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RIDDLE&CODE Announces Appointment of John Calian, Former SVP and Head of Innovation Labs at Deutsche Telekom, as Co-CEO

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Tuesday, February 22, 2022

RIDDLE&CODE, the leading European company for blockchain interface solutions, today announced the appointment of John Calian as co-CEO.

Key Points: 
  • RIDDLE&CODE, the leading European company for blockchain interface solutions, today announced the appointment of John Calian as co-CEO.
  • John is a successful innovation leader, entrepreneur and business developer dedicated to designing and selling cutting-edge products, and ensuring the highest levels of client satisfaction.
  • Additionally, he was the co-founder, CEO and Managing Director of trust2core, a blockchain infrastructure start-up launched out of Deutsche Telekom and owned by T-Systems International.
  • Having a truly multicultural and diverse career journey, John is the perfect addition for our team, said Alexander Koppel, CEO at RIDDLE&CODE.

Mendix to Unveil a New SaaS Solution for the Fashion and Retail Industries

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Thursday, February 17, 2022

Mendix PLM for Fashion and Retail was designed to address these challenges," said Rohit Tangri, Global VP of Portfolio Strategy and Business Development at Mendix.

Key Points: 
  • Mendix PLM for Fashion and Retail was designed to address these challenges," said Rohit Tangri, Global VP of Portfolio Strategy and Business Development at Mendix.
  • "The Mendix PLM for Fashion and Retail solution is an addition to our strategy of providing high value low-code solutions built on the cloud-native Mendix platform.
  • Getting this revolutionary solution developed required the speed of an excellent low-code platform and close collaboration between Mendix and CLEVR.
  • Mendix solutions provide the advantages of a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) solution with the benefits of a best-in-class low-code platform.

Chainlink VRF v2 Goes Live on Mainnet

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Wednesday, February 16, 2022

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Chainlink , the market-leading blockchain oracle solution, today announced the latest release of Chainlink VRF v2 (Verifiable Random Function) .

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Chainlink , the market-leading blockchain oracle solution, today announced the latest release of Chainlink VRF v2 (Verifiable Random Function) .
  • "Over the last year, Chainlink VRF has become the industry standard for randomness in the blockchain sector," said Sergey Nazarov, co-founder of Chainlink.
  • Chainlink VRF v2 is live on Ethereum mainnet, with plans for deployment onto additional leading blockchains already supported by the Chainlink Network, including Polygon, BSC, and more in the future.
  • Major improvements introduced in the VRF v2 release include:
    "As a dynamic NFT Platform, we're excited to leverage the new features of Chainlink VRF v2.

Enhanced Security, Streamlined Automation and Deployment Features Shine in Release 6.0 of StarlingX, the Open Source Platform for Edge

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Tuesday, February 1, 2022

AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- StarlingXthe open source edge computing and IoT cloud platform optimized for low-latency and high-performance applicationsis available in its 6.0 release today.

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  • AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- StarlingXthe open source edge computing and IoT cloud platform optimized for low-latency and high-performance applicationsis available in its 6.0 release today.
  • "It is exciting to see the community delivering more advanced functionality for a broad variety of edge applications.
  • In addition, StarlingX 6.0 features alarm support for expiring and expired certificates, which may prevent the proper operation of platform and applications running on the platform.
  • 99Cloud has witnessed and participated in the StarlingX 6.0 release which brings the maturity of the edge cloud platform to a new stage.

Asia's leading HR technology platform Darwinbox raises $72 Million funding led by Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV) at $1B+ valuation

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Tuesday, January 25, 2022

SINGAPORE, Jan. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Darwinbox, Asia's fastest growing HR tech platform, marks another milestone with a $72MN funding round led by Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV) along with participation from existing investors - Salesforce Ventures, Sequoia, Lightspeed, SCB 10X, JGDEV, Endiya Partners and 3One4Capital. The company's valuation post this round will cross the $1B mark and takes the total investment raised thus far by the company to over $110Mn. Since the last fund raise from Salesforce Ventures 12 months ago, the company has grown 300% in Southeast Asia. It is expecting higher growth this year owing to enhanced demand for digital tools in the workplace post pandemic.

Key Points: 
  • SINGAPORE, Jan. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Darwinbox, Asia's fastest growing HR tech platform, marks another milestone with a $72MN funding round led by Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV) along with participation from existing investors - Salesforce Ventures, Sequoia, Lightspeed, SCB 10X, JGDEV, Endiya Partners and 3One4Capital.
  • Since the last fund raise from Salesforce Ventures 12 months ago, the company has grown 300% in Southeast Asia.
  • Founded in late 2015, Darwinbox's cloud based HCM platform caters to HR needs across the entire employee lifecycle.
  • Their new-age product is powering digital HR for more than 1.5 million employees from 650+ enterprises across the globe.

