TA Associates, a world leading growth private equity firm, today reported it has acquired a minority equity interest in Interswitch. Interswitch is an Africa-focused integrated digital payments and commerce company. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Helios Investment Partners will remain the majority shareholder of Interswitch.  

Bittium has received a purchase order from the Finnish Defence Forces for further development of the software package (waveform) for the Bittium Tactical Wireless IP Network™ (TAC WIN) system that is used as the wireless broadband network by the Finnish Defence Forces in their M18 command, control and communications system. The work package that was ordered now will be delivered to the Finnish Defence Forces during the years 2017 and 2018. 

Security and customer experience are two vital pieces of the digital banking puzzle. Unfortunately, one is usually prioritised over the other, leaving consumers confused around best practice, and frustrated when things go wrong. With Ciaran Martin, head of the National Cyber Security Centre, recently stating that changing our password too often leaves us more open to cyber-attacks, consumers are increasingly left in the dark about what they should and shouldn’t be doing to keep their data safe online.

Today Cisco and IBM have revealed new solutions for VersaStack™, converged infrastructure jointly developed by the two companies. VersaStack assists organizations to reduce complexity and automate processes to facilitate the delivery of applications. The additional technologies incorporated in the announcement today extend VersaStack to include hybrid cloud capabilities and also take advantage of the latest software defined storage technologies to address cloud-scale applications.

This broad set of solutions allows IT organizations to:

Today IBM has reported that an industry-first initiative to build commercially available universal quantum computing systems. "IBM Q" quantum systems and services will be delivered via the IBM Cloud platform.

Nuoyuan Technology Development Co., Ltd. is an innovative financial technology service company under Hanfor Holdings, headquartered in Beijing. The company will participate in the upcoming LendIt USA 2017, to be held in New York between March 6th and 7th this year.

Today LG Innotek has confirmed its participation in Euroshop 2017, the world's biggest retail trade fair, held in Dusseldorf, Germany. The company aims to attract retail companies by showcasing various products and technologies such as the world's first commercialized ESL-based color lighting control solution and advanced location tracking solution. It can be developed into a "Smart Integrated Retail Management" platform by combining distribution with lnternet of Things (IoT).

NCR Corporation, a world leader in providing omni-channel solutions, showcases at this year’s EuroShop, how retailers can substantially improve sales growth by using the right technologies. A recent Unified Commerce Landscape Report from NCR, in partnership with research and analyst firm IHL Group, found that retailers who invest in technologies designed to create seamless shopping experiences, personalization and store transformation enjoy sales boosts of up to 100 percent and more.

Mosaicoon is the platform connecting top brands and worldwide creators for the end-to-end realization of video strategies.

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has revealed today its new FA-IT Open Platform for factory automation based on edge computing.