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ATIF Holdings Limited Releases New Year’s Letter to Shareholders

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IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — ATIF Holdings Limited (NASDAQ: ATIF, hereinafter referred to as the “Company” or “ATIF”)  issued this year’s New Year’s Letter to Shareholders, which was authored by ATIF’s President, Mr. Jun Liu. The following is the full text:

Dear ATIF Shareholders:

Thank you for your continued support and trust in ATIF. We are pleased to report that the Company has thus far laid the foundation for building a multifaceted business segment. I am as excited to deliver this message to you today in this letter as we were when ATIF was first formed..

The past three years have presented us with unprecedented challenges. The recurrence of the Covid-19 pandemic, macro policy regulation of the market, and delays in making decisions on large integrated projects have impacted ATIF’s growth in many ways. However, during these three years, we actively responded to market changes and worked hard to plan accordingly with the aim of fully upgrading our Internet financial information service platform IPOEX.com, which we plan to build into an industry-leading integrated platform with equity crowdfunding and asset securitization functions. To support the company’s development initiatives, we have established two core cornerstones, a strong technical development and a team of network experts, to strengthen IPOEX.com in providing more diversified financial services to SMEs.

Since its inception, ATIF has been committed to providing business advisory and financing services to outstanding companies around the world to access the U.S. capital markets. Following this, we successfully listed on NASDAQ in 2019 and received the “Top 10 Best Listed Companies of 2019” from the Golden Bauhinia Awards, the highest award for the financial and securities industry in Hong Kong.

Today, we are ready to move forward and make the most of the opportunities that lie ahead of us. We are confident because our business model has enabled us to advise several active companies that have all successfully entered the capital market. We believe the following initiatives will enable ATIF to grow our operations and deliver value to our loyal shareholders.

Our IPO advisory services have gradually shifted from Asia to North America, with the U.S. market becoming the primary service market for our business. We are actively preparing to organize financial forums to help ATIF identify potential SME candidates for business promotion while also expanding our audience in the US. At the same time, we will seek to expand our international business footprint, with the U.S. market as our main base for growth, and explore various countries and regions such as the Middle East, Europe, and Southeast Asia for IPO coaching.

In FY2022, we have signed approximately six clients who plan to list on the U.S. stock exchange. Our clients cover a wide range of industries, including new photovoltaic energy, alternative fuel vehicles, smart parking, logistics and shipping, freight storage, micro lodging, etc. We have a diversified resource structure and a bright future for different industries.

Conclusion

For 2023, our team and I are full of confidence. Access to capital is a key driver of growth for any business and coupled with providing practical and effective advice, our aim remains to provide the best and most effective service to our SME clients. We are very much looking forward to ATIF’s growth in the new year and expect that the IPOEX platform will provide multidimensional data and vital financial services to our clients, driving the IPOEX platform to become a strong and influential brand in the future.

Capital market price ups and downs have their own fluctuation laws, we sincerely hope that shareholders actively hold and pay attention to it for a long time. We will adhere to the development of long-term thinking and firmly believe that the future will be better! Our team and I would like to sincerely thank you for your continued support.

Finally, as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of ATIF Holdings Limited, I would like to express my gratitude to:

  • our shareholders and investors who have steadfastly supported ATIF’s growth over the years;
  • those who have contributed to the development of ATIF over the years; and
  • the hard-working ATIF employees .

