(IN BRIEF) EssilorLuxottica has acquired Automation & Robotics (A&R), a Belgian leader in automated lens-quality metrology, whose proprietary machinery and software have supported optical manufacturers’ digital transitions since 1983. The deal strengthens EssilorLuxottica’s industrial-solutions portfolio—extending its capabilities from standard ophthalmic … Read the full press release
Posted in Apparel, Fashion & Beauty, Belgium, Financial, France, Government, Healthcare, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged acquisition, AR, automated systems, Automation & Robotics, digital transformation, EssilorLuxottica, Francesco Milleri, Industrial Solutions, mass production, metrology, optical lens quality control, partnership, Paul du Saillant, prescription laboratories, proprietary technology, R&D, software development, vertical integration, vision care, wearable optics
(IN BRIEF) Nokia has been chosen to provide the technology for the Medusa Submarine Cable System, a next-generation open-access fiber-optic network developed by AFR-IX Telecom that connects North Africa and Europe. The system, which spans the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Red … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Finland, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, Telecom
Tagged 1830 Global Express, 5G, AFR-IX Telecom, AI, Algeria, Cloud, connectivity, digital economy, digital infrastructure, digital transformation, EGYPT, Europe, fiber-optic network, future-ready, high capacity, ICE7 optics, INNOVATION, John Harrington, Libya, low-latency, Medusa Submarine Cable System, Miguel Angel Acero, MOROCCO, Nokia, Nokia Bell Labs, North Africa, Open Access, partnership, Subsea Cable, TELECOM, Tunisia
(IN BRIEF) Aviva has upgraded its Freight Liability insurance, now live on Acturis E‑Trade and Fast Trade, introducing higher coverage limits, a wider array of carriage conditions (including Logistics UK and BIFA), and a new ‘economy’ cover for lower‑risk goods. … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Economy, Financial, Industrial, Insurance, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, Travel, United Kingdom
Tagged Acturis E‑Trade, Aviva, BIFA, brokers, conditions of carriage, cover limits, digital transformation, dual‑platform specialty insurer, economy cover, Errors & Omissions, Fast Trade, Freight Liability, Global Corporate & Specialty, Logistics UK, Marine insurance, underwriters
(IN BRIEF) Juniper Research’s “Cellular IoT Market: 2025–2030” report names Telefónica Tech a leading IoT connectivity provider, forecasting a 60 % rise in IoT connections through 2030. Telefónica Tech’s Kite platform delivers an all‑in‑one managed service—covering software, global network access, hardware, … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Internet & Online, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Spain, Technology, Telecom
Tagged 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G, AI security, Awards, B2B, Cellular IoT Market 2025‑2030, Cloud Integration, device lifecycle, digital transformation, geolocation, global SIM management, IoT connectivity, IoT Data Ready, Juniper Research, Kite platform, leadership, LTE‑M, managed IoT solutions, Mario Silva, NB‑IoT, Telefónica Tech
(IN BRIEF) ABN AMRO has nominated veteran executive Daniel Hartert to its Supervisory Board for a four‑year term, replacing Arjen Dorland. The appointment, subject to European Central Bank approval, will be decided at an EGM on 11 September 2025, with details posted at … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, Netherlands, News, Technology
Tagged ABN AMRO Bank N.V., appointment, Arjen Dorland, Bayer AG, Bertelsmann AG, Capgemini SE, CEO, CIO, Daniel Hartert, digital transformation, EGM 11 September 2025, European Central Bank, Femke de Vries, Laetitia Griffith, leadership, Mariken Tannemaat, Michiel Lap, Nagel Group SE, Netskope Inc., Philips Group, Sarah Russell, Supervisory Board, Tom de Swaan, University of Kaiserslautern
(IN BRIEF) Indofen Furnaces LLP has deployed Siemens Performance Insight—an Industrial Edge solution within the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio—to bring real‑time data analytics to aluminum recycling and die‑casting furnaces. The integration delivers live monitoring of fuel use, metal charge cycles, and … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, Metals and Minerals, News, Technology
Tagged aluminum recycling, die casting, digital transformation, energy efficiency, Ezhil Kumar, furnace performance, Indofen Furnaces LLP, Industrial Edge, modular scalability, partnership, Performance Insight, predictive maintenance, process transparency, real‑time analytics, regulatory compliance, Siemens Xcelerator, Suprakash Chaudhuri, sustanability, Yusuf Gündüz
(IN BRIEF) BBVA has named Walter Rizzi Head of Digital Banking in Italy, reporting to Murat Kalkan. Rizzi’s background includes senior roles at Banca AideXa—where he led product and customer initiatives—and consultancy work at McKinsey and QuantumBlack on AI and digital projects. … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Italy, Management, Marketing, News, Spain, Technology
