Eurasia

Nutanix, a player in hybrid multicloud computing, announced the appointment of Aaron White as vice president and general manager, APJ Sales, effective immediately. He will be based in Singapore and report directly to Nutanix’s Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) Andrew Brinded.

Global SME lending fintech Tradeplus24 is launching into the UK with the close of a £30 million debt facility provided by San Francisco-headquartered global credit fund, Partners for Growth (PFG), with advice offered by debt advisory, Neu Capital. The funds will be used to rapidly scale Tradeplus24’s highly competitive revolving lines of credit for SMEs across the UK, after already experiencing great success with SMEs across Switzerland, The Netherlands, and Australia.

Global Savings Group (GSG) and Pepper.com (Pepper) have signed a deal to join forces, combining the largest shopping community with Europe’s shopping recommendation and rewards company. The transaction marks the biggest deal in the industry in 2022 and creates a European Champion with a global footprint. GSG and Pepper will form a multinational tech firm empowering shoppers in over 20 markets to make more confident shopping decisions.

Alipay+ has strengthened its partnership with Asia’s food delivery platform, foodpanda, to Malaysia. foodpanda Malaysia’s clients can now enjoy convenient food and grocery deliveries by paying through Touch ’n Go eWallet, one of the leading mobile wallets in Malaysia. With contactless payments becoming more prevalent over the past few years, users of Touch ’n Go eWallet are now able to purchase food and daily essentials through foodpanda Malaysia, the country’s leading quick commerce delivery platform. Customers can also enjoy instant cash discount at checkout via Touch ‘n Go eWallet when placing orders on foodpanda.

The Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA), a Hong Kong-based non-profit dedicated to pursuing excellence in journalism, announced the winners of its annual Awards for Editorial Excellence in recognition of outstanding works of journalism over the past year in the APAC region.

Netcracker Technology reports that it received Asia Communication Awards in the categories of 5G Technology Initiative, Cloud Technology Initiative and OSS/BSS Project of the Year. Total Telecom presented the awards based on innovation, market impact and proven deployments in the APAC. Netcracker won the 5G Technology Initiative for the ability of Netcracker Non-Real-Time RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) to support AI/ML, automation and standard O-RAN Alliance interfaces for 5G Open RAN optimization and 5G RAN slicing. 

RoboSense, a provider of Smart LiDAR Sensor Systems, officially announced its partnership with Toyota, the world's best-selling carmaker, on large-scale production with nominated orders for multiple models. With its advanced technology and product advantages in the global LiDAR field, RoboSense has been officially integrated into Toyota's supply chain system.

DANA and Ant Group launched SisBerdaya, a local initiative dedicated to empower Indonesian women entrepreneurs, primarily those from ultra-micro and micro businesses. The initiative helps these individuals to develop their business management and digital skills, keeping them competitive in the digital economy while advancing their businesses. The SisBerdaya is a 3-month mentorship and competition initiative open to female entrepreneurs in Indonesia.

Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company, announced plans to launch an AWS infrastructure Region in Malaysia. The new AWS Region will give developers, startups, entrepreneurs, and enterprises, and govt, education, and nonprofit firms, greater choice for running their applications and serving end users from data centers located in Malaysia.

OpenSolar Inc, a software firm focused on empowering solar installers with accurate and free solar design and sales platform, and Segen, the UK distributor of solar, energy storage and electric vehicle charging, announced a first-of-its-kind platform integration partnership that offers UK solar installers unrivaled solar design, sales and equipment ordering software. The integration between the two creates a seamless experience between designing and selling a system to a client, and ordering the exact equipment required within seconds.