With the Easter break, vendors had a quieter time last week. However, there were several appointment announcements. Most notably, the appointment of Dan Barnhardt as Deltek’s Chief Marketing Officer. Some vendors rushed to get announcements out before the long weekend and others held off. With May approaching the conference season is also starting in earnest now, and there are several events and multiple announcements due in the coming weeks.
Acquisitions, Business and Financial
ActiveCampaign has announced the acquisition of Hilos, one of the most advanced WhatsApp automation platforms for businesses.
The CA/Browser Forum has voted to reduce the life of SSL/TLS certificates to just 47 days by 2029. The move is part of a plan to improve online security.
Certinia’s CEO, DJ Paoni, revealed that the company has hit EBITDA profitability after a successful financial year ending January 31st 2025. He also gave a business update for the financial year as well.
NetRise has closed a $10 million Series A funding round for software supply chain visibility and risk management.
Customer Stories
Flockr has added yet another brand to cement its proof points for its Social Proof platform. Kick Game, a leading luxury sneaker and streetwear retailer, saw a 18.5% increase in conversions as a result of deploying Flockr.
VertiGIS has revolutionised the document management system of Stadtwerke Wörgl with its VertiGIS ConnectMaster solution. The deal will make it easier for the utility, IT and mobility services company to manage its fibre optic network.
True Potential, the UK’s leading wealth tech firm headquartered in Newcastle, has selected Workday applications to enhance its operations and support future growth.
Partnerships
IFS Ultimo has announced its intention to significantly expand its channel ecosystem. The announcement came in a post authored by Robert Pronk, International Partner Marketing Manager, IFS Ultimo.
Product
BlueCart has announced a suite of powerful new features designed to supercharge restaurant profitability and streamline vendor adoption at scale.
Certinia has unveiled its Spring 25 release with updates across the portfolio. There were updates to all three core solutions. It also announced the renaming of ERP Cloud to Financial Management Cloud.
Curve, a digital wallet provider, has launched Curve Pay, a mobile payment solution on Android devices, across the UK and Europe.
Gong has announced the release of new AI Agents that will provide Digital assistants to empower revenue-generating teams.
Research
Cross-Border Commerce Europe has published its annual report ranking the top 500 European eCommerce players, focusing on their cross-border performance. In 2024, the total online EU cross-border market reached €275.6 billion (excluding travel). This represented a significant 36% share of the overall online market.
Agiloft
Agiloft announced the completion of an integration with Screens. Screens is a leading AI-powered contract review technology, the playbook-based AI contract review and redlining solution it acquired in December 2024. Screens’ technology empowers companies to accelerate contract review and negotiation processes, mitigate risks, and extract valuable insights from complex documents with unprecedented ease and efficiency.
Andy Wishart, CPO at Agiloft, commented, “Screens make it easy for companies to extract virtually any type of data from their contracts quickly, accurately, and at scale. Integrating Screens into Agiloft enables customers to use that data in infinite ways, whether it’s building workflows or piping the data into hundreds of other systems Agiloft integrates with.
“The combination makes AI on the inside a fundamental underpinning of Agiloft’s strategy and delivers unprecedented value to customers.”
Cybage Software
Cybage published several short case studies about successful projects it has recently completed. It helped transform the legacy expenses system into a modern solution for a leading provider of global travel and expense management solutions to large enterprises.
The firm also developed a custom Salesforce to automate and cut quote creation time by more than 80% for a global partner in digital marketing, transformation, and digital business. The application customised Salesforce CPQ, integrating the solution with Certinia for finance and billing—Google Sheets for price and resource plan configuration and leveraging custom objects for multicurrency support.
For a privately owned travel management company Cybage implemented a feature providing travellers with previous and active trip details, powered by an extensive chat function.
It helped integrate a booking platform enabling travellers and agents to book multiple travel segments (flights, cars, hotels), enhancing travel distribution services. Developed a portal for seamless management of invoices and itineraries and enabled an integration with Tripit.
The results included a:
- 15% decrease in effort required to manage itineraries
- 30% boost in customer satisfaction with self-trip management
- 40% reduction in customer support queries due to the automated support process
Deltek
Deltek detailed changes in the latest release of Deltek Costpoint. In Costpoint’s 2025.2 release, customers will have access to additional Smart Summaries, expanded capabilities for Quick Entry Expense Reports, and integration for Ask Dela to Costpoint Help.
There are three new Smart Summaries for Vendors, Customers and Employees. In 2025.2, Costpoint’s digital assistant, Dela, can now access Deltek Help content and answer “how to” questions. It has added additional options to Costpoint’s popular Quick Entry Expense Reports. Thus making them more flexible for different expense report users.
Kantata
Kantata announced the appointment of several new hires in a short LinkedIn Post. The appointments included:
- Fortuné Alexander – VP, Product Marketing
- Kevin Bryant – Senior Director, Customer Success
- Chris Doyle – Enterprise Account Executive
- William Kinkead – Technical Account Manager
- Pragya Singh – Senior Engineer, Software Development
- Aman Ojha – Engineer II, Software Development
Kantata also announced the expansion of its engineering and platform development team in India. The expansion comes via an investment in and partnership with AlphaNimble, a trusted India-based consultancy specializing in talent and technology solutions.
