3 Protegrity products now available in AWS Marketplace

KUALA LUMPUR, May 28 -- Protegrity, a global leader in data security, has announced the availability of three Protegrity products in AWS Marketplace.

The products are Protegrity Discover, Cloud Protect for Amazon Redshift and Cloud Protect for Snowflake. 

With AWS Marketplace availability, Protegrity is making it easier than ever for customers to discover and protect their sensitive data in the cloud. 

Companies can embrace the cloud with confidence knowing that data will remain secure—no matter where it moves, how it is applied, or how it is stored in cloud systems.

AWS Marketplace is a digital catalogue with thousands of software listings from independent software vendors that make it easy to find, test, buy, and deploy software that runs on Amazon Web Services (AWS).

“The demand for advanced analytics is skyrocketing as enterprises fast-track their digital transformation initiatives,” said Protegrity President and Chief Executive Officer, Rick Farnell in a statement.

“Our availability in AWS Marketplace is a significant milestone in simplifying and streamlining the delivery of Protegrity’s advanced data-protection capabilities and a big step toward supporting even more companies as they accelerate their journeys to the cloud.”

More details at protegrity.com 

-- BERNAMA

FORTER SECURES US$300 MILLION FOR US$3 BILLION VALUATION

KUALA LUMPUR, May 28 (Bernama) -- Forter, the leader in e-commerce fraud prevention, has raised US$300 million in Series F funding led by Tiger Global Management, with participation from Third Point Ventures and Adage Capital Management. (US$1 = RM4.14)

Based on a statement, existing investors include Bessemer Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, March Capital, NewView Capital, Salesforce Ventures and Scale Venture Partners.

The announcement comes six months after the company completed its US$125 million Series E round, almost tripling the valuation to US$3 billion, and making Forter the most valuable privately held company ever in the fraud prevention industry.

Forter will use the additional funding to continue expanding its global ecosystem of trust, enabling retailers, e-commerce platforms, issuing banks and payment providers to fight fraud together, boosting confidence and improving shopper experience across the entire purchasing journey.

Over the last 12 months, Forter has grown revenue by more than 100 per cent and added leading global brands as customers including Farfetch, ASOS, SHEIN and Prime Trust, among others.

“Forter’s platform brings together merchants, banks and payment providers to dramatically improve authorisation rates, eliminate false declines and allow consumers to shop with greater convenience and enjoy a more personalised, secure experience,” said Forter co-founder and chief executive officer, Michael Reitblat.

“The funding will enable us to accelerate our growth trajectory by investing in talent, technology and continued global expansion.”

-- BERNAMA

WHR GROUP UNVEILS EMPLOYEE RELOCATION BENCHMARK RESULTS

KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 (Bernama) -- WHR Group Inc (WHR), a leader in the global employee relocation industry, has conducted a Global Mobility Benchmark study surveying some of the largest US companies from a variety of industries.

Findings shed light on how companies have changed their employee relocation policies, even during 2020 and a pandemic, according to a statement.

Respondents included corporate staff working in HR, mobility management; talent management; and benefits and compensation departments.

Findings include relocation benefits are still going strong even with the COVID-19 pandemic; 85 per cent of companies offer some type of home sale benefit to transferees; and, 67 per cent of respondents have experienced a talent shortage but include their mobility programme in candidate recruitment strategies.

Over 57 per cent surveyed have an international relocation programme, and 88 per cent have expatriate or international permanent transfer policies.

In addition, more than 50 per cent found immigration laws to be the most challenging part of international relocations with Africa and Asia reported as the most challenging.

Meanwhile, temporary housing; destination services and settling in; household goods; Visa and immigration assistance; and tax assistance are considered core benefits for international transfers and assignments.

Of the 68.5 per cent offering destination closing costs, 76.5 per cent do not cap this benefit, even though capping the support is a way to control organisational costs.

More details at http://www.whrg.com.

