UNice Hair App Reaches New High in Total Downloads

July 23, 2021 TechENT Syndication Leave a comment

NEW YORK, July 23, 2021 — UNice Hair (https://www.unice.com/), a popular virgin human hair brand, is excited to announce that its app has recently reached a new peak for downloads. With 530,0886 total downloads, 2,712 daily downloads, and 17,722 active daily uses, the app has hit an all-time high in terms of the company’s records. Since its launch, the app has received numerous positive reviews, with daily users finding it convenient, accessible, and navigable.

Having launched a year ago on Google Play and Apple Store for Android and iPhone, respectively, the app allows customers to shop, receive exclusive offers, and learn about their favorite hair products. Customers have found the app most convenient for purchasing quality hair products such as glueless wigs, headband wigs, body wave wigs, human hair lace front wigs, and wigs for sale. A manager of UNice Hair stated: "We are proud of satisfying our customers and bringing them the best shopping and life experience. In order to provide the customers a more convenient online shopping experience, we will continue to have some better improvements in the future."

The app’s features already include product search and discovery, the "APP ONLY ZONE" with extra features and offers not found on the website, order tracking, and 24/7 customer service. UNice Hair is also excited to announce the latest feature of the app. Live-streaming has recently been launched on iOS, with availability for Google Play coming soon. Moreover, a launch for a short video platform is in the works. The goal is to keep the app interesting and content-driven.

About UNice Hair

UNice Hair, a top human hair original brand, has grown in popularity among human hair loves in the Americas, Europe, and other regions. UNice Hair focuses is committed to providing the highest-quality hair products. Handcrafted lace and hair in various lengths, colors, and textures are all derived from 100% human hair. UNice Hair ensures it can fit every lifestyle and meet every style need of its users.

LG SIGNATURE Concludes Charity Auction Benefiting Families Affected by Autism

July 23, 2021 TechENT Syndication Leave a comment

Online Charity Auction Highlights Brand’s Partnership with Amundi Evian Championship and Top Female Golfers

SEOUL, South Korea, July 23, 2021 — LG Electronics (LG) has pledged all proceeds from its STRONGER TOGETHER charity auction (July 8-18) to Sur les bancs de l’école, a French non-profit organization that has been supporting young people with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) since 2008.

LG SIGNATURE CONCLUDES CHARITY AUCTION BENEFITING FAMILIES AFFECTED BY AUTISM

The STRONGER TOGETHER auction has also put the spotlight on LG SIGNATURE’s sponsorship of the 2021 Amundi Evian Championship women’s golf tournament. The luxury brand began its partnership with the Championship in 2017 and is proud to continue its association with the storied event. This year’s tournament teed off on July 22 with a field of 126 players, making a welcome return after a one-year hiatus due to the worldwide pandemic.

LG SIGNATURE CONCLUDES CHARITY AUCTION BENEFITING FAMILIES AFFECTED BY AUTISM

Supporting the auction by donating their time and prized possessions were two of the world’s top female golfers – and LG SIGNATURE brand ambassadors – Ko Jin-young and Park Sung-hyun. During its 10-day run, STRONGER TOGETHER received considerable interest from all over the globe, bringing in an impressive tally of USD 114,825.

LG SIGNATURE CONCLUDES CHARITY AUCTION BENEFITING FAMILIES AFFECTED BY AUTISM

Among the items up for auction was the one-and-only LG SIGNATURE OLED R rollable TV, as well as the LG SIGNATURE Refrigerator, LG SIGNATURE Wine Cellar and a one-night stay at the luxurious Hotel Royal at the Evian Resort – the glamorous setting for the Amundi Evian Championship.

LG SIGNATURE CONCLUDES CHARITY AUCTION BENEFITING FAMILIES AFFECTED BY AUTISM

Additionally, the auction gave participants the opportunity to interact virtually with Ko and Park, and bid on tournament-used equipment and apparel kindly donated by the two illustrious players. The exclusive items included Ko’s Epic Flash driver used during the 2020 LPGA tour, and the TaylorMade P750 8 iron used by Park in the TaylorMade promotional video she filmed with Tiger Woods.

