Pictet-Clean Energy vincitore del premio “ESG Champions” come migliore fondo ambientale

Pictet Asset Management ancora una volta protagonista nell’ambito degli investimenti sostenibili. Il fondo Pictet-Clean Energy, con un rating di 4,8/5, è stato insignito del premio “ESG Champions”. In questa sua prima edizione, il premio ideato da Mainstreet Partners ha selezionato i campioni della sostenibilità tra 350 strategie gestite da oltre 60 asset manager a livello globale.Il fondo Pictet-Clean Energy, lanciato nel 2007 e ridisegnato a fine 2018, investe nella transizione energetica verso fonti sostenibili, includendo nel proprio universo di investimento non solo le energie rinnovabili, ma anche importanti tematiche quali i veicoli elettrici, i green buildings e le tecnologie abilitanti che facilitano e velocizzano tale processo di transizione. Si tratta di trend secolari che negli ultimi mesi hanno subito una rapida accelerazione, grazie anche a un contesto regolamentare e politico sempre più attento alla tutela dell’ambiente.Xavier Chollet, gestore del fondo Pictet-Clean Energy, ha commentato: “Le tematiche legate alla sostenibilità ambientale sono oggi finalmente considerate importanti driver di performance finanziarie, anche alla luce di questa difficile fase di emergenza globale. Per il 2021 e per il futuro confidiamo in allettanti prospettive di crescita, date la maggiore consapevolezza sui cambiamenti climatici e la necessità di accelerare la transizione energetica. La rapida innovazione tecnologica permetterà una maggiore elettrificazione di trasporti, edilizia e fabbriche, mentre eolico e solare saranno le principali fonti di energia elettrica”.Paolo Paschetta, Country Head per l’Italia di Pictet Asset Management, ha concluso: “Questo riconoscimento è una nuova conferma del nostro impegno nella sostenibilità. In Pictet abbiamo iniziato a investire sulla tutela dell’ambiente fin dal 2000, quando abbiamo lanciato il primo fondo al mondo dedicato al tema dell’acqua – il Pictet-Water – e da allora non ci siamo più fermati. Gli investimenti responsabili fanno parte, infatti, del nostro DNA aziendale con un unico grande obiettivo: lavorare insieme, per un futuro migliore”.
Il premio “ESG Champions”, ideato da Mainstreet Partners, utilizza una metodologia proprietaria per identificare 11 categorie di vincitori attraverso un processo strutturato che valuta il livello di sostenibilità dei fondi. Tale metodologia prevede una dettagliata valutazione basata su 3 pilastri, che considera l’asset manager nel suo complesso, la strategia del fondo e le singole partecipazioni. Il rating ESG varia da un punteggio di 1 (basso) a 5 (alto). Il rating finale non è semplicemente basato sula media dei 3 pilastri ma ognuno degli 80 indicatori ha uno specifico peso e in aggiunta il modello valuta degli elementi di “bonus/malus” a seconda della categoria a cui appartiene il fondo. Fondato a Ginevra nel 1805, il Gruppo Pictet è uno dei principali gestori patrimoniali e del risparmio indipendenti in Europa. By Federica Calvia

