customer engagement software

Zendesk, Inc. announced that as part of its global user conference, Relate 2020, it will hold its annual analyst and investor event on March 4, 2020 in Miami, Florida. The analyst and investor event will include executive presentations followed by a question and answer session. It will be available via live webcast beginning at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time, and an archive version will be available for six months. Both will be accessible by visiting Zendesk’s investor website at investor.zendesk.com. Marketing Technology News:…

Software Completes Freshworks' Customer-For-Life Cloud Platform to Help Teams Focus on Customer Results and Preventing Churn Freshworks Inc., the customer engagement software company, has announced the general availability of Freshsuccess, becoming the first CRM vendor to natively integrate customer success software into its portfolio for complete customer engagement from first touch to latest inquiry. With Freshsuccess, organizations will be able to improve customer results, prevent churn and identify sales…

Research Finds That Three out of Four CRM Users Want More out of AI and Are Willing to Switch to Get It Freshworks Inc., the customer engagement software company, announced research that reveals broad dissatisfaction with the latest artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) available in today's CRM solutions. The commissioned research, conducted by Dynata, found that only 12% of CRM users actually use a specific AI-based tool, and only 11% say AI in their CRM allows them to focus on high-value customers.…

New Leader to Usher in the Next Phase of Growth for the Industry’s Leader in Digital Customer Engagement Khoros, the global leader in customer engagement software, announced that it has named Jack Blaha as its new Chief Executive Officer. The appointment comes as Khoros, built from the merger of Spredfast and Lithium Technologies, continues to capitalize on its combined strengths and accelerate its growth. “This is an exciting time for Khoros and I am thrilled to be joining this very talented team” The Khoros platform…

Freshworks Inc., a global innovator in customer engagement software, announced that it has been recognized in the Gartner June 2019 Magic Quadrant for Sales Force Automation. Freshsales, its cloud-based sales CRM software, was also recognized in the report. With a highly intuitive UI and a powerful feature set including AI-based lead scoring, visual deal pipeline and intelligent workflow automations, Freshsales gives businesses of all sizes everything they need to manage their sales in a hassle-free package. "As a…

Acquisition Makes Freshworks the Industry's First Customer Engagement Platform to Seamlessly Connect Every Customer Touchpoint from First Web Visit to Latest Invoice Freshworks Inc., a global innovator in customer engagement software, announced it has acquired Natero, Inc., a leading customer success management software company. The acquisition gives Freshworks a SaaS platform that unifies marketing, sales, support and, now, customer success. With Natero's AI/ML-powered technology, the Freshworks platform puts actionable…

Global Research Shows Overwhelming Demand for Proactive Service, with 69% of Customers Indicating a Clear Preference for Brands That Offer Notifications and Support Freshworks, a global innovator in customer engagement software, announced its latest advance in AI, wherein it can provide predictive insights into key conversion moments that empowers Sales, Support and Success to proactively identify and act upon customer needs and opportunities. Embodying the core concept of Freshworks’ brand promise of delivering…

With New CFO in Place, Company Raises Largest Round of Funding to Date to Fuel Growth, Geographic Expansion Freshworks, a global leader in customer engagement software, announced it has secured $100 million in financing and has hired former AppDynamics Vice President of Finance & Treasury Suresh Seshadri as its chief financial officer. The latest round of funding is co-led by Accel and Sequoia, with participation from CapitalG, bringing Freshworks' total amount of capital raised to $250 million. The cash infusion will…