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IPOpalooza: B2B firms Freshworks and Toast both pop on first day of trading
Two business-to-business technology firms made their public debuts today, and both stocks popped, as Freshworks Inc.’s shares rose 32% by market close, and Toast Inc. shares shot up 56%. And there are more coming in tech. Money transfer service Remitly Inc. and customer engagement software provider EngageSmart LLC are expected to go public Thursday. However, not every ...
Dell updates CloudIQ to enable more autonomous infrastructure management on-premises and in the cloud
Dell Technologies Inc. is moving closer to enabling so-called artificial intelligence operations, or AIOps, that will make it possible for organizations to access operational data and use it to automate infrastructure technology management. AIOps is a phrase that was first coined by Gartner Inc. in 2017 to describe how information in IT environments could be ...
Adobe posts record revenue to beat forecast, but stock falls on slower growth
Creative design software firm Adobe Inc. beat expectations as it posted its third-quarter financial results today, showing strong revenue growth and guidance for the next three months. The company reported a profit before certain costs such as stock compensation of $3.11 per share on record quarterly revenue of $3.94 billion, up 22% from one year ago. ...
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, ...