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Table of Contents
1. Financial, M & A Updates...................................................................................................................................1
2. Solution Updates..................................................................................................................................................8
3. Rewards and Recognition Updates...................................................................................................................20
4. Customer Success Updates................................................................................................................................26
5. Partnership Ecosystem Updates.......................................................................................................................29
6. Environment & Social Updates........................................................................................................................36
7. Miscellaneous Updates......................................................................................................................................38

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Ironsource acquires SOOMLA to Enrich its Platform with Ad Quality Insights
IronSource, a leading business platform for app developers, announced its acquisition of ad
quality measurement platform SOOMLA. Adding SOOMLA’s technology to ironSource’s suite
of solutions provides app and game developers with more tools to effectively manage the
advertising inside of their apps. The technology will provide developers with insight on ads
running inside their apps, helping them distinguish between ads that may be inappropriate,
misleading or that violate a denylist and could potentially harm user experience and cause churn,
from those ads that provide a positive user experience. Developers can then act on those insights
to create a better user experience. Following the acquisition, SOOMLA’s solution will continue
to be available to developers using other mediation services. In-app ad monetization has
continued to grow, with greater adoption across apps and games. This includes mobile game
genres that have traditionally relied on in-app purchases and are now driving additional revenue
from their games through ads strategically incorporated as an integral part of gameplay. In this
context, SOOMLA’s ad quality intelligence technology adds an important layer to ironSource’s
tech stack, allowing developers of any size to gain greater insight into and control over their
users’ ad experience. This includes understanding which ads perform as expected, drive user
engagement and are in line with industry standards, or conversely, negatively impact user
experience and risk churn. Following the acquisition, Yaniv Nizan and the SOOMLA team will
join ironSource to continue developing and improving their technology.
Executive Commentary
“SOOMLA is the ideal fit to continue delivering on ironSource’s commitment to create the
best business infrastructure for developers,” explains Co-Founder and CRO at ironSource.
“Our goal is to provide a comprehensive growth platform for mobile app developers, and as
part of that, we’re constantly working to add new features and solutions to empower
developers to create, grow and sustain profitable and successful businesses. Every developer
should be able to access best-in-class technology to better manage their app businesses, and
with SOOMLA’s technology, we aim to provide those insights both to apps that use our ad
mediation solution and those that don’t.”
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HelpSystems Acquires FileCatalyst to Continue Expansion of Cybersecurity and
Automation Portfolio
HelpSystems announced the acquisition of FileCatalyst, a leader in
enterprise file transfer acceleration. FileCatalyst enables organizations
working with extremely large files to optimize and transfer their
information swiftly and securely across global networks. This can be
particularly beneficial in industries such as broadcast media and live sports.
With the increasing need to share video and other media-rich files, big data,
and extensive databases, many businesses struggle with technology and
bandwidth constraints. FileCatalyst solves these challenges by enabling
files to move at speeds hundreds of times faster than what FTP allows,
while ensuring secure and reliable delivery and tracking. This empowers
businesses to work more efficiently, without the latency and packet loss that
can plague the movement of vast amounts of information when it comes to
content distribution, file sharing, and offsite backups.
“Our customers and partners have expressed a growing need to move
significant volumes of data more quickly than ever before, and
FileCatalyst addresses this problem effectively for many well-known
organizations,” said, CEO, HelpSystems. “FileCatalyst is an excellent
addition to our managed file transfer and robotic process automation
offerings, and we are pleased to bring the FileCatalyst team and their
strong file acceleration knowledge into the global HelpSystems family.”
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Merck Acquires AmpTec to Expand mRNA Capabilities for Vaccines, Treatments
and Diagnostics
Merck, a leading science and technology company, announced the acquisition of AmpTec, a
leading Hamburg, Germany-based, mRNA contract development and manufacturing
organization . The deal strengthens Merck’s capabilities to develop and manufacture mRNA
for its customers for use in vaccines, treatments and diagnostics applicable in Covid-19 and
many other diseases. Financial terms were not disclosed. Lipids, which are part of the
SAFC® portfolio in Merck’s Life Science business sector, constitute one of the critical
components for the formulation of mRNA therapeutics including Covid-19 vaccines. Merck,
with more than 20 years’experience in this space, is collaborating with more than 50 vaccine
manufacturers – some of which use mRNA for their products – to support their efforts in the
development and production of Covid-19 vaccines, treatments and services. PCR technology
is another important component of mRNA manufacturing. AmpTec uses a differentiated
PCR-based technology for mRNA manufacturing, which has shown to have advantages over
other manufacturing technologies, including:
• Advantages in homogeneity, purity, activity and flexibility.
• Higher quality and improved performance.
• Flexible capping options to reach specific performance requirements.
“The success of mRNA-based vaccines for Covid-19 lays the path to accelerate the
development of these therapeutics for many other diseases,” said Chairman of the
Executive Board and CEO of Merck. “By combining AmpTec’s PCR-based mRNA
technology with Merck’s extensive expertise in lipids manufacturing, we are able to
provide a truly differentiated and integrated offering across the mRNA value chain,
which will significantly decrease supply chain complexity and enhance speed-to-market.
This transaction is another important step to support the constant growth of our Life
Science business through tailored, small-scale acquisitions with high impact.”
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Pega Acquires Qurious.io for AI-Powered Speech Analytics
Pegasystems Inc. , the software company that crushes business complexity,
announced its acquisition of Qurious.io, Inc., a cloud-based real-time speech
analytics solution powered by artificial intelligence (AI) for customer service
teams. Terms of the deal are not being disclosed. Qurious.io’s
software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering uses speech-to-text, natural language
processing (NLP), and emotion detection capabilities to analyze the dialog within
each customer service call as it happens. The software then provides agents with
real-time insights and coaching so they can improve customer interactions, make
better recommendations, and boost customer loyalty and sales. The company was
founded in 2016 in San Francisco by recent Forbes 30-Under-30 winners Sabrina
Atienza, CEO, and George Ramonov, CTO. Pega plans to add Qurious.io’s
capabilities to its software portfolio with an initial focus on Pega Customer
Service™ use cases. More details on this new cloud-based offering are planned to
be revealed at the annual PegaWorld iNspire conference being held virtually on
May 4, 2021.
“While automated chatbots are increasingly more popular with consumers,
live service agents are still left to handle the toughest customer problems over
the phone,” said, senior vice president, products, Pegasystems. “Qurious.io’s
real-time speech analytics proactively helps agents resolve these difficult
requests with revenue producing Next-Best Actions. Their cloud-native
approach perfectly complements how Pega uses AI across engagement
channels, enabling our clients to provide consistently superior customer
service from end to end.”
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2Q21 Trading Update: Strong quarter on quarter originations growth
across a diversified and balanced portfolio
• Total originations of $100.7 million in 2Q21, up 25.9% on prior quarter (1Q21: $80.0 million) and
43.0% lower than prior corresponding period (“pcp”) (2Q20: $176.8 million).
• The Company experienced strong month on month growth in originations during the quarter. $98.6
million (97.9%) of the $100.7 million total originations were on standard products[2], with $19.6 million
originated in October, $32.4 million in November and $46.6 million in December.
• Significant growth in New Zealand with originations of A$18.0 million, up 200% on prior quarter
(1Q21: A$6.0 million), up 25.0% on pcp (2Q20: A$14.4 million).
