Grey has been named to the prestigious list for the past 10 years
CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND AND SAN JOSE, CA – May 10, 2021 – Bamboo Systems, a provider of revolutionary Arm-based, enterprise-class servers architected to meet the needs of today’s software design and data center demands, today announced that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Bamboo Systems’ CMO Victoria Grey to the Women of the Channel list for 2021. This annual list recognizes the unique strengths, vision and achievements of female leaders in the IT channel. The 2021 Women of the Channel list acknowledges women from all over the IT channel, including vendors, distributors and solution providers.
“CRN’s 2021 Women of the Channel list acknowledges accomplished, influential women whose dedication, hard work, and leadership accelerate channel growth,” said Blaine Raddon, CEO of The Channel Company. “We are proud to honor them for their many accomplishments and look forward to their continued contributions to the IT channel.”
Bamboo Systems offers a revolutionary new approach to enterprise-class Arm-based server design. The company’s patented Parallel ARM Node Designed Architecture (PANDA) delivers more throughput performance while consuming significantly less power and producing much less carbon output than traditional servers. Bamboo B1000N Arm Servers use up to 75% less energy and have 74% less CO2 output at 50% of the cost compared with today’s typical data center architecture.
“This past year has seen a meteoric rise in the mindshare that Bamboo Systems has gained in the server market based on our disruptive solution, which is being sold exclusively through the channel. Vicki is at the heart of making Bamboo Systems a known commodity and synonymous with the words “next generation enterprise-class Arm servers,” said Tony Craythorne, CEO, Bamboo Systems. “She has been nominated to CRN’s Women of the Channel list many times, earning that spot over and over for her dedication and expertise in growing market share through the channel. I’m so pleased that Vicki is our CMO and cannot think of a better choice to lead the charge as we further expand our channel footprint across the world.”
The 2021 Women of the Channel list will be featured in CRN Magazine on May 10th and online at www.CRN.com/WOTC.
About Bamboo Systems:Delivering the first Arm-based server designed for next generation data centers with the scale-out and high throughput computing required by cloud-targeted applications and modern highly parallel workloads. Bamboo’s servers consume one-quarter of the energy of today’s servers, one-tenth the rack space, at a fraction of the cost. Find out more at https://www.bamboosystems.io
About The Channel Company The Channel Company enables breakthrough IT channel performance with our dominant media, engaging events, expert consulting and education, and innovative marketing services and platforms. As the channel catalyst, we connect and empower technology suppliers, solution providers, and end users. Backed by more than 30 years of unequalled channel experience, we draw from our deep knowledge to envision innovative new solutions for ever-evolving challenges in the technology marketplace. www.thechannelcompany.com © 2021. CRN is a registered trademark of The Channel Company, LLC. All rights reserved.
For more information: Joanne Hogue Smart Connections PR (410) 658-8246 joanne@smartconnectionspr.com
Source: RealWire
Monday, May 10, 2021
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
ThreatQuotient Launches Data-Driven Approach to SOAR and XDR, Accelerating Detection & Response
Leader in security operations solutions continues industry-first innovations with a new platform capability to streamline and simplify automation and orchestration
London, UK. – 4th May, 2021 - ThreatQuotient, a leading security operations platform innovator, today announced ThreatQ TDR Orchestrator, a new data-driven automation capability for more efficient and effective threat detection and response. This capability enables users to control what actions are to be taken, when, and why through the use of data.
“The security industry’s approach to automation has overlooked the vastly different needs of detection and response use cases,” said Leon Ward, VP of Product Management, ThreatQuotient. “The focus of ThreatQ TDR Orchestrator is data, not process. In detection and response, what is learned when performing an action is far more important than the action itself. ThreatQuotient has seized an opportunity to define and provide automation in a way that reduces complexity for security teams.”
With the shortage of security personnel, automation has become a key strategy to offload repetitive tasks and empower humans to conduct advanced security operations tasks more efficiently. To date, automation has been looked at as defining a process and the steps needed to complete that process. This approach ignores the fact that automation is much more than just running the process. In reality, there are three important stages of automation to define and address:
Initiate - Define what should have actions taken upon it and when those actions should occur
Run - Perform the course of action or defined process through to completion
Learn - Record what is learned for analytics and to improve future response
ThreatQ TDR Orchestrator puts the “smarts” in the platform and not the individual playbooks by using Smart Collections™ and data-driven playbooks. The application of Smart Collections and data-driven playbooks provides for simpler configuration and maintenance, and provides a more efficient automation outcome. This approach further addresses all three stages of automation - Initiate, Run and Learn - easily and efficiently by enabling users to curate and prioritise data upfront, automate only when relevant, and simplify actions taken. It can be used to complement other playbook capabilities through ThreatQuotient’s ecosystem partners or users can define data-driven playbooks within the ThreatQ platform. To improve the platform “smarts”, it will also capture what has been learned to improve data analytics, which in turn improves the initiation stage of automation.
Use cases for ThreatQ TDR Orchestrator include but are not limited to automating the following:
Hunting key threats as new intelligence is learned and recording the results
Deploying blocking and detection content to EDR and network devices
Enriching threat intelligence that meets complex criteria including relationships
Tasking a user to patch a high priority vulnerability that is being used in relevant campaigns
“Having high confidence in the data being used to trigger alerts is critical. ThreatQuotient’s approach to security operations ensures that teams remain focused on high-priority threats through automation and optimisation, achieving results such as freeing up multiple analysts for more important tasks,” Ed Amoroso, CEO and Founder, TAG Cyber. “ThreatQuotient’s data-driven approach to automation through ThreatQ TDR Orchestrator enables security teams to reduce the number of playbook runs and have confidence that the output is relevant and high priority.”
ThreatQ TDR Orchestrator will be available in Summer 2021. To learn more about the benefits of data-driven automation, visit the ThreatQ TDR Orchestrator webpage.
For more information about ThreatQuotient, please visit www.threatquotient.com.
About ThreatQuotientThreatQuotient’s mission is to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of security operations with a platform that accelerates and simplifies investigations and collaboration within and across teams and tools. Integrating an organisation’s existing processes and technologies into a unified workspace, ThreatQuotient’s solutions reduce noise, highlight top priority threats and automate processes to provide greater focus and decision support while maximising limited resources. ThreatQuotient’s threat-centric approach supports multiple use cases including incident response, threat hunting, spear phishing, alert triage and vulnerability management, and also serves as a threat intelligence platform. ThreatQuotient is headquartered in Northern Virginia with international operations based out of Europe and APAC. For more information, visit www.threatquotient.com.
Media ContactMichael BartleyC8 Consultingmichael@c8consulting.co.ukSource: RealWire
London, UK. – 4th May, 2021 - ThreatQuotient, a leading security operations platform innovator, today announced ThreatQ TDR Orchestrator, a new data-driven automation capability for more efficient and effective threat detection and response. This capability enables users to control what actions are to be taken, when, and why through the use of data.
“The security industry’s approach to automation has overlooked the vastly different needs of detection and response use cases,” said Leon Ward, VP of Product Management, ThreatQuotient. “The focus of ThreatQ TDR Orchestrator is data, not process. In detection and response, what is learned when performing an action is far more important than the action itself. ThreatQuotient has seized an opportunity to define and provide automation in a way that reduces complexity for security teams.”
With the shortage of security personnel, automation has become a key strategy to offload repetitive tasks and empower humans to conduct advanced security operations tasks more efficiently. To date, automation has been looked at as defining a process and the steps needed to complete that process. This approach ignores the fact that automation is much more than just running the process. In reality, there are three important stages of automation to define and address:
Initiate - Define what should have actions taken upon it and when those actions should occur
Run - Perform the course of action or defined process through to completion
Learn - Record what is learned for analytics and to improve future response
ThreatQ TDR Orchestrator puts the “smarts” in the platform and not the individual playbooks by using Smart Collections™ and data-driven playbooks. The application of Smart Collections and data-driven playbooks provides for simpler configuration and maintenance, and provides a more efficient automation outcome. This approach further addresses all three stages of automation - Initiate, Run and Learn - easily and efficiently by enabling users to curate and prioritise data upfront, automate only when relevant, and simplify actions taken. It can be used to complement other playbook capabilities through ThreatQuotient’s ecosystem partners or users can define data-driven playbooks within the ThreatQ platform. To improve the platform “smarts”, it will also capture what has been learned to improve data analytics, which in turn improves the initiation stage of automation.
Use cases for ThreatQ TDR Orchestrator include but are not limited to automating the following:
Hunting key threats as new intelligence is learned and recording the results
Deploying blocking and detection content to EDR and network devices
Enriching threat intelligence that meets complex criteria including relationships
Tasking a user to patch a high priority vulnerability that is being used in relevant campaigns
“Having high confidence in the data being used to trigger alerts is critical. ThreatQuotient’s approach to security operations ensures that teams remain focused on high-priority threats through automation and optimisation, achieving results such as freeing up multiple analysts for more important tasks,” Ed Amoroso, CEO and Founder, TAG Cyber. “ThreatQuotient’s data-driven approach to automation through ThreatQ TDR Orchestrator enables security teams to reduce the number of playbook runs and have confidence that the output is relevant and high priority.”
ThreatQ TDR Orchestrator will be available in Summer 2021. To learn more about the benefits of data-driven automation, visit the ThreatQ TDR Orchestrator webpage.
For more information about ThreatQuotient, please visit www.threatquotient.com.
About ThreatQuotientThreatQuotient’s mission is to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of security operations with a platform that accelerates and simplifies investigations and collaboration within and across teams and tools. Integrating an organisation’s existing processes and technologies into a unified workspace, ThreatQuotient’s solutions reduce noise, highlight top priority threats and automate processes to provide greater focus and decision support while maximising limited resources. ThreatQuotient’s threat-centric approach supports multiple use cases including incident response, threat hunting, spear phishing, alert triage and vulnerability management, and also serves as a threat intelligence platform. ThreatQuotient is headquartered in Northern Virginia with international operations based out of Europe and APAC. For more information, visit www.threatquotient.com.
Media ContactMichael BartleyC8 Consultingmichael@c8consulting.co.ukSource: RealWire
Friday, April 30, 2021
Artesian Solutions Continues Growth Trajectory and Momentum in 2021
30th April 2021: Artesian Solutions, the leading provider of client intelligence and risk solutions for frontline teams, today announced record growth for the financial year 2020/2021. Artesian outperformed its initial fiscal goal by 135%. The financial services sector accounted for 91% of new revenue during the period, with Artesian adding 70 new customers and delivering larger deals with longer contract terms. The impact of COVID-19 also meant Artesian’s service – allowing its users to effectively track their customers – also resulted in very strong customer retention rates achieving a net retention number of greater than 110%. Artesian also proudly maintained EBITDA profitability returning a real-terms cash-conversion ratio greater than 100%.
The company also strengthened its team with the addition of several new members of staff across sales, marketing and customer success; including the recent appointment of Lucy Huntley, a former HSBC Area Director, to provide specialist support into the growing FSI customer base.
Technology InnovationIn January 2021 Artesian announced the launch of Artesian Connect™, a new platform which combines the latest advances in data-science with the world’s best business information to solve complex, high-value frontline execution challenges such as client pre-screening for risks and opportunities, triage and credit scoring, underwriting risks, accelerated client on-boarding, screening and remediation of back-book, monitoring for early warning indicators / enhanced lead indicators.Artesian also announced new strategic data partnerships with Experian, D&B, Refinitiv, LexisNexis, Graydons and many others making it easy for customers to use their preferred data providers as part of the Artesian Connect™ framework.
Customer WinsArtesian clients include leading banking, financial service and insurance providers across all vertical sectors. During 2020/2021, Artesian increased new business bookings by 22%, achieving a series of notable customer wins, including Connect™ Platform deals with Lombard, QBE Insurance, Triodos Bank, Premium Credit and Metro Bank among others.
“It’s been a pivotal and transformational year for Artesian”, said CEO Andrew Yates. “We’ve set new benchmarks in terms of growth and profitability by addressing head-on the disruption caused by COVID-19, being in a strong position to help our customers help theirs, and by harnessing the world’s largest source of intelligence in combination with the latest advances in data science to help our customers solve their most complex challenges and realise their highest value opportunities. As we move through 2021 and beyond, we will continue to help our customers create more time to spend with their clients by better anticipating needs and navigating the road ahead.”
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For more information please contact:Kelly Prior, PR ConsultantTel: 07730 572878Email: Kelly@kellyprior.co.uk
About ArtesianArtesian is a leading provider of client relationship intelligence and risk solutions aimed at helping you find your next customer, identify risks, engage effectively and solve complex, high value challenges in B2B frontline teams.
Artesian combines innovative data-science with the world’s best premium business information, a powerful Insight Engine and bespoke processing rules, connectors and APIs, to deliver a uniquely configurable platform.
Used by the leading banks, financial services companies, insurers, tech and telco enterprises, Artesian solves numerous challenges from business development, sales engagement and customer management, to more specialist tasks like client risk pre-screening, customer onboarding and commercial underwriting automation.
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The company also strengthened its team with the addition of several new members of staff across sales, marketing and customer success; including the recent appointment of Lucy Huntley, a former HSBC Area Director, to provide specialist support into the growing FSI customer base.
Technology InnovationIn January 2021 Artesian announced the launch of Artesian Connect™, a new platform which combines the latest advances in data-science with the world’s best business information to solve complex, high-value frontline execution challenges such as client pre-screening for risks and opportunities, triage and credit scoring, underwriting risks, accelerated client on-boarding, screening and remediation of back-book, monitoring for early warning indicators / enhanced lead indicators.Artesian also announced new strategic data partnerships with Experian, D&B, Refinitiv, LexisNexis, Graydons and many others making it easy for customers to use their preferred data providers as part of the Artesian Connect™ framework.
Customer WinsArtesian clients include leading banking, financial service and insurance providers across all vertical sectors. During 2020/2021, Artesian increased new business bookings by 22%, achieving a series of notable customer wins, including Connect™ Platform deals with Lombard, QBE Insurance, Triodos Bank, Premium Credit and Metro Bank among others.
“It’s been a pivotal and transformational year for Artesian”, said CEO Andrew Yates. “We’ve set new benchmarks in terms of growth and profitability by addressing head-on the disruption caused by COVID-19, being in a strong position to help our customers help theirs, and by harnessing the world’s largest source of intelligence in combination with the latest advances in data science to help our customers solve their most complex challenges and realise their highest value opportunities. As we move through 2021 and beyond, we will continue to help our customers create more time to spend with their clients by better anticipating needs and navigating the road ahead.”
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NOTES TO EDITORS
For more information please contact:Kelly Prior, PR ConsultantTel: 07730 572878Email: Kelly@kellyprior.co.uk
About ArtesianArtesian is a leading provider of client relationship intelligence and risk solutions aimed at helping you find your next customer, identify risks, engage effectively and solve complex, high value challenges in B2B frontline teams.
Artesian combines innovative data-science with the world’s best premium business information, a powerful Insight Engine and bespoke processing rules, connectors and APIs, to deliver a uniquely configurable platform.
Used by the leading banks, financial services companies, insurers, tech and telco enterprises, Artesian solves numerous challenges from business development, sales engagement and customer management, to more specialist tasks like client risk pre-screening, customer onboarding and commercial underwriting automation.
artesian.co
Source: RealWire
Thursday, April 22, 2021
Odaseva Appoints New Chief Financial Officer
Charles Tenot brings extensive experience leading high-growth initiatives and international expansionSAN FRANCISCO, CA, April 22, 2021 -- Odaseva, the leading enterprise data platform for Salesforce, today announced the appointment of Charles Tenot as Chief Financial Officer.
Charles brings extensive experience as a Finance & Business Operations Executive. He began his career at EY in Audit and Transaction Services supporting mergers and acquisitions deals. Later, he worked on Global Operations Strategic Initiatives at Allianz Worldwide Partners. Over the past years, Charles led Finance, Revenue Operations, and Human Resources functions as the CFO and Head of Global Operations for Botify, where he supported the company's exponential growth and scaling across continents."As the data management space booms globally and issues of data protection and compliance become increasingly complex, Odaseva is the leading platform in this critically important and rapidly expanding space," said Charles. "I'm excited to join a company with such a high-quality leadership team, strong international presence, and strategic long term vision.""Charles brings to Odaseva a deep background in scaling high-growth international technology companies," said Sovan Bin, Chief Executive Officer at Odaseva. "Charles is a highly business-oriented CFO and he will be a great addition to Odaseva's senior leadership team."Charles earned his Master of Science in Finance from ESSCA Ecole de Management in France, and is fluent in three languages.
About Odaseva:Odaseva is the #1 Enterprise Data Platform for Salesforce. Designed for large data volumes and complex data models, Odaseva offers Salesforce architects and platform owners the most powerful tools available to solve the problems at the foundation of the Salesforce data value chain: data protection, data privacy, and data agility. Global industry leaders like Schneider Electric and Manulife rely on Odaseva to protect data, ensure business continuity, respect customers and regulators, and easily move Salesforce data to any environment or system where it can deliver value—with the strongest security, performance, and expertise available.