Insight Partners to Acquire Swiss Cloud Data Management Leader Veeam

NEW YORK Leading software investor Insight Partners announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Veeam Software, the leader in Backup solutions that deliver Cloud Data Management™. Under the ownership of Insight Partners, Veeam will become a U.S. company, with a U.S.-based leadership team, while continuing its global expansion from offices in 30 countries and with customers in over 160 countries. The acquisition, which is expected to close during the first quarter of 2020, will enable Veeam to accelerate its Act II (Veeam’s evolution into Hybrid Cloud), expand into new markets and continue its growth trajectory. As part of the acquisition, William H. Largent has been promoted to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) – he previously held the role of Executive Vice President (EVP), Operations – and Danny Allan has been promoted to Chief Technology Officer (CTO).
Following an investment from Insight Partners at the beginning of 2019, Veeam, the clear market leader with over $1 billion in annual sales and more than 365,000 customers worldwide, worked alongside Insight Partners’ business strategy and ScaleUp division, Insight Onsite, to expand its software-defined Veeam Cloud Data Management Platform. The company launched a number of new innovations over the last year, including Veeam Backup for Amazon Web Services (AWS), Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 v4, Veeam Universal License (VUL) and announcing Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure – growing its share of the U.S. market, as well as cementing its position in the global market. The acquisition and bolstering of U.S. leadership will accelerate Veeam’s already impressive growth trajectory and expansion into adjacent markets.
At the core of Veeam’s strategy is delivering simplicity, flexibility and reliability to its global customer base (which includes 81% of the Fortune 500). During the last decade, Veeam’s approach has seen it collect more than 170 industry awards, named as a leader in three consecutive backup and data recovery Magic Quadrants by Gartner, boast a consistent leadership position in the Forrester Wave and also named as one of Forbes’ Cloud 100 companies for four straight years. According to the latest IDC Software Tracker, Veeam is the #1 market-share leader in EMEA and the #4 worldwide, after DellEMC, Veritas and IBM. Today, Veeam is the clear market leader, delivering Backup solutions that enable Cloud Data Management, and has recently launched exciting new cloud-native solutions that will enable customers to manage, migrate, orchestrate and protect data across AWS and Microsoft Azure environments – core elements of its Act II. In the coming weeks, NEW Veeam Availability Suite v10 will be generally available, providing users with the most powerful software-defined data management solution in the industry.
The Board of Directors will be immediately supplemented with seasoned software, government and business leadership as co-investor Nick Ayers, of Ayers Neugebauer & Company, a member of the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders and former Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States, joins Insight Partners Managing Director Mike Triplett and Veeam CEO, William H. Largent on the Board. Following the acquisition, Co-Founders Andrei Baronov and Ratmir Timashev will step down from the Board. Additionally, Insight Partners Managing Directors Ryan Hinkle and Ross Devor will each serve on the Board once the acquisition has been completed.

Sheridan Capital Partners Announces Investment in Tarrytown Expocare

Sheridan Capital Partners (“Sheridan”) announced today its investment in Tarrytown Expocare (“Tarrytown” or the “Company”), a closed-door long-term care pharmacy focused exclusively on individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (“IDD”). Sheridan invested alongside Tarrytown’s founder and management team, who have retained a meaningful ownership stake in the business.
Tarrytown, founded in 2013 and headquartered in Austin, TX, is a national leader and innovator in the IDD pharmacy segment. The Company has longstanding relationships with IDD group home providers and delivers services to over 1,900 group homes. The partnership will allow the Company to continue building a robust infrastructure and accelerate national expansion.“IDD-focused pharmacies address the specific needs of the IDD population, and Tarrytown has a tremendous reputation for servicing the group home market,” said Sean Dempsey, a Partner at Sheridan Capital Partners. “The Company has grown significantly due to the team’s IDD domain expertise and patient-first philosophy, its streamlined operations and distribution processes, and value-added services offered to its IDD group home providers.” Jonathan Lewis, a Partner at Sheridan, also added, “Tarrytown represents a great opportunity to deploy our playbook of backing successful entrepreneurs in interesting niches of healthcare to help them further scale their businesses. We are delighted to partner with the management team as they enter this next phase of institutional growth.” The transaction was led by Sean Dempsey, Jonathan Lewis, Alexander Kain, and Stephen Lestyan at Sheridan Capital Partners. Oxford Finance provided debt financing for the transaction. McDermott Will & Emery LLP served as legal counsel to Sheridan Capital Partners. GuideCap Partners, Jackson Walker LLP, and Pepper Hamilton LLP served as financial advisor, legal counsel, and regulatory counsel, respectively, to the Company. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Bophelo Partners with DNA Genetics in Lesotho

