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22 July 2021 – Leading Human Layer Security firm Tessian has been acknowledged as a Representative Vendor within the 2021 Gartner Market Guide for Data Loss Prevention (DLP).

The Gartner Market Guide for DLP “offers guidance on market trends and their impact on data security”.

“Enterprise DLP has seen little innovation in the last few years and the more forward-thinking enterprises now view legacy DLP tools as a strategic risk,” says Ed Bishop, Chief Technology Officer and co-founder at Tessian. “As such, they’re phasing out irrelevant legacy DLP instruments and in search of options to handle data-related threats, achieve better visibility, and relieve the burden on their already stretched groups.

“This is why more enterprises are coming to us to help solve the bulk of their DLP challenges, particularly data loss caused by inadvertent human error – a problem that legacy DLP solutions can’t prevent but Tessian can. We believe this Market Guide provides valuable insights about the direction of DLP, and are delighted to be recognized as a Representative Vendor in the DLP space.”

Tessian’s Data Loss Prevention gives outbound safety on e mail, mechanically detecting and stopping information exfiltration makes an attempt in addition to unintended information loss from misdirected emails.

Powered by machine studying, Tessian’s Human Layer Security platform understands regular e mail habits by analyzing content material, context, and communication patterns from historic e mail information to determine trusted relationship graphs. Tessian can then detect anomalies in real-time utilizing these worker relationship graphs alongside deep content material evaluation, pure language processing, and behavioral evaluation.

To study extra about Tessian’s DLP options, go to Tessian Guardian and Tessian Enforcer.

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Gartner, Market Guide for Data Loss Prevention, Ravisha Chugh, Andrew Bales, 28 June 2021

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About Tessian
Tessian’s mission is to safe the human layer by empowering folks to do their greatest work, with out safety getting of their means. Using machine studying know-how, Tessian mechanically predicts and eliminates superior threats on e mail attributable to human error – like information exfiltration, unintended information loss, enterprise e mail compromise and phishing assaults – with minimal disruption to workers’ workflow. Founded in 2013, Tessian is backed by famend buyers like Sequoia, Accel, March Capital and Balderton Capital, and has workplaces in San Francisco, Boston and London.

Press Contact
press@tessian.com
+44 7810691271

Moeglingen, Germany / Boston, MA, July 21, 2021. On behalf of USU, a number one supplier of IT options and companies, the analysis firm Research in Action has surveyed 750 determination makers from medium-sized and enormous corporations on the challenges, options and financial savings potential of cloud companies. The detailed outcomes of the examine can be found freed from cost.

This examine affords 5 vital evaluation factors about the way forward for cloud companies. It exhibits that cloud is crucial in in the present day’s financial system, however the challenges are immense: three-quarters of corporations undergo from exploding cloud prices, and two-thirds from an uncontrolled improve in cloud companies.

Cloud computing as a value lure
A big proportion of respondents reported an explosion in prices for IT infrastructures with cloud elements. Almost all contributors from corporations with as much as 5,000 staff undergo from this and at the least 59% from bigger corporations.

Wild progress and lack of ROI calculation
For 65% of respondents, it is extremely vital to forestall uncontrolled improve within the procurement of cloud companies. A scarcity of transparency and uniform management results in over 50% of respondents lacking a ROI calculation earlier than cloud deployment. In specific, 75% of huge corporations see the hazard of a value explosion as a result of poor selections from lack of ROI calculation.

Software instruments for environment friendly cloud operation
More than four-fifths of determination makers plan to make use of software program instruments for the challenges of cloud administration. The vary of functions is broad for the examine’s contributors, who report a mix of modules for value management, billing and useful resource administration.

Minimizing prices and dangers via cloud administration
More than four-fifths of respondents count on to scale back their infrastructure and software program licensing prices by utilizing cloud administration software program. More than three-quarters count on value reductions of as much as a million euros per 12 months. The effectivity and safety of IT operations are additionally vital to sustainably strengthen the general group.

