Fortifying Africa’s Financial Future: BFSI Security Summit Hits Johannesburg in 2025

JOHANNESBURG, March 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Banks and insurance companies across Africa face an unprecedented wave of cyberattacks, with ransomware, data breaches, and phishing threatening financial stability and customer trust. In 2020, South Africa’s Experian breach compromised the data of 24 million individuals, exposing vulnerabilities in the sector. More recently, in 2023, the Medusa hacking group targeted the Malian subsidiary of Bank of Africa, stealing two terabytes of data and demanding $2 million, spotlighting the growing risks continent–wide. With cybercrime costing Africa $4.12 billion annually, the need for robust defenses is clear. IT News Africa proudly presents the BFSI Security Summit – Johannesburg 2025, a vital platform to address these escalating challenges.

Set for Wednesday, May 7, 2025, in Johannesburg, this content packed one–day event is themed “Fortifying BFSI: Cybersecurity Across Africa’s Financial Future.” It will unite cybersecurity leaders, IT executives, and tech providers to tackle the unique security landscape of Africa’s Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance (BFSI) sector. As AI, blockchain, and cloud technologies transform financial services, they introduce complex risks that demand innovative solutions.

The summit features a powerhouse lineup of speakers, including Galeboe Mogotsi, CISO at Wits ICT; Adebayo Adekunle John, Group Head, IT & CISO at Sovereign Finance Limited; and Sithembile Songo, Group Head of Information Security at ESKOM. Additional experts like Thabani Joyisa, Head of IT Risk at Vitality Global, and Nomakholwa Nontenja, Group Fintech Manager at MTN, will share actionable insights.

Attendees—including CISOs, CIOs, risk officers, and tech enthusiasts from across Africa—will engage in expert–led panels like “Ransomware and Data Breaches: Africa’s BFSI Risks” and “Securing Emerging Tech: Cloud and Blockchain in Africa.” The agenda includes presentations on AI–powered cybersecurity, zero trust security, and data privacy, plus a tech exhibition and networking cocktail.

“Cyber threats are evolving rapidly, and Africa’s BFSI sector must adapt,” said Abe Wakama, Managing Director at IT News Africa. “This summit empowers leaders with the tools and connections to build resilient defenses, ensuring a secure financial future for the continent.”

Sponsorship opportunities are available for cybersecurity providers, tech firms, and fintech innovators. Visit https://itnewsafrica.com/event/bfsi–security–sponsorship/. Register at https://itnewsafrica.com/event/event/bfsi–security–summit/#register.


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LyondellBasell and Covestro announce permanent closure of PO11 unit at Maasvlakte

MAASSVLAKTE, Netherlands, March 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LyondellBasell (LYB) and Covestro have jointly decided to permanently close the Propylene Oxide Styrene and Monomer (POSM) production unit (PO11) at the Maasvlakte site in the Netherlands. This decision comes after thorough and careful consideration and is driven by the continued pressure on Maasvlakte's profitability due to global overcapacities, a strong increase of imports from Asia and high costs of European production. Unfortunately, this situation is expected to continue, so longer–term profitable production is not anticipated.

“While the decision to shut down the PO11 unit is difficult, we must ensure all assets within our portfolio are a long–term strategic fit,” said Aaron Ledet, executive vice–president, I&D and Supply Chain. “We are prioritizing our core assets which play a key role in our technology differentiation and circularity or provide attractive returns over the cost of capital. We take our obligations toward our employees, European employee reps, councils and unions seriously. We have engaged with them in line with these obligations and will continue to do so. We would like to thank them for the constructive dialogue. We are also in communication with customers, suppliers and other parties across the value chain and will continue to do business as usual. There is no change to our working relationship, and we continue to focus on providing an exceptional customer and supplier experience.”

“As part of our Sustainable Future Strategy, we’re continuously working to optimally position Covestro to be a reliable partner for our customers and to operate competitively in a challenging market environment,” said Hermann–Josef Dörholt, head of the Performance Materials Business Entity at Covestro. “Due to global overcapacities, persistently weak demand, and high costs in Europe, we have jointly decided with LYB to close the PO11 plant. We will support LYB in implementing this change as socially responsibly as possible. At the same time, we remain committed to the European market and will continue to supply customers with our renowned polyether polyols portfolio.”

The Maasvlakte site, a joint venture between LYB and Covestro, has been operational in the Rotterdam region since 2003. Between now and the end of 2026, LYB will carry out a process to safely shut down and prepare for the demolition of the asset.

In 2024, LYB announced a strategic review of European assets of its Olefins & Polyolefins (O&P) and Intermediates & Derivatives (I&D) business units. LYB has taken the next step in evaluating the option to seek alternative ownership for the O&P sites in the strategic assessment. At this time no decisions have been made and various outcomes remain possible.

About LyondellBasell
We are LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB) ― a leader in the global chemical industry creating solutions for everyday sustainable living. Through advanced technology and focused investments, we are enabling a circular and low carbon economy. Across all we do, we aim to unlock value for our customers, investors, and society. As one of the world's largest producers of polymers and a leader in polyolefin technologies, we develop, manufacture and market high–quality and innovative products for applications ranging from sustainable transportation and food safety to clean water and quality healthcare. For more information, please visit www.lyondellbasell.com or follow @LyondellBasell on LinkedIn.

About Covestro
Covestro is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of high–quality polymer materials and their components. With its innovative products, processes and methods, the company helps enhance sustainability and the quality of life in many areas. Covestro supplies customers around the world in key industries such as mobility, building and living, as well as the electrical and electronics sector. In addition, polymers from Covestro are also used in sectors such as sports and leisure, telecommunications and health, as well as in the chemical industry itself.

The company is geared completely to the circular economy. In addition, Covestro aims to achieve climate neutrality for its Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions by 2035, and the Group’s Scope 3 emissions are also set to be climate neutral by 2050. Covestro generated sales of EUR 14.2 billion in fiscal year 2024. At the end of 2024, the company had 46 production sites worldwide and employed approximately 17,500 people (calculated as full–time equivalents).

Media Inquiries LYB Global
LyondellBasell Media Relations
Phone: +1–713–309–7575
Email: [email protected]

Or:

Media Inquiries LYB Europe
Robert Kleissen, External Affairs Europe
Phone: +31–6–273–573–98
Email: [email protected]

Media Inquiries Covestro
Markus Kleine–Beck, Corporate Trade Media Relations
Phone: +49–173–2320–686
Email: markus.kleine–[email protected]

Svenja Paul, Corporate Media Relations
Phone: +49–214–6009–2814
Email: [email protected]

Forward–Looking Statements LYB
The statements in this release relating to matters that are not historical facts are forward–looking statements. Actual results could differ materially based on factors including, but not limited to, our ability to align our asset base with our strategic goals; and our ability to safely shut the asset described down and conduct demolition. Additional factors that could cause results to differ materially from those described in the forward–looking statements can be found in the “Risk Factors” section of our Form 10–K for the year ended December 31, 2024, which can be found at www.LyondellBasell.com on the Investor Relations page and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov. There is no assurance that any of the actions, events or results of the forward–looking statements will occur, or if any of them do, what impact they will have on our results of operations or financial condition. Forward–looking statements speak only as of the date they were made and are based on the estimates and opinions of management of LyondellBasell at the time the statements are made. LyondellBasell does not assume any obligation to update forward–looking statements should circumstances or management's estimates or opinions change, except as required by law.

Forward–Looking Statements Covestro
This news release may contain forward–looking statements based on current assumptions and forecasts made by Covestro AG. Various known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors could lead to material differences between the actual future results, financial situation, development or performance of the company and the estimates given here. These factors include those discussed in Covestro’s public reports, which are available at www.covestro.com. The company assumes no liability whatsoever to update these forward–looking statements or to conform them to future events or developments.

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Zoom Named to Fast Company’s Annual List of the World’s Most Innovative Companies of 2025

The AI–first open work platform joins the ranks of Waymo, Nvidia, Duolingo, and more

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Zoom Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZM), has been named to Fast Company’s prestigious list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies of 2025 for the second year in a row. This year’s list shines a spotlight on businesses that are shaping industry and culture through their innovations to set new standards and achieve remarkable milestones in all sectors of the economy. Alongside the World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies, Fast Company recognizes 609 organizations across 58 sectors and regions.

“Inclusion on the 2025 Fast Company List of the Most Innovative Companies for the second year in a row is a recognition of the vision, leadership, and dedication of our teams to continually advance Zoom’s AI–first open work platform to enable human connection, ” said Smita Hashim, chief product officer at Zoom. “At Zoom, we are reshaping the way people collaborate with AI at the core. This recognition is a testament to the speed and scale of our innovation as we meet our customers where they are, helping them work smarter, collaborate better, and achieve more.”

