Everest Group Names Neeyamo as Major Contenders in the Employer of Record (EOR) Solutions PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2022

Everest Group’s proprietary PEAK Matrix examines the competitive landscape of the EOR vendor market across all industries and geographies.

LOS GATOS, Calif., Oct. 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Neeyamo, a market leader in providing global payroll and EOR solutions, has been named as Major Contenders in the Employer of Record (EOR) Solutions PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2022 by Everest Group.

Everest Group is a leading global research firm that provides strategic insights on IT, business processes, and engineering services. As global expansion becomes a priority for enterprises, there is a growing need for an EOR solution enabling international talent onboarding.

Everest Group’s proprietary PEAK Matrix examines the competitive landscape of the EOR vendor market across all industries and geographies. EOR vendors have been segregated into three categories – Leaders, Major Contenders, and Aspirants. This year’s EOR Solutions PEAK Matrix report assessed 15 EOR vendors based on their vision, capability, and market impact.

As organizations increasingly turn to international hiring to choose from a diverse talent pool and gain a competitive advantage, the analysis of EOR vendors examines their offerings that span the entire employee lifecycle, including onboarding, payroll, time, and absence management. It highlights how vendors can help companies save time on HR admin while onboarding employees and seamlessly manage their extended workforce. It also provides actionable intel, assisting organizations in making informed decisions.

Everest Group PEAK Matrix report helps companies understand which provider can accommodate the company’s short-term and long-term vision for growth. It also allows vendors to benchmark against each other as the report highlights the competitor’s vision, capability, and market impact.

“As organizations seek to onboard international talent to help them flourish, there is a need for a holistic approach to managing the extended workforce. As a global leader in payroll, Neeyamo’s technology-first approach to Global Work leverages its hyperlocal presence and scalable delivery model to help organizations onboard talent anywhere,” says Rangarajan Seshadri, CEO, Neeyamo. “Powered by our global payroll tech stack, we ensure employee experience is always at the nerve center of our mission to help companies thrive.”

“Neeyamo has created a compelling value proposition for its clients based upon its global delivery capability, expertise in the payroll market, and serving long-tail countries,” stated Priyanka Mitra, Practice Director, Everest Group. “Its ability to provide global payroll and EOR solutions through its single platform and focused investments in improving the technology and integration capabilities enabling it to achieve Major Contender recognition in Everest Group’s Employer of Record (EOR) solutions PEAK Matrix® Assessment.”

About Neeyamo:

Neeyamo is a leading technology-enabled global payroll and EOR solutions provider for multinational and micro-multinational corporations worldwide. With an extensive team of professionals serving clients across 190+ countries, Neeyamo leverages its unique service-based model and functionality-rich, next-generation HR & payroll products portfolio to help organizations enable agile and scalable business. To know more, visit www.neeyamo.com.

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Vector to Focus on National Security-Related Missions, Appoints Industry Veteran as CTO

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., Oct. 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Vector Launch announces today the acceleration of its focus on U.S. government and national security-related missions by appointing 40-year defense and aerospace industry veteran Jeffrey Lane as Chief Technology Officer. Lane brings significant experience in weapons systems development and hypersonic vehicles at some of the largest aerospace companies in the world, with his most recent role being at Northrop Grumman Corporation where he was Chief Engineer of Hypersonic Systems.

“I am excited to join the Vector team and leverage my background managing advanced aerospace and defense programs,” says Lane. “I look forward to helping accelerate product development as well as creating solutions to solve some of our nation’s most pressing national security challenges.”

“The Russian invasion of Ukraine and China’s saber-rattling over the Taiwan Strait requires innovation in national security and aerospace,” says retired Air Force Brigadier General, former Senior Defense Official and Defense Attaché to China, and former Senior Director for Strategic Planning at the White House National Security Council Rob Spalding. “The convergence of nuclear weapons and hypersonic vehicle technology makes Jeff’s experience in these systems a powerful and prescient combination when combined with Vector’s investments in resilient space technology.”

