Showing posts with label research. Show all posts
Showing posts with label research. Show all posts

Friday, July 27, 2012

Two-thirds of all music consumed in the U.S. is free, admits industry

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The Torrent Freak obtained copies of images from a presentation by an executive of the RIAA, the main lobbying organization of the American music industry, for people connected to major labels in the country.

Confidential data reveal that 65% of music consumed in the United States is obtained for free, but the vast majority of content comes to people in order offline via external hard drives, CDs burned on a home or pendrives acquaintances.

According to research from the industry, two thirds of all music consumed in the U.S. is obtained for free, while just under 30% of all such content is purchased on p2p sites or storage of files, like the late Megaupload. 

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Tuesday, July 10, 2012

AlienVault platform closes a financing round 18.2 million


The unified management platform for security AlienVault has closed a third round of funding worth $ 22.4 million (18.21 million euros), as reported by the company Monday.

AlienVault use the new funding to expand the capabilities of sales, marketing and customer service company and to increase investment in research and development (R & D).

The financing round also participated at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) and Sigma existing investors Trident Capital and Adara Venture Partners.

To the Chairman and CEO of AlienVault, Barmak Meftah, is a "honor" to working with Kleiner Perkins and Sigma.

"We are extremely fortunate to have ongoing support and involvement of Trident Capital and Adara Venture Partners. Currently we have one of the best teams of managers and investors in information security at the forefront of AlienVault" added Meftah.