Frost & Sullivan Unfolds 5 Growth Opportunities in the Connected Work Industry for 2021

Industry experts have outlined current business priorities, future technology requirements and business use cases

SANTA CLARA, Calif. , Nov. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The global pandemic has had a profound impact on company business models. The ubiquitous rise in remote work and the need to shift to virtual customer engagement due to elevated employee and customer safety concerns have accelerated digital transformation across industries and geographies. Today digital sustainability is universally acknowledged as a key enabler of business growth and competitive power in an increasingly-dynamic, tightly-connected, and highly-competitive global economy.

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Cloud meetings, messaging, calling, and customer-care solutions came to the forefront during the pandemic as they provided the lifeline that remote workers and customers needed when access to company premises became severely restricted. To help companies identify new avenues for top-line growth and plan for a more fruitful 2021, Frost & Sullivan's team of industry experts have compiled a complimentary insight: Top 5 Growth Opportunities in the Connected Work Industry for 2021 – What You Need to Know Now.

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CerraCap Ventures and Exfinity Venture Partners Tie Up to Build and Scale Global Enterprise Startups Leveraging Indo-US Corridor

CerraCap Ventures, a Costa Mesa, California based early-stage tech fund and Exfinity Venture Partners, a Bangalore, India based VC fund, have entered a global strategic partnership, combining CerraCap’s unique Sales & Scale™ model with Exfinity’s stated vision to help build and scale global enterprise startups leveraging the Indo-US corridor.

CerraCap and Exfinity together are poised to unleash the next wave of Enterprise Artificial Intelligence and Digital Disruption. Their core investment will focus on Cyber Security, Health Tech, Logistics, Document Intelligence, Computer Vision, and Machine Learning which includes deep learning and underpins many recent advances in other AI technologies. 

The CerraCap-Exfinity partnership is a powerful combination. "With Exfinity’s understanding of complex digital product interactions, its deep engineering expertise and agile collaborative approach uniquely compliments how CerraCap operates. We believe this facilitates an extraordinary opportunity for expansion of right global investments for leading technology products and platform." shared Saurabh Ranjan, CEO and Founder, CerraCap Ventures.

Enterprise startups can leverage the CerraCap - Exfinity partnership to create frugal but cutting-edge innovation in India and take products to market in the US. Given that Exfinity is domiciled in India and CerraCap in the US, portfolio companies will benefit from their expertise at both ends of the Indo-US corridor to build companies with optimum capital and greater access to the global markets.

“Partnering with CerraCap Ventures will allow us to provide the very best business program and portfolio strategies on which we will conceive, design, and build the next generation of transformative enterprise and digital products and platforms.” said Shailesh Ghorpade, Managing Partner & CIO of Exfinity. Together working as one team we will unlock the full potential of enterprise AI and place our portfolio companies on the best path for success in the new ever changing business landscape.

About CerraCap Ventures

CERRACAP VENTURES is a Global fund headquartered in Orange County, California dedicated to early-stage technology investments in enterprise (B2B) solutions focused on the new fundamentals of the digital age - Healthcare, Enterprise AI and Cyber Security. It enables rapid growth of technology startups leveraging its unique Sales & Scale™ business model; driving revenue from large enterprises into its portfolio companies.

About Exfinity

EXFINITY VENTURE PARTNERS is an early-stage Venture Capital Fund based out of India and registered with SEBI as a Category I AIF. It is founded by industry veterans who have strong operating backgrounds. The fund focuses on Enterprise Tech investments at pre–Series A, Series A stage. Exfinity is now raising its third fund with a targeted size of INR 5 billion.

Northern Data AG Opens First Own Data Center in Frankfurt

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Northern Data AG opens first own data center in Frankfurt
 

• GPU cluster will serve as HPC platform for research and industry
• Cooperation with University Frankfurt and GSI Helmholtzzentrum Darmstadt
• Mobile high-tech data centers form the basis of the infrastructure
   

Northern Data AG (XETRA: NB2, ISIN: DE000A0SMU87) starts operating its first data center at its Frankfurt am Main location. From December 2020, the Frankfurt location will make up part of the Company's Distributed Computing Cluster, based on its mobile high-tech data centers. This will add to the Company's worldwide network of GPU clusters, including in the Netherlands, Scandinavia and Canada. Feasibility studies (Proof of Concept) are planned at the Frankfurt site in cooperation with research and industry.

 

Stefan Sickenberger, COO of Northern Data, explains: "High-Performance Computing has become an integral part of research and large parts of industry. Parallel processor systems and clusters are needed to process large volumes of data at high speed and with maximum stability. A key driver of success is lower energy consumption and high power efficiency. We are pleased to be working closely with our research partners on this project. We are particularly proud of our cooperation with the High-Performance Computing Architecture group at the Goethe University Frankfurt, which commands a great deal of expertise, especially in the area of Green IT".

 

Volker Lindenstruth, Professor of High-Performance Computing Architecture at Frankfurt Goethe University and member of the Board of Directors of the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS) comments: "We are delighted to be working with Northern Data. This project involves coupling the research supercomputers of Goethe University and the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research with Northern Data's own supercomputers, making the best use possible out of our combined capabilities and existing hardware. Peak loads can be intercepted, while particularly large jobs can be started with minimal delay. Example scientific applications include calculations and modelling in particle physics and relativistic astrophysics, environmental and atmospheric physics, as well as applications in life sciences, for example, precise and automated detection of cancer cells in tissue sections.

 

Aroosh Thillainathan, CEO of Northern Data, adds: "Above all, our concept of 'design-to-cost' is particularly important to this project. We not only manage the customer's data center and hardware but also the software, enabling us to optimize the data center operations to meet the customer's actual needs. In contrast to pure colocation providers, which have no influence on, for example, the load distribution of their customers and their software processing within the data center, we are able to regulate this with our management software. Among other things, we also control the cooling capacity very efficiently in terms of the required computing power, and this enables us to achieve excellent PUE values. Our customers save energy and achieve cost savings as a result. Together with our targeted selection of locations in northern regions, this allows us to offer our customers high-quality HPC solutions tailored to their needs, while remaining extremely cost-efficient at the same time.

 

About Northern Data:
Northern Data AG develops and operates global infrastructure solutions in the field of High-Performance Computing (HPC). With its customer-specific solutions, the company provides the infrastructure for various HPC applications in areas such as bitcoin mining, artificial intelligence, blockchain, big data analytics, IoT or rendering. The internationally active company is today a leading provider of HPC solutions worldwide. Northern Data offers its HPC solutions both in large, stationary data centers and in mobile high-tech data centers that can be set up at any location worldwide. The company combines self-developed software and hardware with intelligent concepts for a sustainable energy supply. The Northern Data group currently employs about 150 members of staff.

 

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This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to purchase or subscribe for any securities of Northern Data AG, nor does it constitute a securities prospectus of Northern Data AG. The information contained in this press release is not intended to serve as a basis for financial, legal, tax or other business decisions. Investment or other decisions should not be based solely on this press release. As with all business and investment matters, please consult qualified professional advice.

