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PruTech Expedites and Scales Cloud Migration with Progress, Saving Customers Months of Development Time

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Tuesday, May 7, 2024

BURLINGTON, Mass., May 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Progress (Nasdaq: PRGS), the trusted provider of infrastructure software, today announced that PruTech, a global IT services company that helps organizations implement digital transformation solutions, leveraged Progress® DataDirect® connectors to speed and scale cloud migration in data-sensitive environments, saving customers months of development time.

Key Points: 
  • With a 25-year history, PruTech provides digital transformation expertise to its clients via IT services such as cloud migration, cloud application development, cybersecurity and custom application development.
  • “DataDirect was exactly the technology we needed to make the project a success and we knew it from the beginning,” said Birender Saini, EVP, GoDgtl – Products and Solutions, PruTech.
  • In addition, DataDirect technology enabled PruTech’s customer to create a centralized management and monitoring capability, which easily scaled the cloud migration from one to hundreds of applications, saving months of development time.
  • “But what’s even more important is to connect and protect this data and PruTech understands this.

Observe.AI Named a Strong Performer in Real-Time Revenue Execution Platforms by Independent Analyst Firm

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Thursday, May 9, 2024

Observe.AI , the conversation intelligence platform for contact centers, today announced it has been named a ‘Strong Performer’ in The Forrester Wave™: Real-Time Revenue Execution Platforms, Q2 2024.

Key Points: 
  • Observe.AI , the conversation intelligence platform for contact centers, today announced it has been named a ‘Strong Performer’ in The Forrester Wave™: Real-Time Revenue Execution Platforms, Q2 2024.
  • “We believe Observe.AI’s inclusion in Forrester’s report highlights our dedication to the continued success of our hundreds of enterprise customers.
  • At the core of Observe.AI’s platform is a powerful large language model (LLM) purpose-built for contact centers.
  • Download a complimentary copy of the report today to learn more about why Forrester recognizes Observe.AI as a strong performer in Real-Time Revenue Execution Platforms: https://pages.observe.ai/web-report-forrester-wave-q2-2024

Atlan’s Control Plane to Power Data & AI Governance Attracts $105M, Elevating Valuation to $750M

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Wednesday, May 8, 2024

“Atlan is addressing this by building the control plane for the data and AI stack, integrating trust and context into the digital fabric.”

Key Points: 
  • “Atlan is addressing this by building the control plane for the data and AI stack, integrating trust and context into the digital fabric.”
    In today's AI-forward, data-driven landscape, robust data governance is crucial.
  • At the same time, data privacy, data lineage, and data quality are key obstacles hindering generative AI implementations, according to studies from IBM and AWS .
  • Atlan addresses this challenge with its next-generation platform for data and AI governance.
  • “It’s increasingly viewed as the essential data control plane for major business initiatives like AI readiness and data democratization.

Lokavant Expands Team to Drive Strategic Direction of AI-Based Clinical Trial Feasibility Solution

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Tuesday, May 7, 2024

The Lokavant Advisory Board brings together accomplished leaders in pharmaceutical research and development who are experts in global clinical trial operations.

Key Points: 
  • The Lokavant Advisory Board brings together accomplished leaders in pharmaceutical research and development who are experts in global clinical trial operations.
  • They work closely with the Lokavant leadership team, providing valuable insights into drivers for the evolving data and analytics needs of clinical trial sponsors and contract research organizations (CROs).
  • “I’m excited to work with Aaron and the new advisory team to incorporate their learnings into our clinical trial intelligence platform and study feasibility applications.
  • Together, we can drive efficiencies in trial operations while accelerating clinical research.”

Insights, the New AI-Powered Business Intelligence Tool from Calabrio, Accelerates Conversion of Data into Actionable Intelligence

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Tuesday, May 7, 2024

“Contact centers need fast, accurate and informative results to improve performance,” said Joel Martins, CTO and Interim CEO of Calabrio.

Key Points: 
  • “Contact centers need fast, accurate and informative results to improve performance,” said Joel Martins, CTO and Interim CEO of Calabrio.
  • Using the industry’s latest cloud technology, Insights provides access to more features faster and accelerates self-service and AI-driven knowledge for everyone.
  • Enhances teamwork: Insights allows team members to send dashboards and actionable intelligence safely, encouraging dialogue and coordination among users, across departments.
  • Insights will replace the current suite-wide reporting solution, Data Explorer, providing Calabrio customers with the most modern, intuitive BI tool.

