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1. Financial, M & A Updates...................................................................................................................................1
2. Solution Updates.................................................................................................................................................18
3. Rewards and Recognition Updates...................................................................................................................48
4. Customer Success Updates................................................................................................................................84
5. Partnership Ecosystem Updates......................................................................................................................137
6. Environment & Social......................................................................................................................................170
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Anaplan Announces Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2021 Financial Results
Second Quarter Fiscal 2021 Financial Results
• Total revenue was $106.5 million, an increase of 26% year-over-year. Subscription revenue was
$97.1 million, an increase of 32% year-over-year.
• GAAP operating loss was $37.7 million or 35.4% of total revenue, compared to $41.2 million
in the second quarter of fiscal 2020 or 48.7% of total revenue. Non-GAAP operating loss was
$9.6 million, or 9.0% of total revenue, compared to $16.6 million in the second quarter of fiscal
2020, or 19.7% of total revenue.
• GAAP loss per share was $0.26, compared to $0.31 in the second quarter of fiscal 2020.
Non-GAAP loss per share was $0.04, compared to $0.12 in the second quarter of fiscal 2020.
• Cash and Cash Equivalents were $304.9 million as of July 31, 2020.
Financial Outlook
• The company is providing the following guidance for its third quarter fiscal 2021:
• Total revenue is expected to be between $109 and $110 million.
• Non-GAAP operating margin is expected to be between negative 12.5% and 13.5%.
• As a baseline for third quarter, we expect billings to be in the range of $133 million to $135
million.
The company is providing the following guidance for its full year fiscal 2021:
• Total revenue is expected to be between $437 and $439 million.
• Non-GAAP operating margin is expected to be between negative 11% and 12%.
Executive Commentary
“Businesses need an agile digital connected planning platform in ’s challenging
environment. We are at the forefront of offering real-time, valuable business performance
insights, providing a competitive advantage to our customers,” said Chief executive officer
at Anaplan. “I’m pleased with our progress this quarter, and we are confident in the
long-term market opportunity for Connected Planning.”
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Comarch closes the first half of 2020 with an increase in revenues
• The Comarch Group has presented its consolidated financial results for H1 2020. Sales revenues
amounted to PLN 708.8 million and were by 6% higher than in the corresponding period last year.
• Within six months, the Group generated an operating profit of PLN 71.8 million, i.e. over PLN 25
million more than in the corresponding period of 2019, while the net profit attributable to Comarch SA
shareholders was over PLN 34.5 million, which means an increase of over PLN 7 million compared to
the corresponding period a year earlier.
• EBITDA in H1 2020 was higher by nearly PLN 32 million and amounted to PLN 118.2 million.
• More than 60% of Comarch Group companies’ sales revenues were generated in foreign markets.
Comarch developed sales of banking and finance, loyalty and ERP solutions in European and Asian
markets. The value of revenues from foreign sales amounted to PLN 434.1 million and was by PLN 51
million higher than a year ago.
• A large increase was recorded in sales to customers from the financial and banking sector, who
purchased products worth PLN 121.2 million, i.e. by 37.5% more than a year ago, and to enterprises from
the trade and services sector, where the revenues amounted to PLN 125.7 million, i.e. 12.3% more than in
H1 2019.
• The two-digit dynamics were also recorded in the sale of systems for the health sector. Medical facilities
purchased products worth PLN 19.7 million, i.e. by over 44% more than in H1 2019. The Group also
improved its result in the industry and utilities segment, generating sales worth PLN 86 million, which is
nearly by 8% higher when compared to the previous year figure. The sales of systems in the SME
segment are also growing dynamically. The sales value of ERP business management solutions in Poland
and abroad amounted to PLN 144.3 million, increasing by more than 13%.
• The sales to public sector customers have decreased. In H1 2020, Comarch provided products and
services for public administration worth PLN 56.9 million, which is by PLN 12.4 million less than a year
ago.
• Revenues from sales of IT systems and services to telecommunication companies reached PLN 142
million and were by 11.6% lower compared to H1 2019. The lower value of revenues was related to the
completion of several large contracts in Q2 2020 and the related conversion of long-term contracts
according to IFRS 15.
The business situation in H1 2020 confirmed that maintaining diversification of revenue sources and
diversity of the offer is beneficial for the stable development of the Group’s operations, especially in
the difficult conditions of a global pandemic. This complicated macroeconomic situation requires
increased efforts and constant emphasis on further development in order for the company to secure a
successful exit from the global economic crisis. Therefore, we actively search for new markets,
observe the current business conditions in individual markets, adjusting the model and scale of
operations to them and continue investing in new IT products and services, incurring expenditure on
R&D activities”, says Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Comarch SA. “Thanks to very good
financial results achieved in H1 2020, the financial situation of the Comarch Group is stable and
guarantees the safety of its operations in the case of the changing macroeconomic situation in Poland
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DocuSign Announces Second Quarter Fiscal 2021 Financial Results
• Total revenue was $342.2 million, an increase of 45% year-over-year. Subscription
revenue was $323.6 million, an increase of 47% year-over-year. Professional
services and other revenue was $18.6 million, an increase of 25% year-over-year.
• Billings were $405.7 million, an increase of 61% year-over-year.
• GAAP gross margin was 74% in both comparative periods. Non-GAAP gross
margin was 78% in both comparative periods.
• GAAP net loss per basic and diluted share was $0.35 on 185 million shares
outstanding compared to $0.39 on 175 million shares outstanding in the same period
last year.
• Non-GAAP net income per diluted share was $0.17 on 203 million shares
outstanding compared to $0.01 on 189 million shares outstanding in the same period
last year.
• Net cash provided by operating activities was $118.1 million compared to $26.4
million in the same period last year.
• Free cash flow was $99.8 million compared to $11.9 million in the same period last
year.
• Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and investments were $740.6 million at the
end of the quarter.
"In an accelerating digital world where business can be conducted from
anywhere, the need to agree electronically and remotely has never been stronger,
as shown in our 61% year-over-year billings growth," said CEO of DocuSign.
"We are just scratching the surface of our Agreement Cloud opportunity and
believe we are increasingly becoming an essential cloud-software platform for
organizations of all sizes."
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MRI Software enters into definitive agreement to acquire RentPayment™ business from Priority
Technology Holdings, Inc.
MRI Software (“MRI”), a global leader in real estate software solutions, and Priority Technology Holdings,
Inc., a leading provider of merchant acquiring, integrated payment software and commercial payment
solutions, have entered into a strategic agreement in real estate payments. Under the terms of the agreement,
MRI will acquire Priority’s RentPayment business, which is comprised of the RentPayment.com™,
StorageRentPayment.com™ and DuesPayment.com™ real estate payment brands. Going forward, Priority
will provide ongoing payment infrastructure as a service and processing to the new platform at MRI.
Founded in 1999, the RentPayment business pioneered real estate payments with the industry’s first
comprehensive payment platform for consumer rent. , the RentPayment platform serves some 2,900 clients
across the U.S. multi-family, single-family, storage and HOA markets. The RentPayment, DuesPayment,
and StorageRentPayment brands provide a feature rich suite of payment solutions, including resident rent
payments and security deposits via web and mobile to landlords and property managers. Existing clients of
the RentPayment platform will continue to receive uninterrupted service led by Copley Broer and Jamey
Rosamond, who helped build the platform within Priority. MRI remains committed to providing and
supporting payments solutions for all organizations, regardless of their property management software.
Similarly, MRI remains committed to providing choice and flexibility for its clients through an open and
connected ecosystem that includes multiple payments partners. The transaction is expected to close in the
third quarter of 2020 and is subject to customary regulatory approval.
“The convenience and continuity of accepting multiple payment options has never been more essential
to the residential real estate sector than in the current global health environment,” said Chief Executive
Officer of MRI Software. “With this acquisition and partnership with Priority, MRI significantly
expands our existing payments solution and scale and further improves both the resident and property
manager experience provided by our platform. Additionally, we will now expedite the availability of
our online payments solution to include both residential and commercial client offerings in all regions
we serve, including Europe, Africa and Asia Pacific.”
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Oracle Announces Fiscal 2021 First Quarter Financial Results
• Total quarterly revenues were up 2% year-over-year in USD and in constant currency
to $9.4 billion compared to Q1 last year.
• Cloud services and license support revenues were up 2% in USD and in constant
currency to $6.9 billion.
• Cloud license and on-premise license revenues were up 9% in USD and 8% in constant
currency to $886 million.
• Q1 GAAP operating income was up 12% to $3.2 billion and GAAP operating margin
was 34%. Non-GAAP operating income was up 9% to $4.2 billion and non-GAAP
operating margin was 45%.
• GAAP net income was up 5% to $2.3 billion, and non-GAAP net income was up 4% to
$2.9 billion.
• GAAP earnings per share was up 16% to $0.72, while non-GAAP earnings per share
was up 15% to $0.93.
• Short-term deferred revenues were $9.9 billion. Operating cash flow was $13.1 billion
during the trailing twelve months.
• The board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.24 per share of
outstanding common stock. This dividend will be paid to stockholders of record as of the
close of business on October 8, 2020, with a payment date of October 22, 2020.
“Q1 was fantastic with total revenue beating guidance by more than $150 million,
and non-GAAP earnings per share beating guidance by $0.07,” said Oracle CEO.
“Our cloud applications businesses continued their rapid revenue growth with
Fusion ERP up 33% and NetSuite ERP up 23%. We now have 7,300 Fusion ERP
customers and 23,000 NetSuite ERP customers in the Oracle Cloud. Our
infrastructure businesses are also growing rapidly as revenue from Zoom more than
doubled from Q4 last year to Q1 in this year. I have a high level of confidence that
our revenue will accelerate as we move on past COVID-19.”
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Oracle and Walmart Announce Tentative U.S. Government Approval
The President has announced that ByteDance has received tentative approval for an agreement with the U.S. Government to resolve the outstanding issues, which will now
include Oracle and Walmart together investing to acquire 20% of the newly formed TikTok Global business. As a part of the deal, TikTok is creating a new company called
TikTok Global that will be responsible for providing all TikTok services to users in the United States and most of the users in the rest of the world. , the administration has
conditionally approved a landmark deal where Oracle becomes TikTok’s secure cloud provider. TikTok Global will be majority owned by American investors, including
Oracle and Walmart. TikTok Global will be an independent American company, headquartered in the U.S., with four Americans out of the five member Board of Directors.
All the TikTok technology will be in possession of TikTok Global, and comply with U.S. laws and privacy regulations. Data privacy for 100 million American TikTok users
will be quickly established by moving all American data to Oracle’s Generation 2 Cloud data centers, the most secure cloud data centers in the world. Based on decades of
experience securing the world’s most sensitive data, Oracle’s Generation 2 Cloud fully isolates running applications and responds to security threats autonomously. This
unique technology eliminates the risk of foreign governments spying on American users or trying to influence them with disinformation. In addition to its equity position,
Walmart will bring its omni-channel retail capabilities including its Walmart.com assortment, eCommerce marketplace, fulfillment, payment and measurement-as-a-service
advertising service. TikTok Global will create more than 25,000 new jobs in the Unites States and TikTok Global will pay more than 5 billion in new tax dollars to the U.S.
Treasury. TikTok Global, together with Oracle, SIG, General Atlantic, Sequoia, Walmart and Coatue will create an educational initiative to develop and deliver an AI-driven
online video curriculum to teach children from inner cities to the suburbs, a variety of courses from basic reading and math to science, history and computer engineering.
TikTok Global will have an Initial Public Offering (IPO) in less than 12 months and be listed on a U.S. Exchange. After the IPO, U.S. ownership of TikTok Global will increase
and continue to grow over time. With this agreement, TikTok Global will able to continue to provide a hundred million Americans with access to the social network they love,
and spark much needed competition in the market for social networks.
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SAP.iO Fund Invests in Neural-Based Search Company Jina AI
SAP SE announced that its investment arm, SAP.iO Fund, has backed Jina
AI, a Berlin-based company providing an open source neural search
solution. Jina AI combines recent advances in machine learning for
computer vision, speech recognition and natural language processing into a
new search platform to provide greater accuracy, flexibility and adaptivity
to search inputs. The core project of Jina AI is called Jina on GitHub,
allowing users to create a cloud-native search solution powered by deep
learning in just minutes. Jina slashes from months to minutes the time it
takes to build a production-ready neural search system well suited to
business environments that require a fast and lightweight development
cycle. Since its release on GitHub in May 2020, this project already has
attracted more than 2,000 commits from 48 contributors worldwide. As of
now, Jina supports searching text, image, video, audio and cross-modality
data, with support for more data types coming in the future.
“As companies accelerate their digital transformations, a clear need has
emerged for better, more accurate enterprise search,” said SAP senior
vice president and managing director of SAP.iO. “We are excited by
Jina AI’s potential to provide a highly accurate search solution for SAP
customers.”
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SugarCRM Delivers Next Frontier in Customer Experience: The Power to Drive Business Predictability
and Performance with Acquisition of Node Inc.
SugarCRM Inc., the innovator of time-aware customer experience (CX),
announced the acquisition of Node Inc., an artificial intelligence (AI)
platform that leverages CRM data and vast external sources to deliver an
unparalleled level of predictability across a whole array of different
business use cases. The acquisition fuels Sugar’s time-aware CX platform
by automatically forecasting expected outcomes and highlighting
previously unforeseen challenges and opportunities. Making sense of data
is a perennial issue for companies. Deep learning models are limited by the
quality and quantity of input data, which historically has been inaccurate or
incomplete in real-life CRM implementations. Node’s deep learning
models identify signals with up to 81% greater accuracy than
heuristic-based approaches to deliver the tangible benefits of heightened
performance and true predictability.
“Obtaining a high definition view of your business and customers, from
pipeline to forecasting, is all about replacing a fragmented, dated, and
distorted picture with one that is sharply focused and rich in breadth and
depth,” said CEO of SugarCRM. “Sugar is democratizing AI, ushering
in a new frontier in CX with its powerful combination of AI, time-aware
and data enrichment, to drive business performance and enable
predictability for companies of all sizes.”
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Unit4 Announces Second Quarter 2020 Results
• Cloud bookings continued to grow by 12.5% in Q2 YoY, with total H1 bookings showing
24% YoY growth
• Cloud subscription revenue grew 14.3% in Q2 compared to the previous year
• Net Cloud Revenue Retention increased to 105%
• Unit4 continues its focus in helping customers maintain business continuity and meeting
growth objectives, amidst global pandemic
• Company extends its people-centric ERP Platform and launches New Global Partner
Program
• Strategic partnership with Raven Intel to drive transparency in enterprise software
implementation projects
Company Highlights
• In June, Unit4 introduced its new Global Partner Program to give partners the resources to
transform the way people work
• Unit4 and Raven Intel announced a strategic partnership to drive transparency in enterprise
software implementation projects
• Levio Selects Unit4 People Experience Suite to Bring Industry Best Practices to
Operations, Finance and HR
• Unit4 was one of the most highly rated ERP systems in 2020 according to users in
SoftwareReview's latest Data Quadrant Report for Enterprise Resource Planning.
• Unit4 and Peab won the Swedish “Business System Project of the Year 2020” award,
presented by HerbertNathan & Co
• Unit4 FP&A was ranked highly in the BARC Planning Survey 2020 for flexibility and
self-service and rated 94 percent for customer satisfaction
• Unit4 HCM featured as a Strong Performer in The Forrester Wave™: Cloud Human
Capital Management Suites, Q2 2020
• Announced new CSR and Diversity & Inclusion strategies driving sustainability, equality
and inclusion to the heart of Unit4’s Values
“Our ability to support our customers, partners and people and to continue to innovate at
scale and grow is something I’m immensely proud of,” said CEO, Unit4. “At a time
when customers are focused on business continuity, efficiency and their people, Unit4’s
long-term strategic investments and COVID-19-based initiatives continue to help
customers prosper during these challenging times.”
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Veeva Announces Fiscal 2021 Second Quarter Results
Fiscal 2021 Second Quarter Results:
• Revenues: Total revenues for the second quarter were $353.7 million, up from $266.9 million one
year ago, an increase of 33% year-over-year. Subscription services revenues for the second quarter
were $283.5 million, up from $217.3 million one year ago, an increase of 30% year-over-year.
• Operating Income and Non-GAAP Operating Income: Second quarter operating income was $90.1
million, compared to $73.9 million one year ago, an increase of 22% year-over-year. Non-GAAP
operating income for the second quarter was $144.4 million, compared to $103.7 million one year
ago, an increase of 39% year-over-year.
• Net Income and Non-GAAP Net Income: Second quarter net income was $93.6 million, compared
to $79.2 million one year ago, an increase of 18% year-over-year. Non-GAAP net income for the
second quarter was $116.4 million, compared to $87.7 million one year ago, an increase of 33%
year-over-year.
• Net Income per Share and Non-GAAP Net Income per Share: For the second quarter, fully diluted
net income per share was $0.58, compared to $0.50 one year ago, while non-GAAP fully diluted net
income per share was $0.72, compared to $0.55 one year ago.
Financial Outlook:
Veeva is providing guidance for its fiscal third quarter ending October 31, 2020 as follows:
• Total revenues between $360 and $362 million.
• Non-GAAP operating income between $138 and $140 million.
• Non-GAAP fully diluted net income per share between $0.66 and $0.68.
Veeva is providing guidance for its fiscal year ending January 31, 2021 as follows:
• Total revenues between $1,415 and $1,420 million.
• Non-GAAP operating income between $540 and $545 million.
• Non-GAAP fully diluted net income per share between $2.64 and $2.67.
“We are focused on helping the industry as the move to streamline drug development and enable
digital engagement has gone from strategic imperative to operational necessity,” said CEO. “Our
team’s dedication to customer success, bringing creative solutions, and delivering significant
product innovations with speed, is more important than ever as life sciences steps up to meet the
challenge of a lifetime.”
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Visma expands its offering in cloud-based tools for real estate agents with the acquisition
of Codegarden in Norway
The acquisition will allow real estate customers to streamline their activities
across the realty sales chain. Codegarden’s key product Meglerapp is a
complete and customizable tool for real estate offices to support the field work
of their agents. The solution includes regulatory requirements such as
electronic signature, valuations, and signing of contracts. Founded in 2009,
Codegarden’s vision has been to simplify and streamline the flow of
information for brokers through innovation and the use of mobile platforms.
Codegarden's solutions have become the professional community's preferred
system for agents in the field. Visma is well established in the real estate and
property management industries in the Nordic region. Visma’s Websystemer
product delivers complete cloud-based solutions to real estate agents and
staffing companies, Meglerfront provides solutions making the customer
journey easier for real estate agents, Fenistra is a driving force in the
digitalisation of commercial property management and shopping centers, and
Visma's Tampuuri solution in Finland manages more than one million homes
and 75,000 properties.
“Codegarden simplifies and digitises processes for real estate agents and
their partners with the market's preferred system and a broad understanding
of real estate. Their solutions fit perfectly with Visma's product portfolio
for automating the real estate industry,” says Managing Director of Visma
Software.
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Visma continues its strategic expansion in the Dutch accountancy cloud with the acquisition
of Cash Software
Visma, European leader in cloud business solutions, acquires online business
software specialist Cash Software. With this strategic acquisition, which follows
the acquisitions of Visionplanner, Nmbrs, and recently Yuki, the Visma Group
continues to grow steadily in the Dutch accountancy and ERP market. Cash
Software, of which Microloon has been a part for seven years, was founded in
1984 and has been developing business software for SMEs for over 35 years.
More than 10,000 companies now work with CASH and Microloon, which
together carry out more than 400,000 administrations. Cash Software will remain
a separate entity within the Visma group and continue its business activities as an
independent organization. As part of the Visma family, the organisation will
partner with the other Visma companies in the accountancy ecosystem giving
added value that new and existing customers will benefit from. Visma offers
software and services that simplify and digitalise core business processes in the
private and public sector. The Visma group operates across the entire Nordic
region along with Benelux, Central and Eastern Europe. With more than 11,000
employees, over 1,000,000 customer contracts and net revenue of €1.5 billion in
2019, Visma is one of Europe’s leading software companies.
“Cash Software has grown by simply staying true to our vision: always
putting the user first to be able to offer innovative business software with good
service. Becoming part of the Visma family now gives us even more scope to
continue to provide the best software and service and to create added value for
all our users,” said CEO of Cash Software.
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MRI Software Completes Acquisition of RentPayment™ Business from Priority Technology
Holdings, Inc.
MRI Software (“MRI”), a global leader in real estate software solutions, and
Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. (“Priority”), a leading provider of
merchant acquiring, integrated payment software and commercial payment
solutions, have completed the previously announced sale and acquisition of
Priority’s RentPayment business, which is comprised of the RentPayment.com
™, StorageRentPayment.com™ and DuesPayment.com™ real estate payment
brands. Going forward, Priority will provide ongoing payment infrastructure
as a service and processing to the new platform at MRI. Founded in 1999, the
RentPayment business pioneered real estate payments with the industry’s first
comprehensive payment platform for consumer rent. , the RentPayment
platform serves some 2,900 clients across the U.S. multi-family, single-family,
storage and HOA markets. The RentPayment, DuesPayment, and
StorageRentPayment brands provide a feature rich suite of payment solutions,
including resident rent payments and security deposits via web and mobile to
landlords and property managers.
“I am thrilled to welcome the pioneering RentPayment solution and team,
which bring more than two decades of deep payments expertise and
success to the MRI family,” said Chief Executive Officer of MRI Software.
“This acquisition will significantly scale and advance our global payments
offering, allowing our MRI Living clients in the residential, affordable, and
public housing sectors to benefit from broader payment options and
channels. RentPayment will be the go-forward brand in all our global
regions and submarkets.”
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Workday Announces Fiscal 2021 Second Quarter Financial Results
• Total revenues were $1.06 billion, an increase of 19.6% from the second
quarter of fiscal 2020. Subscription revenue was $931.7 million, an increase
of 23.1% from the same period last year.
• Operating loss was $16.8 million, or negative 1.6% of revenues, compared
to an operating loss of $122.5 million, or negative 13.8% of revenues, in the
same period last year. Non-GAAP operating income for the second quarter
was $257.7 million, or 24.3% of revenues, compared to a non-GAAP
operating income of $117.5 million, or 13.2% of revenues, in the same period
last year.1
• Net loss per basic and diluted share was $0.12, compared to a net loss per
basic and diluted share of $0.53 in the second quarter of fiscal 2020.
Non-GAAP net income per diluted share was $0.84, compared to a
non-GAAP net income per diluted share of $0.44 in the same period last year.2
• Operating cash flows were $157.2 million compared to $100.3 million in the
prior year.
• Cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities were $2.75 billion as of
July 31, 2020.
“It was a strong quarter despite the environment, with continued demand
for our products as more organizations realize how mission critical
cloud-based systems are in supporting their people and businesses through
continuous change,” said Co-founder and co-CEO, Workday. “As we
navigate this unique time, we will continue to deliver new solutions that
extend the power of Workday to help customers make more informed
people and finance decisions, including how to safely return to work. We
also are more committed than ever to our culture and core values,
prioritizing our employees – and the importance of equality in the
workforce – as we look to emerge stronger together with our customers
and communities.”
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Office Transactions Dropped Dramatically in Second Quarter, Yardi Matrix
Reports
• Transaction activity in the commercial office sector has fallen off, with a
quarter-over-quarter drop in activity of 64.5%, according to the newly released Yardi
Matrix® commercial office report.
• The report indicates that the impact of COVID-19 on typical office activities has finally
reached the transactional sector and continued repercussions are likely into 2021. The
national average full-service equivalent listing rate fell to $38.21 in July, down 8 cents
from June and 23 cents from July of 2019 (-0.6%). The national vacancy rate was 13.6%.
• During the first seven months of the year, 34.9 million square feet of office space was
completed, just below 2019’s pace of 76.0 million total square feet. The vast majority of
2020 completions (85.9%), are properties rated as A+ or A continuing a trend that began
in the middle of the last decade.
• Nationally, employment in office-using sectors experienced job losses at a rate of 5.6%
year-over-year in July, 190 basis points lower than the economy as a whole, which was
down 7.5%. Employment in the financial activities sector has suffered far fewer losses
than the information, professional and business services sectors.
“Despite deal volume drying up, the price per square foot is higher in 2020 than
2019. Buyers, desiring pre-pandemic target returns for their investments, have found
underwriting potential deals to be much more difficult knowing that it may be 12 to
24 months before properties start generating pre-pandemic levels of income,” states
the report.
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Top Hat Acquires bluedoor, Accelerates Digital Transformation of Traditional
Higher Ed Textbook Industry in Sciences
Top Hat, the leading active learning platform for higher education, has acquired
bluedoor, an independent press that specializes in educational content for the
sciences in higher education. Details of the transaction were not disclosed. The
acquisition includes more than 400 labs and course materials used by more than 500
authors. These materials are being converted into digital courseware on Top Hat’s
platform and infused with interactive elements, enabling educators to bring active
learning to life in both virtual and in-person classrooms. bluedoor is a leading
publisher of high-quality and flexible publications for science disciplines, and its
content is used at more than 400 institutions in the United States. By converting
bluedoor’s print-only content into interactive digital courseware, Top Hat is ensuring
that educators who adopt these titles will now be able to engage and motivate
students in any teaching environment, whether online or in-person, synchronous or
asynchronous, at a time of great uncertainty in higher education brought on by the
COVID-19 pandemic.
“bluedoor has a stellar reputation as an expert in educational content for the
sciences,” said founder and CEO, Top Hat. “Our partnership has evolved into a
perfect fit for bluedoor to join Top Hat and strengthen our market position in the
science disciplines. We are excited to work as one team to empower educators
with the tools and content they need to easily and effectively encourage and
support student outcomes.”
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Tradedoubler acquires the App Install business of Pocket Media
Tradedoubler announced it has acquired the app install business line of Pocket
Media, a mobile media network based in the Netherlands. Tradedoubler is adding
this app install solution to complement its existing app business and address the
increased demand from advertisers to cover the entire app user journey from install
and engagement, to conversion. With this acquisition, Tradedoubler extends its client
base and gains additional technical and commercial talent to accelerate the
expansion into the fast-growing and dynamic app space. The app install solution of
Pocket Media will be integrated into Tradedoubler from October 1st 2020.
Tradedoubler clients across all markets will be able to launch app install campaigns
on a cost-per-install model from then.
“App install campaigns and app marketing in general are an increasingly
important channel for our clients. This offer complements our performance
marketing solutions perfectly and will help our clients to achieve best results and
grow their business further.”, said Tradedoubler CEO.
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Abbott Informatics Announces The Release Of Starlims Technology Platform V12.1
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Solution Description
STARLIMS Technology Platform is the foundation of each STARLIMS system, either HTML5 or XFD based. It contains the building blocks necessary
to build and operate robust LIMS systems decoupled from the underlaying details of operating systems, browsers and databases. The unique design of
STARLIMS systems allow independent upgrade of the underlaying Technology Platform from the workflow and business rules. Upgrades of the
Technology Platform are highly recommended in order to keep STARLIMS systems secure, modern and highly performant. Users of SDMS and
HTML5 based STARLIMS systems are getting a major update with the TP v12.1 release. SDMS now joins the rest of the LIMS system in having
modern HTML5 based UI for the most popular apps such as SDMS Admin, Documents, Incoming Queue, My Tasks, and Sync Analyzer. This update
eliminates the dependency on the bridge for these SDMS applications while offering users a more consistent look-and-feel and better performance.
System Interfacing, our new communication hub between STARLIMS and the outside world, is getting an important improvement in this TP release.
The REST API capability introduced in the last release is now more robust and flexible allowing System Interfacing to connect to multiple servers
simultaneously using the Open API specification.

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Anaplan Extends Intelligence Capabilities with PlanIQ for Predictive Forecasting and
Agile Scenario Planning
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Anaplan, Inc., provider of a cloud-native platform for orchestrating business performance, announced PlanIQ, a new intelligence framework that delivers advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) and
Machine Learning (ML) capabilities for predictive forecasting and continuous, agile scenario modeling. Designed to make advanced analytics more accessible, Plan IQ produces insights that are
explainable and predictions that can improve the accuracy of plans and drive confident decision-making. With PlanIQ, Anaplan customers have flexible access to multiple intelligence techniques such
as native predictive capabilities and seamless integrations with third-party ML-based systems, including a new integration with Amazon Forecast – a fully managed service from Amazon Web Services
(AWS) that uses ML to deliver highly accurate forecasts. This new integration allows business users across finance, supply chain, HR and sales to deliver precise forecasts. Anaplan PlanIQ builds on
Anaplan’s powerful foundation of predictive algorithms, embedded intelligence, and analytics capabilities by placing AI, ML and advanced data science techniques in the hands of business analysts
and operational leaders. Anaplan’s proprietary AI technology and native intelligence capabilities, including Predictive Insights, leverage both internal and third-party data to equip business leaders with
the insights needed to uncover new opportunities and build strategic growth plans that optimize the business for long-term resilience. Anaplan PlanIQ with Amazon Forecast is a fully managed solution
that combines Anaplan’s powerful calculation engine with AWS’s market-leading ML and deep learning algorithms to generate reliable, agile forecasts without requiring expertise from data scientists
to configure, deploy and operate. Based on the same ML technology used by Amazon.com, Amazon Forecast delivers more accurate predictions to Anaplan customers by pulling in data from Anaplan
and automatically testing several deep learning algorithms before selecting the model optimized to generate the strongest forecast for a customer’s unique use case. By automating analysis, Amazon
Forecast helps Anaplan customers drive greater inference from historical data, third-party data and forward-looking business metrics to uncover new insights fast, allowing business users to spend
more time developing strategic plans based on highly accurate forecasts.

