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Curated information technology news for content technology, computing, and digital experience professionals. News items are edited to remove hype, unhelpful jargon, iffy statements, and quotes, to create a short summary — mostly limited to 200 words — of the important facts with a link back to a useful source for more information. News items are published using the date of the original source here and in our weekly email newsletter.

We focus on product news, but also include selected company news such as mergers and acquisitions and meaningful partnerships. All news items are edited by one of our analysts under the NewsShark byline.  See our Editorial Policy.

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SAP to acquire Emarsys

October 1, 2020 /

SAP SE announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Emarsys, an omnichannel customer engagement platform provider. Emarsys enables businesses to engage more effectively and more personally with their customers. Enhancing the SAP Customer Experience portfolio with Emarsys will change how commerce is managed digitally as it will deliver hyperpersonalized, omnichannel engagements in real time, helping organizations make every engagement is relevant and impactful. Emarsys is an easy-to-use integrated cloud-based marketing platform. It allows companies to deliver personal customer interactions across e-mail, mobile, social, SMS, and the web. The company’s operations will become part of the SAP Customer Experience business unit. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2020, subject to regulatory approval. Purchase price and other terms of the transaction are have not been disclosed.

https://emarsys.com, https://www.sap.com/index.html

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Exasol and Pyramid Analytics partner

October 1, 2020 /

Exasol, the high-performance analytics database, announced a new strategic partnership with Pyramid Analytics, provider of an analytics platform for the enterprise. Together, Exasol and Pyramid will bring an enhanced analytics experience to their customers, allowing business users and IT teams to become more agile and make the most of their data. Both technologies can be deployed together anywhere—on-premises, in the cloud, and in hybrid architectures. Joint customers will be able to execute complex business calculations quickly and at scale, regardless of data volumes, environment of choice, or number of users.

Pyramid’s calculation engine works natively on Exasol via a direct connection, so no data is ever extracted or duplicated. This offers security and performance advantages, while simultaneously enabling governed self-service analytics through Pyramid’s business user friendly interface. In addition, Pyramid allows business analysts to easily load external data sets into Exasol where they can be combined with existing Exasol tables to fuel machine learning models.

https://www.exasol.com/, https://www.pyramidanalytics.com

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SmartBear announces integration of ReadyAPI and SwaggerHub

October 1, 2020 /

SmartBear, provider of software development and quality tools, has integrated its API quality platform, ReadyAPI, with SwaggerHub, its API design and documentation platform. ReadyAPI users are now able to setup and manage a connection in their SwaggerHub account within ReadyAPI, search and filter through definitions in SwaggerHub, and more. Together, ReadyAPI and SwaggerHub provide the a comprehensive API tooling for all stages of the API lifecycle to help ensure high quality software. The integration streamlines the process of logging in to SwaggerHub from ReadyAPI as well as storing information for re-use when performing actions against SwaggerHub.

To highlight the interconnectedness of SmartBear API solutions, the three modules of the ReadyAPI platform have been renamed under the ReadyAPI brand. SoapUI Pro, the API testing tool, is now ReadyAPI Test, reflecting that ReadyAPI supports RESTful, GraphQL, and other API standards in addition to SOAP. LoadUI Pro, the way to API load test, is now ReadyAPI Performance. ServiceV Pro, which allows anyone in the delivery pipeline to create mocking and service virtualization, is now ReadyAPI Virtualization. The name SoapUI, the open source solution that SmartBear supports, will remain unchanged. The consolidation under the ReadyAPI brand ensures these three API tools are delivered in one centralized, intuitive platform. From planning and designing APIs to developing, testing and deploying, Agile and DevOps teams can ensure ReadyAPI and SwaggerHub are meeting their needs when building APIs.

https://smartbear.com/

Altova launches new cloud-based contract management solution

September 30, 2020 /

Altova announced the release of Altova ContractManager, a customizable, cloud-based contract management app. Whether your firm manages tens, hundreds, or thousands of contracts, Altova ContractManager makes it easy and secure to store, manage, and search for your contracts. This new solution provides complete contract lifecycle management with templates for documenting contract details, built in reminders, audit log and change tracking, and much more. The solution provides:

  • Centralized contract management
  • Secure file storage for all your contracts
  • Granular role and group-based permissions to control access to confidential information
  • Automatic reminders for important review dates and deadlines
  • Search tools to find contract documents and details instantly
  • Full audit log and change tracking
  • Options to customize the app as little or as much as required:
    • Change the hierarchy of containers in the database
    • Add, change, or delete any fields, forms, and database structure – even if records already exist in the database
    • Select from different themes to configure your display colors and font size
  • Affordable monthly or annual pricing options

