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Robust Enterprise Market Enables Overall Market Growth REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Dec. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a recently published report from Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the telecommunications, security, networks, and data center industries, global sales of Data Center Switches was up 7 percent, following seven consecutive quarters of double-digit growth. What's also remarkable is that, for the first time in more than three years, spending from Cloud Service Providers (SPs) was flat and did not contribute to market growth. "Data center switch sales have maintained robust performance, reaching near-record levels in 3Q 2023," said Sameh Boujelbene, Vice President at Dell'Oro Group. "However, despite such a strong level of sales, the market growth started to exhibit signs of slowdown compared to previous quarters, particularly evident in the Cloud SP segment where spending remained flat compared to the year-ago period.

NICE, France, Nov. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Vulog, a leading mobility technology provider, introduces its latest AI-based platform to revolutionize the Vehicle as a Service (VaaS) landscape. This cutting-edge technology enables B2C and B2B mobility operators to achieve operational excellence and profitability, while significantly decreasing the number of privately owned vehicles worldwide.

Save the Date for IAB's 2024 Events Including the IAB Annual Leadership Meeting (ALM), IAB PlayFronts, IAB NewFronts, IAB Podcast Upfront, IAB Public Policy & Legal Summit, IAB Privacy Compliance Salon, and IAB State Privacy Law Summit Due to Industry Demand, IAB Connected Commerce Summit Returns Bigger with a Two-Day Event Experience Addressing the Rise of Retail Media NEW YORK, Nov. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), the digital media and marketing trade association, today unveiled its 2024 thought leadership and marketplace events schedule. Aiming to excite, inspire, and motivate, the event lineup addresses key issues across marketing, AI, streaming, gaming, retail, and public policy, as well as responsible media and data use. "IAB's mission is to gather the industry together, and provide insights and tools to help buyers, marketers, and the entire digital ecosystem navigate these shifts," said David Cohen, CEO, IAB. "The only constant in the digital marketplace is change, and there is probably no time in recent memory where there has been so much in flux at one time.

AI-powered forensic accounting solution secures $8.5 million Series A fundraise led by Silverton Partners BOULDER, Colo., Nov. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Valid8 Financial, the leader in Verified Financial Intelligence, today announced $8.5 million in Series A funding led by Silverton Partners with participation from Touchdown Ventures, First Trust, CPA.com and Capital Midwest. Valid8 provides AI-powered forensic accounting solutions to accounting and law firms, enabling them to untangle a web of complex financial transactions in hours instead of weeks.

Available now, Pivotal Practice combines Gen AI and immersive experiences to give organizations and teams the tools they need to improve feedback at scale BROOKLYN, N.Y., Nov. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Praxis Labs, the immersive learning leader focused on building inclusive human skills for equity in the workplace, announced Pivotal Practice. This groundbreaking product leverages the latest developments in Generative AI, learning science, and interactive simulations to offer organizations a solution for optimizing feedback skills, fostering empathy and collaboration, and enhancing communication and innovation across diverse teams.

WELL Ventures is pleased to report that its portfolio companies continue to raise funds at attractive valuations with high quality capital allocators globally. Sun Life has invested $9.5 million in Pillway, a move that reinforces the value of Pillway's digital pharmacy platform within Sun Life's benefits management program.

Orchard Clips, an existing Veritone Digital Media Hub customer, expands its relationship to leverage Veritone’s expansive network of buyers to unlock new revenue streams DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Veritone, Inc. (NASDAQ: VERI), a leader in designing human-centered AI solutions, today announced a content licensing agreement with Orchard Clips, a division of UK-based OR Media Group and a preeminent source of Middle Eastern content. Orchard Clips will leverage Veritone’s extensive network of buyers to enhance content licensing opportunities in the Americas and generate additional revenue. “We see tremendous potential in our partnership with Veritone,” said Luke Smedley, Head of Orchard Clips. “Not only does it allow us to highlight the depth and diversity of Middle Eastern content to a much broader audience, but it also presents an extraordinary revenue-generating opportunity through content licensing partnerships with Veritone in North and South America, opening doors for content creators seeking high-quality Middle Eastern content as well as global stock footage and images.” For the past year, Veritone has supported Orchard Clips’ monetization and curation efforts through Veritone’s Digital Media Hub, producing a robust content archive with AI-enriched metadata, making content highly searchable.

HUMAN Defense Platform ensures ad inventory offers complete fraud protection on AWS from start to finish reaching real humans across all media channels NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- HUMAN Security, Inc., a digital fraud platform disrupting bot attacks, online fraud and abuse across the buyer's journey, announced today that it has achieved the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Advertising and Marketing Technology Competency in the category of Advertising Intelligence and Measurement. This competency recognizes HUMAN for its expertise in empowering ad tech platforms, publishers, and advertisers to reinvent workloads with solutions to detect and mitigate disruptive ad fraud in the programmatic landscape and ensure ad inventory reaches real humans.

Customer engagement leader deepens its relationship with AWS to enable high-performing and efficient cloud infrastructure for advertisers and marketers NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Braze (Nasdaq: BRZE), a customer engagement platform that powers interactions between consumers and the brands they love, announced today that it has achieved the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Advertising and Marketing Technology Competency in the category of Digital Customer Experience. Achieving the AWS Advertising and Marketing Technology Competency recognizes Braze for its expertise in providing brands with customer engagement tools and strategies that empower marketers to reinvent workloads with solutions and services that offer enhanced cross-channel customer engagement experiences at scale.

Merger amplifies location insights for retail, real estate, telco and financial services clients along their location data journey ASHBURN, Va. and NEW YORK, Nov. 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- In a move that will redefine the location data and intelligence industry, Gravy Analytics, the enterprise location intelligence company, and Unacast, the location insights and data company, today announced a definitive agreement to merge, creating one of the largest and most comprehensive location analytics platforms in the industry. The merger sets in motion a period of accelerated new product development and market expansion.