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09 November 2022 - San Francisco - New York - London - Amsterdam - Berlin - MACH Alliance, the group of independent tech companies dedicated to advocating for open, best-of-breed technology ecosystems, announced today that it has added nine new ambassadors. The Alliance now has roughly 40 <a href="https://machalliance.org/members#IndividualMembers" target="_blank">ambassador members</a>, in addition to almost 70 company members.The new ambassadors are:<ul><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrebrov/" target="_blank">Andrei Rebrov</a> - CTO & Co-founder - Scentbird</li><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/chandan-kumar-b8266999/" target="_blank">Chandan Kumar</a> - Digital Architect - Fisher & Paykel Appliances Ltd</li><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairedonald/" target="_blank">Claire Donald</a> - VP of Engineering - Moo</li><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/thelliez-claire-0737828/" target="_blank">Claire Thelliez</a> - Director of Information Systems/CIO - Promod</li><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/gordonlucas/" target="_blank">Gordon Lucas</a> - Global Director of Digital Technology - Costa Coffee</li><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/iarosen/" target="_blank">Ian Rosen</a> - President & COO - Harry Rosen</li><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-elliott-ba39b18/" target="_blank">Mark Elliott</a> - Chief Architect - Boohoo Group PLC</li><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/saradu/" target="_blank">Sara Du</a> - CEO & Cofounder - Alloy Automation</li><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-fraser-4682542/" target="_blank">Scott Fraser</a> - Digital Product Director - Screwfix</li></ul>MACH Alliance ambassadors are individual industry leaders who actively support and contribute to advance MACH technology. Ambassadors are a passionate group of experts that advocate for education and adoption of MACH globally by sharing their knowledge and experience pertaining to the advancement of MACH technologies and the scaling of communities to support them.“Our ambassadors play a unique role in championing MACH because their experiences are so personal given they’re sharing their own points of view versus those of a company as a whole,” said Casper Rasmussen, MACH Alliance president. “We’ve invested heavily in growing this group while still being selective as to who makes the cut, and we’ve been overwhelmed by the diverse amount of talented leaders who want to get involved.”Stay tuned for more about each of these new ambassadors in our “Meet your MACH Alliance Ambassador” series on our <a href="https://machalliance.org/insights" target="_self">Insights</a> page.Interested in membership or becoming an ambassador? Learn more at <a href="http://www.machalliance.org" target="_self">www.machalliance.org</a>.About the MACH AllianceThe MACH Alliance is a [501(c)(6)] non-profit organization, governed by an independent board and does not endorse specific vendors, members or otherwise. The Alliance was formed in June 2020 to help enterprise organizations navigate the complex modern technology landscape. It aims to guide and show the business advantage of open tech ecosystems that are Microservices based, API-first, Cloud-native SaaS and Headless. All MACH Alliance members meet certification principles that are published on the website.The MACH Alliance welcomes technology companies and individual industry experts who share the same vision for the future. Learn more at <a href="machalliance.org" target="_self">machalliance.org</a>, read here about MACH certification and follow us on <a href="https://twitter.com/machalliance" target="_self">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/machalliance" target="_self">LinkedIn</a>.

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MACH Alliance Adds New Ambassadors to Growing List of Practitioners Who Champion MACH Principles

