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City Produce Joins FreshEdge

FreshEdge

INDIANAPOLIS – FreshEdge, a family of produce and specialty food companies backed by Rotunda Capital Partners, acquired City Produce, a fresh food distributor headquartered in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. For many years, City Produce has been serving North Central Florida, the Florida Panhandle, and central to southern Alabama distributing fresh fruits and vegetables, including an array of fresh-cut offerings, dairy, meats, seafoods, specialty foods, and more. City Produce operates out of two facilities, one in Fort Walton Beach, and a second in Foley, Alabama. The addition expands FreshEdge’s footprint into the southern United States and provides space and logistical support to better serve its customer base as it spreads farther south. City Produce joins Piazza Produce & Specialty Foods, Indianapolis Fruit, Get Fresh Produce, McCartney Produce, Monteverde’s, Valley Produce, Vine Line, Garden Cut, CIBUS Fresh and Papania’s. FreshEdge now operates with more than 2,000 employees, approximately 808,500 square feet of warehouse space, and a fleet of more than 720 trucks. “We welcome Tommy Sundy and his amazing team to the FreshEdge family of companies,” said Steve Grinstead, CEO of FreshEdge. “We are excited for this great company to join FreshEdge as we expand farther into the Southeast.” Terms of the deal, which closed on May 10, 2022, were not disclosed. The transaction strengthens the combined business’s presence in Florida and southern Alabama. “City Produce will be a great addition to our expanding group of ‘best in class’ fresh food distribution companies,” said Greg Corsaro, president and COO of FreshEdge. “We look forward to Tommy’s continued leadership at City Produce.” “Our City Produce team is excited to join the FreshEdge family - knowing we’ll be ‘better together’,” said Tommy Sundy, president. “This is the next step in increasing our footprint, serving customers with expanded offerings and growing for our future.” FreshEdge is backed by Rotunda Capital Partners, a lower middle market private equity firm focused on investments in founder and family held companies. Rotunda seeks to provide opportunities for management teams to reach strategic, financial, and operational objectives. Rotunda entered the food business in 2017 with the acquisition of Indianapolis Fruit and Piazza Produce. FreshEdge was created in 2019 when Get Fresh Produce joined the platform. City Produce represents FreshEdge’s seventh acquisition since Rotunda’s initial investment. Together, Rotunda and FreshEdge intend to continue expanding FreshEdge by welcoming more companies into the group—all focused on high quality produce and specialty food products, along with exceptional service—to create a unique group of complementary entities. About FreshEdge FreshEdge was formed in 2019 through the combination of Get Fresh Produce (founded 1982) and the IF&P Foods family of companies, primarily composed of Indianapolis Fruit (founded 1947) and Piazza Produce (founded 1970). McCartney Produce (Paris, TN) joined the FreshEdge family in November 2020 followed by Valley Produce (Knoxville, TN) in June 2021, Vine Line (Grand Rapids, MI) in October 2021, and Monteverde's (Pittsburgh, PA) in November 2021. Collectively, these leading fresh food distribution companies have nearly 500 years of combined experience serving the grocery and food service industries. FreshEdge includes two Garden Cut branded fresh-cut processing facilities, a tomato re-packer, a USDA fresh kitchen (CIBUS Fresh), and two transportation companies. FreshEdge's fleet resource includes more than 720 trucks servicing the Midwest and beyond from 12 facilities totaling approximately 808,500 square feet of warehouse space. Today, FreshEdge is one of the largest independent fresh food distributors in the United States and a category leader in providing both the foodservice and retail industries with fruit, vegetables, proteins, fresh grab-n-go offerings, dairy, floral, and specialty products. For more information, visit www.freshedgefoods.com. About Rotunda Capital Partners Rotunda Capital Partners is an operationally oriented private equity firm focused on transforming family-founder owned companies into dynamic, data-driven platforms able to achieve and manage significant growth. Since its founding in 2009, Rotunda has partnered with management teams to build great businesses within three primary sectors: value-added distribution, asset-light logistics and industrial & business services. Rotunda strives to achieve replicable results by implementing its Rotunda Performance System to create strategic alignment, develop lean processes and create robust, data-driven infrastructures. For more information, visit www.rotundacapital.com. Contact Details FreshEdge Greg Corsaro +1 317-981-3440 gcorsaro@freshedgefoods.com Rotunda Capital Partners Jill Lafferty +1 847-280-1295 jill@rotundacapital.com Company Website https://www.freshedgefoods.com/

