The roundup is back after a two-week vacation in beautiful Northumberland: unspoilt beaches and glorious weather. Quite a lot of news emerged during my absence. Some of which was covered by the team, and others are in the roundup below. As we head into summer, the news appears to continue to emerge, despite the heat waves the UK is currently experiencing.
Zoho made several announcements over the last fortnight, including an expansion of its R&D, the opening of a new campus, the acquisition of Asimov Robotics, and a partnership with Kerala Startup Mission.
Zoho also announced the latest release of Zoho CRM. It includes the launch of CRM for Everyone. It also announced the release of Zoho Contracts 2.0, the latest version of its comprehensive contract lifecycle management (CLM) software. The latest version of Sales IQ, Nova, unveils a raft of new AI-powered capabilities.
Zoho Books has extended support to include sole traders in the UK. Sole traders (both VAT and non-VAT registered) can now manage end-to-end accounting for their business without worrying about high costs.
Acquisition
Forterro has entered into a binding agreement to acquire TARGIT, a Denmark-headquartered business intelligence (BI) and analytics software company.
Appointments
FourKites announced that Gustavo Ghory, Chairman and Co-Founder of SmarterChains and former Chief Supply Chain Officer at Kimberly-Clark, has joined the company’s Strategic Advisory Council. FourKites also announced that Bob Stewart, former Senior Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer, North America at McDonald’s, has joined its Strategic Advisory Council.
Quantexa appointed Steven Guggenheimer, former Corporate Vice President at Microsoft, and Franck Petitgas, former Global Head of Investment Banking at Morgan Stanley and current member of the UK House of Lords, to its Advisory Board.
Business
Datadog Inc announced its inclusion on the S&P 500 Index, effective prior to the opening of trading July 9th. Datadog’s addition comes as it continues to innovate across its product portfolio in AI, observability, security, log management and more.
Gong announced a major expansion of its Dublin-headquartered EMEA operations to support its rapidly growing customer base—now over 750 strong across key markets. Including Ireland, the UK, Germany, France, Nordics, Benelux and Spain.
Xensam announced a further expansion of its operations to support accelerating customer demand for its SaaS-native, AI-powered SAM platform. The company is expanding its presence in London and opening a new office in the Romanian tech hub of Bucharest. Thus, further strengthening its position as Europe’s fastest-growing SAM company.
Customer Stories
Chris Steward, Senior Project Manager at GBG Group, a specialist in geophysical, environmental, and structural investigations, explains how the firm is using Deltek Archisnapper to unlock new levels of efficiency and collaboration.
Will Guest, Finance Director at Ardent, explains why he decided to migrate the consulting firm to Deltek Vantagepoint ERP. And the benefits of moving to the cloud that the company has experienced. Guest commented, “It’s not just the number of projects that’s growing. They’re becoming larger and more complex, too. We’ve had to place an emphasis on growth to continue meeting these challenges, and Deltek has been a big part of that journey.”
Gardner Aerospace, a global leader in metallic parts manufacturing and integrated aerospace solutions has partnered with Infor. It has selected CloudSuite Aerospace & Defence to unify operations, finance, and HR on a single industry-specific cloud platform. Thus, driving standardization, improving intercompany consolidation, and unlocking efficiency at scale.
Interprefy has provided its AI-powered translation software for the AI for Good Global Summit 2025. Organised by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), in partnership with more than 40 UN agencies, the 2025 summit brings together the brightest minds in AI, policymaking, research, and humanitarian work.
The Interprefy platform also supported the Hague Talks: What is Just Peace?, hosted at Amare Studio, The Hague. The evening brought together diverse voices for an open conversation on peace, justice, and hope. Providing a platform to reflect on how these ideals shape our communities and individual actions.
Suntreat has selected Ultimo’s Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) solution to replace its paper-based maintenance processes. Ultimo also revealed how the Dr. Schär Group selected Ultimo EAM Software across all twelve production sites in nine countries. Each of which operates an average of 400 machines on multiple production lines.
Churchill Group has selected Workday Human Capital Management (HCM) and Workday Payroll to help streamline HR operations.
Partnerships
Adobe and the Premier League announced a multi-year partnership to bring new AI-powered personalised digital experiences to fans around the world.
Payara and Azul, the only company 100% focused on Java, have announced a strategic partnership. Azul also announced a strategic partnership to deliver near-zero Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) third-party container images backed by Azul’s world-class Java support.
Infor has expanded its Strategic Collaboration Agreement (SCA) with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to accelerate generative AI adoption among joint customers.
Ultimo, an IFS company, has announced a technology partnership with TwinThread, a US-based leader in industrial artificial intelligence (AI) and digital twin technology. Under the terms of the agreement, effective immediately, TwinThread’s industrial AI cloud solution is able to integrate with Ultimo’s EAM platform. Thus, enabling end-users to enhance asset management maturity, reduce downtime, and optimise asset utilisation.
Alibaba.com, a business-to-business (B2B) marketplace, and Wix.com have announced a strategic partnership.
Podcasts and Interviews
Enterprise Times talked to Andy Berry, CEO of VertiGIS, about VertiGIS Neo, its new solution. One of the biggest blockers to growth and effective use of GIS in the UK, according to Berry, is the lack of government investment. He sees that as a necessary driver for greater digitisation of assets, which will help deliver new benefits.
