The Cloud Awards

Open source cloud solutions often act as an important part of modern IT infrastructures - offering a cost-effective approach for building, deploying and managing apps. Quality of documentation, support, and an engaged community of users and contributors are also all important factors in the success of open source cloud tech. At the 2023/24 Cloud Awards, John Snow Labs won the title of 'Best Open Source Cloud Solution', impressing judges with their Spark NLP library, which enables democratized access to NLP to drive innovation across all industries - healthcare in particular. If your organization has developed an open source cloud solution worthy of awards recognition, entries to The 2024/25 Cloud Awards are open now! Head to the site to download the entry forms and submit your entry before the 18th October deadline... #opensource #cloudcomputing https://lnkd.in/esciEtcZ

Payments, alongside many other 'back office' functions, can sometimes find themselves towards the bottom of the innovation priority lists, often due to risk aversion, or lack of resource. In this article, the team at Billtrust make the case for my B2B organizations should be investing in taking their payment processes to the cloud. Billtrust landed finalists spots in both the 2024 SaaS Awards and the 2023/24 Cloud Awards, including in the Best Cloud Payment, Finance or Billing Solution category. Excellent job! Entries to the 2024/25 Cloud Awards are open now, and the brand new FinTech Awards is coming soon... https://lnkd.in/e_3ie_Pn

With businesses now regularly relying on hundreds of #SaaS apps, the opportunity for sensitive data to be leaked has significantly increased. What role can #AI play in detecting, protecting, and securing this data across such far-reaching estates? Isaac Madan, Co-Founder and CEO of Nightfall AI, discusses this issue in today's article. Nightfall AI were shortlisted for two awards at the 2024 Cloud Security Awards earlier this year, including 'Best Security Solution for Data Management / Data Protection'! https://lnkd.in/eaaYVpf6

Ensuring financial data flows smoothly throughout an organization, without manual error, is an area where cloud computing has had a tremendous impact in recent years. From processing payments, to comprehensive financial reporting, these technologies have helped improve overall business efficiency. The Cloud Awards recognizes excellence in this space through the 'Best Cloud Payment, Billing or Finance Solution' category. Xero won the 2023/24 award, their broad range of app integrations and user-friendliness for SMBs impressing the judges. If your FinTech solution is deserving of awards recognition, entries into this category of The Cloud Awards are open until 18th October. Entries into the brand new FinTech Awards are also open, with a close date at the end of January! #FinTech #billing #finance #saas #cloudcomputing https://lnkd.in/e5Cy9sFc

In #SEO, gone are the days where keywords were king. As #AI becomes more prominent, context is playing an increasing role in influencing SEO strategy. In this article, Cristiana Aragao Carrilho Cruz, Brand Manager at rankingCoach guides us through this evolution in SEO, and advises on how #SMBs can adjust to ensure they're primed for SEO success. rankingCoach were recently named winners of the 'Best SaaS Product for PR, Brand Management or Stakeholder Engagement' category at The 2024 SaaS Awards. they also made the shortlist in The 2024 AI Awards, in the 'Best Consideration of Ethics and Governance in AI' category. Fantastic achievements! https://lnkd.in/ed4YaD_2

🎙 It's time for another Wednesday Awards Winner Interview! Looper Insights' data analytics and content placement insights platform for the entertainment industry won the Best Content Management Innovation in a SaaS Product award at The 2024 SaaS Awards. Lucas Bertrand, Founder and CEO of Looper Insights chats with Cate to talk us through: 💪 Challenges overcome in developing the platform 💡 The importance of #innovation 👀 A sneak peek at what's next for Looper Insights and their customers! Check out the full interview below, and don't forget to subscribe to be the first in line to get more great insights from our award winners 👇 #dataanalytics #contentmanagement #streaming #entertainment #saas https://lnkd.in/gdvPbjBj

Today we are thrilled to reveal the FINALISTS of The 2024 A.I. Awards! Many congratulations to all of the organizations that have made it to this stage, emerging from an extremely competitive and innovative field of shortlistees. The finalists represent those at the very top of the game of #AI practice - we wish you all luck as we head into the final round of judging. Stay tuned to discover the winners in the coming weeks...! Check out the full list of finalists here 👇 https://lnkd.in/eE-MqTW5

Cloud technology has enabled organizations to reduce the manual burden, and risk of error, of a wide range of tasks through implementation of automation solutions. #Cloud #AI has supercharged this capability even further, more recently. Processes within application deployment, infrastructure management, marketing, finance ops, and customer support, are just some of the areas cloud #automation solutions have been deployed within to improve efficiency. The 'Best Cloud Automation Solution' award recognizes those that are at the forefront of driving innovation in this area. PagerDuty's Process Automation solution impressed the judges in 2023/24 - its simple plug-in integration and significant impact on response times and accuracy being key features that brought them the trophy last time out. If your organization has developed a fantastic cloud automation solution, and would like a shot at worldwide recognition (as well as a lovely trophy for the display cabinet!), you have until 18th October to enter The 2024/25 Cloud Awards. More details on this category, other categories, and entry forms are on the website 👇 https://lnkd.in/ezhHssiA

Although remote and hybrid working brings with it many benefits for organizations and employees alike, it also has the potential to leave the door ajar for bad actors to exploit. Business Email Compromise (BEC) and Token Hijacking are on the rise. But why? And what can MSPs do to prepare, support, and help defend their clients against such activity? Charles Buck, CTO of SaaS Alerts walks us through this in this article. SaaS Alerts were recently named a finalist in the 'Best Security Innovation in a SaaS Product (B2B/Small Business)' category at the 2024 SaaS Awards. This following another finalist spot in the 2024 Cloud Security Awards, for 'Best SaaS Security Solution'. Fantastic achievements! #saas #cybersecurity #emailsecurity #msps https://lnkd.in/eVJjee5D

Another chance to hear from one of our award winners! Todd Dickerson, Co-Founder of ClickFunnels talks us through what he thinks makes their platform award-winning, what inspired the development of ClickFunnels, and some of the problems they help entrepreneurs solve. ClickFunnels took home the trophy for Best SaaS Product for Sales and Marketing at the 2024 SaaS Awards! Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more interviews and insights from our award winners in the coming weeks...! https://lnkd.in/emPKdRAh #awards #sales #marketing #smbs