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Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), a leading cyber security platform provider of AI-powered, cloud-delivered solutions, announces the appointment of Ruma Balasubramanian as President for the Asia Pacific & Japan (APAC) region. Ruma succeeds Sharat Sinha who left earlier this year to take on another role in the industry. She will lead Check Point’s overall business across APAC, collaborating closely with sales, marketing, product engineering, and customer success teams. With her extensive experience in cloud and digital transformation, Ruma is set to drive Check Point’s growth through strategic partnerships and innovative, AI-powered security solutions.

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A total of 7,966 deals (mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity and venture financing deals) were announced in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region during January-July 2024, according to the latest report from data and analytics firm GlobalData.

Company to meet region’s growing demand for locally hosted cloud-based physical security technology

COMPANY NEWS:  Huntress has announced that it has entered into a strategic collaboration with CyberCert, the online certification issuer of the SMB1001 cybersecurity standard. The collaboration aims to deliver the dynamic cybersecurity standard, via the Huntress partner ecosystem, to businesses in Australia to increase their overall cyber resilience. Headed up by Huntress Regional Director APAC, Reece Appleton, and CyberCert Co-Founder & CEO, Peter Maynard, the partnership will offer SMB1001 certifications for a number of Huntress Managed Service Provider (MSP) partners.

COMPANY NEWS: Hotel revenue management software and services company IDeaS announced today that BYD Lofts Boutique Hotel & Serviced Apartments had grown its property revenues by 15% with IDeaS G3 Revenue Management System (RMS) after adopting the system to automate daily pricing activity and enhance its commercial strategies.

Employees in ANZ organisations need to play catch-up against regional colleagues by improving their vigilance in identifying malicious links and other forms of phishing, according to one phishing platform provider.

Independent global risk and financial advisory solutions firm Kroll has appointed Jon Rowell as Head of Asia Pacific (APAC).

COMPANY NEWS:  Advent One, the reputable automation, cloud, and infrastructure specialist in Australia, proudly announces its acceptance into the Red Hat Partner Practice Accelerator Program, solidifying its position as the first partner in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region to join the program. With over 25 years of industry expertise, Advent One continues to demonstrate its commitment to delivering innovative infrastructure and automation solutions to enterprise and commercial-sized organisations across Australia.

COMPANY NEWS: Company’s first APAC regional data centre to enhance customer compliance with local data sovereignty requirements while providing industry-leading performance and security

COMPANY NEWS: This is despite 81 per cent of security executives rating their cybersecurity defence as good or excellent

IT service provider Interactive has appointed Angela Logan-Bell as the new Head of Sales for Cloud.

Intelligent integration and automation company Boomi has announced that HEB Construction has chosen it to enable the delivery of an enterprise resource planning (ERP) modernisation project that ensures global alignment with its parent company, bolsters local governance, and established a re-use philosophy.

Omnichannel supply-side platform OpenX Technologies has promoted Mitchell Greenway to Managing Director, APAC.

Cybersecurity company Exclusive Networks has announced the signing of a binding agreement for the acquisition of 100% of the share capital of NEXTGEN Group, a hyper-growth channel services company focused on cybersecurity, data resiliency and digital enterprise in Australia and New Zealand.

GUEST RESEARCH :  94% of Australian IT decision makers believe sharing information would benefit their organisation

A total of 1,843 deals involving mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity and venture financing deals were announced in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region during January-February 2024 according to the latest report on deals by data and analytics company GlobalData.

GUEST RESEARCH:  New KnowBe4 research finds only three in ten Australian IT decision makers believe the employees in their organisations understand the impact of their businesses falling victim to a cyber attack

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