Toronto, Ontario Halo Labs Inc. (“Halo” or the “Company”) (NEO: HALO, OTCQX: AGEEF, Germany: A9KN) is pleased to announce that Bophelo Bioscience & Wellness (“Bophelo”) has signed a strategic alliance and seed purchase agreement with OG DNA Genetics Inc. (“DNA Genetics” or “DNA”), to give the Bophelo exclusive rights to develop new and existing DNA Genetics’ strains of medical cannabis in Lesotho (the “Strategic Alliance”) for worldwide exportation.Halo signed a definitive agreement to acquire Bophelo on November 27th, 2019. The acquisition of Bophelo by Halo is expected to close within the next 30 days.DNA is one of the world’s leading creators of high-quality cannabis seeds, whose strains consistently contain high cannabinoid and terpene concentrations. DNA’s cannabis strains already command premium market prices in Canada, the United States and Europe and are some of the most sought-after strains and seeds in the world.Under the terms of the Strategic Alliance, Bophelo is the only company in Lesotho that has the right to grow and develop DNA’s strains of cannabis through breeding, cultivation, phenotyping and prompt regulatory certification.
Louisa Maliako Mojela, Chairman of Bophelo, commented, “Bophelo’s strategic alliance with DNA Genetics in Lesotho gives us a significant competitive edge, as we strive to become one of the world’s leading exporters of medical cannabis and related products.
Our vision is to create the largest medical cannabis cultivation zone on the planet at Bophelo. This is fast becoming a reality. The maiden harvest of 1,000 plants is on course for early Q2 2020, the first phase of greenhouse construction nearing completion and we are securing international GACP certification for our site. The alliance with DNA is even further validation of how rapidly our Lesotho operations have developed and the unlimited potential of this opportunity. Now, with the introduction of DNA’s award-winning world-class cannabis strains, we can accelerate our breeding program to grow medical-grade cannabis in very large quantities at Bophelo, which will command premium export prices.”

Graycliff Partners Announces Sale of HarperLove

Graycliff Partners LP today announced the sale of HarperLove Holdings, LLC, a Charlotte, NC-based provider of specialty chemicals and services, to HBM Holdings Company. For over 40 years, HarperLove has worked with packaging manufacturers to provide a suite of additive solutions that impart unique physical attributes to corrugated and paper-based products.Since acquiring HarperLove in 2014, Graycliff recruited a best-in-class senior management team, embarked on a series of successful growth initiatives and improved margins through vertical integration – more than doubling profitability.
“We are immensely proud of all that we have accomplished at HarperLove,” said Will Henderson, Managing Director at Graycliff. “It’s been a pleasure working with the team and we wish them the best going forward.”Duke Punhong, Graycliff Managing Partner, commented, “HarperLove’s technical and service-oriented expertise has made it a valuable partner to its customers. The team has done a tremendous job of expanding the company’s industry leading position.”
“Graycliff has been an outstanding partner for HarperLove,” said Alan Clark, HarperLove CEO. “Our considerable success over the past five years has been aided by Graycliff’s support and guidance. We look forward to continued success as part of the HBM portfolio.”
In December 2019, Graycliff announced the final closing of its latest buyout fund, Graycliff Private Equity Partners IV LP (GPEP IV), at its hard cap of $350 million in limited partner commitments. GPEP IV will continue Graycliff’s strategy of making control buyout investments in lower middle market companies, with a focus on partnering with founder and family-owned businesses in the manufacturing, business services, and value-added distribution sectors.Piper Jaffray & Co. served as the exclusive financial advisor for Graycliff Partners and HarperLove.

