IBM today announced a broad expansion of its Cloud Data Services portfolio with more than 25 services now available on the IBM Cloud. They are designed to help developers build, deploy and manage web and mobile applications and enable data scientists to discover hidden trends using data and analytics in the cloud. The hybrid cloud … continue reading
Cisco announced today its intent to acquire Jasper Technologies, Inc., a privately held company based in Santa Clara that delivers a cloud-based IoT service platform to help enterprises and service providers launch, manage and monetize IoT services on a global scale. Under the terms of the agreement, Cisco will pay $1.4 billion in cash and … continue reading
AcademicEDGAR+ is the creator of the SEC Edgar database research application directEDGAR. AppsPlus offers software development and consultancy with a specialty in data-intensive programming. dtSearch is a leading provider of enterprise and developer text retrieval software and document filters. Together, these companies announce the integration of the dtSearch Engine into the latest version of the … continue reading
OutSystems, the world’s leading Rapid Application Development and Delivery (RAD) platform for the enterprise, today announced the completion of a $55 million funding round with North Bridge Growth Equity, a leading growth equity firm that invests in high-growth technology companies. As companies across all industries try to successfully transition to becoming digital enterprises, they must … continue reading
AppNeta, the leader in performance insight for business-critical web applications, today announced it is the first SaaS-delivered Application Performance Monitoring (APM) provider to support PHP 7 in production. Web developers can now use AppNeta’s APM solutions to isolate and fix performance issues for environments created with the newest, highest-performing version of one of the most … continue reading
Neotys today announced the world’s first Continuous Performance Validation solution for load testing and performance monitoring across the entire application lifecycle. “Performance testing is not a one-time event,” states Theresa Lanowitz, Industry Technology Analyst, Voke. “It should be conducted as much as possible throughout the software lifecycle. This testing includes application component testing (pre-GUI API … continue reading
SmartBear Software, the leader in software quality tools for the connected world, announced LoadComplete 4.0, the new and improved version of its performance and load testing tool for Web and mobile assets. LoadComplete 4.0 is packed with new features that allow performance testers and QA professionals to create comprehensive tests without scripting, saving time and … continue reading
VoltDB, the only purpose-built database for fast data applications, today announced the availability of its newest release, VoltDB v6.0. The game-changing combination of the world’s fastest operational database with fast data ingest/export, now with geospatial support, meets the needs of businesses bringing next-gen applications to market. VoltDB makes next-gen business applications smarter and faster while … continue reading
The IBM board of directors today elected Mark Fields to the board effective March 1, 2016. Mr. Fields, 55, is president and chief executive officer, Ford Motor Company. Ginni Rometty, IBM chairman, president and chief executive officer, said: “We are pleased that Mark will be joining the IBM board of directors. Mark led the highly … continue reading
Branch Metrics, the deep linking solution for app developers and marketers, today announced that it has raised $35 million in Series B funding. New investor Founders Fund led the round with participation from all existing investors, including New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Pejman Mar Ventures, Cowboy Ventures, Zach Coelius, and Ben Narasin, and new investor Madrona … continue reading
iSheriff, a leading cloud security company, today announced the release of iSheriff Complete, a comprehensive cyber security platform designed to provide 360-degree protection of an organization’s devices and communication channels. iSheriff Complete is the industry’s first comprehensive cloud security platform that provides fully-integrated endpoint, Web and email security, delivered through a single Web-based management console … continue reading
Sony Corporation is announcing that it has reached an agreement with Altair Semiconductor and its major shareholders to acquire the company. The purchase price is 212 million U.S. dollars (approximately 25 billion yen), and Sony expects to complete the acquisition in early February, 2016. Altair, an Israel-based company, owns modem chip technology and related software … continue reading
