JUNIPER RESEARCH ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF THE FUTURE DIGITAL AWARDS FOR DIGITAL HEALTH INNOVATION 2023

BASINGSTOKE, England, April 26 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- It is with great pleasure that Juniper Research announces the winners of the Future Digital Awards for Digital Health Innovation 2023. These awards recognise the most innovative and disruptive vendors and solutions in the rapidly changing healthcare industry. The winners in each category, following our extensive application and judging process, are as follows:

Judges’ Choice 

· Excellence in Digital Health Innovation

• Vivalink 

Therapeutics & Remote Health 

· Best Digital Therapeutic Solution

• Sleepio by Big Health – Platinum Winner
• Mantra Health – Gold Winner

· Best Hearable Device

• Lexie Hearing – Platinum Winner
• GN ReSound Hearing Aids – Gold Winner

· Best Independent Living Solution

• Florence Intelligent Health Messaging – Platinum Winner
• Lizz Health – Gold Winner

· Best Remote Monitoring Solution

• Vivalink – Platinum Winner
• Medisanté Hub (M+ Hub) – Gold Winner

· Mental Health App of the Year

• Tiatros – Platinum Winner

· Most Innovative Telemedicine Solution

• Medisanté Hub (M+ Hub) – Platinum Winner
• Safe Health SAFE Platform – Gold Winner 

Healthcare Innovation 

· Best Digital Diagnostics Solution

• Healthy.io Minuteful Kidney Test – Platinum Winner
• Cardio Diagnostics PrecisionCHD – Gold Winner

· Best Neurotechnology Innovation

• Netcetera VR Rehab Apps – Platinum Winner

· Best Medical Application of AI

• John Snow Labs – Platinum Winner
• Biofourmis & Eseye – Gold Winner

· Best Medical Robotics Solution

• Asensus Surgical ISU (Intelligent Surgical Unit) – Platinum Winner

· Edge Computing Innovation in Healthcare

• John Snow Labs – Platinum Winner
• Safe Health SAFE Platform – Gold Winner

·         Excellence in AI Drug Discovery

• Atomwise – Platinum Winner

· Gene Therapy Innovation

• UniQure – Platinum Winner

· Most Innovative Personalised Medicine Solution

• Biofourmis & Eseye – Platinum Winner

Juniper Research provides research and analytical services to the global hi-tech communications sector; providing consultancy, analyst reports and industry commentary.

 

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TRAVELLERS DESTINATION "MOVING INN TOKACHI KITANOMORI" OPENS IN HOKKAIDO

KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 (Bernama) -- Moving Inn Inc has opened "Moving Inn Tokachi Kitanomori (Forest-of-the-North in English)" on April 28, in Hokkaido, Japan, which is fast becoming a destination spot for international travellers.

According to a statement, Moving Inn Tokachi Kitanomori delivers luxurious accommodations in breathtaking natural surroundings at four secluded spots within more than 16 acres of virgin forest.

Moving Inn provides a unique travel and camping experience that allows guests to enjoy the natural beauty of the forest and waterways while staying in a cozy trailer home.

The individual lodging sites are isolated within the premises, and guests can choose between two styles, namely the "Grand Suite" sites, "NAGAME" and "AWASE", and the "Nature Suite" sites, "KODACHI" and "HOTORI”.

Each "Grand Suite" consists of a guest room trailer and a dining trailer, both fully equipped with hotel-like accommodations, which commands beautiful views that bring guests closer to the nature of Hokkaido.

Meanwhile, the "Nature Suite" is designed to be used with a campervan that connects to the on-site deck which is equipped with a shower, toilet, wood-burning sauna, open-air bath, outdoor kitchen and fireplace, whereby guests can choose to stay in a tent at this site.

Guests can rent a high-class camper such as a Hiace or Land Cruiser that has been customised by Moving Inn for camping. It can be used as lodging or guests can drive their vans to their site.

All sites have an enclosed wood-fired sauna and open-air baths. Creative cuisine which is made from local wild ingredients and supervised by Kan Morieda, a well-known Tokyo-based chef from Hokkaido, is available.

Guests can enjoy delicious meals using wild local ingredients from Hokkaido, especially Tokachi, while relaxing under the shade trees. There are a total of five to six courses when people choose the dining trailer hearth.

