Kubernetes, the de facto standard for running cloud native applications, has made software development more flexible and agile, but has also created new problems. One of the biggest issues is that of microservice connectivity. Companies can have hundreds of microservices that need to reliably communicate with each other and with the underlying infrastructure. Creating this […]

Here at Norwest, we’ve been laser-focused on businesses that improve the developer experience. Prior investments in companies like Harness and Amplication follow a theme of identifying toolmakers that make developers more productive, which is why we are so eager to announce our investment in ChiselStrike today. The pain of building a backend Two of the […]

Today, we are excited to announce our investment in Provus and their much-needed solution for optimizing services quoting. As we studied how businesses today manage services quoting, we were surprised to learn how manual the process is – especially given the importance of speed in quoting customers as well as the revenue and margin impact […]

Remember when all cars had manual transmissions and drivers had to constantly operate the gear stick and clutch to change gears, hoping that the car would not stall at a red light or on a steep hill? It’s hard to believe how challenging driving was now that we have automatic transmissions to abstract that manual […]