Jun Liu

President, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

ATIF Holding Limited

About ATIF

ATIF Holdings Limited (NASDAQ: ATIF) is a Los Angeles-based financial company that provides professional and compliant IPO and M&A advisory services to companies through a combination of business, financial, counseling and consulting services. ATIF has extremely professional and skilled business and financial services experience, and has successfully provided dozens of companies with full U.S. IPO counseling and consulting services to date. ATIF owns a comprehensive financial services network platform www.IPOEX.com, developed by a strong team of technology development and network experts, which provides SMEs with one-stop services across digital finance, business consulting, asset securitization and digitization. ATIF was awarded the “Golden Bauhinia Award”, the highest award in the financial and securities industry in Hong Kong, for “Top 10 Best Listed Companies”.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements in this press release are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the “safe Harbor” provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When used in this press release, “estimated,” “projected,” Words such as “expect”, “anticipate”, “predict”, “plan”, “intend”, “believe”, “seek”, “may”, “will”, “should”, “future”, “propose” and variations of these words or similar expressions (or the opposite of such words or expressions) are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements do not guarantee future performance, conditions or results and involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors, many of which are outside the Company’s control and may cause actual results or achievements to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Important factors include future financial and operating results, including revenues, income, expenses, cash balances and other financial items; Ability to manage growth and expansion; Current and future economic and political conditions; The ability to compete in industries with low barriers to entry; The ability to obtain additional financing to fund capital expenditure in the future. Ability to attract new customers and further enhance brand awareness; Ability to hire and retain qualified management and key staff; Trends and competition in the financial advisory services industry; Pandemic or epidemic disease; Except as required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent occurring events or circumstances, or changes in its expectations. Although the Company believes that the expectations expressed in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, the Company cannot assure you that such expectations will turn out to be correct, and the Company cautions you that actual results may differ materially from the expected results expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements we make. You should not interpret forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Forward-looking statements represent only the beliefs and assumptions of our management as of the date such statements are made. The above forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this press release.

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Sims Limited Announces Retirement of Heather Ridout from Board of Directors

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NEW YORK, Jan. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Sims Limited (ASX: SGM), a global leader in sustainability and an enabler of the circular economy, announced today that Heather Ridout AO will retire from the Sims Limited Board of Directors in 2023. Changes to the Board of Directors, the board committees and structure will be determined at a later date.

Ridout, the former chief executive of the Australian Industry Group from 2004 through 2012, joined the Sims Limited Board of Directors in September 2011. She is the chairperson of the Remuneration Committee, and she is also a member of the Safety, Health, Environment, Community and Sustainability Committee, the Risk Committee, and the Nomination/Governance Committee.

Geoffrey Brunsdon, chairman and independent non-executive director for Sims Limited’s Board of Directors, said, “On behalf of the Board of Directors, I would like to thank Heather for her outstanding service to the Sims Limited Board, our employees and our shareholders. Heather’s leadership, guidance and wisdom throughout her 11 years of service have been a major factor in the company successfully navigating a demanding international growth strategy, as well as significant change. Both the Board of Directors and the executive leadership team will miss Heather’s counsel, and we wish her every success in her new role.”

Ridout was appointed as Australia’s next Consul-General in New York on 20 December 2022. With an outstanding career spanning four decades, she is well-equipped to promote Australia’s world-class and diverse creative industries, education and the arts in the United States.

“Sims Limited is a company I have known and admired for more than 25 years, and I was delighted for it to be a member of AI Group,” Ridout said. “I look back on my tenure at Sims Limited with great pride in serving as a non-executive director. I am extremely confident the company will continue to grow, prosper and positively impact society,” she concluded.

The precise date of Ridout’s retirement will be determined by the commencement date for her new role. 

About Sims Limited 
Founded in 1917, Sims Limited is a global leader in sustainability and an enabler of the circular economy that employs 4,400 employees who operate from more than 200 facilities across 15 countries. The company’s ordinary shares are listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX: SGM), and its American Depositary Shares are quoted on the Over-the-Counter market in the United States (USOTC: SMSMY). The company’s purpose, create a world without waste to preserve our planet, is what drives them to constantly innovate and offer new solutions in the circular economy for consumers, businesses, governments and communities around the world. For more information, visit www.simsltd.com.

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Thales Applauded by Frost & Sullivan for Its Comprehensive Solutions, Services, and Market-leading Position

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Thales acquired market leader Gemalto in 2019, and remains the overall market leader in software license and entitlement management.

SAN ANTONIO, Jan. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Frost & Sullivan has researched the global software license and entitlement management market and, based on its findings, recognizes Thales with the 2022 Global Software License and Entitlement Management Market Leadership Award. The company is the recognized leader in the software monetization field with a team of 450 experts in over 20 countries, including the United States, China, India, Japan, South Korea, and most European states. The Sentinel Platform provides publishers with the flexibility to create licenses and entitlements for any pricing model and allows customizations to meet evolving customer needs.

