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Nokia has released its annual sustainability report, “People and Planet 2020”, revealing it has exceeded its target to enable 6.5 billion subscriptions two years ahead of schedule.

Three quarters of Australian executives acknowledge collaboration between humans and machines will be critical to innovation in the future – but only one-third are currently using human-centric design - according to a new technology report from management consulting and professional services firm Accenture.

Cloud-based data warehouse provider Snowflake Computing has made two senior regional appointments in Australia, and opened offices in Sydney and Melbourne.

Facebook has looked back at its Messenger and the messaging trends that shaped 2017, "uncovering interesting data about how people are messaging with each other and businesses – over two billion messages were exchanged between people and businesses each month".

BI and analytics software vendor Yellowfin has appointed Chris Benham as its chief marketing officer.

IoT integration specialist RIoT Solutions has appointed Scott Reid as director of smart and connected networks.

Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) has appointed Tony Whigham as ANZ government sales director.

Citrix has appointed Les Williamson as ANZ area vice-president.

While most of us would like a “month en Provence”, Nicolas Aidoud has packed up his wife and two boys to spend a life in “Shidonni” (Sydney) as the relatively new chief executive of Capgemini Australia and New Zealand.

Promapp has appointed Eoin Ryan as business development manager and Kieran Coughlan as implementation consultant to service its growing NSW business.

After a long hunt, Oracle has found its new Regional Managing Director for Australia and New Zealand, Rob Willis following the departure of outspoken Tim Ebbeck from the role in June.

Global contact centre services and solutions company QPC has expanded its presence in Queensland with the appointment of two sales and support staff.

Zig Serafin, a Microsoft veteran of 17 years and former corporate vice-president, has joined Qualtrics as chief operating officer to drive its global expansion and possible IPO.

Power management company Eaton has announced the appointment of three new senior executive roles to support the company’s strategic growth and new business momentum across Australia and New Zealand.

Representing more than 1 in 3 of the globe’s population, Juniper Research’s Fintech analysts said "over two billion mobile users would have used their devices for banking purposes by the end of 2021, compared to 1.2bn this year globally".

Integration and analytics company TIBCO Software has appointed Daniel Churches as regional vice-president for Australia and New Zealand.

International Data Corporation (IDC) has appointed Annemarie Kikos as research director for Australia. Kikos will govern the overall research agenda to provide actionable support and guidance to IDC’s Australia customer base.