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Stackline Introduces Shopper OS – Delivering Breakthrough Capabilities Empowering Brands to Connect With Consumers Across All Retailers and Channels

Shopper OS bridges the established walled gardens, unlocking new paths for brands to engage, activate, and grow customer relationships.

Stackline, the leader in full-funnel connected commerce, announced the launch of Shopper OS, the world’s first shopper journey management system. This revolutionary platform includes eight powerful capabilities – all in one platform – that connects brands and manufacturers with their shoppers across the largest online retailers and brick-and-mortar stores.

The biggest obstacle brands and manufacturers face is that they don’t have direct relationships with their shoppers, since those are held by the retailers. In fact, manufacturers only know 3% of their shoppers, while the remaining 97% are inaccessible to them.

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Since manufacturers don’t have access to their customers when purchasing through a retailer, it prohibits brands from engaging, activating, and growing vital customer relationships. This void suppresses sales growth, retention rates, and customer lifetime value. Over average, consumer brands only retain 12% of their shoppers year-over-year.

Stackline’s Founder and CEO, Michael Lagoni, said, “Every brand wants to build direct relationships with their customers that scale across all retail touchpoints, so they can create more rewarding, personalized experiences that drive more loyalty, lifetime value, and sales growth across all major retailers, such as Amazon, Walmart, Target, and many more. That’s why we built Shopper OS, our most significant innovation in history.”

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Shopper OS isn’t one product. It’s an entire platform that allows brands to build truly authentic relationships with their customers:

  • Collect first-party data and connect with individual customers through the Multi-Retailer CRM.
  • Syndicate product reviews across your largest online retail partners and marketplaces.
  • Boost retention and lifetime value with a rewards program that profitably grows repeat purchases.
  • Create hyper-targeted surveys and get instant feedback from your most important customers.
  • Drive ultra-high conversion rates through landing pages that feature a multi-retailer buy box.
  • Send personalized messages to customers based on their purchases across retailers.
  • View customer retention, churn, and share of wallet across retailers and channels.
  • Turn every customer into an influencer by allowing them to share shoppable affiliate links to your product pages.

Lagoni emphasized that Shopper OS not only gives brands access first-party data in a privacy-first way, but the platform also allows for a uniquely personalized connection with customers:

“The launch of Shopper OS is a major milestone, not only for our company, but also for the entire ecommerce and retail industry. We’re changing the way brands connect with consumers to grow shopper loyalty, engagement, and advocacy across the entire retail ecosystem.”

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Datadog Launches New Data Center in Japan

With the opening of the data center, Datadog customers and partners can store their data in Japan and meet local data residency requirements and preferences

Datadog, Inc., the monitoring and security platform for cloud applications, announced the launch of its new data center. Located in Tokyo, Japan, the data center is Datadog’s first in Asia and adds to existing locations in the United States, Europe and AWS GovCloud.

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The new data center in Japan will store and process data locally and help Datadog and its customers comply with local data privacy and security regulations. All existing Datadog products will be available with the new data center.

“Our customers in Japan are undergoing rapid digital transformation and we are committed to providing them the same service we provide in other regions, while also complying with local regulations. Our new data center in Tokyo will provide our customers fast, low latency observability and security for their hybrid-cloud environments, while keeping their data in Japan,” said Amit Agarwal, President at Datadog.

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Conga Named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide SaaS and Cloud-Enabled Buy-Side Contract Lifecycle Management 2023 Vendor Assessment

This marks the second time Conga has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape report for this market.

Conga, the global leader in Revenue Lifecycle Management solutions, announced it has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide SaaS and Cloud-Enabled Buy-Side Contract Lifecycle Management 2023 Vendor Assessment (doc #US48785822, March 2023). This marks the second time Conga has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape report for this market.

The IDC MarketScape analyzed 14 companies in the market based on vendors’ contract lifecycle management applications from the buy-side perspective. According to the report, “Conga clients enjoy marked improvements in improved, faster contract processing coupled with increased contract compliance. The Conga contract management solution provides strong efficiency gains — less effort and time required to execute contract-related processes — and risk mitigation in the contracting process.”

Conga CLM has proven to be an effective platform for helping businesses successfully achieve their goals through efficiency, compliance, and strategic insights making it a leader in enterprise-grade contract management solutions

“As digitization continues to grow globally, more companies seek robust CLM technology with enhanced capabilities to maximize operational and financial performance while reducing risk and ensuring organizational compliance,” said Patrick Reymann, IDC Research Director, Procurement and Enterprise Apps. “Conga CLM has proven to be an effective platform for helping businesses successfully achieve their goals through efficiency, compliance, and strategic insights making it a leader in enterprise-grade contract management solutions.”