2022 Global Software License and Entitlement Management Market Leadership Award
2022 Global Software License and Entitlement Management Market Leadership Award

Thales’s Sentinel platform allows the management of licenses and entitlements for products across any direct or indirect distribution channel and the deployment of both popular and custom licensing models, including trial, subscription, perpetual, seat-based, and per-use licensing. It enables customers to track the delivery and activation status of licenses and get notifications for expirations and renewals. The data gathered in a central location can be used to generate up-sale and cross-sale opportunities. Sentinel also helps prevent reproduction, distribution, and unauthorized use of customers’ licenses and product features while allowing publishers to verify customer compliance with license usage terms and conditions of sale. It protects against IP theft through file encryption, code obfuscation, and system-level anti-debugging.

Mukul Krishna, global head of practice, supply chain, and logistics at Frost & Sullivan, observed, “Thales provides the most comprehensive platform and services for license and entitlement management, spanning both software and hardware enforcement with additional focus on helping SaaS companies to scale and grow. 

Thales’s suite of software monetization solutions capitalizes on a sophisticated entitlement management capability that can address any combination of SaaS, on-premises, and device-based requirements. With flexible and scalable solutions, Thales can equally address the needs of those looking for an out-of-the-box experience or a tailored and personalized customer experience. Dedicated SaaS services facilitate ecosystem integration to eliminate costly and cumbersome customizations, while easy-to-use APIs and web services ensure a lower cost of ownership for Thales’s customers, irrespective of their business dynamics.

“In a fiercely competitive and fast-changing market, Thales has shown it can compete at the highest level globally. Its impressive growth strategy and resilience have enabled it to maintain its market leadership,” added Krishna. For its exemplary market performance, Thales earns Frost & Sullivan’s 2022 Market Leadership Award for the global software license and entitlement management industry.

Each year, Frost & Sullivan presents this award to the company that has developed an innovative element in a product by leveraging leading-edge technologies. The award recognizes the value-added features/benefits of the product and the increased ROI it offers customers, which, in turn, raises customer acquisition and overall market penetration potential.

Frost & Sullivan Best Practices awards recognize companies in various regional and global markets for demonstrating outstanding achievement and superior performance in leadership, technological innovation, customer service, and strategic product development. Industry analysts compare market participants and measure performance through in-depth interviews, analyses, and extensive secondary research to identify best practices in the industry.

About Frost & Sullivan

For six decades, Frost & Sullivan has been world-renowned for its role in helping investors, corporate leaders, and governments navigate economic changes and identify disruptive technologies, Mega Trends, new business models, and companies to action, resulting in a continuous flow of growth opportunities to drive future success. Contact us: Start the discussion.

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Having Committed to Growth in the New Year, Unicoeye Accelerates Its Online Expansion

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WHIPPANY, N.J., Jan. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Unicoeye, an online retailer of colored contact lenses, is entering the new year with the ambitious goal of accelerating its online expansion. The company is committed to achieving growth in 2023 and is taking the necessary steps to ensure this goal is met. This includes focusing on new strategies to help increase its online presence, such as price adjustments and product promotions. Additionally, Unicoeye has shared some advice for consumers considering colored contact lenses.

Having Committed to Growth in the New Year, Unicoeye Accelerates Its Online Expansion
Having Committed to Growth in the New Year, Unicoeye Accelerates Its Online Expansion

Always insisting on putting customers first, Unicoeye stood out from many competitors in just a few years, and quickly became one of the most popular colored contact lens brands with vibrant original patterns and unique color combinations. As a professional colored contact lens brand, Unicoeye provides FDA-approved colored contacts shipped straight from their US warehouse, making sure customers receive their purchases within 2–6 days. For those looking for high-quality colored contact lenses at a reasonable price, lenses from Unicoeye are an excellent choice. Not only are they affordable, but they are also completely safe to wear. 

Likes and support from consumers motivate this brand to keep going and focus on delivering the best possible products and services. To achieve its planned online expansion, Unicoeye has decided to start by adjusting product prices and hosting promotions. Since January, the brand has lowered the prices of hot products on its website by up to 40%, with prices ranging from $9.99 to $16.99. It is worth mentioning that the brand is not reducing product quality to achieve this price reduction; on the contrary, they have been working hard to provide even better quality lenses. Further, multiple simultaneous promotions will allow customers to enjoy increased discounts on top of reduced prices. Anyone looking to temporarily change their eye color or enhance their makeup looks can visit the Unicoeye website for the most competitive prices.