May 11, 2022 07:43 AM Eastern Daylight Time

Bacula Systems Announces Availability of its Nutanix AHV Backup and Recovery Module

Bacula Systems

Accelerating its leadership in high performance backup and recovery for large enterprises and managed services providers, Bacula Systems today announced its Nutanix AHV module for Bacula Enterprise, which expands its rich feature-set across a broad number of different hypervisors. Bacula Enterprise natively integrates with VMware, Hyper-V, Xen, KVM, RHV, Proxmox and now Nutanix installations of any size, allowing IT departments to perform backup and recovery operations from one platform. Some of the benefits of Bacula Enterprise’s Nutanix module include: Agentless deployment Snapshot-based backup/restore Support for any kind of guest VM Hot copy: Online VMs supported (no need to shutdown) Full, Incremental and Differential levels Fast block level image backup through NDFS Restore complete VM images Restore network interfaces Remote interactive snapshot deletion tool included Bacula Enterprise also provides a Nutanix filer module with HFC technology. “The unique ability of Bacula to cover so many different databases and virtual machines in today and tomorrow’s IT departments becomes of especially high value when combined with Bacula’s remarkably strong security architecture and its tools for protection against ransomware” said Jorge Gea, CTO, Bacula Systems. “For organizations working to meet the compliance and governance challenges of tomorrow, security needs to come first and this is the advantage that Bacula brings” said Gea. “Bacula Enterprise is one of the very few scalable, Cloud and Edge-agnostic backup solutions in the industry that can also back up Docker, Kubernetes and OpenShift environments, including their persistent data. This combined with its security features, open source base and advantageous licensing model means it is increasingly being adopted by large military, government, MSPs, ISVs, HPC and other security and performance-demanding organizations” said Frank Barker, CEO of Bacula Systems. Bacula Systems customers include NASA, Texas A&M University, Swisscom, Sky and many more. About Bacula Systems: Bacula Enterprise Edition is a highly scalable, especially secure backup and recovery software for large organizations, data centers and MSPs. www.baculasystems.com Contact Details Rob Morrison rob.morrison@baculasystems.com +41 21 641 60 80 rob.morrison@baculasystems.com Company Website https://www.baculasystems.com/

May 11, 2022 06:12 AM Eastern Daylight Time

Announcing Launch of Devium, Web3 DevOps Platform for Next-Generation Blockchain Applications