 

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ArvanCloud Unparalleled VoD CDN for Indian SMEs

MEERBUSCH, Germany , Nov. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- A new VoD CDN solution with unparalleled New Year offers for SMEs has entered the Indian market. ArvanCloud , trying to help small and medium-sized businesses in the time of COVID-19, offers 10GB of free Storage and 50GB of free Traffic in December 2020 for VoD CDN customers.

With PoP-sites around India , the company announced that SMEs with a tight budget would benefit from their CDN services. "ArvanCloud offers specific solutions for SMEs to assist them in reaching their audiences in a fast, secure, and reliable manner," reads the company's press release.

ArvanCloud is an international CDN provider with more than 40 PoP-sites globally and counting. It has successfully offered competitive CDN and Cloud Security solutions in Europe , Australia , and the Middle East before entering India .

ArvanCloud offers its solutions to customers in more than 38 countries. Anycast network, Web Acceleration, DDoS Protection, WAF, Cloud Firewall, Video CDN, and Live Streaming are among ArvanCloud turnkey solutions. Comparing to its competitors, the provider offers most of its features free of charge and on a Pay-as-You-Go basis.

The company provides many solutions with several features in its free tier. They include Managed DNS with unlimited traffic and Advance DDoS Protection, full features of CDN solution up to 50 GB in every geographical region (Europe , Australia , Asia , and America), Cloud Security services, and all features of Video CDN (VoD streaming) up to 10 GB.

ArvanCloud's Live Streaming Platform allows video content creators and distributors to transform their video or live stream content to multiple qualities and formats. Customers can also store and publish their live stream in an unlimited cloud video hosting without worrying about infrastructural issues.

The Live Video Streaming platform of ArvanCloud enjoys the Content Delivery Network solutions to provide a better speed experience for end-users. CDN Live Streaming helps SMEs deliver video content from the nearest geolocation to their users, enabling them to watch videos without delays and with the best possible speed and quality.

Notably, ArvanCloud has supported almost 150 thousand concurrent users at live events on the Live Streaming service with the least possible delay during COVID-19.

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Technological Advancements in Manufacturing Boost the Cell and Gene Therapy Market, Says Frost & Sullivan

CGT CDMO market is likely to reach $10.11 billion by 2026 from $1.52 billion in 2019, at a CAGR of 31%

SANTA CLARA, Calif. , Nov. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Frost & Sullivan's recent analysis, Supply Chain Optimization and Decentralized Manufacturing to Expand the Contract Cell and Gene Therapy Manufacturing Market, 2020–2026 , finds that aggressive investments in manufacturing technology and capacity are essential to fully harness the curative potential of the cell and gene therapy (CGT) segment. This enables operational efficiency gains and reduces project costs, generating benefits that can be transferred directly to patients. The increase in the number of assets in clinical development and rising capital flow from larger pharmaceuticals, equity investors, and federal agencies drive growth for the CGT contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) market. The buoyant CGT CDMO market is likely to witness almost a seven-fold growth, reaching $10.11 billion by 2026 from $1.52 billion in 2019, up at a staggering compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 31%.

For further information on this analysis, please visit: http://frost.ly/4ww .

"The need for reproducible, scalable, and economical production of cell and gene therapies is creating a demand for digital bioprocessing technologies," said Nitin Naik , Global Life Sciences Vice President at Frost & Sullivan . "These technologies are critical to realize the true commercial potential of cell and gene therapies in the next two to three years and serve as a conduit to improve market access and control the total cost of therapy."

Naik added: "From a market segment perspective, while the stem cell market is lucrative, the highest growth is expected to be in gene-modified cell therapies, with a pipeline of 269 products,* followed by gene therapies, which account for 182 assets in the pipeline.* Further, although allogeneic stem cell therapies dominate the marketed product catalogs, interest in disease-modifying CAR-T therapies, which are largely autologous, is driving demand for the evolution of manufacturing technologies, models, and capacity expansion investment by CDMOs." (*as of August 2020 )

To tap into the growth prospects exposed by the CGT market, companies must focus on:

Developing manufacturing platforms capable of producing high volumes of clinical-grade products while keeping costs down. Partnering with CDMOs to transition smoothly from laboratory scale to commercial production with greater consistency. Implementing a hub-and-spoke approach toward scaling out or decentralizing manufacturing through a network of on-site pilot manufacturing at hospitals. Supply Chain Optimization and Decentralized Manufacturing to Expand the Contract Cell and Gene Therapy Manufacturing Market, 2020–2026 is the latest addition to Frost & Sullivan's Healthcare research and analyses available through the Frost & Sullivan Leadership Council, which helps organizations identify a continuous flow of growth opportunities to succeed in an unpredictable future.

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New International Podcast 'betterthanPeter' Launched

• Reham Khan featured as the First Podcast Guest
• Titled better talks with betterthanPeter the first episode releases on December 3rd 
• Available on all major platforms like Spotify, JioSaavn, Gaana and others 

A new International podcast has been launched known as 'betterthanPeter' which endeavours to bring guests from different genres, cultures with interesting stories to share. Titled better talks with betterthanPeter the first episode airs on December 3rd on all major platforms like Spotify, JioSaavn, Gaana and others. The first podcast guest is celebrated personality Reham Khan, British-Pakistani journalist, author, and filmmaker and the teaser of the upcoming epsiode can be viewed on the Betterthanpeterpodcast Instagram page.

Rohan Bhardwaj, Director - betterthanPeter Podcast

According to Rohan Bhardwaj, Director - betterthanPeter Podcast, "With an estimated 40 million podcast listeners in India, the sector is witnessing a 60% growth as new firms and new shows swamp the market. Moreover, the pandemic has increased the reach of people and more people are tuning to the different content." He further added that with our unique podcast, we aim to reach out to millennials and create a niche audience making listening to podcast as a habit. There has been long hours of continuous work before releasing the podcast with ample research, reaching out to potential guests, editing and promoting across social media channels. 

betterthanPeter podcast focuses on conversations with Rohan Bhardwaj as the talk show host. The guest will be the hero of the show and the audience will definitely hear something that they have not heard before. For Instance, Reham Khan cannot live without Spotify or one of his upcoming high profile guests wakes up at 3:45 am every day. 

About Rohan Bhardwaj

Rohan Bhardwaj is the director of new international podcast betterthanPeter. At the start of 2020, Rohan was planning to launch a dating App by the same name and received pre-seed funding. But with the pandemic, he had to abort the idea as it was a time of uncertainty. After taking a month completely off and listening to an insane number of podcasts, Bhardwaj woke up with the idea of pivoting and launching his own podcast keeping the same brand name. A huge admirer of Gary Vee and making lemonade from lemon, he committed fully in research and understanding the podcast market and with persistence the idea of betterthanPeter Podcast became a reality.

With a diverse 15 years of experience, Rohan has been an entrepreneur and marketer for International Brands like Burger King, Applebees and worked in six different International markets. With such vast experience, Rohan has travelled extensively across India, US, Dubai understanding the consumer behaviour, needs of each market from brand perspective. It was this understanding which has led to his new venture.

S.Pellegrino Presents S.Pellegrino Young Chef Academy to Promote Change, Sustainability and Inclusivity Around the World.

MILAN , Nov. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- S.Pellegrino announces the launch of the S.Pellegrino Young Chef Academy ,  a long-term engagement platform  where talented and passionate young chefs can meet the most influential and renowned members of the Gastronomy world.