TherapeuticsMD Announces Amendment to Term Loan Financing Facility with TPG Sixth Street Partners

TherapeuticsMD, Inc. (NASDAQ: TXMD), an innovative, leading women’s healthcare company, today announced that the Company and TPG Sixth Street Partners (“Sixth Street”) have amended the terms of the Company’s existing term loan financing facility to revise the draw trigger for one of the two $50 million delayed draw loan tranches thereunder.The terms of the amendment no longer require that ANNOVERA be designated as a new category of birth control by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the Company to draw the loan tranche. As amended, the $50 million loan tranche may be made available to the Company at Sixth Street’s sole and absolute discretion either contemporaneously with the delivery of the Company’s financial statements for the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2020 or at such earlier date as Sixth Street may consent to.All other terms and conditions of the facility remain in full force and effect, including the conditions for the Company to draw the other $50 million loan tranche thereunder upon the Company achieving $11 million in net revenues from IMVEXXY®, BIJUVA® and ANNOVERA for the fourth quarter of 2019.“We are pleased that our lenders continue to be supportive and demonstrate confidence in our business as we progress toward the full commercial launch of ANNOVERA in the first quarter of 2020,” said Robert G. Finizio, CEO of TherapeuticsMD.

H.I.G. Growth Partners Invests in Passport Labs

H.I.G. Growth Partners (“H.I.G.”), the dedicated growth capital investment affiliate of H.I.G. Capital, is pleased to announce that it has invested in the Series D growth financing for Passport Labs, Inc. (“Passport” or the “Company”), a leading mobility management platform. Founded in 2010 and based in Charlotte, North Carolina, Passport serves nearly 1,000 clients worldwide, helping them solve mobility challenges with solutions for parking, enforcement, permits, transit, and micro-mobility. Passport processes more than 100 million curbside transactions each year, resulting in more than $1.5 billion processed to date. The Company’s suite of solutions enables cities to take control of the curb, optimize mobility and create an interface between cities’ infrastructure and vehicles. Passport’s $65 million Series D financing round cements it as a market leader and one of the most highly capitalized government technology companies. With the new capital, Passport will grow its mobility software platform and expand its ecosystem to enable digital parking payments outside of traditional parking apps. In the coming months, Passport will be onboarding and announcing significant partnerships that will leverage its platform to facilitate parking payments.

QURAS Partners With Over 100 Stores in Japan to Accept QURAS Coin

QURAS, the next generation ‘privacy 2.0’ blockchain protocol, announced that its native token, QURAS Coin, will be accepted as a form of payment in more than 100 stores across Japan. Consumers will be able to transact in QURAS Coin upon launch of the QURAS main network, which is scheduled for early February 2020. By successfully partnering with over 100 stores, QURAS will gain unparalleled popularity as an alternative form of transaction settlement in Japan, second to only Bitcoin. Upon mainnet launch, the QURAS Coin, or XQC, will become the most accepted alternative digital currency across the entire country. As a privacy-oriented protocol that is able to protect confidential information within smart contract transactions, QURAS is focused on playing a key role in mass adoption of blockchain technology and digital currencies.There are a variety of stores that expressed interest in utilizing QURAS Coin as a means of payment. The list of participating stores includes restaurants, retail stores, entertainment centers, salons and spas. The fact that digital currency payments are becoming more widely accepted beyond web services and the food and beverage industry indicates growing demand for alternative payment methods. XQC will be an accepted form of payment as soon as the QURAS mainnet is launched in February 2020. All 100+ stores that have partnered to take QURAS Coin will be featured in a mobile app that QURAS will release in the near future. The goal of the app is to make using QURAS Coin fun and interactive. With this geolocation-based app, users can easily find all participating stores with the added capabilities of earning cryptocurrency rewards or special store promotions. The number of stores that accept digital currency payments is still low compared to other forms of payment, but Shigeki expects that fans of QURAS Coin will go out of their way to visit participating stores just to experience it. As the popularity of digital currency payments rises, a store’s ability to accept digital currency may play a role in decreasing customer churn while gaining new customers. QURAS expects many more stores to start accepting XQC once their mainnet is live. For an expanded list of participating stores, please visit this QURAS’ Medium article.

