Salesforce Platform
Streamline Incentive Compensation Management with Salesforce Spiff
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In February 2024, Salesforce expanded its portfolio by acquiring Spiff, an app that helps sales teams streamline their incentive compensation management and commission calculations. As companies face increasing competition in hiring top sales talent, they realize the importance of augmenting their compensation strategies with transparent tools to drive sales performance. A former Salesforce Ventures portfolio...
Real Estate
4 Ways Salesforce Closes the Real Estate Technology Gap
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In their 2024 Technology Survey, The National Association of Realtors uncovered that only 22% of active realtors feel confident that they are getting the most benefit from emerging technology tools. There are multiple reasons why this is the case. The older generation of realtors can often view these tools as a challenge instead of an...
Capital Markets
The Impact of AI in Capital Markets and Asset Management
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Everywhere you turn these days, AI and machine learning are top of mind for firms looking to leverage technology to get ahead. While many industries are taking great strides to profit from the AI buzz by applying these technologies to consumer or retail spending, asset managers and capital markets firms are turning their attention to...
Financial Services
Highlights from Silverline and Salesforce AI Day
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On August 29, Silverline and Salesforce welcomed over 40 leaders from across the financial services industry for AI Day. The exclusive invitation-only event explored the vision for the future of trusted enterprise AI. AI Day was held at the Salesforce Tower in New York City, followed by a fun evening at the matches of the...
Investment Banking
Accelerate Transformation with Salesforce for Investment Banking
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As consumer technology trains us to expect instant results, that same mentality carries over to the workplace. Everyone wants things, and they want them now, whether that’s an interactive dashboard about the portfolio of live deals and staffing assignments, a balance sheet from a portfolio company’s last valuation, or maybe just a cup of coffee...
Asset Management
How Digital Process Automation is Driving Asset Management Success
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The financial services industry has experienced some severe market volatility in the past few years, and this unpredictability and instability has severely disrupted all aspects of asset management, from private equity and venture capital to real estate and REITs. Asset management organizations are taking a digital-first approach to stay competitive in this challenging market. They...
Financial Services
Powering the Productivity and Growth of Canadian Capital Markets
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2021 proved to be a banner year for Canadian investments, with more than $11.8B CAD in venture capital invested and $20B CAD in private equity deployed. Canadian startups raised more than double their 2020 investment totals, and 2x the totals in 2019. Canadian economic development is positioned to see parabolic returns, but what does that...
Financial Services
How Tech Can Win the Battle for Financial Services Talent
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It is like a game of Hide and Seek out there in the search for talent – except financial services companies are doing a lot more seeking and a lot less finding. The trailing wake of the pandemic has left us with the so-called Great Resignation, created new forms of flexible work, and made huge...
Salesforce Platform
7 Essential Tools and Processes for Successful DevSecOps
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When deciding what tools and processes to adopt for your digital transformation, you need to keep DevSecOps front of mind. If you evaluate the security risks in your existing or planned development and release process, you can make sure the right tools and processes are in place to mitigate these risks. First, evaluate your process...
Salesforce
The 5 Phases of an Effective DevSecOps Process
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Last week, we looked at the people and technology you need to build a strong DevSecOps foundation for your organization, and the importance of having a Center of Excellence (COE) with a clear, actionable charter. Your DevSecOps charter should define in detail how you expect your COE team to engage security throughout the development lifecycle....