Skybox(TM) Security, a global leader in cybersecurity management, today announced that Gerry Sillars has joined the company as Vice President of Asia Pacific. In his role, Sillars will be the cornerstone of the company's APAC operations, focusing on the continued expansion of Skybox's footprint in the entire region, as well as evolving the company's channel business.

 Corvil  is announcing the new release of its Security Analytics solution, which helps organizations identify malicious behavior from compromised user accounts that increase the risk of data theft and reputational damage.

Artificial intelligence has quickly evolved from science fiction to digital assistants such as Alexa and Siri learning about our daily lives. A.I. applications are interpreting MRIs and will soon be operating self-driving cars. In personal finance, many of us interact with chat boxes on bank web sites.  And in the investing world, robo-advisors are managing portfolios for retail investors.

Only six months after the official start, Eschborn-based full-service payment provider Concardis has already significantly expanded its new multichannel platform Payengine: Twenty new shop plug-ins now enable integration into all popular online shop systems. Retailers now also benefit from a comprehensive test environment for the entire check-out process. With 15 currencies and all major national and international payment options, the new Payengine offers retailers in German-speaking Europe a truly complete solution for e- and m-commerce.   

Datameer, the leading big data preparation and exploration platform, today announced the appointment of Steve Dille as Chief Marketing Officer, reporting to CEO Christian Rodatus, and Laura Craig as Vice President of North American Sales, reporting to Chief Revenue Officer Jeff Gallagher.

Elemica, the leading Digital Business Network for the chemical and process industries, announces that company executives will discuss the digital supply chain transformation journey and innovations at the upcoming LogiChem Conference, March 20-22, 2018.

Upstream Works Software Ltd., a provider of Omnichannel Contact Centre solutions, today announced a new partnership with CAE Technology Services Ltd., to effectively deliver integrated customer experience solutions on the Cisco Collaboration platform for clients in European markets. Together, we're making it easier and faster to deploy customer engagement solutions.

Ingenico Group (Euronext: FR0000125346 – ING), the global leader in seamless payment, today announced the launch of Axium, its next-generation point-of-sale platform designed with acquirers’ clients in mind. It gives access to a complete cloud ecosystem for commerce, which builds on the open Android and Ingenico's Telium Tetra operating systems to converge business and payment.

Ahead of the ICAAP Stress Testing and Capital Planning Conference, we spoke with Torsten Kleine-Buening, Chief Risk Officer from Xac Bank about how banks are enhancing ICAAP stress testing and scenario analysis to feed into effective capital planning.

Why is ICAAP stress testing such an important topic for banks particularly in relation to its links with capital management?

 NeoXam, a leading financial software company, announced that it has been selected by The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America^® (Guardian) to provide solutions supporting a number of key investment reporting areas, as well as solutions to support investment book of record (IBOR) reporting, corporate actions and enterp