Arria Announces Private Beta Launch of Articulator Lite
- 9 years 2 weeks ago
- Infrastructure
Arria NLG, a leader in artificial intelligence ("AI") and natural language generation ("NLG"), is pleased to announce the private beta launch of Articulator Lite, a cloud-based toolkit that allows users to build their own applications that create content from data. Arria recognizes the demand from users to be able to build their own NLG applications with the option of hosting on-premises or delivery via cloud Application Programming Interfaces (...
LightCyber Introduces Free Purple Team Assessment to Test Data Breach Readiness
- 9 years 2 weeks ago
- Security
-LightCyber, a leading provider of Behavioral Attack Detection solutions, today announced that it is partnering with leading security consulting firms to provide free Purple Team Assessment for determining “data breach fitness” and assess an organization’s ability to detect active network attackers. The exercise combines the Red Team attack simulation by the partner with a Blue Team evaluation using LightCyber Magna Behavioral Attack Detection....
Malin Corporation Appoints Peter Schwartzman to Senior Management Team
- 9 years 2 weeks ago
- People Moves
Malin Corporation, an Irish-based global life sciences company, today announced the appointment of Peter Schwartzman to the company’s senior team, effective immediately. Peter Schwartzman brings 30 years of experience in asset and risk management to Malin. He was most recently a Managing Director in the Leveraged Finance Group within BlackRock Financial Management - the world’s largest asset manager. From 1998 to 2016, Peter was a leading member...
Patrick Foley Joins the London Office of Marakon Management Consulting at Charles River Associates
- 9 years 2 weeks ago
- People Moves
Charles River Associates , a worldwide leader in providing economic, financial, and management consulting services, today announced that Patrick Foley has joined Marakon, a management consulting practice at CRA, as a senior advisor. Mr. Foley has more than 30 years of experience advising on strategy, providing economic analysis, and forecasting in the financial services sector.
Vista Equity Partners Commences Tender Offer for All Outstanding Shares of Infoblox
- 9 years 2 weeks ago
- Infrastructure
Infoblox Inc and Vista Equity Partners (“Vista”) today announced that Vista’s affiliate, India Merger Sub, Inc., has commenced the previously-announced tender offer for all of the outstanding shares of common stock of the Company at a price of $26.50 per share, net to the seller in cash without interest.
New Thomson Reuters Toronto Technology Centre to Create 1,500 Jobs in Canada
- 9 years 2 weeks ago
- Infrastructure
Thomson Reuters today announced the expansion of its Canadian operations with the creation of a new technology centre in downtown Toronto, Ontario. The Toronto Technology Centre is expected to create 400 high-quality technology jobs in Canada over the next two years, with plans to grow to approximately 1,500 jobs over time.
Innovation and Collaboration Identified as Key Drivers of Global Financial Inclusion and Financial Transparency
- 9 years 2 weeks ago
- Risk Management
Financial institutions around the world not only prioritise financial inclusion and financial transparency, but also share the desire to increase data sharing and collaboration with their peers to achieve it, according to a new study by LexisNexis® Risk Solutions, a global big data, technology and analytic linking company.
FAST Appoints Amit Patel as Senior Vice President of Product Development
- 9 years 2 weeks ago
- People Moves
Financial institutions around the world not only prioritise financial inclusion and financial transparency, but also share the desire to increase data sharing and collaboration with their peers to achieve it, according to a new study by LexisNexis® Risk Solutions, a global big data, technology and analytic linking company.
Accenture to Acquire Defense Point Security to Bolster Cybersecurity Services
- 9 years 2 weeks ago
- Infrastructure
Accenture has entered into an agreement to acquire Defense Point Security, LLC (DPS), a privately held cybersecurity company that supports the U.S. federal government with advanced cyber defense and response capabilities—including advanced Security Operations Center (SOC) expertise, cyber operations, security engineering, and cyber analytics. DPS, recently recognized as one of the “World’s Hottest and Most Innovative Cybersecurity Companies to...
FIRST Finds Private Equity Firms are Optimistic About Raising Funds
- 9 years 2 weeks ago
- Trading Systems
New research from FIRST, a leading global events agency, reveals that over the next three years, 63% of private equity professionals think the level of funds raised by the industry will increase when compared to the previous three years. Only one in five (20%) expect it to fall. Some 69% of those anticipating it to become easier to raise funds say it is because investors are increasingly looking to diversify their portfolios, and they will...
AutoGravity Teams Up with Mercedes-Benz Financial Services to Deliver Auto Financing App
- 9 years 2 weeks ago
- IT Innovations
AutoGravity, a FinTech pioneer on a mission to transform car financing by harnessing the power of the smartphone, has partnered with Mercedes-Benz Financial Services USA LLC
CPI Card Group Distinguished Among Global Leading Financial Technology Companies
- 9 years 2 weeks ago
- IT Innovations, Financial
CPI Card Group, a global leader in financial and EMV® chip card production and related services, today announced it was ranked No. 75 on the 2016 FinTech Forward 100 list of leading technology providers in the world. Driven by industry publication American Banker and financial services professional organization BAI, the FinTech Forward program aims to identify technology trends for bankers.
Viptela Launches vForce Global Partner Program
- 9 years 2 weeks ago
- BPM, Infrastructure
Viptela, the Software-Defined WAN company, today launched the vForce Global Partner Program. This comprehensive suite of go-to-market support, financial incentive and training resources enable solution and managed service providers to deliver the business benefits of SD-WAN to global enterprises. To date, more than 40 partners from around the world have joined the program including: Dimension Data, World Wide Technology (WWT), Forsythe Solutions...
Sungevity Names Elizabeth K. Rushforth General Counsel
- 9 years 2 weeks ago
- People Moves
Sungevity, Inc., a technology-driven solutions provider offering a high level of service and choice to residential and commercial solar energy customers, today announced the appointment of Elizabeth K. Rushforth to the role of SVP & General Counsel, reporting to Chief Executive Officer, Andrew Birch.
ION Enters Definitive Agreement to Acquire Reval
- 9 years 2 weeks ago
- M&A Deals
Reval, a global provider of cloud-based solutions for treasury and risk management, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by ION Investment Group. Andrea Pignataro, ION‘s CEO and Founder, said “The acquisition of Reval substantially increases our footprint in treasury cloud services and enriches our product portfolio with leading functionality in risk and hedge accounting. We will also be able to leverage...