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Today Gastronomy plays a pioneering role driving social and environmental change: with the  S.Pellegrino Young Chef Academy   launch, S.Pellegrino wishes to cultivate an international talent ecosystem  pushing a continuous evolution, not only within the sector, but also across society.

Keeping the S.Pellegrino Young Chef  cooking competition as backbone, the S.Pellegrino Young Chef Academy  sets the educational approach as the core of its program. Synonymous with passion and dedication, the Academy  is an inclusive place, where youth meets experience , supporting the development of the next generation of visionary talents wanting to make a difference in Gastronomy worldwide.

The S.Pellegrino Young Chef Academy  opens its doors to participants from more than 70 countries, ensuring that talent knows no boundaries in terms of ethnicity, gender, geography or any other extraneous factors . All the young candidates selected for the S.Pellegrino Young Chef  competition automatically enter the S.Pellegrino Young Chef Academy , together with the Senior profiles - Sages, Mentors and Jurors – involved in the different editions of the contest.

Some of the most renowned members of the global culinary community, who already left their mark during the S.Pellegrino Young Chef  journey, will share their precious expertise within the Academy, enjoying the opportunity to pass on their personal beliefs to the next generations of chefs .

Well-known chefs Enrico Bartolini , Massimo Bottura, Manu Buffara, Andreas Caminada , Mauro Colagreco , Gavin Kaysen , Clare Smyth  and the Editor-in-Chief of Fine Dining Lovers Ryan King  are the first ones who join the project: they will collaborate with S.Pellegrino to enrich the educational program , developing an exciting and exclusive calendar of webinars, interviews and discussions available on the Academy's digital properties.

The S.Pellegrino Young Chef Academy  will also be supported by a selection of prestigious partners, including ALMA - La Scuola Internazionale di Cucina Italiana, Google , Facebook and Fondazione Altagamma ,  available to contribute to the academic contents exploring different relevant topics - innovation, inclusivity, communication, among others - and enlarging the qualified offer to Young Chefs .

Stefano Bolognese ,  Sanpellegrino International Business Unit Director , says: "We are particularly proud to announce the opening of our S.Pellegrino Young Chef Academy,  as a further step to our commitment in shaping the future of Gastronomy, together with the most brilliant chef community. The project aims to facilitate talent discovery and connection, with a specific focus on the young generations of chefs, who will be the game changers of tomorrow. Furthermore, today, having dedicated virtual spaces to share experiences, ideas and opportunities has become crucial to deal with the challenges of the future. We developed the S.Pellegrino Young Chef Academy  as an international community, connected across digital and human networks, with a credible approach supported by the influential industry figures and partners that are joining (and will join) this stimulating adventure with us".

More information and details about S.Pellegrino Young Chef Academy  activity will be available on the dedicated webpage  and official social channels: Facebook  and Instagram .

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Venture Catalysts and 9Unicorns Lead $1 Mn Pre-Series Funding Round in Fusion-Beverages Startup, Raskik

Raskik is founded by industry veterans with combined industry experience of over 50 years in the leading beverage giant Coca-Cola.

Mumbai, 30th November 2020: India's largest integrated accelerator and incubator Venture Catalysts has led a $1 million pre-series A funding round in fusion beverages start-up, Raskik. Felix Advisory LLP acted as financial advisor on the deal.

Accelerator fund 9Unicorns, also participated in the round along with the backing of some key angels and corporate investors such as, Syed Safawi (Ex-CEO Reliance Communications), Snapdeal's founders Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal, Santosh Desai (MD & CEO Future Brands), ANAA International LLC, Amit Jain (CEO L'Oreal India) Promoters of Sapient Wealth, Neeraj Mutha (Director, Mutha Industries Pvt Ltd) and EvolvX Advisory LLP. 

The start-up founded by Vikas Chawla, Abhay Parnerkar, and Satyajit Ram is a millennial centric brand, delivering a portfolio of unique natural fusion beverages at mainstream prices.

Currently, the start-up is present in select areas of Delhi NCR with 3 variants of coconut water & fruit juice fusions across a cross-section of channels i.e. general trade, local MT chains, and e- grocers like MilkBasket and BigBasket. With fresh funds in the kitty, Raskik plans to expand its geographical presence in India and seeks to develop best in class consumer intimacy with millennials who are looking for natural and good-for-you options, to create a highly loved brand.

On closing the first round, Raskik's founder Vikas Chawla said in a statement that, "At Raskik, we are creating a vibrant brand and are driven by our purpose of helping people live better by providing a portfolio of natural, great tasting fusion beverages. It is our belief that with our deep experience in this industry and a highly capable ecosystem of partners, we will delight our consumers with great quality, innovative beverages"

With over 50+ years collective experience in global beverage brand Coca Cola, where they held key leadership positions globally, the founders of Raskik have created a partner ecosystem of industry-leading suppliers & contract manufacturer. These relations have enabled the team to achieve high quality product and packaging while delivering a 'value for money' proposition to consumers.

The Raskik team has had diverse, multi-continent experiences of launching and building new beverage brands / categories and scaling those brands / businesses to achieve multi-million dollar revenues. This start-up has a solid mix of cross-functional leadership experiences, passion for learning, humility to listen to consumers & trade, and a deep hunger to succeed. The founders also deeply and passionately believe in 'giving back' by creating an enterprise that, over time, will make a significant and meaningful impact in the communities they operate in.

"The growing $2 billion fruit juice category has huge opportunities and the domain experienced founders at Raskik have found a sweet spot that could be developed into a category on its own. We at 9Unicorns are elated to back Raskik's product journey," said Abhijeet Pai, Partner at 9Unicorns.

Anuj Golecha, Co-Founder at Venture Catalysts said, "We are elated to lead the funding round for fusion beverage brand Raskik. While we believe in the growth of the natural fruit juice category in India, we also have immense faith on the ability of the founders who have a deep understanding about the category given their vast experience in Coca-Cola. We wish the founders all the best."

About Venture Catalysts

Venture Catalysts is India's first integrated incubator. It invests $250K – $1.5 Million in early stage start-ups that have potential to create enduring value for over a long period of time. Venture Catalysts brings a lethal combination of Capital, Mentoring and Business Network to help investee companies to succeed. Their innovation provides value to start-ups through its extensive angel network, funding, community, services and co-working facility.


About 9Unicorns

9Unicorns is India's First Accelerator VC. It provides acceleration support & seed funding to early- stage start-ups. 9Unicorns provides funding up to $100K per start-up in the first round and, may invest further $500K-$2Mn in successive rounds with its co-investors. From idea stage to angel stage, it supports start-upsacross various themes & sectors.

9Unicorns' strength & focus is on a hands-on support ecosystem for start-ups, beyond capital. 9Unicorns, besides investment, opens doors to the start-ups for access to a wide network of successful founders, category-leaders, CXOs of large corporations, seasoned angel investors & partners of global VC funds. Every portfolio company receives an acceleration support for 3 months & post-investment support of 18 months.

