Thursday May 9, 2024

Google Analytics For APIs Apigee Launches Premium Products

We’ve written about Apigee, which offers Web developers and publishers a dashboard for managing both the APIs they provide to others and the ones they consume for themselves. It’s essentially a Google Analytics for APIs. For developers who rely on data from other sites and companies, it monitors how much data they are using (message […]

Panaya Raises $6 Million, Helps SAP And Oracle Customers Manage Upgrade Cycles

Panaya, a provider of SaaS solutions for automating SAP upgrades, announced at the DSAG conference that Hasso Plattner Ventures has injected $6 million into the company. The venture capital firm, together with existing investors Benchmark Capital and Battery Ventures, will buy Tamares Group’s stake in the company. Panaya provides a cloud-based system that automates upgrades […]

Cirtas Raises $10 Million From Amazon And Others; Launches Cloud Storage System

Cloud storage startup Cirtas Systems has raised $10 million in Series A funding from NEA, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Amazon. The company is also launching its Bluejet Cloud Storage Controller product, which is a cloud-enabled enterprise storage system. Cirtas’ Bluejet technology blends WAN optimization with virtualized storage arrays, replicating on-site enterprise storage arrays. Bluejet, which […]

IBM Buys Data Warehousing Appliance Maker Netezza For $1.7 Billion

Data warehouse appliance company Netezza had been rumored to being close to getting acquired for a while, and this morning it turned out IBM is the one on the buying side. Big Blue is acquiring the company in cash transaction at a price of $27 per share or at a net price of approximately $1.7 […]

Developers On Google Apps Marketplace: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly

Six months ago, Google launched its very own app store for enterprise apps, the Google Apps Marketplace, at the search giant’s Campfire One event. The idea behind the marketplace was fairly simple—using a set of APIs, third-party apps could deeply integrate their products within Google Apps and offer these free or paid apps to the […]

Conviva Scores Another $15 Million For Advanced Video Streaming Solutions

Conviva, a San Matea, California based video streaming solutions provider, has raised $15 million in Series C funding, bringing the total capital secured by the company to a healthy $44 million since its launch in 2006. The round was led by GGV Capital (formerly Granite Global Ventures) and joined by existing investors Foundation Capital, New […]

Jive Updates Social Media Monitoring Platform And Mobile Apps

Jive Software, the maker of an all-in-one social enterprise software, is updating its Social Media Engagement platform and its mobile products today, in conjunction with the company’s annual conference for customers, JiveWorld. Modeled to offer Facebook-like features to enterprises, Jive’s software combines computing with social collaboration to offer fully-featured social networks for businesses. Its suite […]

SpringCM Raises $15 Million For Enterprise Content Management System

SpringCM, a company that provides a cloud-based enterprise content management system, has raised $15 million from Foundation Capital and North Bridge Venture Partners. SpringCM provides companies with a cloud-based platform for contract management, invoice automation and case management. The platform allows for the capture of electronic and paper documents, document management features, the ability to […]

IBM Buys OpenPages To Spice Up Its Business Analytics Portfolio

IBM has agreed to purchase OpenPages, a privately-held software company based in Waltham, MA that helps companies identify and manage risk and compliance activities across the enterprise through a single management system. Financial terms were not disclosed, and the acquisition is subject to regulatory clearances and other customary closing conditions. OpenPages has raised funding, although […]

Intel Leads $14M Round In Cloud Automation Company Adaptive Computing

Utah-based IT startup Adaptive Computing has raised $14 million in Series A funding led by Intel Capital with Tudor Ventures and EPIC Ventures participating in the rounds. This is Adaptive Computing’s first round of funding, after nine years of profitability, says the company. Adaptive Computing’s software, Moab, helps companies manage complex cloud computing environments. Moab […]