PTC announced the appointment of Kristian Talvitie as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Talvitie has a broad business background with more than 25 years of finance and sales and marketing experience, including having previously worked at PTC from 2008 to 2016. From 2002 to 2008, Talvitie worked at electronics contract manufacturer Plexus […]
Yelp Inc. (NYSE: YELP), the company that connects people with great local businesses, today released the Yelp Economic Average (YEA), a benchmark of local economic strength in the U.S. “Many of today’s data resources for measuring economic health generally either focus on giant corporations or move at a glacial pace,” said Carl Bialik, Yelp’s data […]
Happy Returns, a leading provider of return and logistics solutions for retailers and their customers, today announced a strategic investment from PayPal (Nasdaq: PYPL) as part of an $11M financing round. The two companies share a commitment to reducing friction from the entire online shopping experience for retailers and their customers, from consideration and purchase […]
Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ:GRMN) today announced that Forbes recognized Garmin as one of America’s Best Employers in 2019 for the third consecutive year. Garmin ranked No. 5 in the large employers category, up from No. 37 in the prior year. The list of honorees was announced by Forbes in partnership with market research company, Statista, and […]
ABBYY, a global leader in Content IQ technologies and solutions, today introduced ABBYY Mobile Capture, a software development kit (SDK) to enable end-to-end point-and-capture mobile experience where the user data is instantly captured via the camera to be used within an app or extracted and sent to back-end processes for self-service scenarios. The AI-enabled SDK […]
Acronis, a global leader in cyber protection, today announced the opening of its core platforms, enabling broad, third-party developer access to the Acronis Cyber Platform to encourage expanded functionality and application integrations, while expanding their opportunities in Acronis’ large ecosystem. The Acronis Cyber Platform, which is the foundation of the company’s existing services, features a […]
Apple® today announced a voluntary recall of AC wall plug adapters designed for use primarily in Hong Kong, Singapore and the United Kingdom. In very rare cases, affected Apple three-prong wall plug adapters may break and create a risk of electrical shock if touched. These wall plug adapters shipped with Mac® and certain iOS devices […]
ParTech, Inc. (PAR), a leading global provider of point of sale (POS) solutions to the restaurant and retail industries, announced today a new partnership with Altametrics and Hubworks, a leading provider of cloud-based enterprise restaurant systems that provides food, workforce, and supply chain management to the world’s most successful restaurant companies, including Denny’s, Taco Bell, […]
Cradlepoint, the global leader in cloud-delivered LTE and 5G Ready wireless network edge solutions, has announced it is the first provider of Gigabit-Class Private LTE edge router solutions, referred to as User Equipment (UE), to achieve FCC Certification and Initial Commercial Deployment (ICD) status. Part of Cradlepoint’s Pathway to 5G strategy, the new Private LTE […]
Acquia today announced new capabilities for Acquia Cloud, extending the company’s strengths in security innovation and compliance for digital experience platforms. Additions include new tools to manage risk and updated compliance for a pair of key U.S. federal standards, providing the security and compliance that companies require. These updates expand upon the broadest set of […]
Coursera, the world’s leading online learning platform, today announced closing a $103 million investment in a Series E equity round. SEEK Group (ASX: SEK), a global leader in investing, scaling and operating online employment and education businesses, led the round while existing investors Future Fund and NEA also participated in the funding. “The Fourth Industrial […]
Pivot3, a leading provider of intelligent infrastructure solutions, today announced a strengthened relationship with Citrix to support the latest version of Citrix Virtual Desktops on Pivot3’s intelligent hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) platform. This gives customers the ability to support mission-critical workforce mobility initiatives and improve user experience with the simplicity and performance offered by Pivot3’s intelligent […]
ThoughtSpot, the leader in search & AI-driven analytics, was recognized as one of the 50 Highest Rated Private Cloud Computing Companies To Work For in a list released by Battery Ventures, a global investment firm and cloud investor, with data specifically provided by Glassdoor*, one of the world’s largest job and recruiting sites. The list highlights 50 […]
Marchex (NASDAQ: MCHX), a leading provider of call analytics that drive, measure, and convert callers into customers, today launched Marchex Sales Rescue, a new AI-infused call monitoring, scoring and engagement solution. Marchex Sales Rescue combines Marchex artificial intelligence and machine learning with call monitoring and scoring services to alert businesses when potential buyers hang up […]
Snap Inc. (NYSE: SNAP) today announced that Kenny Mitchell will join the company as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) beginning in June 2019. In this newly created role, Mr. Mitchell will join the senior leadership team of the company and report to CEO Evan Spiegel. Mr. Mitchell will lead all consumer and product marketing programs as […]