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Anaplan Expands Platform with New Integration Offerings, Modeling Capabilities, and
Collaboration Features
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Anaplan, Inc., provider of a cloud-based platform for orchestrating business performance, showcased continued platform innovation, extending the platform’s reach, scale and
experience with the introduction of new integration offerings, modeling capabilities, and collaboration features during its digital Connected Planning Xperience conference, the
company’s premier annual customer event. Open Platform Delivers Seamless Integrations Anaplan is extending the reach and flexibility of the Anaplan platform and making it
easier to integrate external data sources and services, via a new integration framework, Anaplan CloudWorks™, a native connector, Anaplan Connector for Microsoft Power
BI, and new Transactional APIs. These new offerings will help simplify advanced data integrations by easily connecting Anaplan’s native capabilities with leading third-party
sources and solutions to enable intelligent, agile planning.
• Anaplan CloudWorks seamlessly orchestrates integrations with cloud-based data and service providers to help Anaplan customers boost efficiency, automate tasks, and drive
productivity with improved data flows and advanced analysis.
• Anaplan Connector for Microsoft Power BI enables customers to connect Anaplan data and models with Microsoft Power BI to align plans quickly, deliver enhanced data
visualizations, and drive faster results with responsive and agile reporting.
• Anaplan Transactional APIs drive simplified, agile integrations so customers can deliver on requirements faster and gain deeper insights into the data they need most.

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Avalara Unveils Comprehensive Beverage Alcohol Compliance Solution for Wineries, Distilleries,
Breweries, Importers, and Retailers as Selling Shifts to Ecommerce
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Avalara, Inc., a leading provider of cloud-based tax compliance automation for businesses of all sizes, announced the availability of Avalara AvaTax for Beverage Alcohol, a
new offering for wineries, distilleries, breweries, importers, and retailers that locates and calculates sales and use tax plus beverage alcohol tax rates with rooftop-level accuracy,
and connects to ecommerce or accounting software already in use by customers. AvaTax for Beverage Alcohol is a central component in the Avalara for Beverage Alcohol suite
of products, which provides comprehensive support for beverage alcohol businesses across the compliance life cycle, from licensing and product registrations to tax calculations
and returns, helping to reduce noncompliance and audit risk exposure. Avalara launches AvaTax for Beverage Alcohol as the industry changes and evolves in real time, with the
COVID-19 pandemic accelerating trends that were already in motion prior to tasting rooms, restaurants, and bars shutting down or scaling back significantly. Licensees in all
tiers of the industry had to act immediately to weather the massive sales channel realignment from on-premises to off-premises sales, and from a customer experience that
transformed nearly overnight from the tasting room to a more virtual, online experience.
With the addition of AvaTax for Beverage Alcohol, Avalara for Beverage Alcohol delivers the industry’s only comprehensive, integrated, and automated compliance solution
consisting of software and services, including:
• Avalara Licensing for Beverage Alcohol: Businesses must properly register and maintain state beverage alcohol licenses, or risk revocation of licensure in the state, and
potentially at the federal level. Licensing for Beverage Alcohol tracks registration with the federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), state departments of
revenue (DORs), and Alcohol Beverage Control departments (ABCs).
• Avalara Product Registration for Beverage Alcohol: Secure the right permits in the right places and make sure every label is properly registered at the federal and state levels.
Product Registration for Beverage Alcohol allows businesses to outsource interaction with regulatory entities at all levels of government.
• Avalara Returns for Beverage Alcohol: Failure to comply with reporting requirements and tax remittance can put business licensure in jeopardy. With Returns for Beverage
Alcohol, Avalara manages the end-to-end returns process on behalf of customers, improving compliance while reducing manual effort.

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Avalara Introduces E-invoicing Solution to Help Businesses Manage GST Compliance in India
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Avalara, Inc., a leading provider of cloud-based tax compliance automation for businesses of all sizes, announced the availability of Avalara India GST
e-Invoicing, an end-to-end solution that helps companies manage e-invoicing requirements and comply with India’s e-invoicing reform. The new
offering builds on Avalara’s range of technological solutions available to improve the Goods and Services Tax (GST) compliance experience for
businesses in India by validating, storing, and managing invoices, and providing the option to automate GST returns and e-way bills. The latest
announcement on e-invoicing enforcement, beginning October 1, 2020, has created urgency among businesses to conform with the new legislative
reform, and has increased the compliance and technological challenges on businesses. Under the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs rule,
businesses having an annual turnover above Rs 500 crores (approximately USD 68 million) in India will be required to generate tax invoices or
debit-credit notes from their enterprise resource planning (ERP) or other accounting systems and register their transactions with the government’s
invoice registration portal. After the portal verifies the invoice, it’s digitally signed by the GST Network (GSTN), which generates the signed e-invoice
with an Invoice Reference Number (IRN) and a Quick Response code (QR code). These e-invoices are then issued to the business for maintaining
records and sharing with their business stakeholders.

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Avidxchange Launches Boost Your Business Program To Help The Middle Market Find New
Growth Through Ap And Payments Automation
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AvidXchange, the leading provider of accounts payable (AP) and payment automation solutions for the middle market, has launched a new Boost your Business Program to
help more companies quickly and cost-effectively automate their AP. With no setup or configuration fees and support from the industry’s most comprehensive onboarding
services team, the initiative helps businesses transition to electronic invoicing and payments in less than 45 days with a savings of up to $10,000. Finance teams participating
in the program also receive a dedicated project manager and free virtual learning resources through the AvidXchange Academy, equipping them with all the right tools to
automate while learning AP best practices that enable their company to operate more efficiently. AvidXchange’s Boost your Business Program delivers a complete
invoice-to-pay solution that replaces outdated, paper-heavy AP processes with automated invoice ingestion, approval workflows and e-payments, giving middle market finance
departments more visibility, security and control over how they pay bills. By eliminating time consuming, manual tasks like handing off paper invoices for approval or mailing
paper checks, businesses have the ability to reallocate resources to more strategic initiatives that support stability and rebuilding for future growth. After automating with
AvidXchange, customers continue to receive support from dedicated services teams, including a 400-person supplier services team that alleviates the burden of fielding payment
inquiries and maintaining supplier payment preferences so AP managers can focus on more value-add tasks. AvidXchange offers multiple e-payment options through the
AvidPay Network of more than 680,000 suppliers, helping customers minimize the need to send paper checks by paying via virtual card or AvidPay Direct (APD),
AvidXchange’s enhanced ACH option.

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Avidxchange Launches Boost Your Business Program To Help The Middle Market Find New
Growth Through Ap And Payments Automation
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Descartes Systems Group, the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced that Germany’s SNOCKS, a lifestyle brand offering
premium sneaker socks, clothes and accessories, has doubled its ecommerce fulfillment productivity and scaled for peak promotions using the Descartes
Ecommerce Warehouse Management Solution (WMS). The Descartes Ecommerce WMS solution automates ecommerce processes from initial goods receipt
through put-away in the warehouse, order processing, outbound shipment execution and returns management. Integrated with hundreds of ecommerce sites and
ecommerce fulfilment providers in both Europe and North America, the solution enables small-to-medium-sized businesses and large retailers to enhance their
online presence to support growing ecommerce demand. The solution collects order information from ecommerce websites, translates it into mobile
scanning-driven pick-and-pack process within the warehouse, initiates the shipment to the customer, and synchronizes receiving and fulfillment information with
the customer’s financial and shipment tracking systems. Founded in June 2016 by cousins Felix Bauer and Johannes Kliesch in Mannheim, Germany, SNOCKS
GmbH started with its initial sneaker socks product, which was distributed exclusively via Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA). , SNOCKS is the leading vendor on
Amazon for socks and has extended its product offering to hoodies, boxers, and sneaker accessories. The company has also successfully launched its own online
shop with revenue of 10M EUR in 2019 and now employs a large team of regular and freelance employees.

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Brook Furniture Rental Optimizes Delivery Appointment Scheduling with Descartes Home
Delivery Solution
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Descartes Systems Group, the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced that Lake Forest, IL-based Brook Furniture Rental,
a leading provider of rental furnishings for the office and home, selected Descartes’ delivery appointment scheduling and execution solution to improve its white
glove delivery operations across 12 distribution centers in the U.S. Descartes home delivery solution provides an end-to-end platform for home and last-mile
delivery operations that spans the delivery appointment booking, route planning and execution, mobile proof-of-delivery (POD) and notifications processes.
Descartes Reservations™, Descartes’ dynamic delivery appointment scheduling solution, creates delivery appointment options that are scored, allowing retailers
to intelligently control the delivery booking process to maximize revenue and customer experience while minimizing costs. Descartes Route Planner™ takes
committed delivery appointments and, using advanced continuous optimization technology, improves route productivity, which opens up additional delivery
capacity and reduces delivery costs. The solution also manages delivery execution with intelligent dispatching and GPS-based real-time vehicle tracking. Descartes
Mobile™ helps drivers execute the route and capture essential POD details. Descartes Notifications™ keeps customers up to date with the progress of the delivery
through text or email messages.

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Druva Delivers Industry’s First SaaS-Based Data Protection for Kubernetes
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Druva, Inc., the leader in Cloud Data Protection and Management, announced beta support for Kubernetes workloads which delivers complete application
protection that is accessible by all teams, including the central IT team and DevOps. Offered through Druva Cloud Platform, users can quickly recover, migrate,
or clone Kubernetes workloads, alongside existing data center, and cloud workloads from a unified interface. Combining the simplicity and savings of a
cloud-native architecture, companies can now unify data protection for emerging applications, traditional workloads, and hybrid environments. Kubernetes, the
dominant container orchestrator with more than 89 percent market share according to a recent report from Sysdig, allows users to deploy, manage, and scale
containerized applications with a highly modular open-source architecture. However, users still lack an easy-to-manage enterprise data protection solution to
secure the entire application, including dependencies on external storage and databases. Teams also need to protect their Kubernetes workloads against threats
including user error, site outages, and ransomware attacks. Now, instead of adopting yet another point backup tool specifically for Kubernetes, businesses can
protect Kubernetes applications and their underlying infrastructure within Druva alongside their existing workloads.
As the industry’s first SaaS-based data protection for Kubernetes, users can expect features including:
• Application consistent data protection
• Comprehensive application protection, including resources inside and outside Kubernetes clusters
• Secure SaaS management, with a platform built on AWS for global control
• Centralized protection, management, and compliance with self-service recovery for DevOps and application owners
• Unified protection for Kubernetes, data center, cloud and device workloads

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E2open’s Q3 Technology Update Continues to Push Boundaries with Advances in Efficiency
and Usability to Better Manage Disruptions
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E2open, the one place in the cloud to run your supply chain, announced the release of its third-quarter technology update with enhancements across the entire
product portfolio. Highlights include the launch of reimagined channel incentives workflows, unified inline value-added services for transportation bookings and
a new level of end-to-end collaboration across and beyond enterprise boundaries. Companies can benefit from higher productivity and usability, improved business
efficiencies and better abilities to quickly leverage opportunities and manage disruptions across channel as well as supply chain operations. Further salient
enhancements in this release include:
Channel Shaping
• Next generation Partner Performance Incentives application delivers engaging user experience and blazingly fast performance. This differentiated design brings
together industry best practices for incenting partners to drive higher sales, increase partner engagement, simplify financial reporting, minimize financial and
compliance risks and lower the cost of running complex programs.
• The new Harmony® user interface brings a simple, modern and intuitive experience empowering users to perform a full range of activities that previously
required expert assistance. Brand owners gain a new level of agility to quickly launch programs and then validate and approve incentive calculations to ensure
accurate and on-time payments. Partners can track performance and accrued incentives while working with brand owners to resolve discrepancies in advance of
being paid.

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Flexera SaaS Manager Certified as Coupa Business Spend Management Platform Ready
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Flexera, the company that helps organizations maximize business value from their technology investments, announced it has integrated with Coupa Software to
offer Flexera SaaS Manager in the Coupa Business Spend Management (BSM) Platform. Coupa certified the Flexera SaaS Manager for use within its cloud-based
platform that empowers companies around the world with the visibility and control they need to make smarter spending decisions. The growth of SaaS applications
is exploding at most organizations, as anyone with a company credit card and an email address can purchase a SaaS app. Such ease of adoption enables the
subscriber to start using the application immediately, often neglecting to check with the company’s internal policies. This results in the rapid proliferation–typically
outside official procurement channels–of SaaS apps throughout an organization. This is “shadow SaaS”, and it creates expensive and dangerous challenges:
• Companies waste money on SaaS subscriptions that aren’t needed
• Unauthorized applications hosting company proprietary data, increasing security and regulatory risks
• Increased risk of exposing data to people that shouldn’t have access
• Amplified maintenance and support overhead
Flexera SaaS Manager gives companies total visibility of their SaaS applications–regardless of whether they’re licensed, approved or authorized–so companies can
reduce costs and eliminate risks. Organizations with total visibility of their SaaS applications can detect unauthorized SaaS apps, stay in compliance with
regulations such as GDPR and HIPAA, and centralize reporting and help track illusive users.

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Infor Expands Cloud-Based Construction Solution to Support Industry’s Push into Property
Management
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Infor, a global leader in business cloud software specialized by industry, announced the launch of Infor Construction and Property Management, a cloud-based
solution that lets construction businesses, serving the healthcare and public sector industries, digitize their entire operations and expand into property management
roles. Infor Construction and Property Management offers embedded business intelligence and analytics, simplified navigation, and enhanced security and SaaS
capabilities to help businesses manage the entire building process, from scaffolding to lease management. Infor Construction and Property Management is tailored
for construction businesses serving customers across the healthcare industry and public sector. For healthcare-focused businesses, the solution can help reduce the
cost of hospital and commercial office building build outs, as well as property management of leases and tenants, which in turn boosts operational efficiency. Public
sector-focused construction businesses can leverage the solution to solve critical leasing needs, such as sourcing and managing tenants for airport and transit
centers, school and educational buildings, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) properties, and higher education and university
management housing. The robust, cloud-based solution offers construction businesses enhanced financial management with on-demand centralized data, role- and
user-based secure access, simultaneous cash- and accrual-based accounting, and real-time insight into operational accounts receivable. Improved features include
job cost accounting, purchase order management and service request modules, and an interactive map that acts as a visual guide to filter by region, state or project.
The solution supports multi-family, commercial property, and construction management and financials, and specializes in HUD, university housing, apartment,
and retail lease spaces.

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Infor Customer Cloud Migration Continues to Gain Global Momentum
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Infor announced significant global success for its CloudSuite solutions, which can help customers recognize time-to-value faster and can help them become more
agile, resilient and competitive. Industry-specific applications developed for sectors such as manufacturing, healthcare, distribution, public sector, retail and
hospitality have contributed to Infor now having more than 14,000 customers in the Infor Cloud. Recent customers include Burton Snowboards, Frederick County
(Maryland), Midwest Wheel Companies, Cloetta, Saarioinen, and Auckland Transport. Infor is focused on delivering end-to-end functionality in the cloud, with
an increase of more than 200 percent in on-premises customers upgrading to the cloud and 112 percent growth in ACV (annual contract value) bookings from May
through June. Infor aims to deliver unmatched multi-tenant cloud capabilities, as well as best-in-class data management and analytics capabilities through the Infor
Data Lake and Infor Birst. In addition, Infor’s experienced professional services team and a deep channel and partner network, can help bring customers online
quickly, with no material disruptions to their businesses. Over the past 12 months, Infor has made significant industry-specific product updates that are designed
to help customers better manage three important assets in their businesses: people, physical assets, and supply chains. These include new capabilities in human
capital management (HCM), enterprise asset management (EAM) and supply chain management (SCM). Midwest Wheel Companies, one of the largest truck parts
distributors in the Midwestern U.S., is using Infor CloudSuite Distribution and Infor Birst analytics to help manage inventory across its six warehouses, enable
complex workflows and alerts, and do more online business. With Infor’s multi-tenant cloud solutions, including Infor OS (Operating Service), the company has
improved customer service, realizing as much as a 15 percent improvement in vendor fill rates.

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Sage launches next gen AI timesheets app for Sage Intacct to help services businesses reduce
revenue leakage
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Sage the market leader in cloud business management solutions, announced the first artificial intelligence (AI) powered application built directly into the Sage
Intacct cloud financial management system. Sage Intelligent Time, available online or via a mobile app, provides continuous, timely, and more accurate insights
to better manage billable time in services-based businesses. Sage Intelligent Time uses an AI-powered personal time assistant to enable service professionals to
complete their timesheets more quickly and accurately by automatically reconstructing their workday. This also offers the ability to capture billable time more
easily from one-off activities, such as email, that are often too time-intensive to track manually. By helping to ensure all billable time is captured, Sage Intelligent
Time reduces revenue leakage from either not billing, or under-billing, customers – enabling firms to improve project profitability and increase revenues. For
example, by properly accounting for billable work and recovering just one hour of lost billable time per week, based on a $200/hour billing rate, a firm could
generate up to $10,000 in additional revenue annually – per billable employee. Manually reconstructing the week’s activities for time entry often results in
untimely, inaccurate, and incomplete timesheets. Sage Intelligent Time enables service professional to simply review automated suggestions from the personal time
assistant based on activities during their work week. Users can make any necessary adjustments and then drag the items onto the timesheet – saving time and
improving accuracy. Furthermore, the personal time assistant gets smarter with every activity review, saving users even more time as it learns.

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ITS Partners launches Prescriptive Vulnerability Response™ offering.
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ITS Partners announced the launch of their Prescriptive Vulnerability Response™ offering. A starting point to make certain that the first steps of a
Vulnerability Response program truly reduce risk, provide operational efficiency, and prepare a foundation on which additional maturity and use cases can
be built. Upon implementation of ITS Partners' Prescriptive Vulnerability Response™ offering, our customers will have:
• A formal process for managing threats with streamline adoption.
• The ability to send and receive prioritized and grouped vulnerabilities with solution data.
• The ability to organize and share threats by solution.
• A solid foundation needed to scale your VR practices.

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ServiceNow™ upgrades its workflow automation platform.
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The Now Platform Paris® release upgrade kit is here: Agility and resilience are key to driving growth, business continuity, and productivity, and the new
Paris release is built to bring you exactly that. It’s a complete upgrade to ServiceNow™'s all-star suite—made to keep your business running smoothly and
your teams on track. This kit includes everything you'll need to set up the Paris release quickly and painlessly.
What’s included:
• A ready-to-use presentation that will give you and your team an overview of the most exciting innovations from the latest release
• A playlist of links and demos to help you get up to speed fast on each product innovation
• A complete list of resources to help you upgrade to the latest release

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Lufthansa Systems launches new solution with key intelligence on fast-changing aviation
market environment
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Lufthansa Systems announced the launch of the New Demand Indicators (NDI) Dashboard, a web-based solution that displays schedule insights,
weekly market size updates and current travel restrictions through an intuitive and user-friendly interface. The newly developed NDI Dashboard enables
businesses operating in the aviation industry to analyze and evaluate ever changing supply and demand trends. Based on comprehensive information on
scheduled vs. flown flights, supply-driven market size estimates and COVID-19 travel restrictions, decision-makers are able to make smart data-driven
choices when rebuilding airline networks in the recovery phase. Lufthansa Systems GmbH & Co. KG is a leading airline IT provider. Based on
long-term project experience, a deep understanding of complex business processes and strong technological know-how, the company provides
consulting and IT services for the global aviation industry. Over 350 customers worldwide rely on the know-how of IT specialists at Lufthansa Systems.
Its portfolio covers innovative IT products and services which provide added value for its customers in terms of enhanced efficiency, reduced costs or
increased profits. The company is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2020 and, in addition to its headquarters in Raunheim near Frankfurt/Main,
Germany, now has offices in 16 countries.

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Oracle Cloud Guard and Oracle Maximum Security Zones Now Available
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Oracle announced the availability of Oracle Cloud Guard and Oracle Maximum Security Zones. With Oracle Maximum Security Zones, Oracle is the
first public cloud provider to activate security policy enforcement of best practices automatically from day one so customers can prevent
misconfiguration errors and deploy workloads securely. For day-to-day operations, Oracle Cloud Guard continuously monitors configurations and
activities to identify threats and automatically acts to remediate them across all Oracle Cloud global regions. With these capabilities, Oracle is the only
cloud service provider to offer a cloud security posture management dashboard at no additional cost, with numerous pre-built tools that automate
response to reduce customer risk quickly and efficiently. Get started here. Companies are moving more business-critical workloads to the cloud than
ever before. The increase in cloud adoption has created new security “blind spots” that have contributed to more than 200 breaches over the past two
years, exposing more than 30 billion records1. Gartner forecasts that “through 2025, 99 percent of cloud security failures will be the customer’s fault2.”
Cloud users and administrators are now expected to know how cloud security services work, configure them correctly, and maintain their cloud
deployments. Organizations that have experienced data breaches due to misconfigurations have suffered brand damage, recovery costs and fines. Oracle
Maximum Security Zones and Oracle Cloud Guard embed decades of enterprise security expertise and best practices into the Oracle public cloud in an
autonomous fashion, accelerating customers’ ability to ramp up to their cloud estate securely from inception.

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Oracle Announces Java 15
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Oracle announced the general availability of Java 15 (Oracle JDK 15). After 25 years of innovation, Java continues to be the #1 programming language, used by over 69 percent of full-time developers worldwide. The
latest Java Development Kit (JDK) delivers new functionality, including Edwards-Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (JEP 339) and Hidden Classes (JEP 371), as well as former preview features now finalized: Text
Blocks (JEP 378) and ZGC (JEP 377). Java 15 includes Sealed Classes (JEP 360) as a first-time preview feature and second previews of Pattern Matching (JEP 375) and Records (JEP 384) for additional community
feedback. Get started with Java 15 . The Java 15 release is the result of industry-wide development involving open review, weekly builds and extensive collaboration between Oracle engineers and members of the
worldwide Java developer community via the OpenJDK Community and the Java Community Process. The new features delivered in Java 15 are:
New Functionality:
• JEP 339: Edwards-Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (EdDSA) – This feature improves security and performance by implementing cryptographic signatures using the EdDSA as described by RFC 8032.
• JEP 371: Hidden Classes – This feature improves productivity by improving how Java works with frameworks that generate classes at run time and use them indirectly, via reflection.
Preview Features Now Finalized:
• JEP 378: Text Blocks – This feature, which was a preview feature in JDK 13 and JDK 14, improves developer productivity by adding multi-line string literals and automatically formatting strings in a predictable way.
• JEP 377: ZGC – This scalable, low-latency garbage collector moves to production after being introduced as an experimental feature in JDK 11.
Incubating and Preview Features:
• JEP 360: Sealed Classes – This preview feature improves developer productivity by enhancing the Java programming language with sealed classes and interfaces. Sealed classes and interfaces restrict which other classes
or interfaces may extend or implement them.
• JEP 375: Pattern Matching for instanceof – This preview feature, which was first introduced in JDK 14, improves developer productivity by eliminating the need for common boilerplate code and should allow more
concise type safe code.
• JEP 384: Records – This preview feature, first introduced in JDK 14, improves developer productivity by providing a compact syntax for declaring classes which hold shallowly immutable data.
• JEP 383: Foreign-Memory Access API – This incubating feature, which was first introduced in JDK 14, defines an API to allow Java programs to safely and efficiently access foreign memory outside of the Java heap.
Modernizing Existing Code:
• JEP 373: Reimplementation of the Legacy Datagram Socket and MulticastSocket APIs – This feature improves the maintainability and stability of the JDK by replacing the underlying implementations of the
java.net.DatagramSocket and java.net.MulticastSocket APIs with simpler and more modern implementations.
Cleanup:
• As with previous feature releases, JDK 15 deprecates outdated functionality (JEP 374: Biased Locking, JEP 385: RMI Activation) and removes previously deprecated functionality (JEP 372: Nashorn JavaScript Engine)
and ports (JEP 381: Solaris and Sparc).

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Oracle and Rescale Bring Turnkey Bare-Metal Cloud to Enterprises
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Oracle announced that Rescale’s cloud HPC simulation platform is now available on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Rescale’s platform helps engineers and scientists build,
compute, analyze, and scale simulations with high performance computing. Now, Rescale customers can deploy and manage their critical engineering simulation and analytics
applications on Oracle’s modern cloud infrastructure. Businesses use Rescale’s intelligent platform to orchestrate HPC jobs in the cloud from anywhere. With Rescale,
customers can run complex simulations in the cloud to improve their designs, which is much less expensive and time consuming than building and testing physical prototypes.
With Oracle and Rescale, enterprise customers can take advantage of the industry’s first bare-metal compute instances with cluster networking, resulting in increased
productivity, better performance, and reduced cost. Only Oracle offers bare-metal HPC infrastructure with RDMA networking, an important consideration for applications
needing low-latency (sub two microsecond) response times. The Rescale cloud HPC platform, built on a powerful high-performance computing infrastructure, seamlessly
matches software applications with the best cloud or on-premises architecture to run complex data processing and simulations. Rescale on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure integrates
with more than 600 HPC simulation applications and workloads and gives customers an easy-to-use enterprise interface to migrate and manage their on-premises HPC
workloads on Oracle Cloud. It includes an intuitive web portal for job submission, monitoring, results visualization, cost management and reporting. Customers can also choose
to bring their own Oracle Cloud Infrastructure tenancy and applications licensing. Customers are reinventing how they develop products, measure risk, deliver experiences, and
revolutionize their industries using Oracle’s HPC solutions. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s HPC services uniquely provides bare-metal compute instances, low latency cluster
networks with RDMA, high performance distributed storage solutions, and network traffic isolation to automate and run jobs seamlessly in the cloud. Oracle Cloud supports
the full array of HPC workloads, including CFD, crash, computer-aided design (CAE), electronic design automation (EDA), VFX rendering, reservoir simulations, and AI
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Oracle Cloud Infrastructure First to Make NVIDIAA100 GPUs Generally Available in the Cloud
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Oracle announced that it is the first major cloud provider to make NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPU on bare metal instances generally
available. Oracle’s latest GPU instances enable customers in industries such as automotive and aerospace to run complex, data-intensive,
high-performance applications like modeling and simulations more efficiently and at a lower cost than ever before. Oracle Cloud
Infrastructure, running the NVIDIAA100 Tensor Core GPUs on bare metal instances, can run complex AI models and deep learning systems
between two-and-a-half to six times faster than instances featuring previous generations of GPUs. When running on Oracle Cloud, the new
A100 GPU can help enterprises unlock more value from their data and innovate faster, enabling important breakthroughs such as testing and
developing new medications, building safer airplanes, and quickly sourcing natural resources. Additionally, customers can for the first time
run their complex HPC applications using GPUDirect over NVIDIA Mellanox RDMA networking, which enables clusters of thousands of
GPUs, connected with microsecond latency, to deliver massive computational power on-demand.

