Globant’s BeKind. Tech Fund increases its entrepreneurial network and the scale of its impact in its mission to mitigate the potential negative effects of technology in society, such as online harassment and abuse, AI bias, screen time abuse, and information bubbles and polarization.

April 4, 2022 – NEW YORK, NY – Globant (NYSE: GLOB), a digitally native company focused on reinventing business through innovative technology solutions, today announced that its BeKind. Tech Fund, the first and only venture fund wholly focused on supporting startups that seek to tackle misuse of technology, is welcoming three new entrepreneurial ecosystem partners: Endeavor, LAVCA, and Newlab. A central tenet of the Fund is the belief in the power of collective action, and these partners will work to promote the fund and help reach the thousands of next-generation entrepreneurs, start-ups, and dreamers tackling the misuse of technology.

The BeKind. Tech Fund has five main focus areas: online harassment and abuse, data privacy and security, AI bias, screen time abuse, and information bubbles and polarization. Globant launched the $10M USD fund based on its strong belief that technology is inherently good and when applied correctly, has the potential to improve our lives, communities, and the planet. Welcoming these new ecosystem partners who share Globant’s beliefs, goals, and vision for technology will increase both the Fund’s reach and scale of impact. 

“Through this partnership, we’re co-creating a movement to invest in positive technological change, and hope to inspire other companies to join us,” said Guibert Englebienne, Globant Co-Founder and President of Latam and Globant X. “Together, we’ll be able to connect with tens of thousands of entrepreneurs and startups to invest in the highest-quality, most ambitious startups with the potential to maximize technology’s positive influence.”

“Technology is growing and changing more rapidly than ever before, and it’s imperative that entrepreneurs around the world create companies that prioritize harnessing technology for good to keep our economies, societies and planet sustainable,” said Adrian Garcia-Aranyos, President at Endeavor. “By leveraging our ecosystem of high-impact entrepreneurs, we will help further the BeKind. Tech Fund’s important journey.”  

“The BeKind. Tech Fund’s mission to enable the growth of diverse startups that will improve the well-being of global societies is strongly aligned with the goals of our organization and its members,” said Carlos Ramos de la Vega, Director of Venture Capital at LAVCA. “We know that investment is a powerful tool to spur sustainable economic growth, and we’re looking forward to seeing all that we can accomplish through our partnership.”

“We continue to experience systemic challenges as a result of technology, but remain hopeful by the many entrepreneurs around the world who are passionate about solving the problems our society faces today,” said Satish Rao, Chief Product Officer at Newlab. “Through Globant’s extensive, advanced technology platforms and their BeKind. Tech Fund, combined with our proven Innovation Studios that pair experts and entrepreneurs with industry leaders, we’re excited to bring forward the resources and access for early stage companies to grow their vision and expand their influence in building a safe and equitable future.”

Endeavor is a global community of, by, and for high-impact entrepreneurs; LAVCA is a non-profit membership organization dedicated to supporting the growth of private capital in Latin America and the Caribbean; and Newlab, which acts as a facilitator for its community of experts and innovators, helps to scale world-changing ideas through investment, venture building, and structured collaboration with industry and government partners.

Learn more about the BeKind. Tech Fund here.  

About Globant
We are a digitally native company that helps organizations reinvent themselves to create a way forward and unleash their potential. We are the place where innovation, design and engineering meet scale. 

• We have more than 23,500 employees and we are present in 18 countries working for companies like Google, Electronic Arts and Santander, among others.
• We were named a Worldwide Leader in CX Improvement Services by IDC MarketScape report.
• We were also featured as a business case study at Harvard, MIT, and Stanford.  
• We are a member of the Cybersecurity Tech Accord.