Ridge Secures $22M in Early Stage Funding from NFX to Boost Global Cloud Deployments by Closing Coverage Gaps

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Tuesday, January 25, 2022

NEW YORK, Jan. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Global cloud services provider Ridge today announced it has secured $22M in early-stage funding from Gigi Levy-Weiss at NFX .

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, Jan. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Global cloud services provider Ridge today announced it has secured $22M in early-stage funding from Gigi Levy-Weiss at NFX .
  • Ridge users benefit from both the agility of a public cloud and the high performance of localized infrastructure.
  • The Ridge cloud is built upon existing infrastructure in hundreds of data centers across the globe.
  • "We've learned that no single cloud architecture is enough for the applications we're seeing today," said Jonathan Seelig, Executive Chairman, Ridge.

Everbridge Appoints Stefica Divkovic to Lead Company’s Growth Across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA)

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Tuesday, January 18, 2022

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  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220118005496/en/
    Everbridge Appoints Stefica Divkovic to Lead Companys Growth Across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) (Graphic: Business Wire)
    We are fortunate to attract top leaders as part of our ongoing international expansion supporting enterprise and government organizations across EMEA, said Vernon Irvin, Co-CEO and Chief Revenue Officer at Everbridge.
  • Stefica brings extensive global enterprise sales experience to Everbridge and will be instrumental to scaling our customer and partner relationships across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
  • Her professional experience includes several executive leadership positions at T-Systems and Wipro, among other global businesses.
  • All Everbridge products are trademarks of Everbridge, Inc. in the USA and other countries.

Nordic Enterprises Prove Digital Leadership With Transformations to Compete in Post-Pandemic World

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Friday, January 7, 2022

The 2021 ISG Provider Lens Digital Business Solutions and Services report for the Nordics finds companies are expanding the digital transformation efforts they launched early in the pandemic to remain competitive.

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  • The 2021 ISG Provider Lens Digital Business Solutions and Services report for the Nordics finds companies are expanding the digital transformation efforts they launched early in the pandemic to remain competitive.
  • Providers are meeting the growing enterprise demand for services, solutions, strategic consulting and cloud-based transformations.
  • Consulting firms are using data-driven approaches to help enterprises build strategic roadmaps to post-pandemic growth, ISG says.
  • In addition, Nordic firms have implemented more automation in warehouses to provide uninterrupted service despite the regions tight labor markets.

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt Joins Chainlink Labs as a Strategic Advisor

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Tuesday, December 7, 2021

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Chainlink Labs , the organization developing the global standard powering mainstream blockchain adoption, today announced that Eric Schmidt, former Google CEO, has signed on as a strategic advisor to guide the team working to build a world powered by truth.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Chainlink Labs , the organization developing the global standard powering mainstream blockchain adoption, today announced that Eric Schmidt, former Google CEO, has signed on as a strategic advisor to guide the team working to build a world powered by truth.
  • "Blockchain networks and Chainlink oracles are at a crucial inflection point in terms of growth and adoption.
  • Schmidt is currently co-founder of Schmidt Futures and chairman of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, among other initiatives.
  • Learn more about Chainlink by visiting chain.link or read the documentation at docs.chain.link .To discuss an integration, reach out to an expert .

Finalists Named for 2021 ISG Star of Excellence™ Awards

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Monday, December 6, 2021

Thirty service providers from across the global technology and business services industry have been named finalists for the 2021 ISG Star of Excellence Awards, presented by Information Services Group ( ISG ) (Nasdaq: III ), a leading global technology research and advisory firm.

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  • Thirty service providers from across the global technology and business services industry have been named finalists for the 2021 ISG Star of Excellence Awards, presented by Information Services Group ( ISG ) (Nasdaq: III ), a leading global technology research and advisory firm.
  • The ISG Star of Excellence Awards , part of the ISG Provider Lens research program, recognizes technology and service providers that consistently demonstrated the highest standards of customer service excellence in the past year.
  • On December 16, ISG will host a virtual ISG Star of Excellence Awards ceremony during which it will announce the winners of the awards.
  • The ISG Star of Excellence Awards is the premiere recognition program for the technology and business services industry that ranks providers on the quality of their services.