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spektr raises USD $20 million to expand AI compliance

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Spektr lands USD $20 million Series A from NEA as Copenhagen AI compliance platform targets manual checks at banks and fintechs.
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James Eyton joins Monta as CFO to drive global growth

Mon, 17th Feb 2025
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Monta has appointed James Eyton as Chief Financial Officer to enhance its executive team, aiming for significant growth across Europe and North America.
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Hands-on preview: Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 (PC)

Thu, 16th Jan 2025
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Techday's Darren Price spent some time previewing the game on PC prior to the release on February 4.
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SevenRooms has announced a new Chief Marketing Officer

Tue, 31st Jan 2023
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SevenRooms, the guest experience platform for hospitality businesses, has named Josh Todd as Chief Marketing Officer to lead global marketing efforts.
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Linktree Marketplace creates new commerce options for creators

Thu, 9th Jun 2022
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Linktree has launched Linktree Marketplace, a new forum for users to discover all of Linktree's partners, Link Apps, and integrations in one place.
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Getac partnership to bolster sustainability initiatives

Thu, 28th Apr 2022
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Getac announced a partnership with One Tree Planted as part of its Earth Day 2022 sustainability initiative, which aims to plant 30,000 trees.
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2degrees public listing paused while merger discussions with Orcon continue

Tue, 12th Oct 2021
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Activity on an initial public offering of the shares of Two Degrees has been put on pause while discussions of a potential merger continue.
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Bentley Systems' NZ-based software vendor Seequent acquires Minalytix

Mon, 20th Sep 2021
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Bentley Systems has announced its New Zealand based Seequent business unit has acquired Canadian software company Minalytix, developer of MX Deposit.
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Seequent acquires Imago Inc to bolster cloud capabilities of geoscientific imagery

Mon, 9th Aug 2021
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The move enriches Seequent's solutions portfolio and bolsters its capabilities to help engineers solve earth, environment, and energy challenges.
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Code Zero acquisition to strengthen Cognizant-Salesforce relationship

Fri, 7th Feb 2020
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Cognizant has acquired Code Zero Consulting to enhance its cloud solutions offering and deepen its Salesforce CPQ and billing capabilities.
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Game review: Far Cry New Dawn takes you to the apocalypse

Mon, 25th Feb 2019
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Far Cry New Dawn thrusts players into a visually stunning post-apocalyptic world, but lacks innovation in its gameplay, making it feel like more of the same.
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Giveaway: Win the Huawei Mate 20 (just in time for summer!)

Tue, 27th Nov 2018
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Win a Huawei Mate 20 worth NZD $1200 in our summer giveaway! Sign up at FutureFive and comment on our Facebook post to enter. Competition closed.
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SES satellites enable direct connectivity to IBM Cloud globally

Mon, 8th Oct 2018
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SES Networks partners with IBM to deliver high-performance connectivity to IBM Cloud customers worldwide, using satellite-based connectivity.
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Apple now powered by 100% renewable energy - will suppliers follow suit?

Tue, 10th Apr 2018
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The company also announced that nine additional manufacturing partners have committed to power all of their Apple production with 100% clean energy.
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Hands-on Review: Fight a deadly cult in Far Cry 5

Wed, 4th Apr 2018
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Ubisoft has now released Far Cry 5 for PC, PS4 and Xbox One and players will have to defend themselves against a very deadly cult!.
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PAX Aus 2017 offers gamers a glimpse of what's to come

Wed, 15th Nov 2017
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FutureFive's Darren Price took some time out to fly down to Melbourne to spend a day at Australasia's largest festival of gaming culture.
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Datatec to 'streamline' Westcon International business

Tue, 14th Nov 2017
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Westcon International's operations are to be streamlined as parent company Datatec focuses on improving the disties financial performance.
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Far Cry 5 set to have a spectacular soundtrack

Tue, 3rd Oct 2017
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Each of the regions will have specific character-centric music that ties into the motives of the Father and the Heralds...
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Synnex' US$830 million acquisition of Westcon completes

Mon, 4th Sep 2017
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Synnex has completed its acquisition of Westcon-Comstor's Americas businesses and its minority investment in the Asia Pacific and EMEA business.
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Exclusive interview: Nearmap on competing with Google Maps

Mon, 28th Aug 2017
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Cloud technology has the ability to break down borders, whether that be the four walls of an office, or geographical borders separating countries.