Software vendor BMC is being acquired, again. On May 29, BMC announced that it is being purchased by global investment firm KKR. Financial terms of the deal have not been publicly disclosed, though a person familiar with the deal reportedly…
Automation in the modern IT landscape has often been equated with orchestration of high-level infrastructure processes. There is another side to automation as well, with process automation for business applications. On May 15, WalkMe announced its new WalkMe Automation tool…
As organizations increasingly turn to the cloud to deploy and run Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), there is a need to understand and optimize all the different apps and services that running. That’s where startup Zylo has found its niche. Zylo was started…
Cloud-based Enterprise Asset Management vendor Nuvolo announced on June 22 that it has raised a new $10 million round of funding. The company was founded in 2013 and had previously raised $2 million in seed funding. The Series A funding…
Managing the complex myriad of tasks and contractors that are required to manage facilities is not something that should be left to a simple spreadsheet. It’s a task that SaaS application vendor ServiceChannel has taken on with its Service Automation…
IBM’s Watson may be busy playing chess or analyzing the lyrics of Bob Dylan songs. Such applications may make cute prime time TV ads, but what value does artificial intelligence (AI) have in the real world? One company is applying…
Just how big is the business process management (BPM) software market? It depends on who you ask. International Data Corp. (IDC) has said the BPM market is experiencing a growth rate of 8.2 percent per year and is worth more…
Talk about artificial intelligence, and most people think about machines that can reason. In a business context that would mean clever AIs that could use their powerful intellects to become formidable business leaders that could outwit mere humans. But since…
Apple made waves in the tech world last week with the announcement of its new MacBook Pro. A key feature of the new machine is the Touch Bar, an integrated touchscreen that is set to replace the traditional row of…
ServiceNow, which earlier this year introduced products for enabling cross-functional customer service and improving enterprise security, continues to broaden its reach into the enterprise with a solution called IT Business Management (ITBM) Suite. The ITBM software combines elements of IT…