Productboard

Productboard CEO wants to build a reputation for helping B2B firms tie features to customer needs

As more organizations pursuing digital transformation find themselves creating new software, mobile apps and other tools to satisfy their customers, a company called Productboard has a simple but important mission: helping companies figure out what to build, and to figure it out more quickly. Based in San Francisco, Productboard released an updated version of its […]

Zoho Notebook

Zoho Notebook brings document capture and creation capabilities to Office Suite

Zoho on Wednesday will use its Zoholics Mexico City customer event to launch a revamped Office Suite that will now include  Zoho Notebook, an app that uses a card-style format to help business professionals capture text, photos, audio or create checklists and sketches. Zoho Notebook will be added to a package that already includes word processing, […]

DiscoverOrg buys ZoomInfo

DiscoverOrg president discusses ZoomInfo acquisition and the quest to corner the B2B contacts market

B2B contact and lead generation provider DiscoverOrg on Monday said it would acquire its competitor ZoomInfo and create a combined platform serving marketing and sales professionals over the next year. Financial terms of the deal between DiscoverOrg, which is based in Vancouver, Wash. and Waltham, Mass.-based ZoomInfo were not disclosed. The two firms said ZoomInfo […]

Expensify Super Bowl 2019

Expensify gets in early on the Super Bowl action with an interactive TV commercial

A rapper who travels via teleporter. Dancers clad in tight-fitting gold bodysuits. A convertible made out of ice. If this doesn’t scream “expense management” to you, that’s exactly what Expensify had in mind. The San Francisco-based firm on Tuesday formally launched the its first major TV commercial ahead of Super Bowl Sunday, where it is […]

FPX digital transformation 2019

FPX research shows 58% of B2B firms pursuing digital transformation want to improve buying processes

The majority of B2B firms pursuing some kind of digital transformation projects are trying to improve customer experiences — particularly the ability for buyers to make purchases, according to research from configure-price-quote (CPQ) software maker FPX. Based on a survey of approximately 230 B2B firms with a strong focus on the manufacturing sector, the study […]

enterprise XR CES 2019

CES 2019 experts identify enterprise XR opportunities based on virtual and augmented reality

The competitive advantage offered by early enterprise XR use cases may make it difficult for other B2B professionals to learn how they can apply things like VR and AR in their own firms, a panel of experts told this week’s CES 2019 conference. Speaking from the week-long gadget showcase in Las Vegas via Livestream, several […]

Zoho Zia customer support

Zoho brings Siri-like features to Zia tool as CRM Plus expands to serve customer support teams

Zoho on Thursday expanded its CRM Plus collection of software applications to include tools for customer service teams such as Zia, an intelligent assistant that uses voice recognition features much like Apple’s Siri to address critical questions or complaints. Although Zia (which stands for “Zoho intelligent assistant”) has been available to CRM Plus customers for […]

OpenText EP5

OpenText launches legal and HR tools alongside EP5 and partners with Google Cloud

OpenText on Wednesday will introduce an enhancement pack to version 16 of its enterprise information management system dubbed EP5, along with new applications for departments like HR and legal while also announcing a partnership to offer its technology as managed services through Google Cloud. Waterloo, Ont.-based OpenText said EP5 will bring richer user interfaces, deeper integration […]

Red Hat IBM

How IBM’s $34B Red Hat acquisition will affect B2B buyers everywhere

IBM’s decision over the weekend to acquire open source software provider Red Hat for more than $34 billion dollars will potentially create a major competitor to Microsoft and Amazon Web Services in the cloud computing space while possibly triggering a wave of  other M&As among other B2B technology vendors, experts suggested. Armonk, N.J.-based IBM told […]

ServiceNow CTO

ServiceNow CTO identifies the workflow snags that are getting in the way of digital transformation

ServiceNow CTO Allan Leinwand knows an opportunity to eat his own dog food when he sees one. The enterprise service management firm was working with a systems integrator that was providing it racks of hardware based on products from Dell, Juniper Networks and other firms, which were drop-shipped to various data centers. At a certain […]

Oracle OpenWorld 2018

Oracle OpenWorld 2018 brings FedEx, Juniper and others to discuss their progress in the cloud

Oracle this week is using its OpenWorld 2018 conference to showcase how some of its major B2B customers are moving to cloud-based applications that can use machine learning to streamline and speed up business processes. In a general session that was livestreamed from OpenWorld 2018 in San Francisco, Oracle executive vice-president of applications product development […]

Paya Connect B2B

Paya Connect promises increased ‘acceptance capabilities’ like Apple Pay to B2B merchants

A payment solutions vendor called Paya on Wednesday launched a platform it said will make it easier for B2B merchants to accept Apple Pay, Android Pay and other point-of-sale and transactional options from their customers. Paya, which is based in Atlanta, is aiming Paya Connect at enterprise developers in health-care, the non-profit sector and other […]

Alison Biggan SAP

SAP chief product marketing officer Alison Biggan translates what ‘intelligent enterprise’ really means

Not long ago, Alison Biggan saw a post on Twitter marking the tenth anniversary of the 2008 financial crisis and the collapse of Lehman Brothers. The tweet pointed out how, as digital as the world already was at that time, Snapchat, the iPad, and Instagram still hadn’t emerged. Instead of marveling at all the innovation […]

SAP Data Hub TechEd 2018

SAP updates Data Hub to help firms upsell, improve ABM and more

SAP used the TechEd 2018 conference to introduce a new version of its Data Hub that will bring together different kinds of business applications and information no matter where it sits so organizations can improve the way they do things like upsell, cross-sell and conduct account-based marketing campaigns. Speaking to customers and partners in Las […]

CentreOn North America

Centreon expands into North America to help mitigate a major digital transformation risk

Digital transformation is creating a sea of ‘operational silos’ where companies are struggling to keep an eye on all the local and cloud-based IT systems that run their business, according to a European firm called Centreon that announced its expansion into North America on Wednesday. Based in Paris, Centreon offers an open source event monitoring […]

Apple at Work CDW

CDW expands Apple at Work to Canada to help businesses meet employee’s IT expectations

CDW and Apple are expanding their efforts to ease the deployment Mac- and iOS-based technology products into the enterprise by bringing the Apple at Work program to Canada, following its introduction in the U.S. earlier this year. Apple at Work is part of a larger initiative by the iPhone maker to demonstrate the security, ease […]