September 13, 2021

Innova Medical Group fait un don de 10 millions de livres pour financer le lancement d’un institut mondial de lutte contre les pandémies à Liverpool

– Liverpool va accueillir le siège du Pandemic Institute, qui fournira la première capacité unique et complète au monde pour prédire, prévenir, répondre et se remettre des futures pandémies

– Innova a fourni le capital nécessaire à la création de l’Institut, aux côtés du soutien du conseil municipal de Liverpool, de l’université de Liverpool, de l’université John Moores de Liverpool, de la Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine et de KQ Liverpool.

PASADENA, Californie et LIVERPOOL, Angleterre, 13 septembre 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Innova Medical Group, un innovateur mondial dans le domaine de la santé et le plus grand fournisseur mondial de tests rapides d’antigènes, a annoncé un don de 10 millions de livres sterling pour le lancement du Pandemic Institute, un centre d’excellence mondial pour aider le monde à prévenir, préparer et répondre plus efficacement aux futures pandémies. Le siège de l’institut se trouve dans le Knowledge Quarter Liverpool (KQ Liverpool).

INNOVA MEDICAL GROUP GIFTS £10M TO LAUNCH GLOBAL PANDEMIC INSTITUTE IN LIVERPOOL

Le don d’Innova fournit le capital de démarrage nécessaire à l’établissement de l’institut, aux côtés du soutien du conseil municipal de Liverpool, de l’université de Liverpool, de l’université John Moores de Liverpool, de la Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine et du KQ Liverpool.

L’établissement offrira une expertise clinique, de recherche et politique de pointe, basée dans ce qui sera bientôt désigné comme l’un des bâtiments les plus sains du monde, The Spine. Cette expertise s’appuiera sur l’un des plus grands atouts de Liverpool – ses ressources universitaires considérables – ainsi que sur des connexions et des affiliés internationaux et des partenaires des secteurs public et privé.

Ensemble, les partenaires de l’institut traduiront les résultats de la recherche en politiques et en actions concrètes, en proposant une approche holistique unique et des capacités complètes de bout en bout tout au long du cycle de vie d’une pandémie. Le résultat permettra au monde d’accélérer la réponse globale aux futurs événements pandémiques, d’unifier les renseignements mondiaux et d’augmenter considérablement l’impact de la recherche sur les pandémies sur la société mondiale.

« L’équipe d’Innova est passionnée par le soutien de projets qui feront la différence et il apparaît clairement aujourd’hui que les pandémies constituent l’une des plus grandes menaces pour la santé de la population mondiale », a déclaré Daniel Elliott, PDG et président d’Innova Medical Group. « C’est une initiative vraiment passionnante pour nous de soutenir les institutions académiques et commerciales de la ville dont l’ambition est de trouver des solutions complètes qui peuvent être appliquées à l’échelle mondiale. Nous sommes impatients de travailler en collaboration avec les partenaires présents et futurs de l’Institut afin d’atteindre cet objectif commun. »

« Le Pandemic Institute sera un centre d’excellence unique qui a le potentiel d’aider à révolutionner la façon dont le monde répond aux futures pandémies », a déclaré le professeur Matthew Baylis, directeur du Pandemic Institute. « Liverpool est parfaitement placée pour cette initiative passionnante et nous apprécions le leadership d’Innova dans la création du Pandemic Institute et le don généreux à Liverpool. »

À PROPOS D’INNOVA MEDICAL GROUP, INC :

Innova Medical Group est un innovateur mondial dans le domaine du dépistage et du diagnostic en matière de santé, animé par la volonté d’améliorer radicalement les résultats sanitaires dans le monde entier grâce à des solutions de test équitables et de grande valeur. Notre approche stratégique et itérative nous permet de créer, de construire et de déployer une myriade de tests accessibles et personnalisés pour rencontrer et responsabiliser l’utilisateur au moment où il en a besoin. Avec une vision panoramique allant du présent au futur, nous développons des solutions de confiance dont l’utilisation est à la fois intuitive et sécurisée. Nous sommes rapidement et agilement devenus le plus grand fournisseur mondial de tests Covid-19, et nous sommes déterminés à poursuivre ce modèle pour les maladies infectieuses, les autres maladies chroniques et le bien-être. Pour plus d’informations, veuillez consulter : www.innovamedgroup.com

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September 13, 2021

Zoom Announces Planned Innovations to Ignite the Next Era of Communications

Zoomtopia 2021 Highlights Customers Using Zoom Innovations to Embrace Change, Enable Hybrid Workforces, and Grow Their Businesses

SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, Zoom Video Communications, Inc. kicked off Zoomtopia 2021, unveiling plans for innovations across its platform designed for today’s dynamic working environments, and to ignite a new era of connection and collaboration. Zoom is transforming the trajectory of business and personal communications by advancing the way we connect, share ideas, and get more done together – regardless of location. Zoom is developing new products, features, and partnerships designed to empower and engage the modern workforce with connected workstreams.

