Topic: saas
Runnable pivots to staging
A year ago, Runnable was a company focused almost entirely on copy/paste coding. Users could paste code into Runnable’s website, then see it in action as the site executed the code in a new window. Today, however, the company finished its pivot from testing window to testing servers. As of today, Runnable now offers full-fledged … continue reading
Applause mobile retail app report finds retailers need to embrace digital strategies
Applause released its third annual mobile retail apps report today, which highlighted what some of the top retail apps are doing right, and where some mobile apps fell short. However, the overall score of these mobile apps show development teams how far retailers still need to go to meet the needs of the user. ARC … continue reading
Platform9 introduces Kubernetes support
At Dockercon today, many container-management and control solutions were demonstrated. Platform9 was one of those companies demonstrating at the show, and today it introduced Kubernetes to its managed OpenStack offering. Founded in 2013 by ex-VMware engineers, Platform9 is a combined hardware and SaaS company. While Platform9 hosts OpenStack for its customers in an external cloud, … continue reading
Four51, Forrester survey finds developers adopting PaaS more than other platforms
To understand how developers feel about technologies that support their e-commerce needs, Four51 commissioned a study by Forrester Consulting, revealing that modern developers are more involved in e-commerce solutions at their organizations. Developers believed they will be developing in Platforms-as-a-Service (PaaS) more so than Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), with the amount of their on-premise solutions decreasing. Four51, … continue reading
Trace platform in beta, White House announces AI workshops, and diversity solutions for tech startups—SD Times news digest: May 4, 2016
Today, RisingStack, an enterprise Node.js consulting and development company, announced the public beta program of its SaaS APM solution, Trace. Trace allows developers to automatically localize ongoing issues and debug distributed systems. The tool aims to address some challenges that teams face when working with microservices. These challenges include transaction tracking, monitoring, alerting and visualizing infrastructures. … continue reading
Microsoft announces new SaaS offering: Microsoft Flow
In an effort to help organizations automate time-consuming tasks, Microsoft is introducing Microsoft Flow, a new SaaS solution designed to work with critical e-mails, notify team members when a task is updated, automate workflows, synchronize files, collect data, and track and follow up with new sales leads. “Every organization faces constant pressure to do more … continue reading
Gradle raises $4.2 million
Gradle Inc., the company behind the open-source enterprise build automation system, has announced a US$4.2 million round of funding to expand its company and system. Gradle aims to transform how developers build and deliver software. According to Chief Marketing Officer Miko Matsumura, the company has seen 30x and even 100x improvements in customer and partner … continue reading
Hortonworks to acquire Onyara, Uber partners with academia, and Distelli turns to CD—SD Times news digest: Aug. 26, 2015
Hortonworks has announced it is acquiring Apache NiFi creator and contributor Onyara. With Onyara, Hortonworks plans to turn “Internet of Anything” data into real-time business insights. “Hortonworks is focused on doing everything possible to enable our customers to transform their business through data-driven insights and actions,” said Rob Bearden, CEO of Hortonworks. “Onyara’s impressive work … continue reading
Snowflake announces general availability of Elastic Data Warehouse
Snowflake Computing, the cloud data warehousing startup that emerged from stealth mode last year, has announced the general availability of Snowflake Elastic Data Warehouse, along with US$45 million in Series C funding. Snowflake views data warehousing as a software service, mixing structured and unstructured data in a virtual cloud warehousing architecture with querying and analytics … continue reading
Open source offers way into mature markets
MongoDB is in fifth place on db-engines.com’s list of databases based on popularity. Leading the way is Oracle, followed by the open-source MySQL project, Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL. Kelly Stirman, vice president of strategy at MongoDB, told me this week at the company’s user conference that of 200 NoSQL databases that exist today, only … continue reading
IBM debuts new cloud computing, Big Data and storage software
IBM has announced new cloud-computing, software-defined storage, server, Big Data and hybrid cloud solutions at the IBM Edge conference in Las Vegas. Spanning the company’s IBM Power Systems, IBM z Systems, IBM Spectrum Storage, IBM Middleware, IBM SoftLayer and OpenStack software platforms, the new cloud releases are aimed at gaining better cloud-based insights on business … continue reading
SD Times GitHub Project of the Week: HODOR
Hodor hodor hodor, hodor hodor hodor hodor. Hodor hodor GitHub hodor hodor: HODOR. Yes, the language repository was posted on April Fool’s Day by mobile application development company Hummingbird Technologies. Yes, the language’s structure and “simplified” syntax consist entirely of the word “Hodor” in tandem with various symbols and punctuations. Yet despite all that, within … continue reading
