October 2019

A Christmas Guide to Smart Marketing Tactics from Go Inspire Group

(Leicester, 17 October 2019) As the 2019 run-up to Christmas gains momentum for retailers, marketing professionals are faced with an unusually difficult environment. Political uncertainties are likely to affect consumer spending during this all-important time of year for retail annual profitability. On top of this, murmurings about the threat of a global recession may also suppress the usual seasonal generosity of gift-giving.

London – 17 October 2019 – Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSOD), a global leader in cloud-based learning, talent management and emerging talent experience software, today has been recognised for the fifth year running as a Strategic Leader in the October 2019 Fosway 9-Grid™ for Talent Management.

Cornerstone OnDemand also features in the new 2019 Fosway 9-Grid™ for Cloud HCM, maintaining its position as Core Challenger with a strong future trajectory.

Möglingen, Germany, October 16, 2019 – USU was among the selected companies that Forrester Research, the American analyst firm, has invited to participate in The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Service Management, Q4 2019. USU Valuemation was ranked in the highest possible category as a “Leader”.

·         PwC to enter LawTech in collaboration with ThoughtRiver

·         First product to launch in Q1 of 2020

·         Internal tests show time savings of 1/3 for general counsels

London, UK. 16 October, 2019: ThoughtRiver, the market leader in intelligent legal pre-screening, has announced that its core platform, which standardises the interpretation and review of legal contracts, is to be used in a broader technology play that represents a significant investment by PwC.

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London 16 October, 2019: techUK, Champion Communications and Pure Potential have partnered to launch a study investigating the ways in which marketing can be of greater value to sales and business development in business-to-business technology companies. The first part of this research is a survey of business development executives, to develop a greater understanding of what sales teams really need from marketing to enable them to complete their jobs more effectively. This will be followed by a report and a series of workshops to explore the findings.

Study Shows Significant Opportunity for Companies to Manage IT Spend and Re-Invest Savings in Digital Transformation

Maidenhead, UK – October 15, 2019 – Flexera, the company that helps organisations realise technology’s power to accelerate their business, announces the findings of the Flexera 2020 State of Tech Spend Report. The first annual Flexera 2020 State of Tech Spend Report provides insight into current and future technology spend from the perspective of enterprise CIOs and IT executives. The report highlights how companies are shifting spending to support their critical IT initiatives, how they’re tracking and managing IT spend, and the challenges they face in optimising spend.

Exclusive to OKI, SENDYS Explorer multi-fleet software platform receives highest accolade from top industry magazine and online channel resource

Egham, 15 October 2019 – OKI Europe’s SENDYS Explorer complete software solution has been awarded the Editor’s Choice Award from Print.IT Reseller. Compatible with all OKI printers and embedded on OKI Smart MFPs, the award recognises the advantages of the all-in-one multi-fleet software solution in enabling OKI users to work productively, from digitising, sharing and organising documents to securely managing their print jobs and reducing wastage.

15th October 2019, Bristol, UK Bristol-based software company, Iken, have announced the arrival of a new cloud-hosted product, alongside significant upgrades to their existing on-premise desktop offering. The launch of Iken Cloud and the development of Iken Desktop is testament to the company’s desire to cater for all customers, regardless of their IT strategy.

Iken’s user-led approach – finetuned over 25 years in the specialist software space – led to the decision, which allows customers to select technology that best fits their business needs; both now and in the future.