OWIT Global Partners with Maprisk

OWIT Global, the leader in value-added microservices technology for the global insurance industry, announces today that they formed a partnership with Maprisk to utilize data services for automated risk assessment across multiple perils.
Maprisk, located in Portland, Maine, provides policy life cycle and natural hazard data to property/casualty insurers. With multiple natural hazard solutions that cover Wildfire, Flood, Wind, Hail and additional reports like Crime, Property Information, and Occupancy, Maprisk solutions can be utilized to support a wide variety of carriers across the policy life cycle. OWIT Global’s Digital Platform delivers solutions built on microservices, including User Experience, Rating, Rules, Document, Bordereaux and Integration Services. Through its integration with Maprisk, OWIT’s Point of Sale Solution (POS) receives property data that assists the carrier in assessing a property underwriting risk. The data retrieved is processed through the rules microservice portion of the POS to automate decision direction. This integration has been completed for a common customer.

AMVETS Partners with Sync.MD to Revolutionize Veteran Health Records Management

AMVETS and Sync.MD announced a strategic partnership formed for the purpose of streamlining health record management for veterans. This follows the implementation of the VA MISSION Act in June 2019 that allows eligible veterans to choose care in the community at VA expense. AMVETS and Sync.MD plan to provide more than 250,000 veterans with expanded personalized health information options through Sync.MD’s patented technology to install and transport complete medical records securely on a smartphone, tablet, laptop, or desktop computer. “Sync.MD is thrilled to be entering this relationship with AMVETS,” said Eugene Luskin, Sync.MD CEO. “We have successfully improved care coordination in the private health sector through the use of our technology, and we believe those who served our country also deserve the best health care delivery and coordination possible. We are delighted to be able to help make that happen.”
The first phase of the partnership involves the launch of a pilot to validate how the health service functions of AMVETS and the Sync.MD technology can work together. Both parties expect that the relationship will deliver significant improvements in the health care of veterans in terms of more timely access to medical information, reduced errors and oversights, and the ability to link otherwise incompatible medical records systems.“Health care coordination is critical to ensuring the wellness of veterans who often face a host of overlapping medical issues. This starts with empowering veterans, as well as their spouses and caregivers in many cases, with the ability to consolidate treatment records from multiple sources, so that at any given time a provider can appreciate a patient’s complete medical history,” said AMVETS Chief Advocacy Officer Sherman Gillums. “The partnership between AMVETS and Sync.MD represents a major step forward in the effort to put veterans in greater control of their health care and ultimately their lives.”

Tartalife Turtle Safe Project Produces Results for Friend of the Sea and Partners

The TartaLife Project, which includes the “Turtle Safe” certification from Friend of the Sea, is producing impressive results as it heads into its sixth year of operation. The program has resulted in substantial reductions in deadly “bycatch” of turtles in commercial fishing, the publication of scientific papers and more. Friend of the Sea is the leading worldwide certification standard for products and services that respectand protect the marine environment. The organization is a project consultant in the TartaLife Project.
The Mediterranean hosts large numbers sea turtle species, including the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) and the green turtle (Chelonia mydas). Unfortunately, sea turtles were getting caught in fishing nets at the rate of 40,000 per year—10,000 of which died. Friend of the Sea and its partners in TartaLife felt that urgent action was needed to prevent an environmental catastrophe.
To address the crisis, the TartaLife project was launched in 2013 with the goal of reducing the loggerhead turtle mortality from commercial fishing. The project also intended to contribute to the species’ conservation in the Mediterranean Sea.The project was funded by the EU through the LIFE + NATURA 2012 fund, it was co-financed by the Marche Region and supported by the Italian Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies and Tourism – General Fisheries Directorate (MIPAAFT) and involved the15 Italian coastal regions.In six years, TartaLife has produced impressive results. These include a 100% reduction in turtle bycatch obtained with TEDs, a 100% reduction in turtle bycatch obtained with UV-LED lamps and collapsible fish pots and a 30% reduction of turtle bycatch obtained using circle hooks, with reduction of direct mortality. More than 1,500 turtles have been rescued by TartaLife Centers.
“This step towards the certification of the fish product is essential in order to reach the recognition of the activity done and to undertake the path towards the diffusion of low impact devices among fishermen” said Alessandro Lucchetti, Project Coordinator (CNR-IRBIM).The project has held more than 6,000 public events, engaging with 53 vessels and 239 fishermen in sea trials testing of circle hooks. Thirty-three vessels and180 fishermen were involved in sea trials testing TEDs. Over 500 fishermen participated in information seminars, with 704 attending first aid seminars.The program has reached more than one million tourists, with TartaLife publishing 10,000 press releases and 100 reports. The group has published eight papers in international scientific journals.
As part of the project, Friend of the Sea worked with its partners to devise the “Turtle Safe” logo, which is analogous to the world-famous Dolphin Safe brand. This is the first label identifying fishing activities that have a low impact on sea turtles inthe entire Mediterranean. The new brand will be unveiled by Friend of the Sea, whowill own it throughout the Mediterranean.

