NIIT Foundation, a not-for-profit education society organised ‘Beacon of HOPE’ – a tryst towards bringing equal opportunity for the specially-abled, in New Delhi. The day-long event was a mix of panel discussions, success stories, experience sharing and demonstrations on technology inclusive education. NIIT Foundation and Microsoft India have been working together on several projects to…
Shutterstock, Inc., a global technology company offering a creative platform for high-quality content, tools and services, announced that the Board of Directors has appointed Stan Pavlovsky, currently President and Chief Operating Officer, as Chief Executive Officer. He will also join the Board of Directors. Jon Oringer, currently Chief Executive Officer, will be Executive Chairman of…
Northern Data AG and Whinstone US Inc., announced it has entered a strategic cooperative relationship agreement with SBI Crypto Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of SBI Holdings Inc. in the areas of applied blockchain technology. SBI Crypto will be one of the first enterprises hosted at Whinstone US’ new data center in Texas being…
Inter Ikea Group announced the appointment of Jon Abrahamsson Ring as its new Chief Executive Officer. Jon will replace Torbjörn Lööf, who became the CEO of Inter IKEA in 2013. As per the Company’s press release, Jon will first become Inter IKEA Group Deputy CEO as from 1 March, reporting to Torbjörn. He will start…
EquityBee, the startup employees stock options funding solution, announced its recent funding round of $6.6 mn. The round was led by Group11, with participation from Battery Ventures and LocalGlobe. In the past year EquityBee enabled hundreds of Israeli startup employees to exercise their stock options, and now it will leverage its experience and vast Investor…
Galvanize, the global leader in SaaS governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC) software, announced a significant expansion of its operations and strategic initiatives with the opening of a new regional headquarters in Sydney. According to GRC research firm GRC 20/20, the worldwide GRC technology market continues to grow rapidly with some segments of the market…
Matchbook Services, an Enterprise SaaS and software platform company, announced the appointment of Brenda McCabe to the role of CEO. McCabe will be taking over for Rushabh Mehta, who has led the company from startup through approaching $1 million in ARR. Mehta will step into the CTO role to focus efforts on platform innovation and…
Sahyadri Hospitals, Maharashtra’s largest chain of multi-specialty hospitals, announced that it has named Abrarali Dalal as its Chief Operating Officer (COO). Dalal is a healthcare and telecom industry veteran with an established track record. He was pivotal in building North India’s first private children’s hospital in his previous role as Group COO, Rainbow Children’s Hospitals.…
Q-linea AB, announced that the company has entered into a worldwide exclusive partnership with Thermo Fisher Scientific for the commercialization of ASTar. “We are very happy and proud to be able to present an important commercial milestone for both companies. The interest in commercializing ASTar has been very strong from a number of global companies.…
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, has been named a Leader and Star Performer in the Everest Group PEAK Matrix for Life Sciences (LS) Operations. In an assessment of 24 global life sciences service providers, TCS was positioned highest for Vision and Capability. Cited as a strength…
GitHub Inc., world’s leading software development platform, announced the opening of its subsidiary, GitHub India Private Limited, with the aim to better serve the developer community and GitHub’s enterprise customers in the country. India is home to GitHub’s third largest community of developers, growing 22 percent over the past year, adding to an already significant…
SolarWinds, a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT management software, announced the appointment of Sojung Lee as vice president for Asia Pacific Japan (APJ) sales. With Lee’s appointment, the newly expanded leadership team in APJ will support SolarWinds in its efforts to strengthen the brand and extend its market position as a leading provider…
Ducati, an Italian premium motorcycle manufacturer, has announced the appointment of Bipul Chandra as its new Managing Director for India business. Bipul Chandra to replace Sergi Canovas, who will head the company’s business in Australia and New Zealand. Earlier, Chandra was Ducati’s Sales Director, and has now assumed the position of Managing Director for the…
Datacor, Inc., a leading provider of process manufacturing and distribution software, is delighted to welcome Doug Salas as Chief Technology Officer, a newly created role for the company. As CTO, Doug will drive strategic initiatives with a strong focus on leveraging emerging technology to enhance products and services for customers. Doug brings over 25 years…
Leading Indian watchmaker Titan recently at a product launch event announced that it has acqui-hired Hyderabad-based IoT (Internet of Things) start-up HUG Innovations. Speaking at the launch event Titan CEO for Watches & Accessories S Ravi Kant said that the HUG Innovations team of 23 employees along with the founder Raj Shekhar Neravati have joined…