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Cognizant Acquires Enterprise DevOps, Cloud Transformation Consultancy Contino (HITS)

Professional services firm Cognizant announced Oct. 16 it will acquire London-based tech consultancy Contino, which helps clients with their digital moves via a combination of ente... More

The $50B 5G Battle (Fortune)

As the big wireless companies roll out super-fast 5G technology, they're facing a significant crunch in airwave spectrum to cover the whole country. There's a possible swath of air... More

Irdeto Adds McCarthy as COO of Video (MESA)

Digital platform security specialist Irdeto has brought on Shane McCarthy as its COO of its video entertainment business, where he’ll oversee the strategy of that division. (more... More

Genpact Acquiring Digital Consultancy Rightpoint (MESA)

Global professional services firm Genpact is acquiring Chicago-based digital company Rightpoint, giving Genpact a tech-focused consultancy that will help it offer end-to-end digita... More

Synamedia, Triveni Digital Partner for ATSC 3.0 Solutions (MESA)

Synamedia and Triveni Digital announced their partnership to enable customers to seamlessly transition to ATSC 3.0. Also announced today is their current deployment with a major U.... More

Salesforce CEO: What They Don’t Teach You In Business School (Forbes)

In 1996, Marc Benioff took a sabbatical from his executive post at Oracle and traveled to India and Nepal. Along the way, he thought about what a new kind of company would look lik... More

EY Launches Public Finance Management Blockchain Solution (MESA)

EY announced the launch of EY OpsChain Public Finance Manager (PFM), a blockchain-enabled solution designed to help governments improve their processes for financial management of ... More

SAP Names Former Juvo Executive as Head of Product for SAP SuccessFactors (MESA)

SAP today announced that Meg Bear has joined SAP SuccessFactors as head of product. In this role, Bear will be responsible for developing, scaling and integrating technologies — ... More

Verizon Media Appoints Andrew Gilbert as Head of Platform Sales ANZ (AdNews)

Media, advertising and tech company Verizon Media has appointed Andrew Gilbert to the role of head of platform sales, Australia and New Zealand. Gilbert will be responsible for dri... More

Akamai Edge Platform Increases Security Protections for Content, Sites, Apps (MESA)

Akamai announced enhancements focused on maximizing security, quality, and reliability from the cloud to the digital touchpoint. With these new features, the Akamai Intelligent Edg... More

Prime Focus Technologies Selected as Event Coverage Partner for L’Oréal Professionnel’s Indian Hairdressing Awards 2018-19 (MESA)

Prime Focus Technologies announced that its video agency, PFT Brands was selected by L’Oréal Professionnel as the official event coverage partner for the prestigious Indian Hair... More

Birlasoft Inks Deal With Invacare (Economic Times)

Birlasoft said it has signed a multi-year agreement worth 240m with Invacare Corporation, wherein the C K Birla Group firm will deliver IT-as-a-Service to the US-based company. As ... More

TV Time Acquires Mediamorph, Revamps Into Whip Media Group

Content tracking platform company TV Time has agreed to acquire content value management (CVM) platform operator Mediamorph, the companies announced Oct. 15. TV Time, which is u... More

EY Launches STEM Tribe Education App In India for Teen Girls (Inc 42)

Ernst & Young, in collaboration with Silicon Valley-based Tribal Planet, has launched a mobile platform called EY STEM Tribe for girls between 13-18 years age group. The EY STEM Tr... More

Artificial Intelligence Trends of 2019 (IT Pro Portal)

Every year we witness a change in AI trends that set a benchmark for the following year.... More

SAP Sticks to Tradition With Dual CEO Appointments as McDermott Departs (CNBC)

Before Bill McDermott, the outgoing CEO of SAP, made up his mind about whether he should keep the role for another five years, he sought advice from top executives at other compani... More

Technicolor VFX Expands Team (MESA)

VFX Supervisor Jon Rosenthal, CG Supervisor Steve Graves, and Head of Production Matthew Hunt have recently joined the Los Angeles studio. Additionally, Technicolor’s Archie Dona... More

Survey: Advanced TV Ad Budgets Forecast to Rise (Media Post)

While TV-video media-buying executives expect to see an increase in advanced advertising TV budgets in the coming months, many are still concerned with measuring campaign effective... More

SAP CTO Juergen Mueller: We Want You to Become an Experience Company (MESA)

At SAP TechEd Barcelona, SAP Chief Technology Officer Juergen Mueller and onstage guests took the audience on a spectacular innovation ride — from a “moonshot” experience pro... More

Alvarez & Marsal Hires Lorenzo Grillo to Lead Cyber Risk Service Team (Consultancy)

Lorenzo Grillo has joined Alvarez & Marsal from rival consultancy AlixPartners in London, where he served as co-leader of the EMEA Cyber Security practice for over four years. The ... More

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