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DealHub Raises $100M to Advance Revenue Orchestration for Modern Monetization Models

DealHub.io has announced the closing of a $100 million growth investment round, aimed at addressing one of the most under-modernized segments of the enterprise technology stack: revenue execution. While front-end systems such as CRM and digital experience platforms have rapidly advanced, core operational processes—quoting, contracting, billing, entitlements, and revenue recognition—remain reliant on rigid workflows, manual…

Unified Communications fuel big enterprise success

There are many reasons large enterprises are migrating to Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS). The cost advantage of a single cloud-based platform for managing an entire organization’s voice, video, messaging, and conferencing needs is self-evident. Early adopters have also discovered other gains, less quantifiable but just as important. Migration to the cloud is increasingly…

How to defend against advanced DDoS threats

In 1996, a New York-based Internet service provider became the first target of a major distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. They were shut down for 36 hours. Since then, DDoS has remained a favored tactic of cybercriminals. But with the advent of AI, DDoS attacks have become both more common and harder to stop. In the first…

Top 3 trends in business internet connectivity

Reliable, high-speed internet connectivity is no longer optional—it’s an essential business tool. Increasingly more business applications and processes live in the cloud, requiring a powerful connection that considers factors such as reliability, scalability, security, and performance. Organizations rely on the internet and cloud-based applications to keep businesses moving, and it’s a given today that every organization needs…

Spectrum is Cisco Partner of the Year Americas

Cisco’s annual Partner Summit includes an Awards event dedicated to the recognition of top-performing partners. Specifically, those that demonstrate excellence and innovation in delivering solutions that help customers succeed. In late 2025, Spectrum Business was recognized by Cisco as the Service Provider Partner of the Year for the Americas. One such customer is a relatively recent entrant to the US market, located in Fort Worth, Texas. That’s where a 400,000-square-foot building houses the manufacturing and assembly of stainless-steel…

How managed services help to reduce technical debt

Faced with the need to continually improve and innovate, many organizations find themselves almost forced into technical debt. Pressured by market forces and stakeholders, some companies have opted for cheaper solutions to move a given project forward. The problem is that they may end up paying the cost in future reporting periods.  Managed services, offering integrated…

Shining light on the dark side of emerging tech

For some time now, concerned business users have been discussing the possibilities of AI being a tool to increase the efficiency of cybercriminals. However, it can also be a welcome helper to bolster cyberdefense. Industry experts like Chuck Brooks also chose to focus on AI as a double-edged sword.  In its Cost of a Data Breach Report 2025, IBM stated:…

There’s (industrial) strength in numbers when building AI

The U.S. electrical grid is stressing under the weight of power-hungry AI data centers, the surging EV industry, and the energy transition. Railway companies are searching for ways to capture real-time insights to improve the vast infrastructure of railway systems, from trains to tracks. And factories around the globe are clamoring for greater autonomous optimization…

How enterprise architecture and start-up thinking drive strategic success

In an era defined by rapid innovation, shifting markets and disruptive emerging technologies, long-term planning alone cannot deliver the agility enterprises need. Strategy is now judged less by the quality of vision decks and more by how quickly enterprises can test, learn and scale what works and is valuable. To beat the heat, enterprises increasingly…

The new CDIO stack: Tech, talent and storytelling

When people hear my title — chief digital and information officer — most of them immediately think of technology — cloud, Data, AI, Cybersecurity. They imagine servers, dashboards, code. And, to be fair, all of that is part of my world. But if I describe my job only in terms of technology, I am telling…