SugarCRM Inc., the innovator of time-aware CX, announced the acquisition of W-Systems, a CRM and marketing automation solutions and services provider. New Jersey-based, W-Systems, a division of Gannett’s UpCurve, Inc., is Sugar’s North America Reseller of the Year in 2020 and one of the company’s largest global implementation partners. “Our team is excited to take our deep CRM integration and deployment expertise and put it to work for the broader Sugar customer base to help them achieve better business outcomes faster.”…

Casepoint expands team and accelerates market penetration with end-to-end cloud-based data discovery solution, despite ongoing pandemic Casepoint, a leader in cloud-based legal technology solutions, announced the appointment of three key positions in the Sales & Marketing department. Seasoned sales executive Tom Disantis joins Casepoint as vice president of sales, and product marketing executive Richa Dhanda joins as vice president of marketing. Additionally, Amit Dungarani, who has helped lead Casepoint's Sales &…

6sense, the leading Account Engagement Platform, announced the release of Sales Dashboards that enable sales and marketing teams to align on the best time to engage 6sense Qualified Accounts. 6sense also released Segment Performance reporting, which helps teams measure the effectiveness of campaigns and activities driving account engagement, and Campaign Performance Indicators that enable marketers to proactively optimize campaigns. Marketing Technology News: VERB Adds Market America to Growing Roster of Clients…

Rackspace Technology has expanded its support and services for Eagle Eye, by migrating the retail SaaS technology firm's digital marketing platform, Eagle Eye AIR, to Google Cloud, resulting in a 30% improvement in speed for point of sales transactions. Eagle Eye AIR powers some of the world’s largest customer loyalty and marketing promotion programs. The platform integrates several business management and sales systems to help retailers deploy hyper-personalized campaigns to drive customer acquisition and retention.…

New honor from Business Intelligence Group’s annual Sales and Marketing Technology Awards is yet another crowning achievement for 6sense’s commitment to delivering results 6sense, the leading Account Engagement Platform, announced the company has been named an Organization of the Year by the Business Intelligence Group. This accolade within the medium-sized company category, is one of 6sense’s many honors in 2020. Independent research firm, Forrester, recently cited 6sense as a leader in The Forrester New Wave™: ABM…

Company records strong growth in 1H 2020, doubling its user base with 100% customer retention Contentstack, the leading Content Experience Platform, announced it has bolstered its leadership ranks with several key hires across departments. These new additions bring decades of technology marketing and sales experience to the team and hail from some of the most well-known companies in the industry. Contentstack is expanding its team in order to scale operations and address the high demand for its modern content management…

Identifying the industries and buying groups that are in market is crucial to helping companies get back to business by keeping campaigns targeted and running smoothly during a crisis True Influence, the technology leader of intent-based marketing, sales and demand generation solutions, announced that its helping B2B organizations get back to business by utilizing its True Influence Marketing Cloud™ to allow marketers to identify insights and trends in vertical markets, the individual buyers, and buying groups. Focusing…

Alexander Vlaskamp, currently Senior Vice President Trucks and acting Head of Sales and Marketing, has been appointed Executive Vice President and Head of Sales and Marketing. He took up his position on 1 June and reports to Henrik Henriksson, President and CEO. Marketing Technology News: Comcast, Charter and ViacomCBS Announce Blockgraph Partnership Alexander Vlaskamp, born in 1971, has a Bachelor's Degree in Automotive Engineering from HAN university in the Netherlands and joined Scania Deutschland in 1996. Since…

Rawcubes, a Chicago-based, best in class data management software company, recently announced Mark Andeer, the veteran sales and marketing executive, as Head of Sales and Marketing. Andeer has led sales efforts during the time The Escape Pod agency won Ad Age's Midwest Best Agency of the Year and was behind wildly successful viral campaigns throughout his marketing career. Marketing Technology News: Techstart Ventures Backs In-Game Ad Platform Adinmo in $500k Seed Funding Round Reporting to the Founders, Andeer…

Downturns happen. We saw them in 2000 and 2008. Granted, this one is a little more interesting and there’s no question restarting the economy will be bumpy, but the return on investment (ROI) is a measurement that always sells. Gone are the days where sales are driven by gut feel or “nice to have.” If you want to restart strong, focus your Sales and Marketing efforts on ROI.   Strong Benefits Matter, Weak Ones Don’t Technically, there are four ways to realize benefits, from first-order (cutting a cost now) to fourth-order…

