Workday, Inc., a leader in enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources, today announced that Inalfa Roof Systems, one of the world's biggest providers of vehicle roof systems, has selected Workday Human Capital Management (HCM) to help transfo

International law firm Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) has advised North River Resources plc (“North River”) on a US$5.6m conditional investment by its majority shareholder Greenstone Resources LP (“Greenstone”).

North River is a mineral exploration and development company operating in Namibia and Mozambique and currently focused on re-opening its flagship asset, the Namib Lead Zinc Project, on which it is targeting commencement of production in the near term.

 Reinforcing its global cloud leadership through the expansion of its Ecosystem of Cloud, Ingram Micro Inc.  announced at the 2016 Microsoft Worldwide Partner (WPC) Conference the newest release of its Odin Service Automation platform.

At Cisco Live, Cisco's annual IT and communications conference, Datalink announced the addition of secure hybrid cloud capabilities to its all-in-one 

Avnet announced that William (“Bill”) J. Amelio, a member of Avnet’s Board of Directors, has been named as interim Chief Executive Officer of the company, effective immediately. Mr. Amelio brings more than 35 years of management and industry experience to his new role having served in senior positions at global publicly traded companies, and has spent most of his career managing global technology enterprises. Mr. Amelio is replacing Rick Hamada, who is stepping down from his position at the company and on the Board of Directors.

 Akamai Technologies, the global leader in content delivery network (CDN) services, today announced the appointment of Monique Bonner as Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President. 

Bonner will lead Akamai's global corporate marketing and communications initiatives, including all facets of the Akamai brand, as well as the company's digital marketing strategy and go-to-market programs.  Reporting to CEO Dr. Tom Leighton, she will be based out of Akamai'sCambridge, Mass. headquarters.

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) today announces the launch of ELITE Club Deal (ECD), a new online private placement platform for ELITE companies and professional investors. The initiative will help to bridge a funding gap by bringing together professional investors with high growth companies in a secure and efficient environment through an online platform. Pilot phase testing with five European ELITE companies will begin shortly, with a full go-live planned for late 2016, subject to regulatory approval.

Sierra Bancorp, the holding company of Bank of the Sierra, announced today the completion of its acquisition of Coast Bancorp  of San Luis Obispo County, California through the merger of Coast Bancorp with and into Sierra Bancorp.  Pursuant to the terms of the acquisition agreement dated January 4, 2016, Coast Bancorp shareholders received aggregate merger consideration of approximately $13.5 million, payable $3.3 million in cash with the balance payable in shares of the common stock of Sierra Bancorp.  Immediately following the acquisition, Coast Bancorp's wholly-owned subsidiary, Coast Na

Finstar Financial Group (“Finstar”) announces further senior appointments to its management team with the recruitment of Eugene Timko as Investment Director, Michele Tucci as Head of Mobile Products and Business Development, and Alexander Ivanov who has been appointed to develop venture capital investments. These latest appointments reflect Finstar’s strategy to continue with the successful expansion of its fintech and financial services investment program.