Progress announced new powerful capabilities and enhancements in the latest release of Progress® Sitefinity®.
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
Red Hat announced the general availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5, the latest version of the enterprise Linux platform.
Securiti announced a new solution - Security for AI Copilots in SaaS apps.
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.
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.