TAIPEI, Dec. 8, 2020 — Infortrend® Technology, Inc. (TWSE: 2495), the industry-leading enterprise storage provider, has received Milestone XProtect video management software (VMS) certificate for its highly integrated storage server EonServ 5000 Gen2. This bundle brings the comprehensive, easy-to-operate, and high-performance IT infrastructure for high-quality surveillance footage.
EonServ 5000 Gen2 is a hybrid server storage with the best cost-performance ratio. Equipped with 8th Generation Intel® Core™ i3/Xeon E processor, 64GB memory capacity, and 12Gb/s SAS interface, it supports hundreds of recording cameras in surveillance applications. For easy deployment and maintenance, EonServ 5000 Gen2 adopted cableless modular hardware design and removable slot for OS disk. To deliver an integrated and reliable video surveillance solution for high quality video recording and archiving, Infortrend has formed technology alliance with major VMS providers, including Milestone Systems.
Milestone Systems is the world leader of open platform IP-surveillance software and has more than 150,000 global installations. Its XProtect products are user-friendly, yet powerful, and designed in an open architecture so that users can integrate their systems with various IP-cameras, encoders, and digital video recorders which suit better for their business needs. EonServ 5000 Gen2 NVR platforms, including EonServ 5012 (2U 12-bay) and EonServ 5016 (3U 16-bay) models, are certified as Milestone XProtect-ready appliances. They can host XProtect Recording Servers and provide capacity for both the live video database and long-term archiving within a Milestone XProtect VMS surveillance system. Based on test results, the solution provides high performance with the selected hard drive configuration and supports a large number of cameras depending on resolution sets.
"System integrators and surveillance systems operators, who deploy EonServ 5000 Gen2 as a storage server with Milestone XProtect VMS, can totally rely on their system when it comes to speed, performance, and quality of recording and archiving videos," said Frank Lee, Senior Director of Product Planning.
Infortrend (TWSE: 2495) has been developing and manufacturing storage solutions since 1993. With a strong emphasis on in-house design, testing, and manufacturing, Infortrend storage delivers performance and scalability with the latest standards, user friendly data services, personal after-sales support, and unrivaled value. For more information, please visit www.infortrend.com
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The unified ISE platform automates vital processes to secure a client’s on-premise as well as cloud-hosted data
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 8, 2020 — Based on its recent analysis of the global data leak prevention (DLP) market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes GhangorCloud with the 2020 Global Technology Innovation Award. GhangorCloud is the only company currently providing fourth generation data protection through its Information Security Enforcer (ISE)™ platform. A unified platform with an intuitive user interface uniquely addresses the four core functions: data classification, data access control, DLP, and a cloud access security broker (CASB). As it is is fully-automated, it does away with common human errors in data protection processes and provides superior visibility through real-time incident monitoring.
"The ISE™ is the most advanced DLP and CASB platform in the market. It monitors the customer’s ecosystem for accidental as well as malicious data leaks, whether the source is an employee, consultant, contractor, or third party, and prevents these leaks through its proprietary technology," said Danielle VanZandt, Industry Analyst at Frost & Sullivan. "Competing solutions rely on machine learning to recognize confidential data, but in this method, the system leaks private information a few times before it can distinguish between types of data. ISE, on the other hand, immediately recognizes the difference through the company’s proprietary artificial intelligence algorithms."
ISE views data for the first time and identifies whether the information is a human resources document, HIPAA-related data, or banking and financial information. It detects their security level rating in real time, eliminating downtime and data leaks, delivering a high return on investment, and increasing productivity while maintaining security. Moreover, when an employee classifies a document as public when it should be set to private, the platform recognizes whether it was by accident or design. GhangorCloud’s platform also detects breaches and malware that ‘hide’ from competing technologies.
GhangorCloud’s platform offers automated compliance controls that enable organizations to maintain their security posture. Its seamless, rapid integration process requires little to no training. Furthermore, the configuration period takes only one or two weeks, as GhangorCloud’s platform is artificial intelligence-powered. In contrast, competing solutions require months or years to provide value or could become legacy by the time an organization begins to benefit from the solution.
