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Northern Star Energy Selects PDI Logistics Cloud to Automate Fuel Distribution

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PDI’s industry-leading software will streamline operations and fleet management for the fuel marketer

ATLANTA, Oct. 4, 2021 — PDI (www.pdisoftware.com), a global provider of leading software solutions for the convenience retailers and petroleum wholesaler industries announced Northern Star Energy Corporation, a Philippine convenience retailer with a network of 70 Caltex service stations and a supplier of energy products and related services to various critical industries across the country, has chosen PDI Logistics Cloud to transform, innovate, and automate its fuel distribution operations.

PDI Logistics Cloud complements Northern Star’s digital transformation strategy by providing marketers, drivers, and dispatchers tools to streamline operations and improve order accuracy. The cloud-based fuel logistics solution will allow Northern Star to eliminate costly and time-consuming manual processes to ensure timely fuel delivery to its customers.

"We have expanded significantly in recent years – the Covid-19 pandemic notwithstanding – and continued to supply fuel and non-fuel products and services to the retail, commercial, and industrial markets," said Juan Miguel Delgado, COO at Northern Star. "PDI Logistics Cloud will help us reduce inefficiencies, automate our operations, and achieve end-to-end visibility across our business. PDI’s capabilities, technology stack, and industry reputation make them the perfect fit for our needs."

In 2020, Northern Star Retail opened eight new locations, acquired Branded Marketer status in a new territory, and ventured into new businesses and alliances, including marketing digital-based products and services. Its commercial and industrial business capitalized on excellent service and strong business relationships to attract and retain customers. Its subsidiaries in fuel distribution and facilities management ensured that the supply of products and services to its clients remained uninterrupted. Northern Star also went into lubricant distribution and – through its new subsidiary – entered the payments space.

"We’re excited to support Northern Star as they look to increase efficiency, productivity, and profitability by digitalizing their operation," said Sin Hin Wong, managing director and vice president of Sales, APAC, at PDI. "This new relationship is just the latest example of PDI’s ongoing commitment to convenience retailers and petroleum marketers of all sizes in this region. We look forward to delivering the results Northern Star and its customers deserve."

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About PDI
Professional Datasolutions, Inc. (PDI) software helps businesses and brands increase sales, operate more efficiently and securely, and improve critical decision-making. Since 1983, PDI has proudly served the convenience retail and petroleum wholesale industries. Over 1,500 companies, representing more than 200,000 locations worldwide count on PDI’s solutions and expertise to deliver convenience and energy to the world. For more information about PDI, visit us at www.pdisoftware.com.

For more information, contact: Dimitra Farou
+49 69 82379613 I dfarou@pdisoftware.com 

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Tencent Cloud Strengthens Collaboration with Grafana Labs

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Tencent Cloud and Grafana Labs join hands to develop a new first-party offering, allowing users to visualize cloud monitor data

HONG KONG and NEW YORK, Sept. 21, 2021 — Tencent Cloud, the cloud business of global technology company Tencent, today announced the expansion of its successful collaboration with Grafana Labs, the company behind the world’s most ubiquitous open and composable operational dashboards. The two parties are now set to begin developing and validating a new first-party offering called Grafana Managed Services, which will combine open-source Grafana software with additional integrations from Tencent Cloud – designed for users to visualize and monitor their cloud monitoring data.

In April 2021, Grafana Labs and Tencent Cloud collaborated to add the Tencent Cloud Monitor Plugin to the Grafana catalog. The Grafana Tencent Cloud Monitor plugin provides Grafana users with load and performance monitoring metrics for multiple Tencent Cloud products, including Cloud Virtual Machine (CVM) and Cloud Databases (Tencent DB). With the introduction of Grafana Managed Services, more than five million Grafana users will be able to run Grafana on Tencent Cloud with the safety, security, and ease of a cloud managed service. Grafana Managed Services users will be able to connect to their existing data sources while leveraging native Tencent Cloud integrations such as Cloud SSO.  

Poshu Yeung, Senior Vice President, Tencent Cloud International, said, "After receiving positive feedback regarding our collaboration earlier this year, we look forward to further serving Grafana users by elevating our joint efforts and introducing Grafana Managed Services. This new service now enables users to visualize their cloud monitoring data with Grafana’s leading time series data visualization capabilities, thus opening more avenues for users to maximize the usage of their cloud data and reduce the need for infrastructure management."