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Third-Party Risk Management Leader Deepens Vendor Risk Intelligence Offering, Expanding on
Industry’s Most Comprehensive TPRM Platform
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Prevalent, Inc., the company that takes the pain out of third-party risk management (TPRM), announced the latest versions of its Third-Party Risk Management Platform and Vendor
Threat Monitor (VTM), introducing new capabilities to expand risk intelligence to include vendor financial and credit monitoring, integrate with additional cyber monitoring tools,
and enrich vendor profiles to simplify vendor lifecycle management. The Prevalent Third-Party Risk Management Platform is a SaaS solution that enables customers to automate the
critical tasks required to manage, assess and monitor their third parties across the entire vendor lifecycle. New feature highlights include:
Continuous Financial and Credit Monitoring to Enable More Informed Sourcing Decisions
Prevalent Vendor Threat Monitor now delivers financial reporting, enabling the monitoring of credit scores and financial risks alongside the cyber and business risks already available
in the solution. This new capability taps into financial information from a global network of 365 million businesses, and accesses five years of organizational changes and financial
performance – including turnover, profit and loss, shareholder funds, and more. With this enhancement, companies can now screen new vendors, monitor their existing vendors beyond
typical cyber risks and evaluate vendor health for more informed sourcing decisions.
Enhanced Entity Profile Simplifies Vendor Lifecycle Management
With the version, Prevalent provides a redesigned entity profile page with a new feed that presents valuable company-specific information – head office location, ownership, revenue,
SIC code, fiscal year end, etc. – alongside centralized assessment status, upcoming submissions, risks and tasks and mapping of fourth parties used by the vendor. This new entity page
delivers a complete view of a vendor’s key details, giving organizations the ability gain greater visibility and reduce the time required to manage vendors.
BitSight Integration
In the latest release, Prevalent extends its sources of continuous cyber risk monitoring by introducing the ability to import BitSight summary risk data into the Prevalent Platform. This
integration enables BitSight customers to gain a complete TPRM solution that integrates BitSight data into the Prevalent risk register for a single inside-out and outside-in view of
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ServiceMax Announces New Offering, Asset 360 for Salesforce, Bringing Asset-Centric Capabilities
to all Types of Field Service Organizations
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ServiceMax, the leader in asset-centric field service management, announced ServiceMax Asset 360 for Salesforce, a new product built on Salesforce Field Service,
bringing ServiceMax’s asset-centric approach and decade-plus of experience to more customers across a broader set of industries to help them keep critical assets
running. In ’s environment, companies across all industries are having to reimagine how they operate. Requirements for equipment performance have intensified, while
customer expectations continue to rise. In order to thrive, organizations must advance beyond the standard break-fix model to ensure uptime for important assets in a safe
and compliant manner. Service teams must prioritize efficient asset performance, as well as the customer experience they provide. ServiceMax Asset 360 for Salesforce
will deliver a 360-degree view into install base, service contracts and asset performance to maximize equipment uptime and reduce maintenance costs. This advanced
insight, natively developed within Salesforce Field Service, will empower customers to shift from selling products to adopting outcome-based strategies that propel
businesses forward. This will enable customers to drive operational results, including:
• Accelerating time-to-value to support asset-centric business processes with pre-configured templates and industry best practices
• Gaining greater visibility into warranty coverages and improving service margin by preventing uncovered work with warranty and entitlement management
• Maximizing contract attach rates and renewals by monitoring the install base to ensure warranty-to-contract conversion while delivering on entitlements
• Automating RMA/depot repair processes to efficiently manage returns, meet compliance and lower inventory costs with purpose-built interfaces

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SurveyMonkey’s Latest App for Microsoft Teams Helps Organizations Mobilize for a Future of
Work in Which 71% of Workers Want to Continue Working from Home
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SurveyMonkey, a leader in agile software solutions for customer experience, market research, and survey feedback, announced its latest release for
Microsoft Teams as companies across the globe mobilize to make a remote workforce more productive, inclusive, and engaged. The latest release helps
organizations use in-the-moment feedback to improve employee experience, underscoring the importance of agility in collecting and acting on feedback
for organizations looking to optimize a work landscape forever changed by the global pandemic. In a recent study, SurveyMonkey and Microsoft found
that 28% of people say that their engagement level at work has declined, and 25% report a hit to their productivity. In addition, 71% of respondents
report a desire to continue working from home at least part-time post-pandemic. Working remotely has further blended professional and personal lives.
Surveying employees enables organizations to tailor work-life balance initiatives to individual needs and make bold or incremental adjustments to
programs and policies to ensure work feels engaging and inclusive. As part of this release, SurveyMonkey added its diversity, equity, and inclusion
(DE&I) survey templates to Microsoft Teams to help company leaders and HR understand the impact of racism on their workforce and whether or not
they are fostering a sense of belonging and inclusion at their organization. Knowing the right questions to ask leads to better listening, and better
listening leads to building better companies.

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Syncron Announces Major Enhancements To The Syncron Service Cloud
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Syncron announced significant enhancements to the Syncron Service Cloud including Syncron Inventory 20.1 and Price 20.2, the company’s newest releases. These solutions help Original Equipment
Manufacturers (OEMs) improve financial performance and liquidity, minimize service parts supply chain disruption and retain existing customers. According to a recent study by Deloitte, the operating margin
of aftersales businesses is 2.5 times that of new equipment sales. Recent declines in orders for new equipment have driven manufacturers to their aftersales service businesses for relief and opportunities to
optimize the performance of this consistently profitable business.
New capabilities announced in the latest Syncron Service Cloud release include:
• Connected Inventory: Incorporating IoT data from connected products in Syncron Inventory™ enables the solution to leverage the understanding of where, how and which products are being used in the field
to predict future consumption of parts, components and consumables. For the first time, OEMs can move from reactive to proactive parts forecasting and replenishment planning. This results in improved parts
availability, and consequently, increased parts sales and better customer experiences.
• Planned Event Management (PEM): Consumption of service parts can, at a high level, be split into two categories: Unpredictable demand from product or part failures, and predictable demand from planned
maintenance or repair events. PEM combines the planning for these two distinct demand streams. It ensures OEMs that the first line of support, like the field technician or dealership, can secure the availability
of the required parts for an event without having to keep unnecessary safety stock. At the same time, it provides upstream locations with an early and more accurate demand signal. The result is smoother and
more predictable planning, and ultimately less product downtime at a lower total cost to the entire parts network.
• Simulation Center: When considering changes to complex global parts supply networks, it is traditionally challenging to predict the financial and logistical impacts before taking the final decisions. The
Simulation Center provides OEMs with unprecedented and invaluable decision support. OEMs can now take the proposed changes, “travel back in time” and re-run history to see what the outcomes would have
been based on the real historical data. You can run several different scenarios and compare the outcomes before approving and putting changes into production.
• Syncron Insights: With the risk of volatile demand in current markets, having flexible and dynamic visibility into parts pricing has become increasingly important. Syncron Insights is a powerful new Business
Intelligence solution fully integrated with Syncron Price. The reporting illuminates key hidden pricing data points on interactive customizable dashboards allowing customers to better manage key pricing
activities, including price harmonization, customer pricing, segmentation, price revision simulation, root cause analysis and overall profitability. This will enable pricing teams to quickly react to the changing
market and make proactive simulations and analysis.

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Temenos Banking Software available on Alibaba Cloud to Power Banks’ Digital Transformation
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Temenos, the banking software company, and Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, announced that Temenos
Transact, its next generation core banking product is now certified on Alibaba Cloud. Financial institutions will be able to run Temenos’ mission-critical core
banking applications on Alibaba Cloud and benefit from elastic scalability, cost and operational efficiencies. Banks can now easily adopt Temenos’ world-leading
banking software on the powerful Alibaba Cloud infrastructure. More than 3,000 financial services institutions around the world leverage Temenos’ modern,
cloud-native and API-first technology. Banks can now run Temenos’ core banking software in Alibaba Cloud and take advantage of the speed to market and agility
of the cloud, enabling them to quickly reinvent their business models and their organization as a whole. The growing demand for cloud-based and SaaS models is
being accelerated by the coronavirus pandemic as banks require more resilient and agile technology propositions. Cloud has become the established method of
software deployment for smaller banks and neobanks that need to launch quickly with minimal IT infrastructure cost. However, incumbent banks increasingly
require cloud-native software to future-proof their business, gain greater speed to market as well as reduce IT complexity and costs. Temenos’ core banking
software will now be available on Alibaba Cloud, and the two companies will jointly help banks go to market faster, open up new business models, and achieve
industry leading cost/income ratios. The two companies are already engaged in proof of concepts with banks and have joint customers in APAC.

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Temenos offers end-to-end digital account opening and funding in 90 seconds
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Temenos, the banking software company, announced that Temenos Infinity now offers a real-time, end-to end account opening and onboarding digital experience
in just seconds. The account is fully funded and ready for customer use. The simplicity and unparalleled speed of the Temenos onboarding process combined with
KYC and AML checks helps banks and credit unions increase conversion rates and drastically reduce operating costs. Temenos Infinity is the leading SaaS
omnichannel digital banking product covering customer engagement from acquisition, to account servicing, through to long-term retention. The solution will be
demoed during Temenos’ leading digital event – Synergy Online on September 23. Temenos has integrated Temenos Infinity with technology company Prove,
which offers prefill and identity authentication, to give financial institutions a fast and effective way of onboarding and authenticating customers opening accounts
online using data gleaned from their mobile phone carrier. With Prove’s platform, financial institutions can identify potentially fraudulent activities – for example
from the presence of a burner phone or SIM swap fraud. This gives the authenticating party a ‘trust’ score that helps them separate potentially suspicious activity
from legitimate transactions. Temenos Infinity also integrates with Plaid, to enable customers to fund their accounts within the bank’s application flow. In banking,
on average over 70% of prospects who start applying for a checking account drop out before they finish the process. With Temenos Infinity, financial institutions
can increase their conversion rates by making it easy for their customers to do business with them.

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Updox Launches Enhanced Forms Solution as Healthcare Embraces Touchless Practices and
Virtual Waiting Rooms
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Updox, the only place to manage healthcare communications across both in-person and virtual care, announced the release of Updox Forms, a paperless solution
that enables practices to streamline documents in a more productive way. Updox Forms eliminates the need to scan and index patient data, allowing staff to devote
more of their time to patient service. Patients will also spend less time in waiting rooms or at home completing redundant forms and entering duplicate data. Finally
getting rid of paper with patients lets practices:
• Eliminate risk of human error from manual entry
• Increase patient satisfaction and safety with a complete touchless solution
• Reduce costs and paper use
• Increase document availability to anyone in the practice, including remote locations
• Mobile-friendly, responsive web for easy viewing on the go
• Accommodate a linguistically diverse patient population via multi-language forms
Updox Forms can be used as a stand-alone solution alongside any EHR or as part of a full virtual care strategy. This includes solutions to improve the patient
experience both in and out of the practice, from appointment scheduling to telehealth platforms. As traditional waiting rooms disappear, a full virtual care strategy
needs to include paperless processes such as electronic forms and contactless check-in to support better safety, clinical workflows and efficiencies, all while
enabling doctors to spend more time with patients.

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Workday Empowers Employers to Create a More Equitable and Inclusive Workplace With New
VIBE™ Solutions
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Workday Inc., a leader in enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources, announced two new offerings, VIBE Central and VIBE Index, to help HR
leaders advance belonging and diversity (B&D) initiatives and better VIBE—Value Inclusion, Belonging, and Equity—within the workplace. VIBE is Workday’s
approach to creating a great place to work for all; the company is currently using these solutions to support exceptional employee experiences and drive positive
change internally. For businesses starting to ramp up their B&D efforts, VIBE Central provides a foundation with best practices content and reports that help
companies see the diversity and representation of their workforce in one centralized place. With VIBE Index, Workday aims to deliver the world’s most
comprehensive B&D index—enabling organizations to equally measure and compare belonging, equity, diversity, and inclusion for a better understanding of
where parity may be lacking to know where to focus efforts. The recent uprising against racism and social injustice has put an even bigger spotlight on disparities
in the workplace, prompting organizations to act quickly to address inequality and foster more inclusive work environments. Many companies have made B&D
commitments in recent years yet retaining diverse talent continues to be a roadblock, indicating a broader challenge around inclusion. Tracking and reporting
diversity data is a common first step, but nurturing an inclusive culture requires strategic planning and intentional actions, stemming from a more holistic view of
B&D across the organization. To truly understand their workforce, employers need to account for the many identities and perspectives an employee can bring and
look for equity in experience across different populations in the organization to identify where to focus efforts from a talent strategy perspective. With Workday,
organizations will have the insights needed to help understand where they stand and where to intervene to help create a more diverse workplace where everyone
feels like they belong and are included.

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Talview Launches a Robust Remote Proctoring Solution for Exam Integrity: Talview Proview
Live Proctoring
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Global AI recruitment and remote proctoring leader, Talview, announces the launch of Talview Proview Live Proctoring, a comprehensive platform that
combines the power of AI-enabled automated proctoring with active human monitoring and intervention. This all-inclusive solution enables educational
institutions, certification bodies, and organizations worldwide to deter cheating and administer secure end-to-end exams anytime, anywhere. The pandemic
has necessitated alternative forms of testing the knowledge of students across the globe. Talview has seen a significant increase in the demand for its remote
proctoring tools to facilitate a credible and secure remote online testing experience. With Talview Proview Live Proctoring, it will be foraying into the
unexplored domain of hybrid proctoring by merging the best of both live and AI-led proctoring. Here, a human proctor assisted by automated proctoring
provides a double-check in real-time to maintain an exam's integrity while taking care of the candidate experience. Its prominent features include exam
monitoring and intervention in real-time, live chat and announcement facility, AI-enabled facial recognition, two-factor authentication, easy integration with
any test engine, multi-device compatibility, exhaustive report generation, test integrity scoring, and so much more. What sets Talview apart from other
EdTech providers is its robust proctoring technology that is highly scalable and cost-efficient, along with a thorough proctor empanelment & monitoring
process ensuring high quality of service. Additionally, its contemporary UI and top-notch non-intrusive design make for a safe and secure candidate
experience. It also has added security features like AI facial recognition, copy/paste blocking, test access restrictions, 360° test environment check, browser
freezing, question paper watermarking, and much more, ensuring 100% integrity.

