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Online tool calculates the likelihood of suffering an email-based insider data breach as employees share information

London, UK – 7th October 2019: Egress, the leading provider of people-centric data security solutions, announced today the launch of its new online Insider Breach Calculator aimed at helping businesses better determine the probability of suffering an email-based insider data breach.

The unique tool is based on an algorithm that considers the number of employee mailboxes within an organisation, its market sector, and the perceived level of stress and tiredness that employees experience, to calculate the figure.

Dedicated BIN sponsor, issuer and acquirer wins Mastercard ‘Market Shaker’ and Emerging Payments Association awards

London 4th October 2019 – Moorwand, a dedicated BIN sponsor that turns compliance into a competitive advantage, has won Mastercard ‘Market Shaker’ and Emerging Payments Association awards. The company has also been nominated for the Fintech Power 50.

Retailers of all sizes can influence purchasing decisions and increase basket value by printing professional quality visual communications in-store, from hanging banners to floor stickers and beyond

Egham, 3rd October 2019 - OKI Europe is offering retail customers the chance to boost sales and enhance customer experience in-store with the C800 Series of A3 colour printers. These award-winning printers will help businesses of all sizes from large high street retailers to smaller stores and independently run retail spaces to produce eye-catching visual communications quickly and easily in-store, in a variety of sizes and formats, to influence purchasing decisions and increase sales.

OutSystems solves one of the biggest problems facing developers today – quickly delivering brilliant, omnichannel experiences that users love

LONDON, 3rd October – OutSystems, provider of the number one low-code application development platform, today announced new digital customer experience (CX) capabilities that enable any organisation to quickly and easily deliver high-quality, omnichannel experiences that compete with the CX leaders and drive high user adoption.

LONDON - 3rd October – OutSystems, provider of the number one low-code application development platform, today announced that it has added new capabilities to its leading low-code development platform, empowering process owners to automate manual processes and incorporate AI-driven decisioning and form completion, all from a simple-to-use, web-based interface.

Cambridge UK, Wednesday 2 October 2019 – Redgate today announced the launch of SQL Compare v14, the latest version of its industry standard tool for quickly and accurately comparing and deploying SQL Server databases. The major new release of the tool includes a beta Command Line Interface on Linux for the first time, enabling teams to benefit from SQL Compare, whether they choose to work in Windows, Linux, or a combination of the two. This removes complexity and increases user choice, and is part of Redgate’s ongoing commitment to widen access to its tools and enable developers to work effectively across multiple environments.

Hampleton Partners’ report reveals $71 billion in half-year disclosed transaction value in Enterprise Software sector

London, 2 October 2019 - In its latest analysis of global Mergers & Acquisitions activity in Enterprise Software, Hampleton Partners reports the highest deal count ever recorded, with 651 transactions inked over the first half of 2019. Multiples were also sky-high; the trailing 30-month median EV/EBITDA multiple peaked at 17.5x, inching its way up from last year’s levels. Revenue multiples also grew, reaching a record 3.8x in 1H 2019.

Hampleton Partners’ report noted two major M&A trends:

Operational data from 1.6m anonymised and aggregated endpoints reveals employees’ digital experiences in the workplace

“Businesses risk deploying innovation that is doomed to failure if they don’t focus on the experience. The pace of innovation is incredible but the experience for employees does not match this and needs fixing in fundamental areas.” Ari Helgason, Principal at Index Ventures

·         For the first time, the enterprise has access to real, operationalised digital employee experience data to enable them to benchmark internally and against peers