IFS lures heavy hitter from Microsoft
IFS has appointed Ben Vollmer as Senior Vice President of Product Management. The appointment was revealed in a LinkedIn post by Darren Roos, CEO, IFS. Roos commented: “I’m immensely pleased to welcome...
EUR272.5m in GDPR fines imposed by European regulators
EUR272.5 million of fines have been imposed for a wide range of infringements of EU’s data protection (GDPR) laws. This is the equivalent of about US$332.4m or £245.3m. This is the...
Can your CIO keep up with digital transformation?
The latest Global CIO report (registration required) from Dynatrace has highlighted the challenges of digital transformation. It discovered that as the speed of digital transformation has increased, most CIOs are struggling...
Citrix buys Wrike – a brilliant strategic move or mad gamble?
Citrix has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Wrike for $2.25 billion in cash. This is 16x the $140 million unaudited SaaS ARR that Wrike ended 2020 with. With Wrike...
Can AI coach you to be a better sales person?
Can the use of an AI-enabled voice coach improve your sales? Bigtincan is betting that it can. The company has just announced its acquisition of AI-powered voice coaching platform VoiceVibes. It...
News from week beginning January 11th 2021
As COVID vaccines start to roll out globally, there are glimmers of hope that some kind of normality will return during 2021. At the moment, it still seems a long way...
Workday launches Vaccine Management solution
Workday has announced a COVID-19 Vaccine Management Solution to support Multinationals as their employees return to work. The solution strengthens the Workday Return to Workplace, which provides functionality and analytics for...
SalesTrip raises $1.4 million in seed funding round
SalesTrip has raised $1.4 million in a second seed funding round led by Floreat Group. According to Crunchbase Floreat also led a previous round in May 2020. In total, the company...
Rootstock manufactures stronger leadership team
Rootstock Software has announced two more senior appointments as the company continues its growth. Zach Feige joins the company as Vice President of Professional Services. In addition, Scott Johnson was recently...
Planview to buy Changepoint and Clarizen
Planview has announced its intent to buy both Changepoint and Clarizen. The news comes after the company was sold by Thoma Bravo to TPG and TA Associates for $1.6 billion in...