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IBM is to acquire the Adobe Workfront consulting unit and assets from Rego Consulting Corp. in a move the tech giant says will further its hybrid cloud and AI strategy.

IBM today announced the launch of its new Environmental Intelligence Suite to help companies anticipate and respond to climate risks such as flooding and wildfires while providing insights to improve resiliency and meet sustainability goals.

The annual Call for Code challenge. launched by IBM with support from the Linux Foundation and United Nations, invites the world's software developers and innovators to address climate change with open-source technology. This year four Australian teams are in the finals and one of these projects may well be the winner.

Australian-born AWS specialist Versent has made several senior appointments in its Singapore operation.

Microsoft-focussed digital and cloud service provider Avanade has appointed Laura Malcolm to the role of Australia general manager.

Australian-German quantum computing hardware company Quantum Brilliance has appointed Mark Mattingley-Scott to the role of managing director of Europe.

Global technology sector veteran Darren Needham-Walker has been appointed Chief Marketing Officer of Brisbane tech startup Advanced Mobility Analytics Group AMAG.

Companies that are using CentOS 8 have three options open to them as they contemplate their next move in view of the fact that only a few months of support remain for this Linux distribution.

Managed Kafka provider Confluent has appointed Jill Macmurchy to the role of vice president of APAC solutions engineering.

COMPANY NEWS: LEADING Australian technology company RBC Group is preparing for strong growth after signing its most significant partnership in its 46-year history with Australia’s largest private IT company Interactive.

Marketing cloud and analytics provider Acoustic has expanded its Sydney and Melbourne offices, and has opened its Australian, cloud-based data centre.

Federation University Australia, in collaboration with global tech company IBM, is now offering a business degree in Cognitive Enterprise. Federation University Australia says this new degree will help students futureproof their careers.

Global customer relationship management (CRM) software provider Salesforce has completed its acquisition of enterprise collaboration platform Slack Technologies.

Data integration and integrity specialist Talend has hired Melle Whiting and Julien Francia as account directors based in Melbourne and Canberra respectively.

A forthcoming documentary promotes the idea that sustainability should be a major focus for quantum technology.

COMPANY NEWS: Hazelcast, the real-time intelligent applications platform, announces the new Hazelcast Platform, enterprise software capable of serving as a single platform for transactional, operational and analytical workloads. The Hazelcast Platform combines the capabilities of a real-time stream processing engine with in-memory computing to deliver a simplified architecture that is highly performant, scalable and reliable.

IBM has announced a new five-year deal with SpinTel, an independent Australian telecommunications and internet service provider. The deal will use IBM’s hybrid cloud and Watson AI to improve customer experience, including reducing waiting times.

Australian SD-WAN provider Fusion Broadband has expanded into Equinix, which will give it a significantly larger global footprint and enable it to offer customers enhanced performance and more advanced connectivity options.

Kyndryl is the independent public company to be created following the separation of IBM’s managed infrastructure services business. The company has now announced its appointment of Kerry Purcell to the position of president, Australia and New Zealand.

Threat intelligence company Cyble has appointed Tim Youm as its ANZ regional sales director.