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Zoho Corporation, a leading global technology company, announced the latest version of its low-code offering, Zoho Creator Platform, an all-in-one solution that bridges the gap between business users and IT teams by providing a low-code solution-building experience regardless of technical know-how. Organisations currently face soaring demand for new business software, but existing low-code platforms for business users only facilitate basic app building, lacking the sophistication needed to develop scalable, enterprise-ready end-to-end tools.

Galvin Watch Company (GWC), the first female-founded micro watch company in Australia, returns for its second round of crowdfunding to launch GWC’s next collection of meticulously crafted mechanical watches with luminous detailing powered by Japanese movement. The Kickstarter campaign began at 10:00PM AEDT on Saturday 5 March 2022, bringing the Loimu Collection to watch enthusiasts at a price of AU$679 later this year – with major discounts for early bird orders.

A new nationally representative survey of over 1000 Australian white-collar workers by talent optimisation software company, Compono and undertaken by YouGov, suggests that conditions are right for mass job changes with: 86% of Australia’s workforce indicating they would consider a new role in 2022. The dataset contains some key insights for employers looking to retain their workforce, and what the Aussie white-collar worker is concerned about in 2022.

Uniphore, the leader in conversational automation today announced its Series E funding round of $400 million.  The round, which brings Uniphore’s total funding to more than half a billion ($610 million) is led by NEA and raises the company’s valuation to $2.5 billion. March Capital and other existing Uniphore investors along with new entities are also participating in this funding round.

Payer, the leading B2B payments provider for digital commerce has appointed Stefan Backlund as new Chief Commercial Officer. Stefan is a payments veteran with leading marketing roles at Klarna and Trustly under his belt. He is now transitioning from the CMO role that he has had since 2019, at the time when the company started to receive its first transactions through its payments platform.

According to the World Health Organization, workplace burnout results from chronic workplace stress that hasn’t been managed which can lead to feeling exhausted, disengaged from work and unable to manage workload. 

SENER Aeroespacial, a company of the SENER engineering and technology group, and Australian launch services company Gilmour Space Technologies, are working together on an Autonomous Flight Termination System (AFTS) for the Eris launch vehicle, which is being developed for the small satellite market. The AFTS is a smart Hardware/Software unit with autonomous decision-making capacity responsible for aborting a flight if any anomalies are identified. This system is of the highest criticality and will be subjected to a strict certification process.

Amelio Health, a provider of programs to manage chronic pain. is a successful recipient of the Australian Government’s Boosting Female Founder Initiative grant. The grant will assist Amelio Health to help more people get their life back from chronic pain. The grant recipients were announced in a joint release by Minister for Women’s Economic Security The Hon. Jane Hume and The Hon Angus Taylor MP Amelio Health is one of 51 recipients from over 2200 applicants.

impact.com, the world’s leading partnership management platform, has promoted Tanya Suna to the newly created position of Director of People and Culture, APAC to support its rapid growth across Australia, New Zealand, Japan, China and Southeast Asia and to prepare for its launch into India in 2023. Tanya joined impact.com three and a half years ago as People Development Manager, APAC and has over 20 years’ experience in digital, media and tech startups.

Marketing teams can sometimes be at logger heads with security and privacy. While marketing is driven by data, security and privacy consider big volumes of data to be a potential risk to both businesses and individuals, especially because of the risk of leaks. Many marketers view data privacy practices that limit their access to data as a potential inhibitor of their effectiveness.