Whether you’re parking your car or pitching your tent, the platform is the same. Well, the technology solutions platform. The B2B parking technology provider ParkHub Bonfire yesterday. Bonfire is a campground management platform. Bonfire’s CEO, Jerry King, has been brought onto the company’s team to help direct the acquisition’s expansion.

“While our end-markets may look different, our goal is ultimately the same – delivering solutions to remove friction, to fast track operations, and to provide an exceptional customer experience,” said ParkHub CEO George Baker Sr. “Along our journey as a company, we’ve deployed ParkHub’s platform and resources to handle numerous use cases. In doing so, we realized our flexibility transcends the realm of parking, and we are excited to work with Jerry to help serve the growing camping industry.

Press release: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/parkhub-acquires-bonfire-setting-stakes-in-campground-management-software-301243561.html

Equifax has acquired HIREtech, a human capital management (HCM) platform with an employer tax incentive firm. The HIREtech suite of products, includes employer and verification services. It expands the offerings of Equifax’s own payroll services products.

“We are energized by the opportunities we can offer by adding the HIREtech capabilities to our differentiated Workforce Solutions,” said Mark W. Begor, CEO of Equifax.

Press release: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/equifax-announces-acquisition-of-hiretech-301243072.html

Several other industries are launching new systems on the PaaS model. Two recent examples are:

IronUp is for the equipment rental industry.

Press release: https://www.pressrelease.com/news/ironup-the-rented-fleet-management-platform-is-now-publicly-available-21336855

Seed Cashless+ is a vending machine management platform.

Press release: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210309005363/en/USA-Technologies-Enhances-VMS-Platform-for-Small-and-Medium-Business-Customers-with-Next-Generation-of-Seed-Cashless

As you are reading, reports are being written about the B2B platform market.

Press release: https://www.openpr.com/news/2253170/b2b-e-commerce-platform-market-emerging-scope-with-11-8-of-cagr

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