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Nominal tackles legacy ERP systems with Generative AI

March 27, 2024 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nominal tackles legacy ERP systems with Generative AI
Nominal is targeting the SMB and midmarket with an ERP replacement system that is launching today, and will eventually rely strongly on channel partners.

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 Morpheus Data announces new suite of data services to help assess VMware usage going forward

March 14, 2024 Mark Cox Comments Off on  Morpheus Data announces new suite of data services to help assess VMware usage going forward
This provides an alternative that will let enterprises migrate off VMware Aria,   and also introduces the Morpheus Plugin Framework to let companies build their own integrations, which Morpheus will certify, and a new 7.0 version of Morpheus.

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Check Point explains product strategy within overall strategic context

March 8, 2024 Mark Cox Comments Off on Check Point explains product strategy within overall strategic context
While Check Point has the reputation of  being a high end product that serves the high end of the market, they also sell to SMBs as well, and even though the focus this year was on high end strategy, their SMB portfolio got its share of important announcements.

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Check Point scales up Harmony email portfolio with new Harmony SaaS offering

March 8, 2024 Mark Cox Comments Off on Check Point scales up Harmony email portfolio with new Harmony SaaS offering
While Check Point’s original Harmony product came from a 2021 acquisition, the technology that specifically became Harmony SaaS came in a September 2023 acquisition, and is now formally available following its integration into the Check Point platform.

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Check Point CEO lays out strategy to continue strong 2023 momentum in 2004

March 7, 2024 Mark Cox Comments Off on Check Point CEO lays out strategy to continue strong 2023 momentum in 2004
Gil Shwed emphasized that going forward, Check Point needs to be focused on its cloud-delivered platform together with an intensified AI strategy.

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Sage Canada partners and customers attracted by Sage’s bold strategy at Transform

March 4, 2024 Mark Cox Comments Off on Sage Canada partners and customers attracted by Sage’s bold strategy at Transform
Sage’s new product portfolio and strategy had attendees saying this was the most exciting transform in their memory.

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Sage launches new sustainability initiative at Transform

March 4, 2024 Mark Cox Comments Off on Sage launches new sustainability initiative at Transform
While sustainability informs several of Sage’s key new product issues announced at Transform, for the first time they also introduced sustainability initiatives for customers, which met with a positive reception and are likely to be expanded going forward.

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Sage extends presence in sports platforms with Sportable partnership

February 29, 2024 Mark Cox Comments Off on Sage extends presence in sports platforms with Sportable partnership
Following up on last year’s partnership with Major League Baseball, Sage is announcing a different type of sports partnership, with Sportable, a global data collection and analytics platform, which is designed to bring deeper, AI-led insights to major sports. 

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Sage looks to improve SMB skills around carbon reporting with extended AWS partnership

February 29, 2024 Mark Cox Comments Off on Sage looks to improve SMB skills around carbon reporting with extended AWS partnership
The new strategic collaboration agreement with AWS to enable AI-powered solutions for SMBs includes a launch of Sage Earth on the AWS Marketplace will kick off in a few weeks in the UK and Ireland, but other geos, including North America, will have a bit of a wait – like 18 months.

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Sage enhances AI vision and portfolio with major announcements at Sage Transform

February 28, 2024 Mark Cox Comments Off on Sage enhances AI vision and portfolio with major announcements at Sage Transform
Sage emphasized that this year’s Transform is a very important one, because of key changes, particularly around AI, that will greatly improve customers’ lives and productivity.