"GhangorCloud works closely with prospective customers to ensure they understand the benefits ISE can provide, starting with a presentation and demonstration, and then presents a proof-of-concept. The company’s strategy, unmatched technology, and customer-centric design have resulted in a near 100% customer win-rate," noted Tara Semon, Best Practices Research Analyst at Frost & Sullivan. "GhangorCloud’s spirit of innovation, along with outstanding customer support, has entrenched the company’s market position as a true innovator."
Each year, Frost & Sullivan presents this award to the company that develops a product with innovative features and functionality that is gaining rapid acceptance in the market. The award recognizes the quality of the solution and the customer value enhancements it enables.
Frost & Sullivan Best Practices awards recognize companies in a variety of regional and global markets for demonstrating outstanding achievement and superior performance in areas such as 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.
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GhangorCloud is an award-winning provider of next-generation Information Security and Compliance solutions. GhangorCloud’s Information Security Enforcer protects data based on its contextual and conceptual significance, using a powerful AI engine and security algorithms to automatically identify, classify, and protect large volumes of information in real-time with unprecedented accuracy. The company is founded by Silicon Valley security veterans that include leading authorities from companies like Symantec, McAfee, Trend Micro, Cisco, Juniper, Alteon and Array Networks. For more information, see http://www.GhangorCloud.com.
HONG KONG, Dec. 4, 2020 — China Telecom Corporation Limited ("China Telecom" or "the Company"; HKEx: 00728; NYSE: CHA) is pleased to announce that the Company was awarded "ESG Leading Enterprise Award" – the category of market capitalization over HK$20 billion in the second ESG Leading Enterprise Awards 2020 organized by Bloomberg Businessweek/Chinese Edition, a leading business magazine in the Greater China region offering in-depth coverage with local insights and a global perspective, and Deloitte, a leading global professional services provider.
China Telecom Honored with “ESG Leading Enterprise Award” by Bloomberg Businessweek / Chinese Edition
The ESG Leading Enterprise Awards 2020 aims at encouraging enterprises to adopt Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) best practices and enhance transparency in ESG reporting and disclosure, ultimately to foster a sustainable business culture with positive impact on the environment and society. The awards are adjudicated by a panel of professional judges including economists, financial analysts and accountants, ensuring objectivity and credibility of the assessment process.
The accreditation received by China Telecom is a testimony to the achievement of the Company’s outstanding performance in ESG strategies, initiatives and disclosures. China Telecom well recognizes the growing importance attached to the Company’s performance in ESG by the capital market, with such performance being increasingly integrated into investment decisions. Therefore, the Company will continue to strengthen the disclosure and explanation in ESG to give investorsa fuller understanding of the Company’s execution, goals and strategies.
Report evaluates content services vendors’ completeness of vision and ability to execute
CLEVELAND, Dec. 4, 2020 — Hyland and its new acquisition, Alfresco were both named Leaders in the Gartner 2020 Magic Quadrant for Content Services Platforms*. This is the 11th consecutive year Gartner has recognized Hyland as a Leader within the evolved content services report, and the inaugural Leader positioning for Alfresco.
"We believe this latest Gartner report reflects what our customers already know: Hyland and Alfresco are the clear global leaders in the content services space, developing modern solutions in the cloud with the breadth and depth to help organizations meet ever accelerating digital transformation needs," said Bill Priemer, president and CEO at Hyland. "Our product innovation and customer focus ensure our customers have the most advanced solutions for managing content and processes now and into the future."
Offering the most comprehensive content services portfolio available, Hyland supports new and evolving ways of working, enabling healthcare providers, government agencies, financial institutions, insurers, educational institutions and other organizations worldwide to transform their operations and deliver better experiences to the people they serve. More than 16,000 global organizations leverage Hyland’s content services platform to meet their digital transformation, compliance and customer experience imperatives.
"Today’s business culture requires rich technology that empowers employees to work the way they work best – be that in a physical office or from their home," said John Phelan, EVP and chief product officer at Hyland. "We are committed to providing our customers with the most modern, feature-rich content services platform to support digital transformation journeys."
Hyland’s low-code content services platform helps organizations manage the entire information lifecycle, transform processes, reduce security and compliance risks, and help users make more informed decisions.
To learn more about why Gartner recognizes both Hyland and Alfresco as a Leader, download a complimentary copy of the Gartner 2020 Magic Quadrant for Content Services Platforms on Hyland.com or Alfresco.com.