Devium

Devium, a company building a decentralized application development platform for Web3 applications enabling developers to own and monetize their code, today announced the company and platform launch, and timelines for the upcoming DEVI token launch. Devium offers an end-to-end decentralized software development platform built for Web3, giving developers the ability to own and monetize their code through in-platform licensing and an NFT marketplace. The platform also supports current development in Web2 environments and provides easy migration to Web3. It leverages all the decentralized benefits of blockchain such as greater security, platform availability, and lack of censorship or tampering that can occur in centralized platforms run by a single entity. The need for Devium was first recognized by long-time developer and founder, Latif Vardar, several years ago. In 2019 he gathered a team of developers and blockchain professionals to form the company and started the development of Devium’s platform MVP (minimum viable product). “Our team has been working hard to create a next-generation app development platform to solve existing DevOps Web2 issues and provide an easy migration path to Web3 application development” said Founder and CEO, Latif Vardar. “Our mission is to help Devs have more control and ownership of their work and be able to build their wealth through an NFT marketplace that enables streamlined source code licensing and a ready market of buyers.” He added “We see a huge opportunity for this platform as the need for more sophisticated DevOps methodologies and the demand for Web3 blockchain applications grows. We look forward to the rollout of our Testnet to Beta users over the next few weeks, and the public launch of the token this summer.” At the core of Devium is the DEVI token, an ERC-20 utility token built on the Ethereum blockchain. The token will be used for access and member benefits, licensing and NFT fees, marketplace transactions, and foundation operations and grants. It is anticipated that the DEVI token will play a large role beyond the platform as a currency of the Web3 application development ecosystem. The company’s platform is at the prototype stage currently and the Testnet version will be available in early June for Beta users to try. The company has started community building and will launch a series of influencer relationships, AMAs sessions, company partnerships, and KOLs (key opinion leader) relationships over the coming weeks to engage with users, token holders and investors. A private presale is ongoing, and the private sale will begin on May 15 th; whitelist information is available on the website. LaunchPad relationships will commence in a few weeks prior to IDO (initial DEX offering) and public launch of the DEVI token which is anticipated this summer. Website: https://devium.network Twitter: https://twitter.com/deviumofficial Telegram: https://t.me/+RNtFQC4TFhRiZjY0 Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/deviumofficial/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deviumofficial Github: https://github.com/Devium-Network About Devium: Devium is a complete software development platform built for the next generation of Web3 decentralized applications, giving developers ownership and monetization of their code. It solves many issues of today’s centralized platforms including privacy, security, censorship, and availability. The platform gives developers familiar structures of existing Web2 DevOps environments, with an easy migration path to Web3. It features an end-to-end environment for code development, storage, project management, testing and licensing. Developers will be able to monetize their source code via NFTs sold on a platform marketplace. The Devium team are experienced software development and blockchain professionals passionate about giving developers the best tools for freedom, independence and wealth. Contact Details Linda Montgomery Media linda.montgomery@applicature.com

May 11, 2022 04:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

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VFS Partners with Blackbird Interactive, East Side Games, and Timbre Games for $200,000 Indigenous Scholarship in Video Games Fund