Raj Dutt, Co-founder and CEO at Grafana Labs, said, "We’ve received an overwhelmingly positive response from our users since we first announced the beginning of our partnership with Tencent Cloud, and we’re eager to build on that strong foundation with the introduction of Grafana Managed Services. This new collaboration takes our partnership one step further by jointly developing and offering the first-party Grafana Managed Services, providing Tencent Cloud and Grafana users a native solution so they can focus their time on use cases rather than managing infrastructure."

Tencent and Grafana are separate, unaffiliated companies, and Tencent is not responsible for, and does not endorse, Grafana’s products and services.

About Tencent Cloud

Tencent Cloud is Tencent’s cloud services brand, providing industry-leading cloud products and services to organizations and enterprises across the world. Leveraging its robust data center infrastructures around the world, Tencent integrates cloud computing, big data analytics, AI, Internet of Things, security and other advanced technologies with smart enterprise scenarios. At the same time, we provide a holistic smart enterprise solution for sectors including finance, education, healthcare, retail, industry, transport, energy and radio & television.

About Grafana Labs

Grafana Labs provides an open and composable monitoring and observability stack built around Grafana, the leading open source technology for dashboards and visualization. There are over 1,500 Grafana Labs customers including Bloomberg, JP Morgan Chase, eBay, PayPal, and Sony, and more than 750,000 active installations of Grafana around the globe. Grafana Labs helps companies manage their observability strategies with full-stack offerings that can be run fully managed with Grafana Cloud, or self-managed with Grafana Enterprise Stack, both featuring extensive enterprise data source plugins, dashboard management, alerting, reporting and security, scalable metrics (Prometheus & Graphite), logs (Grafana Loki) and tracing (Grafana Tempo). Grafana Labs is backed by leading investors Lightspeed Venture Partners, Lead Edge Capital, GIC, Sequoia Capital, and Coatue. Follow Grafana on Twitter at @grafana or visit www.grafana.com.

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Supermicro Expands Total Solution Portfolio by Offering Nutanix NX Platforms for Hybrid Multi-cloud Solutions

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Supermicro Takes Longstanding Strategic Relationship to the Next Level by Offering the Nutanix NX Solutions Based on Supermicro Ultra and BigTwin Systems through the Nutanix Elevate Partner Program

SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 13, 2021 — Super Micro Computer, Inc. (SMCI), a global leader in enterprise computing, storage, networking solutions, and green computing technology, is joining the Nutanix Elevate Partner Program. This expanded collaboration will further help customers deploy, manage and scale their infrastructure by delivering optimized application and hardware solutions to address the increasing market demand for hybrid multi-cloud solutions. 

"With 28 years of design, manufacturing, and service experience, Supermicro has worked very closely with Nutanix for over a decade, and together we have delivered many industry firsts," said Charles Liang, president, and CEO of Supermicro. "Our BigTwin systems have become the de-facto platform for hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI), and the vast majority of Nutanix’s customers today are running on Supermicro server hardware. To provide even more value to the market, Supermicro is now joining the Nutanix Elevate Partner Program to offer hybrid multi-cloud solutions based on our new X12 generation Ultra and BigTwin platforms to deliver higher performance at scale with shorter lead-times."

The Nutanix Elevate Program for Resellers differs from traditional partner programs. It has a unique emphasis on partner capabilities and competencies to sell and support the Nutanix portfolio. As an enrolled participant, Supermicro gains sales engagement support and standardized pricing through the existing network of Nutanix distribution partners to enable Supermicro to sell Nutanix solutions to customers.   

"The market recognizes Nutanix as the industry leader in providing unparalleled freedom of choice," said Tarkan Maner, Chief Commercial Officer at Nutanix. "With the addition of Supermicro as a Nutanix Elevate Partner – we can provide even more flexibility and expertise to customers through the Supermicro go-to-market organization."

The collaboration now expands beyond the portfolio of integrated products. For example, Supermicro is now authorized to resell the line of Nutanix NX appliances. These systems are based on the Supermicro X12 Ultra and BigTwin® platforms fueled by 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors with built-in AI accelerators and optional all-flash NVMe storage, enabling customers to select the suitable systems needed for the performance and capabilities required for their workloads.

With this new agreement, Supermicro can offer additional Nutanix technologies to its global customer base, enabling the adoption of hybrid multi-cloud environments. Customers will receive support directly from Nutanix’s customer service organization. In addition, this extension of the partnership will allow the two companies to accelerate the procurement and deployment of Supermicro and Nutanix solutions long proven in the market. Many workloads in various industries will benefit from this partnership and the Nutanix solution, including analytics, VDI, Remote Office/Branch Office, databases, and mission-critical applications.