The time is ripe for cloud administration software program
Participants principally cite timeframes of some months to introduce software program to optimize their hybrid IT landscapes, and 94% plan this introduction within the subsequent two years. They desire a clear overview of which companies are used within the firm and whether or not the carried out assets are totally utilized. Many of those points are coated by a modularly structured full resolution for cloud administration software program.

This press launch is obtainable at http://www.usu.com.

About USU
As a number one supplier of software program and companies for IT and customer support administration, USU allows corporations to grasp the calls for of in the present day’s digital world. Global organizations use our options to chop prices, grow to be extra agile and scale back dangers – with smarter companies, less complicated workflows and higher collaboration. With greater than 40 years of expertise and areas worldwide, the USU group brings clients into the longer term.

In addition to USU GmbH, which was based in 1977, the subsidiaries USU Technologies GmbH, USU Solutions GmbH, USU Solutions Inc. and USU SAS additionally belong to USU Software AG (ISIN DE 000A0BVU28), which is listed within the Prime Standard of the German Stock Exchange.

Further info: https://www.usu.com

Contact
USU Software AG
Corporate Communications
Dr. Thomas Gerick
Email: thomas.gerick@usu.com

USU Solutions Inc.
Evonne Wetzner
Marketing Director
Email: evonne.wetzner@usu.com

USU Software AG
Investor Relations
Falk Sorge
Email: falk.sorge@usu.com

Anxiety over grades may result in a major improve in authorized challenges.

The resolution by the Department for Education (DfE) to shut all faculties and schools final 12 months resulted within the cancellation of GCSE, AS and ‘A’ degree exams. The DfE, with Ofqual, determined that college students who had been attributable to sit their public exams would as an alternative be awarded instructor assessed grades (TAGs). The alternative with TAGs has led to an enormous quantity of hysteria and fear for college kids and their dad and mom.

A latest ballot by Mumsnet exhibits that 54% of oldsters imagine that this 12 months’s system is unfair, and a survey of academics by TES indicated that solely 52% of academics believed that the grading course of of their faculty was honest and that it could give college students the grades they deserved. Consequently, it’s anticipated that there shall be a pointy improve within the numbers of appeals towards grades.

The common secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders lately knowledgeable the House of Commons Education Committee that some dad and mom are making threats of authorized motion towards academics. Richard Sheriff, president of ASCL, has warned of oldsters with “pointy-elbows and lawyer friends”. ASCL is now bringing in its personal attorneys to help its members.

In response, Claimsmiths has launched its personal examination appeals service to offer authorized recommendation to college students on their grounds of enchantment. The specialist workforce of skilled litigators contains Mark Gleeson, a knowledge safety and freedom of knowledge professional. The workforce will use, amongst different issues, knowledge rights laws to acquire essential proof to help appeals.

Gleeson feedback: “The assessment process is hugely important to students. The Government, Ofqual and the teaching profession cannot seriously deny that mistakes will be made during the assessment process. Students who are unfairly awarded lower grades potentially will be saddled with them for the rest of their lives.”

Ofqual’s personal knowledge for the 2019-20 educational 12 months exhibits that 80% of GCSE and A-level appeals resulted in a change in grade and that 33% had been modified by one grade. There had been 15 instances the place the enchantment led to a change of six grades and 85 instances the place there was a 4 grade change. It isn’t simply harmless administrative or procedural errors, or a distinction in educational judgement, that will have an effect on grades. In some instances, misconduct by educating workers happens, too. Ofqual has recognised that bias and discrimination exist and has issued steering to academics on tips on how to make goal judgements.

There can be a major monetary situation for college kids in acquiring the proper grade. New analysis by the DfE exhibits the hyperlink between GCSE attainment and earnings over an individual’s lifetime. Those who carry out only one GCSE grade higher than their counterparts throughout 9 topics have been proven to earn a median of £207,000 extra all through their lives. Those who achieved only one grade increased than their counterparts in a single topic noticed a rise of their lifetime earnings by a median of £23,000.

