Keepit Signs Strategic Agreement with Hammer Distribution
Keepit, a cloud‑native data protection provider, has signed a strategic agreement with Hammer Distribution to strengthen its UK and Ireland market presence. The partnership leverages Hammer’s value‑added distribution network and Keepit’s local data centers to deliver vendor‑independent SaaS backup that meets UK data‑sovereignty and compliance requirements. Keepit’s platform currently safeguards fourteen SaaS applications and uses per‑seat pricing for predictable budgeting. Both companies aim to expand the reseller ecosystem and accelerate cyber‑resilience for managed service providers.
Salesforce Data Cleansing Best Practices: Beyond Dedupe to Lasting Clean Data
Modern enterprises rely on Salesforce as the core of their revenue engine, but rapid scaling introduces fragmented, outdated, and duplicate records that erode efficiency. The article highlights that 28% of business email addresses expire within a year and sales teams...
Phenom Expands UKG Technology Partnership
Phenom announced an expanded technology partnership with UKG, adding certified Job Sync and Hosted Apply integrations for UKG Pro Recruiting. The Job Sync feature automatically pulls job data from UKG and publishes it on career sites and job boards, eliminating manual file handling. Hosted Apply streams...
Tasklet's Task Computer
Tasklet introduced Task Computer, a cloud‑based Linux virtual machine that works alongside its no‑code agent platform, enabling users to automate complex workflows without writing code. USV already uses Tasklet for internal automation, and the feature was demonstrated by The Gotham...
How to Simulate Important Meetings Before They Happen in 1 Click with Claude Code
The post introduces a DIY meeting‑simulation tool built with Claude Code that lets product teams rehearse critical discussions in a single click. Users input agenda, attendees, and relevant artifacts, and the system generates a mock meeting that surfaces hidden objections...
Panzura CloudFS 8.7 Cuts Infrastructure Costs, Simplifies Management, and Preps for Agentic AI Workflows
Panzura unveiled CloudFS 8.7, a hybrid‑cloud file platform tailored for AEC firms and other project‑centric enterprises. The release introduces adaptive snapshot retention, self‑service admin tools, AI‑powered threat control, and automated capacity optimization, promising lower infrastructure spend and reduced operational overhead. By...
Arcfra Launches Neutree: Bridging the Gap Between AI Experimentation and Enterprise Production
Arcfra unveiled Neutree, a Model‑as‑a‑Service platform that turns AI models into production‑grade services. The solution adds an enterprise‑grade layer to an open‑source inference manager, offering unlimited workspaces, 24/7 support, and deep integration with the Arcfra Enterprise Cloud Platform. Neutree’s vendor‑agnostic...
Calculated Vs. Streaming Insights in Data Cloud: Choosing the Right Engine
Salesforce Data Cloud offers two distinct engines—Calculated Insights (CI) and Streaming Insights (SI)—that differ in timing, data scope, and cost. CI runs scheduled batch jobs across the full Data Cloud, delivering durable, multi‑object metrics for segmentation and scoring. SI processes...
REPLAY - Substack 0-$10k
Claire Venus, a Substack veteran, hosted a replay class on monetising newsletters, outlining four core models: paid newsletters, membership communities, live‑community experiences, and patron‑support. She shared her own pricing—about $27 per month for a membership—and emphasized mapping subscriber values over...
Slack Rebuilt Notifications for Millions of Users
Slack overhauled its notification preferences, merging four fragmented systems into a unified model that separates what to notify from how to deliver. The redesign fixed the misleading “nothing” option that still sent in‑app badges, restoring predictable behavior across desktop and...
Final Reminder: Locking in the PhotonCap Launch Price ($8/Mo)
PhotonCap, a Substack‑based research newsletter for quantitative funds and semiconductor investors, announced that its introductory $8‑per‑month subscription rate ends on March 31, 2026. Subscribers who upgrade before the deadline will lock that price in permanently. After March 31, new subscribers will pay...
Shopify Quietly Fixed a Bug That Silently Cancelled All Subscriptions When a Customer Removed a Shop Pay Card
Shopify disclosed that removing a payment method from Shop Pay automatically cancelled every active subscription linked to that card, affecting merchants across its entire ecosystem. The cancellation occurred without any warning, customer intent signal, or recovery flow, effectively disguising involuntary churn...
Shopify Launches Tinker, a Free Mobile App that Builds Brand Assets and Store Visuals From a Plain-Language Prompt
Shopify unveiled Tinker, a free mobile app that bundles more than 100 AI tools from OpenAI, Google and Anthropic into a single interface. Merchants can create logos, product images, social media videos and 360‑degree product views by entering plain‑language prompts,...
Amazon Polly Launches Bidirectional Streaming API to Cut Text-to-Speech Latency for Conversational AI Apps
Amazon Web Services introduced a Bidirectional Streaming API for its Amazon Polly text‑to‑speech service, allowing developers to stream text and receive audio concurrently over a single HTTP/2 connection. Internal tests showed a 39 % reduction in latency compared with the traditional...
From the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management: VAT Matrix; Demand Planning; Accounts Payable; Exporting Large Datasets
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management continues to attract attention through a series of recent blog posts covering tax configuration, demand planning, accounts payable automation, and high‑volume data export. Paolo Cecchelli stresses early design of a VAT matrix...
From the Microsoft Dynamics 365 CE/CRM Blogs: Improve D365 CRM Performance; EWS Block; Smarter Customer Service; Strong Data Foundation
Microsoft Dynamics 365 CE users face a performance bottleneck when Power Apps Component Framework (PCF) controls invoke `dataset.refresh()`. The call forces every PCF control on the form to execute `updateView()`, leading to unnecessary re‑rendering, screen flicker, and higher CPU usage. Sam Kumar’s Inogic blog demonstrates the...
Rakuten: 100x/100% Back on NordPass & NordProtect ($187 Spend)
Rakuten has reinstated its 100 % cash‑back promotion for NordPass and NordProtect, reimbursing the full purchase price for first‑time subscriptions up to a $187 spend. The offer applies to a $67 family NordPass plan and the $120 NordProtect Silver tier, but...
Is AI-IP Software Just Expensive Wrapping Paper?
The market now hosts more than 70 AI‑assisted IP software firms, most younger than two years. These companies do not build their own large language models; instead they wrap existing frontier LLMs such as Gemini, Claude, or GPT with domain‑specific...
LearnUpon Announced the Launch of Create+
LearnUpon has launched Create+, an AI‑native content authoring tool fully integrated into its LMS after acquiring Courseau. The solution instantly transforms PDFs, videos and other documents into interactive courses, cutting development time from months to minutes. It enables internal subject‑matter...
The $10k Month Anatomy
The post dissects what it takes for a solo founder to generate $10,000 in monthly revenue across four common business models—digital products, SaaS subscriptions, freelancing, and newsletters. It provides concrete calculations, such as needing roughly 200 sales of a $49...
Is Saas Dead?
The report co‑authored with Firstminute Capital argues that SaaS isn’t dying, but transforming under AI pressure. AI‑driven development cuts costs and speeds product cycles, making thin, easily replicated tools vulnerable. The new model positions SaaS as an orchestration layer atop...
The Silicon Valley Playbook Is Broken
Elad Gil argues that the classic Silicon Valley SaaS playbook is obsolete as market velocity accelerates. Founders must abandon stagnant ideas, prioritize rapid growth, and accept that AI foundation models are now an oligopoly controlled by OpenAI, Anthropic and Google....
From CFO to Founder: Christina Ross on Building Cube and the Future of FP&A
Cube, a fintech startup founded by former CFO Christina Ross, is redefining financial planning and analysis by layering automation onto existing spreadsheet workflows. The platform integrates with ERP, CRM and cloud data sources to provide real‑time visibility without requiring a...
The Forrester Wave™: Insurance Agency Management Systems, Q4 2025
The Forrester Wave™ for Insurance Agency Management Systems (Q4 2025) ranks Zywave at the top of the strategy category and awards it perfect scores in vision, innovation and roadmap. The analyst report evaluates ten leading platforms, highlighting Zywave’s AI‑driven, open‑API suite...