Conga’s CLM solution helps businesses transform unique complexities for contract management by simplifying and automating contract processes across departments. Through real-time collaboration and tracking, businesses of all sizes can mitigate risk and close deals faster during the contract negotiation and execution phase of revenue lifecycle management. Conga CLM is an end-to-end contract lifecycle management solution built to automate complex processes, including the ability to manage buy- and sell-side contracts across geographies and departments. It empowers everyone involved in the process, increases visibility, and enforces compliance while maximizing revenue potential.

“Businesses increasingly understand the importance of standardizing and streamlining workflows to create efficiencies through centralized technology solutions. Conga CLM was built to help businesses save time and close deals faster through end-to-end optimization, while improving compliance and visibility,” said Noel Goggin, CEO and Culture Leader at Conga. “We’re honored to be named as a Leader in this report and for further recognition of the Conga CLM platform. This achievement is a testament to our commitment to continuously drive innovation and customer satisfaction.”

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Totango Announces New Generative AI-Powered Features and Partnership with Leading AI Content Generator Jasper.ai

  • Enhancements will augment human customer success productivity with the efficiency of generative AI

  • Founder/Board Member of the Responsible AI Institute Manoj Saxena and Jasper VP of CS Zach Anderson to speak at Totango’s “Next Gen CS” event

Totango, Inc., the industry’s only Composable Customer Success platform that helps companies deliver immediate value, today announces its inaugural efforts in a comprehensive approach to applying generative AI to customer success. These first steps include both the delivery of new capabilities and a partnership with leading generative AI platform Jasper, which will further boost customers’ productivity.

“Totango’s approach to AI is based on the goal of increasing the impact and productivity of customer success teams and accelerating scaled CS initiatives,” said Alistair Rennie, CEO of Totango. “We are focused on enabling responsible development and adoption of AI to enhance the value of CS while protecting brand and enterprise data. Our partnership with Jasper enables a powerful boost in content creation consistent with the brand voice of each customer.”

Totango’s debut generative AI enhancements include plain language-to-code generation for integrations and systems connectors and the ability to create customer segments with a simple text query, with more yet to come. The new features integrate data via automated workflows and decrease the time it takes to create new content and programs, making the Composable Customer Success platform even easier to use.

  • Automated integrations: Connect Totango with other systems of record, like Salesforce CRM, by using a simple text query that will result in code snippets to facilitate integrations without the need for an engineer or technical resource.

  • AI assistant: Quickly find and surface the information you need in Totango segments, within customer accounts, or across your entire customer portfolio by using natural language queries. For example, users can ask Totango in plain language chat to surface a group of customer profiles who share common characteristics such as low health scores, decreased product utilization, or increased support tickets.

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These product features will be rolled out, in beta, in Q2.

Totango’s new partnership with Jasper, the #1 AI platform for creators and marketing teams, supports the incorporation of AI into CS. With Jasper integrated directly in the Totango platform, CS professionals can create personalized content 10X faster and train AI to customize content based on company information, style guide, and brand voice, all while keeping data secure in an enterprise-safe environment.

“Generative AI will be a critical tool for productivity in many businesses,” says Dave Rogenmoser, CEO and co-founder of Jasper. “Through our Technology Partnership Program, Totango is able to integrate the power of Jasper directly into customer success workflows to enable high quality content creation, protect brand voice of Totango customers, and free up CS teams to spend more time on strategic engagements.”

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With a commitment to developing with AI responsibly and ethically, Totango will also host “Next gen CS: Safely navigating AI and the opportunities for customer success,” a live conversation about the impact and importance of this emerging technology. Manoj Saxena, Executive Chairman of Trustwise and Founder/Board Member of the Responsible AI Institute, and Zach Anderson, VP of Customer Success at Jasper are set to join Totango CEO Alistair Rennie for a discussion that aims to drive understanding, as well as the safe and successful adoption of AI in the customer success market.

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Xoriant Achieves Microsoft Solutions Partner for Security Designation

Microsoft awards several designations to partners with proven success in implementing Microsoft services or solutions. This achievement reinforces Xoriant’s twenty-year commitment to Microsoft. It also highlights the company’s rich experience and deep knowledge in the Microsoft tech stack and security domain, delivering quantifiable benefits with proven combinations of Microsoft products.