The service is accessible at claimsmiths.co.uk/appeal-exam-results/

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FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:-
Jamie White at Overture London. T: +44(0)20 3817 8383. E: jamie.white@overture.london

NOTE TO EDITORS /
Claimsmiths is a targeted disputes apply for people and a part of Brandsmiths, a specialist legislation agency for IP-rich companies. Claimsmiths is designed to satisfy the quickly rising demand for an outcomes-focused method in client actions. The Claimsmiths workforce has already grown to a workforce of 10 litigators, together with a number of the main knowledge safety, finance {and professional} negligence attorneys within the UK. We are extremely skilled in working a spread of claims, which incorporates precedent setting litigation.

• New platform helps producer loop in workplace, warehouse and furloughed employees, assist psychological well being and minimize laboured admin
• Pitacs sees enormous leap in worker engagement to 83%

Leicester, UK; 21st July 2021: StaffCircle, the cloud-based HR platform that mixes efficiency administration and worker engagement, has partnered with Pitacs to drive enhancements inside its workforce engagement and its entry to worker data. The world producer and distributor of heating merchandise and electrical cables has dramatically improved engagement between desk and non-desk primarily based staff, in addition to furloughed employees, by deploying the SaaS-based StaffCircle platform.

By embracing the transition to digitisation with StaffCircle, Pitacs has achieved spectacular outcomes, slashing admin time from eight hours per 30 days to only one hour and growing worker engagement to 83% – a key precedence on the corporate’s agenda.

People over paper
Earlier within the pandemic, Pitacs utilised StaffCircle’s ‘Newsfeed’ group particular communications characteristic to maintain furloughed employees updated on firm insurance policies and different key updates round returning to work and social distancing tips. As nicely as workplace-related data, Pitacs now makes use of StaffCircle’s platform to flow into psychological well being data and worker wellbeing-related suggestions. Taking this method has produced a happier, extra motivated and knowledgeable workforce, even throughout these unsure occasions.

With the remainder of Pitacs’ workforce cut up between workplace and warehouse, the problem was set to reconnect employees and obtain engagement throughout the board. Warehouse employees, who account for one third of all staff, haven’t any entry to emails, so many HR processes had been time-consuming and cumbersome, counting on paper-based memos or phrase of mouth communication.

StaffCircle’s ‘Communications’ characteristic has offered the workforce of Pitacs with a platform for immediate two-way interplay, giving staff a voice to feed again. The days of paper memos are lengthy gone and all groups, together with the warehouse, are in a position to get their data first-hand.

Claire Minns, HR Manager at Pitacs, mentioned: “For me, the best things are the ‘Holidays’ and the ‘Communications’ features, which have changed my life the most. From an HR perspective, it is so much easier to keep track of tasks. StaffCircle’s platform helped me to keep on top of everything without constantly having to chase information. But most of all, it’s heartwarming to see the engagement among our teams, especially during the pandemic.”

Designed to mix efficiency administration and worker engagement into one cloud platform, StaffCircle measurably improves office tradition and automates processes to ship higher operational effectivity. The consolidated platform is constructed on a holistic method to managing end-to-end worker expertise offering 360° perception into efficiency, engagement and sentiment throughout distributed, dispersed workforces. These data-driven insights present the premise for knowledgeable resolution making and a extra strategic, digital HR operate.

Mark Seemann, Founder and CEO of StaffCircle, mentioned “By embedding culture, competencies, and behaviours to staff via a digital platform available anywhere, Pitacs has not only improved employee engagement but also unified a geographically dispersed team and continued to build its unique company culture. Whether desk-based, working in the warehouse or even working from home, as we move forward companies must adopt a culture of people first, and Pitacs is a great example of this.”

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About StaffCircle
StaffCircle uniquely combines efficiency administration and worker engagement into one cloud platform that measurably improves office tradition, automates processes to ship higher operational effectivity and delivers a greater worker expertise.

StaffCircle’s cloud-based platform is designed to ship a holistic method to managing the end-to-end worker expertise in a single consolidated platform which supplies 360 perception into efficiency, engagement and sentiment throughout distributed, dispersed workforces. These data-driven insights present the premise for knowledgeable resolution making and a extra strategic HR operate.