Media Contact:Remy ClaretOdasevacontact@odaseva.com +1-800-490-1054
Source: RealWire
Charles brings extensive experience as a Finance & Business Operations Executive. He began his career at EY in Audit and Transaction Services supporting mergers and acquisitions deals. Later, he worked on Global Operations Strategic Initiatives at Allianz Worldwide Partners. Over the past years, Charles led Finance, Revenue Operations, and Human Resources functions as the CFO and Head of Global Operations for Botify, where he supported the company's exponential growth and scaling across continents."As the data management space booms globally and issues of data protection and compliance become increasingly complex, Odaseva is the leading platform in this critically important and rapidly expanding space," said Charles. "I'm excited to join a company with such a high-quality leadership team, strong international presence, and strategic long term vision.""Charles brings to Odaseva a deep background in scaling high-growth international technology companies," said Sovan Bin, Chief Executive Officer at Odaseva. "Charles is a highly business-oriented CFO and he will be a great addition to Odaseva's senior leadership team."Charles earned his Master of Science in Finance from ESSCA Ecole de Management in France, and is fluent in three languages.
About Odaseva:Odaseva is the #1 Enterprise Data Platform for Salesforce. Designed for large data volumes and complex data models, Odaseva offers Salesforce architects and platform owners the most powerful tools available to solve the problems at the foundation of the Salesforce data value chain: data protection, data privacy, and data agility. Global industry leaders like Schneider Electric and Manulife rely on Odaseva to protect data, ensure business continuity, respect customers and regulators, and easily move Salesforce data to any environment or system where it can deliver value—with the strongest security, performance, and expertise available.
Media Contact:Remy ClaretOdasevacontact@odaseva.com +1-800-490-1054
Source: RealWire
Rajant Ranked One of The Philadelphia Region’s “Top Workplaces Of 2021”
Malvern, PA Headquarters Recognized By ‘Philadelphia Inquirer’ As Best Employer Malvern, PA – April 22, 2021: Rajant Corporation, the Kinetic Mesh® wireless network provider, headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania, has been named one of The Philadelphia Inquirer’s “Top Workplaces of 2021”. The honor was announced on April 11th. The selection process is based on anonymous employee answers to 24 survey questions centering on company policies, procedures, and culture.
Greater Philadelphia entities earning the distinction in this 12th annual program are categorized by staff size. According to Energage, the company administering the survey, “Earning the designation as a ‘Top Workplace’ signifies an organization’s commitment to developing and sustaining a culture that supports, promotes, and values its employees. Winners provide their employees with solid benefits, a positive atmosphere, meaningful work, a culture of strong leadership. These organizations, in turn, drive growth and innovation.”
Rajant is among the public, private, nonprofit, and government sector employers receiving the Inquirer’s award. Winner rankings in each of the large, medium, and small business categories will be revealed in the Sunday, August 22nd edition of The Inquirer. Also included will be original stories about these organizations created by the Inquirer new team.
“Rajant will soon celebrate our 20th year doing business, which we founded and headquartered in Greater Philadelphia. As with our entire staff worldwide, I could not be prouder of our employees and the collective successes we achieve together. Our business results are a testament to the quality of our people. They are smart, driven, and dedicated,” shares Rajant CEO and Co-founder Robert Schena. “Pennsylvania is home, and it is a great place to do business. We look forward to celebrating this distinction when we next gather as a team and will continue to invest in Malvern (PA) as we grow operations across the United States in areas like Kentucky and Arizona.”
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About Rajant CorporationRajant Corporation is the broadband communications technology company that invented Kinetic Mesh® networking, BreadCrumb® wireless nodes, and InstaMesh® networking software. With Rajant, customers can rapidly deploy a highly adaptable and scalable network that leverages the power of real-time data to deliver on-demand, mission-critical business intelligence. A low-latency, high-throughput, and secure solution for a variety of data, voice, video, and autonomous applications, Rajant’s Kinetic Mesh networks provide industrial customers with full mobility, allowing them to take their private network applications and data anywhere. With successful deployments in more than 60 countries for customers in military, mining, ports, rail, oil & gas, petrochemical plants, municipalities, and agriculture. Rajant is headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania with additional facilities and offices in Arizona and Kentucky. For more information, visit Rajant.com or follow Rajant on LinkedIn and Twitter.
Source: RealWire
Greater Philadelphia entities earning the distinction in this 12th annual program are categorized by staff size. According to Energage, the company administering the survey, “Earning the designation as a ‘Top Workplace’ signifies an organization’s commitment to developing and sustaining a culture that supports, promotes, and values its employees. Winners provide their employees with solid benefits, a positive atmosphere, meaningful work, a culture of strong leadership. These organizations, in turn, drive growth and innovation.”
Rajant is among the public, private, nonprofit, and government sector employers receiving the Inquirer’s award. Winner rankings in each of the large, medium, and small business categories will be revealed in the Sunday, August 22nd edition of The Inquirer. Also included will be original stories about these organizations created by the Inquirer new team.
“Rajant will soon celebrate our 20th year doing business, which we founded and headquartered in Greater Philadelphia. As with our entire staff worldwide, I could not be prouder of our employees and the collective successes we achieve together. Our business results are a testament to the quality of our people. They are smart, driven, and dedicated,” shares Rajant CEO and Co-founder Robert Schena. “Pennsylvania is home, and it is a great place to do business. We look forward to celebrating this distinction when we next gather as a team and will continue to invest in Malvern (PA) as we grow operations across the United States in areas like Kentucky and Arizona.”
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About Rajant CorporationRajant Corporation is the broadband communications technology company that invented Kinetic Mesh® networking, BreadCrumb® wireless nodes, and InstaMesh® networking software. With Rajant, customers can rapidly deploy a highly adaptable and scalable network that leverages the power of real-time data to deliver on-demand, mission-critical business intelligence. A low-latency, high-throughput, and secure solution for a variety of data, voice, video, and autonomous applications, Rajant’s Kinetic Mesh networks provide industrial customers with full mobility, allowing them to take their private network applications and data anywhere. With successful deployments in more than 60 countries for customers in military, mining, ports, rail, oil & gas, petrochemical plants, municipalities, and agriculture. Rajant is headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania with additional facilities and offices in Arizona and Kentucky. For more information, visit Rajant.com or follow Rajant on LinkedIn and Twitter.
Source: RealWire
Tuesday, April 20, 2021
Quality Clouds explains in its new webinar how to effectively run a ServiceNow Center of Excellence
This webinar will be diving into how to reduce platform inefficiencies by creating a centralized group responsible for ServiceNow decisions
London, 20/04/2021: Quality Clouds, an end to end SaaS governance platform to streamline DevOps processes in ServiceNow, Salesforce & SharePoint, will be exploring the concept of creating a Center of Excellence as a way to create an effective governance strategy in its new free ServiceNow webinar, which will be aired on 29th April at 4pm BST.
Creating a centralized group responsible for ServiceNow decisions ensures responsiveness which will serve organizations well in tackling ever-evolving platform challenges. This is a key part of a digital transformation strategy to reduce inefficiencies and keep teams pointing in the same direction, meaning increased productivity.
As well as outlining the basics of what a Center of Excellence model might look like, Quality Clouds will be looking at how to effectively execute a governance strategy and avoid common issues. There will also be a look into some of the metrics managers may wish to be tracking in order to measure their success.
This free webinar is specially addressed to ServiceNow Platform Owners and Architects plus C-Level decision-makers, who are interested in cutting inefficiencies and making the most of their ServiceNow investment. Attendees can also discover how to reduce platform risk and drive user adoption and find out how to make it easier to grow their instances sustainably.
The seminar will be presented by Taher Dohadwala and Henry Fettes, Quality Clouds Customer Success Managers. Once the presentation is finished, there will be a question and answer session, where attendees can quiz our experts.
To register for the webinar, please click the link below:https://marketing.qualityclouds.com/webinar-running-servicenow-center-excellence
Book a DemoIf you’re not familiar with Quality Clouds, and how we make SaaS management easier, cheaper and more reliable you can book a quick demo by clicking in the following link:https://marketing.qualityclouds.com/servicenow
About Quality CloudsQuality Clouds is a SaaS configuration analysis platform for ServiceNow, Salesforce & SharePoint with a specific focus on platform structure and best practice. It allows IT professionals to govern their SaaS development, understand platform inventory, automate code reviews, and build even better applications, increasing the development velocity and reducing the cost of change.
Quality Clouds uses its findings from the users’ SaaS platforms and allows them to easily integrate them into other platforms such as Jira, ServiceNow and Slack, in order to drive efficient development processes.
More information can be found at: https://www.qualityclouds.com/
Contact InformationQuality CloudsLucía Blanco PicóSenior Marketing Managerlblanco@qualityclouds.com 00 34 626 79 43 66Source: RealWire
London, 20/04/2021: Quality Clouds, an end to end SaaS governance platform to streamline DevOps processes in ServiceNow, Salesforce & SharePoint, will be exploring the concept of creating a Center of Excellence as a way to create an effective governance strategy in its new free ServiceNow webinar, which will be aired on 29th April at 4pm BST.
Creating a centralized group responsible for ServiceNow decisions ensures responsiveness which will serve organizations well in tackling ever-evolving platform challenges. This is a key part of a digital transformation strategy to reduce inefficiencies and keep teams pointing in the same direction, meaning increased productivity.
As well as outlining the basics of what a Center of Excellence model might look like, Quality Clouds will be looking at how to effectively execute a governance strategy and avoid common issues. There will also be a look into some of the metrics managers may wish to be tracking in order to measure their success.
This free webinar is specially addressed to ServiceNow Platform Owners and Architects plus C-Level decision-makers, who are interested in cutting inefficiencies and making the most of their ServiceNow investment. Attendees can also discover how to reduce platform risk and drive user adoption and find out how to make it easier to grow their instances sustainably.
The seminar will be presented by Taher Dohadwala and Henry Fettes, Quality Clouds Customer Success Managers. Once the presentation is finished, there will be a question and answer session, where attendees can quiz our experts.
To register for the webinar, please click the link below:https://marketing.qualityclouds.com/webinar-running-servicenow-center-excellence
Book a DemoIf you’re not familiar with Quality Clouds, and how we make SaaS management easier, cheaper and more reliable you can book a quick demo by clicking in the following link:https://marketing.qualityclouds.com/servicenow
About Quality CloudsQuality Clouds is a SaaS configuration analysis platform for ServiceNow, Salesforce & SharePoint with a specific focus on platform structure and best practice. It allows IT professionals to govern their SaaS development, understand platform inventory, automate code reviews, and build even better applications, increasing the development velocity and reducing the cost of change.
Quality Clouds uses its findings from the users’ SaaS platforms and allows them to easily integrate them into other platforms such as Jira, ServiceNow and Slack, in order to drive efficient development processes.
More information can be found at: https://www.qualityclouds.com/
Contact InformationQuality CloudsLucía Blanco PicóSenior Marketing Managerlblanco@qualityclouds.com 00 34 626 79 43 66Source: RealWire
W2 bolsters global KYB offering through strategic partnership with kompany
London – 20 April 2021: W2, a Cardiff based technology provider, today announced its strategic partnership with kompany, a RegTech platform for Know Your Company (KYC) and Know Your Business (KYB). The partnership will allow W2’s client base to access the RegTech’s latest KYB offering, including its global Ultimate Beneficial Owner (UBO) data, via its award-winning compliance platform.
W2’s partnership with kompany will ensure that W2’s range of clients across regulated industries have access to real-time, accurate and audit-proof entity information directly from the primary source. The partnership will not only allow W2’s clients to reduce manual and time consuming KYB processes but will ensure a truly seamless onboarding journey for its clients’ customers.
“Partnering with kompany is a critical for the strategic development of W2,” said Warren Russell, CEO & Founder of W2. “The ability to offer our clients access to company filings and real-time business information allows for more streamlined compliance with the 5th and 6th Anti-Money Laundering Directives and ensures that the effectiveness and efficiency of the digital onboarding journey is enhanced.”
The partnership will provide full details on all shareholder information, as well as annual and financial accounts direct from official commercial registers worldwide using kompany’s extended UBO service. This will enable W2’s clients to comply with regulations with the most up-to-date and accurate information available.
“Despite reports indicating that the global KYB market will be valued at close to USD 12 billion by next year, we estimate that currently only 5% of financial institutions have an automated B2B or corporate banking onboarding journey,” said Russell E. Perry, CEO and Co-founder of kompany.
“In fact, nearly 75% of these businesses are still relying on Google searches to complete their customer due diligence. We are excited to bring our RegTech platform to W2 and empower their clients to get the best value out of their compliance procedures with the greatest ease and confidence possible.”
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About kompanykompany is the leading RegTech platform for Global Business Verification and Business KYC (KYB) for AML compliance. Its advanced API platform, collaborative web-based KYC workspace and UBO discovery® products provide financial institutions, payment providers, insurers and other regulated corporations the automation platform and tools required for Business KYC (KYB) and audit-proof business verification for anti-money-laundering compliance. Clients include global and international banking groups, FinTechs, Big Four accounting firms, law firms, Banking-as-a-Service and compliance platforms, as well as multinational corporations. kompany is an alumnus of Mastercard Start Path, Plug and Play FinTech, Raiffeisen Bank International’s Elevator Lab, the Oracle Scale Up programme and founding member of the International RegTech Association and the Austrian Blockchain Association.
It is headquartered in Vienna, Austria with offices in London, New York, and Singapore. kompany is a government licensed clearing house of registers with real-time access to commercial registers, financial and tax authorities worldwide. Find out more at kompany.com, or follow them on LinkedIn.
For further information please contact: Jan Pieter Zuijderduijn Head of Global Marketing+ 43 (0) 699 150 45452
About W2W2 have access to leading data and service providers ensuring that up to date and reliable information is available via a range of online APIs and rescreening solutions; enabling businesses to satisfy regulatory requirements and make reliable informed decisions about consumer and corporate customers.
W2 provides Know Your Customer (KYC), anti-money laundering (AML), Know Your Business (KYB) and ID Verification (IDV). W2 can provide the right solution on a domestic and international scale, for both point of acceptance and ongoing monitoring. W2 offer the most customer focused compliance solution available, allowing active management of risk.
Media Contact:James RobertsMarketing ExecutiveEmail: james.roberts@w2globaldata.comSource: RealWire
W2’s partnership with kompany will ensure that W2’s range of clients across regulated industries have access to real-time, accurate and audit-proof entity information directly from the primary source. The partnership will not only allow W2’s clients to reduce manual and time consuming KYB processes but will ensure a truly seamless onboarding journey for its clients’ customers.
“Partnering with kompany is a critical for the strategic development of W2,” said Warren Russell, CEO & Founder of W2. “The ability to offer our clients access to company filings and real-time business information allows for more streamlined compliance with the 5th and 6th Anti-Money Laundering Directives and ensures that the effectiveness and efficiency of the digital onboarding journey is enhanced.”
The partnership will provide full details on all shareholder information, as well as annual and financial accounts direct from official commercial registers worldwide using kompany’s extended UBO service. This will enable W2’s clients to comply with regulations with the most up-to-date and accurate information available.
“Despite reports indicating that the global KYB market will be valued at close to USD 12 billion by next year, we estimate that currently only 5% of financial institutions have an automated B2B or corporate banking onboarding journey,” said Russell E. Perry, CEO and Co-founder of kompany.
“In fact, nearly 75% of these businesses are still relying on Google searches to complete their customer due diligence. We are excited to bring our RegTech platform to W2 and empower their clients to get the best value out of their compliance procedures with the greatest ease and confidence possible.”
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About kompanykompany is the leading RegTech platform for Global Business Verification and Business KYC (KYB) for AML compliance. Its advanced API platform, collaborative web-based KYC workspace and UBO discovery® products provide financial institutions, payment providers, insurers and other regulated corporations the automation platform and tools required for Business KYC (KYB) and audit-proof business verification for anti-money-laundering compliance. Clients include global and international banking groups, FinTechs, Big Four accounting firms, law firms, Banking-as-a-Service and compliance platforms, as well as multinational corporations. kompany is an alumnus of Mastercard Start Path, Plug and Play FinTech, Raiffeisen Bank International’s Elevator Lab, the Oracle Scale Up programme and founding member of the International RegTech Association and the Austrian Blockchain Association.
It is headquartered in Vienna, Austria with offices in London, New York, and Singapore. kompany is a government licensed clearing house of registers with real-time access to commercial registers, financial and tax authorities worldwide. Find out more at kompany.com, or follow them on LinkedIn.
For further information please contact: Jan Pieter Zuijderduijn Head of Global Marketing+ 43 (0) 699 150 45452
About W2W2 have access to leading data and service providers ensuring that up to date and reliable information is available via a range of online APIs and rescreening solutions; enabling businesses to satisfy regulatory requirements and make reliable informed decisions about consumer and corporate customers.
W2 provides Know Your Customer (KYC), anti-money laundering (AML), Know Your Business (KYB) and ID Verification (IDV). W2 can provide the right solution on a domestic and international scale, for both point of acceptance and ongoing monitoring. W2 offer the most customer focused compliance solution available, allowing active management of risk.
