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Influencer Media Group Infuse Follows Up on Stellar 2023 Growth with New Partnership, Podcast Launch, and Influencer Events

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Internet, Environment, Partnership, Electronic Arts, Fluency, Samsung, Content, Culture, Infusion, Uber, Podcast, Tourism

This partnership underscores Infuse's commitment to fostering influencer talent and maximizing their potential in the dynamic landscape of influencer marketing.

Key Points: 
  • This partnership underscores Infuse's commitment to fostering influencer talent and maximizing their potential in the dynamic landscape of influencer marketing.
  • As a Fluent brand, Infuse opens up numerous integrated marketing opportunities for influencers through Fluent’s fifteen-year track record as a performance marketing leader.
  • A highlight of this collaboration is the launch of the "Cater 2 the Creator" podcast, a joint venture between Infuse and THIS Group.
  • The two teams will attend industry events together, seeking mutually beneficial opportunities for their shared influencer clients.

Globant Wins Google Cloud Industry Solution Services Partner of the Year Award for Media & Entertainment for Second Consecutive Year

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Cloud, Cortex, Google Cloud, Organization, Database, Growth, Media, SAN, Electronic Arts, Talent, Investment, Service, Studio, Corporation, Network equipment provider

SAN FRANCISCO, April 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Globant (NYSE: GLOB), a digitally native company focused on reinventing businesses through innovative technology solutions, today announced that it has received the 2024 Google Cloud Industry Solution Services Partner of the Year Award for Media and Entertainment, marking its second consecutive year winning the award. Google Cloud announced Globant's win at its annual Google Cloud Next conference in San Francisco.

Key Points: 
  • Google Cloud announced Globant's win at its annual Google Cloud Next conference in San Francisco.
  • This recognition acknowledges Globant's achievements helping joint customers in the industry leverage the Google Cloud ecosystem to drive innovation and reach new levels of success.
  • "We're proud to announce Globant as a 2024 Google Cloud Partner Award winner and recognize their achievements enabling customer success from the past year."
  • In 2023, Globant launched its Google Cloud Studio, a business unit with a dedicated team of experts containing deep and wide reach in Google Cloud products.

Globant Wins Google Cloud Industry Solution Services Partner of the Year Award for Media & Entertainment for Second Consecutive Year

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Cloud, Cortex, Google Cloud, Organization, Database, Growth, Media, SAN, Electronic Arts, Talent, Investment, Service, Studio, Corporation, Network equipment provider

SAN FRANCISCO, April 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Globant (NYSE: GLOB), a digitally native company focused on reinventing businesses through innovative technology solutions, today announced that it has received the 2024 Google Cloud Industry Solution Services Partner of the Year Award for Media and Entertainment, marking its second consecutive year winning the award. Google Cloud announced Globant's win at its annual Google Cloud Next conference in San Francisco.

Key Points: 
  • Google Cloud announced Globant's win at its annual Google Cloud Next conference in San Francisco.
  • This recognition acknowledges Globant's achievements helping joint customers in the industry leverage the Google Cloud ecosystem to drive innovation and reach new levels of success.
  • "We're proud to announce Globant as a 2024 Google Cloud Partner Award winner and recognize their achievements enabling customer success from the past year."
  • In 2023, Globant launched its Google Cloud Studio, a business unit with a dedicated team of experts containing deep and wide reach in Google Cloud products.

Acxiom CIO Janet Cinfio Named a Women in Tech Leader to Watch in 2024

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Thursday, April 4, 2024
Consulting, Data Management, Technology, Professional Services, Health, Health Technology, Other Technology, Data Analytics, Software, Artificial Intelligence, Other Professional Services, CIO, Inclusion, Organization, Mentorship, Woman, Bias, Georgetown University, Education, Female, Electronic Arts, IDEA, Architecture, Morale, Empowerment, STEM, BRG, Multimedia, Family, Workplace, Janet, Management

Acxiom , a global leader in customer intelligence, today proudly announced that Chief Information Officer (CIO) Janet Cinfio earned a spot on the Womentech Network's " 100 Women in Tech Leaders to Watch in 2024 ."