About Super Micro Computer, Inc.

Supermicro (SMCI), the leading innovator in high-performance, high-efficiency server technology, is a premier provider of advanced Server Building Block Solutions® for Enterprise Data Center, Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence, and Edge Computing Systems worldwide. Supermicro is committed to protecting the environment through its "We Keep IT Green®" initiative and provides customers with the most energy-efficient, environmentally-friendly solutions available on the market.

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Colombian Government selects Vitalpass, Co-created by Auna Ideas and Built on Algorand Blockchain, as the Nation’s Official Digital Vaccination Passport

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– This blockchain-based certificate is free and secure, as it leverages a technological process highly reliable for user data accuracy and privacy.

– Vitalpass will record and certify the vaccination status of Colombian citizens and connect with other vaccination passports globally.

BOGOTA, Colombia, Sept. 11, 2021 — Vitalpass, the COVID-19 digital vaccination passport co-created by Auna Ideas Foundation and Koibanx and developed leveraging Algorand’s blockchain, has been chosen by the Colombian government as its official immunization certificate. Colombia is the first country in Latin America to adopt this technology, joining the ranks of others already doing this, including Singapore, Japan, South Korea and New York City .

This initiative has been made possible thanks to Auna’s commitment to vaccination in Colombia and Peru, and through partnerships with local and national governments. A milestone in Colombia and Latin America, Vitalpass has been co-designed by the Innovation and HealthTech division of Auna Ideas as part of their commitment to provide comprehensive health solutions. This digital vaccination passport is free and cannot be falsified, since it creates a permanent and inalterable record on Algorand Blockchain, which is a public, decentralized network that was purpose-built for global applications that can scale to mass adoption.

Vitalpass was developed with the technological support of Koibanx, a LATAM company with more than 6 years of experience implementing blockchain-based asset tokenization and transactional solutions for the financial and government sectors.

"The use of blockchain technology makes this digital passport one of the safest and most reliable tools to guarantee the transparent process of vaccination in Colombia, because the information cannot be changed, erased or manipulated, thus ensuring the validity of the certificate against cases of forgery, double vaccination, or others," said Dr. Andrés Vásquez, Director of Biomedical Innovation and Health-Tech at Auna Ideas.

Auna Ideas Foundation has granted the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Colombia free and perpetual rights to deploy VitalPass as the country’s tool to certify its citizens’ COVID-19 vaccination before any national or international agency. Similar agreements are expected to be signed with other governments in Latin America.

Vitalpass is part of the Commontrust Network, where multiple organizations worldwide joined efforts to give patients digital access to their health data using open, interoperable and verifiable standards. In addition, negotiations are underway to connect with GreenPass, the European Union’s COVID-19 digital immunization certification system.

With this initiative, Auna, through the Auna Ideas Foundation, reaffirms its commitment to fight COVID-19 and to leverage innovation to transform the healthcare experience of an increasing number of families in Latin America.

Auna Ideas Foundation
Auna Ideas is an open platform for scientific research, innovation in Health-Tech, health training, and social development in our continent with the support of AUNA. Since 2008 Auna seeks to transform health care and wellness in Latin America. With a presence in Peru and Colombia with more than 7,500 collaborators, they offer comprehensive health care to members and patients at every moment of their lives. They have a network of clinics and wellness centers, transversal health services, insurance products; all of this, with the support of the most advanced medical and academic research and a first-class team.

ABOUT KOIBANX
Since 2015 Koibanx has helped banks and financial institutions integrate crypto into their banking cores while connecting financial products through Blockchain infrastructure. Payments, factoring, and the tokenization of a variety of financial assets can be executed more efficiently and securely on the Koibanx platform. The company seeks to connect the LATAM financial industry over a shared infrastructure for the benefit of all players.  For more information, visit https://www.koibanx.com.

ABOUT ALGORAND
Algorand is building the technology to power the Future of Finance (FutureFi), the convergence of traditional and decentralized models into a unified system that is inclusive, frictionless, and secure. Founded by Turing Award-winning cryptographerSilvio Micali, Algorand developed a blockchain infrastructure that offers the interoperability and capacity to handle the volume of transactions needed for defi, financial institutions and governments to smoothly transition into FutureFi. The technology of choice for more than 700 global organizations, Algorand is enabling the simple creation of next generation financial products, protocols and exchange of value. For more information, visit www.algorand.com.

