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Cyient Joins the Emergent Alliance to Enable Economic Recovery

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As part of the alliance, the company will work closely with global industry leaders to unlock actionable data insights and speed up economic recovery from the impact of COVID-19.

HYDERABAD, India, May 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Cyient, a global engineering and technology solutions company, announced that it has signed a Statement of Intent with the Emergent Alliance, to use their combined data knowledge to provide new insights and practical applications to the global COVID-19 response. As part of the alliance, Cyient is working alongside some of the world’s largest organizations, data specialists, and governments to support future decision-making on regional and global economic challenges that will get people back to work and help businesses thrive post-pandemic.

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Cyient, Hyderabad, Anand

The alliance will analyze a broad set of economic, behavioral, and sentiment data to provide new insights and practical applications to aid in the rebuilding of economies and understand the impact of a “new normal.” This work will be done with a sharp focus on privacy and security, using industry best practices for data sharing and robust governance.

Speaking on occasion, Anand Parameswaran, Senior Vice President and A&D Business Unit Head, Cyient commented, “As we face today’s unprecedented challenges, the Emergent Alliance is an opportunity to use our skills and expertise to help solve the most significant challenge of the 21st century. Cyient has delivered world-class data analytics and machine learning capabilities to meet some of the biggest transformation challenges for our customers in connected enterprise, supply chain resilience, and cost-efficiency. We look forward to leveraging our experience and knowledge in resolving the global crisis rapidly and responsibly.”

Srikanth Tadepalli, Director of Digital Solutions at Cyient, said, “We are excited to partner with the Emergent Alliance program and contribute to its objective of reviving markets and economies. We, at Cyient, are bringing our best data science minds to collaborate with the alliance and recommend strategies that would help identify indicators of revival in economic activity. We are, true to our brand promise, designing tomorrow together.”

Rachel Gawley, Programme Director for the Emergent Alliance, added, ”Our vision is to form an independent alliance and create a safe environment in which we share data, expertise, and resources to work together to aid the global economic recovery.”

Learn more about the alliance and follow their progress by visiting https://emergentalliance.org/

About Cyient:

Cyient (Estd: 1991, NSE: CYIENT) is a global engineering and technology solutions company.  As a Design, Build, and Maintain partner for leading organizations worldwide, Cyient takes solution ownership across the value chain to help customers focus on their core, innovate, and stay ahead of the curve. The company leverages digital technologies, advanced analytics capabilities, and its domain knowledge and technical expertise to solve complex business problems.

With over 15,000 employees globally, Cyient partners with customers to operate as part of their extended team in ways that best suit their organization’s culture and requirements. Cyient’s industry focus includes aerospace and defense, healthcare, telecommunications, rail transportation, semiconductor, geospatial, industrial, and energy.

For more information, please visit www.cyient.com.

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Quadrant Launches The Asia Pacific Data Alliance

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SINGAPORE, May 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Quadrant today announced the Asia Pacific Data Alliance (APDA), a program that helps leading corporations, governments and researchers who are working to build solutions for the Asia Pacific region that help organizations understand the effects, mitigate the risks and optimize their solutions during a pandemic like COVID-19. In response to the current pandemic, Quadrant will be making its’ Asia Pacific mobile location datasets available at no cost.

Join the network of leading companies, governments and researchers who are using mobile location data to build products and solutions in APAC
Join the network of leading companies, governments and researchers who are using mobile location data to build products and solutions in APAC

To date, the APDA has engaged with over 50 leading companies, governments bodies, and researchers, all working on a diverse set of projects. Interesting uses of Quadrant’s mobile location data include, a) governments and health authorities using the data to conduct cluster analysis for contact tracing and identification of future high-risk areas, b) conducting impact assessments on companies, industries and economic sectors for better strategic decision-making, and c) understanding consumers’ interests by studying movements before the pandemic to drive e-commerce platforms through targeted marketing and advertising.

“We are all in this together! Location data has been at the forefront of research during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Asia Pacific Data Alliance helps companies to derive quick statistics and numbers to build solutions,” says Mike Davie, CEO of Quadrant Global Pte Ltd. “Unlike the Spanish flu pandemic or even SARS, today we are generating masses of data that we can pump into AI algorithms that could help forestall or even prevent another pandemic of this kind.”

Quadrant is opening the Data Alliance to organizations that require location data to help build products, services and solutions. To join the alliance and for more information on how to access Quadrant APAC location data, visit Quadrant Asia Pacific Data Alliance.

