Our round-up of the latest new product launches from Google, Microsoft, Nutanix, Veritone in Cloud, Big data, AI, and More, this week in IT.
1. Actifio Unveils Data Protection Solution
ActifioOpens a new window , multi-cloud copy data management software provider, unveiled a data protection service built to safeguard Google Cloud’s Bare Metal Solution (BMS). The data protection solution will deliver backup & data recovery options to customers planning to move data and fast database cloning in BMS to accelerate Dev/QA/UAT testing.
2. Ahana Makes PrestoDB Available on AWS Marketplace and DockerHub
Presto based analytic company AhanaOpens a new window announced the availability of Linux Foundation’s utterly open-source PrestoDB Amazon Machine Image (AMI) on the AWS Marketplace, becoming the first to do so. The company has also made a PrestoDB container available on DockerHub.
“Presto is one of the fastest-growing open-source projects in data analytics and is still in the early stages of adoption, so tools like cloud and container offerings that help users get up and running are critical,†said Steven Mih, co-founder, and CEO, Ahana in an exclusive comment to Toolbox. “Ahana is taking a critical first step in helping to build adoption by offering commercial support for PrestoDB cloud and container offerings.â€
3. Amazon CodeGuru Now Generally Available
Amazon Web Service, a cloud service company, has made Amazon CodeGuruOpens a new window – a developer tool powered by machine learning – available generally. The tool provides intelligent recommendations for improving code quality and identifying an application’s most expensive code lines.
4. Aircall Launches New Suite of DeveloperTool for Better App Integration
AircallOpens a new window , a cloud-based voice platform, launched a suite of developer tools and resources, leveraging the power of its flexible public API. Helping customers and partners quickly build tools that fit their individual needs as customer service and sales teams adjust to the new normal.
“Since founding Aircall, we’ve been on a mission to enrich our customers’ voice experience. As we’ve grown, and especially in this new era of remote work, we recognized that the ability to create new app integrations is one of the greatest resources we can provide. As companies redefine how they do business, we hope that our new resources—designed to promote innovation on top of our voice-platform—will provide programmers with the tools needed to create custom integrations with other business tools that uniquely meet the needs of our partners and customers,†Aircall’s tech co-founder and Developer Advocate, Xavier Durand, shared exclusively with Toolbox.
5. Microsoft Deploys Docker Desktop Integration with Azure
Microsoft Azure announced that it is releasing a new Docker DesktopOpens a new window integrationthat delivers a combination of Docker and Microsoft Azure to use native Docker commands to run applications as serverless containers with Azure Container instances.
6. Blue Prism Launches Blue Prism Exchange (DX) 2.0
Robotics process automation company Blue PrismOpens a new window re-launched its Blue Prism Digital Exchange (DX) 2.0 – “a one-stop shop†for quickly accessing intelligent automation solutions. The new DX delivers unprecedented access to content, assets, and an online community that will enable users to accelerate automation deployments while integrating them with industry-leading software to drive digital transformation.
7. Google Makes Available Depth in ARCore 1.18 for Android and Unity
Tech giant Google had launched ARCore Depth APIOpens a new window at the end of last year, and has now announced that the Depth API is now available in ARCore 1.18 for Android and Unity. The AR Core Depth API enables users to generate a depth map with a single RGB camera with the depth-from-motion algorithms.
8. Infoworks Delivering DataFounder Test Drive
InfoworksOpens a new window , the Enterprise Data Operations and Orchestration (EDO2) systems company, announced that it has made a DataFoundry test drive available that will deliver a free, hosted offering. The test drive will provide an experience of how DataFoundry’s intelligent automation enables rapid and easy implementation and deployment of sophisticated analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning use cases in a guided interactive environment, letting users decide if it is the right fit for them.
“Infoworks DataFoundry has enabled large enterprises to establish an agile and scalable data operations and orchestration foundation to support business-critical analytics and other applications, and in the process has helped them to make the most of a very valuable asset: time,†said Amar Arsikere, founder, chief product officer and CTO at Infoworks in conversation with Toolbox. “We’re excited to bring DataFoundry Test Drive to data professionals so they may quickly explore the power of our offering in free guided, interactive environment and experience how DataFoundry’s intelligent automation enables rapid and easy implementation of complex analytics use cases.â€
9. Instana to Trace Applications Running on AWS with Monitoring Solution
Automated application performance management solutions for microservice application provider, Instana, unveiled new monitoring and tracking capabilitiesOpens a new window for applications running on AWS Fargate. The solutions will deliver automated Fargate application monitoring that captures a distributed trace of every application request.
10. JFrog launches Security-Focused, Immutable Chart Repository for Helm
JFrogOpens a new window , the universal DevOps technology provider known for enabling liquid software via continuous update flows, announced the launch of ChartCenter, the first free, security-focused central repository of Helm charts. It allows developers to easily access compatible versions of any publicly available Helm chart, which are currently stored in various locations across the web, and can be changed or removed at any time.
