Cloud Services See Decline in Downtime in 2025: Parametrix
In 2025 the three leading cloud providers—Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud—recorded a notable decline in critical downtime, with aggregate outage duration dropping 28% to 175.3 hours. The number of critical interruptions fell to 45, the lowest figure since 2022. North America still generated just over half of all events, reflecting its dense cloud usage. Human error remained the top cause, while power‑related failures surged nearly fourfold compared with the prior year.
Snowflake Intelligence for Retail: Scaling Enterprise AI
The Mark Anthony Group (MAG) has moved from a traditional data warehouse to Snowflake Intelligence, turning its data platform into a generative business intelligence engine. By mandating Snowflake Secure Data Sharing in vendor RFPs, MAG streamlined real‑time data integration and...
Microsoft Named a Leader in 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Integration Platform as a Service
Microsoft has been named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Integration Platform as a Service, marking its eighth consecutive year in the Leader quadrant. The recognition underscores Azure Integration Services’ expanded capabilities that now blend AI, real‑time...
Ani Tech Launches Free AI Cash Flow App for Advisors
Ani Tech has introduced a free AI‑driven cash‑flow modelling app for UK financial advisers, allowing them to build and compare complex scenarios using natural‑language commands. The tool, powered by an agentic AI called ‘Flo’, automates data entry and provides real‑time...
Sett Raises $30m to Scale AI-Driven Marketing Automation Platform
Sett, a 2023 startup, raised $30 million in a Series B round to expand its AI‑driven marketing automation platform. The platform automatically generates playable and video ads while optimizing campaign performance across the user‑acquisition funnel for game publishers. The funding, led by...
EToro Announces Upcoming Launch of eToro App Store
eToro announced the forthcoming eToro App Store, a marketplace that brings together investors, AI‑builders, and developers to share and install custom investing tools. The store will feature live apps from select eToro Pro investors and allow users to connect instantly...
RudderStack Now Supports the Singular SDID for Mobile Attribution
RudderStack announced native support for Singular’s new universal device identifier, SDID, in its server‑side pipeline. The update automatically detects the `singularDeviceId` in event payloads and routes them to Singular’s V2 endpoint without any SDK modifications or configuration changes. By forwarding...
Glystn Just Landed Stagwell, Influential, Weber Shandwick – CEO Ethan Fassett Says the Agency Intelligence Race Is On
Glystn, the San‑Francisco AI social‑intelligence platform, has inked enterprise partnerships with three of the five largest public agency holding companies—Stagwell Marketing Cloud, Influential and Weber Shandwick. The integrations embed Glystn’s app and its Model Context Protocol directly into agency workflows, turning...
Microsoft Is Rolling Out Copilot Cowork to More Customers
Microsoft announced that its Copilot Cowork AI workflow tool is now available to a broader set of customers through the Frontier program and will be included in the Microsoft 365 E7 AI subscription tier. The service, built on Anthropic’s Claude Cowork, adds AI‑driven...
New HR Tech From Employment Hero, Tallēwise
Employment Hero unveiled its Recruitment Agent, an AI‑driven video interview tool that automates first‑round screening for small and medium‑sized businesses. Powered by the proprietary Hero AI engine, the feature integrates directly into the Employment Operating System, shortening hiring cycles and standardising...
Microsoft's AI Slop Is Infecting GitHub — Copilot Is Now Injecting Ads Into Pull Requests (Update)
GitHub Copilot began inserting promotional tips into pull requests, displaying an ad for the Raycast tool. The behavior was traced to over 11,000 instances and confirmed by GitHub’s VP of Developer Relations, Martin Woodward, who disabled the feature after community...
Rezolve Ai Delivers 543% H2 Growth; Raises 2026 Revenue Guidance to $360M as Platform Achieves Global Infrastructure Scale
Rezolve Ai reported a record $46.8 million GAAP revenue for 2025, far exceeding market expectations, and ended the year with a $19.4 million December MRR that translates to a $232 million annualized run rate. The company’s gross margin reached 66 % and core software margins...
