ServiceNow acquires Sweagle, an expert in configuration data management

ServiceNow just announced the acquisition of Sweagle. This Belgian startup was founded in 2017 and has developed a SaaS service to manage configuration data (settings, parameters and security information). The undisclosed financial terms of the transaction will expand ServiceNow’s DevOps and IT operations management (ITOM) capabilities, enabling customers to use machine learning to identify and prevent configuration errors and accelerate delivery. correct.

“With Sweagle’s configuration data management capabilities, we will empower the DevOps team to make changes to applications and infrastructure faster while reducing risk,” ServiceNow vice president and general manager DevOps and IT business management RJ Jainendra said in a statement. Sweagle also brings deep DevOps talents to ServiceNow. Both founders are pioneers in configuration data management, and we are honored to see this talent join our team because we will continue to help our customers compete and win in the digital economy. ”

With its DevOps and IT operations management health solutions, Sweagle will accelerate ServiceNow’s new service map roadmap by managing configuration data for public and private cloud environments and modern application architectures such as microservices. Containers and serverless computing. “Today, configuration data is as important as having good code-this is the foundation upon which Sweagle builds”, Sweagle CEO and co-founder Mark Verstockt explained.

Sweagle is headquartered in Campehnout in the Brussels area and has offices in Paris, London and New York.

ServiceNow expects to complete the acquisition at the beginning of the third quarter of 2020.