“We hope those sales can help us build a good relationship with customers and also help spread awareness of our brand,” said the Unicoeye team. “With the right approach, we are confident that we can reach our goals of online expansion and overall growth this year.”

With the rise in popularity of colored contact lenses, it’s becoming commonplace to see them all over social media, worn by cosplayers, makeup artists, and countless other influencers. However, Unicoeye has noted that a certain fact about colored contacts needs to be more widely discussed, understood, and taken seriously. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a regulatory agency that creates guidelines for the protection of public health, requires colored contact lens vendors to be registered on their website due to the fact that colored contact lenses are considered medical devices. This means that those vendors must receive prior FDA authorization for their products to enter the U.S. and be commercially distributed. According to FDA regulations, compliance with registration can facilitate the supervision of a vendor’s products and allow consumers to report product-related problems and complaints. Therefore, it is important for colored contact lens brands to have FDA approval.

Unfortunately, some retailers sell colored contact lenses that do not meet the strict quality requirements established by the FDA. It is illegal to sell these lenses in the United States as they aren’t FDA-approved and may lead to eye infections and even cause blindness in severe cases after wearing them. Unicoeye, in addition to providing safe and FDA-approved lenses, also prioritizes its customers’ vision health by raising awareness of colored contact lens safety. For example, they recently shared an easy way for consumers to quickly verify whether the colored contact lenses they’ve purchased are FDA-approved: check whether the lenses are being shipped from the US. If they are shipped from a non-US warehouse or take weeks to arrive, this can be a sign that they are not FDA-approved.

Colored contacts are a great way to change up or enhance one’s look, but be sure to use colored contacts that the FDA approves to avoid eye injury. Unicoeye urges people interested in colored contacts to do thorough research before purchasing any lenses not directly provided by a pharmacy.

January Promotion Details:

-Buy 2 Get 1 Free
-Buy 3 Get 3 Free
-Buy 5 Get 6 Free

About Unicoeye

Unicoeye is a professional colored contact lens brand with a keen sense of fashion. Since its inception in 2019, the company has always been dedicated to providing safe and well-made products to every customer. Unicoeye insists on making eye health a top priority, using “sandwich printing” technology in their lenses to protect customers’ vision, and providing consumers with an FDA-approved purchasing experience.

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NashTech makes strategic acquisition of North American cloud and data solutions provider, Knoldus

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LONDON, Jan. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — NashTech, the global technology solutions business of Nash Squared, has acquired Knoldus as part of its strategic expansion in North America.

Knoldus is a technology advisory and solutions company with over 300 employees based in Canada, the US, Singapore and two development centres in India. It has a strong reputation across Fortune 500 clients for delivering leading–edge digital solutions around data, cloud and machine learning, as well high-performance real-time data systems.

The acquisition significantly strengthens NashTech’s footprint in the world’s largest technology market and adds important expertise in the fast-growing areas of cloud and data. It extends NashTech’s global development centre capability, which includes hubs in Vietnam, Latin America and now India.

Nick Lonsdale, CEO of NashTech, said: “NashTech is all about creating success and value for our clients and Knoldus’ deep expertise and strong track record in cloud and data solutions takes our offer to a new level. We look forward to welcoming the Knoldus team and clients to NashTech at this very exciting time of growth and development.”

Vikas Hazrati, CEO of Knoldus, shared: “We are excited about joining NashTech. As we continue to build on our achievements over the last ten years, Knoldus coming into the NashTech organisation will enable us to offer clients further capability and capacity to support them on their digital transformation journey to success.”

Cuong Nguyen, MD of NashTech, Vietnam commented: “This represents a step change in how we can help and support our clients in delivering technology solutions. They are the perfect fit for us, and I look forward to working with them.”

