Deltek has published the 45th annual Deltek Clarity Architecture & Engineering Industry Study. The report is substantial, just over 120 pages in length. It is based on a survey of 652 firms from the A&E sector in North America. The report was produced in collaboration with ACEC, ACEC Canada, AIA and SMPS, and contains comments from various business leaders of the organisations involved in the study. The report begins with an executive summary which identifies that the last year has seen essentially flat operating margins. That should be seen as an achievement with increasing ..read more

Bentley Systems has announced its first quarter results for the period ending March 31st 2024. The results are strong, with total revenues growing 7.4% and subscription revenues up 10.5%. CEO Greg Bentley commented, “We are pleased with our 24Q1 performance, as year-over-year ARR growth of 11% (excluding China, 11.5%) is consistent with our recent financial outlook range for 2024. Profitability and operating cash flow started the year ahead of our expected pace, with subscription revenues (91% of total) fully on pace. Although our digital integrator Cohesive’s professional services business un ..read more

Enterprise Times spoke to Leonardo Tomadon, executive Director for go-to-market strategy, at Pipefy recently. According to Tomadon, “Pipefy is the best low/no-code solution for building and automating any type of process or workflow. We drive time to value through faster implementation and help teams deploy their workflows more quickly. Pipefy lowers the total cost of ownership by helping IT teams consolidate their stack and conserve their resources. “Pipefy gives business teams more autonomy, and IT teams more visibility and control, which is critical for those longtail, complex workflows tha ..read more

In the ever-evolving marketing landscape, one technology emerges as the potential linchpin – Gen AI. Revered for helping businesses move further, faster and more efficiently, does it also hold the key to unparalleled personalisation and an elevated customer experience? Joining forces with industry leaders, Rio Longacre, Managing Director at Slalom, and Jon Williams, Global Head of Agency Business Development at AWS, we dissect the transformative potential of Gen AI and its role in customer-centric marketing. From Gen AI’s role in personalisation at scale to navigating its potential risks for u ..read more

Over half of consumers (54%) have lost their patience or become emotional (47%) with brands wasting their time. 37% now expect companies to use AI to deliver more efficient services. That’s according to new research from Twilio, the customer engagement platform that drives real-time, personalised experiences. 49% consider brand admin (or ‘brandmin’) – tasks to manage their accounts or interactions with brands – to be a significant chore. However, the research also found that streamlined customer engagement could benefit businesses as much as consumers. 22% of respondents say they would li ..read more

Data security is one of those problems that consume vast amounts of time and effort in most IT departments. Secure it too tight and people cannot access what they need to do their job. If you are a listed company, however, there are plenty of other concerns. Regulation, compliance, business threatening fines. So what can companies do about this? Enterprise Times editor Ian Murphy talked with Paul Mountford, CEO of Protegrity. On the agenda was the need for encryption, access control and AI. Mountford started with an interesting challenge for many organisations, how to protect data through mech ..read more

Iwoca, one of Europe’s largest lenders to SMEs has secured a £270 million of debt funding from Citi and Barclays. The funding will enable the company to expand its investment in Germany as it continues to expand across Europe. This brings the total raised by iwoca to over £1 billion since it was founded in 2012. The funding was comprised of two tranches. The largest, £150 million ($175 million), comes from Citibank and Insight Investments. This will be used to expand the firm’s investments in Germany. The second consists of a further £120 million from Barclays and Värde Partners for its UK bus ..read more

Nexi, a European PayTech company has announced a strategic collaboration with shopreme, a pioneer in advanced checkout technology. The partnership will see Nexi integrate shopreme’s self-checkout solutions into its merchant propositions. The move underscores Nexi and shopreme’s shared commitment to reshaping the in-store payments landscape. Nexi says this will lead to an era of convenience, efficiency and innovation for European consumers and retailers. As part of the strategic partnership, Nexi will integrate shopreme’s self-checkout solutions into its merchant propositions. By embedding its ..read more

With RSA taking place this week, vendors spent last week drumming up business by positioning their announcements ahead of the crowds arriving. Lots of new products and partnerships were announced with, as expected, a significant focus on using AI for cybersecurity. In other news, DigiCert announced World Quantum Readiness Day on 26th September 2024. It wants to raise awareness of the need to rethink security architectures as quantum computing gets closer to general availability. Cyera announced that it has expanded its products from cloud back to on-premises environments. Veeam has acquired Co ..read more

PriceSpider has announced a new partnership with It’sRapid, a pioneer in AI-driven creative automation for eCommerce content and retail media. It’sRapid aims to provide seamless and rapid content creation for shoppable campaigns. The integration allows brands to generate customer-facing copy and assets for social media, landing and product detail pages and more. The company says this is up to 80% faster than category rivals. The partnership aims to reshape the in-store payments landscape, offering convenience, efficiency and innovation for European consumers and retailers The typical creative ..read more