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Avalara selected as a Gold Winner of a 2020 International Business Award
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Avalara, Inc., a leading provider of tax compliance automation software for businesses of all sizes, has been recognized by The 2020 International
Business Awards (Stevies) as the Gold winner in the category of Large Company of the Year — Financial Services. The International Business
Awards is the world’s premier business awards program for individuals and organizations worldwide. Organizations public and private, for-profit
and nonprofit, large and small, are all eligible for nomination. More than 3,800 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every
industry were submitted this year for consideration in a wide range of categories, including Company of the Year, Marketing Campaign of the Year,
Best New Product or Service of the Year, Startup of the Year, Corporate Social Responsibility Program of the Year, and Executive of the Year,
among others. This year’s competition also featured a number of free-to-enter categories to recognize organizations’ and individuals’ responses to
the COVID-19 pandemic. Stevie Awards are conferred in eight programs: the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the German Stevie Awards, the Middle
East & North Africa Stevie Awards, The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, the Stevie Awards for Women in
Business, the Stevie Awards for Great Employers, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Stevie Awards competitions receive more
than 12,000 nominations each year from organizations in more than 70 nations. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind
them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide.
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Avaloq awarded climate neutral company label by South Pole
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Avaloq, a global leader in digital banking solutions and wealth management technology, has obtained the Climate Neutral Company label by leading international
climate solutions provider South Pole and achieved its aim of sourcing 100% of its energy from renewable sources. The successful sustainability programme,
highlighted in the company’s first Corporate Social Responsibility report, covers the 2019 calendar year. The announcement follows a successful appraisal of
Avaloq’s green energy programme for 2019 by South Pole. As part of its ongoing sustainability journey, Avaloq uses a three-step, iterative process of avoiding,
reducing, and offsetting emissions as it works towards its goal of net zero emissions. This includes measures such as promoting more responsible business travel
and encouraging public transport for commuting. The company takes responsibility for its unavoidable emissions by compensating the equivalent amount in carbon
offsetting projects. Together, these measures have earned Avaloq the coveted South Pole Climate Neutral Company label. Avaloq has achieved its 100% renewable
energy goal by buying Energy Attribute Certificates (EACs) equal to its total MWh consumption. Each EAC is proof that one MWh of renewable energy has been
generated and injected into the grid. Purchasing EACs equal to its total grid consumption means that all of Avaloq’s grid-sourced electricity has come from
renewable sources. To address its unavoidable emissions, Avaloq supports the operation of a natural gas-based power plant on Jurong island in Singapore by
purchasing certified carbon credits that represent its emissions. The electricity generated helps to make Singapore’s national grid greener and reduce the country’s
projected power deficit. In addition, the company’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2019 fell by 9% compared to 2018, despite an increase in the number of
employees. Looking ahead, Avaloq will continue to explore ways to reduce its emissions and increase the ambition of its reduction targets over time.
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Chetu’s Quality-Driven Software Delivery Process And Data Communication Infrastructure
Receive Aicpa Accreditation
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Chetu announced it has once again successfully completed the System and Organization Controls for Service Organizations: ICFR (SOC 1®) audit and
has obtained a favorable, unbiased opinion from independent auditors utilizing the standards put forth by the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants (AICPA) for the 10th consecutive year. Type 2 SOC 1® certification verifies that a service organization, such as Chetu, has undergone an
in-depth audit and evaluation of its key systems and processes, including company structure, management, risk assessment procedures, information
security, data communications, customer implementations, monitoring practices, and client control systems to ensure that they are in line with the best
industry practices. Developed by the AICPA, the SOC 1® remains a renowned auditing standard that is leveraged by both leading auditing firms and
service providers around the world. A service auditor's examination performed in accordance with a SOC 1® audit signifies that a service company has
been through a thorough examination of their control objectives and activities, which has come to include controls over information technology and
related processes.
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Chetu Honored As Bronze Stevie® Award Winner In 2020 International Business Awards®
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Chetu, a leading developer of custom software solutions, was named the winner of a Bronze Stevie® Award in the Company of the Year category for The 17th
Annual International Business Awards®. Nicknamed the Stevies for the Greek word meaning “crowned,” the International Business Awards are the world’s
premier business awards program. More than 3,800 nominations from organizations in over 63 nations and territories were submitted this year for consideration
in a wide range of categories. Chetu was nominated in the Company of the Year category for Large Computer Software Companies. Noted for its sustained
double-digit growth, diverse industry expertise, impressive revenue generation, and innovation in technology and support solutions, Chetu received high praise
from the judges for its 2019 performance. Stevie Awards are conferred in eight programs: the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the German Stevie Awards, the Middle
East & North Africa Stevie Awards, The American Business Awards®, The International Business Awards®, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, the Stevie
Awards for Great Employers, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Stevie Awards competitions receive more than 12,000 nominations each year
from organizations in more than 70 nations. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding
performances in the workplace worldwide.
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Comarch named Great Supply Chain Partner of 2020
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For the last eighteen years, SupplyChainBrain has published an annual list of supply chain vendors that demonstrate strong partnerships with
their customers. After a six-month online poll of supply chain professionals, Comarch has been selected as one of the top 100 great supply
chain partners thanks to their innovative and cost-reducing e-Invoicing software. Among the features of Comarch e-Invoicing that set it apart
from other invoice automation providers are its seamless partner onboarding experience, global interoperability, and legal compliance in over
60 different countries. Comarch will appear in the 2020 August issue of SupplyChainBrain magazine and on SupplyChainBrain.com as an
honored member of this year’s 100 Great Supply Chain Partners. Read Comarch’s latest White Paper to discover why every company in the
U.S. could benefit from transforming their current AP/AR infrastructure with modern e-Invoicing software.
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Druva Achieves 100 Percent Growth in APJ Fueled by Rapid Cloud Adoption and
Demand for Improved Business Agility
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Druva, Inc., the leader in Cloud Data Protection and Management, announced it is continuing to experience accelerated growth for its
SaaS-based data protection solutions in Asia-Pacific and Japan. As businesses of all sizes increasingly utilize the region’s rapidly expanding
cloud resources to re-imagine business operations, Druva has grown its data center workload revenue more than 100 percent in the last 12
months and has helped over 135 leading enterprises, including Adani Wilmar (India), NTT DATA (Japan), McConnell Dowell (Australia),
Gold Peak (Hong Kong) and UNIADEX,Ltd. (Japan) successfully navigate their digital transformation initiatives with the industry’s leading
cloud data protection platform. Druva is now focused on further accelerating growth through 2020 as the region demands alternatives to aging
hardware and software-based legacy solutions. According to a June 2020 estimate by IDC, Asia-Pacific is expected to have the highest
revenue growth rate for cloud system and service management software between 2020-2024, outpacing both the Americas and EMEA*.
Regional businesses are managing exponentially more data compared to just two years ago, and are confronting ransomware risks that are
nearly double compared to the rest of the world**. Combined with rising data governance risks and regulations, organisations in APJ are
looking for solutions to improve business operations, drive agility and scale with rapidly changing demands. In trusting Druva to manage and
protect these sprawling environments, businesses can secure an increasingly remote workforce and bypass stalled supply chains and
limitations of traditional data centers in light of the unprecedented pandemic situation.
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E2open Named a Leader in the 2020 Nucleus Control Tower Value Matrix for Sixth
Consecutive Year
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E2open, the one place in the cloud to run your supply chain, has once again been positioned by Nucleus Research as a Leader in the 2020 edition
of the Control Tower Value Matrix – improving its position in usability and remaining the strongest in functionality for three years running.
Nucleus has named E2open as a Leader since the inception of the report in 2015. According to the report, E2open aims to simplify the concept of
supply chain control towers for customers by unifying all management capabilities under its single operating platform and Harmony® User
Experience. The resulting clarity enables organizations to quickly make data-informed decisions across all levels of their operational ecosystem
including suppliers, global trade and logistics and channel partners. E2open’s flexibility and scalability are often cited as differentiators in
competitive deals, while the vendor’s partner network is one of the largest in the world with more than 200,000 members. The report emphasizes
that E2open has maintained its vigorous development schedule with a larger emphasis on integrating new capabilities and acquisitions into its
broad ecosystem. E2open’s recent additions of Amber Road, a global trade management specialist, and INTTRA®, an ocean shipping network
provider, has opened up many new opportunities for routing and logistics optimization and enables clients to conduct additional layers of their
supply chain operations.
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Exceedra Named Best-In-Class in Five Functional Areas
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The Promotion Optimization Institute (POI) released the Trade Promotion Panorama Report and Named the ‘Best-in-Class’ Vendors for 2020.
Exceedra has been included in this esteemed list and received a distinction in 5 functional areas as ‘POI Best-in-Class’ for the following:
• Enables sales and field personnel to build and execute better promotions and category strategies by having the key insights available how and
when they need them.
• Provides cross-functional financial visibility & accountability in a user-friendly fashion with the ability to simulate results.
• Intuitive and meaningful analytics visualized in a way that drives user insights and actions.
• TPO can be complex with constraints, objectives and simulation. It has to be intuitive and actionable.
• Sales volume planning inputs that flow into the demand planning/forecast/Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process. Ability to incorporate
building blocks and assumptions into the plan to seamlessly flow HQ inputs into the sales plan and sales insights back to HQ and into the IBP
process.
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FinancialForce Recognized as Best Professional Services Automation Software by G2, Securing
#1 Vendor Rankings for Main, Enterprise, and Mid-Market Categories
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FinancialForce, provider of the only modern ERP suite and the #1 professional services automation (PSA), has once again been named the #1
vendor in G2’s Fall 2020 main PSA Grid Report, Enterprise PSA Grid Report, and Mid-Market PSA Grid Report. These rankings are based on
hundreds of customer ratings across products and services, and draw from reviews by verified users on G2, the world’s leading business solutions
review website. This quarter, FinancialForce also earned the #1 rating for Enterprise Usability, and was singled out for Best Meeting the
Requirements of SMBs. “We are grateful to our customers for once again making us #1 across G2’s professional services automation grids,” said,
Chief Revenue Officer, FinancialForce. “Our ratings reflect our commitment to delivering the most powerful PSA suite, allowing our customers
to transform their businesses by managing services on a single cloud-based platform. Our #1 rating for Enterprise Usability and top placement in
Meeting SMB Requirements underscore our product leadership and track record with customers of all sizes.”
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iCIMS Wins Two Brandon Hall Group HCM Excellence Awards
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iCIMS, Inc., the market-leading cloud recruiting platform provider, won two Brandon Hall Group HCM Excellence Awards for its dedicated programs for
educating, developing, and advancing employees. The organization received a gold award in the Best New Hire Onboarding Program category for its new hire
onboarding program and a bronze award in the Best Unique or Innovative Talent Acquisition Program category for its intern development program – both of which
focus on preparing and developing talent for a successful career. Award entries were evaluated by a panel of veteran, independent senior industry experts, Brandon
Hall Group analysts, and executives based upon the following criteria: fit for the need, design of the program, functionality, innovation, and overall measurable
benefits. This recognition highlights iCIMS’ commitment to exemplifying and facilitating best practices in attracting, engaging, hiring, and advancing the right
talent to build diverse, winning workforces – both for its own organization and for its community of more 4,000 customers. Brandon Hall Group is an HCM
research and advisory services firm that provides insights around key performance areas, including Learning and Development, Talent Management, Leadership
Development, Talent Acquisition, and HR/Workforce Management. With more than 10,000 clients globally and 25 years of delivering world-class research and
advisory services, Brandon Hall Group is focused on developing research that drives performance in emerging and large organizations and provides strategic
insights for executives and practitioners responsible for growth and business results.
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Inspired eLearning Recognized as a Security Awareness Computer-Based Program Platforms Representative
Vendor in the 2020 Gartner Market Guide for Security Awareness Computer-Based Training
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Inspired eLearning has been recognized by Gartner, Inc. as a Security Awareness Program Platforms Representative Vendor in its 2020 Market
Guide for Security Awareness Computer-Based Training. We believe this new recognition shows Inspired eLearning’s Security Awareness
Training is a leading solution in the market. Inspired eLearning delivers enterprise-level security awareness education to organizations of all
sizes. Their award-winning courses engage individuals by combining high-quality content and simulations that offer organizations the
educational reinforcement tools needed to help their employees adopt effective cybersecurity best practices. Inspired eLearning provides
learners with relevant and meaningful information using an engaging, conversational approach, scenario-based interactivities, and positive
reinforcement. Courses and videos are produced by an in-house team of highly experienced instructional designers and multimedia developers
who use the latest adult learning trends and methodology to create compelling content, making Inspired eLearning’s security awareness
platform the most effective in the industry.
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Inspired eLearning Wins 4 Awards at 15th Annual 2020 Network PG’s IT World Awards®
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Inspired eLearning announced that Network Products Guide, the industry’s leading technology research and advisory guide, has named the company a Grand Trophy
winner in the 15th Annual 2020 Network PG’s IT World Awards®. Inspired eLearning was also recognized as a Gold winner in the Training Awareness and Educational
Programs category for PhishProof™, a Gold winner in the Achievement of the Year in Video category for USB Baiting, and a Bronze winner for Security First Solutions
in the Security Awareness Computer-Based Training category. Network Products Guide’s IT World Awards are industry and peer recognitions that honor achievements
of the world’s best in organizational performance, product and service innovations, hot technologies, executives and management teams, successful deployments, product
management and engineering, customer satisfaction, and public relations in information technology and cybersecurity. The contest is judged by a broad spectrum of
industry voices from around the world whose average scores determined the 2020 award winners. Winners will be celebrated and have their awards presented during a
virtual awards ceremony in November. Inspired eLearning delivers enterprise-level security awareness education to organizations of all sizes. Their award-winning
courses engage individuals by combining high-quality content and simulations that offer organizations the educational reinforcement tools needed to help their
employees adopt effective cybersecurity best practices.
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Jade Global makes it to the Inc. 5000 List of Fastest-Growing Private Companies for the 10th Year in a row
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For the 10th consecutive year, Jade Global was placed on the Inc. magazine’s prestigious Inc. 5000 list of the nation’s fastest growing and most successful
independent businesses. Jade Global ranked 3484 on Inc.’s 39th annual list with an impressive growth rate of 107.2%. This achievement makes Jade Global among
the very few elite companies to win the most prestigious ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies for so many years in a row. The list represents
a unique look at the most successful companies within the American economy’s most dynamic segment. The Inc. 5000 list is a distinguished award, a celebration
of innovation, a network of entrepreneurial leaders’ public relations showcase. The list is determined by a company’s overall revenue growth in three years. For
the 2020, Inc. 5000 winners were ranked according to percentage revenue growth when comparing 2017 and 2019. In addition to the Inc. 5000 list, Jade Global
has also been recognized as one of the 50 fastest-growing companies by Silicon Valley Business Journal and as one of the fastest-growing, privately held
companies in the Greater Philadelphia Region by The Philadelphia100®.
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Kinaxis Featured in TSX30 List of Canada's Top Performing Stocks over Past Three Years
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Kinaxis® Inc. the authority in driving agility for fast, confident decision-making in an unpredictable world, announced that it has been included in the
TSX30, a list of Canada's top performing stocks on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Based on the qualification criteria, Kinaxis outperformed more than
500 stocks over the three years ending June 2020 to achieve the recognition. Over the period, Kinaxis stock has increased 140%. Kinaxis works with
top-tier manufacturers around the world in the aerospace and defense, automotive, consumer packaged goods, high-tech, industrial, life sciences and
retail industries, including L3Harris Technologies, Honda, Unilever, Technicolor, Alstom and H. Lundbeck A/S. The company recently reported Q2
results that featured 45% revenue growth and a 37% adjusted EBITDA margin. The TSX30 is a program that recognizes the 30 top-performing TSX
stocks over a three-year period based on dividend-adjusted share price appreciation. The list of 2020 members includes both newer and established
listed companies across a wide range of sectors.
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Santander UK Wins Multiple Industry Awards for Innovation in Digital Banking With nCino
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nCino, Inc. a pioneer in cloud banking and digital transformation solutions for the global financial services industry, announced that Santander UK has garnered multiple industry
awards in recognition of its digitisation efforts in partnership with nCino. With the nCino Bank Operating System, Santander UK has been able to provide its SME, corporate and
commercial banking clients with a faster and more transparent onboarding experience, greater efficiencies and quicker lending decisions and fulfilment processes. Most recently,
Santander UK won The Banker’s Innovation in Digital Banking Award for Best FinTech Partnership. Earlier this year, Celent, a global financial services research and advisory firm,
named Santander UK the winner of the Model Bank Award for Commercial Lending for delivering its customers a cutting-edge lending experience. The bank worked with nCino and
other technology partners to replace 13 legacy systems and over 60 end-user computing systems with a cloud-based ecosystem, completely overhauling its SME, corporate and
commercial banking units in a forward-looking transformation project that helps it meet rapidly changing customer expectations. With nCino, Santander UK has been able to
consolidate massive amounts of data and auto-populate fields, leading to a dramatic increase in efficiency in its lending processes. Other benefits to Santander UK of the collaboration
include:
• Workflow automation and the elimination of data rekeying, reducing processing and some cycle times by more than 50%;
• Up to 10% increase in front-office capacity to focus on value-add analysis and customer relationships;
• A holistic view of the customer across business units;
• Improved portfolio management;
• Powerful insight into forecasts and risk via the nCino Bank Operating System’s financial spreading functionality, freeing up approximately 14% of credit risk officers’ involvement
over the average work week; and
• The extraction of data from financial statements using nCino’s artificial intelligence feature, nIQ, saving the bank both time and money.
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Oracle Named a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Global Retail Core Banking
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Oracle has been named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Global Retail Core Banking1, for the twelfth time. Of the six companies evaluated, Oracle was
recognized as a Leader for its completeness of vision and ability to execute in the market. According to Gartner, “The demand for core banking packages is expected to
grow in 2020 as banks deliver on digitalization strategies while facing the consequences from the COVID-19 pandemic. Bank CIOs should consider evaluating both
long-standing and emerging vendors, especially when pursuing public cloud installations.” Oracle FLEXCUBE offers the latest digital capabilities to innovate at speed
and scale. With it, banks can manage costs and risks and improve operational efficiency with cloud automation and intelligent decision-making. These capabilities have
made Oracle FLEXCUBE a top core banking platform over the last several years. The report also notes the importance of APIs that can extend a bank’s key functionality
in a rapidly changing landscape, adding “APIs are not new, but their importance to bank CIOs should not be underestimated.” FLEXCUBE’s more than 1,500 available
APIs, component-based architecture with a large number of business services and exposed microservices make it the flexible choice for challenger banks and fintechs,
up to multi-nationals with complex requirements. In an associated research paper2, Gartner also evaluated Oracle for FLEXCUBE. The research outlined product critical
capabilities such as component-based architecture, functional granularity, interoperability and internationality for the large-bank segment, midsize-bank segment, and
small-bank segment.
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Oracle Cloud Recognized by Industry Experts
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Oracle Cloud Infrastructure has made tremendous progress this year. Big customer wins from companies including 8x8, Naveego, Phenix and Zoom show that Oracle
Cloud Infrastructure is providing services that businesses trust to better serve their own customers. These advances are getting noticed. For example, Oracle earned the
best customer satisfaction score among all the major IaaS providers in an annual survey conducted by a leading analyst firm. In the 2020 Industry CloudPath survey that
IDC recently released where it surveyed 935 IaaS customers on their satisfaction with top IaaS vendors including Oracle, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, IBM, Google
Cloud, Oracle IaaS (OCI) has received the highest satisfaction score and the biggest year-over-year score increase of all IaaS vendors. In addition, 86% of those surveyed
said they expect their spend on Oracle IaaS (OCI) to increase in the future. Other recent research also shows Oracle Cloud Infrastructure has the highest percentage of
year-over-year improvement compared to other cloud competitors. But cloud success lies not just in the actual deliverables themselves: Oracle also prices key cloud
services competitively across compute, storage, networking, and data egress compared to other cloud providers. With Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, for example, data
egress can cost 80% less than another leading cloud provider for customers needing to move their data around. Often, these egress charges—which apply to data sent
from a given cloud to another cloud or to a corporate data center—can lead to unpleasant surprises on a customer’s cloud bill. Oracle specifically aimed to make pricing
clear and predictable, to eliminate those cases of sticker shock.
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Prevalent Named a Leader in the 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for IT Vendor Risk
Management Tools
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Prevalent, Inc., the company that takes the pain out of third-party risk management (TPRM), announced it has been named a Leader in the 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant
for IT Vendor Risk Management Tools. Compared to the previous year, Prevalent has been recognized as a Leader in the Magic Quadrant based on Gartner’s criteria for
completeness of vision and ability to execute, improving its position on both axes. The company was previously recognized as a Visionary. The Prevalent Third-Party
Risk Management Platform is a SaaS solution that enables customers to automate the critical tasks required to manage, assess and monitor their third parties across the
entire vendor life cycle. Prevalent believes its Magic Quadrant recognition validates its key differentiators including:
• Choice and flexibility of products, networks and managed services: Prevalent delivers unmatched flexibility and expertise by equipping organizations with a) a platform
that automates vendor assessments; b) the largest network of completed, standardized vendor surveys and intelligence for accelerating risk identification and
management; and c) the ability to outsource vendor risk management activities to the Prevalent team of experts.
• Proven return on investment (ROI): Prevalent customers have reported identifying risks 44% faster, reducing manual work by 50%, and increasing productivity by a
factor of 3 by leveraging Prevalent’s solutions.
• Complete, inside-out/outside-in risk visibility: The Prevalent VRM platform is unique in that it integrates cyber and business monitoring with assessments natively to
provide a complete view of vendor risks. Prevalent is the only vendor with a fully integrated, native continuous monitoring solution to complement vendor assessments.
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PROS Recognized for Artificial Intelligence Innovation in SalesTech with 2020 AI
Breakthrough
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PROS® a provider of AI-powered solutions that optimize selling in the digital economy, announced that it has been selected as the winner of the “Best AI-based Solution
for Sales” award in the 2020 AI Breakthrough Awards program conducted by AI Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence organization that recognizes the top
companies, technologies and products in the global Artificial Intelligence (AI) market . Built on an AI-platform, PROS solutions effectively leverage AI to drive business
value through outcomes like more personalized and profitable pricing and product offers, leading to more sales and customer satisfaction. The comprehensive suite of
PROS selling solutions provide tools that automate sales tasks such as lead generation, quoting and pricing. The mission of the AI Breakthrough Awards is to honor
excellence and recognize the innovation, hard work and success in a range of AI and machine learning related categories, including AI platforms, Deep Learning, Smart
Robotics, Business Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, industry specific AI applications and many more. This year’s program attracted more than 2,750
nominations from over 15 different countries throughout the world. PROS aligns to customers’ needs in three critical areas: AI-powered capabilities to support digital
transformation and transition to digital selling models, better capacity to consume PROS services through a services architecture delivered through the cloud and the
enhanced ability to deliver business insight through AI and Data Science – including the ability to allow a customer to implement their own machine learning models
within PROS framework.
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Rural Sourcing Receives “Best & Brightest to Work For” Award
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Rural Sourcing has once again been named one of the Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in the country by the National Association for Business Resources.
Rural Sourcing has received the prestigious award three times, most recently earlier this year when it was recognized for building a transparent and collaborative culture
at its six development centers across the U.S. With a commitment to creating high-quality technology jobs in the U.S., Rural Sourcing’s purpose-driven focus is bridging
the Digital Divide for technology professionals living in Middle America. And others have taken notice, with Rural Sourcing having received multiple workplace awards
at both the local and national level. With over 20 years of experience conducting the Best and Brightest competitions, the National Association for Business Resources
(NABR) have identified numerous best Human Resource practices and provided benchmarking for companies that continue to be leaders in employment standards. The
2020 Summer National winning companies were assessed by an independent research firm which reviewed a number of key measures relative to other nationally
recognized winners, and are not ranked. The Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in the Nation Winners will be honored during dual virtual Illuminate Business
Summit weeks in October, 2020 and February, 2021.
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SAP Recognized as a Leader in Gartner’s 2020 Magic Quadrant for Digital Commerce
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SAP SE announced it has been named a Leader by Gartner in the August 2020 Magic Quadrant for Digital Commerce for the sixth consecutive time.
In its latest report, Gartner assessed products from 15 vendors, including the SAP Commerce Cloud solution. SAP Commerce Cloud supports
business-to-consumer use cases and complex business-to-business scenarios with a unified platform, which offers the sourcing, consignment, complex
ordering, delivery options, products, services and pricing that modern companies require. SAP Commerce Cloud enables organizations to securely
identify and connect with customers across channels, and manage their profiles, preferences and consent settings throughout an engagement. According
to the report, SAP was recognized for its ability to execute and completeness of vision. The SAP Commerce Cloud solution is part of the larger SAP
Customer Experience portfolio, which includes the SAP Marketing Cloud, SAP Sales Cloud, SAP Service Cloud and SAP Customer Data Cloud
solutions. Additionally, the SAP App Center marketplace for partner solutions runs on SAP Commerce Cloud.
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SAP Named a Leader in 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Integration Tools for
the 13th Year in a Row
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SAP SE announced that independent analyst firm Gartner Inc. has named SAP a leader in its Magic Quadrant for Data Integration Tools* report. Gartner
evaluated 20 vendors and named SAP a leader based on its “ability to execute” and “completeness of vision.” This is the 13th consecutive year that SAP
has been named a leader in the Magic Quadrant for Data Integration Tools. SAP’s data integration offerings include the SAP Data Intelligence solution,
SAP Data Services, and SAP Cloud Platform Integration Suite, along with integration capabilities of the SAP HANA platform. These offerings are part
of SAP’s Business Technology Platform and have a focus on delivering comprehensive integration. According to Gartner, “The data integration tools
market is seeing renewed momentum driven by urgent requirements for hybrid/multicloud data management, augmented data integration and data
fabric designs. This assessment of 20 vendors will help data and analytics leaders choose a best fit for their data integration needs.”
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SAP Recognized by Top Research Firms as a Leader in Supply Chain Management
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SAP SE announced that once again it has been named as a leader in Gartner Magic Quadrants for Warehouse Management Systems and Transportation Management
Systems. Moreover, by worldwide market share, SAP was ranked by Gartner Inc. to be among the top supply chain management (SCM) software providers. SAP also
was ranked number one in overall supply chain management market share by IDC. SAP believes the recognition demonstrates its ability to help global businesses stay
resilient in times of supply chain disruption with its customer-centric products.
According to recent reports, SAP has been:
• Placed in the Leaders Quadrant of the Gartner “Magic Quadrant for Warehouse Management Systems” for the sixth time in a row
• Placed in the Leaders Quadrant of the Gartner “Magic Quadrant for Transportation Management Systems” for the sixth year in a row
• Ranked by Gartner as the number one market share leader in supply chain management software, worldwide, for the 18th year in a row
• Ranked by IDC as number one by market share for supply chain management applications
Additionally, all of the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25 and all four of the Gartner Supply Chain Masters are SAP customers. According to Gartner: “The supply chain
management software market grew 8.6% in 2019, exceeding $15 billion in vendor revenue. Cloud revenue grew 2.5 times faster than the overall market, accounting for
nearly 34% of the market as all leading vendors transitioned their new product strategy to cloud.”* In the same report, SAP ranked as the number one market share leader
in supply chain management software, worldwide.
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IDC MarketScape Names SAP a Leader in Three 2020 ERP Vendor Assessment Reports
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SAP SE announced that SAP has been named a Leader in three IDC MarketScape reports for enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendors. SAP was positioned for
strategy and capabilities and was recognized for its strengths in globalization and technology investment. The reports naming SAP as a Leader include:
• IDC MarketScape: Worldwide SaaS and Cloud-Enabled Large Enterprise ERP Applications 2020 Vendor Assessment1 — This report noted the ability of SAP
S/4HANA to effectively manage complexity and promote sustainability by providing a clear view into business challenges with innovations like machine learning and
artificial intelligence.
• IDC MarketScape: Worldwide SaaS and Cloud-Enabled Professional Services Automation (PSA) ERP Applications 2020 Vendor Assessment2 — This assessment of
ERP for professional services organizations highlights innovation in user experience in SAP S/4HANA and the visibility that this software provides across the business
from pursuit to engagement closeout.
• IDC MarketScape: Worldwide SaaS Cloud-Enabled Medium-Sized/Midmarket Business ERP Applications 2020 Vendor Assessment3 — This assessment of ERP for
midmarket businesses recognizes the critical capabilities SAP S/4HANA provides to help ensure effective organizational navigation and market growth.
SAP’s leadership position in these reports is due in part to its strengths in technology investment in SAP S/4HANA, including innovations in integrated ERP, which
incorporates intelligence into the fabric of the design with machine learning, continuous close features and automation through robotics processing. IDC MarketScape
also indicated globalization as a critical strength in the reports, making SAP S/4HANA Cloud highly attractive to large multinational, multientity organizations for whom
localization can be cumbersome and costly. In addition, SAP was also recently named a Leader in IDC MarketScape: Worldwide SaaS and Cloud-Enabled Enterprise
Finance and Accounting Applications 2020 Vendor Assessment.
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IDC MarketScape Names SAP a Leader in SaaS and Cloud Finance
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SAP SE announced it has been named a Leader in the “IDC MarketScape for Worldwide SaaS and Cloud-Enabled Enterprise Finance and Accounting Applications 2020
Vendor Assessment” report.* The report evaluated six worldwide vendors in SaaS and cloud-enabled enterprise finance and accounting applications and positioned SAP
as a Leader. The report states that SAP offers leading-edge financial technology, machine learning, Big Data and analytics and cites SAP’s strength in technology
investment, noting that the SAP S/4HANA Cloud Finance solution includes innovations such as machine learning, continuous close features and automation through
robotics processing. The IDC MarketScape also cited SAP’s rapid implementation methodology as a strength, with SAP S/4HANA Cloud Finance implementation
possible within a month using SAP Activate methodology where standard best practice processes, localized for 43 countries, can be used out of the box. Globalization
was also listed as a key strength, making SAP particularly attractive for large multinational, multientity organizations for which localization can be cumbersome and
costly. The report states that SAP S/4HANA Cloud Finance is adept at supporting even the most complex globalization demands including local legal guidelines and
reporting standards. With its industry-leading financial solutions and global approach, SAP is poised for accelerated adoption as the finance industry worldwide continues
its record pace of digitalization.
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Temenos Named a Leader in Retail Digital Banking Processing Platforms Report by Independent
Research Firm
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Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the banking software company, announced that it has been recognized as a leader in The Forrester Wave™: Digital Banking Processing
Platforms (Retail Banking) Q3 2020. We believe Temenos’position as a leader is recognition that Temenos offers the richest banking functionality and the most advanced
cloud and AI technology, helping retail financial institutions worldwide to accelerate their digital transformation. According to the Forester report, Temenos’ retail core
banking solution, Temenos Transact, “excels with its delivery and operations capabilities” and its “ability to support testing, delivery and upgrades both on premise and
out-of-the-Cloud remains second to none.” The Forester Wave report evaluated the top 10 retail banking platform vendors against 36 criteria according to their current
offering, strategy and market presence. Temenos received the highest score in the market presence category and was among the top three in the strategy category, which
we think reflects our success with banks of all sizes from the very largest such as Al Rajhi to the most ambitious new challenger banks such as Varo and WeLab Bank.
The Forrester report states that Temenos’ go-to-market approach is global and that it “shows a focus on North America – a region that saw investments, acquisitions, and
relevant client contracts.” Temenos Transact, which is available as SaaS or can be deployed natively in the cloud, enables banks to achieve cost-income ratios that are
2X better than the industry average, become faster and more agile in creating new offerings and expand efficiently and sustainably in line with business growth.
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Independent Research Firm Recognizes Temenos as a Leader in Digital Banking Processing Platforms
for Corporate Banking Report
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Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the banking software company, announced that it has been recognized as a leader in The Forrester Wave™: Digital
Banking Processing Platforms (Corporate Banking) Q3 2020. We believe Temenos’ position as a leader reflects its investment and innovation in a
cloud-native platform with embedded AI technology to power the digital transformation of corporate banking. Temenos Transact, which is
available as SaaS or can be deployed natively in the cloud, enables banks to take advantage of the latest technologies such as Microservices and
