard CEO Prakash Panjwani steps down as Vats Srivatsan named interim
Firewalls

WatchGuard CEO Prakash Panjwani steps down as Vats Srivatsan named interim

WatchGuard Technologies appoints Vats Srivatsan as Interim CEO from May 14, 2025, as Prakash Panjwani steps back to a board advisory role.

By Melvin Hipolito • 4 min read • Tue, 13th May 2025
Patrick Dennis named as new CEO of machine identity firm Venafi
Quantum Computing

Patrick Dennis named as new CEO of machine identity firm Venafi

Patrick Dennis has been appointed as the new CEO of machine identity management pioneers, Venafi, following the company's 150% YoY SaaS business growth. Dennis will steer Venafi's course in the AI and quantum computing era.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Wed, 17th Jan 2024
Progress to acquire MarkLogic for $355Mn early this year
Vector capital

Progress to acquire MarkLogic for $355Mn early this year

Progress, a provider of software, has agreed to acquire MarkLogic, a specialist in managing complex data, for $355 million.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Fri, 6th Jan 2023
Vector Capital to be majority shareholder of WatchGuard
Firewalls

Vector Capital to be majority shareholder of WatchGuard

WatchGuard Technologies has announced it has entered into a definitive agreement with Vector Capital to make a large new equity investment in the business.

By Zach Thompson • 3 min read • Wed, 4th May 2022

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