Technology Record - Issue 22: Autumn 2021

32 www. t e c h n o l o g y r e c o r d . c om MAR K E TWATCH ITSCREDIT delivers new digital lending capabilities ITSCREDIT is enhancing the digital lending capabilities and models, launching new versions in 2021 for brokers and merchants. The firm forecasts growth in the Buy Now Pay Later segment, so is bolstering its Pay With Credit software, which enables merchants to offer digital lending as a payment method on their e-commerce platforms. The firm’s Partners module also simplifies the credit application process, helping more customers access credit. ITSCREDIT now also supports businesses affected by Covid-19 through its Protocoled Covid-19 credit lines and has launched the Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP) module. With this, banks can offer a digital process for their corporate customers to apply for RRP financing. In addition, ITSCREDIT is helping its partners provide a responsible, compliant and environmentally friendly credit solution through its Sustainability module. Customers can access environmental sustainability analysis models, which allows financial services firms to score companies on sustainability key performance indicators. Maureen Data Solutions protects against ransomware-as-a-service Maureen Data Solutions (MDS) is helping businesses to protect themselves against cyberattacks, with particular focus on ransomware-as-a-service. The IT support firm offers Continuous Comprehensive Cybersecurity Risk Evaluation Services (C3RES) that provide risk assessments which identify the vulnerabilities in an organisation, including with their supply chain vendors. “It is prudent for an organisation to find its vulnerabilities before a nefarious actor does,” said Chris Arndt, security principal lead at Maureen Data Systems. “Through our C3RES, MDS can assess any enterprise within a client’s supply chain. By identifying the vulnerabilities within a business, MDS can provide solutions to mitigate cyberthreats and improve an organisation’s overall cybersecurity score report.” Cloud Services helps businesses implement Microsoft Azure Ukraine-based cloud adoption specialist Cloud Services has launched a range of implementation services to help customers leverage the scalability, reliability and agility of Microsoft Azure and drive data warehouse and application modernisation. “The implementation services help our customers move workloads to Microsoft Azure platform-as-a-service solutions to achieve different business goals, from the modernisation of data warehouses to the upgrade of company analytics and customer experience,” said Andrew Dakhov, managing partner of Cloud Services. “We have chosen the Azure cloud as a world-class platform with the highest standards and most innovative technologies.” The new services, which include an Azure Synapse Implementation service and Cloud Native Implementation service, are available in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace.