On 25^th May 2018, the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) comes into effect across the EU, regulating how businesses should handle personal data. Businesses large and small need to get ready for this change. However, research from industry analysts IDC last month found that less than half of European Small & Medium Businesses have taken steps to get ready for the new regulations. So with just 30 short days to go, Sage has identified 10 everyday workplace activities that ought to be considered more carefully from May 25^th onwards.

TraiCon Events Launches The World Blockchain Congress Bahrain 2018

TraiCon Events will be hosting The World Blockchain Congress 29th & 30th which will be held at the Hotel Sofitel in Manama, the Kingdom of Bahrain on the 29th & 30th July 2018. This forum will be attended by over Top 150 Participants, Key Stakeholders and Blockchain enthusiast from across the Globe.

The global payments market is deeply fragmented. With rapidly evolving technologies, new regulations and increasing globalisation, it can be hard for players to keep up. The answer to simplifying these complexities? Standardisation.  

As it has done across a number of other industries, standardisation offers huge potential to deliver greater operational efficiency and meet a variety of core business challenges that when overcome, enables all payments industry stakeholders, including merchants, to get ahead of the competition in both domestic and international markets.

The Chargeback Company announced today that award-winning eCommerce and affiliate marketing expert Melissa Fitzsimmons has joined the company, effective immediately. Per her appointment, Fitzsimmons will focus on expanding business development efforts and supporting the company’s new eCommerce solutions for merchants, franchises and affiliate advertising networks.

eGain, a leading provider of cloud-based customer engagement solutions, today announced the immediate availability of eGain® Solve for Amazon Connect.

Built on Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud infrastructure, eGain Solve for Amazon Connect powers connected, easy customer experience across all touch points. Its digital-first, omnichannel advisor desktop is powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI), knowledge, and analytics - including virtual assistance through Amazon Alexa. The solution delivers transformational business value*:

Finastra today announced the appointment of Elona Ruka-Wright as its new Chief Risk Officer. Elona will be responsible for the company’s broad risk management portfolio around the world, driving its continued focus on supporting world-class risk management strategies.

3C Payment has announced further enhancement of their retail proposition through successful roll out of an integrated payment solution with WHSmith.

With the continued expansion of their International travel sites, WHSmith needed a flexible, tried and tested payment provider, who could provide a standardized cross-border Pan European solution. In addition, WHSmith needed a partner who were already integrated with their preferred POS software from Aptos.

zipLogix™, the industry leader in real estate transaction management software and creators of zipForm®, today released a new video highlighting the experiences of REALTORS® who use zipForm® Plus, part of the 

Appian today announced it has been named a Visionary by Gartner in its 2018 Magic Quadrant for Enterprise High-Productivity Application Platform as a Service. The report evaluates vendors in the enterprise high-productivity application platform as a service (hpaPaaS) market and their product offerings.

The report noted: "High-productivity application platform as a service continues to increase its footprint across enterprise IT as businesses juggle the demand for applications, digital business requirements and skill set challenges."