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Global Office Software Market Report 2023: Sector to Reach $37.06 Billion in 2028 from $24.45 Billion in 2022

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Friday, March 24, 2023
Cloud, Google Docs, Software as a service, G-suit, Visualization, Marketing, Microsoft Office, Internet, Spreadsheet, Policy, COVID-19, SME, Google Workspace, Kingsoft, IWork, Microsoft, Android, WPS, IOS, WPS Office, Database, Organization, Cloud computing, Artificial intelligence, Growth, Collaboration, Deployment, BYOD, Software, Video game, Online shopping, Mobile phone, Apple

The global office software market was valued at US$24.45 billion in 2022.

Key Points: 
  • The global office software market was valued at US$24.45 billion in 2022.
  • North America office software market holds the largest share of global office software market owing to increasing internet penetration, growing SME expenditures in the SaaS and cloud industry, growing demand for cost effective, easy to use and customizable office software solutions among businesses, increasing advancements in office software solutions and rising consumer awareness about collaborative office software.
  • The US office software market is further divided into five segments by type, namely, spreadsheet software, word processing software, presentation software, visualization software and others, where the spreadsheet segment holds the largest share.
  • So, increasing integration of AI in office software suits is expected to boost the growth of global office software market.

Sinch announces Operator Connect for Partners

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Friday, March 24, 2023
Cloud, PSTN, Microsoft Teams, Connect, Public switched telephone network, Microsoft, Human, Partner, Mobile phone, Sinch

This offering is available through Sinch's new program called Operator Connect for Partners, designed for communication service providers, managed service providers, and value-added resellers.

Key Points: 
  • This offering is available through Sinch's new program called Operator Connect for Partners, designed for communication service providers, managed service providers, and value-added resellers.
  • The new Operator Connect for Partners program offers service providers the opportunity to expand their service offering, enhance call quality, increase collaboration, and improve the customer experience for their clients.
  • Last year, Sinch was named an Operator Connect partner allowing businesses to bring their voice services into Microsoft Teams through Operator Connect , enabling calls to anyone, anywhere, over the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN).
  • "We're proud of this achievement to expand our working relationship with our partners by offering Operator Connect for Partners," said Nick Reifschneider, Sinch vice president of product.

Workplace Analytics and AI-Powered Skills-Mapping Platforms Named ISG Startup Challenge Winners

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Friday, March 24, 2023
Professional Services, Data Management, Technology, Human Resources, Software, Networks, ISG, Microsoft Teams, Harmonization, Workplace, Microsoft, Research, Google Workspace, Organization, Growth, Louis Temporale, Slack

Technology platforms that facilitate collaboration and improved workplace experience and identify strengths and gaps in workforce skills were voted the winners of ISG Startup Challenges at events hosted in London and New York by Information Services Group ( ISG ) (Nasdaq: III ), a leading global technology research and advisory firm.

Key Points: 
  • Technology platforms that facilitate collaboration and improved workplace experience and identify strengths and gaps in workforce skills were voted the winners of ISG Startup Challenges at events hosted in London and New York by Information Services Group ( ISG ) (Nasdaq: III ), a leading global technology research and advisory firm.
  • Three entrepreneurs pitched the value of their technology solutions in the ISG Startup Challenge at the ISG Future Workplace Summit in London, March 20 – 21.
  • “Delivering a superior client and employee experience is a key differentiator in the workplace, and one of the core uses of the Temporall platform,” said Iain Fisher, director, ISG, and co-host of the ISG Future Workplace Summit.
  • For more information about ISG Events, visit the ISG Events website .

RKVST showcases supply chain integrity, transparency and trust implementation at IETF 116 Hackathon

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Friday, March 24, 2023
Software, Supply Chain Management, Networks, Internet, Data Management, Nuclear, Energy, Technology, Security, Retail, Transport, Logistics, Exercise, VMware, Internet Engineering Task Force, Printer Working Group, API, SolarWinds, IETF, Microsoft, Privacy, Working Group, SCITT, Architecture, Medical device, Trust, Kaseya VSA ransomware attack

RKVST announces its participation in the upcoming Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) 116 Hackathon taking place March 25 and 26 in Yokohama, Japan.