Bev White, CEO of Nash Squared, added: “This acquisition represents a very significant step forward in NashTech’s footprint in the important North America market. It forms part of the wider Nash Squared strategy of being a global leader in technology solutions and recruitment, supporting our clients with their digital transformation journey with choice and agility and building on the significant existing strength in Europe. I am delighted to welcome Knoldus into the Nash Squared family.”

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Michelle Thomas
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Hi2 Global Joins UN Principles for Responsible Investment

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NEW YORK, Jan. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Hi2 Global is now a signatory of the United Nations (UN) Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), the world’s leading proponent of responsible investment.

Launched by the UN in 2006 under former Secretary-General Kofi Annan, PRI works to understand the investment implications of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, and support its international network of investor signatories in incorporating these factors into their investment and ownership decisions.

The PRI is independent and encourages investors to use responsible investment to enhance returns and better manage risks, but does not operate for its own profit. It is supported by, but not part of, the UN.

The PRI has grown consistently since 2006 with 3,826 signatories representing $121.3 trillion of assets under management (AUM) all over the world as of 2021.

The six Principles for Responsible Investment offer a menu of possible actions for incorporating ESG issues into investment practice, which include incorporating ESG issues into investment analysis and decision-making processes, being active owners and incorporating ESG issues into ownership policies and practices, seeking appropriate disclosure on ESG issues by the entities invested, promoting acceptance and implementation of the Principles within the investment industry, working together to enhance effectiveness in implementing the Principles, and reporting on activities and progress towards implementing the Principles.

In implementing them, a signatory contributes to developing a more sustainable global financial system. Hi2 Global founder and CEO Jerry Wang believes PRI frame could greatly improve transparency in the investment universe and be able to bring fund managers to the same level of commitments to responsibility. Hi2 Global is scheduled to release its first PRI report in 2024.

As a global asset allocation platform, Hi2 Global has been incorporating ESG into investment decision-making process since inception in 2014 in New York. The actively managed Hi2 Venture Fund, an early-stage venture capital fund, is committed to responsible investments by focusing on innovative early-stage companies in emerging sectors including fin-tech, consumer-tech, clean-tech and health-tech in the United States, and emerging markets in Asia, Middle East, Africa, and Latin America.

The first Hi2 Venture Fund launched in 2020 has supported a number of innovation- and tech-driven startups which are committed to generate positive social and environmental impact in emerging markets.

While it has been proven that our portfolio companies have produced plenty of positive outcomes, the following figures would better demonstrate how they are contributing to the welfare of local society – more than 800 jobs have been created in emerging economies including Pakistan, Indonesia, Nigeria, Mexico; women make up 21% of founders and executives while minority founders make up more than 90%; 7 credit-tech startups and 2 digital banks in our portfolio are serving the huge unbanked and immigrant population across emerging markets in Middle East.

Looking forward, Hi2 Global will continue to incorporate ESG issues into investment practice by following the six PRI principles for responsible investment, with a particular focus on innovation-driven startups eyeing on transforming traditional sectors in emerging markets.  

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Appotronics Unveils World’s First Multi-Window Immersive Display Technology at CES

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Global laser innovation leader creates incredible mobility experience for drivers and passengers.

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — At CES 2023, Appotronics, a leading company in global laser display technology showcased its immersive multi-window laser-powered display solution in one global car maker’s vision car.

The vision car is the world’s first car with immersive display capabilities on all four side windows, offering flexibility to display laser-generated content as four transparent screens, making the vehicle more interactive for drivers and passengers. Users have the option to display content on both sides of the windows with ALPD® display devices hidden inside the cabin.

Dr. Yi Li, Founder and Chairman of Appotronics, remarked, “Bringing this advanced laser technology to CES is a ground-breaking moment for the automotive industry. In the past, laser displays on car windows were only imagined in films and on TV. Appotronics’ ALPD®  display technology is now turning this concept into reality, offering drivers and passengers an exceptional mobility experience.”

“As electric vehicles gain market share, our laser display solutions are being adopted more widely, taking different forms such as ultra-large screen projection, roof projection, side-window projection, smart surface projection and more. Outfitting electric vehicles with laser display technology makes perfect sense,” Li added.