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Trust Bank Leverages Fico Platform Acquiring 450,000 Customers In 5 Months

KUALA LUMPUR, April 26 (Bernama) -- Trust Bank, Singapore’s first cloud-native bank, has acquired 100,000 customers in 10 days after it launched in September 2022 and exceeded 450,000, equivalent to nine per cent of the Singapore market, within just five months.

Trust Bank has become one of the world’s fastest growing digital banks while managing risk using FICO Platform. It can onboard a customer and deliver a credit card to them digitally on their phone within four minutes.

Trust Bank implemented the customer onboarding and risk management capabilities within FICO Platform, a cloud-based decisioning platform that allows companies to centralise and operationalise advanced analytics at speed.

“As a CRO, I like the flexibility to be able to make changes quickly so that we can respond to the market and customer feedback. FICO Platform helps us to deliver that edge.

“We combine risk management fundamentals with data science and customer segmentation to help us arrive at optimum risk outcomes. FICO Platform allows us to simultaneously take care of credit risk and regulatory risk within a single solution,” said Trust Bank Chief Risk Officer, Lalit Lohia in a statement.

Trust Bank made its account opening fast and easy for new customers. The seamless digital approval process enabled the bank to deliver an average onboarding time of under three minutes for a savings account and under four minutes for a credit card, creating a new onboarding experience for the market.

Trust Bank combines this fast onboarding journey with comprehensive risk assessment by using predictive models, analytics and parameters built into its decision engine. Applicable regulations on lending are also implemented via this solution.

Following its launch, Trust Bank received feedback from customers on how it could refine its offering. In a demonstration of its agility, the bank built and released in-App features in rapid timing to enhance its customer experience.

FICO Platform is designed to empower business users to write, edit, and maintain their own business logic, increasing the speed and efficiency of changes. The business was able to react rapidly and make policy adjustments in near real time.

For its achievements, Trust Bank won a 2023 FICO Decisions Award for Customer Onboarding & Management.

For more informations, visit https://www.fico.com/en/solutions/account-opening.

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Sanrio Inks Sponsorship Agreements With Famed Skateboarders Momiji Nishiya, Yumeka Oda

KUALA LUMPUR, April 26 (Bernama) – Tokyo-headquartered Sanrio Company, Ltd (Sanrio) announced it has signed sponsorship agreements with Japanese female skateboarders Momiji Nishiya and Yumeka Oda, effective April 21.

According to Sanrio in a statement, through these agreements, the company hopes to support young athletes in their challenges and strengthen its corporate brand in North America and other global markets.

As part of the agreements, both athletes will use decks with Hello Kitty and Sanrio logo stickers to compete in various tournaments and competitions, starting with one of the world's most prestigious, premiere action sporting events, "X Games Chiba 2023" which will be held from May 12-14 in Chiba, Japan.

Nishiya was born on Aug 30, 2007, in Osaka, Japan and is the first gold medallist in the TOKYO 2020 Skateboard Women's Street event. At the same time, she became the youngest Japanese skater ever to win a gold medal at the age of 13 years, 10 months.

She started skateboarding at the age of six, influenced by her older brother, and within seven years of starting to compete, she joined the ranks of the world's top-class skaters.

With the motto of "smile and have fun until the end," she has won the world's most prestigious contests such as X Games and Dew Tour, and is also eager to create video parts on street skating.

Meanwhile, born on Oct 30, 2006, in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, Oda started skateboarding at the age of seven. In 2022, she represented Japan at the Pro Tour organised by World Skate.

She also won in Street League Skateboarding, the most prestigious competition in the world, and scored 9.4, which is the highest score for a single trick in women's history and the first time in women's skating history to score in the nine-point range.

The disappointment of missing out on TOKYO 2020 has propelled her to be one of the leading candidates of the next generation who are expected to achieve great things at the next Games.