“Innovation remains at the forefront of Zoom’s annual Zoomtopia conference,” said Daniel Newman, Principal Analyst at Futurum Research. “I am particularly impressed with how Zoom’s plans for new solutions, like Zoom Video Engagement Center and Zoom Whiteboard, could continue to broaden Zoom’s impact on different facets of our work and lives, while enabling customers to create and grow businesses entirely on its platform.”

“In the last decade, we have been honored to become the ‘go-to’ video communications platform, but there has never been a more dynamic period in the company’s history than these last 18 months,” said Eric S. Yuan, Founder and CEO at Zoom. “We have released hundreds of new features, enhancements, and capabilities this past year alone and we have exciting new features in our development pipeline. With the ability to visually brainstorm on a virtual whiteboard and collaborate with colleagues similar to an in-person experience, or the endless opportunities of live transcription and translation services powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) – previously considered ‘futuristic’ technologies are on the verge of becoming a reality and could reshape the way we work.”

Empowering and Engaging Communities
Zoom’s recent study on the role of video communications in daily life examined people’s preferences for how they envision using this technology in a future world. Globally, the majority of respondents agree that everything will have a virtual element – including celebrations and events.

Zoom Events Conference is a new event type that Zoom plans to make available this fall on Zoom Events, which will allow hosts to organize multi-track and multi-day events in a sophisticated format, with rich functionality, including, event lobby, chat, networking, sponsors, surveys, recordings, analytics, and more. Zoom Events Conference will offer hosts and attendees a customizable experience with the ability to provide an engaging and connected virtual event experience.

Enabling the Modern Workforce
Zoom is working to arm customers with innovative technology solutions designed to create new opportunities for business growth. Future potential projects include:

Zoom Video Engagement Center (VEC): Connect your experts with your customers on video to create engaging experiences where they can build rapport and trust, and share expertise in a structured and immersive virtual environment. With industry-specific solutions, Zoom VEC will offer the same cloud-first scalability and trusted video architecture customers have come to expect from Zoom.
Zoom Whiteboard: Today’s hybrid, remote and colocated workforce relies on collaboration tools to be efficient and productive, and the goal for Zoom Whiteboard is to set a new standard for working smarter, together. We envision that Zoom Whiteboard will act as a digital canvas, enabling seamless, real-time and asynchronous collaboration, with the ability to interact with the whiteboard similar to an in-person experience, creating more visually engaging and efficient meeting experiences.
Zoom & Oculus Team Up: Zoom will be teaming up with Horizon Workrooms to bring the physical and virtual world together using Zoom. The goal is to allow users to access their Zoom Whiteboard and Zoom Meetings within the virtual Workrooms environment when this ships next year. With this collaboration, we aim to let people immerse themselves into the Zoom Whiteboard no matter what device they join from, all while in a Zoom meeting.
Live Translation and Transcription: Zoom meetings will become even more inclusive with the addition of real time, automated translation, as well as expansion of its existing live transcription, with support for multiple languages coming later next year. Zoom connects users across borders and continents, and these live transcription and translation features will create endless opportunities by bridging the communications gap across language barriers as well.
Zoom Rooms Smart Gallery: Zoom is committed to enabling the modern workforce. To foster a more inclusive hybrid, remote and colocated work experience, we plan to expand use cases of Zoom Rooms Smart Gallery for meeting spaces of all sizes by creating individual video feeds of in-room participants, so they’re viewed clearly and equally by remote employees.
Hot Desking: Zoom’s envisioned hot desking solution, available later this year, will allow employees to reserve desks and spaces in their offices using an interactive map and enable easy authentication to bring your personal Zoom experience to any Zoom Rooms or Zoom Phone appliance.
Platform Security: Security and privacy are cornerstones of the Zoom platform. To empower customers to provision and manage their own encryption keys, Zoom is developing a Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) offering, with an initial beta planned for later this year. Additionally, Zoom plans to extend End-to-end encryption (E2EE) to Zoom Phone, potentially enabling users to upgrade to E2EE during one-on-one phone calls that occur via the Zoom client in the coming year.

