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  • Chorus.ai Receives Three 2021 Top Rated Awards From TrustRadius

    Conversation Intelligence leader earns top recognition in sales coaching, sales enablement and call recording categories

    SAN FRANCISCO, March 31, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Chorus.ai, the No. 1 Conversation Intelligence Platform for high growth Revenue teams, today announced it was named to three of TrustRadius’ 2021 Top Rated Awards lists, including Best Sales Coaching Software, Top Rated Sales Enablement Product, and Best Call Recording Software.

    “At Chorus, we win when we’re enabling our people and our customers to be the best versions of themselves,” said Natalie Severino, VP of Marketing at Chorus.ai. “Chorus’ ability to seamlessly bring the voice of the customer to the CRM enables our clients to develop stronger relationships and reach their business goals. We’re honored to once again be recognized on TrustRadius’ lists of top software products and will continue to leverage our customers’ feedback to deliver the most advanced solution in Conversation Intelligence.”

    Earlier this year, Chorus was also named Most Loved Software by TrustRadius for the second year in a row.

    Since 2016, the TrustRadius Top Rated Awards have become an industry standard for recognition of B2B technology products, using detailed methodology and scoring to determine the award winners. Chorus’ score was based on 181 verified reviews of its customers.

    Reviews of Chorus from verified users include:

    • “Chorus is a key tool in my toolbox as a product executive,” said a chief technical officer.
    • “Great for sales training, coaching team members on how to speak to products/offerings or services that your company sells. Also helps provide context for the operational teams that are not a part of the sales conversation,” said a director.
    • “Chorus not only allows us to enable newcomers and current employees, onboard new hires, and effectively manage sales cycles, but it allows us to share valuable insights with our product and engineering teams. Nothing is more powerful than the information coming from current and potential customers,” said a sales director.
    • “Chorus is perfect for a sales leader who wants to listen to rep calls, gather insights, understand customer feedback, provide coaching, and share best practices. It’s also great for a rep who wants to learn from their peers or review their own calls,” said a sales manager.
    • “It’s the best SaaS product I’ve used in a long, long time because it already has all the features you need to be highly successful. Most products are missing one or two, but Chorus has it all,” said a product marketing manager.
    • “The data that is provided on self-coaching points such as filler words, engaging questions, and the number of next steps, provides a high-level overview of how well you executed on your phone call with a customer,” said a sales manager.

    “Chorus.ai has earned a Top Rated award in the Call Recording, Sales Coaching and Sales Enablement Software categories based entirely on feedback from their customers,” said Megan Headley, VP of Research at TrustRadius. “Chorus.ai reviewers on TrustRadius say they love the platform’s ability to recognize when competitor names are mentioned, conversation transcripts, and ease of adding Chorus.ai to conference calls.”

    For more information on Chorus’ leading Conversation Intelligence platform, visit Chorus.ai.

    About Chorus.ai
    Chorus.ai is the No.1 Conversation Intelligence Platform for high-growth sales teams. Founded in 2015, Chorus.ai’s Conversation Intelligence Platform identifies and helps teams replicate the performance of top-performing reps by analyzing their sales meetings. These insights serve as the foundation of an effective coaching strategy for sales and customer success teams and provide insight into the voice-of-the-customer across the entire organization. Customers like Zoom, Mavenlink, Qualtrics, Adobe, TripActions, and GitLab ramp new hires to productivity 30-50% faster and see an increase in quota attainment from 20-to-100%. Chorus.ai is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in Tel Aviv, Boston, Toronto, and Salt Lake City.

  • Spekit Raises $12.2M Series A to Revolutionize the Way Employees Work and Learn in the Remote Age

    The company is disrupting traditional methods of training, adoption and enablement by redefining how employees learn and retain knowledge in the workplace

    DENVER, CO — March, 30, 2021 — Leading digital adoption and enablement platform Spekit announced today the close of a $12.2 million Series A investment round. The investment, led by Foundry Group and Renegade Partners, with participation from Operator Collective, Matchstick Ventures and Bonfire Ventures, brings the company’s total fundraising to $15.7 million.

    Founded in 2018 by CEO, Melanie Fellay and Zari Zahra, co-founder and head of product and technology, Spekit is one of only three women-led companies in the broader digital adoption, enablement and Learning Management System (LMS) space. As part of the financing, Spekit welcomes two female investors to its board: Foundry Group Partner and serial SaaS investor, Jaclyn Freeman Hester and Roseanne Wincek, co-founder and managing partner of Renegade Partners, whose previous investments include unicorns Looker, Glossier, KeepTruckin and more.

    Spekit tackles two of the biggest barriers to growth in today’s SaaS-driven, remote work environment: driving the adoption of constantly evolving technology and empowering increasingly dispersed employees with the knowledge they need to be productive and successful in their roles.

    By combining the power of a digital adoption platform, an LMS and an enablement solution, Spekit solves these challenges by surfacing real-time, contextual training, processes and guidance directly within the applications that employees use every day. With answers accessible at an employee’s fingertips, Spekit’s customers are drastically reducing the time it takes to onboard, roll out changes and scale their teams.

