Suresh Venkat
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
Port Raises $35M in Series B Funding
Internal developer portal Port has raised $35M in a Series B funding round. Accel led the round, which included participation from Bessemer Venture Partners and existing investors Team8 and TLV Partners. The funds will be used to expand operations and development.
Keep’s AIOps Platform Helps Ops Teams Reduce Alert Fatigue
Alert management platform Keep has announced a $2.5 million pre-seed round. Runa Capital led the round with participation from a number of undisclosed angels. Keep aggregates data from various monitoring tools before prioritizing them and helping DevOps teams diagnose the solution.
Configuration platform company Resourcely has released a free tier of its tool for configuring and deploying cloud resources. Developers receive a simplified Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) configuration experience, and DevOps controls the critical configuration decisions that are made.
Content Management News
Digital experience platform (DXP) provider Sitecore has announced Sitecore Stream. Sitecore Stream represents the fulfillment of Sitecore’s vision for an Intelligent DXP that addresses challenges and uncovers opportunities for enterprise marketing teams.
Contentstack Announces Retire the Legacy Offer for Customers Held Back by Decades-Old CMS Technology
Composable digital experience platform (DXP) Contentstack has announced its Retire the Legacy offer. The offer aims to de-risk the move to modern digital experience solutions for new customers by reducing their current license fees by 50%. It is open to customers currently on Adobe, Sitecore, or Oracle.
Permira Completes Squarespace Acquisition After Upping Bid to $7.2B
Private equity company Permira has completed its acquisition of website builder Squarespace. The acquisition means that Squarespace is no longer publicly traded after Permira purchased all remaining common stock.
Content Marketing News
Semrush Acquires Search Engine Land to Expand Digital Marketing Portfolio
Online visibility management and content marketing platform Semrush has acquired digital marketing publisher Third Door Media, which includes the brands Search Engine Land, MarTech, SMX, and Digital Marketing Depot.
Search Atlas Unveils OTTO SEO: The First Autonomous AI SEO Agent
SEO automation platform Search Atlas has launched OTTO SEO. The world’s first AI-powered SEO agent can autonomously optimize websites for search engines.
Web Development News
Webflow Debuts Industry-First Website Experience Platform (WXP)
Webflow has announced new AI applications to power its industry-first Website Experience Platform (WXP). The launch includes the acquisition of GreenSock, the company behind GreenSock Animation Platform (GSAP). This industry-standard JavaScript animation library allows designers and developers to create beautiful, high-performance animations.
Critical Default Credential in Kubernetes Image Builder Allows SSH Root Access
A bug in Kubernetes Image Builder, caused by default credentials being included during the image build process, might allow unauthorized SSH access to virtual machines (VMs).
