Stonebranch, a provider of service orchestration and automation solutions, announced that its Universal Connector for SAP has achieved SAP certification as a direct integration with SAP S/4HANA. The SAP Integration and Certification Center (SAP ICC) has certified that the Universal Connector for SAP integrates with SAP S/4HANA using standard integration technologies.
Posted January 26, 2022
To help retailers digitally transform to make their businesses sustainable, SAP is featuring a number of offerings in this space. The new SAP Intelligent Returns Management solution was built to optimize the returns process for the retail industry. The solution uses routing and dispositioning decisions driven by artificial intelligence (AI) to guide products from customers' hands to the final dispositioning steps, ultimately maximizing customer experience and company margins while also mitigating waste.
Posted January 26, 2022
Attensi AS, an SAP partner delivering gamification and simulation-based training, announced that its Attensi Technology Platform is now certified for integration with cloud solutions from SAP. Through its SAP partnership, Attensi offers an innovative learning experience using, among other approaches, gaming technology and competitive elements.
Posted January 26, 2022
ProLion, a best-in-class proactive ransomware and data protection solution provider for ONTAP storage, is releasing ClusterLion for SAP on the AWS Marketplace. For the first time, ProLion customers can take advantage of the productive and trusted AWS cloud platform, with streamlined deployment and management.
Posted January 26, 2022
Revelation Software is offering version 10.1 of OpenInsight, providing new cloud enhancements and an improved REST interface which allows developers to rapidly prototype RESTful support routines to provide access to web clients.
Posted January 26, 2022
Evoke, the low-code app development platform from BlueFinity, is designed to give developers the flexibility to make the optimum choices regarding their use of the cloud. The key to Evoke, and the benefit of using it in the cloud, is in its modern design, its inherent use of new and industry standard technologies, and in its flexibility, so that it can seamlessly support the required environment chosen by its customers, according to the vendor.
Posted January 26, 2022
Zumasys is acquiring the assets of Efficiency Partners, an Independent Software Vendor (ISV), enabling the company to add the Crescendo platform to its portfolio. Crescendo is an ERP software solution designed for manufacturers, distributors, and service companies.
Posted January 26, 2022
Sync Computing, a deep tech distributed cloud infrastructure company, is emerging from stealth mode, revealing its initial products and $6.1 million funding. Sync Computing is using the new capital to advance its leadership in the modern data infrastructure space and support further development of its accelerated data infrastructure engine and solution lines.
Posted January 25, 2022
The Canonical Charmed Kubeflow team is releasing Charmed Kubeflow 1.4—a state-of-the-art MLOps platform. The new release enables data science teams to securely collaborate on AI/ML innovation on any cloud, from concept to production.
Posted January 25, 2022
NetApp, a global, cloud-led, data-centric software company, has announced that NetApp ONTAP, an enterprise storage and data management platform, has achieved Commercial Solutions for Classified (CSfC) validation for a data-at-rest (DAR) capability package. With this, organizations across the globe can benefit from NetApp ONTAP's security capabilities to protect customers' information on-prem and in remote locations from foreign actors, ransomware attacks or other data loss threats they may face.
Posted January 24, 2022
IBM has announced that LG Electronics has joined the IBM Quantum Network to advance the industry applications of quantum computing. By joining the IBM Quantum Network, IBM will provide LG Electronics access to IBM's quantum computing systems, as well as to IBM's quantum expertise and Qiskit, IBM's open source quantum information software development kit.
Posted January 24, 2022
Ensono, an end-to-end managed services provider, has acquired ExperSolve, a mainframe modernization company. The addition of ExperSolve further expands Ensono's mainframe optimization and modernization services. "Whether its modernizing applications so they can continue to be supported on existing infrastructure, or migrating them to a cloud platform, our goal is to have a robust set of end-to-end or lifecycle solutions that help our clients meet their business outcomes," said said Larry Goldberg, senior vice president, advisory and consulting, at Ensono.