    “Between the quantum leap of SaaS adoption, accelerated rate of change and shift to remote work, the world looks drastically different today than it did a decade ago,” said Fellay. “Yet, when I looked at the way employees were being trained and enabled in their roles, there’d been little to no progress over that same timeline. We’re using more digital tools and increasingly complex workflows but the expectation remains that an employee will figure it all out with a PowerPoint presentation or LMS course. The solution became so clear. Of course, learning should be integrated into an employee’s flow of work. Obviously, training and resources should be contextualized, personalized and instantly accessible. We need to make it as easy to learn in our professional lives as it is in our personal lives.”

    In 2020 alone, Spekit saw 400% growth in year-over-year revenue as high-growth companies including Uber Freight, Outreach.io, Southwest Airlines, Databricks and more joined the platform to drive the productivity and self-sufficiency of their employees – from anywhere.

    “At Outreach, our mission is to help sales reps build pipeline and close that pipeline faster and more efficiently,” said Harish Mohan, SVP of Revenue Excellence and Operations at Outreach.io. “Spekit aligns with this mission by allowing our reps to be self-sufficient in mastering their tools, sales processes and the continuous changes to our business in a contextual and intuitive way. This maximizes the time they’re able to spend prospecting and selling, helping to drive the growth of our reps and ultimately, the growth of our business.”

    This year, Spekit added five times more users and more than doubled its employee headcount, making it one of the fastest-growing platforms in its category. Most importantly, Spekit continued to help many of the largest and most disruptive brands solve their adoption and enablement challenges during some of the most challenging times in our history.

    “We look for founders like Melanie and Zari, who are obsessed with solving challenging but significant problems in innovative ways,” said Foundry Group Partner, Jaclyn Freeman Hester. “Spekit’s disruptive technology addresses a clear gap in the market by providing a comprehensive solution designed to mirror how individuals actually learn, absorb and retain knowledge. We’re thrilled to partner with the Spekit team as they reshape employee learning and empower workers to reach their potential. In addition, we’ve always believed great companies can be built anywhere and we are excited to welcome another Colorado-based company to the Foundry Group portfolio.”

    With this latest funding round, Spekit will further advance the product by developing smarter, more personalized learning experiences and scaling its go-to-market operations. To learn more about Spekit and the future of employee training, please visit spekit.co

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    About Spekit

    Spekit is the highest-rated and easiest-to-use digital enablement platform that maximizes employee productivity, streamlines onboarding and drives tool adoption by reinforcing training and enablement in real-time, in any application. Customers across industries including Southwest Airlines, Uber Freight, JLL, Outreach.io and more rely on Spekit to empower their employees with the contextual knowledge they need to be successful and impactful – from anywhere.

  • Memfault Raises $8.5M in Series A Funding to Expand the First End-To-End Observability Platform for IoT Devices

    Memfault’s OTA updates, proactive device monitoring, and automated fault debugging deliver efficiencies and savings across the entire connected device lifecycle

    San Francisco, CA, April 1, 2021 — Memfault, the provider of the first cloud-based platform for connected device monitoring, updating, and debugging, today announced it has raised $8.5 million in Series A funding. Partech led the round, with participation from existing investor Uncork Capital. The Series A will allow Memfault to quickly scale its engineering team to meet accelerated demand from IoT device makers and make significant investments across product development and marketing.

    “Memfault’s smart-device platform modernizes device monitoring, debugging, and deployment of updates, improving time-to-market and overall device health – all without impacting the end user.” said Jean Sini, General Partner at Partech. “The company’s growth over the past few years underscores the demand for a better, more cost-effective, and simpler method of managing device fleets at scale, and we’re excited to support Memfault’s vision.”

    “As an early investor in several hardware startups, we recognized that Memfault solved a problem no one else did by empowering developers to get ahead of potential issues, leading to faster production, better products, and happier end-users,” said Jeff Clavier, founder and managing partner of Uncork Capital. “With the executive team’s deep domain experience in hardware development, Memfault’s diagnostic tools completely transform traditional hardware practices that can’t match the pace of the smart device industry. We’ve been thrilled to watch the success of Memfault as it extends its reach in response to the exponential growth of connected devices across all market sectors.”

    Memfault launched in 2018 with a founding team of embedded engineers from Pebble, Fitbit, and Oculus to solve the slow, inefficient, costly, and reactive processes that continued to plague firmware engineering teams. This passive process effectively relied on customers to be product testers as the first indication of a device issue often came through unhappy users contacting customer service or voicing dissatisfaction more publicly through social media and product review channels. With 30 billion IoT devices predicted to be in use by 2025, traditional hardware monitoring and debugging methods can not keep pace with the increase of smart device adoption and the complexity of connectivity blocking teams from scaling their fleet of devices.

