Fielmann drives international expansion, enters Slovenian market

Acquisition of Slovenian market leader Optika Clarus part of Vision 2025Fielmann AG acquires a 70% equity ownership stake in Optika Clarus, thereby adding the 14th European market in which the Group operates stores. The transaction is effective as of September 1, 2019. Both parties agreed to keep the financial terms of the transaction confidential.With 26 optical stores and a unit market share of 30% Optika Clarus is the undisputed market leader in Slovenia. Within the…

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BitSight® Announces Enterprise Analytics™ to Help Security and Risk Leaders Manage Cyber Risk Across Corporate Structures

New Solution Provides Visibility into Security Performance Across Business Units, Subsidiaries and other Organisational Groups, Enabling More Effective Risk ManagementLONDON, UK – 13th August 2019. BitSight, the Standard in Security Ratings®, today announced BitSight Enterprise Analytics, the latest Security Performance Management solution available on the BitSight platform. BitSight Enterprise Analytics helps security and risk leaders quickly gain insight into the impact of risk introduced at the organisational group level – from subsidiaries to business units…

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Redgate continues to enable DevOps to scale with new database provisioning features for growing teams

Cambridge UK, Tuesday, 13 August 2019 – As DevOps scales through organizations, the database is increasingly being included as a natural part of the development process. As a consequence, more developers in more teams want copies of the database to test their changes against, and Redgate Software has upgraded its database provisioning solution, SQL Clone, to give teams faster, easier access to the copies they need.SQL Clone uses the virtualization technologies built into the Windows…

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Peer & Co See The Benefits of Zylpha Document Bundling

Specialist immigration lawyers Peer & Co have chosen an online “Pay As You Go” document bundling solution from Zylpha (www.zylpha.com). The product will be used in conjunction with the practices LEAP case management system. Zylpha recently announced a full partnership with LEAP following the development of a successful online integration between the two systems.As an OISC (Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner) level 3 firm, Peer & Co have been practicing solely in immigration for…

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Shift to Technology Platforms and Social Commerce Transforms the Digital Commerce M&A Deal Mix, Reveals Hampleton Partners’ Research Reports

Agency M&A is down, as media groups curb acquisition rate and face competition from professional services firmsDigital software M&A is up, as a range of buyers hone in on digital solutions for higher returns London, UK – 13 August 2019. The growth of M&A activity in the ‘platform economy’ and in social commerce are two of the biggest trends identified in the latest E-Commerce and Digital Marketing M&A Market Reports from Hampleton Partners, the international…

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CleverTouch Marketing recognised as the first Marketo platinum partner in EMEA

UK-based marketing automation company also chosen as the first EMEA partner on Marketo launchpointAlresford, UK, August 13th, 2019 – CleverTouch Marketing, Europe’s most respected Marketing Technology consulting and service provider, has been recognised by the leading marketing automation software company, Marketo, an Adobe company, as its first and only platinum partner in EMEA.Created by marketers with marketing technology in mind, CleverTouch Marketing is also the only consulting partner in EMEA on Marketo Launchpoint, a platform…

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New Advisory Firm Avonhurst Hires New Partner

Innovative boutique firm joined by former magic circle lawyerLONDON – New advisory law firm Avonhurst today announced it will be joined by new partner, Emmanuel Amos. Since Avonhurst launched just six weeks ago, it has already attracted three partners who honed their practice at magic circle firms.Amos joins the firm from asset management consultancy MJ Hudson, where he was a partner. He was previously at Jones Day in Singapore and spent six years in the…

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How to implement edge computing

Red Hat’s Jaromir Coufal explains the three major adoption patterns emerging in edge computing and offers advice for implementing it within your company.