computer science

Soluto

Soluto is a computer science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Soluto rather than just read about it. In short: Soluto was a device protection software developer that helped users identify and correct problems in Microsoft Windows. History Soluto was founded in 2008 and received US$1.6 million in seed funding from Proxima Ventures.

Key takeaways

Soluto belongs to computer science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Soluto to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Soluto from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Soluto was a device protection software developer that helped users identify and correct problems in Microsoft Windows.

History Soluto was founded in 2008 and received US$1.6 million in seed funding from Proxima Ventures. This was followed-up with a $6.2M second round of financing led by Bessemer Venture Partners and joined by Giza Venture Capital, in March 2009. After the 2009 financisation, Israeli politician Naftali Bennett was brought in by investors as CEO. Bennett made several structural changes to the company, bringing on his brothers, Asher and Dan, as co-executives. Asher, a respected expert in cryptography and graduate of the Technion, worked on expanding the range of solutions, while Dan, a graduate of McGill University, brought expertise in managing technical startups, specializing in user protection, in their infancy.

Acquisition In 2013, Soluto was acquired by Asurion, LLC. Soluto ceased operation of the Soluto PC Management platform on April 1, 2016. At the time of purchase, it had 40 employees.

Funding Soluto is funded by Index Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Giza Venture Capital, Proxima Ventures, Crunch Fund, Innovation Endeavors, Initial Capital, and angel investors including Chris Dixon, Yuval Ne'eman, Saar Gillai, and Nadav Zohar. Soluto was purchased by Asurion on November 12, 2013, for a reported $130M.

Dissolution In 2022, Asurion decided to dissolve Soluto in order to "focus its current growth on the cellular market". The dissolution process included closing down Soluto's R&D center in Tel Aviv, and laying off all of its 120 employees.

References

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Soluto

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Soluto claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In computer science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Soluto before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Soluto ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Soluto

In research: Soluto appears in computer science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Soluto in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Soluto is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2008 establishments in Israel, 2013 mergers and acquisitions, 2016 disestablishments in Israel, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Soluto outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Soluto in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Soluto means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Soluto out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Soluto in simple terms?

Soluto was a device protection software developer that helped users identify and correct problems in Microsoft Windows. History Soluto was founded in 2008 and received US$1.6 million in seed funding from Proxima Ventures.

Why does Soluto matter?

Because it connects several computer science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Soluto?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Soluto.