Author Archives: Ron Miller

Salesforce introduces several new developer tools including serverless functions

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Salesforce has a bunch of announcements coming out of the virtual Trailheadx conference taking place later this week, starting today with some new developer tools. The goal of these tools is to give developers a more modern way of creating applications on top of the Salesforce platform. Perhaps the most interesting of the three being […] Continue reading Salesforce introduces several new developer tools including serverless functions→

ServiceNow to acquire Belgian configuration management startup Sweagle

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With more companies moving workers home, making sure your systems are up and running has become more important than ever. ServiceNow, which includes an IT Help Desk component in its product catalogue recognizes that help desks have been bombarded during the pandemic. To help stop configuration problems before they start, the company acquired Sweagle today, […] Continue reading ServiceNow to acquire Belgian configuration management startup Sweagle→

HashiCorp to offer managed versions of its developer tools starting with Consul

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HashiCorp is well known in the developer community for offering a slew of open source tools to help build and manage modern applications. Today the company announced a new cloud platform and plans to eventually offer managed versions of those tools, starting with Consul a tool for connecting and securing services across platforms. HashiCorp CEO […] Continue reading HashiCorp to offer managed versions of its developer tools starting with Consul→

Intercom announces the promotion of Karen Peacock to CEO

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Three years ago almost to the day, Intercom announced that it was bringing former Intuit exec Karen Peacock on board as COO. Today, she got promoted to CEO, effective July 1st. Current CEO and company co-founder Eoghan McCabe will become Chairman. As it turns out, these moves aren’t a coincidence. McCabe had been actively thinking […] Continue reading Intercom announces the promotion of Karen Peacock to CEO→

Cloudtenna raises $2.5M, launches mobile search app to find content across cloud services

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As we find ourselves spreading our content across a variety of cloud services, finding that one document you want that could be attached to an email, somewhere in a Slack conversation, or stored in Box, Dropbox, Google Docs or Office 365, makes that a huge challenge. It’s one that Cloudtenna has been trying to solve, […] Continue reading Cloudtenna raises $2.5M, launches mobile search app to find content across cloud services→

Uptycs lands $30M Series B to keep building security analytics platform

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Every company today is struggling to deal with security and understanding what is happening on their systems. This is even more pronounced as companies have had to move their employees to work from home. Uptycs, a Boston-area security analytics startup, announced a $30 million Series B today to help companies to detect and understand breaches […] Continue reading Uptycs lands $30M Series B to keep building security analytics platform→

Loodse becomes Kubermatic and open sources Kubernetes automation platform

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Loodse, a German Kubernetes automation platform, announced today that it was rebranding as Kubermatic. While it was at it, the company also announced that it was open sourcing its Kubermatic Kubernetes Platform as open source under the Apache 2.0 License. Co-founder Sebastian Scheele says that his company’s Kubernetes solution can provision clusters and applications on […] Continue reading Loodse becomes Kubermatic and open sources Kubernetes automation platform→

New Box tools should help ease creation of digitally driven workflows

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As COVID-19 has forced companies to move employees from office to home, cloud services have seen a burst in business. Box has been speeding up its product roadmap to help companies who are in the midst of this transition. Today, the company announced the Box Relay template library, which includes a series of workflow templates […] Continue reading New Box tools should help ease creation of digitally driven workflows→

How Liberty Mutual shifted 44,000 workers from office to home

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In a typical month, an IT department might deal with a small percentage of employees working remotely, but tracking a few thousand employees is one thing — moving an entire company offsite requires next-level planning. To learn more about how large organizations are adapting to the rapid shift to working from home, we spoke to Liberty […] Continue reading How Liberty Mutual shifted 44,000 workers from office to home→

Quolum announces $2.75M seed investment to track SaaS spending

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As companies struggle to find ways to control costs in today’s economy, understanding what you are spending on SaaS tools is paramount. That’s precisely what early stage startup Quolum is attempting to do, and today it announced a $2.75 million seed round. Surge Ventures and Nexus Venture Partners led the round with help from a […] Continue reading Quolum announces $2.75M seed investment to track SaaS spending→