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XYZprinting and BASF Forward AM Extends Industrial Partnership to Enrich 3D Printing Profile, Launching New High Powered SLS Printer with Advanced SLS Material in Rapid+TCT 2021

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XYZprinting Sales Director, John Calhoun, to introduce extended strategic alliance with BASF Forward AM and more industrial materials

The new high powered SLS printer, the MfgPro236 xS, brings the best SLS platform for performance and value

TAIPEI, Sept. 10, 2021 — Earlier in the year, XYZprinting and BASF Forward AM established a successful partnership, now the cooperation is realized across all 3D printing portfolios. Francois Minec, Managing Director, BASF 3D Printing Solutions, said, "The strengthened collaboration between XYZprinting and BASF Forward AM will enable industrial users across various Additive Manufacturing technologies to benefit from our high-performance materials in combination with XYZprinting solutions – for prototyping or direct manufacturing."

XYZprinting will be exhibiting at Rapid+TCT 2021 from 13-15 September at McCormick Place, Lakeside Center, Hall E / Booth #E7021. Visitors to the show will be able to find out more information about the new high powered SLS printer, MfgPro236 xS SLS with printed samples of Ultrasint® PA11 carbon fiber and Ultrasint® PA6 Mineral Filled powders from BASF Forward AM. John Calhoun, Director of Sales North America, said, "These materials provide a huge advantage over other black SLS materials in that they do not require post process dying. Of course, they also offer best in class mechanical properties."


XYZprinting MfgPro236 xS SLS Printer:
XYZprinting is expanding its industrial grade systems with the announcements of its new MfgPro236 xS Laser Sintering System. The new MfgPro236 xS allows a build volume of 230x230x250mm, and is designed to the meet the demanding requirement of aerospace, automotive, manufacturing and engineering companies’ applications. The MfgPro236 xS comes with an open material platform option that makes it the ideal choice for on-demand-manufactures, research institutions and third party material supplier to become part of this ecosystem.

The materials to exhibit at Rapid+TCT including:

New Mineral Filled Advanced PA6 MF SLS Material on MfgPro236 xS:

New Mineral Filled Advanced PA6 MF SLS Material on MfgPro236 xS
New Mineral Filled Advanced PA6 MF SLS Material on MfgPro236 xS

BASF Forward AM Ultrasint® PA6 MF (XYZ sPro6MF Powder)
Mechanically Reinforced PA6 with In-Particle Filler Technology for Extremely Strong Parts

Ultrasint® PA6 MF is one of the premier engineering grade production materials available on any platform in 3D printing. For demanding technical applications requiring mechanically reinforced thermoplastic qualities, Ultrasint® PA6 MF is the material of choice. Apart from reinforced PA6 being a common engineering material for highly loaded parts, Ultrasint® PA6 MF has exceptionally high stiffness, media tightness and enhanced thermal distortion – qualities that other powder bed fusion materials frequently show limitations. As a result, it represents a significant step forward in additive-based serial production. (Note: Ultrasint® PA6 MF is not available on HP, 3DSYS.)

BASF Forward AM Ultrasint® PA11 Black
Ultrasint® PA11 is a bio-derived powder material for advanced applications where toughness matters.

BASF Forward AM’s Ultrasint® PA11 Black a bio-based material (castor oil), is an interesting alternative to PA12. This material exhibits great elongation at break, elasticity, and impact resistance in parts. Typical applications include environments with high deformations (e.g. film hinges) and/or specific conditions (e.g. chemical, detergents, oil). It does not splinter in most crash circumstances due to its strong ductility. Skin contact applications are possible with Ultrasint® PA11 Black. This best-in-class SLS material is now available on the XYZprinting MfgPro230 xS and MfgPro236 xS.

Newly Medium-viscous Photopolymer Resin Material on XYZprinting PartPro120 xP:

Newly Medium-viscous Photopolymer Resin Material on XYZprinting PartPro120 xP
Newly Medium-viscous Photopolymer Resin Material on XYZprinting PartPro120 xP

BASF Forward AM Ultracur3D® RG 35
Rigid Resin with Optimum Combination of Strength, Stiffness and Temperature Resistance

Ultracur3D® RG (rigid product line) is a medium-viscous, highly reactive photopolymer that produces rigid multipurpose parts in 3D printing applications. It’s best fitted to be used to create high-performance functional components. This resin produces parts with low water absorption, excellent UV aging properties and bio-compatibility.