Vancouver Film School

Announcement Highlights: The fund features three full-tuition scholarships for VFS’s Game Design program and one full-tuition scholarship for VFS’s 3D Animation & Visual Effects program. The total fund is valued at over US$200,000. Scholarship winners will be selected by Blackbird Interactive, East Side Games, and Timbre Games. Winners will also receive monthly mentorship from VFS instructors and design professionals from either Blackbird Interactive, East Side Games, or Timbre Games, as well as a four to six-month paid design contract at their respective game studio upon graduation. Submission process is currently open and closes on June 8, 2022, at 11:59 p.m. PDT. (Vancouver, BC) May 9, 2022 - Vancouver Film School (VFS), in partnership with Blackbird Interactive, East Side Games, and Timbre Games Studio is pleased to present the 2022 Indigenous Scholarship in Video Games, including mentorship and a paid internship. The scholarship fund, valued at over US$200,000, is open to applicants 18 years of age and older who identify as First Nations (status or non-status), Inuit, or Métis, and who are looking to enter the game industry as developers. The deadline to apply is June 8, and winners will be announced on National Indigenous Peoples Day, June 21. The Indigenous Scholarship in Video Games is a collaborative initiative between VFS and Vancouver-based game studios Blackbird Interactive ( Homeworld 3, Hardspace: Shipbreaker ), East Side Games ( The Office: Somehow We Manage, RuPaul’s Drag Race Superstar, Trailer Park Boys: Greasy Money ), and Timbre Games Studio (part of The Sumo Group). Three full-tuition scholarships for VFS’s Game Design program and one full-tuition scholarship for the 3D Animation & Visual Effects program will be awarded and may be applied to either the October 24, 2022, or January 3, 2023 intakes. Winners will be selected directly by top-tier AAA studios Blackbird Interactive, East Side Games, and Timbre Games, the latter of which will also select the winner who will enrol in the 3D Animation & Visual Effects program. Additionally, all winners will receive private mentorship by design professionals from Blackbird Interactive, East Side Games or Timbre Games, as well as by their instructors at VFS. Upon graduation, these winners will also receive a paid four to six-month work contract at their respective studio. Finally, each of the winners will be provided with a laptop for use during the program and to keep. The winner chosen by Blackbird Interactive will also receive a $5,000 housing stipend while studying at VFS. "Blackbird Interactive (BBI) is honoured to be collaborating with local gaming studios and VFS on the Indigenous Scholarship in Video Games. We are working to create impactful opportunities that First Nations, Inuit, and Métis students can explore, fulfilling their creative technology aspirations in meaningful ways. An education from VFS helps open the door to careers in film, games, 3D animation, and VR/AR design, among other fields. We believe that actions speak louder than words and that young people are the future. There is a lot more that needs to be done, but this is a small and important step for just one of our many local industries.” -Rob Cunningham – CEO & Co-Founder, Blackbird Interactive "Communities thrive on diversity. Whether we’re talking about games, entertainment, or film, we need to ensure we’re including voices and perspectives representative of the community around us. The Indigenous Scholarship in Video Games through Vancouver Film School can do just that. As a member of the Métis community, it is an honour to be able to support a program taking a step in the right direction towards a more inclusive creative landscape. While there's much work to be done, this is a good start." -Josh Nilson – Co-Founder, Studio Head and General Manager, East Side Games “At Timbre Games, our mission is driven by the idea that ‘culture drives creative’. The opportunity to support and collaborate with VFS, Blackbird Interactive and East Side Games on the Indigenous Scholarship in Video Games is a small first step to removing systemic barriers in entering the game industry for the Métis, Inuit, and First Nations people. All of us at Timbre are thrilled to be a small part of creating space in the games industry for these communities. I believe these students will play a significant role in the world of interactive entertainment in the years to come and we are grateful to have the opportunity to support their careers along the way. There is more hard work to be done in this space and Timbre is committed to listening and learning as we embark on our own journey.” -Joe Nickolls – President and Co-Founder, Timbre Games “It is a pleasure for VFS to be joining forces with three outstanding Vancouver studios to offer the 2022 Indigenous Scholarship in Video Games. This scholarship aims to foster more diversity and more inclusion in the game industry with the aim to have more Indigenous developers actively designing the next generation of games. At VFS, we are proud of the many Indigenous graduates from our programs who now have successful careers both in Vancouver and globally, and this scholarship is Vancouver Film School’s privilege and opportunity to play a role in emerging Indigenous developers building their creative careers.” -Christopher Mitchell – Head of Game Design and Programming for Games, Web & Mobile, VFS Vancouver Film School is committed to fostering and growing Indigenous representation in the video game industry. Indigenous artists, performers, and storytellers are a foundational thread in the fabric of the Canadian narrative, continuing to grow stronger as key voices within our country’s multidimensional creative landscape. For more information about the 2022 Indigenous Scholarship in Video Games, or to apply, visit https://vfs.edu/scholarships/indigenous-scholarship-2022. About Vancouver Film School In 1987, Vancouver Film School introduced the world’s first true immersion film program. Today, VFS is Canada’s premier post-secondary entertainment arts institution, offering an immersive curriculum in film, animation, design, and beyond. VFS is known for providing high-quality education in accelerated time frames and offers 15 industry-integrated programs in which students graduate in 12 months as an in-demand, industry-ready creative professional. VFS alumni are consistently credited on the highest grossing films, television shows, and games worldwide, in a global industry set to generate US$2.1 trillion in revenue in 2022. VFS Media Contact: Evan Biswanger Creative Director & Head of Marketing Vancouver Film School Follow VFS on Social Media: www.VFS.edu YouTube: www.youtube.com/VancouverFilmSchool Facebook: www.facebook.com/vancouverfilmschool Twitter: www.twitter.com/VFS Instagram: www.instagram.com/vancouverfilmschool Contact Details ebiswanger@vfs.com ebiswanger@vfs.com Company Website https://vfs.edu/

May 10, 2022 03:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time

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Dartmouth Innovation & Technology Festival Celebrates Completion of Dartmouth’s West End District Focused on Solving the World’s “Wicked Problems”

