AT&T plans nationwide deployment of its LTE-M network for Internet of Things (IoT) ahead of schedule in second quarter of 2017.  The Mexico deployment is planned by the end of the year.

The deployment will ultimately support a North American footprint across the AT&T 4G LTE network in the U.S. and Mexico. Our 4G LTE network now covers nearly 400 million people in the U.S. and Mexico.

Having slipped almost unnoticed into the general consciousness, algorithms are being talked about everywhere and in relation to all manner of technologies and industries, from driverless cars to artificial intelligence. But just what are algorithms, why are they suddenly being hyped so much and what are the implications for vertical markets like the insurance industry?

Same rules, different game

PayPal Holdings, Inc. and TIO Networks Corp., a cloud-based multi-channel bill payment processing and receivables management company, today announced a final agreement under which PayPal will acquire TIO for amount of $3.35 CAD ($2.56 USD) per share, in cash or an approximate $304 million CAD ($233 million USD) equity value.

Tortoise Index Solutions, being part of the Tortoise family group, today declared the launch of the Tortoise Water Fund (TBLU). TBLU is an ETF, designed to control the overall return of the Tortoise Water Index. It consists of organizations that are originally involved in the water infrastructure and water management businesses. 

Trump, Brexit and the lingering after-shocks of the credit crisis – banking in Europe is under heavy scrutiny at the moment as it copes with all the pressure.  Yet the wise heads concerned about the resilience of the banking system are also now focusing on cyber-security, with much discussion of how to use testing to prevent disasters.

Cohesity, the pioneer of hyperconverged secondary storage, today unleashed the release of Cohesity DataPlatform Virtual Edition (VE) and Cohesity C2100 Hyperconverged Node products for distant branch offices. Together with Cohesity DataProtect, the new DataPlatform, VE product conveys an integrated software-only backup solution that deploys on virtual machines ideal for remote or branch office locations.

Milestone Group, the global provider of investment technology and processing solutions for institutional investors, today announced that SEI (NASDAQ:SEIC) has selected its pControl multi-asset software platform to support the growth of its Outsourced Chief Investment Officer (OCIO) business.

Pragma, a multi-asset class, quantitative trading technology provider, announced it has added two significant capabilities to Pragma360 Equities, its high performance algorithmic trading service, with the release of conditional orders and Pairs 2.0. 

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc., a major provider of digital solutions and payment transactions, primarily for the financial services industry, announced the launch of the newly redesigned www.banno.com.