 

Nagpur's Upcoming InterModal Station to 1.63 Mn Litres Fuel and Prevent 7.6 Mn KGs. of CO2 Emissions Over A Period of Upto Year 2050

Speculation is around the corner that about 7,000 trees are proposed to be felled for the proposed InterModal Station Project (IMS) at Ajani in Nagpur . Regional office of National Highway Authority of India clarified that the IMS project is in resonance with Environment Impact Assessment. 

As per Detailed Project Study approximately only 1,940 trees are proposed to be felled. It is also proposed that the maximum number of these trees shall be replanted or transplanted as per the advice of Forest Department and Forest Experts. Regional office of NHAI also informed that a compensatory afforestation of 25,000 trees shall be carried out by the NHAI on the available vacant spaces on the National Highway Projects land in and around Nagpur.

InterModal Station proposed to be constructed at Ajni, with a Land Acquisition of 44.4 acres of Indian Railway land, available adjacent to Railway tracks, for handling capacity of over 3 lakhs passengers per day with a facility of Bus Stand , Railway Station and a Metro Station in the proposed vicinity. This Project is taken up for development of the city of Nagpur in the best interest of people as currently Nagpur Central Station is heavily congested and has limited scope of expansion. There are no organized bus terminuses for intra-city & inter-city buses. This is leading to an increase in road traffic and corresponding pollution across the city.

The proposed InterModal Station will also save 16,31,737 litres of fuel and prevent 75,65,196 Kgs. of Carbon Dioxide emissions over a period of up to year 2050.

Accordingly, this facility is being developed in an environmentally friendly manner, with sufficient open and green spaces incorporated in the design. The development of this facility shall lead to environmental benefits including reduction in congestion and pollution, stated a press release issued by Regional office of NHAI in Nagpur.

Abhishek Prakash to Head NewDay India, the Indian subsidiary of NewDay USA

New Delhi, November 30, 2020: NewDay USA, one of USA's leading VA mortgage players today announced the hiring of Abhishek Prakash as CEO of its Indian subsidiary, NewDay India, headquartered in Hyderabad. Established in 2019, NewDay India is a key software development and support partner to NewDay USA enabling automation of its mortgage operations. NewDay USA is dedicated to making homeownership possible for all of United states' servicemen and women, veterans and their families. 

An MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, as a Palmer Scholar (top 5% of the class) with majors in Operations and Finance, Abhishek Prakash graduated as a silver medalist from IIT Kharagpur. He most recently was the Software Operations Manager for WesternGeco (a Schlumberger company), the world's leading oil field solutions provider and an S&P 100 firm. Abhishek was responsible for building and managing software operations for all of the company's North American clients, and has managed employees from over 40 countries. He also has extensive experience in leading operations across six continents.

In his comments, Rob Posner, Founder and CEO, NewDay USA, said, "Abhishek's experience in operations, strategy, business development and building teams over 13 years at Schlumberger will be a valuable addition to NewDay. As CEO of NewDay India, he will play an important role in the growth of both NewDay USA and NewDay India."

On his new role, Abhishek Prakash, CEO, NewDay India, said, "It's a privilege for me to join the NewDay India team. NewDay India, like NewDay USA, offers all its team members the opportunity to serve service members and veterans. Am proud to join a company that truly invests in the careers of its employees."

About NewDay USA: NewDay USA is a nationwide VA mortgage lender focused on helping active service members, veterans, and their families achieve homeownership and a financial plan for their future. The company was named the Best Military Lender by National Mortgage Professional and is a Ginnie Mae (GNMA) approved issuer/ servicer. The company employs best practices in mortgage lending and career growth for mortgage professionals. Consistent with its mission, NewDay is a philanthropic partner of numerous organizations focused on assisting military veterans and their families in need. The NewDay USA Foundation provides four-year scholarships to children of fallen and severely disabled military veterans to attend JROTC military high schools across the nation. It's also the philanthropic partner of the Medal of Honor Foundation, the USO, Boulder Crest Retreat for Military and Veteran Wellness and has been a major sponsor of the Military Bowl. Community service and giving back in the form of volunteerism plays a significant role among the NewDay USA workforce. NewDay USA is a registered trade name of New Day Financial, LLC (NMLS # 1043), which is a key holding of Chrysalis Holdings, LLC, a private investment group focused on financial services. To know more, do visit www.newdayusa.com.

Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Teleperformance as the Growth and Innovation Leader in the Asia-Pacific Customer Experience Outsourcing Services Market

Teleperformance offers global expertise and a full range of innovative digital solutions for companies looking to redesign their CX and business processes

SANTA CLARA, Calif. , Nov. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Frost & Sullivan has identified Teleperformance as the growth and innovation top-performing leader in the Frost Radar™: Asia-Pacific Customer Experience Outsourcing Services Market, 2020. Demand for outsourced customer experience (CX) services is growing steadily in today's consumer-centric marketplace as customers demand more personalized, relevant, proactive, and engaging experiences.

The Asia-Pacific CX outsourcing services market, expected to generate $42.4 billion in revenue by 2025, is fragmented and remains competitive, despite the impact of COVID-19. The region continues to be the preferred outsourcing destination for global organizations. As organizations gradually shift their priorities from a task-based approach to achieving high-level outcomes,  outsourcing is transforming from a purely bottom-line, cost-savings exercise toward a top-line, revenue-generating opportunity. In this context, it is paramount that the outsourcing partner embraces emerging technology and advanced tools and leverages domain knowledge and global best practices to be the catalyst for transformation, delivering sustainable differentiation for organizations.

Recent acquisitions have helped Teleperformance pivot to excel in integrated services for business process management and digital transformation services. The subsequent creation of its digital integrated business services (DIBS) unit brought together value-added consulting capabilities and data analytics solutions. The additions pave the way for the provider to offer superior technology-enabled offerings, enhancing end-to-end business process management services for both the front and back office.

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"Among the customer experience outsourcing services providers in the region, Teleperformance boasts of an unparalleled footprint and serves the global and Asian brands, Asian languages, as well as the offshore markets for the English-speaking world," noted Krishna Baidya , Director, Information and Communication Technology at Frost & Sullivan . "True to its innovative culture, the company continues to augment its core competencies of delivery execution by fully integrating and leveraging advanced technology solution capabilities from its acquisition."

Striving to be the digitally integrated business services partner of choice across Asia-Pacific , Teleperformance's renewed focus on combining human touch and technology to deliver optimized, strategic and intelligent services bodes well for clients, ranging from fast-growing companies in the new economy sector to the world's biggest brands in a mature market. The customer-centric culture and execution capabilities are cornerstones of the company's high growth rate and expansive customer base.

"We are honored to be recognized by Frost & Sullivan as the Growth and Innovation Leader in the Frost Radar™ report on the Asia-Pacific Customer Experience Outsourcing Services Market," said David Rizzo , President Asia Pacific Teleperformance. "As one of the leading digital solutions providers in Asia-Pacific , this accolade reaffirms our commitment to the innovative work that we do to create meaningful interactions between our clients and their customers."