Appotronics is a leading laser display manufacturer with research & development, patented core technology and critical component manufacturing capabilities. The company’s laser display solutions have been applied to a wide range of situations and sectors including automotive, movie theaters, home entertainment, exhibition halls, education and aviation. With 1,600 patents globally, Appotronics is now showcasing another example of its technology’s unique applications in the auto sector at CES in 2023.

The company currently offers three main product lines for smart cars, including onboard display, head-up display (HUD) and laser headlights. Appotronics’ laser technology works to combine the lighting and visual display on the interior and exterior of the vehicle, setting the stage for a variety of groundbreaking mobility solutions in the near future. Leveraging its proprietary laser display technology, Appotronics collaborates with experts across industries to create increasingly sophisticated automotive display solutions that will define the future of mobility.

About Appotronics 

Appotronics Corporation Ltd. is a leading laser display manufacturer with in-house R&D, patented core technology and critical components manufacturing capabilities. It was also one of the first companies listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange Star Market (Code: 688007). Headquartered in Shenzhen, China, Appotronics has subsidiaries and offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and North America. Invented in 2007, Appotronics’ signature ALPD® laser display technology is the world’s first widely adopted laser technology in the industry. The technology has been adopted by a wide variety of venues and fields, including movie theaters, exhibition halls, virtual simulations, stage performances, aviation, automotives, business applications, education, home entertainment and more.

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The Gaia Hotel Bandung Offers Luxurious Event Spaces with ViewSonic’s Foldable 135″ LED Display Solution Kit

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BREA, Calif., Jan. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — ViewSonic Corp, a leading global provider of visual solutions, worked with the Gaia Hotel Bandung in Indonesia to transform their event spaces into cinematic venues with the 135″ All-in-One LED Display Solution Kit. With a foldable screen and 360° silent wheels, the display can be moved easily between 26 meeting and event spaces. The pre-assembled design offers an easy setup and can be used instantly for meetings, weddings, and conferences. These different features minimize the cost of time and labor significantly.

The five-star Gaia Hotel Bandung boasts 280 accommodation rooms and 4 F&B outlets alongside 26 event venues of various interior designs and sizes for meetings, weddings, and conferences. The current audiovisual equipment used in these spaces has limited screen size and poor sound. The equipped traditional LCD walls not only had distracting image grids in between that were visible to viewers but they were also fixed to the walls permanently. It would require a big investment to renovate the venue and equipment. To solve this obstacle, a comprehensive solution that offered a simple set up and more flexibility, alongside incredible imagery and high-fidelity audio was needed.

“It is our goal to be a leading brand to elevate the hospitality industry in Indonesia. One of the ways is to offer state-of-the-art audiovisual experiences to our guests in our event spaces,” said Subakti Wangsanegara, Managing Director of Gaia Hotels & Resorts. “ViewSonic’s solution answered our difficulties with the large display’s mobility and flexibility. It helped us minimize the costs, staff resources, and time needed to set up the display. Our guests were impressed by the cinematic images and the spatial audio of the innovative AV solution.”

“Our All-in-One LED display solution kit is designed to bring more flexibility for events, exhibitions, or any short-term usage for businesses. By adding a foldable screen feature to the ultra-large display, the solution kit can offer greater convenience for transportation at a lower cost and effort,” said Dean Tsai, General Manager of Projector & LED Display Business Unit at ViewSonic. “We are happy to see that this innovative solution has been adopted in the hospitality industry and brought valuable experiences for both our customers and their guests.”

ViewSonic’s 135″ All-in-One LED Display Solution Kit comes pre-assembled in a secure flight case. The foldable design of the LED display reduces the packaging size significantly to offer greater convenience for transportation. Set with a motorized floor stand on silent 360° wheels, Gaia Hotel Bandung could move it between 26 event spaces across different floors effortlessly. It only required two staff members to unpack and set up the screen in 10 minutes – thus minimizing cost, labor, and time.

With the bezel-free, slim, and sleek design, the movable ultra-large LED display blends easily into any décor and fits any space. Whether it’s a romantic wedding video or a high-stakes commercial presentation, guests at Gaia Hotel Bandung could relish the immersive pictures and the cinema-grade Harman Kardon acoustics at their events.