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KROLL ENHANCES DATA INSIGHTS AND FORENSICS PRACTICE WITH THE ADDITION OF SENIOR LEADERS IN EUROPE, ASIA PACIFIC AND LATIN AMERICA

New additions reinforce Kroll’s ability to help customers address the most complex cross-border regulations, blockchain and transaction monitoring 

NEW YORK, April 19 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Kroll, the leading independent provider of global risk and financial advisory solutions, announced today the expansion of its Data Insights and Forensics practice following the appointment of Haydn Jones, who joins as Managing Director and Global Lead of Blockchain and Crypto solutions in London; Torsten Duwenhorst, who joins the firm as Managing Director and Regional Asia Pacific lead in Singapore; and Regis Pereira, who joins the firm to lead the expansion of the Latin America team in Brazil.

Andy Gandhi, Managing Director and Global Leader for Kroll’s Data Insights and Forensics practice, commented: “As we continue to help our clients address the most complex geographic agnostic data risk issues, we’re thrilled with the addition of Haydn Jones, Torsten Duwenhorst and Regis Pereira to the Kroll team. For many companies, technology is essential to support their growth strategy, but this also comes with increased risks that can negatively impact operations and reputation. As new risks relentlessly emerge with each new technology, we continue to grow our team with experts who are uniquely positioned to identify and address these challenges and complement our existing professionals who support clients in an increasingly regulated environment.”

Data risk is a growing concern for multi-national companies, and it is becoming increasingly critical to not only have deliberate global delivery capabilities, but also to complement the capabilities with local jurisdictional knowledge. Kroll recognizes the importance of this and has made investments to expand across Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America. The additions of Jones, Duwenhorst and Pereira strengthen the firm’s collective ability to map regional technology and data issues with the global intent of Kroll customers. They bring their regional knowledge, respectively, as well as decades of experience in technology and forensic data analytics across multiple sectors, leveraging a profound track record of advisory across crypto, blockchain and financial services risks. 

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BYE, BYE, SPAM AND SCAM: TRUECALLER PIONEERS LIVE CALLER ID EXPERIENCE FOR IPHONE USERS

KUALA LUMPUR, April 13 (Bernama) -- Truecaller, the world’s leading global communications platform, has announced the introduction of a major update of its product on iPhone.

The update brings in new, exciting features which will provide an improved and more secure communication experience for iPhone users worldwide. This complete Live Caller ID experience is now on iPhone for the first time.

In a statement, Truecaller co-founder and chief executive officer, Alan Mamedi said: “Live Caller ID on iPhone is the one major aspect that has eluded our iPhone app and we are excited to finally introduce it.

“Ever since we completely revamped the Truecaller experience on iPhone a few months ago, we have been seeing strong growth from multiple countries. And now, Live Caller ID will work to keep our iPhone users safe from the growing menace of spam and scam.”

To set up Truecaller Live Caller ID on iPhone, users need to go to the Premium tab within the app and click on ‘Add to Siri’ to help users add the shortcut with one tap. When using this feature for the first time, users will be asked to allow access for Truecaller; choose ‘Always allow’ to avoid being prompted again.

After setting up the Siri shortcut, simply say ‘Hey Siri, search Truecaller’ and Truecaller will instantly tell the user who is calling, whenever receiving an incoming call from an unknown number.

The app will then do a quick search and present it on the calling screen itself and this new feature is exclusively available to Premium subscribers of Truecaller on iOS 16 and newer.

In addition, users can now read other members' feedback on spammers as well as contribute comments of their own, empowering them to report on their own experience while further enhancing Truecaller’s spam detection capabilities with community input.

Now, incoming messages from short messaging service (SMS) will be automatically categorised into Finance, Orders, Reminders, Coupons, Offers and Junk via revamped SMS filtering.

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AIRWALLEX SURVEY FINDS MAJORITY OF SINGAPORE SMES ARE BRACING FOR A POTENTIAL RECESSION

 

• Rising costs is a pain point for Singapore SMEs; many are looking to optimise operations with technology and fiscal discipline
• Trust in fintech and digital platforms is high; many are willing and open to adopt related solutions
• Singapore SMEs remained focused on growing beyond borders, particularly across Southeast Asia

SINGAPORE, April 13 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Singapore businesses have a cautious economic outlook, as new data from global fintech Airwallex reveals 7 in 10 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) here are bracing for a potential recession within the next two years.

The independent research¹ considered the challenges SMEs in Singapore would face amid the current economic uncertainty, how they would get around them, and how fintechs could support their future growth.