*Gartner Inc., Magic Quadrant for Content Services Platforms, Michael Woodbridge, Marko Sillanpaa, Lane Severson, November 16, 2020
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About Hyland Hyland is a leading content services provider that enables thousands of organizations to deliver better experiences to the people they serve. Find us at Hyland.com.
DoiT International, a leading provider of proprietary technology for cloud management, optimization, and public cloud expertise, announced the achievement of the Data Management Partner Specialization in the Google Cloud Partner Advantage Program.
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 4, 2020 — DoiT International ("DoiT"), a leading provider of proprietary technology for cloud management, optimization, and public cloud expertise, announced the achievement of the Data Management Partner Specialization in the Google Cloud Partner Advantage Program.
By earning the Partner Specialization, DoiT has proven its expertise and success in building customer solutions in the Data Management field using Google Cloud technology. DoiT was one of a handful of partners who were vital in launching this Google Cloud Partner Specialization.
Specializations in the Google Cloud Partner Advantage Program are designed to provide Google Cloud customers with qualified partners that have demonstrated technical proficiency and proven success in specialized solutions and service areas. Partners with the Data Management specialization have the technical ability and substantial proven success in migration and management of data workloads to Google Cloud. Google Cloud products included in the Data Management Specialization are Google Cloud SQL, Cloud Spanner, BigTable, Firestore, Firebase, and MemoryStore.
The Data Management specialization complements DoiT’s existing Google Cloud Partner Specializations in Infrastructure, Infrastructure Training, Location-Based Services, Data Analytics, Machine Learning, and Cloud Migration. Earlier this year, DoiT previously received the Google Cloud Reseller Partner of the Year award for North America in 2019.
DoiT has a long history of demonstrated success with managing data workloads from on-premises, private cloud, or other public clouds for its many technological customers. DoiT’s implementation of Google Cloud data management solutions enabled customer Raycatch to reduce analytics workloads by 60x while reducing their infrastructure costs by 80%. Thanks to DoiT’s implementation of Google Cloud machine learning capabilities, Bringg has satisfied customers with a 30% increase in efficiency. And for Sift, DoiT led their migration to Google Cloud’s BigTable as their core datastore, resulting in a 75% reduction in latency, allowing their customers to react faster and eliminate fraud.
"Given DoiT’s years of experience helping customers migrate to Google Cloud, receiving this recognition from Google Cloud validates our belief that we provide world-class services, support, and technology," said Mike Royle, DoiT International Staff Cloud Architect and project lead for the extensive certification efforts.
Interested in migrating to Google Cloud? DoiT International is here to help.
About DoiT International
DoiT International, a strategic partner of Google Cloud and Amazon Web Services, is the leading provider of a proprietary platform for public cloud optimization, governance, analytics, and expertise. We help our clients tackle complex problems of scale, using our technology and our vast experience with machine learning, algorithms, complexity analysis, and system design.
Founded in 2011, DoiT International operates in nearly 70 countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, France, and Israel. For more information, please visit www.doit-intl.com.
SHENZHEN, China, Dec. 3, 2020 — JS Global Lifestyle Company Limited ("JS Global" or "the Company") announced that the Company has won the "Listed Company with the Best Investment Potential" award at the 10th Hong Kong International Finance Week and China Securities "Golden Bauhinia Award" Ceremony.
The award recognition reflects improved market confidence in the company’s investment potential and was reviewed by the Listed Companies Association of Beijing, Chinese Securities Association of Hong Kong, and Chinese Financial Association of Hong Kong among other trusted professional authorities.
After 30 years of development, China’s capital market has fostered a growing number of global companies that have created innovative services and products for the rest of the world. The recognition of JS Global Lifestyle as one of the Listed Companies with the Best Investment Potential at this Forum is also a testimony to the continued vitality of Chinese companies.
Rooted in Chinese and U.S. markets, JS Global Lifestyle is a global leader in innovative, high-quality small household appliances which incorporates three major brands: Shark, Ninja and Joyoung. JS Global Lifestyle achieved another milestone in 2019 with annual revenue reaching over $US 3 billion, up 12.5 percent year on year. In face of the challenge of the global economy and the COVID-19 pandemic, JS Global Lifestyle has readjusted its sales strategies at home and abroad to seize business opportunities during this unprecedented global crisis.