Posted January 24, 2022
Clearlake & TA Associates-backed Precisely, a provider of data integrity software, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire PlaceIQ, a data and technology provider that powers marketing and business decisions with location-based consumer insights. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Posted January 24, 2022
Coalesce, the data transformation company, is emerging from stealth with the launch of the Coalesce Data Transformation platform, simplifying the modeling, cleansing, governance, and documentation of data. The Coalesce platform dramatically increases data engineer productivity and insights to tackle today's data-intensive architectures—enabling data transformations at enterprise scale, according to the vendor.
Posted January 21, 2022
Deci, a deep learning development company harnessing Artificial Intelligence (AI) to build AI, is releasing SuperGradients, an "all-in-one" deep learning training library for computer vision models. SuperGradients enables developers to train PyTorch-based models for the most common computer vision tasks, including object detection, image classification, and semantic segmentation with just one training script.
Posted January 21, 2022
Cloudastructure, a cloud video surveillance provider, announced it has signed a Letter of Intent to purchase the IoT cybersecurity company IPG, adding an important new layer of cybersecurity to Cloudastructure's expanding physical and cybersecurity platform and a key offering for enterprise customers as they embrace new IoT technologies.
Posted January 20, 2022
Cloudian is integrating its HyperStore object storage with the WEKA Data Platform for AI, providing high-performance, exabyte-scalable private cloud storage for processing iterative analytical workloads. The combined solution unifies and simplifies the data pipeline for performance-intensive workloads and accelerated DataOps, all easily managed under a single namespace. In addition, the new solution reduces the storage TCO associated with data analytics by a third, compared to traditional storage systems, according to the vendor.
Posted January 20, 2022
Confluent, Inc., the platform to set data in motion, announced the Confluent Q1 ‘22 Launch, including new additions to fully managed data streaming connectors, new controls for cost-effectively scaling massive-throughput Apache Kafka clusters, and a new feature to help maintain trusted data quality across global environments.
Posted January 19, 2022
Oracle has launched Oracle Cloud for Telcos, a set of cloud solutions built on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), which is available around the world in 36 public cloud regions, as well as in a distributed cloud architecture. The announcement was made in an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure blog post by Clay Magouyrk, executive vice president, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Engineering.
Posted January 19, 2022
To fast-track new businesses, Xerox has chosen an integrated set of Oracle Cloud solutions. This "Oracle-in-a-box" approach gives its businesses all they need to get up and running: an online storefront in Oracle Commerce, finance and accounting in Oracle NetSuite, budgeting and financial planning in Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management (EPM), and integration in every direction via Oracle Integration, a key component of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
Posted January 19, 2022
Now more than ever, companies are facing staffing and skills challenges. DBAs and managers are under pressure to deliver high-performing and responsive systems that can scale with the business.
Posted January 19, 2022
IT environments are exploding. There is more data than ever before, in more places than ever before. Unfortunately, managing backup and recovery with legacy tools has proven complex and often lacks the visibility and security needed for IT teams to keep pace with their business. Frank Schwaak, senior solution architect, Oracle/SAP, at Rubrik, and Vigyan Jain, data management solutions architect, Asia Pacific and Japan, at Rubrik, recently discussed the importance of unifying backup and recovery with SaaS and what it means for the business.
Posted January 18, 2022
Fivetran, a provider of modern data integration solutions, is extending dbt Core with integrated scheduling and data lineage graphs. These enhancements signal a deeper integration of open-source dbt Core into Fivetran and delivers new features to help companies simplify the complexities of the modern data stack, cut costs through ELT (extract-load-transform) automation, and accelerate data-driven decisions, according to the vendor.
Posted January 18, 2022
From data warehouses to data lakes, there is a growing array of choices when it comes to cloud platforms, deployment models, and features. At the same time, challenges remain, including data integration and governance, performance, and management and monitoring. DBTA held a roundtable webinar featuring Anand Rao, director, product marketing, Qlik; Lewis Carr, senior director, product marketing, Actian; and Thomas Hazel, founder, CTO, and chief scientist, ChaosSearch, who discussed key solutions and best practices for succeeding with modern analytics today.