    Memfault’s cloud-based firmware observability platform dramatically reduces engineering and support overhead by enabling teams to deploy OTA firmware updates, automatically capture and remotely debug issues, and continuously monitor fleets of connected devices at scale. Memfault’s SDK can be deployed on any connected device to capture data and send it to the cloud for analysis. Memfault’s backend identifies, classifies, and deduplicates error reports, so engineers know what issues are most prevalent, and where the issue occurs without requiring any action from end-users.

    Key Features of Memfault

    By integrating Memfault into smart device infrastructure, developer teams can monitor and manage the entire device lifecycle, from development to feature updates, with ease and speed.

    Key features include:

    • Remote debugging: By aggregating issues across software releases and hardware revisions, Memfault can determine which devices are impacted and what stack they’re running, and teams can inspect backtraces, variables, and registers when encountering an error.

    • Firmware OTA updates: Teams can deliver updates to specific devices at specific times. By controlling the timing of firmware updates, teams can schedule updates when users are least impacted. Devices can also be split into cohorts for targeted updates, and rollouts can be released in stages to limit fleet-wide issues from new updated versions.

    • Device monitoring: Memfault offers real-time reports on device check-ins and notifications of unexpected inactivity. Teams can view device and fleet health data like battery life, connectivity state, and memory usage or track how many devices have installed a release, and how many have run into issues all from a single console.

    “At Latch, we are always looking to make our Access product simpler, faster and more reliable,” said Raman Thaper, director of engineering at Latch. “Our latest keyless product demanded that we raise the bar on these fronts to new heights. Memfault gives us the hard data to be confident in the reliability of our firmware and proactively take action, resolving issues before our users are impacted. These real-time device-level metrics and alerts have streamlined engineering processes and improved the overall health of our devices immensely.”

    “In 2020, Diamond Kinetics launched a new generation of our product and built Memfault in from the beginning,” said Mike Ressler, CTO at Diamond Kinetics. “Because of the monitoring and automatic data collection capabilities that Memfault gave us, we were able to go to market faster with more confidence in the success of our launch. With our new product on the market, we can now service and address issues without needing to “psychic debug” sensors in the wild based on customer reports – we have the stack traces. All this on an embedded sensor with limited resources over a Bluetooth connection to a mobile app. Every step of the way, the Memfault SDK has been reliable and easy to integrate. I wouldn’t go to market on an IoT device without Memfault in place.”

    “Despite the ubiquity of connected devices, hardware teams are too often bound by a lack of visibility into device health and a reactive cycle of waiting to be notified of potential issues,” said François Baldassari, CEO of Memfault. “Memfault has reimagined hardware diagnostics to instead operate with the similar flexibility, speed, and innovation that has proven so successful with software development. Memfault has saved our customers millions of dollars and engineering hours, and empowered teams to approach product development with the confidence that they can ship better products, faster, with the knowledge they can fix bugs, patch, and update without ever disrupting the user experience. This funding round allows us to grow our teams and build out our platform to meet the significant growth in demand for our scalable, simple solution.”

    The company will soon be releasing a self-service version of the Memfault platform to streamline integration for developers. Sign up today for early access to the release.

    Resources:

    • Interrupt Blog: Join the community for embedded software makers

    • GitHub

    • Upcoming Webinar: Reserve your spot for our webinar on April 22 with CTO Chris Coleman to learn how to efficiently debug and resolve issues quickly on MCUs.

    About Memfault

    Memfault is the first cloud-based platform for connected device debugging, monitoring, and updating, which brings the efficiencies and innovation of software development to hardware processes. The company helps teams catch, triage, and fix bugs in the field before they are noticed by end-users. Consumer electronics, industrial automation, and IoT businesses across all industries rely on Memfault to deliver better products faster, without compromising stability and reliability, that improve over time. The company was founded by engineers with decades of experience from Fitbit, Oculus, and Pebble. Memfault is backed by Uncork Capital, Partech, S28 Capital and Y Combinator.

    About Partech

    Born in San Francisco and Paris, Partech is one of the most active VCs in the world, bringing together capital, operational experience and strategic support for entrepreneurs at seed, venture and growth stages. In 2020, Partech invested in 82 startups across 24 countries in Europe, America, Africa and Asia.
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  • BMC Enables Organizations to Develop and Deliver Code Faster

    New enhancements make it easier to embrace Enterprise DevOps practices, protect operational resiliency, and secure the mainframe

    HOUSTON – April 1, 2021 – BMC, a global leader in software solutions for the Autonomous Digital Enterprise, announced several new offerings and integrations within the BMC Automated Mainframe Intelligence (AMI) and BMC Compuware portfolios designed to modernize and streamline mainframe application development and delivery, while also increasing uptime and accelerating threat detection.

