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LTI Awarded Snowflake Global Innovation Partner of the Year

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The award recognizes innovations like LTI Canvas PolarSled and the maiden Snowcase that accelerate cloud data transformation

MUMBAI, India, June 17, 2021 — Larsen & Toubro Infotech (BSE: 540005) (NSE: LTI), a global technology consulting and digital solutions company has been recognized as the Global Innovation Partner of the Year by Snowflake, the Data Cloud Company. LTI received this prestigious recognition during Snowflake Virtual Partner Summit held on June 16, 2021.

The award represents a key milestone for the strategic partnership between LTI and Snowflake and will strengthen collaboration between the companies to empower enterprises with innovative solutions and services.

With its automation-first approach, LTI’s unique Canvas PolarSled platform provides speed, performance, and risk reduction to Snowflake customers. The platform offers:

  • Technology strategy and consulting to help define Snowflake migration and data strategy.
  • Automation-led implementation toolkit powered by ML-based tools.
  • Governance toolkit to help sustain and optimize Snowflake cloud data platform.

Nachiket Deshpande, Chief Operating Officer, LTI, said, "This award validates LTI’s strong commitment to simplifying and accelerating customer’s journey to Snowflake. Our global strategic partnership with Snowflake enables us to bring the innovation needed to create data-driven organizations for customers. This alliance empowers us to become an integral part of an organization’s broader data strategy and be the companion in its digital transformation journey."

"As part of the global strategic partnership, LTI and Snowflake invest in helping our joint customers migrate to Snowflake Data Cloud by eliminating the technology debt, and providing assurance by achieving a higher level of automation," said Ketan Awalegaonkar, Chief Customer Officer at Snowflake. "LTI with its multiple innovative Snowflake specific accelerators & solutions, especially the LTI Canvas PolarSled platform, provides speed, performance, and risk reduction to the customers’ cloud data journey. We look forward to strengthening this partnership and building innovative solutions for our customers together," he added.

Recently, LTI also became the Technology Launch Partner for Snowpark Accelerated Program. Currently in private preview, Snowpark simplifies an organization’s IT architecture by bringing more data pipelines into Snowflake’s single, governed core data platform. As part of this program LTI Mosaic Decisions and LTI Mosaic AI will facilitate easy adoption of Snowflake with optimized performance.

LTI is an Elite Services Partner for Snowflake, and launched the first Snowcase, a program to develop and market industry-specific solutions to accelerate cloud data transformation journey of enterprises.

About LTI:

LTI (NSE: LTI) is a global technology consulting and digital solutions Company helping more than 400 clients succeed in a converging world. With operations in 31 countries, we go the extra mile for our clients and accelerate their digital transformation with LTI’s Mosaic platform enabling their mobile, social, analytics, IoT and cloud journeys. Founded in 1997 as a subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro Limited, our unique heritage gives us unparalleled real-world expertise to solve the most complex challenges of enterprises across all industries. Each day, our team of more than 35,000 LTItes enable our clients to improve the effectiveness of their business and technology operations and deliver value to their customers, employees and shareholders. Follow us at @LTI_Global

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ViewSonic Launches the First Desktop Multi-Identity Authentication System to Accelerate Paperless Development

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Innovative Electronic Signature Solutions Bring a Safer Life to the Post-Pandemic Era

BREA, Calif., June 3, 2021 — ViewSonic Corp., a leading global provider of visual solutions, showcases the first desktop multi-identity authentication system, the MA series, at #COMPUTEXVirtual 2021 Online Exhibition. The series integrates six widely used digital authentication mechanisms, including electronic signatures, fingerprints, photography, document and ID scanning, PIN codes, and card reading. Businesses can combine different authentication methods to satisfy the security of multi-identity authentication and improve efficiency. Anti-bacterial technology was also implemented to the product to reduce the risk of disease transmission*.

The MA series integrates six widely used digital authentication mechanisms, including electronic signatures, fingerprints, photography, document and ID scanning, PIN codes, and card reading to satisfy the security of multi-identity authentication and improve efficiency.
The MA series integrates six widely used digital authentication mechanisms, including electronic signatures, fingerprints, photography, document and ID scanning, PIN codes, and card reading to satisfy the security of multi-identity authentication and improve efficiency.