Vector Launch will continue to leverage the foundation and significant capital investments it received to advance the unique capabilities it pioneered regarding mobile and survivable launch vehicles, secure remote command and control, and smart satellites.

Vector Launch also announces the addition of Shaun Coleman to its board of directors and as an Executive Advisor. Coleman has more than 30 years of Silicon Valley software and entrepreneurial experience and was Vector’s first investor in 2016. Coleman was also the General Manager of its space systems division where he and his team developed an industry-first software-defined satellite solution named GalacticSky, which was later acquired by Lockheed Martin.

“It is a privilege to be able to work again applying my experience with modern cloud computing, networking, and cryptography to a company which I have a long history and passion for,” says Coleman.

Vector Launch’s primary mission is to solve complex national security challenges facing the intelligence community, U.S. Department of Defense and other government agencies.

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McKinsey & Company Receives Top Rating and Best-in-Class Distinctions in the POI 2022 Enterprise Planning Vendor Panorama Report

POI awards Periscope by McKinsey key distinctions, following 7 years of coverage in this influential Retail and CPG industry report

NEW YORK and LONDON, Oct. 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — McKinsey & Company has announced that Periscope by McKinsey, a suite of marketing and sales tools that help companies grow revenue sustainably, has received five Best-in-Class distinctions in the POI 2022 Enterprise Planning (EPx) Vendor Panorama report. The Promotion Optimization Institute (POI) measures how vendors help CPG and Retail clients better understand the technologies and services available to them, so that they can make more profit from their promotions. This is the seventh year that Periscope has been top rated in this key annual industry report.

Periscope was named Best-in-Class in five areas:

  • RGM Suite
  • RGM UX
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Financial Orientation & Simulation
  • Collaboration – External

Making trade promotions mutually profitable is one of the big challenges facing retailers and manufacturers. Periscope by McKinsey is an analytical software that brings McKinsey & Company technology into the promotion cycle, along with a range of other services. Periscope offers six main solutions: marketing, customer experience, category, pricing B2C, pricing B2B, and sales. Each combines ongoing data management, insights, software tools, client services, and capability-boosting support. Together, they help clients by weaving Periscope’s IP into their everyday ways of working.

Periscope was featured in the POI report for its:

  • Promotion Cycle: Its depth of experience working in the promotion cycle for both manufacturers and retailers.
  • Depth of Understanding: Detailed knowledge of what retailers are thinking about and struggling with.
  • Growth Management Strength: Deep insight into pricing and assortment, which is crucial in retail growth management.
  • Quality of Analytics: Comprehensive analytics, industry expertise and depth of talent base.

According to the report:
“POI sees Periscope as being a leader in pattern recognition through machine learning to help answer the questions that people don’t think to ask. It also recognizes Periscope for its level of automation and depth of end-to-end offering of software and services.”

Zachary John, Partner & Global Leader of Periscope by McKinsey
“Retailers and manufacturers are facing an unprecedented level of market ambiguity. Consumer purchasing behavior has changed drastically, supply chains are disrupted, and inflation has hit an all-time high. Managing revenue growth and optimizing pricing and promotions during these times requires an astute understanding of the now, and what’s to come.

“We are working with clients to accelerate and sustain their commercial transformations. This means helping them to surface new synergies in their supply chain. To build their expertise globally yet provide the ability to act locally, with AI-driven insights that meet the nuanced needs of their customers. We believe our end-to-end revenue management capabilities can help retailers and manufacturers navigate the complexity of challenges they face, to deliver profitable and sustainable growth.”

Alex Swales, RGMx Partner and Solution Leader, Periscope by McKinsey
“We are delighted to be given such prominence in the 2022 POI EPx report. It reflects our deep commitment to helping our CPG and Retail clients leverage technology and advanced analytics to deliver and sustain above market growth, even in these economically challenging times. We look forward to further enhancing our tech-enabled RGM value-add to clients in 2023 and beyond.”

