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Systweak Launches Ransomware Protector, Its Very Own Data Security Tool

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Jaipur, India, September 16, 2016 --(PR.com)-- Systweak Software, a leading software development company based out of Jaipur, India recently launched Ransomware Protector, its very own cloud backup service. The software has been developed to cater to both small businesses and individuals.

“Ransomware attacks have today become one of the most dreaded cybercrimes across the globe. While USA tops the chart when it comes to cybercrimes, according to latest reports, India is among the top 5 countries attacked by Ransomware. Our natural reaction to such an alert was to come up with an affordable solution. Ransomware Protector was thus built to contain the threat of these fast-evolving Ransomware strains as there is no specific 'cure' for these vicious attacks,” said Shrishail Rana, CEO, Systweak.

“Most modern Ransomware hijack data of unsuspecting users. Collectively they are known as ‘Crypto’ Ransomware as they encrypt or lock data. Users are then asked to pay a hefty ransom in exchange for a ‘decryption key’ to unlock the data files. However, there is no guarantee that users will get back their files on all occasions. Backing up important files is the only way to ensure data safety. Ransomware Protector service uses both 256 bit AES and SSL encryption, bringing down the possibility of data loss to almost nil, even if systems and/or devices are infected with Ransomware,” explained Sudhir Sharma, Product Manager, Cloud Backup Services.

Ransomware Protector lets users store tons of data viz. photos, documents, audio and video files in the cloud with a single account. It is compatible with Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista and XP.

For more information on the cloud backup service, visit http://www.ransomwareprotector.com

About company: Systweak Software develops and distributes Windows, Mac, iOS & Android Apps since last 17 years to improve the average user’s digital experience. It has recently been featured in “100 Most Promising Microsoft Solution Providers” list by the enterprise solutions magazine, CIO Review. Some of the company’s flagship apps have been featured on Newswatch, the Discovery Channel’s tech news bulletin. Systweak Software has a large user-base in North America followed by several countries in Europe and Asia.

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Systweak Software
Ankit Pareek
+91-141-2243030
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http://www.systweak.com

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ITFirms.co Unveils Its New List of Top Web and Mobile App Development Companies

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New York, NY, September 16, 2016 --(PR.com)-- ITFirms.co is a trusted market research brand that continuously works on helping businesses with the list of top IT companies including top mobile app development companies, web design companies, e-Commerce development companies and others.

The team at ITFirms.co believes in listing esteemed IT companies on the basis of authentic results obtained from several evaluations like overall performance, client reviews, quality of work, expansion plans and successful projects delivered till date.

The companies deserve the respective ranks because of the extra efforts they devote in delivering effective solutions, improving quality, increasing work efficiency and offering support and maintenance services to clients. Project managers, business analysts, developers, designers and quality analysts continue to push their capabilities by adopting new trends and by implementing most innovative ideas.

The research firm conducted an in-depth research and analysis to create a revised and updated list of leading IT development enterprises. Here are the names of companies that secured first rank in their specific domain:

WillowTree Inc. - Top Mobile App Development Companies
OpenXcell - Top iPhone App Development Companies
Appster - Top Android App Development Companies
NMG Technologies - Top Web Development Companies
Konstant Infosolutions - Top PHP Web Development Companies
Blue Fountain Media - Top Web Design Companies
Forix Web Design - Top e-Commerce Development Companies
Commerce Pundit - Top Magento Web Development Companies

With the team of experienced researchers and analysts, the company has also recently announced a list of top 10 mobile app development companies in India. Among the top ten, Konstant Infosolutions has bagged the first rank.

Konstantinfo has been consistently recognized for delivering seamless, user-centric mobile solutions with great user experiences that have generated high ROI and high conversion rates for various businesses.

One of the client reviews for mobile app project, developed by Konstant Infosolutions says, “After much time and consideration of all applicants for my project post, I chose Konstant Info because they were by far the best on paper, with the best reviews for work completed. Once the work began, it was absolutely fantastic - fast and efficient. They finished on time, within budget, and went far above and beyond my expectations.”

Below is the list of top mobile app development companies in India:

1. Konstant Infosolutions
2. Sourcebits
3. Appster
4. OpenXcell
5. Appstudioz
6. QBrust
7. AppInventiv
8. Mindinventory
9. iMOBDEV Technologies
10. TechAhead

To see all updated ranking lists, visit http://www.itfirms.co/

About ITFirms.co
ITFirms.co is a leading research provider of global market IT firms. Keeping abreast with the latest statistics and data, ITFirms.co provides 100% true and trusted insights on top IT companies and trends worldwide. The experts at ITFirms have in-depth knowledge of the industry and are incredibly talented to conduct comprehensive market reports, offering best research assistance.

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Ryan Miller
+1-323-977-8082
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www.itfirms.co

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DMI and Ubamarket Collaborate on Innovative Retail App

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Bethesda, MD, September 16, 2016 --(PR.com)-- Sixty-six percent of UK shoppers become frustrated when shopping in supermarkets, with over a quarter of UK consumers highlighting grocery shopping as their least favourite shopping task. Today DMI, a global leader in end-to-end mobility solutions, announced it has developed an app in collaboration with Ubamarket® to simplify and personalise the supermarket shopping experience.

Ubamarket app users can enhance their shopping experience by easily navigating in-store to the location of items based on their shopping list, scan items to keep tally of the total purchase and then check out by tapping a mobile payment station. The app is available for download on Apple devices.

• No hassle: DMI developed the UX/UI that enables shoppers to simply enter a shopping list, which is then rearranged to reflect the order in which the items are stocked in the store.
• No queues: The Ubamarket app can be integrated with most Point of Sale (POS) provider databases to enable shoppers to scan items as they shop and check out via mobile payment.
• Personalised loyalty: Users’ shopping lists and scanned items are automatically logged to enable retailers to adopt a targeted approach to loyalty programmes and offer personalised rewards and discounts.
• The future of shopping: Ubamarket’s innovative technology, developed by DMI, enables the app to be compatible with most stores globally within three days of store installation.

Ubamarket is now available at Warner’s Budgens in Moreton-in-Marsh but will roll out nationally in 2016. The app has been developed to launch across HTEC’s extensive portfolio of UK stores, which includes Budgens, Morrisons, Nisa and Spar.

Will Broome, founder & CEO, Ubamarket Ltd., said, “With the sheer scope, scale and ambitious nature of the Ubamarket project, it was essential to choose the best app development agency in the world, and DMI came highly recommended. DMI is not only the most forward-thinking and professional innovator in the market, but they have surpassed expectations on every aspect of the project – from the beautiful, world-class design and sensationally simple UX to the flawless technical logistics and their ongoing collaborative approach. This has resulted in a ground-breaking new tool that is complex behind the scenes yet simple and intuitive to use, giving Ubamarket every opportunity to lead the much-needed in-store retail revolution.”

