Midokura, the global innovator in software network virtualization, today announced its appointment of Pino de Candia as chief technology officer (CTO). Formerly chief architect at Midokura, de Candia will take over the CTO role from Dan Mihai Dumitriu, who will remain as the company's CEO.

Pitney Bowes (NYSE:PBI), a global technology company that provides innovative products and solutions to power commerce, today announced the launch of SendSuite Tracking Online. The new Cloud-based solution is designed to streamline the receiving and tracking process—from inbound to lost parcels--while simultaneously updating parcel recipients and enabling mailrooms to report performance against targets. SendSuite Tracking Online, which is designed for small and medium businesses, is available in 12 countries across North America, Europe and Asia.

Misys, the global financial software and services company, has been named a National Champion for the United Kingdom in the European Business Awards. The awards is a prestigious competition supported by business leaders, academics, media and political representatives from across Europe. 

Power. We always want it, we waste too much of it and we’re endlessly re-thinking where we get it from. But as in every other major industry, emerging technologies, shifting customer expectations, and now dramatic shifts in global energy economics are pushing energy utilities to rethink their century-old business and compliance models.

Disruption has arrived in the utility sector with a vengeance, as the ways we produce, transmit, distribute and consume power are being utterly transformed.

Growing security concerns, more stringent regulatory requirements and the costs and time required for each financial transaction are driving significant changes to the global payments space. Global transactions innovator, Saxo Payments, is meeting these challenges head on with Saxo Payments Banking Marketplace, a solution that empowers FinTech businesses to deliver instant and low-cost cross border payments capabilities to their merchant clients. Saxo Payments, a subsidiary of Saxo Bank, selected Oracle FLEXCUBE on Oracle Managed Cloud Services as the foundation for this new service.

SmartStream, the financial Transaction Lifecycle Management (TLM^®) specialist, today announced the release of TLM Reconciliations Premiumv.2.5 – this new version provides a new reconciliation package for Short Term Investment Funds (STIF) and provides enriched services for ETD (Exchange Traded Derivatives), OTC (Over the Counter) and NAV (Net Asset Value) reconciliations.

Mobile payments specialist, Bell ID, today announces that its host card emulation (HCE) mobile solution has been certified by three of the largest global payments schemes. Bell ID is the first vendor to receive approval from three schemes for its HCEplatform, offering its customers the broadest range of options available on the market today.

Erste Securities Polska S.A., a leading Polish institutional broker, has chosen SunGard’s market access solution to improve connectivity and algorithmic trading and harness the High Volume Provider Program recently launched by Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE) to expand and enhance service to clients.

Australian-based Metamako, the leading specialist in deterministic ultra-low latency devices for the trading community, today announced a collaboration with M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc. (“MACOM”) (NASDAQ: MTSI), a leading supplier of high-performance analog RF, microwave and optical semiconductor products.