"ViewSonic electromagnetic pen displays provide natural writing experiences and improves the document management process tremendously. Our brand-new MA series, which integrates biometric and non-biometric identification mechanisms and the enhancement of identity verification, will bring breakthrough innovation to the industry," said George Lee, the Director of Electromagnetic Pen Display BU at ViewSonic. "MA Series can be installed on reception or office desks to optimize the operation process and takes up little to no space. It ensures the security of confidential documents and authenticity of signatures for banks, hospitals, restaurants, and telecommunication companies."

MA series can be paired with a 10" or 12" pen display screen, and is equipped with wide-angle cameras, fingerprint readers, card readers, and Near-field Communication (NFC) technology. With its biometric authentication feature, it supports signature and fingerprint verification and facial recognition; as for scanning files, inserting passwords, and card readings, its non-biometric feature can be brought into play. Through integrating document management, contract authentication, and other software, frontline workers will no longer feel stressed when dealing with applications that require multiple signatures with several authentication steps.

When users sign documents with the ViewSonic electromagnetic pen, the MA series system automatically records and extracts the shape, velocity, stroke, pen pressure, and then verifies it to ensure authenticity. To conform to the international level of electronic signature specifications and data security, it meets the industry’s highest standard AES 256 and RSA 2048 encryption and CA (certificate authority) certification. If the file has been tampered with, the document seal will be shown as destroyed.

ViewSonic is also presenting a line-up of electromagnetic pen displays ranging from 5" to 21.5 " (PD0521, PD0711, PD1013, PD1213, PD1233, PD1631, PD2211). All products are made with anti-bacterial plastic materials verified by SGS, which effectively reduces the reproduction of microorganisms by 99.9%. The entire PD series of products are equipped with anti-scratch, anti-glare, and anti-fingerprint coatings. Combined with the cloud signature software, users can receive documents and sign them on any device anywhere. In addition, a series of educational handwriting solutions (PD1330, PF0730-I0WW, ID710-BWW) are also being showcased at the online event. With its intuitive usability, teachers and students will not have to change their writing habits, shortening the learning curve of digital handwriting.

ViewSonic Exhibition Information

This year’s #COMPUTEXVirtual 2021 takes place from May 31 to June 30. It is a smart exhibition platform integrating the virtual and real, bringing a brand-new digital experience to participants. Join us at the ViewSonic online exhibition to experience a wide variety of pen display products and innovative solutions, which help reduce physical paper consumption and storage, decrease operating costs, and protect the environment, as well as help avoid unnecessary contact in an ever-changing post-pandemic era.

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.

* The antimicrobial properties do not protect users or others against bacteria, viruses, germs, or other disease organisms. Always clean and wash this product thoroughly before and after each use. ViewSonic products are not considered medical devices and are not intended for use in the diagnosis of disease or other conditions, or in the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease.

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AI Robotics Startup Mech-Mind Completes Series C Funding Led by Tech Giant Meituan

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With total funding of over USD100 million, Mech-Mind is pioneering the next frontier of manufacturing through a combination of artificial intelligence and industrial robotics

BEIJING, May 19, 2021 — Fast-growing Chinese AI industrial robotics startup, Mech-Mind Robotics ("Mech-Mind") has recently completed Series C funding led by tech giant Meituan. This latest investment brings Mech-Mind’s total funding to over USD100 million, making Mech-Mind one of the world’s most funded AI+ industrial robotics startups.

The recent investment was led by Chinese tech giant Meituan, with participation from existing investors including Sequoia Capital China and Source Code Capital.


Focused on Robotics-Infrastructure in the AI era, Mech-Mind develops a full suite of products and solutions integrating 3D camera, 3D vision and deep learning algorithms, and motion planning technology. Moving forward, Mech-Mind will leverage extensive technical strength to modernize manufacturing by breathing new life into industrial robotics.

In addition, Mech-Mind also provides comprehensive service including staff training, deployment planning, marketing support, and collaboration on challenging projects.

