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AU businesses losing deals because of security strategiies
Security Information and Event Management

AU businesses losing deals because of security strategiies

Research has found 62% of Australian companies admit to losing deals because of low confidence in their security strategy.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Thu, 15th Dec 2022
Skafold appoints Jacyl Shaw as Head of Development
EduTech

Skafold appoints Jacyl Shaw as Head of Development

Skafold appoints Jacyl Shaw as Head of Development to guide its strategy and commitment to catalyzing global impact through innovation.

By Mitchell Hageman • 2 min read • Fri, 18th Nov 2022
Skafold appoints Ben Papps as Executive General Manager & Investment Principal
Unified Communications

Skafold appoints Ben Papps as Executive General Manager & Investment Principal

Former MTX Group CEO Ben Papps appointed Executive General Manager and Investment Principal at Skafold to oversee digital and data industry investments.

By Zach Thompson • 2 min read • Fri, 11th Nov 2022

Global Stories

Strategy stories

NICE and Cognizant partner up on CX transformation initiative
Unified Communications

NICE and Cognizant partner up on CX transformation initiative

NICE and Cognizant have announced the launch of a global strategic go-to-market partnership to accelerate customer experience transformation.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 2nd Feb 2023
Allvue Systems enters new phase of growth with Marc Scheipe as CEO
Strategy

Allvue Systems enters new phase of growth with Marc Scheipe as CEO

Scheipe will work alongside the executive leadership team to oversee Allvue's strategic initiatives and guide the firm as it enters its next phase of growth.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Wed, 4th Jan 2023
APAC & emerging markets get focus with new Reddit hire
Strategy

APAC & emerging markets get focus with new Reddit hire

Durgesh Kaushik joins Reddit as VP of APAC & Emerging Markets Growth, responsible for growth, user adoption, and international expansion.

By Zach Thompson • 2 min read • Sat, 17th Dec 2022
Productiv enters strategic collaborations with Sage and SAP Concur
Software-as-a-Service

Productiv enters strategic collaborations with Sage and SAP Concur

Productiv announced new strategic collaborations to make it easier for businesses to unlock more value from their SaaS portfolios at scale.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Fri, 16th Dec 2022
Broadridge appoints Koopman as new Chief Product Officer
Software-as-a-Service

Broadridge appoints Koopman as new Chief Product Officer

Broadridge names Martin Koopman as Chief Product Officer to lead enterprise-wide product vision and strategy for SaaS and service offerings.

By Zach Thompson • 2 min read • Fri, 9th Dec 2022
Reddit appoints new VP of Global Mid-Market & SMB Sales
Artificial Intelligence

Reddit appoints new VP of Global Mid-Market & SMB Sales

Reddit hires Stephen Riad as VP of Global Mid-Market and SMB Sales and Roelof van Zwol as VP of Ads Engineering to scale advertising business.

By Zach Thompson • 2 min read • Fri, 2nd Dec 2022
Freshworks launches collection of updates powered by AI
Customer Experience

Freshworks launches collection of updates powered by AI

Product updates include AI-powered support features to help agents improve response times, and embedded AI to help sales and marketers increase productivity.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 10th Nov 2022
Validity appoints Andrew Lazarus & Geoff Charron as Chief Financial Officer & Chief Technology Officer
DevOps

Validity appoints Andrew Lazarus & Geoff Charron as Chief Financial Officer & Chief Technology Officer

Validity, an email data management company, adds Andrew Lazarus as CFO and Geoff Charron as CTO to strengthen leadership amidst rapid growth.

By Zach Thompson • 2 min read • Fri, 4th Nov 2022
New Red Hat solution designed to empower open edge computing
Virtualisation

New Red Hat solution designed to empower open edge computing

Red Hat has introduced Red Hat Device Edge, a solution for flexibly deploying traditional or containerised workloads on small devices.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Wed, 26th Oct 2022
Versent appoints Gavin Wilkie as Chief Financial Officer
Strategy

Versent appoints Gavin Wilkie as Chief Financial Officer

Versent appoints Gavin Wilkie as CFO, bringing over 20 years of experience, while Gabriele Famous joins the board as Non-Executive Director.

By Nadine Rogers • 2 min read • Fri, 21st Oct 2022
CloudBees appoints Lynne Doherty as President of Worldwide Field Operations
Cloud Access Security Broker

CloudBees appoints Lynne Doherty as President of Worldwide Field Operations

CloudBees appoints Lynne Doherty, President of Worldwide Field Operations at Sumo Logic, to its Board of Directors.

By Nadine Rogers • 2 min read • Fri, 21st Oct 2022
Gartner says 89% directors link growth with digital strategy
Digital Transformation

Gartner says 89% directors link growth with digital strategy

According to Gartner's survey findings, only 35% of board directors have achieved or are on track to achieving digital transformation goals.

By Gaurav Sharma • 3 min read • Thu, 20th Oct 2022

Stories from Other Regions

Strategy stories

HubSpot reveals marketing budget decline in Singapore
Customer Relationship Management

HubSpot reveals marketing budget decline in Singapore

Eight in ten marketers identify macroeconomic uncertainties that have reduced their organisation's, team's, and client's budgets.

By Gaurav Sharma • 4 min read • Wed, 30th Nov 2022
Global Processing Services appoints new Chief People Officer
Global Positioning System

Global Processing Services appoints new Chief People Officer

Sharyn Wilson appointed as GPS Chief People Officer. Responsible for leading global HR organization and attracting world-class talent. Based in London.

By Mitchell Hageman • 1 min read • Fri, 18th Nov 2022