Neustar Partners with Tatango

Neustar®, Inc., a global information services company and leader in identity resolution, is partnering with Tatango, the market leader in mass text message marketing software, to improve the deliverability of their client’s text messages. Tatango, whose marketing software enables their clients to send mass text messages, powers some of the largest text message marketing campaigns in the United States. Text message deliverability is one of the most critical components to a successful messaging campaign.
Neustar intelligence solutions help companies like Tatango keep up with ever-changing consumer mobile device information, offering real-time, third-party data continuously corroborated against multiple online, offline, and device sources.
Neustar intelligence solutions elevate the effectiveness of inbound and outbound customer support operations, while also minimizing risk, by ensuring companies know exactly who, when and how to contact a consumer, and who is on the other end of inbound interactions. For more information about Neustar, visit https://www.risk.neustar.

AttackIQ Opening New Offices in Australia to Better Serve Partners in APAC

AttackIQ?, the largest independent leader of the continuous security validation market, today announced its expansion into a new market with the opening of regional offices in Sydney, AU as well as Melbourne, AU. At the helm of the regional expansions are Chris Zauzig, Regional Sales Manager for APAC, and Brett Callaughan, Systems Engineer for APAC.This announcement follows a successful three quarters for AttackIQ. Earlier this year, AttackIQ secured $17.6 million in Series B funding, continuing to further develop its continuous security validation platform. Most recently, AttackIQ announced the integration of its platform with Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) to help joint customers and prospects validate the configuration and security coverage provided by the most widely deployed operating system in the world.Chris Zauzig, Regional Sales Manager for APAC at AttackIQ, further noted, “We have had a strong start quickly securing and deploying five local partnerships with Advent One, Enosys, InPhySec Security, NTT Security and Telstra. AttackIQ is the leader in the emerging market of continuous security validation and is not only helping to define this new category but is also setting the standards for these solutions. I am honored to lead the team in Australia and look forward to building a strong team to support our customers and the demand.”

New Zealand’s Largest News Site Partners with Brightcove to Launch ‘Play Stuff’

Brightcove Inc. (NASDAQ: BCOV), the leading provider of cloud services for video, today announced that Stuff, New Zealand’s largest news publisher, has selected Brightcove to power Stuff’s new online video streaming streaming service Play Stuff, in conjunction with video app partner Accedo. The Play Stuff video streaming service is built on Brightcove’s OTT Flow, powered by Accedo, as part of Brightcove’s OTT experience portfolio. The service enables Kiwis to watch local and international video content across news, sports, entertainment and lifestyle programming from the likes of Reuters, Press Association, Tech Crunch, VICE, Red Bull, Bravo New Zealand, NZ On Screen and more. Stuff decided to move into the online video market to expand its audience and increase market share beyond the traditional news publisher model, while boosting new advertising streams and solidifying its position as the leading media destination in New Zealand.“Play Stuff fills a gap in New Zealand for curated news and entertainment content in a brand safe environment,” said Paddy Buckley, Head of Video Products and Strategy, Stuff Limited. ”There has been enormous growth in demand for online video over the past few years, particularly short-form, and working with best-of-breed partners like Brightcove and Accedo has allowed us to deliver on this growing interest quickly and easily.” Together, Brightcove and Accedo provided a holistic solution to support Play Stuff, with Brightcove technology acting as the backbone and Accedo providing the UX-optimised front-end. This includes providing a consistent UX on multiple platforms across desktop, mobile web, iOS, Android and with more device coverage coming soon.

