IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Omlis, the emerging market leader for mobile security technology today announced the release of their Secure Enterprise Messenger (SEM) encryption technology  on the IBM SoftLayer platform.

Manulife Asset Management, the global asset management arm of Canada-based financial services group Manulife, has adopted RiskFirst’s risk analytics and reporting platform, PFaroe.  PFaroe’s risk analytics will complement Manulife Asset Management’s current Liability-Driven Investment (LDI) offering, enabling the asset manager to stress-test clients’ pension plans against economic and demographic assumptions and explore the impact of alternative portfolio allocations in order to drive more effective solutions.

S&P DJI, one of the world’s leading index providers, has decided to rely on SIX Financial Information’s Valordata Feed for index usage

Tryzens, the leading provider of digital commerce and retail solutions, has had two analysts officially certified as Demandware Solution Strategists. The company has achieved a world first in this recognition from the enterprise cloud commerce provider.

Demandware’s recognition of Tryzens’ Business Analysts follows the specific training from Demandware. This official certification has recognised Tryzens’ knowledge and expertise of the Demandware cloud platform, allowing them to better serve and advise clients using the solution.

AlternativeSoft, the leading provider of buy-side analytics for manager research and portfolio construction in the alternatives and long only markets announced its latest software release for 2015, AlternativeSoft v3.5. With a reputation for consistently providing the latest academically proven quantitative models for fund analysis, AlternativeSoft has positioned itself at the forefront of fund analysis. The expansive platform provides users with comprehensive quantitative analytics, CRM functionality, bespoke reporting and fast user experience.

Provenir Ltd., the risk decisioning solutions provider, today announces that Resurs Bank, a market leader for retail finance to private customers in the Nordic countries, has chosen Provenir to globally support its customer risk and decisioning processes.

Based in Sweden and expanding in the Nordic region, Resurs Bank is a recognised industry leader delivering customer centric services for sales finance, e-commerce finance, credit cards and personal loans.

Tradegate Exchange, Germany’s fastest growing exchange for private investors, and Ullink, a leading provider of electronic trading and connectivity solutions to the global financial community, today announced a partnership to provide all members of Ullink’s global NYFIX community access to Tradegate Exchange’s services and liquidity.

AlternativeSoft, the leading provider of buy-side analytics for manager research and portfolio construction in the alternatives and long only markets announced its latest software release for 2015, AlternativeSoft v3.5. With a reputation for consistently providing the latest academically proven quantitative models for fund analysis, AlternativeSoft has positioned itself at the forefront of fund analysis. The expansive platform provides users with comprehensive quantitative analytics, CRM functionality, bespoke reporting and fast user experience.

We keep hearing that banks must do more to bridge the ‘digital gap’. But, in order to create and deliver the next generation of digital customer service experiences, they require a more predictably productive development environment.

The Global Innovation Summit and Awards 2015, held under the patronage of HE Sheikha Lubna Bint Khalid Al Qasimi, Minister of International Cooperation and Development, recognised six individuals for path breaking implementation of technology in diverse sectors. The awards were presented by HE Hazza Mohammed Falah Al Qahtani, Undersecretary of Ministry of International Cooperation and Development.

The education sector innovation award was presented to Tazeen Sharif, for the iHear app that helps people with impairment to their speaking or hearing ability.