LG SIGNATURE CONCLUDES CHARITY AUCTION BENEFITING FAMILIES AFFECTED BY AUTISM

"LG SIGNATURE is honored to stand by some of the biggest names and tournaments in the golfing world," said Lee Jeong-seok, head of LG Electronics’ Global Marketing Center. "We are also very grateful to everyone who participated in our charity auction benefitting young people with ASD – your support and generosity showed that we really are stronger when we stand together."

With the exception of 2020, LG SIGNATURE has hosted unique events and memorable marketing activities at the Evian Resort Golf Club every year of its partnership with the Amundi Evian Championship. Highlights to date include a culinary challenge featuring top European chefs and tournament players, and the renaming of the course’s eighth hole to the ‘LG SIGNATURE Hole.’

More information can be found at www.LGnewsroom.com.

About LG SIGNATURE

LG SIGNATURE is the first ultra-premium brand across multiple product categories from global innovator LG Electronics. Designed for the most discerning consumers, LG SIGNATURE products deliver a state-of-the-art living experience that feels pure, sophisticated and luxurious. Combining the very best of everything LG has to offer, LG SIGNATURE products are designed with a focus on their "true essence" aligned with the brand’s modern, distinctive design. For more information, visit www.LGSIGNATURE.com.

Infosys positioned as a Leader in Application Modernization and Migration Services as Enterprises shift to Cloud-native technologies for their Modernization needs

July 23, 2021 TechENT Syndication Leave a comment

Follows ranking as a Leader by Independent Research Firm in Multi-Cloud Managed Service Providers Evaluation

BENGALURU, India, July 23, 2021 — Infosys (NSE: BSE, NYSE: INFY), a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, today announced that it has been positioned as a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Application Modernization and Migration Services, Q3 2021 report. This announcement follows Infosys’ recent recognition as a Leader in The Forrester Wave^TM: Multi-Cloud Managed Service Providers, Q4 2020 report. For Infosys, the positioning in these assessments highlight its vision, and the broad spectrum of cloud capabilities delivered through Infosys Cobalt across application modernization and migration, and multi-cloud managed services.

For the Application Modernization and Migration Services, Q3 2021 report, Forrester evaluated 14 providers across 26 criteria and grouped into three high-level categories: current offering, strategy, and market presence. Infosys received the highest score possible in the service capabilities, execution roadmap, performance, and investments in training and skilling criteria. The report acknowledges Infosys’ Live Enterprise model, in which enterprises armed with knowledge and data-enabled insights can adapt rapidly to changing business conditions. The report also recognizes Infosys as a good fit for most modernization and migration opportunities, especially application reimplementation within its existing installed base and in the banking sector. The report further notes that Infosys’ boasts a broad range of assets for service delivery and vertical industry solutioning relative to other providers.

"In the 2021 market for the application modernization and migration services, we’re witnessing a continuing shift toward modernization enabled by advanced cloud-native technologies, with a correspondingly lower emphasis on infrastructure-led lift-and-shift migration." wrote Bill Martorelli, Principal Analyst, Forrester Research, in the report. In the Infosys profile, he wrote: Infosys’ app migration and modernization services sit within its Cobalt program, an overarching cloud framework featuring a panoply of solution accelerators and methodologies. The program itself doubles down on modernization-specific tasks."

In the Multi-Cloud Managed Service Providers Forrester Wave™ report, Infosys’ focus on applications services, including build, migrate, operate, and modernize on AWS, Azure and Google Cloud have been noted. Modernization was called out a strong focal point and the report also recognized Infosys Cobalt, a collection of services, solutions, and platforms to accelerate enterprise cloud journey. According to the report, Infosys has been a long-standing player in cloud management technology and is a good fit for companies seeking particularly strong migration and modernization services to assist a smooth and speedy migration.

Commenting on the recognition, Ravi Kumar S, President, Infosys, said, "Enterprises globally are looking at transforming their technology landscape by modernizing their business-critical applications through cloud technologies. Our clients have time and again expressed concerns around the risk of business disruption and the need for a noiseless transition in their modernization programs. With the Infosys Modernization Suite, part of Infosys Cobalt, we simplify the modernization journey for enterprises and accelerate innovation at scale. We are proud to be recognized as a leader in Forrester’s Wave for application modernization and migration services following the recognition in the multi-cloud managed services rating. We believe these recognitions strengthen our position and reaffirm our commitment to deliver top-notch cloud services to enterprises."