Dartmouth

With $500 Million in capital and programming investments, expanded district combines Dartmouth’s liberal arts focus with entrepreneurial spirit, technological and scientific expertise to create future leaders; Festival program will include a range of speakers and topics focused on creating a sustainable, equitable future Former Dartmouth president, John Sloan Dickey, famously implored students to apply their education for the benefit of humankind—because “there is nothing wrong with the world that better human beings cannot fix.” That’s the spirit behind the recently completed West End District at Dartmouth, which will be celebrated at the Dartmouth Innovation & Technology Festival, May 12-14, 2022. The festival will gather leading alumni, global technology experts, public policy leaders, faculty, and students for provocative discussions about innovation, collaboration, and the art of the possible. Dartmouth President Philip J. Hanlon said of the West End District, “Solving society’s greatest challenges requires that students, faculty, and staff have the necessary cutting-edge infrastructure to do their best work." Dartmouth’s West End began with the idea that organizing scholarship by research areas, rather than by departments, works better to break down the silos that have kept scientists, business leaders, and innovators looking at complex problems only from within their own disciplines. Interdisciplinary, inter-school, and intergenerational collaboration will prepare future leaders to tackle the world’s most wicked issues. The West End District includes the Tuck School of Business, Thayer School of Engineering, and two new state-of-the-art buildings, the Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society and the Class of 1982 Engineering and Computer Science Center, which houses the Department of Computer Science, Magnuson Center for Entrepreneurship, and the Digital Applied Learning and Innovation Lab. Key Points The West End District changes the way teaching and learning happens. It allows faculty and students to think systemically and holistically about society’s challenges—and is where big ideas become bold realities at the intersections of science, technology, business, and the liberal arts. The West End was a top priority of Dartmouth’s The Call to Lead campaign and is the largest building project in Dartmouth’s 253-year history. The Dartmouth Innovation & Technology Festival will feature a range of events, including: The presentation of the first annual McGuire Family Prize for Societal Impact, awarded to Jason McLellan, a structural biologist whose groundbreaking coronavirus research conducted at the Geisel School of Medicine laid the foundation for COVID-19 vaccines that have saved countless lives. Keynote and panel conversations about a range of topics, including sustainability, whether crypto currency can deliver long-term value, women’s health, artificial intelligence, transportation, and increasing diversity in STEM. Interactive experiences in makerspaces led by faculty and Dartmouth students. About Dartmouth Founded in 1769, Dartmouth is a member of the Ivy League and consistently ranks among the world’s greatest academic institutions. Dartmouth has forged a singular identity for combining its deep commitment to outstanding undergraduate liberal arts and graduate education with distinguished research and scholarship in the Arts and Sciences and its four leading graduate schools—the Geisel School of Medicine, the Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business. Contact Details Racepoint Global Madison Everts dartmouth@racepointglobal.com

May 10, 2022 01:22 PM Eastern Daylight Time

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KILTER’S NEWEST “MILES FOR MEANING” EVENT WILL FOCUS ON NONPROFITS SUPPORTING CANCER PREVENTION, RESEARCH, AND TREATMENT THIS JUNE