StaffCircle’s distinctive method helps clients throughout the UK to attain excessive performing cultures with extra engaged staff and strengthens their capability to draw and retain expertise. By connecting with each employee by way of their cellular, laptop computer or desktop utilizing current instruments comparable to Microsoft Teams, SMS and e mail, StaffCircle helps firms propel employees to attain their finest work. Its highly-secure platform achieves engagement ranges of over 80%, is absolutely GDPR compliant, and gives a single resolution for firms to raised handle worker operations with higher analytics, a single supply of reality, and aggressive pricing. For extra data on how StaffCircle supplies small and medium sized organisations internationally with an all-in-one worker relationship resolution, go to: www.staffcircle.com.

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Victoria Hourigan, CommsCo, vhourigan@thecommsco.com

Rabobank’s Data Lab accomplished greater than 100 AI tasks in lower than two years

AMSTERDAM and LONDON – July 21st, 2021 – Dataiku, the world’s most superior enterprise AI platform, confirms its shut partnership with Rabobank. Dataiku’s platform helps Rabobank’s Intelligence Lab in deploying AI tasks throughout the organisation for a whole bunch of customers. More than 100 AI initiatives have been efficiently accomplished in lower than two years.

Rabobank began reworking right into a data-driven organisation in 2011. During this time, the financial institution has been utilizing Dataiku to help its more and more subtle AI tasks. The financial institution has gone from only a few customers and use instances to 150+ Dataiku customers and broad adoption of AI throughout numerous departments equivalent to advertising and marketing, gross sales, finance, danger administration and audit.

“We have been working with Rabobank for quite some time and have seen its progression from a relatively small centre of excellence to AI use cases that are embedded in virtually all business units and used by hundreds of employees and customers,” stated Nadim Antar, VP Sales & GM UK-Northern Europe at Dataiku. “This is exactly the growth model we had in mind when we developed Dataiku. It’s all about the business – from selecting the right projects to delivering added value. Running data initiatives from within an IT team or even a dedicated data team alone can never bring the depth and value that domain experts provide. The secret is to make the two work closely together.”

RATE System
The ‘RATE system’, which provides prospects perception into their transactions and ensures monetary transparency, is likely one of the high tasks that Rabobank has developed with Dataiku. The mannequin — developed utilizing Dataiku — combines enterprise logic with statistical fashions and neural networks, all printed in an API, in order that transactions that happen in close to real-time (a matter of seconds) are tagged.

“Innovating with AI is necessary to stay competitive. Rabobank is not the only financial institution with a lot of data and use cases, so we are constantly working to improve the customer experience with more and more cutting-edge use cases,” stated Roel Dirks, Product Manager Big Data Lab at Rabobank. “Dataiku is the proper associate to do that efficiently. The pace with which it releases new options is unbelievable. Dataiku is a number one participant within the discipline of knowledge science and superior analytics for a purpose.”

Analytics Way of Working
In addition to know-how, Rabobank’s success can also be resulting from its ‘Analytics Way of Working’ methodology, a singular method to utilizing case prioritisation and an organisation-wide framework to extract extra worth from AI tasks.

In addition to customer support, Rabobank can also be innovating with AI to offer a data-driven method to danger and IT. Learn extra about how Rabobank constructed its RATE system and acquire perception into these further use instances from throughout the corporate and its Analytics Way of Working on this newly-released eBook.

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About Dataiku
Dataiku is the world’s main AI and machine studying platform, supporting agility in organizations’ knowledge efforts by way of collaborative, elastic, and accountable AI, all at enterprise scale. Hundreds of corporations use Dataiku to underpin their important enterprise operations and guarantee they keep related in a altering world, together with fashions driving fraud detection, buyer churn prevention, predictive upkeep, provide chain optimization, and way more. Dataiku is constructed for corporations trying to democratize AI throughout their group, bringing agility and preparedness to the enterprise via the usage of knowledge by everybody from analysts to knowledge scientists.

PR contacts
Victoria Hourigan, CommsCo, vhourigan@thecommsco.com