    This latest release transforms mainframe management across the BMC Compuware ISPW, BMC Compuware Topaz, BMC Compuware File-AID, BMC AMI Ops Insight, BMC AMI SQL Performance, and BMC AMI Security solutions to enable users to:

    • Build, analyze, test, deploy, and manage mainframe applications quickly, efficiently, and with precision through an expanded cross-platform DevOps toolchain;
    • Reduce and potentially eliminate how long it takes to diagnose a problem with intelligent, automated, probable cause analysis; and
    • Detect and respond more quickly to security threats by uniting mainframe security and IT Operations workflows to make threat events visible, assignable, and

    Mainstream Mainframe Development with an Enterprise DevOps Approach

    BMC has completed the integration of Compuware, a BMC company, to create the BMC Compuware suite of tools that build upon the existing BMC AMI DevOps offerings. Now integrated with Visual Studio Code, a popular development tool, the BMC Compuware ISPW solution allows developers to edit source code and compile it on the mainframe with a simple right click. The BMC Compuware Topaz solution comes with a new command line interface and multiple application programming interfaces that give developers flexibility in how they connect to the mainframe, lessen dependence on specialized skillsets, and extend the DevOps toolchain. Finally, developers can also experience dynamically reduced search times when reviewing billions of transactions and log files with the new BMC Compuware File-AID 21 solution’s release.

     

    “This move by BMC has sent a clear signal that DevOps has shifted from the broad adoption phase to the massive adoption phase. DevOps has become table stakes for every enterprise; whether they operate in the cloud or on a mainframe, they need to adopt DevOps to remain relevant, let alone be competitive. Yet adopting DevOps for many organizations, especially those with mainframes, has been a challenge,” wrote Christopher Condo, Chris Gardner, and Diego Lo Giudice at Forrester Research.1 “…If DevOps doesn’t scale on mainframes, too, where modernization of the core is an impediment, core will all move to the cloud. The bet of BMC and Compuware is to scale DevOps on the mainframe like any other platform.”

    To support DevOps processes and increase code quality, the BMC AMI SQL Performance for Db2® solution provides the ability to shift left the quality control of Db2 SQL through a Jenkins plugin that helps prevent SQL from violating company standards and impacting production environments. The solution interrogates static and dynamic SQL in its current environment and against target production environments. This ensures SQL coding standards and performance issues are reported and resolved prior to moving to the next step in the route-to-live process.

    Move from Reactive to Real-Time Proactive Problem Resolution

    The BMC AMI Ops Insight solution shifts systems management from reactive to proactive mode with automated intelligent diagnostic capabilities that now provide probable cause. Users receive the earliest possible notification of system degradation, with fewer false positives, as well as the ability to pinpoint the issue. By getting to the possible cause faster, BMC AMI Ops Insight provides more time to remediate with actionable insights.

    Unite Security and Operations Workflows

    The BMC AMI Security offering, which protects against vulnerabilities, malicious actions, and data theft, now integrates with the BMC Helix ITSM solution. If the BMC AMI Security solution detects a threat, this new integration will automatically generate a security incident in BMC Helix ITSM, providing IT Operations teams with greater visibility through a single, real-time data feed and a well-defined process so they can act, track, and respond to threats and events faster.

    In addition to its integration with BMC Helix ITSM, the new BMC AMI Security release continues to integrate with a wide number of enterprise security information and event management solutions and thus provides more ways to assign and rapidly investigate events, shorten mean-time-to-remediation, and make mainframes more secure.

    “Mainframes are an essential part of our customers’ digital transformation strategies. With tools that transform mainframe management, we allow our clients to better embrace DevOps practices and get the most value out of their investments to accelerate innovation,” said John McKenny, SVP and General Manager, Intelligent Z Optimization and Transformation at BMC. “We continue to help our customers achieve operational resiliency, while automating and minimizing manual tasks to free them up to become an Autonomous Digital Enterprise.”

    1Forrester Blogs, Mainframe Developers Get Boost From BMC Acquisition Of Compuware, March 2020

    Additional Resources

    • Learn what’s new in BMC mainframe solutions
    • Watch the “10 Steps to True Mainframe Agility” webinar for a proven, phased approach for measurably modernizing mainframe practices
    • Discover what it takes to be an Autonomous Digital Enterprise

    About BMC

    From core to cloud to edge, BMC delivers the software and services that enable over 10,000 global customers, including 84% of the Forbes Global 100, to thrive in their ongoing evolution to an Autonomous Digital Enterprise.

    BMC, BMC Software, the BMC logo, and other BMC marks are the exclusive properties of BMC Software, Inc. and are registered or may be registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office or in other countries. ©Copyright 2021 BMC Software, Inc.

    IBM and Db2 are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both.

    BMC—Run and Reinvent

  • Agiloft Launches New User Interface and Enhanced AI for Contract Lifecycle Management to Accelerate Enterprise Productivity

    Newest product release makes no-code contract management software more user-friendly and configurable than ever while improving AI to streamline contract review and analysis 

     

    REDWOOD CITY, Calif., March 30, 2021 — Agiloft, the global standard in no-code contract lifecycle management (CLM), today announced its latest product release featuring a new intuitive user interface to boost usability and make the platform easier to search and navigate. In addition to the interface, the 2021 spring product release adds a substantial improvement to Agiloft’s AI capabilities, enabling enterprises to streamline contract import, review, and analysis. 

