Time is of the essence for cloud service providers and resellers looking to swiftly implement digital transformation solutions for their customers.

The plugin empowers CloudBlue users to swiftly implement thousands of apps for their customers with no development effort, from anywhere in the world, saving everyone time and money.

The CloudBlue Connect update also includes:Expanded compatibility with usage-based products: The ability to add products that require complex usage reporting.

Vendors can more specifically define products from one interface, and providers can find all product-related information in one place.

With additional products and features being released constantly, CloudBlue is investing heavily to become the leading solution for MSPs to run their businesses. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1585015210.496226/Thousands-of-Applications,-No-Development-Effort:-CloudBlue-Connect’s-New-Update?ref=audio_experience

And despite the threat of the coronavirus pandemic looming over the world, preparations for Expo 2020 Dubai are continuing as detailed operation plans are finalised.

Edited excerpts of the interview:YourStory: What has the experience of Expo Live while driving innovation over the last three-and-half years?

YC: Since its inception in 2016, Expo Live has found, funded, and supported 120 global innovators from 65 countries.

A key milestone for Expo Live is The Good Place, our newly announced pavilion at Expo 2020.

YS: There have been two engagements with India for Expo Live with Kabadiwalla Connect and Coolcrops. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1585013407.3533282/Ahead-of-Dubai-Expo-2020,-Expo-Live-is-focusing-on-solutions-that-can-change-the-world?ref=audio_experience

VCs are exercising caution and early-stage startups seem to be better placed to receive funding than their mid- and late-stage counterparts.

The wedding business is also facing the brunt of the uncertainty and the economic slowdown as couples brace for a pandemic of disappointment.

Amid the hustle culture to achieve the next milestone, paid maternity leave changes a startup’s status quo with women employees.

Coronavirus PandemicThough China has begun to loosen its lockdown, residents from only those compounds deemed virus-free in Wuhan are allowed to leave their homes.

However, the Narendra Modi government is yet to announce any fiscal or monetary stimulus in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1585011605.0079298/How-will-COVID-19-affect-startup-funding?ref=audio_experience

To overcome these hurdles, he took the business online so that they could directly deal with end customers and reduce payment cycles as well.

That's when they came across the WhatsApp Business app and immediately made the move.

Continuous growth through WhatsAppThe business has been growing year on year, and they get nearly 40 percent of their orders through the WhatsApp Business app.

"Since many of our customers don’t know online ordering on websites, they prefer to order offline on WhatsApp," Aamir says.

For Aamir, WhatsApp has been a key ally in his journey of keeping the nearly 50-year-old family legacy alive and adapting it for modern-day consumers. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1585009806.2668715/From-handlooms-to-Banarasi,-this-online-saree-retailer-goes-the-whole-nine-yards-for-customers?ref=audio_experience

Nick TornowIronically, till he joined Twitter, Nick didn’t have a Twitter account.

On how he joined Twitter, Nick says: “I had an idea of what Twitter was.

When I realised they did, I joined Twitter.”As the Platform Lead managing a large team at Twitter, Nick is no stranger to tough problems.

Being a war-time CTOFrom managing a team of five, Nick had to take charge of a 120-member team as Zynga CTO.

During the 2016 US election, Nick started feeling uncomfortable at the visible polarisation. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1585008007.346908/[Techie-Tuesday]-Nicholas-Tornow’s-journey-from-Zynga’s-war-time-CTO-to-Twitter-Platform-Lead?ref=audio_experience

The smart ring startup is working with the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) on a new study to see if its device can help detect early physiological signs that might indicate the onset of COVID-19.

This study will include two parts: Around 2,000 frontline healthcare professionals will get Oura rings to wear during the study.

Fever is a common and early symptom that could indicate COVID-19, and a continuously updated body temperature reading could detect fever very early.

As a result, UCSF researcher Dr. Ashley Mason hypothesizes that the Oura ring could anticipate COVID-19 onset by as many as two to three days before the onset of more obvious symptoms, like coughing.

For existing Oura users, it’s a relatively low-lift way to contribute to the global effort to combat the pandemic — without even leaving the house. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1585006207.6122012/Oura-partners-with-UCSF-to-determine-if-its-smart-ring-can-help-detect-COVID-19-early-–-TechCrunch?ref=audio_experience

The coronavirus pandemic is broadly affecting businesses globally, but it is affecting startups particularly hard.

In this article, I have gathered some key advice to startups from leading venture capitalists and others connected to the venture industry.

This is a time to stop and think about what is next and what significant opportunities will exist.

Keep Your Friends Close“In an environment like this, it’s critical to maintain strong relationships with your key customers, partners, and employees.

Be Swift and Judicious“We are doubling down on portfolio support, with the assumption of a recession as the base case. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1585004407.4949906/What-Advice-Are-Venture-Capitalists-Giving-to-Startups-in-Light-of-the-Coronavirus-Crisis??ref=audio_experience

GI UK Medical, a Northallerton, North Yorkshire, UK-based new medical device supplier, secured £650k in funding.

The funding is allowing the company to develop its global supply partnerships, initiate its sales and marketing strategy, recruit two new sales staff and establish itself as a new NHS supplier.

Formed by Andy Fox, Andy Smith and Lawrence Wade, GI UK Medical specializes in gastroenterology products and will offer the NHS and private healthcare providers technologies to improve patient care and reduce cost.

The company has already struck a number of exclusive deals, including the right to supply a new capsule endoscopy system which can replace the need for an invasive colonoscopy.

The company has already attained its ISO 9001 quality standard that it requires to trade successfully. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1585002609.46616/GI-UK-Medical-Secures-£650k-in-Funding?ref=audio_experience

On the flip side, it also put customers at the mercy of said vendor — and it wasn’t always pretty.

This is something that comes up frequently in discussions about moving workloads from one cloud to another, and is sometimes referred to as a multi-cloud approach.

Customers are loath to leave their workloads in the hands of one vendor again and repeat the mistakes of the past.

It turns out that there is a complex interlinking of public cloud APIs that help the applications and data work in tandem.

If you want to pull out of one public cloud, it’s not a simple matter of just migrating to the next one. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1585000809.1745832/Startups-are-helping-cloud-infrastructure-customers-avoid-vendor-lock-in-–-TechCrunch?ref=audio_experience

“What we did with our data is we punched it into Ben’s existing, first-principal models on infectious disease spread.

So, presumably, that is COVID-19; I cannot definitively say it’s COVID-19, but what I can say is that it’s an unusual outbreak.

Kinsa’s data has the advantage of being real-time, and continually updated by its users.

As Singh pointed out, Kinsa’s data is strictly about fever-range temperatures, not confirmed COVID-19 cases.

Kinsa’s tracker should provide a ray of hope, and a clear sign that each invidious contribution matters. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1584999007.206185/Kinsa’s-fever-map-could-show-just-how-crucial-it-is-to-stay-home-to-stop-COVID-19-spread-–-TechCrunch?ref=audio_experience