Audio Network Partners with Musiio to Harness the Power of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Audio Network Limited, one of the world’s largest independent creators and publishers of original high-quality music for use in film, television, advertising and digital media, continues its focus on technology by partnering with Musiio to explore the power of AI to improve customer service and delivery.This industry first will equip the global music company with an added interface to their existing search platform, to make their catalogue of over 170,000 tracks even more discoverable, whilst keeping the human touch that Audio Network has always been known for.
Singapore-based Musiio provides a new way of “listening” to music at scale, easily searching up to one million tracks in under two seconds and supercharging a team of music researchers to increase their efficiency in responding to music briefs.“AI has been on the fringes of the music industry for the last few years, with talk of labels signing algorithms. But recently, more commercial and practical uses of this powerful computing technology have begun to surface,” explained Musiio CEO and co-founder Hazel Savage. “This deal demonstrates how AI and technology companies like ours can work with a company like Audio Network to protect everything that is great about the music industry, the personal touch, the knowledge of experts and also to create tools that let the team step up to the challenge of a huge and fast-growing industry.” Being able to search an entire catalogue of music in seconds lets a company like Audio Network keep up with demand. In addition, searching deeper within a catalogue helps maximise track usage, to bring an added layer of opportunity to the artists and composers creating the recordings.

Cincinnati Bell Partners With Oregon District on Smart City Solution

Cincinnati Bell is partnering with the Oregon District Business Association to implement a Smart City solution in the Oregon District. Cincinnati Bell is donating the upfront charges to deploy the Smart City solution over the next 2-3 months.The Smart City solution includes the following: Installing fiber to provide free public Wi-Fi in the Oregon District, as well as analytics and engagement software to support local businesses and drive economic development. Public Wi-Fi will extend on 5th Street from Wayne Avenue to Patterson Boulevard. Cameras that will be located throughout the business district, alleyways, and various parking lots to support law enforcement safety initiatives.
Links from the Wi-Fi portal that will facilitate donations to The Dayton Foundation, and the ability for users to easily contact legislators.
“Cincinnati Bell is committed to supporting the City of Dayton and Oregon District Business Association,” said Jason Praeter, President and General Manager of Cincinnati Bell’s Entertainment and Communications business. “As a lifelong Dayton resident currently residing in Bellbrook, I am especially proud that Cincinnati Bell is a part of this important project.”

Keller Offers Partners with Offerpad

Keller Offers, the iBuyer offering of Keller Williams (KW), the world’s largest real estate technology franchise by agent count and the U.S. leader in units and sales volume, announces a partnership with Offerpad, a leading real estate technology company and iBuyer. On average, Offerpad receives a new offer request from a homeowner every 30 seconds and acquires a home every 20 minutes throughout regular business hours. “With Keller Offers, consumers no longer have to pick between all the options available to sell a home without having an advocate to advise them,” said Josh Team, president, KW. “In our pursuit to drive the best end-to-end consumer experience, we’re giving consumers the most choice available. And, we believe an agent-driven consumer experience is best to deliver that choice.”The new iBuyer partnership will be operational by August 31 in Phoenix and Dallas. With the partnership, Keller Offers will scale to 10 other Offerpad U.S. markets by the end of Q4 ’19. Initial markets for 2019 will include: Atlanta, Georgia; Austin, Texas; Charlotte, North Carolina; Houston, Texas; Las Vegas, Nevada; Orlando, Florida; Raleigh, North Carolina; San Antonio, Texas; Tampa, Florida; and Tucson, Arizona.“We’re excited to partner with Offerpad, a true pioneer in the iBuyer market, to further ensure our agents are providing today’s informed consumers with the most robust selling choices and valuable guidance on those options,” said Gayln Ziegler, director of operations, Keller Offers.
Under this mutually beneficial agreement, consumers have the freedom of working with a trusted KW agent, working on behalf of their best interests, when choosing Keller Offers powered by Offerpad.

