I was thinking about not sharing this info but hey, as you are good enough to read my blog … here’s the bottom-line on digital disruption (ed: oh no, Chris said the D-word!).

There’s a slide that’s been doing the circuit for a while.  It comes from Visual Capitalist, and charts the change in the world’s largest companies over the last 15 years.

Zadara™ Storage, the award-winning provider of enterprise-class storage-as-a-service (STaaS) today announced that ContractPal has deployed the Zadara VPSA storage array architecture to support their Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) application, CloudPiston. By deploying the Zadara Storage VPSA solution, ContractPal is able to transition from a CapEx model to a pure OpEx model, while ensuring their customers are protected by sophisticated data encryption and comprehensive data protection and disaster recovery services.

TaskUs, the outsourcing industry’s leader that specializes in support of high growth technology companies, announced heightened security procedures across three of its Manila-based sites including Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) Level 1 and Service Organization Control (SOC) 2 Type I certifications, the highest level of security. Paired with TaskUs’ previous PCI certification in its Manila Metro site, TaskUs continues to demonstrate its commitment to security.

Accenture announced a collaboration with SAP SE  to develop the next generation of predictive analytics solutions for asset management in the utilities industry to enable condition-based maintenance. The SAP® Predictive Maintenance and Service solution is planned to be extended to better manage risks by improving equipment uptime in transmission and distribution, as well as maintenance and equipment-replacement planning.

Transaction Network Services (TNS) is strengthening its payments business with two high-level senior appointments which will help TNS deliver on its ambitious growth plans.

George Zirkel joins TNS as Senior Vice President and Head of Global Payments Strategy. He will be based at the company’s headquarters in Reston, USA. John Tait takes on the role of Managing Director of TNS’ Payments Division for the Asia Pacific region and will be based in TNS’ office in Sydney, Australia.

Majesco, a global provider of core insurance software, consulting, and services for insurance business transformation, today announced a partnership with Life.io, a digital consumer engagement platform, transforming how insurers relate to their customers through monitoring and analyzing their behavior, preferences and more through real-time data integration.

Within the framework of their strategic digital alliance since 2011, Siemens and Atos cooperate in the field of cyber security for industrial companies. Together, they provide customers in the manufacturing and processing industries with comprehensive security services and products for production and office IT. The offer ranges from security assessments and the installation of protective mechanisms, such as firewalls, through to the continuous monitoring of plants and offices.

Horizon Software (Horizon), the leading global technology provider for electronic trading and investment management, announced today that Chinese broker,DongXing Securities (DongXing), has chosen Ho

Citi’s Treasury and Trade Solutions’ has launched electronic document submission (“eSubmit”), a digital service that allows clients to complete the account opening process by returning electronic versions of account opening documentation rather than paper, in select Western European countries.