May 23, 2017
The large majority of technology decision makers (84 percent) say their organizations invested in cloud services in 2016. The adoption of cloud services in 2016 is a mirror image of the planned cloud investments expressed in last year’s report. According to Insight’s 2017 Intelligent Technology Index report, “As IT leaders make decisions and arrangements to straddle the needs of today and tomorrow, cloud services are becoming increasingly popular.”
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May 18, 2017
Laserfiche, a leading provider of enterprise content management (ECM) solutions, has launched the Laserfiche Digital Transformation Model, a new framework for organizations to develop efficient digital workplaces. The model highlights five strategic phases of digital transformation, outlining the challenges, actionable steps and benefits for completing each phase and future-proofing an organization.
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May 18, 2017
Huddle, the secure enterprise collaboration platform, announced the launch or a new feature called File Request, designed to make the collection of files more secure, and up to 80 percent more efficient. Whether it’s chasing clients for files, or collating work from colleagues, teams can waste valuable hours requesting, tracking and chasing down documents. Managing the process of gathering files through email and spreadsheets presents a myriad of challenges including file size, mailbox limitations and, in the case of bulk file requests, a real nightmare trying to keep track of who has sent what files.
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May 17, 2017
LiveStories today launches a series of enhanced features to its platform that include a civic data library with data exploration, deep analysis, benchmarking, and social collaboration functions, making LiveStories the industry’s first integrated civic intelligence and engagement platform.
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May 17, 2017
Dremio, a stealth data analytics company, announced today a new way for enterprise organizations to quickly identify the amount of data debt that has been created by applications built to address strategic business initiatives. Dremio’s Big Data Debt Calculator is a free and simple way to estimate unplanned costs that arise from the use of non-relational data management technologies such as Hadoop, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, and Amazon S3, as well as data that is spread across many sources.
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May 16, 2017
ManageEngine, the real-time IT management company, today announced that it is making privileged account management ridiculously simple with the new user interface for Password Manager Pro. Available immediately, the latest version of the company’s privileged account management (PAM) solution features an updated user interface with dramatically improved aesthetics, usability and performance to simplify and expedite password management operations.
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May 16, 2017
Adaptiva, the market leader in smart scaling systems management, today released a WannaCry Health Check Package to customers of the company’s endpoint health and security engine, Client Health™. The new health checks automatically detect and identify endpoints that are either vulnerable or have already been infected by the WannaCry ransomware outbreak that is sweeping the globe.
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May 15, 2017
PandaDoc, the leading digital transaction management solution, today announced that it is now available on Zoho Marketplace. Zoho CRM customers can close more deals with better quotes, proposals and contract management processes by purchasing and installing the PandaDoc extension through Zoho Marketplace.
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May 15, 2017
Worksoft®, an SAP partner and leading global provider of automation software for high-velocity business process discovery and testing, today announced new automated business blueprint generation capabilities to help business users accelerate the benefits of SAP® Solution Manager. Worksoft helps customers use business process change analyzer (BPCA), an analysis application within SAP Solution Manager, to improve resource planning, optimize test plans and implement changes faster.
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May 12, 2017
Information Assurance Specialists Inc. responds to customer demand with the announcement of a family of NIAP Common Criteria Certified and NSA Commercial Solutions for Classified Component List listed small form factor, low power, high performance embeddable IP Router VPN Gateway Modules.
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May 12, 2017
Tricentis, leader in software test automation, and Panaya, the leader in SaaS-based test management, today announced a first-in-industry platform for autonomous software testing in SAP environments. Autonomous SAP testing generates SAP business process tests automatically, diving deep into applications and using Machine Learning to observe and understand patterns in end user transactions.
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May 11, 2017
There’s only one week to go until UC EXPO, the largest Unified Communications and Collaboration (UC&C) event in Europe. The two day event, taking place on 17-18 May 2017 at ExCeL London, is set to focus in on smarter working, the connected business and the evolving modern workplace.
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May 10, 2017
May 10, 2017 – ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW) today announced Trusted Security Circles, a new cloud‑based application that gives enterprises the ability to share and receive hyper‑relevant threat intelligence in near real‑time. Security teams have been fighting threats in isolation. Sharing information about threats would expose to the world that they were under attack. Now, security teams can ask trusted peers, suppliers and partners about threats and how dangerous they are. Organizations can control the way they share, what they share and whom they share with ‑‑ including being fully anonymous.
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May 9, 2017
Today’s marketers are inundated with data. Winners are pulling ahead of the pack by their ability to quickly distill vast amounts of information and use key customer signals to inform their campaigns. Aprimo, a global leader in marketing operations, today announced the launch of its next-generation campaign management solution, Aprimo Campaign. The solution lets mid to large-sized organizations, marketing service providers, and agencies connect to and manage their customer and prospect databases using the cloud, and extract key customer insights to perform smarter marketing.
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May 9, 2017
NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference – May 9, 2017 – Kinetica, provider of the fastest GPU-accelerated database, today announced its in-memory analytics database is immediately available on Microsoft’s N-Series of Azure Virtual Machines with GPU capabilities. With Azure NC-based instances, customers can now simplify their on-ramp to the cloud and deploy Kinetica with the cost advantages of Azure’s on-demand cloud services.
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May 8, 2017
Pivotal® and Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) today announced a new joint initiative designed to accelerate the adoption of cloud applications and software platforms at enterprise scale. The combination of Cognizant’s application engineering expertise and industry knowledge, together with Pivotal Cloud Foundry®, will enable large businesses to rapidly deploy critical cloud-based applications and infrastructure.