This $584 AI Meeting Assistant Is Now Only $67
MeetScribe Pro, an AI‑powered meeting assistant that transcribes and summarizes calls, is now offered as a lifetime subscription for $67, down from its regular $584 price. The tool integrates with Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, and Slack, delivering real‑time transcripts,...
The Category Creator: How Michael Koch and HubKonnect Are Building the Hyperlocal Intelligence Retail Economy
HubKonnect, led by serial entrepreneur Michael Koch, has defined a new enterprise‑AI category called Hyperlocal Intelligence, which analyzes real‑time local signals to optimize decisions for individual retail locations. The platform ingests millions of data points—demographics, weather, traffic, and store performance—to...
As Customer Journeys Fragment Across AI and Chat, Contentsquare Adds New Analytics Tools. Here’s What’s New
Contentsquare has expanded its digital analytics platform with tools that surface interactions with large language models, on‑site chat, and support channels. An out‑of‑the‑box dashboard now reports LLM traffic share and conversion, while the acquisition of conversation‑intelligence firm Loris adds sentiment,...
SAP, 렐티오 인수로 ‘AI 준비 데이터’ 전략 본격화
SAP announced an agreement to acquire cloud‑native MDM specialist Reltio, aiming to strengthen its Business Data Cloud (BDC) platform. The deal, whose financial terms remain undisclosed, will enable SAP to transform master data from both SAP and non‑SAP sources into...
Firma.dev Launches Firma 12 With Full AI Integration, Becoming the First E-Signature Platform You Can Operate Entirely Through AI
Firma.dev unveiled Firma 12, the first e‑signature platform that can be fully operated through AI, featuring dual Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers for documentation and live data. The new Data MCP server offers 84 AI‑ready tools, letting users create, send,...
How Quo Uses Zapier to Scale and Reinvest in Customers
Quo, formerly OpenPhone, has leveraged Zapier to embed automation directly into its business phone platform, allowing users to create workflows without leaving the app. Since 2022, active users of the Zapier integration have grown 17% quarter over quarter, and customers...
Lessons From Using the Outbox Pattern at Scale
Zapier adopted a transactional outbox backed by local SQLite to keep its high‑throughput Events API running during Kafka outages, then scaled the design to handle about 15,000 events per second. By switching the SQLite journal mode to WAL, sharding the...
Quo: App Spotlight
Quo, the rebranded OpenPhone, is a cloud‑based VoIP platform that consolidates calling, texting, contact management, and lightweight CRM functions for businesses. The app lets users keep their phone numbers abroad, record calls, and set business‑hour auto‑replies, turning a smartphone into...
Connect Your Virtual Phone System to Other Business Apps with Automation
Virtual phone systems, or cloud‑based VoIP platforms, are replacing traditional desk phones by delivering calls, SMS, and analytics over the internet. Zapier enables these systems to integrate automatically with CRM, ticketing, and task‑management tools, turning inbound calls and messages into...
LAUNCH: New AI Platform Aims to Prevent Property Chain Collapse
XchangeHero.com has launched an AI‑driven proptech platform that gives independent UK estate agents real‑time visibility into every property chain they manage, aiming to catch problems before deals fall through. The system combines a full sales CRM with a chain‑management dashboard...
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Zapier Vs. Gumloop: Which Is Best? [2026]
Zapier and Gumloop are the two leading platforms for AI‑driven automation, but they take opposite approaches. Zapier offers a massive ecosystem of 8,000+ integrations, task‑based pricing, and a full suite of tools—including tables, forms, and Canvas—while Gumloop concentrates on AI...
AI Is Killing Seat-Based Pricing. What CX Software Buyers Should Do Next
AI is eroding traditional seat‑based pricing in enterprise CX software, dropping its share from 21 % to 15 % within a year while hybrid models rose to 41 %. Vendors such as Intercom, Zendesk and Sierra are experimenting with outcome‑based pricing tied to...
Progress Software Corp (PRGS) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Progress Software reported fiscal 2025 revenue of $978 million, a 30% year‑over‑year increase, driven largely by the full‑year contribution of its ShareFile acquisition. Earnings per share rose 16% to $5.72, and the fourth‑quarter operating margin hit 38%, surpassing guidance. ARR reached...