Tianlan Shao, Mech-Mind Robotics CEO and Founder,says, "Our products are designed to fundamentally reframe the manufacturing pain points by utilizing the practice of AI and human-robotics interaction. Our products and service already create visible business returns for nearly 1000 clients worldwide".

"Mech-Mind has developed a full infrastructure and product portfolio including 3D cameras, machine vision algorithms and software, and an intelligent robot programming environment," says Shao.

"Our products have been widely deployed, enabling us to acquire profound experience from real-life applications. Moving forward, Mech-Mind will focus on empowering robotics solutions providers and integrators to create more solutions and applications."

According to the International Federation of Robotics, the manufacturing industry remains the largest adopter of industrial robotics globally, with significant investments to adopt modern methods.


Recently, Mech-Mind launched the new generation of Mech-Eye Laser Industrial 3D Camera, which utilizes fast structured light to present high-quality 3D imaging for typical industrial applications under demanding light.

Mech-Eye Laser is suitable for factory or processing facilities with competitive price. This camera offers high level of precision, wide field of view, and easy-to-use programming setting.

With a global team of over 350 employees based in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Changsha, Qingdao, Munich, and Tokyo, Mech-Mind is committed to help clients pioneer the next frontier of manufacturing and democratize access for AI-defined robotics to small-, mid- and large-sized businesses alike.

For more information, please visit https://en.mech-mind.net/.

About Mech-Mind Robotics

Mech-Mind was founded in 2016 to put intelligence into industrial robots. Through advanced technologies including deep learning, 3D vision, and motion planning, Mech-Mind offers cost-effective solutions to palletizing and depalletizing, bin picking, order sorting, machine tending and assembly/gluing/locating in logistics and manufacturing.

Mech-Mind’s intelligent industrial robot solutions are used in automotive OEM plants, appliance plants, steel plants, food plants, logistics warehouses, banks, and hospitals in countries such as China, Japan, South Korea, Germany, the U.S.

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Ericsson and Samsung sign global patent license agreement

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– Agreement includes global patent cross license of cellular technologies, including 5G

– Settlement ends all ongoing patent related legal disputes between the parties

– In the second quarter 2021, IPR licensing revenues are expected to be SEK 2.0 b. to 2.5 b.

STOCKHOLM, May 7, 2021 — Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) and Samsung have reached a multi-year agreement on global patent licenses between the two companies, including patents relating to all cellular technologies. The cross-license agreement covers sales of network infrastructure and handsets from January 1, 2021. 

Furthermore, Ericsson and Samsung have agreed on technology cooperation projects to advance the mobile industry in open standardization and create valuable solutions for consumers and enterprises.

This settlement ends complaints filed by both companies before the United States International Trade Commission (USITC) as well as the ongoing lawsuits in several countries and confirms the value of the strong patent portfolios of both companies. The details of the agreement are confidential and will not be disclosed.

Ericsson’s IPR licensing revenues continue to be affected by several factors, mainly expired patent license agreements pending renewal, geopolitical impact on the handset market, technology shift from 4G to 5G, and possible currency effects going forward. In the second quarter 2021, IPR licensing revenues, including the new agreement covering sales from January 1, 2021, are expected to be SEK 2.0 b to 2.5 b.

Christina Petersson, Chief Intellectual Property Officer at Ericsson says: "We are delighted to sign a mutually beneficial agreement with Samsung. This important deal confirms the value of our patent portfolio and further illustrates Ericsson’s commitment to FRAND principles."

Over several decades, Ericsson has made significant investments in R&D and in developing global mobile standards and is committed to licensing its standard-essential patents on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms for the benefit of consumers and enterprises everywhere. The FRAND system allows access to technology and intellectual property, developed by inventors like Ericsson, and also rewards those inventors for their major up-front investment in R&D in each mobile generation.

The value of Ericsson’s IP portfolio extends to more than 57,000 granted patents and is strengthened by annual investment in R&D of approx. SEK 40 b. With a leading global position in 5G, the company is confident of growing its IPR revenues long term, thereby further maximizing the value of the overall patent portfolio.

