Information Technology

OpenLogic by Perforce and the Open Source Initiative Announce Results of Open Source Survey

MINNEAPOLIS, February 15, 2022 – Perforce Software, a provider of solutions to enterprise teams requiring productivity, visibility, and scale along the development lifecycle; and the Open Source Initiative, a non-profit that raises awareness and adoption of open source software (OSS), today unveiled the results of their annual open source survey – the 2022 State of Open Source Report.

The report, which is based on a survey of 2660 open source users, chronicles the adoption and propagation of open source software – and reveals key insights into the growing maturity of open source strategies across organizations of all sizes, industries, and locales.

Kofax ControlSuite Wins PrintIT Award for Best App for the Second Year in a Row

ControlSuite Recognized for Digitally Transforming Document Capture, Print Management and Workflows

London, U.K. – February 15, 2022 – Kofax®, a leading supplier of intelligent automation software for digital workflow transformation, today announces Kofax ControlSuite™ was named Best Workflow App at the 2021 PrintIT Awards, the second annual event led by PrintIT Reseller magazine. This is the second year in a row Kofax has been honoured at the PrintIT Awards, with ControlSuite winning for Best MFP Business App last year.

Digitalisation of global business helps turbocharge IT & Business Services M&A, says Hampleton Partners’ report

London, UK – 3 February 2022. The latest IT & Business Services M&A market report from Hampleton Partners, the international technology mergers and acquisitions advisor, reveals a 23 per cent increase in the number of M&A transactions in the second-half of 2021 compared to 2H2020 - 538 deals compared to 437.

As for the whole year, 902 deals were recorded in 2021 compared to 818 deals in 2020, a 10 per cent increase in the number of M&A transactions between 2020 and 2021.

CIOs spending more time on innovation than ever before

London 26th January, 2022: CIOs are spending more time on innovation, with three quarters stating they have increased innovation efforts, according to the 2021 Global CIO Survey from Logicalis, a global provider of IT solutions. The study, which questions 1,000 CIOs from around the world, finds that despite a strong focus on innovation, just 27% of CIOs describe innovation as part of their company culture.

Databarracks’ DevOps services help launch government’s Help to Grow: Digital scheme

The scheme provides businesses with discounts of up to £5,000 on approved Digital Accounting and Customer Relations Management (CRM) software

The Help to Grow: Digital scheme has now launched to support smaller businesses in adopting digital technologies. Databarracks provided DevOps expertise and consulting to help build the infrastructure for the scheme.

Eligible businesses can now receive discounts of up to £5,000 off the retail price of approved Digital Accounting and CRM software from leading technology suppliers.

The Help to Grow: Digital scheme is delivered through a new online platform aiding SMEs in comparing, selecting and using digital technologies to help them grow.

UltimateSuite Recognized as a Task Mining Market Leader by Research Firm Deep Analysis

Prague, The Czech Republic – January 20th 2022 – UltimateSuite, the tasking mining company, today announced that it has gained further endorsement for its products and approach as advisory firm Deep Analysis identified the company as a market leader in the Task Mining space, commenting favorably on its highly granular data analysis and visualization capabilities. The company was also regarded as a valuable SaaS offering for continuous business improvement and initiating new automation projects. While Task Mining is a known concept, UltimateSuite’s ability to collect task data and automate the manual analysis processes have been identified as valuable additions that not many other solutions provide.

Real-time inventory visibility to be the top priority for 43% of retailers

Dallas, Texas - 17th January 2022: SML, an end-to-end RFID specialist for brands around the globe, has announced today that it has released part two of its State of Retail Insight Report: Better Serving Customers Through Technology, finding that 43% of retailers believe enhanced stock level visibility would help them better serve customers and increase the overall customer experience.

TurinTech’s evoML reduces AI’s carbon emissions by 50% with multi-objective optimization

London, UK; 12th January 2022: TurinTech, the UK company which empowers businesses to build efficient and scalable AI by automating the whole data science lifecycle, has announced its greener AI platform- evoML- which reduces AI’s carbon emissions by 50%.

With the average carbon footprint of AI equivalent to five times the lifetime emissions of an average car, TurinTech is the first company to optimise model code efficiency for quicker inference speed, which lowers memory and energy consumption and reduces carbon emissions. It also uses multi-objective optimisation to help businesses speed up the end-to-end data science process from months to weeks, while also increasing the flexibility of model deployment.