Complimentary copies of the reports can be accessed here:

To learn more about Infosys Cobalt, please visit: www.infosys.com/cobalt

To learn more about Infosys Application Modernization Services, please visit: www.infosys.com/services/application-modernization

About Infosys

Infosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting. We enable clients in over 50 countries to navigate their digital transformation. With over four decades of experience in managing the systems and workings of global enterprises, we expertly steer our clients through their digital journey. We do it by enabling the enterprise with an AI-powered core that helps prioritize the execution of change. We also empower the business with agile digital at scale to deliver unprecedented levels of performance and customer delight. Our always-on learning agenda drives their continuous improvement through building and transferring digital skills, expertise, and ideas from our innovation ecosystem.

Visit www.infosys.com to see how Infosys (NSE: BSE, NYSE: INFY) can help your enterprise navigate your next.

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Certain statements in this release concerning our future growth prospects, financial expectations and plans for navigating the COVID-19 impact on our employees, clients and stakeholders are forward-looking statements intended to qualify for the ‘safe harbor’ under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties relating to these statements include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties regarding COVID-19 and the effects of government and other measures seeking to contain its spread, risks related to an economic downturn or recession in India, the United States and other countries around the world, changes in political, business, and economic conditions, fluctuations in earnings, fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, our ability to manage growth, intense competition in IT services including those factors which may affect our cost advantage, wage increases in India, our ability to attract and retain highly skilled professionals, time and cost overruns on fixed-price, fixed-time frame contracts, client concentration, restrictions on immigration, industry segment concentration, our ability to manage our international operations, reduced demand for technology in our key focus areas, disruptions in telecommunication networks or system failures, our ability to successfully complete and integrate potential acquisitions, liability for damages on our service contracts, the success of the companies in which Infosys has made strategic investments, withdrawal or expiration of governmental fiscal incentives, political instability and regional conflicts, legal restrictions on raising capital or acquiring companies outside India, unauthorized use of our intellectual property and general economic conditions affecting our industry and the outcome of pending litigation and government investigation. Additional risks that could affect our future operating results are more fully described in our United States Securities and Exchange Commission filings including our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2021. These filings are available at www.sec.gov. Infosys may, from time to time, make additional written and oral forward-looking statements, including statements contained in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and our reports to shareholders. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements that may be made from time to time by or on behalf of the Company unless it is required by law.

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Independent Research Firm Cites Ataccama as a Data Governance Solutions Leader

July 22, 2021 TechENT Syndication Leave a comment

Ataccama and its ONE Platform received the highest possible scores in data quality and data governance management criteria

TORONTO, July 22, 2021 — Ataccama—a leading Enterprise Data Quality Fabric provider—announced today that Ataccama has been named a Leader by Forrester Research in The Forrester Wave™: Data Governance Solutions, Q3 2021.

Ataccama was among the select companies invited to participate in its Q3 2021 Forrester Wave™ evaluation. The Forrester Wave™ is based on 31 criteria grouped into three categories: current offering, strategy, and market presence. In the evaluation, Ataccama received the highest possible scores in ten criteria, including data quality, data governance management, solution vision, planned enhancements, innovation roadmap, number of customers, and geographical distribution.

"Ataccama is a top choice for clients looking to incorporate top data quality capabilities into their data governance solutions, particularly where large scale on-premises and cloud environments are prevalent," Forrester Research noted in its report.

Forrester Research also cited Ataccama’s data discovery and data quality capabilities as differentiators. Reference clients call out its support of hybrid infrastructure and ability to deal with enterprise-scale data volumes of data as key deciding factors.

"With Ataccama ONE, we provide organizations with a fast, easy, self-service means to locate, understand, and deliver enterprise business information to users and systems across the organization, whenever they need it. Data governance is critical for that, of course," said Ataccama CEO Michal Klaus.

Klaus continued, "Almost all of our customers value seamlessly integrated data quality and data governance. Their requirements drive our roadmap, vision, and commitment to innovation, and we owe our success to them as co-creators of the Ataccama ONE platform."