"It is our honor to share JS Global’s experience with the experts and executives at the Hong Kong International Financial Forum," said Han Run, CFO of JS Global Lifestyle.
"JS Global Lifestyle is actively committed to national development initiatives and the rapid development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area especially the relaxing of finance rules to ride the wave of economic transformation spearheaded by technology and innovation to enhance its status as a global leader in high-quality, innovative small household appliances," she added.
Delivering services and products to meet new consumption demands driven by the new economy and the exciting development of video live-streaming, JS Global has expanded its userbase by exploring these new digital services to create new sales channels. In addition, the company also created a new retail operation model to match the company’s development. The company’s performance is bucking the trend as a result.
Despite the difficulties Joyoung experienced over the last few months, such as the closure of brick and mortar stores, the brand has achieved positive growth in domestic sales in the first quarter of 2020 through the new retail modal and live streaming marketing to reach more potential customers. Shark and Ninja have also quickly adjusted their sales strategies and strengthened their e-commerce platforms. They have launched a series of new products, such as VacMop, Foodi indoor oven, double-basket air fryer and high-end intelligent navigation sweeping robot, which consumers have taken a shine too.
Now, JS Global Lifestyle ranks sixth globally in the small household appliance industry, and third among small household appliance-focused companies. Following its rapid expansion in Europe in recent years, JS Global Lifestyle now ranks second in the UK’s upright vacuums market and is gradually developing its German and French markets. At the same time, JS Global Lifestyle benefits from its management team’s excellent leadership and as a result, has seen optimized operating costs, improved operating efficiency and increased speed to research, develop and release products. It also allows for compatibility in the design of Chinese and American products to help consumers in these markets better understand and experience high-quality product design.
LONG BEACH, Calif., Dec. 2, 2020 — Laserfiche — a leading global provider of intelligent content management and business process automation — was named a Challenger in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Content Services Platforms. Laserfiche was evaluated as one of 18 vendors in the market, and was recognized based on its completeness of vision and ability to execute.
"We are seeing a paradigm shift in the way that organizations view their content and processes in the wake of COVID-19. This shift has accelerated digital transformation initiatives," said Chris Wacker, CEO of Laserfiche. "Organizations need a content services platform that can provide secure access to critical information and rapid deployment of automated solutions. Laserfiche is proud to provide the platform that enables innovation for leading organizations around the world."
Laserfiche offers a product suite of content services — including e-forms, document management, workflow rules management, content collaboration, dashboard analytics, records management and audit trail — available as SaaS or self-hosted. The company recently unveiled enhancements to its content services platform, including:
Laserfiche Vault, a solution package and cloud-based services to support broker-dealer firms with WORM archival for SEC 14a-4.
Workflow Bots, expanded robotic process automation capabilities that allow organizations to enable last-mile integrations and build more complete, end-to-end solutions.
Smart Invoice Capture capabilities that use machine learning technology to automatically capture information from any invoice, in any format.
Direct Share capabilities, which allow users to share content from their Laserfiche repository with external customers or community members in an audited and tracked manner.
Out-of-the-Box CRM integrations that improve efficiency when saving and accessing customer information, and accelerate customer-facing processes.
"Our trust uses Laserfiche to process thousands of documents a day," said Levi Wong, head of electronic records at Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust. "We utilize the robust workflow platform, which allows users to input directly into the patient record, saving time, reducing costs and improving the speed to data availability."
"Laserfiche innovations in process automation and highly-flexible industry solutions help customers increase productivity and optimize their costs," said Thomas Phelps IV, vice president of corporate strategy and CIO of Laserfiche. "This is why we believe Laserfiche is positioned as a Challenger, and was named a 2020 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Content Services Platforms. On Gartner Peer Insights, customers give Laserfiche a 4.8 average rating (out of 5.0) in the Content Services Platforms market (as of Jan. 31, 2020) over the last 12 months1."
To learn more about Laserfiche among vendors in the content services platforms market, download a complimentary copy of the 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Content Services Platforms here.
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1 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice constitute the subjective opinions of individual end-user reviews, ratings, and data applied against a documented methodology; they neither represent the views of, nor constitute an endorsement by, Gartner or its affiliates. See https://www.gartner.com/reviews/market/content-services-platforms/vendor/laserfiche.
