Content marketing platform company Uberflip was recently on the verge of making an acquisition in the artificial intelligence space, before concluding it needed to develop its own capabilities, its CEO told the TechWeek Toronto audience on Thursday. Speaking in a session on “data intelligence,” Uberflip co-founder Yoav Schwartz did not disclose the name of the […]
A woman who was one of Google’s youngest hires at the age of 19 has launched an AI startup focused on one of the oldest problems in B2B sales and marketing: connecting with the right people and companies. Node, based in San Francisco, officially came out of stealth mode on Tuesday with more than US$16 […]
I love books. I love reading. There’s nothing quite like settling down to a good book. You know, if you have the time to sit down and read. If you do have a few days to catch up on your B2B summer reading list, make sure these are on it. Digital Sense: The Common Sense […]
Stephen Kelly became Chief Executive Officer of Sage, the UK-based accounting software giant, in November 2014. He has over 30 years of leadership experience in the technology sector, having led successful businesses in California, New York and Europe. Kelly served as Chief Executive Officer of two high growth US and UK public companies: NASDAQ listed […]
More than half of consumers across the U.S., Europe and Canada say company websites and e-mail remain their go-to channels — a sign one CMO Council exec says the “arrogance” of B2B marketers must come to an end. In The Customer In Context: Understanding The Real Expectations of Today’s Connected Consumer, the CMO Council and SAP […]
Negotiating a B2B deal requires patience. A B2B relationship can be nurtured over the course of weeks, months or even years before the negotiating parties put ink to a contract. As the principal parties get to know each other, business relationships become quite personal. The logical and pragmatic considerations of business blend with the emotional […]
Augmented Reality is imminent to hundreds of millions of iOS devices as a new platform for developers to build apps that permit users to place virtual content on top of real-world scenes. Virtual content is overlapped into reality through images in 2D or 3D via the screen of a connected device like a tablet, smartphone […]
Uri Levine, computer programmer, investor, and start up guru, is best known for his involvement in the traffic mapping GPS app, Waze. Similar to the crowd-sourcing concept of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, Waze’s breakthrough platform provides drivers an opportunity to send real-time alerts about any traffic situation for other drivers, anywhere in the world. From […]
Companies need to start looking beyond packaged software from vendors and redesign their own applications to incorporate machine learning algorithms if they want to make artificial intelligence a viable business tool, a Forrester analyst warned the Enterprise World conference this week. Speaking in a breakout session at the annual OpenText customer and partner event, Forrester […]
SAP is following up the launch of a digital innovation system it calls Leonardo with a set of services to help enterprises more quickly, and easily gain the benefits of the Internet of Things, blockchain and big data. The three SAP Leonardo Innovation Services launched at the company’s “Leonardo Live” event in Frankfurt includes an […]
OpenText is building on its history in enterprise information management with the launch Tuesday of an artificial intelligence platform called Magellan that will compete with the likes of IBM’s Watson. Magellan, which was announced at the company’s Enterprise World conference in Toronto, will combine OpenText Analytics, a text mining and auto classification tool it acquired […]
Remember going to the carnival when you were younger, and playing the Whac-a-Mole game? There’s the smell of popcorn in the air, the whoosh and noise of the rides, loud music, laughter, and all kinds of other distractions, all while you focused on pounding the heck out of little plastic critters with a big rubber […]
Reinvention Defined We define Reinvention as: “Quantum Individual and Organizational Change Accelerated” For you and your organization to be successful, you must have the ability to change, pivot, and morph faster than the speed of the ever-changing external environment you operate within. And you must have the ability to accelerate the results that matter most […]
Jason Meugniot was at ground zero in Silicon Beach as ecommerce first emerged. Today, as owner and CEO of Guidance, he’ll celebrate 24 years at the helm of the North American leader of omni-channel commerce solutions. He is the driving force behind Guidance’s corporate strategy, an unequaled track record in the industry. In 2017, he […]
These days it’s all about the data. The more data we have, the more information we are armed with. When you have deep insights into your audience, that data is even better. Maybe you’re like me, and get excited about data. Or maybe you shy away from data, because of the sheer volume, or you […]
Lingua Franca, according to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary is “a common or commercial” language “among people of diverse” languages. With that definition in mind, what is the current international business Lingua Franca? English. English is the world’s commercial language. That is only natural, right? Wrong. With just some 350 million native speakers, the success and […]
Businesses do not always have to build all their products and content from scratch. Licensing provides a fantastic opportunity for businesses to collaborate with other businesses to build sophisticated products and services. Take Uber, for example. The core business of this popular ride-hailing app is to help passengers connect with cabs in their neighbourhood. To […]
Sean Stanleigh, Managing Editor, Globe Edge Content Studio, was cut off for time at BigData Toronto, but still delivered a ton of information in 30 minutes. Let’s start with a definition. MarTech is blending data with content delivery. In a global survey of 3500 marketers, Salesforce found: 51% are using some level of AI 59% […]
DXAgents presented a panel on Clarity Without Complexity: Data-Driven Digital Transformation at BigData Toronto this week. Namir Anani, President and CEO, Information and Communications Technology Council, moderated an interactive dialog on data-driven digital transformation and its impact on value creation in today’s digital world. Irene Zaguskin, CIO, Enercare, Alexey Rykhva, CIO, Procter & Gamble Canada, Boris Bogatirev, Manager Consulting, Analytics […]
B2B News Network spoke with Alexey Rykhva, CIO of Procter & Gamble Canada, who took over the DXAgents Twitter profile. We asked his thoughts on digital transformation, change and big data, in a Twitter Chat yesterday, in advance of BigData Toronto. Alexey is originally from the Ukraine, and is a believer in business-centric IT, focused […]