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About BeKind. Tech Fund
Launched in 2021, the BeKind. Tech Fund is a $10 million USD corporate venture fund administered by Globant Ventures. The fund seeks to assist global startups looking for support in developing apps, products, and platforms that are focused on mitigating the negative effects of technology, such as online harassment and abuse, data privacy and security, AI bias, screen time abuse, and information bubbles and polarization.
If you are an entrepreneur or startup focused on mitigating the negative impacts of tech and ensuring tech is used for good, or are interested in knowing more about the BeKind. Tech Fund, please visit www.bekindtechfund.com and join the revolution.

Sabina Schneider was part of the #MyCybHerStory campaign led by the Cybersecurity Tech Accord, sharing her story about her career in cybersecurity.

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NEW YORK, Mar. 30, 2022.- We have recently detected that a limited section of our company’s code repository has been subject to unauthorized access. We have activated our security protocols and are conducting an exhaustive investigation.

According to our current analysis, the information that was accessed was limited to certain source code and project-related documentation for a very limited number of clients. To date, we have not found any evidence that other areas of our infrastructure systems or those of our clients were affected. 

We are taking strict measures to prevent further incidents.
 
About Globant (NYSE:GLOB)

We are a digitally native company that helps organizations reinvent themselves to create a way forward and unleash their potential. We are the place where innovation, design and engineering meet scale.

• We have more than 23,500 employees and we are present in 18 countries working for companies like Google, Electronic Arts and Santander, among others.
• We were named a Worldwide Leader in CX Improvement by IDC MarketScape report. We were also featured as a business case study at Harvard, MIT and Stanford. We are a member of the Cybersecurity Tech Accord.

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SAN FRANCISCO – March 24, 2022 – Globant (NYSE: GLOB), a digitally native company focused on reinventing businesses through innovative technology solutions, announced it is collaborating with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to launch AWS for Games, the new service offering launched today which enables developers to easily leverage the breadth and depth of AWS services to build smarter, more immersive, and engaging games. Through AWS for Games, Globant will help its roster of leading customers in the gaming industry to incorporate and benefit from AWS solutions and, in turn, more easily meet the modern gamer’s demands for fast, seamless playing experiences.  

"As gaming continues to grow in popularity and become more sophisticated, game developers and designers need to constantly find new and better ways to implement the most cutting-edge technologies in order to stay competitive," said Paxton LaZar, Managing Director at Globant’s Gaming Studio. "The experts in Globant’s Gaming Studio leverage AWS for Games to enable our customers to fearlessly innovate as well as strengthen the agility, speed, and reliability of their games, in turn enhancing the player experience."

"As a company founded with the ambitious goal of creating a music metaverse ecosystem, PIXELYNX develoeprs spend every day finding new, innovative ways to implement the latest emerging technologies – from blockchain to NFTs – into our gaming platform,” said Inder Phull, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer at PIXELYNX. “Globant’s assistance providing state-of-the-art cloud infrastructure, complete with security and automation powered by AWS’s seamless technology stack, allows our team to maximize the time they spend on our ultimate goal: creating the best possible experience for artists and music fans."

"Globant is a trusted collaborator of AWS Game Tech. Both companies are committed to empowering game developers to build amazing, successful, and fun games," said Rob Schoeppe, Head, Game Tech Solutions/BD at AWS Game Tech. "As more games offer live services and connected experiences in their games, developers need a diverse set of solutions to use. Having Globant as a strategic collaborator on AWS for Games allows developers to focus on creating fun player experiences."

For more information about the Globant Gaming Studio, visit https://www.globant.com/studio/games. For more information about AWS for Games, visit www.aws.amazon.com/gametech.

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About Globant

We are a digitally native company that helps organizations reinvent themselves and unleash their potential. We are the place where innovation, design, and engineering meet scale.

• We have more than 23,500 employees and we are present in 18 countries working for companies like Google, Rockwell Automation, Electronic Arts, and Santander, among others.
• We were named a Worldwide Leader in Customer Experience Improvement Services by the IDC MarketScape report.
• We were also featured as a business case study at Harvard, MIT, and Stanford.
• We are members of The Green Software Foundation (GSF) and the Cybersecurity Tech Accord.

