Local SMEs should ‘up their game’ with latest technologies, says SAP

( New Straits Times Online) Given the right business models and technology strategies, local small and medium enterprises (SMEs) can compete with the big boys in … Williamson, SMEs can ‘up their game’ and achieve success with real time access to information, and streamline everything from finance to talent management.

New accounting software to boost business, financial institutions collaboration – Afemikhe, Project Director, Ikooba Technologies

( Vanguard) … trust and confidence grow, stakeholders are encouraged to go into more business transactions for the benefit of all the parties, pointing out that the accounting software for now possesses such features asCore accounting, Notebook, Dashboard, Collaborator tool, Inventory Management System (IMS) and the HR-Payroll.

Ripple hires Bloomberg journalist as chief market strategist

( Digital Journal) Johnson also covers Internet companies, social media, cloud computing and various other subjects in technology, media, and entertainment. Before starting work with Bloomberg in 2010 … As an analyst for Cannell he focused on value investing, short selling, forensic accounting.

Amazon in the banking business? Don’t bet against it

( The News Tribune) Microsoft was at one time feared as the entity that would rout the banking industry by tying its personal-computer operating systems, personal-finance software and the emerging technology of the internet together. You could put together a suite of financial services through Costco.

DIFC And Middle East Venture Partners Sign Agreement To Strengthen Regional Technology Venture Capital

( Exchange News Direct) The DIFC’s USD 100 million FinTech fund was announced during the inaugural Global Financial Forum (GFF), organised by DIFC in Q4 2017.

Is Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) Undervalued After Accounting For Its Future Growth?

( MSFT) is considered a high growth stock. However its last closing price of $94.43 left investors wondering whether this growth has already been factored into the share price.

BlackBerry seeks new life from old patents to stem sales decline

( The Star Online) BlackBerry Ltd, seeking ways to stem revenue declines, is dusting off its old patents and asking other companies to pay up for using technology BlackBerry … in a settlement, may concern BlackBerry investors, said Michael Gordon, a legal analyst with CFRA, a New York-based forensic accounting and legal research firm.

Alfa declines on raised expectations

( Investors Chronicle) Alfa Financial Software’s (ALFA) IPO last summer was the largest UK tech listing since 2015. The clamour for the shares subsequent to the flotation pushed the group’s market capitalisation beyond £1bn.