SnapLogic releases professional versions of data integration software

SnapLogic, an open-source data integration company, is ready to start making money. Until now, SnapLogic’s software — which uses simple web protocols to allow companies to create enterprise mashups — has been available for free, but chief executive Chris Marino says the startup has built enough of a following that it can charging. The software itself will be the same across the free, professional and enterprise editions, but SnapLogic will charge for additional support —… Continue Reading

WaveMaker Software raises $4.5M for web development tools

Wavemaker Software, which offers open source visual tools for web development, has raised $4.5 million in a new round of venture funding. Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Worldview Technology Partners and Sippl Investments all participated.

The San Francisco startup has created an Ajax development platform based on the Spring, Dojo and Hibernate open source projects. Its offerings include both a free version and a premium enterprise license.

Roger Sippl of Sippl Investments, previously chief executive of Informix Software,… Continue Reading