SMEs look to optimise operations with technology and fiscal discipline to manage rising costs

Rising costs is among the top 3 pain points for two-thirds of Singapore SMEs. Rising costs from suppliers (35 per cent) accounts for the highest rise in business cost, followed by employee costs (30 per cent) and logistical disruption costs (23 per cent) likely due to the pandemic.

“The challenges identified by SMEs in the survey findings are consistent with what we have been hearing from our customers, with rising costs and ways to manage it being a consistent theme in conversations,” said Low Cher Hao, Director, SME and Growth, Singapore, at Airwallex.

To optimise their operations amid an increasingly uncertain environment, SMEs are taking a prudent approach to their financial spending, with nearly two-thirds looking to reduce business spending and/or optimise operations through technology in the next 6-12 months. Improving efficiency (42 per cent), growing revenue (40 per cent), and market share (33 per cent) were the top three priorities for SMEs surveyed.

“SMEs contribute significantly to Singapore’s economy and the findings emphasises the need for better solutions to manage their top concerns and encourage their growth and success,” Cher Hao added.

Trust in fintech and digital platforms and willingness to adopt are high

While SMEs continue to maintain a high level of confidence in traditional banking providers, the survey found that 93% of businesses in Singapore hold a high level of trust in fintech and digital platforms to support their business activities.

More than 9 in 10 SMEs have already adopted or are planning to adopt digital or fintech solutions to support their businesses' financial needs. The clear benefits of going digital include saving time (58 per cent), ease of access (50 per cent) and greater control over transactions (48 per cent).

SMEs in Singapore remain focused on geographic growth, particularly across Southeast Asia

Amid a challenging economic environment, businesses in Singapore retain a strong appetite for growth and expansion. The survey found that nearly two-thirds (64 per cent) of SMEs plan to expand their business overseas in the next 12 months. Southeast Asia remains a top expansion region, with almost one in two SMEs (43 per cent) looking to expand across the region. The top five favoured markets for expansion include Malaysia, the Netherlands, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines.

“Singaporean businesses are entrepreneurial. They are constantly looking for ways to globalise their products and services. We see ourselves playing a critical role in helping them achieve their international ambitions,” said Cher Hao. “Over a thousand SMEs in Singapore trust Airwallex to support the financial needs of their business; we are looking to empower them further, and welcome more like-minded businesses to join us.”

Methodology

This survey from Airwallex was carried out by Censuswide between 16 - 23 March 2023 among 255 SME business decision makers in Singapore (companies with 50 - 500 employees).

About Airwallex

Airwallex is the most powerful financial technology platform for modern businesses. We remove the unnecessary friction and cost inherent in the traditional financial system to help entrepreneurs achieve their global ambitions. Companies trust Airwallex to manage everything from payments, treasury, and spend to embedded finance -- all in one single platform. Our purpose is to connect entrepreneurs, business builders, makers and creators with opportunities in every corner of the world. With an international footprint across the Asia-Pacific, Europe and North America, we empower businesses to operate anywhere, anytime.

¹ Over 250 SME decision makers based in Singapore were surveyed

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KNOW YOUR CUSTOMER UNVEILS STRATEGIC CLIENT WINS IN SINGAPORE

KUALA LUMPUR, April 12 (Bernama) -- Leading RegTech provider Know Your Customer has announced its latest strategic client wins in Singapore namely, Volopay and Coda Payments.

“We are proud that both Volopay and Coda Payments have chosen to partner with Know Your Customer to bring to life their ambitious vision for seamless onboarding and periodic reviews.

“We look forward to working with them to deliver the best possible experience to their vast range of local and international clients,” said Know Your Customer Chief Executive Officer, Claus Christensen in a statement.

Know Your Customer’s innovative compliance platform will streamline client onboarding and periodic review tasks for both clients, delivering a more seamless due diligence experience to their vast pool of small and medium enterprise (SME) and corporate clients.

To support payment providers in their dual objective of seamless onboarding and iron-clad compliance, the company has developed a highly modular compliance platform that supports clients’ need for cross-border verification and Know Your Business (KYB) automation.

By providing live access to company registries in 127 countries and an end-to-end digital compliance platform, Know Your Customer empowers Fintech businesses to safely onboard clients across borders, unravel complex company structure charts and constantly stay in control of their regulatory obligations via automated periodic reviews.