    “The latest release is all about making it easier to work in Agiloft’s contract lifecycle management platform and utilizing AI to improve contract management processes for large enterprises,” said Andy Wishart, Agiloft Chief Product Officer. “Our new interface adds more intuitive navigation, table views, and search, while our enhanced AI capabilities greatly improve accuracy and speed in reviewing and analyzing contracts.”  

    New features and enhancements include: 

    • New User Interface: Search, view, and navigate faster than ever with the new, intuitive interface.  
      • Quickly navigate tables arranged in horizontal tabs, view tables grouped by use case, and customize table displays.   
      • Learn how to navigate the platform more easily with the updated design. 
    • New Search: Get exact results more easily with improved search capabilities.  
      • Combine the breadth of a global search with a targeted table-specific search to quickly find information.   
      • Identify contracts with central themes such as deal value or risk scoring.   
      • Capture and narrow down relevant results with intuitive filters.  
    • New Microsoft 365 Apps: Streamline workflows with improved Microsoft apps. 
      • Accelerate negotiation with AI-enabled contract review, while working in Microsoft Word.  
      • Create and update a clause library from contract documents.    
      • Merge email with contract records for easy tracking and auditing in Outlook, whether on PC, Mac, or Outlook online. 
    • Enhanced Adobe Sign Integration: Simplify the signature process with Adobe Sign e-signature, now fully integrated with Agiloft.  
      • Manage complex signing matrices that require the full use of Adobe Sign roles. 
      • Send documents to different parties to sign, then track and manage within the system.  
      • Reorder documents and correct signers even after creating the agreement.   
    • Expanded AI Toolkit: Review and analyze contracts faster and more accurately. 
      • Get up and running in minutes with AI models developed to extract key terms and clauses from third-party paper. Quickly locate existing clauses, determine how they align with preferred wording and verify if any requirements are missing.  
      • Optimize Agiloft’s new AI Core architecture for exceptional accuracy and security.  

    “As the number one provider of agile CLM software, Agiloft helps customers automate their most complex contract processes and quickly adapt these processes when business needs change,” said Eric Laughlin, Agiloft CEO. “With Agiloft’s new intuitive user interface, it is easier than ever to configure our no-code CLM platform to precisely fit your needs faster and with less resources.  

    To view Agiloft’s newest release, sign up to attend our 2021 Spring Release Webinar here.  

    About Agiloft 
    As the global leader in agile contract lifecycle management (CLM) software, Agiloft provides significant savings in purchasing, enables more efficient legal operations, and accelerates sales cycles, all while drastically lowering compliance risk. Agiloft’s adaptable no-code platform ensures rapid deployment and a fully extensible system. Using contracts as the core system of commercial record, Agiloft’s CLM software leverages AI to improve contract management for legal departments, procurement, and sales operations. Visit www.agiloft.com for more.   
     

  • DevOps Institute Launches Tiered Membership Program to Help Advance Careers of DevOps and IT Leaders

    Professional membership connects IT managers, technology leaders, and C-suite executives with resources to help them transform their organizations

    BOCA RATON, Fla. – March 31, 2021 – DevOps Institute, a global professional association for advancing the human elements of DevOps, today announced the launch of its tiered professional membership model. Membership levels include Basic, Premium, Government/Nonprofit, Educator, and Enterprise Membership options, with Student and In-Transition member tiers to follow. DevOps Institute Professional Members gain exclusive access to leading DevOps resources, discounted certification exams, DevOps capability assessments, premium content, discounted DevOps simulation experiences, members-only networking opportunities, career center access, and more.

    DevOps Institute Professional Memberships are now open. Join or learn more at https://devopsinstitute.com/membership.

    “As we experienced a dynamic and unpredictable year, it became clear we needed a space in which the DevOps community can actively contribute to the advancement of DevOps humans,” said Jayne Groll, CEO of DevOps Institute. “By launching a Professional Membership program, we aim to empower individuals to continue learning and sharing ideas while having access to the best resources and knowledge available. The new tiered membership program invites DevOps professionals to join DevOps Institute and help shape the future of IT no matter where they land in their DevOps journey.”

    Access and benefits vary by membership level and individual needs:

    • Basic Membership gives DevOps professionals an introductory glimpse into what DevOps Institute’s membership program offers and includes limited membership benefits.

    Key benefits:

    • SKILup events
    • Annual Upskilling Enterprise DevOps Skills Report
    • Local chapter meetings
    • Premium Membership is a subscription-based option that gives anyone working and leading in the DevOps space an edge on the latest DevOps trends.

