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Hightouch raises $2.1M to help businesses get more value from their data warehouses

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As businesses adopt data warehouses, they now have a central repository for all of their customer data. Typically, though, this information is then only used for analytics purposes. And as Curl added, Snowflake and its competitors never quite went beyond serving the analytics use case either. Image Credits: Hightouch.

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Zilliz, the startup behind the Milvus open source vector database for AI apps, raises $60M, relocates to SF

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In 2020, Chinese startup Zilliz — which builds cloud-native software to process data for AI applications and unstructured data analytics, and is the creator of Milvus , the popular open source vector database for similarity searches — raised $43 million to scale its business and prep the company to make a move into the U.S.

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Reverse Logistics: The Role of Software in Returns Management

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Typically, companies create a return policy to define how exactly they handle returns (B2C) or include a relevant section in a contract (B2B). While B2B scenarios might differ, in the B2C model, transportation is usually arranged by the retailer with customers having a choice of drop-off options. Reporting and analytics.

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Tour Operator Software: Itinerary Creator, Booking Engine, and Other Handy Technologies

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On the other side, a booking engine connects to B2B and/or B2C user interfaces that allow travelers and travel agents to send reservation requests. Plus, it has a lot of business rules inside such as calculating commissions for travel agents you work with or allowing users to customize their bookings. Reporting and analytics.

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OTA Rates and Building ?ommission Engine: Best Practices and Lessons Learnt

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If a travel agency supports several business models, it can diversify markups accordingly. end users (business-to-customer or B2C model), travel businesses like corporate travel management companies (business-to-business or B2B model), and. governmental bodies (business-to-government or B2G model).

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RevPAR, Occupancy Rate, ADR, and Other Hotel Metrics: How to Evaluate Your Property’s Performance

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The information for tracking these metrics can be taken from Google Analytics tool or any other alternative instrument that allows you to track customer online behavior. Google Analytics interface, source: B2C. Here, we’ll just briefly go over a few of the metrics to give you an idea of the value they can bring.

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After a record year for Israeli startups, 16 investors tell us what’s next

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Also, significant experience and know-how have been accumulated here in big data analytics. I recently invested in three seed-stage companies that are in stealth mode: an open-source cloud infrastructure company, a people analytics (HR) SaaS company and a next-generation business-intelligence platform.