BASF Forward AM Ultracur3D® ST 45
Multi-purpose Resin with Optimum Toughness and Processing Speed

Ultracur3D® ST (tough product line) is a low-viscous, highly reactive photopolymer that produces tough multipurpose parts in 3D printing applications. Ultracur3D® ST meets the demanding requirements of practical application in terms of high precision, mechanical strength, and biocompatibility where existing 3D printing materials often show limitations.

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HungryPanda Partners with Caocao Mobility to Launch Airport Transfer Service

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PARIS, Sept. 10, 2021 — Based on the 2020 annual data published by Campus France, overseas students still increased 5% even with the challenge of the pandemic. There are at least 30% overseas students who study in Paris. Furthermore, the number of Chinese students has surpassed 40 thousand and it expects dramatic growth in the 2021-2022 semester.

The Exclusive Partnership between HungryPanda and Caocao Mobility Paris
The Exclusive Partnership between HungryPanda and Caocao Mobility Paris

The surge in the number of students also brings new problems for the start of the school season. Many of the new students are leaving the country for the first time and coming to France to study. But with the impact of the pandemic, everything is much more complicated than before. In addition to preparing a ton of administrative documents, Chinese students have to get tested, get vaccinated, and keep an eye on the ever-changing entry policies.

After solving all those questions and landing in Paris, students face another problem, which is transport. Most Chinese would carry at least two big suitcases, preventing them to transfer by train, metro or bus. The awaiting taxi also has conflicting fame for their prices for foreigners.

HungryPanda, the leading Asian food delivery company, partners with Caocao Mobility Paris to provide the airport transfer service with a comfortable and safe experience. The airport transfer service will last to 25 September as the first step of the cooperation between these two companies. All Caocao cars prepare drivers who can speak Mandarin for more convenient communication. All drivers have been vaccinated and provide an ultimate experience for Chinese customers.

Caocao Mobility Paris is a new mobility platform offering elegant and spacious vehicles in Paris and its region, accessible to people with reduced mobility and eco-friendly. The company is a French start-up supported by the automotive group Geely and have served more than 30 million passengers.

Through the airport transfer service, HungryPanda aims to provide a one-stop service for overseas Chinese, from transport to food delivery. The exclusive partnership is also a whole new attempt for HungryPanda to expand with more business models. HungryPanda is dedicated to seeking new opportunities to provide premium lifestyle services for overseas Chinese, and establishing a leading platform to support the development of overseas Chinese communities.

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Laiye Named as a Major Contender in the Everest Group’s Conversational AI Technology Vendors PEAK Matrix® Assessment for 2021

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BEIJING, Sept.10, 2021 — Laiye, a global company dedicated to helping organizations achieve their full potential with Intelligent Automation solutions, announced its position as a "Major Contender" in the Everest Group Conversational AI Technology Vendors PEAK Matrix® 2021.

"We are excited to be recognized in the Major Contender category and to be placed among the top global vendors," said Guanchun Wang, Chairman and CEO of Laiye. "Laiye has been developing conversational AI technologies since its founding 6 years ago. We have seen great success of AI-driven chatbots deployed for a wide range of customers, big or small, across many industries such as retail, telecom, insurance, healthcare and public services. Our deep learning embedded Conversational AI platform allows developers to easily build, train and deploy text-based chatbots or voice bots with high accuracy and performance. And what’s most exciting is that many of our enterprise customers have scaled up the adoption of conversational AI and, in conjunction of other automation and AI capabilities such as RPA and IDP, have built bots across multiple departments for both customer-facing interactions and internal processes."

Laiye’s chatbot models are deployed through an easy-to-use visual interface, and integrate with multiple conversational user interfaces such as official websites, mobile apps, instant messaging platforms and Internet of Things (IoT) devices. These models are continuously improved by real data, and Laiye’s accumulated knowledge base and project experience in multiple industries enables high accuracy levels of over 95%.

Everest Group is one of the top international research firms focused on IT, Business Operations, and Engineering Services, helping clients gain insight into how they can solve their toughest procurement and digital transformation challenges. For the first time, the PEAK Matrix® report is focusing on conversational AI products, assessing 20 leading conversational AI technology vendors based on their vision, capability and market impact in different global service markets. The vendors are classified into three categories: Leaders, Major Contenders, and Aspirants.

