NETSFERE AND DEUTSCHE TELEKOM PARTNER TO DELIVER A COMPLIANT MOBILE MESSAGING PLATFORM ENABLING INSTANTANEOUS, SECURE STAFF COMMUNICATION FOR GERMANY'S ST. AUGUSTINUS GROUP

The companies deployed the HIPAA/GDPR compliant encrypted messaging platform to stop the use of consumer-grade messaging apps and streamline internal and patient communications

CHICAGO, Nov 18 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NetSfere, a global provider of next-generation secure and compliant messaging and mobility solutions, today announces its partnership with Deutsche Telekom, one of the world’s leading integrated telecommunications companies, to deploy NetSfere’s secure mobile messaging platform in all St. Augustinus hospitals, a leading German healthcare group.

Quick, instantaneous communication tools offer undisputed benefits to streamline staff communication, however, St. Augustinus noticed an alarming increase in the use of personal devices and popular messaging apps like WhatsApp, which pose critical privacy and compliance risks. In response, NetSfere and Deutsche Telekom partnered to implement NetSfere’s HIPAA and GDPR compliant messaging platform that offers similar functionality to apps like WhatsApp but provides the highest level of end-to-end encryption through Deutsche Telekom’s highly secure data center.

"NetSfere is designed to meet security and compliance requirements in regulated verticals including healthcare," says Franz Obermayer, NetSfere's Vice President Europe. "Medical professionals do high-pressure, life-changing work, which demands a communication platform that enables them to do so more effectively. Our partnership with the St. Augustinus Group provides secure, compliant, and flexible messaging options that eliminate the need for staff members to turn to risky messaging apps. With NetSfere, the exchange of patient data is protected to the maximum."

Unlike consumer-grade messaging apps, NetSfere provides enterprise-grade functionalities that boost collaboration and streamline communications including individual and group messaging, HD audio calling, screen sharing, and group video calling. New to the platform, the NetSfere Lifeline emergency broadcast feature allows HR and crisis teams to quickly disseminate high priority, critical alerts and emergency information to targeted teams or an entire organization in an attention-grabbing manner. St. Augustinus is leveraging NetSfere broadcasting within its hospital to keep employees up-to-date on information related to the pandemic through its “Corona Ticker” NetSfere Lifeline channel.

"In the sensitive medical environment, it must be possible to communicate quickly and securely. NetSfere is the specialist for instant messages in companies. Telekom brings its expertise in security, consulting, and service. Together, we can meet the special industry requirements, and that is quite crucial right now," says Hagen Rickmann, Managing Director Business Customers, Telekom Deutschland GmbH. "In this way, we can directly contribute to relieving the burden on staff and support optimal patient care."

“It is our responsibility to equip our employees with suitable tools. They must be able to do their work effectively. At the same time, the privacy of our patients must be protected," says Rainer Pappert, Managing Director of the St. Augustinus Group. "With the introduction of NetSfere, we followed the wishes of our employees: They want to use their personal devices. And they want to do so with an easy-to-use messaging app. So, we quickly introduced NetSfere for internal communication. With it, we quickly achieved better productivity and collaboration. Between teams, but also within our entire group. And that's about 5,600 colleagues."

St. Augustinus was drawn to using NetSfere as a solution for its staff not only because of its robust functionality, but also its industry recognition. In 2018 and 2019, NetSfere was selected by Entscheiderfabrik, a platform for IT decision makers of over 800 German hospitals, as the winner of the “Digitization Topic of the German Healthcare Industry.”

“Key highlights from our recently published VoTE: Digital Pulse, Business Reinvention & Transformation 2021 show that information security, employee productivity and business continuity remain top of mind for IT decision-makers,” said Raúl Castañón-Martinez, Senior Analyst for Workforce Collaboration at 451 Research, part of S&P Global Market Intelligence division. These factors will drive market requirements for business communications and collaboration, particularly for mobile, remote/hybrid and frontline workers across verticals and use cases such as field workers and healthcare providers.”(1)

For more information, visit www.netsfere.com.

^1. 451 Research, part of S&P Global Market Intelligence division, “The hybrid workplace, Part 3: Emerging requirements and use cases for real-time communications and collaboration” (August 2021)

About NetSfere
NetSfere is a secure enterprise messaging service and platform from Infinite Convergence Solutions, Inc. NetSfere provides industry-leading security and message delivery capabilities, including global cloud-based service availability, device-to-device encryption, location-based features and administrative controls. The service is also offered in partnership with Deutsche Telekom GmbH, one of the world’s leading integrated telecommunications companies, and with NTT Ltd., a global information communications & technology service provider, to jointly offer NetSfere to its worldwide customers. The service leverages Infinite Convergence's experience in delivering mobility solutions to tier 1 mobile operators globally and technology that supports more than 400 million subscribers and over a trillion messages on an annual basis. NetSfere is also compliant with global regulatory requirements, including GDPR, HIPAA, Sarbanes-Oxley, ISO 27001 and others. Infinite Convergence Solutions has offices in the United States, Germany, India and Singapore. For more information, visit www.netsfere.com.