The POI 2022 Enterprise Planning Vendor Panorama Report can be accessed here.

About Periscope® by McKinsey
Founded in 2007, and now a part of the McKinsey Marketing & Sales Practice, the Periscope® by McKinsey platform combines world-leading intellectual property, prescriptive analytics, and cloud-based tools with expert support and training. It’s a unique combination that drives revenue growth, both now and into the future. The platform offers a suite of Marketing & Sales solutions that accelerate and sustain commercial transformation for businesses. Periscope leverages its world-leading IP (largely from McKinsey but also other partners) and best-in-class technology to enable transparency into big data, create actionable insights and new ways of working that drive lasting performance improvement, and typically sustain a 2–7% increase in return on sales (ROS). With a truly global reach, the portfolio of solutions is comprised of: Insight Solutions, Marketing Solutions, Customer Experience Solutions, Category Solutions, Pricing Solutions, Performance Solutions, and Sales Solutions. These are complemented by ongoing client service and custom capability-building programs.

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Duck Creek Customers Can Have a Seamless Experience When Requesting Independent Medical Examination Services

An Integration with ExamWorks’ U.S. IME Division Enables Duck Creek Claims Users to Manage Their Independent Medical Examination Service Referral Requests

Boston, Oct. 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Duck Creek Technologies (NASDAQ: DCT), the intelligent solutions provider defining the future of property and casualty (P&C) insurance, today announces a cloud-based integration with ExamWorks’ U.S. IME division to offer Independent Medical Examinations (IMEs) to P&C and legal customers.

Embedded within the Duck Creek platform, this Anywhere Enabled Integration (AEI) gives customers the ability to send relevant claimant information and medical records associated with the IME request for workers’ compensation, auto, and liability claims.

“We are thrilled to partner with a leading provider of independent medical exams and offer Duck Creek customers a more seamless IME experience,” said Elaine Rogalla, Sr. Product Manager, Duck Creek Technologies. “The claims lifecycle is a core insurance process, and we are committed to partnering with industry leaders who help enable a simple and consistent workflow for our customers.”

“We are pleased to become part of the Duck Creek ecosystem,” said Co-CEOs Wesley Campbell and Miguel Fernandez “ExamWorks continues to simplify IME referral requests for carriers while providing ever more granular views to realize efficiencies and reduce costs.”

 

About ExamWorks

ExamWorks LLC. is a leading provider of independent medical examinations, peer reviews, bill reviews, Medicare compliance, record retrieval, document management and related IME services. We help our clients manage costs and enhance their risk management processes by verifying the validity, nature, cause and extent of claims, identifying fraud and providing fast, efficient and quality IME services. ExamWorks is focused on providing carriers a national presence while maintaining the local service and capabilities they need and expect.

 

About Duck Creek Technologies

Duck Creek Technologies (NASDAQ: DCT) is the intelligent solutions provider defining the future of the property and casualty (P&C) and general insurance industry. We are the platform upon which modern insurance systems are built, enabling the industry to capitalize on the power of the cloud to run agile, intelligent, and evergreen operations. Authenticity, purpose, and transparency are core to Duck Creek, and we believe insurance should be there for individuals and businesses when, where, and how they need it most. Our market-leading solutions are available on a standalone basis or as a full suite, and all are available via Duck Creek OnDemand. Visit www.duckcreek.com to learn more. Follow Duck Creek on our social channels for the latest information – LinkedIn and Twitter

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Fortinet Further Extends the Convergence of Networking and Security to Remote Users with Enhancements to its Single-Vendor SASE Solution

FortiSASE is the only offering to integrate cloud-delivered SD-WAN connectivity with cloud-delivered security (SSE) to enable the industry’s most flexible secure private access

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —

John Maddison, EVP of Products and CMO
“Fortinet delivers the most integrated single-vendor SASE solution available, uniquely converging best-of-breed networking and best-of-breed security that are unified by a single operating system. The latest cloud-delivered enhancements to FortiSASE further strengthen our ability to enable consistent security and user experience no matter where users and applications are distributed.”