Pricing starts at $299 per user per year, or just under $25 per month when paid annually. Monthly subscriptions will also be available at $29 per month. Users can start the purchasing process by clicking Manage Subscription in the Altova Cloud. A free 30-day evaluation subscription for Altova ContractManager is easy to request in seconds by creating an account without needing to download software or enter a license. No credit card is needed and users can get started with ContractManager right away.

https://www.altova.com

DataStax announces DataStax Fast 100 program

September 30, 2020 /

DataStax announced the DataStax Fast 100 program to quickly align Apache Cassandra experts to enterprise projects. Cassandra is an open-source, NoSQL database. The partners currently on-board, with more to come, include: Deloitte, Expero Inc, and Anant Corporation. The program enables swift enablement for partners with consultants certified and ready to deliver on Cassandra engagements within 30-days.

Practitioners cite a lack of skilled staff as the top obstacle to Cassandra adoption. When asked what it would take for practitioners to use Cassandra for more applications and features in production, they said “easier to migrate” and “easier to integrate.” The DataStax Fast 100 aligns prequalified partners to enterprises to help ensure their success. The program will help enterprises with business modernization, technical migrations, cloud-native data platforms, and various mission-critical use cases.

https://www.datastax.com/partners/datastax-fast-100

Alfresco launches Alfresco Process Automation

September 29, 2020 /

Alfresco Software, an open source, content management platform and solutions provider, announced the availability of Alfresco Process Automation, an offering that enables organizations to build content-centric process applications in the Cloud. Alfresco Process Automation is a core part of Alfresco’s Digital Business Platform as a Service (DBPaaS). Business applications are often built for a specific need or to solve a discrete task, however these applications can create silos of important information that ultimately become barriers to change, obstructing innovation and organizational growth. Alfresco Process Automation enables the building of content-centric applications that enable teams to work more effectively together, share important information, improve knowledge, better manage collaborative processes and projects, and respond to opportunities.

As part of Alfresco’s DBPaaS, Alfresco Process Automation offers organizations open, secure content services coupled with governance services leverages a range of Cloud native capabilities such as AI, ML, recognition & business Intelligence services. It provides auditable and compliant visibility of content throughout workflows from creation to policy-controlled destruction.

https://www.alfresco.com

Cloudflare announces privacy-first Web Analytics for all website owners

September 29, 2020 /

Cloudflare, Inc. launched Cloudflare Web Analytics to provide accurate, clear, and free analytics for anyone who cares about how their site is performing and doesn’t want to sacrifice their visitors’ privacy. Cloudflare Web Analytics is built on top of Cloudflare’s existing network, giving site owners insight into key traffic metrics at the edge. Now site owners have control over their own site data, eliminating the need for third-party scripts that can track their users and help retarget them with advertising. Cloudflare Web Analytics will be available, for free, to any website owner, whether they are an existing Cloudflare customer or not.

Unlike ad-supporting analytics companies, Cloudflare’s business model has never been about tracking individual users across the web. Cloudflare does not track where visitors are going online, and can help web owners get clear and accurate information about how their sites are performing without the need to profile users. Cloudflare already processes the requests for sites on its network and can collect analytics at the edge without adding third-party analytics scripts to a website. This privacy-friendly approach measures a ‘visit’ by looking at the source of each request, rather than tracking individual user behavior. Cloudflare Web Analytics also does not conflict with ad blockers, which frequently block third-party analytics tools from measuring anything at all. When combined with Cloudflare’s Bot Management tool, automated bot traffic that could skew analytics is also filtered out for improved accuracy.

Cloudflare paid customers can enjoy Web Analytics today. In the coming months, Cloudflare Web Analytics will be available to any website owner including those not on Cloudflare’s network. If you are not an existing Cloudflare customer on a paid plan, you can add your name to the waitlist.

https://www.cloudflare.com/web-analytics/

Colligo announces Content Manager for Microsoft 365

September 29, 2020 /

Colligo announced the launch of Colligo Content Manager for Microsoft 365, expanding the email capture and SharePoint collaboration capabilities it delivers to organizations using Microsoft 365 Outlook and SharePoint Online. When organizations combine Email Manager and Content Manager for Microsoft 365, the add-ins enable workers to achieve more productivity from Outlook: filing emails and attachments to SharePoint Online from their inbox including on mobile devices, and browsing and sharing any SharePoint file for collaboration.

Colligo’s Email Manager and Content Manager add-ins work in conjunction with Colligo Cloud Admin Console, the Azure-based administration and configuration platform that enables administrators to add-in users, deploy policies, ensure compliance and report analytics. Once Colligo Microsoft 365 solutions are deployed, users will see the same interface wherever they access Outlook online. The new Colligo Email Manager and Content Manager for Microsoft 365 solutions are available for customers to trial today.

http://info.colligo.com/ms365capturecollaborate

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