Tagged agile banking, AI, appointment, Banca AideXa, BBVA, customer‑centric products, Digital Banking Italy, digital transformation, Fernando García, fintech, Italian market, leadership, Luis Calleja, McKinsey, Murat Kalkan, Organizational Structure, partnership, profitability, QuantumBlack, Scalability, strategic growth, Walter Rizzi
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank has signed a €385 million loan with Spanish technology firm Indra to establish a cutting‑edge R&D centre—Indra Technology Hub—in Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid. The facility will focus on radar, electronic defence, electro‑optics, command‑and‑control communications, and … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Defence, Economy, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Marketing, News, Security & Safety, Spain, Technology
Tagged Ángel Escribano, command‑and‑control, defence capabilities, defence R&D, digital transformation, digitalisation, EIB, electronic defence, electro‑optics, EU aerospace supply chain, European Investment Bank, European security, Indra Group, Indra Technology Hub, Nadia Calviño, partnership, radar, Robert de Groot, space sector, strategic autonomy, TechEU, Torrejón de Ardoz, €385 million financing
(IN BRIEF) Nagarro has entered into a strategic partnership with STACKIT, the GDPR-compliant, German-hosted cloud division of Schwarz Digits, to help organizations in retail and other regulated industries accelerate digital modernization while ensuring full European data protection compliance. The alliance … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged Bernd Schulze, Bernie Wagner, cloud modernization, cloud-native technologies, data analytics, data sovereignty, DevOps enablement, digital transformation, GDPR Compliance, German-hosted infrastructure, Managed Services, Nagarro, partnership, regulated industries, retail, SAP S/4HANA migration, Schwarz Digits, Schwarz Group, Sovereign Cloud, STACKIT, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) ORLEN and Microsoft are launching the largest AI deployment in Central and Eastern Europe to accelerate ORLEN’s 2035 energy-transition strategy. The initiative standardizes software licenses, builds secure cloud platforms, and introduces AI assistants—such as Microsoft Copilot and Agentic … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Investment, Poland, Technology
Tagged Advanced Analytics, agentic AI, AI deployment, cloud technologies, Competence Centre for AI, Copilot, Cybersecurity, digital transformation, energy transition, Ireneusz Fąfara, Iwona Szylar, Michał Furman, Microsoft, ORLEN Group, Robert Soszyński, workforce efficiency, ‘The Energy of Tomorrow Starts Today’
(IN BRIEF) Ericsson has been recognized as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape’s 2025 assessment of European Enterprise Private 5G vendors. The report applauds Ericsson’s creation of a dedicated enterprise unit focused on private networks, enterprise mobility, and industry-specific use … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Sweden, Technology, Telecom
Tagged 5G roadmap, airports, Alejandro Cadenas, Awards, Cradlepoint, digital transformation, ENERGY, enterprise mobility, Enterprise Private 5G, Ericsson, European 5G solutions, IDC MarketScape, industrial-grade cellular, leadership, low-latency networking, Manish Tiwari, Manufacturing, mining, ports, private network vendor, professional services, scalable deployments
(IN BRIEF) On July 1, 2025, Deutsche Telekom will launch T Cloud, a unified cloud platform marketed jointly by Telekom Deutschland and T-Systems. Lars Neumann will head the initiative, managing sales and development of all public, private, and hybrid cloud … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, Telecom
Tagged B2B, cloud portfolio, cloud strategy, Deutsche Telekom, digital transformation, European cloud compliance, European sovereignty, Ferri Abolhassan, hybrid cloud, Lars Neumann, Made in Germany, network integration, private cloud, public cloud, Rodrigo Diehl, Sovereign Cloud, T Cloud, T-Systems, Telekom Deutschland
(IN BRIEF) Orange Business has inaugurated a dedicated Defense & Security Division (DD&S) to strengthen its support of defense and homeland security entities in France and Europe. Formed under the “Lead the Future” plan, DD&S consolidates several hundred specialists to … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business, Defence, Financial, France, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Security & Safety, Technology, Telecom
Tagged 5G network, Aliette Mousnier-Lompré, artificial intelligence, civilian-military hybrid networks, Cybersecurity, data sovereignty, Defense & Security Division, digital transformation, Direction Défense & Sécurité, emergency communications, Lead the Future plan, Nassima Auvray, Orange, Orange Business, Orange CyberDefense, quantum technologies, resilience, satellite antennas, submarine cables, terrestrial fiber
(IN BRIEF) The EIB is providing a €133 million loan to the Andalusian government, co-funded by ERDF, ESF+, and Just Transition funds, to revamp healthcare and educational infrastructure with climate-adaptation measures, bolster job creation and skills training, and advance research … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Education, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Marketing, News, Spain, Technology
