Tech news: Sage adds Cloud at Work as accredited cloud hosting provider, and more

Sage has added Cloud at Work as an approved Strategic Hosting Provider to help Sage Partners migrate customers to the cloud. Cloud at Work allows Sage customers in the U.S. currently using on-premises solutions, including Sage 100, Sage 300 and Sage CRE, to also access the benefits of software-as-a-service with Sage support and the SaaS expertise of the Cloud at Work team.

“Recent global events have accelerated the need for anytime, anywhere access to business-critical information,” said Aziz Benmalek, executive vice president of the Global Partner Organization at Sage, in a statement. “This is accelerating migration to the cloud, as customers look for freedom and flexibility to customize their requirements and future-proof their business processes. Cloud at Work joins us as a strategic cloud hosting partner based on their impressive track record of supporting customers on their journey to the cloud, while enabling them to continue using the trusted Sage products that already work for their business, without disruption.”

Introhive has secured $100 million in Series C funding led by growth equity firm PSG. Introhive makes artificial intelligence-powered sales and revenue acceleration software to work with any customer relationship management platform. The software also integrates with other systems, including marketing automation and business intelligence technologies, to help enterprises grow and scale.

Introhive plans to use the funding for strategic acquisitions, to expand its global footprint and to grow its engineering, sales and marketing teams.

AvidXchange, which makes midmarket payment automation solutions, has acquired FastPay, which makes payment automation for the media industry. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

“We work hard to identify companies that service specific verticals across the middle market, with an interest in those that have developed and continue to enhance their technologies to better the day-to-day finance operations of customers,” said CEO and co-founder of AvidXchange Michael Praeger in a statement. “This is exactly what FastPay delivers, supported by a very talented team with deep media industry expertise.”