Xoriant,a global digital product engineering, software development, and technology services company headquartered in Silicon Valley, brings over three decades of digital engineering expertise in implementing cutting-edge technology to protect client legacy systems, cloud infrastructures, cloud-native and business applications. The security team’s skills in assessing risk and security posture, automating security implementations, and optimizing managed security operations make the company a Microsoft specialist partner in the security solution area. Xoriant has delivered Microsoft-based security solutions for global organizations across the retail, manufacturing, banking and finance, and healthcare industries.

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“As a Microsoft Solutions partner,Xoriant is proud to leverage its Microsoft credentials and expertise to help clients across industries secure their Azure and Microsoft 365 cloud environments and implement required regulatory compliances,” said Jay Kashyap, SVP, General Manager and CISO at Xoriant. “Our team of Microsoft security certified individuals is always on top of the newest cloud trends and security solutions and will continue to upskill the relevant Microsoft security certifications.”

“Xoriant is honored to get this acknowledgment of our proven experience and expertise in implementing Microsoft cloud security solutions and we are highly motivated to help clients achieve positive business outcomes through secure, Microsoft-powered solutions.We want to continue strengthening our relationship with Microsoft and with customers as their preferred technology partner,” said Kimber Chevalier, Director of Alliances at Xoriant.

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“As a dedicated Microsoft partner for over two decades,the Xoriant team always brings strong technical expertise in the portfolio of Microsoft cloud security solutions designed to protect client businesses, assets and proprietary data hosted on the Microsoft Azure cloud,” said Dan Rippey, Program Director, Microsoft Cloud Partner Program.

As a Microsoft Solutions, Managed, and co-sell ready partner, Xoriant hosts multiple offers on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace. Its most recent offering employed four Microsoft Azure tools to create the Security as Code (SaC) solution which incorporates security and compliance for cloud environments and automates the configuration of various security policies. This combination of reusable code to implement both out-of-the-box and custom Microsoft Azure security policies, combined with the latest best practices ensures the security and reliability of cloud environments.

In addition to the recent Microsoft Solutions partner designation for Security, Xoriant has earned Azure advanced specializations in Digital and App Innovation, Data and AI, and Infrastructure.

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Magaya Welcomes Jayson Peterson as Vice President of Global Channels and Alliances

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Magaya Corporation, the leading provider of logistics and supply chain automation software, today announced the appointment of industry veteran Jayson Peterson as Vice President of Global Channels and Alliances in a strategic move to strengthen its worldwide partner program.

Prior to joining Magaya, Jayson held leadership roles in international channel and direct sales at logistics and supply chain technology companies, establishing and growing the partner programs for Körber Supply Chain and Dassault Systèmes. Most recently, he led the strategic alliance and partner program at Turvo, Inc.

Expanding on its current footprint, the Magaya global channel alliance program will provide value-added resellers and system integrators with a complete package for success including training, certifications, and extensive sales, marketing, and technical resources.

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The expansion of our partner program at Magaya signals a continued investment into our global reach,” commented Gary Nemmers, Magaya CEO

“As a Magaya partner since 2020, I can attest that Magaya has been an outstanding complement to our business. Together, we’ve brought on shared customers like IGS International Cargo, a benefit to both companies. All of us at Tsol are happy to be working with Jayson and excited about what’s in store for the newly optimized partner program,” said Erik Markeset, CEO at TSOL.

With users in more than 100 countries, the Magaya Digital Freight Platform sets the technology foundation for modern logistics management with flexible, interoperable, and modular cloud-based solutions for shipping, warehousing, rate management, visibility, digital forwarding, compliance, CRM, and more. Whether used together as an integrated platform or independently, Magaya solutions enable businesses of all sizes to streamline complex and redundant processes, enhance the customer experience, optimize productivity, reduce costs, and grow revenue, empowering our partner community with the solutions to facilitate customer success, drive sales, and bolster revenue streams.

“The expansion of our partner program at Magaya signals a continued investment into our global reach,” commented Gary Nemmers, Magaya CEO. “Having worked with Jayson previously, it is exciting to bring his energy and experience to Magaya. He has the expertise and experience to make a partner program a standout success.”

