Consolidation continued in the cybersecurity space this week with FireEye (FEYE), Palo Alto Networks (PANW), and Zscaler (ZS) all announcing acquisitions to expand the breadth of their respective offerings.
Read MoreMessaging was again en vogue as evidenced by Zendesk’s (ZEN) acquisition of Smooch, a customer engagement platform connecting businesses with consumers across multiple messaging channels, including WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, LINE, WeChat, SMS text, RCS, and a host of other applications.
Read MoreInteresting developments in both the supply chain management and customer engagement software segments this week.
Read MoreWe attended Avalara’s (AVLR) annual customer conference, CRUSH19, and its first ever Investor and Analyst Day in Huntington Beach, CA last week. The event attracted over 900 attendees, marking the company’s largest customer conference yet.
Read MoreWe attended QAD’s (QADA) Explore 2019 customer conference in New Orleans last week. The now 40-year old company has been a mainstay in the manufacturing sector, providing customers with enterprise resource planning (ERP) and adjacent applications embedded with deep domain expertise.
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