Key Points: 
  • RKVST announces its participation in the upcoming Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) 116 Hackathon taking place March 25 and 26 in Yokohama, Japan.
  • The hackathon will seek to exercise and inform the draft standards from the IETF Supply Chain Integrity, Transparency and Trust (SCITT) Working Group.
  • Supply chain risk and the serious threat posed by supply chain attacks are top of mind since the widely discussed SUNBURST attack (which famously affected SolarWinds, VMware and others), Kaseya ransomware attack and many others.
  • The IETF SCITT Working Group aims to improve supply chain security with the development of specifications that make the actions of entities in today’s increasingly complex supply chain transparent and accountable.

Shirofune, Japan's #1 Digital Ad Management Platform, to Sponsor Shoptalk

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Friday, March 24, 2023
Microsoft Advertising, Partnership, Meta, Rakuten, Mandalay Bay, Dentsu, Shop Talk, Microsoft, Frustration, Video game

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., March 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Shirofune, recently launching in the U.S. after becoming the #1 digital automated advertising management tool in Japan, will serve as a sponsor of the retail industry conference Shoptalk. The Shirofune team, including Founder and CEO Mitsunaga Kikuchi, will be attending the show taking place at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas on March 26 through 29.

Key Points: 
  • With retailers seeking ways to stay competitive, Shirofune uses human-powered intelligence rather than AI to offer retail marketers and agencies an automated platform that simplifies digital advertising management, delivering significant time, cost and performance benefits.
  • We'll be on the ground at Shoptalk and encourage everyone to connect with us there!"
  • Launching in the U.S. and Canada in February 2023, Shirofune seeks to offer North American marketers and agencies the same benefits.
  • Recent developments since launching in North America include a successful presentation at eTail West and a partnership with Microsoft Advertising.

Office Software Global Market to 2028: Players Include Kingsoft, Microsoft, Alphabet, Apple and Corel - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Friday, March 24, 2023
Technology, Software, Cloud, Software as a service, Visualization, Marketing, Internet, Spreadsheet, Policy, COVID-19, SME, Microsoft, Database, Organization, Collaboration, Deployment, BYOD, Video game, Online shopping

The office software market is a part of software industry that includes a range of software applications designed to help individuals and organizations create, edit, manage, and share digital content.

Key Points: 
  • The office software market is a part of software industry that includes a range of software applications designed to help individuals and organizations create, edit, manage, and share digital content.
  • Office software market is associated with provision of suite of applications by entities (organizations, sole traders and partnerships) including database management systems, graphics software, spreadsheet applications, and word processors.
  • North America office software market holds the largest share of global office software market owing to increasing internet penetration, growing SME expenditures in the SaaS and cloud industry, growing demand for cost effective, easy to use and customizable office software solutions among businesses, increasing advancements in office software solutions and rising consumer awareness about collaborative office software.
  • The US office software market is further divided into five segments by type, namely, spreadsheet software, word processing software, presentation software, visualization software and others, where the spreadsheet segment holds the largest share.

Ethiopia and the Netherlands Endorse the Launch of a Groundbreaking Private Sector Water Management Initiative by Nedamco Africa to Improve Water Needs for Over 10 Million People

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Friday, March 24, 2023
Heart, Pressure, Failure, Drinking water, Investment, Face, Water pollution, Dutch government response to the COVID-19 pandemic, VEI, Water quality, Water, Impact investing, Quality of life, Foreign Affairs, Microsoft, Energy, Carbon, Government, Sustainable Development Goals, Ministry, Deltar, Climate change, River, Risk, Digital, Digital twin, Federation, Kingdom, Water resources, Environment, Conference, Lake, Mining, Renewable energy, Ethiopians

NEW YORK, March 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today at the UN23 Water Conference in New York, H.E. Dr. Eng. Habtamu Itefa Geleta, Minister for the Ministry of Water and Energy of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, and Kitty van der Heijden, Director-General International Cooperation at Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, endorsed the launch of the Ethiopian SDG6 Water Management initiative. The initiative has the aim to improve the water needs of millions of people and will be based on digitally verifiable outcomes focused on the reduction of non-revenue water, increase of water quality, increased access to water, and higher availability of water. In a “first-ever”, leveraging the latest available technologies, the solution will measure, report, and verify outcomes of Water Management, starting in Addis Ababa, a city of 10 million inhabitants, starting in a sub-set of the city, using Digital Twins in a fully digital and transparent manner. This project is a collaboration of the Ethiopian local and federal government and multiple innovators in the profit and non-profit sectors like Microsoft, Bentley Systems, Deltares and VEI. The launch is endorsed by the Dutch Government. The SDG6 Water Management initiative has the potential to be rolled out to over nineteen other countries in fifty-five cities, improving the water needs of half a billion people.