      Key benefits (all Basic Member benefits, plus):

    • Team Assessment of DevOps Capabilities (ADOC) — a $2,000 USD savings
    • New SKILbooks — up to $3,000 USD savings in the first year
    • SKILup Learning video (one module)
    • An advanced copy of annual Upskilling Enterprise DevOps Skills Report findings
    • 30% discount on exams
    • 40% discount on the Digital Transformation Experience Simulation (DTX-i)
    • Members-Only networking experiences
    • Career Center access / Career Day
    • Discounts on training programs at participating education partners
    • Perks Marketplace

     

    • Government/Non-Profit Membership offers employees of a government organization or an elected or appointed official access to all the benefits of a Premium Membership at a discounted rate. Key benefits are the same as Premium Membership.
    • Educator Membership is available to all K-12 educators, collegiate professors, and consulting instructors at a special reduced annual rate of $99. Membership is valid for one year from the date you join and has the same great benefits as the Premium Membership.
    • Enterprise Membership is the Company’s first enterprise, leader-focused membership program. Catering to DevOps leaders and C-suite executives seeking guidance on digitally transforming their organizations. Learn more about Enterprise Membership: https://devopsinstitute.com/enterprise-membership.

      Key benefits—depending on tier selection—include:

    • Premium Membership for employees
    • One complimentary exam for each employee member
    • Invitation to Executive Leadership Forum Series (C-Suite only)
    • Assessment for DevOps Capabilities (ADOC) license
    • The Digital Transformation Experience Simulation (DTX-i)
    • Internal 3-hour SKILup Day

    Learn more about all DevOps Institute membership levels: https://devopsinstitute.com/membership. If you have questions about membership, please contact our Membership Services team at memberservices@devopsinstitute.com.

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    About the DevOps Institute
    DevOps Institute is a professional member association. Our mission is to advance the human elements of DevOps.

    We create a safe and interactive ecosystem where members can network, gain knowledge, grow their careers, lead and initiate, and celebrate professional achievements.

    We inspire thought leadership and knowledge by connecting and enabling the global member community to drive human transformation in the digital age.

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  • Granulate Collaborates with Intel to Show Improved Java-Based Performance Results Using Granulate Intel Agent for Real-Time Continuous Optimization

    Tel Aviv, Israel, March 31st, 2021- Granulate, a company providing autonomous real-time computing workload optimization and cost reduction solutions, today announced a collaboration with Intel to show new Java-based performance results, with significant improvement of 2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors using Granulate’s real-time continuous optimization software solution.

    Key highlights of the new Java-based benchmark completed by Intel show the following results when running with Granulate on 2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors:

    • 12.3% improvement in throughput Java ops per second
    • 13.7% improvement in the throughput with SLA Java ops per second

    Granulate is also currently working with Intel to test Granulate’s software on the next generation of Intel Xeon Scalable processors.

    The Java-based benchmark allows vendors to demonstrate Java-based business software performance so businesses can evaluate the way their software will run in real-world environments. The benchmark provides two measures of performance: throughput operations per second metric which provides a measure of overall transactional throughput, and the throughput with SLA (Service Level Agreement) operations per second which provides the measure of interactive responsiveness.  

    The Granulate solution automatically learns the application’s specific resource usage patterns and data flow, identifies contended resources and bottlenecks, and tailors OS-level scheduling and prioritization decisions to improve infrastructure and application performance.

    The collaboration began when Granulate participated in Intel’s flagship program, the Intel Ignite Growth Accelerator, which includes technical collaboration with Intel and further focused development by Granulate to show increased performance with Intel processors and expanded collaboration with newer products.

    “The Ignite Growth Accelerator program helped develop the relationship between the companies, and achieving these Java-based benchmark results on Intel processors was made possible through a deep integration which would not have been possible otherwise,” said Asaf Ezra, co-founder and CEO of Granulate.

    Following the launch of Granulate’s computing workload optimization solution, Granulate released these benchmark results reflecting industry-leading Java-based throughput performance on Intel’s 2nd Gen Xeon Scalable processors. After demonstrating in an Intel lab that Granulate’s solution can improve performance for applications, Intel and Granulate completed a collaboration agreement aligning their customer technical teams and sales teams to bring real-time continuous optimization to joint customers.

    “We have seen what Granulate’s optimization software can do in benchmarks and production environments and look forward to introducing Granulate to enhance customer and end-user experiences that may have the opportunity to receive the significant Intel processor performance improvements experienced by some of Granulate’s customers, all with no code changes,” said Ron Whitfield, Sales Director of Intel’s Data Center Group.  “Granulate is offering customers the potential for increased performance with Intel Xeon processors deploying on Intel Architecture in the cloud and on-premise.”

    Granulate was among the first companies accepted into Intel Ignite’s start-up accelerator program, which supports the growth of innovative technology companies. Granulate is now accepting customer requests for workload assessments, which can be completed in under a day, to determine if they can take advantage of these new performance improvements optimized for the Intel Xeon Scalable platform as shown in these benchmarks and already experienced by some of Granulate’s customers.

    Source:  1-node, 2x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L processor on S600WFS system with 384 GB (24 slots/16GB/ 2667) total DDR4 memory, 1x SSDSC2BA40, ucode 0x5003003, HT on, Turbo on, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7.9, JDK 1.15.0.2, Granulate Agent version 2.13, tested by Intel March 2021 

    Intel, the Intel logo, and other Intel marks are trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries.  

