OKEMOS, Mich., Mar 3, 2022 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
- Recent study highlights the importance of video in a professional context and the expectations employees have for video content.
- 91% of employees already use training videos for knowledge transfer in the workplace.
Since the start of the global pandemic, the need for informal training videos for everyday use has expanded. A recent study conducted by TechSmith [https://www.techsmith.com/], which surveyed office workers from six countries, reveals that videos are highly popular among employees, especially in the modern workplaces where information needs to be conveyed concisely and efficiently.
According to the study, the vast majority (83 percent) of respondents said they prefer to consume informational content in video format - far ahead of text (43 percent) and audio only (32 percent). Acquiring new skills or knowledge for professional purposes is the most frequently cited reason (25 percent) for seeking instructional or informational videos, followed by gaining knowledge on a specific topic (23 percent).
Nearly all (91 percent) respondents to the study watch instructional or informational videos in a professional context at least once a month, and well over half (71 percent) of them at least once a week. The majority of
respondents (56 percent) cited informal training videos as the type of video most often used, followed closely by professionally-produced training videos (54 percent).
The complete study is available at
https://www.techsmith.com/visual-communication-research.html
About TechSmith
TechSmith screen capture and recording software products, Snagit [https://www.techsmith.com/screen-capture.html] and Camtasia [https://www.techsmith.com/video-editor.html], are perfect for anyone who wants
to create and share images and videos for better training, tutorials, lessons, and everyday communication.
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E-Mail: press@techsmith.com
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Thursday, 3 March 2022
TECHSMITH: NEW RESEARCH SHOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF USING VIDEO AT WORK
ENDACEPROBE RELEASE CHANGES THE GAME FOR NETWORK FORENSICS
LONDON & AUSTIN, Texas & AUCKLAND, New Zealand, March 3 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Packet capture authority, Endace, today announced OSm™ 7.1 for the EndaceProbe™ Analytics Platform. This new release enables analysts at all levels to gain deeper insight into malicious network activity from packet capture data quickly and easily.
The new features benefit customers by:
- Enabling security analysts to easily reconstruct and extract files from recorded packet data to rapidly understand the nature and extent of threats or breaches. Analysts can analyze the actual files - malware, ransomware, executables, zip archives, exfiltrated data, and more – used by attackers to compromise user and network security and steal data. This gives analysts certainty about exactly what happened. See a short demo video here:https://www2.endace.com/osm7.1-endace-vision-demo
- Allowing analysts to generate detailed logs - including DNS, HTTPS, TLS, SMTP, database transactions, and many others - from recorded packet data. This gives analysts rich contextual insight into activity that has occurred across the network and enables more accurate threat assessment and response. Read more here: https://www2.endace.com/osm7.1-making-forensics-easy-blog
- Enabling MSSPs or organizations with multiple tenants to securely share packet recording infrastructure. This allows teams from different organizations or divisions to take advantage of continuous packet recording while keeping each organization’s data separate.
Read more here: https://www2.endace.com/osm7.1-endace-multi-tenancy-blog
“Recorded network traffic is key to solving the most complex and threatening security incidents,” says Cary Wright, VP of Products at Endace. “These new capabilities, combined with the EndaceProbe platform’s always-on, global-scale network recording puts vital evidence in the hands of SecOps teams – so they can respond to threats faster and with greater confidence.”
OSm 7.1 also extends the power of always-on packet recording to multi-tenant environments such as MSSPs, federal or government organizations securing multiple entities, or large enterprises with multiple divisions. Multiple entities can now share a common recording infrastructure and each securely search, access and analyze only their own traffic.
OSm 7.1 is available immediately for EndaceProbe customers. For more information, visit www.endace.com/products
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About Endace
Endace specializes in high-speed, scalable packet capture for cybersecurity, network and application performance. The open, EndaceProbe Analytics Platform lets customers record a 100% accurate history of activity on their network and can host network security and performance monitoring tools that need to analyze real-time or historical traffic. Endace’s Fusion Partners provide pre-built integration with the EndaceProbe platform to accelerate and streamline incident investigation and resolution.
