Advanced visualizations and forecasts help customers uncover deeper cost insights and drive data-driven, cost-conscious engineering

CloudZero today announced the release of Analytics: a powerful business intelligence capability that automates the delivery of cloud cost intelligence. CloudZero is already unique in its ability to organize the costs of an entire application stack — AWS, Azure, GCP, Snowflake, Datadog, Kubernetes, etc. — then quantify and optimize its efficiency. Now, from the simplest FinOps use cases to the most advanced depictions of unit cost trends, Analytics makes it easier than ever for CloudZero customers to view, share, and act on cost insights from 100% of their spend.

"The need for automated analytics has never been more urgent," said Phil Pergola, CEO of CloudZero. "CloudZero's ability to combine granular cost data with business context has always made us the most powerful option for extracting and acting on spend insights. Analytics only compounds that value, by automating the dissemination of actionable data in a modern business intelligence experience. This helps software-driven companies control their spend, eliminate cost surprises, and ultimately build more efficient software."

All customers now get out-of-the-box access to CloudZero's Standard Dashboard Library, which lets them quickly answer basic questions around topics like monthly cost trends, reservation performance, tag coverage, and invoice reconciliation. But most unique to CloudZero Analytics are its self-service capabilities which can be used to generate deep cost intelligence based on CloudZero's powerful and trusted data model. Early users have used the advanced visualizations and forecasting in Analytics to manage the progress of specific cost projects (e.g., a migration to AWS Graviton); to depict ongoing unit cost trends (e.g., cost per 1,000 daily active users); to monitor per-unit and holistic cloud efficiency; and more.

Moreover, Analytics lets CloudZero customers generate and send reports based on the insights they uncover. Having developed a custom view related to a strategic objective, a customer could automatically export a CSV to an S3 bucket or email a PDF on a one-time or recurring basis. Moreover, data views can be exported via webhook, which lets customers pair CloudZero Analytics with services like MuleSoft and Zapier, permitting the delivery of CloudZero data to hundreds of other applications, for countless integration use cases.

"Analytics is a key next step in the cloud cost intelligence framework," said Robert Mason, CTO of Applause, a CloudZero customer. "Our most powerful CloudZero users are already adept at using the platform to find cost insights, but Analytics extends that same power to anyone with a vested interest in keeping our cloud use cost-efficient. We've only just begun to see how significant of an impact this can have on our cloud ROI."

"Everyone is hungry for automation," said Erik Peterson, founder and CTO of CloudZero. "The human decision moment — in which an engineer spins up a resource, turns one off, chooses to rearchitect a feature, etc. — needs to be informed by as much contextual data as possible. Analytics automates the delivery of this data, giving engineering leaders the most trusted source on which to make strategic decisions, the clearest view into how those decisions impact business value, and confidence that they're balancing innovation and cost efficiency."

New Productivity Platform for Data Teams is Now Available on Snowflake and AWS:

Nexla, a visionary in automating data engineering with a data product-centric approach whose customers include LinkedIn, Doordash, LiveRamp, Marchex, Forever 21, and Instacart, today announced at Snowflake's annual user conference, Snowflake Summit 2023, the launch of a new solution that will accelerate the deployment and streamline the operation of their data clean rooms, which are based on the Snowflake Global Data Clean Room framework. This expands Nexla's robust data integration and data product capabilities for businesses to securely share data with external parties at scale.

"At Kargo, we love Nexla's any-to-any data movement capability. Data clean rooms are a privacy-safe solution for collaboration among advertising and media companies. I am excited to see Nexla launch its support for data clean rooms, which make it easier for companies to set up and use a clean room with their partners," said Kartal Goksel, CTO of Kargo.

Nexla's all-in-one converged data engineering platform offers universal connectivity to hundreds of pre-built connectors. This allows data producers across different organizations to seamlessly connect to various data, such as user engagement, audience, campaign, and ad attribution, where data could be securely combined and analyzed across companies for applications, such as audience overlap and segmentation. With Nexla, data producers can easily connect to virtually any data source, transform and clean the data, create ready-to-use data products and load the data in the clean room, making it available to external partners and customers.

"Nexla brings operational scale to the process of delivering data in their data clean rooms," said Tarik Dwiek, Head of Technology Alliances at Snowflake. "This capability empowers businesses to confidently share data at scale, while keeping it protected and complying with data privacy regulations such as GDPR and CCPA."

