Startup promises to secure data centers, clouds workload by workload

Illumio, a well-funded startup with an impressive list of customers, is wheeling out a data-center/cloud security platform that imposes individual security policies on every workload.

The company has amassed $42.5 million through two funding rounds from Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, Formation 8, Data Collective as well as individual investors including Salesforce founder and CEO Marc Benioff and Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang.

It boasts Morgan Stanley, Plantronics, Creative Artists Agency, Yahoo and NTT I3 among its initial customers looking to better secure their networks.

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