Vikas Nehru, Chief Technology Officer at Kantata, commented, “The professional services industry is experiencing a profound transformation—businesses are demanding systems that empower their people with precision, agility, and insight.
“That’s exactly what Kantata was built for. To meet this surge in demand, we’re expanding our global R&D footprint and investing in India to tap into its extraordinary pool of experienced, world-class engineering talent. We’re not just hiring—we’re building a true extension of our core team, where innovation is owned and celebrated at every level.”
Panasonic
Panasonic has announced the appointment of the University of Staffordshire to become a KAIROS Academy Partner. It will offer students a state-of-the-art eSports degree that equips them with essential industry skills. Alongside long-term partner Digital Garage, the University of Staffordshire’s KAIROS Academy will specialise in educating operators and students on getting the most out of Panasonic’s KAIROS IP-based live video production platform.
Richard Mortimer, Technical Services Manager, University of Staffordshire, said, “We’re delighted to be the first UK university to become a KAIROS Academy Partner. It gives us the best opportunity to utilise Panasonic’s and Digital Garage’s expertise to train our students with the required IP-based skills required for a future in video production – whilst positioning us as a leader in academic eSports broadcasting.”
Panasonic Connect Europe GmbH has partnered with COCUS AG, a leading IT solutions provider specialising in digital transformation services, private 5G networks, and AI, to deliver state-of-the-art hardware, intelligent software, and a reliable, private 5G network infrastructure for its customers.
Oliver Hüttig, CEO of COCUS, commented, “Our comprehensive IT and telecommunications expertise, combined with Panasonic’s high-quality hardware, allows us to jointly offer a wide range of solutions within a variety of environments, delivering significant benefits for customers.”
Planful
Planful announced a new partner in DACH, pmOne Group. pmOne Group is a leading German IT services provider. It specializes in data management, business intelligence (BI), AI, financial reporting, cloud migration, and corporate performance management (CPM). It has offices across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
The partnership will help more businesses in the DACH region seamlessly adopt Planful. Unlocking smarter planning, consolidation, reporting, forecasting, and analysis. And empowering them to make faster, data-driven decisions and drive measurable business performance.
Rootstock
Rootstock has launched Tariff Management Central, a comprehensive approach designed to help manufacturers manage the operational and financial impact of shifting global tariffs with greater speed, accuracy, and agility. The product is available in Beta.
Raj Badarinath, Chief Product & Marketing Officer at Rootstock Software, commented, “The speed and unpredictability of recent tariff changes have introduced a new level of risk to manufacturers. Our Tariff Management Central gives them the visibility and tools they need to respond faster—whether that means adjusting supplier relationships, updating pricing, or re-forecasting inventory plans.”
The new module is a move that will help manufacturers and distributors mitigate some of the risks associated with the rapidly changing tariff landscape. It contains several key features to help customers, including:
- Landed Cost Tracking, which calculates the total landed cost of goods—including tariffs, freight, and duties.
- QuickStart Tariff Tracking via Material Overhead.
- Supplier Rebalancing and Sourcing Optimization.
- Scenario planning capabilities with Tariff Simulation and Pricing Strategy.
- Profitability Monitoring and Margin Alerts.
- Inventory Timing and Holding Strategies to help organisations decide when to hold shipments to avoid tariff increases.
- Integration with AvaTax Cross-Border.
The new module is integrated with Rootstock ERP, ensuring that sourcing, inventory, finance, and production teams work from the same data. Rootstock is also working on an AI-powered tariff agent, which will be available in the next release.
Badarinath added, “This isn’t just a reporting tool—it’s a decision cockpit. Manufacturers can’t afford to wait for month-end reports to understand tariff impacts. They need actionable insights and the ability to respond quickly. That’s what this module delivers. We’re delivering a powerful set of tools today while also preparing our customers for what’s coming next.”
VertiGIS
VertiGIS has appointed Greg Brazeau has been appointed as VertiGIS’ new Vice President of Sales for its North American utilities business. The new operation has its headquarters based in Denver, Colorado. It will bring together the existing US-based utilities, sales and marketing, presales, and support teams into one entity.
Andy Berry, CEO, said, “This is an exciting time for VertiGIS’ strategic growth plans. Our investment in Denver is central to our continued utilities expansion and increasing market share in the United States. With Greg’s experience and business leadership, we’re perfectly positioned to make VertiGIS the go-to solution for simplifying complex and intricate network management for utilities.”
Zoho
Zoho announced updates to the Zoho Sign Android mobile app. It follows the release of the iOS app last week. The app has several improvements included.
- An improved user interface
- The ability to sign securely with QES via InfoCert and Uanataca
- Support for four new languages: Thai, Vietnamese, Bahasa Indonesian, and Traditional Chinese
- Enable visible signatures to catalogue metadata on every signed document. Recording signer metadata—such as their name, unique recipient ID, email address, reason for signing, and date of signing
- A native framework scanner that helps you scan and upload documents directly from your device
- The ability to email completed documents to in-person signers after completion
- A Dynamic knowledge-based authentication (KBA) for US data centres through IDology
- Integration of Zoho Checkout with Zoho Sign to collect payments with the payment signer field
- The ability of the app to support logins from multiple accounts and switch between them
