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November 2024Software Development
.NET 9 Ships With Over 1,000 Performance Improvements
Microsoft released .NET 9, delivering roughly 15% faster request handling and dramatically lower memory usage compared with the previous version.
Source Microsoft .NET Blog
August 2024Software Development
EU Artificial Intelligence Act Enters Into Force
The world's first comprehensive AI regulation became legally binding across the EU, imposing compliance obligations and fines of up to 7% of global revenue on software makers.
Source Reuters / European Union
2025Software Development
Stack Overflow 2025 Developer Survey: AI Tool Use Hits 84%
Stack Overflow's annual survey of tens of thousands of developers found AI-assisted coding had become mainstream, with a majority of professionals using such tools daily.
Source Stack Overflow
March 2024Application Development
Apple Opens iPhone to App Sideloading in the EU
With iOS 17.4, Apple began letting EU users install apps from outside its App Store for the first time, in compliance with the bloc's Digital Markets Act.
Source InfoQ / TechCrunch
February 2024Application Development
Apple Vision Pro Launches With Over 600 Native Apps
Apple's mixed-reality headset debuted in the US with hundreds of purpose-built apps, a number that surpassed 1,000 within two weeks of launch.
Source Apple Newsroom / TechCrunch
April 2025Application Development
EU Fines Apple €500 Million Over App Store Anti-Steering Rules
In the Digital Markets Act's first enforcement fine, regulators penalized Apple for blocking developers from directing users to cheaper payment options outside its App Store.
Source NBC News / European Commission
July 2021CRM & Customer Relations
Salesforce Completes Its Acquisition of Slack in a Deal Valued Near Twenty-Eight Billion Dollars →
One of the largest software acquisitions of its era, folding workplace messaging into Salesforce's Customer 360 CRM platform.
Source Reuters
September 2024CRM & Customer Relations
Salesforce Launches Agentforce AI Agent Platform
At Dreamforce, Salesforce introduced Agentforce, allowing businesses to build autonomous AI agents that handle sales, service and marketing tasks with less human prompting.
Source Salesforce Newsroom
2025CRM & Customer Relations
Salesforce Named #1 CRM Provider by IDC for 12th Straight Year
Research firm IDC's annual market-share ranking again placed Salesforce as the world's largest CRM vendor by revenue.
Source Salesforce Newsroom / IDC
October 2025CRM & Customer Relations
Salesforce Debuts Agentforce 360 at Dreamforce
Salesforce launched the next generation of its agentic AI platform, reporting 12,000 customers already using Agentforce alongside a rebrand of its Data Cloud product.
Source Salesforce Newsroom
May 2024CSM & Customer Success
2024 CSM Confidential Report Surveys Customer Success Managers
A joint ChurnZero and SuccessCOACHING industry study found customer success managers report strong job satisfaction but unrealistic workloads and gaps in managerial support.
Source PR Newswire / ChurnZero
2024CSM & Customer Success
"Customer Success Uncovered 2024" Report Highlights Tooling Gaps
The report found most CSMs still rely on spreadsheets for core work despite dedicated CS software, amid rising workloads tied to industry layoffs.
Source Custify
May 2024CSM & Customer Success
Gainsight Pulse 2024 Conference Centers on AI in Customer Success
The customer success software vendor's flagship annual conference focused on integrating AI into retention, churn prediction, and customer health scoring workflows.
Source Gainsight
2024ERP Systems
Oracle Overtakes SAP as World's Top ERP Applications Provider
Independent research found Oracle edged past longtime leader SAP in global ERP software revenue for the first time since the early 1980s.
Source CIO.com / Apps Run The World
September 2024ERP Systems
Oracle Embeds Over 50 AI Agents Into Fusion Cloud Applications
Oracle added dozens of built-in AI agents spanning finance, supply chain, and HR to its Fusion Cloud enterprise applications suite.
Source Oracle
2024ERP Systems
SAP Expands Joule AI Copilot Across S/4HANA at Sapphire
At its annual Sapphire conference, SAP broadened its Joule generative AI assistant to offer real-time recommendations across ERP functions like supply planning and cash collection.
Source SAP
Fall 2024Marketing
Fall 2024 CMO Survey: Marketing Budgets Fall to 7.7% of Revenue
The long-running academic-industry survey found US companies' marketing spend as a share of revenue dropped to its lowest level in three years.
Source The CMO Survey, Deloitte / Duke Fuqua
May 2025Marketing
Gartner 2025 CMO Spend Survey Finds Budgets Flatlined
Gartner's annual survey of marketing leaders found budgets held essentially flat at 7.7% of company revenue for a second consecutive year.
Source Gartner / BusinessWire
2024/2025Marketing
AI Marketing Benchmark Report: AI Use Among Marketers Reaches 69%
The industry benchmark report found AI adoption among marketers rose sharply year over year, with efficiency gains cited as the top benefit.
Source Influencer Marketing Hub