Volopay was founded in 2020 in Singapore, to help businesses better manage their finances to achieve their strategic growth, while Singapore-headquartered Coda Payments, founded in 2011, is one of the world’s leading providers of secure, cross-border monetisation solutions for digital products and services.

Both client wins were celebrated during an official signing ceremony hosted at the Tower Club Singapore, organised in partnership with the Ireland Ambassador to Singapore and Enterprise Ireland.

The event marks another significant milestone for Know Your Customer in Singapore, as it continues to drive RegTech innovation in the region.

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GMAC SURVEY: 79 PCT PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS PURSUE GME TO IMPROVE LIVES, DEVELOP POTENTIAL

KUALA LUMPUR, April 11 (Bernama) -- People thinking about going back to business schools are more interested in enriching their lives than increasing their incomes, according to a survey of prospective students of graduate management education (GME) released by the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC).

The survey revealed that 79 per cent of prospective students worldwide are motivated to pursue GME to better their lives and develop their potential, 15 percentage points more than the next-best motivator, increasing income.

Furthermore, women, millennials, underrepresented United States (US) candidates, and first-generation prospective students are all statistically more likely to indicate post-GME career preference for the government or non-profit sector, which tends to be more stable and socially engaged though less lucrative than the private sector.

Gen Z, on the other hand, are most interested in entering the finance and accounting industry, and about 10 percentage points more likely to cite increasing their incomes and expanding their networks as top motivators for pursuing GME than their older counterparts.

In a statement, GMAC Chief Executive Officer, Joy Jones said understanding candidates from Gen Z, now the largest generation applying to business schools, is critical as programmes plan for expanding the pipeline down the road.

“We want to take a closer look at the trends among women, first-generation and US underrepresented candidates to equip schools with the knowledge that ensures every talented person can benefit from the best business education for them,” she said.

Gen Z is most interested in the two-year MBA and millennials are most interested in the one-year MBA. Despite growing up as digital natives, Gen Z also has a strong preference for in-person study, with 80 per cent reporting preference for this modality compared to 69 per cent of millennials.

It is true overall global preference remains with in-person learning. However, online, and especially hybrid programmes have made in-roads with groups most likely to benefit from the flexibility they offer, specifically women, first-generation and millennial candidates.

Meanwhile, the trends driving candidates to study in the US and Western Europe have not changed since last year. After losing the top spot for a year in 2020, the US remains the most preferred study destination, driven by reputation and perceived career preparation, with 42 per cent of respondents indicating interest, followed by Europe (37 per cent) and Canada (nine per cent).

While candidates perceive the US GME programmes as more expensive than others in Europe, Canada or Australia, candidates also believe there is more financial aid available in the US.

The GMAC Prospective Students Survey has provided the world’s graduate business schools with critical insights into the decision-making processes of people currently considering applying to a GME programme. This year’s summary report considers data collected in 2022 from 2,710 respondents in 131 countries worldwide.

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CertiK Analyzes ZenGo’s Secure Wallet To Uncover a Privileged User Vulnerability

ZenGo Rapidly Patches Wallet Security Issue After In-Depth Evaluation From CertiK

New York, NY, April 11 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CertiK, the leading blockchain security solutions provider, announces a successful collaboration with the ZenGo Wallet, the popular self-custodial MPC wallet provider, to fortify the security of its wallet application against privileged user attacks. The joint effort demonstrates CertiK's commitment to conducting proactive in-house research and collaborating with external parties to raise the standard of security and transparency across the Web3 world.

CertiK's SkyFall team conducted a comprehensive evaluation of ZenGo's security design and implementation, focusing on the wallet's ability to protect against advanced threats, such as advanced malware and rooted devices. Despite ZenGo's robust security features, including its two-party signature scheme, TEE-based device protection, and biometric-enforced user sign-up and recovery, CertiK identified an inappropriate protected cryptographic management API issue that could be exploited in certain scenarios.

ZenGo responded quickly to CertiK's findings, deploying a patch to fix the identified issue. CertiK's thorough review of the patch confirmed its effectiveness, significantly bolstering the wallet's security against privileged user attacks and rendering it more secure than traditional wallets which are still vulnerable to this type of attack. This collaboration demonstrates the importance of proactive security evaluations and the value of working with experienced security firms like CertiK to identify and address potential vulnerabilities.