Connecting Workstreams
Zoom is virtually replicating the various ways we interact in real life, and beyond. Zoom Meetings, Chat, Webinars and Phone all work together as one unified communications solution, with the ability to navigate between them.

Zoom Apps are built to optimize meeting workflows. Later this year, we plan to make integration of Zoom Apps available throughout the platform, including Zoom Apps for Webinars, Zoom Apps for Mobile, and immersive apps, which will enable even more immersive and collaborative app experiences.
Zoom Chat Huddle View will potentially provide a visual layout of channels to give teams a sense of connectedness while working virtually. Channel members will potentially be able to choose a unique virtual background of their choice, chat, easily see who is in the channel, and quickly identify if they are busy or available, bringing teams together in a whole new way.
Zoom Phone Video Voicemails is planned to provide a more personable alternative to standard voicemails with the ability to leave video messages for colleagues, right into their voicemail inbox.
Zoom Continuous Collaboration could make it easier to collaborate across tools with tighter integrations across the Zoom platform and third parties. With these planned enhancements, users would benefit from the ability to share files, recordings and chats from Zoom Meetings to Zoom Chat for easy reference and collaboration on documents and integration with file sharing solutions – all without having to leave the Zoom client.
Zoom Widget is planned to provide a view at-a-glance schedule, that could enable users to see who is already in the meeting, and notify the host using Zoom Chat if they are running late. For people in back-to-back meetings, Zoom Widget will help them manage time, expectations, and keep their teammates in the know.

These planned innovations will help to create a more efficient, collaborative, and engaging user experience, while also simplifying processes by connecting and organizing workstreams.

Social Impact and Zoomtopia Awards

Zoom Cares, Zoom’s social impact arm, announced $2 million of new funding to a collection of eight global nonprofits supporting mental health among native, LGBTQ, and young people of color who have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19 and systemic racism. Zoom organized a team of seven global experts as part of its participatory grantmaking process to collaboratively decide on the nonprofits and distribution of donations.
Zoom is honoring select customers who made tremendous efforts to combat COVID-19 with the Zoom Delivering Hope Awards. By activating their networks, leveraging their resources, and sharing their expertise, these organizations had a massive impact on the global collective effort against the coronavirus.
Every year at Zoomtopia, the company highlights the creative and unique ways its customers are using Zoom with the Zoomtopia Innovation Awards. The contest recognizes the Zoom customers that most embody innovation, inspiration, and creativity in using Zoom solutions.

Zoomtopia, powered by Zoom Events Conference, features over 75 educational sessions, over 100 thought-provoking speakers, business leaders and celebrity appearances, and opportunities to network, collaborate, and learn, visit Zoomtopia.com to register and attend. The statements contained here are for informational purposes only. Any services, products or functionality referenced that are not currently available are subject to change at Zoom’s sole discretion and may not be delivered as planned or at all. Customers who purchase from Zoom should make their purchase decisions based upon currently available pricing, features and functions.

About Zoom
Zoom is for you. We help you express ideas, connect to others, and build toward a future limited only by your imagination. Our frictionless communications platform is the only one that started with video as its foundation, and we have set the standard for innovation ever since. That is why we are an intuitive, scalable, and secure choice for individuals, small businesses, and large enterprises alike. Founded in 2011, Zoom is publicly traded (NASDAQ:ZM) and headquartered in San Jose, California. Visit zoom.com and follow @zoom.

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September 13, 2021

TrueCommerce Acquires DiCentral

Acquisition creates the most feature-rich, global, cloud-based, multienterprise supply chain network

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — TrueCommerce, a leading global cloud provider of supply chain and trading partner connectivity, integration, and omnichannel solutions, announced today that it has acquired DiCentral, a leading global B2B and API solutions provider. This acquisition enables TrueCommerce to fuel the growth of its leading global network, deepen its solutions portfolio, and expand its global geographic footprint.

This acquisition further cements TrueCommerce’s position as a leader in the digital supply chain collaboration and connectivity space. By leveraging the combined company’s expertise in automation, digitalization, and integration, TrueCommerce is uniquely positioned to transform the way its customers do business, with value-added solutions designed to tackle complex supply chain and eCommerce challenges, streamline operations, and increase profitability.