About Laserfiche Laserfiche is the leading SaaS provider of intelligent content management and business process automation. Through powerful workflows, electronic forms, document management and analytics, the Laserfiche® platform eliminates manual processes and automates repetitive tasks, accelerating how business gets done.
Laserfiche pioneered the paperless office with enterprise content management. Today, Laserfiche’s cloud-first development approach incorporates innovations in machine learning and AI to enable organizations in more than 80 countries to transform into digital businesses. Customers in every industry—including government, education, financial services, healthcare and manufacturing—use Laserfiche to boost productivity, scale their business and deliver digital-first customer experiences.
Laserfiche employees in offices around the world are committed to the company’s vision of empowering customers and inspiring people to reimagine how technology can transform lives.
Bright Pattern, leading provider of AI-powered cloud contact center software, recognized by Frost & Sullivan for innovation in Omnichannel, AI, and IT Service Management functionality
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Dec. 1, 2020 — Bright Pattern announced its placement as a top vendor in the latest Frost & Sullivan Contact Center Software Buyers Guide for the second consecutive year. Coming off of a record growth year for Bright Pattern with over 100% bookings growth, the company is being recognized for its omnichannel conversations capability, omnichannel quality management, ease of use, customer satisfaction, reliability, AI innovation, and its new omnichannel interaction platform for IT Service Management.
"We are honored to be featured in the Frost & Sullivan 2020 Contact Center Software Buyers Guide as a leading contact center vendor for the second year in a row. This recognition is further validation of our omnichannel contact center solution with their report noting our industry-leading ease-of-use and true omnichannel capabilities, both for omnichannel customer conversations and omnichannel quality management," said Michael McCloskey, Chief Executive Officer at Bright Pattern.
Bright Pattern strengths as recognized by Frost & Sullivan include:
Breadth of Platform Capabilities
All channels are native to the platform, enabling true omnichannel conversations and omnichannel quality management.
Bright Pattern is one of the first providers to offer customer service messaging apps, particularly in an omnichannel environment.
Out-of-box integrations to CRMs and applications like Microsoft Teams for remote agents
Ease of Use/Deployment and Industry-Leading Availability
Due to the simplicity of the platform, Bright Pattern offers low license costs and professional services at a fraction of the cost of many other cloud-based vendors.
Bright Pattern provides 100% global availability and an active-active topology that can support up to 10,000 plus concurrent users in a single instance.
On the fly upgrades with no downtime to users.
One of the first cloud-agnostic platforms allowing the customer to utilize Amazon, Azure, or other data centers.
High Customer Rankings/Customer-Focused Development
For two consecutive years on Capterra, G2 Crowd, and other "not for pay" customer review sites, Bright Pattern customers rank the company higher than virtually every other cloud contact center, in categories from customer support to feature content. In winter 2019, G2 Crowd noted that Bright Pattern had the highest ROI in the industry per customer reviews and fastest time to deploy at half the industry average.
A customer and partner-led organization, Bright Pattern’s R&D is heavily driven by customer/partner feedback. For instance, its recently launched QM product saw 80 top feature requests from partners.
The buyers guide also provided customer recommendations, in which Bright Pattern was recommended as the best fit for companies looking for an omnichannel contact center solution, contact center artificial intelligence, and omnichannel communications for IT Service Management:
Omnichannel: "Companies looking at emerging channels such as messengers or mobile capabilities such as chat, video chat, or document sharing within their app into their customer care organizations would do well to look at Bright Pattern."
Artificial Intelligence: "For companies that are looking to infuse AI into customer contact, Bright Pattern’s Bright AI provides a plethora of choices as to how to do so, [including] integration with RPA vendors, intelligent bots, and messaging applications. In fact, the various technologies can easily be combined (e.g., creating a messaging application that provides instant access to a chatbot for assistance)."
ITSM and Service Management Enrichment: "For companies that want to extend investments in legacy service management platforms yet enrich service management through AI and automation, Bright Pattern for Service Management would be a good fit and provide solid ROI."
