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(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Paymentology, the leading global issuer-processor, today announced a $175 million investment co-led by Apis Partners (”Apis”), a private equity firm specialising in financial infrastructure and services, and Aspirity Partners (“Aspirity”), a pan-European Private Equity firm focused on Financial Technology & Services and Enterprise Technology & Connectivity Services.

The investment will support Paymentology’s continued global expansion, product development and strengthening of its team, as the company builds on strong demand for modern issuer processing on a global scale.

The transaction brings together two investors with deep experience in the payments industry and a shared focus on advancing payments infrastructure, united by the view that issuer processing represents one of the most significant opportunities in the sector. For Apis, the investment, made by Apis Growth Fund III1, marks the firm’s 16th payments investment. Both Apis and Aspir ... Read more »

SHANGHAI - (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Hytera Communications, a leading global provider of critical communications technologies and solutions, successfully concluded its annual Global Partner Summit (HGPS) 2026 on May 8 in Shanghai. Held under the theme “Advancing Together,” the summit brought together more than 500 attendees from over 60 countries to strengthen collaboration, share strategic insights, and explore future opportunities in AI-powered critical communications. Reflecting on Hytera’s development from 2025 to 2026, Yelin Jiang, CEO of Hytera Group, shared his outlook on the company’s future growth and innovation strategy. “Looking back on 2025, we grew in business and market, grew in technology, and grew together with our partners,” said Jiang. “Building on that momentum, we are now advancing together into 2026 – with innovation in our genes, and AI taking us even higher. This dual-wheel drive of technology and market advancement is how we will achieve sustainable success togeth ... Read more »

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Boomi™, the data activation company, announced today the winners of its FY26 Global Partner Awards, recognized at the 2026 Boomi Partner Summit held in Chicago, Illinois. The awards honor partners that are driving innovation and delivering measurable business outcomes for customers.

The winners were selected for their ability to leverage the full breadth of the Boomi Enterprise Platform to manage complexity, activate data, and accelerate agentic transformation.

“As organizations advance their adoption of AI, our partners play a critical role in turning strategy into measurable outcomes,” said Dan McAllister, Senior Vice President of Global Alliances and Channels at Boomi. “These award winners are not only advancing innovation but also helping customers activate data, integrate systems, and operationalize AI to unlock new levels of efficiency, agility, and growth.”

This year’s winners by category include:

Global Partner of the Year: Infosy ... Read more »

TEMECULA, Calif. - Tuesday, 12. May 2026


(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group (Nikkiso CE&IG) has announced today that it has signed a long-term service agreement with oil tanker shipping firm Maran Tankers Management Inc.

Under the five-year agreement, Nikkiso CE&IG will deliver comprehensive global aftermarket support for Maran Tankers’ high pressure pumps, including scheduled cold end valve repairs at defined intervals. To guarantee minimal turnaround time, Nikkiso CE&IG will maintain critical inventory across its Marine Hubs worldwide, enabling cold ends to be received by vessels within days rather than the industry’s average of months. Nikkiso CE&IG will also provide technical guidance to Maran Tankers and carry out extended overhauls during scheduled dry-docking periods.

Sean Fanniff, President of Nikkiso CE&IG’s Cryogenic Services Business Unit, said: “With Marine Hubs across Southeast Asia, Europe, th ... Read more »

TOKYO -
(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rigaku Corporation, a global solution partner in X-ray analytical systems and a group company of Rigaku Holdings Corporation (headquarters: Akishima, Tokyo; CEO: Jun Kawakami; “Rigaku”), announced the expansion of its development of metrology technologies for next-generation semiconductors, leveraging global research environments.

As part of this initiative, Rigaku is working with imec, a world-leading semiconductor research and innovation hub headquartered in Belgium, under a three-year development program. Through this effort, Rigaku will advance its core X-ray technologies, including 3D device metrology, high-sensitivity detection of ultrathin films and trace elements, and non-destructive inspection of microscopic defects.

As semiconductor devices evolve toward advanced architectures such as Gate-All-Around (GAA) and Complementary FET (CFET)1, along with increasing memory density, manufacturing processes are becoming more complex. These ... Read more »

NEW YORK - Tuesday, 12. May 2026 AETOSWire

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- GenNx360 Capital Partners (“GenNx360”), a New York-based private equity firm, has announced the sale of its portfolio company, Precision Aviation Group, Inc. (“PAG” or the “Company”), to VSE Corporation (“VSE”) for a total upfront consideration of approximately $2.025 billion in cash and equity.

Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, PAG is a best-in-class global provider of aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (“MRO”) services, distribution and supply chain solutions serving commercial, business and general aviation, rotorcraft and defense end markets. PAG currently operates 29 locations worldwide, employs more than 1,000 people, serves over 10,000 customers globally and completes more than 175,000 repairs annually. The acquisition increases VSE revenue by approximately 50% on a pro forma 2025 basis and is expected to be immediately accretive to VSE’s consolidated Adjusted EBITDA margi ... Read more »