Posted January 17, 2022
AI-native project and resource management platform, Forecast, is releasing the Advanced Analytics (AvA) platform, powered by business intelligence and data analytics software, Sisense. AvA uses data intelligence to help businesses fuel growth, by providing tailored, customizable reports, dashboards and visualizations specific to individual commercial needs, using Forecast's vast and accurate data as the foundation.
Posted January 14, 2022
Jitterbit, the API transformation company, is acquiring PrimeApps, a Turkey-based innovator in low-code application development, combining Jitterbit's API integrator with PrimeApps to offer an end-to-end platform that allows non-technical people to easily build and deploy business apps with enterprise-grade features that can connect to any system, all via a low-code, custom design interface.
Posted January 14, 2022
Quali, a provider of Environments-as-a-Service infrastructure automation solutions, is releasing its Torque platform on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, improving the productivity of DevOps teams by providing a self-service platform that enables application developers to access complete cloud environments.
Posted January 12, 2022
Combining all your data from disparate sources is the first step in turning it into business value, according to Informatica. The company recently held a special webinar focused on leading trends in modern data architecture and integration. Part of the "Back to Basics Webinars: Data Integration" series, Makesh Renganathan, principal product manager, R&D cloud, Informatica, and John O'Brien, principal advisor and CEO, Radiant Advisors, discussed what's next in XOps (DataOps, MLOps, etc.), the impact of data fabric, autonomous data integration and serverless processing, and more.
Posted January 12, 2022
Catalogic Software, a provider of smart data protection solutions, has released Catalogic DPX 4.8, the newest version of Catalogic's enterprise data protection software. "In this day and age of the everyday cyber-attack, the importance of a reliable and secure data protection solution like DPX cannot be overstated," said Sathya Sankaran, COO, Catalogic Software.
Posted January 12, 2022
SADA, a business and technology consultancy and Google Cloud Premier Partner, is releasing SADA POWER, a new services product line that leverages Google Cloud's technology and SADA's expertise to deliver valuable cloud services and solutions. Designed to align with programs and incentives from Google Cloud and SADA's Alliance partners, SADA POWER delivers customized solutions that enable businesses to navigate their cloud journeys with confidence.
Posted January 11, 2022
Bright Computing, a provider of software for managing high performance computing, is now part of NVIDIA. Its product, Bright Cluster Manager, becomes the latest addition to NVIDIA's software stack for accelerated computing.
Posted January 11, 2022
IBM has acquired Envizi, a data and analytics software provider for environmental performance management. Envizi's software automates the collection and consolidation of more than 500 data types and supports major sustainability reporting frameworks. Its customized dashboards enable companies to analyze, manage, and report on environmental goals, identify efficiency opportunities, and assess sustainability risk
Posted January 11, 2022
Aerospike has announced the availability of Aerospike Kubernetes Operator 2.0. According to Aerospike, the Operator provides a solid base for automation when deploying and managing the Aerospike database on Kubernetes platforms, both in the public cloud (AKS, EKS, and GKE) and on-prem.
Posted January 10, 2022
SaaS Management Platform Zluri announced it raised $10 million in a Series A round of funding, enabling the company to use the additional capital to continue its growth momentum and further strengthen its product's capabilities. The funding round was led by MassMutual Ventures with participation from existing investors, Endiya Partners and Kalaari Capital. Zluri had previously raised $2 million, from Endiya Partners and Kalaari Capital, in its seed round in January 2021. The company also plans to double down the teams in core markets, in Asia and North America.
Posted January 10, 2022
BMC has added new capabilities and integrations across its BMC AMI (Automated Mainframe Intelligence) and BMC Compuware portfolios. "Our mainframe clients tell us that improving service quality is the number one concern on their minds," said John McKenny, senior vice president and general manager, Intelligent Z Optimization and Transformation at BMC.
Posted January 10, 2022
Software AG has joined the IBM Z and Cloud Modernization Center, a "digital front door" comprised of tools, training, and ecosystem partners to help IBM Z clients accelerate the modernization of their applications, data and processes in an open hybrid cloud architecture. According to the companies, the aim of the collaboration is to remove barriers to mainframe modernization for clients by using APIs to connect mainframe applications to the cloud without altering any code.
