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DNA&STONE Wins Ad Age Silver for Northwest—And It's Just Getting Started

DNA&STONE Grabs Ad Age Silver, Proving Bold Creative and Radical Empathy Still Win In a landscape crowded with cookie-cutter campaigns and corporate-safe messaging, DNA&STONE is making a name for itself by refusing to flinch. The Seattle-based agency just took home Silver in Ad Age’s Small Agency Awards (Regional Northwest)—a major industry nod to its creative chops, strategic smarts, and...

marketing 28 Jul 2025

Comviva Names Manish Agrawal as President & COO to Lead ‘AI-First’ Transformation

Comviva Ushers in New Era with AI-Driven Leadership Shakeup Comviva, a key player in digital transformation solutions for telecom and fintech, has appointed industry veteran Manish Agrawal as its new President and Chief Operating Officer (COO). The move signals a strategic push under its “Comviva 2.0” vision—focused on accelerating market growth, enhancing customer experience, and embedding AI...

customer experience management 28 Jul 2025

StackAdapt launches Cortex-powered Snowflake Native App

StackAdapt has become the first demand-side platform (DSP) to roll out a Snowflake Cortex-powered Native App within the Snowflake ecosystem—bringing simplified, real-time first-party data activation to marketers without the usual IT bottlenecks. Available now in public preview on Snowflake Marketplace, StackAdapt’s new app allows marketing teams to create audience segments, retarget users...

digital experience 25 Jul 2025

Pipedrive Report: AI Boosts Sales Productivity, But Work-Life Balance Drives Performance

In its sixth annual State of Sales and Marketing Report, CRM provider Pipedrive reveals a growing paradox in the sales world: while artificial intelligence is helping teams get more done, long hours aren’t translating to better results. Based on insights from nearly 1,000 sales and marketing professionals across 85 countries, the report highlights that although 74% of AI adopters see productivity...

sales 25 Jul 2025

ADELE Launches as Full-Service Brand Communications Firm, Expands Leadership to Elevate Strategic Impact

ADELE, formerly known as Adele Creative, has officially relaunched as a full-service marketing, communications, and branding firm, marking a new chapter in its 10+ year legacy. With offices in Tallahassee, Florida, and Thomasville, Georgia, the firm unveiled an expanded strategic portfolio and a sharpened focus on brand legacy management. The transition from Adele Creative to ADELE represents...

b2b data 25 Jul 2025

Data Ramp Launches New fetchcx® to Bring Structure—and Sanity—to Messy B2B Data

Data Ramp’s New fetchcx® Helps Businesses Clean Up Their B2B Data Mess In a world where business data is messy, inconsistent, and frequently siloed, Data Ramp has launched a new version of fetchcx®—its flagship identity service—to bring clarity, compliance, and AI-readiness to enterprise information. Unveiled today, the updated fetchcx® is designed to help organizations clean, associate, and...

b2b data 25 Jul 2025

Collibra Acquires Deasy Labs to Extend Unified Governance to Unstructured Data

Collibra is doubling down on data governance—this time, tackling the long-ignored 90% of enterprise data that sits unstructured. The company today announced its acquisition of Deasy Labs, a Y Combinator-backed startup known for automating discovery and enrichment of unstructured files like PDFs, emails, and transcripts. The acquisition marks a pivotal move: Collibra becomes the first platform to...

artificial intelligence 25 Jul 2025

MelroseINC Validates Avid NEXIS on AWS as Top Performer for Post-Production in New Cloud Storage Benchmark

MelroseINC's Cloud Storage Test Crowns Avid NEXIS on AWS as Post-Production Powerhouse Hollywood’s post houses may want to rethink their storage stacks. Los Angeles-based MelroseINC has released a real-world proof-of-concept that finds Avid NEXIS Cloud Storage on AWS outperforms rival systems in the demanding world of TV and film post-production. The study isn’t vendor fluff—it's a rigorously...

video advertising 25 Jul 2025