ARLINGTON, Va. - (BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Venture Global, Inc. (NYSE: VG) announced the execution of two binding agreements with TotalEnergies and Vitol for the purchase of additional U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Venture Global. Venture Global announced a new, binding agreement with TotalEnergies for the purchase of approximately 0.85 MTPA of LNG from Venture Global for approximately five years commencing in 2026. Separately, Venture Global and Vitol agreed to increase their existing five-year binding LNG agreement to 1.7 MTPA, up from 1.5 MTPA previously agreed and announced in March 2026. Both agreements will be supplied from Venture Global’s portfolio. “Venture Global is proud to deepen our partnerships with premier global energy companies like Vitol and TotalEnergies,” said Venture Global CEO Mike Sabel. “These agreements reflect the continued confidence and trust in our ability to deliver reliable, low-cost U.S. LNG to global markets quickly and at scale as demand for ... Read more »

NEW YORK - Tuesday, 12. May 2026 AETOSWire Print All donations will support the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund, building on MetLife Foundation’s $9 million commitment (BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, MetLife and Global Citizen announced Footwork for Futures, a global soccer-themed social media challenge that supports children’s access to quality education and sports to foster more confident and resilient communities. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260511913741/en/ Footwork for Futures invites people to share a short video of themselves juggling – or attempting to juggle – a soccer ball on Instagram, LinkedIn, X, TikTok, or Facebook and include the hashtag #FootworkForFutures, or by submitting a video through the Global Citizen app. For each eligible video submission, MetLife will donate $5 to the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund, up to $100,000, to help support access to quality education and sports ... Read more »

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Tuesday, 12. May 2026 AETOSWire

New block-level change tracking capabilities enable faster backup and recovery for virtualized environments

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- NetApp® (NASDAQ: NTAP), the Intelligent Data Infrastructure company, today announced new NetApp data management capabilities optimized for Red Hat OpenShift that enable advanced levels of resilience and scale for virtualized environments, on-premises and in the cloud. The updates improve the speed and predictability of backup, recovery, and day-to-day operations so customers can migrate, scale, and manage virtual machine (VM) and container environments to enable innovation and agility with greater confidence.

According to The state of virtualization report from Red Hat, 90 percent of organizations agree that virtualization supports innovation. Combined with the report’s finding that 71 percent of organizations have over half of their IT infrastructure virtualized, enterprises are expand ... Read more »

MONTREAL - Tuesday, 12. May 2026 AETOSWire

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Medisca, a global leader in personalized pharmaceutical medicine, has entered into a strategic partnership with dsm–firmenich, a leading ingredient manufacturer serving regulated pharmaceutical markets worldwide.

Through this partnership, Medisca will make a portfolio of pharmaceutical-grade vitamin active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) available to U.S. compounding professionals, expanding access to ingredients manufactured within European cGMP environments and supported by established quality systems and documentation standards.

Strengthening the foundation of compounding

As compounding continues to support increasingly complex and regulated care settings, expectations around ingredient sourcing, consistency, and documentation continue to rise. Pharmacies and 503B outsourcing facilities are seeking partners that enable them to operate with confidence at scale.

This partnership refl ... Read more »

TAIPEI - Tuesday, 12. May 2026 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- GIGABYTE Technology, a global leader in high-performance computing, is taking its most comprehensive end-to-end portfolio for AI infrastructure to COMPUTEX 2026 under the theme "Future Landing." As AI transitions from training into large-scale inference and real-world operation, GIGABYTE addresses the industry's most pressing challenge: not whether AI can be built, but how quickly and reliably it can be deployed, operated, and sustained at scale. At COMPUTEX, GIGABYTE organizes its showcase around three states that define the lifecycle of production AI infrastructure. Ready: integrated systems that have been fully built, simulated, validated, and prepared for deployment. Deployable: modular clusters engineered for rapid implementation across diverse environments. Happening: AI systems actively running, delivering outcomes, and sustaining operations in the real world. “AI-ready” in the Infrastructure Era AI workloads now span c ... Read more »

On the occasion of International Nurses Day, Aster DM Healthcare has announced the Top 10 finalists for the fifth edition of the Aster Guardians Global Nursing Award 2026, selected from over 134,000 registrations across 214* countries and economies. One of the Top 10 finalists will be honoured with the grand title and a prize of USD 250,000. Aster has appointed Ernst & Young LLP as the 'Process Advisors' of the award. EY has defined a three-stage evaluation process to determine the finalists and the winner.

The top 10 finalists for 2026 includes: Dr. Agimol Pradeep (United Kingdom), Dr. Aidah Alkaissi (Sweden), Dinah Sevilla (The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia), Dr. Hammoda Abu-Odah (Hong Kong SAR, China), Hindumbi Kaurom Kakkada (India), Johana Patricia Galvan Barrios (Colombia), Josephine Nelago Angula (Namibia), Oluchi Angel Okoi (Nigeria), Peter Fore (Papua New Guinea), Ronald Mario Cañas Rojas (Colombia). To know more about the top 10 finalists, please visit: https://www.as ... Read more »

TORONTO -
With the introduction of direct liquid cooling, this first‑of‑its‑kind deployment within urban, interconnection‑rich data centre campuses in Canada establishes a new standard for enabling AI workloads.

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Telehouse Canada, a leading data centre service provider and subsidiary of KDDI Corporation, has announced the completion of a major infrastructure upgrade designed to support the next generation of AI‑driven workloads. By introducing direct liquid‑to‑chip technology, Telehouse enables high‑density AI inference deployments within its interconnection‑rich downtown Toronto data centre environments—reinforcing the company’s leadership in delivering resilient, future‑ready facilities that power Canada’s digital transformation and support the next wave of innovation.

As AI adoption accelerates across industries, organizations are increasingly seeking data centre environments capable of supporting performance‑intensive workloads at scale. These ... Read more »