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In a planned leadership transition, Francine Geist joined Plano-based Critical Start as CEO. [Photo: Critical Start]
Plano-Based Critical Start Taps Veteran Software Exec to Lead Company
by Sandra Engelland | Jul 29, 2026
Francine Geist, former CEO of LiveAction, succeeds Scott White as CEO of the cybersecurity solutions firm as part of a planned leadership transition.
by Quincy Preston |
May 19, 2026
The nearly $5 billion startup ranked No. 28 on CNBC’s 2026 list alongside AI giants Anthropic, OpenAI and Databricks—making it the highest-ranked Texas company and the only Dallas-Fort Worth company in this year’s lineup.
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by Sandra Engelland |
May 13, 2026
The new C-suite appointees are Lisa Hayashi as chief marketing officer and Bob Kalchthaler as chief financial officer. Both are seasoned tech leaders who help position iCOUNTER for growth, the Dallas-based company said.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Jan 27, 2026
The partnership with Fortra marks "a significant milestone" in LevelBlue's mission to deliver world-class, proactive cybersecurity and secure what’s next for its clients, the companies said—while also representing advancement in Fortra's evolution as a channel-first company focused on empowering resellers, service providers, and distributors to deliver its solutions.
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Tech Mahindra Expands North Texas Presence With UT Dallas AI Partnership and Makers Lab
by Maddie Preston | Dec 10, 2025
After opening its Americas HQ in Plano earlier this year, Tech Mahindra is now launching its first U.S. Makers Lab at its Plano facility through a new applied AI partnership with UT Dallas.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 14, 2025
As part of the deal, SoftBank Corp., SoftBank Vision Fund 2, and Liberty Strategic Capital, known for investing in disruptive and innovative technology, will become investors in LevelBlue—which was formerly known as AT&T Cybersecurity before its spinout as a standalone business last year.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 3, 2025
The Frisco-based managed IT and cybersecurity firm promoted its COO to the top role just months after his latest appointment, part of a broader push to scale while preserving its culture and client-first approach.
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by UT Dallas |
Oct 1, 2025
Join experts for The Compliance Conundrum, a panel and networking event hosted by UT Dallas’ Cyber Security Research and Education Institute in partnership with Comcast Business, Rapid7, NBC 5, and Telemundo 39. Space is limited, and registration closes Oct. 3.
sponsored by The University of Texas at Dallas Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
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Darktrace chief legal officer Eve Saltman, left, and Marty Overman, EVP of sales, Americas. [Composite image: DI Studio; Photos: Darktrace]
$5.3B U.K. Cybersecurity Co. Darktrace Opens North Texas Office, Names New U.S. Execs
by David Seeley | Aug 5, 2025
Acquired last year by Chicago's Thoma Bravo for $5.3 billion, Darktrace was co-founded by British tech tycoon Mike Lynch and former U.K. intelligence officials. Lynch died last summer when his superyacht Bayesian sank in a storm off the coast of Sicily.
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by David Seeley |
Jul 30, 2025
Japan-based global cybersecurity leader Trend Micro—whose U.S. HQ is in Irving—is urging AI engineers and IT leaders to heed best practices in developing and deploying secure systems—warning that if they don't, they'll risk exposure to "data theft, poisoning, ransom, and other attacks."
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 16, 2025
Backed by SYN Ventures and five years of development, the Dallas-based cybersecurity company is led by threat intelligence pioneer John Watters. iCOUNTER aims to help organizations detect and deflect highly targeted, AI-enabled attacks—before they become “Patient Zero.”
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 9, 2025
Hyperabad, India-based agentic AI firm Covasant—which has a North Texas office in Plano and a U.K. office in London—aims to "directly confront adoption barriers for agentic AI" while delivering "robust, end-to-end enterprise governance solutions" through the newly combined entity, Covasant Technologies.
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The center was inaugurated by the Honorable Mayor of Plano, John B. Muns; Vice President at Caterpillar, Tim Graham; Honorable Consul General of India in Houston, Manjunath Chenneerappa; President & Executive Director (Mobility & Tech) at LTTS, Alind Saxena; and Chief Delivery Officer (Americas) & Head of Corporate Strategy at LTTS, Bhanu Gopalam. [Photo: L&T Technology Services]
India-Based L&T Technology Services Launches New Engineering Design Center in North Texas
by Lance Murray | Jul 1, 2025
The global engineering and tech services company’s Plano facility is slated to create over 350 high-skilled jobs in AI, digital engineering, cybersecurity, and manufacturing solutions.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 26, 2025
Founded in 2024, DataBahn.ai said it's "setting a new benchmark" for how modern enterprises manage and operationalize telemetry across security, observability, IOT/OT, and AI ecosystems.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 24, 2025
Trend Micro—whose U.S. HQ is in Irving—said many companies are demanding that their technology vendors remove the burden of "DIY security" by delivering pre-validated and co-engineered security and infrastructure offerings.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 18, 2025
The acquisition represents "a significant advancement" in Cytracom's Security Risk Management strategy and further aligns with the company's mission to empower MSPs to grow beyond traditional IT services and embrace a more strategic advisory role, the company said.
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