We published several interviews and podcasts with industry leaders last week. Darren Cran, CEO of AccountsIQ, talked about his ambitions for the company, including international expansion. Fred Laluyaux, CEO at Aera Technology, explored how AI is remaking decision-making systems and talked about how “born in digital” has changed the way we make decisions in this podcast.
AI is the hot topic at the moment, and Duncan Curtis, SVP for Gen AI and AI Product and Technology at Sama, discusses whether multimodal AI is the moment when AI becomes more human!
Appointments
Rohirrim has announced the appointment of General (Ret.) Richard Clarke to its Advisory Board.
WSO2 has announced the appointment of Richard Evans as its UK and Ireland Country Manager.
Business
Agiloft has announced a collaboration with PwC UK, in which the consulting firm will help transform contract lifecycle management in Enterprise clients.
Infosys and Adobe have announced a strategic collaboration to jointly transform the marketing life cycle of global brands with AI.
Monta, the company behind a rapidly expanding software platform that manages electric vehicle charging infrastructure for both individual and corporate users, has launched a new industry benchmark for EV Chargers across Europe, including the UK.
Pulsant has signed a strategic partnership with Nine23. The partnership brings together the most geographically diverse digital infrastructure providers in the UK with a leading UK cybersecurity company.
Safe Software has announced a major expansion into Europe, planning to expand its footprint in Ireland and the UK.
Customer Stories
Sprinklr, the unified customer experience platform, has selected Rocketlane’s professional services automation platform to manage its projects.
Product
Enable, the leading AI-driven rebate and pricing management platform, has launched Tariff Price Planner. The new solution will enable organisations to understand the cost implications, safeguard margins, and make better data-driven pricing decisions that account for tariff volatility.
ExpenseIn, part of the AccountsIQ Group, has launched the ExpenseIn Card. The intent is to provide a fully integrated expense card that streamlines expense processing.
Zoho has launched Zia Hubs. The new feature creates an interface to help them organise and extract insights from their stored data, both unstructured and structured.
Azul
Azul announced the expansion of its partnership with OpenValue into North America. It brings OpenValue’s industry-leading Java migration services and newly introduced Java migration guarantees, which are available globally, to Azul customers and global reseller partners. OpenValue’s certified Java migration services are now being coupled with Java migration assurances. To provide guaranteed outcomes on project timelines and budgets.
The expanded partnership helps customers across Europe and North America safely and efficiently migrate their Java estates to Azul Platform Core and Azul Platform Prime. While optimising performance and controlling license costs.
Simon Taylor, Vice President of Global Partners and Alliances at Azul, said, “Our global channel partners are instrumental in helping customers unlock the full value of Azul’s Java platform. OpenValue’s Java migration guarantee is a game-changer. Giving enterprises the confidence to modernize their Java estates with clear expectations and no surprises.
“We’re excited to expand this partnership into North America and continue enabling our customers and partners to drive successful, low-risk migrations to Azul.”
BlackLine
BlackLine announced the appointment of Sam Balaji to its Board of Directors, effective June 13, 2025. With more than three decades of global leadership experience scaling technology businesses, Mr. Balaji brings deep expertise in enterprise software, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and global go-to-market strategies.
Therese Tucker, Founder and Co-CEO of BlackLine said, “Sam’s track record speaks for itself—but what impressed me most was his ability to think big while staying grounded in what truly creates value for customers. He’s not just a strategic thinker—he’s a builder, a mentor, and a leader who understands how to navigate complexity and unlock growth. I’m thrilled to welcome him to the Board as we write the next chapter of our journey.”
Balaji commented, “I’m honored to join BlackLine’s Board at such a pivotal time. BlackLine’s cutting-edge platform, compelling vision, and accelerating AI-driven momentum in digital finance transformation are unmatched. I look forward to helping guide the company through its next phase of growth and innovation.”
Cybage Software
Cybage revealed details of three more customer projects. The first saw it modernise the legacy platform for a global commerce company. By adopting a microservices-based, Cloud-native Architecture on AWS. The new solution will help improve scalability, operational agility, and overall efficiency.
The second saw it build a fundraising platform for a non-profit organisation. By using robust APIs to connect various fundraising platforms. The solution achieved seamless integration with Facebook and Instagram. By leveraging OAuth 2.0 for secure user authentication and data access.
Thirdly, it spearheaded a digital commerce transformation for a leading direct-selling enterprise, resulting in a seamless and unified customer experience. Cybage started by migrating the legacy system to a scalable Hybris platform. Providing a unified B2B/B2C experience, real-time ERP integration, advanced search capabilities, and personalised promotions. It built new apps for organisations as well.
Deltek
Vantagepoint release
Deltek published details of the latest Vantagepoint release, which aimed to help reduce bottlenecks and streamline workflows. Updates included:
- The ability to create project documents in Word, Excel and PowerPoint and reports using project data.
- New Dashboards help organisations to simplify the presentation of fiscal year metrics.
- Enhancements to the mobile app enable absence approvals from anywhere.
Deltek Learning Hub for ComputerEase
The Deltek Learning Hub is now available for ComputerEase users. The hub provides a one-stop destination for comprehensive product resources. Launching ComputerEase onto the learning hub is the latest example of our ongoing commitment to providing accessible and user-friendly learning experiences for all our users.