Nexla's clean room solution, which is built using the Snowflake Global Data Clean Room framework, offers three primary benefits:

1. Ability to use Nexla's no-code UI to quickly create ready-to-use data products from almost any data system, and then deliver data into a data clean room
2. Ability to provide searchable, discoverable, and secure access to the data products loaded in the data clean room
3. Ability to easily and securely onboard additional consumers for a clean room and iterate ready-to-use data products for future projects

"Nexla's mission is to simplify and streamline data engineering through automation, while maintaining the highest standards of security and compliance," said Saket Saurabh, CEO of Nexla. "Snowflake's Global Data Clean Room framework provides us new capabilities that further enable businesses to securely share data and collaborate with external parties, leveraging Nexla's universal connectivity and iterating on ready-to-use data products to realize the full potential of business collaboration."

Additionally, Nexla has also achieved Snowflake Ready Technology Validation for data integration, confirming that the company's Snowflake integrations adhere to the platform's best practices around performance, reliability, and security. The Snowflake Ready Validation Program recognizes partners that have completed a 3rd party technical validation to confirm their Snowflake integrations are optimized with an emphasis on functional and performance best practices.

Nexla continues to push the boundaries of bringing ready-to-use data to every data user, through a combination of automation and collaboration capabilities in its platform.

Integration gives joint customers new ways to enable analytic insights through Partner Connect Integration for Designer Cloud

 Alteryx, Inc. (NYSE: AYX), the Analytics Cloud Platform company, today announced at Snowflake's annual user conference, Snowflake Summit 2023, its Snowflake Partner Connect integration and additional cloud product capabilities. In a time when the data stack has become increasingly complex and inaccessible, Snowflake and Alteryx are removing friction and simplifying the stack. The new product innovations enable users to drive analytic insights more efficiently than ever with direct access to the Alteryx Analytics Cloud Platform through Snowflake.

Initiating the Snowflake Partner Connect integration creates a free trial of the Alteryx Analytics Cloud Platform for new users, automatically configuring a Snowflake connection to Alteryx. Snowflake users can now access the Alteryx Analytics Cloud Platform right from their Snowflake account, enabling customers to drive insights in just minutes.

"Using Snowflake and Alteryx together has allowed our team to create an easy end-to-end process for getting data from millions of raw records to polished, client-ready visualizations," said Lauren Gess, director of business intelligence and analytics, revenue cycle management, Health Care Program Advisors. "Snowflake and Alteryx are creating an accessible analytics experience and it's exciting to see Alteryx continue delivering capabilities with Snowflake that make the process even more efficient and seamless."

Alteryx has also deepened capabilities on its Alteryx Analytics Cloud Platform to give customers even more options for transforming and analyzing data in the Snowflake ecosystem, including:

• Automatic pushdown processing in Snowflake with Designer Cloud: Now, every tool available in Designer Cloud can be pushed down and executed in Snowflake. Users can build a workflow with Snowflake as the data source, and it will automatically execute in Snowflake. No extra steps, no special tools, no coding required.
• Alteryx Location Intelligence: Location Intelligence, a new solution on the Alteryx Analytics Cloud Platform, allows employees of all skill levels to effortlessly visualize and analyze spatial data to identify patterns and trends and discover location-based insights that improve customer experiences and business efficiency. Through seamless pushdown integration with Snowflake, users can execute advanced geospatial analyses directly on their Snowflake data, generating near-immediate results and eliminating unnecessary data movement costs and risks.

"Together, Snowflake and Alteryx are unlocking access to high-value data science and advanced analytics workloads. With these new capabilities, Alteryx opens up new ways of working with data in the Snowflake ecosystem and lowers the barrier of entry for creative analytic problem-solving, combined with powerful cloud infrastructure," said Adam Wilson, Senior Vice President & General Manager, Alteryx Analytics Cloud Platform. "As we continue to grow our strong partnership with Snowflake, we look forward to empowering our shared customers with a unified stack that delivers analytics for all."

Beamr Imaging Ltd (NASDAQ: BMR), a leading provider of video encoding solutions, announced today the signing of a licensing agreement with TAG Video Systems, the world leader in software-based integrated IP Multiviewing, Probing, and Monitoring solutions. This collaboration aims to revolutionize video processing and deliver superior visual experiences to users worldwide.

TAG Video Systems plans to integrate Beamr's cutting-edge Beamr 5 HEVC encoder into their flagship monitoring & visualization system. By incorporating this advanced encoder, TAG will elevate their video quality even further and enable comprehensive integrated support for High Dynamic Range (HDR) and DolbyVision technologies. This integration is expected to empower content creators and broadcasters to deliver captivating HDR visuals with greater precision, efficiency and flexibility.