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JIS Service Learning Supports Communities in Need

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Students of Jakarta Intercultural School engage in community outreach that makes a difference

JAKARTA, Indonesia, May 7, 2021 — Seventeen-year-old Sangwook is on a mission to help narrow the digital divide in Indonesia. As a 21st-Century learner whose studies greatly depend on digital technology, he recognizes that computers are "like treasure boxes which are full of educational potential," and firmly believes that equal access to computers and the internet can make all the difference in a child’s education.

Sangwook, a senior student of Jakarta Intercultural School (JIS) engages in community outreach that makes a difference.
Sangwook, a senior student of Jakarta Intercultural School (JIS) engages in community outreach that makes a difference.

So, with the help and expert guidance of the Service-Learning Program at Jakarta Intercultural School (JIS), where he is currently a Junior, Sangwook and members of his Plugged-IN club are working hard to make technology fun and accessible for everyone — especially young learners from disadvantaged backgrounds. They teach twice-weekly lessons to elementary school students who get hands-on experience learning about various tech-related topics.

"Each week had a specific theme and at least one interactive activity," Sangwook explained with enthusiasm. "One example is a QR code scavenger hunt: Students and club members worked in teams to complete various technology-related challenges around campus by scanning QR codes. Lots of running around and lots of energy."

Plugged-IN is one of the 35 student-led clubs at JIS High School that takes part in collaborative community engagement as part of the school’s Service Learning Program. Essentially, these clubs operate like a network of non-profit organizations that aim to respond to an authentic need of the community, explained JIS Service Learning Coordinator Jodi Berry.

"Service learning offers students opportunities to lead, collaborate and develop philanthropic values that lead to civil participation," she said. "With guidance from the JIS High School Service Council and faculty advisors, students work together to launch campaigns, fundraisers and larger initiatives and projects that support our community partners in need."

Like Sangwook, JIS Grade 12 student Nelson saw the importance of addressing the needs of vulnerable, underprivileged children. To help make a difference, he joined not one, but two service learning clubs: House of Hope, which engages with children from the Panti Akhiruz Zaman orphanage through games, sporting activities and English and math lessons; as well as the Conquer Cancer Club, which visits children struggling with cancer and entertains them with arts and crafts lessons.

"Service learning allows students to build a good moral character. I believe that an important element of education is to be able to engage with students and people in the community around us," he said. "Not only have service projects given me the skills to work together and collaborate with people, but they have also taught me to be more empathetic and caring to those less privileged than myself."

But then the COVID-19 pandemic changed everything. With health restrictions in place from the government and students moving to online learning, it became impossible for Nelson and other service learners to engage directly with the people they’ve worked so hard to help. JIS service learning clubs found themselves having to rethink and redesign their entire approach to community outreach.

For Sangwook and Plugged-IN, that meant shifting their lessons to Zoom — which only emphasized the very issue they were trying to address.

"The pandemic exacerbated and exposed the issue of the digital divide in Indonesia. We learned that many students are forced to stay home with no access to technology and unable to attend online school during lockdown," he said. "Therefore, our priority now is to help them go through these difficult times. I think that our core motivation has always been the same; it comes from the belief that technology can enrich — or possibly change — one’s life."

In addition to teaching online lessons, the Plugged-IN club has spent the past year organizing donation which drives to collect secondhand gadgets. These are then channeled to Indonesian state-school students who have been struggling to participate in virtual classes during the pandemic because their families can’t afford the necessary technology.

"We have donated almost 100 devices, including smartphones, desktop computers, laptops and iPads. The process has been a long one; we asked people and companies around us for devices, collected them, repaired them and put them into packages along with accessories, masks and instructions," Sangwook explained.

Nelson, meanwhile, has been dedicated to helping both House of Hope and Conquer Cancer Club put together and deliver care packages — filled with materials for various activities, essential food items, hygiene kits — to the children he once met with regularly. But he wanted to do more. He wanted to reach out and help as many children as possible using his strengths and what he believes is the key to a better future for them: education.

He used his free time to write an English-Indonesian workbook with illustrations and engaging activities titled Let’s Learn Basic English With Billy, which has been published and is currently for sale. For every book he sells, he donates a copy to a local school or orphanage.

"The book teaches Indonesian children the basics of English literacy, including basic vocabulary, sentence structure, forming questions and grammar. Through this book, I hope to help Indonesian children acquire English literacy at a young age and provide them with the keys to the world," Nelson said.