About Deutsche Telekom
Deutsche Telekom is one of the world's leading integrated telecommunications companies, with some 242 million mobile customers, 27 million fixed-network lines, and 22 million broadband lines. We provide fixed-network/broadband, mobile communications, Internet, and IPTV products and services for consumers, and information and communication technology (ICT) solutions for business and corporate customers. Deutsche Telekom is present in more than 50 countries. With a staff of some 226,300 (Dec 31, 2020) employees throughout the world, we generated revenue of 101 billion Euros in the 2020 financial year, about 66 percent of it outside Germany.

About St. Augustinus Group
The Christian non-profit St. Augustinus Group is one of the largest and most successful companies in the health and social sector in the Rhineland. Its focus is on somatics, psychiatry, and elderly and disabled assistance. The group has 3,000 beds, over 5,600 employees from 68 nationalities, in 85 locations and a turnover of around 345 million euros (2019).

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Yugabyte valued US$1.3 billion following US$188 million Series C funding round closing

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 2 -- Yugabyte, the leader in open source distributed SQL databases, has closed US$188 million in an oversubscribed Series C funding round recently. (US$1 = RM4.147)

The round, led by Sapphire Ventures, includes participation from Alkeon Capital, Meritech Capital, and Wells Fargo Strategic Capital, as well as existing investors Lightspeed Venture Partners, 8VC, Dell Technologies Capital, Wipro Ventures, and others. 

According to a statement, Sapphire President Jai Das also joins the Yugabyte Board of Directors.

“We are thrilled to have more resources at our disposal to help us better serve our customers, and we are excited to draw on Jai’s wealth of knowledge in this space going forward,” said Yugabyte Chief Executive Officer, Bill Cook.

The round, which comes seven months after its previous round, brings the company’s total funding to over US$290 million and values Yugabyte at more than US$1.3 billion.

YugabyteDB is the database of choice for cloud-native global applications, trusted by organisations like Wells Fargo, Kroger, Hudson River Trading, Narvar, and others.

YugabyteDB offers unmatched flexibility, continuous availability and speed for born-in-the-cloud applications as well as mission-critical enterprise microservices.

The funding comes on the heels of the launch of Yugabyte Cloud, Yugabyte’s fully managed database-as-a-service offering, announced in September.

The influx of capital will be used to further grow Yugabyte’s field and engineering teams and fuel the company’s expansion into new markets.

This will enable faster enterprise adoption of the Yugabyte Cloud product offerings which deliver a streamlined operational experience for running YugabyteDB in any public, private, or hybrid cloud or Kubernetes infrastructure.

More details at www.yugabyte.com.

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LINKING PORTS, BULK COMMODITIES AND TRADING WITH INDEXES, PROVIDING A "BELLWETHER" FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INDUSTRY

 QINGDAO, China, Oct. 27, 2021 /Xinhua-AsiaNet/

At the 2021 "Belt and Road" Land-sea Linkage Qingdao Summit held on October 22, the Global International Shipping Center Index - Northeast Asia Report (2021), Xinhua-Shandong Port Bulk Commodity Index and trade connectivity index report of RCEP member states (2021) were published. Experts believe that through accurate depiction of the changes of port bulk commodity trade in the form of indexes and establishment of the efficient linkage among ports, bulk commodity and trade, the competitiveness of ports will be enhanced, trade transformation and upgrading will be expedited, and the ability to stabilize the price and supply of bulk commodities will be strengthened, so as to provide a "bellwether" for the development of the industry. The "Global International Shipping Center Index", established by China Economic Information Service with support of the Baltic Exchange, is another world-class port and shipping evaluation index launched globally, on the basis of the "Xinhua-Baltic International Shipping Center Development Index". The first phase of the index focused on Northeast Asia, and 17 ports in China, Japan, South Korea and Russia were selected as the sample ports. According to the comprehensive scores, the sample ports were grouped into four echelons, of which Qingdao Port, Busan Port and Tianjin Port were in the first echelon, due to their leading network connectivity, operation level and basic scale. The three ports are absolute regional international shipping centers in Northeast Asia. Xinhua-Shandong Port Bulk Commodity Index was developed and established by Shandong Port Group Co., Ltd. in collaboration with China Economic Information Service. It is an important move for the Port to probe into the possibility of taking the index as the starting point to enhance the ability of global resource allocation. To establish the index, three varieties (iron ore, coke and crude oil) with large throughput scale and high market attention in Shandong Port, as well as two steel trading varieties (billet and hot rolled SPHC material) with active trading at the bulk commodity trading center were selected based on the advantageous varieties at Shandong Port. The purpose is to truly reflect the fluctuation trend of port bulk commodity market, and provide a value benchmark and effective reference for port trade activities. According to the planning, the varieties involved in the index will be gradually enriched in the future, and the index will also be extended to cover other coastal ports. With constant efforts made to build an index information platform of "seeing Shandong for port bulk commodities", it will provide accurate positioning and comprehensive data reference for the bulk commodity market. In the trade connectivity index report of RCEP member states (2021), a number of bilateral trade network relations were established in terms of trade exchanges, capital flows and key commodities to show the overall trade status and future evolution among RCEP member states, and reflect the development level of trade interoperability of RCEP member states. in 2020, the indexes of China-Japan, China-ASEAN, Japan-ASEAN, China-Australia and China-South Korea ranked among the top five, indicating that these countries maintained close cooperation in trade exchanges, capital flows and key commodities. The report also points out that the major member states of RCEP are highly complementary in terms of industrial structure and have a close trade and investment relation in import and export, with a promising prospect for future cooperation. Source: China Economic Information Service  --BERNAMA