Company CEO says strengthened team will drive new growth and transformation 1WorldSync, the leading provider of product content solutions, announced the addition of three senior leaders to the executive team. TJ Waldorf joins as Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Eileen Timmins joins as Vice President of Human Resources and Administration and Jeremy Holbrook is appointed General Counsel. This new talent brings a wealth of go-to-market, legal and human resource development expertise to 1WorldSync as it scales its core…

Used in Connection with Virtual Meetings, Interactive Platforms Improve Customer Engagement and Knowledge Retention, While Working Remotely Interactive agency Inhance Digital today announced the availability for their Virtual Exhibit and Event Platform, (VEEP). Through a simple web browser interface, users can enter a completely interactive 3D world giving sales and marketing teams a way to engage customers and communicate their complex product/solution stories in their virtual meetings, virtual briefings, or virtual…

xiQ, the leading AI-powered B2B Marketing and Sales Platform, introduces Personality-Based Engagement (PBE).  By combining proven behavioral science-based personality assessment methodologies with Artificial Intelligence (AI), xiQ has created a new category for B2B precision selling and marketing. Personality-Based Sales empowers B2B Sellers to better understand buyers, what motivates them, and what drives their decisions. It enables sellers to custom-tailor their pitches and radically improve how they build trusted…

Bombora’s Company Surge® data and 6sense’s Account Engagement Platform combine to help revenue teams proactively target accounts and generate revenue 6sense, the leading account engagement company, announced that it has partnered with Bombora, the leading intent data company, to enable mutual customers to leverage Bombora’s Company Surge intent within the 6sense Account Engagement Platform. Bombora’s Company Surge data can be combined with 6sense’s intent, predictive, engagement, and other crucial account data to create…

Leadspace is adding new features to its leading B2B customer data platform to enable more effective targeting, cross channel data activation, ABM analytics and intent monitoring, as more B2B companies adopt CDPs to power their ABM strategies Leadspace, the leading B2B customer data platform (CDP) provider, today announced the details of its latest seasonal release for Spring 2020. Topping the list of updates is a new segment builder tool in the Leadspace On-Demand application. Customers will now be able to filter and create…

Used in Conjunction with Virtual Meetings, Interactive Applications Improve Customer Engagement and Knowledge Retention, While Working Remotely Kaon Interactive, the leading provider of interactive sales and marketing applications for global B2B brands, today announced the ability for their Kaon High Velocity Marketing Platform® to ubiquitously connect with any video conferencing tool (WebEx, ON24, Zoom, Skype, etc.). This one-click connection provides a seamless way for Kaon's interactive applications to be immediately…

The Siemon Company, a global provider of innovative network cabling solutions, today announced a new sales partnership with Keating Technologies to drive the continued growth of Siemon's  business in Canada. Founded in 1903, Connecticut, USA-based Siemon offers a comprehensive suite of high-performance copper and optical fiber cabling systems, cabinets, racks, cable management, and data center power systems. With global sales, technical, and logistics resources spanning 100 countries, the company not only delivers…

Ensures Sales/Marketing Alignment, Achieves Record-Breaking 135 Percent CARR Growth and 140 Percent Net Customer Retention OpFocus, a leading Salesforce implementation consultancy for SaaS companies, today announced that RainFocus engaged it to build a new sales and marketing system. By implementing the SiriusDecisions Demand Unit Waterfall within Salesforce, and integrating it with Pardot and Terminus, OpFocus helped the events marketing company accelerate strategic growth. RainFocus’ sales and marketing teams are fully…

Distribution Team Adds 17 New Hires in Past Year NexPoint, a multibillion-dollar alternative investment platform, today announced the addition of three new sales and marketing professionals. The new hires are part of an ongoing expansion of the firm's distribution capabilities designed to support real estate investment offerings and reflect growth across the platform. Including the latest appointments, NexPoint added 17 members to its distribution team in the last year across a range of roles. "NexPoint's real estate…

Lead-to-Account Matching and Routing among the most impactful technologies for go-to-market leaders at high-growth companies, says TOPO Research LeanData, the leading provider of Revenue Operations solutions, was named the leading vendor for Lead-to-Account Matching and Routing in TOPO Research’s annual sales and marketing technology reports. Additionally, the go-to-market leaders polled by TOPO rated Lead-to-Account Matching and Routing among the technologies that deliver the greatest business impact and user…