Tagged clean energy, climate resilience, cohesion policy 2021–2027, digital transformation, economic cohesion, ERDF, ESF, European Investment Bank, healthcare modernisation, job incentives, Junta de Andalucía, Just Transition Fund, partnership, school refurbishment, Skills Training, social cohesion, sustainabiity, sustainable mobility, territorial cohesion, university R&D
(IN BRIEF) Telefónica Tech has entered a strategic partnership with Confluent to integrate Confluent’s comprehensive data streaming platform into Telefónica Tech’s offerings in Spain. This collaboration extends Telefónica Tech’s portfolio with Confluent Cloud, Confluent Platform, and enterprise-grade governance tools, enabling … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Spain, Technology, Telecom
Tagged Big Data, Carlos Martínez, centralized data monitoring, Confluent, Confluent Cloud, Confluent Platform, Data Governance, data streaming platform, digital transformation, enterprise tools, Francisco Molero, partnership, professional services, public cloud, real-time data architectures, Telefónica Tech
(IN BRIEF) Patrick Tiernan, CEO of Lloyd’s, has been named Vice-Chair of the Reinsurance Advisory Board (RAB), succeeding John Neal. Tiernan’s background as Lloyd’s Chief of Markets and roles at Aviva, StarStone and Zurich position him to guide the RAB … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Belgium, Business, Economy, Financial, Industrial, Insurance, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged appointment, climate change, digital transformation, Gen Re, geopolitical risk, global risk transfer, Hannover Re, Insurance Europe, insurance-linked capital, John Neal, leadership, Lloyd’s, Munich Re, PartnerRe, Patrick Tiernan, RAB, regulatory frameworks, Reinsurance Advisory Board, SCOR, Swiss Re, Thierry Léger, traditional reinsurance, Vice-Chair
(IN BRIEF) Thales and Qatar Airways have formalized a Memorandum of Agreement to support the airline’s recent fleet growth plan by delivering advanced inflight entertainment (IFE) innovations. The agreement includes creating a state-of-the-art IFE service and maintenance center in Doha … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Business, France, Management, News, Security & Safety, Technology
Tagged A321 NX, Airbus A350, Airbus A380, Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, cloud-native IFE, digital transformation, Doha service center, Eng. Ali Al Saadi, FlytEDGE, IFE innovations, Inflight Entertainment, maintenance hub, Memorandum of Agreement, MRO ecosystem, Qatar Airways, Qatar Vision 2030, RePAIR, spare distribution, Technical Assistance, Thales, turnkey maintenance, Yannick Assouad
(IN BRIEF) Experian has entered a 10-year strategic partnership with AWS, designating AWS as its preferred cloud provider. This collaboration will see Experian migrate its mainframes and on-premises servers to AWS, centralizing its technology stack and harnessing AWS analytics and … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business, Financial, Government, Industrial, Internet & Online, Ireland, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged 10-year strategic agreement, Amazon Web Services, analytics, aws, cloud migration, cloud-first strategy, data processing, digital transformation, Experian, financial services, generative AI, mainframe migration, partnership, predictive modeling, product acceleration, real-time intelligence, Rodrigo Rodrigues, Scott Mullins, security and compliance
(IN BRIEF) Schroders has announced four senior leadership changes to bolster its client-first strategy. Karine Szenberg will become Executive Vice Chair, focusing on strategic alliances and maintaining her place on the Group Executive Committee. Matt Oomen joins as Global Head … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Industrial, Insurance, Investment, Management, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged appointment, Asia leadership, Asia wealth, asset management, BNY Investments, client relationships, Country Head Hong Kong, digital transformation, Executive Vice Chair, Global Head of Client Group, Gopi Mirchandani, Group Executive Committee, Head of Client Group Asia, Jason Yu, Karine Szenberg, leadership, Matt Oomen, Richard Oldfield, Schroders
(IN BRIEF) Nokia has supplied its cloud-native 5G Standalone Core software to O2 Czech Republic, making it the nation’s first operator to launch 5G SA. The deployment includes Nokia’s Packet Core solution, enabling network slicing, ultra-low latency, multi-cloud flexibility, enhanced … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Czech Republic, Financial, Finland, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged 125 core customers, 52 live operators, 5G Standalone Core, cloud-native, digital transformation, energy efficiency, Erez Sverdlov, Jakub Votava, low-latency, multi-cloud, network reliability, Network slicing, Nokia, O2 Czech Republic, Packet Core, partnership, Q1 2025 deployments, zero-touch automation
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