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With CRM developer, VoIP firm boosts customer experience

IT Toolbox

Broadvoice has acquired XBP with the aim of bringing XBP’s communications development software into its own suite of hosted and unified communications offerings. Based in Los Angeles, XBP has made its name in the

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Here's What Businesses Need to Know About UC and APIs

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Unified communications (UC) is in an interesting phase of development, transforming from simply a workplace collaboration platform into the nexus for powerful business software integrations. Key to that evolutionary step are application programming interfaces (APIs).

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9 Reasons Hybrid UC Deployments Are Ideal

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Today’s unified communications (UC) solutions are different. Rather than clumsy software that bolts onto the voice system solution, they are coming from integrated, cloud-based, peer-to-peer solutions such as Slack (the market leader), Facebook Business, HipChat, Jabber, Bitrix24, eXo, Cisco Spark, and Circuit by Unify.

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Recruiting startup SeekOut raises $65M to take on LinkedIn and other talent acquisition companies

GeekWire

New funding: Seattle startup SeekOut raised $65 million to fuel growth of its recruiting software. SeekOut’s tech: The company’s “Talent 360 ” software is like LinkedIn on steroids. . “Soma” Somasegar; SeekOut head of engineering Vikas Manocha; and SeekOut head of product John Tippett.

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Who will be the Next Tech Titan? Cast your vote in the GeekWire Awards

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Last year’s winner was Highspot, a startup that sells enterprise software to help make salespeople more efficient. It developed a silicon-carbon composite material that can replace the graphite anodes in lithium-ion batteries, improving their performance by 50% and providing faster recharging times. The company ranks No.

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IT services company Atos finalizes plan for IBM-style split

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The closest thing in its portfolio is a stake in Aareal Group, a bank that has an ERP software subsidiary, Aareaon, which provides digital solutions for the European property industry. Saleh explained how Eviden plans to raise capital to develop its business after the Tech Foundations sale.

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Meet the unicorns: A look at the 15 Seattle-area startups that boast valuations over $1 billion

GeekWire

And then today, another blockbuster unicorn boosted its valuation, with Seattle-based sales engagement software company Highspot raising $248 million at a $3.5 Of the 15 companies on the list, nine of the companies employ CEOs who spent time at the software giant, many in high-level executive roles. billion valuation. Founded : 2013.

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