Dasient News

A Web security-as-a service company officially launched today and announced an initial round of $1.1 million in funding from a venture capital firm and the former CEO of Bluecoat.

The chipmaker reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter results after the markets closed on Monday, emphasizing the company's belief that it has reached the bottom of its downturn.

Gearing up for Twitter's self-serve advertising launch - currently in beta stage with only a small selection of advertisers - the company announced its acquisition of spam and malware protection service Dasient on Monday.

Dasient, which describes itself as a cloud-based Web antimalware technology company, introduced in 2010 a service to protect advertisement networks and publishers from malicious ads.

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