FASTLY RECOGNIZED AS A LEADER IN EDGE DEVELOPMENT PLATFORMS, ONLY VENDOR WITH DIFFERENTIATED RANKING IN SECURITY

Independent Research Firm ranks Fastly as one of only two leaders in new report on emerging edge development platforms SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 28 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Fastly, Inc. (NYSE: FSLY), a global edge cloud platform provider, today announced it was named a Leader in The Forrester New Wave™: Edge Development Platforms, Q4 2021 report. Fastly’s Compute@Edge was given differentiated scores, the highest possible, across six criteria, including vision, roadmap, developer experience, platform execution model, and day-two-plus experience. Fastly was also the only vendor to receive a differentiated rating in the security criterion, and believes this validates the strength of the company’s current serverless compute offering. According to the Forrester New Wave report, Fastly’s Compute@Edge “offers secure edge compute with negligible cold starts” and “starts within the time it takes to complete a transport layer security handshake. The result: no more pre-warming for maximum serverless performance. Fastly’s custom-built runtime isolates requests on a per-instance basis and supports Rust and Javascript software development kits.” “When we built Compute@Edge, our goal was to empower developers to architect globally distributed applications faster and more securely on the network edge. Years of investment in custom-built technology have allowed us to do this, and today we are honored to be recognized as a leader by Forrester in the New Wave report for Edge Development Platforms,” said Tyler McMullen, CTO at Fastly. “I’m particularly thrilled to have maintained our commitment to security and the developer experience, allowing our customers to enjoy a more secure, higher-performing serverless compute environment designed to build the next era of modern applications. ” Fastly’s Compute@Edge received differentiated scores in the following criteria, all of which have been foundational priorities for Fastly’s Compute@Edge from the beginning: · Security: Compute@Edge leverages Fastly’s unique isolation technology that creates and destroys a sandbox for each request flowing through its platform in microseconds. This effectively eliminates an entire class of security vulnerabilities and side-channel attacks while simultaneously and holistically minimizing attack surface area. http://mrem.bernama.com/viewsm.php?idm=41405

JUNIPER RESEARCH: FUTURE DIGITAL AWARDS FOR TELCO INNOVATION 2022 - NOW OPEN

BASINGSTOKE, England, Oct 21 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Juniper Research is pleased to announce that the 2022 Telco Innovation Future Digital Awards are open!

Since 2008, the Future Digital Awards have been awarded to tech companies at the forefront of their respective fields: companies that deliver imaginative and innovative products or services that have the potential to disrupt their ecosystems and provide significant benefits to their target audience.

These awards aim to reward the most innovative vendors and solutions in the fast-paced mobile communications market; following a year of unparalleled innovation. This year’s Telco Innovation Future Digital Awards cover the following categories: 

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ALR Technologies unveils select results from market research on diabetic pet industry

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 22 -- ALR Technologies (ALRT or the Company), the diabetes management company, has released select results from comprehensive market research conducted by the consulting firm SmartPharma, evaluating the current approach to diabetes diagnosis, glucose monitoring and insulin treatment in cats and dogs.

The conclusions speak strongly about the market demand for innovation to modernise the arcane standard of care today, which ALRT interprets as highly favourable for introducing the GluCurve™ Pet CGM (continuous glucose monitoring) as a simple, accurate, reliable and pain-free system to treat the approximately 4.5 million diabetic dogs and cats worldwide.

GluCurve™ is the world’s first and only CGM for cats and dogs. Once applied to the pet, it automatically collects blood glucose readings every five minutes for up to 14 days, according to a statement.

Over the course of 24 hours, 288 data points are transmitted via Bluetooth to the pet owner’s synchronised device and then to the ALRT portal where the data is analysed and presented to the veterinarian to quickly and effortlessly facilitate optimal care.

“The market research included veterinarians from across the United States and ranged from small private practices to large corporate clinics, and the responses were simply fantastic, as they validated our contention that GluCurve™ would fill a large void in animal health care,” said ALR Technologies Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Sidney Chan.

SmartPharma was commissioned for, amongst other things, the purpose of gaining preliminary product concept for the GluCurve™ Pet CGM.

This includes the evaluation of attribute tradeoffs that could increase or decrease utility and use, as well as determining expected uptake and ongoing use of a novel CGM product designed specifically for DVM (Doctor of Veterinary Medicine) use in cats and dogs.

Four Key Takeaways from Market Research include large market opportunity; multiple factors driving high interest from DVMs for GluCurve; and, DVMS surveyed had overwhelmingly favourable impression of GluCurve product.

Leveraging leading technology developed by ALRT for monitoring and managing diabetes in humans, including all requisite hardware and software to consistently deliver accurate results, GluCurve is redefining the standard of care in diabetic companion animals by providing precise and effortless glucose readings while the pet is in the comfort of their home.

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​AM BEST PLACES CREDIT RATINGS OF CIGNA LIFE INSURANCE NEW ZEALAND LIMITED UNDER REVIEW WITH POSITIVE IMPLICATIONS

SINGAPORE, Oct 12 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- AM Best has placed under review with positive implications the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a” (Excellent) of Cigna Life Insurance New Zealand Limited (CLINZ) (New Zealand).