Media Contact:James RobertsMarketing ExecutiveEmail: james.roberts@w2globaldata.comSource: RealWire
Turicum Private Bank partners with Clear Junction to access enhanced banking and payments solutions
Clear Junction announces new partnership with Turicum Private Bank
The partnership marks an important step in Clear Junction’s growth, as it seeks to build its client portfolio of banks and financial institutions around the world
20 04 2021: Clear Junction has today announced it is providing banking and payments solutions to Turicum Private Bank, with a focus on facilitating real-time payments in GBP and EUR.
Turicum Private Bank is a privately-owned bank and wealth management company based in Gibraltar. It has been providing first-class financial services to private clients and high-net-worth individuals since 1993.
The new partnership with Turicum is testament to the continued growth of Clear Junction, which supports global banks and financial institutions with a range of banking and payments solutions. Clear Junction’s digital payments platform is built using proprietary technology, robust risk management and a network of banking and payments partners in countries around the world.
As a licensed entity, Clear Junction’s solutions are designed to provide banks and financial institutions with access to the payment infrastructures they need to succeed. The Clear Junction correspondent account service provided to Turicum enables access to additional payment rails such as SEPA Instant and Faster Payments.
“Being able to rely on efficient payment partners to better serve our range of sophisticated clients is of paramount importance. The fact that some of our clients already benefit from the global payment solutions provided by Clear Junction naturally led to our considering a collaboration,” explains Andreas Businger, CEO of Turicum Private Bank. “We trust that this partnership will allow us to continue sending and receiving cross-border payments as efficiently as possible for our customers.”
“Clear Junction is delighted to help Turicum in realising their business growth ambitions,” explains Dima Kats, Chief Executive of Clear Junction. “Adding another bank to our growing portfolio of banks, remittance operators and investment platforms is testament to the quality service we provide and we look forward to a long and fruitful relationship that helps them better serve their clients.”
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For more information, please contactPaul Redmondpaul.redmond@clearjunction.com 07792182371
Source: RealWire
oneM2M launches new initiative to promote sustainability via IoT technologies and open-standard systems
Sophia Antipolis, France, 20 April 2021: The industrial Internet of Things (IoT) can add $14 trillion of economic value to the global economy by 2030 according to the World Economic Forum’s “Guidelines for Sustainability”. However, while technology driven change can be a tremendous driver for value creation, some of its side effects, including wasteful usage patterns and throwaway technology, can undermine total gains. This highlights why organizations need to factor first- and second-order sustainability principles in their technology and design choices.
Since 2012, oneM2M has been leading a multi-national, open, and collaborative approach to create an extensible standard for IoT systems. From the outset, oneM2M participants recognized the importance of defining a general-purpose architecture applicable to a wide range of application domains. The intention was to avoid competing standardization efforts, at the technical and national levels. oneM2M also encourages interoperability by helping developers to re-use existing and established technologies, some of which are specific to individual industry domains. oneM2M’s principles align with well-accepted sustainability objectives that seek to minimize duplicative efforts while prolonging the usefulness of legacy investments and fostering economies of scale.
oneM2M is now launching an industry facing initiative on sustainability. It aims to promote the beneficial impact of IoT systems, the importance of open-standard solutions and the significant role that the oneM2M standard has in improving the sustainability of IoT deployments.
Dale Seed, convenor of oneM2M’s sustainability initiative from Interdigital and Convida Wireless, noted that “The concept received strong cross-member support when first discussed and reflects the priority that corporations are putting on this issue. By launching this initiative, we want to help businesses build sustainability using IoT systems. We also want to show them how to choose sustainable technologies and prepare for the new innovation possibilities that these technologies enable.”
On top of its member base, participation in oneM2M’s sustainability initiative is open to the wider technology and software services communities. This is because most IoT systems rely on partnerships among suppliers along business and operational value chains. Since the IoT and associated technologies such as AI, cloud computing and mobile internet are enablers of digital transformation, the oneM2M initiative also aims to work across industry domains.
“Mobile networks and IoT technologies are among the topmost candidates for enabling sustainability in the way that organizations manage their environmental footprint. This new initiative offers a way to help organizations build IoT systems based on an open standards framework that is scalable and minimizes waste by re-using established technologies and legacy systems”, said Enrico Scarrone, Steering Committee Chair at oneM2M.
Building on the contributions of more than 250 members organisations, oneM2M specifications provide a framework to support end-to-end IoT systems, applications, and services. The horizontal architecture and framework for oneM2M technical specifications has been developed in an open and collaborative environment, with a clear governance framework. These factors facilitate trust in its specifications, cross-vendor interoperability tests and certification efforts.
The first meeting of the new oneM2M Sustainability Sub-Committee will take place on the 20th April 2021. For more information on oneM2M’s current work, visit: www.oneM2M.org.
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About oneM2MoneM2M is the global standards initiative that covers requirements, architecture, API specifications, security solutions and interoperability for Machine-to-Machine and IoT technologies. oneM2M was formed in 2012 and consists of eight of the world's preeminent standards development organizations: ARIB (Japan), ATIS (U.S.), CCSA (China), ETSI (Europe), TIA (U.S.), TSDSI (India), TTA (Korea), and TTC (Japan), together with industry fora or consortia (GlobalPlatform) and over 200 member organizations. oneM2M specifications provide a framework to support applications and services such as the smart grid, connected car, home automation, public safety, and health. oneM2M actively encourages industry associations and forums with specific application requirements to participate in oneM2M, in order to ensure that the solutions developed support their specific needs. For more information, including how to join and participate in oneM2M, see: www.onem2m.org.
PR ContactJames PageJames.Page@proactive-pr.com +44 (0) 7824 152 086
Source: RealWire
Since 2012, oneM2M has been leading a multi-national, open, and collaborative approach to create an extensible standard for IoT systems. From the outset, oneM2M participants recognized the importance of defining a general-purpose architecture applicable to a wide range of application domains. The intention was to avoid competing standardization efforts, at the technical and national levels. oneM2M also encourages interoperability by helping developers to re-use existing and established technologies, some of which are specific to individual industry domains. oneM2M’s principles align with well-accepted sustainability objectives that seek to minimize duplicative efforts while prolonging the usefulness of legacy investments and fostering economies of scale.
oneM2M is now launching an industry facing initiative on sustainability. It aims to promote the beneficial impact of IoT systems, the importance of open-standard solutions and the significant role that the oneM2M standard has in improving the sustainability of IoT deployments.
Dale Seed, convenor of oneM2M’s sustainability initiative from Interdigital and Convida Wireless, noted that “The concept received strong cross-member support when first discussed and reflects the priority that corporations are putting on this issue. By launching this initiative, we want to help businesses build sustainability using IoT systems. We also want to show them how to choose sustainable technologies and prepare for the new innovation possibilities that these technologies enable.”
On top of its member base, participation in oneM2M’s sustainability initiative is open to the wider technology and software services communities. This is because most IoT systems rely on partnerships among suppliers along business and operational value chains. Since the IoT and associated technologies such as AI, cloud computing and mobile internet are enablers of digital transformation, the oneM2M initiative also aims to work across industry domains.
“Mobile networks and IoT technologies are among the topmost candidates for enabling sustainability in the way that organizations manage their environmental footprint. This new initiative offers a way to help organizations build IoT systems based on an open standards framework that is scalable and minimizes waste by re-using established technologies and legacy systems”, said Enrico Scarrone, Steering Committee Chair at oneM2M.
Building on the contributions of more than 250 members organisations, oneM2M specifications provide a framework to support end-to-end IoT systems, applications, and services. The horizontal architecture and framework for oneM2M technical specifications has been developed in an open and collaborative environment, with a clear governance framework. These factors facilitate trust in its specifications, cross-vendor interoperability tests and certification efforts.
The first meeting of the new oneM2M Sustainability Sub-Committee will take place on the 20th April 2021. For more information on oneM2M’s current work, visit: www.oneM2M.org.
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About oneM2MoneM2M is the global standards initiative that covers requirements, architecture, API specifications, security solutions and interoperability for Machine-to-Machine and IoT technologies. oneM2M was formed in 2012 and consists of eight of the world's preeminent standards development organizations: ARIB (Japan), ATIS (U.S.), CCSA (China), ETSI (Europe), TIA (U.S.), TSDSI (India), TTA (Korea), and TTC (Japan), together with industry fora or consortia (GlobalPlatform) and over 200 member organizations. oneM2M specifications provide a framework to support applications and services such as the smart grid, connected car, home automation, public safety, and health. oneM2M actively encourages industry associations and forums with specific application requirements to participate in oneM2M, in order to ensure that the solutions developed support their specific needs. For more information, including how to join and participate in oneM2M, see: www.onem2m.org.
PR ContactJames PageJames.Page@proactive-pr.com +44 (0) 7824 152 086
Source: RealWire
Thursday, April 15, 2021
New SQL Monitor release gives organizations the opportunity to manage their on-premises and cloud databases from a single global dashboard
Cambridge UK, Thursday, 15 April – To help organizations explore and manage the advantages the cloud provides, the latest release of Redgate’s popular database monitoring tool, SQL Monitor, now supports Amazon EC2 and RDS, and Azure SQL Database and Azure Managed Instances as well as on-premises SQL Server. A new global dashboard allows users to check the health of their entire SQL Server estate at a glance and pinpoint issues with individual servers and instances, wherever they are, however large the estate.
The new SQL Monitor keeps the user-experience consistent, and allows organizations to focus on responsiveness, improving performance and supporting business-critical areas, rather than trying to understand the complexity across database platforms. It also brings consistency and familiarity to database monitoring, and avoids the learning curve, cost and time involved in using multiple monitoring tools for different databases.
The release follows research from Redgate’s 2021 State of Database DevOps report, showing that 58% now use the cloud either wholly or in combination with on-premises servers, compared to 46% in the same report a year earlier.
This accelerated move to the cloud reflects how organizations are looking to reap the benefits that cloud platforms offer, even if it means that managing and monitoring server estates become more complex and difficult. Different use cases and requirements make choosing a single cloud offering rare and many server estates now feature a changing mixture of on-premises servers and platforms like Amazon and Azure.
To support these business needs and keep up with the evolution of hybrid server estates, it’s critical that organizations have the ability to monitor every type of server and instance with the same monitoring tool, using a consistent approach to minimize the time and effort involved. This ensures the availability, security and performance of all the databases across different hosts can be managed far more easily and effectively.
As Phil Grayson, CEO of Managed Service Provider xTEN, comments: “We’ve seen a big shift in the SQL Server space over the last few years, with hybrid estates growing in size and complexity. The latest version of SQL Monitor simplifies their management because organizations can now focus on choosing the right database solution for their business need, without worrying how they’re going to monitor it.”
The development team behind SQL Monitor are now looking to add more estate management capabilities to the tool like providing security related information on demand, and automating the discovery and inventory of entire SQL Server estates.
To find out how Redgate SQL Monitor offers a complete overview of hybrid SQL Server estates with fast deep-dive analysis, organizations can download a 14-day, fully functional free trial or see a live demo online at www.red-gate.com/sql-monitor.
About Redgate SoftwareRedgate makes ingeniously simple software used by over 800,000 IT professionals around the world and is the leading Database DevOps solutions provider. Redgate's philosophy is to design highly usable, reliable tools which elegantly solve the problems developers and DBAs face every day and help them to adopt compliant database DevOps. As well as streamlining database development and preventing the database being a bottleneck, this helps organizations introduce data protection by design and by default. As a result, more than 100,000 companies use Redgate tools, including 91% of those in the Fortune 100. For more information, visit www.red-gate.com.
ContactsMeghana ShendrikarAllison+Partners for Redgate SoftwareRedgate@allisonpr.comSource: RealWire
The new SQL Monitor keeps the user-experience consistent, and allows organizations to focus on responsiveness, improving performance and supporting business-critical areas, rather than trying to understand the complexity across database platforms. It also brings consistency and familiarity to database monitoring, and avoids the learning curve, cost and time involved in using multiple monitoring tools for different databases.
The release follows research from Redgate’s 2021 State of Database DevOps report, showing that 58% now use the cloud either wholly or in combination with on-premises servers, compared to 46% in the same report a year earlier.
This accelerated move to the cloud reflects how organizations are looking to reap the benefits that cloud platforms offer, even if it means that managing and monitoring server estates become more complex and difficult. Different use cases and requirements make choosing a single cloud offering rare and many server estates now feature a changing mixture of on-premises servers and platforms like Amazon and Azure.
To support these business needs and keep up with the evolution of hybrid server estates, it’s critical that organizations have the ability to monitor every type of server and instance with the same monitoring tool, using a consistent approach to minimize the time and effort involved. This ensures the availability, security and performance of all the databases across different hosts can be managed far more easily and effectively.
As Phil Grayson, CEO of Managed Service Provider xTEN, comments: “We’ve seen a big shift in the SQL Server space over the last few years, with hybrid estates growing in size and complexity. The latest version of SQL Monitor simplifies their management because organizations can now focus on choosing the right database solution for their business need, without worrying how they’re going to monitor it.”
The development team behind SQL Monitor are now looking to add more estate management capabilities to the tool like providing security related information on demand, and automating the discovery and inventory of entire SQL Server estates.
To find out how Redgate SQL Monitor offers a complete overview of hybrid SQL Server estates with fast deep-dive analysis, organizations can download a 14-day, fully functional free trial or see a live demo online at www.red-gate.com/sql-monitor.
About Redgate SoftwareRedgate makes ingeniously simple software used by over 800,000 IT professionals around the world and is the leading Database DevOps solutions provider. Redgate's philosophy is to design highly usable, reliable tools which elegantly solve the problems developers and DBAs face every day and help them to adopt compliant database DevOps. As well as streamlining database development and preventing the database being a bottleneck, this helps organizations introduce data protection by design and by default. As a result, more than 100,000 companies use Redgate tools, including 91% of those in the Fortune 100. For more information, visit www.red-gate.com.
ContactsMeghana ShendrikarAllison+Partners for Redgate SoftwareRedgate@allisonpr.comSource: RealWire
InCoax cracks European telco MDU broadband headache
The company will be highlighting the potential of fiber extension technology at Gigabit Access 2021
Lund, Sweden, 15 April 2021: The global pandemic has fuelled a huge growth in demand and placed additional stress on operators to deliver connectivity for Multi Dwelling Units (MDUs) across Europe, and at this year’s Gigabit Access, InCoax will discuss how reusing existing in-building infrastructure for broadband access can combat the connectivity complexities for residents and businesses.
As operators seek to push fiber deeper into the network, the reuse of in-building infrastructure as a coaxial network can yield enhanced Multigigabit speeds and reduced infrastructure costs. In competition with cable-TV service providers who are offering DOCSIS, operators have already been deploying Gfast over Point-To-Point (P2P) coaxial networks where such networks are available. However, InCoax’s fiber extension technology based on Broadband Forum’s TR-419 and the Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA®) standard can provide MultiGigabit speeds for subscribers and speed up the installation process by utilizing existing infrastructure for tenants and MDU owners.
At Gigabit Access 2021, InCoax’s roundtable entitled ‘FTTep: How can complimentary technologies support gigabit broadband rollouts?’ will be moderated by Broadband Forum Vice President of Strategic Marketing and Business Development Craig Thomas with speakers including Helge Tiainen (InCoax), Simon Fisher (BT) and Mike Talbert (Verizon and MoCA). ‘Architectures for FTTep’, ‘What technologies can be deployed on existing copper infrastructure to extend fiber gigabit services when fiber installation is not viable/economical?’ and ‘In what situations can fiber extension technologies be beneficial?’ will all be topics of discussion.
“With MDU buildings already having existing coaxial networks, operators have a viable alternative to installing expensive and labour-intensive fiber direct to the premises,” said Helge Tiainen, Head of Marketing, Sales and Product Management at InCoax. “Fiber deployments in MDUs can be as much as 40% of Fiber-To-The-Building (FTTB) deployment costs and re-using copper phone lines does not offer operators a consistent Gigabit service as the performance can vary from as low as 100Mbps up to close 1Gbps which has been testified by several operators. Therefore, our fiber extension technology delivers a cost-effective option for operators seeking to provide MultiGigabit data rates with reduced complexity and costs.”
The benefits for the industry of Broadband Forum’s recent publication TR-419 that defines how fiber services can be extended over existing in-building networks such as coaxial networks, will also be highlighted at Gigabit Access 2021. InCoax’s technology ensures that operators do not have to re-cable the premises with fiber and it is interoperable with existing customer provisioning systems saving both implementation and installation costs.
For fixed line operators signing a broadband contract with a Single-Family Unit (SFU) is a much easier process as Multi-Dwelling Units involve building and apartment owners, and numerous tenants. According to housing statistics from Eurostat, the EU average for the population living in MDUs is 70% and the installation of fiber to multiple households is a far from straightforward process. Helge Tiainen examines the benefits of operators’ re-using in-building infrastructure in his latest article here https://www.incoax.com/fiber-access-extension-simplifies-subscriber-multigigabit/.
