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Twilio Names David Parry-Jones Regional Vice President of EMEA Sales

Twilio, the leading cloud communications platform, announced that David Parry-Jones has joined the company as the Regional Vice President of EMEA Sales Reporting to Twilio’s SVP of Sales, Marc Boroditsky

SurveyMonkey Expands Salesforce Integration with Enterprise Customer Experience Solution

SurveyMonkey Continues to Invest in Open-Platform Solutions to Transform Customer Experience, Automate Workflows, and Boost Productivity in the Data-Collection Process

Accenture Acquires PrimeQ, Further Strengthening Its Digital Transformation Capabilities on Oracle Cloud

Acquisition Makes Accenture the Largest Oracle Cloud Systems Integrator in Australia and New Zealand

Instagram is the Fastest-Growing Social Network Among World Leaders

BCW Study Finds 92 Heads of State, 48 Heads of Government and 36 Foreign Ministers Have Personal Accounts on Instagram

HubSpot Announces Three-Year Collaboration with Amazon Web Services to Support the Startup Ecosystem

HubSpot announced that it has entered a three-year commitment with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help startups grow better

Demandbase Announces 6th Annual ABM Innovation Summit

Two-Day Event Combines ABM Strategy Discussions and Learning with 5 Keynotes, 16 Track Sessions and ABM Certification

Route Mobile Partners with Oracle Marketing Cloud to Deliver Powerful Customer Experiences

Already a Part of the Oracle PartnerNetwork, Route’s Collaboration with ‘Oracle Marketing Cloud Capabilities’ Gives the Company an Added Edge to Deliver Better Experiences to Its Customers

Morgan Stanley Chooses Yext Brain to Manage Financial Advisors’ Digital Knowledge

Yext Knowledge Engine to Enhance Financial Advisors’ Digital Presence and Increase Prospecting Success Through Digital Knowledge Management

Looker Closes Series E Financing Round of $103 Million

Funding to Support Product Innovation, Operations and the Growing Demand for the Looker Data Platform

Hero Digital Acquires Clock Four, Inc., Strengthening Its Customer Experience Capabilities

Acquisition Further Expands Hero Digital’s Expertise in Financial Services and B2B Tech

G2 Crowd Acquires Siftery Following $100 Million in Funding

Siftery Acquisition Adds Cost Savings to Leading Software Discovery and Marketplace Platform

Hootsuite Releases Their Take on Social Media Trends for 2019

Hootsuite Leads the Global Media Management Sphere with 17 Million Loyal Customers and Almost 80 Percent of the Fortune 1000 Using Their Product

Adobe Fortifies Tech Offerings with New Identity Authentication Protocols

The Company Announces a Host of Features for Banks, Financial Institutions, and HR Teams; they Are Also Rolling out Enhanced Attributes for Document Security and WFM

Accenture to Acquire Adaptly to Bolster Accenture Interactive Programmatic Services Offering

Addition of Digital Media Services Company Will Strengthen Accenture Interactive’s Ability to Help Clients Transform the Digital Customer Experience Across the World’s Largest Digital Platforms

Another $115 Million in InVision’s Revenue Pool as Part of Series F Funding

This Series F Round Gets the Total Funding to $350 Million and Evaluates the Company at $1.9 Billion

Salesforce Optimizes Lightning Platform’s Tech Stack for Faster Application Development

There Are 250,000 Vacant Developer Jobs in the US Alone. With an Upgraded Lightning Platform, Brands Can Leverage Existing Developer Talent and Build Apps Faster

That’s a wrap from us for this week. We will be back with more news next week.