Spectro Cloud completed a $75 million Series C funding round led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives with participation from existing Spectro Cloud investors.
Allan Leinwand, CTO of ServiceNow, has joined the Vendor Forum on DEVOPSdigest.
Leinwand is responsible for overseeing all technical aspects and guiding the long-term technology strategy for ServiceNow. Prior to joining ServiceNow, he was CTO – Infrastructure at Zynga, Inc., where he oversaw the company’s infrastructure technology. Throughout his executive career, Leinwand was a venture partner for Panorama Capital, an operating partner for JPMorgan Partners, and founder of Vyatta, an open-source networking company, acquired by Brocade. He was co-founder and president of Proficient Networks and was VP of Engineering and CTO for Digital Island, from inception and through its IPO and secondary offering. Leinwand was also an early employee of Cisco Systems, Inc. and performed both individual contributor and managerial roles for the company. Leinwand currently holds a bachelor of science degree in computer science from the University of Colorado at Boulder. In the past he was an adjunct professor at the University of California, Berkeley.
ServiceNow helps the modern enterprise operate faster and be more scalable than ever before. Customers use the company's service model to define, structure and automate the flow of work, removing dependencies on email and spreadsheets to transform the delivery and management of services for the enterprise. ServiceNow enables service management for every department in the enterprise including IT, human resources, facilities, field service and more.
Industry News
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation® (CNCF®), which builds sustainable ecosystems for cloud native software, has announced significant momentum around cloud native training and certifications with the addition of three new project-centric certifications and a series of new Platform Engineering-specific certifications:
Red Hat announced the latest version of Red Hat OpenShift AI, its artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) platform built on Red Hat OpenShift that enables enterprises to create and deliver AI-enabled applications at scale across the hybrid cloud.
Salesforce announced agentic lifecycle management tools to automate Agentforce testing, prototype agents in secure Sandbox environments, and transparently manage usage at scale.
OpenText™ unveiled Cloud Editions (CE) 24.4, presenting a suite of transformative advancements in Business Cloud, AI, and Technology to empower the future of AI-driven knowledge work.
Red Hat announced new capabilities and enhancements for Red Hat Developer Hub, Red Hat’s enterprise-grade developer portal based on the Backstage project.
Pegasystems announced the availability of new AI-driven legacy discovery capabilities in Pega GenAI Blueprint™ to accelerate the daunting task of modernizing legacy systems that hold organizations back.
Tricentis launched enhanced cloud capabilities for its flagship solution, Tricentis Tosca, bringing enterprise-ready end-to-end test automation to the cloud.
Rafay Systems announced new platform advancements that help enterprises and GPU cloud providers deliver developer-friendly consumption workflows for GPU infrastructure.
Apiiro introduced Code-to-Runtime, a new capability using Apiiro’s deep code analysis (DCA) technology to map software architecture and trace all types of software components including APIs, open source software (OSS), and containers to code owners while enriching it with business impact.
Zesty announced the launch of Kompass, its automated Kubernetes optimization platform.
MacStadium announced the launch of Orka Engine, the latest addition to its Orka product line.
Elastic announced its AI ecosystem to help enterprise developers accelerate building and deploying their Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) applications.
Red Hat introduced new capabilities and enhancements for Red Hat OpenShift, a hybrid cloud application platform powered by Kubernetes, as well as the technology preview of Red Hat OpenShift Lightspeed.
Traefik Labs announced API Sandbox as a Service to streamline and accelerate mock API development, and Traefik Proxy v3.2.