explainable AI (XAI) to respond much faster to the evolving market conditions and capitalize on new opportunities. Temenos Transact is an
integrated core banking system with deployable components, which cover all areas of corporate banking including corporate lending, trade
finance, payments and cash and liquidity management, with the addition of embedded analytics and compliance. It also offers front to back
capabilities for corporates to initiate all transactions ranging from trade finance to payments and cash sweeping.
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The Access Group recognised for marketing excellence at B2B Marketing Awards and ITSMA’s
Marketing Excellence Awards.
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The Access Group marketing team has been recognised for marketing excellence having been shortlisted as finalists in several categories in two
significant marketing award cycles. The B2B Marketing Awards are the largest and most prestigious B2B marketing awards, honouring and celebrating
the most innovative, creative and forward-thinking marketers and their campaigns. They received over 1000 submissions across 28 categories this year
and Access has been shortlisted for B2B Marketing Team of the Year, as well as for the Best Product Launch Campaign category for Access Early Pay.
The marketing team at Core HR, an Access Company, has been recognised as finalists in ITSMA’s 23rd Annual Marketing Excellence Awards Program.
The program honours the marketing campaigns that have delivered superior performance in the four most critical aspects of marketing success:
customer-focus, innovation, execution and business impact. CMO of The Access Group commented, “Our marketing department has grown
significantly over the past three years and has successfully underpinned Access’s growth. I am really proud and delighted that we have been announced
as finalists in two categories of the B2B Marketing Awards, especially the Team of the Year award. We’ve also been nominated as finalists in the ITSMA
Marketing Excellence awards, which follows on from our recent announcement that we are also finalists within multiple categories of the CIM and
Drum Awards – it’s really fantastic recognition for the team.”
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Sphera’s Interactive Piping & Instrumentation Diagram (P&ID) Solution Wins Lockout/Tagout
New Product of the Year Award From Occupational Health & Safety
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Sphera, the leading global provider of Integrated Risk Management software, data and consulting services, is proud to announce that its Interactive Piping &
Instrumentation Diagram (P&ID) solution has won a 2020 New Product of the Year award in the Lockout/Tagout category from Occupational Health & Safety.
Introduced to the market in May 2020, Sphera’s Interactive P&ID solution streamlines isolation (lockout/tagout) planning with quick access to engineering
documentation and interactive capabilities to markup P&IDs. It allows teams to view the real-time operational status of the asset, identify sources of operational risk as
well as where to control and shutdown, and ensure regulatory requirements. Failures during the isolation and reinstatement of process plants are one of the main causes
of loss of containment and serious incidents. A critical part of the isolation management process is the use of P&IDs. These diagrams define the process flow throughout
the plant. With Sphera’s interactive solution, operators can access the relevant P&IDs based on any piece of equipment, and the previous plans can be reused rather than
built from scratch each time. In addition to keeping the plant and work teams safe, these efficiencies are designed to help boost productivity while lowering costs. Now
in its 11th year, the Occupational Health & Safety New Product of the Year awards program honors the outstanding product development achievements of health and
safety manufacturers whose products are considered particularly noteworthy in their ability to improve workplace safety.
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Valamis Recognized as a Top Learning Experience Platform by Training Industry
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Valamis, a global leader in digital learning technologies and workforce development, was selected to Training Industry’s Top 20™ LXP list for the learning experience
platform (LXP) sector of the learning and development (L&D) market. The Valamis - Learning Experience Platform was selected to the list for incorporating the latest
technologies to personalize the learning experience and creating a more engaging and social atmosphere for corporate learning. Selection to the 2020 Top 20 LXP
Companies List was based on the following criteria:
• Value of LXP platform features and capabilities
• Quality of analytics and reporting
• Company size and growth potential
• Strength of clients and geographic reach
In addition to being regarded as a Top 20 Learning Experience Platform (LXP) by Training Industry, Valamis has also been recently recognized in Fosway’s 9-Grids™
in both the Digital Learning market analysis and the Learning Systems market analysis, demonstrating Valamis’ strong core suite of solutions proven performance in
enterprise organizations.
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Visma Finland listed among the best workplaces in Europe
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Visma Finland has been listed among the best workplaces in Europe by the Great Place to Work organisation. The recognition follows Visma Finland winning 2nd place
in a national study on best Finnish workplaces in February. The Finnish Visma companies participated together in the Great Place to Work study for the second time in
2020. Competing in the category of large companies (more than 500 employees) in February, Visma Finland took 2nd place. This result allowed the company to break
into the rankings among the best workplaces in Europe, reaching #29 overall. Visma's corporate culture is built around entrepreneurship, openness and community. Visma
employees feel that everyone is treated equally, regardless of e.g. age, gender or origin. It is important that employees can be themselves and bring out their own views.
The feeling of being lost in a large organisation is avoided by working in smaller and independent units where trust is key. Visma’s high employee satisfaction proves
that this strategy works. By working close to the customer, Visma is able to support the growth of small businesses, SMEs and large organisations. As a result, Visma has
become one of Europe's leading software companies. Great Place to Work® identifies the top organisations that create great workplaces in the European region with the
publication of the annual Best Workplaces in Europe list. The list recognises companies in four size categories:
• Small (Under 50 Employees)
• Medium (50 - 499 employees)
• Large (500+ employees)
• Multinational
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Galvanize Named a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for IT Vendor Risk Management
Tools for Second Consecutive Year
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Galvanize, the global leader in SaaS governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) software, announced it has been named as a Leader by Gartner in the 2020
Magic Quadrant for IT Vendor Risk Management Tools. This marks the second consecutive year Galvanize was acknowledged, recognizing the company’s
completeness of vision and ability to execute. Galvanize’s HighBond platform minimizes exposure to financial, operational, reputational, and security risk
from third parties by automating the entire lifecycle of third-party risk management (TPRM). From onboarding, assessment, and remediation, to performance
monitoring and ongoing review, the software manages the entire TPRM process. The solution is highly configurable and designed to accommodate change
and program maturation over time as organizations adapt to evolving business, regulatory, and risk landscapes. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product
or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation.
Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner’s research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims
all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
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Yardi Named Again to Prestigious Forbes Cloud 100 List
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Global real estate technology provider Yardi® has been named for the fifth time to the Forbes Cloud 100, the definitive list of the top 100 private cloud
companies in the world. Yardi was a member of the inaugural Cloud 100 in 2016, landed at No. 30 for 2019, and is No. 34 this year. The evaluation process
involved four factors: market leadership (35%), estimated valuation (30%), operating metrics (20%), people and culture (15%). The Forbes Cloud 100 judge
panel weighed the factors to select, score and rank the winners. With that data, the judge panel, which includes major public cloud company CEOs, was then
responsible for selecting and ranking the top 100 companies globally. Bessemer Venture Partners is the world’s most experienced early-stage venture capital
firm. With a portfolio of more than 200 companies, Bessemer helps visionary entrepreneurs lay strong foundations to create companies that matter and
supports them through every stage of their growth. The firm has backed more than 120 IPOs, including Pinterest, Shopify, Yelp, LinkedIn, Skype, LifeLock,
Twilio, SendGrid, PagerDuty, DocuSign, Wix, and MindBody. Bessemer’s 15 partners operate from offices in Silicon Valley, San Francisco, New York City,
Boston, Israel, and India. The defining voice of entrepreneurial capitalism, Forbes champions success by celebrating those who have made it, and those who
aspire to make it. Forbes convenes and curates the most influential leaders and entrepreneurs who are driving change, transforming business and making a
significant impact on the world. The Forbes brand today reaches more than 160 million people worldwide through its trusted journalism, signature LIVE and
Forbes Virtual events, custom marketing programs and 40 licensed local editions in 70 countries. Forbes Media’s brand extensions include real estate,
education and financial services license agreements.
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Zerto IT Resilience Platform Named ‘Top Five Azure Cloud Backup Solution’ by the Data
Center Intelligence Group
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Zerto, an industry leader for IT resilience, has been named a TOP 5 Microsoft Azure cloud backup solution by the Data Center Intelligence Group (DCIG), a leading independent technology analyst
firm. Their report highlights Zerto’s strengths across key cloud backup capabilities, concluding that it “stands apart by delivering the multiple options for uninterrupted application availability and
recovery that enterprises inevitably seek.” DCIG TOP 5 Reports are designed to enable IT decision makers to save time discovering, researching, and analyzing products for consideration. By
understanding essential factors enterprises should include when selecting a provider, the reports identify differentiators between top providers that may be important to businesses and technology
infrastructure. The Top 5 Azure Cloud Backup report offers organizations guidance on the best solutions for backing up and recovering applications and data hosted on the Microsoft Azure cloud
platform. Evaluated against 12 other solutions, Zerto excelled across a range of features, including backup administration and capabilities configuration, licensing, and pricing to recovery and restores,
snapshot administration, and support. According to the report, Zerto stands out because it allows organizations to control costs by only creating compute instances in Azure during a recovery. It
facilitates replication and failover of VMware-based workloads by allowing organizations to replicate and move VMware-based applications and data to Azure and back again when needed. Zerto’s
platform also orchestrates cohesive recoveries in Azure by creating consistent groups that replicate, migrate, and recover all VMs in the proper order through continuous replication and journal-based
recovery, eliminating gaps in the recovery of data. This acknowledgement follows the recent announcementthat Zerto customers are leading the DR-to-cloud trend with rapid adoption of Azure. In the
first half of 2020, global adoption of Microsoft Azure doubled across several customer verticals. And, virtual machines protected to Azure using Zerto has doubled year-over-year with half of the
consumption driven by the education, financial services, healthcare, and technology sectors.
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Top Hat Recognized in The Globe and Mail’s Second-annual Ranking of Canada’s Top
Growing Companies
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Top Hat, the leading active learning platform for higher education, is pleased to announce it placed No. 230 on the 2020 Report on Business ranking of
Canada’s Top Growing Companies. Canada’s Top Growing Companies ranks Canadian companies on three-year revenue growth. Launched in 2019,
the editorial ranking aims to celebrate entrepreneurial achievement in Canada by identifying and amplifying the success of growth-minded, independent
businesses in Canada. It is a voluntary program; companies had to complete an in-depth application process in order to qualify. In total, 400 companies
earned a spot on this year’s ranking. The Globe and Mail is Canada’s foremost news media company, leading the national discussion and causing policy
change through brave and independent journalism since 1844. With award-winning coverage of business, politics and national affairs, The Globe and
Mail newspaper reaches 5.9 million readers every week in print or digital formats, and Report on Business magazine reaches 2.1 million readers in print
and digital every issue. The Globe and Mail’s investment in innovative data science means that as the world continues to change, so does The Globe.
The Globe and Mail is owned by Woodbridge, the investment arm of the Thomson family.
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Top Hat Recognized as One of Canada’s Most Innovative Tech Companies
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CIX Canadian Innovation Exchange has announced the CIX TOP 20 Early and CIX TOP 10 Growth innovative Canadian technology startups that have been inducted into the
annual program. The selected companies represent a diverse range of technology companies spanning software, AI, medtech, fintech, big data, security, SaaS and cleantech
sectors. These game-changing, on-the-rise companies were chosen by the CIX 2020 Selection Committee of 120 North American technology investors. CIX has two curation
programs – the CIX TOP 20 Early, for companies with net revenue of less than CAD $5 million or who have raised less than $10 million, and the CIX TOP 10 Growth program
for later stage companies. This year saw a 14% increase in applications from all regions of Canada. Companies were chosen based on several key factors including
product/service offering, depth of management, market opportunity and business model. Companies were given the opportunity to include information on how the pandemic
has impacted their business and how they are building for success. The Founders/CEOs will present virtually at CIX Digital Summit on Oct 20-21 2020 to over 1000 investors
and peers in the North American technology ecosystem. The companies join an elite list of CIX TOP alumni including: AlayaCare, Axonify, Breather, CareGuide, Chango,
Clearbanc, D-Wave, Flinks, Flybits, Freshbooks, Hubba, Influitive, Kobo Books, League, Nanopay, Nuology, Q4, SecureKey, UrtheCast, Vidyard, Wattpad, Wave and
Wealthsimple, to name just a few.
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Sunway Hotels & Resorts signs 3-year agreement with Amadeus to boost efficiency and customer
loyalty
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Amadeus, an industry-leading provider of hospitality technology solutions, has announced a new agreement with Sunway Hotels & Resorts, one of Asia’s most
prominent international hotel groups, to deliver a comprehensive technology solution enabling them to streamline reservations and loyalty programs across Sunway’s 11
independent properties in Malaysia, Cambodia, and Vietnam, as well as future developments which include a new hotel in Malaysia’s southern state of Johor, scheduled
to launch in 2021. As part of the 3-year agreement, the hotel group will implement Amadeus’ iHotelier® Central Reservation System, Guest Management Solutions, and
Website Management Solutions in various phases. Collectively these products will consolidate and organise important guest and operational data as well as provide
actionable insights. This is a timely move, as data-driven approaches to guest acquisition and retention are more crucial than ever – according to recent Amadeus research.
76% of senior hospitality industry leaders globally are planning to target new audiences to make up for impacted revenue from their usual business mix, with 75% sharing
that forward-looking data will be critical to executing their recovery plan in a COVID-19 context. Through Amadeus’ Central Reservation System, Sunway Hotels &
Resorts will be able to organise its portfolio, rates, and inventory in a centralised platform, providing the core capabilities needed to manage hotel distribution and
merchandising. Its scalable design lets individual hotels customise the platform according to their individual needs. Additionally, an API-first approach helps reduce the
pain of costly migrations, making it easier for the various properties across the group to introduce these new technologies.
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South East Asian OTA 12Go and Amadeus sign new distribution agreement for access to European
rail content
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South East Asian online travel agency (OTA) 12Go announces that it is partnering with leading travel technology provider Amadeus to give its customers access
to European rail content. This new distribution agreement will allow 12Go customers to search and book European rail tickets in their own language and currency.
By implementing Amadeus Web Services, 12Go will have access to rail content from all major European carriers, and will start by selling Renfe (Spain), SNCF
(France), Eurostar (France and England) and Thalys (Europe). While travel to Europe from Asia is still limited at the moment due to the COVID-19 situation, this
partnership will put the Southeast Asian startup in a great position to support inter-regional travel within Europe when international travel levels pick-up in the
future. Further benefits from the Value Rail business model include one single connection as well as one contract versus multiple links and contracts with
individual railways. With a single interface and sales system, 12Go will have a more efficient and easier way to sell rail travel, enabling multinational customers
to find global rail routes and fares via a dedicated portal. Since launching in Singapore in 2012, 12Go has cemented a strong reputation for providing cost-effective
and relevant ground transportation options to travel operators and travelers firstly across South East Asia and now internationally too.
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Amadeus renews multi- year distribution agreement with Air New Zealand
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Amadeus has announced it has renewed its multi-year distribution agreement with Air New Zealand. Under the agreement the airline will continue to make its fares
and air content available to Amadeus-connected travel agencies via the Amadeus Travel Platform. Travel sellers that are connected to the Amadeus Travel Platform
will enjoy access to Air New Zealand’s flight schedules, load changes, seat maps and ancillaries, including real-time updates. Through this platform, Air New
Zealand will continue to be able to reach travel sellers of all types, such as travel management companies, tour operators, retail travel agencies, online travel
agencies, metasearch, media players, as well as corporations. This enables more choice and the best possible service for travelers as well as helping agents drive
upsell opportunities and increased revenue for Air New Zealand. The Amadeus Travel Platform is based on fully open systems that harness the intelligent use of
data. It is a one-stop where travel sellers can access all relevant travel content – including air, accommodation, rail, mobility, insurance and destination – from any
source (EDIFACT, NDC and other APIs) into a single travel platform that can be accessible through a self-booking tool, a mobile or tablet, the travel seller website,
an office location or a chatbot.
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Turkish Airlines makes the digital shopping experience quicker, more accurate and relevant
with Amadeus
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This new long-term IT agreement combined with a recent fleet expansion will take the airline into its next phase of international growth. Deal will bolster
the airline’s digital infrastructure to pave the way for content to be distributed via NDC in the near future. Despite the turbulence facing travel, some airlines
are more laser focused than ever in their pursuit of innovation. For Turkish Airlines this pursuit has never slowed down. Delivering on traveler expectations
and making sure strategy fits shopping behavior, at any time and any place, has always been critical for one of the world’s fastest growing airlines. Following
a recent expansion of its fleet, Turkish Airlines is now fueling its vision with new technology. The airline has signed an IT deal with Amadeus that will help
it deliver personalized offers to travellers across all platforms and devices. The Turkish flag carrier is aiming to expand its customer reach with a series of
new shopping solutions from Amadeus’ Offer Suite. These flexible and modular solutions will allow the airline to connect with new market channels and
develop a future-proof retail strategy. Most significantly, Turkish Airlines will be the first airline to adopt Massive Search, a solution which will help it deliver
the most relevant and bookable fares to travelers. Massive search capabilities are becoming more and more critical for the entire travel industry as digital
infrastructure must swiftly deliver results in the face of rising look to book ratios, which have grown from 10:1 to 1000:1 over the last two decades. Whether
customers are searching for flights on Turkish Airline’s own channels, through a metasearch, online travel agency, or an online ad, Amadeus’technology will
ensure that travelers get a consistent, accurate and fast response.
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Air France-KLM and Amadeus sign new agreement to enable modern retailing via NDC
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As the travel industry continues to navigate this turbulent year, modern retailing via NDC is more than ever a strategic priority for Air France-KLM and
Amadeus. The Air France-KLM group and Amadeus announce an innovative NDC distribution deal. The agreement means that Air France-KLM NDC
offers can be made available for travel agents through the Amadeus Travel Platform and its NDC-enabled solutions. To access Air France-KLM content
distributed via NDC, agents will need to sign bilateral agreements with Air France-KLM and Amadeus. Over the last few years, Air France-KLM has been
working with Amadeus to connect its NDC services to the Amadeus Travel Platform. The prime booking flow of shop, order, pay has already been integrated,
meaning pilot travel agents will be able to book via NDC through the platform in Q4 this year. The full integration with servicing capabilities is expected to
complete in the first half of 2021. Agents will be able to search, compare, book, and service Air France-KLM content in one merged display through their
go-to Amadeus solution, whether the Travel API or Selling Platform Connect. Amadeus will also be enabling corporate travelers to book via NDC through
cytric Travel & Expense. This is another important milestone in Amadeus’ NDC [X] program which brings together airlines and travel sellers around the
world to collectively drive NDC forward. Now more than ever, there is a need to collaborate across the industry and to have automated, scalable end-to-end
solutions that are thoroughly integrated to ensure bookings can be made and serviced efficiently.
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Anaplan to Support Shell with Digital Transformation
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Anaplan, Inc. provider of a cloud-native platform for orchestrating business performance, announced a multi-year deal with Shell Information
Technology International BV that will help Shell to accelerate its digital transformation of business and finance processes across their
enterprise. Shell is leveraging the Anaplan platform to improve agility and further simplify and standardize processes to drive better business
outcomes. As part of the multi-year deal, Shell is expanding use of the Anaplan platform to deepen integration across finance and operational
planning and forecasting processes, resulting in shorter cycle times and improved data transparency. Shell successfully implemented Anaplan
in a few processes to support automation by removing manual spreadsheets. Large global enterprises leverage Anaplan to orchestrate business
performance by breaking down siloed decision making and connecting critical operational drivers with financial outcomes for improved
agility and resilience. Anaplan’s platform enables CFOs and operating leaders to work from a single source of truth to deliver real-time
insights, continuously model scenarios and adapt for winning outcomes amid complex change.
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Centage Brings Intelligent Planning to Canada with Additional Regions Added to Support
Customers
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Centage Corporation (www.centage.com), the leading provider of cloud financial software for corporate planning, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting,
announced they have added additional regions in Canada on Amazon Web Services (AWS) to support a growing customer base. The announcement demonstrates
the company’s commitment to deliver high-speed, high-performance, robust budgeting, planning and analytics capabilities to Canadian customers as the company
expands its cloud footprint and customer base globally. Finance teams around the world are turning to Planning Maestro to help them manage performance,
optimize cash flow, test scenarios, make faster decisions, and plan the future with confidence. AWS is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud
platform, offering over 25 geographical regions with multiple Availability Zones per region containing one or more data centers with redundant power, networking
and connectivity. With AWS, Planning Maestro is highly available, fault tolerant and horizontally scalable and delivers a robust, redundant and highly reliable
security posture. Centage’s platform for budgeting, planning, forecasting and analytics delivers a level of sophisticated financial intelligence typically only
enjoyed by large enterprises, but through Centage now made accessible for small- and medium-sized businesses. The platform allows finance teams to integrate
data from multiple sources, easily build and manipulate driver-based financial models, predict balance sheet and cash flow performance with accurate and
automated forecasts, as well as run what-if scenarios to test the impacts of strategic decisions.
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GLUETEC GROUP Deploys Comarch ERP Enterprise for International Production
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The GLUETEC GROUP, headquartered in the Franconian city of Greußenheim (Germany) as GLUETEC Industrieklebstoffe GmbH & Co. KG, decided to
introduce Comarch ERP Enterprise in order to consolidate the processes of its three locations through one central software solution. The company is one of the
major suppliers of industrial adhesive and sealing material in Europe. Its decision in favor of Comarch ERP Enterprise was motivated by the software's important
technological functionalities in the fields of production and configuration as well as Comarch's international presence. In consequence of the Corona crisis, the
selection process was carried out based on a series of online conferences. It did not go without notice that GLUETEC, the specialist for adhesives, and Comarch,
the IT manufacturer, have a lot in common: both companies are full-service providers with locations and solutions in Germany as well as in Poland – one selling
adhesive solutions, the other offering IT solutions. GLUETEC represents more than 20 years of experience with chemical products for bonding and sealing in the
areas of industry, crafts, and trade. The company offers an advanced product portfolio with attractive adhesive solutions for production, maintenance, and DIY.
Having the courage to go new ways, GLUETEC develops and produces own high-performance adhesives. Their research focuses on designing and making
innovative, user-friendly adhesive formulations. All products are manufactured centrally at the WIKO Klebetechnik Sp. zo.o. production site in Częstochowa. The
GLUETEC GROUP is the right partner when searching for integrated adhesive solutions in the B2B environment, scoring with attractive services along the value
chain: adhesives and contract filling coupled with packaging technology and private label product design. Together, the three locations in Germany, Poland, and
Slovenia count 75 employees and generate an annual turnover of EUR15 million. In order to create sustainable growth, GLUETEC continuously invests in
developing, manufacturing, and marketing innovative adhesive systems.
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Comarch Business Intelligence at Oney Insurance (PCC) Limited
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Malta-based Oney Insurance (PCC) Limited is set to implement a BI solution from a global software house, Comarch. The project
encompasses building an insurance-specific data warehouse representing the main insurance activities including sales, underwriting, claims
and actuarial. Operating in the cloud, Comarch Business Intelligence enables users to extract data from multiple sources, including both Oney
core insurance systems and external systems. ‘Our product makes it possible to combine data from multiple sources, analyse the information
into a digested format, and then disseminate the information to relevant stakeholders’, says Oney Group Account Manager of Comarch
Financial Services. This will allow Oney Insurance (PCC) Limited to see the big picture and make smarter business decisions each day. Oney
Insurance (PCC) Limited is an insurance company belonging to Oney Bank, a French bank founded in 1983. Oney Bank, is a subsidiary of
Groupe BPCE and Auchan Holding.
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Apptio Accelerates Growth Across Asia-Pacific (APAC) As Demand for Technology Business
Management (TBM) Solutions Across the Region Continues to Rise
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Apptio, Inc., a leading provider of technology business management (TBM) solutions that help organisations analyse, plan and optimise
technology spend, marks strong momentum across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region with the addition of 46 new customers, an expanded
footprint across nine countries and strategic new hires. Apptio reported a 45 percent year-over-year increase in revenue in the APAC region
bolstered by new customers in the financial services, insurance, retail and wholesale, energy, technology and telecommunications, consumer
goods, education and public sector space. The company is now serving several top banks in Australia and Southeast Asia who are leveraging
Apptio’s solutions to strengthen visibility into their technology spending. The company recently opened its first office in Tokyo, Japan. Under
the leadership of Managing Director, Ayumu Narizuka, the central office will enable Apptio to continue developing an ecosystem of
partnerships across APAC and deliver world-class solutions and services to its increasingly global customer base. Historically, the lack of fully
localised IT financial management tools has been a significant barrier to adoption for many international markets like Japan. But Apptio has
made its IT Financial Management Foundation (ITFMF) solutions available in Japanese and plans to release additional capabilities in the local
language over the coming months.
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KLG Europe deploys Descartes’ e-Customs solution in preparation for Brexit
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Descartes Systems Group the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, provides worldwide logistics service
provider; KLG Europe, with its e-Customs solution to support with the impending compulsory customs declarations processes post Brexit.
Freight forwarder KLG Europe’s operations have been predominantly conducted within the EU, meaning that prior to Brexit, customs
declarations have not been necessary for the organisation. And for its 5% of import and exports to non-EU countries, the customs declarations
were previously outsourced to agents. With the impending deadline of Brexit, and the reality of EU customs declarations increasing from none
to an estimated 28,000 per year, it became commercially clear that KLG Europe needed a solution to successfully manage this volume of
customs declarations in-house. Ensuring its business remains efficient and compliant is critical for its clients. After seeking advice from
Descartes and with the help of the Government’s Customs Grant Scheme, KLG Europe has been able to deploy Descartes' e-Customs solution
and has undergone training with Descartes – ensuring the complicated customs declarations process will be as straightforward as possible,
once the Brexit deadline passes.
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CyberCX Selects FinancialForce to Consolidate 15 Business Units and Bring Core Business
Data onto a Single System
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FinancialForce, provider of the only modern ERP suite and the #1 professional services automation (PSA), announced that CyberCX, a leading cybersecurity
provider based in Australia, is integrating its business on a single platform powered by FinancialForce and Salesforce. As a pure-play cybersecurity company,
CyberCX offers the region’s most comprehensive end-to-end capabilities, securing communities and defending businesses, enterprises and government agencies
from global and local cyber threats. Formed last year, CyberCX is currently consolidating 15 of Australia’s independent cybersecurity companies—and a
workforce of well over 500 cybersecurity professionals—under a single national footprint. CyberCX is now leveraging the Salesforce platform and FinancialForce
to bring together these fifteen disparate entities and integrate core business data onto a single, unified system. FinancialForce, being 100% native to the Salesforce
platform, gives CyberCX the native integration it needs to enable automation for project delivery, supply chain management, resource management and financial
management on one platform. The demand for cybersecurity software, professionals, configuration and remote monitoring solutions, and managed services
continue to grow. Cybersecurity leaders like CyberCX require a customer-centric business suite to help manage services, subscriptions, billing through to revenue
recognition and accounting for their fast changing business. As the leading services automation and cloud ERP suite built native on Salesforce, FinancialForce
enables CyberCX to benefit from faster data flows, better resource allocation and utilization, improved governance, greater visibility, the ability to forecast, and
ultimately greater customer satisfaction.
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Symega Food Ingredients Blends with Infor to Accelerate Time to Market and Drive Growth
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Infor, a global leader in business cloud software specialized by industry, announced that Symega Food Ingredients, a food ingredients manufacturer, has automated business operations
with Infor PLM (Optiva) to promote collaboration, enterprise-wide visibility, and scalability to accelerate innovation and growth. With business operations spread across multiple
countries, Symega produces natural colours, flavours and savoury blends for diverse food and beverage (F&B) segments such as bakery, dairy, confectionary, pharma and savoury.
Symega’s business is committed to introducing new taste formats, aromas and sensory experiences with a specialized team of food technologists, flavourists and sensory experts that
inspires new culinary experiences across the globe. With business success depending on the innovation of new ingredients and a faster go-to-market, Symega implemented Infor PLM
(Optiva) to significantly reduce product development cycle time, while ensuring regulatory compliance standards are met. With the help of the Infor solution, Symega was able to unify
dispersed data and complex business processes across multiple functional groups in the organization. With increased automation, Symega anticipates productivity improvements and
lowered operational costs over time, while delivering quality products to customers and enhancing the overall customer experience. Symega Food Ingredients was started in 1972 with
a vision to add further value to various local spices that were abundant in the region. The company is engaged in manufacturing and marketing natural colours, flavours and savoury
blends to food and beverage industries worldwide. With a focus on innovation, in-depth understanding of market trends, technical expertise, and a diligent team of food technologists,
they create food solutions that expand the horizons of sensory experiences, redefine tastes and transform foods. , Symega offers natural colours, savories, blends and culinary products
to bakeries, dairies, fat, oils, beverages, pharma, noodles, pasta, breakfast mixes, food and beverages, snacks, confectioneries, meat, poultry, seafood, confectionery, soups, stocks and
other industries and related subindustries. It sells to 40 countries across 5 continents in 8 product categories.
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McDreams Optimizes Revenue Management with Infor
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Infor, a global leader in business cloud software specialized by industry, announced that it is equipping the family-owned McDreams hotel group with Infor
EzRMS, Infor’s powerful cloud-based revenue management solution. Infor EzRMS uses deep learning AI to provide enhanced revenue management
functionalities and helps to improve guest service. Founded in 2009, the McDreams group offers low-budget designer rooms in a compact space with a high level
of comfort. The hotel group thus appeals in particular to guests who are looking for overnight accommodation for only a short time – such as business people,
tradesmen and fitters, as well as vacationers on a stopover. With Infor EzRMS, McDreams is able to automate its revenue management, optimize its room
occupancy and independently analyze market data. The solution identifies the special wishes of guests by their behavior. As a result, hoteliers can address
individual needs and provide a highly personalized experience. This can be a significant competitive advantage – especially for hotels located in competitive
markets or highly frequented destinations. McDreams already uses other Infor solutions: The group has been managing all internal hotel management processes
with Infor’s cloud-based property management solution, Infor HMS, for several years. Infor HMS enables myriad contactless transaction features for guests,
including web-based check-in and check-out, and payment processes, all done remotely and intuitively via smartphone. In addition, the cloud-based property
management solution connects different hotels: If a guest in Leipzig wants to know whether a room in Munich is available for the following week, the reception
staff can retrieve this information within seconds – an incredible advantage.
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Posti Takes to the Cloud with Infor
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Infor, a global leader in business cloud software specialized by industry, announced that Finnish postal and logistics leader Posti has begun its migration to
Infor CloudSuite WFM (Workforce Management). Driven by a need to address key business process improvements, the cloud-based application will cover
more than 22,000 employees in Finland. Infor CloudSuite WFM will simplify the shift planning process and offer an improved user experience, including
mobile access, while decreasing running costs and enabling seamless upgrades. The existing on-premises Infor WFM application handles the scheduling and
fully automated time-and-attendance related to operations such as sorting, transportation and delivery of mail and parcels. In addition, the application handles
complex, Posti-specific pay rules and more than 20 collective and local agreements. Infor CloudSuite WFM will continue to support all this existing
functionality. Additional capabilities of Infor CloudSuite WFM include mobile-based, employee self-service including shift timings, leave requests and shift
swapping; new management capabilities to improve staff coverage during holiday seasons and geo-fencing. CloudSuite WFM will cover five new employee
groups and enable integration with other Posti systems. These new capabilities built on a cloud deployment will provide employees with the flexibility they
need to quickly adapt in ’s environment.
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Cloetta Finds Digital Sweet Spot with Infor
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Infor, a global leader in business cloud software specialised by industry, announced that Cloetta, a leading confectionery company in Northern Europe,
has selected Infor CloudSuite Food & Beverage to support digital transformation and drive innovation across its operations. The solution is expected to
go live in 2021 for 650 users. Serving markets across Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Germany and the UK, Cloetta has eight
production facilities in five countries. The nature of the confectionery sector is that most purchases are impulse driven and experiential, therefore
keeping pace with demand whilst ensuring quality is paramount to its success. Cloetta selected Infor CloudSuite Food & Beverage based on a number
of factors. Having been an Infor M3 customer for many years, a long-standing and trusted relationship with Infor existed. In addition, the confectionery
leader was impressed with the deep industry functionality in Infor CloudSuite Food & Beverage, which supports the nuances and dynamics of its
business, including aspects such as quality control, recipe management and traceability. In line with its quest to modernise, the solution’s multi-tenant
cloud architecture was key to the decision.
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Mount Sinai South Nassau Kicks Off Interoperability Transformation with Infor