“ChartCenter accelerates the adoption of Helm and the shift to cloud-native applications with Kubernetes by addressing developer pain and ecosystem gaps. ChartCenter offers a one-stop Central Repository with superior search, unified immutable location to download Helm charts, valuable metadata such as transitive dependencies, emphasizing security with vulnerability data, and initiating the standard for mitigation information exchange. All the while ensuring a reliable, always on, and always free for the community application†shared Jagan Subramanian, Vice President, Solution Engineering at JFrog while speaking to Toolbox.
11. Kong Inc. Donates Open Source Kuma
Cloud connectivity company Kong announced that they had donated the open-source Kuma to the Cloud Computing Foundation. Kuma is a universal control plane that enables seamless management of any service on the network, from any platform—including Kubernetes, containers, virtual machines, bare metal, and other environments.
“Kuma is the first-ever Envoy-based service mesh to be donated to the CNCF foundation as a Sandbox project. This finally brings a powerful yet easy–to–use service mesh to the broader community, with a neutral and open DNA to expand the adoption of service mesh in enterprise environments.†Marco Palladino, CTO and co-founder of Kong, said in an exclusive chat with Toolbox.
The company further announced that they are bringing service mesh to the hybrid workload with a new version of Kuma.
“Built thanks to the feedback of Kuma’s enterprise users, Kuma 0.6 finally brings service mesh to every enterprise environment – even the more complex ones – via the new built-in support for hybrid Kubernetes and VMs clusters, including multi-cloud support. By delivering an innovative hybrid universal deployment with support for automatic cross-cluster service connectivity, scalable control plane global/remote replication, and built-in service discovery, Kuma 0.6 abstracts away all the complexity of running an enterprise service mesh with simplicity and scalability,†added Marco, while speaking with Toolbox.
14. Monday.com Launches New Apps Framework
Work OS platform Monday.com unveiled a new Apps framework that will deliver unlimited access for building custom applications on the platform with limitless use cases. The low-code platform enables all businesses to develop applications on the platform. .
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15. Nutanix Brings IT Solutions for Cloud Infrastructure
The enterprise cloud computing company NutanixOpens a new window unveiled a new solution for IT teams that will enable them to deploy, upgrade, and troubleshoot cloud infrastructures, independent of their work location. The solution will deliver relief to IT teams working endlessly to troubleshoot in the cloud, at a time when companies are rapidly shifting to remote work.
16. OpsRamp Delivering Better Customer Experience
SaaS platform OpsRampOpens a new window , which delivers hybrid infrastructure discovery, monitoring, management, and automation, announced a new cloud monitoring capability. The new launch will enable the identification and resolution of user performance issues across business-critical applications and services. The company has now combined user experience metrics with end-to-end synthetic transaction visibility and service maps. This will deliver a better business context and help in enhancing customer experience.
“Research and anecdotal evidence are telling us that enterprise IT organizations are pushing faster on their digital transformation plans, including cloud adoption, in the wake of Covid-19,†said Bhanu Singh, SVP of Engineering & DevOps at OpsRamp, while talking exclusively with Toolbox. “However, most enterprises and service providers need to maintain a hybrid IT strategy for the foreseeable future. The OpsRamp Summer 2020 release straddles both objectives: providing new capabilities for multi-cloud monitoring as well as synthetic monitoring and machine learning-powered event management to help maintain consistent user experiences across all infrastructure.â€
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17. Outlier Makes Data Analysis Easier
Automated business analysis platform OutlierOpens a new window launched automated insights to easily flag changes in data patterns.
Outlier’s CEO, Sean Byrnes while speaking to Toolbox said, “How we use data – and the value we gain from contextual insights – evolves quickly. As we expand the types of analysis Outlier providers through the platform, organizations can develop Stories that provide deeper content and identify new ways to segment data.â€
18. New ibi From Information Builder
Information Builders, Inc, an end-to-end data and analytics company, unveiled a new ibi at its Virtual Summit 2020 which would enable organizations to build a better future through the use of data.
Speaking to Toolbox about the rebranding, Frank Vella, CEO of ibi said, “Organizations face big challenges in leveraging data and insights to make better business decisions. ibi is on a mission to prepare those organizations for the future by turning them into information builders. Our new company vision focuses on helping customers get their complex and disconnected data in order so they can build, embed and automate intelligence in everything they do.â€
19. Other News
Infrastructure automation vendor PuppetOpens a new window announced the public availability of relay, its event-driven automation platform.
Global CRM player Salesforce introduced Salesforce Anywhere, a suite of powerful technologies and platform services to enhance employee productivity and customer success for a remote-first world.
Veritone, the creator of the world’s first operating system for artificial intelligence, aiWAREâ„¢, today announced the release of its flagship application for media search and analysis, Veritone Discovery.
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