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New York, March 21, 2022 - Globant (NYSE: GLOB), a digitally native company focused on reinventing businesses through innovative technology solutions, announced that it was certified as a Great Place to Work in all the countries in which the company applied, including the United States, Uruguay, Argentina, Colombia, and India. These certifications were granted within the framework of a survey made to Globers in each country that evaluates 5 key aspects within a company: Credibility, Respect, Fairness, Pride, and Camaraderie. Globant was recognized for its unique, autonomous, strong, diverse, and inclusive culture and for providing a healthy environment for talent and for taking care of its employees’ wellbeing. 

“We are very excited for the Great Place to Work® certifications that we have received regarding our organizational culture and talent experience in five different countries all over the world,” said Patricia Pomies, Chief Operating Officer at Globant. “We are committed to reinforcing our presence and ensuring that our Globers continue to find themselves in a company where they can grow personally and professionally, and where they feel supported, included, heard, and challenged every day.”

Globant’s Great Place to Work® certifications highlights include:

• United States: 92% of the surveyed Globers feel a sense of trust from the management when it comes to people’s quality of work. Additionally, this same percentage say that they work in a company where people care about each other.
• Uruguay: Globant was ranked #2 in the “More than 150 employees” category on March 17, 2022. 98% affirm that people are treated fairly regardless of their ethnicity, and 97% had felt welcomed by their teams when they entered the organization.
• Argentina: Globant was ranked #4 in the “More than 1,000 employees” category on March 9, 2022. 92% of the Globers who participated in the survey agreed that they can be themselves within Globant, and 90% feel proud when they say that they work in the organization. 
• Colombia: Globant was ranked #3 in the “More than 1,500 employees” category in December 2021. On the other hand, 99% feel that people are treated fairly regardless of their gender and sexual orientation. 
• India: 90% of the surveyed Globers feel that they work in an environment of cooperation. Also, 90% feel that they can count on other Globers to cooperate.

"Here we address a select group of companies that have successfully gone through a very tough test to be Great Place to Work®️, companies that are going towards workplaces much more innovative, diverse and inclusive as well,“ highlighted Carlos Alustiza CEO of Great Place to Work Argentina.

Great Place to Work® is the global authority on workplace culture. They help organizations quantify their culture and produce better business results by creating a high-trust work experience for all employees. Emprising™, their culture management platform, empowers leaders with the surveys, real-time reporting and insights they need to make data-driven people decisions. They use their unparalleled benchmark data to recognize Great Place to Work-Certified™ companies and the Best Workplaces™ in the U.S. and more than 60 countries, including those on the 100 Best Companies to Work For® list published annually by Fortune.

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About Globant

We are a digitally native company that helps organizations reinvent themselves and unleash their potential. We are the place where innovation, design, and engineering meet scale. 

• We have more than 23,500 employees and we are present in 18 countries working for companies like Google, Rockwell Automation, Electronic Arts and Santander, among others.
• We were named a Worldwide Leader in CX Improvement Services by the IDC MarketScape report.
• We were also featured as a business case study at Harvard, MIT, and Stanford.  
• We are members of The Green Software Foundation (GSF) and the Cybersecurity Tech Accord.

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About Great Place to Work®

Great Place to Work® is the global authority on workplace culture. Since 1992, we have surveyed more than 100 million employees around the world and used those deep insights to define what makes a great workplace experience. It boils down to trust. We help organizations quantify their culture and produce better business results by creating a high-trust work experience for all employees. Emprising®, our culture management platform, empowers leaders with the surveys, real-time reporting and insights they need to make data-driven™ people decisions. We use our unparalleled benchmark data to recognize Great Place to Work-Certified™ companies and the Best Workplaces™ in the U.S. and more than 60 countries, including those on the 100 Best Companies to Work For® list published annually by Fortune. Everything we do is driven by our mission: to build a better world by helping every organization become a Great Place to Work For All™.

