Last week, Icertis launched Icertis Contract Intelligence for Government Contractors (ICI GovCon). BICS partnered with Bancontact Payconiq Company to deliver multifactor authentication services to the payments vendor.
Tipalti has announced the extension of its Accounts Payables platform with a new solution, Tipalti Expenses. It also launched a physical Tipalti Card. Tipalti added European localisation and gained a license to help expand its footprint in the EU.
Creatio has announced the latest release (8.1) of its no-code platform. The Creatio Quantum release delivers a fully composable architecture comparable to Lego.
ServiceNow unveiled its Vancouver releases, integrating generative AI across the platform.
Eightfold AI announced that Chano Fernandes would join the company as Co-CEO in January 2024.
HiBob raised $150 million in a new round of funding led by Farallon Capital.
Acquisitions
Salesforce has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Airkit.ai, a creator of AI-powered customer service applications and experiences.
Appointments
Altair announced that Fabrizio Sara has been named the new Country Manager for Altair Italy.
Appian announced the appointment of Frédéric Godde as Regional Vice President of Sales for Appian France.
Bullhorn has promoted Jonathan Bedard to Chief Marketing Officer.
Sidetrade announced the appointment of two new non-executive Directors, Gilles Rigal and Jean-Luc Robert, to the company’s Board of Directors.
Validity announced the addition of its new Senior Vice President of Global Account Management, Jim Tobolski, to its leadership team.
Business
Agiloft announced that the security and access controls that protect its no-code CLM platform and users have achieved a Service Organization Control (SOC) 1 Type 2 security certification.
Creatio announced its partnership with Teal Technology Services. Teal Technology Services is an IT consulting company providing comprehensive custom digital transformation services in Africa.
The three Nationwide Credit Reporting Agencies (NCRAs) – Equifax, Experian and TransUnion are reinforcing their commitment to the financial health of US consumers. With the ongoing availability of free weekly credit reports through AnnualCreditReport.com.
GoodData achieved SOC2 certification for GoodData Cloud.
IFS announced IFS Ultimo CSR Day (Corporate Social Responsibility Day). This is a special initiative that grants our employees one paid day off per year to dedicate to volunteering activities.
Infosys has expanded its strategic collaboration with NVIDIA. They will help enterprises worldwide drive productivity gains with generative AI applications and solutions.
Qualtrics announced it has opened a new, expanded office in Reston, Va. This will serve as a hub for AI innovation and public sector growth.
5 For The Fight, a Qualtrics-led global movement that invites everyone to give $5 for the fight against cancer, announced that it has achieved its goal of raising $50 million for cancer research.
Red Hat Inc. announced that Salesforce is standardizing its global hybrid cloud infrastructure on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Sidetrade announced a new commercial partnership with corporate finance consulting firm Latinafinance.net. This collaboration will strengthen its presence in South America and support the growth of international and South American companies.
SugarCRM announced it has reached a major milestone for its online SugarClub user community, with 10,000 members worldwide.
SIOS Technology Corp. announced the release of a new eBook, Step-by-Step: Configuring Amazon EC2 for Business-Critical Applications.
Customer
Bellingham, Washington-based Whatcom Community College, delivers a more connected learner experience after going live with Anthology’s lifecycle engagement solution. This solution is designed for higher education, Anthology Reach.
Through a new partnership, Cornerstone will power Chelsea FC Women’s entire workforce. Both on and off the pitch. This will integrate into the Club’s wider learning and development programmes empowering all staff to be their most extraordinary.
Nigeria’s Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) has selected the Infosys Finacle Digital Banking Suite for its multi-country digital transformation program. GTBank’s decision was driven by Finacle’s proven track record. And the solution suite’s comprehensive capabilities across retail, wealth, and corporate banking.
Appian announced its partnership with the Texas Secretary of State’s Business Services & Public Filings Division. Together they will accelerate end-to-end process automation in government operations.
NICE announced that it has finalized the implementation of its financial crime solutions with GoTyme Bank, a partnership between the Gokongwei Group and Singapore-based digital banking group Tyme.
WS Audiology has selected the o9 Digital Brain platform to enhance its supply chain planning capabilities and continue its digital transformation journey.
Salesforce announced that the trading and investing platform eToro uses Service Cloud with Einstein, Marketing Cloud, Mulesoft, and Tableau. Enhancing customer service with secure and centralized data.
SOCi revealed how Ike’s Love and Sandwiches In transitioning to SOCi’s CoMarketing Cloud. Using SOCi Local Pages, Reviews, and Listings Advanced, Ike’s operations team optimized its local marketing efforts. It implemented a data-backed strategy without adding intense workloads to the team.
Getlink, a major player in mobility infrastructure, international trade and a leader in eco-responsible transport, is leveraging Talend Data Fabric as a key driver in its “Data as a Service” strategy.