For more information see www.endace.com or follow Endace on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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Email: pr@endace.com
Phone: Kimber Smith-Fidler, mobile +1 775 298 5260 – USA
Mark Evans, mobile +64-21-494 850 - APAC
Leah Jones (The CommsCo) +44 203 697 6680 - EMEA
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AM BEST AFFIRMS CREDIT RATINGS OF FMG INSURANCE LIMITED
SINGAPORE, March 3 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a” (Excellent) of FMG Insurance Limited (FMGIL) (New Zealand). The outlook of these Credit Ratings (ratings) is stable.
The ratings reflect FMGIL’s balance sheet strength, which AM Best assesses as very strong, as well as its adequate operating performance, neutral business profile and appropriate enterprise risk management. In addition, the ratings factor in a neutral holding company impact from the company’s 100% ownership by Farmers’ Mutual Group (FMG).
The company’s balance sheet strength assessment is underpinned by its risk-adjusted capitalisation being at the strongest level in fiscal year 2021, as measured by Best’s Capital Adequacy Ratio (BCAR), with the expectation that it will remain at the same level over the medium term. In addition, FMGIL is considered to have a comprehensive reinsurance programme that provides protection against very high-severity modelled catastrophe events in New Zealand. AM Best views the company’s investment portfolio to be of moderate risk with a focus on cash and high-quality fixed income securities, albeit with some exposure to equities. A partially offsetting balance sheet strength factor is the company’s limited financial flexibility, given its ultimate ownership by FMG, a mutual organisation.
AM Best assesses FMGIL’s operating performance as adequate. The company has generated a five-year average return-on-equity ratio of 8.4% (fiscal years 2017-2021). Operating results over this period were largely driven by robust investment returns. Although the company’s investment performance in fiscal year 2020 was affected adversely by financial market volatility driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, the investment result improved significantly in fiscal year 2021, arising from the rebound of equity markets. The company has historically experienced some volatility in its underwriting performance mainly due to the impact of weather and earthquake events in fiscal years 2016 and 2017. Despite this, underwriting performance has trended positively since 2018, largely due to loss ratio improvements arising from management actions. For the first nine months of fiscal year 2022, the company has continued to report positive operating and underwriting results. Prospectively, AM Best expects a robust pricing strategy and positive investment returns to support the maintenance of adequate operating performance.
AM Best views FMGIL’s business profile as neutral. The company benefits from its established profile as a leading rural insurer in New Zealand, despite having a relatively small market share of approximately 6% of the overall non-life segment, based on 2021 gross premiums written (GPW). FMGIL has a strong direct distribution business model, aided by its close relationships with customers and its ownership by FMG, which has a long history and strong brand recognition in New Zealand’s rural sector. Although FMGIL operates solely in New Zealand, its premium base is less geographically concentrated when compared with other domestic general insurers, as its focus on the rural sector helps to spread its insured risks across the country. FMGIL’s recent GPW growth remains favourable despite economic disruption related to the COVID-19 pandemic, supported in part by its continued high client retention.
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.
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Contact
Sin Yee Chuah
Financial Analyst
+65 6303 5022
sinyee.chuah@ambest.com
Christopher Sharkey
Manager, Public Relations
+1 908 439 2200, ext. 5159
christopher.sharkey@ambest.com
Myles Gould
Director, Analytics
+44 20 7397 0304
myles.gould@ambest.com
Jim Peavy
Director, Communications
+1 908 439 2200, ext. 5644
james.peavy@ambest.com
Source : AM Best
Wednesday, 2 March 2022
GEORGE CLINICAL GROWS SCIENTIFIC LEADERSHIP TO INCLUDE LATIN AMERICA WITH THE ADDITION OF RENAL EXPERT HERNÁN TRIMARCHI
Dr. Trimarchi’s research focuses on glomerular diseases, particularly proteinuria and podocyturia, IgA nephropathy, focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, and Fabry disease. He is Head of the Division of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation at the Hospital Británico de Buenos Aires and a member of the steering committee of the International IgA Nephropathy Network. He is involved in many clinical research studies related to glomerular diseases and chronic kidney diseases as member of the advisory board and steering committee, as key opinion leader (KOL) or national coordinator.