Upon testing the Beamr 5 HEVC encoder, Tomer Schechter - TAG Video Systems CEO, commented on the encoder's exceptional performance. "We were in search of a high-quality, high-performance HEVC software encoder, and Beamr surpassed our expectations in both speed and quality," said Tomer. "Not only did Beamr's encoder perform significantly faster, but it also produced superior video quality compared to other solutions including open source projects"

Sharon Carmel, Beamr CEO said: “TAG Video Systems' reputation is a leader in IP monitoring and analysis tools. TAG's expertise in UHD Multiviewer combined with their commitment to the highest quality standards make them an ideal partner for us. We are thrilled that TAG had such remarkable experience testing our codec SDK and we believe it serves as a testament to our excellence in video encoding solutions."

Company empowers brands to maximize data collection and analysis, allowing for more strategic decisions and powerful customer insights

Chatmeter, a leader in brand intelligence and reputation management, today announced the launch of Surveys, its advanced survey creator, further solidifying its position as a key player in the data analysis and insights landscape. Designed with an intuitive drag-and-drop interface, businesses can effortlessly create surveys while maximizing data collection and analysis capabilities within the Chatmeter platform.

In today's competitive market, brands need to be empowered to make strategic decisions through both unstructured and structured data. Recognizing the importance of customer feedback in driving innovation, Surveys enables multi-location brands of all sizes to create dynamic and engaging surveys without the need for technical expertise. By streamlining the survey creation process, businesses can focus on gathering valuable data to uncover actionable insights.

Surveys is a user-friendly solution that allows for seamless customization of survey structure, question formats, and branding elements, resulting in visually appealing surveys that increase participation rates. Surveys also integrates directly with existing data in the Chatmeter platform, including review data and social metrics, providing clients with a comprehensive 360-degree view.

"Surveys represents a major milestone in providing our clients with a more comprehensive understanding of their customers, equipping them to maintain their competitive edge," said John Mazur, CEO of Chatmeter. "By seamlessly integrating first-party insights to our collected unstructured data, our clients now have a significant advantage in serving their customers and ensuring satisfaction."

To facilitate effective outreach and encourage participation, Surveys allows distribution from various sources, including SMS, email, and direct URL links.

Additional key features include:

• A menu of more than 20 question formats to ensure quality, meaningful feedback
• Multiple-page functionality for an optimal participant experience
• Unlimited questions, allowing brands flexibility based on specific needs

“I love it when we continue to innovate and deliver real value for the market. Surveys underscores Chatmeter’s dedication to providing the latest and best technologies in one convenient solution, which is always a stated priority for our customers,” said Cynthia Sener, President, Go-to-Market of Chatmeter. “Multi-location brands can now easily gather reliable voice of the customer data, use the insights to make strategic decisions, and improve overall operations effectively.”

Acquisition Represents A Significant Premium Over Kaleyra's Last Closing Price

Tata Communications, a global digital ecosystem enabler, today announces it has entered into a definitive agreement through Tata Communications Limited to acquire Kaleyra, to empower global enterprises to offer personalised experiences to their customers.  Kaleyra is a global omnichannel integrated communication services provider with a set of proprietary platforms, offering targeted personalisation through messaging, video, push notifications, e-mail and voice-based services, and chatbots.

With this transaction, Tata Communications will gain an industry-proven platform with strong capabilities and scale. Kaleyra brings a stronghold in the business communications market in banking and financial services, retail and digital commerce industries across global markets, in addition to a strong team with expertise in technology, engineering and research & development. Tata Communications will also benefit from Tier 1 carrier connections in the US, ready connectors to third party platforms, and video services without the need for additional software plugins.

The resulting business will leverage Tata Communications large base of enterprise customers worldwide including 300 of the Fortune 500 companies, extensive mobile network operator (MNO) connections and global expansion opportunities. It will benefit from the global digital ecosystem enabler that powers today's fast-growing digital economy in more than 190 countries and territories.