Known for simplifying complex API and EDI business challenges, DiCentral adds 30,000 connections to TrueCommerce’s Global Commerce Network, plus nearly 5,000 customers from a diverse base. The combined TrueCommerce network now expands to 160,000 connections and nearly 18,000 customers. Combining the strengths of both companies creates an unmatched network and innovative solution offering that empowers customers to digitize, expand, and grow their businesses like never before.

“Together, we offer intuitive integrated solutions and connectivity that solve the challenges our customers face in growing their business across an increasingly digitized, global, and complex supply chain,” said John Fay, CEO of TrueCommerce.

The acquisition fuels TrueCommerce’s vision for global growth with expanded services and integrations, including:

Expanded cloud-based global supply chain network
Increased API connectivity to key 3^rd party solutions
An enhanced set of integrated SaaS applications and tools
Powerful iPaaS capabilities
A more extensive supply chain visibility solution
Extended geographic footprint
A more comprehensive retail drop ship program
Tighter integration with cloud-based SMB & enterprise-level ERPs
Accelerated deployment and ROI for customers

“I am thrilled to be joining the TrueCommerce leadership team and working alongside John Fay and Todd Johnson to seamlessly bring the two companies together,” said Thuy Mai, CEO of DiCentral. “We see this as a win-win for both TrueCommerce and DiCentral customers. The resulting increase in global network connectivity, commerce solutions, applications, and tools provides an unmatched offering for customers looking to grow their businesses.”

Mr. Mai will become a member of the TrueCommerce executive leadership team, serving as Co-Chief Strategy Officer of TrueCommerce. Todd Johnson will serve as the new CEO of DiCentral in addition to his current role as President and COO of TrueCommerce. John Fay will continue to serve as CEO of the combined company.

“DiCentral’s offerings strengthen our multienterprise commerce network, which already empowers businesses of all sizes to grow both domestically and internationally,” said Todd Johnson, CEO of DiCentral and President and COO of TrueCommerce. “I’m looking forward to working with the DiCentral team and continuing to provide best-in-class solutions and services to our customers.”

Ryan Harper, General Partner at Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS), a leading technology-focused private equity firm that recently acquired TrueCommerce, remarked, “We are confident that TrueCommerce is on track to becoming the global leader in supply chain collaboration, connectivity and omnichannel solutions. We continue to support the strategy of combining organic growth with focused, strategic acquisitions that expand the depth and breadth of new and existing segments, geographies, and capability areas.”

WCAS acquired TrueCommerce in November 2020 from Accel-KKR (AKKR). AKKR remains a minority shareholder of TrueCommerce. DiCentral was advised by DC Advisory.

About TrueCommerce
TrueCommerce is the most complete way to connect your business across the supply chain, integrating everything from EDI, to inventory management, to fulfillment, to digital storefronts and marketplaces. We’ve revolutionized supply chain visibility and collaboration by helping organizations make the most of their omnichannel initiatives via business P2P connectivity, order management, collaborative replenishment, intelligent fulfillment, cross-functional analytics, and product information management.

The TrueCommerce Global Commerce Network can connect businesses to over 130,000 retailers, distributors, and logistics service providers. As a fully managed services provider, we also manage new trading partner onboarding, as well as the ongoing management of partner-specific mapping, labeling changes, and communications monitoring. That’s why thousands of companies—ranging from startups to the global Fortune 100, across various industries—rely on us.

TrueCommerce: Do business in every direction
For more information, visit www.truecommerce.com

About DiCentral
Founded in 2000, DiCentral is a leading global provider of business-to-business and application integration solutions, with over two decades of experience solving complex EDI and API challenges. As market conditions continue to ﬂuctuate and technology is deployed to manage process changes, leading organizations rely on DiCentral’s cloud-based integration platform and a global team of specialized experts to integrate and leverage data across multiple cloud and on-premises systems and applications.

Headquartered in Houston, Texas, DiCentral has 11 offices worldwide, supporting customers in more than 35 countries. DiCentral utilizes a vast library of integrations with ERPs and other applications to seamlessly exchange transactional data with trading partners worldwide to maximize ROI while maintaining existing data infrastructure. DiCentral’s services and solutions are leveraged by many Fortune 1000 companies, processing over $200 billion in transactions for over 30,000 organizations worldwide. For more information, visit www.dicentral.com.

About Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe
WCAS is a leading U.S. private equity firm focused on two target industries: technology and healthcare. Since its founding in 1979, the firm’s strategy has been to partner with outstanding management teams and build value for its investors through a combination of operational improvements, growth initiatives and strategic acquisitions. The firm has raised and managed funds totaling over $27 billion of committed capital. For more information, please visit www.wcas.com.

About Accel-KKR
Accel-KKR is a technology-focused investment firm with over $10 billion in capital commitments. The firm focuses on software and tech-enabled businesses, well-positioned for topline and bottom-line growth. At the core of Accel-KKR’s investment strategy is a commitment to developing strong partnerships with the management teams of its portfolio companies and a focus on building value alongside management by leveraging the significant resources available through the Accel-KKR network. Accel-KKR focuses on middle-market companies and provides a broad range of capital solutions including buyout capital, minority-growth investments, and credit alternatives. Accel-KKR also invests across a wide range of transaction types including private company recapitalizations, divisional carve-outs and going-private transactions. In 2019 and 2020, Inc. named Accel-KKR to “PE 50 – The Best Private Equity Firms for Entrepreneurs,” its annual list of founder-friendly private equity firms. Accel-KKR is headquartered in Menlo Park with offices in Atlanta and London. Visit www.accel-kkr.com to learn more.

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September 13, 2021

TrueCommerce Adquire DiCentral

Aquisição cria a rede de cadeia de suprimentos multiempresarial global mais rica em recursos na nuvem

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A TrueCommerce, fornecedora líder global de soluções de conectividade, integração e omnicanal de cadeia de suprimentos e parceiros comerciais, anunciou hoje que adquiriu a DiCentral, fornecedora líder global de soluções B2B e API. Com essa aquisição a TrueCommerce viabilizará o crescimento da sua rede global líder, o aumento do seu portfólio de soluções e a expansão da sua presença global.

Essa aquisição solidifica ainda mais a posição da TrueCommerce como líder no espaço de colaboração e conectividade da cadeia de suprimentos digital. Agora com a experiência conjunta da empresa em automação, digitalização e integração, a TrueCommerce está excepcionalmente posicionada para transformar a maneira como seus clientes fazem negócios, com soluções de valor agregado criadas para enfrentar os desafios complexos da cadeia de suprimentos e do comércio eletrônico, agilizar as operações e aumentar a lucratividade.

Conhecida por simplificar os complexos desafios de negócios de API e EDI, a DiCentral adiciona 30.000 conexões à Rede de Comércio Global da TrueCommerce, além de quase 5.000 clientes de uma base diversificada. A rede conjunta da TrueCommerce agora chega a 160.000 conexões e quase 18.000 clientes. A combinação dos pontos fortes das duas empresas cria uma oferta inigualável de rede e solução inovadora que capacita os clientes a digitalizar, expandir e aumentar mais do que nunca seus negócios.

“Em conjunto, oferecemos soluções e conectividade intuitivas integradas que resolvem os desafios que nossos clientes enfrentam para ampliar seus negócios em uma cadeia de suprimentos cada vez mais digitalizada, global e complexa”, disse John Fay, CEO da TrueCommerce. “Estamos comprometidos em aprimorar e apoiar a plataforma da DiCentral e recebemos com prazer os clientes e a equipe talentosa da DiCentral na família TrueCommerce.”

A aquisição apoia a visão da TrueCommerce para o crescimento global com maiores serviços e integrações, incluindo:

Rede expandida da cadeia de suprimentos global baseada na nuvem
Maior conectividade de API para as principais soluções de terceiros
Um conjunto aprimorado de aplicativos e ferramentas SaaS integrados
Capacidades potentes de iPaaS
Uma solução de visibilidade da cadeia de suprimentos mais extensa
Maior alcance geográfico
Um programa mais abrangente de entrega de varejo direto da fábrica
Integração mais estreita com SMB e ERPs corporativos com base na nuvem
Implantação acelerada e ROI para clientes

“Estou muito contente em fazer parte da equipe de liderança da TrueCommerce e de trabalhar ao lado de John Fay e Todd Johnson para unir as duas empresas”, disse Thuy Mai, CEO da DiCentral. “Nós vemos isso como um benefício para todos os clientes da TrueCommerce e da DiCentral. O aumento da conectividade da rede global, das soluções de comércio, dos aplicativos e das ferramentas, passa a ser uma oferta imbatível para clientes que buscam expandir seus negócios.”