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UJET, Google Cloud and Alvaria Partner to Integrate Google Cloud Contact Center AI Platform and Workforce Engagement Management

Enterprise-Grade Workforce Engagement Management and Advanced Compliant Outreach Capabilities Available through Google Cloud Contact Center AI Platform

UJET, Inc., the intelligent, modern contact center platform, announced a new, strategic partnership with Alvaria and Google Cloud. The partnership enables enterprise contact centers to integrate and leverage Alvaria’s compliant outbound and workforce engagement management (WEM) capabilities through Google Cloud Contact Center AI Platform.

Enterprises including financial services, airlines, retail, telecom and technology organizations are seeking AI-first platforms to power secure, natural customer interactions at scale. These seamless customer experiences also require a unified, engaged workforce. Alvaria WEM solutions provide agents with flexible scheduling options, gamification, performance tracking and automated workflows – increasing agent engagement and reducing attrition. Alvaria outbound capabilities streamline agent workflows with easy-to-use, compliant campaign management tools. Alvaria complements Google Cloud Contact Center AI Platform by providing solutions that drive agent success, keep them engaged, and make them feel like an extension of the brand.

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According to Amit Kumar, Product Manager, Contact Center AI Platform, Google Cloud, “We are thrilled to partner with Alvaria as a workforce engagement and outbound partner. Delivering effective customer and employee experiences requires an ecosystem of secure, enterprise-grade solutions that extend and enhance contact center capabilities. Through this integration with Alvaria, we’re continuing our efforts to connect AI and agents to power modern customer experiences at scale.”

“UJET and Google Cloud have quickly become a real force in the contact center industry due to our early focus not only on AI and mobile-first CX transformation, but also security, resiliency, and scale – all fundamental requirements for the modern enterprise. These same enterprises also need additional advanced outreach and rich workforce engagement capabilities such as multichannel agent scheduling, tracking and adherence, and quality recording to properly coach and improve agent behavior. Through this partnership with Alvaria, we’re able to meet those needs as well,” said Anand Janefalkar, Chief Executive Officer, UJET.

Google Cloud Contact Center AI Platform offers enterprises rich insights about customers, products and services – while Alvaria provides the solutions for unified workforce to transform those insights into real results. The two solutions together create increased lifetime value, reduced agent turnover and seamless, personalized customer interactions.

“As enterprises look to deliver next generation CX, the partnership between Alvaria, Google Cloud, and UJET provides a unique opportunity to tap into the power of cutting-edge innovation that will help clients migrate off end-of-life platforms,” said Frank Ciccone, Chief Revenue Officer, Alvaria. “Customers will now have a complete option to bring their full customer experience platform to the Google Cloud ecosystem.”

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Fortune Ranks Propel Software Among America’s Most Innovative Companies 2023

Joins Salesforce, Apple, and LinkedIn Showcasing its Commitment to Delivering Innovation and Excellence

Propel Software, creators of the first product value management (PVM) platform, has been recognized by Fortune as one of America’s Most Innovative Companies 2023.

Propel joins industry trailblazers Alphabet, Apple, and Salesforce, ranking No. 108 in a field of well-respected business disruptors like LinkedIn, Meta, and SpaceX.

Fortune partnered with market research and data company Statista to evaluate companies on three key pillars: product innovation, process innovation and innovation culture. More than 15,000 eligible companies were reviewed to create the inaugural list of 300 that are transforming industries from the inside out in a variety of ways.

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@Propel joins industry trailblazers @Alphabet, @Apple, and @Salesforce, ranking No. 108 in @Fortune’s America’s Most Innovative Companies of 2023 #propelpvm

“Speed, connectivity, and collaboration are at the core of everything we do to make our customers successful across medical device, high tech, electronics, and consumer goods industries. We are tested each day to provide future-forward solutions that impact the bottom line and increase product value,” said Ross Meyercord, CEO of Propel. “It’s an honor to be recognized as an innovation leader as we push the boundaries set by legacy software providers and redefine what is possible for product companies to achieve.”

Built on Salesforce, Propel unifies teams, processes, and information from concept to customer with a collaborative product thread that encompasses product lifecycle management (PLM), product information management (PIM) and quality management (QMS).

Unlike standalone PLM, PIM and QMS solutions that address siloed business challenges, Propel’s PVM platform enables a broader set of stakeholders to work in tandem across the entire product lifecycle, including sales, marketing, and service. Teams looking to shorten go-to-market cycles work in parallel to create resilient supply chains and launch products faster. Propel empowers fast-paced, innovative B2B and B2C companies to create and launch profitable products that engage customers for life.

