Category: Press Releases

  • Blackbaud and Microsoft to Strengthen Strategic Partnership to Digitally Transform the Nonprofit Sector

    Baltimore, MD (October 18, 2017) — As part of bbcon 2017, Blackbaud (Nasdaq: BLKB), the world’s leading cloud software company powering social good, and Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT), plan to expand their partnership in support of their mutual goals to digitally transform the nonprofit sector. The nonprofit sector represents the third largest workforce behind retail and manufacturing…

  • Charleston’s First All-Female Coworking Space Opens in West Ashley

    Charleston, South Carolina is now home to a new entrepreneurial community specifically for women business owners. The Eves Collective is a boutique workspace that offers private offices and dedicated desks for women to create, build, and grow their businesses alongside one another. Featuring a large conference room, three fully-furnished private offices, four large dedicated desks, and…

  • Terminus Named to Inc. Magazine’s Top 50 Best Workplaces for 2017

    Terminus Named to Inc. Magazine’s Top 50 Best Workplaces for 2017

    ATLANTA — Terminus, the leading account-based marketing (ABM) platform has been named one of Inc. Magazine’s Best Workplaces for 2017. This was Inc.’s second annual ranking of the fast-growing private company sector. Out of thousands of applicants, Inc. singled out just over 200 winning companies. Terminus ranked in the Top 50 for Inc.’s 2017 Best Workplaces with a score…

  • Benefitfocus Streamlines Health Savings Accounts and COBRA Administration with New Solutions

    Charleston, S.C. – October 4, 2017 – Benefitfocus, Inc. (NASDAQ: BNFT), a leading provider of cloud-based benefits management software, today unveiled Benefitfocus Consumer-Directed Healthcare Accounts and Benefitfocus COBRA Administration. The addition of these new solutions to the Benefitfocus Platform will provide employers, brokers and employees a single partner to support communication, enrollment and administration of these…

  • Infor Infuses Artificial Intelligence Capabilities into HR Applications

    Machine Learning to Improve Processes and Enhance Predictive Models NEW YORK –  Oct 04, 2017 Infor, a leading provider of beautiful business applications specialized by industry and built for the cloud, today announced the incorporation of Infor Coleman, an enterprise-grade, industry-specific AI platform for Infor CloudSuite™ applications, into the company’s Talent Science solutions. Coleman, a pervasive…

  • Nucleus Research Recognizes Infor as Leader in Human Capital Management in Latest Value Matrix

    Report Highlights Cross-Functionality in Financial Management, Key Acquisitions, and Mobile Capabilities NEW YORK –  Oct 09, 2017 Infor, a leading provider of beautiful business applications specialized by industry and built for the cloud, today announced that Infor Human Capital Management (HCM) has been recognized again as a Leader among human capital management applications in Nucleus Research’s…

  • Infor Retail Again Named a Leader in 2017 Magic Quadrant for Retail Assortment Management Applications

    Infor Retail Recognized for its Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision NEW YORK –  Oct 18, 2017 Infor, a leading provider of beautiful business applications specialized by industry and built for the cloud, today announced that the company was recognized as a leader in the Gartner 2017 Magic Quadrant for Retail Assortment Management Applications. (1)…

  • SOUTHEAST FINTECH VENTURE CONFERENCE ANNOUNCES PITCH LINEUP

    Charlotte, NC – The inaugural Southeast Fintech Venture Conference Committee has selected the first batch of companies to pitch on November 20th. The seven companies and Accelerator Partner The Venture Center represent the cities of Charlotte, Atlanta, Charleston, and Little Rock. The companies have various stages of funding and will be pitching at Barings in Uptown Charlotte. A few pitch slots…

  • RDI Technologies Recipient of 3rd Annual Innov865 Traction Award, Presented by UT Federal Credit Union

    KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – RDI Technologies, which offers video camera-based technology to quickly determine faults in machinery, infrastructure, and human performance not visible to the human eye, is the recipient of the third annual Innov865 Traction Award. Jenna Johns, Chief Operating Officer of RDI, accepted the award for the company, whose President, Bob Wilson, presented a…

  • Smart RIA and SkyNano Technologies Wins Startup Day 2017 Pitch Competition

    KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Mac Bartine with Smart RIA and Anna Douglas with SkyNano Technologies claimed the winning pitch prizes during Startup Day 2017 on Thursday, September 21, 2017 on the U.S. Cellular Stage at The Bijou Theatre in Downtown Knoxville. This marks the first year that the Startup Day pitch competition featured two prize categories.…

  • Fifth Annual Startup Day Celebrates Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Knoxville

    KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – East Tennessee’s leading investors, innovators, entrepreneurs, and business leaders convened at the U.S. Cellular Stage at The Bijou Theatre in Downtown Knoxville on Thursday, September 21, 2017 for the fifth annual Startup Day. The event is part of Innov865 Week 2017, which celebrates and showcases Knoxville as a great place to start…

  • SXSW Accelerator 2018 Startup Pitch Event Call for Entries Is Open

    The SXSW Accelerator 2018 Startup Pitch Event Call for Entries is open. Companies must apply by Friday, November 10th at 11:59pm CST. Not sure whether you should enter…or why? Top 5 Reasons to Enter: Product validation – Opportunity to showcase your project and startup on a global stage with the goal of matching each startup with top…

  • Knoxville’s Startup Day Celebrates Five Years

    MEDIA ADVISORY September 18-22, 2017 Contact: Deborah Robbins Deborah@piper-communications.com 865-329-0553 Knoxville’s Startup Day Celebrates Five Years Innov865 Week returns September 18 – 22, promises jam-packed week of events celebrating entrepreneurship in Knoxville Knoxville’s fifth annual Startup Day, an event that celebrates Knoxville’s entrepreneurial spirit, will be held Thursday, September 21 at the U.S. Cellular Stage…