Zoom has evolved from a video meetings company into an open AI–first work platform built for human connection, helping customers accelerate their productivity, reimagine teamwork, and create seamless customer experiences with Zoom Workplace and Zoom Business Services.

Just yesterday at Enterprise Connect, Zoom announced the expansion of AI Companion across its entire platform with agentic skills, agents, and models to deliver high–quality results and help users improve productivity, get more work done, and strengthen relationships.

Additionally, Zoom continues to enhance its Zoom Business Services suite for marketing, customer care, and sales, which includes AI–first solutions that are tightly integrated with Zoom Workplace and designed to help customer–facing employees strengthen customer relationships and improve customer experiences.

The World’s Most Innovative Companies stands as Fast Company’s hallmark franchise and one of its most anticipated editorial efforts of the year. To determine honorees, Fast Company’s editors and writers review companies driving progress around the world and across industries, evaluating thousands of submissions through a competitive application process. The result is a globe–spanning guide to innovation today, from early–stage startups to some of the most valuable companies in the world.

“Our list of the Most Innovative Companies offers both a comprehensive look at innovation today and a playbook for the future,” said Fast Company editor–in–chief Brendan Vaughan. “This year, we recognize companies that are harnessing AI in deep and meaningful ways, brands that are turning customers into superfans by overdelivering for them, and challengers that are introducing bold ideas and vital competition to their industries. At a time when the world is rapidly shifting, these companies are charting the way forward.”

The full list of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies honorees can now be found at fastcompany.com. It will also be available on newsstands beginning March 25.

Fast Company will host the Most Innovative Companies Summit and Gala for honorees on June 5. The summit features a day of inspiring content, followed by a creative black–tie gala including networking, a seated dinner, and an honoree presentation.

About Zoom
Zoom’s mission is to provide one platform that delivers limitless human connection. Reimagine teamwork with Zoom Workplace — Zoom’s open collaboration platform with AI Companion that empowers teams to be more productive. Together with Zoom Workplace, Zoom’s Business Services for sales, marketing, and customer care teams, including Zoom Contact Center, strengthen customer relationships throughout the customer lifecycle. Founded in 2011, Zoom is publicly traded (NASDAQ: ZM) and headquartered in San Jose, California. Get more information at zoom.com.

ABOUT FAST COMPANY
Fast Company is the only media brand fully dedicated to the vital intersection of business, innovation, and design, engaging the most influential leaders, companies, and thinkers on the future of business. Headquartered in New York City, Fast Company is published by Mansueto Ventures LLC, along with fellow business publication Inc. For more information, please visit fastcompany.com.

Zoom Public Relations
Bridget Moriarty
[email protected] 


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Zoom debuts new agentic AI skills and agents for Zoom AI Companion

  • Zoom AI Companion expands agentic skills across the entire Zoom platform, using reasoning and memory to take action and orchestrate task execution, conversational self–service, custom agent creation, and more
  • More than 45 new innovations announced, including AI enhancements for Zoom Meetings, Zoom Phone, Zoom Team Chat, Zoom Docs, and Zoom Contact Center, help users get more done, do their best work, and strengthen relationships
  • New Zoom customer experience (CX) innovations include next–generation enhancements to Zoom Virtual Agent chat and the introduction of Virtual Agent for voice, AI intent routing capabilities, and Advanced Quality Management

ORLANDO, Fla., March 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today Zoom Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZM) unveiled agentic AI Companion capabilities, new Zoom AI Companion skills, and AI updates across its platform, including Zoom Meetings, Zoom Team Chat, Zoom Docs, Zoom Phone, Zoom Whiteboard, Zoom Contact Center, industry solutions, and more.

“AI Companion is evolving from a personal assistant to being truly agentic, which signals a major leap forward in how AI can enhance productivity and collaboration at work,” said Smita Hashim, chief product officer at Zoom. “We’re delivering value for our customers through AI agents and agentic skills that solve real customer problems, helping them connect, collaborate, and get more done, all within the Zoom platform our users trust and love.”

“We’ve been using Zoom AI Companion since it became available, and I’ve seen firsthand how it has transformed our academic and administrative operations,” said Steven Carroll, chief information officer at Saint Leo University. “This technology isn’t just about efficiency; it allows our employees to spend less time on manual tasks and more time on meaningful collaboration, and focus on what matters most: supporting our students’ educational journey.”

AI Companion takes action with AI skills and agents

Zoom is elevating AI Companion across its entire platform through AI agentic skills, agents, and models to deliver high–quality results, help users improve productivity, and strengthen relationships.

  • AI Companion will help users get more done by executing on their behalf and managing multi–step actions with the knowledge of which agents and skills to tap into using reasoning and memory to make decisions, solve complex problems, and learn over time, along with task action and orchestration to execute and complete tasks.
  • Additional new agentic skills include calendar management to help schedule meetings and find a time that works for everyone, clip generation for fast clip creation, writing assistance for advanced document creation, and more.
  • AI Companion will also extend to specialized agents that power Zoom Business Services. For customer self–service, Zoom Virtual Agent leverages memory and reasoning skills to deliver empathetic and contextual conversations and task action to resolve complex issues from start to finish. With AI Studio, users can effortlessly create and deploy customizable virtual agents (available in beta later this spring). Zoom Revenue Accelerator users will also be able to benefit from a specialized agent for sales in the coming months to help increase revenue through automated insights, personalized outreach and enhanced prospecting.
  • Coming soon, with Zoom’s open platform, users will be able to interact with third–party agents such as ServiceNow AI Agents and create their own custom agents with specific skill sets to address unique needs, such as streamlining sales RFPs or IT and HR service requests. AI Companion will know when to work with third–party and custom agents to take action and complete tasks.

Custom AI Companion add–on will allow organizations to customize AI Companion with AI Studio by tailoring it to address their unique needs and drive efficiency.

  • Organizations will be able to create custom meeting templates and custom dictionaries with vocabulary unique to their business or industry, incorporate information from their own data sources, including compatible third–party applications, and use AI Studio to expand AI Companion’s knowledge and skills to help drive decisions and actions and complete tasks.
  • Users will have access to a digital personal AI coach and custom meeting summary templates that will allow users to structure meeting summaries for specific industry verticals or use cases, such as one–on–one meetings, customer intake, or brainstorming meetings.
  • Users will also have access to Custom Avatars for Zoom Clips to help scale video clip creation and avoid multiple takes by using a personalized AI–generated avatar to create clips with a user–provided script. Custom Avatars will be included in the Custom AI Companion add–on and will also be available for purchase separately.
  • The Custom AI Companion add–on is expected to be available for purchase in April for $12 per user per month (personal coach is expected to be available in June).

As part of Zoom’s federated approach to AI, the Custom AI Companion add–on will incorporate Small Language Models (SLMs) alongside Zoom’s third–party LLMs to deliver industry–leading performance and cost–effectiveness for modern businesses. Zoom’s new SLMs are trained with extensive multilingual data, optimized for specific tasks to perform complex actions, and well–positioned to facilitate multi–agent collaboration.

Get more done with AI Companion

With new agentic skills, AI Companion can help users get more done, identify and execute tasks, manage meetings, and more. AI Companion’s agentic skills work across the platform to help reduce manual work so users can focus on what matters most.

  • Zoom Tasks with AI Companion will help users surface, complete, and manage tasks across Zoom Workplace by automatically detecting action items in meeting summaries, chats, and emails, and completing tasks like scheduling follow–up meetings or generating documents from meetings. Tasks will be available in a new tab within Zoom Workplace and can be embedded into a Zoom Doc, creating a central repository to track personal, team, and project tasks from creation to completion. Zoom Tasks is expected to launch at the end of March.
  • Meeting agendas with AI Companion, expected to launch in May, will help users stay organized by using templates or recent agendas to provide recommended content. Hosts will be able to add an agenda timer to sections to keep meetings on track and receive AI–generated live notes during the meeting. After the meeting, hosts will be able to easily share the summary and action items.
  • Live notes for Meetings and Phone, expected to launch in May, will provide real–time summaries during a meeting or phone call to help users catch up quickly, stay on track, focus on real–time topics connected to the agenda, and track updates live.
  • AI Companion for Zoom Phone can now generate voicemail summaries and support the Zoom for Microsoft Teams app. Zoom Phone calls within Microsoft Teams can generate AI Companion call summaries, and prioritize and extract tasks from voicemails.
  • A new voice recorder on the Zoom Workplace mobile app, expected to launch in late March, will transcribe, summarize, and capture action items with AI Companion and create high–quality recordings for in–person conversations, so users can connect without taking notes.
  • AI Companion for Workspace Reservation will show in–office workers when colleagues are expected to be in the office, recommend which days to go into the office based on scheduled meetings and their teammates’ scheduled in–office days, and have AI Companion proactively book a desk or a Zoom Room for them. These updates are expected to launch in May.