Healthcare
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Infor announced that Mount Sinai South Nassau (MSSN) has selected Infor Cloud Cloverleaf™ to increase interoperability across its network of healthcare services and
providers. Specifically, the organization has migrated to the newest cloud-based iteration of Infor Cloverleaf to further bring patient information to the point of care and
assist clinicians to make more effective and informed decisions. Infor Cloverleaf will enable data interoperability and integration across many systems, both inside and
outside of the organization, through support of proprietary and traditional data formats and protocols as well as newer web-based API (Application Programming
Interface) standards such as FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources). By moving to the newest version of Infor Cloverleaf in the cloud, MSSN will be able to
focus more time on care and business outcomes, spend less time managing servers and applications, begin leveraging FHIR and API-based data exchange, and benefit
from being on the latest version of Cloverleaf with routine upgrades. Healthcare organizations require connectivity between diverse systems and, although these systems
need to share information, they often have different protocols for connectivity and different formats for recording the same data. As a result, it can be expensive and
complex to maintain point-to-point connections among all these systems. The Infor Cloverleaf Integration Suite supports many protocols for communication and has the
ability to transform messages between many different industry-standard data formats. Cloverleaf acts as a common hub through which systems communicate, eliminating
the need for expensive point-to-point connections.
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Corporate Visions fuels productivity with a best-in-class financial stack based on Sage
Intacct
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Corporate Visions, Inc., a leading provider of marketing, sales, and customer success messaging and training, adopted Sage Intacct’s audit-ready financial management solution to meet
the unique requirements of its fast-paced services business. Sage Intacct, which is available in Sage Business Cloud, helped the firm scale amidst several acquisitions, increase
efficiency by automating complex revenue recognition and subscription management, and make better-informed business decisions. A decade ago, Corporate Visions first deployed
Sage Intacct, successfully adopting modern financial processes and easily absorbing four new acquisitions in less than three years. Six years later, the company attempted an
implementation of large “all-in-one” ERP platform. Unfortunately, the complex software created issues for Corporate Visions, and the board ultimately decided to re-implement Sage
Intacct and the rest of the company’s previous technology stack.
Since re-adopting Sage Intacct, Corporate Visions has enjoyed significant advantages, such as:
• Scaled easily amidst several acquisitions and business changes: With Sage Intacct, the finance team was able to successfully implement modern financial processes and absorb four
new acquisitions in less than three years. By quickly moving those companies over to Corporate Visions’ multi-entity, multi-dimensional Sage Intacct general ledger, they gained the
ability to effortlessly report consolidated financials to the board of directors.
• Streamlined complex revenue recognition and subscription management: Corporate Visions now uses Sage Intacct Contracts and Projects modules to more effectively manage
complex contracts, which often involve quantity-based and usage-based pricing, multiple line items with separate deliverables, as well as quarterly, annual, and delivery-based billing.
• Increased overall efficiency 20% via integrated, automated workflows: With a 3X more streamlined chart of accounts, simple and timely invoicing, and rapid expense
reimbursements, the organization now benefits from more efficient financial and project management workflows overall.
• Rebuilt trust and confidence in finance team through reliable transparency: Corporate Visions uses Sage Intacct’s dimensions to effortlessly slice and dice financial data for valuable
insights into the state of the business that build trust. Specifically, this visibility helps executives make decisions based on metrics like gross margin by contract, non-recoverable
expenses by customer, and invoice aging by sales region.
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Maxi Di embraces digital innovation with Blue Yonder SaaS solutions
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With more than 10 years collaboration, Blue Yonder and Maxi Di recently renewed their relationship by migrating the existing space planning and
replenishment solutions to SaaS and cloud, based on Blue Yonder’s LuminateTM Platform, which empowers digital supply chains. Maxi Di is a very
well-known, Italian large-scale grocery retailer and is part of the Selex Group. Maxi Di operates through different brands, including A&O for proximity
shops; Famila, Famila Superstore and Iperfamila for supermarkets and hypermarkets format; Dpiù for discount supermarkets; and C+C Cash and Carry for
HORECA customers. Embracing a strategic, digital path to the cloud and SaaS will allow Maxi Di to improve the service levels for its distribution network
and for its customers. Blue Yonder’s digital fulfillment supply chain platform, running on Microsoft Azure, provides synchronized business planning and
execution. It will allow Maxi Di to leverage heterogeneous data from sources both inside and outside the company, positively impacting the manufacturing
and distribution processes. Moreover, Luminate Platform leverages artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) capabilities to achieve more
informed and effective decisions, supporting more profitable supply chains and offering a superior and consistent customer experience.
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L3Harris Technologies Selects Kinaxis to Enhance Real-Time Decision-Making
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Kinaxis® Inc., the authority in driving agility for fast, confident decision-making in an unpredictable world, announced that L3Harris Technologies, an agile global aerospace
and defense technology innovator, has selected Kinaxis RapidResponse® to support strategic and tactical decision-making across its supply chains. L3Harris, one of the largest
defense contractors in the world with 48,000 employees and $18 billion in revenue, provides advanced defense and commercial technologies across air, land, sea, space and
cyber domains. To provide end-to-end supply chain visibility to plan, monitor and respond to demand and supply changes in near real-time, L3Harris selected Kinaxis to support
the company's enterprise planning, starting with its Space and Airborne Systems and Communication Systems segments. Kinaxis will help L3Harris enable collaboration with
internal stakeholders as well as customers and suppliers on sales and operation trade-offs, engineering changes and supply chain disruptions – all critical to meeting targets.
Leveraging the power of Kinaxis RapidResponse and its unique concurrent planning technique, L3Harris gains a single, scalable SaaS planning platform that synchronizes the
company's supply chain. Complex production and supply networks, demand for innovation, and global disruptions are all familiar strains on 's aerospace and defense supply
chains. Kinaxis helps manufacturers gain full visibility into the end-to-end supply chain to make it easier to keep pace, adapt to shifting demand and manage complexity. With
RapidResponse, companies can collaborate across the supply chain network for fast, feasible demand, supply, inventory and capacity plans, run simulations for situations like
rate changes, supply disruptions and engineering changes, and manage data from multiple sources all on a single platform.
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Air Transport Services Group drives essential efficiencies and economies through new
airline operations solution
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Lufthansa Systems and Air Transport Services Group, Inc. (ATSG) announced an agreement to implement Lufthansa Systems’ industry-leading
Integrated Operations Control Center (IOCC) solutions at each of ATSG’s individual cargo airlines, Air Transport International and ABX Air. The
recently signed contract enables each airline to swiftly migrate to the proven Lido Flight 4D flight planning system, monitor flight operations with
NetLine/Ops ++ and manage its crews with NetLine/Crew. The Lido Flight 4D flight planning solution calculates the most suitable and efficient
trajectory for each flight based on all relevant flight data, such as weather conditions, the current airspace situation, fully integrated notice to airmen
(NOTAMs) and further restrictions that may apply. The solution offers many integrated and automated functionalities that reduce the workload of flight
dispatchers who can focus on what really matters – safe and efficient flight planning. NetLine/Ops ++ monitors current flight operations. ATSG’s
airlines can use this solution to avoid disruptions and significantly lower the costs incurred by delays. Its management-by-exception approach enables
operations controllers to focus on critical flights which require a fast reaction. NetLine/Crew supports ATSG across the full crew management process
from planning to crew assignment and tracking.
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Origin Bank Gains Lending Efficiency and an Improved Customer Experience With
nCino
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nCino, Inc. a pioneer in cloud banking and digital transformation solutions for the global financial services industry, announced that $5.3 billion-asset Origin Bank
has implemented the nCino Bank Operating System to create better efficiency in its loan origination process and a more streamlined client experience through
enhanced digital engagement capabilities. Headquartered in Choudrant, Louisiana and serving communities throughout Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi, Origin
Bank places a strong focus on client service. Origin recognized that in a competitive banking landscape with numerous options for clients to choose from, it needed
a strong digital presence to meet existing and future clients’ needs and expectations. By implementing nCino’s Commercial Banking Solution and Customer
Engagement Solution, Origin has been able to achieve a more streamlined and efficient process internally, as well as improve its client experience by simplifying
workflows, increasing transparency and providing additional options for its clients to interact with the Bank digitally. nCino (NASDAQ: NCNO) is the worldwide
leader in cloud banking. The nCino Bank Operating System® empowers financial institutions with scalable technology to help them achieve revenue growth,
greater efficiency, cost savings and regulatory compliance. In a digital-first world, nCino's single digital platform enhances the employee and client experience to
enable financial institutions to more effectively onboard new clients, make loans and manage the entire loan life cycle, and open deposit and other accounts across
lines of business and channels. Transforming how financial institutions operate through innovation, reputation and speed, nCino works with more than 1,100
financial institutions globally, whose assets range in size from $30 million to more than $2 trillion.
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Texas Farm Credit Adopts nCino Platform to Digitally Enhance Agricultural and
Rural Real Estate Lending
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nCino, Inc., a pioneer in cloud banking and digital transformation solutions for the global financial services industry, announced that Texas Farm Credit (TFC) has
deployed the nCino Bank Operating System to improve and digitize its rural property lending processes. TFC, a rural lending cooperative that finances agricultural
production, agribusiness, rural real estate and homes, implemented nCino's cloud-based platform to enhance its digital capabilities, improve transparency, automate
processes, and streamline member onboarding. Headquartered in Robstown, Texas, the cooperative serves 100 Texas counties and is part of the Farm Credit System, a
nationwide network of rural lending cooperatives established in 1916. By partnering with nCino, TFC now has the power of a proven end-to-end digital solution to meet
evolving borrower expectations. TFC initially went live on nCino’s Commercial Banking Solution and Customer Portal and Online Applications features in February
2020, a critical point in the industry, as one month later much of TFC’s workforce went fully remote due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Even with these challenges and
short period of adoption, the number and volume of transactions completed in this new environment has been unmatched as nCino helped the TFC team close a record
$400 million in loans year-to-date, the most in the history of the cooperative. TFC also processed over 2,000 servicing actions through the nCino system. TFC front line
employees previously utilized nine separate systems to originate and close a single loan. With nCino, employees now utilize a single cloud-based platform to streamline
everything from onboarding and document management, to credit analysis, portfolio management, and compliance.
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Sporting Goods Retailer SCHEELS Scores with Oracle Cloud
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An employee-owned company, SCHEELS prides itself on delivering a memorable and immersive shopping experience. In addition to a wide variety of
sporting goods, SCHEELS 28 stores feature entertainment activities including aquariums, cafes, ferris wheels and other large-scale attractions. By moving
to the Oracle Cloud POS system, associates are now free to move about the store to help customers wherever their passion lies. Oracle PartnerNetwork
member BTM Global completed the first implementation of Oracle Retail Xstore and Oracle Retail Xstore Office Cloud Service in just five months. By
adopting the latest Oracle Xstore release, SCHEELS associates are no longer tethered to a central register. Associates can move across departments to guide
the customer to more relevant offers and compelling merchandise. And by moving to the cloud, SCHEELS gains access to continuous innovation, reduces
IT cost long-term, and modernizes infrastructure to keep pace with the changing retail landscape. Oracle is the modern platform for retail. Oracle provides
retailers with a complete, open, and integrated platform for best-of-breed business applications, cloud services, and hardware that are engineered to work
together. Leading fashion, grocery, and specialty retailers use Oracle solutions to accelerate from best practice to next practice, drive operational agility, and
refine the customer experience.
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Xactly Selects Oracle as its Preferred Cloud Infrastructure Provider to Drive Continuous
Innovation
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Oracle announced that Xactly, a leading provider of cloud-based sales performance management software, will be using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure as its primary cloud
provider to run its flagship Incent SaaS application and accelerate its global expansion. As part of the multi-year agreement, Xactly will migrate the majority of its
business critical-workloads from private cloud to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for improved elasticity and exceptional price-performance capabilities. Additionally,
Oracle and Xactly have entered into a strategic partnership to jointly market and sell solutions. By delivering its Incent Suite on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Xactly will
provide its customers with improved performance and speed, lower total cost of ownership compared to other cloud providers, and easy and rapid expansion into new
geographic regions. Available on the Oracle Cloud Marketplace, the Xactly Incent Suite will also be integrated with Oracle Cloud CX APIs. As a pioneer in sales
performance management, Xactly provides a comprehensive suite that empowers teams to build data-driven compensation programs and optimize effective sales
programs. Powered by Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Xactly and its customers will benefit from built-in AI and machine learning to help securely activate real-time
insights and speed execution. This is a significant example of a major cloud-native company turning to Oracle to transform its business. Xactly has been named a Gartner
Magic Quadrant Leader in Sales Performance Management for the past seven years. The sales performance management market grew 14 percent to $1 billion in 2019 as
companies look to gain insights into valuable data across their operations to improve sales execution and operational efficiencies.
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Oracle Expands Government Cloud with National Security Regions for US Intelligence
Community
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To support growing customer demand, Oracle announced a major expansion of the Oracle Government Cloud with the addition of National Security Regions for US
Intelligence Community (IC) and Department of Defense (DoD) customers. These regions were developed to address IC and DoD needs at DISA Impact Level 6, Secret
and Top-Secret security levels, with capabilities including strong encryption, in-depth auditing, and robust security controls. Oracle National Security Regions support
both ICD 705 and ICD 503 requirements. Oracle’s Cloud Network Operations Center (CNOC) is accredited for Secret and Top-Secret data and is operated by
appropriately-cleared personnel. Oracle Cloud provides customers with a compelling array of advanced technology, including high performance data analytics at massive
scale, machine learning-enabled applications, integrated security tools, automated analytics, and Oracle Autonomous Database. Oracle’s EverythingEverywhere ™
initiative drives technical and operational parity across commercial and Government regions. These National Security Regions augment Oracle’s five unclassified
Government cloud regions which are FedRAMP High and DoD Impact Level 5 authorized, as well as Oracle’s 20 global cloud regions spanning five continents. Oracle
Cloud Infrastructure-Government Cloud has achieved dozens of certifications and attestations for key security standards around the globe, including SOC, ISO, PCI, and
HIPAA. These compliance programs, validated by independent third-party auditors, demonstrate Oracle's commitment to security and to addressing the needs of
government customers.
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McColl’s Pivots During Crisis to Serve Vulnerable Customers with Oracle
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McColl’s is one of the UK’s leading neighbourhood retailers serving the convenience and newsagent sectors with 1,400 stores. For communities, the scale and
accessibility of McColl’s became a lifeline during the COVID-19 pandemic. In June, the UK Government introduced a free school meal voucher scheme that enabled
eligible parents and caregivers to receive a weekly eGift card that could be redeemed in a handful of specified grocery retailers. For many vulnerable children, free school
meals are vital to their health and wellbeing. The trick for retailers was to be able to effectively accept these vouchers. Thankfully, McColl’s was able to rise to the
challenge using Oracle Retail Xstore Point-of-Service (POS). In just 11 days, Oracle Retail Consulting (ORC) enabled McColl’s to accept these eGift cards in all of their
stores to become one of only ten UK retailers to offer this service. The caregiver would receive an eGift card on their mobile phone. In the store, a QR barcode was
scanned and validated at the POS and the balance of the eGift card was updated for future shopping. McColl’s has helped its customers redeem more than 30,000 eGift
cards since the scheme began. McColl’s at the same time was also able to react at great speed in order to help those most vulnerable and those isolating during the initial
health crisis and this new services continues . McColl’s introduced Delivery Partner Shopping, most recently through Deliveroo. The customer orders from Deliveroo
and McColl’s fulfilled the order from the closest store. A simple, yet vital, adjustment to the POS made it possible for McColl’s to reconcile the stock and financial
position in the store for each delivery.
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Oracle Chosen as TikTok’s Secure Cloud Provider
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Oracle Corporation announced that it was chosen to become TikTok’s secure cloud technology provider. This technical decision by TikTok was heavily
influenced by Zoom’s recent success in moving a large portion of its video conferencing capacity to the Oracle Public Cloud. Based on decades of
experience securing the world’s most sensitive data, the Oracle Generation 2 Cloud was built from the ground up to fully isolate running applications
and autonomously respond to security threats. Oracle will combine its secure cloud technology with continuous code reviews, monitoring, and auditing
to provide unprecedented assurance that U.S. TikTok user data is private and secure. “TikTok picked Oracle’s new Generation 2 Cloud infrastructure
because it’s much faster, more reliable, and more secure than the first-generation technology currently offered by all the other major cloud providers,”
said Oracle Chief Technology Officer Larry Ellison. “In the 2020 Industry CloudPath survey that IDC recently released where it surveyed 935
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) customers on their satisfaction with the top IaaS vendors including Oracle, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, IBM
and Google Cloud.... Oracle IaaS received the highest satisfaction score.”
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GEA Uses Dassault Systèmes’ Simulation Technology in Plans to Safely Reopen Its Cafeteria for
1,900 Employees
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Dassault Systèmes announced that GEA, one of the world’s largest technology suppliers for food processing and a wide range of other industries, used
SIMULIA applications powered by the 3DEXPERIENCE platform to simulate the airflow in its Oelde, Germany employee cafeteria, which has been
closed since March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and gain insights on how to safely reopen it for 1,900 employees. Understanding that the
coronavirus can spread through droplets in the air, GEA wanted to examine the spread of aerosols in its cafeteria and visualize different safety scenarios
as part of its “Back to Work” initiative to fully reopen all sites. It worked with Dassault Systèmes to build a 3D virtual twin of the cafeteria with
parameters that included people infected with the virus coughing and sneezing, to simulate particle flow behavior throughout the space. GEA was able
to experience how the virus could spread through the air as well as contaminate surfaces like plates, trays and tables. The virtual twin also revealed
unexpected areas of high virus concentration. GEA is now using the simulation results to identify and implement an effective risk management strategy
for a safer cafeteria environment. This includes altering entrances, exits and seating layouts, separating the cafeteria’s kitchen from its catering area,
modifying the ventilation system, and adopting additional safety measures that protect kitchen staff. GEA plans to share videos showing the simulation
results to employees, to clearly communicate why and how new measures were taken, and technology’s role in this strategy.
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Japanese IT and Electronics Company NEC to Globally Implement SAPAriba Solutions
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SAP SE announced that global information and communications technology provider NEC Corporation selected SAP Ariba solutions to help digitalize
its procurement operations across its companies within and outside Japan. ABeam Consulting Ltd. will support the implementation of the system. As
part of its groupwide digital transformation strategy, NEC started its project to modernize the procurement of indirect materials. To help cut spend,
enhance operational efficiency and increase compliance, NEC chose SAP Ariba solutions as its cloud-based procurement system. NEC Management
Partners Co. Ltd. will be the first to roll out the solution, with the rest of the group companies both domestically and globally to follow. In addition to
the full suite of SAP Ariba solutions from strategic sourcing to payment, NEC also will introduce the SAP Signature Management application by
DocuSign, SAP Process Mining application by Celonis and SAP Analytics Cloud solution to enable remote work in light of COVID-19 and to achieve
more efficient and advanced analytics.
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Asahi Group Digitalizes Indirect Materials Procurement with SAPAriba Solutions
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SAP SE announced that Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. (Asahi Group), a global manufacturer of beverages and foods based in Japan, has implemented SAPAriba solutions to help
its domestic group companies digitalize the procurement of indirect materials. As the domestic beer market declined and demand overseas soared with the acquisition of several
premium beer brands in Europe, Asahi Group is strengthening its business and pursuing rapid growth by distributing resources to higher-added-value brands both inside and
outside the country. By selecting SAPAriba solutions as its sole indirect materials purchasing platform in the cloud, Asahi Group aimed to cut costs, strengthen compliance and
improve efficiency and productivity. The implementation began in January 2019 at both Asahi Group and Asahi Professional Management Co. Ltd., which is responsible for
Asahi Group’s business management. Asahi Breweries Ltd. followed in July 2019, with Asahi Soft Drinks Co. Ltd. and Asahi Group Foods Ltd. in January 2020. The rest of
its group companies overseas will follow. Looking to 2021, Asahi Group aims to achieve ongoing cost reduction and compliance by having 80 percent of all indirect materials
spend managed by its procurement team using SAPAriba solutions. With a global platform in place for procuring indirect materials, Asahi Group plans to increase collaboration
and strengthen relationships with its global network of suppliers and set standards for evaluating and continually improving its procurement transformation. Aligned with its
goal to achieve strategic and sustainable procurement operations worldwide, Asahi Group will consider adopting SAP Ariba solutions for direct materials next. SAP Ariba
solutions help companies around the world maximize procurement efficiency, enhance collaboration with suppliers and focus on sustainability. More than 5 million companies
across 190 countries are connected to Ariba Network, making it one of the largest digital business networks in the world. With 25.4 percent market share in 2019, according to
IDC, SAP maintains the top spot in the procurement applications software market with more market share than the next six vendors combined.
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MOL Group Chooses SAPAriba Solutions to Digitalize Global Procurement
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SAP SE announced that energy giant MOL Group has chosen SAP Ariba solutions to digitalize its global procurement operations to increase process transparency and
standardize supplier relationship management. Digitalizing procurement with SAPAriba solutions is the next phase in MOL Group’s strategic plan to digitalize operations with
new generation technologies and automate business processes. The project is an expansion of its use of enterprise resource planning and human resource management solutions
from SAP. With SAP Ariba solutions, including SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Suite and SAP Ariba Commerce Automation, MOL Group aims to:
• Standardize its procurement operation on a single platform in the cloud, reducing complexity and increasing efficiency source to settle
• Improve communication and collaboration among its nearly 200 sourcing professionals and its more than 5,000 suppliers, reducing errors and fostering long-term, strategic
relationships
• Streamline and automate management of more than 4,000 contracts and nearly 250,000 purchase orders annually
• Integrate seamlessly with its SAP ERP system using the SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway solution
SAPAriba solutions provide MOL Group with a modern digital solution to help maximize procurement efficiency and enhance collaboration with suppliers. The company also
will benefit from access to Ariba Network, one of the world’s largest digital business networks, connecting more than five million companies in 190 countries and where more
than US$3.46 trillion in commerce flows annually.
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Western Financial Group Chooses Sapiens’ Policy Solution To Streamline Its Quote To Issuance
Process
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Sapiens Americas, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sapiens International Corporation, a leading global provider of software solutions for the insurance industry, announced that
Western Financial Group (“Western”) has selected Sapiens PolicyPro for Property & Casualty. The Canadian insurance services provider sought a modern solution that could
solve challenges in their quote to issuance process and allow delivery of their white-labeled products enterprise-wide. Western also sought direct integration to their broker
management system so that their underwriters could continue to use that system in a productive and streamlined manner. Sapiens PolicyPro for Property & Casualty is a
modular, scalable and configurable quote, submission and policy management system. PolicyPro is used by agents, underwriters and customers to quote, issue, and administer
policies, including integration with third-party systems. The speed to market, flexibility and adaptability generated by PolicyPro are expected to empower Western to implement
underwriting strategies quickly and more effectively. The solution will also generate more meaningful data to help guide business decisions. PolicyPro provides comprehensive
policy lifecycle support for all P&C lines of business. It offers support for internal users, as well as agent and direct-to-consumer channels. It provides role-based processing,
quick quotes and full application data capture flows, as well as configured, straight-through processing. Complete quote, issue, bind and service functionality includes
“what-if?” scenario-building. PolicyPro is a module of the Sapiens CoreSuite for P&C Insurance platform which offers many other modules.
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AUDIENCEX Expands Relationship with SugarCRM to Accelerate Its Customer Experience Vision
for Agencies and Marketers
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SugarCRM Inc., the innovator of time-aware customer experience (CX), announced that AUDIENCEX, the largest independent trading desk built for
performance marketers and agencies, will leverage Sugar Integrate in order to seamlessly connect its CRM with other customer-facing systems and business
processes to better serve its clients. Sugar Integrate is a low-code, cloud-based solution with pre-built adaptors that enables Sugar customers like
AUDIENCEX to connect their CRM with 200 business apps and systems and leverage a cross-application view of the customer. AUDIENCEX is the leading
digital advertising partner for brands and agencies. We offer strategic, unbiased, omnichannel performance solutions, and create value for our clients by
delivering a combination of high-impact creative, innovative technology, strategic media buying, and data-driven analysis to help them effectively target and
acquire customers throughout the entire purchase funnel.
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SMC Corporation Expands Relationship with SugarCRM to Accelerate Customer Experience
Initiatives
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SugarCRM Inc., the innovator of time-aware CX, announced SMC Corporation, a leader in automated control technology, is expanding its relationship with
SugarCRM to accelerate its customer experience vision. Sugar’s unified CRM solution enables SMC to leverage comprehensive visibility of customer data across
sales channels and support its global business growth goals and robust reseller channel network. Sales and marketing technology implementation expertise is
provided by SugarCRM Elite Partner W-Systems. Sugar’s time-aware CX solutions enable marketing, sales, and service teams to gain a clear, unified view of the
customer and deliver a better experience across the customer journey. SMC Corporation is the leading global pneumatics and industrial automation components
manufacturer with technical development centers in Japan, the U.S., Europe and China. With a broad range of product variations for each system component, SMC
can offer automation solutions capable of meeting the diverse needs of their customers.There are 560 service locations in 83 countries/regions and factories in 31
countries. SMC’s corporate headquarters are in Tokyo, Japan. SMC partners with their end user customers to discover creative ways to reduce overall compressed
air and electrical consumption more than anyone else in the industry. SMC’s comprehensive approach focuses on consuming less raw materials in their
manufacturing process by making products that are smaller, lighter and with a longer operating life than the industry standard.
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Wolters Kluwer and TIS Intec Group implement the CCH Tagetik Finance Transformation Platform at
Internet Initiative Japan Inc. (IIJ)
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CCH Tagetik, part of Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting and the global provider of market-leading software solutions and information services for finance
professionals, has provided CCH Tagetik corporate performance management (CPM) software for Internet Initiative Japan Inc. (IIJ) based in Tokyo implemented
by TIS Intec Group. IIJ was established in 1992 as the first Japanese commercial Internet service provider, and now provides comprehensive network solutions. In
search of a company-wide unified performance management system, IIJ selected CCH Tagetik Finance Transformation Platform, powered by the Analytic
Information hub, to enhance corporate performance management and better inform management decisions. This system is used for the integrated management of
financial and non-financial details of all businesses which realizes sustainable innovation based on company-wide unified KPI indicators. Wolters Kluwer CCH
Tagetik and TIS are committed to helping Japanese companies improve their business management with the strength of CCH Tagetik software, a corporate
performance management platform that allows integrated management of financial and non-financial data down to the item level, combined with TIS's rich
experience of management accounting.
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Mid & East Antrim Borough Council to digitally transform experience for 800+ employees
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Mid & East Antrim Borough Council is driving cost savings and efficiencies by switching to a new, integrated Software as a Service solution from leading
enterprise software provider TechnologyOne. The Northern Ireland council is working with TechnologyOne to replace legacy IT systems with the new
industry leading OneCouncil SaaS solution. The mobile-enabled system will help transform the council’s digital experience by bringing together finance,
HR, payroll and procurement systems into a single, enterprise solution. This will allow the council to improve efficiencies, by reducing manual data inputting
and improving data quality, analytics and reporting. Replacing legacy Totalmobile on-premise software with TechnologyOne’s SaaS OneCouncil solution,
Mid & East Antrim Borough Council will simplify how its 800 employees access financial, HR and payroll systems. Employees will be able to access
business tools and information using any device, anywhere and at any time. This will make it easier for them to update and view their personnel records,
including payslips and holiday entitlement, and request annual leave online self-service. The reduction of paperwork will also be in line with a key Council
objective – the protection of our environment.
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Varo, First Consumer Fintech Granted National Bank Charter in the US, goes live with Temenos
Cloud Technology
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Temenos the banking software company, announced that its cloud-native technology platform has gone live with Varo Bank, N.A. (“Varo”). Varo, the first
consumer fintech granted a national bank charter in the US, is using Temenos Transact as its core banking technology. Temenos Transact makes it possible
to rapidly innovate and offer a full range of digital banking products, from deposit and saving accounts to credit and loans, at a lower cost – supporting Varo’s
mission to advance the financial wellbeing of millions of Americans underserved by traditional banks. Varo’s trailblazing, all-digital banking services are
supported by Temenos Transact core banking technology hosted in the cloud. Temenos’ advanced cloud-native platform enables Varo to continuously deploy
new features and products and rapidly innovate. Temenos’ platform also allows the bank to automate its back office, reduce costs and benefit from lower
cost/income ratio. This supports Varo’s ability to rapidly scale based on customer demand and offer an expanded portfolio of services at a lower cost such as
checking and saving accounts with no monthly fees. Temenos US model bank approach also helped Varo meet the specific business and regulatory needs of
the market in an efficient and cost-effective way. Varo is currently implementing Temenos Infinity Origination, a solution tailored to support loan and account
origination in North America for banks and credit unions. The national bank charter allows Varo to expand its offering of comprehensive, FDIC-insured
banking services and accelerate the pace of product innovation, supported by Temenos’APIs Temenos technology will help Varo to bring its next generation
of new banking products and features to market faster and at a lower cost.
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Banco del Sol, the digital bank of Grupo Sancor Seguros, Argentina’s largest insurance company,
goes live with Temenos Transact to offer innovative services
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Temenos, the banking software company, announced that Banco del Sol has gone live with Temenos Transact, the next generation in core banking, Temenos Financial
Crime Mitigation, and Temenos Analytics. Temenos’ cloud-native technology and country model bank methodology, enabled the bank to go live quickly with built-in
configurations for local market requirements. Banco del Sol is a digital bank of Sancor Seguros that aims to deliver client experiences and personalized solution for
customers to better manage their finances. The bank has a network of 8,400 representatives throughout the country and a staff of 200 to support every corner of the
country using technology to empower its customers. Banco del Sol aims to establish itself among retail customers, and then move into the SME space, which makes up
more than 99% of Argentinian businesses and employs 70% of its workforce. Banco del Sol needed a technology partner to offer an enhanced digital experience, which
has since positioned them to best support both consumers and businesses, a key strategy in the wake of the pandemic. Rapid time-to-market, and the ability to integrate
and create a wider ecosystem were key to Banco del Sol’s strategy, in line with a growing trend among banks. In a recent report published by the Economist Intelligence
Unit on behalf of Temenos, 45% of banking executives plan to transform their existing business models into digital ecosystems. With Temenos’ winning combination of
rich banking functionality and revolutionary cloud-native technology, Banco del Sol is positioned to scale quickly as it penetrates new markets. Temenos’ API-first
technology and comprehensive analytics will enable Banco del Sol to quickly roll out innovative and personalized products and services in the public cloud. Temenos
invests 20% of its revenues into research and development, ensuring that Banco del Sol and its customers will continue to benefit from leading technology and new
advancements now and in the future. The implementation was supported by Temenos’ regional partner, GlobalLogic with their local Argentinian team.
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Top Tier US Credit Union Selects Temenos Infinity to Offer Differentiated Digital Experience for
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Temenos, the banking software company, announced that Elevations Credit Union selected Temenos Infinity delivered on the cloud to digitally transform its member
experience. Temenos Infinity will streamline processes, while enabling the credit union to provide frictionless, differentiated member experiences across mobile and online
channels. This will allow the credit union to better engage with members, improve money management capabilities, and roll out new capabilities tailored to the needs of its
widening member base. Elevations Credit Union serves over 140,000 members throughout seven counties in Colorado. The credit union seeks to foster growth in its community
by providing members with an empowering banking experience. With over $2 billion in assets and growing, the credit union was looking for a partner to transform its online
and mobile app experiences for both retail and business banking. Financial institutions around the world are looking at how to deliver the digital experiences that account
holders are demanding. In a new report published by the Economist Intelligence Unit on behalf of Temenos – “Forging New Frontiers: advanced technologies will revolutionize
banking” – 66% of banking executives cited new technologies as having the biggest impact on banks by 2025, with 27% of respondents saying that improving the user
experience will be the most valuable use of artificial intelligence. Elevations Credit Union will leverage the agility and AI-based capabilities of Temenos Infinity to meet the
needs of its tech-savvy member base and provide a best-in-class digital experience. Temenos Infinity is the leading omnichannel digital banking product covering engagement
from acquisition, to account servicing, through to long-term retention, supporting multiple stages of growth. Over 600 financial institutions in the US and Canada use Temenos
Infinity. This core-agnostic, cloud-native and cloud-agnostic digital front office product is the leader in customer acquisition and digital banking engagement. Temenos Infinity
enables banks to increase digital revenues by 5x and cut customer onboarding time by 75%.