Kilter

Hustle For Hope, the newest activity-driven fundraising challenge in Kilter’s Miles for Meaning series, will launch on June 1st with $20,000 available in donation prizes for the top performing cancer-related nonprofits or corporations supporting their favorite cancer-related causes, it was announced by Seth Braddock, Kilter Founder & CEO. “Cancer is something that touches most lives in some way. I’m a huge believer in exercise and movement as a powerful preventative and rehabilitative therapy for cancer, which is why bringing Hustle For Hope to life is so exciting to me, because it will enable communities of people to get out and move however they like throughout the month of June while raising awareness and funds for the cancer-cause of their choice.” Kilter is the most inclusive activity-based engagement platform for good. The platform is used by nonprofits, corporations, and brands to unite supporters and employees through everyday health, wellness and lifestyle activities. Hustle For Hope, open to both nonprofits and companies for their supporters and employees, will provide tens of thousands of dollars in donation prizes to nonprofit organizations during National Cancer Survivor Month and engage nonprofit partners as big as American Cancer Society to small family run foundations like Linda W. Daniel Foundation who all have a fair and equal opportunity to win donation prizes. Participants, regardless of location or physical ability, will accumulate miles (steps, run, bike, walk, wheelchair roll) from June 1-21 and can also fundraise for their favorite cause along the way if they so choose. The participating teams will compete to win cash donation prizes sponsored by Kilter & TVP. “When your mission is to ‘Challenge the athlete in you to fight cancer today’, Kilter is the perfect partner” says Laura Daniel of the Linda W. Daniel Foundation. “We are thrilled to partner with Kilter and join Hustle for Hope! It's a great opportunity to build and compete as a community while raising funds to support our efforts.” This annual event will be the first of many in the Miles For Meaning series that focuses on a specific sector of the nonprofit industry for large donation prizes. Registration for interested nonprofits and corporations is open all of May, with many corporate and nonprofit teams already involved. ABOUT KILTER Kilter is the most inclusive activity-based engagement platform for good. The platform allows users to turn their everyday health, wellness and lifestyle activities into opportunities for to drive charitable dollars to their favorite causes, all while building culture and community to make a global impact. With 50+ trackable activities from running to yoga to pickleball to volunteering, plus our best in class user experience, functionality and customer support, employers, nonprofits and event producers will meet their supporters where they are today (on their phones) and easily exceed engagement and impact goals. Learn more at www.kilterapp.com. Contact Details Julian Lavelle +1 315-708-3494 julian@kilterapp.com Company Website https://www.kilterapp.com

May 10, 2022 09:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time

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Treliant and KX Build Alliance Combining Advanced Real-Time Analytics Services and Consultancy

Treliant

Treliant, a global financial services consultancy, has built an alliance with KX, a worldwide leader in real-time data analytics, to provide consulting and implementation services around KX Insights, its real-time streaming analytics platform. The alliance aims to support clients of both organizations with industry leading implementation and support capabilities. Treliant’s Capital Markets practice, which currently focuses on delivering large scale business and regulatory driven change projects in addition to digital transformations, is now leveraging its specialist data and data management capabilities to expand its offerings for its client base. KX is a key part of the critical infrastructure for many of the world’s leading financial institutions. Together, Treliant’s excellence in service delivery combined with KX’s market-leading real-time analytics and decision intelligence technology will assist buy-side firms, sell-side institutions, and infrastructure providers such as exchanges, to create insights supporting real-time decision-making, which can be leveraged to deliver enhanced business performance. “KX Insights delivers industry-leading, real-time streaming data analytics solutions that transform how firms make decisions and derive key business value as data driven organizations,” said Paul Walsh, Head of the Capital Market’s Digital Transformation practice within Treliant. “Combining our specialized data and project delivery capabilities, we look forward to working with KX, to deliver solutions around KX Insights for our capital markets and financial services customers, giving them improved time-to-value and faster time-to-market”. “The financial services landscape continues to be transformed by rapidly changing market conditions and technology choices, and the business insights locked within real-time data can be transformative for firms in the financial services sector,” said Conor Twomey, Head of Customer Success at KX. “By leveraging Treliant’s delivery capabilities and data experts, we’re giving our customers even greater choice of who they work with for the implementation of our market-leading KX technology.” A key part of Treliant’s Capital Markets practice focuses on innovative data solutions, delivered both on client site and through two services centers, in Belfast, Northern Ireland and Łódź, Poland, (with a third in North America scheduled for a later date). Treliant offers high quality, experienced project teams, including highly skilled KX specialists who deliver quant analytics, risk management, regulatory compliance, and trade surveillance projects powered by real-time data analytics. KX engineers have years of experience in developing, deploying, and supporting KX-based applications and mission critical solutions built on top of kdb+, the world’s fastest time-series database. The KX team will work closely with Treliant’s KX specialists to offer consultancy services, training courses, and technical support solutions customized for client needs. “This announcement further demonstrates our strategy of widening the aperture of opportunity for KX and our partners to solve mission-critical in the moment decisions for customers,” said Paul Hollway, Head of Partnerships KX. About Treliant Treliant is a global consulting firm serving banks, mortgage originators and servicers, FinTechs, and other companies providing financial services. We are led by practitioners from the industry and the regulatory community who bring deep domain knowledge to help our clients drive business change and address the most pressing compliance, regulatory, and operational challenges. We offer flexible, cost-effective solutions across advisory, staffing, and managed services to the regulatory compliance, risk, financial crimes, and capital markets functions of our clients. Founded in 2005, Treliant is headquartered in Washington, DC, with offices in New York, London, Belfast, Northern Ireland and Łódź, Poland. For more information visit www.treliant.com. About KX KX, the leading technology for real-time data analytics and decision intelligence, is part of FD Technologies plc, a group of data-driven businesses that unlock the value of insight, hindsight and foresight to drive organizations forward. Independently benchmarked as the world’s fastest streaming analytics platform, the KX Insights Platform is an industry-leading high-performance, in-memory computing, streaming analytics and operational intelligence platform. It delivers the best possible performance and flexibility for high-volume, data-intensive analytics and applications across multiple industries. The Group operates from 15 offices across Europe, North America and Asia Pacific and employs more than 3000 people worldwide. For more information visit www.kx.com. Contact Details Melissa Pazornik +1 202-249-7932 mpazornik@treliant.com Company Website https://www.treliant.com

