Vista Equity Partners Management LLC exploring options for its software companies, PeopleAdmin and PowerSchool in a potential deal worth $2 to $3 billion

Vista Equity Partners Management has hired UBS to explore its options. According to sources familiar with the matter at hand, Vista Equity Partners Management LLC, a private equity firm, is exploring options for two software companies it owns, PeopleAdmin and PowerSchool, which include their merger in a deal worth in the range of $2 billion…

Former IBM employee sentenced to 5 years in prison for stealing source code

U.S. District Judge Kenneth Karas sentenced, Jiaqiang Xu, 32 to prison for the theft of a trade secret and economic espionage. U.S prosecutors disclosed that a former software engineer for IBM, has been sentenced to 5 years in prison following his guilty plea of stealing proprietary source code from the software giant. On Thursday, U.S.…

Coca-Cola Pledges 50% Plastic Recycled Bottled To Fight Plastic Waste

Coca-Cola intends to make plastic waste “a thing of the past” and for this purpose the company would ensure that by 2030, its bottle will be composed of an average of 50 percent recycled plastic only. The soft drink giant has pledged to its expected responsibility to “help solve” the problem of global packaging waste…

Top Four Hot Industries For Startup Entrepreneurs In 2018 Identified By 99designs

In 2018, the hottest emerging industries for startups and entrepreneurs would be cryptocurrency, cannabis, VR and “alternative travel”. This was revealed in a research report prepared by online graphic design marketplace 99designs and was released this week. The conclusion by 99designs was arrived at through a thorough comparison and analysis of the design projects that…

Activist hedge fund Starboard Value LP to nominate 9 members to Mellanox’s board

While Mellanox clocked 19% to 30% in revenues in 2014 to 2016, its current revenue target is 0.5%. Starboard Value LP, an ativist hedge fund has begun a proxy fight for control of Mellanox Technologies Ltd, an Israeli chipmaker, which it said is deeply undervalued. Starboard, holding a 10.7% stake – the largest shareholder of…