Teleperformance  differentiates itself in an extremely competitive market by delivering proactive insights through end-user sentiment analysis using the Teleperformance Customer Experience Lab. The company also supports its customers by:

Leveraging its position as the leading global outsourced CX services company with 300,000 employees in 80 countries to offer programs in over 265 languages and dialects. It has, arguably, the largest multicultural team in the market. Focusing on a stringent and holistic approach to compliance, security, and privacy for its clients. Its dedicated security team, which operates autonomously from the IT division and includes more than 100 certified security analysts and experts, is a testament to its commitment. Offering multilingual and high-tech, high-touch embedded content moderation solutions in the region by ramping up the multilingual hub in Malaysia . Launching the Teleperformance Innovation Experience Center in Silicon Valley to showcase its global expertise and a full range of state-of-the-art digital solutions to drive innovative solutions for customers and partners. Frost Radar™: Asia-Pacific Customer Experience Outsourcing Services Market provides results from an in-depth analysis built on a 360-degree research methodology where over 150 companies were evaluated. The team of industry analysts identified 24 industry leaders excelling at innovation, most poised for growth and ripe for investment, and recognizes them in the Frost Radar with insight into their innovative offerings, projected growth rates, strengths, and opportunities for the future.

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Codleo Consulting Launches 'ProjecLeo' An Exclusive Cloud based Project Management App for SMBs

Codleo Consulting launches its exclusive Cloud based Project Management App for SMBs – ProjecLeo

New Delhi, November 2020: Codleo Consulting, one of the most trusted Indian IT companies with global footprints has recently launched ProjecLeo, an exclusive project management app to provide impeccable management practices for businesses to achieve specific goals in a specified timeline. It has powerful project planning and scheduling features with collaboration tools for teams. Also equipped with user friendly task management & time logs, to automate and streamline the essential business processes for enhanced operational efficiency.

Automating business processes is essential for strategic business control and agility. Through the ProjecLeo app, Codleo Consulting strives to provide team members more control towards task management and increased visibility across the entire organization. It allows business owners or project managers to create to-do lists, manage deadlines, and update the team automatically.

Commenting on the launch of the app, RS Maan- GlobalChief Revenue Officer of Codleo Consulting said, "Projecleo is intuitive and well-designed, it covers all the needed functions that are most compatible for Project Management. It has all the functionality you need for time tracking and project management. The app itself is built on Salesforce with a rich offering of all the most-used elements of project management, and is very easy to use."

"We walked through over many project management software solutions to find tools that have a feature set specifically designed to work for small businesses. The Gantt chart, task scheduling and time logs are our best to best elements as these provide solutions to long-held problems for the team, around visibility and scheduling. If you're looking for an affordable native-salesforce project management tool you should definitely consider Projecleo", he added.

Effective and clear communication works significantly in strengthening the connections of a company with its people and other stakeholders. The newly launched project management app sets clear channels of communication to help the team focus on their targets and ways for moving ahead. With state-of-the-art features, the app updates project plans automatically in real-time and allows the team members to create their own project templates.

KEY FEATURES OF THE APP:

·         Real-time dashboards for project tracking

·         Gantt Charting to illustrate project planning and scheduling

·         Online planning to create and share important plant for multiple team members viewing

·         Scheduling to manage workload across multiple projects

·         Task Listsfor easy task management

·         Collaboration for easy discussion of tasks through universal sharing

·         Resource management to provide easy resource allocation tools

·         Task management to help the team members manage and track the progress of their own tasks

·         Built on Cloud based Salesforce Platform with Best AI and Analytics with low Code & Drag & Drop features

·         Mobile App

The app has 3 versions and is specially priced at USD $7 per month for SMB's. Plus, it is available at a discounted price for non - profits and educational institutions, on the Salesforce App Exchange.

About Codleo Consulting

Codleo Consulting is one of the most trusted IT companies based in New Delhi. It brings together a broad range of services within the areas of CRM, Digital Marketing, and Marketing automation. They believe in innovation and problem solving, committed to helping companies of all sizes, across many industries, around the world in order to achieve the best results in their businesses.

Codleo Consulting has established a global presence in international countries including Canada, Australia, and the United States. With state-of-the-art applications and services, it is also planning to establish a new Global Delivery Centre of 250 seats in Hyderabad, by the end of 2021. 

AppInventiv Witnesses 75% growth in H1 FY20-21 over H1 FY19-20; Aims to Clock INR 100 Cr in Revenue this Fiscal Year

Sees spike in demand for digital transformation services from Fintech & Healthcare sectors amidst the pandemic

New Delhi, 30th November 2020: Appinventiv, a leading global end-to-end digital transformation service provider in India today, announced that it has clocked over 75% growth in revenue in H1 FY 2020-2021 vis-à-vis H1 of FY19-20 when the company's revenues stood at 40 Cr.. The growth is largely driven by the spike in demand for on-demand digital transformation services in the Fintech and Healthcare sector. Seeing the inclusion of technology in various new sectors, Appinventiv has grown competence in the last one year to serve the demand. Known for its high-end engineering, Appinventiv has been clocking steady growth since its inception.

When the entire economy was grappling to survive because of COVID-19, Appinventiv grew its clientele in the last 6 months and bagged multiple Government projects including some key digital solutions for the Indian and Qatar governments. Data security and client confidentiality remained the utmost priority for the company even during this period. AppInventiv's IT team ensured that all security protocols are being followed with 100% compliance across the organization. Achieving outstanding results for its clients leading to business continuity for new and existing clients alike, AppInventiv has emerged as their trusted partner steering towards growth.

Commenting on the overall growth, Saurabh Singh, Director, Appinventiv, says, "We saw additional opportunities for our business in the year 2020 and were confident that our strategies will lead us to significant growth. We are a one-step-ahead solutions provider to transform the technology world. The pandemic has accelerated the shift to fully-digital business models in banking, insurance, medicine, and retail, among others. As a result, there is an emerging need for these businesses to develop after-sale support with digital technology, employing software and AI to make corrections and adjustments in order to keep physical products running smoothly. Consequently, we have seen a faster-than-anticipated growth in some of the leading sectors and heightened interest from the government on account of increasing digital adoption. On a high-growth trajectory, we are positive to clock 100 Cr. in revenue this fiscal."

With its preceding contingency plan, a few new policies, as well as its fiscal readiness, AppInventiv ensured a seamless transition to Work from Home for its 600+ people. The company's remote working and agile culture allowed it to sustain a 100% operational capacity in less than 24 hours and today the company is truly acclimatized to the future of work.


About Appinventiv

Established in 2015, Appinventiv, a leading global end-to-end digital transformation service provider. It has been empowering disruptive startups and Fortune 500 companies in bridging the gap between ideas and reality through end to end product development solutions. Starting from idea validation to the concept and product design, multi-platform development, and testing.

Appinventiv has served over 700 clients across multi-industries' SMEs and establishments. Some of the notable clients in the list include Dominos, KFC, IKEA, ABP Live, Supertech, KPMG, amongst others. The company is run by a great leadership team and backed by 600+ extremely-talented mobility experts who have successfully designed, developed, and delivered more than 900 mobile applications translating Appinventiv into global recognition. Setting new benchmarks, AppInventiv has developed some of the most-downloaded, and highly-rated apps on the Google Play Store. They have been awarded for the most promising mobile apps solution providers globally by CIO Review, top global leaders in mobile app development by Clutch, and top blockchain app development company by MAD, etc. It is serving clients across the USA, Australia, UAE region, and has a global presence.

