Listing showcases B2B companies that support SMBs across all business functions to empower growth

e-Emphasys Technologies Inc., a global provider of enterprise software for equipment dealers, today announced it is featured for the first time in Inc. Business Media’s Power Partner listing, which honors global B2B organizations that support the growth of small and medium-sized businesses. e-Emphasys was recognized for products and service excellence, and the award methodology was based on client surveys and social listening among other key metrics.

“We are both thrilled and humbled to be included on this year’s Inc. Power Partners list because it validates our commitment to delivering the innovation and services our clients need to successfully operate their businesses,” said Jeff Hart, President and CEO of e-Emphasys. “In addition to supporting clients in their digital transformations, e-Emphasys also has made important changes this year to increase our own operational efficiency and client satisfaction. This type of recognition is meaningful not only to us but also to those we serve because it demonstrates where our priorities are.”

The 2023 Inc. Power Partner list recognizes the top-performing organizations across various facets of business, including financial services, logistics, productivity and more. e-Emphasys received top marks from clients for being instrumental in helping them modernize business processes to support their organizational objectives.

“Trusted B2B partners provide guidance and expertise that founders rely on at various steps of their organization’s journey. Partners that possess a demonstrated ability to deliver quality support are at the core of entrepreneurship and help bring big ideas to life,” says Scott Omelianuk, editor-in-chief of Inc. Business Media.

For more than 20 years, e-Emphasys has served the equipment dealership industry and its various market sectors. The company’s software suites, e-Emphasys ERP and IntelliDealer, allow clients to connect every function of their dealerships to standardize and automate workflows, access real-time analytics, and make data-driven decisions.

e-Emphasys’ inclusion in the 2023 Inc. Power Partner listing follows other recent recognition for its business growth, including being named a 2023 Triangle Business Journal Fast 50 winner and debuting on this year’s Inc. 5000 of the fastest-growing private companies in the United States.

VMware Cross-Cloud Services help customers modernize, optimize, and better protect their organizations

VMware, Inc. today announced that VMware Cross-Cloud services are available to customers through the Oracle Cloud Marketplace. VMware customers can take advantage of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) with VMware Cross-Cloud services to migrate and operate applications on OCI more efficiently, innovate faster, and improve resiliency.

Oracle Cloud Marketplace is a one-stop shop for Oracle customers seeking trusted business applications and services offering unique solutions, including ones that extend Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications.

VMware Cross-Cloud services is a family of multi-cloud services customers can use to build, run, and manage applications on OCI. Organizations can now use their existing Oracle Universal Credits to consume VMware Cross-Cloud services through private offers to modernize their mission-critical enterprise apps on OCI. For customers, this offers a quicker and painless path to the cloud. The following VMware Cross-Cloud services are available immediately in Oracle Cloud Marketplace:

• VMware Tanzu: a modular application platform for developing, operating and optimizing modern apps on multi-cloud infrastructure. Tanzu offerings currently available in the marketplace include VMware Tanzu Mission Control Self-Managed, VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid and VMware Tanzu Application Service.

• VMware Aria: a multi-cloud management portfolio that provides a set of end-to-end solutions for managing the cost, performance, configuration, and delivery of infrastructure and applications. Aria offerings currently available in the marketplace include VMware Aria Universal Suite and VMware Aria Operations for Networks.

• VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM): an on-demand disaster recovery-as-a-service solution that protects critical data and apps while delivering cloud flexibility and economics.

“Today marks another step in the continued evolution of the VMware and Oracle partnership as together we help customers in their continued transition to the cloud,” said Abhay Kumar, vice president, hyperscalers, and technology partners, VMware. “Building on our announcement that Oracle Cloud VMware Solution is available to customers through our VMware Cloud Universal program, we are now making it easier for customers to accelerate app and cloud modernization initiatives using their existing, pre-approved IT budgets to purchase VMware Cross-Cloud services via the Oracle Cloud Marketplace.”

“We are excited to expand our partnership with VMware by making their Cross-Cloud services available in the Oracle Cloud Marketplace,” said Chris Sullivan, vice president, Strategic Partnerships, Oracle. “Our continued collaboration underscores our shared commitment to delivering tremendous value to our customers by providing an even more comprehensive suite of VMware solutions. We look forward to the exciting possibilities that lie ahead.”