Under the terms of the agreement, Tata Communications has agreed to acquire Kaleyra, Inc. in a cash only transaction, at a price per share of USD $7.25 for a total consideration to Kaleyra shareholders of approximately USD 100 million and the assumption of all outstanding debt. This transaction has been unanimously approved by the Boards of Directors of both Tata Communications and Kaleyra. Consummation of the deal is subject to approval by Kaleyra's stockholders, certain regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions. Upon closing of the transaction, expected in six to nine months, Kaleyra Inc. will become a subsidiary of Tata Communications Limited. For the full year ended 31^st December 2022, Kaleyra reported revenue of USD 339.2 million (USD 353.3 million in constant currency), an increase of 26.7% compared to the full year 2021 (32.0% increase in constant currency).

"With this investment in Kaleyra, we will accelerate our push into the customer interactions platform market and fortify our global CommTech position," said A.S. Lakshminarayanan, MD and CEO, Tata Communications. "We are excited about Kaleyra's remarkable talent and their demonstrated capabilities in next-gen technologies.  With this acquisition, we will further build intelligent, intuitive and innovative multi-channel communication solutions to unlock new growth opportunities for our customers."

Commenting on the acquisition, Mysore Madhusudhan, Executive Vice President, Collaboration and Connected Solutions, Tata Communications added, "As we further our position in the industry 4.0 world, we are committed to offering heightened targeted communications solutions for enterprises and their customers. We are confident our combined forces with Kaleyra will forge the path for the next wave of intelligence in enterprise communications globally."

Dario Calogero, Founder and the CEO of Kaleyra said, "When we launched Kaleyra 24 years ago with my co-founder Simone Fubini, I could hardly envision that our voyage would take us from a small Italian startup, to global expansion, a publicly listed NYSE company, and now working together with a great technology leader like Tata Communications. This is a great day for Kaleyra and our shareholders, and our employees worldwide."

Dr. Avi Katz, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kaleyra, commented, "I am very pleased with today's outcome, fruits of the dedicated and professional work of the Kaleyra team.  It's been a privilege to be part of the Kaleyra team since the onset of their public listing journey in late 2019, and through the follow up significant funding of the company and its meaningful strategic extensions through GigCapital. This transaction represents a significant premium to the last closing share price and delivers significant value creation to all Kaleyra stakeholders. We are excited about the next chapter of the Kaleyra journey, being an essential part of the Tata Communications enterprise."

62% of US organizations surveyed plan to incorporate decentralized identity solutions into their operations according to report from Curity.

US organizations are ready to embrace decentralized identity according to a research report from Curity, an API-focussed identity and access management company. 62% of US organizations surveyed stated they will introduce decentralized identity solutions into their operations with 74% of them planning to do so within the next year.

Decentralized identity has the potential to transform identity management, allowing users to control their online identity and choose which information they provide to authenticate their login when accessing digital services.

The report entitled "Plotting the Roadmap for Digital Identity" surveyed 200 IT decision makers (ITDMs) in the US and UK as well as 1000 consumers to better understand the rapidly changing digital identity landscape.

Organizations are set to embrace this latest innovation in digital identity Curity's report reveals two thirds of consumers currently use digital wallets. Additionally, the report found almost half (46%) of consumers believed new developments in digital identity such as digital identity wallets would give them enhanced security and greater autonomy over their data.

Finance (62%), retail (61%), and travel (46%), were the most popular services by consumers with digital wallets. When it comes to public trust in storing personal data in digital identity wallets, financial institutions (38%) are current leaders, followed by medical providers. (35%), whereas the government (22%) and transport providers (17%) were the least trusted.

Currently, 42% of US organizations are utilizing digital identity solutions and only 21% have no plans to introduce such solutions. 60% of organizations surveyed expect digital identity to have a transformative impact on their industry, with financial services (89%) and health (86%) seen as industries set to benefit most from latest innovation in this area according to ITDMs.

Other key findings include:

• 42% of US organizations are utilizing digital identity solutions compared with only 28% in the UK
• 60% of consumers in the US currently use a digital wallet
• 60% of organizations expect digital identity to have a transformative impact on their industry
• Among US consumers that currently use digital wallets, 81% use it weekly and 34% use it daily.

Travis Spencer, Curity CEO, commented on the findings, "As consumers continue to demand seamless digital experiences and organizations face increasing pressure to protect customers' data, continued innovation and development in the digital identity space could not be of greater importance for all industries. While there are encouraging signs that businesses are adequately prepared for the paradigm shift that decentralized identity will cause, the winners after the move will be those that cultivate trust among consumers. The question of how digital identities are managed and by whom will continue to be a key question over the coming years. To keep up with this pace of change and consumer expectations digital identity must be on the priority list of enterprise architects and strategy makers."