Progress announced the launch of Progress Data Cloud, a managed Data Platform as a Service designed to simplify enterprise data and artificial intelligence (AI) operations in the cloud.
xMatters closed $42 million in long-term financing with Golub Capital Late Stage Lending group.
“In the last several years we have delivered 17 consecutive quarters of recurring revenue growth as our customers transition toward the agile, lean methodologies necessary to support their digital aspirations,” said Troy McAlpin, CEO of xMatters. “We have recently opened several new global data centers, and are very well-positioned to continue expanding our operations, accelerating our growth, and investing further in developing new tools and applications to benefit our customers. Golub Capital and JMI Equity have provided us with a long-term strategy to drive our current and future expansion plans.”
In this recent quarter alone, xMatters added 40 new global customers to its cloud service and observed a 35 percent year-over-year revenue increase, as well as a dollar-value customer retention level of over 96 percent. Recently named one of the Best Workplaces by Fortune, xMatters has optimized its customer service process to respond in a median time of less than two minutes, with 91 percent of all customer support tickets closed in one business day or less. It also achieved 99.98 percent uptime globally, with rates as high as 100 percent in several regions.
“xMatters is a rapidly-growing market leader in providing enterprises with critical incident communication and resolution tools,” said Peter Fair, Managing Director at Golub Capital. “The company’s solutions demonstrate a proven ROI in a world where downtime and disruptions have immediate, negative impacts on a company’s bottom-line. We couldn’t be more pleased to be partnering with JMI Equity and xMatters management to help drive the company’s continued momentum.”
“We have seen xMatters continue to invest wisely and grow over the last few years, improving major incident management and DevOps processes for enterprises globally,” said Peter Arrowsmith, General Partner at JMI Equity. “We are pleased to partner with Golub Capital in supporting xMatters’ continued strong trajectory in the years ahead.”
Industry News
Sonar announced the release of its latest Long-Term Active (LTA) version, SonarQube Server 2025 Release 1 (2025.1).
Idera announced the launch of Sembi, a multi-brand entity created to unify its premier software quality and security solutions under a single umbrella.
Postman announced the Postman AI Agent Builder, a suite empowering developers to quickly design, test, and deploy intelligent agents by combining LLMs, APIs, and workflows into a unified solution.
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation® (CNCF®), which builds sustainable ecosystems for cloud native software, announced the graduation of CubeFS.
BrowserStack and Bitrise announced a strategic partnership to revolutionize mobile app quality assurance.
Mendix, a Siemens business, announced the general availability of Mendix 10.18.
Red Hat announced the general availability of Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization Engine, a new edition of Red Hat OpenShift that provides a dedicated way for organizations to access the proven virtualization functionality already available within Red Hat OpenShift.
Contrast Security announced the release of Application Vulnerability Monitoring (AVM), a new capability of Application Detection and Response (ADR).
Red Hat announced the general availability of Red Hat Connectivity Link, a hybrid multicloud application connectivity solution that provides a modern approach to connecting disparate applications and infrastructure.
Appfire announced 7pace Timetracker for Jira is live in the Atlassian Marketplace.
SmartBear announced the availability of SmartBear API Hub featuring HaloAI, an advanced AI-driven capability being introduced across SmartBear's product portfolio, and SmartBear Insight Hub.
Azul announced that the integrated risk management practices for its OpenJDK solutions fully support the stability, resilience and integrity requirements in meeting the European Union’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) provisions.
OpsVerse announced a significantly enhanced DevOps copilot, Aiden 2.0.