AXELOS, global custodians of ITIL, the world’s most widely adopted service management framework, and IT Revolution, visionaries of the DevOps movement and publishers of The DevOps Handbook, have come together to launch a free online training program, DevOps Awareness Training, in early 2017.  

The issue here is that manufacturers continue to make devices without paying attention to security, and consumers haven’t yet realised that basic password hygiene is incredibly important in a connected age. There should be a zero-tolerance mentality for simple security errors like these. The botnets we have seen in recent high-profile attacks were and are still publicly available, so until we take collective action on this issue attacks like this will continue to occur.

Bankwell recently appointed Penko Ivanov of Wilton as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer at Bankwell Financial Group and its subsidiary, Bankwell Bank, both headquartered in New Canaan, Connecticut.

Dion Global Solutions announced the appointment of  James Shanahan, Chief Operating Officer, and Carl Kimball, Global Head of Sales and Marketing. 

CEO Michel Borst said the appointments marked a significant milestone for the Dion Global business. “Dion has achieved excellent growth over the past 12 months, and with these appointments we are confident we accelerate that,” he said. “Carl and James bring us an invaluable skillset and I’m very positive about the contributions they will make to our business.”

London Stock Exchange today welcomes the listing of the first ever Chinese Green Covered Bond, issued by Bank of China. The bond, part of Bank of China’s wider MTN programme, creates in effect a new and innovative asset class for global investors, raised $500m. To celebrate the listing, Tian Guoli, Chairman, Bank of China and Simon Kirby MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury opened London trading.

Motorola Solutions today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Spillman Technologies, a leading provider of comprehensive law enforcement and public safety software solutions for computer-aided dispatch (CAD) and records management systems (RMS).
 

It doesn’t matter what industry you look at; everybody, everywhere wants to be an innovator. Innovation, transcends time and place and is far more than a throwaway buzzword.

Before we go forward and explore how to be innovative, it’s crucial we define the word itself. Innovation for me is the application of disruptive technology, methods and cultural changes in order to empower problem solving and create opportunities where previously there were none. Many businesses will find it suitable to define innovation, simply, as: opportunity.

Senjō Group, a privately held investment firm headquartered in Singapore, announced today its support and co-sponsorship of the Next Money FinTech Finals 2017 (FF17) as an Organising Partner alongside InvestHK and Startmeup.HK.

Next Money is a global fintech community that fosters the reinvention of finance through design, innovation and entrepreneurship. FF17 returns for its second year and is part of the StartmeupHK Festival which will take place throughout that week in various locations around Hong Kong.