Last week, Precisely announced the acquisition of location intelligence firm Transerve. Unmind launched Unmind Talk, revealing that it had acquired Frankie Talk to create a well-being solution. It may also have received finance.
Zoho released an update to BIGIN, its SME CRM solution. Thesis, the education vendor, once part of Unit4, has been sold by Advent to SilverTree Equity.
Acquisitions
Humanforce Holdings Pty Ltd, an Accel-KKR portfolio firm, is to acquire IntelliHR after the board approved the deal.
Redwood Software announced its acquisition of Cerberus, a leading secure file transfer provider that serves some of the largest global organizations.
Appointments
Aderant announced two appointments and a promotion. Doug Matthews has joined as Chief Product Officer (CPO), and Andrew Hoyt as Chief Technology Officer (CTO). In addition, the company has promoted Jessica Kattman to Vice President, Global Marketing and Communications.
Boomi announced the appointment of Arlen Shenkman as President and CFO and Alison Biggan as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO).
Medius appointed Mattias Laurentz Johansson as GM for MediusGo, a secure and innovative accounts payable software application for small to medium-sized businesses in the Nordics.
SourceDay revealed Paul Willson as its new Chief Finance Officer.
Business
Creatio announced it once again completed the SOC 2 Type II audit.
Creatio announced its partnership with Nymbl, an advisory and development agency that helps companies create products and solutions using low-code/no-code platforms.
Head Light, the talent management solution vendor, has successfully passed the re-certification process to retain its ISO 27001 status for Information Security Management.
Kaseya announced the expansion of the Kaseya + Datto Global Partner Program. It also announced an increased investment in channel partners through doubled marketing development funds (MDF) and a larger team.
Nexthink launched its new DEX Management Certification program to provide IT, EUC and digital workplace teams with the tools they need to successfully execute DEX programs.
NICE and Cognizant announced the launch of a global strategic go-to-market partnership to accelerate customer experience (CX) transformation.
O9 solutions announced a partnership and integration with PredictHQ, the demand intelligence company.
Pipedrive will participate in a unique educational initiative for school leaders for the fourth consecutive year. As part of the Education Leaders’ Internship Program, the school principal of Tallinn’s Old Town School for Adults, Robert Ossipov, starts a 5-month internship at Pipedrive to hone his leadership skills under the guidance of CTO Agur Jõgi and People & Culture Manager Ingrid Palm.
SD Worx is partnering with financial well-being provider Wagestream to help businesses build more inclusive, fair and rewarding workplaces for their people – with a set of fair financial services built around pay.
Trinet announced a partnership with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) featuring training programs, volunteer opportunities, educational resources and more. AFSP is a voluntary health organization dedicated to saving lives and bringing hope to those affected by suicide.
Trintech announced a reseller partnership with Jeeves Information Systems, a Forterro company and ERP vendor in Sweden for Trintech Adra.
Versapay announced that over one million companies transact on its B2B payment network.
Customer
After nearly three years of stakeholder discovery and a rigorous RFP procurement process, the SAFHER project team and governing council have chosen Precise Software Solutions, Inc (Precise) as the implementation manager, and Appian as the technology platform for the next phase of SAFHER development.
Insignia Financial Ltd has saved tens of thousands of hours since 2019 when it implemented “Optimus”, its first digital worker created with Automation Anywhere. Since then, Insignia Financial’s digital workforce has steadily increased and automated 60+ processes, reducing costs and improving business efficiencies.
The Bank of Abyssinia, one of the fastest-growing banks in Ethiopia, has onboarded NewgenONE for end-to-end automation of retail and small and micro enterprise (SME) loan types.
Oracle announced that Red Bull racing is increasing its use of Oracle technology ahead of the 2023 season. Oracle Fusion Cloud CX will drive fan engagement, paddock growth, and a livery design contest. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure will power billions of race simulations to improve race strategy.
UniSuper, one of Australia’s largest superannuation funds, has selected Oracle Fusion Cloud Human Capital Management (HCM) to improve its HR function. It will also support its ongoing commitment to delivering efficiency in operations for its employees and, in turn, more than half-a-million members.
NTT Data Corporation, the leading innovator of IT and business services, has adopted Qlik Sense. It will analyze and actively draw insights from highly dense procurement data on externally acquired IT products and services.
Mizuho Bank Ltd is modernizing its legacy banking system for international operations with Oracle.
