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French marketplace software firm Mirakl raises $555M in late-stage funding
French enterprise marketplace provider Mirakl SAS said today it has raised a chunky $555 million late-stage funding round that more than doubles its valuation to $3.5 billion. The Series E round was led by Silver Lake and also saw participation from existing investors 83North, Elaia Partners, Felix Capital and Permira. Mirakl has created a software-as-a-service ...
Google report highlights more ways to accelerate DevOps
Google Cloud’s DevOps Research and Assessment team today unveiled its latest annual report on the state of DevOps, with findings that might interest enterprises looking for ways to accelerate software delivery. DevOps is a philosophy that promotes better communication and collaboration between application development and information technology operations teams, as well as other stakeholders within an ...
Active Nav debuts data mapping-as-a-service compliance tools
Data privacy and governance software firm Data Discovery Solutions Ltd., which does business as ActiveNav, has announced a new “data mapping-as-a-service” tool for companies that need to keep an up-to-date inventory of all of the sensitive information stored on their systems. Announced today, ActiveNav’s new Inventory service is said to be able to generate comprehensive ...
Propel raises $20M funding for its product lifecycle management platform
Product lifecycle management startup Propel PML Inc. today announced a new $20 million round of funding led by Salesforce Ventures. Existing investors Norwest Venture Partners, Cloud Apps Capital Partners, Green D Ventures and TIFF also participated in today’s Series C round, as did new investor Ankona Capital, bringing Propel’s total amount raised to $48 million to ...
F5 Networks buys cloud security startup Threat Stack for $68M
F5 Networks Inc. has gotten its checkbook out again, announcing its fourth significant acquisition in the past couple of years with today’s news that it will buy cloud security firm Threat Stack Inc. for $68 million. F5 said it’s eager to merge its application security software and application programming interface protection tools with Threat Stack’s ...
D2iQ aims to make it easier to build and run Kubernetes apps at large scale
Kubernetes platform provider D2iQ Inc. today announced version 2.0 of its platform, featuring enhancements it says will make it easier for enterprises to run the open-source container orchestration software at scale. D2iQ, formerly known as Mesosphere Inc., sells an open-source, pure-play Kubernetes platform that enterprises can use to run cloud-native applications without fear of vendor lock-in. ...
Oracle Fusion Marketing automates lead generation and qualification
Oracle Corp. early today announced a new product within its Oracle Advertising and CX suite that it says will help marketers execute advertising campaigns to generate highly qualified sales opportunities. With the new product, called Oracle Fusion Marketing, marketers can create campaigns that span both traditional marketing and advertising channels. The key ingredient is automation, ...
Google extends its cloud storage capabilities with more choices on data replication
Google LLC is beefing up its cloud data storage capabilities with new features and products aimed at making it easier for companies to protect their most critical information across a wide range of applications and use cases. In an interview with SiliconANGLE, Google Cloud General Manager of Storage Guru Pangal and Director of Product Management ...
Software developer assessment platform CodeSignal raises $50M in new funding
Data-driven tech talent recruiting platform CodeSignal Inc. said today it has closed on a $50 million round of funding, bringing its total amount raised to $87.5 million. Index Ventures led the Series C round with participation from Menlo Ventures, Headline and A Capital. The company also announced the launch of an advanced integrated development environment ...
ServiceNow tackles hybrid work and employee fatigue with Rome platform release
Cloud automation company ServiceNow Inc. is targeting the new era of hybrid work that’s fast becoming a reality for many firms in the post-pandemic world, announcing a massive platform release today with dozens of new features and capabilities help organizations adapt their business models. ServiceNow says the global economy is currently expanding at its strongest ...