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IDC Forecasts Steady Growth Over the Next Five Years for the IT and Business Services Markets

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Friday, April 15, 2022

Our 2022 growth forecast for EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) was raised by more than 220 basis points.

Key Points: 
  • Our 2022 growth forecast for EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) was raised by more than 220 basis points.
  • Within the IT and business services markets and across all regions, cloud-related services spending has been the main growth accelerator since 2020.
  • International Data Corporation (IDC) is the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for the information technology, telecommunications, and consumer technology markets.
  • Founded in 1964, IDC is a wholly owned subsidiary of International Data Group ( IDG ), the world's leading tech media, data, and marketing services company.

Chunghwa Telecom 2021 Form 20-F filed with the U.S. SEC

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TAIPEI, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd (TAIEX: 2412, NYSE: CHT) ("Chunghwa" or "the Company") today announced that the Company filed its 2021 Annual Report on Form 20-F with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Key Points: 
  • TAIPEI, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd (TAIEX: 2412, NYSE: CHT) ("Chunghwa" or "the Company") today announced that the Company filed its 2021 Annual Report on Form 20-F with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
  • The Form 20-F filing is available at https://www.cht.com.tw/en/home/cht .
  • Hard copies of the Company's complete audited financial statementscan also be requested, free of charge, by contacting Chunghwa, by phoneor in writing, at the following address:
    Chunghwa Telecom (TAIEX 2412, NYSE: CHT) ("Chunghwa" or "the Company") is Taiwan's largest integrated telecommunications services company that provides fixed-line, mobile, broadband, and internet services.
  • In recent years, Chunghwa has been actively engaged in ESG practice and has won domestic and international awards and recognition.

Open Compute Project Foundation Announces a New Hardware-Software Co-design Strategy.

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AUSTIN, Texas, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the OCP Foundation, the nonprofit organization bringing hyperscale innovations to all, announced a new hardware-software co-design strategy that is exemplified by recent contributions to the OCP by Microsoft and Intel of the Scalable I/O (Input/Output) Virtualization (SIOV) specification, and a new collaboration with the SONiC Project now at the Linux Foundation.

Key Points: 
  • As part of the OCP's new hardwaresoftware co-design strategy we are pleased to have new contributions from Microsoft and Intel and continue our collaboration with the SONiC Project at the Linux Foundation," said George Tchaparian, CEO Open Compute Project Foundation.
  • Collaboration between the OCP and the Linux Foundation expands to include the SONiC Project.
  • In alignment with hardware-software co-design, collaboration continues around the Switch Abstraction Interface (SAI) project remaining at OCP and SONiC now at the Linux Foundation.
  • "As we focus on the software component of SONiC, we look forward to partnering with the Open Compute Foundation (OCP)on aligning hardware and specifications such as SAI."

Open Compute Project Foundation Announces a New Hardware-Software Co-design Strategy.

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Thursday, April 14, 2022

AUSTIN, Texas, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the OCP Foundation, the nonprofit organization bringing hyperscale innovations to all, announced a new hardware-software co-design strategy that is exemplified by recent contributions to the OCP by Microsoft and Intel of the Scalable I/O (Input/Output) Virtualization (SIOV) specification, and a new collaboration with the SONiC Project now at the Linux Foundation.

Key Points: 
  • As part of the OCP's new hardwaresoftware co-design strategy we are pleased to have new contributions from Microsoft and Intel and continue our collaboration with the SONiC Project at the Linux Foundation," said George Tchaparian, CEO Open Compute Project Foundation.
  • Collaboration between the OCP and the Linux Foundation expands to include the SONiC Project.
  • In alignment with hardware-software co-design, collaboration continues around the Switch Abstraction Interface (SAI) project remaining at OCP and SONiC now at the Linux Foundation.
  • "As we focus on the software component of SONiC, we look forward to partnering with the Open Compute Foundation (OCP)on aligning hardware and specifications such as SAI."

Insight Wins VMware North America 2022 Partner Value Award

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Insight Enterprises (NASDAQ:NSIT), a Fortune 500 solutions integrator helping organizations accelerate their digital journey, announced today it has been awarded the VMware 2022 Partner Value Award for North America.

Key Points: 
  • Insight Enterprises (NASDAQ:NSIT), a Fortune 500 solutions integrator helping organizations accelerate their digital journey, announced today it has been awarded the VMware 2022 Partner Value Award for North America.
  • This award recognizes Insight for delivering VMware business growth and providing customers with high-value results and support.
  • VMware is proud of the value Insight continuously delivers to its clients.
  • The VMware Partner Achievement Awards program is conducted in partnership with technology research firm IDC, which reviewed and evaluated award submissions against the criteria for each category.

Pantheon Expands Board of Directors with Former Avalara CFO Bill Ingram

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Pantheon , the SaaS-based website operations (WebOps) platform for developers, designers and marketers, today announced the appointment of Bill Ingram, former Avalara chief financial officer, to the companys board of directors.