These Credit Rating (rating) actions follow the announcement on 7 October 2021, that Cigna Corporation [NYSE:CI], CLINZ’s ultimate parent, has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its life, accident and supplemental benefits businesses in seven countries, including CLINZ, to Chubb Limited (Chubb group) [NYSE:CB] for USD 5.75 billion. The transaction, which is subject to required regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions, is expected to be completed in 2022.

The ratings have been placed under review with positive implications as AM Best needs to assess the impact of the planned acquisition on CLINZ’s credit fundamentals, including any potential increase in rating enhancement that could arise from the change in ownership. In addition, AM Best will need to consider the planned integration of CLINZ within the Chubb group, any expected changes in strategy and any implicit or explicit support to be provided by the new parent. 

The ratings will remain under review pending completion of the transaction, and until AM Best can fully assess the post-acquisition credit rating fundamentals of CLINZ.

Ratings are communicated to rated entities prior to publication. Unless stated otherwise, the ratings were not amended subsequent to that communication.

This press release relates to Credit Ratings that have been published on AM Best’s website. For all rating information relating to the release and pertinent disclosures, including details of the office responsible for issuing each of the individual ratings referenced in this release, please see AM Best’s Recent Rating Activity web page. For additional information regarding the use and limitations of Credit Rating opinions, please view Guide to Best’s Credit Ratings. For information on the proper use of Best’s Credit Ratings, Best’s Preliminary Credit Assessments and AM Best press releases, please view Guide to Proper Use of Best’s Ratings & Assessments.

AM Best is a global credit rating agency, news publisher and data analytics provider specialising in the insurance industry. Headquartered in the United States, the company does business in over 100 countries with regional offices in London, Amsterdam, Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore and Mexico City. For more information, visit www.ambest.com.

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ADSW Opening Ceremony, Zayed Sustainability Prize Awards Ceremony will kick off at Expo 2020 Dubai

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 11 -- Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW), the global platform for accelerating sustainable development, hosted by Masdar, has announced a new collaboration, bringing elements of the Week to Expo 2020 Dubai.

The ADSW Opening Ceremony and the Zayed Sustainability Prize Awards Ceremony will take place at the Dubai Exhibition Centre on Jan 17, 2022, according to a statement.

UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, Special Envoy for Climate Change, and Chairman of Masdar, Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber said: “Hosting the opening of ADSW together with the ZSP award ceremony at Expo 2020 Dubai will serve to reinforce the UAE’s commitment to climate action and sustainability, as key drivers of the UAE’s progressive model for economic growth.”

“The combination of ADSW’s experience as a convenor with Expo 2020 Dubai’s global reach will help expand partnerships, drive innovation and open up new economic opportunities.”

The announcement was made during Expo 2020’s Climate and Biodiversity Week (the first of 10 Theme Weeks that anchor the Programme for People and Planet) which aims to mobilise the world to take decisive action for the health of our world.

Bringing ADSW’s vital platforms to Expo 2020 will further demonstrate the UAE’s leading role in driving action on climate change, at home, in the region, and worldwide.

ADSW is one of the largest of gatherings of its kind, which welcomes each year more than 45,000 participants from more than 170 countries. The week will return between Jan 15 – 19, 2022 and feature a series of high-level in person and virtual events.

The ADSW Opening Ceremony and the Zayed Sustainability Prize Awards Ceremony, will bring together over 600 VIPs from worldwide, including heads of state, government ministers, industry leaders and country ambassadors.

The week will bring together policy makers, industry specialists, technology pioneers and the next generation of sustainability leaders to engage in dialogue and take action to advance the global sustainability agenda.

All ADSW events other than its Opening Ceremony and the Zayed Sustainability Prize Awards Ceremony will take place in Abu Dhabi or will be hosted virtually.

More details at https://abudhabisustainabilityweek.com/

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THE TOURISM DIGITAL PLATFORM ALENTOUR RELIES ON DAWEX TECHNOLOGY TO POWER ITS DATA HUB DEDICATED TO TOURISM PROFESSIONALS

Dawex Data Exchange technology contributes to transforming the tourism sector by facilitating data circulation

PARIS, Oct 6 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Dawex, the leading data exchange and data marketplace technology company, today announced powering Alentour, the French tourism digital platform, with Dawex Data Exchange technology. To accelerate the digitization of the French tourism industry, Alentour brings together the whole industry’s ecosystem of producers of tourism activities, hotels, campings, touristic residences, tourist information offices, regional tourism committees, local territories and mobility players on Dawex Data Exchange Platform to source, distribute, exchange and commercialize data securely. By providing the data hub to Alentour, Dawex technology facilitates data circulation between all economic stakeholders in compliance with regulations, and brings the security and traceability of the data transactions and exchanges.

La Banque des Territoires partners with Dawex and one of the top travel technology companies in the world, to launch and develop Alentour with the objective to enrich the travelers’ experience by offering a simplified digitized access to personalized, bookable lists of local tourism and leisure activities. 

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J.P. Morgan Securities plc: Pre-stabilisation Period Announcement

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 29 -- J.P. Morgan Securities plc hereby gives notice, as Stabilisation Coordinator, that the Stabilising Manager(s) named below may stabilise the offer of the following securities in accordance with Commission Delegated Regulation EU/xxx/2016 under the Market Abuse Regulation (EU/596/2016).

According to a statement, Stabilisation Manager(s) are BNP Paribas; Citi; and, Goldman Sachs International.