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Hotel du Vin and Malmaison cooking up some magic with the implementation of Access
Procure Wizard
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Frasers Hospitality, owner of boutique hotel brands Hotel du Vin and Malmaison, has strengthened its back of house procurement system with the
implementation of leading purchase to pay software, Access Procure Wizard, from The Access Group. The selection of Access Procure Wizard
follows a competitive tendering process and will see implementation across 35 Hotel du Vin and Malmaison properties along with 12 Frasers'
properties across the UK and Europe. In response to current social distancing restrictions, training is being delivered to staff remotely, leading to
full Learning Management System Accreditation so that operational efficiencies will be possible immediately on implementation, expected to be
in October. Director of Procurement for the group commented: "We wanted a purchase-to-pay software option that suited the complexity of our
business and gave full visibility of our procurement process and volumes. It was also important to have exceptional functionality and flexibility
that could be integrated into our operating systems and provide comprehensive reporting. Access Hospitality understands the industry and has
credibility and strength in the sector, and we identified that Access Procure Wizard was an ideal fit for our business, providing bespoke platforms
for our three distinct brands."
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Surrey County Council Selects Unit4 People Experience Suite to Deliver Organization
Wide Transformation Program
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Unit4, a cloud leader in enterprise software for people-centred organizations, announced that Surrey County Council has awarded Unit4 a £30 million contract for the
replacement of its SAP ERP system. With Unit4’s Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Financial Planning and Analytics (FP&A) Talent Management and Proactis Supplier
Management, Sourcing and Contract Management solutions, the Council will be able to address urgent technical drivers for change, while also enabling the council to achieve
its ambitions to transform services, drive efficiencies, improve management decision making and to fully enable a flexible and mobile workforce. The implementation of the
Unit4 platform will result in effective decision making and an agile and flexible way of working. The Council, its employees and customers will be able to request leave, manage
performance and development information, view real-time information and analytics via dashboards and reports, as well as forecast spend and monitor budgets, more quickly
and efficiently. Surrey is a large county in the South East of England, with a population of over 1.15m citizens and an annual operating budget of £1.2bn. Surrey County Council
is one of the largest Local Government organizations in the UK. It has ambitious plans to deliver a digital transformation program that will include:
• Intuitive digital self-service processes
• Increased automation of transactional processes
• A single trusted source of accurate and timely financial, people and procurement data
• Improved evidence-based decision making
• New income generation streams
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AstraZeneca Selects Veeva Vault Quality Suite to Modernize Global Quality Management
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Veeva Systems announced that AstraZeneca has selected Veeva Vault QMS and Veeva Vault QualityDocs to unify quality management and content
on a single cloud platform. Veeva Vault Quality Suite enables AstraZeneca to streamline quality processes across the enterprise, increasing
real-time visibility, efficiency, and speed. Driving manufacturing agility through automation is foundational to AstraZeneca’s strategic digital
transformation initiative. With the Vault Quality Suite, AstraZeneca can easily collaborate with external suppliers and partners to increase
transparency and bring drugs to patients faster. AstraZeneca is a global, science-led biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery,
development and commercialization of prescription medicines, primarily for the treatment of diseases in three therapy areas – Oncology,
Cardiovascular, Renal & Metabolism, and Respiratory & Immunology. Based in Cambridge, UK, AstraZeneca operates in over 100 countries and
its innovative medicines are used by millions of patients worldwide.
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More Than 500 Clinical Research Sites Adopt Veeva SiteVault to Accelerate Research
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Accelerating clinical research is a top priority across sites, sponsors, and CROs. To help speed research, more sites are using Veeva SiteVault Free
for managing study documentation and collaborating remotely with study monitors. In eight months since the product has been available from
Veeva Systems (NYSE: VEEV), the number of SiteVault Free customers has increased to more than 500 in over 30 countries, signaling a rapid
shift among global research sites to simplify and streamline study execution. Veeva SiteVault eliminates manual and paper-based processes with a
modern application to manage regulatory and source documentation compliant with 21 CFR Part 11 and HIPAA requirements. Capabilities such
as electronic signatures, certified copy workflows, and reporting simplify compliance. With remote monitoring, sites can give study monitors
secure and direct access to study binders from any location and streamline collaboration throughout every stage of source document review and
verification. Veeva SiteVault Free can be used for all trials regardless of what technology sponsors are using, as well as the site file for
investigator-initiated trials. The application is free for clinical research sites and comes with full training and support.
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Medis Selects Veeva CRM to Deliver Personalized Experiences to Healthcare Professionals
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Veeva Systems announced that Medis has switched to multichannel Veeva CRM in 15 countries across Central and Eastern Europe to advance its
commercial strategy and drive more efficient and effective interactions with healthcare professionals (HCPs). Medis is a leading independent
medical marketing company that specializes in the commercialization of innovative pharmaceutical products. The company needed a CRM
solution to effectively execute their customers’ commercial and medical strategies with speed and compliance. With Veeva CRM, Medis can now
efficiently deliver compliant, tailored experiences to HCPs across all channels, including face-to-face, email, and web. As part of multichannel
Veeva CRM, Medis is implementing Veeva CRM, Veeva CLM, Veeva CRM Engage Meeting, and Veeva CRM Approved Email. Learn more about
Veeva commercial solutions at Veeva Commercial & Medical Summit Online, Europe, November 17-18. The event is only open to life sciences
industry professionals.
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Veeva Commercial Cloud Selected by Idorsia to Accelerate Digital Engagement Globally
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Veeva Systems announced that Idorsia Pharmaceuticals Ltd has selected Veeva Commercial Cloud to enable its digital field force in the U.S.,
Japan, and countries across Europe. Idorsia is at the forefront of innovative therapies and needed best-in-class cloud technology to drive its global
commercial strategy. Veeva Commercial Cloud brings together multichannel engagement, data, content, and analytics to give Idorsia the
foundation for digital excellence. Adoption of Veeva Commercial Cloud builds upon Idorsia’s success with Veeva Development Cloud in speeding
end-to-end product development. Idorsia is a fast-growing biopharmaceutical company based in Switzerland with a broad portfolio of innovative
drugs in its pipeline. Idorsia Ltd is reaching out for more – We have more ideas, we see more opportunities and we want to help more patients. In
order to achieve this, we will develop Idorsia into one of Europe’s leading biopharmaceutical companies, with a strong scientific core.
Headquartered in Switzerland – a biotech-hub of Europe – Idorsia is specialized in the discovery and development of small molecules, to transform
the horizon of therapeutic options. Idorsia has a broad portfolio of innovative drugs in the pipeline, an experienced team, a fully-functional research
center, and a strong balance sheet – the ideal constellation to bringing R&D efforts to business success. Idorsia was listed on the SIX Swiss
Exchange (ticker symbol: IDIA) in June 2017 and has over 800 highly qualified specialists dedicated to realizing our ambitious targets.
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Avalara Chooses Galvanize to Unify Global Teams Under a Single GRC Platform
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Galvanize, the global leader in SaaS governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) software, announced that Avalara, Inc., a leading provider of cloud-based tax compliance
automation for businesses of all sizes, has chosen its HighBond platform to unite the entire organization under a single GRC solution for faster, more informed business
decisions. Previously, Avalara depended on several decentralized systems to handle large quantities of GRC data across multiple teams. They identified a need for a
unified platform to aggregate data and manage complex orchestration across the company. With offices in five countries around the world, Avalara needed strong
integration capabilities and automated workflows in order to arm leaders with the most up-to-date information for fast, informed decision-making. Avalara will deploy
several products within the HighBond platform, including AuditBond, ACL Robotics, ContinuityBond, ControlsBond, ITRMBond, PolicyBond, and ThirdPartyBond.
Using automation capabilities and powerful analytics, these solutions will coalesce Avalara’s processes under one platform, allowing teams to glean real-time insights,
increase transparency around decision-making, and take advantage of key growth opportunities. Avalara helps businesses of all sizes get tax compliance right. In
partnership with leading ERP, accounting, ecommerce, and other financial management system providers, Avalara delivers cloud-based compliance solutions for various
transaction taxes, including sales and use, VAT, GST, excise, communications, lodging, and other indirect tax types. Headquartered in Seattle, Avalara has offices across
the U.S. and around the world in Europe, Brazil, and India.
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XIFIN LIS 7 Helps Laboratories Process Increased Testing Volumes Due to COVID-19
Crisis
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The COVID-19 pandemic has created an overwhelming demand for testing, with laboratories nationwide seeing, on average, testing volumes at 1.6 times their normal
levels. This pressure demonstrates the need for technology that not only supports a virtual workforce but also helps labs handle this surge in testing volumes and increase
their throughput more easily. XIFIN is helping laboratories respond to these challenges and seize new opportunities with the next iteration of its cloud-based laboratory
information system, XIFIN LIS 7. The enhanced platform features new capabilities that further support high complexity, high volume labs, including integrated speech
recognition, which is available through XIFIN’s strategic partnership with Dolbey and Company, Inc. Through the partnership, XIFIN LIS 7 now integrates Dolbey’s
cloud-based voice recognition solution, Fusion Narrate® powered by nVoq™. This provides physicians and pathologists with valuable speech recognition tools that
enable voice commands, allowing seamless dictation of case findings and other observations with a high degree of accuracy. Such capabilities are crucial for laboratories
and pathology practices that have been juggling COVID-19 and routine testing as surges continue to occur. With integrated voice dictation and voice navigation,
physicians and pathologists can review slides and input diagnoses into system workflows and navigate within the system hands free. This feature noticeably eliminates
“click fatigue” and enables users to have more use of their hands at all times.
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The Rutland Group Selects Yardi Voyager to Streamline Operations
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The Rutland Group has chosen Yardi® as its technology platform to manage its commercial real estate assets and development projects across the UK. Yardi’s
technology offering to The Rutland Group is anchored by its asset and property accounting platform, Yardi® Voyager. The company will also utilize Voyager’s
procurement functionality and advanced service charge capability to modernise and streamline its services and operations. The Rutland Group is an award winning,
privately owned property development, management and investment company which was founded by its Chief Executive, Jim McAllister, in 1984. Since 2002 The
Rutland Group has managed Dunsfold Park, a former BAE SYSTEMS site, transforming what was a vacant site into a thriving commercial centre which is now
the largest employment site in the borough of Waverley. Yardi® develops and supports industry-leading investment and property management software for all types
and sizes of real estate companies. Established in 1984, Yardi is based in Santa Barbara, Calif., and serves clients worldwide from offices in Australia, Asia, the
Middle East, Europe and North America.
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A leading real estate developer in the South East Asian region transforms procurement
with Zycus
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Zycus, a global leader in AI driven Source-to-Pay software solutions, signs a 5-year contract with a leading real estate investment company in Philippine. With the
advent of a global pandemic, the organization’s on-going decision to digitally transform its procurement process took precedence. The company was looking for a
solution that would help streamline procurement operations and achieve bottom-line savings in the process. With the industry staring at major changes in the
market in the short term, procurement’s strategic role in the company strengthened, and a best-of-breed solution such as Zycus played an important role in planning
the company’s future. The organization licensed Zycus’ Source-to-Pay solution suite to Digitally transform its procurement setup The source-to-pay automation
promises a shorter procurement cycle time, better compliance to processes, higher efficiencies in sourcing, negotiation, and contracting processes and quicker
procurement and invoicing turnaround times, leading to better procurement management. Zycus is a leading global provider of A.I. powered Source-to-Pay suite
for procurement, finance, and AP organizations. Our comprehensive product portfolio includes eProcurement, eInvoicing, Spend Analysis, eSourcing, Contract
Management, Supplier Management, Financial Savings Management, Project Management, Request Management, Supplier Network, Insight Studio, and Merlin
A.I. Suite with intelligent BOTs. Our spirit of innovation and passion to help organizations create greater business impact is reflected among the hundreds of
procurement solution deployments that we have undertaken over the years.
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Zycus selected by one of the largest restaurants and bakery chains in the Philippines for its
source-to-contract transformation
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Zycus, a global leader in AI driven Source-to-Pay software solutions signs a 5-year contract with Philippines’ leading restaurant and bakery chain to streamline its
procurement. The organization is one of the largest restaurants and bakery chains in the Philippines and wished to invest in a scalable sourcing solution that could
be adopted across the organization’s departments for an integrated and digitalized process. With Zycus’ iSource and iContract modules, the company wished to
accelerate and optimize the sourcing and contracting processes as the business grew. Zycus’ iSource (eSourcing module) scalable to 10000+ line items, 200+
suppliers for a single sourcing event also helps identify key suppliers for negotiation and capture savings after every round of negotiation making it the most
advantageous choice for the organizations sourcing requirements. Zycus’ iContract (Contract Management module) with templates, audit trails, flexible approval
workflows, reporting and alerts is best in its class for smarter contract management and shorter contract cycle times. Zycus is a leading global provider of A.I.
powered Source-to-Pay suite for procurement, finance, and AP organizations. Our comprehensive product portfolio includes eProcurement, eInvoicing, Spend
Analysis, eSourcing, Contract Management, Supplier Management, Financial Savings Management, Project Management, Request Management, Supplier
Network, Insight Studio, and Merlin A.I. Suite with intelligent BOTs. Our spirit of innovation and passion to help organizations create greater business impact is
reflected among the hundreds of procurement solution deployments that we have undertaken over the years.
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Global resource-based industrial group gains spend visibility with Zycus
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Zycus, a global leader in AI-driven source-to-pay software solutions, announced a 3-year contract with a leading global resource-based manufacturing industrial
group of companies to strengthen their Spend Management. The organization wished to improve spend visibility, identify and control maverick spend as well as
ensure spend compliance. Zycus’ iAnalyze not only ensured identification, capture, and graphical representation of spend data but it also helps accelerate
decision-making with real-time COVID & Spend dashboards and automated savings opportunity identification module. Zycus’ comprehensive multi-parameter
reporting helps improve spend visibility across divisions, Suppliers, categories etc. The company selected Zycus over legacy spend software solutions because of
Zycus’ industry experience and Artificial Intelligence driven technological leadership of over two decades. The decision helped the client establish a robust spend
management software, ensuring a powerful procurement organization that directly added value to the organization’s strategic objectives. Zycus is a leading global
provider of AI-powered Source-to-Pay suite for procurement, finance, and AP organizations. Our comprehensive product portfolio includes eProcurement,
eInvoicing, Spend Analysis, eSourcing, Contract Management, Supplier Management, Financial Savings Management, Project Management, Request
Management, Supplier Network, Insight Studio, and Merlin A.I. Suite with intelligent BOTs. Our spirit of innovation and passion to help organizations create
greater business impact is reflected among the hundreds of procurement solution deployments that we have undertaken over the years.
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Georgia Multiple Listing Service to provide Cloud CMA and Cloud Streams free to over
43,000 MLS members.
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W+R Studios, a leading real estate software company and creator of the Cloud Agent Suite, announced that Georgia Multiple Listing Service (GAMLS) has
signed a multi-year agreement to provide Cloud CMA and Cloud Streams to their MLS membership. W+R Studios’popular line of software products for real
estate professionals includes Cloud CMA, an online presentation tool and Cloud Streams, a collaboration tool that sends listing alerts via text. W+R Studios
recently introduced a new enhancement to Cloud CMA, dubbed Cloud CMA Live, which gives real estate agents and brokers a completely new interactive
experience in presenting CMAs virtually. The enhancement comes at no cost to all existing customers of Cloud CMA. Founded in 2008, W+R Studios is a
privately held web software company located in Huntington Beach, California. The company focuses on creating the next generation of web-based software
solutions for the real estate industry. By providing a “less is more” approach to software design, elegant user interfaces, and using the latest in agile
programming, W+R Studios’ software applications are at the same time powerful, yet accessible to everyone. Co-founders Dan Woolley and Greg Robertson
have over 27 years of experience each developing and marketing real estate software solutions.
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ACI and Amadeus announce partnership supporting the 2020 ASQ Awards
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Airports Council International (ACI) World and Amadeus announce a strategic partnership to deliver this year’s world-renowned Airport Service Quality (ASQ)
awards. The annual Airport Service Quality (ASQ) Awards recognize and reward the best airports in the world according to ACI’s ASQ Departure Survey and the
ASQ Arrivals Survey. These awards are an opportunity to celebrate the commitment of airports worldwide to continuously improving the passenger experience.
As a global travel technology company, Amadeus supports airports with their operations to improve the travel experience for passengers all over the world and this
partnership comes at a time when it has never been more important for airports to listen to the voice of their customers. ACI helps close to 400 airports worldwide
to manage and deliver the best experience for their customers, based on a proven expertise in airport operations, marketing research and customer experience
management and delivery. ACI’s ASQ suite of solutions provides airports with a comprehensive method of responding to passengers’changing needs by delivering
a 360-degree view of customer experience management. As a result of the pandemic, passengers are demanding new experiences, services and processes that
emphasise health and hygiene and airports are adapting their infrastructure, adopting new technology, and streamlining their processes to best match these needs.
Airports have recognized that delivering a better customer experience is an important business tool in an increasingly competitive industry. ASQ is the only
globally established programme that provides objective measurement and benchmarking for airports to help drive their performance.
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Accor and Amadeus announce strategic partnership around business intelligence
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To support Accor hoteliers in successfully navigating COVID-19 and to plan for the future, the hotel group has expanded its strategic partnership with
Amadeus to include the use of Demand360®. The solution provides the most comprehensive, forward-looking market data in the hospitality industry.
With more than 30,000 global data providers including hotels and alternative accommodations, hoteliers gain insight into one year of forward-looking
occupancy data to help them improve decision making, maximize distribution strategies, and increase revenue per available room (RevPAR) as well as
local market share. With this new agreement, Accor will recommend Demand360 for use in its properties and work with Amadeus to increase adoption
across the organization’s brand portfolio, which includes more than 5,000 hotels and 39 brands across 110 countries. “By deepening our relationship
with Amadeus for this unique business intelligence solution, our hoteliers will gain visibility into their specific markets and be able to use the data to
tailor their revenue strategy and stay ahead of the competition,” said SVP, Revenue Strategy & Performance, Accor. “Demand360 data will also provide
our corporate team key insights into our brand performance as well as support our overall demand generation and distribution strategies.”
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Stuttgart and Amadeus team-up for a more flexible airport passenger experience
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Stuttgart becomes the first airport in Germany to embrace Amadeus’ cloud computing technology for passenger services More than 200 check-in
counters and gates, as well as 30 self-service kiosks are transitioning to Amadeus for a smoother check-in experience As the industry continues to
rethink travel and prepare for the time when COVID-19 travel restrictions are lifted, Stuttgart Airport has underlined its commitment to delivering an
improved passenger experience with new technology developed by Amadeus. The airport completed a successful migration to the Amadeus Airport
Cloud Use Service (ACUS) platform during the pandemic, with more than 200 check-in counters and gates, as well as 30 new self-service kiosks for a
smoother check-in experience. Thanks to this technology, the migration was handled largely remotely, with only a skeleton team of engineers needed
on-site at the terminal. The major IT modernization sees Stuttgart increase passenger self-service options with the installation of 30 self-service check-in
kiosks from ICM Airport Technics, an Amadeus company, as well as introducing self-boarding gates and Amadeus’innovative technology for payments
to help passengers easily pay for additional services like excess baggage allowance or seat upgrades, using contactless payment methods during the
check-in process.
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Amadeus and Xandr join forces to optimize travel advertising
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Amadeus customers will benefit from greater ad reach, while Xandr’s network will have the ability to better contextualize ads for the travel sector. As the travel industry
look towards recovery from COVID-19, ensuring travelers receive relevant and appropriate ads to spark inspiration and regain trust for people to travel again is going to
be key. With this in mind, Amadeus is joining forces with Xandr, AT&T’s advanced advertising company, to help companies in, and promoting to, the travel sector, create
targeted advertising campaigns, all while tracking performance and optimizing their investment. In the first phase of its adoption of Xandr’s enterprise technology,
Amadeus will use Xandr’s selling platform Xandr Monetize. The combination of Amadeus’ insight into travelers’ interests and the flexibility of Xandr’s platform will
ensure ads are placed at the right time and to the right audience. This means, travelers will receive more dynamic and trip-contextualized ads within their travel
documents and itineraries. Thanks to this agreement, customers using Amadeus’ advertising solutions – airlines, rail companies, cruises, car rental companies, and
airports – will benefit from shorter integration timelines for new channels, broader advertiser reach and an improved campaign management interface. Additionally,
Xandr will have the ability to read and interpret travel context, which means companies using its technology can target travel profiles better. Companies already working
with Xandr will now be able to directly publicize content within travel agency tools and traveler itineraries via Amadeus’ network. By equipping companies with
innovative advertising tech, they will be able to launch more relevant and contextualized ads to travel sellers and the end traveler, which will ultimately bring greater
cut-through of the ad and return on investment.
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Telefônica Vivo (Brazil) Extends Multi-Year Managed Services Agreement and Expands
with Selection of Amdocs Data Management Solution
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Amdocs, a leading provider of software and services to communications and media companies, announced that Telefonica Vivo has extended its Amdocs
partnership with the signing of a multi-year managed service extension agreement in support of VIVO NEXT postpaid and FTTH consumer business. In addition,
Telefonica Vivo selected a next generation data management solution based on Amdocs DataONE that will support Telefonica Vivo in its digital engagement with
customers. Vivo is the leading telecommunications company in Brazil, serving nearly 100 million customers, and the largest Telefónica Group operator in Latin
America. The two companies also announced hitting a significant delivery milestone in the migration of B2C postpaid subscribers to the market-leading digital
business system from Amdocs, who was recently awarded Light Reading’s Leading Lights Award for Most Outstanding Digital Enablement Vendor. Most of the
migrations were achieved while working remotely during the COVID-19 global lockdown, using new methodologies, business process best practices and various
collaboration and deployment tools with no impact to service quality. In the move of subscribers from legacy systems to a modernized digital platform with
industry leading capabilities from Amdocs, Telefonica Vivo will be able to drive better intelligence into their core operations for increased business velocity of new
revenue, new services and improved customer experiences.
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Amdocs Media’s Vubiquity Secures Multi-Year Content Services Agreement with
Liberty Global
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Vubiquity, part of the Amdocs Media Division and one of the leading global providers of premium content services and media technology solutions, announced a
long-term content services partnership with the Liberty Global group and its affiliates across Europe. The multi-year contract includes the expansion of the
existing, long-standing relationship Virgin Media maintains with Vubiquity. Vubiquity will be providing content licensing and digital supply chain solutions to
support Liberty Global’s consumer video and TV platforms and Virgin Media’s on-demand services across cable, broadband and TV. Vubiquity holds relationships
with over 1,400 content owners, bringing the latest-release content from major studios, plus leading global independent and library classics to supplement Liberty
Global’s expansive collection of entertainment assets. In addition, Vubiquity will continue to provide high KPI-driven acquisition, content management and
processing services which include responsibility for all local regulatory content standards and practices applicable for a specific market. With a streamlined and
harmonized digital supply chain for all video and TV platforms, Liberty Global’s consumers will gain an enhanced and more personalized viewing experience. The
new agreement comes after the recently announced pan-European deal between Amdocs and Liberty Global to enrich its customer experience with Unified Digital
Identity for all the operator’s services.
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Anaplan Elevates Alliance with Deloitte Bringing Intelligent Solutions to Drive Customer
Agility and Resilience Globally
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Anaplan Inc., provider of a cloud-native platform for orchestrating business performance, signaled the continued momentum of its Deloitte alliance as part of PartnerConnect, Anaplan’s robust
global partner program. Since the start of their alliance in 2014, Anaplan and Deloitte have helped joint customers in more than 25 countries accelerate digital transformation. With more than
300 implementations at leading global enterprises across industries—including life sciences, telco, financial services, media, consumer packaged goods, retail and technology—Anaplan and
Deloitte are accelerating delivery of new predictive solutions to help customers develop more agile forecasts that drive nimbler business operations. Anaplan and Deloitte’s intelligence-driven
solutions are designed to help customers balance disruption and recovery; predict and protect revenue; optimize workforce and sales plans; and reduce risk. Powered by the Anaplan platform,
these solutions bring added intelligence and automation to the planning process to help operational leaders efficiently and strategically align plans with financial priorities. Now available to
joint customers on the Anaplan platform, these Deloitte solutions include:
• Deloitte PrecisionView — leverages data aggregation technologies with predictive analytics and AI/ML capabilities to model forward-looking scenarios, drivers, and forecasts systematically
and accurately.
• Deloitte DigitalMix — a set of end-to-end integrations designed to pass data between best-in-class cloud-based sales planning, pay and execution platforms to help transform the ways
organizations plan and execute their sales strategy.
• Deloitte Trend | EX — leverages global economic data, predictive leading indicators, and AI/ML capabilities to track and analyze economic, consumer and COVID-19 trends; run scenarios
and forecasts; and analyze impact on business performance.
• Deloitte StrategyAccelerator — leverages direct data feed integration to support client and Deloitte teams through strategic initiative definition, detailed planning, financial modeling,
day-to-day execution, and performance tracking.
• Deloitte Enterprise Business Planning (EBP) — incorporates NextGen supply chain planning capabilities to enable companies to simultaneously plan, monitor and react resulting in faster
and more effective decision making.
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Google Cloud and Anaplan Innovate to Transform Enterprise Planning
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Google Cloud and Anaplan, Inc. announced a strategic partnership to offer Anaplan’s platform for enterprise planning and business performance on Google Cloud. As Anaplan’s first
public cloud offering, the partnership brings customers added intelligence, choice, and scalability to solve complex business problems and link business strategy to operational drivers
and financial outcomes. An Anaplan customer since 2016, Google has deployed the Anaplan platform on Google Cloud with multiple use cases across sales, supply chain and finance.
With Anaplan on Google Cloud, global enterprises can leverage the leading performance of Anaplan’s in-memory, Hyperblock® calculation engine running on Google Cloud’s global,
high-performance, scalable and secure infrastructure. In addition, the partnership will enable Anaplan to expand its global reach so customers can benefit from using Anaplan at closer
proximity to their operations with greater choice and control to comply with local and industry-specific data residency and compliance requirements. To help businesses improve
decision-making and planning, Google Cloud and Anaplan, together with services partners, will offer an extended platform for data storage and analytics, leveraging BigQuery and
Google Cloud’s AI/ML capabilities. These integrations will enable organizations to blend first-party Anaplan data with third-party data sources for dynamic, real-time modeling of
large amounts of critical data to deliver new business insights. Global consulting systems integrator partners, including Deloitte, Slalom, Wipro, and others, manage many of the
world’s largest, enterprise-scale deployments of Anaplan. This consortium of partners will support customers on their migrations to Anaplan running on Google Cloud and will develop
robust solutions leveraging Anaplan, BigQuery, and Google Cloud’s AI and ML capabilities.
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Avaloq strengthens its implementation capabilities with a new partnership and a
status upgrade
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Avaloq, a leader in digital banking solutions announces Confinale’s upgrade to “Premium Implementation Partner” status and introduces Infinogy as a new
“Special Service Partner.” Avaloq’s implementation partners have historically played a crucial role in the company’s growth story and they are key members of the
global Avaloq Community. Depending on the respective banking and wealth management clients’ location, size and requirements, Avaloq can rely on a wide range
of specialized external service providers who cater to the specific needs of a project. Confinale is a Swiss-based banking IT specialist with over 50 Avaloq certified
staff. Founded in 2012, the company has been an Avaloq partner since 2015, and is now officially a “Premium Implementation Partner” – the highest status within
Avaloq’s partner classifications. This upgrade reflects Confinale’s significant number of Avaloq experts, the team’s large geographic reach as well as the number
of successfully completed projects to date. Infinogy, a business consultancy firm based in Germany and Luxembourg, has been announced as a new Avaloq Special
Service Partner. Infinogy covers the Avaloq Banking Suite with a focus on tax, accounting as well as cost and fee topics. The firm offers its highly specialized
implementation services to clients in Germany and in the Benelux region.
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Centage Releases Advanced Workflow Collaboration to Help Customers Improve
Their Planning Process
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Centage Corporation (www.centage.com), the leading provider of cloud financial software that transforms how businesses budget, forecast, analyze and report,
announced enhancements to the planning workflow process within its flagship product, Planning Maestro. These enhancements automate and streamline a team’s
collaboration process as companies begin their 2021 budgets, providing flexibility and adaptability for customers to collaborate on this upcoming year’s budgeting
process. These enhancements are currently available as part of the Planning Maestro platform. Centage’s platform for budgeting, planning, forecasting and
analytics delivers a level of sophisticated financial intelligence typically only enjoyed by large enterprises at a price point that makes it accessible for small- and
medium-sized businesses. The platform allows finance teams to integrate data from multiple sources, easily build and manipulate driver-based financial models,
predict balance sheet and cash flow performance with accurate and automated forecasts, as well as run what-if scenarios to test the impacts of strategic decisions.
With Planning Maestro’s latest workflow capabilities, you can:
• Create individual workflows and assign tasks to different budget contributors to complete and submit for approval for greater efficiency.
• Manage budget creation activities in real-time through a single cloud-based tool, allowing all budget contributors access whether onsite or remote.
• Gain real-time visibility into planning processes, tasks and deadlines to review progress and ensure accountability.
• Promote communication and collaboration between budget administrators and contributors with system created email notifications, saving time and improving
productivity.
• Automate and streamline repeatable tasks, driving business efficiencies by allowing team members to work on other tasks.
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High-quality Business Data Proves Key to Efficient Sales Strategies as Comarch
Partnership with Moët Hennessy Reaches a New Level
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Moët Hennessy, a member of the Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy Group, the world leader in high-quality products, has been cooperating with Comarch in order to
improve its partnership with distributors and wholesalers. Accurate sales data, and the effective exchange of this information between partners, was a clear goal to
help the company to make decisions based on reliable business information. This strategy is intended to create opportunities to help stimulate partners’ sales
activities. After implementation in Poland of the reporting and communication platform Comarch Online Distribution, Moët Hennessy has decided to extend the
project scope to other European markets. Comarch Online Distribution and Comarch Online Sales Support enable automatic daily reporting of the most important
business data on the distributor/wholesaler-producer line. Constant access to up to date, reliable information on distributors’ inventory levels and sell-out of
products in the on-trade channel allows Moët Hennessy to respond more effectively to market changes. From the beginning of 2018, Comarch has been supporting
Moët Hennessy Poland in expanding cooperation with selected distributors through the implementation of resale and inventory reporting to increase joint sales and
marketing activities. The goal of the pilot project in Poland was to connect dozens of strategic distributors with the platform. The implementation of Comarch
Online Distribution, a comprehensive service platform for obtaining the highest quality market data, and deployment of an analytical web application (Comarch
Online Sales Support), enables daily reporting of high-quality data. The first connections of distributors have already shown that the platform is going to be a
powerful source of information, giving Moët Hennessy Poland and its distributors huge business opportunities. Shortly thereafter, Moët Hennessy decided to
expand cooperation with Comarch into further European markets.
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Druva Announces Partnership and Channel Expansion with Tech Data
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Druva, Inc., the leader in Cloud Data Protection and Management, announced the launch of a new distributor partnership with Tech Data, a global IT
distributor and solutions aggregator. Leveraging Tech Data’s presence in more than 100 countries, 125,000 IT reseller customers and 45 years of industry
expertise, Druva Compass is positioned for rapid expansion by bringing more partners and businesses together to support digital transformation initiatives.
In turn, new and prospective Druva customers will benefit from access to a wider set of preferred partners, the ability to safeguard data more effectively,
eliminate supply chain constraints, and further reduce costs while accelerating cloud migration efforts. Channel partners have been critical in helping
organizations shift priorities and accelerate multi-year digital transformation strategies as demands change and evolve. As working patterns have shifted
dramatically, identifying and deploying new solutions integral to keeping businesses secure and operational with minimal disruption is paramount. Data
protection has become a leading use case for cloud migration, and partners have been core to Druva’s success, helping customers thrive in the cloud era and
unifying data protection across SaaS applications, cloud-native environments, data centers and endpoints. Through the company’s new partnership with Tech
Data, more channel partners and their customers can benefit from Druva’s comprehensive workload coverage, ensuring data security, compliance and
business continuity as operations increasingly shift to the cloud.
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Echo Global Logistics Integrates with Blue Yonder’s Dynamic Price Discovery Solution
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Echo Global Logistics, Inc., a leading provider of technology-enabled transportation management services, has partnered with Blue Yonder, a leading digital
supply chain platform provider, to further automate rapid response price quoting and freight capacity for shippers using the Blue Yonder dynamic price
discovery solution. With the depth and breadth of Blue Yonder’s large customer portfolio, Echo will be able to extend its reach to more shippers through this