    About Granulate

    Granulate is a real-time, autonomous computing optimization company that delivers reduced compute costs, faster response time, and better throughput, without any code changes required. Granulate’s patent-pending next-generation solution provides AI-driven, infrastructure, and workload optimization for robust compute performance and cost improvements in any computing environment, empowering businesses of any size from any industry by bolstering their computing power while slashing computing costs. Companies that have implemented Granulate have reduced compute expenses by up to 60%, benefitting from a 40% response time reduction and 5X increase in throughput.

     

  • ASG Technologies Advances Automation, Orchestration and Security for DevOps Value Streams

    ASG-Enterprise Orchestrator updates further enable organizations to streamline the flow of value to their customers and strengthens DevSecOps in value streams spanning mainframe to cloud

    ASG Technologies, a leading provider of solutions for the information-powered enterprise, today unveiled new capabilities for its DevOps Value Stream Management Platform, ASG-Enterprise Orchestrator 4.2. This release further enables Infrastructure & Operations (I&O) and DevOps teams to visualize, orchestrate and automate development and operational value streams spanning mainframe to cloud. Version 4.2 introduces new capabilities that strengthen DevSecOps and automate manual, time-intensive processes for implementing changes in value streams.

    As organizations continue to embrace digital transformation and value streams become more complex, advancements to ASG-Enterprise Orchestrator enable I&O and DevOps teams to optimize business process flows, improve resource efficiency and accelerate the delivery of innovation to customers through:

    • Multi-platform value stream orchestration: cloud to mainframe from a single console
    • DevOps toolchain automation: power orchestration throughout the software development life cycle
    • Value stream visualization and choreographing: modern whiteboarding to reduce complexity

    New ASG-Enterprise Orchestrator capabilities that strengthen DevSecOps and automate change management processes include:

    • Secure Promote: enables developers to create a package of changes to value streams that can be accepted into QA or Production by those with proper security, elevating DevSecOps in end-to-end value streams
    • Batch Updates: allows for automatic updates to multiple items in value streams and removes the manual effort of updating separate items, reducing time and costs and increasing productivity

    “To meet today’s IT challenges, our customers are looking for solutions that enable them to quickly, easily and securely manage complex DevOps value streams in their hybrid IT infrastructure, from mainframe to cloud,” said Ken Gross, Partner Development Executive at Mainline. “Through our partnership with ASG and these newest advancements to ASG-Enterprise Orchestrator, we’re able to meet that need and enable customers to innovate and provide value faster.”

    “The events of the last year made it clear that IT leaders need to break down silos that exist within their workflows to manage end-to-end value streams more efficiently and effectively,” said Anna Murry, Director of Product Management at ASG. “ASG-Enterprise Orchestrator enables our customers to automate and orchestrate their value streams from mainframe to cloud and ensure data remains secure throughout the workflow process, which frees them up to focus on delivering the right value for their end users and customers.”

    For more information, check out the blog post on the new release and join ASG’s webinar, Embracing DevOps Value Stream Management, from Mainframe to Cloud, on April 15 at 11 a.m. ET. You can also learn more about ASG-Enterprise Orchestrator by visiting ASG’s DevOps automation page.

    About ASG Technologies

    ASG Technologies is an award-winning, industry-recognized and analyst-verified global software company providing the only integrated platform and flexible end-to-end solution for the information-powered enterprise. ASG’s Information Management solutions capture, manage, govern and enable companies to understand and support all types of information assets (structured and unstructured) and stay compliant. ASG’s IT Systems Management solutions ensure that the systems and infrastructure supporting that information lifecycle are always available and performing as expected. ASG has over 3,500 customers worldwide in top vertical markets including Financial Services, Healthcare, Insurance and Government. Visit us at ASG.com, LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

  • Rivery Raises $16M Series A Funding to Expand SaaS DataOps Platform

    Rivery will use funding to scale its DataOps solution, including data ingestion, orchestration and transformation capabilities. 

    New York, 30th March 2021 – Rivery, the DataOps Platform raised $16M in a new financing round led by Entree Capital and existing investor State Of Mind Ventures (SOMV).

    Rivery is a SaaS DataOps platform that gives companies control over their organizational data through the ingestion, transformation, and orchestration of data processes. Since launching in 2019, Rivery has grown rapidly, adding hundreds of customers and seeing significant traction, 500% growth with enterprise companies, including Bayer, American Cancer Society, WalkMe, Entravision and Preqin.

    The new funding round will be used to accelerate growth across business and R&D teams. The company plans to triple in size globally, currently there are 60 open positions to be filled in 2021.

    Rivery’s innovative approach to DataOps and data management is a generational technology leap that incorporates automation and actionable logic into the traditional data ETL/ELT (extract, transform, and load) processes. Rivery’s quick deployment and centralized data management, coupled with its features such as the ability to instantly create and replicate data models via ready-built kits. Rivery also empowers companies to create custom data connections that run alongside standard out-of-the box data pipelines saving significant time and cost for both deployment and ongoing use.