• Annual portfolio yield maintained despite the impact of COVID-19 with the annual yield for the 12
months to December 2020 of 31.0% only marginally lower than the 12 months to September 2020 (31.5%).
• Stable static loss rates have remained within the Board mandated loss tolerance rate of 4-6%,
demonstrating the effectiveness of Prospa’s purpose-built credit decision engine.
• Continued tight management of operating costs at $17.2 million in 2Q21, down 18.9% on pcp (2Q20:
$21.2 million).
• Total coverage for expected credit losses declining as a percentage of receivables is 10.4% (1Q21:
11.1%) with a total provision of $35.5 million (1Q21: $37.6 million).
• Strong balance sheet and liquidity with $420.3[3] million in available third-party facilities ($120.6
million in available undrawn facilities[4]) and $110.9 million of cash (of which $47.0 million is
unrestricted) to continue to support growth as conditions improve.
• Prospa’s Net Promoter Score remains more than 77[5], and Prospa is ranked #1 in the Non-bank
Financial Services category in Australia and New Zealand on independent review site TrustPilot.
“We are pleased to report strong quarterly growth in originations as we see small business demand for
capital increasing faster than we had previously expected. It is particularly significant that demand for
our products has grown following the conclusion of the Government Guarantee Scheme at the end of
September. Our New Zealand operations continue to go from strength to strength, having our busiest
ever month in December, benefitting from the country’s earlier recovery from the impact of COVID.
We took a proactive role as a responsible lender for the SME sector during the pandemic and adjusted
our credit risk assessment accordingly to ensure we are now in the strongest position possible to
support small businesses as demand for capital returns. This deliberately restrained risk appetite at the
height of the pandemic (particularly during the fourth quarter of FY20) had resulted in a reduction of
Average Gross Loans for the first half of FY21. In light of the current low-COVID trading
environment, we expect our balance sheet will return to growth in the second half of the year as
originations continue to improve.”
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Recorded Future Caps 2020 with 50% ARR Growth
Recorded Future, the world’s largest provider of intelligence for enterprise
security, announced outstanding, continued growth in 2020, fueled by the critical
need for intelligence to strengthen the security posture of organizations. Despite
challenging economic circumstances, the company increased global revenue by
50 percent; acquired more than 350 new clients; and doubled its user base. In
addition to its best sales year in company history, Recorded Future increased the
breadth of data collection within its security intelligence platform by 56 percent;
launched a portfolio of use-case focused intelligence solutions; and published
groundbreaking research on nation state cyber campaigns.
Record Growth
In 2020, Recorded Future achieved annual recurring revenue (ARR) of more than
$140M, 50 percent year-over-year (YOY) growth, making the company the
largest provider of security intelligence and the de facto standard for
organizations around the world. It added 350 new clients, bringing the total to
more than 900 organizations and 7,000 users in 50 countries.
“The acceleration of digital transformation, combined with skyrocketing
adversarial activity, made 2020 a tumultuous year and created a greater sense
of urgency for threat visibility across the enterprise. Our intelligence is more
vital than ever before, empowering security teams to preempt and disrupt
adversaries, mitigate risk, and avoid business disruption. Despite the
increasing chaos and uncertainty, our team provided elite support to our global
client base with the world’s best intelligence — through our platform and our
amazing people — and as a result achieved our strongest financial year in the
history of our company.”—, CEO and Co-Founder, Recorded Future
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Red Hat to Acquire Kubernetes-Native Security Leader StackRox
Red Hat, Inc., the world's leading provider of open source solutions, announced its intent to acquire
StackRox, a leader and innovator in container and Kubernetes-native security. By bringing StackRox’s
powerful Kubernetes-native security capabilities to Red Hat OpenShift, the industry’s leading enterprise
Kubernetes platform, Red Hat will further its vision to deliver a single, holistic platform that enables users
to build, deploy and securely run nearly any application across the entirety of the hybrid cloud. Kubernetes,
one of the fastest growing open source projects, is the foundation of cloud-native applications, which are
core to the digital transformation that is occurring across industries. As container and Kubernetes adoption
in production environments grows, challenges remain. To help mitigate these concerns, organizations need
solutions that lay a secure foundation for modern workloads. Container security is Linux security. Red Hat
has long been a leader in security for enterprise open source solutions, beginning with Red Hat Enterprise
Linux and continually evolving to set new standards to secure cloud-native environments. Building on this
foundation, OpenShift takes a layered approach to securing containers, integrating security throughout the
container lifecycle, from building, to deploying to running containers in mission critical environments.
With this acquisition, Red Hat will further expand its security leadership, adding StackRox’s
complementary capabilities to strengthen integrated security across its open hybrid cloud portfolio with
greater simplicity and consistency. With StackRox, Red Hat will focus on transforming how cloud-native
workloads are secured by expanding and refining Kubernetes’ native controls, as well as shifting security
left into the container build and CI/CD phase, to provide a cohesive solution for enhanced security up and
down the entire IT stack and throughout the lifecycle.
“Securing Kubernetes workloads and infrastructure cannot be done in a piecemeal manner; security
must be an integrated part of every deployment, not an afterthought. Red Hat adds StackRox's
Kubernetes-native capabilities to OpenShift's layered security approach, furthering our mission to
bring product-ready open innovation to every organization across the open hybrid cloud across IT
footprints.” Says President And CEO, Red Hat
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Blue Prism and IBI to Fast Track COVID-19 Vaccine Management
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Solution Description
Blue Prism and Information Builders, Inc. a TIBCO company, announced they are partnering to offer a fully integrated and secure, automated solution for fast-tracking vaccination
management. The collaboration maximizes the benefits of both intelligent automation and augmented data, giving healthcare providers the intelligence needed to make complicated decisions
faster. Enhanced by ibi’s data and analytics capabilities, which are now a part of the TIBCO® Connected Intelligence platform, the Blue Prism digital workforce can quickly generate and
gather data to help healthcare providers order, register, track, and distribute vaccinations reliably and at scale. The joint solution integrates real-time public health data with supply chain
information from vaccine manufacturers, distributors, and healthcare organizations, displaying it in easy-to-use situational awareness dashboards — visualized, actionable insight available to
both technical and non-technical users.
The solution offers dashboards to support:
• Management and oversight of vaccine logistics and distribution with real-time availability of supplies and support, color-coded, customizable and easy to scale.
• Real-time analysis and predictive analytics that integrate fully with HHS, NIH, and John Hopkins University.
• Data-driven, ready to act, insights on local disease outbreaks, adverse reaction, hospital capacity and mortality rates.
• Digital registration to orchestrate a process for mobile vaccine registration.
• Vaccination tracking to manage shipments and vaccines quickly and reliably as they are received.
• Personnel distribution to ensure efficient, effective action by our military, healthcare workers and epidemiologists.
This solution will make it easy for organizations to use AI-equipped intelligent automation to monitor dashboards in real time, distribute personnel, connect with first responders to administer
critical supplies and equipment and contact citizens for vaccination opt-in. It has the ability to check current medications against vaccine reactions and perform other time-consuming logistical
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Blue Prism Announces launch of Blue Prism Ventures, and first Joint Venture
in South Korea with GTPlus Ltd
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Blue Prism seeks to drive business value and accelerate growth through new Blue Prism Ventures Unit, In a move to accelerate growth and
innovation, and capitalize on market opportunity, Blue Prism announced the launch of a new function within the business; Blue Prism Ventures.