In connection with the offer of the securities, the Stabilising Manager(s), or persons acting on behalf of the Stabilising Manager(s) may over-allot the securities, provided that the aggregate principal amount of the securities allotted does not exceed 105 per cent of the aggregate principal amount of the securities, or effect transactions with a view to supporting the market price of the securities at a level higher than that which might otherwise prevail.

However, stabilisation may not necessarily occur and any stabilisation action, if begun, may cease at any time, but it must end no later than the earlier of 30 days after the issue date of the securities and 60 days after the date of allotment of the securities.

Stabilisation period expected to start on Sept 28, while Stabilisation period expected to end no later than Oct 28.

This announcement and the offer of the securities to which it relates are only addressed to and directed at persons outside the United Kingdom and persons in the United Kingdom who have professional experience in matters related to investments.

This also includes high net worth persons within Article 12(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 and must not be acted on or relied on by other persons in the United Kingdom.

This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. 

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Melissa expands sales, support for China business

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 28 -- Melissa, a leading provider of global data quality and address management solutions, has announced its increased sales and support for China business.

This extends the company’s reach and reflects the importance of rapidly expanding Asia Pacific markets seeking data quality tools and services, according to a statement.

“With our current global footprint, we are a proven data resource for businesses based in Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore. We value a high level of local support and technical expertise, and now can add even greater value to Asia Pacific markets,” said Melissa Regional Sales Director, Asia Pacific, Edmund Ng.

Melissa recognises that smart address management is foundational to smooth business operations. The company’s tools are global in nature and optimised to drive improved business communications, more profitable customer relationships, and competitive advantage.

Services are broadly applicable to any firm with a diverse customer base, and largely deployed in financial services, healthcare, and ecommerce.

Melissa’s global offices offer convenient, in-country access to Melissa services and personnel. The company’s worldwide footprint also includes offices in North America, Germany, the United Kingdom, India, Australia, and Singapore. 

More details at https://www.melissa.com.

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DRUVA INTRODUCES THE INDUSTRY'S FIRST AND ONLY CURATED RECOVERY TECHNOLOGY FOR ACCELERATED RANSOMWARE RECOVERY

Bounce Back from Ransomware Attacks with Automated Recovery of Clean, Complete Data Sets, Eliminating Time Intensive Recovery Efforts

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept 22 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Druva Inc., the leader in Cloud Data Protection and Management, today introduced the industry’s first and only curated recovery technology, leveraging intelligent automation, for accelerated ransomware recovery. Adding to Druva’s ground-breaking Accelerated Ransomware Recovery module, Druva Curated Recovery mitigates the impact of a ransomware attack, building an uncorrupted, unencrypted and malware-free recovery point to ensure a successful recovery before one is ever initiated. Combining this comprehensive ransomware recovery module with Druva’s built-in security framework, businesses can now better protect critical data and recover faster with confidence.

Ransomware is one of the most popular methods used by hackers and malicious actors, and the average ransomware payment has surpassed $240,000 according to a new survey from IDC¹. Its lucrative nature has incentivized bad actors to expand the scope of their attacks, including the introduction of new variants designed specifically to encrypt or delete backup data, destroying organizations’ last line of defense and further incentivizing payment.

Traditional recovery from such an attack requires identifying a single point in time prior to the infection. However, because ransomware often enters a system months before it is detected, administrators are often forced to manually search for the most recent, unaffected versions of individual files or data sets. Now, by reviewing a comprehensive set of recovery points, Druva Curated Recovery can help identify the latest clean version of each file through recent changes, replacing a weeks-long, resource-intensive process with a radically simplified recovery workflow. Using Druva’s intelligent automation platform, IT teams can easily find the most recent clean version of all their data and return operations to normal faster.

“Being the victim of a ransomware attack doesn’t need to be a choice between paying an exorbitant ransom or halting operations while IT teams go through an intensive, manual recovery process,” said Jaspreet Singh, founder and CEO, Druva. “There’s no compelling reason to be held hostage by ineffective data protection technology. With our newest capabilities, every customer can gain the peace of mind of restoring their data with confidence.”

In addition to Druva’s Accelerated Ransomware Recovery, the Druva Cloud Platform offers a built-in security framework and multi-layer approach which is designed to be resilient against ransomware. The platform’s zero trust architecture ensures only customers have access to their data, while features such as excess deletion prevention stops ransomware from permanently deleting backups.

Learn more about Druva Curated Recovery at the Druva Cyber Resilience Virtual Summit on Oct. 13, where attendees will have the opportunity to hear from thought leaders and peers about how organizations are fighting back against increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks. Attendees will leave with actionable information on emerging best practices that span data protection and recovery and how to integrate modern security and backup technologies.

From Our Customers and Partners on the Front Lines of Protecting Organizational Data

Technologent is the premier Global Edge-to-Edge™ IT Services company that delivers agile solutions for accelerating digital transformation.

“The threat of ransomware is not something we, or our customers can afford to ignore, thus we continue to evaluate technologies to ensure we have the best solutions to offer our clients,” said Juan Gomez, Director of Data Management and Protection at Technologent. “Data protection and Security are converging, and in our evaluations, Druva’s architecture clearly sets it apart, and its ransomware recovery capabilities are outstanding. The Druva Curated Recovery is innovative, and we are eager to help our clients take advantage of this new capability.”

CDL Electric, founded in 1964, operates in the trades, railroad, and manufacturing sectors serving over 50,000 customers in over 40 states.