SatuitCRM Expands E-Marketing Partners and Adds Additional Security Measures

We are pleased to announce our latest upgrade of SatuitCRM. The release includes many upgrades and new features for our CRM clients, such as integration with SharpSpring®, and a trusted IP system for our two-step verification security process.Our integration with SharpSpring adds yet another powerful e-marketing automation tool to our client’s repertoire, allowing them to use our familiar SatuitCRM interface to create, modify, and keep track of complicated mailing lists such as press releases, newsletters, marketing campaigns, and to make use of the powerful marketing automation capabilities. We will further enhance the integration in a later release to track lead score for contacts.
At Satuit Technologies, we understand that providing a tool that is as easy to use as it is effective is of the utmost importance. With this release, we have upgraded the CRM with a variety of quality-of-life changes that make it easier to use. Our Default Home Page upgrade now gives all users without an existing home page an easy to customize default, which displays recent items and activities, and upcoming tasks and appointments. We have added a trusted IP option to our Two-Step Verification, allowing users to avoid the additional security as long as they are accessing the CRM from a trusted IP address.

Bounteous Recognized As Gold-Level Adobe Solution Partner

Bounteous, a leading insights-driven digital experience agency, is proud to announce its elevated status as a Gold Partner in the Adobe Solution Partner Program (SPP), a global digital marketing ecosystem. The new partnership level for Bounteous follows rapid growth in Adobe-certified staff, successful large-scale deployments, and capabilities within the Adobe Experience Cloud.“Bounteous joins an elite group of companies recognized by Adobe for their depth of resources and excellence in deployment,” said John Anthony, Bounteous Vice President, Digital Solutions. “Our combination of Adobe-certified practice members, enterprise customers, and company growth are allowing us to continually drive value.”Gold Partners are regional companies that have earned the highest designation in particular Adobe geographic areas. Gold Partners develop Specialized Adobe practices in multiple Experience Cloud solutions.Bounteous, the 2018 Emerging Adobe Experience Cloud Partner of the Year, is Specialized in Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) and Adobe Analytics and holds over 100 certifications across the entire Experience Cloud, including AEM, Analytics, Adobe Target, Adobe Campaign Manager, Marketo, and Magento Commerce Cloud. Also a Magento partner for over 10 years, Bounteous has rich experience delivering complex commerce implementations for multinational brands.Bounteous experts are the top contributors to ACS AEM Commons, and were named both the 2019 and 2018 AEM Rock Star, awarded to the world’s best AEM architects. An additional testament to Adobe expertise, Bounteous was also cited twice in the recent Forrester report “Ten Ways to Get the Most Out of Your Adobe Investment.”

Harkness partners with Cinema XXI making way for the best-in-class cinematic experience in Indonesia

Global leaders in screen technology, Harkness Screens, announces its partnership with Indonesia based Cinema XXI introducing a highly engaging and best-in-class cinematic experience with its Perlux HiWhite screen. Harkness Screens has installed over 170 Perlux HiWhite 1.4 gain screens across Cinema XXI. The screen continues to be the screen of choice by exhibitors worldwide for 2D and active 3D cinema. Backed with Cinema XXI’s laser projection system, viewers will experience films just as film makers intended. The project was executed by Jakarta based PT.Megatech Engineering.Perlux HiWhite is known to improve presentation quality and reduce operating costs. It offers picture presentation with outstanding brightness, rich colours and deep darks to every seat in the house. Its unique coating technology places it as the most preferred and highly recommended screen for laser projection setups across the world.