For more information, visit https://appinventiv.com/

SP Jain Global's Bachelor of Data Science program Ranked #1 in India

MUMBAI, India , Nov. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Bachelor of Data Science (BDS) program by SP Jain School of Global Management has emerged at the top spot in the annual Data Science Education Rankings by the Analytics India Magazine (AIM), India's foremost data analytics publication.

The ranking is calculated from scores across several parameters such as course pedagogy, faculty profile and credentials, gender diversity, faculty to student ratio, graduation outcome, external relations, placement assistance, ROI, brand value and student review. With top scores in pedagogy and course structure, faculty profile and credentials, and faculty-to-student ratio, this latest ranking places SP Jain ahead of more established data science courses in India .

"We, at SP Jain School of Global Management, are thrilled to lead the way for students to develop the most important technical and analytical skills that will strengthen their value as data scientists and analysts," shares Dr. Abhijit Dasgupta , Director of the Bachelor of Data Science program at SP Jain School of Global Management . "With companies pouring millions into their digital transformation initiatives, data science has emerged as the most important skill for the modern workforce. So much so that even junior data scientists command average starting salaries of over USD 100,000 in top companies."

The BDS at SP Jain School of Global Management is a 3-year multi-city bachelor's program aimed at preparing the next generation of innovative data scientists and analysts. Students learn the most cutting-edge skills needed to manage, distil, and interpret data for industries - from finance and healthcare to marketing and advertising. The course curriculum includes programming languages like Python and R and big data frameworks like Hadoop. With an emphasis on extracting meaning from data, this course is designed to prepare students for careers in a wide array of industries as well as for Master's programs in Data Science.

Dr. Dasgupta adds that one of the most unique and rewarding aspects of the course is an internship component that gives students exposure and hands-on experience working with real and complex data at a fast-growing company. "I am thrilled to share that our students have in the past, secured internships and research opportunities at Johnson & Johnson (Australia ), AI Australia, IIT Bombay, Adaptive Investments (USA ), University of Massachusetts (USA), VP Bank (Vietnam ) and Faethm AI (Australia ), AWS, Oracle, IBM, SAS Institute, IEEE, Tableau, ACS, and Instagram, among others.

These internships have offered our students fantastic opportunities to build their own portfolio, work with professionals in the field and demonstrate that they are already one step ahead of their peers," shares Dr. Dasgupta.

In 2019, the BDS course was accredited by the Data Science Council of America (DASCA), the foremost credentialing body for Data Science & Engineering program in the United States and around the world. For more information, please visit www.spjain.org .

ABOUT SP JAIN SCHOOL OF GLOBAL MANAGEMENT (SP JAIN GLOBAL)

SP Jain is an Australian business school with campuses in Mumbai , Dubai , Singapore and Sydney . The School offers a plethora of undergraduate, postgraduate, professional and doctoral programs with a motive of crafting leaders for the 21st century workplace. Their full-time MBA programs have significant recognition as evinced through global rankings.

Forbes: Top 15 Best International 1-year MBAs (2019-21) Times Higher Education-Wall Street Journal: Top 5 Best International 1-year MBAs (2018) Forbes: Top 20 Best International 1-year MBAs (2017-19) The Economist: Top 100 Full-Time MBAs worldwide (2015) Forbes: Top 10 Best International 1-year MBAs (2015-17) Forbes: Top 20 Best International Business Schools (2013-15) Financial Times: Top 100 Global MBA programs (2011 and 2012) SP Jain is registered as a Higher Education Provider in Australia . Upon graduation, students receive a degree conferred by SP Jain School of Global Management, Australia . SP Jain's world-class business courses are accredited by the Department of Education/Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA), Australia. SP Jain is registered as a Private Education Institute (PEI) by the committee for Private Education (CPE), Singapore. The academic qualifications granted by SP Jain and certified by the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA), Dubai are recognized in the Emirate of Dubai . Click here to read more.

Electric Truck and Construction Logistics Startup Infraprime Logistics to Catalyse $200 Mn Investment in Construction Logistics

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Infraprime Logistics Technologies, the Electric Truck and construction logistics start-up is planning to catalyse investment of $200 million to electrify and organize construction logistics in India. The three-year-old Company has grown to over $50m in terms of annualized gross logistics value of the contracts being executed. 

The investment by the Company would go in expanding the marketplace for construction logistics all over India, in establishing a state-of-the-art platform for vehicle servicing, charging and maintenance and towards plant automation. Fleet operators, charging network franchisee owners and banks would be playing their part via purchase and financing of various assets. The investment would add over $1b in annual margins to stakeholders across the value chain. 

As per a report by KPMG, the construction sector is expected to be a $1 trillion industry by 2025 and is expected to engage 1 million heavy duty trucks. The Company plans to showcase through its investment that all these 1 million heavy duty trucks can be replaced with electric trucks. The country wide displacement would need a charging network spanning 2,000 sites across 500+ routes.

Electric trucks can generate four times as much margins as a corresponding diesel truck. With introduction of BS VI, the prices of diesel trucks have gone up which creates a compelling case for the Electric Trucks. The Company’s Electric Trucks are priced at twice the price of a corresponding diesel truck.

The Company launched its first Electric Truck model “Rhino 5536” in Aug 2019 which immediately garnered eyeballs. The Company is planning to soon launch a 37 MT GCW model and a 28 MT GCW model.

The Company also has an on-demand marketplace “IPLT Trucknow” wherein customers can directly place orders for their transportation/material requirements for construction projects. The orders are fulfilled by the drivers who get navigation assistance via the “IPLT Humsafar” App.

Microland Recognized as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Managed Network Services

BENGALURU, India , ATLANTA and LONDON , Nov. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Microland, a global digital transformation company announced today that it has been recognized as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Managed Network Services. The detailed report is available at https://www.microland.com/analyst-insights/leader-gartner-magic-quadrant .

Gartner evaluated vendors on multiple parameters. Assessment was based on two service categories of managed LAN & Managed WAN / WLAN and five management attributes of service delivery platform, service management functions, operations automation, customer experience management & professional services that are Core capabilities for Managed Network Services.

The report projects that "By 2023, 40% of enterprise buyers will demand standardized service definitions from managed network services (MNS) providers, up from 15% in 2018" and that "By 2024, to enhance agility and support for cloud applications, 60% of enterprises will have implemented SD-WAN, compared with about 30% in 2020."

According to the report "The MNS market consists of globally capable providers of MNS that provide service management functions for the operation of enterprise networks." "The providers in this market are either Network Service Providers (NSPs) or non-NSPs, as both types are common in this market." According to another report, "Critical Capabilities for Managed Network Services", "The providers in this research are either NSPs or non-NSPs, as both types are common in this market and have also met the requirement for delivering services on a global basis, beyond their own home country."

Pradeep Kar , Founder, Chairman and Managing Director commented: "We believe Microland's recognition in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Managed Network Services is a huge validation of our resolute focus in being the IT Infrastructure Partner of Choice to our customers for 31 years, and Microland has been in the forefront of providing Managed Network Services from its inception. I believe this recognition is a demonstration of the depth and breadth of our services and driving continuous innovation. We dedicate this recognition to our customers who've always inspired us to raise the bar of success."

