Automated tools news in brief.

Burgiss Group., a provider of software and web services to the Private Equity industry has attained Gold Certified status in the Microsoft Partner Program in the ISV/Solutions competency.

Cenzic's Hailstorm application security assessment solution has been the highest rated application security product in 2005, according to InfoWorld.

Encirq, a vendor of data management solutions for embedded solutions has raised $14m in Series B funding. Menlo Ventures led the financing, joining existing investors JPMorgan Chase, Geneva Venture Partners and Novus Ventures. Japan-based Sunbridge Corporation and Itochu Technology Ventures also participated in the financing.

Infoblox The University of California Office of the President (UCoP), the system-wide headquarters for the University of California school system, has selected and deployed Infoblox network identity appliances to improve the reliability and reduce the management complexity of its network identity infrastructure. Infoblox is a vendor of identity-driven networks.

Kamakura has released version 4.1 of its Kamakura Risk Information Services (KRIS) default probabilities and correlations product. The suite is a credit modelling product.

Finisair Corp. has selected LogicalApps to create its environment for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. LogicalApps is a vendor of automated business controls software.

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