Magnus Jern, President of DMI's Mobile Application Solutions Division, said, “It’s not often that you get a chance to be part of disrupting an industry. We believe that Ubamarket will turn the supermarket segment upside down and give the smaller players a chance to compete with market leaders on equal terms. At DMI, our focus has always been on putting the customer first every step of the way, through user-centric design, building and testing, and it was great that Ubamarket embraced this from the get-go.”

About DMI:
DMI, the world’s first end-to-end mobility company, combines all the skills and services necessary to deliver mobile enterprise solutions. Built to reinvent business through mobility, DMI has expertise in mobile strategy, UX, web and app development, omni-channel commerce, brand and marketing, big data management and analytics, and secure mobile device, app and data management. The company’s unique, integrated approach to mobility has resulted in dramatic growth as well as an expanding worldwide client base, which includes hundreds of Fortune 1000 commercial clients and all fifteen U.S. Federal Departments. Additional information is available at www.dminc.com and on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and Google+.

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AxiCom
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DMI
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Alika Nagpaul
240-223-4800
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www.dminc.com

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Akselos Raises CHF2.2M to Further Expand Into the Offshore Market

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Lausanne, Switzerland, September 16, 2016 --(PR.com)-- Akselos S.A., the mechanical simulation software company on a mission to make simulations of large­-scale engineering infrastructure faster, today announced it has raised an additional CHF2.2M financing round, composed of equity funding, a credit line, and a prestigious Eurostars grant.

The company will use the funds to continue its market expansion in the offshore market, where its technology helps build safer and monitor more reliable structures (supertankers, platforms, wind turbines support structures, etc.), enabling the engineers to optimise designs and perform safe life extension of assets.

The round was mainly subscribed by existing shareholders, reiterating their high confidence in the very high potential of next generation CAE tools in the context of the high­-growth CAE market, now further fueled by heavy industry manufacturers shifting to Industry 4.0.

One of two new investors, Forticap’s Partner, Faris Sabeti, commented, “We are honored to have been invited to participate in this private investment and enjoy the opportunity to back such a strong, dedicated and focused team of professionals. We are excited to see further progress in the ongoing commercialization process and enhancement of Akselos’ cutting edge technology. I have known for many years the CEO Thomas Leurent, a highly respected entrepreneur and angel investor in the Swiss hi­tech ecosystem, and look forward to collaborating closely with his team going forward to fulfill the company’s vision.”

Highly innovative, Akselos is driven by the vision of the Internet of Big Things, where with the help of its technology integrated with sensors, operators could use predictive maintenance to save billion of dollars in operational accidents and downtime.

CEO Thomas Leurent comments, “The Akselos team now has an outstanding track record of delivering powerful simulation technology to industry leaders. As version 3.0 of our software is released, it is now time to invest in growth. This 2.2MCHF round will enable Akselos to serve more industry leaders, with whom we are already forging very strong partnerships.”

Akselos provides extremely fast and accurate simulations for large engineering systems. For industrial purposes we provide turnkey full 3D Finite Element models of assets. To find out more about our industrial service visit our website or send us an email to info@akselos.com.

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Akselos
Walaa Wehbe
+41 21 693 8721
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www.Akselos.com

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Loway Switzerland Announces AstriCon 2016 Official Sponsorship

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Stabio, Switzerland, September 16, 2016 --(PR.com)-- Loway Switzerland announces that it has signed on to become Sponsor of AstriCon 2016, the 13th edition of the famous Asterisk PBX convention, to be held in Glendale Arizona, from September 27-29, at Renaissance Phoenix Glendale Hotel.

With over two million downloads per year and a community of more than sixty thousands members, the growth of Asterisk® software covers more than 170 countries. AstriCon gives all members of the community an excellent forum to learn about the technology. Integrators and end-users can expect to hear the latest news and project updates, join networking opportunities and meeting with potential business partners.

"We are happy to attend for the fifth year the most important event in the world for the Asterisk technology," said Lorenzo Emilitri, founder of Loway. "This is the best place to show our new and innovative lineup."

Meet the Loway team at booth 25. Expert engineers and developers will guide you through the new features of the call-center solutions family.

You will be introduced to the new QueueMetrics 16.09 release, and WombatDialer 16.06.

QueueMetrics release 16.09 introduces a new set of statistics to track call resolutions, customizable agent data block that can be used to create custom metrics, its new generation data loader the "Uniloader" and much more.

WombatDialer 16.06 is the most recent of the Loway's release and represents the most mature stage of development of the software, coming with a new improved GUI, adaptive boosting, predictive capabilities and much more new features resulting from more than 3 years of active development.

Attendees will also receive free trials full featured versions of all the presented products and special promotions discounts for any purchase.

For info visit https://www.loway.ch/events.jsp

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Loway
Maurizio Sabot
+41 91 630.9765
Contact via Email
www.loway.ch

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Asius Technologies President to Give Opening Keynote at Autodesk Accelerate 2016

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Boulder, CO, September 16, 2016 --(PR.com)-- Asius Technologies is honored to announce that President and Founder Stephen D. Ambrose has been invited to be the opening keynote speaker at Accelerate 2016, Autodesk's 3rd Annual Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) User Conference, to be held September 15th and 16th in Boston, Massachusetts. Accelerate brings together industry executives, top market analysts, and subject experts to learn, network, and share strategies for solving modern manufacturing challenges. Autodesk makes software for people who make things. Asius Technologies uses Autodesk Fusion 360 & Product Design Suite for the modeling of its patented ADEL™ products and to simulate usage, as well as prepare prototypes for 3-D printing.

Ambrose said, "Without Autodesk's fabulous Fusion software, all of Asius Technologies' innovations which have facilitated ADEL™ hearing advancements to help everything from Beyonce's recent Super Bowl and Grammy performances to restoring AC/DC’s singer Brian Johnson's hearing and ultimate return to the stage never would have been possible.” He added, “The chance for me to relate just how pivotal their software has been to our company is a truly fun and gratifying opportunity for me.”

“We invited Stephen to speak because he is a pioneer and innovator in the field of product development,” said Brian Schanen, product manager for Fusion Lifecycle at Autodesk. “Every year we strive to make Accelerate better than the previous year’s event in order to inspire, connect and grow the community, and Stephen’s personal narrative will help do just that.”

