The Cloud Native Computing Foundation® (CNCF®), which builds sustainable ecosystems for cloud native software, is making significant updates to its certification offerings.
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
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation® (CNCF®), which builds sustainable ecosystems for cloud native software, announced the Golden Kubestronaut program, a distinguished recognition for professionals who have demonstrated the highest level of expertise in Kubernetes, cloud native technologies, and Linux administration.
Red Hat announced new capabilities and enhancements for Red Hat Developer Hub, Red Hat’s enterprise-grade internal developer portal based on the Backstage project.
Platform9 announced that Private Cloud Director Community Edition is generally available.
Sonatype expanded support for software development in Rust via the Cargo registry to the entire Sonatype product suite.
CloudBolt Software announced its acquisition of StormForge, a provider of machine learning-powered Kubernetes resource optimization.
Mirantis announced the k0rdent Application Catalog – with 19 validated infrastructure and software integrations that empower platform engineers to accelerate the delivery of cloud-native and AI workloads wherever the\y need to be deployed.
Traefik Labs announced its Kubernetes-native API Management product suite is now available on the Oracle Cloud Marketplace.
webAI and MacStadium(link is external) announced a strategic partnership that will revolutionize the deployment of large-scale artificial intelligence models using Apple's cutting-edge silicon technology.
Development work on the Linux kernel — the core software that underpins the open source Linux operating system — has a new infrastructure partner in Akamai. The company's cloud computing service and content delivery network (CDN) will support kernel.org, the main distribution system for Linux kernel source code and the primary coordination vehicle for its global developer network.
Komodor announced a new approach to full-cycle drift management for Kubernetes, with new capabilities to automate the detection, investigation, and remediation of configuration drift—the gradual divergence of Kubernetes clusters from their intended state—helping organizations enforce consistency across large-scale, multi-cluster environments.
Red Hat announced the latest updates to Red Hat AI, its portfolio of products and services designed to help accelerate the development and deployment of AI solutions across the hybrid cloud.
CloudCasa by Catalogic announced the availability of the latest version of its CloudCasa software.
BrowserStack announced the launch of Private Devices, expanding its enterprise portfolio to address the specialized testing needs of organizations with stringent security requirements.
Chainguard announced Chainguard Libraries, a catalog of guarded language libraries for Java built securely from source on SLSA L2 infrastructure.