“Many years ago, we fell victim to a ransomware attack, which disrupted our operations, but more importantly served as a pivotal moment in the rethinking of our security and operations,” said Hugo Flores, Director, Information Technology & Special Projects, CDL Electric. “In that first instance, without any insights, we restored the data and also brought back the ransomware, forcing us to restart the whole process. At our current size, such an event would have a catastrophic impact on our organization. With technologies like Druva, with its ability to rapidly recover, we are confident we can minimize such disruptions and get back to business quickly.” 

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EASYLORE - ONLINE TUITION CLASSES FOR YOUR KIDS, BASED ON HOLISTIC EDUCATION!

SINGAPORE, Sept 17 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Singapore is rightly called the “world in a city” as it truly offers the seamless and wonderful amalgamation of different cultures, languages, and customs. While it translates into a world-class lifestyle, it does present a unique challenge of its own.

Have you ever found yourself in need of a qualified & able online tutor that can aid the overall academic & extracurricular development of your kid? Well, you are not alone. Thousands of parents face a similar dilemma as the lack of qualified tutors who can teach in the native language of the kid hampers the kid’s education.

Easylore is not just another online tutoring platform. Yes, it does offer everything you expect from a leading online tuition portal, but there’s much more to it. At Easylore, we believe that education is just another, though essential, ingredient in the nutritional recipe for a child’s holistic development so that he/she can succeed in today’s competitive world. And that’s why Easylore offers not only tutors for academic education, but also for extracurricular activities.

Easylore – Your Kid’s Best Guide, Mentor and Friend

Academic classes on subjects like Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Sciences, Geology, Astronomy, Botany, Zoology, and Microbiology prepare the kids for success in their chosen field.

Let your kid learn global languages like English, Chinese, Japanese, French, Spanish, German, Arabic, Indian and Korean, and make him/her ready to make a mark on the global stage.

Classes on extracurricular activities like Yoga, Piano, Table Tennis, Clarinet, Website Development, Motor-skills Development, Chinese Painting, and Communication Skills unleash the hidden talent of kids and make them both creative and active.

Mentoring, Coaching and Public Speaking classes enhance the kids’ personalities and make them more confident and successful.

Like any adult, kids, too, go through phases of stress and anxiety, sometimes coupled with increasing academic competition, unrealistic expectations, and/or inability to cope with the new atmosphere. Easylore’s specially crafted and intuitive classes on Psychological Support, Anxiety Disorder, Social Disorder, Depression, and Eating Disorder keep the issues that hinder the mental & physical development of kids at bay.

Special needs kids need special care and special ways of teaching. Easylore has designed comprehensive classes that help them march towards holistic growth and development like any other kid. Classes on Specific Learning Difficulties, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia, and Moderate Learning Difficulties aid these kids to overcome their unique problems and start doing better both academically and in extracurricular activities.

About The Founder
The idea of Easylore, like all great inventions, was born out of a personal need. Yasmin, co-founder of Easylore, realized that though the city offered much success professionally to her, in her family setting, she was struggling to find suitable tutors meeting her kids’ needs. She, being an astute businesswoman, realised that she was not alone; a detailed market survey provided much needed options and soon Easylore opened its doors!

About Easylore
Easylore’s vision is to simplify access to greater learning opportunities for all the families, with personalized and professional support; a community of highly specialized professionals provides tutoring sessions in a holistic approach to education. Easylore incorporates a strong academic preparation with the ability to cultivate critical thinking, to face challenging and stressful situations, to acquire leadership skills, to gain good judgment and social skills.

Easylore believes that all ambitions can be achieved, and all careers’ options can be pursued, given the right approach, attitude, and guidance. Emerging fast as a leader in its space, Easylore connects students with their dreams!

 

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Contact

Yasmin Fariello Peer, CEO, Easylore - Online Learning Platform, contact@easylore.com
 
Source : Easylore

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19th Asian Games: China's Hangzhou marks one-year countdown

 

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 13 -- Hangzhou, the host city of the 19th Asian Games, recently held a one-year countdown event highlighting various expectations.

As an Asia-wide sports gala, the Asian Games is not only a sports event, but also a concentrated display of a city's civilisation concept, public participation, high-tech achievements and international image, according to a statement.

With the overall positioning of ‘New Era, Great Asian Games’ and the concept of hosting a green, smart, economical and ethical event, the Hangzhou Asian Games has overcome the impact of COVID-19 and made solid progress in all areas of preparation.

“To ensure the success of the Games and the improvement of the city, our stadium construction has always combined the operation during the Games and the use after the Games. It is not only to meet the needs of the Games, but more importantly to leave a legacy of the Games for the city and the people,” said deputy secretary-general of the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2022 Organising Committee and vice mayor of Hangzhou, Chen Weiqiang.

“Hangzhou will increase the use of venues after the Games, promote sports for all, mark the Asian Games into a city brand, let more people come to Hangzhou, know Zhejiang, and let the world feel the cultural heritage and innovation vitality of Hangzhou.”

This year is decisive for the preparations for Hangzhou Asian Games. The Games has 55 competition venues, five Asian Games villages and athletes sub-villages in Hangzhou and five co-host cities in the province.

Currently, 42 competition venues have been completed, and the competition functionality acceptance is underway. It is expected all venues will be delivered and enter the trial operation before 2021-end.

