Cloud Software news and trends

Paycom Software Will Let Employees Do Payroll
Payroll // July 06, 2021

New software from Paycom, which works in cloud-based human capital management software, will now allow for employees to do their own payroll. A press release from Tuesday (July 6) noted that the new software, called Paycom Beti (Better Employee Transaction Interface), will allow employees to...

Farmer’s Fridge On The Importance Of Digital Upgrades
Automated Retail // March 27, 2020

Vending machines have increasingly moved beyond salty snacks to offering a variety of fresh food options, something that CEO Luke Saunders, of fresh meal vending solutions provider Farmer’s Fridge, tells PYMNTS represents special inventory challenges. In the Automated Retail Tracker, Saunders discusses how cloud-based tools...

How Farmer’s Fridge Uses Cloud-Based Inventory For Smart Vending
Automated Retail // March 26, 2020

The automated retail market opened 2020 on pace to easily continue its double-digit growth. The continued adoption of technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) is making it easier for merchants to satisfy consumers’ need for speed and convenience in their self-serve shopping...

Bamboo Asia On Strategies, Digital Tools To Streamline Fast-Casual Operations
Restaurant innovation // March 23, 2020

Keeping multiple restaurant locations well-supplied with ingredients requires precise understandings of different venues’ needs and careful logistics coordination. Inability to track and predict inventory usage can result in shortages that are detrimental to the customer experience, say co-founders Anjou Ahlborn Kay and Sebastiaan van de...

Interviews & Exclusives
How Farmer’s Fridge Uses Cloud-Based Inventory For Smart Vending

March 26, 2020
The automated retail market opened 2020 on pace to easily continue its double-digit growth. The continued adoption of technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) is making it easier for merchants to satisfy consumers’ need for speed and convenience in their self-serve shopping experiences. Amazon Go’s cashierless retail model is also continuing to […]

Quick Reads
SAP Hopes AI Can Help Buff Up Cloud Revenue

March 07, 2024
Enterprise application software firm SAP is hoping artificial intelligence (AI) demand fuels its cloud revenues.  To that end, the company has created the new role of chief AI officer to oversee AI implementation throughout its services suite, Bloomberg News noted Thursday (March 7) in an interview with that executive, Philipp Herzig.  “An important part of our strategy is the […]

Customer Self-Service Software Market Expected To Reach $13B By 2023

August 21, 2018
A new report revealed that the customer self-service (CSS) software market was valued at more than $5 billion last year, and is expected to grow to $13 billion by 2023....

New Study Shows Many Companies Not Meeting Customer Expectations

April 28, 2017
Talend, a leader in cloud and big data integration software, announced in a press release the results of an international consumer and IT business survey that reveals a surprising gap between customer expectations and...