New analyst report recognizes Basware capabilities with the highest scores possible in the Exception Handling, Fraud and Risk Management, and Tax Compliance and Operations criteria.
CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Basware, a global leader in AP automation and invoice processing, has been recognized as ‘a Leader’ in The Forrester Wave™: Accounts Payable Invoice Automation, Q3 2024.

CFOs, business leaders and AP (accounts payable) professionals have long sought automated invoice processes. But only recently, with the advent of AI, has there been a significant shift in the space. Companies must offer superior AI capabilities, greater automation, and more comprehensive insights into financial and cash data to attract new customers and retain existing ones.
According to the Forrester report, Basware was named as a leader in its 31-criterion evaluation. The company received the highest scores possible across 16 criteria, including Exception Handling, Fraud and Risk Management, and Tax Compliance and Operations.
The Forrester Wave™ report states:
“Basware heads the pack with a laser focus on automating the last mile of AP processes. As the largest specialist provider of APIA [Accounts Payable Invoice Automation] software, Basware has established itself as an APIA powerhouse with customer obsession, practical innovation, and solid execution. Its pragmatic product roadmap addresses critical client pain points related to compliance and fraud management.”
AP teams have been battling against external forces in recent years, such as macro-economic headwinds, the supply chain crunch, labor market shortages and expanding regulations, putting the squeeze on resources. To alleviate pressures, AP professionals need access to cost and time effective technologies that can manage increasingly complex business operations, support customers and always remain compliant with global regulations.
Nish Makwana, Finance Manager at Specsavers (customer of Basware), commented:  
“Being recognized as a leader in the Forrester report confirms the outstanding performance we’ve experienced as a customer of Basware’s AP automation and Statement Matching solutions.”
In recent months, Basware has furthered its commitment to innovation and delivering value to customers and the industry by:
Partnering with Deloitte to remove manual invoice processing and accelerate finance transformationAcquiring UK-based AP Matching to boost statement reconciliationLaunching AP Protect to help protect organizations from the threat of invoice errors and fraud using AIJason Kurtz, CEO at Basware, commented:
“AP teams are tasked with managing thousands of invoices and payments every week, often putting a strain on resources and pushing them to balance speed with compliance. The answer to this challenge? Unified end-to-end APIA solutions. The industry has been calling for enhanced automated solutions to support AP departments, and we’re helping our customers save time and money, while remaining compliant with ever-changing global regulations. We believe that being named a leader sets us apart from our competitors. But we’re just getting started, and the best is yet to come.”
In 2023, Basware experienced one of its most successful financial years in its almost 40-year history. It expanded its market presence and added over 300 customers to its global portfolio of over 1000+ AP customers. During that period, Basware handled over 200 million invoices and $900 billion in invoice spend through its platform.
About Basware
Basware is how finance leaders in global enterprises can finally automate their complex, labor-intensive invoice processes and stay compliant with regulatory change. Our AP automation and invoicing platform helps you achieve a new level of efficiency – in a matter of months – while reducing errors and risks. We bring a unique combination of true automation, complete coverage, and deeper expertise to make it all just happen for our customers. That’s why the world’s most efficient AP departments at thousands of companies rely on Basware to handle over 220 million invoices per year. Basware. Now it all just happens.™
For more information visit: https://www.basware.com/en/
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Cato SASE Cloud Platform continues to shape the enterprise security market
TEL AVIV, Israel, July 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Cato Networks, the SASE leader, today announced that Gartner, Inc. has recognized the company as a Leader in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Single-Vendor SASE.

