Duco, the data engineering technology company, today announced the completion of a $28m investment round by Insight Venture Partners, NEX Opportunities and Eight Roads Ventures. The round also includes an investment by lifetime entrepreneur and former CEO of SunGard, Cristóbal Conde. 

IBM Security today released a global1 study examining consumer perspectives around digital identity and authentication, which found that people now prioritize security over convenience when logging into applications and devices. Generational differences also emerged showing that younger adults are putting less care into traditional password hygiene, yet are more likely to use biometrics, multifactor authentication and password managers to improve their personal security. 

The machine learning is software programming technique for automated detection of meaningful and valuable patterns in data and making decisions based on the identified patterns. One thing that all machine learning applications have in common is that they are able to ‘learn’ and improve their accuracy over time, based on the previously observed, historical data.

To support the rebuilding of the Zimbabwean economy, Manchester-based consumer technology and security company, VST Enterprises, is working with the nation’s authorities and other international partners to develop innovative new uses for its cutting-edge authentication technology, VCode®.

Payvision, a global merchant acquirer and omnichannel payment provider, announced today a strategic partnership with ING, one of the largest European banks, with a strong international network.

Mendix, the fastest and easiest platform on which to build and continuously improve mobile and web applications, today announced that IBM will resell and support the Mendix platform on the IBM Cloud. 

Mendix’s speed and agility will be available on the IBM Cloud with AI, data analytics, and IoT services, and offers IBM developers the flexibility to consume rapid application development tools, cloud services, and cloud runtimes under a single subscription. 

PANDUIT Corp. today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Dennis Renaud as CEO, effective January 23, 2018.  Tom Donovan will retire from the role of CEO and support the transition in an advisory capacity. 

Andrew Caveney, Executive Chair said, “Panduit is well positioned for growth, thanks to our exceptional leadership team, employees and channel partner community. I’d like to thank Tom for his contribution to the success of the company and its culture. Tom’s vision, integrity, work ethic, and commitment to Panduit and our employees is without equal.” 

Global cyber security provider F-Secure has been positioned as a Visionary in Gartner’s 2018 Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms report. F-Secure believes that the recognition comes as the company continues to leverage the strengths of both man and machine to offer organizations superior endpoint protection and endpoint detection and response security solutions. 

Temenos, the software specialist for banking and finance, today announces that Swiss private bank EFG International (EFG) has successfully completed the migration of all former BSI businesses onto EFG’s IT platform, based on the Temenos core banking system in December 2017. EFG has been a Temenos client since 1993, and has benefited from Temenos’ packaged, integrated and easily upgradeable software solutions to migrate all businesses ahead of plan.