Google accepts friend request from Koios
Newcastle based company is now the only Google Partner in North East UK for cloud services and consultancy...
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Ohpen secures €15 million Series B financing at €100 million valuation
Core banking provider is market leader in the Netherlands...
Insurance entrepreneurs raise £180M to bring protection challenger to market
Investment backers cite huge potential of fresh approach supported by new technology...
Synechron launches blockchain accelerator applications in the cloud
Leverages Synechron’s domain expertise in financial services and high-end software engineering skills September 21, 2016: Synechron Inc., a global financial services consulting and technology services provider, has announced the launch of its Blockchain Accelerator Program that includes its first six blockchain applications available in the cloud. These applications enable financial services firms to be up-and-running...
Rent-A-Center adopts Provenir Cloud
Intelligent risk analytics solution provides scalability to high growth September 14, 2016: Provenir, provider of risk analytics solutions, announced that rent-to-own industry leader Rent-A-Center, Inc. has adopted Provenir’s hosted solution, Provenir Cloud, to support the processing of customer applications for lease purchase agreements in connection with its AcceptanceNow line of business. “Provenir’s risk analytics and...
Asian firms more vulnerable to cyber attacks
Security market in Asia is less than 50% of that in US and Canada Suparna Goswami Bhattacharya September 13, 2016: Asian firms are more vulnerable to cyber attacks than their Western counterparts, says a recent report. The findings by Mandiant Consulting, a FireEye company, states that APAC firms are frequently underprepared to identify and respond...
Allied Irish Bank secures cloud use for 15,000 employees with Skyhigh Networks
Skyhigh helps bank identify 2,500 cloud services and secure its IT June 13, 2016: Skyhigh Networks, the leading Cloud Access Security Broker, announced its successful deployment at Allied Irish Bank (AIB), giving the bank even greater ability to monitor and secure cloud adoption across its IT estate. In the wake of high profile data breaches...
Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn
IFM Correspondent But even after the deal is sealed, LinkedIn will continue to function independently June 14, 2016: Microsoft on Monday announced a $26.2 billion deal to acquire professional networking platform LinkedIn for $196 per share. The market gave a mixed reaction to the announcement. While shares of LinkedIn surged 47 percent to near $193,...
IBM and SAP announce plans for major investments
Move will drive clients’ digital transformation April 7, 2016: IBM and SAP SE announced plans across both companies to drive the modernisation of clients’ systems and processes and accelerate them into the digital economy. Specifically, the companies plan to co-innovate solutions that increase customer value through cognitive extensions, enhanced customer and user experiences and industry-specific functionality. The...
Putting a Clause in the Contract for Electronic Discovery
by Drew Lewis. 21st November 2013 Let’s start with a not too shocking statement: the cloud offers many advantages for legal firms in terms of storage capacity, as well as reductions in IT, hardware and software costs. Nothing controversial so far. But for all of the convenience and benefit cloud storage and services offer, there...