O Sr. Mai passará a ser membro da equipe de liderança executiva da TrueCommerce, atuando como Codiretor de Estratégia da TrueCommerce. Todd Johnson será o novo CEO da DiCentral, além de continuar nos seus cargos atuais de Presidente e COO da TrueCommerce. John Fay continuará a atuar como CEO da nova empresa.

“As ofertas da DiCentral fortalecem nossa rede de comércio multiempresarial, que já permite que empresas de todos os tamanhos cresçam nacional e internacionalmente”, disse Todd Johnson, CEO da DiCentral e Presidente e COO da TrueCommerce. “Estou pronto para trabalhar com a equipe da DiCentral e continuar a fornecer as melhores soluções e serviços para nossos clientes.”

Ryan Harper, Sócio Geral da Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS), uma empresa líder em ativos privados focada na tecnologia recém adquirida da TrueCommerce, comentou: “Estamos confiantes de que a TrueCommerce está no caminho certo para se tornar a líder global em colaboração de cadeia de suprimentos, conectividade e soluções omnicanal. Continuamos a dar apoio à estratégia de união do crescimento orgânico com as aquisições estratégicas focadas que expandem a profundidade e a amplitude dos segmentos, áreas geográficas e de capacidade novos e existentes.”

A WCAS adquiriu a TrueCommerce em novembro de 2020 da Accel-KKR (AKKR). A AKKR continua a ser uma acionista minoritária da TrueCommerce. A DiCentral recebeu consultoria da DC Advisory.

Sobre a TrueCommerce
A TrueCommerce é a maneira mais completa de conectar seus negócios com toda a cadeia de suprimentos, com total integração, desde EDI, gerenciamento de estoque, até atendimento, fachadas digitais e mercados. Revolucionamos a visibilidade e a colaboração da cadeia de suprimentos, ajudando as organizações a aproveitar ao máximo suas iniciativas omnicanal por meio da conectividade P2P de negócios, gerenciamento de pedidos, reabastecimento colaborativo, atendimento inteligente, análise multifuncional e gerenciamento de informações de produtos.

A TrueCommerce Global Commerce Network viabiliza a conexão das empresas com mais de 130.000 varejistas, distribuidores e provedores de serviços de logística. Como provedora de serviços totalmente gerenciado, também gerenciamos a integração de novos parceiros comerciais, bem como a gestão contínua de mapeamento específico de parceiros, alterações de rotulagem e monitoramento de comunicações. É por isso que milhares de empresas – desde as startups até as da Fortune 100 global de vários setores – dependem de nós.

TrueCommerce: Negócios em todas as direções
Para mais informação, visite www.truecommerce.com

Sobre a DiCentral
Fundada em 2000, a DiCentral é uma fornecedora líder global de soluções de integração de negócios para negócios e aplicativos, com mais de duas décadas de experiência resolvendo desafios complexos de EDI e API. Com a flutuação das condições de mercado e as mudanças de processos sendo gerenciadas com as tecnologias, as organizações líderes contam com a plataforma de integração na nuvem da DiCentral e uma equipe global de especialistas para integrar e alavancar dados em vários sistemas e aplicativos na nuvem e no local.

Com sede em Houston, Texas, a DiCentral tem 11 escritórios em todo o mundo, apoiando clientes em mais de 35 países. A DiCentral utiliza uma vasta biblioteca de integrações com ERPs e outros aplicativos para trocar facilmente dados transacionais com parceiros comerciais em todo o mundo, para maximizar o ROI, e manter a infraestrutura de dados existente. Os serviços e soluções da DiCentral são utilizados por muitas empresas da Fortune 1000, que processam mais de US$200 bilhões em transações de mais de 30.000 organizações em todo o mundo. Para mais informação, visite www.dicentral.com.

Sobre a Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe
A WCAS é uma empresa líder em ativo privado dos EUA, focada em dois setores-alvo: tecnologia e saúde. Desde a sua fundação em 1979, a estratégia da empresa tem sido fazer parceria com excelentes equipes de gestão e criar valor para seus investidores por meio de melhorias operacionais, iniciativas de crescimento e aquisições estratégicas. A empresa levantou e gerenciou fundos que totalizam mais de US$27 bilhões de capital reservado. Para mais informação, visite www.wcas.com.

