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Howard Fyffe joins CSO Group and xAmplify as Chief Revenue Officer
xAmplify , Australia ’ s leading automation systems and AI integrator .
Fyffe joins both organisations following the announcement that they are merging to create the nation ’ s largest Australianowned and operated integrator of AI , cyber security , technology and business automation services . and change the game for enterprise and government organisations across Australia spanning industries such as defence , federal and state government , energy , financial services , health , logistics , retail , construction and mining ,” he said .
Fyffe has decades of senior technology leadership experience .
Howard Fyffe , Chief Revenue Officer , CSO Group and xAmplify
Howard Fyffe has been appointed as Chief Revenue Officer to Australian cyber security business CSO Group and
Fyffe will be responsible for integrating both organisations ’ sales teams as well as defining a unified national sales and go-tomarket strategy .
“ Both of these businesses are category leaders in terms of the innovation and depth of expertise they deliver to clients . Together , they will be transformative ,” said Fyffe .
“ The prospect was too good to turn down : to be able to create a wholly Australianowned AI , Automation and Cyber business ,
Prior to launching VAST Data in Australia in 2021 , he was ANZ Country Manager for Veritas Technologies , Country Manager A / NZ for Nutanix and had a 14-year career in numerous roles for Cisco Systems across Asia Pacific , Australia and the US .
Michael Simkovic , CEO , CSO Group , said : “ We are thrilled to have an executive of Howard ’ s calibre join us on our mission to create Australia ’ s largest homegrown cyber security , AI and automation consulting business .”
QED Protocol raises $ 6 million in funding round led by Blockchain Capital potential for applications to be powered with minimal latency and with speeds already capable of surpassing 150,000 transactions per second .
QED founder Carter Feldman lauded the recent funding and emphasized how QED ’ s technology is compatible with Bitcoin Core by harnessing the power of Taproot script and ZKPs .
Hong Kong based QED Protocol , the first zk-native execution layer for powering the Web3 ecosystem emerging on Bitcoin , has raised $ 6 million in a funding round led by Blockchain Capital .
The fresh influx of capital furthers QED ’ s mission of utilizing its novel technology to unlock unparalleled performance for smart contracts , layer-two solutions and a wide variety of Web3 applications .
Among QED ’ s breakthroughs is a novel solution for verification of zero-knowledge proofs ( ZKPs ) on Bitcoin that radically increases scalability while preserving maximum security .
This is a first-of-its-kind innovation in the ZK world that can unlock significant performance enhancements , enabling native smart contracts that had previously been lacking on Bitcoin and holding out the
“ This funding round is key to pursuing our mission to bring Bitcoin security to all of digital finance – but in a way that unlocks unmatched performance and utility ,” said Feldman .
“ Indeed , our aim is to extend the full security of Bitcoin to all of Web3 and eventually the rest of the internet , and , in doing so , our value proposition is simple : high throughput , low latency and application-friendly performance that benefits the masses .” p
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