Software-as-a-Service

The American video hosting, sharing, and services platform Vimeo has announced that it has raised $150 million in new equity funding alongside the third-quarter earnings of its parent company IAC. Thrive Capital and GIC has led the funding round. Vimeo’s revenue grew in Q3 by 44 percent year-on-year to $75.1 million, according to the earnings report. And it had a good EBITDA of 3.4 million dollars in its first quarter. Over the summer, the Match Group (owner of a number of dating services) separated itself from the…

Industrial procurement solutions provider rolls out new SaaS offering, providing powerful management capabilities that enable and accelerate digital supply chain transformation for the energy industry GoExpedi, an innovative e-commerce, supply chain and analytics company that is reinventing procurement for industrial and energy MRO (maintenance, repair and operations), announced the rollout of its Management Control Center (MCC) – a new software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering providing powerful management capabilities that…

Talent assessment company expands their presence in the enterprise market Plum, a software-as-a-service company that provides enterprise organizations with the data they need to quantify the potential of their workforce, announced today that they acquired a new enterprise customer, Bentley Systems, the leading global provider of software solutions to engineers, architects, geospatial professionals, constructors, and owner-operators for the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure, including public works,…

More than 90,000 attendees join IBM’s Think Digital event experience In his keynote presentation at IBM‘s Think Digital event, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna urged companies to build resiliency into their businesses and their networks in response to the unprecedented challenges presented by COVID-19. “History will look back on this as the moment when the digital transformation of business and society suddenly accelerated,” Krishna said. “This is an opportunity to develop new solutions, new ways of working and new partnerships…

Mercer-MacKay Digital Storytelling Brings an Innovative Application Just in Time for Microsoft Awards Mercer-MacKay Digital Storytelling, a marketing agency that helps technology companies rise above the noise by empowering data with story, is excited to announce general availability of the inaugural Software-as-a-Service marketing portal. This application is one of the first marketing automation software solutions that completely caters to technology companies. Winning Microsoft Awards Methodology Free to Use in Module…

Event Marketing Automation Provider to Expand Staff and Enhance Product Capabilities Banzai, a cloud software-as-a-service provider of Event Marketing Automation solutions for enterprise marketers, announced that it has raised $7 million in equity financing led by DNX Ventures, an early-stage VC firm focusing on B2B startups that are shaping industries and transforming the way we live and work, and with participation from Vulcan Capital, the multi-billion-dollar investment arm of Vulcan Inc. The Series A investment will…

Industry-Leading Cloud Solution Recognized as a Winner in Contact Center Applications Category 8x8, Inc., a leading Software-as-a-Service provider of voice, video, chat, contact center and enterprise-class API solutions powered by one global cloud communications platform, announced that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has recognized 8x8 with a 2019 CRN Tech Innovator Award. These annual awards honor innovative hardware, software, and services. CRN editors evaluated hundreds of products, across 34 technology…

New Marketing Executive to Help Drive Company's Growth  Silicon Labs , a leading provider of silicon, software and solutions for a smarter, more connected world, announced Megan Lueders has joined the company as Chief Marketing Officer. With more than 20 years of high-tech executive experience, Lueders will lead the company's global marketing team responsible for reputation management, sales pipeline acceleration and customer experience. "I'm thrilled Megan has joined the leadership team to help scale our revenue…

Root to Help Company Implement Methodology to Ensure Predictable Client Success Ascent360, a leading customer database platform (CDP) provider for mid-market businesses, announced a new Senior Vice President of Client Success: Jason Root. Root, a professional services veteran, has been brought on to help Ascent360 clients quickly realize value and combat steep learning curves common during the adoption of new marketing technologies. "Jason is an exceptional operations leader," says Scott Buelter. "He has led multiple…

Biqmind Will Provide Advanced It Advisory and Professional Services to Help HUAWEI CLOUD Customers with Easier Adoption  Biqmind has signed a memorandum of understanding for a partnership with HUAWEI CLOUD.   The Singapore-based, leading-edge technology company will support new and existing HUAWEI CLOUD customers across Asia Pacific in their enterprise digital transformation journey via the HUAWEI CLOUD in fast-growing areas such as: edge computing, multi-cloud adoption, disaster recovery and DevSecOps. With Biqmind’s…