OCI is a deep and broad platform of cloud infrastructure services that enables customers to build and run a wide range of applications in a scalable, secure, highly available, and high-performance environment. From application development and business analytics to data management, integration, security, AI, and infrastructure services including Kubernetes and VMware, OCI delivers comprehensive security, performance, and cost savings. In addition, with multicloud, hybrid cloud, public cloud, and dedicated cloud options, OCI’s distributed cloud offers customers the benefits of cloud with greater control over data residency, locality, and authority, even across multiple clouds. As a result, customers can bring enterprise workloads to the cloud quickly and efficiently while meeting the strictest regulatory compliance requirements.

OKX, a leading Web3 technology company, has issued updates for October 23, 2023.

OKX Wallet is now integrated with BSCS, an all-in-one incubation hub with a full-stack Defi platform across all main blockchain networks. BSCS provides exclusive services including IDO/INO Launchpad, Yield farming, NFT Auction, Marketplace, and DEXswap.

BSCS operates on top of the main blockchain networks and is designed to offer maximum value to consumers and institutions.

To access BSCS with OKX, users simply need to:

1. Download the OKX Wallet web extension (available as a Chrome and Firefox browser add-on)
2. Create a new OKX Wallet or add an existing one
3. Connect their OKX Wallet to BSCS via the web extension

OKX Wallet is a universal crypto wallet available on multiple platforms and interfaces, including app, web and web extension. It enables users access to 3,000+ cryptocurrencies, 60+ networks, thousands of DApps and a one-stop decentralized NFT Marketplace.

Rapid Enterprise, a division of Rapid Finance, an industry leader in delivering automated and scalable Lending-as-a-Service (LaaS) solutions to support the growth and success of small businesses, announced today from Money20/20 USA that its award-winning, AI-ready fraud detection platform, Lynx will be sold and marketed through Microsoft Azure Marketplace, an online store providing applications and services for use on Azure. Rapid Finance customers can now take advantage of the productive and trusted Azure cloud platform, with streamlined deployment and management.

In today’s market, financial institutions recognize data as a critical asset that can be leveraged to better understand customers through data maturity. The challenge is that many enterprises are awash with financing application data, while struggling to extract its meaningful value. Lynx allows financial institutions to unlock the full value of their data through a single API that provides a 360-degree view of loan applicants and customers.

Lynx is designed to standardize enterprises’ siloed datasets into a more organized structure, positioning them as AI-ready. Built with a modular, cloud-native, API-based design, Lynx quickly and easily integrates with enterprise partners’ existing systems and workflows. Lynx leverages third-party data enrichments to further qualify the data, then applies its pattern-matching AI algorithms for related application identification, along with insights and indicators to drive more efficient and intelligent processes.

“Lynx is proven at enabling financial institutions to make better decisions by unlocking the value of their data and delivering actionable insights to support their small business and consumer lending programs,” said Will Tumulty, CEO of Rapid Finance. “We view the inclusion of Lynx as part of the Microsoft Azure Marketplace partner ecosystem as validation of the quality of our solution and the value that it brings to our financial institution clients.”

Enterprises leverage Lynx’s proprietary, pattern-matching AI algorithms through real-time API calls to mitigate fraud in their portfolios, with Lynx’s comprehensive view of customers allowing enterprises to perform robust Know Your Business (KYB) and Know Your Customer (KYC) checks. By leveraging the Lynx API, enterprises can quickly create structured datasets for onboarding a healthier portfolio while monitoring their existing relationships for potential fraud patterns.

“We’re pleased to welcome Rapid Finance to the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, which gives our partners great exposure to cloud customers around the globe,” said Jake Zborowski, General Manager, Microsoft Azure Platform at Microsoft Corp. “Azure Marketplace offers world-class quality experiences from global trusted partners with solutions tested to work seamlessly with Azure.”

iKOMG, a groundbreaking media service partner for broadcasters and content owners, is excited to unveil iKOQ, an ingenious dynamic QR code solution that promises to redefine television interaction, QR coding practices, and the integration of viewer data like never before. This innovation marks a pivotal moment in the television industry, offering viewers a more immersive and personalized experience while opening up new avenues of revenue generation for TV channels.

In today's ever-evolving media landscape, the rise of streaming services and shifting viewer behaviours have necessitated a transformation in the way television content is delivered. iKOMG understands that TV channels must stay ahead of the curve by delivering captivating and tailored content. iKOQ emerges as a trailblazing solution that empowers TV channels to engage their audience in unparalleled ways.

At the core of iKOQ is its ability to seamlessly integrate dynamic QR codes into TV broadcasts, creating a bridge between the content on the screen and viewers at home. With a simple scan, viewers can interact with content in real-time and make direct purchases from their screens. Whether it's booking vacations, securing concert tickets, or exploring exclusive offers, iKOQ transforms the passive TV viewing experience into an interactive and dynamic journey.

