Defender enhances security by requiring two-factor authentication to gain access to your valuable network resources. Defender uses your current identity store within Microsoft® Active Directory® to enable two-factor authentication, taking advantage of its inherent scalability and security, and eliminating the costs and time involved to set up and maintain proprietary databases. Defender’s web-based administration, user self-registration and ZeroIMPACT migration capabilities ease the implementation of two-factor authentication for both administrators and users.

Cordium, the market-leading provider of governance, risk and compliance services, and Knadel, a specialist management consultancy, have formed a strategic alliance in the UK which will harness the skills and experience of both firms to provide best of breed regulatory, business and technology consulting services to the investments industry.

Both Cordium and Knadel have a strong track record of effective advisory consultancy, specialising respectively in regulatory and business change. Working together, both parties can now offer existing and new clients:

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Eze Software Group, a leading provider of global investment technology, has appointed Brad Rinklin as Senior Managing Director – Marketing, adding a seasoned technology industry sales and marketing expert to its tenured leadership ranks. Prior to joining Eze Software, Rinklin spent over 15 years at Akamai Technologies, the global Content Delivery Network services provider where he served as the company’s Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President of Global Alliance Sales.

SIX Financial Information France SA announces an integration plan to fully align the unit with the global functional structures of SIX by the end of this year, as well as other strategic measures. This will allow SIX to strengthen the French organization and to increase its competitiveness. If the integration plan is approved by the French labor authorities, the integration will lead to a staff reduction in France accompanied by a social plan.

Oberthur Technologies a leading global provider of embedded security software products, services and solutions, today announced that it has acquired Xantium Integrated Solutions (Xantium).

Xantium is a renowned South African supplier of cards and personalization services to a wide variety of market segments including Banks, Retailers and Third party payment processors in South Africa and several African countries.

At the 17^th annual Temenos Community Forum – Temenos , the software specialist for banking and finance, today announces an agreement with two Philippines-based ACCU member organisations, National Confederation of Cooperatives (NATCCO) and Philippine Federation of Credit Cooperatives (PFCCO) to provide a cloud-based banking and payment service, known as the ACCU Payment Platform (APP). The service will run on the Microsoft Cloud.

There is a lot of talk about blockchain.  A lot.  Loads.  But when you get past all the talk, what is actually happening with blockchain?  Answer: not enough.