About Asius Technologies: Asius Technologies (www.AsiusTechnologies.com) is the developer of earphones that employ a patented second eardrum that absorbs the harmful pressures that cause hearing loss and degrade sound quality. Asius' products are enjoyed the world over by sound engineers, musicians, audiophiles, and anyone who wears earphones for sustained periods in loud environments. Asius Technologies was founded by Stephen Ambrose, the “Father of Personal Audio,” who trailblazed the path for the Walkman, iPod, and virtual reality devices by inventing and then commercializing the in-ear monitor. Feeling responsible for the epidemic of hearing loss attributed to personal listening devices, Stephen is now dedicated to developing technology that not only enhances listening, but also preserves and even restores long lost hearing.

Contact Information:
Asius Technologies
Joseph Zuccaro
410-929-7644
Contact via Email
asiustechnologies.com

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Zoomforth Launches Innovative New Features to Align Enterprise Sales and Marketing

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San Francisco, CA, September 16, 2016 --(PR.com)-- Zoomforth, a leading provider of communications software for the visual era, announced innovative new features available today, designed to align sales and marketing teams through the power of branded, trackable content. Building on the company’s previous success in supporting human resources and talent teams with their recruitment marketing efforts, these new capabilities enable sales and marketing leaders to align content marketing, sales enablement, and customer engagement initiatives to drive more relevant sales interactions, and, ultimately, deliver higher conversion rates and business value.

SiriusDecisions estimates that between 60 and 70 percent of collateral created by marketing goes unused by sales reps, which costs enterprise organizations an average of $2.3 million each year. Zoomforth’s new features were developed to address this costly issue, enabling marketing teams to more efficiently develop and measure the value of content, and empowering sales teams with the messages that enable them to be more effective in potential customer engagements.

“It’s been proven time and time again that closely-aligned sales and marketing teams are the most highly functioning, and absolutely critical to achieving success - from having an integrated approach to customer engagement and a cohesive customer journey, to building common objectives and metrics to rally around,” said Chris Murphy, CEO of Zoomforth. “At the same time, very few products available today are able to comprehensively meet the needs, and demonstrate value, for both teams. Zoomforth was built to fill that gap.”

For marketers, Zoomforth provides the ability to create engaging and media-rich content quickly, more efficiently evaluate and address requests for new marketing collateral, and truly analyze content performance. For sales teams, Zoomforth delivers across the core needs of access, customization, and insights - enabling them to construct the communication they deem most effective and relevant, and then measure whether that communication was effective in moving the buyer’s journey forward.

More specifically, notable features now available within the Zoomforth platform include:

● Efficient content creation and detailed analysis: Zoomforth helps product marketing teams easily create and customize branded content, and then arm sales teams with that content through the creation of ‘Pages.’ Sales teams access Pages to craft a customized and relevant message, specific to any potential customer, and then generate specific tracking URLs that deliver valuable insights relative to influence and effectiveness - both for the creator of that content (marketing) and the sender of the content (sales).

● Minimized strain on marketing resources: Zoomforth’s drag-and-drop editing interface saves countless hours for already-strained marketing resources, empowering sales teams to customize content experiences with the most recent and relevant materials available while delivering a consistent brand experience.

● Balance of control and customization: With Zoomforth, marketing teams can isolate the pieces of content that are customizable - ensuring that each potential customer sees content that is on-message, while tailored to their specific problems.

● Seamless access with Microsoft Outlook Add-In: Zoomforth’s Microsoft Outlook Add-In enables seamless access to content directly from the inbox, allowing your sales teams to quickly access, customize, and send - and subsequently track how a potential customer engaged with the content that was sent.

● Best-in-class security and authentication: Zoomforth uses best-in-class content security measures, offering advanced authentication options - including email authentication, password protection, and SAML/Single Sign-On (SSO) authentication - for both internal and external audiences.

Zoomforth helps organizations across all industries realize greater return on marketing content investments, from global Fortune 500 organizations to small and midsize businesses (SMBs), including AT&T, CareerBuilder, EventBrite, Informatica, Kohl’s and Teradata.

To learn more, visit zoomforth.com to request a demo or call 1-800-592-0085.

About Zoomforth
Built from the ground up to align enterprise sales and marketing, Zoomforth brings the power of visual content, design, and the cloud to professional communications. Zoomforth enables marketing professionals to craft rich, compelling stories through branded content, and empowers sales teams to engage potential buyers with the most relevant, engaging content available. Founded in 2013, Zoomforth is located in San Francisco’s Mission District.

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Karim Hafez
1-800-592-0085
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www.zoomforth.com

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Mark Morel Joins Intradiem as President and Chief Operating Officer

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Atlanta, GA, September 16, 2016 --(PR.com)-- Morel is a seasoned senior management executive who brings over 25 years of technology leadership experience to Intradiem. He has significant experience successfully scaling SaaS-based organizations. As co-founder and CEO of Procuri, he built the company into the one of the largest cloud-based supply chain management SaaS companies, leading to an acquisition by Ariba. Morel has also successfully scaled several other SaaS-based technology companies as both a CEO and/or a board member.

“Mark provides exceptional leadership skills and a track record of growing technology businesses via a customer-first philosophy. He is exactly the type of leader who fits within Intradiem’s service- and customer-focused culture,” said Matt McConnell, CEO of Intradiem. “I look forward to working with Mark as we continue to build a world-class company that attracts the best and brightest people and delivers exceptional value to our customers.”

Morel joins Intradiem at a significant time as the company continues its strong growth trajectory and the strategic importance of its intraday automation solution continues to expand. Morel commented, “Great things happen when you have smart people who are passionate about serving and delivering value to customers. This is certainly the case at Intradiem, and I am thrilled to have this opportunity to help the company execute on its next phase of growth.”

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Intradiem
Melissa Spies
678-356-3500
Contact via Email
www.intradiem.com

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Fall Allergy News: Guardian Technologies™ Unveils Hi-Tech, Wi-Fi Smart Premium Air Cleaning System

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Euclid, OH, September 16, 2016 --(PR.com)-- Guardian Technologies™, a leading manufacturer and marketer of home environment products, has introduced a new state-of-the-art air cleaning system: the GermGuardian® CDAP4500BCA Wi-Fi Smart 4-in-1 True HEPA Air Purifier with UV Sanitizer and Odor Reduction. This new 22-inch tower air purifier becomes Wi-Fi or Bluetooth®-enabled when used with a downloadable Guardian Technologies app, giving the user the power to monitor and control indoor air quality from anywhere - 24/7.

The 4-in-1 air purifier provides allergen relief with a True HEPA filter which captures 99.97% of allergens including pet dander, dust mites and pollen. It harnesses the power of UV-C light technology, the same technology used in hospitals, to kill airborne germs including staph, influenza, rhinovirus and pneumonia. It reduces unpleasant household odors with an activated carbon filter capturing smells from pets, cooking, smoke and other household or college dormitory culprits.

