Author: Max Smith

Senior Vice President, Customer Experience and Operations Finance Jose Martinez is the Senior Vice President of Customer Experience and Operations Finance at Cisco. In this role, Jose works with the Chief Customer Experience (CX) Officer and the Executive Vice President of Operations to deliver profitable growth, manage business performance, enable new business models, deliver great experiences for customers, partners and employees, and drive efficiency across the organization. Since joining Cisco in 2006, Jose has successfully led teams in multiple roles across Sales Finance, Supply Chain Finance, Global Partner Finance, and Customer Experience Finance teams. Jose has been instrumental in driving…

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Small business banking platform Rapid Finance has introduced updates to its fraud detection platform Lynx. The platform now includes a cloud-based rules engine that enables the company’s enterprise customers to create customized risk management rules and outcomes to make informed lending decisions tailored to the specific criteria of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). “The cloud-based rules engine makes it easier for small business lenders to customize their lending criteria and risk management strategies,” said Will Tumulty, CEO of Rapid Finance. “Enhancing Lynx with rules-based customization reinforces our commitment to providing the most robust and flexible small business lending solution designed…

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Former college athletes joined lawmakers in Concord on Tuesday to urge Gov. Chris Sununu to sign a bill that would ban transgender girls in middle and high schools from playing on girls' teams. House Bill 1205, known as the “Girls Sports Equity Act,” passed the House and Senate. “It's not just about whether it affects five girls or six girls,” said former state Rep. Casey Klein. “It only takes one transgender student, a male student, to hurt female students or take away scholarships from female students.” Supporters of the bill said transgender athletes could have an unfair advantage over athletes…

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(Reuters) – CrowdStrike Holdings Inc on Tuesday forecast second-quarter sales that would beat market expectations, helped by strong demand for its cybersecurity products due to a rise in online threats fuelled by artificial intelligence.Shares of the Austin, Texas-based company rose 6.5% after the close of trading.As businesses increase investments in cybersecurity to combat the rise in online threats and AI-powered cyberattacks, CrowdStrike has been promoting its integrated platform of security services.In May, the company expanded its partnerships with Amazon's AWS and Google Cloud to further integrate its security solutions within their respective cloud services.CrowdStrike expects revenue in the range of…

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MLB announced Tuesday that it has suspended five players, including Athletics pitcher Michael Kelly, for violating the league's sports betting rules and policies. Kelly, San Diego Padres infielder Tucupita Marcano and minor league players Jay Groome, Philadelphia Phillies infielder Jose Rodriguez and Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Andrew Sahlfrank all face disciplinary action following an investigation by MLB's Division of Investigation. Kelly was suspended for one year by MLB. According to betting data, Kelly, who was a minor league player for the Houston Astros' Triple-A affiliate at the time, placed 10 bets on nine MLB games between Oct. 5 and Oct. 17,…

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A sign at Google's headquarters in Mountain View. REUTERS/Paresh Dave The San Diego Cyber ​​Center of Excellence at California State University, San Marcos, National University and San Diego State University have jointly received a $1 million grant from the philanthropic arm of tech giant Google to set up a cybersecurity clinic. According to a news release, the clinic will be similar to a university's free health clinic and will provide critical digital security services to resource-strapped organizations. According to the announcement, students will gain first-hand experience protecting local businesses, hospitals, energy grids and other critical operations from cyber attacks. Google…

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Put down your selfie stick and pick up your controller: Emily Cooper is transforming from Parisian It girl to video game icon. In a surprise announcement on June 4, Netflix is ​​bringing the hit series to the big screen. Emily in Paris It'll be a video game. So what exactly will it be? Well, you probably won't expect it to play like your favorite Nintendo Switch or PS5 games, but it'll at least be a fun side quest for fans of the series as they wait for season 4.of Emily in Paris The game was announced alongside 13 upcoming games…

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KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) – Will the Kansas City Chiefs move to Kansas? That's the question fans have been asking ever since a stadium sales tax vote in Jackson County, Missouri failed in April.Five weeks ago, a sports architect presented Kansas lawmakers with renderings of what a Chiefs Legends football stadium might look like, and a group used the renderings to bolster an online campaign gathering signatures to get the team across state lines.And those efforts appear to be intensifying.Kansas Rep. Shawn Tarwater confirmed to KCTV5 that lawmakers are preparing a bill to introduce in a special session called by…

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