AI Companion helps users do their best work and get better results

Zoom Docs helps workers create high–quality content more efficiently by providing AI Companion writing assistance, as well as internal and external information search capabilities to help maximize productivity and streamline workflows.

  • Zoom Docs will have enhanced AI Companion capabilities with advanced references and queries that will be able to help a user create a writing plan based on the context, search internal and external information for references, and aggregate them into a high–quality business document based on user instructions. Advanced references and queries are expected to launch in June.
  • Users can prompt AI Companion to automatically create data tables, including from meeting summaries, so that content may be more easily digested and organized in a table format. AI Companion will be able to automatically label the columns so users can quickly see highlights and automate information like categorization and summarization for each record. This feature is expected to be available in July.

Zoom also announced Zoom Drive, a central repository for meeting and productivity assets such as Zoom Docs, that will make it easier to find and access assets across Zoom Workplace. Zoom Drive is expected to launch in May.

Zoom AI Companion continues to be included at no additional cost for customers with the paid services in their Zoom user accounts. Specialized AI Companion capabilities, custom agent configurations, and third–party agents may cost an additional fee or be subject to separate pricing.

Visit the Zoom newsroom for more information on Zoom’s approach to agentic AI and Zoom Workplace enhancements.

Strengthen relationships with Zoom Business Services

The Zoom Business Services suite for marketing, customer care, and sales includes AI–first solutions that are tightly integrated with Zoom Workplace and designed to help customer–facing employees strengthen customer relationships and improve customer experiences.

Zoom Customer Experience (CX)
Zoom is bringing agentic skills to Zoom Contact Center with specialized AI agents to help revolutionize customer experiences, empower customer service agents, and enhance self–service interactions while maintaining the importance of human connections.

  • New generative AI advancements with agentic AI skills will introduce the next evolution of self–service. Zoom Virtual Agent will offer more natural language skills, handle complex queries, and execute tasks on behalf of customers. To extend these capabilities, Zoom Virtual Agent will be available for voice and chat channels (planned for qualified customer beta later this spring), offering a seamless, always–on experience.
  • AI–intent routing (expected to launch at the end of March), will intelligently route customers to the best–suited agent based on real–time intent detection.
  • With Advanced Quality Management, contact center teams will have access to Auto Quality Management, which will use AI to automatically score up to 100% of customer interactions, and Ask Quality Management, which will deliver a conversational interface for supervisors to directly query transcripts and uncover valuable insights. Advanced Quality Management is expected to launch in May.

Visit the Zoom newsroom for an in–depth look at Zoom Business Services enhancements, including updates for Zoom Revenue Accelerator and Zoom Events.

Zoom delivers powerful industry–specific solutions

  • Zoom Workplace for Frontline, expected to launch in April, is a purpose–built, AI Companion–based, mobile solution that gives frontline workers the on–shift communications and work management tools needed to be more connected and efficient in their daily tasks.
  • Zoom Workplace for Clinicians, expected to launch at the end of March, is designed to streamline clinical workflows. It enables doctors, nurses, and practitioners to dedicate more time to patient care and engagement rather than spending valuable time on documentation and administrative tasks. Zoom Workplace for Clinicians will be able to automatically generate clinical notes in the office or a virtual Zoom telehealth appointment so that physicians can focus on what matters most: their patients.
  • Zoom Workplace for Education will provide AI Companion–generated lecture summaries with supporting material that teachers can use to generate assignments and students can use to create study materials (expected to be available in May). Later this year, a live notes feature will enable students to add comments, reactions, and highlights to the live transcripts to engage with lecture content during and post class to further learning.
  • The Zoom hardware certification program is expanding solutions to support industry verticals beginning in April:
    • For education customers, Zoom will add select document cameras, which are intended to capture documents or objects on a table that can be shared in a Zoom virtual meeting or class, to its certified hardware portfolio.
    • For healthcare customers, Zoom will certify select cameras for use in patient rooms, enabling remote observation of patients.

Some features and products may not be available for all regions and industry verticals.

About Zoom
Zoom’s mission is to provide an AI–first work platform for human connection. Reimagine teamwork with Zoom Workplace — Zoom’s open collaboration platform with AI Companion that empowers teams to be more productive. Together with Zoom Workplace, Zoom’s Business Services for sales, marketing, and customer experience teams, including Zoom Contact Center, strengthen customer relationships throughout the customer lifecycle. Founded in 2011, Zoom is publicly traded (NASDAQ:ZM) and headquartered in San Jose, California. Get more information at zoom.com.

Zoom Public Relations
Lacretia Nichols
[email protected]


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Quantexa stellt auf der QuanCon25 eine Welle von KI-Entscheidungsintelligenz der nächsten Generation vor

LONDON, March 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Quantexa, ein weltweit führender Anbieter von Decision Intelligence–Lösungen für den öffentlichen und privaten Sektor, hat heute auf der QuanCon25, seinem jährlichen Event für Kunden und Partner, eine Reihe innovativer Updates und Neueinführungen für seine Plattform angekündigt. Quantexa veranstaltete die Konferenz im Tobacco Dock in London und unterstrich das anhaltende Engagement des Unternehmens, seine Kunden dabei zu unterstützen, ihre Daten KI–fähig zu machen, organisatorische Silos aufzubrechen und die Entscheidungsfindung im Zeitalter der KI zu transformieren.

Eine neue Ära der Entscheidungsintelligenz

Im Mittelpunkt der Innovationen von Quantexa steht die Decision Intelligence Platform, deren Contextual Fabric Kunden bei folgenden Zielen unterstützt:

  • Vereinheitlichen fragmentierter Daten mithilfe branchenführender Entitätsauflösungs– und Diagrammtechnologie.
  • Anreichern von Daten mit wichtigen kontextbezogenen Erkenntnissen, um eine reale Darstellung davon zu erstellen, wie sich Datenverbindungen und –beziehungen auf ein Unternehmen auswirken.
  • Befähigen von Organisationen, kontextbezogene Analysen durchzuführen, die die Bemühungen von generativer KI stärken, eine intelligentere und transformativere Entscheidungsfindung auf allen Unternehmensebenen voranzutreiben.

Dan Higgins, Chief Product Officer von Quantexa, kündigte außerdem neue Funktionen der Decision Intelligence–Plattform an, darunter:

  • Erweiterte Sprachparser: Unterstützt jetzt nicht–lateinische Schriften wie Japanisch – mit chinesischen und arabischen Funktionen in Aussicht – und ermöglicht es Organisationen, mehrsprachige Daten mühelos zu verarbeiten.
  • Skalierbare Wissensgraphen: Diese Graphen können über eine Milliarde Knoten verbinden und bieten tiefe Einblicke in versteckte Risiken und Wachstumschancen.
  • Echtzeit–Streaming von Entitäten: Bereitstellung aktueller Erkenntnisse für die Betrugserkennung, Know–your–Customer (KYC) und Stammdatenverwaltung (MDM) durch Daten–Streaming mit extrem hohem Volumen.
  • Verbesserte Benutzererfahrung: Eine überarbeitete Such– und Lokalisierungsschnittstelle, die sicherstellt, dass Benutzer mit der Plattform in ihrer Muttersprache interagieren können, wodurch die Einarbeitungszeit verkürzt und das Engagement gefördert wird.

Higgins gab auch einen kleinen Einblick in bedeutende Plattforminnovationen, die 2025 auf den Markt kommen werden, darunter:

Mehr Unterstützung für unstrukturierte und erweiterte Datenformate

  • Neue NLP–Pipeline (Natural Language Processing) zur Verwaltung und Analyse unstrukturierter Daten in großem Umfang und in mehreren Sprachen.
  • Kontextbezogene Erkenntnisse, die aus internen Dokumenten extrahiert wurden, die unstrukturierte Daten aus Geheimdienstberichten, Open–Source–Intelligence (OSINT) und Nachrichteninhalten enthalten.
  • Die Fähigkeit, Destillation und Feinabstimmung zu nutzen, um eine Hyperscale–LLM–Leistung mit der Effizienz kleiner lokaler Modelle zu erzielen.