The air purifier also automatically senses and optimizes the room air quality using SmartAQM™. The built-in sensor measures the particles in the air and when set to auto mode, will adjust the fan speed as needed in order to optimize the air quality. Always at your control, the Guardian Technologies app provides the information from the SmartAQM and displays a rating of “Good,” “Average” or “Poor” as it adjusts to reach and maintain a good rating. The user can also use the app to adjust the 5 speeds, set a run time up to 8 hours and control whether or not they UV feature is on.

The app eliminates guessing and helps keep the air purifier performance optimized by sending you a notification when it’s time to replace the filter or UV-C bulb. A simple touch and you’re connected to the website where you can immediately purchase a new filter or register for the AutoShip and Save Program.

CADR Rated 100+ and is lightweight and ideal to use in small to medium sized rooms. The CDAP4500BCA incorporates both form and function to provide a superior air cleaning system. The simple, stylish design fits into any home environment or college dorm room. The CDAP4500BCA comes with a 3-Year Limited Warranty. The suggested retail price is $199.99.

Additional New Air Purifiers From Guardian Technologies

GermGuardian® AC9200WCA: Hi-Performance True HEPA Ultra-Quiet Air Purifier System with UV-C, Allergy & Odor Reduction

This purifier covers up to 378 square feet making it ideal for medium to extra-large sized rooms. The unit features a True HEPA filter that helps reduce exposure to indoor allergy triggers. A large activated granular carbon filter attacks smoke, cooking and pet odors along with harmful VOC’s emitted by household products.

An optional ionizer can be turned on to boost allergen control. CADR ratings are high with 244 (smoke), 310 (dust), and 346 (pollen). Other features include touch-screen controls, ultra-quiet operation, three speeds including a sleep mode, UV on/off selector and filter change reminder. Suggested retail price: $399.99.

GermGuardian® AC4150PCA/AC4150BLCA 4-in-1 Night-Night

The new GermGuardian® AC4150PCA/AC4150BLCA 4-in-1 Night-Night lets parents create a nighttime adventure for their child by combining a projector with a HEPA air purifier. The optional night light will rotate from white, to green to blue, or can be set to stay on one color. The units come with colorful nighttime scenes with three projector options which make the ceiling come to life as kids and parents choose between Twinkle Moon & Stars, Sleepy Safari or Under the Sea theme.

With a HEPA filter, it captures 99% of dust and allergens. More than just a filter, the UV light kills germs, while the charcoal filter captures odors from that nasty diaper pail or smelly sports uniform. The 3-speed controls include a low speed that runs ultra-quiet or a high speed that can be used as a soothing white noise. The AC4150PCA/AC4150BLCA makes a great gift for new moms to add to their baby registry. It comes with a 1-year warranty and has a suggested retail price of $79.99.

Guardian Technologies, LLC
Guardian Technologies, LLC, is an Ohio-based company that offers a full range of small appliance-based solutions designed to make it easier for people to live healthier and happier lives at home. The company is dedicated to bringing innovative, effective and quality new home environment products to the consumer market, including cutting edge UV-C technologies. For more information on Guardian Technologies' full line of products under the GermGuardian® and PureGuardian® brands, please visit www.guardiantechnologies.com/ or call toll-free at 1-866-603-5900.

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Stacey L. Vaselaney
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U.S. Department of Transportation and Columbus Hold Smart City Challenge Kick Off Meeting

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Columbus, OH, September 16, 2016 --(PR.com)-- The City of Columbus wrapped up a two-day kick-off with the United States Department of Transportation, representatives from federal, state and city government, philanthropy, universities, NGO’s and the private sector on Tuesday. These parties are united around the single goal of solving Columbus’ transportation challenges using technology and innovation. This meeting comes on the heels of receiving the U.S. DOT’s fully executed Smart City Challenge Demonstration Cooperative Agreement on August 30. This agreement authorizes the City to begin planning and implementing its “SmartColumbus” vision for the $40 million grant.

“Since winning the Smart City Challenge, we have been working closely with our public and private partners to get this work underway,” said Columbus Mayor Andrew J. Ginther. “This kick-off marks the first step in what is going to be a learning experience for all of us – and one we are eager to share with the world. We know everyone wants to know how they can get involved; we ask for everyone’s patience while we get organized to deliver on our commitments.”

Columbus won the Smart City Challenge in June after competing against 78 cities nationwide. U.S. DOT noted that Columbus won because it “put forward an impressive, holistic vision for how technology can help all residents move more easily and to access opportunity. The City proposed to deploy three electric self-driving shuttles to link a new bus rapid transit center to a retail district, connecting more residents to jobs. Columbus also plans to use data analytics to improve health care access in a neighborhood that currently has an infant mortality rate four times that of the national average, allowing them to provide improved transportation options to those most in need of prenatal care.”

“The Smart City Challenge was a bottom up approach that empowered leaders at the local level to identify challenges and propose solutions that would improve people’s lives,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx. “Our team is excited to work with Columbus to reimagine its transportation system, harness the power and potential of data and work with the other six finalists in a collaborative way to identify creative synergies, learn from each other and build capacity necessary to ensure their sustainability and help to replicate success.”

The City of Columbus is matching the U.S. DOT with $19 million of its own funds, along with $90 million in pledges from the public and private sector partners.

“We are working closely with Mayor Ginther to realize the SmartColumbus vision and even surpass the original goals,” said Alex R. Fischer, President and CEO of the Columbus Partnership. “We know that there is an important role for the private sector to play in this collaboration, and we are fully committed to maximizing this opportunity for the long term economic prosperity of our region.

“This is a catalytic opportunity for the region. We say this a lot, but we must go slow to go fast so that we set ourselves up for success with a smart, comprehensive community-driven strategy that brings all of our partners to the table. Under the Mayor's leadership, I am confident we will get this done right for Columbus,” Fischer said.

Columbus was also awarded an additional $10 million grant from Paul G. Allen’s Vulcan Inc., which will be directed toward promoting electric vehicles and building related infrastructure.

“Columbus is poised to demonstrate to cities across the country how to accelerate the transition to an electrified low-emissions transportation system,” said Spencer Reeder, Senior Philanthropic Program Officer for Climate and Energy at Vulcan. “We are excited the City of Columbus rose to the challenge and emerged from a competitive group of great American cities as the recipient of our philanthropic award. We are eager to see them chart a smarter path towards a sustainable mobility future that all cities can follow.”

