Intelligent CIO Europe Issue 19 | Page 7

NEWS French retail manufacturer extends Infor solution deployment whose growth in France and internationally is illustrated by the acquisition of its distributors abroad (Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Spain and Portugal). The goal is to ensure a presence and optimal representation in each territory, taking into account that 75% of the company’s turnover is generated internationally. The Infor M3 Fashion ERP implementation project started in 2016 and found its first peak in April 2018 with the effective implementation of the solution on the French site of Morel, which employs nearly 130 people. Infor’s partner, Hetic 3 (formerly HELANT), a true Infor M3 specialist, took charge of the project from the commercialisation phase, to replace a homemade solution whose flexibility and functionalities no longer suited Morel’s ambitions. I nfor, a leading provider of industry-specific cloud applications, has announced that Morel, a French family-owned company specialising in the design and manufacturing of eyeglass frames, is extending its deployment of the Infor M3 Fashion solution to nine subsidiaries abroad. Morel, founded in 1880 and based in France (Jura), is a fashion company with a strong identity, completely independent, and “The M3 Fashion project is a strategic initiative coming straight from our top management,” said Laurent Chevalier, IT Director at Morel. “The competition from suppliers of low-cost eyeglass frames has been such that many French players active in our sector have disappeared. Thanks to our strong identity, our ability to constantly offer new products – nearly 1,500 new catalogue items per year – and a coherent, robust and sustainable IT project, we have been able to cope with the strong competition and increase our activities considerably.” ///////////////// Aqua Security attains VMware PKS Partner Application Program validation I srael-headquartered Aqua Security, a leading platform provider for securing container-based and cloud-native applications, has announced that Aqua Cloud Native Security Platform (CSP) has attained VMware Partner Ready status for PKS. The validation of Aqua’s CSP validates that the solution has been tested and verified to interoperate with VMware Enterprise PKS, and can fully manage and secure workloads running on VMware Enterprise PKS. VMware Enterprise PKS enables organisations to easily deploy, run and manage Kubernetes for production with productivity and efficiency. Using Aqua’s Cloud Native Security Platform with VMware Enterprise PKS, businesses can secure their cloud native applications across the entire lifecycle at scale, getting granular visibility into security issues and detecting and blocking attacks in real-time. Aqua’s support for PKS is an extension of the company’s existing product line, providing enterprises with multi-cloud and hybrid cloud environments with the same level of auditability, accountability and protection across the full spectrum of their cloud native infrastructure. “We are pleased that Aqua Security has validated its Cloud Native Security Platform for VMware Enterprise PKS. This signifies to customers that Aqua Security can be deployed with the knowledge and reassurance that Aqua fully supports the specified versions and configurations on VMware Enterprise PKS,” said Pat Lee, Vice President, Emerging ISVs and Solutions, VMware. www.intelligentcio.com INTELLIGENTCIO 7