SAS announced that its Viya analytics platform is now available in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace. Full-featured SAS Viya on Microsoft Azure equips customers worldwide with access to data exploration, machine learning, and model deployment analytics. It’s available in many languages and includes an in-app learning centre to support immediate onboarding. With SAS Viya on Microsoft […]
New cloud data centre region launches with Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365, giving organisations access to hundreds of highly scalable, highly available and resilient cloud services. The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), in partnership with Microsoft, announced the launch of the country’s first hyper-scale cloud data centre region during an event held under […]
Lytics, a customer data platform (CDP) that improves marketing outcomes using first-party data, recently announced the launch of Cloud Connect, a freemium, self-service tool that connects data in cloud data warehouses directly to advertising platforms for more sophisticated audience targeting. With this release Lytics is also announcing the introduction of fully supported connections to data […]
Atento, a CRM and business process outsourcing services provider, has launched Xtrabot, an automated omnichannel solution for remote customer services. Atento estimates that approximately half of the volume handled by standard remote customer service functions consists of repetitive and/or simple interactions that can be automated and processed by Xtrabot. With Xtrabot, customer telephone requests can […]
The scalable and affordable deployment of enterprise-grade IoT (Internet of Things) applications in the retail industry has so far been hampered by technological hurdles. However, Hanshow, provider of digital solutions in the retail sector, offers a SaaS solution to accelerate this digital transformation. The solution connects store shelves to retailers, store operators and customers on […]
Mindtree, a technology services and digital transformation company, today announced it has earned the Analytics on Microsoft Azure advanced specialisation, a validation of a partner’s capability in planning and delivering tailored analytics solutions, following Microsoft and industry best practices. Only partners that meet stringent criteria around customer success and staff skilling, as well as pass […]
SAS’ AI and analytics more tightly integrate with Microsoft Azure; Microsoft to bring cloud-based SAS industry solutions to its customers Microsoft Corp. and SAS today announced an extensive technology and go-to-market strategic partnership. The two companies will enable customers to easily run their SAS® workloads in the cloud, expanding their business solutions and unlocking critical […]
MessageGears, the leading provider of customer marketing solutions for the world’s largest brands, announced today that it has closed a $12 million growth financing led by Argentum and Bridge Bank MessageGears’ customer marketing platform enables large enterprise brands to leverage all of their customer data in real time to send highly personalised messaging across various marketing channels, at […]
Through a new agreement, companies will accelerate and modernise customer transitions to SAP S/4HANA and SAP Cloud Platform on Microsoft Azure. Building on a joint commitment to simplify and modernise customers’ journeys to the cloud through project “Embrace,” SAP SE and Microsoft Corp. announced an extensive go-to-market partnership — from conceptualisation to sales — to accelerate customer […]
A new global study from Thales, with research from the Ponemon Institute, has exposed an increasing disparity between the rapid growth of data stored in the cloud and an organisation’s approach to cloud security. Although nearly half (48%) of corporate data is stored in the cloud, only a third (32%) of organisations admit they employ a security-first approach […]