May 10, 2022 09:32 AM Eastern Daylight Time

Quarter4 Adds WNBA to AI Predictions, Heightening the Visibility of Professional Women Athletes

Quarter4

Quarter4, an AI-powered predictive sports data and analytics provider for media, affiliates and betting platforms, today announced the addition of WNBA predictions and forecasts for players, teams and playoff scenarios to its platform. This data is now available to Quarter4’s existing and future customers via the On Demand Dashboard or API. “At Quarter4, we want to champion women’s sports and support those taking it to the next level by offering robust WNBA data,” said Kelly Brooks, co-founder and CEO of Quarter4. “Our goal is to increase the engagement with women’s sports. The WNBA is full of extremely talented athletes and advocates for equality. By offering rich data on the league, bettors and fans will become more familiar with the amazing women on the rosters and enjoy the action on the court even more this season.” Quarter4’s predictions are automatically generated by a validated deep learning neural network. Combined are the historical statistics of yesterday with the big data of today to generate a predictive data point for every player and team in select college or professional sports, now including the WNBA. With up to 2 million predictions produced daily, and updated no less than every 15 minutes, the unbiased insights deliver an intimate viewpoint for the bettor or fan. “Access to more data and stats on women’s sports, like Quarter4’s new WNBA predictions, will propel the league and women’s sports,” said Jaymee Messler, co-founder of Gaming Society and The Players’ Tribune. “We all know that sports betting drives visibility and engagement, and it’s time that spotlight shines on the WNBA. Let’s bet on women.” "It's so important to support women's sports and build up the infrastructure around them,” said Meghan Chayka, co-founder and CEO of Stathletes, and advocate for women’s sports. “As a fellow woman entrepreneur, I am so excited to see the roll-out of WNBA models by Quarter4. The continued evolution of women's sports and the capacity for growth has never been higher. I'm truly looking forward to seeing the rapid change in the landscape of sports with athletes and entrepreneurs leading the way." Quarter4 enables its partners to bring sports betting content to life for the sports betting newbies and the seasoned veterans. These partners then use the predictions to dig deeper and enhance their products and experiences they are providing to the new generation of sports bettors and fans. The WNBA 36-game regular season tipped off May 6, and will run through August 14. Additionally, for the upcoming season, Quarter4 will be delivering women’s college basketball data, including dynamic brackets, for one of the most exciting tournaments in North America. ABOUT QUARTER4 Quarter4 is a revolutionary artificial intelligence platform that generates 2 million daily pregame and in game predictions for multiple professional and college sports. The easy-to-use sports technology delivers proprietary insights, related to team and player performance, via multiple delivery methods. Sportsbooks, data providers, media agencies and affiliates are empowered with predictive analysis that is unique, personalized and non-biased. The data is available via robust API, custom dashboard and most recently, via embeddable products such as brackets, player affect simulators and seeding probability widgets. Contact Details Bailey Irelan +1 614-795-3308 birelan@hotpaperlantern.com Company Website https://quarter4.io/