This new function will offer potential venture partners the opportunity to explore collaborations, redefine their approach to intelligent automation
strategy, and support the creation, enablement and execution of new ventures. Blue Prism Ventures will launch its first location in South Korea
under the name "Blue Prism Korea", a joint venture between Blue Prism and GTPlus Ltd. Blue Prism Ventures will enable clients to scale their use
of Blue Prism’s robotic process automation (RPA) technology while allowing Blue Prism to accelerate growth, continue expanding into core
markets and innovate within its product portfolio. The goal is to create new opportunities for corporate development going forward, enabling
companies within the enterprise to build and test new business plans, taking advantage of market opportunity around the world. Blue Prism signed
a deal with successful, Korean-led technology firm GTPlus Ltd. to incorporate Blue Prism Korea in November 2020. This new venture will mark
Blue Prism’s first location in Korea, establishing essential ties with local customers and partners. Blue Prism Korea has plans to scale rapidly, and
local teams have already started the process of building out regional sales, service and support capabilities. This will be the first of many Blue
Prism Venture projects bringing opportunities for corporate development and collaboration across the globe.

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Accelerate Blue Prism Automation in the Cloud on Microsoft Azure
Marketplace
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Blue Prism announced a new offering of Blue Prism intelligent automation software on Microsoft’s AppSource and Azure Marketplaces. The move enhances
access for both Blue Prism and Microsoft customers, and underwrites Blue Prism’s position as the intelligent automation and robotic process automation
(RPA) leader in the cloud. Blue Prism customers already have access to a scalable, enterprise-ready platform that combines robotic automation and smart
workflows with technologies like machine learning, advanced analytics, natural language processing, process mining, and cognitive capabilities and this
offering allows Blue Prism robots greater access to Microsoft Azure Apps too, with access to over 175 accelerators for Microsoft products within Blue
Prism’s Digital Exchange. The new Bring Your Own License (BYOL) offering for Azure Marketplace and AppSource is pre-loaded with select Azure
Cognitive Services – including Azure Text Analytics, Azure Form Recognizer and Azure Computer Vision – all of which customers can license directly
through Microsoft. This combines with Blue Prism Digital Exchange where users can access more than 175 accelerators for Microsoft products to further
enhance their enterprise automations. Blue Prism accelerators now exists for Microsoft Power Platform, Microsoft’s Power Automate gallery, Microsoft’s
Healthcare Cloud; with Form Recognizer, Text Analytics and Azure Computer Vision. It also adds to the company’s growing portfolio of cloud offerings,
which include its Blue Prism Cloud SaaS platform, and expands a cloud strategy that not only centers on making intelligent automation more accessible, but
that also aligns with customer desires for interoperability, expanded automation solutions, consumable and extensible artificial intelligence, and a seamless
intelligent automation journey.

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Blueprint Launches Solution for RPA Platform Migration, Ending RPA
Vendor Lock-In
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Blueprint Software Systems, a leading provider of the most powerful process automation design environment on the market, announced the availability of a
new RPA platform migration solution which enables companies to switch from one RPA tool to another, quickly and seamlessly, while also adding value to
its existing bot architecture. Historically, switching RPA platforms was both expensive and difficult due to the lack of code parity, lost credentials, absent
versioning, unavailable output compare, missing audit logs, and numerous other challenges. This meant that companies had to rebuild their entire bot
portfolio from scratch in order to change RPA vendors. The time, manual effort, and operational cost of doing this ultimately prevented companies from
making the switch. Blueprint’s new RPA platform migration solution, a part of Blueprint's Enterprise Automation Suite, works three times faster and provides
a 75 percent cost reduction than manually migrating bots or rebuilding them in a different RPA platform. It works by ingesting bots from any leading RPA
tool and reverse-engineering them to create an upgraded automated process in the form of a Digital Blueprint. These Digital Blueprints can be further
optimized, if needed, before being automatically pushed into any other RPA platform, including the leading providers like Blue Prism, UiPath, and
Automation Anywhere. This not only simplifies bot migration, but also allows for improvements to a company’s bot ecosystem. Additionally, with Digital
Blueprints, automated processes can be connected to all relevant dependencies, systems, and constraints, facilitating better RPA change management and risk
analysis to maximize RPA uptime for higher returns. Digital Blueprints can also identify errors, issues, and exceptions during the migration process and can
automatically fix the issues that introduced friction into the migration process previously.

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Broadcom BCM4389 Powers the World’s First Wi-Fi 6E Smartphone
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Broadcom Inc. announced that the BCM4389 chip enables the world’s first Wi-Fi 6E phone, the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra. The BCM4389 combines the benefits
of the sixth generation of Wi-Fi with the pristine 6 GHz band to power the Galaxy S21 Ultra with Wi-Fi speeds over 2 Gbps. The chip also has a unique multi-radio
Bluetooth 5 architecture that supports a premium audio experience with Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro, and Tri-Band Simultaneous (TBS) connectivity that improves
Wi-Fi and Bluetooth performance and battery utilization. Wi-Fi 6E, the latest generation of Wi-Fi, delivers multi-gigabit speeds and millisecond latencies by
operating in the 6 GHz band. Countries, including the United States and South Korea, have tripled the available Wi-Fi spectrum by opening up 1.2 GHz of spectrum
in the 6 GHz band for unlicensed use. This expansion creates seven additional 160 MHz channels for the BCM4389, unlocking the value of Wi-Fi 6E for remote
work, education, telemedicine, and gaming. For more information on Wi-Fi 6E, The Broadcom® BCM4389 and Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra bring additional
benefits to consumers worldwide. The chip delivers multi-gigabit Wi-Fi 6 performance in the existing 5 GHz band with 160 MHz capabilities. It also builds on the
success of Broadcom’s Wi-Fi 6 solutions, and instantly benefits from the ecosystem of 400 million Wi-Fi 6 Broadcom-enabled phones, PC, tablets, routers,
enterprise access points, and carrier gateways around the world. The BCM4389 was the world’s first Wi-Fi chip authorized by the FCC to operate in the 6 GHz
band. It is also in the first wave of devices certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance for Wi-Fi 6E operation. In addition to Wi-Fi 6E, Broadcom BCM4389’s TBS connectivity
architecture brings better Wi-Fi QoS, more precise indoor location accuracy and five times better battery utilization compared to current flagship connectivity
solutions. Its multi-radio Bluetooth 5 architecture creates robust links to audio headsets even in heavily congested locations like subway stations.