Freshworks
Freshworks appointed Ian Tickle as Chief of Global Field Operations (CGFO). Tickle, who has served in this capacity on an interim basis since April while maintaining his role as Senior Vice President and General Manager of International Sales, will now take on the position full-time to drive the company’s field sales-led growth through new business and customer expansion globally.
Dennis Woodside, CEO and President at Freshworks commented, “Since joining Freshworks, Ian has distinguished himself as a customer champion and exceptional leader. Working across the organization to deliver results for our users, our teams, and our company. He’s made a big impact in a short time, and I am excited to see this momentum continue under his leadership. As demand for our uncomplicated IT and customer service software grows.”
Infor
Columbus
Columbus, an Infor M3 partner has extended its partnership, a strategic partnership in Benelux to add to the one existing in Northern Europe and Germany. By welcoming Columbus as a strategic partner in Benelux, Infor customers now gain direct access to sector-specific expertise.
Whether it’s a food and beverage company maximising inventory management or a manufacturing firm digitising its workflows, the partnership provides practical solutions to industry challenges.
Hein Kivits, VP Benelux at Infor, said, “The partnership with Columbus aligns perfectly with our growth ambitions in Benelux. The proven business and technology capabilities of Columbus provide our customers with greater flexibility and more ways to unlock the value of our solutions. Together, we’re empowering businesses to embrace AI, machine learning, and process mining, areas central to Infor’s vision and product strategy.”
Tina Algkvist, Senior Vice President of Business at Columbus, commented, “The expansion to Benelux marks a significant milestone for us. It strengthens our connection with organisations in this region, where many are ready for the next step in their digital transformation. By working together, we can help them to streamline processes in the value chain, automate production, and improve customer experiences.”
Plusgrade partnership
Infor (as reported in hospitalitynet) announced a preferred partnership between its Infor Hospitality Management Solution (HMS) and Plusgrade, the global leader in ancillary revenue solutions. This collaboration enables hotels using Infor HMS to drive incremental revenue and elevate guest personalisation. By seamlessly integrating Plusgrade’s proven upsell technology into the core guest journey.
Alan Young, Vice President of Hospitality Strategy at Infor, said, “With this preferred partnership, we’re giving hotels the power to unlock revenue that’s been hiding in plain sight. Plusgrade brings a new level of sophistication to upselling. Combined with Infor HMS’s deep operational capabilities, our customers can now activate highly targeted, high-margin offers that enhance the guest experience while optimizing their bottom line.”
Nintex
Nintex announced that Keith Andrews Trucks has transformed how it operates and scales, digitising everything from onboarding to safety reporting and customer feedback with the Nintex Automation CE Platform.
Colleen Houlker, Group Manager Business Optimisation at Keith Andrews Trucks, said, “When you’re bringing on one person, it’s quite easy to manage. But we had to onboard around 65 staff all at once across multiple new branches – this would have been chaotic using our old manual processes,” said “We had several legacy systems, so Nintex automation helped us make the most gains.
“Across HR specifically, we created a tailored, automated induction experience complete with standardised documentation and triggered digital contract signing – significantly lightening the admin load for our HR team. It turned what could have been a massive headache into a smooth process.”
Keith Andrews Trucks is now using the Nintex Automation CE Platform for everything from process mapping and improvement tracking to workflow automation and document generation. The company has built new safety and compliance tools using Nintex, including automated health and safety observation forms.
The company is also using Nintex to gather and act on customer feedback more effectively. Whether via a QR code in a truck cab or a post-service email, customer compliments and complaints are logged through the Nintex platform. This gives the company a clearer view of service performance across its national network.
Precisely
Precisely has recognised two Distinguished Engineers whose contributions continue to push the boundaries of what’s possible. It recognises exceptional contributors across R&D, support, presales, sales, and professional services.
Sean McCoy, Sr. Technology Architect is renewed as a Distinguished Engineer for his ever-expanding impact across data integration and our entire Data Integrity Suite.
Diana Smith, Solution Architect, is recognised for her exemplary work with customers and partners, her measurable business impact in location intelligence and data enrichment, and her rising profile as an external thought leader, including in her role as a Lecturer of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) at San Diego State University.
UNRVLD
Smeg has relaunched its UK webstore, supported by digital technology and experience agency UNRVLD. Smeg is an existing customer of UNRVLD and used Shopify to build a new mobile-first site to merchandise Smeg’s extensive range of more than 900 small and large appliances. UNRVLD built the website to aid discoverability while matching the brand experience offered at the brand’s Regent Street flagship store.
The feature-rich platform has allowed Smeg to reimagine shop.smeguk.com as a digital destination where customers can easily discover products – browsing by different facets, such as product category, collection or specification.
Zoho
New form factors for Zoho Solo
Zoho Solo is now available on bigger devices. You can now download it on your iPad or Android tablet and have an even more enhanced experience on your favourite device.</p>
SAP Integrations
Zoho has added integrations for SAP S/4HANA and SAP HANA to the Zoho Flow integration gallery.