Neue Workflow– und Fallverwaltungsfunktionen

  • Ein neuer End–to–End–Workflow–Builder zur Verbesserung von Entscheidungsprozessen durch Konsistenz, Nachvollziehbarkeit und Zusammenarbeit.
  • Die Fähigkeit, Prozesse für Anwendungsfälle wie Datenverwaltung, Eskalationsentscheidungen, die Einreichung von Verdachtsmeldungen (SAR) und die Bearbeitung von Schadensfällen zu optimieren.
  • Für stark regulierte Umgebungen konzipiert – mit verbesserten Warn– und Berichtsfunktionen.

Revolutionierung des Datenmanagements

  • Entwicklung von traditionellen Methoden zu einem modernen, kontextbezogenen Gefüge, das vertrauenswürdige, aktuelle und allgemein zugängliche Daten bereitstellt.
  • KI–gestützte Qualitätsbewertung und automatisierte Ursachenanalyse für kritische Quelldaten.

Greifbare Auswirkungen auf das Geschäft

Um die Rendite zu verstehen, gab Quantexa eine Total Economic Impact–Studie bei dem führenden Branchenanalysten Forrester und einem vielfältigen Kundenportfolio aus den Bereichen Banken, Versicherungen, Telekommunikation und dem öffentlichen Sektor in Auftrag. Die Studie ergab, dass die Decision Intelligence–Plattform von Quantexa messbare Vorteile pro Anwendungsfall bietet, darunter:

  • Einsparungen von fast 8 Mio. USD durch effizienteres Datenmanagement.
  • Ca. 15 Mio. USD an betrieblicher Effizienz.
  • Über 19 Mio. USD an Einsparungen bei Risikominderung und Compliance.

Vishal Marria, Gründer und CEO von Quantexa, dazu: „Diese Ergebnisse zeigen, dass vertrauenswürdige und kontextbezogene Daten im Zeitalter der KI zu besseren Entscheidungen und einer erheblichen Steigerung des Gewinns führen.“

Mit KI– und Cloud–Lösungen neue Wege beschreiten

Zwei wichtige Ankündigungen festigten die Führungsposition von Quantexa im Bereich Decision Intelligence weiter:

  • Q Assist: Eine kontextbezogene generative KI–Lösungssuite, die den Zugang zu vertrauenswürdigen Daten demokratisieren, die Entscheidungsfindung verbessern und Echtzeit–Einblicke für Teams an vorderster Front bereitstellen soll, wird im April 2025 für den frühzeitigen Zugang verfügbar sein.
  • Quantexa Cloud: Eine umfassende Suite nativer SaaS–Branchenlösungen, die mit Quantexa Cloud AML auf Microsoft Azure startet, ist für die Kundenvorschau verfügbar. Diese innovative Lösung, die in enger Zusammenarbeit mit kommunalen und mittelgroßen Banken in den USA entwickelt wurde, optimiert und modernisiert die Arbeitsabläufe zur Bekämpfung der Geldwäsche, um eine schnellere Wertschöpfung und eine bessere Einhaltung der Vorschriften zu erreichen.
  • Jamie Hutton, Chief Technology Officer von Quantexa, hob in Live–Demonstrationen hervor, wie diese Lösungen die Aufdeckung von Finanzkriminalität und die operative Intelligenz revolutionieren, indem sie unterschiedliche Datenquellen zu verwertbaren Erkenntnissen verbinden.

Stärkung strategischer Partnerschaften

Quantexa hob auch seine wachsende Partnerschaft mit Microsoft hervor, eine Zusammenarbeit, die transformative Branchenlösungen auf dem Azure Marketplace hervorgebracht hat. Zu den wichtigsten Initiativen gehören:

  • Die öffentliche und private Vorschau–Einführung von Quantexa Unify Workload für Microsoft Fabric ermöglicht es Unternehmen, die Datenqualität zu verbessern und Silos in einer einheitlichen, skalierbaren Plattform zu beseitigen.
  • Erfolgsgeschichten von namhaften Kunden wie HSBC, Novobanco und RSA, die die Technologie von Microsoft und Quantexa nutzen, um ihre Daten– und KI–Transformation zu beschleunigen.

Ein Blick in die Zukunft: Einführung von Q Labs

Quantexa berichtete über den offiziellen Start von Q Labs, einem Zentrum, das bahnbrechende Ideen vorantreiben und einen Weg vom Konzept bis zur Vermarktung bieten soll, einschließlich der Erforschung neuer Technologien, der Beschleunigung von Produktinnovationen und der Lösung komplexer Kundenherausforderungen.

Q Labs entwickelt derzeit mehrere spannende Projekte, darunter:

  • Simulationslabor: Unterstützung von Unternehmen bei der Modellierung realer Szenarien vor wichtigen Entscheidungen.
  • Supply Chain Intelligence: Nutzung von KI, um intelligentere, widerstandsfähigere Lieferketten zu schaffen.

Parsa Ghaffari, Head of Product Innovation, dazu: „Durch die enge Zusammenarbeit mit unseren Entwicklungs– und GTM–Organisationen setzen wir bahnbrechende Ideen in die Praxis um und bringen unsere Kunden und Partner schneller als je zuvor zu ihrem nächsten mutigen Schritt.“

Anerkennung unserer Partner

Das Unternehmen nahm sich auch einen Moment Zeit, um seine wichtigsten strategischen Partner zu ehren. Im Rahmen des Events wurde Accenture, dessen visionärer Ansatz bahnbrechende generative KI–Lösungen vorangetrieben hat, mit dem „Innovation Partner of the Year Award“ und KPMG, dessen Zusammenarbeit die globale Präsenz von Quantexa erheblich erweitert hat, mit dem „Growth Partner of the Year Award“ ausgezeichnet. Quantexa freute sich sehr, dass die Sponsorenpartner des Unternehmens – PWC, Microsoft, Databricks, Moody's und Dun & Bradstreet – an der diesjährigen QuanCon25 teilnahmen.

Um mehr über QuanCon25 zu entdecken, besuchen Sie bitte https://www.quancon.com/.

Über Quantexa
Quantexa ist ein globales Unternehmen für KI–, Daten– und Analysesoftware, das Pionierarbeit in Sachen Decision Intelligence leistet, um Unternehmen in die Lage zu versetzen, zuverlässige betriebliche Entscheidungen anhand von Daten im Kontext zu treffen. Mit den neuesten Fortschritten in der KI hilft die Decision Intelligence–Plattform von Quantexa Unternehmen dabei, verborgene Risiken und neue Chancen zu erkennen, indem isolierte Daten vereinheitlicht und in eine zuverlässige, wiederverwendbare Ressource umgewandelt werden. Es löst die größten Herausforderungen in den Bereichen Datenmanagement, Customer Intelligence, KYC, Finanzkriminalität, Risiko, Betrug und Sicherheit während des gesamten Kundenlebenszyklus. 

Die Quantexa Decision Intelligence–Plattform verbessert die operative Leistung mit über 90 % mehr Genauigkeit und einer 60–mal schnelleren Auflösung des Analysemodells als herkömmliche Ansätze. Eine von Forrester unabhängig in Auftrag gegebene TEI–Studie über die Decision Intelligence–Platform von Quantexa ergab, dass die Kunden in drei Jahren einen ROI von 228 % erzielten. Quantexa wurde 2016 gegründet und hat heute über 800 Mitarbeiter und Tausende von Plattformnutzern, die mit Milliarden von Transaktionen und Datenpunkten auf der ganzen Welt arbeiten. 

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Quantexa révèle une ère d’intelligence décisionnelle de nouvelle génération basée sur l’IA à la QuanCon25

LONDRES, 07 mars 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Quantexa, leader mondial des solutions d’intelligence décisionnelle pour les secteurs public et privé, a annoncé aujourd’hui une série de mises à jour et de lancements innovants sur sa plateforme lors de la QuanCon25, son événement annuel réunissant ses clients et partenaires. C’est au Tobacco Dock de Londres, où se tenait l’événement, que Quantexa a souligné son engagement continu à aider ses clients à préparer leurs données aux technologies de l’IA, à briser les silos organisationnels et à transformer la prise de décision à l’ère de l’IA.

Une nouvelle ère pour l’intelligence décisionnelle

Au cœur des innovations de Quantexa se trouve sa plateforme d’intelligence décisionnelle, où son approche de la structure contextuelle aide les clients à :

  • Unifier leurs données fragmentées à l’aide d’une technologie de pointe en matière de résolution d’entités et de graphes.
  • Enrichir leurs données avec des informations contextuelles essentielles afin de créer une représentation concrète de l’impact des relations et des connexions entre les données sur une organisation.
  • Donner à leurs organisations les moyens d’exécuter des analyses contextuelles qui renforcent les efforts d’IA générative de manière à favoriser une prise de décision plus intelligente et plus transformatrice à tous les niveaux de l’entreprise.

