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  • Slack’s new integration deal with AWS could also be about

    Slack and Amazon announced a big integration late yesterday afternoon. As part of the deal, Slack will use Amazon Chime for its call feature, while reiterating its commitment to use AWS as its preferred cloud provider to run its infrastructure. At the same time, AWS has agreed to More

    Slacks new integration deal with AWS could also be about tweaking Microsoft
  • SaaS earnings rise as pandemic pushes companies more rapidly to

    As the pandemic surged and companies moved from offices to working at home, they needed tools to ensure the continuity of their business operations. SaaS companies have always been focused on allowing work from anywhere there’s access to a computer and internet connection, and while the economy is reeling from More

    SaaS earnings rise as pandemic pushes companies more rapidly to the cloud
  • Daily Crunch: Zoom reports spectacular growth

    Zoom’s latest earnings report was even better than expected, SoftBank announces a new fund to invest in founders of color and Google pulls a trending app that targets apps from China.Here’s your Daily Crunch for June 3, 2020.1. Remote work helps Zoom grow 169% in one year, posting $328.2M More

    Daily Crunch: Zoom reports spectacular growth
  • Is Zoom the next Android or the next BlackBerry?

    Gaurav Jain Contributor Gaurav Jain is one of the founders of Afore Capital, a $47 million fund focused on pre-seed. He was also an early product manager for Android. More posts by this contributor The pre-seed diligence framework How To Be A VC Without Any Capital In business, there’s nothing so valuable as having the More

    Is Zoom the next Android or the next BlackBerry?
  • How startups can leverage elastic services for cost optimization

    Joey Lei Contributor Joey Lei is director of service management at Synoptek, a global systems integrator and managed services provider. Prior to joining Synoptek, he was a lead product manager for Dell EMC’s Data Protection Division and was a founding product manager for Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Manager, Dell EMC’s newest generation More

    How startups can leverage elastic services for cost optimization