“We are very pleased to have Hernán join a global scientific leadership team so rich in kidney research expertise,” said Chief Medical Officer Dr. Maria Ali. “He joins an organization with deep roots in Asia-Pacific and his presence in Latin America rounds out the expertise of our team demonstrating the global relationships of our scientific leaders and highlighting how we work with regional experts to ensure clinical trials are designed pragmatically.”
In addition to his scientific leadership duties for George Clinical, Dr Trimarchi is Professor of Medicine of the Universidad Católica Argentina and former Director of the Post Graduate Course of Internal Medicine of the Universidad de Buenos Aires School of Medicine at the Hospital Británico. He is a member of the ISN Continuing Medical Education Program Committee and an active member of the International Society of Nephrology and of the International Society of Transplantation.
“Joining the scientific leadership of George Clinical offers me the chance to engage with a variety of renal studies that could deliver tangible value for those suffering from kidney disease not just in South America but worldwide,” said Trimarchi.
About George Clinical
George Clinical is a leading global clinical research organization founded in Asia-Pacific driven by scientific expertise and operational excellence. With more than 20 years of experience and 400 people managing 38 geographical locations throughout the USA, Asia-Pacific region, and Europe, George Clinical provides the full range of clinical trial services to biopharmaceutical, medical device, and diagnostic customers, for all trial phases, registration, and post-marketing trials.
Contact: mreabold@georgeclinical.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/george-clinical-pty-ltd
Twitter: https://twitter.com/george_clinical
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/georgeclinical
Donna McDonnell
George Clinical
901-229-5345
dmcdonnell@georgeclinical.com
SOURCE : George Clinical
Tuesday, 1 March 2022
AQARA INTRODUCES SMART DOOR LOCK A100 ZIGBEE WITH APPLE HOME KEY SUPPORT
Aqara Introduces Smart Door Lock A100 Zigbee with Apple Home Key Support (Photo: Business Wire)
NEW YORK, March 1 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Aqara, a leading provider for smart home products, announced the launch of its Smart Door Lock A100 Zigbee. The A100 Zigbee is a mortise-style smart lock that allows multiple access authentications including fingerprint, password, Aqara Home app, Apple HomeKit/Siri, Google Assistant, NFC, and mechanical key. Integrated with both Bluetooth 5.0 protocol - for the direct connection with mobile devices and home hubs from Apple - and Zigbee 3.0 protocol, the lock supports remote unlock* via Aqara Home app and other third-party platforms, and connects with other smart home devices* to create truly automated home experiences. The Aqara A100 Zigbee has come onto the market in Malaysia and Singapore, and the availability is expected to expand to Russia as well as selective countries in Southeast Asia and Middle East in the following months.
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The A100 Zigbee features a 3D fingerprint scanner with liveness detection, and the scanner is ergonomically placed on the handle so that the user’s thumb naturally touches it when pressing the handle to open the door. Permanent, one-time and periodic passwords (6-10 digits) are supported, allowing users to easily grant and manage access for family members, guests, and regular visitors like dog walkers and babysitters who are able to unlock only at the preset time period (e.g., 9:00 - 10:00 A.M. of every Monday). One-time and periodic passwords can be created and managed remotely*, which makes this lock an ideal choice for rental homes.
Using eight AA batteries, the A100 Zigbee lock has a long battery life of 18 months**. A low battery warning will be pushed when the batteries drop below 20%, and even if the batteries run out, user can open the lock by using the mechanical key, or by charging the lock with a power bank via the Type-C port.