As early as March this year, the first phase of sport entry was completed. On the basis of 45 participating countries (regions) in previous years, it included Oceania countries (regions) for the first time, covering all 61 disciplines of the Asian Games.

Preparations for the Asian Games will continue to make joint efforts in sports service, smart city development and branding.

Efforts will also be made to create a superb sports and cultural event with Chinese style, Zhejiang glamour and Hangzhou flavour, so that the Hangzhou Asian Games will impress the world in 2022.

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TOSHIBA RELEASES NEW M4G GROUP OF ARM® CORTEX®-M4 MICROCONTROLLERS FOR HIGH-SPEED DATA PROCESSING IN THE TXZ+™ FAMILY ADVANCED CLASS

 

TOKYO, Sept 8 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation ("Toshiba") has started the mass production of 20 new devices in the M4G group for high-speed data processing as new products of the TXZ+^™ family advanced class manufactured in a 40nm process. These products use Arm Cortex-M4 core with FPU, running up to 200MHz, integrating a maximum of 2MB code flash and 32KB data flash memory with 100K write cycle endurance, and features various interfacing and communication options. As a result, M4G group devices are ideally suited for office equipment, building and factory automation applications.

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Microcontrollers in the M4G group have enhanced communication functions integrated as a serial memory interface that also supports Quad/Octal SPI, audio interface (I^²S), external bus interface in addition to UART, FUART, TSPI and I^²C. In addition, the devices have an in-built 3-unit DMAC and a bus matrix structure, which greatly improves communication throughput compared to Toshiba’s conventional product.

These devices support a variety of sensing use cases with a high-speed, high-precision 12-bit analog/digital converter that allows individual sample hold times to be set for each AD input channel with up to 24 channels.

The self-diagnosis functions incorporated in the devices for ROM, RAM, ADC and Clock help customers to achieve IEC60730 Class B functional safety certification. These new devices offer low current consumption and high functionality while maintaining good compatibility with devices from the existing TXZ^™ family M4G(1) group.

Documentations, sample software with an example of actual usage, and driver software which control interfaces for each peripheral are available for download on the Toshiba website. Evaluations boards and development environments are provided in cooperation with Arm global ecosystem partners.

Major features of new products

· High performance Arm Cortex-M4 core with FPU, max 200MHz
· Motor control functions and communication interfaces
· Self-diagnosis functions for IEC60730 class B functional safety
 
Applications 

High-speed data processing for consumer appliances and industrial equipment.
MFP (Multi-function printer), audio-video equipment, communication equipment for building & factory automation, IoT home appliances etc., 

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KAVA SWAP LISTS ON ASCENDEX

Singapore, Sept 1 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AscendEX, a global digital asset trading platform with a comprehensive product suite, is thrilled to announce the listing of the Kava Swap token (SWP) under the pair USDT/SWP on September 1st at 1 p.m. UTC.

Kava is focused on democratizing financial services and making them openly accessible to anyone, anywhere in the world.  Kava Chain is a decentralized, permissionless, censorship-resistant blockchain built with the Cosmos SDK. This means it operates much like other Cosmos ecosystem blockchains, and is designed to be interoperable with other chains. 

Kava.io is the first cross-chain Decentralized Finance (DeFi) hub providing applications and services to the world's largest cryptocurrencies. Kava’s platform operates as a decentralized bank for digital assets connecting users with products like stablecoins, loans, and interest-bearing accounts so that they can do more and earn more with their digital assets. For example, sers can deposit their digital assets and use them as collateral to borrow Kava’s crypto-backed stablecoin, USDX. The native swap token (SWP), launching Monday Aug. 30, allows users to swap and engage with multiple assets across different chains.

Kava Swap is a cross-chain liquidity hub for all DeFi apps and financial services. Its purpose is to enable the aggregation of capital where it can then be deployed seamlessly across different blockchain ecosystems, DeFi apps, and financial services. At its core, Kava Swap is a cross-chain Autonomous Market Making (AMM) Protocol that leverages the Kava platform’s DeFi infrastructure, cross-chain bridges, and security. Kava Swap delivers users a seamless way to swap between assets of different blockchains and deploy their capital into market-making pools where they can earn handsome returns.

The Kava Protocol is the set of rules and behaviors built into the Kava Chain that enables advanced DeFi functionality like permissionless borrowing and lending. Like most Cosmos ecosystem blockchains, the automated transaction behaviors known as “Smart Contracts” are hardcoded into the protocol. They are referred to as “modules” in the Cosmos Ecosystem. The Kava App uses a special kind of module called a CDP. Hard Protocol is an application that runs on Kava Chain. It does not have its own blockchain. It builds upon the Kava Protocol and adds new functionality, expanding the Kava Ecosystem to include an autonomous money market protocol. 

The HARD token is a unique token on the Kava Chain. It is given as a reward for supplying and borrowing on the Hard app. KAVA, the native token of the KAVA protocol, is used as a Proof of Stake (POS) staking asset, which ensures the finality and safety of loans on the protocol and also acts as the ‘lender of last resort’ in certain situations. The Kava Chain is secured by its native token KAVA and it is used across the full chain as a transport and a store of value. It is given as a reward for minting USDX on the Kava app. USDX is a stable coin loosely pegged to the US Dollar. It is minted when a Kava CDP is opened. KAVA, SWP, and HARD are all governance tokens, meaning holders can vote on the rules and proposed new features of the protocols. 