Key Points: 
  • Pantheon , the SaaS-based website operations (WebOps) platform for developers, designers and marketers, today announced the appointment of Bill Ingram, former Avalara chief financial officer, to the companys board of directors.
  • I am eager to work with the Pantheon Board of Directors and its leadership team to push the companys strategy forward in an era of significant growth and opportunity.
  • Adding Ingram to the board of directors is another step toward driving market leadership.
  • Bill Ingram knows, firsthand, what it takes to successfully grow and scale technology companies in the U.S. and globally, said Zack Rosen, Pantheon co-founder and CEO.

Bitdefender Launches GravityZone Extended Detection and Response (XDR) to Improve Cyber Resilience

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BUCHAREST, Romania and SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bitdefender, a global cybersecurity leader, today unveiled GravityZone XDR, a native XDR solution designed to provide rich security context, correlation of disparate alerts, out-of-the-box analytics, rapid triage of incidents and attack containment through automated and guided response actions across a business's entire environment. The solution delivers rapid value by helping maximize security team effectiveness, improving threat hunt efficiency, minimizing attacker dwell time, and enabling greater cyber resilience from day one.

Key Points: 
  • By adding features like pre-built detections into sensors (minimizing custom detection writing), root cause analysis and alert prioritization, Bitdefender is hitting both objectives."
  • Bitdefender GravityZone XDR deploys as a SaaS solution or via the Bitdefender Managed Detection and Response (MDR) service.
  • GravityZone XDR key benefits include:
    Rapid Cross-Correlation Threat Detection -- Bitdefender proprietary correlation and detection algorithms for XDR are based on leading-edge mathematics and threat behavior models.
  • Recommended Threat Response Actions -- GravityZone XDR provides built-in capabilities and recommendations for single-click threat response across endpoints, identities, email, cloud, and applications.

Latest Wolters Kluwer ELM Solutions Podcast Discusses Information Management Challenges with Microsoft Legal Experts

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The latest installment of Wolters Kluwer ELM Solutions Legal Leaders Exchange Podcast welcomes two experts from the corporate legal department at Microsoft Corporation Tom Orrison, Director of Legal Operations, and Jason Barnwell, General Manager for Digital Transformation of Corporate, External and Legal Affairs.

Key Points: 
  • The latest installment of Wolters Kluwer ELM Solutions Legal Leaders Exchange Podcast welcomes two experts from the corporate legal department at Microsoft Corporation Tom Orrison, Director of Legal Operations, and Jason Barnwell, General Manager for Digital Transformation of Corporate, External and Legal Affairs.
  • The Legal Leaders Exchange Podcast was launched to deliver unparallelled insight into how todays corporate law departments are optimizing their legal operations and driving new efficiencies, Cemenska of Wolters Kluwer ELM Solutions says.
  • ELM Solutions , part of Wolters Kluwers Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) division , is the market-leading global provider of enterprise legal spend and matter management, contract lifecycle management and legal analytics solutions.
  • Wolters Kluwer ELM Solutions was named a leader in both the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Enterprise Legal Spend Management 2020 Vendor Assessment and IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Enterprise Matter Management 2020 Vendor Assessment.

Anunta Tech Named Winner of VMware 2022 APJ Cloud Innovation and Transformation Award

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Anunta Tech, a leading provider of Managed Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS), today announced it has been awarded the VMware 2022 Cloud Innovation and Transformation Award for the APJ region.

Key Points: 
  • Anunta Tech, a leading provider of Managed Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS), today announced it has been awarded the VMware 2022 Cloud Innovation and Transformation Award for the APJ region.
  • This honor in VMwares annual Partner Achievement Awards recognizes Anunta Tech for delivering VMware solutions that help customers move to modern, cloud centric architectures and advance their digital transformation journey.
  • Digital transformation and the cloud continued to make businesses more resilient to change over the past year.
  • VMware is proud to honor Anunta Tech as a leader in Cloud Innovation and Transformation, and we are thrilled to see their continued commitment to providing complete solutions that result in exceptional customer outcomes.

Globant Launches Digital Performance Studio to Deliver Lasting Improvement in Organizations Undergoing Digital Transformation

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Wednesday, April 13, 2022

SAN FRANCISCO, April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 

Key Points: 
  • Globant (NYSE: GLOB), a digitally native company focused on reinventing businesses through innovative technology solutions, today launched its new Digital Performance Studio .
  • Backed by data, the platform helps leaders better understand digital teams' performance levels, capabilities, and happiness, and focus their people and resources to build skill sets and deliver lasting improvement.
  • "The Digital Performance Studio will allow us to work with more organizations on an individual level, customizing our approach to each company and team culture," said Esteban Sancho, Vice President of Technology at Globant.
  • With our new Digital Performance Studio, Globant will guide organizations through the actions that will help them improve their teams' throughput and culture, enabling fast innovation and turning technology into a differentiating asset."