The Future of Supply Chains Post-Pandemic

February 16, 2022 Source: Subash Alias, CEO of Missouri Partnership | Manufacturing Tomorrow  When COVID-19 hit, it revealed how fragile modern supply chains really are. Notably, it led to unprecedented consumption shock across the U.S. Who could forget the rush for masks, hand sanitizer, and toilet paper? And that was just within the first month. Throughout 2020, supply…

iBASIS acquires Simfony to bring eSIM management to global IoT roaming offer

Boston-headquartered carrier services company iBASIS has acquired Dutch IoT platform provider and mobile virtual network enabler (MVNE) Simfony for an undisclosed fee. The deal was completed via iBASIS’s highly acquisitive parent company, France-based Tofane Global. The cloud-based Simfony IoT platform, available on subscription (“as-a-service”), promises “rapid time-to-market and elasticity for an unlimited number of connected…

Trickbot Malware Targeted Customers of 60 High-Profile Companies Since 2020

The notorious TrickBot malware is targeting customers of 60 financial and technology companies, including cryptocurrency firms, primarily located in the U.S., even as its operators have updated the botnet with new anti-analysis features. “TrickBot is a sophisticated and versatile malware with more than 20 modules that can be downloaded and executed on demand,” Check Point…

Seeing the Future Differently with AR and VR

Immersive, mixed-reality experiences and the metaverse will change life, work, and everything else. Last year, Mark Zuckerberg revealed Facebook’s next move—its evolution to Meta, a social technology company. Meta describes the metaverse, an immersive VR (virtual reality)-enabled space that allows users to interact with a computer-generated environment, as “the next evolution of social connection.” Could…