Register for Gigabit Access 2021 and listen to InCoax’s roundtable on April 20 at 1.40pm UK time here https://www.terrapinn.com/conference/gigabit-access/Tickets.stm.
To find out more about InCoax and its product offering, please visit: https://www.incoax.com/.
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Your InCoax questions answered
Tell us more about InCoax and what its specialism is?InCoax Networks AB is innovating the reuse of existing in-building infrastructure for broadband access. We provide the next-generation MultiGigabit networking solutions to the world’s leading telecom and broadband service operators.
What is InCoax aiming to bring to the world’s leading telecom and broadband service providers?Competition in the broadband market is fueling the need for fiber to be pushed deeper into the network and closer to the end user. The reuse of in-building infrastructure as a coaxial network therefore becomes an attractive possibility for service providers looking to minimize infrastructure costs as the coaxial network’s physical capabilities can provide MultiGigabit data rates.
InCoax delivers the latest, most advanced and cost-effective technology available to reach MultiGigabit connectivity, where fiber is either too expensive, labour-intensive or even impossible to install. The technology is a complement and in most cases the most sensible alternative to fiber where an in-building coaxial network is already installed. We pride ourselves on providing a deep interpersonal connection with our customers and a high service level standard to all of our projects.
Can you outline your leading products and solutions, and what their importance to the industry is?The InCoax DPUs provide reliable Gigabit or MultiGigabit speed broadband performance over the existing coaxial network. It is the cost-efficient and sustainable way to upgrade your existing network. IP-TV and Internet services become available at the home entertainment hub in the apartment and the systems may also co-exist with present TV-solutions.
The easy and agile broadband extension access helps cut installation costs and installation times. The systems have extensive provisioning capabilities with several management options. The interoperability with existing customer provisioning systems also saves implementation time and money. On a larger scale it helps to achieve national aggressive Internet connectivity and MultiGigabit speed targets.
What markets are the most valuable to InCoax?Looking at existing technology infrastructure, geography, market conditions and maturity, we are primarily focusing on selected national markets in Western Europe and North America.
Source: RealWire
Lund, Sweden, 15 April 2021: The global pandemic has fuelled a huge growth in demand and placed additional stress on operators to deliver connectivity for Multi Dwelling Units (MDUs) across Europe, and at this year’s Gigabit Access, InCoax will discuss how reusing existing in-building infrastructure for broadband access can combat the connectivity complexities for residents and businesses.
As operators seek to push fiber deeper into the network, the reuse of in-building infrastructure as a coaxial network can yield enhanced Multigigabit speeds and reduced infrastructure costs. In competition with cable-TV service providers who are offering DOCSIS, operators have already been deploying Gfast over Point-To-Point (P2P) coaxial networks where such networks are available. However, InCoax’s fiber extension technology based on Broadband Forum’s TR-419 and the Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA®) standard can provide MultiGigabit speeds for subscribers and speed up the installation process by utilizing existing infrastructure for tenants and MDU owners.
At Gigabit Access 2021, InCoax’s roundtable entitled ‘FTTep: How can complimentary technologies support gigabit broadband rollouts?’ will be moderated by Broadband Forum Vice President of Strategic Marketing and Business Development Craig Thomas with speakers including Helge Tiainen (InCoax), Simon Fisher (BT) and Mike Talbert (Verizon and MoCA). ‘Architectures for FTTep’, ‘What technologies can be deployed on existing copper infrastructure to extend fiber gigabit services when fiber installation is not viable/economical?’ and ‘In what situations can fiber extension technologies be beneficial?’ will all be topics of discussion.
“With MDU buildings already having existing coaxial networks, operators have a viable alternative to installing expensive and labour-intensive fiber direct to the premises,” said Helge Tiainen, Head of Marketing, Sales and Product Management at InCoax. “Fiber deployments in MDUs can be as much as 40% of Fiber-To-The-Building (FTTB) deployment costs and re-using copper phone lines does not offer operators a consistent Gigabit service as the performance can vary from as low as 100Mbps up to close 1Gbps which has been testified by several operators. Therefore, our fiber extension technology delivers a cost-effective option for operators seeking to provide MultiGigabit data rates with reduced complexity and costs.”
The benefits for the industry of Broadband Forum’s recent publication TR-419 that defines how fiber services can be extended over existing in-building networks such as coaxial networks, will also be highlighted at Gigabit Access 2021. InCoax’s technology ensures that operators do not have to re-cable the premises with fiber and it is interoperable with existing customer provisioning systems saving both implementation and installation costs.
For fixed line operators signing a broadband contract with a Single-Family Unit (SFU) is a much easier process as Multi-Dwelling Units involve building and apartment owners, and numerous tenants. According to housing statistics from Eurostat, the EU average for the population living in MDUs is 70% and the installation of fiber to multiple households is a far from straightforward process. Helge Tiainen examines the benefits of operators’ re-using in-building infrastructure in his latest article here https://www.incoax.com/fiber-access-extension-simplifies-subscriber-multigigabit/.
Register for Gigabit Access 2021 and listen to InCoax’s roundtable on April 20 at 1.40pm UK time here https://www.terrapinn.com/conference/gigabit-access/Tickets.stm.
To find out more about InCoax and its product offering, please visit: https://www.incoax.com/.
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Your InCoax questions answered
Tell us more about InCoax and what its specialism is?InCoax Networks AB is innovating the reuse of existing in-building infrastructure for broadband access. We provide the next-generation MultiGigabit networking solutions to the world’s leading telecom and broadband service operators.
What is InCoax aiming to bring to the world’s leading telecom and broadband service providers?Competition in the broadband market is fueling the need for fiber to be pushed deeper into the network and closer to the end user. The reuse of in-building infrastructure as a coaxial network therefore becomes an attractive possibility for service providers looking to minimize infrastructure costs as the coaxial network’s physical capabilities can provide MultiGigabit data rates.
InCoax delivers the latest, most advanced and cost-effective technology available to reach MultiGigabit connectivity, where fiber is either too expensive, labour-intensive or even impossible to install. The technology is a complement and in most cases the most sensible alternative to fiber where an in-building coaxial network is already installed. We pride ourselves on providing a deep interpersonal connection with our customers and a high service level standard to all of our projects.
Can you outline your leading products and solutions, and what their importance to the industry is?The InCoax DPUs provide reliable Gigabit or MultiGigabit speed broadband performance over the existing coaxial network. It is the cost-efficient and sustainable way to upgrade your existing network. IP-TV and Internet services become available at the home entertainment hub in the apartment and the systems may also co-exist with present TV-solutions.
The easy and agile broadband extension access helps cut installation costs and installation times. The systems have extensive provisioning capabilities with several management options. The interoperability with existing customer provisioning systems also saves implementation time and money. On a larger scale it helps to achieve national aggressive Internet connectivity and MultiGigabit speed targets.
What markets are the most valuable to InCoax?Looking at existing technology infrastructure, geography, market conditions and maturity, we are primarily focusing on selected national markets in Western Europe and North America.
Source: RealWire
USU grows international network of strategic partners
Brazilian SLMIT offers cutting-edge services and tool solutions for Software Asset Management
Boston / São Paulo – April 15, 2021. USU, the leading provider of intelligent software and services for IT and customer service management is thrilled to announce a partnership for Software Asset Management (SAM) solutions with SLMIT Innovation Technology, broadening its sales, service, and implementation footprint in the Brazilian market.
SLMIT is a highly specialized provider for IT management and software compliance with a strong network in South America. The alliance expands USU's continued growth for Software Asset Management. As a certified partner, SLMIT excels at consulting and implementation services. Customers benefit from customized solutions delivered from a single provider, to optimize software use, mitigate risk, and achieve software savings in the millions.
For over a decade, SLMIT experts have implemented Software Asset Management programs for medium-sized and large companies with a focus on license optimization, compliance, contract negations, and consumption analysis. The goal is to create a transparent 360-degree view of license models and software usage for customers to minimize risk and to achieve savings.
“Our mission is for customers to use their IT in the best possible way to drive innovation and values. We’re thrilled to partner with USU as the market-leading SAM solution provider. Together with the largest team of experts in the industry, we offer tailor-made services and manage the software licenses of all major manufacturers - in the data center and in the cloud”, says SLMIT CEO, Antonio Crevelente.
"We look forward to working with SLMIT which, with its specialized, technical expertise and strong regional presence in South America, is an important part of our partner strategy," adds Mel Pasarelli, President and CEO of USU Solutions.
This press release is available at https://www.usu.com.
USUAs a leading provider of software and services for IT and customer service management, USU enables companies to master the demands of today's digital world. Global organizations use our solutions to cut costs, become more agile and reduce risks - with smarter services, simpler workflows and better collaboration. With more than 40 years of experience and locations worldwide, the USU team brings customers into the future.
In addition to USU GmbH, which was founded in 1977, the subsidiaries USU Technologies GmbH, USU Solutions GmbH, USU Solutions Inc. and USU SAS also belong to USU Software AG (ISIN DE 000A0BVU28), which is listed in the Prime Standard of the German Stock Exchange.
Further information: https://www.usu.com
ContactUSU Solutions Inc. Evonne WetznerMarketing DirectorEmail: Evonne.Wetzner@aspera.com
USU Software AGDr. Thomas GerickCorporate Communications ManagerEmail: thomas.gerick@usu.com
USU Software AGInvestor Relations Manager Falk SorgeEmail: falk.sorge@usu.comSource: RealWire
Boston / São Paulo – April 15, 2021. USU, the leading provider of intelligent software and services for IT and customer service management is thrilled to announce a partnership for Software Asset Management (SAM) solutions with SLMIT Innovation Technology, broadening its sales, service, and implementation footprint in the Brazilian market.
SLMIT is a highly specialized provider for IT management and software compliance with a strong network in South America. The alliance expands USU's continued growth for Software Asset Management. As a certified partner, SLMIT excels at consulting and implementation services. Customers benefit from customized solutions delivered from a single provider, to optimize software use, mitigate risk, and achieve software savings in the millions.
For over a decade, SLMIT experts have implemented Software Asset Management programs for medium-sized and large companies with a focus on license optimization, compliance, contract negations, and consumption analysis. The goal is to create a transparent 360-degree view of license models and software usage for customers to minimize risk and to achieve savings.
“Our mission is for customers to use their IT in the best possible way to drive innovation and values. We’re thrilled to partner with USU as the market-leading SAM solution provider. Together with the largest team of experts in the industry, we offer tailor-made services and manage the software licenses of all major manufacturers - in the data center and in the cloud”, says SLMIT CEO, Antonio Crevelente.
"We look forward to working with SLMIT which, with its specialized, technical expertise and strong regional presence in South America, is an important part of our partner strategy," adds Mel Pasarelli, President and CEO of USU Solutions.
This press release is available at https://www.usu.com.
USUAs a leading provider of software and services for IT and customer service management, USU enables companies to master the demands of today's digital world. Global organizations use our solutions to cut costs, become more agile and reduce risks - with smarter services, simpler workflows and better collaboration. With more than 40 years of experience and locations worldwide, the USU team brings customers into the future.
In addition to USU GmbH, which was founded in 1977, the subsidiaries USU Technologies GmbH, USU Solutions GmbH, USU Solutions Inc. and USU SAS also belong to USU Software AG (ISIN DE 000A0BVU28), which is listed in the Prime Standard of the German Stock Exchange.
Further information: https://www.usu.com
ContactUSU Solutions Inc. Evonne WetznerMarketing DirectorEmail: Evonne.Wetzner@aspera.com
USU Software AGDr. Thomas GerickCorporate Communications ManagerEmail: thomas.gerick@usu.com
USU Software AGInvestor Relations Manager Falk SorgeEmail: falk.sorge@usu.comSource: RealWire
Perfecto By Perforce Reports Q1 Boom as Demand for Mobile App Quality Faces Need for Security, Sophistication in Testing
As quality mobile & web apps become more crucial to a wider range of industries, Perfecto reports record new business sales and expansion of global customer base into significant verticals
MINNEAPOLIS, April 15, 2021 – Perforce Software, a provider of solutions to enterprise teams requiring productivity, visibility, and scale along the development lifecycle, announces record sales growth of Perfecto by Perforce in the first quarter of 2021.
The growth underlines the accelerating dominance of mobile devices as high-priority customer touchpoints and the need for a testing solution that can handle the modern complexity, demand for security, and fast-paced market realities faced by organizations in nearly every vertical. In fact, testing on mobile devices in Perfecto’s secure, cloud-based device lab has increased by 40% in the first quarter of 2021 compared to the same period in 2020.
Perfecto has been the vendor of choice for customers across a wide range of industries, including those in which Perfecto has maintained a strong presence, such as finance and retail. Throughout the first three months of 2021, however, Perfecto also attracted new customers in verticals, such as gaming, for which Perforce is well-known, as well as verticals only recently transitioning to mobile, such as manufacturing.
“Perfecto’s growing customer base is prioritizing quality mobile experiences at a time when mobile devices have all but replaced legacy in-person staples, like trips to the mall and the bank,” said Perforce CEO & President Mark Ties. “As a result of this change, our customers want and demand a highly secure and stable end-to-end testing platform to achieve the testing performance they require to be successful. This is why there’s such a strong demand for Perfecto - across industries and the world.”
Record-high sales and renewals have occurred worldwide. Results can be attributed to growing demand for a scalable modern testing platform that can automate the toughest, most sophisticated use cases.
Perfecto’s first-quarter performance offers a promising preview for a year with many market-facing product enhancements planned.
“2021 is a truly exciting year for Perfecto customers,” added Ties. “And we’ll be sharing more news about that in the not-so-distant future.”
About Perforce Perforce powers innovation at unrivaled scale. Perforce solutions future-proof competitive advantage by driving quality, security, compliance, collaboration, and speed – across the technology lifecycle. We bring deep domain and vertical expertise to every customer, so nothing stands in the way of success. Our global footprint spans more than 80 countries and includes over 75% of the Fortune 100. Perforce is trusted by the world’s leading brands to deliver solutions to even the toughest challenges. Accelerate technology delivery, with no shortcuts. Get the Power of Perforce.
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Media Contacts PERFORCE U.S. Olivia Savage PAN Communications Ph: +1 617 502 4300 perforce@pancomm.com
PERFORCE UK/EMEA Maxine Ambrose Ambrose Communications Ph: +44 118 328 0180 perforcepr@ambrosecomms.comSource: RealWire
MINNEAPOLIS, April 15, 2021 – Perforce Software, a provider of solutions to enterprise teams requiring productivity, visibility, and scale along the development lifecycle, announces record sales growth of Perfecto by Perforce in the first quarter of 2021.
The growth underlines the accelerating dominance of mobile devices as high-priority customer touchpoints and the need for a testing solution that can handle the modern complexity, demand for security, and fast-paced market realities faced by organizations in nearly every vertical. In fact, testing on mobile devices in Perfecto’s secure, cloud-based device lab has increased by 40% in the first quarter of 2021 compared to the same period in 2020.
Perfecto has been the vendor of choice for customers across a wide range of industries, including those in which Perfecto has maintained a strong presence, such as finance and retail. Throughout the first three months of 2021, however, Perfecto also attracted new customers in verticals, such as gaming, for which Perforce is well-known, as well as verticals only recently transitioning to mobile, such as manufacturing.
“Perfecto’s growing customer base is prioritizing quality mobile experiences at a time when mobile devices have all but replaced legacy in-person staples, like trips to the mall and the bank,” said Perforce CEO & President Mark Ties. “As a result of this change, our customers want and demand a highly secure and stable end-to-end testing platform to achieve the testing performance they require to be successful. This is why there’s such a strong demand for Perfecto - across industries and the world.”
Record-high sales and renewals have occurred worldwide. Results can be attributed to growing demand for a scalable modern testing platform that can automate the toughest, most sophisticated use cases.
Perfecto’s first-quarter performance offers a promising preview for a year with many market-facing product enhancements planned.
“2021 is a truly exciting year for Perfecto customers,” added Ties. “And we’ll be sharing more news about that in the not-so-distant future.”
About Perforce Perforce powers innovation at unrivaled scale. Perforce solutions future-proof competitive advantage by driving quality, security, compliance, collaboration, and speed – across the technology lifecycle. We bring deep domain and vertical expertise to every customer, so nothing stands in the way of success. Our global footprint spans more than 80 countries and includes over 75% of the Fortune 100. Perforce is trusted by the world’s leading brands to deliver solutions to even the toughest challenges. Accelerate technology delivery, with no shortcuts. Get the Power of Perforce.
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Media Contacts PERFORCE U.S. Olivia Savage PAN Communications Ph: +1 617 502 4300 perforce@pancomm.com
PERFORCE UK/EMEA Maxine Ambrose Ambrose Communications Ph: +44 118 328 0180 perforcepr@ambrosecomms.comSource: RealWire
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Blueliv, Europe’s Premiere CyberThreat Intelligence Company, Strikes Data Sharing Partnership with DarkOwl, the Global Darknet Authority
Blueliv’s darknet data module will be enhanced by DarkOwl’s intelligence, while DarkOwl will benefit from access to Blueliv’s threat intelligence data
DENVER, April 13th 2021 – Darknet data experts, DarkOwl and Blueliv, Europe’s top cyber security company, have formed a partnership that will bring extensive darknet intelligence data to Blueliv’s Threat Compass users within the Dark Web Module. In return, DarkOwl will add Blueliv’s vast database of intelligence from its Threat Context module to its darknet database.