Salesforce’s New Email Domain Verification Explained
Salesforce is mandating verification of any custom email domain used to send messages from its platform, effective with the Spring ’26 release. Administrators must configure either a DKIM key or an Authorized Email Domain record to prove ownership, or outbound...
Worki Uses AI to Cut Healthcare Overhead at Scale
Worki, an AI‑driven workforce platform, targets the 34% of health‑system overhead tied to non‑clinical roles by unifying fragmented HR systems and deploying intelligent agents. The solution offers a phased, data‑backed pathway that can deliver 20% or more cost reductions, projecting...
Shopify Student Discount: 4 Free Months for Eligible Schools
Shopify is offering a four‑month free trial to students at qualifying U.S. and Canadian colleges, activated by a .edu email address. To begin processing orders, users pay a $1‑per‑month fee, which adds three additional months to the trial period. The...
Zapier Stopped Work for a Week and Hit 97% AI Adoption
Zapier’s AI adoption surged from 10% in early 2023 to 97% by early 2026, embedding AI agents into daily workflows for its 800‑person global workforce. The transformation resulted from a four‑step structural intervention rather than traditional training or licensing. This...
Why Best-of-Breed Beats All-in-One for Revenue Managers
Hotel IQ and RateGain have announced a strategic partnership that merges Hotel IQ’s internal business intelligence with RateGain’s competitive rate intelligence. The integration delivers a single‑sign‑on, real‑time view of pacing data and competitor pricing, powered by an AI engine that...
Spacebring Launches Lem AI Agent For Coworking Space And Flex Office Operations
Spacebring, a platform serving more than 500 coworking locations worldwide, has launched Lem AI agent to automate routine administrative tasks. The AI assistant handles support ticket triage, retrieves operational data via natural‑language queries, and drafts community communications. Lem AI is...
The Rise of the AI Super Agent: How HIX.AI 2.0 Is Redefining the All-in-One AI Workspace
HIX.AI 2.0 launches an all‑in‑one AI workspace that replaces fragmented tool stacks with a Coordinator‑driven, autonomous task planner. The platform combines research, data structuring, multi‑format content creation, and lightweight coding into a single, skill‑based architecture. Users can initiate complex workflows—such...
Scaling the Flow: Why Integrated Plumbing Software Is the Modern Technician’s Best Tool
Integrated plumbing software is reshaping how contractors manage dispatch, sales, and payments, moving the industry from paper‑based chaos to real‑time digital ecosystems. Tools like Workiz provide GPS‑driven dispatch, on‑the‑spot invoicing, and digital price books that let technicians close sales in...
Closing the Experience Gap – Interview with Qualtrics Executives From X4
Qualtrics executives at the X4 Seattle event emphasized that the biggest challenge for customer experience (CX) teams has shifted from gathering data to taking action, urging the use of AI‑driven “experience agents” to close the feedback loop. Brad Anderson called...
How AI Will Break the 1–3x ITSM Implementation Cost Rule
The long‑standing 1‑to‑3‑times implementation cost rule for IT service management (ITSM) tools is being challenged by AI‑driven digital workers. By automating catalog configuration, incident analysis, knowledge‑base creation, and documentation, these agents can slash the labor‑intensive phases of deployment. Organizations that...
The $1 Trillion AI Shift Investors Are Still Misreading #155b
In early 2026, a market correction dubbed “SaaSgeddon” erased billions from software valuations as investors reevaluated generative AI’s impact. The sell‑off exposed a core misreading: analysts conflated AI‑driven disruption of application software with the surging demand for AI infrastructure. While...
Shopify: The Operating System of AI-Driven Commerce
Shopify is redefining its role from a pure e‑commerce platform to the operating system of digital commerce by embedding generative AI directly into merchant tools. Rather than chasing frontier AI models, the company focuses on the operational layer where business...
Donna Expands to SAP Sales and Service Cloud
Donna has launched an AI‑driven assistant for SAP Sales and Service Cloud, extending its capabilities to field sales and service teams. The assistant offers proactive coaching before meetings and automates post‑meeting data entry, eliminating the need for manual updates. Its...
