Welcome to the latest edition of the DevContentOps Weekly News Roundup. We update you on the latest news and hot stories related to DevOps, Content Management, Content Marketing and Web Development.
DevOps News
Opsera Announces Series A Plus Round to Power New Generative AI Initiatives
Unified DevOps platform Opsera has raised $12 million in a Series A Plus round. The funding round led by Taiwania Capital with support from Felicis Ventures and Clear Ventures will support the new generative AI initiative Hummingbird AI and accelerate the growth of Opsera.
LinearB Announces Free DORA Metrics Dashboards at DevOps Enterprise Summit 2023
Software delivery management solutions provider LinearB has released free DORA Metrics dashboards. The dashboard will provide engineering leaders at companies of various sizes with insights into team performance through Deployment Frequency, Mean Lead Time for Changes, Mean Time to Recover, and Change Failure Rate.
Automated machine identity management (MIM) and application infrastructure security platform AppViewX has launched AppViewX KUBE+. The comprehensive automated certificate lifecycle management solution for Kubernetes environments prevents outages and reduces security vulnerabilities. It also secures containerized workloads at scale while supporting DevOps speed and agility.
Content Management News
Digital experience software provider Sitecore has unveiled XM Cloud Plus and Sitecore Accelerate. XM Cloud Plus is an extended digital experience solution combining content management, personalization, AI-powered search, customer data management, and analytics. Accelerate offers a program to guide Sitecore XM and Sitecore XP, customers to either XM Cloud or XM Cloud Plus and XC customers to OrderCloud.
Composable Digital Experience Platform (DXP) provider Contentstack has integrated Amazon Bedrock into Contentstack Automation Hub and AI Assistant. The integration enables Contentstack customers to access Amazon's newest AI capabilities and select the best AI provider to match their needs.
Content Marketing News
Fortune Brand Studio Takes Home Three of Top Eight Content Marketing Awards at #CMWorld 2023
Fortune Brand Studio, Fortune Media's in-house branded content studio, was one of the eight winners recognized by the Content Marketing Institute at the 2023 Content Marketing Awards.
How To Use Content Marketing To Improve Brand Loyalty
Forbes offers some advice on how companies can improve brand loyalty with the help of content marketing.
Web Development News
Kestra Is an Open Source Data Orchestration Platform for Complex Workflows
Open source data orchestration platform Kestra has raised $3 million in a seed round co-led by ISAI and Axeleo Capital with participation from angel investors. The company plans to add new features and also launch an enterprise edition.
Intel Granulate Announces Auto-Pilot Functionality for Kubernetes Optimization
Real-time continuous application performance optimization platform Intel Granulate has released a new Auto-Pilot functionality for recommendation implementation in its Kubernetes Optimization solution.