"Laiye, positioned as Major Contender in Everest Group’s Conversational AI PEAK Matrix® for 2021, is poised to uniquely support a huge and growing demand for Conversational AI solutions within the Asia-Pacific and in other regions," said Sharang Sharma, Practice Director at Everest Group and the author of this report.

"Laiye’s conversational AI solution offers advanced capabilities, such as pre-built intents and ontologies for multiple industries and use-cases, support for voice capabilities, and tracking of customer behavior through analytics. Further, its investments in areas such as machine reaching comprehension technologies and a strong ecosystem of resellers allows it to address a huge demand for conversational AI support."

According to Everest, Laiye has made continuous commitments to improve its existing products, technology, and service while increasingly investing in Machine Reading Comprehension. It also has pre-built ontologies and intents for several industries such as retail, healthcare and insurance. Meanwhile, Laiye stands out from the competition due to its powerful partner ecosystem and distribution system that are better able to support the growing demand for conversational AI.

Conversational AI technology is one of the key enablers of front-office automation. Businesses across the globe are recognizing its value in serving customers, especially during peak demand, as well as for supporting internal processes such as those related to human resources (HR), IT, sales, Facilities & Administrative (F&A), and marketing. Conversational bots and conversational AI platforms have become one of the key infrastructures in the digital transformation process of enterprises.

Access a copy of the report at: https://www.laiye.com/en/report/everest 

About Laiye

Founded in 2015, Laiye is a leading robotic process automation (RPA) and artificial intelligence (AI) provider, developing software that mimics human intelligence to help organizations operate at new levels of productivity and efficiency, and drive new levels of success. With a global presence in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Latin America and the Asia-Pacific, Laiye’s integrated suite of AI-powered RPA, intelligent document processing (IDP) platform, and Chatbot solutions help businesses and people realize their full potential by optimizing the human-machine collaboration. Learn more: https://laiye.com/en/

 

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Evo successfully responds to e-commerce growth with Kӧrber and Locus Robotics

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Sports retailer increases picking speed by 157% by deploying AMRs in just 53 days

HAMBURG, Germany and WILMINGTON, Mass., Sept. 10, 2021 — Körber and long-time strategic partner Locus Robotics, the global leader in warehouse robotics, together are enabling evo to dramatically improve ecommerce order fulfillment and productivity by deploying Locus’s autonomous mobile robot (AMR) solution alongside Kӧrber’s warehouse management system (WMS).

A LocusBot assisting one of evo's warehouse workers.
A LocusBot assisting one of evo’s warehouse workers.

"The automation solution from Locus Robotics and Körber was one of the first technologies that I have seen come into the warehouse where the team was excited from the get-go," said Chris Christiansen, Outbound Manager, evo. "The improvement of speed and efficiency is impressive, allowing us to boost productivity and efficiency ahead of the 2020 holiday season while keeping our workers safe amid COVID-19 concerns. We are also well equipped with the flexibility to scale up and down on a Robots-as-a-Service (RaaS) principle."

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, evo faced serious challenges navigating rapid growth in demand at their warehouse as well as peak seasons – pushing the company to the limits of its capacity. Due to hard-to-find temporary and seasonal workers, as well as a desire for improved productivity in its fulfillment operations, evo specifically struggled to keep up with e-commerce orders. Additionally, evo had to consider COVID-related safety and social distancing guidelines while designing their work processes.

evo turned to Körber, their trusted supply chain partner since 2014. Körber had already delivered the warehouse management system (WMS) and would now provide a multi-bot warehouse automation solution with Locus that allowed the required flexibility and efficiency.

Körber and Locus implemented the AMR solution in just 53 days. This allowed evo to be ready to meet and exceed growing order volumes with zero downtime or disruption. The project started with ten robots that move independently through the warehouse, collaboratively supporting pickers by eliminating unproductive walking time and physical labor. Further, the visual imaging of the product to be picked helped accelerate pick rates.  To support peak season, evo added seven additional robots for expected higher volumes at the facility, using Locus’s innovative RaaS model. This is managed via Kӧrber’s WMS.

The deployment has resulted in a significant increase to workers’ picking speeds up from an average of 35 units per hour (UPH) with manual carts to 90 UPH with LocusBots. Some workers topped 125 UPH, an increase of more than 157 percent.