Global Arena Holding Inc (GAHC) Q3 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Gaia reported Q3 2025 revenue of $25 million, a 14 % year‑over‑year increase that lifts its annualized run rate to $100 million. Gross margin rose to 86.4 % and free cash flow turned positive at $0.9 million, while cash balances more than tripled to $14.2 million...
Phreesia Inc (PHR) Q4 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Phreesia reported Q4 FY2026 revenue of $117.3 million, up 15% YoY, and posted its first GAAP net‑income positive quarter at $0.7 million. The company announced a definitive agreement to acquire AccessOne for $160 million in cash, a deal expected to add $35 million of...
JujuKraft Launches Unified Workspace to Simplify Screenwriting Workflows
Jujukraft, co‑founded by Nigerian actress Mayowa Aderoju, launched an all‑in‑one screenwriting platform that merges outlining, formatting, collaboration and revision tools into a single cloud‑based workspace. The service offers visual beat‑mapping, a distraction‑free editor, seamless import of FDX, Fountain and PDF...
Top Identity Verification Companies and How to Choose the Right Solution in 2026
Identity verification software is essential for remote, real‑time onboarding, combining document checks, biometrics, liveness detection, AML screening, and AI‑driven risk scoring. The market is crowded, but vendors differ in forensic document analysis, biometric sophistication, fraud analytics, compliance support, user experience,...
Slack Feature Drop: Your Productivity Is Springing Forward
Slack announced a suite of March updates aimed at consolidating workflows inside its platform. The new Slack CRM, bundled with Business+ at no extra charge, lets users create and update Salesforce records directly from conversations via Slackbot. AgentExchange provides a...
Inside Ford’s AI-Driven Approach to Scaling Dealer Analysis
At the Domopalooza conference, FordDirect and OneMagnify unveiled an AI‑driven workflow built in Domo that automates dealer‑level performance analysis for the AdVantage program. The agent compares three months before and after a dealer’s exit, generating narrative insights and visualizations for...
Entering the Era of the Headless Merchant
A new marketplace powered by the Machine Payments Protocol (MPP) launched with over 60 services designed for AI agents, not human users. Offerings range from full‑text SEC filing searches and CAPTCHA solving to physical letter mailing and AI‑generated images. In...
Altibox Taps Comcast Technology Solutions for Centralized Video Management
Comcast Technology Solutions has been chosen by Altibox, the Scandinavian IPTV leader, to power its next‑generation Altibox TV service using CTS’s Cloud Video Platform. The cloud‑based solution will handle on‑demand ingest, metadata, rights management and multi‑tenant asset consolidation for subscribers...
7 Best Rebrandly Alternatives for Scalable, Measurable Link Management
Marketers are outgrowing Rebrandly’s focus on branded short URLs, seeking platforms that combine branding with deep analytics, automation, and cross‑channel integration. The guide highlights seven alternatives—Branch, Bitly, JotURL, RocketLink, ClickMeter, TinyURL, and Short.io—each catering to different needs from enterprise attribution...
Europe Builds Microsoft-Alternative ‘Euro-Office’ to Reclaim Digital Sovereignty
European enterprises and community groups have launched Euro-Office, an open-source office suite designed to match Microsoft Office compatibility while ensuring digital sovereignty. Backed by IONOS, Nextcloud, Eurostack and other major firms, the project offers a tech preview now with a...
G6 Hospitality Launches Procurement Platform
G6 Hospitality, the parent of Motel 6 and Studio 6, has unveiled G6 Marketplace, an enterprise‑grade procurement platform for its US and Canada franchise network. The digital hub consolidates suppliers, inventory, pricing and ordering, allowing franchisees to source supplies, lock...
Bandwidth Partners with New Agentforce Contact Center
Bandwidth announced a partnership with Salesforce’s newly launched Agentforce Contact Center, providing the voice and messaging infrastructure that powers the AI‑driven platform. Agentforce embeds a CRM‑native, AI‑enabled contact center directly into Salesforce, allowing enterprises to leverage full 360‑degree customer data...