“Cato’s true SASE platform is the antidote to IT complexity that persists in the face of ongoing so-called ‘platformization’ efforts,” said Shlomo Kramer, co-founder and CEO at Cato Networks. “Cato pioneered the SASE market and is shaping its future with best-in-class customer experience and a train of innovations that deliver on SASE’s promise.”
Built from its inception to be a platform, the Cato SASE Cloud combines operational excellence and an elegant customer experience. Cato’s autonomous cloud service offloads IT from the grunt work of extending, upgrading, patching, and scaling security infrastructure while sustaining resiliency and availability. “Platformization” is a portfolio approach to SASE and attempts to integrate multiple acquired products with differing code bases, form factors, policy engines, and data lakes into a single platform – an impossible task that is apparent to anyone familiar with the two approaches.
“We believe this Gartner recognition reflects what our customers experience with Cato every day,” continued Kramer.
As of July 3, 2024, on Gartner Peer Insights™, the Cato SASE Cloud Platform had an overall rating of 4.7 out of 5 for single-vendor SASE and 183 verified reviews – more than 10x of any Leader in the single-vendor SASE Magic Quadrant.
Cato Expands the Scope of Single-Vendor SASE
Gartner defines single-vendor secure access service edge (SASE) offerings as those that deliver multiple converged-network and security-as-a-service capabilities, such as software-defined WAN, secure web gateway, cloud access security broker, network firewalling and zero trust network access. These offerings use a cloud-centric architecture and are delivered by one vendor.1
The Cato SASE Cloud Platform extends beyond the original definition of SASE to deliver world-class performance and empower IT teams to eliminate threats and troubleshoot network incidents faster. Cato owns and manages the global cloud network, delivering an exceptional SASE experience to any enterprise worldwide. Functionally, Cato extends beyond threat prevention of the original SASE scope with SASE-managed endpoint protection (EPP/EDR) and SASE-based extended detection and response (XDR), the first AI-driven networking and security incident detection and response platform.
To experience Cato yourself, visit us at https://www.catonetworks.com.
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Read the Cato blog, “With Great Leadership Comes Great Responsibility”Picture of Shlomo KramerCato Networks’ LogoAbout Cato NetworksCato Networks is the SASE leader, delivering enterprise security and networking in a single cloud platform. With Cato, organizations replace costly and rigid legacy infrastructure with an open and modular SASE architecture based on SD-WAN, a purpose-built global cloud network, and an embedded cloud-native security stack.
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Expanding Messaging Capabilities for Businesses
SAN FRANCISCO and STOCKHOLM, July 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Sinch (Sinch AB (publ) – XSTO: SINCH), which is pioneering the way the world communicates through its Customer Communications Cloud, today introduced the Sinch Omnichannel Connector on Salesforce AppExchange.  This innovative solution enhances conversational marketing opportunities and customer experiences by offering Salesforce Marketing Cloud customers advanced one-way and two-way messaging capabilities.  The solution is now available on Salesforce AppExchange.

The Sinch Omnichannel Connector seamlessly integrates with the Salesforce ecosystem, empowering businesses to elevate their marketing strategies by reaching and engaging customers across their preferred channels. This new offering expands the reach of Salesforce Marketing Cloud platform features, providing a comprehensive suite of omnichannel messaging capabilities. Businesses can now connect with customers through one-way and two-way messaging across 13 diverse channels, including platforms like RCS, Kakao Talk, Viper, and Instagram.  This expands Salesforce’s native channels of SMS, MMS, Email, WhatsApp, and LINE, providing a comprehensive communication solution. 
“With the Sinch Omnichannel Connector, businesses can enhance their customer communications, personalize engagements, and maximize the return on their marketing investments,” said Jonathan Campbell, Senior Director, Messaging Products at Sinch.  “Salesforce Marketing Cloud users can now leverage a broader spectrum of messaging channels through Sinch, beyond those directly supported by Salesforce, to optimize their marketing strategies and elevate customer engagement.”
 To get started, Salesforce Marketing Cloud users simply need to have an existing account and onboard the Conversation API through the Sinch Dashboard. From there, they can easily activate the channels of their choice, tailoring their messaging strategy to suit their unique business needs.
Sinch has partnered with Salesforce since 2014 when Salesforce expanded its SMS offering into international markets. Sinch is a strategic supplier for Salesforce’s global SMS delivery and provides enterprise-grade messaging solutions that support Salesforce and its global customer base.
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