EasyVista Inc. announced that its mobile-first approach-—providing the ITSM gateway to the digital workplace-—drove record growth for the first half of 2016 as evidenced by strong overall sales including record growth in software-as-a-service sales in North America and customer wins. In a separate announcement EasyVista raised $8.4M in funding that will accelerate investment in North American sales and product development in the coming years.

Financial – Record-Breaking Growth Indicates Demand for Mobile-First ITSM

Nasdaq Stockholm-listed Seamless has received its first order in the Americas. A telecommunications operator has placed an order to purchase the ERS360 transaction platform, which handles the electronic top-up of prepaid accounts for mobile phones. In the first phase, the order value will correspond to MSEK 5.

Via its SDS business area, Seamless is a global leader in systems that handle the refill of prepaid accounts. To date, the company has primarily sold these types of solutions to telecommunications operators in Africa and Asia.

A new commissioned global survey of IT professionals, conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Alfresco Software, has uncovered a sharp divide between the expressed need of enterprises to undergo digital transformation and their ability to accelerate that transformation. While a majority of respondents (68 percent) said they plan to undertake an organizational transformation to become more “digital-ready,” only a small fraction have fully digitized their content-centric business processes.

Chase and Phillips 66  have signed a multiyear agreement for Phillips 66 to accept Chase Pay at its Phillips 66^®, Conoco^® and 76^® branded locations across the United States, the companies announced.

Phillips 66 joins a host of merchants in signing up to accept Chase Pay, which gives Chase customers an easy, secure and rewarding way to pay for purchases. The fuel retailer is also a key member of the Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX), a strategic Chase Pay relationship.

EasyVista Inc., a leading provider of service management for IT organizations, today announced that its mobile-first approach-—providing the ITSM gateway to the digital workplace-—drove record growth for the first half of 2016 as evidenced by strong overall sales including record growth in software-as-a-service sales in North America and customer wins.

Datapipe, a leader in managed cloud services for the enterprise, today announced the acquisition of leading UK managed cloud services provider and Advanced AWS Consulting Partner, Adapt.

Idea of simplicity has firmly engrained in the busy and active lifestyle of modern people. In the bustling life of big cities users look for the payment solutions that work with the simple push of a button. Transaction happening within minutes is no longer the user preference but more a requirement. In the move towards simplified digital future Wirecard launched boon. -  the first fully digitized mobile payment solution - with Apple Pay based on an automatic app-to-wallet integration, with Android cloud based-payment technology (HCE) - both via a prepaid MasterCard.

London-based Xceed Group, a leading independent IT management consultancy, has helped RFIB Group Limited to select an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) model to support significant future growth plans.

Following the launch of the ISO 20022 Harmonisation Charter, an industry-driven framework to facilitate the rollout of ISO 20022 globally, SWIFT has formed a global market practice task force of markets infrastructures and banks.

The recent Competition and Markets Authority report set out a vision of how technology can be used to inject competition to the £16 billion personal current account and small banking market. Challenger banks criticised the report, stating it focuses on the needs of the larger players who dominate the field, and not highlight other measures to increase competition and choice for customers.

Global digital solutions provider Syntel believe that customers should be at the heart of any digital business strategy.