Ataccama Data Governance is designed to support data governance programs at any level of maturity through automation. It unifies a data catalog, data classification, metadata management, data lineage, policy management, a business glossary, and data quality, stitching them together with shared metadata to deliver unparalleled automation at scale. Organizations across all industries choose Ataccama data governance solutions for the flexibility, reliability, and ease of use.

The report is available to download at www.ataccama.com/analyst-research/forrester-wave-data-governance-solutions.

About Ataccama

Ataccama reinvents the way data is managed to create value on an enterprise scale. Unifying Data Governance, Data Quality, and Master Data Management into a single, AI-powered fabric across hybrid and Cloud environments, Ataccama gives your business and data teams the ability to innovate with unprecedented speed while maintaining trust, security, and governance of your data. Learn more at www.ataccama.com.

Contact: Pamela Valerio, Communications Manager, Ataccama press@ataccama.com

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Clubhouse is Now Out of Beta! What Does That Mean?

July 22, 2021 Darwin Sucipto Leave a comment

Clubhouse became the rage late last year when Elon Musk decided to host a conversation and discussion on the platform. It became the biggest social media fad since Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat joined the party too in 2020. To be fair, Facebook is getting a little old, and people are getting a bit bored by it. It is still one of the foremost social media platforms, do not get us wrong. It is a place for absolutely everything you can imagine, from making friends, getting trades, source of daily news, to even getting dates.

Clubhouse is a unique platform though. Unlike the usual social media platforms which are heavy on visuals and are mainly visual based platforms, Clubhouse is purely audio based. Unlike most platforms as well, which stores or records your media for at least the next 24 hours, Clubhouse does not have audio recording built-into the platform. That also means that once you miss a session on Clubhouse, you missed it.

It also comes in a time where the need for human interaction is at an all-time high. The whole pandemic situation around the world has isolated us in an unprecedented rate. Working from home and not being able to interact with people as normally as we can has taken a toll on everyone. On Clubhouse, some normalisation can be achieved by naturally talking to your friends or meeting new people on the platform on subjects that you can relate to.

It started out as an iOS exclusive as well with the Android version released a bout a month ago. While Android users have to content with plenty of missing contents and features from the beta app compared to the iOS version, they were pretty much warned about the beta status. What a lot of other people do not realise though, is that while the app has existed for a year or so, the app was still in Beta mode.

That also explains the fact that you can only be invited to the app instead of simply signing up on the platform and get access to all the contents that the platform has to offer. With the Beta status taken off and finally launching in full, Clubhouse’s invite only exclusivity will be removed. Anyone in the waiting list with no invite will immediately get full access to Clubhouse’s various contents and curation.

Aside from the no waiting list update, there are a few things that is released with the updated Clubhouse. To celebrate the Japan Olympics, users can now add a national flag to their bio. There is a new icon to the app as well as part of the update.

Clubhouse, so far, is still the most popular platform of its kind. That has not stopped companies like Spotify, Facebook, and even Discord to try to get in on the Slack action with their own version of an audio chat platform though. While newer platforms like Spotify’s Greenroom may do a few things better than Clubhouse, the platform is fairly new and might take some time to stick compared to clubhouse.

Clubhouse is now available for free on both Google Play Store and Apple App Store. As mentioned, there are no more waiting list to get on the platform, so signing up and getting to the contents is just as simple as signing up on the platform itself with your mobile number. As far as we are concerned, the only downside to the platform is that the account is tied to your mobile number.

Xinhua Silk Road: Broader opening-up underway in Shanghai FTZ’s Lin-gang Special Area

July 22, 2021 TechENT Syndication Leave a comment

BEIJING, July 22, 2021 — Lin-gang Special Area, a new zone added to the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone (FTZ) in August 2019, is forging ahead on all-around and high-level opening-up.

Photo shows the 12th Symposium on Chinese Scholars and Shanghai Development in the 21st Century held in Shanghai on July 15, 2021.

Since its establishment, the special area has focused on building up an investment and trade liberalization-centered rules system to boost opening-up.