Solution Is Based on New Technology and Offers a New User Experience, Delivering HD Audio/Video Meetings on Any Device to Ensure Effortless Collaboration; Also Announced 8x8 Meeting Rooms Now in Early Access 8x8, Inc., a leading Software-as-a-Service provider of voice, video, chat, contact center, and enterprise-class API solutions powered by one global cloud communications platform, announced that 8x8 Video Meetings, a completely reimagined meetings solution, is now available for all new customers and is provided…

The Seed Funding Round Helps the Company to Bring Augmented Reality to the Industrial Enterprise Ario Technologies, Inc., creators of Ario, an augmented reality (AR) software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform, announced today that it has closed a $2 million venture round led by NRV, a Richmond-based venture capital firm focused on providing counsel, connections and capital to growing companies in the Commonwealth.  Ario has also been granted a $1.5 million SBIR grant by the United States Air Force bringing a total of $3.5…

Managed Services Segment Sees Its Best Quarter in Five Years Combined Market Reaches Record High of Us$2.2 Billion The Asia Pacific outsourcing market reached a record high in the second quarter, boosted by strong demand for managed services, according to the latest state-of-the industry report from Information Services Group, a leading global technology research and advisory firm. Data from the ISG Index™, which measures commercial outsourcing contracts with annual contract value (ACV) of US$5 million or more, show…

Leader in Workplace Productivity Welcomes Seasoned Industry Experts to Team Formstack, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company with a mission to transform the way people collect information and put it to work, announces three new additions to company leadership: Joan Lavis as Chief Financial Officer, Rob Wiley as Head of Marketing & Product Strategy and Nathan Sinsabaugh as Product Engagement Director. “Over the last 18 months, Formstack has been moving toward a unified vision to bring a powerful workplace…

RingCentral Office, Meetings and Contact Center Solutions Enhance Employee Collaboration and Innovation RingCentral, Inc. a leading provider of enterprise cloud communications, collaboration, and contact center solutions, announced that Australia’s largest enterprise software as a service (SaaS) company, TechnologyOne, has selected RingCentral’s cloud communications platform to streamline customer engagement and connect its global workforce for increased innovation and productivity. The deployment of RingCentral will…

Use of HTTPS Protocol on Phishing Websites Reaches Record High According to the APWG’s new Q1 2019 Phishing Activity Trends Report, users of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and webmail services are being targeted with increasing frequency. The category became the biggest target in Q1, accounting for 36 percent of all phishing attacks, for the first time eclipsing the payment-services category which suffered 27 percent of attacks recorded in the quarter. “Phishers are interested in stealing logins to SaaS sites because they…

Linius Technologies Limited - the only cloud-based solution that creates hyper-personalized video experiences with data-driven video assembly -- has launched a self-service embeddable widget in partnership with systems integrator, Hemisphere. The Widget Suite application enables any organization to empower viewers to search the data within its video content, from across any number of sources, and assemble hyper-personalized videos on-the-fly. The Widget Suite can be accessed for free from the new Linius Marketplace…

Selling Simplified Group Inc. (SSG) is poised to unveil its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offering, Visionayr, at SiriusDecisions Summit in Austin, Texas, next week to offer B2B companies an innovative solution for data-driven marketing. Designed to consolidate the traditional martech stack, Visionayr combines marketing automation, content management, hosted interactive content experiences, user engagement monitoring and analytics all in one place. Integrated with SSG's proprietary global B2B database, the solution will…

Cloud Contact Center Provider Delivers Certified Solution to Compliment CRM Platform with Deeply Integrated Offering to Drive Better Customer Experience 3CLogic, a leading provider of cloud contact center software for enterprise companies, announced the certification of its solution for Microsoft Dynamics CRM and official listing on Microsoft’s Appsource. The combined offering provides enterprises greater change management control, enhances the efficiency of department representatives (i.e.: Sales, Help Desk, Customer…

Bitglass, a Campbell, California-based startup developing a cloud service that helps to protect corporate data, announced that it’s raised $70 million in series D funding from new investor Quadrille Capital and existing investors FutureFund, New Enterprise Associates, Norwest, and Singtel Innov8, bringing its total venture capital raised to around $150 million. It follows on the heels of a $25 million series B in 2014 and a $45 million funding round in January 2017, as well as a $10 million series A in 2013, shortly after…