Catchpoint expands NS1 deployment with redundant DNS
NS1, a leader in next generation DNS and application traffic management solutions, today announced that Catchpoint’s Digital Experience Monitoring platforms will leverage NS1’s white-glove migration services to quickly and securely implement NS1’s Dedicated DNS for added redundancy. Catchpoint previously leveraged a combination of NS1 and Oracle Dyn. Maintaining redundant DNS is crucial to ensure optimal performance and 100% … continue reading
Instana announces support for On-Prem version of Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
Instana, the leading provider of automatic Application Performance Management (APM) solutions for microservice applications, today became the first APM solution provider to announce support for the On-Prem version of Google’s Kubernetes Engine (GKE), a part of the Google Cloud Platform (GCP). “Application teams need flexibility in their platform choices, especially as they implement and roll … continue reading
ServiceNow to Acquire Appsee’s In-App Mobile Analytics Platform and R&D Talent
ServiceNow, Forbes’ No. 1 World’s Most Innovative Company in 2018, today announced it has signed an agreement to acquire the in-app mobile analytics platform and R&D talent of Appsee, an Israel-based application analytics platform company. With the acquisition of Appsee’s intellectual property and key Appsee talent, ServiceNow will further its mobile application and web browser … continue reading
Exabeam raises $75 million to accelerate worldwide displacement of legacy SIEM vendors
Exabeam, the Smarter SIEM company, today announced that it has closed $75 million in Series E funding to accelerate worldwide efforts to displace legacy security management vendors. The latest round is jointly led by new investor Sapphire Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners, which have collectively backed nearly 40 IPOs. Other existing investors also participated. The … continue reading
Sensu announces availability of Bonsai, a monitoring distribution solution for containers, multi-cloud environments
Sensu, Inc., the future-proof solution for multi-cloud monitoring at scale, today announced the general availability of Bonsai, the Sensu asset index, which makes it easy to package and share monitoring solutions. Because Bonsai is tailor-made for dynamic, ephemeral infrastructure, it can be used to distribute Sensu plugins to container environments in real time. Sensu plugins … continue reading
Pure Storage expands its Evergreen Storage Service
Pure Storage, the data solutions leader that helps innovators build a better world with data, today announced the expansion of its Evergreen Storage Service (ES2) to provide customers with a unified subscription model across hybrid environments. This allows organizations to leverage Pure’s best-in-class storage-as-a-service model on-premises, hosted and in the cloud, without the need to … continue reading
A Cloud Guru raises $33 million in funding
A Cloud Guru (“ACG”) today announced that it has closed a growth equity investment led by Summit Partners, alongside AirTree Ventures and existing investor Elephant. The company, a clear leader in online cloud computing training and talent development, will use the funding to accelerate hiring across the globe, expand its content library with specialized courses and labs taught by a … continue reading
SolarWinds adds password management and privileged client knowledge management to its IT security portfolio
SolarWinds, a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT management software, today announced that it has launched SolarWinds Passportal suite—a unified set of password management and privileged client knowledge management tools, adding to its IT security product portfolio. This represents another advance in SolarWinds’ mission to provide products that are purposefully designed to make the … continue reading
ManageEngine debuts conversational virtual support agent for its ITSM solution
ManageEngine, the IT management division of Zoho Corporation, today announced that the cloud version of ServiceDesk Plus, its flagship IT service management solution, now includes Zia, Zoho’s AI assistant as a virtual IT support agent. Zia can answer simple questions, perform service desk operations, and interact with third-party apps, reducing response times and boosting technician efficiency. End … continue reading
Curtail raises $3.25 million in funding
Today Curtail, Inc. announced it has raised $3.25 million in funding, led by Tarus Capital along with other investors. The funding will be used to build the company, particularly the engineering, sales and marketing teams and initiatives. Curtail is changing how IT is implemented for government agencies, financial institutions, service providers and enterprise organizations that are … continue reading
Fluentd graduates from the Cloud Native Computing Foundation
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), which sustains open source technologies like Kubernetes and Prometheus, today announced that Fluentd is its sixth project to graduate, following Kubernetes, Prometheus, Envoy, CoreDNS and containerd. To move from the maturity level of incubation to graduation, projects must demonstrate thriving adoption, a documented, structured governance process, and a strong commitment to community … continue reading
Catchpoint introduces managed monitoring service
Catchpoint, the digital experience monitoring (DEM) leader, today announced the launch of the industry’s first fully Managed Monitoring Service Provider offering, designed to help organizations get immediate performance improvement while relieving themselves from the burden of planning, executing, and maintaining a fully developed digital experience monitoring strategy. The Catchpoint Managed Monitoring Service combines synthetic and real … continue reading
