Business
Amdocs Media Announces Two New Hires to Boost EMEA Sales Team
Michael Ritchie joins Amdocs Media from System 73 as Head of Sales for Western Europe and Africa, and Emil Umetbaev joins the business from MediaKind in the role of Sales Director ... More
Qumulo Expands Global Presence to Asia Pacific, Strategic Partnership With HPE
Driven by increased demand in Australia, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand and Singapore, Qumulo also announced an expansion of its strategic partnership with Hewlett Pack... More
IBC Set to Go Ahead as Planned in September (TV Tech)
IBC 2021 is set to go ahead as planned in September, with organizers saying they are focused on delivering “a fantastic event” at the RAI in Amsterdam. However, the fall back d... More
PK Names Anjan Sur as CFO
With a robust career spanning more than two decades in corporate finance and business operations, Anjan brings deep leadership experience and expertise in profit and loss managemen... More
Code42 Announces Accelerate Partner Program, Increases Partners on Board Over 200%
Code42 invites partners to gain a strategic advantage on Insider Risk Management while ensuring customer success. (more…)... More
Wasabi Empowers Channel With New Solution to Simplify Account Management
With the Wasabi Account Control Manager, Managed Service Providers and other Wasabi resellers can automate cloud storage account creation, management, and user billing with an easy... More
SAP Expands People to Work Program to Equip More Job Seekers With Skills, Certification
SAP Ssaid it would globally expand its job skills-building program, People to Work by SAP, which has helped more than 400,000 job seekers and professionals reskill or add skills. O... More
LinQ Media Group Signs Major Deal With OOONA
The new deal will help provide professional management and production tools to support the growth of the company’s activities. (more…)... More
Microsoft Buys Nuance Communications in a $16B Deal (CNBC)
Nuance would be aligned with the part of Microsoft’s business that serves businesses and governments.... More
Iyuno-SDI Group Secures $160M Investment From SoftBank Vision Fund 2
The investment will provide Iyuno-SDI with the necessary resources to support its mission of transforming the localisation industry. (more…)... More
KKR Invests $500M in Box, Gets Board Seat (Reuters)
Demand for Box’s offerings including file sharing, cloud storage and cloud backup services have risen during the COVID-19 pandemic as employees of many companies work from home.... More
Global Eagle Appoints Appoints Sean Bratches as Chairman
Bratches brings to Global Eagle’s board more than 30 years of experience as an executive across the media, entertainment and sports sectors. He adds to Global Eagle’s leadershi... More
NAB Show Premiere Opening Session Explores Broadcasting in the Pandemic
Leading television and radio broadcast executives Emily Barr of Graham Media, Dave Santrella of Salem Media and Hearst Television’s Jordan Wertlieb will speak during the opening ... More
Said Bacho Joins EditShare as VP of Sales for Europe, Middle East, Africa
The technically savvy Bacho has a deep background in media enterprise solutions and will be responsible for executing go-to-market plans that enable customers to leverage EditShare... More
OWNZONES Appoints Rick Capstraw as Chief Revenue Officer
As the CRO, Capstraw will take an important role in leading the global sales organization of the company and accelerating the department’s contribution to OWNZONES’ already-imp... More
NAB’s Gordon Smith Stepping Down at End of Year (TV Tech)
Curtis LeGeyt has been tapped as next president and CEO of NAB.... More
Zendesk Appoints Former Outcast CEO as New CMO, Names NBA, Netflix Execs to Board
Alex Constantinople joins the company as CMO, with Jeff Titterton expanding role as COO. New board directors Brandon Gayle of NBA San Antonio Spurs, and Netflix lead designer Steve... More
Amplitude Deepens Leadership Team With Addition of First-Ever Chief People Officer, General Counsel
Tech veterans Julie Currie and Elizabeth Fisher join, as Amplitude continues on path of record growth. (more…)... More
PK Promotes Nancy Peterson to Chief People Officer
Peterson, who formerly served as PK’s EVP, global resourcing, will lead all aspects of human resources, including strategy, recruitment, talent engagement, training and developme... More
Akamai Elects Sharon Y. Bowen to Board of Directors
Bowen has been a member of the board of directors of Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. since December 2017, where she also serves on the boards of certain New York Stock Exchange U.S... More