About AscendEX 

AscendEX is a global cryptocurrency financial platform with a comprehensive product suite including spot, margin, and futures trading, wallet services, and staking support for over 150 blockchain projects such as bitcoin, ether, and ripple. Launched in 2018, AscendEX services over 1 million retail and institutional clients globally with a highly liquid trading platform and secure custody solutions. AscendEX has emerged as a leading platform by ROI on its “initial exchange offerings” by supporting some of the industry’s most innovative projects from the DeFi ecosystem such as Thorchain, xDai Stake, and Serum. AscendEX users receive exclusive access to token airdrops and the ability to purchase tokens at the earliest possible stage. To learn more about how AscendEX is leveraging best practices from both Wall Street and the cryptocurrency ecosystem to bring the best altcoins to its users, please visit www.AscendEX.com.

For more information and updates, please visit:

Website: https://ascendex.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/AscendEX_Global

Telegram: https://t.me/AscendEXEnglish

Medium: https://medium.com/ascendex

About Kava Swap

Kava Labs is focused on democratizing financial services and making them openly accessible to anyone, anywhere in the world. Kava is the first cross-chain Decentralized Finance (DeFi) hub providing applications and services to the world's largest cryptocurrencies. Kava’s platform operates as a decentralized bank for digital assets connecting users with products like stablecoins, loans, and interest-bearing accounts so that they can do more and earn more with their digital assets.

For more information and updates, please visit:

Website: https://www.kava.io/ 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kava_Swap 

Telegram: https://t.me/KavaSwap 

Medium: https://medium.com/kava-labs



Marketing Department
AscendEX
marketing@ascendex.com

Source: AscendEX

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AJC TO HOST ASEAN'S 54TH ANNIVERSARY VIRTUAL SYMPOSIUM "ASEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL REGIONAL INTEGRATION IN THE NEW NORMAL" ON 27 AUGUST 2021

TOKYO, Aug 18 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- The ASEAN-Japan Centre (AJC) will organize ASEAN’s 54th Anniversary Virtual Symposium on “ASEAN Economic and Social Regional Integration in the New Normal” on 27 August 2021. It will be co-organized with the ASEAN Secretariat and the ASEAN Committee in Tokyo, a committee of ten Japan-based ASEAN ambassadors, supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan (TBC) and the International Peace Foundation.

At the symposium, 2007 Nobel Laureate in Economics, Professor Eric S. Maskin, Adams University Professor and Professor of Economics and Mathematics at Harvard University, will deliver a keynote speech. It will be followed by a panel discussion among prominent officials from ASEAN, including the ASEAN Deputy Secretary-General for Community and Corporate Affairs, and experts from universities in Japan, where they will exchange viewpoints and discuss about globalization and inequality in ASEAN under the new normal.

AJC is an intergovernmental organization established by the ASEAN Member States and Japan in 1981, with objectives to promote trade, investment, tourism as well as people-to-people exchanges between the ASEAN Member States and Japan. AJC has been organizing the ASEAN Anniversary Symposium since 2017 to commemorate the establishment of ASEAN, bringing together ASEAN stakeholders and the Japanese public and private sectors to discuss the current issues in ASEAN. 

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[Details of the Symposium] 

Date / Time: 27 August 2021, 11:00 am -1:00 pm (Japan Time) 

Venue: Online (Zoom) 

Programme: 

· Opening Remarks
H.E. Mr. WASHIO Eiichiro, State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
· Welcome Remarks
H.E. Mr. Peter Tan Hai Chuan
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Singapore to Japan, Chairperson of ASEAN Committee in Tokyo
· Message
H.E. Dato Lim Jock Hoi, Secretary General of the ASEAN
· Keynote Speech
Professor Eric S. Maskin Adams
University Professor and Professor of Economics and Mathematics at Harvard University, 2007 Nobel Laureate in Economics
· Panel Discussion
Facilitator:
Mr. FUJITA Masataka, Secretary General, ASEAN-Japan Centre
 
Panelists:
(1)Professor Eric S. Maskin, 2007 Nobel Laureate in Economics
(2)H.E. Mr. Tran Duc Binh, Deputy Secretary General for Community and Corporate Affairs, ASEAN Secretariat
(3)Dr. Rafaelita M. Aldaba, Undersecretary, Department of Trade and Industry, Republic of the Philippines
(4)Professor TAKAMURA Yukari, Professor of Law/Environmental Studies, Institute for Future Initiatives, the University of Tokyo
(5)Professor SHIMIZU Kazushi, Professor, Faculty of Economics, Kyushu University 

· Q&A Sessions
· End of the programme 

Language: English (with Japanese simultaneous interpretation)
Fee: Free of charge
Organizer: ASEAN-Japan Centre
Co-organizers: ASEAN Secretariat and ASEAN Committee in Tokyo
Supporters: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan (TBC)
International Peace Foundation

For the latest information and registration, please visit the AJC website as below.
https://www.asean.or.jp/en/invest-info/20210806/
(Closing date and time: 9:00 am, JST, 26 August 2021) 
 

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Contact

ASEAN-Japan Centre PR Unit
Emiko Sonoya (MS)
URL: https://www.asean.or.jp/en/
TEL: +81-3-5402-8118
E-mail: toiawase_ga@asean.or.jp 

Source : ASEAN-Japan Centre

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