Dan Higgins, directeur des produits chez Quantexa, a également annoncé de nouvelles fonctionnalités de la plateforme d’intelligence décisionnelle, notamment :

  • Des analyseurs de langage avancés : ces analyseurs prennent désormais en charge les scripts non latins tels que le japonais, avec à l’horizon des fonctionnalités pour le chinois et l’arabe, ce qui permet aux organisations de traiter facilement des données multilingues.
  • Des graphes de connaissances évolutifs : capables de connecter plus d’un milliard de nœuds, ces graphes fournissent des informations détaillées sur les risques cachés et les opportunités de croissance.
  • Des streamings d’entités en temps réel : ils fournissent des informations actualisées pour la détection de la fraude, la connaissance du client (KYC) et la gestion des données de référence (MDM) grâce à une solution de streaming de données à très haut volume.
  • Des expériences utilisateur améliorées : L’interface de recherche et de localisation remaniée permet aux utilisateurs d’interagir avec la plateforme dans leur langue maternelle, ce qui réduit les délais d’intégration et stimule l’engagement.

Higgins a également donné un aperçu des innovations importantes de la plateforme prévues pour 2025, avec notamment :

Une meilleure prise en charge des formats de données non structurées et étendues

  • Un nouveau pipeline de traitement du langage naturel (NLP) pour gérer et analyser les données non structurées à grande échelle et dans plusieurs langues.
  • Des informations contextuelles extraites de documents internes, qui intègrent des données non structurées issues de rapports de veille stratégique, de renseignements open source (OSINT) et de contenus d’actualité.
  • Une capacité à exploiter la distillation et le réglage fin de manière à offrir des performances LLM à grande échelle avec l’efficacité de petits modèles locaux.

De nouvelles fonctionnalités en matière de gestion des flux de travail et de gestion des cas

  • Un nouveau générateur de flux de travail de bout en bout qui permet d’améliorer les processus de prise de décision avec cohérence et traçabilité et de manière collaborative.
  • Une capacité de rationalisation des processus pour des cas d’utilisation tels que la gérance des données, les décisions de remontée de l’information, le dépôt des rapports d’activité suspecte (SAR), et le traitement des réclamations.
  • Une conception destinée aux environnements hautement réglementés intégrant des capacités d’alerte et de reporting améliorées.

Une révolution en matière de gestion des données

  • Évolution des méthodes traditionnelles vers une structure contextuelle moderne qui fournit des données fiables, actuelles et universellement accessibles.
  • Évaluation de la qualité optimisée par l’IA et analyse automatisée des causes profondes pour les données sources critiques.

Génération d’un impact tangible sur les entreprises

Pour comprendre son retour sur investissement (ROI), Quantexa a commandé une étude d’impact économique total auprès du cabinet d’analyse de premier plan Forrester et d’un portefeuille diversifié de clients couvrant les secteurs de la banque, de l’assurance, des télécommunications et du secteur public. L’étude a révélé que la plateforme d’intelligence décisionnelle de Quantexa a apporté des avantages mesurables par cas d’utilisation, notamment :

  • Près de 8 millions de dollars d’économies en termes d’efficacité dans la gestion des données.
  • Environ 15 millions de dollars en termes d’efficacité opérationnelle.
  • Plus de 19 millions de dollars d’économies liées à la réduction des risques et à la conformité.

Le fondateur et PDG de Quantexa, Vishal Marria, a déclaré : « Ces résultats démontrent que lorsque vos données sont fiables et contextuelles, elles favorisent une meilleure prise de décision et ont un impact significatif sur les résultats à l’ère de l’IA. »

Repousser les limites avec l’IA et les solutions cloud

Deux annonces majeures ont encore renforcé le leadership de Quantexa en matière d’intelligence décisionnelle :

  • Q Assist : cette suite de solutions d’IA générative sensible au contexte et spécialement conçue pour démocratiser l’accès à des données fiables, améliorer la prise de décision et fournir des informations en temps réel aux équipes de première ligne sera disponible en accès anticipé en avril 2025.
  • Quantexa Cloud : cette suite complète de solutions SaaS natives conçues pour le secteur, lancée avec Quantexa Cloud AML sur Microsoft Azure, est disponible en version préliminaire pour les clients. Développée en étroite collaboration avec des banques communautaires et de taille moyenne aux États–Unis, cette solution innovante rationalise et modernise les flux de travail de lutte contre le blanchiment d’argent afin de raccourcir les délais de rentabilisation et de renforcer la conformité.
  • Jamie Hutton, directeur technique de Quantexa, a présenté des démonstrations en direct qui illustrent la manière dont ces solutions révolutionnent la détection des délits financiers et l’intelligence opérationnelle en connectant des sources de données disparates de manière à obtenir des informations exploitables.

Renforcement des partenariats stratégiques

Quantexa a également souligné l’intensification de son partenariat avec Microsoft. Cette collaboration a en effet permis de fournir des solutions industrielles transformatrices sur Azure Marketplace. Les principales initiatives sont notamment les suivantes :

  • Le lancement public et privé de la version préliminaire de Quantexa Unify Workload for Microsoft Fabric, qui permet aux organisations d’améliorer la qualité de leurs données et d’éliminer les silos dans une plateforme unifiée et évolutive.
  • Des témoignages de clients de renom, dont HSBC, Novobanco et RSA, qui exploitent la technologie de Microsoft et de Quantexa afin d’accélérer leurs parcours de transformation des données et d’optimisation par l’IA.

Perspectives d’avenir : le lancement de Q Labs

Quantexa a annoncé le lancement officiel de Q Labs. Ce hub dédié vise à accélérer la concrétisation d’idées révolutionnaires et à fournir un parcours allant du concept à la commercialisation, notamment en explorant les technologies émergentes, en accélérant l’innovation produit et en résolvant les défis complexes des clients.

Q Labs développe actuellement plusieurs projets passionnants, dont notamment :

  • Simulation Lab : ce projet vise à aider les entreprises à modéliser des scénarios réels avant de prendre des décisions majeures.
  • Supply Chain Intelligence : ce projet exploite l’IA dans le but de créer des chaînes d’approvisionnement plus intelligentes et plus résilientes.

Parsa Ghaffari, responsable de l’innovation produit, a déclaré : « Grâce à une collaboration étroite avec nos services d’ingénierie et de GTM, nous transformons des idées révolutionnaires en solutions concrètes, accélérant ainsi plus que jamais la mise en œuvre des projets de nos clients et partenaires. »

En reconnaissance de nos partenaires

L’entreprise a également tenu à rendre hommage à ses principaux partenaires stratégiques. L’événement a été marqué par la remise du prix Innovation Partner of the Year à Accenture, dont l’approche visionnaire a permis la mise au point de solutions révolutionnaires en matière d’IA génératives, et du prix Growth Partner of the Year à KPMG, dont les efforts de collaboration ont permis d’élargir considérablement la présence mondiale de Quantexa. Quantexa s’est réjoui de la présence cette année à la QuanCon25 de ses partenaires sponsors, à savoir PWC, Microsoft, Databricks, Moody’s et Dun & Bradstreet.

Pour visionner la QuanCon25 à la demande, rendez–vous sur https://www.quancon.com/.

À propos de Quantexa
Quantexa est une société mondiale de logiciels d’IA, de données et d’analyse, qui innove dans le domaine de l’intelligence décisionnelle afin de permettre aux organisations de prendre des décisions opérationnelles fiables à l’aide de données en contexte. En utilisant les dernières avancées en matière d’IA, la plateforme d’intelligence décisionnelle de Quantexa aide les organisations à découvrir les risques cachés et les nouvelles opportunités en unifiant les données en silos et en les transformant en une ressource fiable et réutilisable. Elle résout les principaux défis liés à la gestion des données, à la veille client, à la connaissance du client, à la criminalité financière, aux risques, à la fraude et à la sécurité, et ce tout au long du cycle de vie du client. 

La plateforme d’intelligence décisionnelle de Quantexa améliore la performance opérationnelle avec une précision accrue de plus de 90 % et une résolution du modèle analytique 60 fois plus rapide que les approches traditionnelles. Une étude TEI de Forrester commandée indépendamment sur la plateforme d’intelligence décisionnelle de Quantexa a révélé que les clients avaient constaté un retour sur investissement de 228 % sur trois ans. Fondée en 2016, Quantexa compte désormais plus de 800 employés et des milliers d’utilisateurs de la plateforme travaillant avec des milliards de transactions et de points de données à travers le monde. 