Posted January 10, 2022
Micro Focus has announced plans to build a secure and compliant government cloud for U.S. Government customers. According to Micro Focus, as the federal government accelerates digital transformation and smart adoption of highly secure cloud platforms to help protect mission-critical information, this effort will allow for them to leverage Micro Focus' IT capabilities to compose service offerings for advanced cases in IT Operations Management and DevSecOps.
Posted January 10, 2022
IBM has announced the acquisition of SXiQ, an Australian digital transformation services company specializing in cloud applications, cloud platforms and cloud cybersecurity. SXiQ will join IBM Consulting's Hybrid Cloud Services business, helping IBM capitalize on a rapidly growing cloud professional services market which is projected to surpass $200 billion globally by 2024.
Posted January 10, 2022
LogDNA, provider of a log management observability platform, has released Log Data Restoration, which allows users to pull enriched historical logs from archived storage back into the LogDNA UI for further analysis. The new capability removes barriers for accessing data, making it faster and easier for teams to gain the insights they need to make informed decisions about the health of their applications while controlling costs.
Posted January 10, 2022
Modernizing applications means delivering an architecture that is flexible and scalable. NoSQL databases, such as document databases, support a flexible schema and scale out architecture. When deployed in a microservices environment, teams are empowered for rapid application development, and can build applications that meet the performance requirements of their customers.
Posted January 07, 2022
HEAL Software Inc., provider of an AIOps preventive healing space, is introducing a new enterprise-grade, cloud-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offering for its flagship HEAL product. HEAL is an artificial intelligence for IT operations (AIOps) software that enables IT teams to find and fix problems before they happen.
Posted January 06, 2022
Catalogic Software, a provider of smart data protection solutions, is introducing its newest pricing structure and feature set for its cloud native back-up-as-a-service platform CloudCasa, supporting all leading Kubernetes distributions, managed services, and cloud database services.
Posted January 05, 2022
Anomalo, provider of a data quality platform, is partnering with Snowflake to help customers trust the data they use to make decisions and build products. The combination provides customers with a way to monitor the quality of the data in any table in Snowflake's platform without writing code, configuring rules, or setting thresholds.
Posted January 05, 2022
Fractal, a provider of AI and advanced analytics solutions has signed a definitive investment agreement with TPG, a global alternative asset firm. TPG is an investor in software and enterprise technology with experience partnering with top AI solutions, business analytics, and data processing companies. The transaction is expected to close by the first quarter of 2022.
Posted January 05, 2022
Codeless Platforms, based in Poole, England, has become a core integration partner with excelerateds2p, a source-to-pay (S2P) and supply chain transformation specialist, after initially working with the company to develop A2O Connect, a dedicated integration connector for SAP Ariba and Oracle ERP.
Posted January 05, 2022
Oracle has announced the opening of two new European cloud regions in Milan and Stockholm. Oracle now has 36 regions worldwide with plans to have at least 44 cloud regions by the end of 2022, marking one of the fastest expansions of any major cloud provider.
Posted January 05, 2022
Oracle and Cerner have jointly announced an agreement for Oracle to acquire Cerner through an all-cash tender offer for $95 per share, or approximately $28.3 billion in equity value. The transaction is expected to close in calendar year 2022. Oracle also said that Cerner will be its anchor asset to expand into healthcare.
Posted January 05, 2022
The ability to quickly act on information to solve problems or create value has long been the goal of many businesses. However, it was not until recently when new technologies emerged that the speed and scalability requirements of real-time analytics could be addressed both technically and cost-effectively by organizations on a large scale.
Posted January 04, 2022
PingCAP, a distributed SQL provider, is offering a series of product enhancements to TiDB version 5.3, its hybrid transactional and analytical processing (HTAP) database. The new features aim to strengthen the ability to provide both high volume transaction processing and real-time analytics, delivering improved productivity and uninterrupted insights.
Posted January 04, 2022
For many of today's top enterprises, the ability to get the most out of their data has become a top priority. Turning data into insights, though, is easier said than done. Organizations need a data intelligence engine that will harness the power of their data, ensure it can be trusted, and empower their data consumers with the right data at the right time.
Posted January 03, 2022