“Beekeeper is setting the standard for how the modern frontline workforce operates and communicates” investors say. Beekeeper - the first communication and operations platform designed specifically for frontline workers - announced a $10 million extension on their series B round. The extension brings the round’s total to $60 million. The extension was led by Chicago-based Energize Ventures, with investment from HighSage Ventures, SwissCanto, Thayer, Swisscom, Investiere, Alpana Ventures, and Swiss Post. Marketing…

Beekeeper, a mobile communication platform that helps frontline workers improve safety, agility, and productivity, is releasing a new offering to help companies recover and adapt to the "next normal" of the post-COVID era. The package, dubbed the Next Normal Package, is a product suite that was launched in response to emerging data that suggests that empowered frontline workers are more effective and better-equipped to deal with changing circumstances. A Harvard Business Review survey of business executives found that 72%…

Vonage, a global business cloud communications leader, announced that PensionBee is implementing its award-winning contact centre solution. PensionBee, which aims to take the sting out of pension management, will be able to better serve its growing customer base by delivering exceptional experiences. “We’re extremely pleased to be bringing the incredible combination of Salesforce and Vonage to PensionBee. Following a quick implementation, we now have a single, scalable cloud contact centre solution across our business,…

Oracle Introduces Natural Voice Conversations to Digital Assistant and Enhances Deep Learning Semantic Parser to Handle Complex Linguistic Constructs Oracle announced availability of its AI-trained voice with Oracle Digital Assistant. Now, enterprise customers can use voice commands to communicate with their enterprise applications to drive desired actions and outcomes, enriching the user experience with conversational AI, simplifying interactions and improving productivity. “Enterprises are demanding an AI-powered…