IBM announced its intent to acquire Applications Software Technology LLC1, a global Oracle consultancy. Applications Software Technology brings deep expertise driving business transformations with Oracle Cloud Applications, including for clients in the public sector such as local government and K-12 education. Public sector cloud transformations frequently face issues that include difficulty transitioning legacy systems, scarce skills or high security and…

Samsung’s Odyssey 3D monitor technology enables optimized 3D gaming experience with NEXON and NEOPLE. Samsung Electronics today announced a partnership with game developers Nexon Korea and Neople to deliver unparalleled 3D experiences in the upcoming game ‘The First Berserker: Khazan.’ The game’s 3D elements are being specially customized and designed during development, utilizing Samsung technology and the advanced capabilities of…

Cognizant and CrowdStrike announced a strategic partnership to drive enterprise security transformation by delivering cybersecurity services, powered by the AI-native CrowdStrike Falcon® cybersecurity platform. Cognizant will work to enable organizations to streamline security operations and threat mitigation, consolidate fragmented legacy point products, reduce the complexity of managing cybersecurity programs, and strengthen cybersecurity posture, leveraging Falcon® Next-Gen SIEM and Falcon® Cloud Security.…

Cognizant and McDonald's, the world's leading food service retailer, announced a multi-year extension of their strategic partnership, which originated in 2017. This renewed agreement will focus on leveraging cutting-edge technology to enhance McDonald's staff enablement, customer experience, and operational efficiency. As part of the renewed agreement, Cognizant plans to continue supporting McDonald's in various important enterprise areas, including Global Finance…

For the second consecutive year, Chartis Research has named SAS a category leader across its ALM Solutions, 2024 report. Among 25 asset and liability management (ALM) solution providers evaluated in the headlining ALM solutions quadrant, SAS scored highest in overall completeness of offering. SAS also earned the only five-star, best-in-class rating for capabilities and breadth of optimization in the ALM solutions…

Wasabi Technologies announced it is expanding their data management offerings for customers with the addition of IBM (NYSE: IBM) Cloud’s London data center to Wasabi’s storage regions. Wasabi’s ability to leverage IBM’s Multizone Region (MZR) addresses the need to help joint customers address their evolving regulatory requirements and leverage AI and other emerging technologies with a secured, enterprise cloud platform.…

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (“BNY”) (NYSE: BK), a global financial services company, and Conduent Incorporated (Nasdaq: CNDT), a global technology-led business solutions and services company, have today announced a strategic alliance to connect insurers and pension acquirers with end-to-end pension risk transfer services in one place. The new strategic alliance combines BNY’s leading global payments and cash…

Samsung Electronics announced that Samsung Knox Native Solution, a platform that enables fast and easily accessible secure communications tailored for governmental authorities and enterprises, has received certification from the Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (BSI), also known as the German Federal Office for Information Security. Developed in close collaboration with the BSI, the Knox Native Solution creates a dedicated,…

KPMG and Google Cloud announced a major expansion of their U.S. alliance focused on advancing generative AI, data analytics, and cybersecurity among Fortune 500 companies and global enterprises. KPMG will make a landmark $100 million investment in its Google Cloud practice, which KPMG estimates will drive $1 billion in incremental growth for the firm. Bookings for KPMG's Google Cloud practice…

IBM and Pasqal announced an update to their intended collaboration to build new, integrated frameworks for quantum-centric supercomputing with Qiskit, the world’s most performant quantum software. The two companies will soon begin developing a unified programming model to facilitate seamless interoperability across different types of quantum computing hardware. This integrated architecture will work across IBM’s next-generation and utility-scale quantum computers,…