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Australian renewable energy start-up Allegro Energy has been granted a US patent for micro-emulsion electrolyte technology, which addresses “critical limitations of traditional energy storage systems”.

Rimini Street employees in Israel, Japan, Korea, Singapore, UK and USA celebrate the company’s commitment to an extraordinary workplace culture of fairness and togetherness

COMPANY NEWS: Rimini Street, a global provider of end-to-end enterprise software support and innovation solutions, and the leading third-party support provider for Oracle, SAP and VMware software, today announced it has been honoured with multiple consecutive Great Place to Work® certifications in Israel, Japan, Singapore, UK and USA, and Best Workplaces™ Korea’s Most Respected CEO award for Seth Ravin, CEO of Rimini Street.

African telecoms and infrastructure operator AFR-IX Telecom has secured new funding in the form of a €14.3 million grant from the European Commission (EC) to support the Medusa Africa submarine cable system through the EU's CEF Digital programme.

Global mobile telecoms operator Vodafone and satellite mobile network provider AST SpaceMobile have signed an agreement to create a jointly-owned European satellite service business to serve MNOs in all European markets.

OT and IoT security provider Nozomi Networks and Advens managed security services have partnered to address “growing demand in France and across Europe” for managed security services and solutions that are designed to holistically satisfy the unique OT and IoT cybersecurity requirements of critical infrastructure and cyber-physical system environments.

Global software provider for the manufacturing and distribution industries SYSPRO has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire long-standing partner, NexSys, a specialist provider of digital manufacturing and distribution software in the UK, and part of Alternative Investment Market (AIM) listed K3 Business Technology Group Plc.

Global telecoms operator Vodafone’s Safer Transport for Europe Platform (STEP) has been tested on public roads in Berlin, including demonstrations of interoperability with other V2X (Vehicle-to-Everything) systems.

Employees in ANZ organisations need to play catch-up against regional colleagues by improving their vigilance in identifying malicious links and other forms of phishing, according to one phishing platform provider.

Independent global risk and financial advisory solutions firm Kroll has appointed Jon Rowell as Head of Asia Pacific (APAC).

Transport solutions company Scania has announced that it has formed Erinion, a new company specialising in private and semi-public charging solutions, to help customers’ transition to electric transport.

Live entertainment, ticketing and technology soltions provider TEG, has appointed Belinda Shaw, as the Group’s chief financial officer.

The global market for traditional PCs has returned to growth after two years of decline, the technology analyst firm IDC says, pointing out that 59.1 million shipments had been made in the first three months of 2024, or 1.5% growth year-on-year.

Consumer electronics company Lenovo will expand its 8.8-inch Lenovo Legion Tab from China to select markets in Europe, Middle East, and Africa, and Asia.

GUEST RESEARCH: Informatica, an enterprise cloud data management leader, released the findings of its annual survey of global data leaders – CDO Insights 2024: Charting a Course to AI Readiness.

GUEST OPINION: 28 January is Data Privacy Day — known as Data Protection Day in Europe. Data privacy is about deciding who may have access to what information, while data protection is about safeguarding that information. A data breach blows both out of the water.

Global sales of electric vehicles have been predicted to hit 17.5 million units this year, meaning growth of 27.1% year-on-year, with the technology analyst firm Canalys adding that in 2023, sales grew by 29% and reached 13.7 million units.

Global financial technology platform Adyen has announced that it is powering payments for global hospitality operator Frasers Hospitality in Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, and across Europe.

Global smartphone shipments will drop to 1.2 billion units in 2023, the lowest level in almost a decade despite a 3% year-on-year increase to 312 million units in the final three months of the year, the technology analyst firm Counterpoint Research predicts.

Australia is the equal fifth most targeted nation in the APAC region between July 2022 and June 2023, when assessing security considerations like nation-state activity, cybercrime, and other cyber-attacks, according to the fourth annual Microsoft Digital Defense report.

Cybersecurity Awareness Month has kicked off, and with the continued rise in cyberthreats worldwide, for businesses to help protect their assets, they need a fail-proof security architecture, and the expert insights and partner to help stay ahead of bad actors, according to Verizon Communications.