Archive August 27, 2019

Aqua Security Announces Availability of Aqua Cloud Native Security Platform on VMware Cloud Marketplace™

Aqua Security provides customers with a solution for securing containerised applications from build to runtime on VMware Enterprise PKS and Pivotal PKSAugust 27, 2019 – Aqua Security, the leading platform provider for securing container-based, serverless, and cloud native applications, today announced that the company’s flagship platform, Aqua CSP, is available on VMware Cloud Marketplace™. VMware Cloud Marketplace enables customers to discover and deploy validated, third-party solutions for VMware-based platforms – across public, private and hybrid…

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Fintech Nomanini raises $4m in funding round led by Standard Bank

Through the strategic investment, Standard Bank has launched a mobile application, powered by Nomanini, which offers underserved informal retailers financial services for the first timeCAPE TOWN, 27th August 2019—Nomanini, the pioneering fintech platform for the informal retail ecosystem, has today announced a $4m funding round led by Standard Bank, Africa’s largest bank, and completed by Goodwell Investments, an Amsterdam-based investment firm focused on fintech and financial inclusion. Through the terms of the strategic investment, Standard…

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Successful first-half of 2019 for digital DIY platform fabfab

Europe’s leading digital do-it-yourself platform is growing at double-digit rates and continues to gain market shareGrowing in all European core markets Significant increase in profit marginTeam expansion by ten percentSchenefeld. fabfab, Europe’s leading company in the do-it-yourself online market, recorded double-digit sales growth in the first half of 2019. With an international revenue share of more than 50 percent, fabfab is growing in all European core markets. Essential for the growth of the DIY platform…

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Faster surfing with the first small cell antennas for 5G

Telekom and HUBER+SUHNER jointly develop 5G-capable small cell antennasFirst SENCITY® Urban antennas already in use in the 4G network in five citiesImproved performance in the mobile communication network Telekom is preparing its network for the introduction of 5G small cell antennas. To achieve this, it is working with HUBER+SUHNER, the specialist for electrical and optical connectivity. The Swiss company has developed five small cell antennas for Telekom that support 4G and 5G frequencies. The SENCITY…

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oneM2M hosts IoT workshop in India as the country continues with Smart Cities Mission

Sessions will showcase how the future for IoT/M2M applications can be secured with insight from key industry players, SDOs and Government institutions comprising of DOT, TEC, C-DOT, ETSI, ITU and TSDSISophia Antipolis, France, and New Delhi, India, 27 August 2019: As Government of India continues to deliver on its vision to build Digital India with ambitious programmes such as 100 smart cities, oneM2M, C-DOT, TSDSI and ETSI will bring together key Internet of Things (IoT)…

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Last week in telecoms: Sunrise crossing swords with Freenet over UPC Schweiz

(Telecompaper) Quarterly figures and acquisitions determined the mood in the European telecom sector last week. In the end, the price of the TPSI European Telecom Services index fell by 0.5 percent over week 34, while the EuroStoxx 50 index rose by 0.2 percent. Syn (Vodafone Iceland) was the largest downer with -14 percent, the Italian Tiscali the largest gainer with +21 percent. Apart from these microcaps, the Polish Play (-6.2%) and the Spanish MasMovil (+ 8.8%) were the biggest outliers.