Key Points: 
  • Acxiom , a global leader in customer intelligence, today proudly announced that Chief Information Officer (CIO) Janet Cinfio earned a spot on the Womentech Network's " 100 Women in Tech Leaders to Watch in 2024 ."
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240404573052/en/
    Acxiom CIO Janet Cinfio (Photo: Business Wire)
    As CIO at Acxiom, Janet is the pivotal force guiding the company's information technology (IT) strategy.
  • She has been instrumental in advancing Acxiom's technology capabilities, encompassing cutting-edge innovations in architecture, cloud platforms, enterprise applications, and cybersecurity.
  • Notably, during her tenure, Acxiom witnessed a 16% increase in the percentage of women occupying senior leadership positions and 47% more women in tech leadership roles within the company since 2021.

Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits Announces Leaders for New Enterprise Data Center of Excellence

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Thursday, March 28, 2024
Data Management, Retail, Restaurant, Bar, Technology, Wine & Spirits, Artificial Intelligence, Food, Beverage, McDevitt, Partner, Machine learning, Culture, Data science, CSC, Gap Inc., Digital, Data analysis, Sampangi, Nike, VF Corporation, Ameriprise Financial, Artificial intelligence, Electronic Arts, AI, COE, Engineering, Life, Senior, Architecture, Investment, HSBC, Fox, Supplier, Warner Bros. Discovery, Service, NBCUniversal, Best Buy, Management

Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits (Southern Glazer's)—the world’s preeminent distributor of beverage alcohol—today announced the appointments of four data, analytics and technology leaders who will head up a newly created Enterprise Data Center of Excellence (CoE) at the Company.

Key Points: 
  • Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits (Southern Glazer's)—the world’s preeminent distributor of beverage alcohol—today announced the appointments of four data, analytics and technology leaders who will head up a newly created Enterprise Data Center of Excellence (CoE) at the Company.
  • The CoE also includes collaboration with Southern Glazer’s Enterprise Technology Partners department led by Chief Information & Technology Officer, Ann Dozier.
  • He joins Southern Glazer’s from VF Corporation, where he most recently held the role of Chief Data Analytics Officer.
  • The Supplier CoE will collaborate closely with this new enterprise data team to leverage the Company’s enhanced investments into data and insights.

Hasbro Announces Changes to Board of Directors

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Monday, March 25, 2024
Professional Services, Family, General Entertainment, Consumer, Other Retail, Entertainment, Other Manufacturing, Toys, Business, Manufacturing, Retail, Other Professional Services, Parenting, Children, Other Entertainment, Online Retail, Baby, Maternity, Nexon, Emeritus, Primrose Schools, Growth, Zynga Poker, Darkness, Take-Two Interactive, IWG, DNA, Electronic Arts, Magic, Puzzle, CSR Racing, Investment, Retirement, Friends, IWG plc, Captain, Annual general meeting, Corporation, Management

“We are thrilled to have Frank, Darin, and Owen join our accomplished and diverse Board of Directors,” said Rich Stoddart, Chair of Hasbro’s Board of Directors.

Key Points: 
  • “We are thrilled to have Frank, Darin, and Owen join our accomplished and diverse Board of Directors,” said Rich Stoddart, Chair of Hasbro’s Board of Directors.
  • Each of them will add tremendous value and unique perspective to our Board.
  • Alan will continue to be actively engaged with Hasbro helping to guide the company’s charitable efforts, in addition to his many other philanthropic pursuits.
  • That won’t change and I’m excited to support Hasbro in my next chapter.”

Nasuni Launches Nasuni Edge for Amazon S3 to Deliver High Performance at the Edge

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Thursday, March 14, 2024
Research, SMB, NFS, Amazon, LAN, Data center management, Classification, Electronic Arts, AI, AWS, Forrester Research, Senior, Amazon Web Services, Engineering, Amazon S3, Machine learning, Network File System, S3

BOSTON, March 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Nasuni, a leading hybrid cloud storage solution, announces the general availability of Nasuni Edge for Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3), a cloud-native, distributed solution that allows enterprises to accelerate data access and delivery times while ensuring low-latency access that is crucial for edge workloads, including cloud-based artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) applications, all through a single, unified platform.

Key Points: 
  • Amazon S3 is an object storage service from Amazon Web Services (AWS) that offers industry-leading scalability, data availability, security, and performance.
  • The potential of Nasuni Edge for Amazon S3 becomes evident in its ability to boost performance, speeding software build distribution to teams around the globe.
  • Nasuni Edge for Amazon S3 enhances data access in the following ways:
    Local performance at the edge: Customers can now deploy Nasuni Edge for Amazon S3 wherever high performance with low latency is required, in AWS Local Zones, on AWS Outposts, or in customers' self-managed on-premises environments.
  • With Nasuni Edge for Amazon S3, enterprises can support legacy workloads and take advantage of modern Amazon S3-based applications," said David Grant, President, Nasuni.