partnership. Using the Blue Yonder dynamic price discovery solution, Echo can provide shippers with near real-time matching of price and capacity, along
with tracking that is connected to and made available on Blue Yonder’s Luminate™ Platform. Powered by Microsoft Azure, the Luminate Platform combines
data from both internal and external sources, spanning shippers’ digital supply chain ecosystems, to leverage both artificial intelligence (AI) and machine
learning (ML), enabling smarter and more actionable business decisions. Echo Global Logistics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ECHO) is a leading Fortune 1000 provider
of technology-enabled transportation and supply chain management services. Headquartered in Chicago with more than 30 offices around the country, Echo
offers freight brokerage and Managed Transportation solutions for all major modes, including truckload, partial truckload, LTL, intermodal, and expedited.
Echo maintains a proprietary, web-based technology platform that compiles and analyzes data from its network of over 50,000 transportation providers to
serve 35,000 clients across a wide range of industries and simplify the critical tasks involved in transportation management.
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Mitek and Digidentity unlock digital access to GOV.UK support for millions of UK residents
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Mitek, a global leader in digital identity verification technology, and Digidentity, the leading digital identity verification solutions provider in Europe, have securely scaled operations
to enable faster onboarding of those registering with GOV.UK Verify. Working together, Mitek and Digidentity have ensured processing speeds of up to 400 applicants per minute to
accommodate the growing need for UK nationals and residents to apply for government services, including Universal Credit, during the pandemic. More than 1 million new GOV.UK
Verify accounts have been created since March 16th, 2020. GOV.UK Verify continues to be a vital gateway for consumers during the COVID-19 pandemic. It enables access to 22
government services, including Universal Credit applications, business and self-employed payments, car registration and tax services, and pension queries. Following the initial
registration, a GOV.UK Verify account can be used to access 22 UK government services online. Over the years, Mitek and Digidentity have enabled millions of GOV.UK Verify
registrations. To make the online onboarding process safe, secure, and spoof-proof, the Mitek and Digidentity digital identity verification solution benefits from a unique combination
of the world’s best forensic experts and most advanced banking-grade digital identity verification technology. For the applicants, it means scanning an ID document and taking a selfie,
with Mitek and Digidentity taking care of the rest. This approach ensures that the process is fast and efficient, and that those registering with the service are who they say they are.
Mitek and Digidentity’s technology ensures GOV.UK Verify users’ identities are securely verified at the point of application, to help stamp out any potential fraud. Mitek’s document
verification solution provides a critical layer of defence in this process, designed to ensure those signing up are really who they say they are. Using a government-issued identity
document, the workflow requires users to submit a copy of the ID document alongside a selfie to verify their identity. Mitek’s AI and machine learning is used to perform fully
automated authentication checks, which fall back to human-assisted forensic checks for more severe or complex cases.
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Altair Accelerates Use of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
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Oracle announced the expansion of its partnership with Altair, a global technology company providing solutions in data analytics, product development, and high-performance
computing (HPC). As part of the multi-year agreement, Altair will enable many of its internal workloads and commercial software-as-a-service (SaaS) to run on Oracle Cloud
Infrastructure, including its portfolio of high-performance engineering simulation and analytics products. Altair’s 11,000 customers worldwide, including manufacturing, automotive,
aerospace, high technology, life sciences, and financial services companies, can launch Altair products on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to help speed and improve product design at
lower costs. Only Oracle provides the industry’s first bare-metal HPC infrastructure with the lowest latency RDMA networking. Oracle Cloud’s HPC solutions deliver
price-performance that is comparable to on-premises infrastructure, which enables Altair to lift-and-shift workloads seamlessly from on-premises to the cloud. Altair is a pioneer of
simulation-driven design. Using engineering simulation early in the design process enables Altair customers to fine tune their designs faster, reducing time to market and saving money
on prototype testing, which can be prohibitively expensive. By moving its engineering simulation workloads from a competitive cloud to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s HPC services,
Altair has already achieved 20 percent cost savings. Oracle Cloud is especially suited to latency-sensitive applications like Altair Radioss™, Altair AcuSolve™ and Altair OptiStruct
™.Running any large-scale simulation requires large amounts of compute power and capacity. Oracle is uniquely positioned to support Altair with Oracle’s industry-first bare-metal
compute infrastructure with RDMA cluster networking that provides extremely low latencies—under two microseconds—and 100 Gbps bandwidth to enable large scale HPC
migrations to the cloud. In addition, Altair will continue to use Oracle bare-metal GPU technology to deliver Altair ultraFluidX™ and Altair nanoFluidX™, Altair’s differentiated
computational fluid dynamics (CFD) offerings that run exclusively on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure GPUs.
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German Grocery Giant REWE to Optimize Store Shelves with RELEX
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REWE, Germany’s second-largest grocery retail chain, will partner with RELEX Solutions, provider of unified retail planning solutions, to create
automated, store-specific planograms. REWE, which is owned by REWE Group, operates 3,600 stores with 140,000 employees and an annual
turnover of 23.8 billion Euros. The company chose RELEX’s space planning solution to improve shopper experience and inventory turnover
through automatically created, store-specific planograms. Previously, REWE used a manual space planning tool that offered limited functionality.
To be able to quickly create planograms at store level, the grocery retailer sought an automated solution. After an intensive selection process and
specification phase, they selected RELEX. RELEX’s space planning solution is currently being rolled out to all of REWE’s stores, with
implementation planned for completion by July 2021. The RELEX software will automatically optimize facings per product and store, depending
on individualized demand pattern and fixtures, and assist with planogram maintenance.
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Online Grocery Retailer MatHem Selects RELEX to Provide More Efficient Forecasting and
Replenishment
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MatHem, Sweden’s leading independent online grocery retailer, will partner with RELEX Solutions, provider of unified retail planning solutions,
to optimize their core planning processes. The RELEX solution will service MatHem’s four distribution centers in Sweden with fresh food
forecasting and replenishment, including promotion and seasonal planning. To improve operational efficiency and support its rapid growth on the
market, MatHem needed to automate and optimize its core retail processes, which had previously been managed manually with a system that was
developed in-house. The company wanted a scalable, future-proof solution that could improve planning accuracy and ultimately reduce food waste
while still maintaining high availability. MatHem chose RELEX due to its exceptional track record in fresh food optimization and its powerful
artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities.
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UN Global Compact in Partnership with Accenture and SAP, and with 3M as Patron Sponsor, Launch
SDG Ambition Guidance to Accelerate Business Action to Achieve the SDGs
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The United Nations Global Compact in partnership with Accenture and SAP SE, and with 3M joining as Patron Sponsor, (Tuesday, 22 September) launched SDG Ambition guides to
support businesses in accelerating action to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The new guides launched at the opening of this year’s historic 75th session of the UN
General Assembly provide business leaders and their technology partners with directional support on measuring and managing sustainability performance through business technology
systems and enterprise software solutions. The partners will support the roll-out and implementation of the guides around the world, which include:
• Ambition Guide: Setting Goals for the Decade of Action establishes the initial set of SDG Ambition benchmarks that challenge organizations to set more ambitious goals and targets
in the areas in which business is positioned to have a substantial impact. Business leaders can use this document to support their strategy and set goals ambitious enough to deliver the
SDGs by 2030.
• Integration Guide: Designing Business Systems for the SDGs presents the approach through which the 10 SDG Ambition benchmarks can be integrated into core business processes
and systems to enable effective measurement and management of sustainability performance. Business leaders can use this publication to identify the system opportunities to integrate
the SDGs into core business processes.
• SDG Ambition Benchmark Reference Sheets (for consultation) provide illustrative details regarding the steps to integrate each of these benchmarks into a company’s business
systems, as well as the key design decision required to engage technology partners.
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Sapiens Partners With Greenroad Technologies To Improve Driver Safety & Personalize Driver
Insurance Premiums
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Sapiens International Corporation, a leading global provider of software solutions for the insurance industry, announced it has partnered with GreenRoad Technologies,
a recognized leader in advanced and predictive driving risk analysis for the automotive industry. The partnership will enable automotive insurance carriers to secure a
new level of risk assessment data about their drivers on a dynamic basis, making it possible for them to provide more competitive, personalized driver insurance
premiums, customer-centric services and proactive risk-prevention programs. GreenRoad Technologies mobile app-based solution provides unrivalled analysis of driver
behavior, detecting and ranking more than 150 different complex driving maneuvers. This level of assessment empowers drivers to improve their own behavior while
enabling insurers to make smart, data-driven policy decisions and to provide policy holders with the personalized service they demand. Armed with this data, insurers
will be able to offer enhanced services such as PHYD (Pay How You Drive) and MHYD (Manage How You Drive) products, confidently providing discounted premiums
and differentiated risk levels based on accurate, individualized criteria. GreenRoad’s technology utilizes real-time coaching, gamification and scoring mechanisms
through an easy-to-use mobile app to increase client engagement and maximize driver safety. Use of GreenRoad’s platform leads to dramatic improvements in driver
safety and a significant reduction of fleet risk and expenses with up to 50 percent reduction in preventable collisions and up to 80 percent reduction in accident related
costs. The solution also prompts more efficient driving styles, resulting in a reduction in fuel consumption and carbon emissions.
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SurveyMonkey and Tableau Launch Election Data Hub and Exclusive Polling Partnership with Axios
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SurveyMonkey and Tableau announced an exclusive partnership with Axios to provide broad access to public opinion data driving one of the most-watched
elections of our lifetimes. The partnership combines SurveyMonkey’s vast polling infrastructure, Tableau’s self-service visual analytics platform, and Axios’
incisive storytelling to provide expert analysis and open the door for everyone—from business leaders to activists to first-time voters—to explore national and
state-level sentiment in the lead up to the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Every day, more than two million people ask and answer questions using SurveyMonkey,
providing the company with unprecedented access to the high-quality sample of the U.S. population that powers its market research solutions. From this data,
Tableau’s powerful data visualization technology can continuously pull up-to-date information into accessible dashboards that allow visitors to filter sentiment by
key variables like location, race, and gender. Axios reporters will have exclusive first access to the data to power their expert analysis. As part of this partnership,
visitors to the Election 2020 minisite on tableau.com will then be able to run their own analysis, using Tableau’s visualizations to better understand voter
enthusiasm, election integrity, and much more. This partnership demonstrates that the right tools can empower anyone to ask and answer critical questions using
data, and to understand uncertainty and make their own assessments. A key advantage of the partnership is the ability to dive deep into data from groups that are
too often overlooked, including people of color and those who hold views outside the mainstream.
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Wolters Kluwer CCH Tagetik announces strategic alliance with eCraft to bring Finance Transformation to
CFOs across the Nordics
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CCH Tagetik, part of Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting and the global provider of market-leading software solutions and information services for finance
professionals, will now be able to reach more CFOs in the Nordics through a strategic alliance with eCraft, a part of Fellowmind and Finland's largest Microsoft
Business Applications partner continuously recognized for its strong expertise within ERP, Field Service, CRM and, BI solutions. The alliance of eCraft and CCH
Tagetik enables the continuous support of global organizations transforming their financial processes while maximizing their technology investments. The
combination of the CCH Tagetik Finance Transformation Platform, powered by Analytic Information Hub, with eCraft's implementation expertise in enterprise
resource management, analytics, and financial planning provides customers with even stronger capabilities in connecting finance and operations, improving
accuracy and planning while gaining more in-depth knowledge in anticipating and predicting the future. In addition, eCraft's parent company, Fellowmind, has
selected CCH Tagetik as their corporate performance management (CPM) software to support them in evolving their financial processes and ongoing
transformation. Fellowmind will deploy the unified CCH Tagetik Finance Transformation platform at group level to address all reporting and consolidation
aspects. Combining CCH Tagetik’s financial intelligence and data governance with eCraft’s expertise in enterprise resource management, analytics and financial
planning will be a benefit to customers. With CCH Tagetik’s and eCraft’s offering, customers are provided with better capabilities in connecting finance and
operations, improving accuracy and planning while gaining more in-depth knowledge in anticipating and predicting the future.
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360factors Announces Partnership with Temenos to Deliver Leading Compliance and Risk Management
Solution in the United States
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360factors, Inc., the industry leader in risk and compliance intelligence software, and Temenos, the banking software company, announced the availability of Temenos
Compliance Advisory Services within 360factors’ Predict360 risk and compliance platform to streamline regulatory compliance and change management for banks, credit
unions, mortgage bankers, and financial services institutions. The combination of 360factors’ compliance intelligence system and Temenos’ advisory services delivers a
complementary and comprehensive compliance and risk management offering as a pre-packaged standalone solution. With 360factors’ technology, customers will be able to
manage change management programs for their policies, storing key documents and tracking changes to existing policies, with guidance from Temenos experts. The Temenos
Compliance Advisory Services subscription includes unlimited access to the Temenos Knowledgebase. This includes policy templates, quick compliance guides, educational
webinars, weekly newsletters and compliance calendars. It comes alongside unlimited reviews of policies, advertisements, disclosures and Q&A with the Temenos team of
expert advisors. With Temenos, financial institutions can take the guesswork out of compliance, and rest easy knowing their risk management program has been vetted by a
leading team of senior advisors and attorneys. 360factors’Risk and Compliance software platform and software applications, Predict360, enables executives, managers and staff
to optimize day-to-day risk and compliance responsibilities while providing stakeholders real-time visibility into the risk and compliance profile of all business lines, locations
and assets. The artificial intelligence (AI)-powered platform vertically integrates risks and controls, KRIs, regulations and requirements, compliance and regulatory change
management, policies and procedures, audit and examinations, and training in a unified, cloud-based system. Predict360’s SaaS architecture and modern technologies deliver
predictive analytics, data insights for predicting risk and streamlined compliance.
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BlueShore Extends Partnership with Temenos and Completes Successful Implementation during Covid-19
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Temenos, the banking software company, announced that BlueShore Financial has implemented additional functionality for Temenos Transact, the next generation in core
banking. BlueShore has been a client since 2007 – the credit union leverages Temenos Transact, Temenos Analytics, and the Temenos Collections module. The enhancements
will be rolled out across its business lines including retail, non-profit organizations, and SME. Temenos’ agile and fully integrated architecture enables BlueShore to quickly
roll out new functionality and services. BlueShore was the first Canadian client to implement the Temenos Canadian model bank – Temenos’ methodology for meeting local
regulations and business requirements. The credit union has a solid growth strategy, with a deep focus on enhancing the client experience. To support the success of its strategy,
BlueShore has continuously strengthened its digital capabilities in order to deliver a seamless high-tech, high-touch client experience. In 2019, BlueShore surpassed $6 billion
assets under administration – a testament to the organization’s strategy empowered by Temenos technology. This represents an increase of 138% of assets under administration
in over 8 years. During Synergy Online, Temenos’ leading digital event on September 23rd, BlueShore will talk about how they have unlocked the power of core banking
technology and data analytics, and how they’ve achieved profitable growth. Temenos Analytics was mission-critical in gaining business insights and differentiating BlueShore’s
value proposition. Temenos core banking advanced predictive analytics have also enabled BlueShore to define customer microsegments and tailor products and services
specifically to these segments using machine learning algorithms. With the additional Temenos functionality, BlueShore will benefit from open APIs, faster payments, and
deeper analytical capabilities. This allows BlueShore to create an ecosystem of financial and non-financial services, provide advice and deliver increased convenience for its
clients. The project also brings greater scalability and cloud-readiness as the credit union continues to grow, and as it aggregates and analyzes more data.
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Unit4 and Embridge Consulting Extend Partnership; Celebrate Joint Public Sector Successes
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Unit4, a cloud leader in enterprise software for people-centred organisations, and Embridge Consulting, announced joint public sector successes and successful first half of
fiscal year 2020. Unit4 and Embridge were recently chosen by Cherwell District Council. Through Unit4 ERP, the Council wants to take a more strategic, performance
management approach to budgets and finances serving its growing population of almost 150,000. At the same time, it aims to develop operationally, delivering a new user
experience as it undergoes a wider program of transformation. Working with Embridge, Cherwell can remain sufficiently flexible to configure the system to the local needs and
the shape of the Council. Following a thorough tender process, North Lincolnshire Council and North East Lincolnshire Council will also benefit from Unit4’s latest SaaS ERP
via a single shared system implemented by Embridge. Since the shared service arrangement has been in operation, the councils have continued to use their own, siloed, finance
systems. The aspiration is to operate a single shared finance and procure to pay system with the same configuration and operational processes for both councils, ensuring up to
date and consistent reporting for the Councils and their managers. Both authorities are undergoing a transformation in the way employees work, moving towards more agile
working, which includes working outside traditional core hours and away from the office. Embridge and Unit4 will deliver a solution that automates as many processes as
possible, delivering a self-service approach, supporting new ways of working and empowering their people to take decisive action. All Councils wanted to ensure limited
customisation and will benefit from the Unit4 Public Sector Model implementation blueprint that delivers out-of-the-box best practices and rapid time to value. Embridge has
developed a flexible and innovative range of services and a wealth of knowledge developing and implementing Unit4 ERP, working with a range of customers in the Public
Sector and Professional Services. Successfully working together in partnership since 2015, Embridge and Unit4 have delivered many recent project successes including
Borough Council of Kings Lynn and West Norfolk, New Forest District Council, and integrating Guildford Council’s front and back office ERP solutions using Unit4’s
microservices architecture.
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PracticeSuite Partners with Updox to Maximize Clinical Communications and Operational Efficiencies for
57,000 Customers
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PracticeSuite, a Silicon Valley, California-based SaaS physician Practice Management Software platform and Revenue Cycle services company serving over
57,000 medical professionals, announced an integration partnership with Updox, the only place to manage healthcare communications across both in-person and
virtual care. Updox will offer PracticeSuite customers their electronic document management, inter-office Messenger and integrated Secure and SMS Text
Messaging, as well as Updox Video Chat. With Updox, PracticeSuite customers can achieve a paperless office environment using electronic faxing and inter-office
chat for more efficient communications across the organization. Customers can also manage all patient communications, including faxes, images, test results, text
messages and more, via a single Updox inbox, where they can be easily reviewed, routed, acted upon and then filed to the patient chart. Updox solutions work
together to allow providers to create a better patient experience in ways that save time and money. For example, initial post-appointment instructions can be sent
to patients via SMS text. If the patient has further concerns or questions about a potential complication, they can ask questions or send a photo through Secure Text,
if necessary, and a follow-up consultation can be completed via Video Chat. Questions between staff can be asked via Messenger, an inter-office chat solution, to
save time and improve collaboration. All of this can be done within the Updox platform without logging into multiple systems, which results in streamlined
processes and faster response times for higher satisfaction and improved health outcomes.
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Veeva and Bioforum Partner with RedHill Biopharma to Maximize Value of Opaganib Phase 2/3
COVID-19 Clinical Data
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Veeva Systems and Bioforum announced their collaboration with RedHill Biopharma Ltd. (“RedHill”) on a global Phase 2/3 clinical study evaluating opaganib a
first-in-class, orally-administered, sphingosine kinase-2 (SK2) selective inhibitor, in patients hospitalized with severe COVID-19 pneumonia requiring treatment
with supplemental oxygen. The opaganib Phase 2/3 study is set to enroll up to 270 patients in up to 40 clinical sites around the world and collect broad and rigorous
data in a short amount of time. To support the study, RedHill has adopted Veeva Vault CDMS, a modern cloud platform for electronic data capture (EDC), coding,
data cleaning, and reporting. Vault CDMS provides RedHill with a flexible EDC that simplifies and streamlines processes for building and deploying clinical
studies. Bioforum, a global data-focused contract research organization (CRO) and a certified Veeva partner, has been selected by RedHill, a long-time client, to
implement and configure Vault CDMS for this COVID-19 study. Vault CDMS enables trial sponsors and their CRO partners to manage studies collaboratively
from build through execution. Veeva Vault EDC, part of Vault CDMS, provides an intuitive interface for capturing trial data and is designed for flexibility, enabling
teams to create study builds faster and make mid-study changes with no downtime. Opaganib, a new chemical entity, is a proprietary, first-in-class,
orally-administered, sphingosine kinase-2 (SK2) selective inhibitor with anticancer, anti-inflammatory, and anti-viral activities, targeting multiple oncology, viral,
inflammatory, and gastrointestinal indications. By inhibiting SK2, opaganib impacts multiple cellular pathways which are associated with cancer growth, viral
replication, and pathological inflammation.
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APTQI and WebPT Join Forces to Shape a Positive Future for Physical Therapy
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The Alliance for Physical Therapy Quality and Innovation announced WebPT as its first At-Large Member and strategic partner in effecting positive legislative
and regulatory change to support the future of the physical therapy profession. The first issue the duo will take aim at is CMS’s 9% cut to Medicare payments for
physical and occupational therapy services, which is currently set to take effect January 1, 2021. APTQI, an aligned group of physical therapists and physical
therapy practices who share a common vision for the future of physical therapy, and WebPT, the nation’s leading rehab therapy software platform, will unite their
strengths to advocate for the profession in the areas of payment reform, quality initiatives, patient outcomes, and innovation. As an At-Large Member, WebPT will
also contribute to APTQI advocacy efforts and events and serve on the APTQI Board of Directors. WebPT is the most-trusted rehab therapy software platform in
the industry, serving more than 80,000 rehab therapy professionals across more than 15,000 clinics nationwide. With 40% market share, WebPT not only provides
rehab therapy businesses the tools they need to maximize performance, revenue, and patient outcomes but also supports rehab therapy advocacy efforts nationwide.
APTQI strongly opposes the across-the-board 9% cut to payments for physical and occupational therapy services presented in the Proposed Physician Fee
Schedule (PFS) Rule for CY2021. Therapy professionals across the country, joined by more than 90 bipartisan members of the U.S. House of Representatives, are
calling on Congress to waive CMS’s budget neutrality requirements for the 2021 fiscal year, thus allowing the agency to move forward with payment changes for
evaluation and management (E/M) services without reducing payments for PT and OT services.
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WideOrbit and Amagi Partner to Enable Seamless Broadcast Transition to OTT and CTV
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WideOrbit, the market leader in broadcast linear TV and Radio inventory and revenue workflow management, announced a new partnership with Amagi, a global
leader in cloud-based technology for streaming and OTT TV, to enable dynamic ad decisioning and insertion in live stream TV. This strategic partnership will
extend WideOrbit’s $38 billion in annual ad spending System of Record and best in class workflow management expertise to OTT streaming for local TV
broadcasters. Together, WideOrbit and Amagi will empower broadcasters to leverage existing linear workflows for digital streaming via OTT (over-the-top) and
CTV (connected TV), allowing them to converge broadcast ad breaks with the power of digital ad insertion. Specifically, the ad server within WideOrbit’s Digital
Suite and Amagi’s THUNDERSTORM technology allows local TV broadcasters to dynamically insert ads into livestreams within their existing broadcast
infrastructure. Amagi’s patented “fingerprint” technology allows WideOrbit to address the absence of cue tones (or SCTE markers) to indicate ad breaks in
broadcasters’ live newscasts and other livestreams. This technology, based on advanced machine learning, identifies ad breaks, then communicates with the
WideOrbit ad server to indicate the ad break duration and other targeting parameters, so the server knows exactly where the ad should be inserted. This enables
WideOrbit to provide targeted, broadcast-TV quality ads which are stitched into OTT and CTV streams by Amagi’s THUNDERSTORM Server-Side Ad Insertion
(SSAI) solution. WideOrbit’s Digital Suite, which includes WO Steaming and WO Ad eXchange, also allows broadcasters to schedule ads, target ads, and leverage
our programmatic ad exchange to maximize the value of any unsold inventory opportunities.
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Zerto Joins North Carolina Technology Association
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Zerto, an industry leader for IT resilience, became the latest corporate member of the North Carolina Technology Association, the premier statewide leadership
organization representing the technology industry. This new relationship demonstrates Zerto’s joint commitment with NC TECH to foster growth and champion
innovation in North Carolina’s tech sector. Zerto, founded in 2009, helps customers accelerate IT transformation by reducing the risk and complexity of
modernization and cloud adoption. By replacing legacy solutions with a single IT Resilience Platform, Zerto is changing the way disaster recovery, backup and
cloud mobility are managed. Zerto’s software platform delivers continuous availability for an always-on customer experience while simplifying workload mobility
to protect, recover and move applications freely across hybrid and multi-clouds. Zerto helps customers accelerate IT transformation by reducing the risk and
complexity of modernization and cloud adoption. By replacing multiple legacy solutions with a single IT Resilience Platform, Zerto is changing the way disaster
recovery, data protection and cloud are managed. With enterprise scale, Zerto’s software platform delivers continuous availability for an always-on customer
experience while simplifying workload mobility to protect, recover and move applications freely across hybrid and multi-clouds. Zerto is trusted globally by over
8,000 customers, works with more than 1,500 partners and is powering resiliency offerings for 450 managed services providers.
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Zuora And Gocardless Expand Partnership To Revolutionize Global Subscription Payments
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Zuora, Inc, the leading subscription management platform provider, announced an expanded global partnership and new product integration with GoCardless, the
leading fintech for recurring payments, to help companies across more than 30 countries, including the U.S., U.K., Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Canada to
process recurring payments faster and reduce payment-related costs and customer churn. Over the past eight years, subscription revenue has grown up to 8 times
faster than the sales revenue of the S&P 500, according to Zuora’s Subscription Economy® Index. As consumers increasingly demand access to digital services,
the GoCardless Global Payment Preferences report found that the use of bank debit to pay for online subscriptions is growing as an alternative to legacy payment
methods like wire transfers, paper checks, and credit cards. Companies that prioritize pull-based payment methods can avoid the high transaction costs and hidden
fees associated with legacy payment methods, both locally and globally, as well as the costs associated with chasing late and failed payments, which ultimately
leads to involuntary churn and lost revenue. Additionally, companies can access 44% more markets by offering bank debit as a collections gateway, according to
IDC’s “The business value of taking recurring payments with GoCardless.
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T2 Pay Stations Now Live at Oklahoma State Park Locations
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Oklahoma State Parks has partnered with Premium Parking to install and utilize 28 T2 Luke® ll Pay Stations, providing a streamlined entry solution that will save time
and money for both Oklahoma State Parks and park-goers. Premium Parking was awarded the parking permit and enforcement contract and partnered with T2 Systems
as their preferred pay machine partner for the Oklahoma State Parks. The T2 Luke Pay Stations have been installed by Premium Parking as part of their GLIDEPARCS®
solution, creating a seamless park entrance process by charging visitors by vehicle rather than by individual. The Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department is
updating 22 of its approximately 30 State Parks to this new parking system. Tourism is the third-largest industry in Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State Parks sees millions
of visitors and generates millions in earned revenue each year. As the organization saw an increase in demand over the past several years, it realized the need for an
updated park entrance system and turned to Premium Parking and T2 Systems. T2 Pay Stations are powered by T2 Iris, a secure, easy-to-use, cloud-based data
intelligence platform that will enable Oklahoma State Parks to track and manage their entire operation. The Luke II Pay Stations will allow visitors to conveniently pay
by credit card. They are user friendly, featuring an intuitive payment flow and tactile keys that can be pressed with a car key or the corner of a credit card for limited
contact. The Pay Stations are also highly configurable, allowing a wide variety of fee options to choose from.
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UPsafety Joins T2 Systems to Create Comprehensive Parking Solutions for the Municipal
Market
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Municipalities, universities, operators, healthcare campuses, and transportation hubs can now leverage the combined technology solutions of T2
Systems (“T2”) and United Public Safety (“UPsafety”) to generate more revenue more efficiently. With T2’s commitment to invest in R&D projects for
the company in FY 2021, the team at UPsafety will continue to expand under the leadership of Joan Young as a separate solution offering within the T2
portfolio. This means faster enhancement to products for current customers, and an expanded sales, service, and collection organization from T2
allowing the Company to continue to grow quickly in to new markets. T2 continues to innovate and grow, both organically and through acquisition, by
listening to the needs of customers and anticipating industry trends. The acquisition of UPsafety advances T2’s position as an industry leader delivering
touchless/contactless solutions, reliable hardware, and mobile payment options all supported by the most knowledgeable, responsive customer
experience resources in the industry.
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ZipRecruiter Partners with City of L.A. to Help Unemployed Youth Get Jobs
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Leading employment marketplace ZipRecruiter® is partnering with Hire LA’s Youth, the City of Los Angeles’s signature youth employment program,
to prepare youth for careers and help them navigate the job market. Under the partnership, each program participant will be paid to spend 10 hours on
a specialized page, ZipRecruiter.com/HireLAYouth, creating a profile and applying for jobs after receiving online job search training. ZipRecruiter’s
smart matching technology improves the job search experience for millions of people every month. Its job search product is also optimized for mobile,
which is increasingly the platform of choice for job seekers, especially youth. ZipRecruiter is the #1 rated-job search app on iOS & Android.
ZipRecruiter is a leading online employment marketplace. Powered by AI-driven smart matching technology, the company actively connects millions
of all-sized businesses and job seekers through innovative mobile, web, and email services, as well as partnerships with the best job boards on the web.
ZipRecruiter has the #1 rated job search app on iOS & Android. Founded in 2010, the Santa Monica-based marketplace has over 750 employees in the
U.S., Canada, the U.K. and Israel.
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HBL and Finastra introduce local children to the exciting world of coding
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Finastra teamed up with HBL, the largest bank in Pakistan, to introduce local children in Karachi, Pakistan, to the exciting world of coding as part of its Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR) agenda. Delivered just before the pandemic for students at The Education Bay School, the Hour of Code sessions helped local children learn more about
computer science and get some fun hands-on experience. Founded in the US, the Hour of Code initiative by Code.org is designed to demystify code and broaden participation
in the field of computer science. Some 90 million projects have been created with Code.org around the world to date. In Karachi, the children, aged nine to 10 years old, each
coded a game using drag and drop commands. Over the last year, Finastra has helped over 15,000 children around the world to code as part of its company-wide commitment
to investment in youth under the social innovation pillar of its global CSR strategy. HBL, Pakistan’s largest bank, was the first commercial bank to be established in Pakistan
in 1947. Since its inception, it has grown its branch network to over 1,700 branches, over 2,000 ATMs and serves 14 million customers and clients in over 15 countries, spanning
four continents. HBL is shaping the future through a paradigm shift as a ‘technology company with a banking license’. The bank’s multiple digital channels are helping it get
closer to its customers through innovative and frictionless ways. As the leading financial institution of Pakistan, HBL remains committed to its objective of financial inclusion
for all segments of society.
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Oracle Takes on Tech Skills Gap with Free Training
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Every day we hear more about the IT skills gap afflicting companies around the world. As more businesses seek to accelerate their own digital transformations, many are finding
it difficult, often even impossible, to find people with the right skillsets in cloud computing, business applications, software development—you name it. That is a major problem
not just for individual companies but for the economy at large. The issue is understandable in that technology is changing so fast that it’s hard for businesses and their employees
to keep pace. To address this critical need, Oracle University just launched an initiative to train business professionals on more than 50 technology job roles that are important
to nearly every company. The new Oracle Learning Explorer program offers free entry-level training to help businesses and their employees cultivate IT skills across Oracle’s
entire product stack, including: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Autonomous Database, HCM, ERP, DevOps, and more. The program includes learning paths for each tech area; a
quiz to validate acquired knowledge; and badges to highlight achievement. Research has shown that a large majority of employees feel that they have not mastered the skills
needed to perform their jobs to the best of their ability and see this as a drawback both for themselves and their employers. Training like the Oracle Learning Explorer not only
burnishes a company’s in-house skills but helps employees stay active, engaged, and motivated to meet new requirements over time. That fits nicely into Oracle University’s
overall goal which is to help Oracle customers—and by extension their employees—succeed. Free training is one way to help accomplish that.
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Trustly expands into Australia and Canada
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Trustly, the global leader in Online Banking Payments, is pleased to announce that it is expanding its offering to Australia and Canada. Expansion
into Australia marks Trustly’s first step into the Asia-Pacific region, while Canada bolsters its North American market coverage. Together, these
two countries represent a momentous move in Trustly’s plan to develop a global Online Banking Payments network, adding to Trustly’s existing
coverage in Europe and the US. Founded in 2008, Trustly is the global leader in Online Banking Payments. Our account-to-account network
bypasses the card networks, letting consumers make fast, simple and secure payments to merchants directly from their online banking accounts.
With support for more than 6,000 banks, roughly 600 million consumers across Europe and North America can pay with Trustly. We serve many
of the world’s most prominent merchants within e-commerce, financial services, gaming, media, telecom and travel, which all benefit from
increased consumer conversion and reduced operations, fraud and chargeback costs.
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