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Quantexa desencadeia uma onda de inteligência de decisão com IA de próxima geração no QuanCon25

LONDRES, March 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A Quantexa, líder global em soluções de Inteligência de Decisão para os setores público e privado, anunciou hoje uma série de atualizações e lançamentos inovadores em toda a sua plataforma no QuanCon25, seu evento anual para clientes e parceiros do ecossistema. Realizado em Londres no Tobacco Dock, a Quantexa destacou seu compromisso constante em ajudar seus clientes a preparar seus dados para a IA, quebrar silos organizacionais e transformar a tomada de decisões na era da IA.

Uma nova era da inteligência de decisão

No centro das inovações da Quantexa está sua Plataforma de inteligência de decisão, onde seu Tecido contextual está ajudando os clientes a:

  • Unificar dados fragmentados usando tecnologia de resolução de entidades e gráficos líder do setor.
  • Enriquecer dados com insights contextuais críticos para construir uma representação do mundo real sobre como as conexões e relações de dados estão impactando uma organização.
  • Capacitar suas organizações a realizar análises contextuais que fortaleçam os esforços de IA Generativa para impulsionar uma tomada de decisão mais inteligente e transformadora em todos os níveis da empresa.

Dan Higgins, Diretor de produtos da Quantexa, também anunciou novas funcionalidades da plataforma de inteligência de decisão, incluindo:

  • Analisadores de linguagem avançados: agora com suporte a scripts não latinos, como o japonês – com recursos para chinês e árabe em breve – permitindo que as organizações processem dados multilíngues com facilidade.
  • Gráficos de conhecimento expansíveis: capazes de conectar mais de um bilhão de nós, esses gráficos fornecem insights profundos sobre riscos ocultos e oportunidades de crescimento.
  • Transmissão de entidades em tempo real: fornecimento de insights atualizados para detecção de fraudes, conhecimento do cliente (KYC) e gestão de dados mestres (MDM) por meio de transmissão de dados em volume ultra–alto.
  • Experiências de usuário aprimoradas: uma interface de busca e localização modernizada que garante que os usuários possam interagir com a plataforma em seu idioma nativo, reduzindo o tempo de integração e promovendo o engajamento.

Higgins também deu uma prévia das inovações significativas da plataforma que chegarão em 2025, incluindo:

Mais suporte para formatos de dados não estruturados e expandidos

  • Novo pipeline de processamento de linguagem natural (NLP) para gerenciar e analisar dados não estruturados em grande escala e em múltiplos idiomas.
  • Insights contextuais extraídos de documentos internos, que incluem dados não estruturados de relatórios de inteligência, inteligência de código aberto (OSINT) e conteúdo de notícias.
  • A capacidade de aproveitar a destilação e o ajuste fino para oferecer desempenho de LLM em hiperescala com a eficiência de modelos locais pequenos.

Novos recursos de gerenciamento de casos e fluxo de trabalho

  • Um novo construtor de fluxo de trabalho completo para aprimorar os processos de tomada de decisão com consistência, rastreabilidade e colaboração.
  • A capacidade de simplificar processos para casos de uso como governança de dados, decisões de escalonamento, envio de relatórios de atividade suspeita (SAR) e processamento de solicitações.
  • Projetado para ambientes altamente regulamentados com capacidades aprimoradas de alerta e geração de relatórios.

Revolução no gerenciamento de dados

  • Evolução de métodos tradicionais para um tecido contextual moderno que fornece dados confiáveis, atuais e universalmente acessíveis.
  • Avaliação de qualidade com IA e análise automatizada de causas para dados originais críticos.

Entrega de impacto de negócios tangível

Para entender seu retorno sobre investimento (ROI), a Quantexa encomendou um estudo de Impacto econômico total com a renomada consultoria Forrester e um portfólio diversificado de clientes, abrangendo os setores bancário, de seguros, telecomunicações e público. O estudo concluiu que a Plataforma de inteligência de decisão da Quantexa gerou benefícios mensuráveis por caso de uso, incluindo:

  • Quase US$ 8 milhões em economias de eficiência no gerenciamento de dados.
  • Aproximadamente 15 milhões de dólares em eficiências operacionais.
  • Mais de 19 milhões de dólares em redução de riscos e economias com conformidade.

O fundador e CEO da Quantexa, Vishal Marria, disse: “Esses resultados demonstram que, quando seus dados são confiáveis e contextuais, eles levam a uma melhor tomada de decisão e um impacto significativo no resultado financeiro na era da IA.”

Abrindo novos caminhos com soluções de IA e nuvem

Dois anúncios importantes reforçaram ainda mais a liderança da Quantexa em inteligência de decisão:

  • Q Assist: um conjunto de soluções de IA generativa ciente do contexto, projetada para democratizar o acesso a dados confiáveis, aumentar a tomada de decisões e fornecer insights em tempo real para equipes de linha de frente, estará disponível para acesso antecipado em abril de 2025.
  • Quantexa Cloud: um conjunto abrangente de soluções nativas SaaS para o setor, lançado com Quantexa Cloud AML no Microsoft Azure, está disponível para prévia para clientes. Essa solução inovadora, desenvolvida em estreita colaboração com bancos comunitários e de médio porte nos EUA, simplifica e moderniza os fluxos de trabalho de combate à lavagem de dinheiro, proporcionando mais rapidez para alcançar valor e fortalecer a conformidade.
  • Jamie Hutton, diretor de tecnologia da Quantexa, destacou demonstrações ao vivo ilustrando como essas soluções estão revolucionando a detecção de crimes financeiros e a inteligência operacional ao conectar fontes de dados dispersas em insights práticos.

Fortalecimento de parcerias estratégicas

A Quantexa também destacou sua crescente parceria com a Microsoft, uma colaboração que resultou em soluções transformadoras para a indústria no Azure Marketplace. As principais iniciativas incluem:

  • O lançamento de prévia pública e privada do Quantexa Unify Workload para Microsoft Fabric, que permite que as organizações melhorem a qualidade dos dados e eliminem silos em uma plataforma unificada e escalável.
  • Histórias de sucesso de clientes de destaque, incluindo HSBC, Novobanco e RSA, que estão aproveitando as tecnologias da Microsoft e Quantexa para acelerar suas jornadas de transformação de dados e IA.

Pensando no futuro: o lançamento do Q Labs

A Quantexa detalhou o lançamento oficial do Q Labs, um hub dedicado para acelerar ideias inovadoras e fornecer um caminho do conceito à comercialização, incluindo a exploração de tecnologias emergentes, aceleração da inovação de produtos e resolução de desafios complexos dos clientes.

O Q Labs está desenvolvendo vários projetos empolgantes, incluindo:

  • Laboratório de simulação: ajudando as empresas a testar cenários do mundo real antes de tomar decisões críticas.
  • Inteligência de cadeia de suprimentos: aproveitando a IA para criar cadeias de suprimentos mais inteligentes e resilientes.

Parsa Ghaffari, líder de inovação de produtos, disse: “Trabalhando lado a lado com nossas equipes de engenharia e GTM, transformamos ideias revolucionárias em impacto real – permitindo que nossos clientes e parceiros deem o próximo passo ousado mais rápido do que nunca.”

Reconhecimento de parceiros

A empresa também aproveitou o momento para homenagear seus principais parceiros estratégicos. O evento contou com a apresentação do prêmio de Parceiro de Inovação do Ano para a Accenture, cuja abordagem visionária impulsionou soluções inovadoras de IA generativa, e o prêmio de Parceiro de Crescimento do Ano para a KPMG, cujos esforços colaborativos expandiram significativamente a presença global da Quantexa. A Quantexa ficou entusiasmada em contar com seus parceiros patrocinadores no QuanCon25 deste ano: PWC, Microsoft, Databricks, Moody’s e Dun & Bradstreet.

Para assistir ao QuanCon25 sob demanda, acesse https://www.quancon.com/.

Sobre a Quantexa
A Quantexa é uma empresa global de software de IA, dados e análises pioneira em inteligência de decisão para capacitar as organizações a tomar decisões operacionais confiáveis com dados contextualizados. Usando os mais recentes avanços em IA, a plataforma de inteligência de decisão da Quantexa auxilia as organizações a descobrir riscos ocultos e novas oportunidades, unificando dados em silos e transformando–os no recurso mais confiável e reutilizável. Ela resolve os principais desafios em gerenciamento de dados, inteligência do cliente, KYC, crime financeiro, risco, fraude e segurança, durante todo o ciclo de vida do cliente. 

A plataforma de inteligência de decisão da Quantexa melhora o desempenho operacional com mais de 90% mais precisão e resolução de modelo analítico 60 vezes mais rápida do que as abordagens tradicionais. Um estudo TEI sobre a Plataforma de Inteligência de Decisão da Quantexa, realizado de forma independente pela Forrester, descobriu que os clientes obtiveram um ROI de 228% em três anos. Fundada em 2016, a Quantexa agora tem mais de 800 funcionários e milhares de usuários da plataforma, que trabalham com bilhões de transações e pontos de dados em todo o mundo. 

