DevContentOps Weekly News Roundup Aug 30 2024

News

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

Adastra: Setting New Standards in DevOps with AWS Competency Badge

Global cloud, data, and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions and services provider Adastra has announced its achievement of Amazon Web Services (AWS) DevOps Competency status. The recognition comes from Adastra helping customers implement CI/CD practices and automating infrastructure provisioning and management with AWS. 

Sii Poland Selects Wind River Studio Developer to Boost Software Development Efficiency and Streamline DevSecOps

Engineering and technology consulting company and digital services firm Sii Poland has selected Wind River Studio Developer to enhance software development efficiency and streamline the DevSecOps process.

Content Management News

Storyblok Appoints Mark Wheeler as CMO to Help Drive the Next Phase of Growth for the Modern CMS

Modern CMS for all teams: Storyblok has appointed Mark Wheeler as CMO. The former Marketing Director at Adobe and Marketing VP at Sitecore will help educate the market on Storyblok’s transformative impact throughout the entire content lifecycle.

Netlify and Optimizely Partner

Netlify and Optimizely have partnered. Netlify customers will be able to build and deploy Optimizely sites using a modern composable approach on Netlify’s all-in-one web development platform. 

Content Marketing News

The Content Marketing Trap: Why You’re Stuck and How to Escape

CMSWire explores how marketers can shift from sales-driven content to a publisher mindset to build brand and trust over time.

Original Research: Skyword Reveals Key Insights on Generative AI’s Impact on Content Marketing

Enterprise content marketing company Skyword has released the findings from its recent survey on the role of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in content marketing. Key findings include that 55% of marketers surveyed currently use GenAI for content creation.

Web Development News

GitHub Copilot Competitor Codeium Raises $150M at a $1.25B Valuation

AI-powered coding assistant Codeium has closed a $150 million Series C round led by General Catalyst. Existing investors Kleiner Perkins and Greenoaks also participated in the round. 

nOps Lands $30M to Optimize AWS Customers’ Cloud Spend

Automated AWS cloud management platform nOps closed a $30 million Series A funding round. PE firm Headlight Partners led the round, bringing the total funding raised by nOps to $40.5 million. 

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