Bright Pattern is the simplest, most powerful AI-powered omnichannel contact center with the highest ROI and fastest time to deploy in the industry (half the industry average). Bright Pattern ranked #1 for Interoperability, #1 for Platform Functionality, and #1 for Hosting Reliability and Scalability in the Omdia Buyer’s Guide. Bright Pattern outranked Five9, NICE inContact, Avaya, Aspect, and 8×8 as a leading provider in the 2020 G2 Crowd Report, and was a leader in the 2020 Call Center Software FrontRunners Quadrant with customer ratings higher than Five9, Genesys PureCloud, NICE inContact, RingCentral, and Talkdesk. Additionally, Bright Pattern was recognized by Frost & Sullivan for its omnichannel, AI, and ITSM capabilities, and by Gartner as a leader in the Call Center FrontRunners Quadrant.
Bright Pattern provides the simplest and most powerful AI-powered omnichannel contact center software for innovative midsize and enterprise companies. With the purpose of making customer service brighter, easier, and faster than ever before, Bright Pattern offers the only true omnichannel cloud platform with embedded AI that can be deployed quickly and nimbly by business users—without costly professional services. Bright Pattern allows companies to offer an effortless and personal customer experience across channels like voice, text, chat, email, video, messengers, and bots. Bright Pattern also allows companies to measure and act on every interaction on every channel with embedded AI omnichannel quality management. The company was founded by a team of industry veterans who pioneered the leading contact center solutions and are now delivering an architecture for the future with an advanced cloud-first approach. Bright Pattern’s cloud contact center solution is used globally in over 26 countries and 12 languages.
BREA, Calif., Nov. 27, 2020 — ViewSonic Corp., a leading global provider of visual and educational solutions, organized the ColorPro Award 2020 Global Photography Contest with four leaders in the creative industry — Blurb, Shoot the Frame (STF), Tinyspace, and TourBox — centered on the theme of kindness to celebrate kindness around the world. Followed by the award ceremony, the ColorPro Gallery website was launched on November 13 to showcase the top 100 entries and to contitune spreading positive energy through these beautiful photographs to the world.
The top 10 winners of the ColorPro Award 2020 Global Photography Contest were selected from more than 2,100 extraordinary photo entries from 18 countries and regions. ViewSonic and partners seek to encourage people to share their precious moments through photographs and to inspire creativity and highlight the meaningful stories happening around us each and every day. Through the vision of ColorPro Award, you would rediscover the world from a different angle.
1st Prize Winner, Kindness by Antonio Aragon Renuncio, Spain (photo credit: ViewSonic)
In Africa, children with disabilities are at high risk of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse, and are often abandoned by their families. Misconceptions and superstitions are prevalent. For example, people say that disabilities are due to divine punishment (with those suffering from disabilities often referred to as "snakes" as they lie on the ground). These children are in dire need of specialized care and attention to improve their quality of life. In Bombouaka, Togo, Kodjo, a 14-year-old child in a wheelchair, helps his classmate with homework before a soccer game in a makeshift classroom at the Don Orione Center — a care center for children with severe physical and intellectual disabilities. Kodjo’s act shows tremendous kindness, love, solidarity, and companionship.
2nd Prize Winner
Harvesting Water Lily by Tanvir Alam, Bangladesh
2nd Prize Winner, Harvesting Water Lily by Tanvir Alam, Bangladesh
Satla is the largest water lily farming village in Barishal, Bangladesh. Various kinds of water lilies are grown, and almost 10,000 acres of canal and wetland areas are overflowing with these beautiful plants. About 70% of the people in this village are associated with water lily cultivation. The two farmers in the photo are working together to process water lilies in order to sell them in a market, enabling them to support their families.
3rd Prize Winner
Drought Ladies by Chin Leong Teo, Singapore
3rd Prize Winner, Drought Ladies by Chin Leong Teo, Singapore
Farmers rely on mother nature to take care of their crops. As the global warming crisis escalates, the change of weather patterns become more extreme and unpredictable, resulting in more droughts and floods. This farmer was devastated when seeing the impact of drought on her farmland. Her sister comforts her by showing support, compassion, and companionship.
One Love One Heart by Sultan Ahmed Niloy, Bangladesh
One Love One Heart by Sultan Ahmed Niloy, Bangladesh
According to the Health and Family Welfare Ministry, over 33,000 people are infected with waterborne diseases during the monsoon season from June to September in Bangladesh. As heavy rains in the neighboring Indian state of Assam caused massive floods in Bangladesh, many people were impacted. People helped each other regardless of age, demonstrating that they can overcome the challenges posed by these floods with love, support, and companionship.
