Monthly Archives: September 2022

NetSuite to automate one of the most painful business tasks

Oracle NetSuite has announced an expansion of its business management platform that should help streamline the arduous accounts payable (AP) process for customers. At SuiteWorld 2022, its latest annual conference, the company unveiled NetSuite AP Automation, which it describes as “the only solution that embeds banking services into a cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP) system”….

This NetSuite upgrade could breathe new life into struggling sales operations

Oracle NetSuite has announced an upgrade for its business software platform designed to help companies navigate complex sales processes with greater ease. Launched at SuiteWorld 2022, NetSuite CPQ aims to make it simpler for sales teams to configure, price and quote (CPQ) their products to a high degree of accuracy. By introducing a greater level…

Amazon’s new Halo fitness device watches you while you sleep – but for a good reason

Amazon has been slowly building its Halo fitness brand, with the original Halo and Halo View fitness trackers, and it’s just launched another gadget at its September launch event. This isn’t a smartwatch, but it still ‘watches’… you sleep. That’s a dramatic way of putting it, but the Amazon Halo Rise is essentially a sleep…

There could be more pain ahead for the UK economy and the pound if the Bank of England wavers on raising interest rates, top economist Paul Krugman says

Paul Krugman. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid The Bank of England risks a policy misstep in its response to the new UK budget, according to Paul Krugman. That’s because the bank has failed to act appropriately in the past, resulting in runaway inflation and two currency crises. Failure to tighten now could mean more pain for the pound…

Why over 600,000 bird specimens are preserved at the Smithsonian

The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History has over 600,000 bird specimens The collection dates back to 1817 and specimens are still being added today. Why? Research purposes and wildlife management are two of the main reasons. The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History has one of the biggest bird collections in the world, housing…

Silicon Valley venture capitalist Bill Gurley said he ‘hates’ small rounds of layoffs: ‘You get 100 percent of the pain and very little gain’

Benchmark Capital general partner Bill Gurley Reuters Silicon Valley venture capitalist Bill Gurley talked about startups in today’s economy on a podcast. In the interview, Gurley said small-scale layoffs bring more pain and “very little gain.” Gurley said while layoffs are happening, access to talent for startups is better now than before. In a podcast…

Buy Now Pay Later Report: Market trends in the ecommerce financing, consumer credit, and BNPL industry

Buy now, pay later solutions are continuing to grow in popularity as people seek alternative methods of financing. The BNPL industry will rack up $680 billion in transaction volume worldwide in 2025 Do you work in the Payments & Commerce industry? Get business insights on the latest tech innovations, market trends, and your competitors with…