Moreover, the All-in-One Direct View LED Display Solution Kit features built-in operating system with Wi-Fi accessibility. Guests could easily operate it and share their videos or presentations wirelessly from mobile devices onto the display without hassle. Ultimately, these features make it easier for the hotel staff to manage events successfully.

To learn more about how ViewSonic assists Gaia Hotel Bandung to offer world-class facilities with the 135″ LED Display Solution Kit, please visit the following links for the full story and case study video.

During ISE 2023 (January 31st to February 3rd), ViewSonic will showcase the 135″ All-in-One Direct View LED Display Solution Kit at booth 2Q600 to demonstrate the innovative audiovisual solution. For more information, please visit ViewSonic at ISE.

About Gaia Hotel Bandung

Spanning over 2.3 hectares on a valley facing luscious mountains, The Gaia Bandung offers an experience beyond mere 5-star elegance. The Gaia Hotel Bandung offers guests the ability to enjoy the nature of the surrounding area while giving a range of options that bring rest, recreation, and creative excitement. At The Gaia Hotel Bandung, we invite guests to discover different dimensions of rest and leisure through a wide offering of facilities and opportunities to create a uniquely personal experience. https://thegaiabandung.com/ 

About ViewSonic

Founded in California, ViewSonic is a leading global provider of visual solutions and conducts business in over 100 countries worldwide. As an innovator and visionary, ViewSonic is committed to providing comprehensive hardware and software solutions that include monitors, projectors, pen displays, commercial displays, All-in-One LED displays, ViewBoard interactive displays, and myViewBoard software ecosystem. With over 35 years of expertise in visual displays, ViewSonic has established a strong position for delivering innovative and reliable solutions for education, enterprise, consumer, and professional markets and helping customers “See the Difference.” To find out more about ViewSonic, please visit www.viewsonic.com.

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The Xbox is Going Greener with Some Clever Carbon Awareness in its Next Update

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Microsoft’s Xbox is not technically officially supported in Malaysia. That also means that it is not technically officially on sale in the region. That does not mean that the Microsoft made console cannot be found in Malaysia. You still can get your hands on one from retailers across the nation. Because it is not officially supported here, you do have to register yourself as an Xbox user from Singapore.

If you do have an Xbox at home, you might be pleased to know that the next update for your gaming console might save you some money from your electricity bill in the coming months. The update is really meant to be Microsoft’s big effort in reducing carbon footprints and emissions across their hardware and even software. It is in-line with their goal of achieving carbon negativity, water positive, and zero-waste company by 2030.

They say that the next update makes the Xbox a little more carbon aware. That means that your console will now only push updates and software updates at optimized times in the day. Optimized as in it only runs at a time when the Xbox can use the least amount of non-renewable energy, or when renewable energy becomes more abundant, whatever that means.

How it does that is quite clever, to be fair. When plugged in and connected to the internet, the Xbox will have access to the regional carbon intensity data. Whether the data includes Malaysia or not has not been revealed. With that data though, the Xbox will schedule its various downloads and updates at specific times where carbon emissions are lowest. Instead of a programmed schedule for your updates (2.00 a.m. – 6.00 a.m. by default), your console only wakes up at specific times where your local energy grid is at its most carbon efficient state and turns back off again after those specified times.

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Source: Xbox

The update will also bring a more energy efficient mode to the Xbox when it is not in use. They dub it the energy saving mode. Instead of the Xbox going to sleep, it goes to Shutdown automatically. They say that other than slower booth times, it will not affect performances, gameplay, or its automatic updates. It just sort of turns off the Xbox until you switch it on, or when it wants to update. They say that Shutdown power mode will reduce the console’s power consumption by over 20 folds compared to the regular Sleep option. Reduced power consumption not only means lower carbon emissions, it also means you pay less for your electricity. Sleep is still an optional power mode for your console, you just need to dig deeper into the settings to make it an available power option by default.

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You still get a lot of control over your Xbox though. If you want your console to just power up and get into your games immediately, you can adjust its ‘Active Hours’. It allows you to still have your console to go into Sleep mode immediately, but only at selected times. Outside of those selected ‘Active Hours’ your Xbox goes into Shutdown mode automatically to draw less than 1W of power.