David Treadway, Chairman of iKOMG, said: "We are delighted to introduce iKOQ. This innovative solution represents a significant development in the television industry, as it bridges the gap between content and audience like never before. iKOQ offers a win-win situation for both TV channels and viewers, creating a more engaging and personalized viewing experience while generating new revenue opportunities."

iKOQ is poised to revolutionize the viewer experience across a multitude of TV genres. Travel and lifestyle channels can seamlessly integrate iKOQ with Triplan+, providing viewers with a seamless and streamlined experience for booking flights, accommodations, attractions, and daily trip plan with a simple scan. Music and sports channels can guide viewers to ticketing platforms and merchandise stores, enhancing their engagement, and fostering brand loyalty.

Moreover, iKOQ is not just a technological leap forward; it's a testament to iKOMG's unwavering commitment to excellence and customer satisfaction. The iKOQ launch exemplifies the team's dedication to empowering broadcasters and content owners with cost-effective solutions that deliver real-time value.

In the age of data-driven decisions, iKOQ doesn't just stop at QR coding and interaction—it also offers invaluable insights into viewer behaviour and preferences. TV channels can leverage this data to fine-tune their content, advertising strategies, and engagement efforts, ensuring a more tailored and enjoyable experience for their audience.

In conclusion, iKOMG's iKOQ is set to reshape the way viewers engage with television content, ushering in a new era of personalized, interactive, and data-rich TV experiences. By embracing this innovative technology, TV channels can not only enhance their audience's viewing journey but also unlock new revenue streams, securing their position as trailblazers in the ever-evolving television industry.

Jumio 360° Fraud Analytics uses AI-driven predictive analytics to detect fraud rings and other coordinated attacks

Jumio, the leading provider of automated, end-to-end identity verification, risk assessment and compliance solutions, today unveiled at Money20/20 USA Jumio 360° Fraud Analytics, its new fraud-fighting technology that uses AI-driven predictive analytics to identify fraud patterns with more sophistication and accuracy than ever before.

According to Jumio’s analysis, 25% of fraud is interconnected — either perpetrated by fraud rings or by individuals using the same information or credentials to open new accounts on banking sites, ecommerce platforms, sharing economy sites and more. A single organized crime operation or fraud ring can cause damage into the hundreds of millions of dollars. And with rapidly evolving AI at their disposal, fraudsters are becoming more sophisticated than ever before, leaving businesses scrambling to stay ahead.

Jumio 360° Fraud Analytics tackles this problem with a whole new approach to stopping fraud. It looks beyond simple linkages, such as flagging someone because they are connected to a known fraudster. Instead, it looks at billions of data points across Jumio’s cross-industry network to identify patterns based on behavioral similarities and other indicators. Using graph database technology with a layer of machine learning, it groups identity transactions into clusters across the network and determines the fraud risk of each cluster. This provides a multi-dimensional view of each transaction and the cross-customer ecosystem as a whole.

“Jumio revolutionized online identity verification when it pioneered the ID + selfie approach,” said Robert Prigge, Jumio CEO. “Today we are pushing the industry to evolve once again by harnessing the power of predictive analytics to identify fraud patterns across our vast network. This will allow us to identify and stop fraud rings and other coordinated attacks with more accuracy than ever before.”

Today, when a user goes through the ID verification process, Jumio performs a wide variety of advanced, AI-driven fraud checks. With the addition of Jumio 360° Fraud Analytics, the identity transaction will also be compared to the clusters and generate a predictive fraud score that can be used to automatically reject the transaction if it exceeds a certain threshold. Jumio’s initial studies show that this approach improves its existing, highly accurate fraud detection rate by at least 30% — without increasing the false rejection rate. Business users can audit the reasons behind the decision in the Jumio Portal or via APIs.

“Because explainability is a key requirement when using automation, we provide insights on why the identity transaction was rejected,” said Philipp Pointner, Jumio chief of digital identity. “We also provide a graphical representation of the high-level linkages we found, which makes it easy to see connections between people, documents, devices and more. The combination of sophisticated analytics and easily consumable insights makes this new technology a game-changer for fighting fraud.”

Key features include:

• Graph database technology and machine learning classify identity transactions into clusters based on behavioral similarities, which is especially powerful for identifying fraud rings
• AI-driven predictive analytics determine the likelihood of fraud risk for each identity transaction based on its cluster association
• The predictive fraud score can be used to automatically reject identity transactions, stopping fraudsters from accessing your platform in real time
• Dashboards provide transparency and help you visualize connected data

Integrating Advanced Identity Verification to Increase Digital Safety and Improve User Experiences

Centific, a global provider of AI and Data Services, and Prove Identity, the global leader in digital identity solutions, have partnered to bridge the gap between cybersecurity and fraud protection. This initiative will redefine the digital security landscape by offering a holistic solution for ensuring data privacy, identity verification, and digital fraud protection that protects businesses and their customers while also enhancing customer experiences.

