July 17, 2024

Alex’s Note

Hope everyone has had a great week!

Zoho announced it is now serving more than 100 million users worldwide across its 55+ business applications. Zoho is the first bootstrapped SaaS company to reach this milestone. This growth comes on the heels of the company reaching 1 billion in annual revenue in 2022.

Cool Articles

One of the top E-Sports teams, Team Liquid, built a custom analytics engine using SAP for their League of Legends team. The article dives into how using the data generated from the game enabled their team to win the recent North American League of Legends Championship

Industry Movement

The City of Austin has selected CGI to upgrade its business management systems to the CGI Advantage ERP solution. This upgrade aims to streamline the city's operations, improve efficiency, and provide better access to real-time data for decision-making.

The Delaware Department of Labor (“Delaware”) has awarded the company a contract to revitalize the state’s unemployment insurance tax, benefits and appeals programs. Further, the Delaware Department of Labor has engaged Infosys Public Services to develop a new system for the paid family medical leave program.

Thought Pieces

The rivalry between Databricks and Snowflake highlights the critical role of data platforms in the future of enterprise AI. Both companies are vying to control the enterprise AI platform market by enhancing their data management capabilities and focusing on open-source strategies, with the ultimate goal of enabling complex AI systems that leverage multiple specialized models.

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-Alex