Software productivity firm Atlassian is acquiring DX for a total of $1 billion. Together, Atlassian and DX will empower enterprises to understand how their AI investments are helping engineering teams accelerate and improve their work, they say.
As organisations deploy AI at pace, leaders of large engineering teams grapple with understanding the productivity gains and returns on their investments. DX addresses this, helping them measure, benchmark, and improve developer productivity through data-informed decisions.
By integrating DX into Atlassian’s System of Work alongside tools like Rovo Dev, Jira, Bitbucket, Bitbucket Pipelines and Compass, customers will get the insights and tools they need to make teams more effective and connected than ever before, we are told.
“Using AI is easy, creating value is harder. Today's announcement is about helping our 300,000-plus customers understand if they’re making the right investments to win in the AI era,” said Mike Cannon-Brookes, Atlassian CEO. “By bringing DX into Atlassian’s System of Work, we’re helping engineering teams from some of the biggest enterprise companies move faster, more intentionally, and with incredible impact.”
-OPSWAT, a provider of critical infrastructure protection (CIP), has opened an international briefing centre and cybersecurity lab in London, marking a significant expansion of its UK presence.
The investment underscores OPSWAT’s commitment to protecting finance, defence, and operational technology in manufacturing and energy.
OPSWAT’s portfolio addresses escalating cyber threats with solutions such as content disarm and reconstruction (CDR), multi-AV scanning, adaptive sandboxing, data diodes, and secure managed file transfer. These capabilities are increasingly vital as legacy systems remain vulnerable.
The firm’s UK headcount grew from five to 35 employees in the past year, with plans to add 65 more by end of 2026. UK bookings also rose 76% from 2023 to 2024, and are expected to grow at the same rate in 2025.
OPSWAT serves more than 2,000 customers worldwide across multiple sectors, operating 20 offices globally.
-Tech Access Asia and Entuity Software, a Park Place Technologies business unit, have entered into a strategic partnership to distribute networking analytics and intelligence solutions across the Middle East, North Africa, and Turkey.
Tech Access Asia is a specialised value-added IT distributor representing vendors including Informatica, BMC, and EXUS. With a network of over 500 channel resellers and a presence in 17 countries across the Middle East and North Africa, including Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan, the company has established a strong regional footprint.
The new partnership with Entuity will further strengthen Tech Access Asia’s position in the enterprise technology sector, enabling it to provide channel partners with “world-class” infrastructure and business solutions, it says.
Entuity empowers enterprise IT teams with end-to-end visibility and control over their infrastructure. Designed to proactively monitor, visualise, and manage complex networks, Entuity helps improve availability and performance while streamlining operations.
By reducing “event noise”, accelerating Mean Time to Repair (MTTR), and enhancing overall efficiency, Entuity promises to enable teams to stay ahead of issues and maintain optimal network health.
-Hack The Box (HTB), a player in gamified cybersecurity skills development, has acquired LetsDefend, a blue team training platform known for its hands-on SOC simulations and growing community members.
The combination of Hack The Box and LetsDefend will offer hands-on labs, real-world simulations, and cross-role skill development to empower enterprises, governments, MSSPs, and academic institutions to continuously benchmark, upskill, and certify their cyber workforce.
“This unified approach will drive more predictable security outcomes, reduce risk, and create high-performing cyber teams for organisations,” said the pair.
-Akamai Technologies announced Akamai Partner Connect earlier this week. The unified global programme replaces a previous partner structure with a single framework supporting resale, distribution, technical solution enablement, services, and referrals.
The programme introduces enhanced incentives aligned with strategic offerings, region-specific tiering, and streamlined access to tools and support.
The new framework consolidates multiple go-to-market tracks into one platform, that is designed to reduce complexity and streamline partner engagement models that may vary across geographies.
Akamai Partner Connect marks the first time Akamai has integrated all partner types into a single global programme, while also decentralising qualification criteria to better reflect market-specific conditions.
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