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AgileThought Appoints Eric Purdum as Chief Revenue Officer

AgileThought, Inc, a global provider of digital transformation services, custom software development, and next generation technologies, today announced the recent appointment of Eric Purdum to the role of Chief Revenue Officer. Purdum will lead AgileThought’s global sales teams and demand generation activities accelerating growth to market leading levels.

“We are very excited to have Eric as our Chief Revenue Officer leading our sales and demand generation efforts. Eric is focused on aligning our customers’ needs with AgileThought’s extensive array of custom offerings,” said AgileThought’s Chief Executive Officer Manuel Senderos. “His leadership experience and customer-centric vision will bring our innovative approach to digital transformation to each customer experience, ensuring AgileThought continually challenges the status quo and delivers the highest quality solutions.”

Purdum has more than 25 years of industry experience including multiple global businesses and digital transformation programs. He has led business units in IP Management and Services, ITO, BPO and BPS solutions. Eric has a Bachelor’s degree from Alliance University in Operational Management and Leadership, and his expertise  is designed to bring additional growth to AgileThought’s customer acquisition capability.

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Eric Purdum’s most recent position was VP/Global Head of Banking Solutions with Luxoft, a DXC Technology company, specializing in analytics and software engineering, where he helped to transform a global team from an offering, product management, marketing, engineering and delivery organization into a unified banking team delivering transformation programs at scale.

As Chief Revenue Office, Purdum will report directly to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and will have all market unit leaders reporting directly to him. This change in the leadership structure follows the separation of Kevin Johnston, Chief Operating Officer, from the Company. “Kevin has led AgileThought through a transformative period in our journey developing a strong operational foundation for our future. I want to thank Kevin for his service to AgileThought and wish him nothing but success in his future endeavors” said Manuel Senderos, Chief Executive Officer for AgileThought.

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Purdum’s strategic focus on growth will lead AgileThought’s teams to drive new opportunities and accelerated growth. “I am thrilled to take on this new position with AgileThought,” said Eric. “I have a passion for connecting customers to transformative technology that can significantly enhance their business results, and my 25+ years’ experience in this space has primed me for this next adventure. I look forward to the many transformative solutions we can build for our customers.”

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ChurnZero becomes First Purpose-Built Customer Success Platform to Earn 1,000 G2 Reviews

With a G2 Satisfaction Score of 96, ChurnZero now holds G2’s highest overall rating for any Customer Success platform on the market.

ChurnZero, the platform and partner for Customer Success, has earned its 1,000th customer review on leading software marketplace G2, becoming the first purpose-built Customer Success platform to do so. ChurnZero is now G2’s highest-rated Customer Success software platform, based on validated reviews by ChurnZero customers, and is the leader of G2’s Momentum Grid for Customer Success based on growth trajectory, user satisfaction, employee growth and digital presence.

ChurnZero helps SaaS and subscription businesses achieve sustainable, customer-led growth by keeping customers, expanding accounts, and building recurring revenue. Described in its one-thousandth G2 review as “a game changer for managing your customers at scale,” the company has earned a remarkable body of G2 reviews comprising 909 five-star reviews, 81 four-star reviews, and just 10 reviews of three stars or fewer.

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“This is a significant milestone for the relatively new and evolving Customer Success industry—and, for ChurnZero, it’s all the more significant because customer feedback informs everything we do,” says You Mon Tsang, CEO and co-founder, ChurnZero. “We’re grateful to every ChurnZero customer who took the time to share their experiences and feedback on G2, and we’re honored that Customer Success teams around the world consider ChurnZero their platform and partner of choice.”

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In 2023 alone, G2 has recognized ChurnZero with awards and badges including Momentum Leader, Best Relationship, High Performer, Users Most Likely to Recommend, and Easiest Doing Business With, and named ChurnZero to its Best Software lists for Fastest Growing Products and Top Project Management Products. ChurnZero has earned G2’s “Best Relationship” and “Leader” awards for the last 21 and 19 quarters respectively.

ChurnZero is a recognized leader in Customer Success dedicated to helping subscription businesses succeed at scale. The company is known for its powerful, intuitive Customer Success platform and ongoing partnership with its customers to ensure they get everything they need to improve efficiency, increase revenue, and deliver the best possible customer experiences.

Through the platform, Customer Success teams can spot potential churn risks early and identify renewal and expansion opportunities. Best-in-class automation and in-app communication make it easy to engage with customers and lead them to value.

As Customer Success professionals serving Customer Success professionals, the ChurnZero team prides itself on being trusted partners, consultants, and coaches, so customers can focus on the work that matters to grow their businesses.

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