About Company: Quadrant is a data and technology organization specialized in high quality mobile location-based data. Quadrant provides purpose-built mobile location data feeds that help you understand and meet your customers’ needs.

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Introducing Crew, An Exciting New Propeller Platform Add-on That Brings Interactive Maps Into The Field

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A simple tool to share up-to-date project data between the trailer and the field

DENVER, May 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — On May 19 2020, Propeller, a global leader in 3D mapping and drone data analytics solutions, announced a Propeller Platform add-on called Crew, a simple, data sharing tool that worksites use to relay interactive maps from desktops in office to mobile devices in the field.

The new add-on gives office teams the power to create and share interactive maps with professionals in the field using one-off links designed for mobile viewing. Each map has a unique URL that can be shared with anyone and any device.

Watch a demo video here! 

This data sharing tool is designed to unify long-standing information silos with ongoing and open communication. Historically, worksites have manually prepared paper maps to keep site-based crews informed, but these maps quickly become outdated and require a specialist’s knowledge to create.

Working from outdated documents, foremen and surveyors on the ground are left to make critical decisions based on guesswork—a recipe for rework and utility strikes. Crew’s up-to-date visuals, readily available for viewing on any mobile device, give on-site personnel the confidence they need to make decisions and the power to prevent costly mistakes.

With the Crew add-on, users can:

  • Create, share, and view their latest aerial survey on any mobile device
  • Move and zoom in on specific areas of their site relative to their current location
  • Understand site setout relative to the final design
  • Turn design file layers on or off as required
  • Monitor cut and fill progress to design levels from anywhere on site
  • Identify subsurface utilities in the field to reduce strike rates
  • Draw on the map to communicate points of interest to other users in real time
  • View the elevation point for any location on site

The best part of the new add-on is its simplicity: it distributes information without requiring users to download an app or remember sign-on credentials. 

Engaging with these maps also requires little or no technical knowledge. Office-based personnel just navigate to the site they’d like to share in the Propeller Platform, generate a unique URL, and send it to their in-field team using SMS, email, or any other communication tool they’d like.

After opening the link, crew members can immediately explore a geographically accurate overview of where they’re at to spot-check elevations, view volumes, stay safe, and stay informed.

By marrying maps and mobile capabilities, the Crew add-on makes collaboration an effortless part of your workflow— a single link that keeps everyone on your team connected. 

About Propeller: Propeller is a global leader in 3D mapping and data analytics solutions that give worksites the power to track, map, and measure their earthwork projects. Propeller’s innovative hardware and software products solve real problems for real people. With visual tools everyone can use, Propeller is helping teams on thousands of worksites track, inspect, and report on job progress and productivity safely and accurately.

For media inquiries, please contact Bri Ivar at bri@propelleraero.com.

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Research by Huami Shows Smart Wearable Device Big Data could assist with alerting new trends related to COVID-19

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SHENZHEN, China, May 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — In the latest paper titled Learning from Large-Scale Wearable Device Data for Predicting Epidemics Trend of COVID-19 published by the special issue[1] from an scientific journal[2], Huami demonstrated the health management capabilities of wearable devices’ and its essential role in early alerting of epidemic outbreaks and public health, providing new clues for establishing a large-scale epidemic surveillance system, and helping improve the efficiency of public health monitoring and prediction[3].

This study[4] was supported by the Huami Corporation, a prediction model was established by using big data and artificial intelligence algorithms, which provides a new method for predicting epidemic trends for COVID-19.

Under the Huami Privacy Policy and data protections, researchers collected heart rate, physical activity, sleep, and other physiological data related to the above symptoms based on smart wearable devices. De-identified sensor data of about 1.3 million users who wore Huami devices from July 1, 2017, to April 8, 2020 were obtained according to appropriate security control. All the users were notified that their de-identified data could potentially be used for academic research[5].

Research found that, for every 1°C increase in human body temperature, heart rate increases by about 8.5 bpm[6]. Based on this, the increase in heart rate caused by fevers related to COVID-19 or influenza-like diseases can be used as a starting point for a method to detect physiological abnormalities.

Huami researchers considered an individual’s resting heart rate at 1.5 standard deviations higher than the personal average for 5 consecutive days, and sleep duration not less than 0.5 standard deviations from the personal average as the criterion to determine an abnormality.

