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HostBooks appoints RD Mishra as VP (FnB) for exponential growth
Mumbai: HostBooks – a SaaS-based and one of the fastest-growing accounting platforms is moving on an expansion spree in the FnB industry with the recent appointment of RD Misjra as the vice president – Of fnB business from January 2024. With his appointment, HostBooks aims to revolutionise its growth strategy, strengthen its leadership position, and acquire a significant market share across FnB markets.
With over 33 years of profound experience in the FnB industry across the gamut of Sales, Operations, Marketing, and Communications, Mishra is set to take charge of the new Development in the products, and Leadership delivery at HostBooks. His experience in leading and building excelling business strategies will facilitate the platform’s profitable growth trajectory and fortify its presence in the HORECA industry with new excellence.
Commenting on R D Mishra’s appointment, HostBooks founders Kapil Rana & Biswajit Mishra said, “We’re excited to have RD Mishra in our team. His impressive track record in overseeing diverse operations across multiple globally renowned companies in the FnB industry will bring a spark to our products. The domain knowledge and network he brings to the forum will enable us to solidify our position as the leader in the automation software space of the FnB industry.”
Delighted with the appointment, HostBooks global business head & Sr. director Dr Livingston said, “It is a wonderful opportunity to be a part of HostBooks that is taking charge of streamlining the automation requirement of the industries. Given my background in end-to-end process streamlining in the FnB industry, I look forward to contributing to the company’s ongoing success and propelling it to accelerate business efficiency.”
We’re thrilled to welcome R D Mishra, a seasoned professional in the Food and Beverage software and service industry, to HostBooks. With his wealth of experience, industry insights, and strategic acumen, Mr. Mishra is a valuable addition to our team. We’re confident that his presence will contribute significantly to our growth and success, aligning seamlessly with our commitment to delivering cutting-edge solutions and exceptional services, said BOD – CSO and Advisors Abhijit Dutta.
I’m excited to collaborate with HostBooks’ talented team to develop a robust product for the FnB market, addressing their pain points. Confident in delivering exceptional value, I believe we’ll successfully implement solutions for both existing and new clients.” he adds.
Before joining HostBooks, Mishra, former CIO at Om Sweets, played a pivotal role in building the business, leading product development, automation, and optimizing operations. With over a decade at Haldirams as AGM IT, he blended strategic thinking to foster excellence in execution.
As a premium automated business solution that revolutionises the business operations of SMEs, HostBooks is poised to become a pioneer in this highly competitive space, delivering excellence in execution to its diverse clientele both global and domestic.
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Google completes $32 billion Wiz deal to boost AI and cloud security
Wiz joins Google Cloud but keeps multi-cloud support across rival platforms
NEW YORK: Google has completed its $32 billion acquisition of cloud security company Wiz, marking the biggest deal in the tech giant’s history and signalling a major push to strengthen security in the era of artificial intelligence and multi-cloud computing.
The New York-headquartered cybersecurity firm will join Google Cloud while continuing to operate under the Wiz brand. Crucially, the company will maintain support for multiple cloud platforms, including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud, reflecting the reality that most large organisations run their systems across several cloud providers.
Google said the acquisition is designed to help organisations build and scale applications more securely as businesses and governments increasingly move critical systems and data to the cloud. At the same time, the rapid adoption of generative AI has introduced new cybersecurity risks, with attackers also using AI to launch faster and more sophisticated attacks.
Wiz has built a reputation for simplifying cloud security. Its platform maps entire cloud environments, identifying vulnerabilities, potential attack paths and misconfigurations before they can be exploited. By connecting insights from code, cloud infrastructure and runtime environments, it allows security and engineering teams to detect and fix risks early in the development cycle.
Bringing Wiz into Google Cloud will create what the company describes as a unified security platform capable of detecting, preventing and responding to threats across cloud and AI environments. The combined offering will also integrate Google’s own security capabilities, including threat intelligence tools, security operations platforms and the cybersecurity expertise of Mandiant.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the move reflects the growing importance of security as more organisations rely on AI and cloud technologies. “Keeping people safe online has always been part of Google’s mission,” he said, adding that the partnership will help organisations innovate with greater confidence.
Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian, said the goal is to make security an enabler rather than a roadblock for businesses building modern applications. He noted that the combined technologies will simplify the complex task of protecting hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
For Wiz, the acquisition opens the door to global scale while keeping its core philosophy intact. Co-founder and CEO Assaf Rappaport said the company remains committed to an open, multi-cloud approach and will continue supporting customers regardless of where their workloads run.
Over the past year, Wiz has expanded its platform to address emerging risks tied to AI applications, including tools that help organisations monitor AI usage, detect AI-specific vulnerabilities and secure AI workloads during runtime.
With Google’s infrastructure, artificial intelligence capabilities and security ecosystem now behind it, Wiz plans to accelerate development of its platform while continuing to serve enterprises, governments and start-ups operating across different cloud environments.
For Google Cloud, the acquisition adds a powerful piece to its security puzzle as competition intensifies among global cloud providers. For customers, it promises a future where building fast in the cloud does not have to come at the expense of staying secure.