To learn more, visit greatplacetowork.com, listen to the podcast Better by Great Place to Work and read

“A Great Place to Work for All.” Join the community on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

The company was also recognized as a Leader by the IDC MarketScape in 2020 for WW Customer Experience Improvement Services 

San Francisco, March 15, 2022 - Globant (NYSE: GLOB), a digitally native company focused on reinventing businesses through innovative technology solutions, has been recognized as a Major Player in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Salesforce Implementation Services 2021 Vendor Assessment (doc #US47073921, November 2021), a study that uses quantitative and qualitative aspects to determine companies’ success in the Salesforce implementation services field.

The 2021 IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Salesforce Implementation Services evaluated Globant and other organizations in the Salesforce implementation. The evaluation is based on a comprehensive and rigorous framework that assesses vendors relative to the criteria and to one another and highlights the factors expected to be the most influential for success in the market in both the short and long term.

According to the report, “Based on IDC's Global Salesforce Implementation Services Buyer Perception Survey feedback from 58 of the evaluated vendors' customers, the most critical business priority for them was to ‘strengthen and expand customer experiences (CXs) and relationships,’ while the most critical vendor attribute for successful Salesforce implementation services was being ‘able to achieve desired business outcomes.’”

“Being part of this select group of Salesforce partners reflects Globant´s success and its commitment to continue expanding its Salesforce Studio on a global scale,” said Diego Maldonado, Managing Director of Adaptive Organizations at Globant. “We will continue to invest in creating and developing talent, knowledge and digitally differentiated experience related to Salesforce, as well as prioritize expanding into new territories to help achieve the business outcomes that our customers expect from a Salesforce implementation.” 

Using Salesforce and its partner ecosystem, Globant enables organizations to transform their businesses, drive desired outcomes, and build customer loyalty and growth. Also, the company’s customers create better experiences using a range of services that span the spectrum from the initial strategic advisory, architecture and design, to delivering an experience-centric solution. Globant brings the right skills and industry expertise for every client through its Studios Model. Each Studio represents deep pockets of expertise in industries, the latest technologies, trends, and delivers tailored solutions focused on specific challenges.

Previously, Globant was named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Customer Experience Improvement Services 2020 Vendor Assessment (doc #US45658220, September 2020). 

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About Globant

We are a digitally native company that helps organizations reinvent themselves and unleash their potential. We are the place where innovation, design and engineering meet scale. 

• We have more than 23,500 employees and we are present in 18 countries working for companies like Google, Rockwell Automation, Electronic Arts and Santander, among others.
• We were named a Worldwide Leader in CX Improvement Services by IDC MarketScape report.
• We were also featured as a business case study at Harvard, MIT, and Stanford.  
• We are a member of The Green Software Foundation (GSF) and the Cybersecurity Tech Accord.

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About IDC MarketScape 

IDC MarketScape vendor assessment model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of ICT (information and communications technology) suppliers in a given market. The research methodology utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each vendor’s position within a given market. IDC MarketScape provides a clear framework in which the product and service offerings, capabilities and strategies, and current and future market success factors of IT and telecommunications vendors can be meaningfully compared. The framework also provides technology buyers with a 360-degree assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and prospective vendors.

Wand Weigert was featured in this article where she talked about the release of the Seek Reinvention campaign. 

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In this edition, Globant shares its perspective on how human-centric AI, “phygital” strategies, a data-driven culture, the metaverse, and blockchain will boost business reinvention, enhance exceptional experiences, and create high-performing workplaces.

New York, February 18, 2022 - Globant (NYSE: GLOB), a digitally native company focused on reinventing businesses through innovative technology solutions, today published its “2022 Trends Report.” The report details five key insights on strategies that  – when combined with an intense focus on being customer-centric, while leveraging new and emerging technologies to create exceptional experiences – will set businesses apart from their competitors: human-centric AI, reinvention of the business model, high-performing workplaces, the metaverse, and blockchain.

