Microcel, a provider of global technology brands across Canada, announced it has appointed Adam Ingrao to the role of president and CEO. Ingrao assumed the day-to-day leadership of Microcel effective March 30, 2020. Rick Henry, Microcel’s founder, president and CEO, is retiring at the end of March. Ingrao brings to Microcel proven expertise in driving growth and expansion across new channels of business from his numerous leadership roles at Reebok, Ralph Lauren and the NFL. Most recently, Ingrao held the position of senior vice president of sales and strategy for Dorel Sports, a division of Dorel Industries, Inc, owners of a portfolio of global bicycle brands, including Cannondale, GT and Schwinn. (more…)
March 31, 2020
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NEC Corporation has announced the conclusion of a strategic partnership agreement with Kagome Co., Ltd. to launch agricultural management support services utilising AI for tomato processing companies. (more…)
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Hitachi Capital Corporation, Yokogawa Electric Corporation, and amnimo Inc., a subsidiary of Yokogawa, have struck a new partnership agreement. The aim is to provide new services by adding Industrial IoT (IIoT) to each company’s technologies, know-how, and lease equipment. (more…)
March 27, 2020
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MoEngage, a customer engagement and retention platform and Vidora, the end-to-end AI-driven predictions for business teams, form a strategic partnership to help enterprise brands personalise customer engagement and predict business results. (more…)
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Pactum, an AI-based platform that enables global companies to automate personalised commercial negotiations on a massive scale, announced that Walmart Inc. has engaged Pactum to automate negotiations with part of its global supplier network. Pactum’s augmented artificial intelligence system enables partners to negotiate more valuable contracts for all parties while reducing costs for customers. (more…)
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The Internet of Things (IoT) presents a unique cybersecurity challenge. A combination of low computational power, a wide variety of communication protocols, and a lack of security standards leaves a myriad of channels open for hackers. (more…)
March 26, 2020
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Deltix, Inc, announces that the company has been acquired by EPAM Systems, Inc, a provider of digital platform engineering and software development solutions. As part of EPAM, Deltix will establish a real-time computing laboratory to provide a centre of excellence for industry-leading real-time event processing and analysis. The lab will focus on capital market trading, risk and market data, as well as crypto trading, the Internet of Things and real-time signal processing. (more…)
March 23, 2020
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QA Consultants (Toronto and Dallas) and MiCOM Labs (Pleasanton, CA and Shenzhen China) announce a strategic partnership to provide an integrated offering of software quality engineering services with electronic/wireless device testing and certification compliance services. (more…)
March 18, 2020
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Infineon Technologies AG has extended its embedded SIM (eSIM) portfolio with the new OPTIGA Connect eSIM solution for mobile consumer devices. This solution supports all GSMA standards from 3G to 5G and securely authenticates the device to the subscribed carrier network of choice. (more…)
March 16, 2020
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Thales and Telstra, Australia’s telecommunications company are working with Microsoft and Arduino to pave the way for scalable security for connected IoT devices, by implementing a solution that enables trusted and secure end-to-end communication between device and cloud. (more…)
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