"Additionally, I also led a collaboration project with seven of the service clubs at JIS, where each club created an English lesson video that paired with a lesson taught in the book. These videos are intended to complement the book’s lessons."

Service learning at JIS demonstrates several "competencies" in 21st-Century Education, such as creativity, critical thinking, collaboration and communication, which Berry said were needed to overcome the urgent issues we face today. JIS, however, considers "compassion" as another core competency.

"We’re at a time when the biggest world problems cannot be solved alone. We have to be able to work together to create a better world for all," she said. "Above all, service learning is an approach to develop those competencies, to complement what students are learning inside the classroom with experiences and opportunities outside the classroom."

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How Dahua Video Monitoring Solution Protects Endangered Species

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HANGZHOU, China, April 30, 2021 — Extinction of wildlife species has become a tragic feature of the modern world. Many species around the earth are threatened by environmental challenges from climate change, fire, and pollution. The threat comes also from illegal activities carried out by people, such as poaching and unauthorized hunting and logging. 

Dahua Video Monitoring Solution Protects Endangered Species
Dahua Video Monitoring Solution Protects Endangered Species

Dahua Video Monitoring Solution Protects Endangered Species

Species extinction is more than just a concern of conservationists. The health of our planet depends on preserving the evolutionary path of natural ecosystems; this is what makes human life sustainable. Thankfully, people around the world have begun to pay greater attention. And Dahua Technology is committed to developing and deploying systems that can help.

Dahua’s solutions have been helping to level the playing field for at-risk ecosystems and preserve nearly 50 endangered species. For example, in Qinghai province, Dahua has built several "Ecology Windows" where remote monitoring systems provide real-time monitoring in the five major preservation areas in the province, including the Three River Source, Qinghai Lake, Huangshui Basin, Damu Basin and Qilian Mountains. 

Using intelligent video analytics (such as intelligent detection, tracking and early alerts), Dahua’s technologies not only protect wildlife from immediate threats, but also offer remote monitoring for research purposes. The video metadata is stored in the Qinghai Environmental Cloud Platform, whereas continuously building its observation database to support research on species diversity and other key elements of ecosystem health. 

Experts today use Dahua products to build a better understanding of many endangered species including antelopes, wild donkeys, snow leopards, and Chinese hornbeams, bar-headed geese, black-necked cranes, and Eurasian otters. Collecting precise data about migration activities, for example, gives the scientific community the information it needs to design and deploy better conservation policies and programs.

As a world-leading video-centric smart IoT solution and service provider, Dahua Technology is committed to making the world safer and more secure. Protecting people, protecting endangered species, and protecting the environment are all central to our mission, now and in the future. 

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IBM to Acquire Turbonomic Building Industry’s Most Comprehensive AIOps Capabilities for Hybrid Cloud

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– Addition of Turbonomic will enable businesses to assure application performance using AI and cut costs by optimizing the deployment of IT resources across development, test and production environments

– Complements IBM’s recent acquisition of Instana and launch of IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps to address AI-driven automation of IT; Powered by Red Hat OpenShift to run applications on any cloud

ARMONK, N.Y., April 30, 2021 — IBM (NYSE:IBM) today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Turbonomic, an Application Resource Management (ARM) and Network Performance Management (NPM) software provider based in Boston, MA. The acquisition will provide businesses with full stack application observability and management to assure performance and minimize costs using AI to optimize resources – such as containers, VMs, servers, storage, networks, and databases. This will ensure they can dynamically and more efficiently assess and manage the performance of any application, anywhere. Financial details were not disclosed.

The acquisition complements IBM’s recent acquisition of Instana for application performance monitoring (APM) and observability, and the launch of IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps to automate IT Operations using AI. By acquiring Turbonomic, IBM is the only company that will be able to provide customers with AI-powered automation capabilities that span from AIOps (the use of AI to automate IT Operations) to application and infrastructure observability – all built on Red Hat OpenShift to run across any hybrid cloud environment.