The City has taken a number of steps since the grants were awarded in June:

-Created a Program Management Office in the City of Columbus Department of Public Service. Aparna Dial, Deputy Director, and Randy Bowman, Assistant Director, will manage the effort.
-Conducted a public procurement process and hired a team of consultants to assist with the planning and delivery of the grant. HNTB will assist with delivery of technical work associated with the U.S. DOT grant, CDM Smith will do the same with the Vulcan grant, and Engage Public Affairs, LLC will lead the communication and outreach efforts. Each consultant team includes a number of minority-owned and woman-owned firms.
-Facilitated a number of technical workshops with U.S. DOT and Vulcan, Inc. to understand their expectations, establish roles, discuss strategy and reporting requirements.
-Updated Columbus.gov/smartcolumbus to reflect current information regarding the grant and benefits to residents, including economic development and an enhanced, sustainable transit system.
-Established the smartcolumbus@columbus.gov email where interested vendors can reach out to the project management team to ask questions and inquire about potential partnership opportunities.

The City of Columbus will collaborate with Austin, Denver, Kansas City, Pittsburgh, Portland and San Francisco to share best practices to help replicate success. Public roll-out of the various Smart Columbus pilot projects will begin in 2017. The City will engage residents, community and business leaders and technical experts during the four-year program, and seek their participation in making this a sustainable effort beyond 2020.

For more information, visit Columbus.gov/smartcolumbus.

Contact:
Robin Davis, Office of the Mayor, 614-645-2425 (direct), 614-369-5613 (cell), rcdavis@columbus.gov

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Robin Davis
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Enterprise Integration’s Mack Bhatia Named as (ISC)²’s Information Security Practitioner of 2016

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Jacksonville, FL, September 16, 2016 --(PR.com)-- Enterprise Integration (EI), announced today that their Security Program Director, Mack Bhatia, was named the winner of the Information Security Practitioner category of (ISC)²’s Americas Information Security Leadership Awards, or ISLA®, Program.

Held annually by (ISC)² in cooperation with the North and Latin American Advisory Councils, the Americas ISLA® Program recognizes information security and management professionals throughout the private and public sectors in North, Central and South America. The Information Security Practitioner award honors a security professional that has distinguished themselves.

Mike Locher, CEO of Enterprise Integration stated, “We are proud of the success Mack has achieved working with our clients to improve security awareness and deploy security frameworks that truly reduce the ever growing risk of cyber threats. He has a laser focus on leveraging automation and digital robotics in the area of security. We are proud Mack has received this recognition.”

Chief Executive Officer of (ISC)², David Shearer, said, “We are excited to provide a platform like the Americas ISLA® program to honor the challenging, and often unrecognized, work that security professionals are doing behind the scenes to help protect all of us. These leaders are truly making a difference in advancing the cybersecurity workforce.”

The other 2016 Americas ISLA® award winners can be found at https://www.isc2.org/aisla-winners/default.aspx.

Contact Information:
Enterprise Integration
Kristina Lane
904-928-2806
Contact via Email
entint.com

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The Tech Academy Lends Space for Free

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Portland, OR, September 16, 2016 --(PR.com)-- The Tech Academy is lending its classroom space to anyone wanting to host a technology talk.

Since June, the coding boot camp has started a speakers series called TechTalk. Every Friday they bring on a professional to speak in front of their students. These events can be streamed live and is free and open to the public.

This week, Phill Yoon, a Technology Recruiting Manager for Motus Technical Services, will be sharing his insights on the local technology market. It starts at 1PM. Snacks and refreshments will be served.

In the past, they've had Skip Newberry, CEO of the Technology Association of Oregon, speak. #TechTalkFridays as promoted via social media covers an array of topics including, augmented reality, virtual reality, github, leadership, career advice, etc.

The Tech Academy is a licensed career school located in Portland, Oregon where students learn to code. During their software developer training, students study computer programming and web development. The curriculum is available online, so the course can be studied from anywhere in the world.

If you or anyone else is looking for a free event hall, please contact us via LearnCodingAnywhere.com

Contact Information:
The Tech Academy
Ashley Glantz
954-661-2044
Contact via Email
learncodinganywhere.com
503-206-6915

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JZZ Technologies, Inc. Completes Reverse Merger with AxiHub, Inc.

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Riverhead, NY, September 16, 2016 --(PR.com)-- JZZ Technologies, Inc. (OTC PINK:JZZI) finalized a reverse merger with AxiHub, Inc. on August 25, 2016. AxiHub, Inc. is an integrated mobile social media and content marketing technology hub. The Company is currently developing soon to be released mobile applications which integrate various social media and targeted content sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and Instagram just to name a few.

AxiHub plans to announce a launch date for the first of its many applications in the coming weeks. In addition, the Company plans to engage a number of strategic partners to rapidly grow its audience and revenue. The company is in good standing with the Nevada and completing name and symbol change with FINRA.

The total shares outstanding is 35,247,454.

About AxiHub, Inc.
AxiHub, Inc. is one of the most needed products in the mobile world. Simply put, it is a Web and mobile based HUB that brings together all your information from email, social media and blogs in one easy to use place. The sophisticated technology presents the information in format and order based upon your recent interests and activity. It also allows you to create multiple profiles for all your separate interests, hobbies and projects. It then intelligently puts what matters to you most under that profile in a custom form and order. You can switch back and forth between views, items and formats quickly and easily. This technological marvel is complex but is made so easy “a child can use it.”

Safe Harbor Act: This release includes forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that involves risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, the impact of competitive products, the ability to meet customer demand, the ability to manage growth, acquisitions of technology, equipment, or human resources, the effect of economic business conditions and the ability to attract and retain skilled personnel. The Company is not obligated to revise or update any forward-looking statements in order to reflect events or circumstances that may arise after the date of this release.

Contact:
AxiHub, Inc.
631-772-9150

Contact Information:
AxiHub, Inc.
Chris Hagerman
631-772-9150
Contact via Email
axihub.com

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Stay on Top of Your Project Cost and Resource Usage with PrimaveraReader 2.1

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Malmoe, Sweden, September 17, 2016 --(PR.com)-- Complying with increasing demand and following customer needs, the latest release of the business software for opening Oracle Primavera P6 files, PrimaveraReader 2.1, provides several new benefits for project-oriented companies, with the main focus being on improving the resource assignment decisions and optimizing budgets spent during any given stage of the project.

Project managers working with PrimaveraReader can easily follow the given timeframe and work within the predefined budget with the latest features related to Resource Assignments. Moreover, team members, contractors, subcontractors and project executives working a particular project can get instant calculations on resources’ time spent on a particular activity, as well as receive an instant overview on the budget spent per activity based on the values entered by the project scheduler.

Those who work and analyze their project schedule in a particular preferred layout can now import custom layouts exported from Oracle Primavera P6. Customizing PrimaveraReader 2.1’s layouts enable identical messages to be delivered to every co-worker and ease of customization for employees who try to analyze schedules in greater depth.