    Rivery is a Premier Technology Partners with Snowflake as well as having partnerships with Microsoft Azure, Amazon’s AWS, Google Cloud, Looker Analytics, and Tableau. Additionally, dozens of services and consulting partners deploy Rivery to help their clients migrate their data to the cloud and manage their complete data operations from a single platform.

    Itamar Ben Hemo, co-founder and CEO of Rivery said: “This new round of funding is an exciting milestone forRivery, and validation that the massive cloud data industry is looking for a centralized DataOps platform. The Rivery DataOps platform is empowering companies to centralize, control, automate, and orchestrate all of their data flows – in the cloud.”

    Avi Eyal, co-founder and Managing Partner at Entrée Capital added: “Rivery is bringing a fresh approach toan old problem – how to move and transform data. The team has built a platform that companies not only love, but also trust to make a core part of their technology stack. We are excited to partner with Rivery and help the company achieve its vision.”

    About Rivery.io:

    Rivery.io is the end-to-end DataOps platform that gives organizations control over their data through the ingestion, transformation, orchestration and management of their data. Moving beyond the traditional ETL, Rivery speeds up the entire DataOps workflow with automation and process simplification in a single SaaS platform. The world’s leading companies, including Bayer and American Cancer Society trust Rivery with their data. Learn more on https://rivery.io/

    About Entrée Capital

    Entrée Capital was founded in 2010 and provides multi-stage funding to innovative seed, early, and growth-stage companies all over the world. Entrée Capital manages over $650m across a number of funds and has invested in startups such as monday.com, Snap, Stripe, Deliveroo, PostMates, Riskified, FundBox, Toka Cyber, Kuda Bank, Stash, PillPack, Gusto, Cazoo, Coupang, Glovo, and over 90 other companies. For more information visit www.entreecapital.vc and follow us on twitter @entreecap.

     

     

  • Akamai Launches COVID-19 Vaccine Management Solution Built on Salesforce Vaccine Cloud

    Vaccine Edge for Salesforce Vaccine Cloud enables systems to effectively and quickly scale, allowing a large number of users to simultaneously register for online appointments

    Cambridge, MA | March 30, 2021 — Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), a trusted solution for protecting and delivering digital experiences, today announced it has developed Akamai Vaccine Edge (“Vaccine Edge”) for Salesforce Vaccine Cloud, to help government agencies, healthcare organizations, businesses, nonprofits and educational institutions scale their online distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. Complementing Salesforce’s recently launched Vaccine Cloud, which provides a rapid and flexible approach for managing, delivering, and administering centralized vaccine programs, Vaccine Edge helps enhance the registration and signup process when websites are under duress due to high demand.

    Vaccine Edge is designed to support an enhanced customer experience by powering fast page load times regardless of the number of users registering simultaneously. When loads are too high, Vaccine Edge passes users to a waiting room to keep the site available so that the user can maintain their location in the queue. Vaccine Edge is also built with denial-of-service (“DDoS”) protection to help monitor and block violators that try to take down sites by overwhelming them with targeted requests.

    “Citizens need accurate, up-to-the-minute information about vaccination eligibility and the logistics of booking an appointment,” said Mani Sundaram, executive vice president, global services and support and chief information officer, Akamai Technologies. “Vaccination registration websites must make this all happen — and handle sudden spikes in traffic.      Vaccine Edge helps our customers provide a reliable user experience without creating more complexity for their IT teams.”

    Akamai’s Vaccine Edge has been successfully deployed by sites serving large populations and is already providing citizens with rapid access to COVID-19 vaccine appointments. The solution is currently available [in the U.S. and Canada] to state/province and local governments as well as the next phase of vaccine distributors like major retailers, pharmacies, healthcare clinics and hospitals.

    “For most vaccine recipients, the first step in protecting themselves is scheduling an online appointment,” said Meredith Flynn-Ripley, senior vice president and general manager, Salesforce Vaccine Cloud. “Akamai’s Vaccine Edge solution can help provide patients with an efficient, effective, and equitable experience integrated with Salesforce.”

    Vaccine Edge is one of several Akamai COVID-19 initiatives in the U.S. and Canada. The company has assisted beneficiaries of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act with performance optimizations and virtual waiting rooms.

    For more information, visit Akamai Vaccine Edge.

    Salesforce, Vaccine Cloud and others are among the trademarks of salesforce.com, inc.

    About Akamai

    Akamai secures and delivers digital experiences for the world’s largest companies. Akamai’s intelligent edge platform surrounds everything, from the enterprise to the cloud, so customers and their businesses can be fast, smart, and secure. Top brands globally rely on Akamai to help them realize competitive advantage through agile solutions that extend the power of their multi-cloud architectures. Akamai keeps decisions, apps and experiences closer to users than anyone – and attacks and threats far away. Akamai’s portfolio of edge security, web and mobile performance, enterprise access and video delivery solutions is supported by unmatched customer service, analytics and 24/7/365 monitoring. To learn why the world’s top brands trust Akamai, visit www.akamai.com, blogs.akamai.com, or @Akamai on Twitter.

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