News Summary
Fortinet® (NASDAQ: FTNT), the driving force in the evolution of cybersecurity and the convergence of networking and security, today announced significant cloud-delivered enhancements to FortiSASE, the most integrated single-vendor SASE solution on the market.

According to Gartner®, “Single-vendor SASE delivers converged network and security capabilities to connect and secure distributed users, devices, and locations to resources in the cloud, edge, and on-premises.”1 It has emerged as a key architecture to secure remote users, ensure consistent user experience, and shift from a CAPEX to an OPEX business model. In fact, Gartner predicts that “by 2025, one-third of new SASE deployments will be based on a single-vendor SASE offering, up from 10% in 2022.” 1

Fortinet was recognized by Gartner as a Representative Vendor in the inaugural “Market Guide for Single-Vendor SASE.” FortiSASE consolidates point products by seamlessly converging cloud-delivered networking (SD-WAN) and cloud-delivered security (SSE composed of secure web gatewayUniversal ZTNA [zero trust network access], cloud access security broker [CASB], and Firewall-as-a-Service) via a single operating system (FortiOS) and single agent (FortiClient), with AI and ML layered across to drive additional operational efficiency.

What’s new?

In addition to enabling Secure Internet Access that is not only fast but ensures consistent security for all user traffic to and from the internet, FortiSASE now includes new updates that add enhanced support for Secure Private Access and Secure SaaS Access use cases:

Secure Private Access
Leveraging its success of delivering networking and security convergence at the edge to over 20,000 customers via Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Fortinet is now extending this convergence to remote users via cloud-delivered SD-WAN connectivity in FortiSASE. This extends Fortinet’s existing ability to deliver granular application access with Fortinet Universal ZTNA by adding broader application access with SD-WAN to support the most comprehensive set of private applications running at the data center or public cloud, while also ensuring superior user experience. This enhancement makes FortiSASE the industry’s most flexible architecture for secure and reliable access to privately hosted applications by leveraging both ZTNA and SD-WAN.

With today’s news, organizations that have already deployed Fortinet Secure SD-WAN and/or FortiGate Next-Generation Firewalls in the branch or data center can seamlessly connect their remote users to FortiSASE for private access without needing an additional license.

Secure SaaS Access
FortiSASE delivers comprehensive visibility and control for SaaS applications, now enhanced with next-generation dual-mode CASB. By leveraging both inline and API-based support, FortiSASE enables full visibility into sanctioned and unsanctioned applications to address shadow IT and data exfiltration challenges.

Analyst Validation:
“Modern IT and employee environments are highly distributed and require secure connectivity and access, regardless of where users or applications are located. To provide these services, organizations must have comprehensive, tightly integrated, network and security solutions. Fortinet understands this and has implemented a single OS and agent across its entire Cloud-based SASE portfolio, plus it has layered in AI/ML technologies to drive greater operational efficiencies and deliver enhanced user experiences.”
— Bob Laliberte, Principal Analyst, ESG

Additional Resources

1 Gartner, Market Guide for Single-Vendor SASE, 28 September 2022, Neil MacDonald, John Watts, Jonathan Forest, Andrew Lerner.

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Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) makes possible a digital world that we can always trust through its mission to protect people, devices, and data everywhere. This is why the world’s largest enterprises, service providers, and government organizations choose Fortinet to securely accelerate their digital journey. The Fortinet Security Fabric platform delivers broad, integrated, and automated protections across the entire digital attack surface, securing critical devices, data, applications, and connections from the data center to the cloud to the home office. Ranking #1 in the most security appliances shipped worldwide, more than 595,000 customers trust Fortinet to protect their businesses. And the Fortinet NSE Training Institute, an initiative of Fortinet’s Training Advancement Agenda (TAA), provides one of the largest and broadest training programs in the industry to make cyber training and new career opportunities available to everyone. Learn more at https://www.fortinet.com, the Fortinet Blog, and FortiGuard Labs.

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