European cybersecurity multinational buys Blueliv Barcelona startup specialized in cyber threat intelligence - Blueliv, a Barcelona startup specialized in cyber threat intelligence, has just been acquired by Outpost24, a European mutlinational of Swedish origin also specialized in computer security.

In this way, the tools that the Spanish company has designed will become part of the portfolio of digital security assets that Outpost24 offers its customers. Details about the operation, such as how much it has risen, have not transpired.

"The operation will create one of Europe's largest cybersecurity providers and the most comprehensive cyber threat monitoring solution to help its customers identify which risks are targeting their organizations. In this way they can drastically reduce their exposure to these risks," said a statement published on Tuesday.

European cybersecurity multinational buys Blueliv Barcelona startup

"These last 18 months have been difficult as many companies tried to mitigate the growing number of vulnerabilities and attacks, with little context about external threats and risks," says Karl Thedéén, CEO of Outpost24, referring to how the implementation of teleworking has also been a challenge for cybersecurity.

"That's why constant, automated threat intelligence has become a critical need." The "combined" solution from Blueliv and Outpost24 " will empower customers to accelerate risk reduction by giving them the context of those threats to prioritize solutions, efforts, and improve efficiency and security like never before."

Blueliv has already been part of a list of Spanish cybersecurity startups to follow prepared by investment funds. Proposed by Kibo Ventures, the company had already raised an investment round of 4 million euros (2018) and had in its client portfolio Ibex 35 companies. They were planning to use the money from that round to accelerate its expansion during 2020, in the year of the pandemic.

European cybersecurity multinational buys Blueliv Barcelona startup

Its CEO, Daniel Solís, has also commented on the corporate operation by which Blueliv becomes part of the Outpost24 family of solutions. "As we both work and continue on our mission, which is to help businesses and security teams be more effective with their systems, we have found many similarities between Outpost24 and Blueliv, making this operation ideal for offering our customers together a single security offering."

"By sharing our knowledge and combining our best-in-class threat intelligence systems, we can continue to improve and move towards a new standard for risk monitoring together," says Solís.

European cybersecurity multinational buys Blueliv Barcelona startup

In line with the operation, David Barroso, founder of another Spanish cybersecurity startup, CounterCraft, has congratulated his colleagues through social networks. In a tweet, Barroso noted that the acquisition is " excellent news." "It is true that we lose a Spanish company, but I am sure that we will see new leading companies created that will emerge from there."

European cybersecurity multinational buys Blueliv Barcelona startup : "The accumulated experience of all these years, as well as the contacts made, are a perfect combination for the future. Congratulations to the entire team, investors, partners, and especially to their customers who bet on them."

For his part, Solís himself, who has thanked the messages, has qualified that they will continue to be a Spanish company. "We remain a Spanish company and we maintain equipment, structure and taxation included. It is a pity that in Spain we do not collaborate more and that we have to look for partners outside", he added.

European cybersecurity multinational buys Blueliv Barcelona startup

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Telecoms continue betting on television to improve business: Vodafone launches a new "all in one" decoder with 'premium' sound and integrated with Alexa

The operators have been betting for some years on the television offer within their premium packages. In the midst of the price war in the sector, telecos are looking to sell convergent packages that offer telephone, internet and TELEVISION at a higher average price at the same rate. In this context, Vodafone has just launched its new TV device under the name Vodafone TV 4K Pro.

With the activation command "Hola Átika" the new TV device allows the user with the voice to change channels, search for a movie or play a song.

The difference with other devices of this type, explain from Vodafone, is that it allows you to add functionalities in a single device because in addition to the commands for television the tools of Alexa, the voice assistant of Amazon are added.

The price of this decoder is 5 euros per month for the rental of the device. The company's previous device was rented for 3 euros, although it is also possible to use TV services with Vodafone TV's own app on a smart TV without having to pay an additional fee.

Another feature of the decoder is its loudspeaker acoustically developed by the Danish company Bang & Olufsen that allows you to listen to the TV as if you were using a state-of-the-art soundbar and high definition. In addition, it has the ability to play Dolby Atmos sound, the immersive sound format used in the vast majority of movies that are released in cinema and offered in a large number of video streaming applications.

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The device also includes Bluetooth 5.0, which also allows the playback of audio sent from an external device, such as a mobile, emulating the behavior of a conventional Bluetooth speaker of high quality.

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