Huami: COVID-19 Epidemic Trend Prediction Model
Huami: COVID-19 Epidemic Trend Prediction Model

The prediction model’s analysis results show that in the listed cities of Wuhan, Beijing, Shenzhen, Hefei, and Nanjing, there was a clear outbreak period in the infection rate prediction curve for each city which corresponded to the epidemic’s outbreak in each city.

Taking Wuhan as an example, the infection rate predicted by the model peaked on January 28th, while the newly confirmed cases in Wuhan peaked at nearly 2,000 people on February 7. The predicted infection rate peak was 10 days earlier than the officially reported peak time.

Given the lag between COVID-19 infection and the emergence of symptoms and diagnosis, the model-derived results are also consistent with the results of a retrospective study on COVID-19 conducted by the Chinese Center for Disease Control[7].

More Efforts Towards COVID-19 and Health Management

Besides the academic research from Huami, Huami continued the efforts of Connect Health with Technology. The company has donated medical supplies and devices worth 11.5 million RMB during the coronavirus outbreak.

Amazfit, a self-brand of Huami, started to working on a transparent N95 face mask called Amazfit AERI to contribute more to the global health management and epidemic prevention. The product in concept features a transparent anti-fog cover and a translucent frame. Wearers’ facial expressions can be seen even if they wear masks, easing the social distancing and allowing wearers to unlock their phones with Face ID. The Innovative Amazfit AERI can clean itself and last for several weeks. In April, the avant-garde Amazfit X Smartwatch with curved AMOLED screen and button free design went on sale by crowdfunding, which brings the upgraded experience for the users as well.

For combating COVID-19, Huami also partnered with China National Clinical Research Center of Respiratory Disease (NCRCRD) and Guangdong Nanshan Medical Innovation Institute which led by Dr. Nanshan Zhong to build up a smart wearable joint laboratory. Based on Huami smart wearable technology and powerful computing algorithms, the lab aims to help COVID-19 recovered patients follow-up care and management through the NCRCRD big data platform.

[1] Cognitive Modeling of Multimodal Data Intensive Systems for Applications in Nature and Society (COMDICS)

[2] Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ddns/2020/6152041

[3] Huami wearable devices are not a medical device and is not intended for use in the diagnosis or monitoring of any medical condition.

[4] Data Availability: The concerned sensor data cannot be shared due to user privacy. For academic purposes, de-identified region-level statistics can be shared under agreement.
Conflicts of Interest: The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest regarding the publication of this paper.

[5] Quoted from https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ddns/2020/6152041

[6] According to the study on fever and cardiac rhythm, L. Faust, K. Feldman, S. M. Mattingly et al., “Deviations from normal bedtimes are associated with short-term increases in resting heart rate,” Npj Digital Medicine, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 1–9, 2020.

[7] The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM): https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2001316

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Delta’s Data Center POD Solution Receives the TIER III-Ready Award from Uptime Institute

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TAIPEI, May 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Delta, a global leader in power and thermal management solutions, announced today its data center POD (Point of Delivery) solution has been recognized with the TIER III Ready Award from the Uptime Institute, a prominent advisory organization for the global IT industry. The TIER III Ready certification, which entails rigorous uptime requirements and long-term viability for IT equipment, was evaluated based on a number of factors including N+1 architecture design, mechanical and electrical components, as well as environment conditions. Delta developed its POD solution by leveraging pre-engineered designs of in-house IT racks, aisle air containment, in-row precision cooling, modular UPS systems, a monitoring system, and redundant distribution to support the IT load.

Delta’s Data Center POD Solution Receives the TIER III-Ready Award from Uptime Institute
Delta’s Data Center POD Solution Receives the TIER III-Ready Award from Uptime Institute

Victor Cheng, Delta’s senior vice president and general manager of its Information & Communication Technology Infrastructure Business Group said, “We see a growing demand for POD solutions. Since data centers provide the backbone of IT operations, the task of building a reliable and efficient data center is a major focus for most enterprises. In addition to receiving the TIER-Ready award for our POD solution, we have just helped our customer HTC-ITC, a subsidiary of Hanoi Telecom, to build a TIER III Uptime certified data center in the Hoa Lac High-Tech Zone in Vietnam. With our accumulated experience, we are confident that we can help enterprises save both time and money to build Uptime-certified data centers.”