The report outlines, "For Managed Network Services (MNS), automation is the key to the efficiency and quality of the service delivery platform at scale. Importantly, automation is also critical to maintaining service delivery quality and positive customer experience from provider MNS offerings."

Reacting to the noteworthy mention,  Robert Wysocki , Senior Vice President & Global Client Solutions Leader - Networks & Cybersecurity noted: "We believe this is a recognition of our ability to drive superlative customer experiences through continued investments in innovative solutions. One of our key investment areas has been in an automated service delivery platform—the Network Assurance Platform that helps in proactive management of the complete lifecycle of network infrastructure management."

Mahesh Nagaraj , Chief Marketing Officer added, "We are honored for Gartner to have recognized us as a Leader in the Magic Quadrant for Managed Network Services. Our belief that technology works best when you notice it least, is the way we've approached our customer engagements and every plan, intervention and innovation is focused on guaranteeing that promise. Microland's suite of proprietary solutions have been catalysts in enabling our customers to accelerate their transformation journey and 'making digital happen."

Microland has customers across multiple sectors including BFSI, Retail, Hi-tech, Pharma & Lifesciences and has been providing Managed Network Services and Network Transformation Services globally across 170 countries. Microland delivers Managed Network Services to its customers through several NOCs operating 24 x 7 underpinned by its homegrown IP, the Network Assurance Platform. Microland's Network offering suite includes managing the network infrastructure across the whole spectrum of LAN, WLAN, WAN and data center with significant expertise in emerging technologies including software defined networks (SDLAN, SDWAN), Wi-Fi 6.0 and 5G. Microland has established partnerships with several technology providers including Cisco, Fortinet, Velocloud by VMware, Versa Networks, among others.

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Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Managed Network Services, Ted Corbett et al., 9 Nov 2020

Gartner, Critical Capabilities for Managed Network Services, Danellie Young et al., 10 November 2020

Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

About Microland

Microland's delivery of digital and "Making Digital Happen" allows technology to do more and intrude less. We make it easier for enterprises to adopt nextGen Digital infrastructure. We enable this using our expertise in Cloud and Data Centers, Networks, Digital Workplace, Cybersecurity and Industrial IoT— ensuring the embrace of brilliance is predictable, reliable and stable.

In the COVID impacted world, Microland is making digital happen for enterprises with a laser focus on services that are more relevant to our clients and prospects than ever before. Incorporated in 1989 and headquartered in Bengaluru, India , Microland has more than 4,500 digital specialists across offices and delivery centers in Asia , Australia , Europe , Middle East and North America .

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GCLSI Supplies 64MW Solar Modules to Two Large PV Plants in Japan

SUZHOU, China , Nov. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- GCL System Integration ("GCLSI" or "the Company"), a world-leading, one-stop and integrated energy system provider, has announced its cooperation with a leading Japanese solar energy project construction company to build two utility-scale solar power stations in Japan . Both solar power stations are currently under construction and they are expected to connect to the grid at the beginning of 2022. The two projects won the support of MUFG Bank, Mizuho Bank , SMBC Group and other local banks.

The first project is a 37 MW solar power plant located in Kochi, which covers around 280,000 hectares and is designed to provide 45000 MWh annually. Once it's been completed, the station will become the second largest solar plant in Japan powered by the innovative GCLSI cast-mono module.

The second project is a 27 MW power plant in the Kanto region, which covers approximately 240,000 hectares. Outlining the details of the project, Riki Li , Country Manager for GCL in Japan , explained: "Getting planning permission was the biggest challenge we've faced in this project". After three years of development, the project was put in motion. The power plant is expected to generate 29000 MWh of power annually.

Japan has put great efforts into the solar energy development and has shifted its policies towards renewable energy after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant tragedy in 2011. According to a report from the Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies (ISEP), the installed PV capacity had increased by 5.7 GW and reached nearly 54 GW at the end of 2019. This year the market is expected to add over 7 GW of new capacity in the region.

GCL started its silicon business in Japan in 2010 and enlarged its business scope to solar project development in 2014 and module sales in 2017. GCL Japan currently owns 58 MW of solar projects in the region. As a fully integrated clean energy system provider with robust in-house production capable of manufacturing high-quality PV products with high performance/price ratio, GCL is dedicated to providing the best value-per-watt products to our customers. The GCL Japan team is always seeking opportunities to develop solar projects with our partners and contribute to Japan's carbon-neutral target by 2050.

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ViaBTC Launches New Cloud Mining Service with BTC and ETH Contracts Available

ViaBTC, the world-leading cryptocurrency mining pool, launches a new cloud mining service. Customers around the world now can purchase Bitcoin and Ethereum contracts with USDT, BTC, BCH, ETH or LTC.

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BTC and ETH contracts are available for the ViaBTC cloud mining. (Graphic: Business Wire)

ViaBTC will be running top-of-the-line mining machines in different data centers to provide stable and consistent hashrate. A total of 17PH/s for BTC contract and 44GH/s for ETH contract are available for purchase until December 1 for this first batch, while the order unit is 1TH/s and 1MH/s respectively. There are several ways that one can use in order to mine Ethereum (ETH) or Bitcoins (BTC). 

 

“By launching the cloud mining service, we have lowered the mining threshold,” said Eddie Jiang, Partner and COO of ViaBTC. “Though there are more institutional players entering this industry to set up large mining farms, individual miners can still participate and benefit from purchasing cloud mining contracts.”

The cloud mining service offers more people the opportunity to mine cryptocurrencies, solving problems such as installing and configuring mining machines, high costs for purchasing equipment, and expensive electricity for novice miners.

ViaBTC has a long-standing reputation in the mining industry, and always strives to provide customers with the best services and returns. ViaBTC will take the risk once there is malfunction in mining machines or mining farms, so mining yields of cloud mining contracts will not be affected. Besides, prepayment of electricity fee is not required, so customers can purchase more hashrate with the same amount of money.

It is worth mentioning that referral reward and time-limited discount are also available to encourage more people to participate in cloud mining. ViaBTC will also launch the trading function later as well, enabling users to trade their contracts freely on secondary market.

For more information, please visit: www.viabtc.com/cloudmining/products

 

About ViaBTC Mining Pool

 

ViaBTC mining pool is the fifth largest BTC mining pool and is also the largest BCH mining pool in the world. ViaBTC has served more than one million users from 130+ countries/regions with secure & professional services of cryptocurrency mining. It pioneered the PPS+ revenue distribution model, which is safe and stable with higher revenue. ViaBTC is also the world’s first mining pool that supports the Hourly Auto Conversion between mined coins and USDT.

 

Website: www.viabtc.com

 

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Thales to Deliver the World’s First Fully Integrated Unmanned Mine Countermeasures System for the Royal Navy and French “Marine Nationale”

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• France and the United Kingdom marked the tenth anniversary of the Lancaster House treaties by signing a joint contract for Thales to launch the production of the MMCM (Maritime Mine Counter Measures) program, under Phase 2. Phase 1 initiated in 2015 was to demonstrate and qualify the technology.
• With this contract, French and British Navies equip themselves with the world’s first fully integrated unmanned mine countermeasures system of systems.
• The system has been tested and demonstrated under real operational scenarios at sea in France and the United Kingdom.
• Thales, together with its main partners (ECA Group, L3Harris and Saab), is now awarded to deliver these systems starting from 2022 to the Navies.

