Kingson kicks off first Silicon Valley Bootcamp

South African based Venture Capital firm, Kingson Capital, will be sending five South African tech startups to Silicon Valley next week as part of its first Silicon Valley Bootcamp programme. In August 2019, in partnership with AKRO Accelerate, Kingson held the...

Archana Deskus is Intel’s new CIO

Intel has announced the appointment of Archana (Archie) Deskus as senior vice-president and chief information officer (CIO), effective 30 January. Deskus will oversee Intel’s global information technology operations and report to Intel chief financial officer...

New regional director at Facebook

Derya Matraş has been appointed as regional director of Facebook in the Middle East, Africa and Turkey. In this role, Matraş will lead Facebook to serve businesses and communities and to grow the company’s economic and social impact across the region. “The...

Insight Partners to acquire Veeam in $5bn deal

Software investor Insight Partners has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Veeam Software for $5-billion. Under the ownership of Insight Partners, Veeam will become a US company, with a US-based leadership team, while continuing its global expansion from...

Marco Fanizzi is Commvault’s new VP sales: EMEA

Commvault has announced the appointment of Marco Fanizzi to vice-president of EMEA. Effective immediately, Fanizzi will drive the company’s growth objectives the 70+ markets spanning Europe, Middle East and Africa. Fanizzi has more than 30 years in the...

Nutanix appoints Thomas Rollin to global accounts

Nutanix has announced the appointment of Thomas Rollin as director global accounts for its EMEA region. He will focus on heightening customer service delivery for the company’s global accounts, accelerating sales growth and providing trusted advisor services....