“We are pleased that Delta’s POD solution has achieved Uptime Institute’s TIER-Ready award. Pre-fabricated and POD solutions that display the TIER-Ready logo assure an enterprise that the design they are considering has been reviewed by Uptime Institute. They can trust the solution provider for their ability to deliver resilience and reliability for their data center,” said Luca Beltramino, Senior Vice President Global Programs for Uptime Institute.

Uptime Institute, an unbiased advisory organization headquartered in Seattle, WA, U.S.A., is focused on improving the performance, efficiency, and reliability of business critical IT infrastructure through innovation, collaboration, and independent performance certifications.  With over 1,600 certifications issued in over 98 countries around the globe, Uptime Institute’s TIER Standard Certification is the industry standard for Design, Construction, and on-going Operations. Rigorous uptime requirements and long-term viability are usually the reason for selecting strategic solutions found in TIER III site infrastructure. TIER III solutions also have an effective life beyond the current IT requirement and are typically utilized by organizations that fully understand the cost of a disruption — in terms of actual dollars — and the impact to market share and continued mission imperatives.

The rapid digital transformation known as the Internet of Things (IoT) is bringing huge volumes of data and massive data traffic that can present an overwhelming challenge for an enterprise’s data center. Under this dynamic environment, what is the best way to deploy a data center to meet the demands of a rapidly growing business? The POD provides the best solution due to its high flexibility and quick deployment. An enterprise can just add suitable modules based on their immediate requirements.

Delta’s POD solutions feature a fully modular design concept, flexibility, and provide pay-as-you-grow with short installation time to meet the rapidly growing needs of data storage and processing.  The solution includes Delta’s DPH series modular UPS systems and precision cooling system with variable fan speed control. Delta’s lithium battery systems enable power backup for data centers. 

Delta’s core competence in high-efficiency power electronics and expertise in the integration of energy-saving solutions have also been demonstrated in the green data center segment.  Moreover, Delta’s own eco-friendly data center at its R&D center facility in China became the world’s first to receive the LEED v4 ID+C Gold certification in 2018, while its Taipei headquarters’ data center obtained a LEED Platinum green data center in 2019.

About Delta Electronics (Thailand) Public Company Limited

The company, founded in 1988, is a producer of power and thermal management solutions. Delta also has a regional presence in several product segments including industrial automation, displays, and networking. The company is a subsidiary of Delta Electronics, Inc. with the mission statement, “To provide innovative, clean and energy-efficient solutions for a better tomorrow,” reflects the company’s strong belief in sustainable development especially with issues related to the environment. As an energy-saving solutions provider with core competencies in power electronics and innovative research and development, Delta’s business categories include Power Electronics, Automation, and Infrastructure. The company’s global presence is supported by its sales offices in key regions around the world; manufacturing facilities in India, Slovakia and Thailand; and several R&D centers located in Thailand, India, Germany and other countries.

Delta continues to earn numerous recognitions for its achievements in the region and domestically. Some awards won include the prestigious ASEAN Business Award, Stock Exchange of Thailand’s Best Company Performance Award and the coveted Prime Minister’s Best Industry Award.

For detailed information about Delta Thailand, please visit: www.deltathailand.com

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VeChain and I-Dante Partnered to Create Blockchain Enabled Medical Data Management Platform for Healthcare Provider in Cyprus

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SHANGHAI, May 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — With more than 4.6 million infections, 300 thousand deaths and counting caused by COVID-19, national governments, healthcare systems regardless of region and continent have been scrambling to respond to it, and the pandemic has highlighted the increasing demand for digital technologies to replace our old way of communication. VeChain is at the frontier of this digital transformation, solving the problems of the management of healthcare data by utilizing solutions powered by blockchain technology.

With the aim of enabling digital transformation in the healthcare sector, VeChain, together with I-Dante co-developed a blockchain-enabled medical data management platform named The E-NewHealthLife. Mediterranean Hospital of Cyprus, a hospital under the General Healthcare System of the Republic of Cyprus (GHS) is the first hospital to adopt this application.

Healthcare System Advancement
 There have been efforts to modernize the technological infrastructure in the healthcare sector, but the problems include the administrative and technical difficulties of pooling data from different digital systems, the increasing cost, and the balance of health imperatives and privacy concerns, have greatly hampered the efforts. This dilemma has led to an urgent need for a low-cost yet highly-efficient digital solution.

With proven advantages in terms of secured data storage and efficient information sharing between multiple parties, blockchain technology has emerged as the best option in hand.