In the future, where will the Lin-gang Special Area be heading for? Experts who attended the 12th Symposium on Chinese Scholars and Shanghai Development in the 21st Century held in Shanghai on Thursday generally believed that the special area shall continue to broaden opening-up and intensify stress testing to construct a more influential and competitive special economic zone. Jointly organized by Shanghai Chinese Overseas Friendship Association and Shanghai Overseas Returned Scholars Association, the symposium is dedicated to depicting the future of Lin-gang Special Area.

In the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025), Lin-gang Special Area will take full advantage of its role as a testing field for reform and opening-up to better participate in global cooperation and competition, said Zhu Zhisong, member of the Standing Committee of CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee and deputy managing director of Lin-gang Special Area Administration.

To better support the area, more talents and resources will be pooled from home and abroad, vowed Zheng Gangmiao, member of the Standing Committee and head of United Front Work Department of CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee.

Alongside application of the first batch of innovative business modes and debut of innovative programs and businesses, the special area is linking up the domestic and foreign factor market with improved efficiency.

By far, Lin-gang Special Area has piloted a series of financial innovation measures such as facilitating cross-border RMB settlement for quality enterprises, cross-border transfer of domestic trade financing assets and one-off foreign debt registration, introduced Xie Dong, head of Shanghai Municipal Financial Regulatory Bureau.

It also valued developing hardcore technology-driven industries. Currently, an integrated circuit industry chain covering chip design, equipment and materials, manufacturing, the third generation of semiconductor, and packaging and testing has basically been in shape in the area.

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Near Announces Strategic Partnership with Stellar Ace in Singapore

July 22, 2021 TechENT Syndication Leave a comment

SINGAPORE, July 22, 2021 — Near, the largest global source of intelligence on people and places announces a strategic partnership with Stellar Ace in Singapore. The new partnership will enable both companies to jointly help clients drive footfall to their stores by retargeting the audience seen around the brand’s OOH advertisements, on online (mobile) channels with Ace Biota, aptly named to reflect the correlation of community and environment to function as a unit.

This follows the recent acquisition of UM (formerly Uber Media) a leading provider of data insights and analytics solutions for Fortune 100 and 500 companies in the United States. With the acquisition and partnership, Near will strengthen its presence in South East Asia as well as the United States, turning the company into "a truly global organization," while also tailoring its product to offer "local flavors" in each country.

Near and Stellar Ace recently implemented the solution for a well-known fast-food brand in Singapore to great success. With the objective to drive in-store footfall from the audience exposed to OOH ads on various Stellar Ace properties, the campaign was hugely successful by increasing the in-store visit rate for the brand by 271%.

On the need for going beyond just traditional OOH, Stellar Ace Vice President Jeslyn Tan said, "In a daily consumer journey, the outdoor space is still relevant as audiences TRAVEL-EAT-SHOP as part of their lifestyle. With Ace Biota powered by Near, we help our clients implement and optimize their audience reach from Offline (OOH) to Online (Mobile) media channels. We are also mindful of the current client landscape of ROI-driven commitment. With Near, Stellar Ace is now able to deliver a performance-driven and measurable outcome for the clients. We are confident that this newfound capability will offer our clients the ‘stickiness’ that every brand desires in assuring brand recall and association."

Near’s co-founder and chief revenue officer Shobhit Shukla said, "We are very excited to partner with Stellar Ace to bring the value of data intelligence to OOH media space. We are sure that the partnership would allow brands to advertise to a specific audience, at a specific location, and at a specific time. It would be a complete marketing strategy for the brand."

"We also welcome other brands, which recognize the value of customer journey targeting being offered by Stellar Ace’s O2O re-targeting capability, in partnership with Near," added Shukla.

About Near

Near is the world’s largest source of intelligence on people and places, processing data from over 1.6 billion monthly users across 44 countries. The Near Platform powers data-driven marketing and enrichment offerings through a suite of SaaS products. The users of the platform can leverage audience, spatial, retail, among other data in a privacy-led environment. Founded in 2012, Near is headquartered in Singapore with offices in San Francisco, New York, London, Bangalore, Tokyo, and Sydney. Today, marquee brands such as News Corp work with Near to provide enhanced customer experiences. Near is backed by leading investors including Sequoia Capital, JP Morgan Private Equity Group, Cisco Investments, Telstra Ventures, and Greater Pacific Capital. Visit www.near.co to find out more.