The pace of change in the technology field has increased exponentially over the last several decades. It has never been more critical for businesses to reinvent themselves as they adjust to new technologies, shifting priorities, and demands from their customers and employees. Globant’s top insights for 2022 include:

1. The metaverse will create new spaces for companies to extend their presence, offerings, and creativity, maximizing engagement with customers and employees.
   
   The metaverse will present more possibilities for customers to interact and engage with a brand or product and new ways for companies to reinvent the customer or employee experience. A metaverse environment will drive businesses to take advantage of new sponsorship of events and concerts, digital-only products, and immersive experiences.
    
2. Remaining human-centric amid technological advances in AI and machine learning will be critical.
   
   Maintaining a human-centric approach to these technological enhancements will be imperative to bringing people and technology together. AI and machine learning (ML) are helping organizations create more personalized experiences, focusing on tailor-made offerings and opportunities. At the same time, AI and ML are aiding in automating processes to increase efficiency, optimize data collection, and simplify decision-making.
    
3. Blockchain and decentralization will drive business reinvention. 
   
   Organizations will start to transform their business model to create strategic alliances and collaborative technology such as blockchain. This will enable them to build cross-industry connections, establishing a fully integrated interconnection and functionality for their partners and users through APIs. Part of decentralization will include Web 3.0, the next phase of the internet. Although Web 3.0 is still in its early stages, it will consist of a blockchain-based layer where users will collectively manage a single personalized account that includes social networks, search engines, and marketplaces, returning the ownership of their data to the users. 
    
4. Reinvention of business models will focus on ensuring resilience through multi-industry strategic alliances and a new customer relationship.
   
   As industry boundaries begin to fade, the need for collaboration and new and innovative business alliances will continue to emerge. Additionally, businesses must focus on integrating the necessary technology and implement advanced analytics into their business models to satisfy customer expectations and adjust to their constantly changing behavior.  New business models will include phygital (a combination of physical and digital) retail experiences and phygital marketing, creating a unique value proposition that combines the physical and the digital worlds.
    
5. Adaptability, flexibility, and sustainability will be key to maintaining a high-performing workplace.
   
   Employees now expect their talent journey to be more personalized and efficient from day one. With this knowledge, organizations should be designing working experiences to acknowledge each employee as an individual and make them feel supported to increase engagement, efficiency, and dedication. Promoting a data‑driven culture can help generate this personalized support at each stage of the process with visible results, such as more committed staff, boosts in performance, improved decision-making, and AI-enabled innovation.

“As industries face societal, environmental and other challenges, businesses will need to invest in and focus on their reinvention strategy to stay competitive in a rapidly changing world. Reinvention looks different across organizations, but it is rooted in a necessity to remain innovative and continue delivering exceptional experiences for their customers and employees alike,” said Agustín Huerta, SVP of Studios at Globant. “Maintaining a customer-centric mindset will be the key to reaping the benefits of new and emerging technologies. The organizations that thrive will use technology to enhance their business models and outcomes and foster an adaptable, flexible, and sustainable internal culture that retains key talent in 2022 and beyond.”

For more information and download the full version of the “2022 Trends Report,” click here. 

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About Globant
We are a digitally native company that helps organizations reinvent themselves and unleash their potential. We are the place where innovation, design, and engineering meet scale. 

• We have more than 23,500 employees and we are present in 18 countries working for companies like Google, Rockwell Automation, Electronic Arts and Santander, among others.
• We were named a Worldwide Leader in CX Improvement Services by the IDC MarketScape report.
• We were also featured as a business case study at Harvard, MIT, and Stanford.  
• We are members of The Green Software Foundation (GSF) and the Cybersecurity Tech Accord.

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Nicolás Ávila was featured in this article where he shared Globant's US 2022 budget priorities and emphasized our investment in different AI initiatives to help Globant's talent grow and develop their careers.

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Article featured Nicolás Ávila’s that talks about the most important IT job skills for 2022, where he emphasized the importance of cloud computing and AI skills for the new trends that are emerging such as blockchain, the metaverse, AR and VR, among others.

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