This joint effort by Centific and Prove Identity aims to provide a one-stop-shop for businesses looking to enhance digital security while providing safe and seamless customer experiences. As a result of this partnership, organizations will be able to stay ahead of rapidly evolving fraud tactics and protect their customers from identity theft and cyberattacks.

"Centific's partnership with the premier identity verification and authentication platform at Prove allows us to seamlessly integrate those insights into our offerings," said Sanjay Bhakta, Centific's VP and Head of Solutions. "This synergy enables us to combat fraud at an unprecedented scale, frequency, and efficiency—drastically reducing risks for both businesses and consumers."

By leveraging insights from Prove Identity's streamlined identity verification solutions, Centific is poised to deliver safer online buying experiences for consumers and advanced fraud protection services for businesses.

"We are excited to partner with Centific to bring next-generation identity verification and authentication solutions to even more businesses," said Scott Greenhut, Senior Vice President, Channel and Partnerships at Prove. "Together, we're not only addressing common vulnerabilities and fortifying defenses against fraud—we're also making customer experiences faster and easier."

Centific's unique security offering couples its partnership with premier identity verification and authentication platform Prove, its vast experience in digital fraud protection, and a proprietary blend of Generative AI to accelerate the insight-to-action timeline, allowing for rapid threat signal analysis.

The integration of Gen AI with advanced fraud protection services helps ensure that the platform is dynamic enough to adapt to new threats and evolving customer needs. The result is a series of AI-generated security rules and policies that overlay thorough fraud protection capabilities to Prove Identity's already expansive digital identity solutions.

While this improved functionality will empower organizations across industries with greater cybersecurity, fraud protection, and identity verification, businesses in the retail and ecommerce spaces stand to experience the greatest improvements to their security posture.

Online marketplaces will be able to leverage the advanced threat intelligence analytics of Centific's platform to achieve compliance with regulations like the INFORM Consumers Act, fortifying both business identities (KYC) and consumer identities (KYC) and addressing the multifaceted challenges that online marketplaces face today.

Extensible architecture based on real-world testing with industry-leading security vendors

Veritas Technologies, the leader in secure multi-cloud data resilience, today announced Veritas 360 Defense, the first extensible architecture in its space that brings together leading data protection, data governance, and data security capabilities. Veritas 360 Defense delivers a unique set of cyber resilience capabilities integrated with leading security vendors, such as CrowdStrike, CyberArk, Qualys, Semperis and Symantec by Broadcom. Veritas 360 Defense has been battle tested against real-world ransomware variants in the Veritas REDLab.

Recent research* has shown that it takes 73 days, on average, to identify and contain a ransomware attack. Matt Waxman, senior vice president and general manager, data protection at Veritas, said: “When malware hits data that’s spread across today’s complex, heterogenous, multi-cloud environments, the response is typically managed by multiple teams using disparate tools. This can prolong the time it takes to recover – or even make recovery impossible. Veritas 360 Defense uniquely addresses these challenges by unifying data security, data protection and data governance with our security ecosystem so organizations can recover quickly, know who accessed data and proactively mitigate threats.”

A 360 Degree Blueprint for Cyber Resiliency

Built on a proven foundation of Veritas native security capabilities across data security, data protection and data governance, the Veritas 360 Defense reference architecture takes cyber resiliency to the next level by adding REDLab Validation, new product capabilities and integrations with leading security partners:

Veritas REDLab

A unique program for Veritas offerings and integrated security partner solutions, REDLab tests and documents product integrations providing organizations with validated best practices and deployment blueprints to mitigate risk. By purposefully subjecting the integrated solutions to real-world ransomware attacks in the Veritas state-of-the-art, isolated, REDLab test environment, customers can be assured that the Veritas validated solution will protect their data, detect threats and allow them to recover with confidence.

New Cyber Resiliency Features in the Veritas Portfolio

Veritas is bolstering its cyber recovery capabilities by adding malware scanning for new workloads, including Kubernetes, anomaly detection of administrator actions and data entropy, simplified recovery malware scanning workflows and additional support for Azure Active Directory. In addition, multi-person authorization for critical operations has been added to further harden backup and recovery infrastructure.