Blockchainized Actions In Response To The Challenges
There is a strong and urgent demand to deliver better and more efficient healthcare solutions that can achieve excellent patient-centric healthcare provision, secured data sharing, while complying with regulations on the use and sharing of patient data, which is solved in this case by the introduction of the E-NewHealthLife Web App in the Emergency Department of the hospital as the first phase of this project.

Powered by VeChain ToolChainTM, the Digital Healthcare Passport is an encrypted NFC Card that can be assigned to any patient of the hospital. The NFC Cards will allow the patients to identify themselves automatically at the Emergency Room registration desk, check their queue on mobile phone, manage their own medical records safely with the E-NewHealthLife Web App.

The blockchain powered application can serve both the hospitals internally and also end users. As The E-NewHealthLife fully complies with the GDPR (EU’s General Data Protection Regulation), the App enables the owner to have complete control over their profile and medical records. Data can only be shared to 3rd parties with the permission of the owner.

Bridging Trust In The Healthcare Sector
 Blockchain is being posited as the next frontier in healthcare that will help solve the industry’s interoperability challenges. According to a report by BIS Research, the global healthcare market spending and investment on blockchain-based technologies is expected to hit $5.61 billion by 2025. The adoption of blockchain technology could save the healthcare industry up to $100–$150 billion per year by 2025.

Based on concrete cases of multi party collaboration in various industries, VeChain has been accumulating experience in bridging trust and bringing in transparency into business while being compliant with local authorities and regulators. Given the huge potential of blockchain technology in the medical and healthcare sector, VeChain will continue to develop solutions for all stakeholders and pursue more opportunities in the near future.

About Mediterranean Hospital of Cyprus

The Mediterranean Hospital of Cyprus is a modern private health care institution, one of the largest in Cyprus, with a mission to provide to all the citizens and the visitors of the country safe and high quality medical services 24/7. The founder of the Mediterranean Hospital of Cyprus, Dr. Andreas Panayiotou has set as a goal the development and the establishment of a reliable infirmary, with flexible operational mechanisms, in order to gain the trust and recognition for the quality of its services from everybody. Mediterranean Hospital of Cyprus is the first private hospital that joined Cyprus’ General HealthCare System (GHS).

Website: www.medihospital.com.cy/en/

About I-DANTE LTD

Founded in December of 2019 by Etna Digital Growth (a consultancy- software house company in Italy) and CircleServus LTD (a consultancy company in Cyprus) in order to build digital healthcare solutions leveraging the power of the VeChainThor Blockchain.

Website: www.i-dante.com/

About VeChain

Launched in 2015, VeChain connects blockchain technology to the real world by providing a comprehensive governance structure, a robust economic model, and IoT integration. VeChain is the pioneer of real-world applications using public blockchain technology, with international operations in Singapore, Luxembourg, Tokyo, Shanghai, Paris, Hong Kong, and San Francisco. Together with our strategic partners PwC and DNV GL, we have established cooperative relations with many leading enterprises in different industries, including Walmart China, BMW, BYD Auto, Haier, H&M, LVMH, D.I.G, ENN, AWS, PICC, ASI etc.

Website: www.vechain.com 

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Plastics and Composites Maintain Growth Trajectory through 2020 Uncertainties

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SANTA CLARA, California, May 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis, Global Outlook for Chemicals in the Plastics and Composites, CASE, and Construction Industries, 2020, finds that the market of coatings, adhesives, sealants, and elastomers (CASE), plastics and composites, and construction chemicals will be driven by new supply chain optimization concepts, digital transformation, and circularity in products, processes, and packaging. Under the conditions of COVID-19, the global chemicals and materials market is expected to reach $3,716.5 billion by the end of 2020.  

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Frost & Sullivan – Plastics and Composites

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“Despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic across industries, the demand for modular building materials and advanced admixtures will propel the construction chemicals segment,” said Christeena Thomas, Chemicals, Materials & Nutrition Industry Analyst at Frost & Sullivan. “Additionally, increasing demand for lightweighting of parts, especially in the automotive and transportation industry, will trigger growth in the plastics and composites segment, whereas sustainability and bio-based chemicals and materials will strongly boost the need for research and development in the CASE industry.”

Thomas added: “Regionally, with increasing urbanization, large population, and a drive for local production by governments—Asia Pacific is likely to become a growth engine for the global chemicals and materials industry. Further, India will register the highest growth due to rising investments in building and construction, infrastructure, and healthcare sector.”

