The Big Digital Fail: New Research Shows Most Companies’ Digitalisation Investments Failing to Deliver
- 7 years 1 month ago
- Infrastructure
Four out of five companies globally (81 percent) have made investments in "digitalization"––investing in digital technologies to change business models and drive revenue—in the past three years, yet only one out of four (23 percent) have achieved topline growth as a result. In other words, the digitalization efforts of three out of four companies have failed, according to the latest survey released today by Simon-Kucher & Partners, the world... more
Percona Live Open Source Database Conference Europe 2017 Showcases Power, Popularity and Innovation of Open Source Database-Powered Infrastructures
- 7 years 1 month ago
- Data, Infrastructure
Percona, the company that delivers enterprise-class MySQL®, MongoDB® and other open source database solutions and services, announced the success of Percona Live Open Source Database Conference Europe 2017, which took place September 25-27, 2017 at the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel in Dublin, Ireland.
Pioneering Fintech Platform Opens Up Business Deal Flow to Investors and Corporate Advisers
- 7 years 1 month ago
- Investment Management, Risk Management, Infrastructure
Pomanda is a platform for investors, advisers, professional service providers and the business owners they engage with. The first platform to be built around the transaction journey – no matter which stage or side of the deal you are on. Gives users the tools to value companies, conduct business analytics and connect to deal-flow in a confidential and secure space. Combines cutting edge technology, industry insight and academic research to... more
SMEs See Banks as Utility Providers Not Business Partners - and Banks Agree
- 7 years 1 month ago
- Banking, Infrastructure
Strands, a leading provider of business financial management technology, today announced the findings from its SME Banking: Intelligence - Not Applied, a study of over 200 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and banks serving over 1.3m SMEs. The study reveals SME’s current and future business banking requirements, and how close banks are to meeting those needs. Intelligence - Not Applied
LIQUID VOICE EXPANDS INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS IN APAC REGION
- 7 years 1 month ago
- Infrastructure
Liquid Voice, a leading provider of interaction recording, quality management and analytics, has announced the appointment of Sean Gallen as APAC Sales Manager. In this new role, he will be responsible for managing all sales activity and building the company’s reseller channels activity throughout the region.
SecTor 2017 to Feature DefenseStorm CTO Sean Cassidy, Who Reveals How Cloud Developers Can Avoid Security Vulnerabilities
- 7 years 1 month ago
- Infrastructure
Companies developing native cloud apps can gain speed and scale advantages by leveraging resources such as Amazon Web Services, microservices, serverless computing and other modern technologies. Used improperly, however, these technologies can expose infrastructure, code and data, including customer information, to bad actors online.
Luxoft Opens New Office in Warsaw
- 7 years 1 month ago
- Infrastructure
Luxoft Holding, Inc., a leading provider of software development services and innovative IT solutions to a global client base, has announced the opening of a new office in Warsaw, Poland.
Atos welcomes findings from Maier Industrial Digitalisation Review
- 7 years 1 month ago
- Infrastructure
Atos, a global leader in digital transformation, today welcomes the recommendations from the Industrial Digitalisation Review, chaired by Siemens UK CEO Professor Juergen Maier. Released this morning, the Review outlines proposals aimed to boost the competitive advantage of UK industry and foster future economic growth by boosting skills and utilising new technologies like artificial intelligence, augmented and virtual reality and 3D printing.
IHS Markit and KRX Launch Two Korean Stock Indices Based on Dividend Forecasting Metrics
- 7 years 1 month ago
- Infrastructure
IHS Markit (Nasdaq: INFO), a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions, today announced the launch of two new stock indices – KRX-IHS Markit KOSPI 200 Dividend Forecast Yield Top 30 and KRX-IHS Markit KOSPI 200 Dividend Forecast Growth Top 30 – in alliance with Korea Exchange (KRX), a leading cash and derivatives exchange based in Seoul, South Korea.
Google Partners With EBANX in Brazil and Accepts Local Cards on Its New Payment API
- 7 years 1 month ago
- Payments, Infrastructure
Global e-commerces will have a new possibility to sell to Brazil's booming e-commerce market, which got to USD 23 billion in 2016 (this number does not include expenses with tourism and travel) and has an expected growth rate of almost 17% for this year, according to Americas Market Intelligence (AMI). Now, these merchants can reach Brazilian customers through a partnership between Google and EBANX, a fintech headquartered in Brazil that offers... more
FinTech Association of Hong Kong Partners with FinTech Associations in Singapore, Switzerland and Taiwan to Promote Global FinTech
- 7 years 1 month ago
- Infrastructure
The FinTech Association of Hong Kong (FTAHK) has signed three separate Memoranda of Understanding with the Singapore FinTech Association, the Swiss Finance + Technology Association and the Taiwan FinTech Industry Development Association. These were completed during the HongKong FinTech week that is currently underway. All three associations have the goal of collaborating in the promotion of the global FinTech industry.
ING Launches ING Ventures: a EUR 300 Million FinTech Fund
- 7 years 1 month ago
- Infrastructure
ING announced today it has launched ING Ventures, a EUR 300 million fund aimed at investing in fintech companies. To accelerate the pace of innovation, one of ING's strategic priorities, ING Ventures will expand the existing portfolio of investments in the coming four years.
SIX Securities Services solves withholding tax issues for investors in Switzerland
- 7 years 1 month ago
- Infrastructure
SIX Securities Services has launched Advanced Tax Services – Reclaim, a service to obtain refunds for double taxation of interest and dividends from foreign investments by assuming the entire reclaim process of banks. In this way private investors in Switzerland benefit from a higher return.
Databricks Launches Delta to Combine the Best of Data Lakes, Data Warehouses and Streaming Systems
- 7 years 1 month ago
- Infrastructure
Databricks, provider of the leading
