Day: July 28, 2021

Accelerate is a natural extension of HIMSS’s origins and foundation as a member-driven society

CHICAGO, July 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, Accelerate has entered the global health ecosystem as a purpose-built digital platform that drives 365 healthcare transformation by connecting health professionals to insights from peers and thought leaders, professional development tools, networking opportunities and curated content—anytime, anywhere.

Accelerate’s initial development has come from HIMSS, the global advisor and thought leader supporting the transformation of the health ecosystem through information and technology.

Accelerate is a natural extension of HIMSS’s origins and foundation as a member-driven society, and is an innovative solution aimed to support members, partners and the global health ecosystem 365 days a year.

Hal Wolf, the president and CEO of HIMSS, emphasizes: “Global operations, decades of experience, and thousands of members provide HIMSS with the critical scale and expertise required to execute such an ambitious pursuit. With unparalleled relationships among healthcare providers, industry executives, and public entities, Accelerate will be a digital platform that convenes a variety of health stakeholders.”

With Accelerate, professionals from all parts of the healthcare ecosystem have access to a highly personalized platform tailored to their unique needs. Organizations benefit from radically improved ways of managing, supporting, and developing their staff and members. Suppliers enjoy unmatched access to market insights, as well as innovative ways to engage with customers. Additionally, Accelerate will seamlessly integrate with curated 3rd party offerings—thereby empowering industry-leading partners to distribute their digital products and services through the platform 365 days a year.

“HIMSS membership has nearly doubled in the last four years to 110,000, with more than 36,000 living outside of North America. Last year underscored our commitment to respond and support our community and mission in dynamic ways and that we need capabilities to reach and support our members when they need it,” said Wolf. “HIMSS has lead the investment in Accelerate and helped it launch, and the platform will be an asset to not only HIMSS members, but to the global health ecosystem at large.”

Starting today, Accelerate is available to all HIMSS members, individual users, as well as to enterprises, organizations, and associations interested in getting access for their members.

Interested parties are invited to join a strong set of already-committed organizations and become part of the launch. For more information, visit www.youraccelerate.com.

Karen D. Groppe
Senior Director, Strategic Communications
Mobile 312.965.7898 | Twitter @Karen_D_Groppe

Everest Group Assessment Focuses on Application and Digital Services in Banking

SOUTHBOROUGH, Mass., July 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Virtusa Corporation, a global provider of digital strategy, digital engineering and IT services and solutions that help clients change and disrupt markets through innovation engineering, today announced it has been named a “Star Performer” and “Major Contender” in Everest Group’s Application and Digital Services (ADS) in Banking PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2021 – Global.

For the 11^th annual ADS in Banking assessment, Everest Group reviewed 27 global service providers. These evaluations examined each company’s market impact including market adoption, portfolio mix, and the value delivered. The assessment also took into account each service providers’ vision and strategy, scope of services offered, innovation and investments, and its delivery footprint. In this 2021 Global assessment, in addition to being positioned in the Major Contender category, Virtusa was also named as a “Star Performer,” which recognizes businesses that have demonstrated the strongest forward movement across market success and capabilities, year on year.

This distinction validates Virtusa’s Banking and Financial Services practice that pairs a deep understanding of the entire banking value chain with proven technology and platform capabilities. These include Virtusa’s Digital Transformation Studio, Digital Product Workbench, FinTech Lab, Gamified Metrics and more.

“We are thrilled Everest Group has named us a ‘Star Performer.’ This recognition provides incredible validation for commitment and growing success in serving the needs of banks around the world,” said Amit Bhute, global head, banking & financial services practice, Virtusa. “Banks today face incredible pressures from the Fintech community and consumers who are demanding new digital services that they can access from anywhere, anytime. Through our proven digital engineering capabilities, we are successfully helping banks undergo this critical digital transformation and introduce new services and solutions that will drive customer loyalty and long-term success.”

PEAK Matrix® assessments provide the analysis and insights enterprises need to make critical selection decisions about global services providers, locations, products, and solutions. Likewise, providers of these offerings look to the PEAK Matrix® to gauge and calibrate their contributions against their peers.

About Virtusa
Virtusa Corporation is a global provider of digital business strategy, digital engineering, and information technology (IT) services and solutions that help clients change, disrupt, and unlock new value through innovation engineering. Virtusa serves Global 2000 companies in the Banking, Financial Services, Insurance, Healthcare, Communications, Media, Entertainment, Travel, Manufacturing, and Technology industries.

Virtusa helps clients grow their business with innovative products and services that create operational efficiency using digital labor, future-proof operational and IT platforms, and rationalization and modernization of IT applications infrastructure. This is achieved through a unique approach blending deep contextual expertise, empowered agile teams, and measurably better engineering to create holistic solutions that drive business forward at unparalleled velocity enabled by a culture of cooperative disruption.

Virtusa is a registered trademark of Virtusa Corporation.  All other company and brand names may be trademarks or service marks of their respective holders.

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