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Saturday, May 5, 2018

Formative chatbot integrations available in workplace app directory this June

KUALA LUMPUR, May 4 (Bernama) -- Formative - a cloud-based platform for productivity tools (bots) announced its chatbot integrations for Workplace by Facebook will be available on June 2018.

Chief executive officer of Formative, Geraldine Yong said the company has developed a bot that provides company information and team knowledge in seconds. It is in line with their mission to empower people with virtual assistants (chatbots) to get work done anytime and anywhere.

Formative´s first productivity tool available on the Workplace App Directory is InfoBot

a knowledge virtual assistant, answers questions in real-time on company groups within Workplace and in conversations on Work Chat, a statement said.

Employees can use InfoBot to decipher jargon and acronyms, answer FAQs, check company policies and add their knowledge upon admin approval as InfoBot also can crowd source information.

Formative bots can be integrated with any enterprise communication platform as it helps with resource management, scheduling and employee engagement, the statement said.

"Our bots are used by organisations of all sizes and industries including Tan Tock Seng Hospital, one of the largest healthcare institutions in Singapore who is using several bots to increase overall productivity, " added Yong.

Formative is the first and only technology partner that has integrated with Workplace in APAC and joining other integrations such as Atlassian and Microsoft in the Workplace App Directory. More information can be accessed at http://www.formativeai.com.

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Friday, May 4, 2018

YPO INNOVATION WEEK UNITES GLOBAL INNOVATORS FOR ANGELS AND UNICORNS EVENT

LYNK APPOINTS JAMES LIN AS CTO AND LINKEDIN'S XIN FU AS ADVISOR

GLOBAL SWITCH FIRST IN SINGAPORE TO ADOPT DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURING AND ASSEMBLY METHODS FOR DATA CENTRE CONSTRUCTION

Thursday, May 3, 2018

MASH GROUP PLC REPORTS INTERIM UNAUDITED FINANCIALS, Q1 2018 ENDED 31ST MARCH 2018

Mash Group reports record revenue, up 78% from Q1/17 and 23% from Q4/17. With an EBIT of EUR 1.2 million, the Group believes they are well positioned to maintain momentum, comments CEO Hickson.

FINLAND, May 2 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mash continued to grow rapidly in all markets during the first quarter, with new daily, weekly and monthly records in January, February and March.

Financial Highlights
- Lending volumes in Q1/18 were 31% higher than in Q4/17, and 142% higher than Q1/17.
- Revenues increased by 23% from the previous quarter and 78% compared to Q1/17, while EBIT increased 204% and 149%, correspondingly.
- The Group’s solidity remains excellent, with equity increasing by 32% compared to the previous quarter and 78% compared to Q1/17, raising the equity ratio to 42%.
- Total assets grew by 23% (Q4/17) and 70% (Q1/17).

“Today, our average monthly volumes are over two and a half times that of Q1 2017 and three times compared to Q1 2016”, says Group CEO James Hickson. “This is a testament to the bold decisions we made in 2017 to reposition our products, invest in our people and focus on developing strong partnerships that help drive sustainable growth moving forward. The changes we made to our product – shifting away from upfront fees to interest-based pricing – increases revenue over time, and we expect to benefit from that in 2018.”

“We are also happy with the investment we have made with our pay later solution in Finland, which is now available in thousands of stores with plans to launch in more markets in 2018. There is work still to do, and we continue to explore potential collaboration opportunities with established market players to build new capabilities, but we believe we are well positioned moving forward.”

Tommi Lindfors, Chairman of Mash Group added, “We made significant progress to grow our equity to 42% of our total balance sheet. This underscores the belief from our new and existing investors in our go-forward business and strategy, which is today ratified by our Q1 result.”

The Group confirmed that they will communicate Q2 2018 figures on Monday 13th of August.

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Scaled Agile meets growing demand in India and ASEAN countries

KUALA LUMPUR, May 3 (Bernama) -- Scaled Agile Inc, a provider of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) -- one of world's leading framework for enterprise agility - has appointed Pranjal Swarup as new Partner Development and Enablement Manager in Bangalore, India to support the growth of SAFe there and in ASEAN countries.

With 14 years of experience in service delivery, channel enablement and technology consulting, Swarup's background allows Scaled Agile to provide partners with regional support in the same time zone, understand the local culture, identify and enable local partners, helping them to grow and provide value to their customers, a statement said.

"India continues to be a vibrant and important center of technical expertise that helps extend software and system development capabilities across the globe," said president and chief operating officer, Scaled Agile, Chris James.

"This new position will help meet the growing demand for support of the Framework in the region and allows our partners to meet the challenges their customers are faced with in a new environment of continuous innovation and digital disruption," James added.

The South Asian marketplace has transitioned from simple offshore services to end-to-end integration with business environments driven by digital disruption to meet their customers' changing needs.

The application of SAFe for organisations where more than 50 people are working on the same product, service, or system can become a key enabler for future enterprise success.

The Scaled Agile Partner Network supports SAFe implementations and can bring important tools to assist organizations successfully make that transformation.