Not for publication before Friday 17th September 2021: IAB Australia has announced the appointment of Sarah Waladan as its Director of Policy and Regulatory Affairs effective immediately. Sarah will work with IAB member organisations, other trade associations, policy makers and the global IAB network, with the primary goal of distilling and navigating the myriad of local and global regulatory frameworks that underpin the digital advertising ecosystem today and into the future.
Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ: QLYS), a pioneer and leading provider of disruptive cloud-based IT, security and compliance solutions, today announced it is integrating zero-touch patching capabilities into Qualys Patch Management. Zero-Touch Patch ensures that companies’ endpoints and servers are proactively updated as soon as patches are available, reducing their overall attack surface.
IAB Australia has opened the 2021 MeasureUP Research Awards for submissions to showcase quality Australian media research. Media owners, platforms and technology companies are invited to enter before 5pm Friday 1st October 2021. The winners to be announced on 28th October at IAB 2021 MeasureUP, Australia’s only conference focused on media measurement and ad effectiveness.
Impact, the leading global partnership management platform, today announced the appointment of four new senior hires to its growing APAC-wide team. The appointments follow Impact’s recent US$150 million funding round in July 2021 that gives the company a US$1.5 billion valuation and will enable it to double the size of the APAC team by early 2022.
Tricentis, the world’s number one continuous testing platform for modern cloud and enterprise applications, today published “Modernize Testing to Accelerate Your Business,” a study exploring the priorities of companies that have made great strides along their testing transformation journeys.
Not for publication before 2nd September 2021: New research released today by IAB Australia and Pureprofile has found that marketers will need to shift gears into 2022 to ensure they provide satisfying omnichannel shopping experience amidst escalating consumer expectations. The Australian Ecommerce Report 2021, which was conducted in June this year at a time when most of Australia was out of lockdown and people had resumed some of their pre-covid lifestyle, also flagged local, sustainable and ethical brands as the biggest winners in the year ahead, particularly for direct-to-consumer brand shoppers.
Seagate Technology Holdings plc (NASDAQ: STX), a world leader in mass-data storage infrastructure solutions, reached an agreement with Zoom that will soon enable the video conferencing company’s customers to use Seagate Lyve™ Cloud to store meeting recordings.
IAB Australia has appointed Ipsos as the industry’s exclusive and preferred supplier for the planning, buying, and reporting of digital audience measurement data in Australia. The appointment is for a three-year term commencing in Q2 2022 with the launch of Ipsos iris.
HUMAN Security, Inc. (formerly White Ops), a cybersecurity company that protects enterprises from bot attacks to keep digital experiences human, today announced a partnership with InMobi, a leading provider of marketing and monetisation technologies that fuel industries around the world. The partnership, which includes a direct integration with HUMAN’s MediaGuard solution, enforces both companies’ commitment to building a transparent and fraud-free in-app advertising ecosystem with real-time visibility and active protection against malicious bot activity. In addition, InMobi is joining the Human Collective as part of a continued, collaborative effort to disincentivise cybercrime by raising the consequences and practical cost of fraud through shared resources and cooperation across the industry.
The Australian digital advertising market has shrugged off any pandemic advertising woes to record 24.2% growth, the strongest since 2016, reaching $11.4bn online advertising expenditure for the 2021 financial year. The data which is drawn from the IAB Australia Online Advertising Expenditure Report (OAER) prepared by PwC, confirms that while the overall advertising market has rebounded, digital advertising is leading the charge and now dominates expenditure.
MNC Group, the biggest integrated media company in Southeast Asia, has signed a deal for a new video advertising program with SpotX, the leading global video advertising and monetisation platform now part of Magnite.
Genetec Inc. (“Genetec”), a leading technology provider of unified security, public safety, operations, and business intelligence solutions, today announced the next generation of its AutoVu™ SharpV ALPR (automatic license plate recognition) camera. This new version provides a future-proof fixed ALPR solution that can be deployed anywhere easily. It is built to deliver machine learning-based ALPR and vehicle analytics on the edge, ensuring high performance in all conditions.
Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ: QLYS), a pioneer and leading provider of disruptive cloud-based IT, security and compliance solutions, today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2021. For the quarter, the Company reported revenues of $99.7 million, net income under United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("U.S. GAAP") of $21.1 million, non-GAAP net income of $31.6 million, Adjusted EBITDA of $46.7 million, GAAP net income per diluted share of $0.53, and non-GAAP net income per diluted share of $0.79.
Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ: QLYS), a pioneer and leading provider of disruptive cloud-based IT, security and compliance solutions, today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire TotalCloud, a cloud workflow management and no-code automation platform.
Genetec Inc. (“Genetec”), a leading technology provider of unified security, public safety, operations, and business intelligence solutions has expanded its Channel Sales team, announcing the appointment of Catherine Tirto, to Channel Sales – ANZ.
Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ: QLYS), a pioneer and leading provider of cloud-based security and compliance solutions, today announced that its renowned research team won two Pwnie Awards at Black Hat USA 2021: Best Privilege Escalation Bug for CVE-2021-3156: Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in Sudo (Baron Samedit), and Most Under-Hyped Research for 21Nails. These awards honor the team for its cutting-edge research, discovery and responsible disclosure of new and critical vulnerabilities in popular software applications.
IAB Australia has released Buyer’s Guide for Digital out of Home (DOOH), providing guidance on the medium, cutting through jargon and shining a light on industry best practice. The Guide, which was developed by the IAB Australia DOOH Working Group, is the most recent to be released by IAB Australia as it seeks to support and educate the wider industry.
Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ: QLYS), a pioneer and leading provider of disruptive cloud-based IT, security and compliance solutions, today announced it has collaborated with Red Hat to drive greater security for both the container and host operating system for Red Hat OpenShift.
Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ: QLYS), a pioneer and leading provider of disruptive cloud-based IT, security and compliance solutions, today announced CyberSecurity Asset Management (CSAM), built on the Qualys Cloud Platform, to inventory the complete IT ecosystem, detect security gaps and respond to the risk, all from a unified platform.
Magnite (Nasdaq: MGNI), the world’s largest independent sell-side advertising platform, today announced that James Young will remain as Managing Director of Australia for Magnite following the acquisition of SpotX. Juliette Stead will continue to lead Magnite across Asia Pacific and Japan in her role of Senior Vice President, Head of JAPAC, while Gavin Buxton has been appointed Managing Director of Asia.
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