May 10, 2022 09:01 AM Eastern Daylight Time

Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise enhances its Asset Tracking solution with Artificial Intelligence capabilities and push-button alerts

Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise

With enabled instant location of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) tags – connected to individuals and critical equipment, to supply real-time and historic contact tracing, with increased precision accuracy and additional new features. Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, a leading provider of network, communications and cloud solutions tailored to customers’ industries is placing AI (Artificial Intelligence) and ML (Machine Learning) at the heart of its technology development. ALE’s enhanced OmniAccess® Stellar Asset Tracking solution now offers new customisable push-button alerts and an AI/ML powered real-time location algorithm for environments that require improved accuracy compared with standard tools. Designed to quickly locate assets or individuals, use analytics to optimise workflows, and simplify the ability to provide contact tracing, Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise Asset Tracking is set to deliver an enriched user experience with finer location precision thanks to its AI and Machine Learning capabilities. Further enhancements of the solution include equipping BLE tags with a new alert button, to notify users of activity at the touch of a button, or by sending automated notifications from an indoor geofenced area and immediately share vital information in real-time. This solution holds powerful potential for the healthcare industry, for use cases such as calling medical staff for assistance, locating and assessing the availability of critical equipment, and improving safety of patients and staff. The alert button function is also fully programmable for use case flexibility and enables configuration for button press request action, with real-time location, extending its value beyond the healthcare sector to be used to enhance campus security for staff and students in schools or enable security personnel to call for assistance in a variety of indoor environments. Asset tracking users can also receive alerts via a range of media, making sure information is delivered to the right person, or group, at the right time, through the most convenient channel. Notifications are sent instantly to the Alcatel-Lucent OmniVista Cirrus Asset Manager and distributed via Android push notification to the OmniAccess Stellar Asset Tracking app, web push to desktop or mobile device, email, SMS, Rainbow and other third-party systems, such as IQ Messenger. This message server includes additional notification media such as Alcatel-Lucent desktop, DECT and WLAN phones, nurse call systems, etc. Daniel Faurlin, Business Line Manager, Network Business Division at Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, comments: “Our OmniAccess Stellar Asset Tracking solution has proved an essential tool for our customers and they can now track, locate and monitor the usage patterns of their assets with even greater accuracy and efficiency. Although contact tracing and asset tracking came to light most prominently during the health crisis, its ability to improve performance across numerous industries extends beyond the turbulence of the pandemic and can be harnessed to bring operations into the digital age.” As ALE continues to enrich its offer under the traditional CAPEX model, it has also expanded to a new hybrid ‘Network as a Service’ offering, combining both CAPEX & OPEX options. In line with customer requirements, ALE plans to add asset tracking and contact tracing capabilities to its ‘Network-as-a-Service’ offer. The company also provides a pay-as-you-grow model for businesses looking to ramp up their digital transformation with a manageable predictable monthly fee and the opportunity to benefit from the latest technology updates with a reduced initial investment. “Our aim is always to make accessing high-performance and data-rich solutions as easy as possible for our customers. As we continue to innovate and enhance our solutions, so too will we develop new models to make digital transformation universally accessible with options for every business and industry,” adds Nolwenn Simon, Product Line Manager Network Value added solutions, Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise. About Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise delivers the customised technology experiences enterprises need to make everything connect. ALE provides digital-age networking, communications and cloud solutions with services tailored to ensure customers’ success, with flexible business models in the cloud, on premises, and hybrid. All solutions have built-in security and limited environmental impact. Over 100 years of innovation have made Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise a trusted advisor to more than a million customers all over the world. With headquarters in France and 3,400 business partners worldwide, Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise achieves an effective global reach with a local focus. al-enterprise.com | LinkedIn | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram Contact Details Fox Communications Limited Chloe Murray +44 20 3750 6688 chloe@fox.agency Company Website https://www.al-enterprise.com/

May 10, 2022 09:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

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