Rick Faulk, Chief Executive Officer, Locus Robotics, adds: "We are proud to partner with Körber to deploy our powerful and efficient multi-bot solution to support evo’s warehouse operations. Our purpose-built robotics solution has seamlessly addressed the needs of evo’s high-growth warehouse, now and into the future. We look forward to continuing to work with them to drive operational efficiencies and growth."

"The supply chain industry is dealing with multiple challenges, especially in times of disruption," says Bill Ryan, CEO Software North America, Körber Business Area Supply Chain. "In today’s world with increasing complexity, we’re looking to technology to solve these problems. With the new AMR solution which we were able to deploy with our partner in record time, evo is able to increase performance while providing a safe and smart working environment for the staff."

About evo

evo is an innovative action sports and outdoor lifestyle retailer with roots in the Pacific Northwest. The company’s focus on community and crafting extraordinary customer experiences has propelled it from its humble beginnings in a small Seattle apartment to one of the fastest-growing lifestyle retailers in the nation. evo has grown from its strong online presence to open flagship stores in Seattle, Portland and Denver, continuing with the extension of its global reach into Whistler, BC. All locations proudly showcase evo’s trademark blend of sport, culture, art, retail and service. Through evoTrip, customers can experience the evo lifestyle of sport and culture through destination travel to ski, snowboard, surf, or mountain bike remote wonders around the world. Leveraging our success to give back, evo helps underserved youth through volunteer time, donations and other support for local and national non-profit organizations including Big Brothers Big Sisters, SOS Outreach and Chill Foundation.

About Locus Robotics

Locus Robotics’ revolutionary, multi-bot solution incorporates powerful and intelligent autonomous mobile robots that operate collaboratively with human workers to dramatically improve piece-handling productivity 2X-3X, using less labor than traditional picking systems. This award-winning solution helps retailers, 3PLs, and specialty warehouses optimize labor to efficiently meet and exceed the increasingly complex and demanding requirements of fulfillment environments. Locus robots may be integrated easily into existing warehouse infrastructures as well as new warehouses without disrupting workflows, instantly transforming productivity without transforming the warehouse. www.locusrobotics.com.

About the Körber Business Area Supply Chain

Supply chains are growing more complex by the day. Körber uniquely provides a broad range of proven, end-to-end supply chain solutions fitting any business size, strategy or appetite for growth. Capable of delivering software, automation, voice, robotics, and materials handling – plus the expertise to tie it all together. We are a global partner not just for today, but also as the needs of supply chains continue to evolve. Conquer supply chain complexity – with Körber. The Business Area Supply Chain is part of the global technology group Körber. Find out more on www.koerber-supplychain.com   

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Director Corporate Communications  
Körber Supply Chain 
Heather.smith@koerber-supplychain.com 
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CLPS Incorporation Announces Signing of Framework Agreement with A China A-Share Company to Develop Financial IT Services in Domestic Market

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HONG KONG, Aug. 27, 2021 — CLPS Incorporation (Nasdaq: CLPS) ("CLPS" or "the Company"), today announced that, through its majority-owned subsidiary, JAJI (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. ("JAJI"), it has entered into a framework agreement (the "Agreement") with an A-share listed company ("the Client"), which provides financial information software products and integrated services. Pursuant to the Agreement, CLPS and the Client will leverage their respective industry expertise in financial IT services to expand client base and establish a common ground in identifying the demand for IT talent and technology requirement from the financial institutions.

Fintech industry is one of the key drivers in China’s economic growth. Despite the impact of COVID-19, the demand for IT services in the fintech industry remains robust, and it is forecasted that this trend will continue going forward. The cooperation with the Client aims to further streamline CLPS’s key business, the IT consulting services, with focus in the banking sector. CLPS and the Client will join forces to strengthen research and development capability and improve the competitiveness of IT service deliverables.

Mr. Oscar Yuan, General Manager of JAJI, said, "Our cooperation with the Client signifies the recognition of our competitive advantages in the financial IT services. We hope that this initial step will translate into more cooperation in the future, with the purpose of providing broader brand exposure and developing an industry-recognized financial IT services."

Mr. Henry Li, Chief Operating Officer of CLPS, said, "We are very pleased to start a new chapter of cooperation with the Client. While we actively implement our global expansion strategy, we also focus on strengthening our core competencies, further improving the margin of our IT consulting services revenue, and creating more business opportunities that will serve as engines for the Company’s growth."