The A100 Zigbee equips with strong security features to protect users and their homes, including:
- Auto-lock: the door is locked immediately after it’s closed;
- Anti-peep password: users can add random digits before and after the password to protect it from peeping and smudge attack;
- Night latch knob: the night latch knob controls a separate bolt, and once locked it can be opened either from inside or by using the administrator’s authentication from outside;
- Tamper alert: this alert will be triggered if the lock bolts detect unusual pressure being applied, or if the front panel being removed from the door;
- Door left open alert: this alert will be triggered if the door is left wide open for more than 10 seconds, or if left ajar and not fully closed for over 3 seconds;
- Abnormal attempts alert: this alert will be triggered after 5 failed authentication attempts, and the lock authentication will freeze for 3 minutes;
- Unlocking log: users could remotely check the lock status and unlocking log via the Aqara Home app*.
For more details of the A100 Zigbee lock, please visit our website.
* A Zigbee 3.0 Aqara hub is required.
** Based on the assumption of unlocking 10 times per day.
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Contact
For Media Inquiry:
Michell Li
Phone: 86-18501199430
Email: media@aqara.com
Source : Aqara
FPIA PARTNERS JOIN BOYDEN IN NEW YORK
New York, March 1 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Boyden, a premier leadership and talent advisory firm with more than 75 offices in over 45 countries, is delighted to welcome the team from FPIA Partners, top performing asset management specialists in executive search.
Trina D. Gordon, President & CEO of Boyden shares, “The addition of our New York team is a cornerstone of our global growth strategy that emphasizes deep sector expertise in this key market and across the firm. Their premier position in financial services, both nationally and internationally, allows us to significantly expand our capabilities in serving clients. Importantly, their values and client/candidate integrity are a seamless fit within our global partnership.”
The team of six, Dominic Freud, Stephan Pizenberg, Sowbagya Gokulram, Jeremy Hardisty, Veronica Morán and Jessica Rodríguez join Boyden’s global financial services practice delivering executive search in asset management, fintech, global equities and private equity in financial centers worldwide.
“We are delighted to join Boyden, broadening our services to deliver functional and country leaders as well as investment specialists to clients,” explains Dominic Freud, Managing Partner, Boyden New York. “We are distinctive in the market in having long-term, senior investment careers with leading financial institutions. This means we have long term relationships as well as significant institutional and market intelligence. We speak our candidates’ language, we have walked in the shoes of our candidates and clients and we are keen to leverage our collective resources for them both”.
“The asset management industry is evolving in keeping with global trends and its investor demographic,” adds Stephan Pizenberg. “As global citizens ourselves, we are committed to helping our clients to achieve their diversity and environmental, social and governance goals, as well as maintaining our own ethical standards in nurturing an equitable society.”
FPIA Partners was established 10 years ago, becoming the number one franchise in its specialist area and one of the leading teams in asset management. Co-founder Dominic Freud held leadership roles at Oppenheimer, SLS Capital, Societe Generale, (then) Paribas, Sheppards & Chase and James Capel. Co-founder Jeremy Hardisty held leadership roles at UBS and Royal Bank of Scotland, Co-founder Stephan Pizenberg held leadership roles at Societe Generale and (then) Paribas. Through their focus on excellence, they achieve retention rates significantly above industry average; 98% first year and 91% five year retention.
About Boyden
Boyden is a premier leadership and talent advisory firm with more than 75 offices in over 45 countries. Our global reach enables us to serve client needs anywhere they conduct business. We connect great companies with great leaders through executive search, interim management and leadership consulting solutions. Boyden is ranked amongst the top companies on Forbes’ Americas Best Executive Recruiting Firms for 2021. For further information, visit www.boyden.com.
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Chris Swee
Boyden
9147470172
cswee@boyden.com
SOURCE : Boyden