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Quantexa Unleashes Wave of Next-Gen AI Decision Intelligence at QuanCon25

LONDON, March 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Quantexa, a global leader in Decision Intelligence solutions for the public and private sectors, today announced a series of innovative updates and launches across its platform at QuanCon25, its annual customer and partner ecosystem event. Hosted in London at Tobacco Dock, Quantexa highlighted its continued commitment to helping its customers get their data AI–ready, break down organizational silos, and transform decision–making in the era of AI.

A New Era of Decision Intelligence

At the heart of Quantexa’s innovations is its Decision Intelligence Platform, where its Contextual Fabric, is helping customers:

  • Unify fragmented data using industry–leading entity resolution and graph technology.
  • Enrich data with critical contextual insights to build a real–world representation of how data connections and relationships are impacting an organization.
  • Empower their organizations to run contextual analytics that strengthen Gen AI efforts to drive smarter, more transformative decision–making at all levels of the enterprise.

Dan Higgins, Quantexa’s Chief Product Officer, also announced new Decision Intelligence platform capabilities, including:

  • Advanced Language Parsers: Now supporting non–Latin scripts such as Japanese—with Chinese and Arabic capabilities on the horizon—enabling organizations to process multilingual data with ease.
  • Scalable Knowledge Graphs: Capable of connecting over one billion nodes, these graphs provide deep insights into hidden risks and growth opportunities.
  • Real–Time Entity Streaming: Delivering up–to–date insights for fraud detection, know–your–customer (KYC), and master data management (MDM) through ultra–high volume data streaming.
  • Enhanced User Experiences: A revamped search and localization interface that ensures users can interact with the platform in their native language, thereby reducing onboarding times and driving engagement.

Higgins also gave a sneak peek into significant platform innovations coming in 2025, which include:

More Support for Unstructured & Expanded Data Formats

  • New Natural Language Processing (NLP) pipeline to manage and analyze unstructured data at scale and in multiple languages.
  • Contextual insights extracted from internal documents, which incorporate unstructured data from intelligence reports, open–source intelligence (OSINT), and news content.
  • The ability to leverage distillation and fine–tuning to deliver hyperscale LLM performance at the efficiency of small local models.

New Workflow and Case Management Capabilities

  • A new end–to–end workflow builder to enhance decisioning processes with consistency, traceability, and collaboration.
  • The ability to streamline processes for use cases such as data stewardship, escalation decisions, suspicious activity report (SAR) filing, and claims processing.
  • Designed for highly regulated environments with improved alerting and reporting capabilities.

Revolutionizing Data Management

  • Evolving from traditional methods to a modern, contextual fabric that provides trusted, current, and universally accessible data.
  • AI–powered quality assessment and automated root cause analysis for critical source data.

Delivering Tangible Business Impact

To understand its return–on–investment (ROI), Quantexa commissioned a Total Economic Impact study with leading industry analyst house Forrester and a diverse portfolio of customers spanning banking, insurance, telecommunications, and the public sector. The study found that Quantexa’s Decision Intelligence Platform has delivered measurable benefits per use case, including:

  • Nearly $8 million in data management efficiency savings.
  • Approximately $15 million in operational efficiencies.
  • Over $19 million in risk reduction and compliance savings.

Quantexa Founder & CEO, Vishal Marria said: “These results demonstrate that when your data is trusted and contextual, it drives better decision–making and significant bottom–line impact in the era of AI.”

Breaking New Ground with AI and Cloud Solutions

Two major announcements further cemented Quantexa’s Decision Intelligence leadership:

  • Q Assist: A context–aware generative AI solution suite designed to democratize access to trusted data, augment decision–making, and provide real–time insights to front–line teams will be available for Early Access in April 2025.
  • Quantexa Cloud: A comprehensive suite of native SaaS industry solutions, launching with Quantexa Cloud AML on Microsoft Azure, is available for Customer Preview. This innovative solution, developed in close collaboration with community and mid–size banks in the US, streamlines and modernizes anti–money laundering workflows for faster time to value and strengthened compliance.
  • Jamie Hutton, Quantexa’s Chief Technology Officer, highlighted live demonstrations illustrating how these solutions are revolutionizing financial crime detection and operational intelligence by connecting disparate data sources into actionable insights.

Strengthening Strategic Partnerships

Quantexa also highlighted its growing partnership with Microsoft, a collaboration that has delivered transformative industry solutions on the Azure Marketplace. Key initiatives include:

  • The public and private preview launch of Quantexa Unify Workload for Microsoft Fabric, empowering organizations to enhance data quality and eliminate silos in a unified, scalable platform.
  • Success stories from marquee customers including HSBC, Novobanco, and RSA, who are leveraging Microsoft and Quantexa technology to accelerate their data and AI transformation journeys.

Looking Ahead: The Launch of Q Labs

Quantexa detailed the official launch of Q Labs, a dedicated hub to accelerate groundbreaking ideas and provide a path from concept to commercialization including exploring emerging technologies, accelerating product innovation, and solving complex customer challenges.

Q Labs is currently developing several exciting projects, including:

  • Simulation Lab: Helping businesses model real–world scenarios before making critical decisions.
  • Supply Chain Intelligence: Leveraging AI to create smarter, more resilient supply chains.

Parsa Ghaffari, Head of Product Innovation, said: “Working hand–in–hand with our engineering and GTM organizations, we turn breakthrough ideas into real–world impact —propelling our customers and partners to their next bold step faster than ever before.”

Recognizing Our Partners

The company also took a moment to honor its key strategic partners. The event featured the presentation of the Innovation Partner of the Year Award to Accenture, whose visionary approach has powered groundbreaking generative AI solutions, and the Growth Partner of the Year Award to KPMG, whose collaborative efforts have significantly expanded Quantexa’s global footprint. Quantexa were thrilled to be joined by their sponsoring partners at this year’s QuanCon25 – PWC, Microsoft, Databricks, Moody’s and Dun & Bradstreet.

To watch QuanCon25 on–demand, please visit https://www.quancon.com/.

About Quantexa
Quantexa is a global AI, data and analytics software company pioneering Decision Intelligence to empower organizations to make trusted operational decisions with data in context. Using the latest advancements in AI, Quantexa’s Decision Intelligence platform helps organizations uncover hidden risk and new opportunities by unifying siloed data and turning it into the most trusted, reusable resource. It solves major challenges across data management, customer intelligence, KYC, financial crime, risk, fraud, and security, throughout the customer lifecycle. 

The Quantexa Decision Intelligence Platform enhances operational performance with over 90% more accuracy and 60 times faster analytical model resolution than traditional approaches. An independently commissioned Forrester TEI study on Quantexa's Decision Intelligence Platform found that customers saw a three–year 228% ROI. Founded in 2016, Quantexa now has over 800 employees and thousands of platform users working with billions of transactions and data points across the world. 

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Veson Nautical e Cargill ampliam parceria de longa data com Acordo Estratégico de Tecnologia

BOSTON, Mass., March 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A Veson Nautical (Veson), líder global em soluções de gerenciamento de dados e de frete marítimos, e a Cargill expandiram sua parceria de longa data para acelerar a transformação digital do setor marítimo.

O Acordo Estratégico de Tecnologia fornece à empresa de Transporte Oceânico da Cargill uma ampla gama de acesso ao portfólio da Veson, incluindo os recursos de inteligência de dados da Veson e a solução de fluxo de trabalho colaborativo habilitada para IA da Shipfix. Com base no seu sucesso na utilização da Plataforma Veson IMOS, a Cargill visa simplificar seu ecossistema de tecnologia e impulsionar a eficiência, a sustentabilidade e a inovação em todas as suas operações globais de transporte marítimo.

“O investimento da Veson na criação de um conjunto abrangente de soluções nos últimos anos nos deixou entusiasmados com o benefício da Cargill, estendendo nossa parceria de longa data”, disse Sean Riley, Presidente e Diretor de Operações da Veson. “O nosso trabalho adicional com a Cargill destaca uma das muitas maneiras pelas quais estamos fazendo parceria com nossos clientes para impulsionar o setor marítimo.”

Além de aumentar a eficiência interna, um fator importante por trás da colaboração é o desejo da Cargill de fornecer aos seus clientes uma experiência aprimorada. Como parte da parceria estratégica, a Veson está colaborando com a Cargill para oferecer uma solução focada no cliente que integra dados proprietários, informações do fornecedor e insights do cliente, aprimorando a capacidade da Cargill e do setor de transporte marítimo de tomar decisões mais rápidas e baseadas em dados, permitindo a conformidade com os novos regulamentos do setor, incluindo as iniciativas da Organização Marítima Internacional e da FuelEU.