“I’m proud of the work our engineers did to identify and address this security issue in one of the most secure mobile wallets,” said Kang Li, CertiK’s Chief Security Officer. “Even the MPC technology provides a strong defense, the specific implementation details can expose security risks if not designed well. This collaboration with ZenGo highlights the need for comprehensive security evaluations and reinforces CertiK’s commitment to raising the industry standard of security and transparency.”

“It was a pleasure to work closely with the CertiK team in a clear, professional, and proactive manner to quickly fix this issue and jointly publish a report to increase community awareness. CertiK's discovery and ZenGo's fix helped ensure that ZenGo is hardened against privileged attacks that traditional wallets cannot protect against,” said Tal Be'ery, ZenGo's CTO and co-founder.

This partnership between CertiK and ZenGo showcases the shared commitment of both companies to create a more secure and transparent ecosystem for the rapidly expanding Web3 world. Builders, founders, and users can take confidence in the knowledge that CertiK's comprehensive security suite and proactive research are raising the bar for security standards across the entire industry.

To learn more about CertiK’s suite of security solutions for Web3, visit certik.com and follow along on Twitter at @CertiK and @CertiKCommunity. To learn more about the ZenGo wallet, follow @ZenGo on Twitter and visit ZenGo.com.

About CertiK

CertiK is a pioneer in blockchain security, leveraging best-in-class AI technology and expert manual review to protect and monitor blockchain protocols and smart contracts. Founded in 2018 by professors from Yale University and Columbia University, CertiK secures the Web3 world, by applying cutting-edge innovations from academia to enterprise, enabling mission-critical applications to scale with safety and correctness. CertiK has audited more than 3,900 Web3 projects and secured hundreds of billions of dollars of market capitalization.

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Director of PR, Luna PR

alnura@lunapr.io

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NOTIFIED'S INVESTOR RELATIONS EVENT PLATFORM DELIVERS NEW FEATURES TO CREATE ENGAGING AND ACCESSIBLE STAKEHOLDER COMMUNICATIONS

Latest Enhancements Improve User Experience for Earnings and Investor Days


NEW YORK, April 5 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Notified, a globally trusted technology partner for investor relations, public relations and marketing professionals, today announced a series of enhancements that are now available in its Investor Relations (IR) Event Platform – including expanded features that bolster digital accessibility compliance and improve stakeholder engagement for earnings and investor days. The latest developments to the platform enable Notified customers to meet compliance requirements while creating high-impact events to strengthen and expand their shareholder base, learn more about their investment community, and access the insights and analytics they need to make informed decisions.

“In today’s complex business environment, the responsibility of successfully managing communications between corporate leadership and stakeholders is absolutely critical,” said Nimesh Davé, president, Notified. “Companies want to raise awareness, increase visibility and stay competitive. At Notified, we are committed to developing the tools that empower companies to amplify their stories by innovating traditional IR processes to meet evolving investor expectations and ultimately support successful business outcomes. The latest enhancements to Notified’s IR Event Platform enable innovation by delivering flexibility and optionality, while ensuring industry-leading compliance and security.”

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These enhancements include:

• Enhanced Digital Accessibility and Compliance: Notified’s webcast players are regularly assessed and updated based on evolving accessibility requirements, in partnership with digital accessibility solution provider Level Access. The enhanced IR Event Platform webcast has an upgraded user experience that supports our customers in meeting Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) Level AA standards, including screen reader compatibility.
• New, Customized Layouts: new tools such as a welcome lobby and countdown clock are available to build excitement for highly anticipated events. Companies can match their full website look and feel by turning webcasts into one or multipage microsites.
• Powerful Stakeholder Engagement: end users have increased control of their experience, including the ability to manage playback speed for both live and on-demand content, utilize live DVR to pause and resume without missing anything, and access to a picture-in-picture feature for video webcasts.
• Optionality and Scalability: Notified’s IR Event Platform is available in Essentials and Expert modes – these new, flexible product versions enable IR teams to select a solution that meets their unique needs and budgets while ensuring inclusivity and accessibility for all users.