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May 8, 2017
LightRiver Technologies, Inc., the leader in Factory Built Network® design and commissioning, announced today that NV Energy Inc., headquartered in Las Vegas, selected LightRiver to perform a significant network build. A longtime business partner of LightRiver’s, NV Energy provides a wide range of energy services to 1.3 million customers throughout Nevada and more than 40 million tourists annually.
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May 8, 2017
Fuzzy Logix, Inc., provider of high performance, in-database analytics, and Kinetica, provider of the fastest GPU-accelerated database, today announced a partnership to offer a joint solution that will allow customers of both companies to leverage high performing advanced analytics with acceleration of 100-500x on 1/10th the hardware over CPU-only based solutions. The joint solution will initially be targeted at the most time-sensitive and compute-heavy applications in financial services, retail, and healthcare, where speed and scale are critical for real-time data insights and competitive advantage.
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May 4, 2017
DigitalGenius Inc. (DigitalGenius) today announced its integration with Zendesk, Inc. This cloud-based application brings advanced AI capabilities to organizations using Zendesk in their customer service operation. The seamless combination of human and machine intelligence will enable a new standard for positive and efficient customer service experiences.
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May 2, 2017
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that Texas-based IT solutions provider and IBM Business Partner Mark III Systems has built a platform using cognitive technologies on IBM Cloud to help call centers increase efficiency, improve employee productivity and make more informed decisions based on near real-time insights. Most call centers record phone conversations as unstructured data, only searchable by manually entered “tags.” If a conversation is relevant to an audit, it must be transcribed manually, which means reports can take weeks, which can result in decreased productivity and potentially decreased customer satisfaction.
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April 27, 2017
IBM (NYSE: IBM) Security today announced research from its IBM X-Force Research team which revealed the financial services industry was attacked more than any other industry in 2016 – 65 percent more than the average organization across all industries. As a result, the number of financial services records breached skyrocketed 937 percent in 2016 to more than 200 million. While the financial services industry was targeted the most by cyber-attacks in 2016, data from the IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Index shows it ranked third by industry for the number of breached records – likely due to investments in security practices.
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April 27, 2017
Acalvio™ Technologies, an innovator in Advanced Threat Defense, today announced the immediate availability of ShadowPlex™, a comprehensive, distributed deception platform which provides early, accurate and cost-effective detection of breaches and insider threats. ShadowPlex is built on Acalvio’s patented Deception 2.0 technology, representing a fundamental architectural advancement that delivers scale, automation and authenticity with low IT impact.
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April 26, 2017
IndependenceIT, the company that unifies cloud, application and data management for IT administrators, today announced a new white paper titled, The Profitable Service Provider. The paper details the many challenges facing IT service providers as application and data delivery models shift away from on-premise computing models to cloud-based architectures. Authored by company CTO and co-founder, Chip Buck, the paper provides insight on new approaches to administering complete IT workspaces in the cloud. Available as a resource to IT service providers, the paper is free to the first 100 registrants who join the upcoming IndependenceIT webinar – Enabling Cloud-based Applications, Data, and Complete IT workspaces with Cloud Workspace® Suite (CWS).
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April 26, 2017
Infor, a leading provider of business applications specialized by industry and built for the cloud, today announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Birst, Inc., a pioneer of cloud-native, business intelligence (BI), analytics, and data visualization. Birst is a unique, comprehensive platform for sourcing, refining, and presenting standardized data insights at scale to drive business decisions.
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April 26, 2017
IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced today at the National Association of Broadcasters Show plans to roll out a Watson-enabled cloud service designed to help companies extract new insights from video with a level of analysis not previously possible. The service highlights IBM’s continued focus on combining artificial intelligence with the IBM Cloud to help media and entertainment companies make sense of unstructured data and make more informed decisions about the content they create, acquire and deliver to viewers.
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April 26, 2017
Today, new research reveals consumer trust and a business’s reputation hang in the balance as brands delay adoption of stronger methods to protect online consumer identities. According to the 2017 State of Consumer Privacy and Trust survey from Gigya, the leader in Customer Identity Management, two-thirds — 68 percent — of consumers are concerned about how brands use their personal data. A similar number (69 percent) worries about security and privacy risks inherent in the increasing adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, such as fitness trackers, smart watches and connected cars.
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April 26, 2017
EightSpokes introduces Enlighten, the world’s first Enterprise Project Collaboration (EPC) application designed to improve the workflows of complex projects in life sciences. Utilizing contemporary social technologies to solve the longstanding problem of poor project outcomes caused by information silos, Enlighten is a groundbreaking collaboration software designed to facilitate seamless information exchange between cross-functional teams to accelerate drug development and commercialization in life science companies.
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April 25, 2017
Sense provides a comprehensive, real-time look into a company’s BI platform and surfacing key performance indicators (KPIs), such as system usage and user development activity, in order to allow companies to proactively manage the multi-channel reporting assets driving their business. With Sense’s monitoring capabilities available anytime, anywhere, organizations are empowered with the information necessary to become forward-thinking, thereby predicting and solving problems before they impact critical business processes.
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April 24, 2017
UC EXPO is the largest Unified Communications and Collaboration event in Europe which takes place on 17-18 May 2017 at ExCeL London.
April 24, 2017
Crestron, the global leader in commercial AV and meeting room technology, announced it will begin shipping Crestron Mercury, the most complete, easy to use, easy to deploy and manage tabletop meeting and collaboration system, in EMEA from the middle of May. The sleek, all-in-one console is all that’s needed to transform any space into highly effective collaboration space. It combines all the must-have conferencing and collaboration features employees need, along with the fast, secure cloud provisioning and management required by IT managers.
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