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BMC Strengthens Mainframe Intelligence, Security, and DevOps with New
and Enhanced Offerings
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BMC, a global leader celebrating 40 years of delivering software solutions for the Autonomous Digital Enterprise, announced several new capabilities and enhancements for the BMC
Automated Mainframe Intelligence and Compuware portfolios that enable BMC mainframe customers to protect uptime and availability, defend the mainframe against cybersecurity
threats, and advance enterprise DevOps. The new BMC AMI Ops solution takes the best of MainView, the BMC solution for optimizing mainframe systems management, and enhances
it with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) through an upgraded and intuitive user interface designed for both new and experienced mainframe users. The solution's
new AIOps features allow organizations to identify and respond to problems before they can affect service levels and secure communications between enterprise systems with a
RESTful API to support automation. The BMC AMI Security solution's new security controls, out-of-the-box security checks, and additional indicators of compromise allow customers
to increase threat detection and response capabilities. Integrated with the Compuware Application Audit capability, customers can now capture relevant data about user access and
behavior so they can quickly detect breaches and mitigate financial and brand reputation damages. These new offerings, along with the BMC Security Assessment and Penetration
Testing services which identify vulnerabilities and weaknesses in configurations, software, and security controls (conducted either onsite or remotely), further harden and defend the
mainframe against malicious actions and data threats. DevOps teams can now see which Compuware DevOps toolchain products and capabilities are underutilized with the new
Compuware zAdviser dashboards. In addition, they can deliver applications and services faster with the Compuware Topaz for Total Test product's enhanced automated testing
capabilities, which simplify automated test case creation, expand test coverage with negative testing, and reduce rework. A new integration between the Control-M and Compuware
ThruPut Manager solutions ensure jobs run at or before their expected times, resulting in shorter, more efficient, and cost-optimized batch processing. Users can now use ThruPut
Manager to customize the prioritization of mainframe jobs based on data from Control-M, BMC's industry-leading application workflow orchestration platform.

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Confluent Announces New Strategic Alliance with Microsoft, Providing a Fast Path to
Building Real-Time, Event-Driven Applications for Microsoft Azure Customers
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Confluent, Inc., the event streaming pioneer, announced a new strategic alliance with Microsoft that establishes Confluent Cloud as a fully managed Apache Kafka®
service directly available on Microsoft Azure. Through this alliance, Confluent and Microsoft are furthering their product collaboration and have released a new single
sign-on capability from Azure Active Directory to Confluent Cloud that significantly streamlines the experience of getting started with event streaming. Azure customers
can now access an extensive library of pre-built connectors, a unified billing model with options to use Azure committed spend on Confluent Cloud, and deeper
integrations with Azure services. Now, organizations can leapfrog operational burdens of event streaming to build modern, real-time applications faster. As businesses
shift away from 24-hour batch processing and move toward real-time event streaming, they face growing technical complexities around adopting, scaling, and
maintaining Kafka. This often hinders them from having the infrastructure needed to support the modern, real-time applications their customers are demanding. With
Confluent Cloud’s seamless integration on Azure, it’s now easier than ever to start using Kafka to stream events across Azure services to power real-time applications
throughout a business. Businesses are accelerating their data modernization efforts in order to meet demands for highly personalized, responsive, real-time applications.
In fact, 80% of the Fortune 100 have adopted Kafka, the de facto open source event streaming platform, to power their real-time applications. However, successfully
operating Kafka deployments at scale is challenging, expensive, and dependent upon an experienced team of Kafka experts. Founded by the original creators of Kafka,
Confluent provides the industry’s only fully managed, cloud-native Kafka service to ensure that any organization can harness the full power of event streaming. Many
of today’s leading companies, such as Bosch Power Tools, Catalina, Nuuly, and Recursion are using Confluent Cloud to power parts of their business. With Confluent
Cloud, organizations can offload the burdens of managing Kafka and instead focus on building mission critical applications to drive their business.

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CorelCAD 2021 Powers 2D and 3D Design: Work Faster and Track Projects
with Ease
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Introducing CorelCAD 2021, the latest version of Corel’s professional and affordable computer-aided design software for 2D drafting, 3D modeling and 3D printing. With industry-standard design
tools and features, customers can streamline their workflow with clients and coworkers using the new Drawing Compare Palette; conceptualize quickly with enhancements to Pattern commands; and
take advantage of support for the latest AutoCAD .DWG file format. Available for Windows and macOS, CorelCAD™ 2021 offers an affordable collection of powerful CAD tools, purpose-built for
the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC), and manufacturing industries.
With an expansive collection of tools, CorelCAD 2021 delivers the power and control engineers and designers require in a CAD program.
• NEW! Drawing Compare Palette: Compare two CAD files with ease. Alterations are highlighted for designers to quickly understand the changes made to a file, or to show multiple options for the
same project to stakeholders.
• NEW! Associative Patterns: Patterns in CorelCAD can now be made associative and modified on screen. Quickly adjust levels, number of copies, columns, rows and distances between elements
using a simple click and drag action. Save time and make edits to a pattern once it’s been created.
• ENHANCED! AutoCAD .DWG File Compatibility: Open, edit, and save files with the latest AutoCAD .DWG file format—including the ability to edit AutoCAD dynamic blocks and save them
as custom blocks in CorelCAD.
• ENHANCED! Performance: Create designs faster and confidently with improvements made to the Offset, Extend and Zoom commands. Plus, enjoy quicker startup and rendering time.
Windows Version Updates
• ENHANCED! PDF Output: Output bitmap and vector designs to PDF with more control. Now users can set the quality of raster and vector images when exporting to PDF, easily adjusting the file
size and image quality to fit their needs.
• REDESIGNED! Print Dialog: Multiple print options are now centralized to one location, providing more control and streamlining the printing process.

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Phunware Announces 2021 Blockchain Roadmap
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Phunware, Inc. a fully-integrated enterprise cloud platform for mobile that provides products, solutions, data and services
for brands worldwide, announced the Company’s 2021 roadmap for the commercial launch of its blockchain-enabled
Customer Data Platform (CDP) and Mobile Loyalty Ecosystem. Phunware’s Multiscreen-as-a-Service (MaaS) CDP is a
cloud-based, proprietary algorithm enabled solution that aggregates and organizes customer data across a variety of
touchpoints in real-time to create persistent and unified customer databases. In tandem, the Company’s MaaS Mobile
Loyalty Ecosystem seamlessly integrates Phunware’s MaaS Mobile Engagement and MaaS Location Based Services
(LBS) software to enable one to one consumer interactions that drive profitable behavior and further enrich these customer
databases.

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Kofax Announces ReadSoft Online Integration with Microsoft Dynamics
365 for Invoice & Accounts Payable Automation
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Kofax®, a leading supplier of intelligent automation software for digital workflow transformation, announces the
integration of ReadSoft Online, its software-as-a-service solution for invoice data extraction and accounts payable
automation, with the Microsoft Dynamics 365 platform. The integrated solutions allow organizations to transform their
procure-to-pay workflows and automate mission-critical processes. Together, Kofax ReadSoft Online and Dynamics 365
enable accounts payable departments to reduce invoice processing time by as much as 80 percent. The joint solution
allows them to automatically process invoice data in more than 35 languages and across hundreds of formats via Kofax
ReadSoft Online. They can then route those invoices through their broader workflows managed in Dynamics 365. The
wizard-driven setup process simplifies connecting the Kofax and Microsoft platforms while avoiding complex integration
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Red Hat Introduces Data Resilience for Enterprise Kubernetes Applications
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Red Hat, Inc., the world's leading provider of open source solutions, introduced new data resilience capabilities for cloud-native workloads with the release of Red Hat OpenShift Container
Storage 4.6. This offering from Red Hat Data Services enables customers to extend their existing data protection solutions and infrastructure to enhance data resilience for cloud-native
workloads across hybrid and multicloud environments. As enterprises turn to Kubernetes technology to support business-critical applications, many IT organizations will also face increased
demand for integrated scalability and data resilience. Red Hat OpenShift Container Storage 4.6 helps enterprises expand their existing data protection capabilities to include Kubernetes
applications, without requiring additional technology or infrastructure upgrades. Tightly integrated with Red Hat OpenShift, the industry’s leading enterprise Kubernetes platform, Red Hat
OpenShift Container Storage 4.6 delivers enhanced data resilience features, including:
• Snapshot functionality orchestrated by the Container Storage Interface (CSI) for customizable, point-in-time snapshots and clones of persistent data volumes. This makes it easier for IT
administrators and application developers to more quickly return to a prior state.