Domo Ranked #1 Vendor in Dresner Advisory Services' 2024 Self-Service Business Intelligence Market Study

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Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Today Domo (Nasdaq: DOMO) announced that it is the top-ranked vendor in the Dresner Advisory Services’ 2024 Self-Service Business Intelligence (BI) Market Study for the sixth consecutive year.

Key Points: 
  • Today Domo (Nasdaq: DOMO) announced that it is the top-ranked vendor in the Dresner Advisory Services’ 2024 Self-Service Business Intelligence (BI) Market Study for the sixth consecutive year.
  • In its 9th edition, this Dresner market study examined end-user deployments and trends around self-service BI.
  • Top vendors in this market were ranked on their self-service BI, collaborative, governance, framework integration, natural language analytics, generative AI and guided analytics features.
  • “Domo’s continued recognition by Dresner for our innovation and leadership further validates our ability to drive valuable business results with data-driven decisions.”
    For a complimentary copy of the Dresner Advisory Services’ 2024 Self-Service BI Market Study, visit here .

Ashburton Hospitality Advisors Adds Ten Hotels to Hospitality Asset Management Portfolio

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Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Officials of Ashburton Hospitality, a full-service consultancy firm focused on asset management, today announced the addition of ten hotels to its rapidly expanding portfolio.

Key Points: 
  • Officials of Ashburton Hospitality, a full-service consultancy firm focused on asset management, today announced the addition of ten hotels to its rapidly expanding portfolio.
  • The Marriott-, Hilton- and IHG-branded hotels are located throughout the Midwest, Eastern seaboard and southeastern U.S.
    “We grow by expanding our partnerships with savvy hoteliers and well-respected brands,” said Carmen Almos, founder and CEO, Ashburton.
  • “We pride ourselves on bringing seasoned expertise in revenue and cost management to deliver enhanced returns for our owners.
  • Ashburton is able to help drive results by working as the ‘tip of the spear’ between management companies and ownership.

Balsam Brands Selects SoundCommerce to Power AI, Analytics and Data Activation

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Wednesday, May 8, 2024

With SoundCommerce, Balsam Brands will now be ready to take advantage of the transformative powers of AI.

Key Points: 
  • With SoundCommerce, Balsam Brands will now be ready to take advantage of the transformative powers of AI.
  • Balsam Brands will gain business-ready, direct-to-consumer ecommerce data models rendered and populated with validated data directly in Balsam Brands’ Snowflake tenancy.
  • Ready-to-go data models are available in Snowflake for immediate analysis, allowing the Balsam Brands team to avoid time-consuming, resource-intensive data transformation tasks, for faster time-to-value on the data.
  • With SoundCommerce and Snowflake, we’re building future-proof data infrastructure for machine learning, advanced analytics and data activation,” said Balsam Brands’ Chief Technology Officer France Roy.

Truckstop and Bloomberg Intelligence Survey Shows Sentiment Among Carriers Has Improved

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Wednesday, May 8, 2024

"The industry is emerging from a challenging quarter, and the improved sentiment coupled with Truckstop's rising Market Demand Index suggest rates may move higher from here," said Lee Klaskow, senior freight transportation and logistics analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence.

Key Points: 
  • "The industry is emerging from a challenging quarter, and the improved sentiment coupled with Truckstop's rising Market Demand Index suggest rates may move higher from here," said Lee Klaskow, senior freight transportation and logistics analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence.
  • The Bloomberg | Truckstop 1Q24 Truckload Survey shows:
    Demand remained under strain in 1Q: Despite 62% of carriers reporting lower freight volume in 1Q, 33% predict freight demand to increase in the next 3-6 months.
  • "Truckstop continues to be a trusted partner, committed to delivering innovative solutions to help carriers navigate this ever-evolving business landscape."
  • The Bloomberg | Truckstop survey of owner-operators and small fleets provides timely channel checks into the health of the spot market.

Sigma Announces AI Toolkit for Business and Launches Sigma Actions to Support Custom Data Applications

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Thursday, May 2, 2024

Sigma is building the AI Toolkit for Business, which will bring powerful AI and ML innovations from the data ecosystem into an intuitive interface that anyone can use.

Key Points: 
  • Sigma is building the AI Toolkit for Business, which will bring powerful AI and ML innovations from the data ecosystem into an intuitive interface that anyone can use.
  • With AI Functions, Sigma administrators govern who can opt into working with AI, and one can even use Azure Open AI endpoints for extra security.
  • As the next step in providing easy ways for Sigma customers to build data applications, Sigma is introducing Sigma Actions, a new way to help teams build forms and complete workflows end-to-end.
  • With Sigma Actions supporting the creation of Forms and Multi-user Workflows, Sigma users now have a richer, more interactive way to build reliable data applications.