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Hence Technologies to Leverage Palantir Foundry

July 22, 2021 TechENT Syndication Leave a comment

Hence to be among the first start-ups in the world to leverage Foundry, powering its mission to make legal and consulting services more transparent.

LONDON, July 22, 2021 — Hence announced today that it is now among the first start-ups globally to leverage the Palantir Foundry platform. This bolsters Hence’s already considerable capabilities in revolutionizing the relationships companies have with their external lawyers and consultants. Hence uses data and AI to help global corporations manage relationships with lawyers and consultants in real-time. This levels the playing field between clients and their providers, making the $2 trillion market for legal and consulting services more transparent. Using Foundry, Hence is able to more efficiently integrate and analyse diverse data about these providers in a scalable, secure and robust way.

"Access to Palantir Foundry further accelerates Hence’s progress toward being the unparalleled solution for helping organizations take control of their external legal and consulting relationships. Just like building our technology in Rwanda gives us unique access to an untapped talent pool, Palantir Foundry gives us unique access to a world-class platform to underpin our cutting edge software," said Steve Heitkamp, Hence co-founder and Palantir alumnus.

Hence is joining the first cohort of Palantir’s "Foundry for Builders," an initiative dedicated to supporting early-stage companies by providing them with the Palantir Foundry platform, helping fuel their growth.

"We’re excited to expand the use of Palantir Foundry to companies that wouldn’t normally have access to our platform. As a Palantir alumnus, Steve understands the value of our technology and will be able to utilize Palantir Foundry to its full potential to bolster Hence AI’s capabilities and growth," said Palantir COO Shyam Sankar.

Earlier this year, Hence announced the completion of a major funding round, which has enabled it to deploy its solution with a number of top global corporations. To learn more about Hence, please visit https://hence.ai/.

About Hence
Hence is innovative enterprise software that for the first time empowers companies to take control of their consulting and legal relationships by providing them with the data and analysis they need to evaluate and make the right decisions for their organizations. For years, companies looking to bolster their teams with third-party legal, consulting or other help have faced an opaque market for professional knowledge services. With Hence, companies will get more value from their professional providers, improving outcomes while reducing wasted time and spend. We do that by using a range of data and our proprietary techniques to help buyers better understand their professional third-party relationships in the context of their broader business goals https://hence.ai/.

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media@hence.ai

Opsera Achieves SOC 2 Type II Compliance

July 21, 2021 TechENT Syndication Leave a comment

Company ensures strict compliance, security and privacy for no-code DevOps orchestration platform customers

SAN FRANCISCO, July 21, 2021 — Opsera, the Continuous Orchestration platform for DevOps, announces the successful completion of the System and Organization Controls (SOC) 2 Type II Audit.

Learn how Opsera completed the SOC 2 Type II compliance audit in record time and how to ace your own audit at: http://www.opsera.io/blog/opsera-soc2-compliance.

Created by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), SOC2 is a reporting framework that sets benchmarks for managing customer and user data. These benchmarks are based on five Trust Services Criteria – privacy, confidentiality, security, availability, and processing integrity. SOC 2 Type II is mandatory for any SaaS provider. Being SOC 2 Type II compliant ensures current and future customers that Opsera has the proper security, privacy and compliance controls in place to manage its no-code DevOps orchestration platform.

Opsera passed the audit in less than 60 days and the preparation for the audit took less than 45 days, solidifying Opsera’s commitment to its customers’ data security.

"We are incredibly proud of achieving SOC 2 Type II compliance, and the record time in which we completed the audit process," said Kumar Chivukula, CTO and co-founder of Opsera. "The certification process is not easy, but it was made possible by the Opsera team’s focus and diligence in completing the audit process successfully. We can assure our customers that the Opsera platform meets some of the highest security and privacy standards in the industry."

Opsera partnered with one of the industry’s leading firms that handles penetration testing for SaaS platforms and completed the testing along with SOC 2 Type II certification. The assessment was performed using OWASP and other popular security testing methodologies to ensure that the company’s SaaS platform is evaluated as per the industry standards and best practices guidelines.

Opsera’s SOC 2 compliance ensures its customers’ data and the information of their DevOps ecosystems are protected at all times with all compliance requirements. Opsera is obsessed about the security and privacy of its customers, and has plans for other certifications and measures in the near future.

