Kyndryl announces a multi-year agreement with Stellantis
Kyndryl, the world’s largest IT infrastructure services provider, yesterday announced an expanded, multi-year agreement with Stellantis to manage and operate select essential business operations such as networking, data center support and local IT services support in Europe, North America and South America. Building on the agreement announced in February 2023, Kyndryl will contribute to modernizing Stellantis’ IT infrastructure, enabling the automaker to […]
FPT announces acquisition of Next Advanced Communications (NAC)
FPT Corporation (FPT) has acquired the IT services company Next Advanced Communications NAC Co., Ltd. (NAC), making it FPT’s first merger & acquisition (M&A) deal in Japan. With NAC as FPT’s wholly-owned subsidiary, the company aims to double its customer base and service offerings, deepening its foothold in the Japanese market. The strategic move aligns […]
Mike Flanagan returns to Compucom as Chief Information Officer
Compucom, a leading technology sourcing, managed IT and professional services provider, announced Mike Flanagan will rejoin Compucom as its Chief Information Officer (CIO). Flanagan spent more than two decades at Compucom managing customer accounts, professional services, and product strategy as a critical leader during much of the company’s growth in the early 2000s. Flanagan previously […]
Accenture announces the acquisition of The Lumery
Accenture has acquired The Lumery, a Melbourne-based marketing technology (martech) consultancy that helps leading organizations deliver seamless customer experiences and transform their marketing services. The acquisition will strengthen the marketing transformation capabilities of Accenture Song—he firm’s tech-powered creative group – and add significant depth to its offerings in Australia, such as personalization, CRM and loyalty, testing […]
Momentous enters into a strategic partnership with Humble Growth
Momentous, a human performance company that focuses on supplementation and nutrition, recently announced the acquisition of a significant minority stake by Humble Growth, an investment firm dedicated to propelling growth and value creation for disruptive companies that are changing the ways consumers eat, drink, feel, and live. Co-founders Jeff Byers and Erica Good will continue to […]
AI and credit scoring: How new technology is changing the landscape
Lenders’ assessment of creditworthiness is undergoing major changes thanks to artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. As these innovative technologies continue to evolve, they promise to greatly impact credit scoring and make accessing loans quicker and fairer. The Traditional Method of Credit Scoring The traditional FICO score has long been the standard for determining someone’s credit […]
20th edition S&OP and Integrated Business Planning Excellence Conference
13 – 15 March, 2024 | Best Western Plus Hotel Köln City Hotel | Cologne, Germany Enhance real-time and agile responsiveness to customers through end-to-end integration and build strong leadership and engagement to achieve the transformation The marcus evans 20th Edition S&OP and Integrated Business Planning Excellence conference taking place on 13-15 March, 2024, in Cologne, Germany, […]
Kenai Therapeutics announces USD 82Mln series A financing
Kenai Therapeutics, a biotechnology company leveraging induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology to discover and develop a platform of allogeneic neuron replacement cell therapies for neurological disorders, today announced an $82 million Series A financing co-led by Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation, Cure Ventures and The Column Group, with participation from Euclidean Capital and Saisei Ventures. […]
STEMCELL Technologies to acquire all assets of SQZ Biotechnologies Company
STEMCELL Technologies announced the acquisition of substantially all assets of SQZ Biotechnologies Company (SQZ)—a Massachusetts-based biotech known for its game-changing method of introducing a variety of therapeutic cargo into cells by squeezing them (mechanoporation) rather than using electricity (electroporation). This transaction, which was approved by SQZ shareholders today, marks another significant milestone for STEMCELL, Canada’s […]
Unilumin in collaboration with Huawei unveils the smart pole site joint solution at MWC 2024
At MWC 2024, a premier annual event in the international telecommunications industry, Unilumin Group Co., Ltd. (Unilumin), in collaboration with Huawei, unveiled the Smart Pole Site Joint Solution to accelerate smart city transformation through ICT. Dr. Larry Li, Vice President of Unilumin, delivered the opening speech, titled “Multiple Integration, Group Intelligence Collaboration, to Create Smart City Neuron”. Larry Li, Eric He – […]