Blueliv’s Threat Context module provides SOC, Incident Response and Threat Intelligence teams with continuously updated and intuitive information around threat actors, campaigns, malware indicators, attack patterns, tools, signatures, and CVEs. DarkOwl’s Vision UI automatically, anonymously, and continuously collects, indexes and ranks actionable data from the darknet 24/7/365, which allows analysts to effectively search, monitor, and receive alerts from a safe environment when leaked data appears on the darknet.
“I’m thrilled to partner with DarkOwl in the fight against cybercrime and have the opportunity to share our collective resources for our customers” comments Daniel Solis, CEO and founder of Blueliv. “Beyond the welcome market reach for both parties, this partnership will grant us new insights for rapidly identifying our customer’s compromised data and helping them take quick, decisive steps towards mitigating the situation, as well as offering a brand new, supplemented approach to market.”
Blueliv covers the broadest range of threats on the market with a pay-as-you-need modular architecture which delivers streamlined, cost-effective intelligence in real-time, backed by a world-class in-house analyst team. Using Blueliv’s database of over 200 million items, the easy-to-use module offers pivoting capabilities so analysts can rapidly gather enriched, contextualized information to enhance cybersecurity processes before, during and after an attack
DarkOwl CEO, Mark Turnage comments, “Blueliv’s command of threat intelligence is outstanding. Their module-based approach is valuable as clients can build out their cyber security protocol in their own timeline. Our extensive darknet data broadens Blueliv’s darknet intelligence offering, and we are enhancing our database by incorporating Blueliv’s threat intelligence into our platform. This important partnership gives both DarkOwl and Blueliv clients access to an enormous spectrum of threat intelligence.”
About BluelivBlueliv is Europe’s leading cyberthreat intelligence provider, headquartered in Barcelona, Spain. Blueliv’s mission is to empower our customers with a collaborative, automated and targeted threat intelligence, to fight the cybercrime and help them manage their digital risk as quickly as the threat landscape changes. Covering the broadest range of threats on the market, a pay-as-you-need modular architecture means customers receive streamlined, cost-effective intelligence delivered in real-time, backed by our world-class in-house analyst team. Intelligence modules are scalable, easy to deploy and easy to use, maximizing security resource while accelerating threat detection, incident response performance and forensic investigations. Blueliv is recognized across the industry by analysts including Gartner and Forrester, and has earned multiple awards for its technology and services including ‘Security Company of the Year 2019’ by Red Seguridad, Enterprise Security and Enterprise Threat Detection 2018 category winners by Computing.co.uk, in addition to holding affiliate membership of FS-ISAC for several years.
About DarkOwlWe are darknet experts. DarkOwl was founded in 2016, and we are the world's leading provider of DARKINT™, darknet intelligence and offer the largest commercially available database of darknet content. DarkOwl enables cybersecurity organizations, law enforcement and government organizations to fully understand their security posture and detect potential breaches and violations of the law and mitigate them quickly. We offer a variety of options to access our data, please visit us at www.darkowl.com
Media ContactFor DarkOwl: Kim KetchelDirector of Marketing, DarkOwlmarketing@darkowl.com
For Blueliv:Ludovic PivetalMarketing Directorludovic.pivetal@blueliv.comSource: RealWire
DENVER, April 13th 2021 – Darknet data experts, DarkOwl and Blueliv, Europe’s top cyber security company, have formed a partnership that will bring extensive darknet intelligence data to Blueliv’s Threat Compass users within the Dark Web Module. In return, DarkOwl will add Blueliv’s vast database of intelligence from its Threat Context module to its darknet database.
Blueliv’s Threat Context module provides SOC, Incident Response and Threat Intelligence teams with continuously updated and intuitive information around threat actors, campaigns, malware indicators, attack patterns, tools, signatures, and CVEs. DarkOwl’s Vision UI automatically, anonymously, and continuously collects, indexes and ranks actionable data from the darknet 24/7/365, which allows analysts to effectively search, monitor, and receive alerts from a safe environment when leaked data appears on the darknet.
“I’m thrilled to partner with DarkOwl in the fight against cybercrime and have the opportunity to share our collective resources for our customers” comments Daniel Solis, CEO and founder of Blueliv. “Beyond the welcome market reach for both parties, this partnership will grant us new insights for rapidly identifying our customer’s compromised data and helping them take quick, decisive steps towards mitigating the situation, as well as offering a brand new, supplemented approach to market.”
Blueliv covers the broadest range of threats on the market with a pay-as-you-need modular architecture which delivers streamlined, cost-effective intelligence in real-time, backed by a world-class in-house analyst team. Using Blueliv’s database of over 200 million items, the easy-to-use module offers pivoting capabilities so analysts can rapidly gather enriched, contextualized information to enhance cybersecurity processes before, during and after an attack
DarkOwl CEO, Mark Turnage comments, “Blueliv’s command of threat intelligence is outstanding. Their module-based approach is valuable as clients can build out their cyber security protocol in their own timeline. Our extensive darknet data broadens Blueliv’s darknet intelligence offering, and we are enhancing our database by incorporating Blueliv’s threat intelligence into our platform. This important partnership gives both DarkOwl and Blueliv clients access to an enormous spectrum of threat intelligence.”
About BluelivBlueliv is Europe’s leading cyberthreat intelligence provider, headquartered in Barcelona, Spain. Blueliv’s mission is to empower our customers with a collaborative, automated and targeted threat intelligence, to fight the cybercrime and help them manage their digital risk as quickly as the threat landscape changes. Covering the broadest range of threats on the market, a pay-as-you-need modular architecture means customers receive streamlined, cost-effective intelligence delivered in real-time, backed by our world-class in-house analyst team. Intelligence modules are scalable, easy to deploy and easy to use, maximizing security resource while accelerating threat detection, incident response performance and forensic investigations. Blueliv is recognized across the industry by analysts including Gartner and Forrester, and has earned multiple awards for its technology and services including ‘Security Company of the Year 2019’ by Red Seguridad, Enterprise Security and Enterprise Threat Detection 2018 category winners by Computing.co.uk, in addition to holding affiliate membership of FS-ISAC for several years.
About DarkOwlWe are darknet experts. DarkOwl was founded in 2016, and we are the world's leading provider of DARKINT™, darknet intelligence and offer the largest commercially available database of darknet content. DarkOwl enables cybersecurity organizations, law enforcement and government organizations to fully understand their security posture and detect potential breaches and violations of the law and mitigate them quickly. We offer a variety of options to access our data, please visit us at www.darkowl.com
Media ContactFor DarkOwl: Kim KetchelDirector of Marketing, DarkOwlmarketing@darkowl.com
For Blueliv:Ludovic PivetalMarketing Directorludovic.pivetal@blueliv.comSource: RealWire
Perforce Releases New Drag-and-Drop Interface to Centralize Version Control for Creatives and Developers
Helix Sync Connects Cross-Functional Teams to Centralize and Version Digital Assets Quickly, Streamlining Workflows Between Creative and Developer Teams
MINNEAPOLIS, April 13, 2021 – Perforce Software, a provider of solutions to enterprise teams requiring security, visibility, and scale along the development lifecycle, announces its new version control desktop client — Helix Sync — enabling non-coders such as artists and designers to version digital assets, with a simple drag-and-drop UI.
Creative assets are critical to development. Industries looking to drive new innovations need to manage the ever-increasing file size, while enhancing collaboration between developers and non-technical contributors. Traditionally, creative digital assets are managed separately, slowing down teams and delaying critical feedback. Helix Sync is an alternative interface for Perforce Helix Core — the game and media development standard for version control — that centralizes digital asset management for builds. There is nothing to buy or integrate, teams simply choose the interface that works best for them.
“Even if your team is small, it doesn’t mean your challenges or files are. Helix Sync was built to help teams go faster,” said Gerhard Krüger, Cloud Architect and Product Manager at Perforce. “Securely versioning design assets alongside code removes complexity and accelerates development.”
With Helix Sync, artists and designers can version any asset using their preferred tools. They get all the benefits of Helix Core — superior performance, automated workflows, and more. Breaking down silos in development, Helix Sync creates a single source of truth, promoting reuse across teams. Join a discussion with industry experts to learn more and see Helix Sync in action.
Perforce Software continues to expand on existing industry-leading products to optimize workflows across and unite global teams.
About Perforce Perforce powers innovation at unrivaled scale. Perforce solutions future-proof competitive advantage by driving quality, security, compliance, collaboration, and speed – across the technology lifecycle. We bring deep domain and vertical expertise to every customer, so nothing stands in the way of success. Our global footprint spans more than 80 countries and includes over 75% of the Fortune 100. Perforce is trusted by the world’s leading brands to deliver solutions to even the toughest challenges. Accelerate technology delivery, with no shortcuts. Get the Power of Perforce. # # # Media Contacts PERFORCE U.S. Olivia Savage PAN Communications Ph: +1 617 502 4300 perforce@pancomm.com PERFORCE UK/EMEA Maxine Ambrose Ambrose Communications Ph: +44 118 328 0180 perforcepr@ambrosecomms.comSource: RealWire
MINNEAPOLIS, April 13, 2021 – Perforce Software, a provider of solutions to enterprise teams requiring security, visibility, and scale along the development lifecycle, announces its new version control desktop client — Helix Sync — enabling non-coders such as artists and designers to version digital assets, with a simple drag-and-drop UI.
Creative assets are critical to development. Industries looking to drive new innovations need to manage the ever-increasing file size, while enhancing collaboration between developers and non-technical contributors. Traditionally, creative digital assets are managed separately, slowing down teams and delaying critical feedback. Helix Sync is an alternative interface for Perforce Helix Core — the game and media development standard for version control — that centralizes digital asset management for builds. There is nothing to buy or integrate, teams simply choose the interface that works best for them.
“Even if your team is small, it doesn’t mean your challenges or files are. Helix Sync was built to help teams go faster,” said Gerhard Krüger, Cloud Architect and Product Manager at Perforce. “Securely versioning design assets alongside code removes complexity and accelerates development.”
With Helix Sync, artists and designers can version any asset using their preferred tools. They get all the benefits of Helix Core — superior performance, automated workflows, and more. Breaking down silos in development, Helix Sync creates a single source of truth, promoting reuse across teams. Join a discussion with industry experts to learn more and see Helix Sync in action.
Perforce Software continues to expand on existing industry-leading products to optimize workflows across and unite global teams.
About Perforce Perforce powers innovation at unrivaled scale. Perforce solutions future-proof competitive advantage by driving quality, security, compliance, collaboration, and speed – across the technology lifecycle. We bring deep domain and vertical expertise to every customer, so nothing stands in the way of success. Our global footprint spans more than 80 countries and includes over 75% of the Fortune 100. Perforce is trusted by the world’s leading brands to deliver solutions to even the toughest challenges. Accelerate technology delivery, with no shortcuts. Get the Power of Perforce. # # # Media Contacts PERFORCE U.S. Olivia Savage PAN Communications Ph: +1 617 502 4300 perforce@pancomm.com PERFORCE UK/EMEA Maxine Ambrose Ambrose Communications Ph: +44 118 328 0180 perforcepr@ambrosecomms.comSource: RealWire
Monday, April 12, 2021
Fluxergy, Inc. Receives CE-IVD Marking for a One-Hour COVID-19 RT-PCR Test and Positions for European Market Entry
IRVINE, CA., April 12, 2021 – Fluxergy, Inc., a medical diagnostic testing platform company with a detection technology solution capable of multimodality, announced today that it has obtained CE marking for its one-hour COVID-19 RT-PCR test, to use by healthcare professionals as an in vitro diagnostic (IVD) for the detection of SARS-CoV-2. The CE-mark will allow Fluxergy’s innovative testing platform to enter the European Union market and any other markets that accept CE-marking as valid regulatory approval.
Fluxergy’s platform is an automated, sample-to-answer testing platform with multimodal capability allowing for a variety of assay types, such as molecular, immunochemistry, chemistry, and cytometry assays, to be run simultaneously on the same cartridge. This will give users the ability to run unique Point-of-Care (PoC) panels with the potential ability to do built-in reflex testing, among other capabilities. Potential environments for rapid testing applications include emergency rooms, outpatient procedures, urgent care, workplace screening, mobile and community level testing settings.
Fluxergy has made its platform available as Research Use Only (RUO) system for its partners, including University of California San Diego (San Diego, CA, USA) and Mass General Brigham (Boston, MA, USA), during the public health emergency. In December 2020, Fluxergy received dual ISO-13485:2016 and MDSAP certifications.
Last year, Fluxergy received a $30 million investment from John Tu, principal investor and Kingston Technology co-founder, to rapidly expand its capability to scale production of the Fluxergy Analyzer diagnostic testing system in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Fluxergy has now expanded manufacturing capabilities for its testing system to up to one million per month.
“Fluxergy is seeking commercial partnerships with healthcare providers and international go-to-market partners in Europe, Asia, and Australia”, states Fluxergy’s Chief Commercial Officer, Dr. Ali Tinazli, responsible for global sales.
Fluxergy’s potential for multimodality of its platform raises important questions: How will decentralized testing at the point-of-need become a key enabler for telemedicine? What platforms, technologies, and workflows do we need to be better prepared for the next pandemic? To what extent does telemedicine with the diagnostic data unlock new healthcare opportunities such as in preventive medicine?
For more information, contact Richard Laermer (+1-212-741-5106 X216; fluxergy@RLMpr.com) and visit www.fluxergy.com.
DisclaimerThe Fluxergy Test Kit COVID-19 is only available for purchase in the European Union market and any other markets that accept the CE-marking as valid regulatory approval.Source: RealWire
Fluxergy’s platform is an automated, sample-to-answer testing platform with multimodal capability allowing for a variety of assay types, such as molecular, immunochemistry, chemistry, and cytometry assays, to be run simultaneously on the same cartridge. This will give users the ability to run unique Point-of-Care (PoC) panels with the potential ability to do built-in reflex testing, among other capabilities. Potential environments for rapid testing applications include emergency rooms, outpatient procedures, urgent care, workplace screening, mobile and community level testing settings.
Fluxergy has made its platform available as Research Use Only (RUO) system for its partners, including University of California San Diego (San Diego, CA, USA) and Mass General Brigham (Boston, MA, USA), during the public health emergency. In December 2020, Fluxergy received dual ISO-13485:2016 and MDSAP certifications.
Last year, Fluxergy received a $30 million investment from John Tu, principal investor and Kingston Technology co-founder, to rapidly expand its capability to scale production of the Fluxergy Analyzer diagnostic testing system in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Fluxergy has now expanded manufacturing capabilities for its testing system to up to one million per month.
“Fluxergy is seeking commercial partnerships with healthcare providers and international go-to-market partners in Europe, Asia, and Australia”, states Fluxergy’s Chief Commercial Officer, Dr. Ali Tinazli, responsible for global sales.
Fluxergy’s potential for multimodality of its platform raises important questions: How will decentralized testing at the point-of-need become a key enabler for telemedicine? What platforms, technologies, and workflows do we need to be better prepared for the next pandemic? To what extent does telemedicine with the diagnostic data unlock new healthcare opportunities such as in preventive medicine?
For more information, contact Richard Laermer (+1-212-741-5106 X216; fluxergy@RLMpr.com) and visit www.fluxergy.com.
DisclaimerThe Fluxergy Test Kit COVID-19 is only available for purchase in the European Union market and any other markets that accept the CE-marking as valid regulatory approval.Source: RealWire
NautaDutilh Extends Relationship with Ascertus as Lead Software Integrator for the iManage Stack and Best-in-Class Support Partner
London, U.K., 12 April 2021 – NautaDutilh N.V., the Benelux-based international law firm, has extended its partnership with Ascertus Limited for support and maintenance of the iManage knowledge work platform for document and email management. Ascertus is the lead software service provider supporting the integration and smooth running of the iManage interface across all the major enterprise applications deployed by the law firm. The company also supports over 900 users of iManage across the firm’s six offices including Amsterdam, Brussels, London, Luxembourg, New York, and Rotterdam. Ascertus provides document and information lifecycle management solutions to law firms and corporate legal departments across the UK and Europe.
Elaborating on the firm’s rationale for extending its relationship with Ascertus, Sijmen Vrolijk, Head of ICT at NautaDutilh, said, “Ascertus is one of our top technology service providers and is our lead integrator for the iManage stack. The team is extremely knowledgeable about iManage, which is important, but what makes the relationship a success is their professional, problem-solving-led approach to technology deployment and support. We have great confidence in the advice they give us to ensure that our technology is secure and future-proof.”
NautaDutilh’s relationship with Ascertus for iManage support dates back to 2017. Today, Ascertus is involved in any activity that touches iManage – from data migration through to upgrading the firm’s backend technology infrastructure.