"IBM continues to reshape its future as a hybrid cloud and AI company," said Rob Thomas, Senior Vice President, IBM Cloud and Data Platform. "The Turbonomic acquisition is yet another example of our commitment to making the most impactful investments to advance this strategy and ensure customers find the most innovative ways to fuel their digital transformations."

With the acquisition of Turbonomic, IBM will help companies overcome the high costs associated with managing performance and availability for multiple applications sharing an increasingly complex hybrid cloud environment. Given these challenges, organizations are seeking to adopt AIOps for full stack observability and visibility into their IT resources so they can deliver high availability and performance of applications at lower costs.

"We believe that AI-powered automation has become inevitable, helping to make all information-centric jobs more productive," said Dinesh Nirmal, General Manager, IBM Automation. "That’s why IBM continues to invest in providing our customers with a one-stop shop of AI-powered automation capabilities that spans business processes and IT. The addition of Turbonomic now takes our portfolio another major step forward by ensuring customers will have full visibility into what is going on throughout their hybrid cloud infrastructure, and across their entire enterprise."

"Businesses are looking for AI-driven software to help them manage the scale and complexity challenges of running applications cross-cloud," said Ben Nye, CEO, Turbonomic. "Turbonomic not only prescribes actions, but allows customers to take them. The combination of IBM and Turbonomic will continuously assure target application response times even during peak demand."

Turbonomic provides businesses with its ARM software that simultaneously optimizes the performance, compliance, and cost of applications in real-time. Upon close of the acquisition, IBM plans to integrate Turbonomic’s ARM software with the APM and real-time observability capabilities of Instana and the ITOps capabilities of IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps to help customers assure application performance and minimize costs by driving optimization across development, test and production environments.

By integrating Turbonomic ARM with Instana’s APM capabilities, a user will now be able to automate actions to optimize their underlying IT infrastructure and assure performance across applications. The Turbonomic ARM integration with IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps will enrich the ITOps experience in cross-cloud management by bridging an application’s topology to the resources on which it runs. This ensures customers can deliver quicker resolution of incidents or, if resourcing actions are automated, automatically absorb demand spikes with no degradation to end user response time.

Another major benefit for customers is the potential for sustainability improvements related to lower server, facilities and carbon usage afforded by Turbonomic’s ability to continually right size resources, without compromising application performance.

As 5G adoption continues to grow, enterprises are also looking to move workloads to the edge. This is driving networking to be an integral component of the application deployment strategy.  With this acquisition, IBM plans to leverage Turbonomic’s NPM products and strong presence in the telecommunications industry to complement its own offerings and expertise in this area, helping customers intelligently optimize applications running in 5G environments. 

Turbonomic has built and maintains an OEM relationship with Cisco through Cisco Intersight Workload Optimizer.  The acquisition also builds on IBM’s growing investment in its ecosystem of business partners such as Cisco to help customers accelerate their journey to hybrid cloud and AI.

Today’s news underscores IBM’s continued focus on providing organizations with a one-stop shop of AI-powered automation capabilities for business and IT all built on Red Hat OpenShift, helping to automate their entire enterprise, from robotic process automation (RPA), to AIOps, ARM and process mining. This is the latest move in a series of recent IBM acquisitions – including myInvenio, Instana and WDG Automation; ecosystem partnerships; organic R&D – including the launch of Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps; and customer adoption by leading brands -including CaixaBank, PNC Financial Services and Banco Popular.

The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions. It is anticipated the transaction will close in the second quarter of 2021.

For more information on today’s announcement, please visit: www.ibm.com/cloud/blog/ibm-to-acquire-turbonomic 

To learn more about IBM AI-powered Automation, please visit: https://www.ibm.com/automation

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D-Link Scores Two iF Design Awards for Product Design Excellence

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D-Link’s DCS-8635LH and DCS-8302LH cameras received the distinguished iF Design Award 2021

TAIPEI, April 28, 2021 — D-Link Corporation today announced that their DCS-8635LH 2K QHD Pan & Zoom Outdoor Wi-Fi Camera and DCS-8302LH Full HD Outdoor Wi-Fi Camera were winners of this year’s iF Design Award, the world-renowned design prize. D-Link’s DCS-8635LH is an IP65 weather resistant camera with 360-degree field of view in 1440P 2K QHD resolution.  Along with AI-based features such as person detection, vehicle detection, and auto-person detection, the DCS-8635LH provides the high-quality surveillance to protect the home. D-Link’s DCS-8302LH is also a weather resistant surveillance camera that allows users to easily monitor their home. Delivering Full HD resolution with 135 field-of-view and AI-based person detection, the DCS-8302LH is the intelligent solution for keeping the home safe.