Nasuni Launches Nasuni Edge for Amazon S3 to Deliver High Performance at the Edge

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Thursday, March 14, 2024
Research, SMB, NFS, Amazon, LAN, Data center management, Classification, Electronic Arts, AI, AWS, Forrester Research, Senior, Amazon Web Services, Engineering, Amazon S3, Machine learning, Network File System, S3

BOSTON, March 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Nasuni, a leading hybrid cloud storage solution, announces the general availability of Nasuni Edge for Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3), a cloud-native, distributed solution that allows enterprises to accelerate data access and delivery times while ensuring low-latency access that is crucial for edge workloads, including cloud-based artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) applications, all through a single, unified platform.

Key Points: 
  • Amazon S3 is an object storage service from Amazon Web Services (AWS) that offers industry-leading scalability, data availability, security, and performance.
  • The potential of Nasuni Edge for Amazon S3 becomes evident in its ability to boost performance, speeding software build distribution to teams around the globe.
  • Nasuni Edge for Amazon S3 enhances data access in the following ways:
    Local performance at the edge: Customers can now deploy Nasuni Edge for Amazon S3 wherever high performance with low latency is required, in AWS Local Zones, on AWS Outposts, or in customers' self-managed on-premises environments.
  • With Nasuni Edge for Amazon S3, enterprises can support legacy workloads and take advantage of modern Amazon S3-based applications," said David Grant, President, Nasuni.

ANNOUNCING "OPEN" AN IMMERSIVE MULTI-GENRE METAVERSE, BATTLE ROYALE EXPERIENCE IN DEVELOPMENT FOR PC AND CURRENT GEN PLATFORMS

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Monday, March 11, 2024
Microsoft, DeLorean, Reebok, Remedy, PC, Partnership, Ubisoft, MMO, SXSW, Epic Games, Electronic Arts, Ready Player One, Mojang Studios, Life, IP, PlayStation, Warner Bros. Discovery, DICE, Movement, OPEN, AAA, Video game

LOS ANGELES and STOCKHOLM, March 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- From recently announced publisher Readyverse Studios in partnership with developer Walker Labs, comes OPEN, the first AAA quality metaverse experience interoperable with AAA IP that leverages web3 technology.

Key Points: 
  • The third-person battle royale experience OPEN will be the hero experience in The Readyverse.
  • The Readyverse is a next-gen immersive and interoperable platform for discovering metaverse games and experiences.
  • A first glimpse of OPEN was debuted in a trailer today by Readyverse Studios Co-Founders at SXSW; watch here .
  • Enter OPEN's immersive multiverse filled with nostalgia-infused biomes featuring characters and cultural legends across iconic franchises.

Grom Social Enterprises, Inc. to Further Expand Entertainment Offerings Through Gaming as it Enters Into Letter of Intent to Acquire Leading Gaming Company, Arctic7

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Thursday, March 7, 2024
Acquisition, Epic Games, Social media, Sony, Grom, Oral storytelling, Growth, Electronic Arts, Catalog, Keywords Studios, Undead Labs, BOCA, PlayStation, Ecosystem, Ahsoka Tano, The Walt Disney Company, Antman, TMNT, Saints Row, Microsoft, Partnership, Video game

Grom’s addition of Arctic7 could serve as an entry point for the company to secure a foothold in the growing and lucrative gaming industry and also explore opportunities to leverage gaming technology to serve the entertainment needs of today’s kids and families in new, innovative ways.

Key Points: 
  • Grom’s addition of Arctic7 could serve as an entry point for the company to secure a foothold in the growing and lucrative gaming industry and also explore opportunities to leverage gaming technology to serve the entertainment needs of today’s kids and families in new, innovative ways.
  • The acquisition of Arctic7 would complement Grom's existing entertainment offerings of safe, social media for kids and its growing catalog of original intellectual property from Curiosity Ink Media, which Grom acquired in 2021.
  • Alan Van Slyke, co-founder of Arctic7, brings a wealth of experience from Executive Producer on Gears of War with Epic Games, Executive at Sperasoft and COO at Microsoft Studios’ Undead Labs.
  • Mark Rizzo, co-founder of Arctic7, with 25 years of experience from EA Games, Sony, Sperasoft, and Keywords Studios, specializes in tech, operations, and M&A, playing a pivotal role in building the PlayStation network.