“Notified’s IR Event Platform enables finance teams to make the most of required communications – it is purpose-built for investor communications and corporate reporting,” said Erik Carlson, COO and CFO, Notified. “We’ve prioritized the features and functionality that our clients depend on to meet today’s standards – including unmatched delivery, security, customer service and flexibility–while enabling future innovation.”

With decades of market experience, Notified is the #1 provider of IR webcasts and a trusted provider to 88% of the Fortune 100. In addition to being Systems and Organization Controls 2 (SOC2) certified, it continues to partner with industry leading accessibility advisors for webcasts and websites, solidifying Notified’s ability to reach client goals while maintaining security and accessibility. The company’s comprehensive suite of solutions enable businesses to effectively reach and engage customers, investors, employees and the media – from press release distribution via GlobeNewswire to earnings calls, IR websites, social listening, media engagement, webinars and digital experiences.

“It's deeply rewarding to support businesses that share our commitment to creating a more equitable digital world,” said Tim Springer, CEO, Level Access. “Notified has prioritized digital accessibility by building inclusive experiences for its customers and continues to prioritize accessibility to align with new feature releases. We couldn’t be prouder of our work together on the IR Event Platform, and we’re confident our collaboration will continue to change the status quo for online inclusion in the future.”

To learn more about Notified’s IR Event Platform, visit: https://www.notified.com/IR/earnings-day

About Notified:
Notified is committed to making it easy for brands to create and share powerful stories with the world. Our suite of world-class, award-winning solutions and our dedicated customer service team are relied upon by more than 10,000 global customers, from growing businesses and public companies to some of the world’s most recognizable brands.

Notified’s solutions help businesses effectively share and amplify their stories—to customers, investors, employees and the media. From press release distribution via GlobeNewswire to earnings calls, IR websites, social listening, media engagement, webinars and digital experiences, Notified has you covered. Notified is a part of West Technology Group, LLC (formerly Intrado Corporation) controlled by affiliates of certain funds managed by Apollo Global Management, Inc. (NYSE: APO). Notified is headquartered in New York, N.Y.

Learn more at www.notified.com or follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, or our blog.

Contact:

Hannah Freedman

Director, Media and Communications

hannah.freedman@notified.com 

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VIRTUAL AI BEING CREATION PLATFORM MINDOS SET TO LAUNCH GLOBAL CLOSED BETA

SINGAPORE, April 5 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Singapore-based generative AI firm Mindverse announced that its creator tool for virtual AI beings for business sales and service, MindOS, will enter its Closed Beta stage on April 18, 2023. Journalists, developers, creators, distributors, and enterprise users may join the Closed Beta launch webinars hosted on April 18th and April 20th at no cost and will be given licenses for MindOS.

The firm’s Closed Beta launch follows its signed partnership and planned rollout of customizable embodied chatbots for one of the world’s 3 largest e-commerce platforms, a global beauty and cosmetics brand, and several e-commerce SMEs.

Mindverse Co-Founder and CEO Fangbo Tao said, “We are thrilled to offer the Closed Beta version of MindOS to trusted developers, journalists, and partners. Our launch webinars will offer a deep dive on our core technology, an AMA with our founders, and a Closed Beta license for attendees to get comfortable with MindOS before our Open Beta. We welcome feedback from Closed Beta participants and look forward to learning how users creatively deploy MindOS to solve productivity bottlenecks, boost conversions, and reduce the drudgery of mundane tasks.”

MindOS generates AI beings with customizable appearances, personalities, knowledge domains, and app integrations. The tool can be deployed as a chatbot or IVA for service or sales, or as a process automation tool for workplace productivity and internal processes. MindOS supports 30 languages, offers more than 1,000 pre-designed AI beings, and accurately infers intent 97% of the time. MindOS AI beings can be trained with an unsorted training data set such as an onboarding manual, product documents, or full websites, without the need to structure the data. With real-time searching and zero-shot training, those AI beings can be onboarded rapidly to consistently provide high quality responses that are faithful to each brand’s voice.