Ascertus is well-recognised for its superior iManage support services in the industry. The company is a support partner to some of the largest law firms in Northern Europe. Year on year, the company scores top ratings in the partner community for client satisfaction in iManage’s independently conducted annual customer survey.
“We are delighted to continue our partnership with NautaDutilh. Delivering technology success to customers is a key Ascertus objective, which we enable by forming deep, long-term relationships and providing value to the organisations we work with,” said Roy Russell, CEO of Ascertus Limited. “We are continuously developing our own capability and expertise to ensure that we provide the highest possible care to customers, which is earning us the reputation of a viable alternative to even the largest solution implementors within the iManage partner community.”
About Ascertus LimitedAscertus provides information and document lifecycle management consultancy, software solutions and IT support services to law firms, corporate legal departments and other professional services organisations around the world. Based in Central London, the company offers a full range of professional services – from consultancy, business analysis and project management; to software implementation, training, documentation and technical support – delivering bespoke email, contract and document management solutions in on-premises and privately hosted environments. The company has successfully delivered and managed some of the largest iManage Work installations at customer sites in the UK. For more information, visit: www.ascertus.com. Follow Ascertus on Twitter and LinkedIn.
Media contact:TagusPRVidushi Patelvidushi@taguspr.co.uk +44 7958474632Source: RealWire
Elaborating on the firm’s rationale for extending its relationship with Ascertus, Sijmen Vrolijk, Head of ICT at NautaDutilh, said, “Ascertus is one of our top technology service providers and is our lead integrator for the iManage stack. The team is extremely knowledgeable about iManage, which is important, but what makes the relationship a success is their professional, problem-solving-led approach to technology deployment and support. We have great confidence in the advice they give us to ensure that our technology is secure and future-proof.”
NautaDutilh’s relationship with Ascertus for iManage support dates back to 2017. Today, Ascertus is involved in any activity that touches iManage – from data migration through to upgrading the firm’s backend technology infrastructure.
Ascertus is well-recognised for its superior iManage support services in the industry. The company is a support partner to some of the largest law firms in Northern Europe. Year on year, the company scores top ratings in the partner community for client satisfaction in iManage’s independently conducted annual customer survey.
“We are delighted to continue our partnership with NautaDutilh. Delivering technology success to customers is a key Ascertus objective, which we enable by forming deep, long-term relationships and providing value to the organisations we work with,” said Roy Russell, CEO of Ascertus Limited. “We are continuously developing our own capability and expertise to ensure that we provide the highest possible care to customers, which is earning us the reputation of a viable alternative to even the largest solution implementors within the iManage partner community.”
About Ascertus LimitedAscertus provides information and document lifecycle management consultancy, software solutions and IT support services to law firms, corporate legal departments and other professional services organisations around the world. Based in Central London, the company offers a full range of professional services – from consultancy, business analysis and project management; to software implementation, training, documentation and technical support – delivering bespoke email, contract and document management solutions in on-premises and privately hosted environments. The company has successfully delivered and managed some of the largest iManage Work installations at customer sites in the UK. For more information, visit: www.ascertus.com. Follow Ascertus on Twitter and LinkedIn.
Media contact:TagusPRVidushi Patelvidushi@taguspr.co.uk +44 7958474632Source: RealWire
Grünenthal acquires Mestex AG and its Phase-III-ready investigational medicine MTX-071 for the treatment of pain associated with osteoarthritis of the knee
With the acquisition of Mestex AG, Grünenthal secures global rights for an attractive late-stage asset that could offer an innovative therapy option for millions of patients affected by pain related to osteoarthritis of the knee.
MTX-071 (resiniferatoxin) is a highly potent Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) agonist. Its administration can reversibly defunctionalise TRPV1-expressing nociceptors. This can result in long lasting pain relief.
Aachen, Germany, 12 April 2021 – Today, Grünenthal has announced the acquisition of Mestex AG through the takeover of all of its shares and options. Mestex AG is a Swiss biotech company that has developed the innovative investigational medicine MTX-071 (resiniferatoxin) for the intra-articular treatment of pain associated with osteoarthritis of the knee. The investigational medicine is currently concluding Phase II of clinical development and is about to enter Phase III. Initial data showed a long-lasting and significant analgesic effect and functional improvements compared to placebo (saline injection), as well as a favourable safety profile.
“Osteoarthritis is a progressive condition that currently cannot be cured. The inflamed, swollen and painful joints lead to limitation on mobility of the affected patients and may impact their quality of life significantly. Millions of patients currently receive intra-articular corticosteroids or need to undergo knee replacement surgery as last remaining treatment option,” says Jan Adams, MD, Chief Scientific Officer Grünenthal. “With MTX-071, we aim to provide these patients with a well tolerable, non-opioid therapy option that provides long-lasting pain relief and functional improvement of the affected joints.”
Grünenthal is currently preparing two pivotal Phase III studies to investigate the efficacy, safety and tolerability of MTX-071 in patients with pain associated with osteoarthritis of the knee. The studies will start in 2021 and they are part of a global development programme aimed at meeting the requirements for approval in the EU, the US, Japan and China. The mechanism of action is well validated by clinical studies with other TRPV1 agonists.
“Through the acquisition of Mestex, Grünenthal is well positioned to tap into the global osteoarthritis market. Over 50 million people are affected by osteoarthritis of the knee across the US and the EU.” says Gabriel Baertschi, Chief Executive Officer Grünenthal. “We are confident in the mechanism of action of MTX-071 and will explore its potential for the treatment of osteoarthritis related pain in additional joints.”
This acquisition will further strengthen Grünenthal’s pain-focused late-stage pipeline. The company recently announced a Phase III trial that studies the efficacy, safety and tolerability of QUTENZA® (capsaicin) 8% topical system in post-surgical neuropathic pain (PSNP) with the goal of expanding the current US label.
About MTX-071MTX-071 is an intra-articular injection of resiniferatoxin for the treatment of pain in patients with advanced knee osteoarthritis. Resiniferatoxin is a highly potent Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) agonist. Its administration can reversibly defunctionalise TRPV1-expressing nociceptors. This can result in long lasting pain relief. The investigational medicine is currently concluding Phase II and about to enter Phase III. Data shows a long-lasting and significant analgesic effect and functional improvements compared to placebo (saline injection), as well as a favourable safety profile.
About OsteoarthritisOsteoarthritis (OA) can be defined as a group of distinct, but overlapping diseases. They may have different etiologies, but similar biological, morphological, and clinical outcomes that affect the articular cartilage, subchondral bone, ligaments, joint capsule, synovial membrane, and periarticular muscles. OA is the most common joint disease in people aged 65 and over. Its etiology is not fully understood, although there are several related factors including female gender, genetics, metabolism, and excessive mechanical stress. The diagnosis of OA is primarily based on clinical history and physical examination. The cardinal radiographic features of OA are focal/non-uniform narrowing of the joint space in the areas subjected to the most pressure, subchondral cysts, subchondral sclerosis, and osteophytes[1].
Osteoarthritis is a joint disease in which the tissues in the joint break down over time. Common symptoms of osteoarthritis include joint pain, stiffness and swelling, as well as changes in how the joint moves and feeling like the joint is loose or unstable. The most commonly affected joints include the hands, knees, hips, neck and lower back. Treatment of osteoarthritis usually includes exercises, maintaining a healthy weight, wearing braces to help with stability, and taking medication, if prescribed[2]. Many patients will require joint replacement surgery.
[1] ICD-11 https://icd.who.int/browse11/l-m/en#/http%3a%2f%2fid.who.int%2ficd%2fentity%2f558562409 [2] National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases; What Causes Osteoarthritis, Symptoms & More | NIAMS (nih.gov)
About GrünenthalGrünenthal is a global leader in pain management and related diseases. As a science-based, privately-owned pharmaceutical company, we have a long track record of bringing innovative treatments and state-of-the-art technologies to patients worldwide. Our purpose is to change lives for the better – and innovation is our passion. We are focusing all of our activities and efforts on working towards our vision of a world free of pain.
Grünenthal is headquartered in Aachen, Germany, and has affiliates in 29 countries across Europe, Latin America and the US. Our products are available in more than 100 countries. In 2020, Grünenthal employed around 4,500 people and achieved sales of € 1.3 bn.
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HomeGrid Forum advances G.hn for industrial applications
Beaverton, US, 12 April 2021: HomeGrid Forum is accelerating the development of G.hn for use in industrial settings, which will prove critical for the future success of businesses worldwide. Facilitating fast communication, G.hn is bridging the gap between legacy systems and newer technology to transform operations with reliable, fast connectivity. It comes as pioneering telecommunication technology and industrial automation member, Teleconnect, launches its G.hn system on module (SOM) solution to enable Gigabit-class data transfer for intelligent networks within industrial environments.
As the era of the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) arrives, the industrial communications market is predicted to grow to US$23.5 billion by 2025, as companies increasingly turn to technology to deliver significant business improvements. By leveraging data through Internet of Things (IoT) devices and incorporating machine-to-machine communication and automation, industries can achieve an uptake in productivity and efficiency. All of this requires scalable, interoperable, reliable communication and connectivity. A key focus for the HomeGrid Forum is industrial automation and G.hn technology is perfectly suited to meet the needs of 4IR.
Although machines, components, and devices have become increasingly wireless, communication on wired legacy systems still retains a large core of communications within industrial settings. With few alternatives to address the ongoing changes within the industrial sector, operators and system controllers must incorporate G.hn into their networks to provide next-generation applications with the reliable, high bandwidth connectivity required.
“Offering a strong backbone, with the ability for bidirectional data traffic, G.hn is the key to unlocking the potential of future industrial applications – most critically because it can be simply integrated into the legacy systems commonly in use in industrial environments,” said Livia Rosu, HomeGrid Forum Marketing Work Group Chair. “The technology’s highly interoperable nature and scalability enables communication between all applications within the network and gives operators the possibility of adding more devices in the future. HomeGrid Forum’s industrial IoT vision comes with end-to-end IP connectivity and agile control to empower the 4IR.”
Within the industrial sector, low latency and reliable communication are imperative in preventing chaos due to downtime or degradation of service. G.hn acts as essential infrastructure with its robust nature allowing for mission critical communication and network self-healing capability. Its interoperability and scalability are also vital for being able to handle the large number of devices found in an industrial network, which sees vast amounts of information being gathered and exchanged for machine-to-machine communication, IoT-powered robots, automation and various other purposes.
Until recently, IoT devices have been primarily consumer-focused, providing smarter connectivity inside homes and buildings. However, the industry is rapidly capitalizing on its deployments and expertise to address industrial IoT, such as the networking of factory machinery and industrial-grade sensors.
Able to work through four forms of media: powerline (PLC), coaxial cable (COAX), telephone cable (TP) and plastic optical fiber (POF), G.hn allows for fast installation and works seamlessly through existing wiring to provide low latency connectivity upon which industrial applications rely. G.hn is well-suited for environmental sensors, video surveillance and safety panels for employee welfare, thanks to its real-time two-way traffic handling and high bandwidth.
Teleconnect developed its GHN.SOM product with different mounting options and different data connectors options for PLC, COAX and TP, to offer a high degree of flexibility for customers by allowing for the easy incorporation of G.hn into any industrial environment. Since it is possible to enable the use of three different transmission media, this module is ideal for an extended range of applications. Utilizing a G.hn Wave2 Chipset from MaxLinear, customers can define the physical layer on the input slide of the GHN.SOM to provide a transparent bridge for data transmission through G.hn.
“By working with HomeGrid Forum we have managed to create a module that allows for rapid implementation of G.hn technology, which will revolutionise the future of industries worldwide,” said Alexandre Schäfer, Head of Sales and Marketing at Teleconnect. “With all the flexibility that G.hn provides, the future possibilities of this technology are endless when it comes to industrial automation, machine-to-machine communication or anywhere that robust fast communication is required.”
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About HomeGrid ForumHomeGrid Forum (HGF) is an industry alliance that brings together the world’s best in technology innovators, silicon vendors, system manufacturers, and service providers to promote G.hn, a globally recognized gigabit home networking technology based on ITU-T standards. G.hn is the most reliable and versatile wireless home network backbone available today. Our members promote the global adoption of G.hn, a single unified, multi-sourced networking technology – over coax, copper pairs, powerline, and plastic optical fiber. HomeGrid Forum provides G.hn silicon and system certification through a strict compliance and interoperability testing program. For more information on HomeGrid Forum, please visit our website at www.homegridforum.org.
About TeleconnectTeleconnect GmbH from Germany, Dresden is a design house and pioneer for hard- and software in the field of telecommunication technology and industrial automation. The company focuses on wired and broadband communication. With more than 30 years of experience in the market, Teleconnect accompanies its customers in the entire process from the idea to the transition to serial production. Teleconnect is a member of the Homegrid Forum and supports as early adopter.
For more information, please visit http://www.teleconnect.de/ghn-tcd.pdf
Media contact For more information, please contact Proactive PR on +44 (0) 1636 704 888 or at hgf@proactive-pr.com.Source: RealWire
As the era of the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) arrives, the industrial communications market is predicted to grow to US$23.5 billion by 2025, as companies increasingly turn to technology to deliver significant business improvements. By leveraging data through Internet of Things (IoT) devices and incorporating machine-to-machine communication and automation, industries can achieve an uptake in productivity and efficiency. All of this requires scalable, interoperable, reliable communication and connectivity. A key focus for the HomeGrid Forum is industrial automation and G.hn technology is perfectly suited to meet the needs of 4IR.
Although machines, components, and devices have become increasingly wireless, communication on wired legacy systems still retains a large core of communications within industrial settings. With few alternatives to address the ongoing changes within the industrial sector, operators and system controllers must incorporate G.hn into their networks to provide next-generation applications with the reliable, high bandwidth connectivity required.
“Offering a strong backbone, with the ability for bidirectional data traffic, G.hn is the key to unlocking the potential of future industrial applications – most critically because it can be simply integrated into the legacy systems commonly in use in industrial environments,” said Livia Rosu, HomeGrid Forum Marketing Work Group Chair. “The technology’s highly interoperable nature and scalability enables communication between all applications within the network and gives operators the possibility of adding more devices in the future. HomeGrid Forum’s industrial IoT vision comes with end-to-end IP connectivity and agile control to empower the 4IR.”
Within the industrial sector, low latency and reliable communication are imperative in preventing chaos due to downtime or degradation of service. G.hn acts as essential infrastructure with its robust nature allowing for mission critical communication and network self-healing capability. Its interoperability and scalability are also vital for being able to handle the large number of devices found in an industrial network, which sees vast amounts of information being gathered and exchanged for machine-to-machine communication, IoT-powered robots, automation and various other purposes.
Until recently, IoT devices have been primarily consumer-focused, providing smarter connectivity inside homes and buildings. However, the industry is rapidly capitalizing on its deployments and expertise to address industrial IoT, such as the networking of factory machinery and industrial-grade sensors.
Able to work through four forms of media: powerline (PLC), coaxial cable (COAX), telephone cable (TP) and plastic optical fiber (POF), G.hn allows for fast installation and works seamlessly through existing wiring to provide low latency connectivity upon which industrial applications rely. G.hn is well-suited for environmental sensors, video surveillance and safety panels for employee welfare, thanks to its real-time two-way traffic handling and high bandwidth.
Teleconnect developed its GHN.SOM product with different mounting options and different data connectors options for PLC, COAX and TP, to offer a high degree of flexibility for customers by allowing for the easy incorporation of G.hn into any industrial environment. Since it is possible to enable the use of three different transmission media, this module is ideal for an extended range of applications. Utilizing a G.hn Wave2 Chipset from MaxLinear, customers can define the physical layer on the input slide of the GHN.SOM to provide a transparent bridge for data transmission through G.hn.
“By working with HomeGrid Forum we have managed to create a module that allows for rapid implementation of G.hn technology, which will revolutionise the future of industries worldwide,” said Alexandre Schäfer, Head of Sales and Marketing at Teleconnect. “With all the flexibility that G.hn provides, the future possibilities of this technology are endless when it comes to industrial automation, machine-to-machine communication or anywhere that robust fast communication is required.”
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About HomeGrid ForumHomeGrid Forum (HGF) is an industry alliance that brings together the world’s best in technology innovators, silicon vendors, system manufacturers, and service providers to promote G.hn, a globally recognized gigabit home networking technology based on ITU-T standards. G.hn is the most reliable and versatile wireless home network backbone available today. Our members promote the global adoption of G.hn, a single unified, multi-sourced networking technology – over coax, copper pairs, powerline, and plastic optical fiber. HomeGrid Forum provides G.hn silicon and system certification through a strict compliance and interoperability testing program. For more information on HomeGrid Forum, please visit our website at www.homegridforum.org.
About TeleconnectTeleconnect GmbH from Germany, Dresden is a design house and pioneer for hard- and software in the field of telecommunication technology and industrial automation. The company focuses on wired and broadband communication. With more than 30 years of experience in the market, Teleconnect accompanies its customers in the entire process from the idea to the transition to serial production. Teleconnect is a member of the Homegrid Forum and supports as early adopter.