Qualtrics announced that hundreds of organizations worldwide, including BMW Group, KFC, Kyndryl and Qualcomm, selected its employee experience solutions in the fourth quarter of 2022. Leading financial services organizations worldwide, including Farmers Insurance, Principal Financial and State Employees’ Credit Union, also selected the solution. It also celebrated growth in APJ as well.
Qualtrics also announced that hundreds of organizations worldwide, including The BMW Group, Farmers Insurance and Principal Financial Group®, selected its customer experience solutions in the fourth quarter of 2022.
SAP SE and Red Hat, Inc announced an expanded partnership to significantly increase SAP’s use of and support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Red Hat also announced a multi-stage alliance with Oracle to offer customers a greater choice of operating systems to run on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
Scratchpad revealed how Crunchbase grew its pipeline by 43% after deploying its solution. It also reduced the sales cycle by 30% and increased outbound sales pipeline generation by 138% in under a year.
UiPath has supported the Romanian Red Cross (RRC) in digitizing and automating the reporting of donations collected by the organization to benefit Ukrainian refugees in Romania.
Accenture and UKG are collaborating to help Ardent Health Services improve workforce visibility and agility across its network of 30 hospitals and 200 sites of care using UKG Dimensions.
Financial Reports
BILL
BILL reported its Q2 2023 results. Total revenue rose 66% year over year. René Lacerte, BILL CEO and Founder, commented, “We delivered strong second-quarter results and achieved another quarter of non-GAAP profitable growth as we executed on our strategy to be the essential financial operations platform for SMBs.
“As champions of SMBs, we are proud that our solutions empowered more than 400,000 businesses to automate their financial operations, gain more visibility and control of their spend, and focus more of their time on running their businesses.”
Zilliant
Zilliant revealed that in 2022 it grew ARR by 17% and achieved 108% net dollar retention. Its price and revenue optimization and management solutions are deployed in 158 countries. It celebrated new customers such as Wasserstrom, MacAllister Rentals, Pella Windows & Doors, Kafrit Group, Tetra Pak, Vertical Supply Group and ASC Engineered Solutions.
Appointed on August 1st, 2022, Pascal Yammine, CEO of Zilliant, commented, “We were delighted to welcome new Zilliant customers and significantly expand our relationships with existing customers in 2022. Despite a tough economy, Zilliant saw more than 50% of our annual subscription value come from new customers.
“As we begin 2023, B2B companies will continue to be challenged by inflation, supply chain disruption, the possibility of recession and cost declines, as well as the continued boom of digital commerce. Zilliant is ideally positioned to help these companies grow profitably despite these economic headwinds.”
intelliHR
In possibly its last financial results announcement as an ASX-listed company following the news that Humanforce Holdings will buy it, IntelliHR revealed that ARR closed Q2 FY23 at $9.014m, up 7.7% over FY23Q1. It won 28 new customers and achieved ISO 27001 and SOC II Type I accreditation.
intelliHR Chair & CEO Matt Donovan commented, “After our recent win, and successful implementation of leading NZ retailer Mitre 10, we are delighted to be chosen by Australia’s leading retail brand Freedom. Retailers love the flexibility that intelliHR can provide. We look forward to helping Freedom make more intelligent people decisions in the months and years to come.”
Product
Appian announced the availability of Appian Connected Underwriting. Built on the Appian Platform, Connected Underwriting empowers insurers to accelerate the underwriting process and improve customer experience.
BambooHR has deepened its integration with Checkr to further streamline the background checks of prospective employees.
Clearbit announced the launch of Clearbit Traffic Rank. It is an aggregated metric that helps you understand how a company’s website metrics compare against other companies on the Internet. It will replace the use of Alexa Rank, which will be retired by Clearbit in Jan 2024.
Einblick has launched a new AI Assistant. It is an in-line, context-aware wrapper around the OpenAI API–the technology behind ChatGPT. With just a few clicks, you can fix existing code, add comprehensive code comments, and even generate new code based on your own custom prompt.
Lakeside Software announced updates to proactive alerts and executive insights solutions to improve proactive IT management and the visibility of IT health.
Pulseway revealed several platform improvements, including a new authentication mechanism for agents and clients, allowing the authentication to be performed through the WebApp. Its third-party patching tool now supports 180 titles.
RoboMQ announced phase 4.4 of Hire2Retire. It now supports iCIMS, an applicant tracking system (ATS), providing fully automated pre–boarding integration for Hire2Retire users.
