Category Archives: developer tools

Where top VCs are investing in open source and dev tools (Part 2 of 2)

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In part two of a survey that asks top VCs about exciting opportunities in open source and dev tools, we dig into responses from 10 leading open-source-focused investors at firms that span early to growth stage across software-specific firms, corporate venture arms and prominent generalist firms. Where top VCs are investing in open source and […] Continue reading Where top VCs are investing in open source and dev tools (Part 2 of 2)→

Where top VCs are investing in open source and dev tools (Part 1 of 2)

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The once-polarizing world of open-source software has recently become one of the hotter destinations for VCs. As the popularity of open source increases among organizations and developers, startups in the space have reached new heights and monstrous valuations. Over the past several years, we’ve seen surging open-source companies like Databricks reach unicorn status, as well […] Continue reading Where top VCs are investing in open source and dev tools (Part 1 of 2)→

Harness launches Continuous Insights to measure software team performance

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Jyoti Bansal, CEO and co-founder at Harness, has always been frustrated by the lack of tools to measure software development team performance. Harness is a tool that provides Continuous Delivery as a Service, and its latest offering, Continuous Insights, lets managers know exactly how their teams are performing. Bansal says a traditional management maxim says […] Continue reading Harness launches Continuous Insights to measure software team performance→

GitLab hauls in $268M Series E on 2.768B valuation

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GitLab is a company that doesn’t pull any punches or try to be coy. It actually has had a page on its website for sometime stating it intends to go public on November 18, 2020. You don’t see that level of transparency from late-stage startups all that often. Today, the company announced a huge $268 […] Continue reading GitLab hauls in $268M Series E on 2.768B valuation→

Serverless, Inc expands free Framework to include monitoring and security

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Serverless development has largely been a lonely pursuit until recently, but Serverless, Inc has been offering a free framework for intrepid programmers since 2015. At first, that involved development, deployment and testing, but today the company announced it is expanding into monitoring and security to make it an end-to-end tool — and it’s available for […] Continue reading Serverless, Inc expands free Framework to include monitoring and security→

VCs bet $12M on Troops, a Slackbot for sales teams

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Troops helps sales teams communicate via Slack. Continue reading VCs bet $12M on Troops, a Slackbot for sales teams→

Talk key takeaways from Google Cloud Next with TechCrunch writers

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Google’s Cloud Next conference is taking over the Moscone Center in San Francisco this week and TechCrunch is on the scene covering all the latest announcements. Google Cloud already powers some of the world’s premier companies and startups, and now it’s poised to put even more pressure on cloud competitors like AWS with its newly-released […] Continue reading Talk key takeaways from Google Cloud Next with TechCrunch writers→

New tool uses AI to roll back problematic continuous delivery builds automatically

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As companies shift to CI/CD (continuous integration/continuous delivery), they face a problem around monitoring and fixing problems in builds that have been deployed. How do you deal with an issue after moving onto the next delivery milestone? Harness, the startup launched last year by AppDynamics founder Jyoti Bansal, wants to fix that with a new […] Continue reading New tool uses AI to roll back problematic continuous delivery builds automatically→

GitHub and Google reaffirm partnership with Cloud Build CI/CD tool integration

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When Microsoft acquired GitHub for $7.5 billion smackeroos in June, it sent some shock waves through the developer community as it is a key code repository. Google certainly took notice, but the two companies continue to work closely together. Today at Google Next, they announced an expansion of their partnership around Google’s new CI/CD tool, […] Continue reading GitHub and Google reaffirm partnership with Cloud Build CI/CD tool integration→

Security Boulevard Chat: Update on Security & Compliance From Chef

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In this Security Boulevard Chat we speak with Dominik Richter and Dan Hauenstein of Chef. Dan and Dominik give us an update on the latest capabilities that Chef is building into its products to help with automating security & compliance. Some of th… Continue reading Security Boulevard Chat: Update on Security & Compliance From Chef→