For more information, please visit http://www.teleconnect.de/ghn-tcd.pdf
Media contact For more information, please contact Proactive PR on +44 (0) 1636 704 888 or at hgf@proactive-pr.com.Source: RealWire
UK workforce sees 113% increase in stress-related leave over the past 2 years
In a poll of UK employees, 58% are feeling exhausted, not excited ahead of summer
Money or me time? When asked to choose between an additional day off every year, or £200 cash, majority saw more value in ‘me time’
Nottingham, UK, 12th April 2021: Data from absence management platform e-days, reveals that, when comparing pre-pandemic levels in March 2019 to March 2021, the number of stress sickness days recorded has increased by 113%.
Additionally, the average number of people taking stress-related leave has increased by 74% when comparing Q1 2021 to Q1 2019. The number of people taking stress-related leave in 2020 and 2021 has remained the same, but the increase in days taken demonstrates that stress is taking longer to recover from and must be taken more seriously by employers. This news comes at the start of National Stress Awareness Month when the country comes together to raise awareness of the modern stress epidemic.
In light of this concerning revelation, e-days polled UK employees and found that an additional 58% of the UK workforce is feeling exhausted rather than excited as the summer approaches. Additionally, when asked to choose between an additional day off every year, or £200 cash from their employer, almost two-thirds (62%) of the UK workforce opted for ‘me time’ over money. This response suggests an increasingly stressed workforce, and further reinforces the importance of suitable workplace wellbeing support. So, whilst usual financial incentives may not be a viable option at the moment, businesses should be tracking leave and absence among employees to encourage wellbeing and workplace satisfaction over the coming summer months.
Steve Arnold, founder of e-days, commented, “With the majority of the UK workforce feeling exhausted and needing time out as we approach what is hopefully the light at the end of the tunnel, it’s vital that employers recognise the importance of a well-supported workforce. No business can afford to ignore the doubling of stress-related leave in such a short period of time - this affects us all. However, financial incentive is not the be-all-and-end-all of workplace benefits: the key to a motivated workforce is an employer that understands just how much absence matters.”
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About e-days:Founded by Steve Arnold and Chris Moseley, e-days is an award-winning, cloud-based absence management and intelligence platform that makes holiday and absence management easy and accurate for organisations of all sizes, anywhere in the world. e-days delivers for more than 1,500 customers across 120 countries, including brands such as Canon, ASOS, AXA, Monster Energy, Barclays and Sony.
The e-days mission is to provide organisations with key intelligence regarding staff absence - enabling them to build better staff management and wellbeing strategies. Absence intelligence allows businesses to achieve better resourcing insights, save time and money associated with employee absence, and promote excellent employee wellbeing and better health for organisational success.
Website: https://www.e-days.com Twitter: @edayssoftware
Press enquiriesFor all media requests, please contact Rachel Johnstone, rjohnstone@thecommsco.com // 0203 697 6680Source: RealWire
Saturday, April 10, 2021
Simply Conveyancing is Live on LexisNexis® Visualfiles™ as its Future Proof Business Growth and Innovation Platform
Property law firm fast-tracked platform implementation with Visualfiles ‘out-of-the-box’ Conveyancing Accelerator, AI and RPA technology adoption on the cards
LONDON, U.K., 07 April 2021 – LexisNexis Enterprise Solutions today announced that Simply Conveyancing, ranked among the UK’s top property law and conveyancing firms, is live on legal workflow and case management solution, Lexis® Visualfiles™. Simply Conveyancing has invested in this future proof platform to help the firm meets its ambitious business growth targets and achieve its vision of becoming the safest, most trusted, and easiest conveyancing firm to deal with by estate agents, mortgage brokers and clients alike. Simply Conveyancing is already ranked by Land Registry statistics in the top 1% of conveyancing companies in the UK by volume, from 5000 law firms.
Visualfiles is the foundation for Simply Conveyancing’s future technology and business strategy. With plans afoot to create a technology centre of excellence to support continuous innovation, the Visualfiles platform will provide a structured and highly interrogatable dataset to enable the adoption of new technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning and robotic process automation.
In this first phase, nearly 120 lawyers are now using Visualfiles to offer the full range of legal services including buying and selling, remortgages, declarations of trust, lease extensions, equity release and transfer of equity. The solution is driving business efficiency and increased profitability across all transactions, enabling Simply Conveyancing’s property lawyers to focus their time on delivering high quality advice to clients.
Simply Conveyancing leveraged Visualfiles’ out-of-the-box Conveyancing Accelerator, a comprehensive suite of modules that gives rapid access to best practice workflows, to fast-track implementation and project go-live. Explaining the business rationale for this approach, Paul Tennant, CIO at Simply Conveyancing, says, “We were working to a considerably compressed timescale and the Accelerator presented us with the most practical path forward to ensure a significantly quicker project ‘time to value’. Rather than reinventing the wheel, we decided to use the out-of-the-box workflows as the foundation, which of course, we will now enhance and refine to our unique proposition. This approach is already paying dividends. Our lawyers have benefitted from process efficiencies from day one.”
Following an extensive competitive tender process, Simply Conveyancing chose Visualfiles, for the platform’s reliability, flexibility and scalability – in addition to capabilities that will make innovation ‘business as usual’ in the firm. Tennant elaborates, “We conducted a thorough market review of potential technology solutions and it quickly became clear that Visualfiles was the ideal case management solution for our lawyers. What clinched the deal, however, was that Visualfiles would adapt to our shifting business needs, enabling continuous process improvements to make innovation routine in the business. We weren’t under pressure to unrealistically “foresee” future business requirements at the time of purchase, which in any event is impossible to do.”
Simply Conveyancing is creating a single, seamless integration between Visualfiles and eConvey, the firm’s client portal. When complete, clients, estate agents and mortgage brokers will be able to view their case progress in near-real-time.
Simon Farthing, Commercial and Marketing Director of LexisNexis Enterprise Solutions, comments, “The current leadership’s commitment to ‘continual improvement’ and making innovation part of the business’ DNA is exceptional and impressive. In all our conversations, their ‘never resting’ attitude comes through and this is what will differentiate the firm and give it the competitive edge for ongoing success.”
Today, Visualfiles is the case management solution of choice in the conveyancing sector. Seven of the top 10 conveyancing firms (based on transaction volume) in the UK today are Visualfiles users. About LexisNexis Legal & ProfessionalLexisNexis Legal & Professional® is a leading global provider of legal, regulatory and business information and analytics that helps customers increase productivity, improve decision-making and outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis® and Nexis® services. LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 160 countries with 10,400 employees worldwide, is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers.
LexisNexis® Enterprise Solutions (www.lexisnexis-es.co.uk) offers Lexis® Omni, a technology platform for legal service delivery, and LexisNexis® Visualfiles™. Lexis® Omni delivers workflow, document production, automation, and legal process management via Microsoft Azure in a flexible legal technology platform. Lexis® Visualfiles is a legal workflow and case management system and can optimise almost any process in any business to help save time and money, use resources more effectively, and provide client service excellence. More than 30,000 individuals in over 200 organisations use Visualfiles today.
About Simply ConveyancingSimply Conveyancing’s vision is to make the home moving process simple for agents, buyers and sellers. With over 20 years’ experience, Simply Conveyancing is a team of property law experts providing a best-in-class conveyancing service for all residential property transactions. They have combined the latest technology to underpin their commitment to provide a fast and secure conveyancing service and have an exceptional reputation for serving a network of estate agents and their clients.Simply Conveyancing has long-standing relationships with hundreds of estate agents who go back to them again and again for support with the conveyancing process. Simply Conveyancing provides a traditional conveyancing service with one lawyer to one case, with industry leading tech to guarantee a fast turnaround time which is so vital in today’s property market.
Media Contacts: Vidushi Patel PR Consultant TagusPR T: +44 (0)7958 474 632 E: vidushi@taguspr.co.uk
Simon FarthingCommercial and Marketing Director LexisNexis| Enterprise SolutionsT: +44(0)7919698654E: simon.farthing@lexisnexis.co.ukSource: RealWire
LONDON, U.K., 07 April 2021 – LexisNexis Enterprise Solutions today announced that Simply Conveyancing, ranked among the UK’s top property law and conveyancing firms, is live on legal workflow and case management solution, Lexis® Visualfiles™. Simply Conveyancing has invested in this future proof platform to help the firm meets its ambitious business growth targets and achieve its vision of becoming the safest, most trusted, and easiest conveyancing firm to deal with by estate agents, mortgage brokers and clients alike. Simply Conveyancing is already ranked by Land Registry statistics in the top 1% of conveyancing companies in the UK by volume, from 5000 law firms.
Visualfiles is the foundation for Simply Conveyancing’s future technology and business strategy. With plans afoot to create a technology centre of excellence to support continuous innovation, the Visualfiles platform will provide a structured and highly interrogatable dataset to enable the adoption of new technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning and robotic process automation.
In this first phase, nearly 120 lawyers are now using Visualfiles to offer the full range of legal services including buying and selling, remortgages, declarations of trust, lease extensions, equity release and transfer of equity. The solution is driving business efficiency and increased profitability across all transactions, enabling Simply Conveyancing’s property lawyers to focus their time on delivering high quality advice to clients.
Simply Conveyancing leveraged Visualfiles’ out-of-the-box Conveyancing Accelerator, a comprehensive suite of modules that gives rapid access to best practice workflows, to fast-track implementation and project go-live. Explaining the business rationale for this approach, Paul Tennant, CIO at Simply Conveyancing, says, “We were working to a considerably compressed timescale and the Accelerator presented us with the most practical path forward to ensure a significantly quicker project ‘time to value’. Rather than reinventing the wheel, we decided to use the out-of-the-box workflows as the foundation, which of course, we will now enhance and refine to our unique proposition. This approach is already paying dividends. Our lawyers have benefitted from process efficiencies from day one.”
Following an extensive competitive tender process, Simply Conveyancing chose Visualfiles, for the platform’s reliability, flexibility and scalability – in addition to capabilities that will make innovation ‘business as usual’ in the firm. Tennant elaborates, “We conducted a thorough market review of potential technology solutions and it quickly became clear that Visualfiles was the ideal case management solution for our lawyers. What clinched the deal, however, was that Visualfiles would adapt to our shifting business needs, enabling continuous process improvements to make innovation routine in the business. We weren’t under pressure to unrealistically “foresee” future business requirements at the time of purchase, which in any event is impossible to do.”
Simply Conveyancing is creating a single, seamless integration between Visualfiles and eConvey, the firm’s client portal. When complete, clients, estate agents and mortgage brokers will be able to view their case progress in near-real-time.
Simon Farthing, Commercial and Marketing Director of LexisNexis Enterprise Solutions, comments, “The current leadership’s commitment to ‘continual improvement’ and making innovation part of the business’ DNA is exceptional and impressive. In all our conversations, their ‘never resting’ attitude comes through and this is what will differentiate the firm and give it the competitive edge for ongoing success.”
Today, Visualfiles is the case management solution of choice in the conveyancing sector. Seven of the top 10 conveyancing firms (based on transaction volume) in the UK today are Visualfiles users. About LexisNexis Legal & ProfessionalLexisNexis Legal & Professional® is a leading global provider of legal, regulatory and business information and analytics that helps customers increase productivity, improve decision-making and outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis® and Nexis® services. LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 160 countries with 10,400 employees worldwide, is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers.
LexisNexis® Enterprise Solutions (www.lexisnexis-es.co.uk) offers Lexis® Omni, a technology platform for legal service delivery, and LexisNexis® Visualfiles™. Lexis® Omni delivers workflow, document production, automation, and legal process management via Microsoft Azure in a flexible legal technology platform. Lexis® Visualfiles is a legal workflow and case management system and can optimise almost any process in any business to help save time and money, use resources more effectively, and provide client service excellence. More than 30,000 individuals in over 200 organisations use Visualfiles today.
About Simply ConveyancingSimply Conveyancing’s vision is to make the home moving process simple for agents, buyers and sellers. With over 20 years’ experience, Simply Conveyancing is a team of property law experts providing a best-in-class conveyancing service for all residential property transactions. They have combined the latest technology to underpin their commitment to provide a fast and secure conveyancing service and have an exceptional reputation for serving a network of estate agents and their clients.Simply Conveyancing has long-standing relationships with hundreds of estate agents who go back to them again and again for support with the conveyancing process. Simply Conveyancing provides a traditional conveyancing service with one lawyer to one case, with industry leading tech to guarantee a fast turnaround time which is so vital in today’s property market.
Media Contacts: Vidushi Patel PR Consultant TagusPR T: +44 (0)7958 474 632 E: vidushi@taguspr.co.uk
Simon FarthingCommercial and Marketing Director LexisNexis| Enterprise SolutionsT: +44(0)7919698654E: simon.farthing@lexisnexis.co.ukSource: RealWire
Artesian Becomes the First Business Intelligence Solution Provider to Offer CPD Accredited Training
7th April 2021: Artesian Solutions, a leading provider of client relationship intelligence and risk solutions, is proud to announce that its training courses have been CPD (Continuing Professional Development) Accredited by the CPD Certification Service. In doing so, Artesian has set a new benchmark for training excellence in the business intelligence market, with no other competitive technology provider currently achieving CPD accredited status.
Artesian has always prided itself on being more than a technology provider, offering a vast suite of face-to-face and digital training options, as well as fully bespoke solutions for customers with unique training requirements. But with an ever-increasing proportion of its customer base operating within regulated industries, ensuring Artesian training aligns to their critical capabilities and competency frameworks is vital.
CPD Accreditation demonstrates a commitment to ensuring Artesian courses provide essential professional skills, equipping course attendees with the tools they need to add greater value to their wider organisations. Trained Artesian users typically:
Generate 38% more prospects and opportunities
See a 24% uplift in accelerated results
Achieve 40% improvement in sales productivity
Realise a 34% improvement in credibility and relevancy
Speaking about the accreditation, Merridee Arthur, VP Advocacy & Enablement at Artesian, said:
“COVID-19 has scarred business and as the landscape changes and adapts, companies need to ensure their frontline teams are equipped to adapt with it, whilst supporting their customers like never before. It is important to constantly provide them with the skills and knowledge they need to succeed. This also emphasises the need for CPD within the profession. As a leading business and risk intelligence technology provider, we pride ourselves in contributing to the ongoing vocational progression of our users.”
“Demand for our training courses is at an all-time high. As the world recovers from the pandemic, it’s vital that companies invest in boosting skills and nurturing talent. According to the Mercer 2020 Global Talent Trends study, executives believe only 45% of their current workforce can adapt. Artesian is on a mission to change this. CPD Accreditation is just one way we are reinforcing a commitment to our customers and investing in their success.”
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NOTES TO THE EDITORSFor more information about Artesian Training and Support please contact:Kelly Prior, PR ConsultantTel: 07730 572878Email: Kelly@kellyprior.co.uk
About ArtesianArtesian is a leading provider of client relationship intelligence and risk solutions aimed at helping you find your next customer, identify risks, engage effectively and solve complex, high value challenges in B2B frontline teams.
Artesian combines innovative data-science with the world’s best premium business information, a powerful Insight Engine and bespoke processing rules, connectors and APIs, to deliver a uniquely configurable platform.
Used by the leading banks, financial services companies, insurers, tech and telco enterprises, Artesian solves numerous challenges from business development, sales engagement and customer management, to more specialist tasks like client risk pre-screening, customer onboarding and commercial underwriting automation.
artesian.coSource: RealWire
Artesian has always prided itself on being more than a technology provider, offering a vast suite of face-to-face and digital training options, as well as fully bespoke solutions for customers with unique training requirements. But with an ever-increasing proportion of its customer base operating within regulated industries, ensuring Artesian training aligns to their critical capabilities and competency frameworks is vital.
CPD Accreditation demonstrates a commitment to ensuring Artesian courses provide essential professional skills, equipping course attendees with the tools they need to add greater value to their wider organisations. Trained Artesian users typically:
Generate 38% more prospects and opportunities
See a 24% uplift in accelerated results
Achieve 40% improvement in sales productivity
Realise a 34% improvement in credibility and relevancy
Speaking about the accreditation, Merridee Arthur, VP Advocacy & Enablement at Artesian, said:
“COVID-19 has scarred business and as the landscape changes and adapts, companies need to ensure their frontline teams are equipped to adapt with it, whilst supporting their customers like never before. It is important to constantly provide them with the skills and knowledge they need to succeed. This also emphasises the need for CPD within the profession. As a leading business and risk intelligence technology provider, we pride ourselves in contributing to the ongoing vocational progression of our users.”
“Demand for our training courses is at an all-time high. As the world recovers from the pandemic, it’s vital that companies invest in boosting skills and nurturing talent. According to the Mercer 2020 Global Talent Trends study, executives believe only 45% of their current workforce can adapt. Artesian is on a mission to change this. CPD Accreditation is just one way we are reinforcing a commitment to our customers and investing in their success.”
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NOTES TO THE EDITORSFor more information about Artesian Training and Support please contact:Kelly Prior, PR ConsultantTel: 07730 572878Email: Kelly@kellyprior.co.uk
About ArtesianArtesian is a leading provider of client relationship intelligence and risk solutions aimed at helping you find your next customer, identify risks, engage effectively and solve complex, high value challenges in B2B frontline teams.