• OpenShift APIs for Data Protection to correctly restore data and applications that run in container pods. Backup tools need cluster resource context so that when applications are restored,
they are able to find the namespaces associated with their persistent data.The OpenShift APIs for Data Protection operator enables Red Hat’s business partner ecosystem to more effectively
integrate their data protection solutions with OpenShift, providing a more streamlined customer experience.
• Broad support from an ecosystem of leading backup vendor solutions including Red Hat-certified IBM Spectrum Protect Plus which delivers data resilience for containerized applications
running in Red Hat OpenShift and Kubernetes; TrilioVault for Kubernetes, a Red Hat-certified, Kubernetes-native data protection and disaster recovery solution for Red Hat OpenShift
applications; and Kasten K10 by Veeam, a Red Hat-certified, Kubernetes-native data management solution for Red Hat OpenShift applications across hybrid cloud environments.
The new data resilience capabilities are generally available with Red Hat OpenShift Container Storage 4.6.

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PAM as a Service: Privileged Access Management for everyone?
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The protection of information systems requires the deployment of a PAM solution for the monitoring of the users to be able, which if it is deployed on-premise, may prove too restrictive to
set up for some. organizations. Where PAM as a Service, or Privileged Access Management as a public cloud service, will be a guarantee of simplicity for the IT teams concerned. From a
deployment in a few clicks to the guarantee of regular and automatic updates, the PAM as a Service is suitable for all organizations but above all opens the door to monitoring users with powers
in small and medium-sized enterprises who could see too large an investment in the on-premise PAM. The first advantage of PAM as a Service is its simplicity and speed of deployment as
well as the time savings it provides in the long term. Most of the service is hosted at the edge of the information system , in the form of a cloud service, in particular for the user access portal,
in order to be able to guarantee safe access. , including in external access situation. Then, a relay is deployed closer to the resources, more in depth, to secure the end-to-end connection. The
relay then automatically references the centralized server. Once the relay (s) has been installed, no additional installation is necessary. The updates are then automatic and completely
transparent for the IT department, The PAM as a Service also has a financial interest: expenses are staggered over time according to actual use, where the on-premise PAM requires a significant
initial investment, sometimes incompatible with the allocated IT budgets. Maintaining and managing updates to the solution will also be a cost driver in the on-premise model. The PAM as a
Service ultimately makes it possible to have better predictability of costs and to spread them over time. However, on-premise PAM can sometimes be better suited to certain organizations,
especially those with large IT resources, both financial and human, if they prefer to have total control of their data, for example for reasons of regulatory conformity. PAM as a Service also
provides some resilience to organizations for all external access of power users. Indeed, the entire targeted information system is hidden and protected behind the centralized service platform.
Thus the actors needing to connect from the outside, whether they are internal administrators on call or telework or service providers mandated to intervene on the information system, can do
so in complete security. Malicious users therefore do not have any information to attempt to penetrate it and attempt to steal or destroy data or parts of the information system that are vital for
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Annual IoT Breakthrough Awards Program Recognizes Standout
Internet-of-Things Companies and Products
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IoT Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies, technologies and products in the global Internet-of-Things
market, announced that Revenera, producer of leading solutions that help technology companies build better products, accelerate time to value and monetize what
matters, has been selected as the winner of the “Overall Enterprise IoT Platform of the Year” award in the 5th annual IoT Breakthrough Awards program.
Revenera’s IoT Monetization Platform empowers device companies that are moving to a software-based model grow recurring revenue, activate features on
demand, reduce the need for onsite service, update software remotely, and gain product usage insights. Some of the world’s biggest Enterprise IoT companies rely
on Revenera’s platform to manage and monetize their devices, create and manage the Software Bill of Materials and understand the usage of their products.
Building on its recognition as “IoT Enablement Company of the Year for the Enterprise Market” in the 2020 IoT Breakthrough Awards, Revenera expanded its
software and device updating solution, helping device manufacturers update devices more easily, in a time when onsite service is often impossible. With an
acquisition earlier in 2020, Revenera also expanded its functionality in software usage analytics further, an important step as IoT companies continue to move to
consumption-based models. The mission of the IoT Breakthrough Awards program is to recognize the innovators, leaders and visionaries from around the globe in
a range of IoT categories, including Industrial and Enterprise IoT, Smart City technology, Connected Home and Home Automation, Connected Car, and many
more. This year’s program attracted more than 3,850 nominations from companies all over the world. Revenera’s IoT Monetization Platform has more than 10
million users, managing tens of millions of entitlements and 100+ million updates annually.
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Logz.io Named to Built In Boston’s 2021 Best Places To Work List
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Logz.io, a leading cloud-native observability platform for modern DevOps teams, announced that it was recognized as one of Boston’s top 100 places to work
by Built In Boston’s 2021 Best Places To Work Awards. The company was awarded in multiple categories including #5 on the 100 Best Midsize Companies
to Work, #11 on the 50 Companies with Best Perks and Benefits, and #13 on the 100 Best Places to Work list. The annual awards program recognizes
companies of all sizes, from startups to enterprises, in eight of the largest tech markets in the country, including Boston, the location of Logz.io’s U.S.
Headquarters. Logz.io was recognized for its leading benefits program and strong culture of employees dedicated to helping organizations and engineers
around the globe unlock the power of open source monitoring software. As a result of COVID-19, Logz.io’s global team rapidly adapted to a work from
anywhere model, which presented new opportunities for onboarding, developing personal connections between employees, and work-life harmony. Logz.io
responded by offering employees online recreational activities such as yoga and pilates, sending “Thinking of You” gifts throughout the year, providing work
from home equipment and a subsidy, as well as adding extra “Take Care of Yourself” days off so employees can enjoy more down-time and relaxation with
family and friends. Built In determines winners for Best Places to Work based on an algorithm, using company data about compensation, benefits and cultural
programs. To reflect the attributes that candidates are searching for on Built In’s search platform, this year’s program weighted certain criteria more heavily,
like the availability of remote opportunities and programs for diversity, equity and inclusion.
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OneStream Software Named Winner of the 2021 Top Workplaces USA
Award
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OneStream Software, a leader in corporate performance management solutions for mid-sized to very large enterprises, announced it has been recognized as one of the United States' 2021 Top Workplaces by
Energage, a purpose-driven organization that develops solutions to build and brand Top Workplaces. The award marks OneStream's first of the year after its 2020 campaign that saw the company garner
consistent recognition from industry analysts and customers.