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<h4 style="text-align: left;">Inability to Innovate is Stifling Competitiveness in a Time of Economic Volatility</h4>Key Finding From MACH Alliance Annual Survey of Global IT Decision Makers<ul><li>Legacy is still holding companies back, with one in five companies spending over half their IT budget on upgrades</li><li>87% of those who have increased MACH are more responsive and ahead of the competition</li><li>US leadership lacks understanding of MACH benefits despite the biggest legacy debt</li></ul><h2></h2>MARCH 22, 2023 - SAN FRANCISCO and NEW YORK and LONDON and AMSTERDAM and BERLIN - MACH Alliance, the group of independent tech companies dedicated to advocating for open, best-of-breed technology ecosystems, today released the results of its third-annual Enterprise MACHified research, conducted by independent research firm <a href="https://melresearch.co.uk/" target="_blank">MEL Research</a> in December and January.The study surveyed 500 tech leaders from Australia, France, Germany, UK and the US to understand how MACH investment has accelerated over the past 12 months and what impact that is having on organizations’ ability to thrive in a difficult economy. The output shows the urgency to innovate in order to stay ahead in a rapidly changing business environment, with MACH (Microservices, API-first, Cloud-native SaaS, Headless) as a means to respond to economic volatility.MACH-advanced companies move fasterFour in five decision makers state that volatility in the economy has impacted their organizations’ attitude toward MACH. This has been one of the key drivers behind 85 percent of organizations increasing the percentage of their MACH infrastructure in the past 12 months. Those companies cite increased ability to respond to changes in the market faster, to build and implement new functionality quicker and reduced costs. They’re also more likely to say their infrastructure is keeping up with customer demands and that they’re ahead of the competition than those with lower MACH adoption rates.US is catching up with EuropeA lack of board/leadership support is more likely to be a barrier to MACH adoption in the US than the overall sample (32% versus 27%). This could signal that MACH is facing a perception challenge in the US among non-IT professionals, indicating the need for education and awareness to highlight the value and benefits it can provide. At the same time, US organizations which believe they are significantly ahead of their competition are more likely to have significantly increased the proportion of their infrastructure which is MACH (47 percent), than those who haven’t (26 percent).While the survey shows a decline in the proportion of budgets that are being spent on technology upgrades since 2022 in the UK and Germany (from 39 percent to 32 percent in the UK, and from 36 percent to 31 percent in Germany), this has increased in the US (from 37 percent to 41 percent). Companies in the US also report the largest proportion of legacy tech. With 41 percent of organizations’ IT ecosystems still being legacy on average, there is a clear need for tools which can enable them to improve the ability to upgrade infrastructures at speed.<figure style = "margin: auto; text-align: center;width: 709px;"><img src="https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltb9eff0ec0532965e/blt6d1a49239b56de66/6419ca343c69fb10338054fc/Screenshot_2023-03-21_at_16.13.29.png" /></figure><h3></h3>Time and money spent on upgrades is an expensive ongoing problemThe research found that not much has changed from a year ago when it comes to the time and money being spent on upgrade projects. Upgrading is evidently a burden which organizations are struggling to solve with over a quarter running more than 20 projects each year. One in five are spending over half of their IT budget on upgrades, and the same number say upgrades are taking up over half of IT teams’ time. In 2021, respondents said 40 percent of their teams’ time was spent delivering front-office upgrades, indicating that the impact of operating with outdated tech is snowballing. <a href="https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2023-01-18-gartner-forecasts-worldwide-it-spending-to-grow-2-percent-in-2023" target="_blank">Gartner has forecast</a> that global enterprises will spend about USD $856 billion on software in 2023. If a quarter of that was spent on upgrades, that would represent more than $200 billion that could be spent on innovation and improvement of digital experiences.Investment is increasingly moving from front- to back-endThe research found front-end solutions are still receiving the most focus for investment, however, this is changing year-over-year. While 54 percent prioritized front-end investment in the 2022 report, just 39 percent stated this in 2023. In countries interviewed in both the 2022 and 2023 reports, the proportion who believe their front-office infrastructure is ahead of the competition has fallen from 75 percent to 68 percent. Organizations with 25,000 or more employees have the lowest level of adoption of MACH in their front-end infrastructure and take a more long term view on making MACH investments.“The data tells us that too many companies are stuck keeping the upgrade wheel turning. If you add the cost of time and business stand still, the absolute cost is much higher,” said Casper Rasmussen, MACH Alliance President. “At the same time, fewer companies see themselves as agile early adopters, and fewer also see themselves as being ahead of the competition compared to our research a year ago.“The pace of transformation is relentless but the cost of not innovating is much higher. While transitioning to MACH is no small undertaking, continuing the status quo is an ongoing, big undertaking, especially for larger organizations, which needs addressing. We’re not going to wipe legacy out of the picture overnight. However, those moving toward MACH are better equipped to mitigate future obstacles.”<a href="https://share.hsforms.com/1XhB7laa9RIanXosen8j6zgdtq5y" target="_blank" class="button" style="color: white;text-decoration-line: none;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;">Download Report and Infographic</a>What’s ahead and methodologyThe research was executed by independent market research leader MEL Research. Respondent titles included CIO, CTO, Vice President, Senior Vice President and Senior Manager. All represent organizations with at least 5,000 employees and have a revenue of at least $500 million annually.-ends-About the MACH AllianceThe MACH Alliance is a [501(c)(6)] non-profit organization, governed by an independent board and does not endorse specific vendors, members or otherwise. The Alliance was formed in June 2020 to help enterprise organizations navigate the complex modern technology landscape. It aims to guide and show the business advantage of open tech ecosystems that are Microservices based, API-first, Cloud-native SaaS and Headless. All MACH Alliance members meet certification principles that are published on the website.The MACH Alliance welcomes technology companies and individual industry experts who share the same vision for the future. Learn more at <a href="https://machalliance.org/" target="_blank">machalliance.org</a>, read here about MACH <a href="https://machalliance.org/insights/mach-certification-a-seal-of-confidence" target="_blank">MACH certification</a> and follow us on <a href="https://twitter.com/machalliance" target="_blank">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/37568009/admin/" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a>.