“This release covers the most pressing issues project managers face – working with resources and defined budgets. We believe the instant calculations of timescale and cumulative values, based on the project scheduler’s assignments will provide a dynamic overview to everyone working towards optimizing resources and finishing projects within budget.” -Maja Petrovska, Product Analyst working on PrimaveraReader.

To learn more about PrimaveraReader 2.1 and try the free trial, visit: www.primaverareader.com.

About the company:
Seavus® is a software development and consulting company with a proven track-record in providing successful enterprise-wide business solutions. The company has over 650+ IT experts worldwide and offers a variety of products and service options, successfully covering the European and US market from several offices in the world. Their expanding portfolio covers: BSS/OSS, CRM, CEM, Business Intelligence solutions, ALM, embedded programming, business and consumer products, mobile and gaming solutions, managed services, as well as custom development, consultancy and resourcing. The Seavus portfolio includes over 3,500 customers, including leading worldwide telecoms and handset manufacturers, organizations from the banking and finance industry, consumer electronics, technology, education, government, and health, to name but a few. Seavus is a globally authorized master distributor for the software product family PrimaveraReader.

Contact Information:
Seavus
Joel Roberts
+46 40 300 940
Contact via Email
http://www.primaverareader.com

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BlueCielo Partners with Frost & Sullivan to Co-Host Webinar Exploring Market Trends in Engineering Information Management

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Hoofddorp, Netherlands, September 17, 2016 --(PR.com)-- BlueCielo ECM Solutions, a leading global software provider of Engineering Information Management (EIM) and Asset Lifecycle Information Management (ALIM) solutions, announced today that it has partnered with Frost & Sullivan to co-host a live webinar titled “Market Trends in Engineering Information Management” on Thursday, September 22, 2016 at 5:00 PM Central European / 11:00 AM Eastern Time. The 60-minute webinar will provide detailed insight into the trends, challenges, opportunities and best practices in EIM, as well as the chance to participate in an exclusive question and answer session with a Frost & Sullivan industry analyst.

Owner-operators in highly competitive, process-driven industries are facing increasing challenges in the effort to maximize the efficiency of revenue-generating assets and remain profitable. Some of these challenges include managing a growing number of plant modification projects, rising regulations and demands for compliance, and widening acceptance of cloud and hybrid solutions.

“Based on the extensive industry research of Frost & Sullivan, the webinar is designed to help owner-operators gain a better understanding of how these challenges are affecting their industry and how they are driving the need for robust, scalable EIM solutions to overcome them,” said Edwin van Dijk Global Marketing Director at BlueCielo. “We are very excited to have the opportunity to co-host this webinar with BlueCielo and look forward to an informative and engaging experience,” adds Adrian Drozd, Research Director at Frost & Sullivan.

For more information or to register for the live webinar, visit https://www.bluecieloecm.com/frost-sullivan-webinar/. Individuals unable to attend the live webinar are invited to register anyway to receive a recorded version after the event to watch at a more convenient time.

About Frost & Sullivan
Frost & Sullivan, the Growth Partnership Company, enables clients to accelerate growth and achieve best in class positions in growth, innovation and leadership. The company's Growth Partnership Service provides the CEO and the CEO's Growth Team with disciplined research and best practice models to drive the generation, evaluation and implementation of powerful growth strategies. Frost & Sullivan leverages 50 years of experience in partnering with Global 1000 companies, emerging businesses and the investment community from more than 40 offices on six continents.

About BlueCielo ECM Solutions
BlueCielo provides the leading software solution to discover, monitor and protect technical asset information throughout the asset lifecycle. Our Engineering Information Management (EIM) and Asset Lifecycle Information Management (ALIM) solutions provide a single point of truth for asset-related data to ensure that accurate, up-to-date information is always easily accessible. BlueCielo’s solutions reduce costs, improve efficiency and increase data quality, enabling our customers to maximize profitability and demonstrate regulatory compliance by measurably reducing risk. The company is headquartered in The Netherlands and has offices across the United States, Brazil and Europe, as well as an international network of partners that ensures local service and support for our flagship software BlueCielo Meridian. BlueCielo is an official partner of Autodesk, IBM, Microsoft, SolidWorks, Oracle and SAP.

For more information, visit www.bluecieloecm.com.

Contact Information:
BlueCielo
Edwin van Dijk
+31 88 022 5700
Contact via Email
www.bluecieloecm.com

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Generate Aztec Coded Barcode & Adding Silverlight Barcode Reader Control Using .NET

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Lane Cove, Australia, September 17, 2016 --(PR.com)-- What's New in this Release?

The latest version of Aspose.BarCode for .NET 8.2.0 has been released. This release supports generating and reading Aztec barcode type. This release supports checksum validation for OneCode and AustraliaPost coded barcodes. Support for Silverlight barcode reader & generator control and support for setting graphics unit in compact framework have also been incorporated in this release. It allows developers to generate Aztec barcode. A property AztecSymbolMode has been introduced to allow only numbers from 0 to 255 while using Aztec barcode. When AztecSymbolMode property is set, reader automatically detects Runes. Following is the code demonstration. Aspose.Barcode for .NET also supports checksum validation for OneCode and AustraliaPost barcodes. Property ChecksumValidation has been introduced to perform validation on OneCode and AustraliaPost barcodes. Following is the sample code demonstrating how ChecksumValidation can be set to off and on to perform validation. Using Aspose.Barcode for .NET, developers can set the graphics unit of the bars in the barcode while they are working with compact framework. Following is the sample code snippet to set the graphics unit to millimeter in compact framework. There are some important improvements included in this release, such as Process of reading Postnet barcode has been improved, process of reading DataMatix barcode has been improved, Functionality to set resolution in compact framework has been incorporated, processing of Dutch KIX barcodes has been improved, functionality to process the Aztec barcode with long code text has been improved, functionality to read barcode from a PDF file has been improved, functionality to read EAN13 barcode along with supplement code text has been improved and functionality to read DataMatrix barcode has been improved. Below is the list of new and improved features supported in this version.

• Support to generate Code128C coded barcode
• Add Silverlight barcode reader control
• Support for setting graphics unit in Compact Framework
• Add Silverlight barcode generator control
• Add new BarCode type: Aztec Runes
• Implement Aztec Runes generator
• Add checksum validation for OneCode and AustraliaPost
• Implement Aztec Runes decoder
• Dynabic.Metered Integration
• The empty hexes for MaxiCode (barcode builder)
• Reading Postnet barcode from image is not producing correct results
• Aspose.BarCode is not recognizing correct DataMatix coded barcode
• Support for setting resolution in Compact Framework
• Recognize DataMatrix with the irregular black/white proportions
• Exclude unwanted dutch KIX barcodes
• Generate empty picture with incorrect codetext for Aztec
• Update AustraliaPost generator
• Override platform depending functions
• Improve Aztec encoder speed for long codetext
• Update API for generating CMYK files
• Converting PDF to Image stream and then reading barcode is not working
• Unable to get the supplement code text from EAN13 coded barcode
• DataMatrix barcode can be decoded by using 3rd party online whereas Aspose.BarCode is unable to decode
• Incorrect rotated Postnet barcode recognition
• Detects only first Postnet

Other most recent bug fixes are also included in this release.