Financial Reports
ThoughtSpot
ThoughtSpot published a business update after closing its fiscal year 2023. It announced another strong year of growth and accelerating momentum.
In July, ThoughtSpot further strengthened its position as an industry leader as the company completed its acquisition of Mode Analytics, resulting in a twofold increase in the company’s combined customer base and growing to $150M ARR.
Sudheesh Nair, CEO of ThoughtSpot, commented, “We are building a company of lasting consequence. In the ever evolving tech landscape, generative AI represents the biggest wave of transformation, redefining the speed at which our customers can turn data into insights and drive meaningful outcomes.
“At ThoughtSpot, we know we have a responsibility to help our customers ride the current and propel them into the future. We do this by making analytics seamless and invisible while ensuring the results and impact delivered remain strikingly visible. Constantly reinventing every aspect of ThoughtSpot, from product to pricing to GTM, isn’t simple. But it is essential if we want to not only reshape the future of analytics, but the future of our customers’ success in the age of AI.”
Product
Altair announced that the Ultra Librarian CAD model library is now available to Altair users in several Altair ECAD verification and multiphysics solutions, including Altair PollEx, Altair SimLab, and Altair One UDE.
Automation Anywhere announced an expansion of its Automation Success Platform. This will enable enterprises to accelerate their transformation journeys and put AI to work securely throughout their organizations. Automation Anywhere’s new tools and enhancements deliver AI-powered automation across every team, system and process.
Avalara announced new APIs and integrations at Avalara NEXT. These included it becoming the first tax compliance provider available in Salesforce Service Cloud. It also launched AvaTax for Accounts Payable API, which will seamlessly integrate Avalara sales and use tax products, packaged software (ERP, POS, eCommerce, billing and CRM systems), and custom applications. Avalara ELR, the only full-service, global e-invoicing solution, is now available on the Oracle Marketplace for Oracle Cloud Fusion ERP. It also launched five new API extractors.
BMC announced new integrations for the Control-M (self-hosted) and BMC Helix Control-M (SaaS) offerings.
Caseware launched its first ESG reporting app. Caseware’s ESG reporting app supports companies and consultants of sustainability reports in all stages of the reporting process – from scope determination and data collection to the creation of the report.
Experian will integrate IntoZetta’s data governance capabilities with Experian’s Aperture Data Studio, the company‘s flagship data quality platform.
Genesis Global announced the launch of a solution that aggregates new bond deal data for asset managers, accelerates investment decision making and streamlines how they request and receive allocations.
Keap revealed the latest updates to its platform, including the following:
- The ability to create new tags on the fly from within the landing page builder and apply those new tags to buttons
- To send emails from a custom domain
- It is now possible to use emojis in emails
- Keap will now automatically transfer Terms/conditions, notes and attachments from quotes to the invoice
- VAT/GST tax compliance for UK and Australian customers
Lattice announced Lattice HRIS. A human resources information system that will manage the employee record and integrate directly with Lattice’s existing talent suite of products. It will allow customers to report on metrics, uncover critical insights about their employees and teams, prove the success of their HR programs, and automate change management processes across their workforce.
NICE announced the Summer 2023 Release of CXone, which adds new capabilities, underpinned by Enlighten. These drive fluent interaction management from consumers to agents and the business. It added an Integration Hub, a supervisor Workspace and CXone PM Application Analytics. CXone ACD/IVR is also now generally available on Microsoft Azure.
OneStream Software announced several key innovations designed to increase end-user speed to insights across Financial Performance Management, Operational Planning and analytics and Forecasting processes at its 2023 Splash Berlin Global User Conference and Partner Summit. The innovations introduce the next generation of the OneStream platform with AI-driven forecasting, automation and expanded ESG capabilities.
Ontra launched Ontra Atlas, an entity management solution for private investment firms. Ontra Atlas streamlines the organization and management of legal entities and workflows associated with firm and fund operations.
ReconArt has developed and launched API connectors with Mambu, a top SaaS core banking system. This will deliver superb end-to-end automated reconciliations for joint customers in the fintech, banking and financial services segments.
In partnership with the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI), Salesforce launched a Corporate Climate Finance Playbook to help companies unlock multiple forms of capital to accelerate climate action. As part of its climate finance strategy, Salesforce announced $8.3 million in new climate justice and nature-based solutions grants.
SAS announced the availability of SAS Health – a novel, end-to-end enterprise solution for analytics and data automation that simplifies health data management, improves data governance and accelerates patient insights.
Wolters Kluwer unveiled new capabilities for CCH iFirm Taxprep. The only cloud-based tax compliance solution in Canada, designed to meet the needs of tax and accounting firms of all sizes.
Workhuman launched Workhuman app for Microsoft Teams. The application, now available for download in the Microsoft Teams app store, gives an organization’s employees full access to all features of Workhuman’s powerful recognition platform from within Microsoft Teams. Where employees work, meet, create, communicate, and collaborate daily.