Beyond the 2021 Top Workplaces USA award, OneStream was recognized in several key categories including the following:
• #3 in Top Workplaces in Technology
• #3 in Top Workplaces for Top Leaders
• Top Workplaces for Clued-In Leaders
• Top Workplaces for Communication
• Top Workplaces for Innovation
In its inaugural year, Energage's 2021 Top Workplaces USA award reflected the analysis of survey results from more than 20 million employees at more than 1,100 companies. Winners received the highest
engagement scores across the 15 Cultural drivers that are grounded in 4 separate imperatives: Align, Connect, Coach and Perform.
• Align: Employees are aligned with company goals and objectives
• Connect: Employees feel empowered and valued
• Coach: Employees are provided the support, attention and training to succeed
• Perform: Employees believe the organization operates effectively
This recognition comes on the heels of OneStream's impressive growth in 2020. The company recently announced its global expansion resulted in 85 percent growth in Annual Recurring Revenue and 40 percent
growth in its customer base in 2020, reaching over 650 enterprises worldwide.
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Perfecto by Perforce Wins Leading Vendor Award Second Year in a Row
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Perfecto by Perforce, a leader in continuous testing solutions for web and mobile app testing, was named the Leading Vendor by the 2020 North
American Software Testing & QE Awards. This is the second year in a row that Perfecto won the Leading Vendor award. The Leading Vendor award is
the latest in a string of awards and industry recognition for Perfecto. Perfecto was also recognized as a Leading Vendor finalist for the European Testing
Awards, as a Leader on G2 based on customer reviews and market presence, and as a Strong Performer in “The Forrester Wave™: Continuous
Functional Test Automation Suites” Q2 2020 report. The North American Software Testing Awards honors organizations who have accomplished
significant achievements in the software testing and quality assurance market. The Leading Vendor award is given to the vendor who receives top marks
for their product and customer service. It’s an award that recognizes not only top-tier technology, but also testing expertise and unmatched customer
support. Vendors must prove their value and ROI with real customer results. Judges examined each vendor’s commitment to customer satisfaction, as
well as evidence of value, reliability, and flexibility. Judges also considered each vendor’s contributions to the software testing industry. Perfecto
customers were also recognized by the North American Software Testing Awards. The IBM Bell Canada Testing Centre of Excellence Program won the
Best Use of Technology in a Project award. Rogers Communication, a Canadian telecommunications company, won the Best Mobile Testing Project
award. And Lloyds Banking Group won Best Mobile Testing Project in this year’s European Software Testing Awards.
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Built In Honors Rightpoint in Its Esteemed 2021 Best Places To Work
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Built In announced that Rightpoint was honored in its 2021 Best Places To Work Awards. The annual awards include companies of all sizes, from startups to the enterprise, nationally
and in the eight largest tech markets and nationally.
Award wins include:
• Boston Best Places to Work (Ranked #9)
• Boston Best Paying Companies (Ranked #25)
• Boston Companies with the Best Benefits (Ranked #16)
• Chicago Best Places to Work (Ranked #13)
• Chicago Best Paying Companies (Ranked #39)
• Chicago Companies with the Best Benefits (Ranked #38)
• NYC Best Places to Work (Ranked #14)
• NYC Best Paying Companies (Ranked #4)
Built In determines winners for Best Places to Work based on an algorithm, using company data about compensation, benefits and cultural programs. To reflect the attributes candidates
are searching for on Built In today, this year’s program weighted criteria more heavily, like remote opportunities and programs for diversity, equity and inclusion. Tech professionals
rely on Built In’s Best Places to Work lists to discover employers that align with their preferences, passions and values. Since its inception three years ago, the award has expanded in
reach, from online views of tens of thousands to just under 1 million views.
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Kofax Power PDF Wins 2021 TrustRadius Awards for Best Feature Set and
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Powerful, Flexible and Easy-to-Use PDF Software Earns Kofax First Place in Two Categories, Kofax®, a leading supplier of Intelligent
Automation software for digital workflow transformation, announces TrustRadius has recognized Kofax Power PDF™ with its 2021 Best Feature
Set and Best Customer Support Awards. These awards highlight companies with outstanding feature sets and customer support that have gone
above and beyond to delight their users. Kofax finished in first place in both categories. To win the Feature Set and Customer Support Awards,
winners had to rank in the top three positions of their category in terms of what percentage of positive responses they earned this year. Additional
vetting via textual review analysis was also performed by the TrustRadius research team. Kofax Power PDF 4 provides powerful PDF capabilities
built for business users. It’s designed to meet simple-to-complex needs with a single tool integrating virtually any enterprise document
management system for collaboration and faster workflows, including integrations with Kofax SignDoc® for e-signature capabilities.
Additionally, Kofax Power PDF users gain improved searching and redaction accuracy with Kofax’s award-winning optical character recognition
(OCR) technology. Last August, Kofax released Power PDF 4, the latest edition of the No. 1 global alternative to Adobe® Acrobat® with over two
million users. Formerly Nuance Power PDF, Kofax Power PDF 4 increases worker productivity with improved digital accuracy and the integrated
e-signature capabilities of Kofax SignDoc.
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Blueprint Software Systems Named Market Leader in the Winter 2021 Business
Process Management (BPM) Software Customer Success Report-REWW
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Blueprint Software Systems has been named a Market Leader in the Business Process Management Software category for the Winter
2021 Customer Success Report published by Featured Customers. Featured Customers is the leading customer success content marketing
platform for B2B business software & services helping potential B2B buyers make informed purchasing decisions through vendor
validated customer success content such as customer testimonials, success stories, case studies, and customer videos. Featured Customers
evaluated all the potential Business Process Management (BPM) Software companies on its platform for possible inclusion in the report.
Only 25 companies met the criteria needed for being included in the Winter 2021 Business Process Management (BPM) Software
Customer Success Report. Blueprint Software Systems earned a Market Leader award in the category. The Customer Success Report is
based on the curation of authenticated case studies, testimonials, and videos from across the web, telling a complete story of vendors in
the Business Process Management (BPM) Software space through real customer experiences. Rankings are determined by multiple
factors including total number of customer success content, social media and market presence, vendor momentum based on web traffic
and search trends, and additional data aggregated from online sources and media properties.
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OneStream Software Beats Projections and Ends 2020 with More Than 85
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OneStream Software, a leader in corporate performance management solutions for mid-sized to very large enterprises, announced that Q4 bookings increased 67
percent versus last year as companies continue to move to OneStream’s unified, cloud-based CPM platform, replacing spreadsheets and multiple legacy
applications. For the year, the company exceeded its 2020 projections and achieved 85 percent growth in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR). OneStream also
increased its workforce by 65 percent and its partner ecosystem by more than 30 percent to support the company’s continued global expansion. As the pandemic
has forced many enterprises to quickly accelerate their digital transformation plans, agile finance teams and processes have become critical to business survival.
OneStream’s platform is the only one on the market that allows its customers to rationalize their business data – their book of record financials, periodic forecasts
and operational data – into daily and weekly financial performance signals that direct decision making and drive positive business outcomes. As a result,
OneStream saw a 40 percent growth in its customer base in 2020, reaching over 650 enterprises worldwide. OneStream’s new customers in 2020 included The
Timken Company, Ingram Micro, Costco, U.S. Steel, Hillenbrand, Chemours and The Downer Group. After hiring more than 270 employees throughout 2020,
OneStream closed the year with 690 employees across 15 countries and more than 200 partners worldwide, including 52 new partners in 2020. Among those 52
additions are innovative companies driving digital transformations like PwC Italy & UK, Strategic IQ, Simplebeez, CGI and Incube CPM. OneStream will
continue to expand its workforce and partner ecosystem in 2021 and recently announced it would open an Asia-Pacific (APAC) headquarters in Sydney, Australia
this January.
