CPaaS, Speech Recognition, IoT: News Roundup for September
Highlights in September include a Sector IQ report where we looked at M&A activity for speech technologies; and two deal analysis reports,one in CPaaS and one in speech technologies. We also attended Mitel's Analyst and Consultant event.
Our two deal analysis reports include McDonald's acquisition of Apprente, an early-stage startup focused on developing speech recognition applications that are used to optimize order-taking workflows at quick-service restaurants. We previously covered Apprente with a company impact report and were joined by its founder for the panel discussion we hosted at SpeechTEK in DC.
Our other deal analysis report covered Voyant's acquisition of mobile applications developer Acrobits, which continues a surge of M&A activity in the CPaaS space this year. The acquirer indicates that the deal should help accelerate its product roadmap by expanding the mobile communication capabilities in its portfolio, which includes unified communications-as-a-service (UCaaS) and communications PaaS (CPaaS) offerings.
Our Sector IQ report "Innovations in the user experience could trigger the next round of speech technology M&A" looks at vendors with innovative approaches for developing voice user interfaces as well as those focused on extracting intelligence from voice interactions; these are two areas that we expect will drive enterprise adoption, influencing M&A activity for speech recognition technologies in the near term.
Our two deal analysis reports include McDonald's acquisition of Apprente, an early-stage startup focused on developing speech recognition applications that are used to optimize order-taking workflows at quick-service restaurants. We previously covered Apprente with a company impact report and were joined by its founder for the panel discussion we hosted at SpeechTEK in DC.
Our other deal analysis report covered Voyant's acquisition of mobile applications developer Acrobits, which continues a surge of M&A activity in the CPaaS space this year. The acquirer indicates that the deal should help accelerate its product roadmap by expanding the mobile communication capabilities in its portfolio, which includes unified communications-as-a-service (UCaaS) and communications PaaS (CPaaS) offerings.
Our Sector IQ report "Innovations in the user experience could trigger the next round of speech technology M&A" looks at vendors with innovative approaches for developing voice user interfaces as well as those focused on extracting intelligence from voice interactions; these are two areas that we expect will drive enterprise adoption, influencing M&A activity for speech recognition technologies in the near term.
Finally, another report worth highlighting is our user deployment report "Sensoneo leverages Twilio Narrowband IoT for smart waste management", where we look at Sensoneo, a provider of smart waste management systems and adopter of the first commercial narrowband IoT deployment in the US.
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