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The mainframe’s future in the age of AI

CIO

Running AI on mainframes as a trend is still in its infancy, but the survey suggests many companies do not plan to give up their mainframes even as AI creates new computing needs, says Petra Goude, global practice leader for core enterprise and zCloud at global managed IT services company Kyndryl.

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Extra Crunch roundup: 3 lies VCs tell, betting big on Kubernetes, NYC’s enterprise boom

TechCrunch

As the pandemic changed consumer behavior and regulations began to reshape digital marketing tools, advertisers are turning to retail media. “And like most things, there is a bad, a good and a much better way of doing things,” advises Cynthia Luo, head of marketing at e-commerce marketing stack Epsilo. .

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Beamy lands $9M to help enterprises detect and manage their SaaS apps

TechCrunch

But as the SaaS model continues to gain prominence, particularly in the enterprise, businesses are facing challenges in managing their sprawling subscriptions. Companies like Meta SaaS, AppOmni , and the aforementioned Productiv also offer SaaS security and governance controls geared toward enterprises. ” From the ground up.

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Former Snap employees raise $9M for Trust, emerging from beta to level marketing playing field

TechCrunch

Trust wants to give smaller businesses the same advantages that large enterprises have when marketing on digital and social media platforms. The growth of e-commerce is pushing more digital marketing investments, providing opportunity for Trust to be a huge business, Borow said. E-commerce sales in the U.S.

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Archive.ai aims to free marketers from their monotonous workflows

TechCrunch

When marketers Paul Benigeri and Geoffrey Woo were at their former companies, in food tech and e-commerce infrastructure, respectively, they experienced how manual and repetitive digital marketing workflows were, especially as the number of disparate and unintegrated marketing tools grew.

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AI Marketing Platform Hightouch Reaches Unicorn Status After $80M Series C

Crunchbase News

Hightouchs AI Decisioning product allows marketers to synchronize data and then let AI agents decide what messages and/or experiences to send each customer personalizing the marketing effort. The company more than doubled its revenue last year while adding large enterprise customers like PetSmart and Weight Watchers.

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Soci raises $120M in debt and equity to grow its marketing management platform

TechCrunch

. “Soci became an essential partner to brands for this transformation, which led to an increased need for brands to turn to technology to manage their presence in local digital market channels.” ” Khoury has a colorful background. ” Khoury has a colorful background.

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