Following the first phase of the program in which two demonstrators have successfully proven their operational performances at sea, France and the United Kingdom marked the tenth anniversary of the Lancaster House treaties by signing a joint contract for Thales to start the production phase of MMCM to deliver eight unmanned mine hunting systems (four for France and four for the United Kingdom).

 

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With the threat of mines and improvised explosive devices present in all conflicts involving naval forces, countries need to strengthen the protection of their maritime domain, to ensure the protection of their assets and to safeguard the freedom of civil navigation. At the same time, it is essential to limit human exposure to mines. With 50 years of expertise serving navies around the world, Thales develops technologies that enable the transition from conventional solutions, such as minehunters, to unmanned solutions. The MMCM program is the first step in the renewal of the operational concept for mine warfare in France and the United Kingdom, based on the use of unmanned systems which could potentially replace traditional minehunters.

 

This is a step change in capability, improving performances, productivity and removing the need to place members of the armed forces in harm’s way. It strengthens the leadership of the French Navy and Royal Navy as world leaders in both mine hunting and unmanned systems in the maritime domain.

 

The subsystems developed for the programme by Thales and its partners include Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USV) to transport and connect solutions and a cutting-edge sonar (SAMDIS) offering unique Single Path Multi View capability to identify and classify threats. The SAMDIS sonar can be carried by Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) or by Towed Synthetic Aperture Multiviews (TSAM) vehicle operated from the USV. The USV can also carry a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) to neutralize the threats. The entire system is remotely supervised by operators working from a Portable Operational Centre (POC) capable of controlling up to three systems in parallel at sea.

 

MMCM is the only proven system to offer advanced technologies, including autonomy, to improve performance and productivity thanks to the combination of unrivalled real time user experience using big data exchanges with trusted augmented artificial intelligence (A²I) to provide huge improvement of customer trust in operation clearance and increase the security of national interests. As a result of Thales’s open-architecture approach to MMCM, these new technologies can be easily integrated into the overall system, providing the navies with the opportunity to introduce new operational capabilities, in a planned way, throughout the life of the system.

 

After the success of the first configuration conducted under real operational conditions with the complete system, Thales is now fully committed to deliver the first operational systems to French and British navies by 2022. This program testifies of the exemplary cooperation between the two states and industrial teams and anchors Thales’s unique expertise and World leading position in conventional MCM, supporting over half the world’s anti-mine vessels with over 300 systems in service.

 

“Thales is grateful to France and the United Kingdom for trusting such an important technology transition with the Thales teams in France and the UK. To date during trials, the MMCM systems and its assets have covered the equivalent of 30.000 soccer fields at sea, sometimes with very rough sea conditions. This is indeed a step change in how Navies will be able to respond in the future to vicious threats such as mines and improvised explosive devices at sea.” Alexis Morel, VP Underwater Systems, Thales.

 

About Thales

 

Thales (Euronext Paris: HO) is a global high technology leader investing in digital and “deep tech” innovations –connectivity, big data, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and quantum technology – to build a future we can all trust, which is vital to the development of our societies. The company provides solutions, services and products that help its customers –businesses, organisations and states – in the defence, aeronautics, space, transportation and digital identity and security markets to fulfil their critical missions, by placing humans at the heart of the decision-making process.

 

With 83,000 employees in 68 countries, Thales generated sales of €19 billion in 2019 (on a basis including Gemalto over 12 months).

 

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Leveraging Its Mobile ID, IDEMIA Brings Digital Travel Credentials to Life

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• During the November International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) virtual conference, IDEMIA, the global leader in augmented identity and security solutions, presented, with a major airline company, its Digital Travel Credentials (DTC) demonstrator - latest digital ID generation enhancing passenger experience.
• Digital Travel Credentials complement ePassports by reliably confirming passenger identity and providing a more digital and smoother passenger experience.
• IDEMIA demonstrates its leadership and delivers its DTC Versions 1 and 2 that turn smartphones into travel documents making passage through airports and eGates faster and more convenient.
• IDEMIA’s groundbreaking innovation reinforces its digital ID portfolio and paves the way for a future ICAO standard covering use of smartphones and other connected devices.

Digital Travel Credentials make traveling between airports and airlines a more enjoyable experience and bolsters passenger trust in airport services and systems. On 10-11 November 2020, at the ICAO virtual conference, IDEMIA demonstrated with an airline partner its breakthrough innovation capabilities to present a fully operational solution, bringing DTC to life.

 

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Leveraging its Mobile ID solution and passenger flow facilitation solutions, IDEMIA simulated a passenger DTC for check in and smart boarding. Passengers can speed through all airport touchpoints thanks to fast and ultra-secure biometric identification. IDEMIA’s DTC treat private data with the same security level as for paper passports.

 

“This DTC demonstrator illustrates the innovative capabilities of IDEMIA to perform a highly secure, reliable and smooth identity verification of travelers at airports. Coupled with automated gates, DTC both reduce waiting time and ensure a pleasant passenger journey. We are very proud to carry out this first-of-the-kind experimentation that confirms IDEMIA’s technological leadership in the ID market and open the path for a new way of traveling in the future” said Philippe Barreau, IDEMIA Group Executive Vice President Public Security & Identity.

 

The 2019 International Air Transport Association (IATA) Global Passenger Survey showed that seamless travel is a top priority for passengers. 72% are in favor of automated gates because they speed up immigration controls and shore up security. 70% would also be willing to further extend the role played by biometrics in smoothing their journey, taking advantage of more personal services and viewing accurate up-to-date travel details. IDEMIA DTC provide the power to sooth many passengers’ fears.

 

More about IDEMIA’s DTC

 

A world first: a mobile and government identity travel credential

 

The DTC work together with a national digital ID app to ensure data accuracy and build confidence. Passengers can set up their own DTC via their smartphone, either from home or in person with the help of the issuing authority. When at home, the app reads passenger ePassport chips to retrieve private details in full compliance with ICAO standards. Identity is then guaranteed by a biometric face match.

 

A seamless and contactless airport passenger experience

 

At home or anywhere, passengers check in on the airline’s website using their smartphone. At the airport, they pass through automated border gates through face matching. Passengers’ identity is checked with their smartphone, which slashes checking time by more than two thirds.

 

About IDEMIA

 

IDEMIA, the global leader in Augmented Identity, provides a trusted environment enabling citizens and consumers alike to perform their daily critical activities (such as pay, connect and travel), in the physical as well as digital space.

 

Securing our identity has become mission critical in the world we live in today. By standing for Augmented Identity, an identity that ensures privacy and trust and guarantees secure, authenticated and verifiable transactions, we reinvent the way we think, produce, use and protect one of our greatest assets – our identity – whether for individuals or for objects, whenever and wherever security matters. We provide Augmented Identity for international clients from Financial, Telecom, Identity, Public Security and IoT sectors. With close to 15,000 employees around the world, IDEMIA serves clients in 180 countries.

 

For more information, visit www.idemia.com / Follow @IDEMIAGroup on Twitter

 

 

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