The carbon awareness update for your Xbox will be available soon. The power saving modes is only available for Xbox Insider members though, oddly enough. Then again, being an Xbox Insider might give you early access to plenty of things too, which could be a big appeal in itself. More information can be found in their news blog.

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Moment of Service

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IFS CEO Darren Roos’s ‘Moment of Service’ explores how its customers across industries execute their servitization strategy and put the Moment of Service at the heart of transformation. 

LONDON, Jan. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — IFS, the global cloud enterprise software company, today announced the launch of ‘Moment of Service’, a book by IFS CEO Darren Roos.

The company shared its pledge to help customers deliver their Moment of Service in February 2021 as part of its global re-brand. Since then, Moment of Service – both as a concept and mantra for IFS – has undergone extensive research and validation with customers, and is proving to resonate deeply across companies of all sizes and across industries.

This is Darren’s first major publication since joining IFS as CEO in April 2018. He approaches the ‘Moment of Service’ by exploring the different considerations companies must make in order to successfully evolve their business and reap the growth benefits. 

‘Moment of Service’ articulates the heart of IFS’s vision: helping its customers deliver their best when it matters most – at the moment of service. The concept is brought to life through detailed customer case studies, with the book highlighting the key components of service transformation from the accelerants of servitization to the need for deep domain expertise, fiscal fairness, the power of evergreen and the role of supply chains in delivering magical Moments of service. The book illustrates the strategies and challenges, as well as successes from companies globally.

The Moment of Service theme has remained central to IFS’s own customer pledge, and was evident at IFS Unleashed – the recent IFS community event held in Miami in October 2022. The global event saw customers take to the stage, demonstrating the continued impact of servitization and how it is central to their business transformation, and sharing how successful business outcomes rely on having their own Moment of Service at the heart.

With contributions from Cheer Pack, Jotun, Panasonic HVAC, ANDRITZ, CimCorp, Munters, Southwest Airlines, TDC, Cubic Transformation Systems, Transport for London, and Rolls-Royce,  “Moment of Service” provides an insight into the changes companies have made or need to make, from technology to operational models and people skills, to deliver a great outcome for their customers.

Darren Roos, Chief Executive Officer, IFS, said: “Moment of Service” ties together the eco-system of delivering “service” to customers.” He continued, “If you accept that there is a Moment of Service, you understand what you need to do to orchestrate your assets, customers, and people to deliver that Moment of Service, and this is very, very compelling.”

Roberto Franchitti, Executive Vice President for Services, Tetra Pak, commented: “Each Tetra Pak package produced is a potential moment of service. That’s more than 190 billion moments of service per year.”

He continued, “We have machines that can produce 11 packs per second. In other words, the output from our customers’ production equipment represents a continuous moment of service, and that continuous moment of service is something that our customers depend on for all business transformation efforts.”

About the Author:

Darren Roos is into his fifth year as CEO of IFS, a post he took in April 2018. His vision spearheaded the transformation of the company internally through modernization and digital transformation and externally with the promise of delivering value to customers and putting them at the heart of the IFS business and product development strategy.

Darren built his career in global software businesses over 20 years. He previously served as President of SAP’s global ERP Cloud business, with prior roles as General Manager of Northern Europe and Chief Operating Officer of EMEA for the company. Darren also was formerly the President of EMEA, APJ, LATAM at Software AG, during which time he served on Software AG’s Group Executive Board. In addition to his IFS role, Darren is a board director at Sitecore and launched Inner Wings, a confidence-building foundation.

Editorial Contributions:

Vinnie Mirchandani and Guy Dunkerley.

Publication Details:

Title: Moment of Service
On Sale: January 12th, 2023
RPR Price: £14.99
Pages: 211
ISBN: 978-1-3999-3481-7
General Availability: Amazon UK *

*General Availability on Amazon US and EU stores over January and February.

IFS Press Contacts:

EUROPE / MEA / APJ: Adam Gillbe
IFS, Director of Corporate & Executive Communications
Email: press@ifs.com
Phone: +44 7775 114 856

NORTH AMERICA / LATAM: Mairi Morgan
IFS, Director of Corporate & Executive Communications
Email: press@ifs.com
Phone: +1 520 396 2155

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