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MACH Global Research 2023

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9 January 2023&nbsp; - San Francisco - New York - London - Amsterdam - Berlin -<a href="http://www.machalliance.org/" target="_self"> MACH Alliance</a>, the group of independent tech companies dedicated to advocating for open, best-of-breed technology ecosystems, announced today that Google Cloud has joined as an Enabler member.&nbsp;MACH Alliance <a href="https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3414374-1&h=2379350488&u=https%3A%2F%2Fmachalliance.org%2Fnewsroom%2Fmach-alliance-announces-mongodb-and-netlify-as-first-members-of-new-enabler-category&a=announced+in+December" target="_self">announced</a> in December 2021 its Enabler membership category, which was created for companies that are utilized by MACH organizations to deliver a service or technology but they themselves do not offer a direct MACH solution. They are, therefore, enabling MACH providers.“The MACH Alliance has quickly become the face of advocacy when it comes to pushing for a new standard for IT architectural excellence,” said Chris Colyer, Worldwide Head of Retail Industry Partnerships at Google Cloud. “We see the future in headless and composable commerce and it’s important for us to be a part of the community to which a number of our partners belong. Through our membership we can truly support those partners, while championing open and cloud-native technology ecosystems as they grow in relevance and competence.”&nbsp;“Having a brand like Google Cloud aligned with our organization is a powerful indicator that the market shift toward composable is speeding up and becoming mainstream,” said Casper Ramussen, MACH Alliance president. “This shift represents a major challenge to the position of long-established enterprise suites, and we’re in the right place at the right time for our movement to really scale. The Enabler category is ripe for growth over the next 12 months and critical to the success of MACH across all industries.”&nbsp;All Enablers are aligned to the non-functional areas of a MACH architecture. This includes, but is not limited to monitoring, data storage, cluster or container management, tracing, service meshing, API Gateways and orchestration. Background on why the Alliance launched this membership category can be <a href="https://machalliance.org/insights/why-we-added-an-enabler-membership-category" target="_self">found here</a>.&nbsp;A MACH architecture, which stands for Microservices, API-first, Cloud-native SaaS and Headless, gives companies a deeper level of agility, allowing them to deliver new features to customers at speed. All members of the MACH Alliance meet a stringent set of <a href="https://machalliance.org/insights/mach-certification-a-seal-of-confidence" target="_self">certification standards</a>. To become an Alliance member and carry the MACH Certified seal, a company must be in full compliance.&nbsp;Interested in membership or becoming an ambassador? Learn more at <a href="http://www.machalliance.org" target="_self">www.machalliance.org</a>.&nbsp;-ends-About the MACH AllianceThe MACH Alliance is a [501(c)(6)] non-profit organization, governed by an independent board and does not endorse specific vendors, members or otherwise. The Alliance was formed in June 2020 to help enterprise organizations navigate the complex modern technology landscape. It aims to guide and show the business advantage of open tech ecosystems that are Microservices based, API-first, Cloud-native SaaS and Headless. All MACH Alliance members meet certification principles that are published on the website. The MACH Alliance welcomes technology companies and individual industry experts who share the same vision for the future. Learn more at<a href="https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmachalliance.org%2F&esheet=52478831&newsitemid=20210818005487&lan=en-US&anchor=machalliance.org&index=5&md5=db9d7bdff8c8646152c1923d3ff4adc2" target="_self"> machalliance.org</a>, read here about<a href="https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fmachalliance.org%2Fblogdetail%2Fbltfc0a3afbca44303e&esheet=52478831&newsitemid=20210818005487&lan=en-US&anchor=MACH+certification&index=6&md5=ba1c5d6e1bf42963a3a8bb59771d09da" target="_self"> MACH certification</a> and follow us on<a href="https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.twitter.com%2Fmachalliance&esheet=52478831&newsitemid=20210818005487&lan=en-US&anchor=Twitter&index=7&md5=dfeea3f8422d14d51b860d90329a6837" target="_self"> Twitter</a> and<a href="https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Fmachalliance&esheet=52478831&newsitemid=20210818005487&lan=en-US&anchor=LinkedIn&index=8&md5=a1db2958e174d041221c1705e694b6f0" target="_self"> LinkedIn</a>.