About CLPS Incorporation

Headquartered in Hong Kong, CLPS Incorporation (the "Company") (Nasdaq: CLPS) is a global leading information technology ("IT") consulting and solutions service provider focusing on the banking, insurance, and financial service sectors. The Company serves as an IT solutions provider to a growing network of clients in the global financial service industry, including large financial institutions in the US, Europe, Australia, Southeast Asia and Hong Kong SAR, and their PRC-based IT centers. The Company maintains 18 delivery and/or research & development centers to serve different customers in various geographic locations. Mainland China centers are located in Shanghai, Beijing, Dalian, Tianjin, Baoding, Xi’an, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, and Hainan. The remaining seven global centers are located in Hong Kong SAR, USA, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, and India. For further information regarding the Company, please visit: https://ir.clpsglobal.com/, or follow CLPS on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain of the statements made in this press release are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning and protections of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements include statements with respect to the Company’s beliefs, plans, objectives, goals, expectations, anticipations, assumptions, estimates, intentions, and future performance. Known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may be beyond the Company’s control, may cause the actual results and performance of the Company to be materially different from such forward-looking statements. All such statements attributable to us are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary notice, including, without limitation, those risks and uncertainties related to the Company’s expectations of the Company’s future growth, performance and results of operations, the Company’s ability to capitalize on various commercial, M&A, technology and other related opportunities and initiatives, as well as the risks and uncertainties described in the Company’s most recently filed SEC reports and filings. Such reports are available upon request from the Company, or from the Securities and Exchange Commission, including through the SEC’s Internet website at http://www.sec.gov. We have no obligation and do not undertake to update, revise or correct any of the forward-looking statements after the date hereof, or after the respective dates on which any such statements otherwise are made.

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Rhon Galicha
Investor Relations Office 
Phone: +86-182-2192-5378
Email: ir@clpsglobal.com

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REPASSA Embraces Enterprise Mobility to make their Business Operations Seamless across their Southeast Asia Operations with HokuApps

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New Mobile CRM Solution Enabled Sales, Operations, Warehouse, and Admin Teams at REPASSA To Easily Process Customized Orders While Working Remotely.

SINGAPORE, Aug. 27, 2021 — For simplifying the order processing of the customized products, REPASSA, a trusted name in the Hygienic and Chemical industries throughout Southeast Asia, partnered with HokuApps, a global player in next-generation digital transformation services, to create a custom-built mobile CRM solution as per their unique requirements and workflows. This new solution enabled REPASSA to automate its entire sales and service management process across all SEA offices. It ensured the high quality and reliability of its business operations during COVID-19.

Established in 1992, Singapore’s REPASSA Group is a trusted name in the Hygienic and Chemical industries throughout Southeast Asia. In addition to representing famous European and U.S. brands, the company also offers custom engineering solutions and after-sales services. Their specialties include utilities, liquid & powder processing, filling, and packaging machines, ranging from single components such as pump & valve to complete industrial solutions. With so many customized products and design complexities, managing operations on the legacy systems was becoming more challenging.

Specially engineered for REPASSA’s sales and service staff, warehouse workers, and administrative people, the solution built by HokuApps makes it easy to manage new inquiries and service requests, send quotations for both regular and custom products, track orders and manage customer accounts. They can now easily create a custom quote, a work, or a delivery order, take pictures of the custom build and share it with the client. The solution is also supporting the HR team for managing leave requests, various claims, and other employee functions directly through the application.

"As a custom supplier, we knew it was going to be a challenge to build an app that could suit our operations and also be intuitively understood, by users across our subsidiaries throughout Southeast Asia," said Patrick Toh, Sales & Marketing Director at REPASSA Singapore. "One of the biggest challenges was how to implement order processing of customized products. Through systems adaptation on our end in tandem with the relentless efforts of HokuApps, we managed to build a unique solution that will benefit our future operations across SEA."

"Using the mobile app, a huge majority of REPASSA’s daily business activities, can now be consolidated into one universal company-wide platform," said Nand Kapoor, Director of HokuApps. "We enjoyed working with them in pioneering many tailor-made features and will continue to assist in upgrades and improvements as they are recognized."

About HokuApps

HokuApps is the fast-growing rapid application development platform that empowers organizations to develop innovative technology solutions incredibly fast. With a cutting-edge automated development engine, HokuApps can build custom solutions for any part and any size of the business 10X faster and at a fraction of cost. This technology platform has enhanced mobile and data integration capabilities to enable companies to speedily deploy mobile and web applications. HokuApps empowers organizations to usher in their digital transformation journey to better engage with customers, partners, and employees.

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