-- BERNAMA

NIPPON EXPRESS GLOBAL WEBSITE AVAILABLE IN 14 LANGUAGES NEXT MONTH

KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 (Bernama) -- Nippon Express Co Ltd has been multilingualising its global website, accommodating 14 languages by next month.

As of March, the website is capable of accommodating 12 languages - English, Chinese (simplified), Arabic, Italian, Indonesian, Dutch, Spanish, Thai, Vietnamese, Bengali, Portuguese and Malay.

According to a statement, by next month, German and French language will be added.

Nippon Express is striving to achieve the long-term vision of becoming a logistics company with a strong presence in the global market stipulated in the ‘Nippon Express Group Business Plan 2023 -- Dynamic Growth’. 

Its global website has heretofore only been available in English, but multilingualisation efforts are underway to make the website more convenient for non-English-speaking users and to allow for better communication with a broader range of global customers.

The company will continue enhancing its website and other owned media to make them more convenient for users even as it works to further expand its services.

More details at https://www.nipponexpress.com 

-- BERNAMA

DATASTAX, NETAPP TO DELIVER FULL LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT FOR CLOUD NATIVE DATA

KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 (Bernama) -- DataStax recently announced a collaboration with NetApp, delivering full lifecycle management for cloud native data in its DataStax Enterprise database as well as open source Apache Cassandra clusters.

As part of this partnership, the two companies have worked together to integrate the NetApp Astra data management service for Kubernetes workloads with DataStax Enterprise and Cassandra to provide a single pane of glass management for Cassandra data in modern containerised environments.

DataStax Enterprise is a massively scalable, highly available, cloud-native database built on Apache Cassandra - an open source, scale-out database that runs across multiple cloud instances and locations. 

NetApp Astra is a fully managed service for enterprises to manage, protect, and move their data-rich containerised workloads running on Kubernetes. 

Based on a statement, the DataStax and NetApp solution is available immediately.

With the tested and certified DataStax and NetApp solution, enterprises can automate the implementation of Cassandra clusters as well as simplify operations and lifecycle management processes around applications, data and container images on Kubernetes.

The DataStax and NetApp integration provides faster time to value when delivering business applications via automatic storage provisioning and storage class setup processes.

It also improved application unit and system testing efficiency with cloning and migration of application clusters.

In addition, the integration offers seamless portability and migration for Cassandra clusters, supporting enterprise companies with moving Kubernetes workloads and data between cloud locations.

-- BERNAMA

Vortexa announces Chairman appointment, new investor

 

KUALA LUMPUR, May 17 -- Vortexa, the energy and shipping Analytics platform, has announced the appointment of former Goldman Sachs Global Head of Commodities, Jacques Gabillon as the new Chairman.

According to a statement, Gabillon takes over from Etienne Amic, Vortexa Co-Founder, former Head of European Energy at JP Morgan and current Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of VAKT Global.

Vortexa Founder and CEO, Fabio Kuhn, said: “On behalf of the entire Vortexa team, I would like to thank Etienne for his immeasurable contributions to our development since inception and wish him all the best in his new ventures, especially VAKT.”

“It is also a great honour for us to welcome Jacques as our new Chairman; he is an incredible partner who already added massive value to Vortexa as a Board member over the last year. Now, as the Chair of our Board, Jacques is even better positioned to work more closely with our leadership team as Vortexa continues to accelerate its growth.”

Gabillon has over 30 years of experience in the commodities industry working for leading institutions covering commodities, derivatives, structured finance and principal investing globally.

His expertise includes major acquisitions, divestments and structured finance transactions across the full spectrum of the commodities industry.

Since Vortexa’s US$19 million Series B earlier this year, and following up on the company’s continued success, Energy Innovation Capital, one of the most experienced and proven groups of investors in energy technology has become an investor in Vortexa. (US$1 = RM4.134)

Notion Capital, who led the Series A round, has also taken the opportunity to increase its participation in the company.

“We are very excited to welcome Energy Innovation Capital as a new investor at Vortexa. Their energy industry expertise and international network will be invaluable to us in the next phase of our growth journey,” added Kuhn.

-- BERNAMA