The calendar might read 2021, but the business drama often looks like 1821. Mining, farming, lumber and all the other primary industries of colonial economies have been acquisition crazy of late. This time, it is the troubled diamond mines still hurting from girls finally having the voice to say they’ve wanted real best friends instead […]
91 per cent of organizations have been successful in increasing security through the adoption of cloud services. Contradictorily, security still remains a top concern for many when it comes to the cloud. This finding comes from part two of the four-part Cloud Impact Study from Aptum, the global hybrid multi-cloud managed service provider. The report, titled The […]
99% of IT professionals believe cloud services are essential to the success of their business. Nevertheless, performance concerns remain evident. To identify common drivers and obstacles impacting organizations undergoing cloud transformation, Aptum, the global hybrid multi-cloud and managed service provider, released part one of its four-part Cloud Impact Study, titled Bridging the Cloud Transformation Gap. […]
The business news writing lexicon has changed during the pandemic. Disruptions have been replaced by “strategic pivots.” The term “industry consolidation” no longer seems as apt as “aggressive expansion” or the even more popular descriptor “unprecedented diversification.” Like all reporting, the B2B News is fact-based and, in this column, deals only with actual events. Events […]
We took a week off from reporting B2B’s nastiest take overs, gentle bids, quiet appointments and brash launches. Needless to say, Salesforce continued its buying spree while we were vacationing in the living room, exploring valleys in the couch cushions and reviewing the art collection. There are exciting deals to watch as the workweek begins […]
One of Canada’s most famous entrepreneurs and one of the country’s best-known unions have formed a partnership to feed workers at long term care facilities. Yesterday, Mohamad Fakih, CEO of Paramount Fine Foods and Sharleen Stewart, President of SEIU Healthcare, announced a new partnership to provide hot meals to SEIU Healthcare members working at the […]
It’s the last update of this remarkable, unforgettable (for many, regrettably) year, one that will go down in history like 1968 and 1919 as a year that portended enormous social change. But enough about that, on with the news! B2B sectors, whether it was logistics: payment systems, edtech, healthcare, travel services, primary industries or […]
Angels appoint a new archangel. Of course, we’re talking about angel investors. The National Angel Capital Organization (NACO) has appointed Mary Long-Irwin as Chair of the Board. Long-Irwin brings extensive experience to the role after supporting the early-stage innovation ecosystem in Northern Ontario. The move has brought tidings of new energy mobilizing angel activity […]
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed weaknesses in many business strategies, particularly around their ability to respond to a changing business landscape with resilience. In hindsight, it’s clear that the biggest challenge for organizations was a massive digital shift as remote work became essential to conduct business safely. Business leaders never saw it coming, or at […]
Atlas VPN analysis based on Risk Based Security data reveals that exposed data hit a record 36.1 billion in the first three quarters of 2020. The number of data records leaked this year is more than two times higher than in the entire year of 2019 and make up more than half (51%) of […]
B2B Mergers and Acquisitions, Product Launches and Appointments Report for December 12, 2020 Artificial Intelligence Powers Communications Dashboard. The UK-based Signal AI launched a Dashboards product for its artificial intelligence based communications tools. The newly launched tool compares a company’s media mentions and presence with its competitors while indexing risks and opportunities in real time. […]
A report shows #BasicIncome can speed up Canada’s recovery & grow the economy sustainably. The report, which will be presented during a webinar on Saturday December 12, outlines the following anticipated results from a national basic income program: $80B/yr in GDP 600K jobs $15B/yr business investments to expand/hire $32B/yr in total wages 3.2M families out […]
New social harmony index finds nearly 75% of Canadians seek common ground -Study highlights national core values relate to social focus over individual focus- Contrary to the perception of growing national polarization, and just in time for the season of peace and goodwill—the first annual Canadian Social Harmony Index™ has benchmarked Canadians’ willingness to […]
In the fight to reduce climate change, Canadian mobile phone retailer Glentel Inc. announces partnership with Cambridge-based recycler Greentec, to responsibly dispose of old phones across Canada This year alone, 31 million Canadians are in possession of a smartphone, meaning half of these individuals are likely to be in the market for a new device. […]
Monday December 7, 2020 marks the 50th Anniversary of the release of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women. In recognition of the 50th anniversary, the Equal Pay Coalition and Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW), hosted webinars – the RISING TOGETHER series – bringing together women from coast to […]
Cybersecurity predictions for 2021 show the ripple effect of COVID-19 is likely to continue, leading to a rise in thread hijacking, whaling and human-operated ransomware HP today released its 2021 predictions on how security threats – such as human-operated ransomware, thread hijacking, unintentional insider threats, business email compromise and whaling attacks – are set […]
B2B News: Mergers and Acquisitions Report for December 4, 2020 Google has acquired Actifio. Actifio is a developer of data backup and disaster recovery (DR). Virtual copies of data in their original format can be managed scenarios like development and testing. The purchase is a demonstration of Google Cloud’s plan to assist enterprises in protecting […]
Work-Based Conflict during Covid-19: Two Experts Weigh in on the Causes and the Solutions In 2020 even workplace conflict has gone remote. Connecting to our workplaces from our home offices has done nothing to reduce workplace conflict. As a result conflict resolution and mediation consultants are seeing an uptick in the number of enterprises […]
Brightpearl is today announcing it will power the growth of Shopify’s recently launched collection of retail hardware, which includes a redesigned Tap & Chip Reader, as well as the Dock and Retail Stand, to offer a more comprehensive solution for brick-and-mortar retailers. Shopify is now employing Brightpearl’s retailer-first digital operations platform to automate and support the fulfillment and distribution of new hardware […]
Salesforce will acquire Slack for $27.7 billion. Slack shareholders will be paid $26.79 in cash and 0.0776 shares of Salesforce common stock for each of their shares. This represents an enterprise value of approximately $27.7 billion in consideration of Salesforce’s common stock price at closing on November 30, 2020. Media report: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/01/technology/salesforce-slack-deal.html Salesforce press release: […]