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Newgen Strengthens Foothold in Africa; Enables Digital Transformation for
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Newgen Software, a global provider of low code digital automation platform, has emerged as a technology partner of choice for
financial institutions in Africa. Leading banks in Africa have been leveraging Newgen’s low code digital automation platform to
automate several of their customer-facing processes, including credit origination across segments—retail, corporate, and small and
medium enterprises. Furthermore, many banks are utilizing the platform to streamline omnichannel onboarding, cross-border
remittances, and customer servicing. With deployments across 50+ organizations, including 20+ banks, Newgen has a proven track
record across Africa. Newgen’s firm foothold in Africa is further bolstered by a strong partner ecosystem, supported by over 30 local
partners in the region. Recently, Newgen’s industry-recognized platform has helped Fidelity Bank Ghana and Union Bank Nigeria
win the Asian Banker Awards for Best Self-Service Banking Technology Implementation and Best Branch Digitization Initiative in
West Africa, respectively. Globally, Newgen serves more than 200 financial institutions as its clients, for commercial lending,
consumer lending, customer on-boarding, digital account opening, trade finance, digital, and mobile customer service requests.
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Appian Selected by Accenture as a Core Partner in the INTIENT Network for
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Appian announced that it has joined Accenture’s INTIENT partner ecosystem as a core partner. The ecosystem is designed to
help independent software vendors and life science companies integrate more effectively to accelerate drug discovery efforts
and improve patient outcomes. The INTIENT Network is an integral part of Accenture’s INTIENT Platform that enables
insights and collaboration across the life sciences enterprise to improve productivity, efficiency, and innovation in drug
discovery. Accenture has partnered with Appian to integrate low-code development into the INTIENT platform. The Appian
Low-Code Automation Platform allows enterprises to build applications up to 20x faster than traditional code. By providing
a single interface that unifies data, process, people and the digital workforce, Appian helps organizations improve digital
innovation and optimize business outcomes. Industry leaders trust Appian to improve customer experience, achieve
operational excellence, and simplify global risk management and compliance. As part of the INTIENT partner ecosystem,
Appian’s platform can be accessible across the INTIENT product suites.
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JFrog and Docker Partner to Combine the Power of JFrog Artifactory and Docker Hub to Improve
Quality, Performance, and Developer Experience for Modern Application Development
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JFrog Ltd. the DevOps company enabling organizations to realize the vision of Liquid Software with continuous software updates, announced an agreement with Docker, a leading provider of
collaborative application development platforms for development teams. In the first milestone of the partnership, the companies are providing developers unlimited (for SaaS users), high-performance
premium access to quality and trusted application components on Docker Hub to streamline developer experience and scale the use of containers in the enterprise. The agreement also provides
dedicated support mechanisms for mutual customers. JFrog Artifactory - also known as the “Database of DevOps” - is the world’s first universal software package management solution, used by
thousands of customers, including the majority of Fortune 100 organizations, to host and manage their software artifacts, container images, and Helm Charts. JFrog users often mirror container images
hosted on Docker Hub, the world's largest library and community for trusted and high-quality container images. With more than 8 million repos on Docker Hub, driving a weekly average of 1.5 billion
image pulls, the integration of Docker Hub with JFrog provides developers with secure, central access for public and private container images.
SaaS subscribers of JFrog’s DevOps Platform -- including those who use the free subscription offered on AWS, GCP, and Azure -- will benefit from uninterrupted, high-performant access to Docker
Hub and Docker Official Images through JFrog Artifactory. The partnership delivers:
• Premier access to trusted, high-quality content in Docker Hub, including Docker Official Images and content from Docker Verified Publishers.
• An industry-best developer experience for building, sharing, and delivering cloud-native applications.
• Dedicated channels to support mutual customers.
• A proven solution used by top Fortune 1000 organizations, ensuring enterprise-grade reliability and performance to meet the requirements of large organizations modernizing their applications
with containers, streamlining cloud-native application delivery in the enterprise.
• A foundation for future collaboration between the companies to make developers’ journeys more joyful.
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Accelerate Automation with New Partners on the Digital Exchange
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Blue Prism continues to demonstrate why its Digital Exchange (DX) is the go-to online community for accessing intelligent automation capabilities, as
iGrafx, Kortical and Coterie Solutions join its Technology Alliance Program (TAP) as affiliate partners. The DX accelerates automation adoption by
giving users the ability to easily integrate Blue Prism’s intelligent digital workforce with business process management (BPM), OCR, AI, machine
learning, and front and back office productivity tools. Innovative software from iGrafx, Kortical and Coterie Solutions will now be accessible on the
DX, enabling users to drag and drop these new capabilities into Blue Prism’s Digital Workforce, with no coding required. New capabilities include
understanding the impact of operational change on digital workforces, creating and deploying quality AI models that can be updated as new data comes
in, as well as providing greater visibility into optimizing digital worker deployment. To date, Blue Prism DX assets have been downloaded tens of
thousands of times, making it the ideal online community for augmenting and extending traditional RPA deployments. iGrafx: The integration between
Blue Prism and iGrafx enables enterprise users to keep track on how and where digital workers are being utilized, optimize performance, and scale
requirements beyond the single RPA script. Additionally, this capability can help identify opportunities for expanded RPA usage or ways to reuse
programs to simplify your automation portfolio. This further extends the relationship between Blue Prism and iGrafx as we maximise customer benefit
through complimentary technologies. As a first in this model, iGrafx has also become a Blue Prism reseller focusing on their existing customer base.
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OneStream Software Inks Partnership with Bryson DeChambeau
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OneStream Software, a leader in corporate performance management solutions for mid-sized to very large enterprises,
announced they have entered into a brand ambassador partnership with seven time PGATour winner and current US Open
Champion Bryson DeChambeau. DeChambeau joins PGA Tour golfers Marc Leishman, Hudson Swafford, Sepp Straka
and Denny McCarthy as ambassadors of the OneStream brand. Last spring DeChambeau took the golf world by storm
emerging from the PGA Tour hiatus having added 40 pounds of muscle to his physique and 50 yards of distance to his
drives. But tour-leading driving distance is not the synergy that brought about this new partnership with OneStream, it is
the scientific and analytic approach that is at the core of his transformation. As part of the partnership, DeChambeau will
serve as brand ambassador for OneStream and will wear the OneStream logo on the right sleeve of his golf shirt at PGA
events beginning today at The Sentry Tournament of Champions in Hawaii. He will also take part in various marketing
and social media campaigns to promote the partnership.