Key Points: 
  • The SDG6 Water Management initiative has the potential to be rolled out to over nineteen other countries in fifty-five cities, improving the water needs of half a billion people.
  • In addition, water pollution and contamination are prevalent, especially in informal settlements where residents have limited means of obtaining clean water.
  • Furthermore, climate change and rising water demand are putting additional pressure on already scarce water resources, compounding the existing water challenges in African cities.
  • In water management, Nedamco Africa is working to improve access to safe drinking water, reduce water waste, and promote water conservation.

Metagame Industries Receives Microsoft for Startups benefits to accelerate the development of its Web3 MetaGame - Abyss World

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Thursday, March 23, 2023
Cloud, Blockchain, Partnership, Microsoft, ID, CENTRO, Azure, NPC, AI, Video game

This partnership will enable Metagame Industries to leverage Microsoft resources and support to accelerate the development of its Web3 title,Abyss World.

Key Points: 
  • This partnership will enable Metagame Industries to leverage Microsoft resources and support to accelerate the development of its Web3 title,Abyss World.
  • Abyss World is a dark fantasy action role-playing open world game.
  • Metagame Industries has chosen to partner with Microsoft to discover the potential use of AI and cloud gaming in game development.
  • "We're thrilled to join Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub through the [email protected] Program," said Joe Zu, CEO of Metagame Industries.

NEI sets human rights, inequality, net zero, nature as focus themes for corporate engagement

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Thursday, March 23, 2023
Canadian Natural Resources, Inequality, Meta, Socially responsible investing, Investment, NEI, Meta Platforms, Bank Rakyat, Policy, Business, Microsoft, AltaGas, TSMC, Biodiversity, Bank Rakyat Indonesia, OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, Nature, Lowe's, AbbVie, UN, Natural Resources, Apple, Methane, ESG, Johnson & Johnson, Weather, Responsibility, Principles for Responsible Investment, Principle, NextEra Energy, Mobile phone, Renewable energy, Alphabet

The Focus List identifies the companies NEI intends to engage with on the topical ESG issues of human rights, inequality, net-zero alignment, and nature.

Key Points: 
  • The Focus List identifies the companies NEI intends to engage with on the topical ESG issues of human rights, inequality, net-zero alignment, and nature.
  • The Focus List is a cornerstone of the active ownership component of NEI's longstanding responsible investment program, which brings together three main activities: corporate dialogue, proxy voting, and shareholder proposals.
  • Our discussions this year will be focused on two main areas: human rights in the supply chain, and digital rights.
  • Download a copy of the full Focus List and Focus List summary from NEI's website: https://www.neiinvestments.com/responsible-investing/responsible-investi...

Ethiopia and the Netherlands Endorse the Launch of a Groundbreaking Private Sector Water Management Initiative by Nedamco Africa to Improve Water Needs for Over 10 Million People

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Thursday, March 23, 2023
Pressure, Drinking water, Water pollution, Dutch government response to the COVID-19 pandemic, VEI, Water quality, Water, Microsoft, Digital technology, Climate change, Investment, City, Digital, Federation, Environment, Water resources, Bentley Systems, Mining, Ethiopians

The Ethiopian SDG6 Water Management initiative aims to reduce non-revenue water, increase water quality, and improve access to water by leveraging digital technology.

Key Points: 
  • The Ethiopian SDG6 Water Management initiative aims to reduce non-revenue water, increase water quality, and improve access to water by leveraging digital technology.
  • The solution will measure, report, and verify the outcomes of water management using digital twins in a fully digital and transparent manner.
  • In addition, water pollution and contamination are prevalent, especially in informal settlements where residents have limited means of obtaining clean water.
  • In water management, Nedamco Africa is working to improve access to safe drinking water, reduce water waste, and promote water conservation.