1. DevSecOps in the age of the cloud

DevOps is an increasingly popular development practice allowing organisations to increase the speed at which they produce apps and services. An unfortunate side effect of this process is that you might also be accelerating the production of insecure code and bugs, with the potential to cause a serious financial and reputational hit if not managed correctly. 

One year after the beginning of the partnership with Alipay, Concardis has successfully implemented the app, which is based on QR codes, at more than 250 merchants with a total of 1,000 points of sale in Germany – including renowned brands such as Wempe, GUCCI, Bottega Veneta, Timberland, The North Face, Napapirjri, Dolce&Gabbana and Promod. Now the two partners are expanding their collaboration. In addition to Germany and Austria, Concardis will now offer Alipay in Switzerland and Benelux.

 KAMCO Investment Company, a GCC-based investment company, has selected Fusion Invest from Finastra to help fuel its ambitions for rapid growth. The solution will support KAMCO as it scales the business, expanding its asset class coverage and the range of investment solutions it offers customers, as well as attracting new investors. The firm has an end goal of sustainably increasing its assets under management (AUM), and aims to be recognized as a premier investment manager both in the region and globally.

InvestCloud Inc., a global FinTech firm, has been selected by The Asset Management Exchange (AMX) to build a bespoke digital solution for its growing client base of both asset owners and asset managers. The digital interface will provide clients with a flexible, intuitive and transparent way to access and monitor some $2 billion of investments already on the exchange.

ITRS announced today that it will offer real-time monitoring capabilities for clients using ICE Data Services’ Consolidated Feed, which provides access to global content from more than 450 markets through one normalized real-time data feed. This powerful combination can allow businesses to monitor infrastructure, as well as the integrity of market data feeds, via one platform.  

Almost 140 million people are expected to shop online until the end of this year in Latin America, spending around 60 billion USD, according to Statista. The mega discount season in November is responsible for a major part of driving these purchasing decisions. In Brazil, for instance, Black Friday generated more than half a billion USD in sales last year, and is expected to generate more than 700 million USD in 2017.

Masergy, a leading provider of hybrid networking, managed security and cloud communi

Today FinancialForce, the customer-centric ERP cloud vendor built on the Salesforce Platform will announce AI capabilities and a deeper integration with Einstein and Discovery, as well as the first end-to-end Revenue Management solution - CPQ through to revenue recognition - thanks to an integration with Salesforce CPQ.

As the deadline for the new revenue recognition accounting standards (ASC 606 & IFRS 15) approaches, the combined FinancialForce and Salesforce solution provides provides full visibility of revenue to ensure compliance.

Finantix, an established provider of sales and advisory software for financial services, today announced the activation of a third market in its pan-Asia partnership with Manulife, a leading international financial services group. The solution helps digitise Manulife’s agency distribution and create an improved experience for customers of select Manulife bank partners. The ‘go live’ milestone in Singapore follows earlier activations in Hong Kong and Japan.