In China, the chemicals and materials industry is in a state of rapid transition. Manufacturers are expected to focus more on products and services that reflect consumer demand trends. For North America and Europe, a host of uncertainties related to international trade, downturns in manufacturing and economic stability will result in slower growth. 

To tap into opportunities exposed by the global chemicals and materials industry in this COVID-19 era, here are some growth prospects:

  • Manufacturers and suppliers in the plastics and composites, CASE, and construction chemicals industries should invest in Big Data analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), and natural language processing as this will lower costs and enhance productivity, ensuring quality.
  • Building materials will witness a rise in the development and commercialization of bio-based or sustainable products due to which market participants in the chemicals and materials industry should focus on producing recyclable materials.
  • Digital transformation will allow chemicals-as-a-service offerings to customers.
  • The trade war between the U.S and China is encouraging companies to strengthen their footprint in India and ASEAN countries as this will help them hedge their risks associated with trade involving China.

Global Outlook for Chemicals in the Plastics and Composites, CASE, and Construction Industries, 2020 is part of Frost & Sullivan’s global   Visionary Science Growth Partnership Service program.

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STRATACACHE Launches Walkbase IntelliCount Occupancy Management Technology

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The solution is immediately available for clients across all STRATACACHE brands

DAYTON, Ohio, May 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — STRATACACHE today announced the launch of Walkbase IntelliCount — an occupancy management solution that uses 3D footfall cameras, Walkbase cloud analytics and a mobile-friendly dashboard— in response to new government guidance to limit the number of customers and employees, as well as follow social distancing protocol, in physical spaces due to COVID-19. The technology has been field-proven for more than ten years, in thousands of locations, and is immediately available for clients across the STRATACACHE family of marketing technology companies including Scala, RDM, X2O Media and PRN.

“Walkbase IntelliCount allows businesses such as retail stores, restaurants and transportation hubs to utilize and expand on the solution for improved customer experience beyond COVID-19 related distancing needs,” said Chris Riegel, CEO of STRATACACHE. 

Benefits of Walkbase IntelliCount include:

  • Precise occupancy measurement in real time through high-accuracy 3D sensors installed at the store entrances and exits
  • Significant labor cost savings through automation and reallocation of staffing to customer experience and store operations tasks
  • Easy-to-analyze data displayed in a web-based dashboard on any browser-enabled device including tablets, mobile or indoor and outdoor digital signs. Email or push notifications can provide staff and management with real-time alerts
  • Scalable and privacy friendly, the solution collects no personally identifiable information

“It’s important that retailers who are facing new, unfamiliar business operations challenges know that there are tools available that are mature, field proven and will optimize their customer experience while ensuring compliance and accuracy,” Riegel added. “Our teams globally are delivering new customer experience strategies, and we’re prepared to deploy Walkbase IntelliCount in the market.”

Beyond occupancy management, the Walkbase IntelliCount solution can be expanded to further engage and inform shoppers and store employees:

  • Tied to customer- and employee-facing digital signs, communications are improved by displaying real-time wait updates, occupancy capacity and in-store safety procedures
  • A more robust solution can include integrations with third party hardware and software such as automated entry/exit doors, queuing systems and existing operations dashboards
  • Walkbase retail analytics platform gathers sensor-based data on in-store behaviors and patterns that gives retailers deep insights into how and where customers are spending time and money in the store

Learn more about Walkbase IntelliCount and retail analytics at walkbase.com/intellicount.

About STRATACACHE
STRATACACHE delivers in-store retail experience transformation and exceptional customer journeys through a wide array of marketing technology. Our solutions enable retailers to learn deeply about their customers’ shopping preferences and behaviors, delivering targeted promotional or task-based messaging on any digital display. With 3 million+ software activations globally, we power the biggest digital networks for the world’s largest brands. Across the STRATACACHE family of complementary Marketing Technology solution companies, we have the technology, expertise and track record to bring retail innovation that delivers results. Learn more about the STRATACACHE family at www.stratacache.com, on Twitter @STRATACACHE or on Facebook.