"We are honored to be recognized with two prestigious iF Design Awards this year and for our smart home cameras to stand out among thousands of entries," expressed Mark Chen, President of D-Link. "This achievement gives us the confidence to continue creating products of outstanding design quality."

About the iF DESIGN AWARD

For 67 years, the iF DESIGN AWARD has been recognized as an arbiter of quality for exceptional design. The world’s oldest independent design organization, Hannover-based iF International Forum Design GmbH, organizes the iF Design Award. This year, a 98-member jury reviewed almost 10,000 entries submitted from 52 countries. Submissions are awarded in the following disciplines: Product, Packaging, Communication and Service Design, Architecture and Interior Architecture as well as Professional Concept, User Experience (UX) and User Interface (UI).

About D-Link

D-Link is a global leader in connecting people, businesses, and cities with our computer networking solutions and technology. Our innovative products and services meet the needs of digital home consumers, small to medium sized businesses, enterprise environments, and service providers. D-Link implements and supports unified network solutions that integrate capabilities in switching, wireless, broadband, IP surveillance, and cloud-based network management. An award-winning designer, developer, and manufacturer for over 30 years, D-Link has grown from a group of friends in Taiwan into a global brand with over 2,000 employees in 60 countries.

For more information, visit https://www.dlink.com/.

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CASETiFY And Epic Games Partner To Launch Fortnite Tech Accessory Collection

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HONG KONG and LOS ANGELES, April 20, 2021 — CASETiFY today announced a new partnership with Epic Games to create a range of Fortnite-inspired tech accessories. Gamers and fans alike can now sign up for the virtual waitlist at www.casetify.com/fortnite ahead of its launch, May 6.

CASETiFY And Epic Games Partner To Launch Fortnite Tech Accessory Collection
CASETiFY And Epic Games Partner To Launch Fortnite Tech Accessory Collection

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The new Fortnite branded collection includes a variety of products featuring the game’s recognizable characters and icons on CASETiFY’s drop-proof accessories. The line-up gives fans the ability to gear-up with their Outfit of choice – including Cuddle Team Leader, DJ Yonder, Peely, and the Durrr Burger on CASETiFY’s best-selling Impact Cases and Ultra Impact Cases, starting at $45 USD. The celebration continues with the Welcome to the Party Band Case, designed to spotlight Fortnite + CASETiFY wristbands in an intersecting pattern, and the Fortnite Sticker Case, which showcases iconic in-game characters and items such as the Loot Llama, Boogie Bombs, party decor, and more. Complementing products in the collection extend to AirPod cases, watch bands, and water bottles retailing $35 – $52 USD. 

"Both CASETiFY and Fortnite are known for their loyal followings possessing a unique, creative spirit, so we’re especially excited to introduce them to our vibrant collection that celebrates the game’s beloved characters," said CASETiFY CEO and Co-founder, Wes Ng.

Launching on May 6, the collection will be available for purchase from www.casetify.com/fortnite, with products from Fortnite + CASETiFY shipping worldwide. To learn more about the collection, products, and CASETiFY Co-Lab updates, visit online and stay tuned to @CASETiFY on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. 

The partnership was brokered by IMG, Fortnite’s exclusive worldwide agency for consumer products licensing.

About CASETiFY

Founded in 2011, CASETiFY is recognized as the first and largest global platform for custom tech accessories. The leading Gen Z casemaker not only delivers high quality products to millions of customers around the world, but every case is inspected top to bottom for a stylishly slim, drop-proof accessory. Fans of the brand often look to CASETiFY for special edition collaborations with top creatives and talents across industries. Members of the CASETiFY Co-Lab program include Moncler Genius, Vetements, DHL, Coca-Cola, The Pokémon Company, streetwear label BAPE, and global superstars BTS. For more information on CASETiFY, its stores, partners and products, visit www.CASETiFY.com.