Expanded Ecosystem of Security Partner Capabilities Integrated With 360 Defense, Including:

• Advanced threat protection during pre- and post-incident recovery with the discovery of compromised systems and critical vulnerabilities for restoration, leveraging powerful attack-surface visibility and AI-powered vulnerability management capabilities of the CrowdStrike Falcon platform.
• Advanced privileged access management with best-in-class credential management to enable security teams to securely access, administer and configure the various solutions and workloads across the Veritas partner ecosystem for 360 Defense. The partner integrations leveraged CyberArk’s API-first approach, developer friendly tools and utilities to simplify securely adding new partners to the ecosystem.
• Assessment, prioritization and remediation of ransomware-causing vulnerabilities and backup storage through Qualys, so recoveries are always free of misconfigured or ransomware-causing vulnerabilities.
• Automated, malware-free Active Directory forest recovery and forensics to cut AD downtime by 90% and eliminate backdoors, attack paths and other vulnerabilities attackers left behind in the environment – through Semperis.
• Protection from threats to primary and secondary data sets through Symantec.

Bill Driver, vice president, information technology, Rio Hotel & Casino, a Dreamscape Companies property, said: “We trust Veritas, with solutions like the Veritas Alta cloud data management platform, to help us protect our data as a key part of an overall security posture that includes a variety of security vendors. Knowing that Veritas is extending its relationships with other vendors that we rely on will enable us to follow simple validated designs to ensure that solutions interoperate. With Veritas and its partners taking on this role, our team is free to focus on transformational activity, confident that we’re protected against cyberattacks.”

Krista Macomber, data protection, security and cyber resiliency analyst, The Futurum Group, said: “An expanding threat landscape means that enterprises are having to introduce more security solutions than ever before to stay ahead of bad actors. But these tools don’t always work well together, which can lengthen the time to contain, and recover from, an attack. Selecting products from an ecosystem that have been pre-tested to ensure security and interoperability can give enterprises the confidence to bounce back faster from a cyberattack and lower the costs associated with a breach in their defenses.”

Additional Industry and Partner Statements

Joe Nocera from PwC said: "PwC sees significant value in organizations being able to remove the confusion and complexity associated with protecting their data against security threats using industry leading solutions from multiple industry leading vendors. We work with the world's largest organizations who are undertaking transformation projects that span global networks. Being able to deploy pre-tested solutions from a tightly knit ecosystem of vendor partners, using validated designs, can vastly simplify the protection process and helps establish their overall security posture."

Daniel Bernard, chief business officer at CrowdStrike, said: “Organizations need a robust IT hygiene practice to help security teams respond faster and ensure business resilience in the face of threats. By partnering closely with other industry leading players, like Veritas, we can help customers pinpoint the most critical exposures with prioritized insights and extended visibility to stop breaches and rapidly rebound from adversarial threats.”

Clarence Hinton, chief strategy officer and head of corporate development at CyberArk, said: “Securing identities, both human and machine, is the best way to minimize business risk, improve productivity and guard against malicious cyberattacks. The CyberArk Identity Security Platform secures both standing and just-in-time privileged access across the entire organization using intelligent privilege controls. By participating in a strong security ecosystem with partners, like Veritas, we’re helping customers rapidly achieve their compliance objectives and safeguard all lines of defense.”

Shailesh Athalye, senior vice president, product management at Qualys, said: "We are thrilled to partner with Veritas to help common customers proactively assess and prioritize with TruRisk and remediate the risk of ransomware-causing vulnerabilities and misconfigurations before they become the cause of the cyber attacks. Integrated with Veritas™ 360 Defense, Qualys Vulnerability Management, Detection and Response (VMDR) with Integrated Patch Management capabilities delivers the best cyber resilience on-prem and across the cloud."

Darren Mar-Elia, vice president of products at Semperis, said: “Semperis is on a mission to be a force for good in the fight against ransomware operators and other bad actors. We’re constantly innovating to deliver the industry’s most comprehensive protection for hybrid identity environments, and Active Directory forest recovery is a critical component of our layered defense approach. Partnering with data protection and backup leaders, like Veritas, means our joint customers benefit from integrated and holistic ransomware response capabilities across multiple specialties.”

Alex Au Yeung, chief product officer at Symantec Enterprise Division, Broadcom, said: “Reducing threats to data requires working together with key partners, like Veritas, so that we can minimize the risk of accidental data exposure, loss or malicious breach. Symantec provides technology to ensure an organization has a full, accurate inventory of their sensitive data and provides solutions to increase the security posture relating to user access and device security to reduce the risk of a successful ransomware attack. Partnering with a data management company, like Veritas, means our customers can be assured of a clean cyber recovery.”