Mindverse Co-Founder and COO Kisson Lin elaborated: “The core technology of MindOS is fine-tuned, controllable LLM that allows our users to balance the conversational fluency of an LLM with the need to provide true information and align with a brand’s voice. MindOS AI beings are more easily trained in industry-specific knowledge and firm-specific policies. We see our role in acting as a bridge between unwieldy LLMs and the very specific needs of particular industries like e-commerce, hospitality, customer service, automotive, gaming, education, and MICE. We see the Closed Beta as an opportunity to learn how target industry insiders can deploy generative AI to solve problems for SMEs and enterprises.”

The firm intends to launch Open Beta in the coming months, with an estimated launch in late May in advance of AWE USA. The firm, founded in early 2022, articulates its offering as “Mind as a Service” (MaaS), a riff on AI as a Service, which is expected to grow into a $96 billion industry by 2030, according to Vision Research Reports.

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CORRECTION - EVIDENT ACQUIRED BY BAIN CAPITAL: PARTNERSHIP TO ACCELERATE FUTURE GROWTH AND INNOVATION

TOKYO, April 4 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a release issued under the same headline earlier today by Evident Corporation, please note that the titles of Yuji Sugimoto and Stephen Thomas have been corrected to Partner, and the spelling of Stephen Thomas’s name has been revised. The corrected release follows:

Evident Corporation (“Evident”) announced today that it has been acquired by private equity firm Bain Capital Private Equity (“Bain Capital”) from Olympus Corporation (“Olympus”) pursuant to the definitive agreement signed on August 29, 2022.

Evident was newly established on April 1, 2022 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Olympus comprising the former Scientific Solutions business conducted by Olympus. Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, Evident conducts business in 24 countries worldwide with more than 4,300 employees.

Supported by Bain Capital, Evident will attain a higher level of agility and faster decision-making to drive innovation-based growth in the life science and industrial markets. Building on a history of more than 100 years of innovation in imaging, instrumentation, and measurement solutions, Evident plans to further expand its portfolio of world-class products, solutions, and services.

Yoshitake Saito, the President and CEO of Evident said “We are very excited about our partnership with Bain Capital because we are convinced that it will enable us to even more strongly fulfill our purpose of becoming a preferred workflow solution partner for a broad range of customers in the life science and industrial markets.”

Yuji Sugimoto, Partner of Bain Capital in Japan, said “Bain Capital is committed to supporting Evident on its sustainable growth path to allow the company to foster an accelerated innovation process.”

Stephen Thomas, Partner of Bain Capital in North America, added “Evident is at the frontier of digital optical technology in the life science and industrial end markets, and has great potential to expand into new products, new customers, and new markets as an independent company.”

About EVIDENT

At Evident, we are guided by the scientific spirit—innovation and exploration are at the heart of what we do. Committed to making people’s lives healthier, safer, and more fulfilling, we support our customers with solutions that solve their challenges and advance their work—whether it’s researching medical breakthroughs, inspecting infrastructure, or exposing hidden toxins in consumer products.

Evident Industrial’s solutions range from microscopes and videoscopes to nondestructive testing equipment and X-ray analyzers for maintenance, manufacturing, and environmental applications. Backed by state-of-the-art technologies, Evident’s products are widely used for quality control, inspection, and measurement.

Evident Life Science empowers scientists and researchers through collaboration and cutting-edge life science solutions. Dedicated to meeting the challenges and supporting the evolving needs of its customers, Evident Life Science advances a comprehensive range of microscopes for pathology, hematology, IVF, and other clinical applications as well as for research and education.

For more information, visit www.EvidentScientific.com

About Bain Capital Private Equity

Bain Capital Private Equity has partnered closely with management teams to provide the strategic resources that build great companies and help them thrive since its founding in 1984. Bain Capital Private Equity's global team of more than 280 investment professionals creates value for its portfolio companies through its global platform and depth of expertise in key vertical industries including healthcare, consumer/retail, financial and business services, industrials, and technology, media and telecommunications. Bain Capital has 23 offices on four continents. The firm has made primary or add-on investments in more than 1,100 companies since its inception. In addition to private equity, Bain Capital invests across multiple asset classes, including credit, public equity, venture capital and real estate, managing approximately $160 billion in total assets and leveraging the firm's shared platform to capture opportunities in strategic areas of focus.

For more information, please visit www.baincapitalprivateequity.com. 

Media Contact:
Tobias Ruckes, Global Corporate Communications
Tobias.Ruckes@EvidentScientific.com


SOURCE : Evident