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Frost & Sullivan Names 11 Industry Leaders in the Global Big Data Market

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Frost Radar identifies companies excelling at innovation, poised for partnerships, and ripe for investment

SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Frost & Sullivan’s Global Big Data Analytics (BDA) Industry Radar found that organizations’ requirement to enhance customer engagement and provide effective customer service is strongly pushing the demand for BDA solutions to better predict and serve customers’ needs. This is driving investments in both market segments of BDA—data discovery and visualization (DDV) and advanced analytics—and has attracted millions of dollars in funding committed to product enrichment, expansion into new industry verticals, and development of distribution partnerships to meet the growing demand for analytics solutions.

Frost & Sullivan's Global Big Data Analytics Industry Radar
Frost & Sullivan’s Global Big Data Analytics Industry Radar

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For over five decades, Frost & Sullivan has provided research and analysis on the Big Data Analytics industry to help investors, corporate leaders, and governments navigate economic changes and identify disruptive technologies, Mega Trends, and new business models.

This recently released Radar provides a benchmark of over 30 companies in the global Big Data Analytics industry to determine the top 11 industry leaders excelling at innovation, poised for partnerships, and ripe for investment. The businesses are recognized in the Frost Radar with insight into their innovative offerings, projected increase rates, strengths and on how companies can be more effective in the future.

The following organizations were profiled: SAS, IBM, Qlik, Splunk, Tableau, TIBCO, FICO, SAP, Alteryx, MicroStrategy, and Palantir.

Key takeaways

  • Better understand the growth environment from the perspective of industry experts
  • Gain insight into organizations recognized for leveraging best practices to shape the future of the industry
  • Benefit from a comprehensive analysis of the companies plotted on the Radar
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After Amassing a Record US$46 Billion In 2019 Funding, the Robotics Industry is Braced to Weather the Coronavirus Storm

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LONDON, May 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The robotics industry received record investment in 2019, totaling in at US$46 billion. According to recent figures published by global tech advisory firm ABI Research, a total of US$17.8 billion went to acquisitions and a further US$29 billion went into investments. Most of the funding was focused on autonomous passenger vehicles (APV’s), surgical robotics, and warehouse automation, with significant growth for field robotics and drone services.

“Despite not having commercialized their technology, autonomous passenger vehicle developers like Waymo, Cruise, Zoox and company have continued to amass enormous funding from the corporate and VC world,” said Rian Whitton, senior analyst at ABI Research. “Surgical robots also received huge funding, and have already been commercialized to a considerable extent, with Intuitive Surgical selling over 5,000 Da Vinci robot systems to date.” The localization of funds to a few specific sectors is down both to the anticipated effect of the technology and the relative market power of major auto manufacturers like Toyota, health companies like Johnson & Johnson and E-retailers such as Amazon.

The United States and China account for 89% of all investment value, in terms of companies located in their various tech clusters. California hosts 77 robotics vendors that were invested in, while the rest of the United States had 88 companies. Other countries with considerable investment included Canada, Israel, Japan, and the UK.

Aside from venture capitalists, a few major corporations have taken a significant interest in automation technologies, including Amazon with their investment in vision-based navigation developer Canvas Technology. Meanwhile, Softbank made a considerable investment in a variety of robot companies, including robotics service provider CloudMinds, hospitality robot developer Bear Robotics, and fulfillment automation company Berkshire Grey. FLIR, the thermal camera manufacturer, also invested heavily in drones and ground robots to shore up its solutions for security and industrial inspection. Among their acquisitions include Aerodyne Group and Endeavour Robotics, formerly part of iRobot. “Major corporations understand that, while the robotics industry isn’t a short-term proposition, it will be the source of considerable productivity growth that will be necessary to compete in the future,” said Whitton.

Despite the scale of funding in 2019 growing considerably from the previous year, the impact of COVID-19 will likely mean it will be more challenging for many vendors to attract funding as investors wait to assess the likely scale of the economic downturn. Markets with an easy route commercialization, like surgical robots and warehouse automation, could benefit out of the crisis. At the same time, the autonomous passenger vehicle market could be adversely affected due to lack of business-readiness, though this has not prevented big investments in APV developers like Pony AI and Waymo in the first quarter. “Prior to the pandemic’s massive impact became clear, 2020 was already shaping up to be a strong year for robotics investment, with autonomous forklift and tow tractor developers Seegrid and Vecna already receiving funding,” Whitton concludes.

These findings are from ABI Research’s Robotics: Investments, Acquisitions, and Market Trend for 2019 report. This report is part of the company’s Industrial, Collaborative & Commercial Robotics research service, which includes research, data, and ABI Insights.

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