About Opsera
Opsera is the first Continuous Orchestration platform for next-gen DevOps that enables choice, automation, and intelligence across the entire software life cycle. It offers simple, self-service toolchain integrations, drag-and-drop pipelines, and unified insights. With Continuous Orchestration, development teams can use the tools they want, operations teams gain improved efficiency, and business leaders have unparalleled visibility. Opsera believes DevOps has transformed from an aspiration to a practical science, and Continuous Orchestration is the future to help organizations accelerate DevOps adoption and reach peak innovation velocity.

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Citi Commercial Bank Digitizes Account Opening for New Clients

July 21, 2021 TechENT Syndication Leave a comment

With the launch of a digital Gateway portal in four markets, Citi Commercial Bank (CCB) has opened over 750 accounts digitally for new clients

Through Gateway and CitiDirect BE® Digital Onboarding – Citi’s digital account opening solution for existing clients – CCB accounts can be opened in as quickly as three days

SINGAPORE, July 21, 2021 — Citi Commercial Bank (CCB), Citi’s business which serves emerging corporate clients with revenues of up to US$1 billion annually, has introduced digital account opening for new clients in Australia, Hong Kong, India and Singapore. Through its new Commercial Bank Gateway Portal, CCB has opened over 750 accounts digitally for new-to-bank clients in these markets.

The launch of Gateway complements the bank’s CitiDirect BE® Digital Onboarding solution, which supports digital account opening for existing clients and is available to clients across 10 markets in the region. Through Gateway and CitiDirect BE® Digital Onboarding, close to 70% of CCB’s total account opening volumes in Asia Pacific are now achieved through digital channels. Accounts can be opened digitally in as quickly as three days.

For new clients, the web-based Gateway portal replaces paper-based documentation, eliminates the need for repetitive data entry and enables new clients to digitally complete their Know Your Customer (KYC) requirements. Electronic signatures are also used to facilitate the execution of documents digitally. In addition to digital account opening, Gateway will be further built out to support lending and portfolio management services.

Clients will be able to initiate loan requests and complete credit inquiry forms through the portal which will also push real-time status updates throughout the loan fulfillment process. Supporting client operations, the portal will also serve as a platform through which clients can upload and supply information to Citi and periodically review their existing positions with the bank.

Ankit Parasher, Director of SALT, a Citi client and a provider of cross-border trade banking and payment solutions, said, "The onboarding process using Gateway was intuitive and remarkably simple. Being able to easily download contract documents and then upload signed documents was a game-changer. As we continue to partner Citi for our banking needs, this will make it much easier for us to manage accounts across multiple countries."

"Having a robust digital-first strategy is the only way that we can serve our clients with agility and speed on the back of the ongoing pandemic. Through the launch of Gateway, clients now can be onboarded anytime, anywhere, at their convenience, enabling us to seamlessly support their operational needs in this fast-changing environment. Looking ahead, Citi Commercial Bank is committed to continue investing in digital solutions and capabilities to elevate the experience of our clients from end-to-end," said Lin Hsiu-Yi, ASEAN Head of Citi Commercial Bank.

Last year, CCB piloted an AI-enabled credit underwriting tool, AI. Sight, to support credit processes and review. The tool, which has shortened CCB’s credit review and approval process, enables the business to prioritize yet streamline due diligence efforts while mitigating new credit portfolio risks that have emerged out of the pandemic.

Using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and machine learning models, the tool auto-scans credit documents, including bank statements, and is able to flag irregularities and abnormal loan utilization. Based on the data, it can identify trends and compute relevant metrics required to make credit approval decisions.

Since it was first piloted in Hong Kong, AI. Sight has been launched in India and with plans for Mainland China next.

Citi Commercial Bank Asia Pacific operates in 11 markets in Asia Pacific and contributes around a third of the bank’s global commercial banking revenues. In the first quarter of the year, the business recorded a double-digit increase in year-on-year revenue, buoyed by ongoing client activity.

About Citi
Citi, the leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management.

Additional information may be found at www.citigroup.com | Twitter: @Citi | YouTube: www.youtube.com/citi | Blog: http://blog.citigroup.com | Facebook: www.facebook.com/citi | LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/citi.

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