Artesian combines innovative data-science with the world’s best premium business information, a powerful Insight Engine and bespoke processing rules, connectors and APIs, to deliver a uniquely configurable platform.
Used by the leading banks, financial services companies, insurers, tech and telco enterprises, Artesian solves numerous challenges from business development, sales engagement and customer management, to more specialist tasks like client risk pre-screening, customer onboarding and commercial underwriting automation.
artesian.coSource: RealWire
Executive Leadership Team Finalised at Confirmit and FocusVision
London, UK, Oslo, Norway and New York, NY – 7 April 2021 – The newly merged businesses of Confirmit and FocusVision, two of the world’s leading research technology companies, have finalised the Executive Leadership Team with the appointments of Henry Harbury, Torbjörn Andersson, and Peter Myklebust.
Henry Harbury, appointed as Chief Product Officer, comments: “We are creating something new from two great businesses. Together we will breathe life into data and help our customers take meaningful action as a result of the insights generated through our comprehensive platform, making the complex elegantly simple.”
Torbjörn Andersson, the newly appointed Managing Director of the Quantitative Business, said: “I have spent my entire professional career in the Market Research Industry. This is the first time I have seen the potential for the reinvention we will lead. We will stand out in the market because we have a very seasoned, skilled and experienced team that has a solid heritage in the insights industry. Our team will support our clients to find the right solutions for their needs – we will be unique in terms of understanding and supporting our client’s business and their needs.”
Peter Myklebust, appointed as Chief Technology Officer, added: “Our clients already have access to the best Insights and VoC/VoE SaaS platforms on the market. We will combine our deep knowledge and excellent engineering skills to produce the next generation, open, scalable solutions for an industry that is never standing still.”
“We are well on our way to creating a world class business that will reinvent the global insights industry. With today’s announcement our Executive Leadership team is now complete and already in action,” concludes Kyle Ferguson, CEO of the newly merged business.
The Executive Leadership Team comprises Kyle Ferguson, CEO, Chris Nagy, Global President and CFO, Noel Hamill, CMO, Giles Whiting, COO and MD of VOC/VOE, Zhana Baleva, MD of the Qualitative Business, Sara Cohen, CPO, Rebecca Wright, CLO, Henry Harbury, CPO, Torbjörn Andersson, MD of the Quantitative Business and Peter Myklebust, CTO.
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About ConfirmitConfirmit’s solutions are built by insights professionals, for insights professionals. Market Research, customer experience and employee engagement consultants around the world rely on our solutions to turn insight into stories that fuel action. The heart of our business is the people behind our technology, and we work as a partner to deliver the flexibility and power you need to understand and manage experiences, emotions, and behaviours so you’re always one step ahead.
About FocusVisionEstablished in 1990, FocusVision offers a comprehensive suite of experience insights software solutions - including advanced survey, online interview and focus groups, and online qualitative research community solutions to get brands close enough to their customers to have a full understanding of Customer Truth™ -- how they think, feel, and act. Trusted by 18 of the Top-20 Fortune 100 companies, and all of the Top-10 Healthcare and CPG companies, FocusVision was honoured for its Outstanding Innovation in Customer Experience Management with MarTech Breakthrough Awards in 2018 and 2019.
Media Contact:Melanie OxfordIndigo RiverM: 07515 632065E: mel@indigo-river.co.ukSource: RealWire
Henry Harbury, appointed as Chief Product Officer, comments: “We are creating something new from two great businesses. Together we will breathe life into data and help our customers take meaningful action as a result of the insights generated through our comprehensive platform, making the complex elegantly simple.”
Torbjörn Andersson, the newly appointed Managing Director of the Quantitative Business, said: “I have spent my entire professional career in the Market Research Industry. This is the first time I have seen the potential for the reinvention we will lead. We will stand out in the market because we have a very seasoned, skilled and experienced team that has a solid heritage in the insights industry. Our team will support our clients to find the right solutions for their needs – we will be unique in terms of understanding and supporting our client’s business and their needs.”
Peter Myklebust, appointed as Chief Technology Officer, added: “Our clients already have access to the best Insights and VoC/VoE SaaS platforms on the market. We will combine our deep knowledge and excellent engineering skills to produce the next generation, open, scalable solutions for an industry that is never standing still.”
“We are well on our way to creating a world class business that will reinvent the global insights industry. With today’s announcement our Executive Leadership team is now complete and already in action,” concludes Kyle Ferguson, CEO of the newly merged business.
The Executive Leadership Team comprises Kyle Ferguson, CEO, Chris Nagy, Global President and CFO, Noel Hamill, CMO, Giles Whiting, COO and MD of VOC/VOE, Zhana Baleva, MD of the Qualitative Business, Sara Cohen, CPO, Rebecca Wright, CLO, Henry Harbury, CPO, Torbjörn Andersson, MD of the Quantitative Business and Peter Myklebust, CTO.
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About ConfirmitConfirmit’s solutions are built by insights professionals, for insights professionals. Market Research, customer experience and employee engagement consultants around the world rely on our solutions to turn insight into stories that fuel action. The heart of our business is the people behind our technology, and we work as a partner to deliver the flexibility and power you need to understand and manage experiences, emotions, and behaviours so you’re always one step ahead.
About FocusVisionEstablished in 1990, FocusVision offers a comprehensive suite of experience insights software solutions - including advanced survey, online interview and focus groups, and online qualitative research community solutions to get brands close enough to their customers to have a full understanding of Customer Truth™ -- how they think, feel, and act. Trusted by 18 of the Top-20 Fortune 100 companies, and all of the Top-10 Healthcare and CPG companies, FocusVision was honoured for its Outstanding Innovation in Customer Experience Management with MarTech Breakthrough Awards in 2018 and 2019.
Media Contact:Melanie OxfordIndigo RiverM: 07515 632065E: mel@indigo-river.co.ukSource: RealWire
Grünenthal is Recognized for its Strong Management of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Risks
Leading global ESG ratings agency Sustainalytics notes Grünenthal is in the top five percent among its peers in the pharmaceutical subindustry
Grünenthal is categorized as “medium risk”, placing it ahead of its key subindustry peers and in the same league as multinational companies like Pfizer and Roche
Aachen, Germany, 7 April 2021 – Grünenthal, a global science-based pharmaceutical company, today announced that Sustainalytics, a Morningstar company and a globally-recognized provider of ESG research, ratings and data, has assessed it as having overall medium ESG risk. In addition, Sustainalytics acknowledged that Grünenthal has a strong management of its ESG risks. This places Grünenthal in the top five percent of the global pharmaceuticals subsector.
“The long-term success of companies can no longer be measured by financial success alone. As a science-based company, Grünenthal strives to make a net-positive impact on the society,” said Gabriel Baertschi, CEO Grünenthal. “While we are proud to see our efforts recognized in this ESG rating, we know that a big part of the journey is still ahead of us. Building on our foundation as a responsible business, we will now integrate sustainability even more closely in our core strategy.”
Grünenthal was evaluated by Sustainalytics based on its ESG Risk Ratings framework, which focuses on exposure and management of a company’s material ESG issues. “Exposure” reflects the degree to which a company’s enterprise value is exposed to material ESG issues including ethical marketing, clinical trial transparency, whistleblowing, corruption and bribery. “Management” measures a company’s preparedness and track record in managing its exposure to material ESG issues through its policies, programmes, trainings and management systems.
The company’s ESG Risk Rating is available on Sustainalytics’ website. All data mentioned is as of 6 April 2021 and refer to the Grünenthal Pharma GmbH & Co. KG.
About Grünenthal’s ESG effortsGrünenthal has been focusing its Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) efforts on four pillars: educate about pain treatment and responsible use of opioids; ensure access to medicines, innovate pain management, and raise awareness for “pain as a disease”:
Educate about pain treatment and responsible use of opioidsGrünenthal has so far reached around 65,000 health care professionals in its efforts to educate the healthcare sector about pain management and improve the patient outcomes from pain treatment. As a leader in pain innovation and as an opioid manufacturer, Grünenthal is highly committed to ensuring that its employees, customers, patients and also its partners have a thorough understanding of the company’s stance on the responsible medical use of opioids in pain. The company has fostered a mindset shift along the full value chain by ensuring that all opioid-related materials contain Grünenthal’s statement on responsible use of opioids – clearly highlighting the risks and benefits of this class of medicines. In addition, Grünenthal had established a dedicated standing governance body to provide and promote clear guidance, coherent behavior, continuous improvement, training and control mechanisms.
Ensure access to medicineGrünenthal is committed to ensuring the availability of key medicines to address unmet medical needs in the markets we serve. In the US, for instance, 5 million patients are in need of neuropathic pain treatment associated with diabetes. With the US FDA label extension of one of our non-opioid pain medicines for the treatment of neuropathic pain associated with diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the feet, Grünenthal has ensured patients get access to this much needed treatment. At the same time, the company is focused on addressing unmet therapeutic needs in underserved markets by offering specialized non-opioid pain medicines.
Innovate pain managementGrünenthal’s research and development strategy focuses on tackling in pain and collaborating with partners to address the huge unmet needs in pain. Through biennial grants of €200,000 provided by Grünenthal and the EFIC, the company supports young scientists early in their career in carrying out innovative clinical pain research. Since foundation of the EFIC-Grünenthal Grant in 2004, approximately €1.6 million was awarded to fund 65 projects. In addition, to drive patient-centric innovation in chronic pain and neurological disorders and award patient-centric and scientifically robust innovation, the company supports the Brain, Mind, and Pain Patient-Centered Innovation Grant, which awards €90,000 biennially to research proposals to encourage patient-centered innovation that leads to improvements in the life conditions of pain patients.
Raise awareness for “pain as a disease”Chronic pain is an enormous global health problem affecting around 10% of the world’s population. Grünenthal raises awareness about the impact of pain by supporting a multi-stakeholder platform, called the Societal Impact of Pain platform, which fosters the development of pain policies on national level. With Grünenthal’s Pain Toolkit, the company has established a practical tool that provides patients with handy tips and skills in the form of explanations, infographics and videos, on how to self-manage pain. Moreover, Grünenthal has a long-standing passion for preserving the dignity and quality of life at the end stage of people’s lives. The Grünenthal Foundation for Palliative Care promotes science and research in palliative care and the care for seriously or terminally ill people in Europe as well as in Latin America.
Besides these four focus pillars, Grünenthal is covering the entire range of the Environmental, Social and Governance spectrum with various initiatives and measures:
EnvironmentalOur efforts to promote sustainable development include defining concrete goals for the operations of our five production sites, across our supply chain and all of our affiliates across the globe by following leading international standards for environment, health and safety. We collect and analyze data from our production sites and use it to continuously improve efficiency, while also reducing energy consumption and minimizing waste based on strategic approach of zero waste to landfill programme.
SocialCaring for its employees and for the communities where we operate is key to Grünenthal’s business conduct. Grünenthal offer its employees an exciting working environment and wide-ranging individual development opportunities. It is the company’s goal to maintain high levels of engagement and to strengthen the company as a Great Place to Work®. Grünenthal promotes a vibrant, high-performance culture and brings it to live through a shared set of values. These are supported by specific behaviours that guide the decision-making. Grünenthal ensures outstanding results are recognised and rewarded. For example, the company celebrates exceptional contributions each year with its Grünenthal Global Excellence Award.
GovernanceSound governance is key to safeguard the company’s license to operate and continue providing medicines to patients in need. Grünenthal has a comprehensive compliance Source: RealWire
Agile methodology is about releasing value and not creature comforts
Agility is about releasing value, but in some circles a misunderstanding of a ‘people-centric’ focus can unintentionally undermine that principle. Well-meaning leaders new to Agile are sometimes coached to put all their efforts into creature comforts for their people whilst forgetting the primary purpose of the firm – to relentlessly deliver value to their customers and clients.
Jay Rahman, Founder, Fractal Systems Consulting, stated: “A delivery focus isn’t at odds with people-centricity. People love delivering value – even more than creature comforts. Artists love to see their works on display, engineers love to see their creations used, doctors love to see patients healed and healthy. People love to contribute and love to add value to the world.
“A leader’s job should be to eliminate the frictions and impediments that prevent their smart, ambitious and wonderful people from achieving the very thing they come to work to do. Deliver value.”
When taking on programme turnarounds or agile transformations, teams come in with one very simple intent: keep a client’s promises and partner with clients to do whatever it takes to achieve delivery.
“We call this extreme ownership, doing everything needed to get delivery out of the door. Delivery is really where value is released,” added Rahman. “The best way to gain trust is to add value by keeping your promises. To do the things you say you’re going to do, when you’ve promised to do them. And that is nothing but delivery.
Agile frameworks are all about getting things done, releasing value, early and often, getting that delivery out the door and into the hands of our customers.
Everything about Agile frameworks is about eliminating and overcoming any friction or challenge that prevents delivery from happening.
“Agile teams work to release value in every sprint. Only when you deliver can you learn from the release, from your customers’ feedback and from the market response. Only when you deliver can your customers realise, crystallise and enjoy the value received (or give us sharp feedback!). Similarly, failure to deliver causes you to examine our processes, unearth root causes and fix them,” continued Rahman.
But Agile frameworks are not an excuse to take on unrealistic commitments after all the Agile Manifesto has a basic principle of sustainable patterns of work.
Agile teams therefore need to be organised and structured for teams to deliver maximum collaboration, transparency, productivity and risk control.
Rahman concluded: “You have to create cultures where respect, openness, honesty, courage, servant leadership and trust feature strongly and persistently. Leaders must lead from the front, staying engaged, decentralising decision making, owning outcomes and helping at the right moment. Information must be made transparent and shared. Problems and challenges must be welcome so they may be resolved. Instead of a big bang approach, choose to deliver in smaller regular packages of value. And relentlessly plan, manage risk, maintain transparency, create situational awareness and solve problems on a regular cadence.”
Notes to editors
About Fractal SystemsFractal Systems is a management consultancy comprising of an accomplished team of Professional Scrum Trainers, Agile Coaches, Scrum Masters, Product Owners and Skilled Engineers. The consultancy enables its clients to unlock dramatic performance gains through embedded proven agile frameworks using lean-change methodology that provides consistent, incremental delivery and performance gains.
Fractal Systems’ clients regularly report increased productivity and engagement within their teams in just a few weeks of working together. Its goal is to teach business leaders and teams how to bring behavioural change that is impactful and useful to any team they engage with.Source: RealWire
Jay Rahman, Founder, Fractal Systems Consulting, stated: “A delivery focus isn’t at odds with people-centricity. People love delivering value – even more than creature comforts. Artists love to see their works on display, engineers love to see their creations used, doctors love to see patients healed and healthy. People love to contribute and love to add value to the world.
“A leader’s job should be to eliminate the frictions and impediments that prevent their smart, ambitious and wonderful people from achieving the very thing they come to work to do. Deliver value.”
When taking on programme turnarounds or agile transformations, teams come in with one very simple intent: keep a client’s promises and partner with clients to do whatever it takes to achieve delivery.
“We call this extreme ownership, doing everything needed to get delivery out of the door. Delivery is really where value is released,” added Rahman. “The best way to gain trust is to add value by keeping your promises. To do the things you say you’re going to do, when you’ve promised to do them. And that is nothing but delivery.
Agile frameworks are all about getting things done, releasing value, early and often, getting that delivery out the door and into the hands of our customers.
Everything about Agile frameworks is about eliminating and overcoming any friction or challenge that prevents delivery from happening.
“Agile teams work to release value in every sprint. Only when you deliver can you learn from the release, from your customers’ feedback and from the market response. Only when you deliver can your customers realise, crystallise and enjoy the value received (or give us sharp feedback!). Similarly, failure to deliver causes you to examine our processes, unearth root causes and fix them,” continued Rahman.
But Agile frameworks are not an excuse to take on unrealistic commitments after all the Agile Manifesto has a basic principle of sustainable patterns of work.
Agile teams therefore need to be organised and structured for teams to deliver maximum collaboration, transparency, productivity and risk control.
Rahman concluded: “You have to create cultures where respect, openness, honesty, courage, servant leadership and trust feature strongly and persistently. Leaders must lead from the front, staying engaged, decentralising decision making, owning outcomes and helping at the right moment. Information must be made transparent and shared. Problems and challenges must be welcome so they may be resolved. Instead of a big bang approach, choose to deliver in smaller regular packages of value. And relentlessly plan, manage risk, maintain transparency, create situational awareness and solve problems on a regular cadence.”
Notes to editors
About Fractal SystemsFractal Systems is a management consultancy comprising of an accomplished team of Professional Scrum Trainers, Agile Coaches, Scrum Masters, Product Owners and Skilled Engineers. The consultancy enables its clients to unlock dramatic performance gains through embedded proven agile frameworks using lean-change methodology that provides consistent, incremental delivery and performance gains.
Fractal Systems’ clients regularly report increased productivity and engagement within their teams in just a few weeks of working together. Its goal is to teach business leaders and teams how to bring behavioural change that is impactful and useful to any team they engage with.Source: RealWire
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