Enterprise Times spoke with Richard Evans, the new country manager of WSO2, about his priorities in the new role as he targets 30% growth.
Product
Avalara, a provider of modern tax compliance automation, has launched Avi for Tax Research, an advanced generative AI assistant embedded within Avalara Tax Research (ATR).
BILL, a financial operations platform for small and midsize businesses (SMBs), has launched BILL Supplier Payments Plus.
CommBox, an enterprise-grade, AI-powered customer engagement platform, has announced the launch of CommSite.
Deel, a global payroll and HR platform provider, has unveiled a major range of AI-powered features to its platform.
Deltek revealed details of WorkBook 13.8, the latest release, which introduces Retain Historic Bookings. This feature keeps a record of your scheduled resource bookings even after tasks are closed.
Yusen Logistics Global Management’s European healthcare division has launched NIC-Place. It is a global carrier visibility solution from FourKites.
Freshworks announced the general availability of Freshservice Journeys, a new AI-assisted capability within its IT and employee service management offering, designed to streamline complex employee processes across functions, driving efficiency, improving cross-functional collaboration, and delivering a consistent, personalised employee experience during critical employee events.
Kyndryl, a provider of mission-critical enterprise technology services, has launched the Kyndryl Microsoft Acceleration Hub. This platform is designed to advance the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and accelerate digital transformation for enterprise customers.
Makip announced that it will begin expanding the scope of its face synthesis AI “FaceChange” beyond the apparel industry to other industries, including the lifestyle field. “FaceChange” has now begun to be offered in the lifestyle field in addition to the fashion industry. This will allow users to make intuitive decisions based on “what suits me” for items other than clothing. Thus, enabling a more satisfying purchasing experience.
ManageEngine has launched MSP Central, an integrated platform for managed services. It claims that this new platform will help MSPs streamline service delivery and improve what they deliver.
Omnisend has launched a suite of AI-powered tools that simplify how marketers create, personalise, and target their email marketing efforts.
Orbit Analytics has launched an intelligent advancement to one of its key ERP reporting solutions, GL Sense.
Panasonic Projector & Display Corporation has announced the EQ3 Series of entry-level flat panel 4K displays. These are available in six sizes from 43” to 86”, providing a cost-effective, reliable, and easy-to-install solution for a variety of environments such as corporate meeting rooms and classrooms.
Percona, a leader in enterprise-grade, open source database software, support, and services, has announced the general availability of the Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) extension for Percona for PostgreSQL.
Precisely introduced an MCP server to its AI ecosystem for data integrity. This interface enables AI applications to easily access and integrate trusted location intelligence tools and property, location, and consumer datasets with enterprise AI using natural language. Built on the open-source Model Context Protocol (MCP) developed by Anthropic, Precisely’s MCP server makes it dramatically easier for enterprises to build spatially aware, data-driven AI solutions.
ShipStation, an eCommerce shipping solution provider, has launched four major feature updates designed to save customers money and enable businesses to grow more efficiently.
Simpplr has achieved Workday Design Approved Integration status. Simpplr now integrates with Workday’s comprehensive HR and financial management capabilities. Thus, empowering organisations to streamline workflows, enhance employee engagement, and boost productivity.
SumUp has launched the SumUp Terminal to help it drive deeper into the Point-of-Sales (PoS) market.
Unit4 has announced that its Cloud-based ERP solution, Unit4 ERPx, is now available in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace.
VertiGIS announced VertiGIS Neo, as it seeks to infuse new energy into the GIS tool market.
Digital design and marketing agency Zap has launched its new payments product alongside Zap Cashier.
Zoho released Zoho Commerce 2.0, a fresh, powerful, and smarter platform designed to help you build, market, and manage your online business better.
Research
A new report, released by Certinia and co-sponsored by Salesforce, reveals that the full-sprint race to adopt advanced AI is creating a stark performance divide across the services economy.
Elastic Path has published its latest 2025 Digital Commerce Landscape report, which reveals how top companies are adapting. The report also highlights what is holding other companies back.
An IDC InfoBrief commissioned by Expereo, titled “Enterprise Horizons 2025: Technology Leaders Priorities: Achieving Digital Agility.” It revealed that half of UK businesses have been forced to urgently re-evaluate their tech infrastructure following a wave of high-profile IT outages.
Network instability is taking a serious toll on UK businesses. With over a quarter (33%) reporting revenue losses of up to £4 million due to network outages or poor performance. Alarmingly, an additional 18% have experienced losses exceeding £4 million.
Nutanix has published the findings of its seventh annual global Healthcare Enterprise Cloud Index (ECI) survey and research report. The research showed that 99% of healthcare organisations surveyed are currently leveraging GenAI applications or workloads today. This is more than any other industry.
Slack’s latest Workforce Index suggest a significant increase in AI adoption and excitement among employees around the globe. The research indicates a daily AI usage higher by 233% in just six months.
Workday released “The Contract Intelligence Index Report.” This research uncovers a widespread problem: many companies don’t clearly define who is responsible for their contracts. This lack of clarity results in significant financial losses, inefficient operations, and unmanaged risks for businesses worldwide.
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