Overview: Aspose.BarCode for .NET

Aspose.BarCode is a .NET component for generation and recognition of Linear and 2D barcodes on all kinds of .NET applications. It supports WPF with 29+ Barcode symbologies like OneCode, QR, Aztec, MSI, EAN128, EAN14, SSCC18, Code128, Code39, Postnet, MarcoPDF417, Datamatrix, UPCA etc. Other features include barcode insertion in PDF, Word and Excel documents. Also take image output in BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG and WMF formats. users can also control image styles such as background color, bar color etc.

More about Aspose.BarCode for .NET

- Homepage of C# & VB.NET Barcode Component: http://www.aspose.com/products/barcode/net

- Download of Aspose.BarCode for .NET: http://www.aspose.com/downloads/barcode/net

- Online documentation of Aspose.BarCode for .NET: http://www.aspose.com/docs/display/barcodenet/Home

Contact Information
Aspose Pty Ltd
Suite 163, 79 Longueville Road
Lane Cove, NSW, 2066
Australia
http://www.aspose.com/
sales@aspose.com
Phone: 888.277.6734
Fax: 866.810.9465

Contact Information:
Aspose
Sher Azam
888.277.6734
Contact via Email
http://www.aspose.com/

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Muvi Launches a Physical Store Add-on to Its Video Streaming Platform

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New York, NY, September 17, 2016 --(PR.com)-- Muvi - www.muvi.com, a leading cloud based video streaming platform provider has recently announced the launch of a groundbreaking feature being added to its video streaming platform that brings together the two worlds of video streaming and physical products in one place. The feature called as Muvi Kart, is part of a unique Muvi offering and is said to be a one-of-its-kind feature that allows existing Muvi customers to add and recommend physical goods offerings along with their video platform.

With the help of this feature, Muvi customers will now be able to sell any and all types of physical products such as official Merchandizing, T-shirts, Caps, Mugs, Action Figures, DVDs, Blu-rays to even something like Protein Shakes and Fitness Equipment’s to Yoga Mats and a lot more, advertised right alongside relevant streaming content, all powered by Muvi.

It is indeed a unique offering from the company as we rarely see people selling stuff alongside their video content on a streaming platform with a seamless user experience. However, the new feature will certainly add up to video content owners’ wallets as it will open one more stream of revenue inflows for them.

"We have always been on a constant quest of evolving as a Video Streaming Platform,” said Viraj Mehta, Head – International Business, Muvi. “This time we wanted to do something very unique and the idea of being able to sell your merchandise alongside video content was tempting, as we’ve studied that our customers were not completely able to monetize on a lot of their users. They would lose on viewers that would just surf around free content and leave. Tempting such viewers with their favorite merchandising products, advertised alongside their favorite videos, would help them convert, and thus, Muvi Kart was born.”

Muvi Kart (https://www.muvi.com/muvi-kart.html) is enriched with analytics and marketing tools for businesses to be able to monitor and control their revenue inflows. The feature also has adhesive capabilities such as inventory management, built-in coupon engine, pre-order, multi-currency and multi-language supports.

To learn more about Muvi Kart, please visit - https://www.muvi.com/muvi-kart.html

About Muvi
Muvi is a cloud based Multi-Screen OTT video streaming platform solution for video content owners to launch their own live or on-demand video streaming platform (VoD) in just 1-click, across Web, Mobile, Connected TVs and Media Boxes. Muvi offers everything required to launch a Video Streaming Platform from Cloud based IT Infrastructure to CDN, DRM, Online Video Player, Transcoding, Subscriber Management & Billing to front-end apps like Website, Mobile and TVs Out-of-the-box, absolutely managed.

To learn more about Muvi and its services please visit www.muvi.com

Contact Information:
Muvi LLC
Viraj Mehta
+1-860-677-8883
Contact via Email
https://www.muvi.com

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Synotive Technologies Relocates to Accommodate Growth

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Melbourne, Australia, September 17, 2016 --(PR.com)-- Synotive, Australia's premier provider of digital solutions including software development, digital marketing, website design and eLearning solutions, has relocated its office from Little Collins Street in the Melbourne CBD to St Kilda Road Towers.

The new office in the heart of St Kilda's business precinct is minutes away from the Melbourne CBD, with easy access to Melbourne's major freeways and arterials. This move comes as a result of significant growth and expansion in the past couple of years.

Bhauvik Tripathi, founder and Managing Director of Synotive, comments that the relocation was necessary to facilitate the strengthening of company services and increasing of process efficiencies. "The foundation of our success is a diverse and highly capable network of people, partners and clients," said Tripathi. "The new facility supports our growth on this journey and enables us to provide a higher quality of service with added convenience for our clients."

"The need for businesses to embrace digital solutions is only going to keep growing, as will their need for a reliable technology partner. This expansion gives us the corporate infrastructure and capabilities to pursue our passion for smart technology. We're excited to continue growing and building on our strengths to transform Australian businesses."

For over a decade, Synotive has been helping Australian businesses across all industry sectors undergo digital transformations to power efficiency, drive growth and build credibility.

Synotive's new address is St Kilda Rd Towers, Suite 1431, 1 Queens Road, Melbourne, VIC 3004. The main phone number and email address remain the same.

Contact Information:
Synotive Technologies
Bhauvik Tripathi
1300 894 506
Contact via Email
www.synotive.com/

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Beauty.AI 3.0 Postponed Due to Ethical Concerns, Plans to Form a Task Force to Prevent Discrimination by Algorithms

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New York, NY, September 17, 2016 --(PR.com)-- For many people perception of their appearance is often more important than the many other issues related to their individual performance, contributions to society, well-being and even survival. The Beauty.AI competition was originally envisioned as an entertaining and engaging research project to develop a framework for the impartial analysis of human appearance and allowing algorithm developers worldwide to test their approaches. The first Beauty.AI competition was launched in November 2015 and concluded in January 2016 with several thousand participants worldwide. Beauty.AI 2.0 launched in April 2016 and concluded in August with over 6,000 humans evaluated by a panel of five algorithms based on different theories on how human beauty may be evaluated utilizing various machine learning techniques.

After the winners had been announced, Sam Levin, a reporter for “The Guardian” pointed out the perceived racial bias of the contest, since few of the winners had dark skin. The story rapidly went viral and resonated worldwide resulting in hundreds of critical emails to developers.