About Fortnite

Fortnite is the completely free online game where you and your friends fight to be the last one standing in Battle Royale, join forces to make your own Creative games, or catch a live show at Party Royale. Download now and jump into the action on PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, Android, PC, and Mac. Learn more at www.fortnite.com.

About IMG

IMG is a global leader in sports, fashion, events and media. The company manages some of the world’s greatest athletes and fashion icons; owns and operates hundreds of live events annually; and is a leading independent producer and distributor of sports and entertainment media. IMG also specializes in licensing, sports training and league development. IMG is a subsidiary of Endeavor, a global entertainment, sports and content company.

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For more information on CASETiFY and this collection, please email press@casetify.com.

© 2021 Epic Games, Inc. Fortnite and its logo are trademarks of Epic Games, Inc. in the USA (Reg. U.S. Pat. & Tm. Off.) and elsewhere.

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Algorand Enhances TEAL Smart Contract Language in Latest Upgrade

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Improved developer experiences empower the Algorand community as DeFi and application building expands

BOSTON, April 14, 2021 — Algorand, a leading blockchain technology company accelerating the convergence of decentralized and traditional finance, continues to deliver on its commitment to technical innovation with the availability of its latest upgrade to its Layer-1 Smart Contracts language (TEAL), the first in a series of such enhancements. Smart Contracts on Algorand are built into Layer-1 and thus benefit from the network’s speed, security, and scalability with reduced settlement risk through trustless execution, low transaction fees, and flexible implementations needed to power complex applications.

The latest upgrade is based on direct feedback from the Algorand developer community to address and remove obstacles for viable mainstream adoption, mainly by ensuring application development is faster and more efficient.  Algorand’s smart contract language, TEAL (Transaction Execution Approval Language), has been upgraded  for a more optimized developer experience, while maintaining a Layer-1 language and increasing access and convenience, without compromising performance or economic efficiencies.

New features are comprised of the following distinct functionality:

  1. Complete access to transactions in the Atomic Transfer capability
  2. Better application permissions in addressing user demand using CreatorAddress
  3. New opcodes addressing demands from TEAL users and TEAL compilers

º     A concise way to express requirements
º     The ability to manipulate the stack and data values in a more concise way
º     The ability to combine Atomic Transfers together

With these new features, the following are now available for developers:

  • Convenience functions for examining other assets and stateful smart contracts
  • Functions to support better stack manipulation
  • Support for manipulating data with bit and byte functions
  • Improved conditional logic capabilities

In expanding the possibilities to write more efficient smart contracts, compilers and high-level languages are empowered with this TEAL upgrade as new gateways for development. Reach, a development platform, is one such example of tooling available to Algorand developers that lowers the barrier to entry, while enabling blockchain developers to build more sophisticated applications.

"Algorand continues to deliver on innovation, and it is exciting to see TEAL opening new opportunities for the growing developer community.  As a partner of Algorand empowering developers to leverage their high performing blockchain, it is a major milestone that anything written on Reach can now work on Algorand," says Chris Swenor, Founder & CEO, Reach. 

Examples of applications that are now easier and more efficient to write on Algorand include:

This consensus protocol upgrade is the 5th for Algorand since inception, with no downtime or performance degradation— proving yet again that Algorand is built with the reliability, security, and evolving capabilities to continuously serve its developer community and pave the way for the future of finance (FutureFi).

Algorand always welcomes and values developers’ feedback as it directly impacts continued innovations. For more technical details, visit TEAL and the developer post here. For more general questions on building on Algorand, please visit our developer portal. Feedback can be submitted to: devsupport@algorand.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 cryptographer Silvio 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 500 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.  

About the Algorand Foundation
The Algorand Foundation is dedicated to fulfilling the global promise of blockchain technology by leveraging the Algorand protocol and open source software, which was initially designed by Silvio Micali and a team of leading scientists. With core beliefs in the establishment of an open, public and permissionless blockchain, the Algorand Foundation has a vision for an inclusive ecosystem that provides an opportunity for everyone to harness the potential of an equitable and truly borderless economy. For more information, visit www.algorand.foundation.

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