“O seu foco na transformação digital, colaboração aberta entre nossas equipes e pontos fortes, habilidades e pontos de foco complementares, torna a Veson a parceira ideal para expandir nosso relacionamento”, disse Eric Aboussouan, Líder de Estratégia e Digitalização do negócio de Transporte Oceânico da Cargill. “A empresa estabeleceu o padrão para a transformação digital do setor de transporte marítimo com sua Plataforma IMOS líder do mercado. Essa parceria nos permite integrar nossos sistemas de forma mais homogênea, fornecendo aos clientes uma plataforma unificada que aumenta a visibilidade, a eficiência e o controle de seus processos de aquisição de frete.”

Para mais informações sobre como a Veson e a Cargill planejam trabalhar juntas e como a experiência do cliente da Cargill será mais aprimorada, leia esta entrevista com Sean Riley da Veson, e Eric Aboussouan e Patrick Jourdain, Líderes de Clientes da Cargill Ocean Transportation.

Sobre a Veson Nautical

A Veson Nautical capacita a indústria marítima global a navegar pela complexidade composta em todos os lados do comércio. Regulamentos multijurisdicionais, interrupções geopolíticas, descarbonização, ameaças à segurança cibernética e muito mais estão forçando os participantes do setor a recalibrar sua tolerância ao risco. Ao combinar dados marítimos confiáveis com fluxos de trabalho criados para fins específicos, a Veson oferece aos clientes a confiança necessária para a tomada de decisões de gerenciamento de riscos e maximização dos lucros.

Com uma herança de inovação e experiência em todos os contratos relacionados ao setor marítimo, a Veson atende a mais de 38.000 usuários em 2.400 empresas em mais de 100 países, e está singularmente posicionada para viabilizar uma vantagem nas decisões.

Saiba mais em www.veson.com.  

Sobre a Cargill

A Cargill está comprometida em fornecer alimentos, ingredientes, soluções agrícolas e produtos industriais para nutrir o mundo de maneira segura, responsável e sustentável. No centro da cadeia de suprimentos, fazemos parcerias com agricultores e clientes para obter, fabricar e entregar produtos vitais para a vida.

Nossos aproximadamente 160.000 funcionários inovam com propósito, fornecendo aos clientes o essencial da vida para que as empresas possam crescer, as comunidades prosperar e os consumidores viverem bem. Com 160 anos de experiência como empresa familiar, olhamos para o futuro e permanecemos fiéis aos nossos valores. Colocamos as pessoas em primeiro lugar. Alcançamos mais alto. Fazemos a coisa certa – hoje e para as gerações futuras.

Para mais informações, visite Cargill.com

Kevin Baxter
Gerente Sênior de Relações Públicas e Comunicações
[email protected]
+44 (0) 20233970102

Veson Nautical Press Team
Escritório +44 (0)20 3397 0102
[email protected]

www.Veson.com

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Veson Nautical und Cargill bauen langjährige Partnerschaft mit strategischem Technologieabkommen aus

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Veson Nautical (Veson), ein weltweit führender Anbieter von maritimen Daten– und Frachtmanagementlösungen, und Cargill haben ihre langjährige Partnerschaft ausgebaut, um die digitale Transformation im maritimen Sektor zu beschleunigen.

Durch die strategische Technologievereinbarung erhält das Seefrachtgeschäft von Cargill umfassenden Zugriff auf das Veson–Portfolio, einschließlich der Datenintelligenzfunktionen und der KI–gestützten kollaborativen Workflow–Lösung Shipfix von Veson. Cargill möchte auf dem Erfolg bei der Nutzung der Veson IMOS–Plattform aufbauen und sein Technologie–Ökosystem vereinfachen und gleichzeitig die Effizienz, Nachhaltigkeit und Innovation seiner weltweiten Schifffahrtsaktivitäten vorantreiben.

„Da Veson in den letzten Jahren in den Aufbau eines umfassenden Lösungspakets investiert hat, freuen wir uns, dass Cargill davon profitiert und unsere langjährige Partnerschaft ausgebaut wird“, so Sean Riley, President und Chief Operating Officer von Veson. „Unsere weitere Zusammenarbeit mit Cargill ist eine der vielen Möglichkeiten, wie wir gemeinsam mit unseren Kunden die Schifffahrtsindustrie voranbringen.“

Neben der Verbesserung der internen Effizienz setzt Cargill darauf, seinen Kunden ein verbessertes Erlebnis zu bieten, was ein zentraler Faktor der Zusammenarbeit ist. Veson arbeitet im Rahmen der strategischen Partnerschaft mit Cargill zusammen, um eine kundenorientierte Lösung anzubieten, die firmeneigene Daten, Lieferanteninformationen und Kundeneinblicke integriert und so Cargill und der Schifffahrtsbranche bessere Möglichkeiten bietet, schnellere, datengesteuerte Entscheidungen zu treffen. Gleichzeitig wird die Einhaltung neuer Branchenvorschriften, etwa der Internationalen Seeschifffahrts–Organisation und der Initiativen von FuelEU, ermöglicht.

„Mit dem gemeinsamen Wunsch nach digitaler Transformation, der offenen Zusammenarbeit zwischen unseren Teams und den sich ergänzenden Stärken, Fähigkeiten und Schwerpunkten ist Veson der perfekte Partner, um unsere Beziehung auszubauen“, sagte Eric Aboussouan, Leiter Strategie und Digitalisierung des Seetransportgeschäfts von Cargill. „Sie haben den Standard für die digitale Transformation in der Schifffahrtsbranche gesetzt und ihre IMOS–Plattform als führende Lösung auf dem Markt etabliert. Diese Partnerschaft ermöglicht uns eine nahtlosere Integration unserer Systeme und bietet unseren Kunden eine einheitliche Plattform, die die Transparenz, Effizienz und Kontrolle ihrer Frachtbeschaffungsprozesse verbessert.“

Um mehr über die Form der Zusammenarbeit zwischen Veson und Cargill und die Verbesserung des Kundenerlebnisses von Cargill zu erfahren, lesen Sie dieses Interview mit Sean Riley von Veson und Eric Aboussouan und Patrick Jourdain, Cargill Ocean Transportation Customer Lead, von Cargill.

Über Veson Nautical

Veson Nautical unterstützt die globale Schifffahrtsbranche dabei, die zunehmende Komplexität auf allen Seiten des Handels zu bewältigen. Vorschriften über mehrere Rechtssysteme hinweg, geopolitische Störungen, Dekarbonisierung, Cybersecurity–Bedrohungen und vieles mehr zwingen die Branchenteilnehmer dazu, ihre Risikotoleranz neu zu kalibrieren. Durch die Kombination von vertrauenswürdigen maritimen Daten mit zweckmäßigen Workflows gibt Veson seinen Kunden die nötige Entscheidungssicherheit für das Risikomanagement und die Gewinnmaximierung.

Veson kann auf eine lange Tradition von Innovationen und Fachwissen in allen Verträgen der Schifffahrtsbranche zurückblicken, bedient mehr als 38.000 Benutzer in 2.400 Unternehmen in mehr als 100 Ländern und ist einzigartig positioniert, um einen Entscheidungsvorteil zu ermöglichen.

Weitere Informationen finden Sie unter www.veson.com.  

Über Cargill

Cargill engagiert sich dafür, Nahrungsmittel, Zutaten, landwirtschaftliche Lösungen und Industrieprodukte bereitzustellen, um die Welt auf sichere, verantwortungsvolle und nachhaltige Weise mit Nahrung zu versorgen. Als Herzstück der Lieferkette gilt unsere Zusammenarbeit mit Landwirten und Kunden, um lebenswichtige Produkte zu beschaffen, herzustellen und auszuliefern.

Unsere rund 160.000 Mitarbeiter entwickeln zielgerichtete Innovationen und versorgen Kunden mit den Dingen des Lebens, damit Unternehmen und Gemeinschaften wachsen und Verbraucher gut leben können. Mit 160 Jahren Erfahrung als Familienunternehmen blicken wir nach vorn und bleiben zugleich unseren Werten treu. Bei uns stehen die Menschen an erster Stelle. Wir streben nach Höherem. Wir tun das Richtige – heute und für kommende Generationen.

Weitere Informationen finden Sie unter Cargill.com   

Kevin Baxter
Senior PR & Communications Manager
[email protected] 
+44 (0) 20233970102

Veson Nautical Presseteam
Büro +44 (0)20 3397 0102
[email protected] 

www.Veson.com

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