“Our team is part of a collective of computer scientists and biologists religiously committed to extending human longevity and preserving humans in the youthful, healthy state for as long as possible. But surprisingly, many people care more about their looks than the age-related pathologies they develop and we decided to focus on appearance and beauty instead to get a mass market appeal and developed a platform, where human appearance could be evaluated using various techniques with frequent updates. This is how RYNKL and Beauty.AI were developed. But we did not expect that anyone would take the results of our beauty competition seriously, and we made it clear that as the organizers we do not agree with these results and would like to welcome more algorithmic approaches to join the effort. But journalists quickly noticed the lack of darker people among the winners and it created a media frenzy resulting in negative publicity and warning letters from collaborators, partners and even companies that got associated with the contest by mistake,” said Anastasia Georgievskaya, head of beauty research at Youth Laboratories.

Several algorithms used in Beauty.AI 2.0 competition utilized deep learning, a popular biologically-inspired machine learning technique trained on large data sets of selfies. Deep learning systems require tens of thousands and sometimes millions of samples to learn patterns.

“The media attention received by our experimental beauty contest in the context of racial discrimination demonstrates the blessing and a curse of contemporary journalism. From one perspective, these claims are not justified, but from another perspective, they pointed out the major issue associated with machine learning and potential for discrimination. And while many AI safety activists are concerned about machines wiping us out, there are very few initiatives focused on ensuring diversity, balance and equal opportunity for humans in the eyes of AI,” said Konstantin Kiselev, CTO of Youth Laboratories.

The collective of scientists involved with the Beauty.AI contest will form a task force to develop a set of guidelines to prevent or reduce the chance of racial, gender, age, disability and other discrimination by the artificially-intelligent systems before launching the Beauty.AI 3.0. This will also provide more time for more algorithms to be developed for the contest.

“Discrimination by AI is likely to be a much greater threat shortly than AI going berserk and eliminating us. We already see it in other projects in healthcare, like Aging.AI, where the insufficient representation of older people in the training sets leads to the poor accuracy of age prediction and the need to exclude the oldest old from experiments. And if you search for 'white person' + keyword and 'black person' + keyword in any image search engine, you are likely to see very different results,” said Alex Zhavoronkov, Ph.D., CSO of Youth Laboratories and CEO of Insilico Medicine.

“We thought we took every precaution to ensure that there is no discrimination by the algorithms and prevent gender and age bias and one of the official partners of the contest is Imagene Labs from Singapore, which is one of the leaders in facial analysis research focusing on the Asian population. While we were not discriminating anyone in Beauty.AI, the press opened our eyes on a very important issue, and we would like to ensure that we take extra precautions before launching the next contest or hackathon,” said Alexey Shevtsov, CEO of Youth Laboratories.

About Youth Laboratories
Youth Laboratories is a research and development company applying for advances in machine vision and sensing and artificial intelligence to improve human health, longevity and appearance. It also strives to explore new levels of human-machine interaction by developing intelligent algorithms for analyzing human attractiveness and emulate the emotional response (“feelings”) to the various features related to human appearance. The collective is dedicated to helping people retain youthful state for as long as possible using advances in machine vision and artificial intelligence. The company develops series of mobile applications that track age-related changes, wrinkles, pimples, dark spots and other parameters affecting the perception of beauty, health, and youthfulness and help evaluate the effectiveness of multiple interventions. The company's first application is called RYNKL, developed using the funds crowdsourced via Kickstarter.

Contact Information:
Youth Laboratories
Alexey Shevtsov
410-733-5097
Contact via Email
www.beauty.ai

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Gigamon Launches Innovative Incentive Program That Rewards Gigamon Value Added Resellers

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Santa Clara, CA, September 17, 2016 --(PR.com)-- Gigamon Inc. the industry leader in traffic visibility solutions, announced the launch of its Sell Smart Incentive Program in the US and Canada, an innovative offering that rewards Gigamon Value Added Resellers (VARs) for selling qualifying security solutions built on the GigaSECURE ® Security Delivery Platform. Qualifying opportunities are primarily based on completed sales which include at least two products from a list of Gigamon technology ecosystem partners in addition to the GigaSECURE security delivery platform.

The Sell Smart Incentive Program builds on the need for efficient, scalable security architectures that combine the strengths of several best of breed security tools. This is the core benefit of the Gigamon Security Delivery platform – security made more effective through visibility. By promoting GigaSECURE, together with the offerings of our ecosystem partners, Gigamon allows partners to:

Offer the breadth of their security offerings for integrated, multi-tiered defenses
Showcase their services for building customized security architectures
Increase initial purchase order with an optimized and scalable security stack
Earn rewards for team members for offering complete and scalable security stacks

“Gigamon continues to impress us with their commitment to the channel and solutions sales enablement by offering training, certification and now incentive programs that translate to support of our mutual success, “said Brad McCain, Vice President of Data Solutions at Carousel Industries. “This program is designed around salespeople, engineers and security technology vendors, showing that Gigamon really understands the approach we take with security customers.”

In addressing the parameters of the Sell Smart Incentive Program, VARs sell GigaSECURE, together with products from a large and expanding list of participating vendors which currently include: Acuity Solutions Corp./BluVector, Bivio Networks, Blue Coat Systems, Centripetal Networks, Inc., Check Point, Cisco Systems, Cyphort Inc., Damballa, Datiphy, Inc., ExtraHop Networks, Fidelis Cybersecurity, FireEye, Inc., FlowTraq, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Imperva, Inc., Jask, Kentik, Lastline, Inc., LightCyber, LogRhythm, Lumeta Corporation, Managed Methods, Niara, Inc., Palo Alto Networks, Plixer International, Inc., ProtectWise, Reservoir Labs, RSA, Savvius, Splunk, Trend Micro, Vectra Networks, Inc. and Viavi Solutions Inc.

“Partnering with Gigamon to provide customers the flexibility to build their security posture has been a core tenet of the #wefightsmart campaign in which Check Point has been proud to take part,” said Alon Kantor, Vice President of Business Development at Check Point. “Amplifying the reach of this initiative through the reseller community is a natural extension of our efforts to protect customers from the next generation of cyber-attacks.”

“Today’s security customers want multi-tiered architectures that offer a higher chance of detecting breaches and responding to threats,” said Barbara Spicek, Vice President, Worldwide Channels, Gigamon. “We’ve designed the Sell Smart Incentive program to encourage our resellers to apply the breadth of their security offerings and design expertise in order to offer enterprises effective security architectures. Sell Smart aims to bolster our customers’ cyber defences and make our resellers and ecosystem partners more competitive and successful through the power of visibility.”

Contact Information:
Gigamon
Ted Yueh
408-831-4000
Contact via Email
https://www.gigamon.com

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