TMTB: Pricing Update
TMT Breakout announced that its standard‑tier subscription will rise to $85 per month or $900 per year on the next renewal cycle. This marks the first price increase for existing customers in more than 2.5 years. The company emphasized that any...
Adonis Raises $40M Series C to Strengthen Healthcare Revenue Cycle
Adonis announced a $40 million Series C round to accelerate its revenue‑cycle platform for healthcare providers. The funding, led by a mix of existing and new investors, will support product expansion and deeper market penetration. CEO Akash Magoon highlighted persistent challenges such as...
6 Ways to Extract Data From Salesforce Data Cloud (Updated 2026)
Salesforce Data 360, the fastest‑growing component of the Salesforce ecosystem, now supports over 300 native connectors for ingesting any data type. The platform offers six distinct ways to export that unified data: Data Activations, Data Actions, Flow‑triggered HTTP callouts, zero‑copy...
Ionos and Bocada Announce Strategic Partnership to Deliver Integrated Cloud Storage and Backup Oversight for Modern IT and MSP Customers
Ionos and backup‑monitoring specialist Bocada have formed a strategic partnership to combine Ionos' cost‑efficient, S3‑compatible object storage with Bocada's AI‑driven backup oversight platform. The deal includes 90 days of free storage credits (up to $1,500) for Bocada Cloud users and 90 days...
PROPTECH-X : Propelos Brings Conversational AI Property Search to European Luxury Real Estate Agencies
Propelos has launched an embeddable conversational AI property‑search agent for European luxury real‑estate agencies, with the first live deployment at Costa Sunsets on Spain’s Costa del Sol. The tool plugs into an agency’s existing listings, supports over 95 languages and...
Dentons Deploys Lexis Everyfile Within Its UK Legal Delivery Centre
Global law firm Dentons has completed a phased rollout of LexisNexis’s web‑based matter management solution, Lexis Everyfile, across its UK Legal Delivery Centre. The platform centralises case files, documents, and workflow steps, giving teams greater visibility and reducing operational friction....
Intapp + FINARCH: Accelerating AI Adoption in Private Markets
Intapp has teamed up with FINARCH to speed AI‑driven transformation for private‑markets firms across the United States, Canada, APAC and francophone regions. FINARCH will act as a reseller of Intapp DealCloud, leveraging its deep implementation and digital‑transformation expertise. The partnership...
Exclusive: Smokeball and Thomson Reuters Partner to Integrate CoCounsel Legal AI with Practice Management Platform
Smokeball, a cloud‑based practice management platform for small‑to‑mid‑size law firms, announced a strategic partnership with Thomson Reuters to embed the firm’s CoCounsel Legal AI directly into its software. The integration combines Thomson Reuters’ extensive legal content library with AI‑driven drafting,...
ChatLLM Review: Tired of Multiple AI Tools? Here’s a Smarter All-in-One Alternative
Abacus AI’s ChatLLM bundles text, code, image, video and autonomous agent capabilities into a single subscription, eliminating the need for multiple AI tools. The platform’s RouteLLM automatically routes prompts to the most suitable model, reducing decision fatigue. Pricing starts at...
Zelt
Zelt is an all‑in‑one workforce management platform that consolidates HR, IT, and finance tools into a single source of truth. Founded by Chris Priebe, the company aims to replace fragmented employee‑management systems with a unified interface. In July 2023, Zelt secured...
Zivy
Zivy is an AI‑powered co‑pilot that sits atop Slack and other messaging tools to filter manager notifications into three categories: Action Items, FYIs, and Others. By automatically generating thread summaries, suggesting instant replies, and handling follow‑ups, it promises to free...
Dash0 Acquires Lumigo to Expand Agentic Observability Across AWS and Serverless
Dash0 announced the acquisition of Lumigo, a leading AWS‑native and serverless observability provider, to broaden its OpenTelemetry‑first platform. The deal adds deep Lambda expertise, LLM visibility, and AI‑driven operations capabilities, while integrating Lumigo’s Tel Aviv team. Combined, the firms will serve...