A Man Who Feeds the Migratory Birds by Saurabh Narang, Germany
A Man Who Feeds the Migratory Birds by Saurabh Narang, Germany
As the sun sets, Mr. Ramnath, who resides on the banks of the Yamuna River near Nigambodh Ghat in Delhi, India, feeds thousands of seagulls who travel there every year between October and March to escape from the harsh Siberian winters. The experience of taking this photograph was very special to Saurabh Narang. It features an incredible scene of humanity and nature while thousands of seagulls are flying overhead.
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, digital signage, ViewBoard interactive displays, and the myViewBoard software ecosystem. With over 30 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.
DUBAI, UAE, Nov. 25, 2020 — Based on its recent analysis of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) cybersecurity services market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Digital14 with the 2020 UAE ‘Company of the Year’ award. Since its inception in 2019, Digital14 has built and cultivated valuable and deep partnerships within the government and commercial sectors, leading clients through their digital transformation and cybersecurity journeys. The organization builds on a diverse set of practices created to launch, foster, and spearhead the development of commercial cybersecurity capabilities in the UAE. This encompasses end to end delivery of cyber and digital transformation from ideation to implementation leveraging its cyber services, secure solutions, government solutions, digital transformation, and digital and cyber education capabilities.
Each year, Frost & Sullivan presents a Company of the Year award to the organization that demonstrates excellence in growth strategy and implementation in its field. The award recognizes a high degree of innovation with products and technologies and the resulting leadership in terms of customer value and market penetration.
Digital14 has made strong inroads into the UAE marketplace, providing services to several government entities in Abu Dhabi as a leading thought leader and advisor. Through its comprehensive cyber services offering, government and commercial sector clients can assess, transform, and manage their cybersecurity posture. Additionally, Digital14 leverages its broad spectrum of cybersecurity capabilities to assist its clients with their cybersecurity policy compliance, strategy, breach preparedness, incident response, and security operations.
Frost & Sullivan’s assessment scorecard considers a company’s visionary innovation and performance, as well as customer impact. In terms of innovation, nominees are judged based on excellence in five criteria: addressing unmet needs, visionary scenarios through megatrends, implementing best practices, financial performance, and blue ocean strategy. To satisfy this last criteria, a company must continually demonstrating strategic focus to create a leadership position in a potentially uncontested market space, manifested by strong barriers to entry for competitors. Regarding customer impact, a further five areas are thoroughly evaluated including price/performance value, customer purchase experience, customer ownership experience, customer service experience, and brand equity.
"To receive the Company of the Year award, winning organizations are always required to demonstrate excellence in growth, innovation, and leadership. They have a keen eye on the future and are often the first to market new solutions, driving innovation that meets upcoming needs before becoming commonly visible and focusing on delivering the best products at optimal prices to maximize customer value and experience," said Saurabh Verma, Director – ICT, Middle East, Frost & Sullivan. "Digital14 is a trusted advisor within the UAE and, through its governance, risk management and compliance (GRC) advisory group, helps the government and private sector develop, improve, and govern cybersecurity regulations. As a result of our research, we at Frost & Sullivan are pleased to recognize Digital14 as Company of the Year in the UAE cybersecurity services industry."
Organizations in the UAE are showing a positive inclination for cybersecurity services, striving to improve their security postures in the face of an increased threat landscape that involves mobile devices, cloud services, applications, and network protocols. For instance, many service providers and organizations are building their own digital and cybersecurity strategies to support their business transformation journey. Infrastructure, software, and related digital services are evolving rapidly, consequently widening the threat landscape.
"The Internet of Things (IoT) and Smart Cities are pushing for a new level of cybersecurity, which Digital14 offers through a combination of innovative cybersecurity solutions," added Verma. "Another big mission for the company is to close the skills gap in the cybersecurity domain by nurturing and growing the next generation of digital and cybersecurity-centric talent. Its customer-centricity and close partnership with the government are expected to ensure the company continues playing a leading role in raising the country’s cybersecurity awareness."
Frost & Sullivan Best Practices Awards recognize companies in various regional and global markets for demonstrating outstanding achievement and superior performance in areas such as 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.
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