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Google Cloud Joins the MACH Alliance

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06 January 2023&nbsp; - San Francisco - New York - London - Amsterdam - Berlin -<a href="http://www.machalliance.org/"> MACH Alliance</a>, the group of independent tech companies dedicated to advocating for open, best-of-breed technology ecosystems, announced today that <a href="https://www.adyen.com/">Adyen </a>(AMS: ADYEN), the global financial technology platform of choice for leading businesses, has become its latest new member.Adyen provides end-to-end payments capabilities, data-driven insights and financial products in a single global solution for customers like Facebook, Uber, H&M, eBay and Microsoft.&nbsp;The announcement is the latest signal of continued momentum for the Alliance and the first of its new members to be named in 2023. The Alliance now boasts over 70 <a href="https://machalliance.org/members">member companies</a> in addition to its growing list of <a href="https://machalliance.org/members#IndividualMembers">ambassadors</a>, or individual practitioners, which include CTOs and other senior digital leaders from companies like Sephora, Puma, Costa Coffee, Google, Amazon and more.“As MACH Alliance continues to expand in numbers, we are holding true to our high certification standards and finding that not only do more companies meet them, but the size, scope and reputations of those companies is adding incredible weight to our movement,” said Casper Rasmussen, MACH Alliance president. “Without modern players like Adyen, brands and businesses wouldn’t be able to sustain the pace of disruption we’re currently experiencing. They’re integral to realizing unified commerce for retailers, and an enabler of digital innovation in the truest form.”&nbsp;“Joining the MACH Alliance is a natural move for us, as our success hinges on the strength and flexibility of our digital backbone, of which MACH solutions are foundational,” said Brian McDonnell, Senior Vice President, Partnerships at Adyen. “Unified commerce for retailers and other players in the fintech space wouldn’t be possible with legacy technology. We believe the MACH framework is the standard that will change the game for how businesses connect, transact and grow.”A MACH architecture, which stands for Microservices, API-first, Cloud-native SaaS and Headless, gives companies a deeper level of agility, allowing them to deliver new features to customers at speed. All members of the MACH Alliance meet a stringent set of <a href="https://machalliance.org/insights/mach-certification-a-seal-of-confidence">certification standards</a>. To become an Alliance member and carry the MACH Certified seal, a company must be in full compliance.&nbsp;Interested in membership or becoming an ambassador? Learn more at <a href="http://www.machalliance.org">www.machalliance.org</a>.&nbsp;About the MACH AllianceThe MACH Alliance is a [501(c)(6)] non-profit organization, governed by an independent board and does not endorse specific vendors, members or otherwise. The Alliance was formed in June 2020 to help enterprise organizations navigate the complex modern technology landscape. It aims to guide and show the business advantage of open tech ecosystems that are Microservices based, API-first, Cloud-native SaaS and Headless. All MACH Alliance members meet certification principles that are published on the website.The MACH Alliance welcomes technology companies and individual industry experts who share the same vision for the future. Learn more at<a href="https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmachalliance.org%2F&esheet=52478831&newsitemid=20210818005487&lan=en-US&anchor=machalliance.org&index=5&md5=db9d7bdff8c8646152c1923d3ff4adc2"> machalliance.org</a>, read here about<a href="https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fmachalliance.org%2Fblogdetail%2Fbltfc0a3afbca44303e&esheet=52478831&newsitemid=20210818005487&lan=en-US&anchor=MACH+certification&index=6&md5=ba1c5d6e1bf42963a3a8bb59771d09da"> MACH certification</a> and follow us on<a href="https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.twitter.com%2Fmachalliance&esheet=52478831&newsitemid=20210818005487&lan=en-US&anchor=Twitter&index=7&md5=dfeea3f8422d14d51b860d90329a6837"> Twitter</a> and<a href="https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Fmachalliance&esheet=52478831&newsitemid=20210818005487&lan=en-US&anchor=LinkedIn&index=8&md5=a1db2958e174d041221c1705e694b6f0"> LinkedIn</a>.About AdyenAdyen (AMS: ADYEN) is the financial technology platform of choice for leading companies. By providing end-to-end payments capabilities, data-driven insights, and financial products in a single global solution, Adyen helps businesses achieve their ambitions faster. With offices around the world, Adyen works with the likes of Facebook, Uber, H&M, eBay, and Microsoft.

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MACH Alliance Announces New Member Adyen 

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MACH Alliance Announces New Member Adyen

MACH Alliance Adds New Ambassadors to Growing List of Practitioners Who Champion MACH Principles

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