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VSMP Memoryone Attains VMWARE Partner Ready For Vsphere Validation
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ScaleMP™, a leading provider of virtualization for high-end computing, announced that its vSMP MemoryONE has attained
VMware Partner Ready for vSphere validation. By validating vSMP MemoryONE 10.0 with VMware vSphere® 7.0, and
attaining the VMware Partner Ready logo, ScaleMP has tested and verified its interoperability with vSphere and can fully manage
customer support requests for vSMP MemoryONE with vSphere. VMware vSphere is the industry’s leading virtualization
platform, helping organizations run, manage, connect, and secure over 70 million workloads in common operating environments
across clouds. By using vSMP MemoryONE with VMware vSphere, businesses can easily expand VM memory, up to dozens of
TBs, at a much lower cost, using a variety of high-end NVMe devices, with DRAM-like performance. VMware Partner Ready
programs allow partners to test and validate their solutions that interoperate with specific VMware platforms. By completing the
Partner Ready process and achieving the Partner Ready logo, partners validate their products interoperability with VMware
technologies, and agree to solely manage customer support requests for the combined solution.
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Sonatype partners with SVA System Vertrieb Alexander GmbH to help enterprises
mitigate risk and build software more securely
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Sonatype, a leader in open source security and license compliance management, announced a partnership with SVA, one of
Germany’s leading system integrators, to help enterprise customers easily detect open source vulnerabilities that already exist or
are actively being ingested into their repositories. Open source software components are so prominent that 90% of the code in
most modern applications is assembled from them. Understanding what’s in your application is critical to to keeping it secure,
which is why Sonatype created the Nexus Platform. It automatically enforces open-source governance and controls risk across
every phase of the software development lifecycle (SDLC). Fueled by Nexus Intelligence, which includes in-depth security,
license, and quality information on components across dozens of ecosystems, the Sonatype Nexus Platform precisely identifies
open-source risk and provides expert remediation guidance, empowering developers to innovate faster. Only Sonatype secures
the perimeter and every phase of your SDLC, including production, by continuously monitoring for new risk based on your
open-source policies.
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Nexis® Solutions Collaboration Adds New Levels of Data Quality, Convenience,
Speed to WorkFusion’s Adverse Media Monitoring Solution
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WorkFusion and Nexis Solutions — a division of LexisNexis® — have announced a new collaboration which aims to enhance how banking and
regulated corporate sectors conduct Adverse Media Monitoring and wider reputational risk management. WorkFusion® offers Intelligent Automation
solutions, which are powered by proprietary artificial intelligence technology, including pre-trained bots. Nexis Solutions offers wide-ranging, timely
news and business information from both open source and licensed content — including 80,000+ news sources from 100+ countries, in 75 languages,
with 3.5 million documents added every day. With this collaboration, teams can now take 80–90% off the time they formerly spent just searching
through news for mentions, and instead use that valuable time for identifying indicators of potential risk. The financial industry average is 20 minutes
or more for a single manual keyword search, but with Intelligent Automation, this same task requires just 1–2 minutes. An organization can perform
this increasingly essential function on a daily basis, for the same cost and with the same team already in place, but with even better control, insight and
automatically generated audit trails. Most WorkFusion automation solutions can be deployed in 15 weeks or faster, providing unmatched time to value.
This collaboration advances how the banking industry performs Adverse Media Monitoring within their business processes — including onboarding,
ongoing monitoring, and transaction monitoring. It will also support wider corporate adverse media screening and help companies to better identify
reputational risks.
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Digital Workforce From Blue Prism Helps Charity To Focus on What Really
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Blue Prism’s intelligent automation technology is being embraced by Mencap, the UK’s leading learning disability charity, who are one
of the world’s first not for profit organizations to use robotic process automation (RPA) technology to work smarter, faster and more
efficiently than ever - without using additional resources. The Covid-19 pandemic has proved difficult for everyone, but people with a
learning disability have been one group who have been hit hardest. It’s increasingly important that the charity is able to work efficiently
to provide the best possible support for the 1.5 million people in the UK with a learning disability. This technology is not only generating
hundreds of monthly hours back to the organization but will also provide significant cost savings by 2021. Mencap staff are achieving
this seemingly impossible goal by training Blue Prism’s smart software robots to perform work across their back-office operations.
Mencap employs around 8,500 colleagues to support people with a learning disability and their families, by fighting to change laws,
improve services and provide access to education, employment and leisure facilities. Organizing this effort nationwide is a huge
operational challenge for colleagues working with complex systems and processes, especially in the current climate of ever-increasing
change, resource and cost constraints.
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ZoomInfo Employees Donate More Than $650,000 to Local Nonprofits
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ZoomInfo , a global leader in go-to-market intelligence solutions, recently wrapped up its 2020 Winter Donation Drive, with employees teaming up to raise $651,623 for youth- and family-focused
nonprofit organizations in its local communities. More than $600,000 of these funds were raised by Vancouver-based employees to support the nearby Evergreen Family & Community Resource
Centers. Despite the challenges of 2020, employees again set a ZoomInfo company record for funds raised through the annual month-long event, more than doubling the $241,000 they raised in 2019.
This year’s efforts bring the five-year total to more than $1.23 million in cash and in-kind donations. Included in the total is a $100,000 donation contributed by ZoomInfo Co-Founder Kirk Brown
and his wife, Ashley. Members of ZoomInfo’s Board of Directors – as well as many of the bankers, lawyers, accountants, and other advisors that managed ZoomInfo’s initial public offering in June
2020 – also contributed to the fundraiser.
During the 2020 Winter Donation Drive, ZoomInfo employees raised funds for nine organizations local to their communities:
• Vancouver, Wash. – As a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the Evergreen Public Schools and the community and schools as a whole, the Family & Community Resource Centers
partners with the Southwest Washington community to bridge the basic needs gap, foster innovative and engaging learning experiences, and maximize opportunities to ensure that all students have
access to their most basic needs.
• Waltham, Mass. – Cradles to Crayons is driven by a focused and all-important goal: to make life better for children in need. To make this happen, they connect communities that need, with
communities that have. A Massachusetts winter can be debilitating, so this time of year, Cradles to Crayons runs the Gear Up for Winter program to supply winter gear to children whose families
struggle just to stay warm and prepare them for winter before it becomes an emergency.
• Bethesda, Md. – The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington offer accessible and affordable after-school programming to children and teens in Washington, Maryland, and Northern Virginia.
Its facilities create a sense of physical and emotional safety for their young members, and their staff makes the club feel like home – fostering a family atmosphere. The young people are afforded the
opportunity to develop critical thinking, and physical, social, technological, artistic and life skills by participating in interactive activities intentionally designed to support their development and overall
well-being in a number of areas.
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Facebook’s Visdom Project is now Open Source and Transitioned to OSI
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OSI Affiliate FOSSASIA welcomes the Visdom data visualization project. The project has been developed at Facebook
AI Research since 2017. As part of the transition from Facebook to FOSSASIA Visdom has been relicensed under an
OSI approved license - the Apache License 2.0 as fully Open Source. This is a fantastic win for the FOSS community.
Visdom is now available on the FOSSASIA GitHub. Visdom is a flexible tool for creating, organizing, and sharing
visualizations of live, rich data. It aims to facilitate visualization of (remote) data with an emphasis on supporting
scientific experimentation. It supports PyTorch and Numpy. The project was created by Allan Jabri and Laurens van
der Maaten at Facebook, and further developed under the leadership of Jack Urbanek. To date, 90 developers from
around the world have contributed to the project with over 3000 projects depending on Visdom.
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