IAB Australia announced today that Angus Keene, Acting Managing Director at Twitter Australia, has been appointed as the Chair of its Executive Tech Council (ETC) effective immediately. Keene replaces Pete Barry, who was recently promoted to Vice President, Addressability for PubMatic and has been the ETC Chair since June 2021. Keene will also become the Exec Tech Council representative on the IAB Australia board.
IAB Australia has released the digital advertising industry’s submission to the Government’s Privacy Act Review Discussion Paper. In its response, IAB Australia sets out the critical importance of finding the right balance between protecting individuals’ privacy and ensuring that the online interactions which have become essential to everyday lives are not halted.
Seagate Technology Holdings plc (NASDAQ: STX) today introduced to Australia the new family of Star Wars Beskar™ Ingot Drives, the first release in a collaboration to bring designs inspired by the Star Wars™ franchises to its line of PC gaming storage devices, taking gamers’ battle stations to the next level.
Controversial basketball player Ben Simmons was the most-talked-about sportsperson in 2021, according to analysis by Meltwater. Data from billions of social media conversations, global news articles and broadcast mentions found that Simmons came out far ahead of all other sports stars.
Qantas CEO Alan Joyce was the most talked-about corporate leader in Australia according to analysis by media intelligence platform Meltwater. Data from billions of news stories and social media conversations found that the airline CEO came out far ahead of all other ASX leaders.
Managing massive datasets is excessively complex and costly. Today, Seagate Technology Holdings plc (NASDAQ: STX), a world leader in mass-data storage infrastructure solutions, announced the new Exos® Application Platform (AP) with a new controller featuring 2nd Gen AMD EPYC™ processors. The efficient, scalable, affordable end-to-end compute and storage platform delivers integrated compute and storage in a single enclosure optimising rack space utilisation, power efficiency, heat dissipation and storage density.
impact.com, the world’s leading partnership management platform supporting more than one million partnerships for more than 1,900 brands, today announced record growth in 2021 and welcomed a number of brands to its growing APAC customer list.
Meltwater has appointed seasoned media intelligence executive, John Bissinella as Enterprise Solutions Manager for ANZ to help drive the continued expansion of its Enterprise solutions. He joins with a remit to consult Australia and New Zealand’s largest organisations on how to leverage the most comprehensive news, social and customer insights data available.
Genetec Inc. (“Genetec”), a leading technology provider of unified security, public safety, operations, and business intelligence solutions, today announced that it has successfully completed the System and Organization Controls (SOC 2) Type II audit for its portfolio of cloud solutions and the ISMS (Information Security Management System) that governs them.
Data drives today’s most innovative technology and business breakthroughs. Maximising the value of an organisation’s data is dependent on the ability to store, access, and activate as much data as possible. Today, Seagate® Technology Holdings plc (NASDAQ: STX), a world leader in mass-data storage infrastructure solutions, launched the new Exos® X20 20TB and IronWolf ® Pro 20TB conventional magnetic recording (CMR)-based hard disk drives (HDDs), increasing mass-capacity data storage capabilities.
The Australian digital advertising market has continued its growth at pace, reaching $3.232bn for the September quarter 2021, up 42.1% year on year. The data which is drawn from the IAB Australia Online Advertising Expenditure Report (OAER) prepared by PwC, shows that retail remains the leading advertiser category and that video is continuing to be the overall star.
Following its successful inaugural event earlier in 2021, the Advertising Industry Debate Club will return at 6pm on December 2nd to celebrate, support and nurture new industry voices. The event will see teams debate whether a future metaverse can unlock more meaningful human connections.
Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ: QLYS), a pioneer and leading provider of disruptive cloud-based IT, security and compliance solutions, today announced the appointment of Rahn Wakeley as Chief Technology Security Officer for Australia and New Zealand. In this newly created position, Rahn will focus on helping customers and partners in Australia and New Zealand leverage Qualys solutions for their digital transformations.
Meltwater B.V., a leading global SaaS provider of media intelligence and social analytics, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire artificial intelligence start-up DeepReason.ai, a spin-off from Oxford University’s computer science department, for $7.3m in a combination of cash and meltwater equity including earn-outs contingent on reaching technical milestones and retention requirements.
To comply with regulations for the credentialing of airport and airline employees and contractors, airports have to undertake complex and time-consuming processes to issue and administer badges or face hefty fines. To help airports of all sizes automate and simplify this process, Genetec Inc. (“Genetec”), a leading technology provider of unified security, public safety, operations, and business intelligence solutions, today announced its new Genetec™ Security Center Airport Badging Solution (ABS).
DoubleVerify (“DV”) (NYSE: DV), a leading software platform for digital media measurement, data and analytics, today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire OpenSlate (“OpenSlate”), a pre-campaign contextual targeting platform that enables brands to align advertising with suitable or contextually relevant content across social video and CTV. The acquisition of OpenSlate is a cash and stock transaction valued at $150 million and is expected to close this quarter (the “Acquisition”).
DoubleVerify (“DV”) (NYSE: DV), a leading software platform for digital media measurement, data and analytics, today announced the launch of its Authentic Brand Suitability solution with Tremor International (“Tremor”), a leader in video and Connected TV (“CTV”) advertising. Tremor offers an end-to-end technology platform, encompassing the Tremor Video DSP and the Unruly SSP, that enables advertisers to reach relevant audiences and publishers to maximize yield on their digital advertising inventory.
Tricentis, the world’s #1 testing platform for modern cloud and enterprise applications, announced today the release of “The Role of Testing in a DevOps Environment” report, which includes the findings from a survey of more than 500 managers and DevOps professionals. This report highlights organisations’ various points of DevOps maturity and software testing integration.
Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ: QLYS), a pioneer and leading provider of disruptive cloud-based IT, security and compliance solutions, today announced it is adding Infrastructure as Code (IaC) scanning to its CloudView app. This will enable detection and remediation of misconfigurations early in the development cycle, removing risk in the production environment.
New research released today by CyberArk (NASDAQ: CYBR), the global leader in Identity Security, reveals that organisations continue to operate with limited visibility into user activity and sessions associated with web applications, despite the ever-present risk of insider threats and credential theft. While the adoption of web applications has brought flexibility and increased productivity, organisations often lag in implementing the security controls necessary to mitigate risk of human error or malicious intent.
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