Zilliz Cloud Launches Native Cross-Region Disaster Recovery for Vector Databases
Zilliz Cloud announced native cross‑region disaster recovery for its Milvus‑based vector database, introducing Global Cluster, Global Endpoint, and Cross‑Region Backup capabilities. The solution delivers automated failover with sub‑60‑second recovery and zero data loss, addressing recent high‑profile cloud outages that exposed...
Stamp’s Lucy Magri-Overend on Building a Certification System That Puts Creators in Control of Their Credibility
Stamp, a London‑based startup launched in November 2024, is creating an ethical certification system that puts creators in control of their credibility. Co‑founder Lucy Magri‑Overend explains the platform evaluates creators on three pillars—regulatory compliance, audience care, and personal values—through a self‑reflection...
Bringing SaaS to a Wellness Business
Wellhub, formerly Gympass, secured $85 million Series F financing in 2023, valuing the corporate wellness platform at $2.4 billion and earning unicorn status. The company now serves nearly 40,000 corporate clients and, after partnering with Anytime Fitness, operates the largest U.S. fitness network...
Unanet and Xpedeon Expand Partnership to North America, Targeting CRM–ERP Disconnect in Construction
Unanet and Xpedeon have extended their UK‑origin partnership into North America, merging Unanet’s construction‑focused CRM with Xpedeon’s ERP suite. The combined solution promises a single platform that links opportunity management, project execution, and invoicing for builders. By eliminating siloed systems,...
How Qargo Plans to Disrupt the US TMS Market
Qargo, a UK‑based transportation‑management‑system provider, has raised $33 million in Series B funding to launch its AI‑enabled platform in the United States. After five years of product refinement and scaling its European customer base to 600 fleets, the company now employs 170...
Intuit Thinks It’s Found Your Company’s Next CFO: AI
Intuit is transforming its accounting suite into an AI‑driven "system of intelligence," enabling real‑time financial interpretation and automated actions. The company’s Generative AI Operating System (GenOS) orchestrates models, data, and workflow agents, processing roughly 60 billion machine‑learning predictions daily across a...
10 Best Mobile Event Apps for 2026: My Top Picks
The article outlines eight critical criteria for selecting a mobile event app, emphasizing performance during live execution, real‑time agenda synchronization, and controlled attendee communication. It stresses that engagement features must align with event goals and that sponsor visibility should be...
Reveal Brings Conversational AI Analytics Directly Into Enterprise Applications
Reveal, Infragistics' embedded analytics platform, now lets enterprises embed conversational AI analytics directly into their applications. The solution transforms static dashboards into interactive, question‑answer experiences while enforcing existing data permissions. It also offers token‑based cost controls, giving software teams visibility...
Lightfield Launches One-Hour CRM Migration Agent, Enabling Startups to Replace HubSpot With an AI-Native CRM in Under 60 Minutes
Lightfield, an AI‑native CRM, unveiled an automated migration agent that moves all CRM data from HubSpot and other legacy systems to Lightfield in as little as one hour. The tool ingests CSV exports, automatically maps contacts, companies, deals, custom fields,...
Aspect Software and Five9 Formalize Partnership to Expand Intelligent, Workforce-Optimized CX Solutions
Aspect Software and Five9 have formalized a partnership that links Five9’s cloud contact‑center platform with Aspect’s workforce management suite. The integration streams real‑time agent states and historical interaction data into Aspect Intelligence, sharpening demand forecasts and enabling automated intraday staffing...
CB Insights Partners with Perplexity to Bring Curated Research Selection Into Perplexity’s Leading AI Platform
CB Insights has struck a partnership with Perplexity, licensing a curated selection of its private‑company research reports to Perplexity’s paid Max and Pro tiers. The integration, now live, lets users pull AI‑generated answers that are directly cited to CB Insights...
Nebius AI Cloud 3.5 Introduces Serverless AI to Give Developers Frictionless Compute for Real-World AI
Nebius unveiled AI Cloud 3.5, adding serverless AI compute that lets developers launch experiments and production models instantly without provisioning infrastructure. The update also introduces the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPU for high‑throughput inference and simulation workloads. A new...