Sobre a Accel-KKR
A Accel-KKR é uma empresa de investimento focada em tecnologia com mais de US$10 bilhões em reserva de capital. A empresa se concentra em empresas habilitadas para software e tecnologia, bem-posicionadas para o aumento da receita bruta e da receita líquida. No centro da estratégia de investimento da Accel-KKR está o compromisso de desenvolver parcerias sólidas com as equipes de gestão das empresas do seu portfólio e um foco na criação de valor juntamente com a gestão, utilizando os recursos significativos disponíveis da rede Accel-KKR. A Accel-KKR se concentra em empresas de mercado médio e fornece uma ampla gama de soluções de capital, incluindo capital de aquisição, investimentos de crescimento de minorias, e alternativas de crédito. A Accel-KKR também investe em uma ampla gama de tipos de transações, incluindo recapitalizações de empresas privadas, venda de parte das ações divisionais e transações privadas. Em 2019 e 2020, a Inc. incluiu a Accel-KKR na “PE 50 – The Best Private Equity Firms for Entrepreneurs”, lista anual de empresas de capital privado abertas aos fundadores. A Accel-KKR está localizada em Menlo Park, e tem escritórios em Atlanta e Londres. Visite www.accel-kkr.com para obter mais informação.

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September 13, 2021

TrueCommerce fait l’acquisition de DiCentral

L’acquisition crée le réseau d’approvisionnement multi-entreprises le plus riche en fonctionnalités, mondial et basé sur le cloud

PITTSBURGH, 13 sept. 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — TrueCommerce, un fournisseur mondial de premier plan de solutions omnicanal, d’intégration et de connectivité de la chaîne logistique et des partenaires commerciaux, a annoncé aujourd’hui l’acquisition de DiCentral, un fournisseur mondial de premier plan de solutions B2B et API. Cette acquisition permet à TrueCommerce de stimuler la croissance de son réseau mondial de premier plan, d’approfondir son portefeuille de solutions et d’étendre son empreinte géographique mondiale.

Cette acquisition renforce davantage la position de TrueCommerce en tant que leader dans le domaine de la collaboration et de la connectivité de la chaîne d’approvisionnement numérique. En tirant parti de l’expertise de la société combinée en matière d’automatisation, de numérisation et d’intégration, TrueCommerce occupe une position unique pour transformer la façon dont ses clients font des affaires, avec des solutions à valeur ajoutée conçues pour relever les défis complexes de la chaîne d’approvisionnement et du commerce électronique, rationaliser les opérations et accroître la rentabilité.

Connu pour simplifier les défis commerciaux complexes en matière d’API et d’EDI, DiCentral ajoute 30 000 connexions au réseau de commerce mondial de TrueCommerce, plus près de 5 000 clients à partir d’une base diversifiée. Le réseau TrueCommerce combiné s’étend désormais à 160 000 connexions et à près de 18 000 clients. La combinaison des forces des deux entreprises crée un réseau inégalé et une offre de solutions innovantes qui permettent aux clients de numériser, développer et accroître leurs activités comme jamais auparavant.

« Ensemble, nous proposons des solutions et une connectivité intuitive connectée qui résolvent les défis auxquels nos clients sont confrontés pour développer leurs activités dans une chaîne d’approvisionnement de plus en plus numérique, mondiale et complexe », a déclaré John Fay, PDG de TrueCommerce. « Nous nous engageons à améliorer et à soutenir la plateforme de DiCentral et je suis heureux d’accueillir les clients et l’équipe talentueuse de DiCentral au sein de la famille TrueCommerce. »

Cette acquisition alimente la vision de TrueCommerce pour une croissance mondiale avec des services et des intégrations élargis, notamment :

Réseau mondial étendu de chaîne d’approvisionnement basé sur le cloud
Connectivité accrue des API aux principales solutions tierces
Un ensemble amélioré d’applications et d’outils SaaS intégrés
Puissantes capacités iPaaS
Une solution de visibilité de la chaîne d’approvisionnement plus étendue
Empreinte géographique étendue
Un programme plus complet de livraison par goutte-à-goutte
Une intégration plus étroite avec le SMB et le ERP au niveau de l’entreprise basés sur le cloud
Déploiement accéléré et retour sur investissement pour les clients

« Je suis ravi de rejoindre l’équipe de direction de TrueCommerce et de travailler aux côtés de John Fay et de Todd Johnson pour réunir les deux sociétés de manière transparente », a déclaré Thuy Mai, PDG de DiCentral. « Nous considérons cette acquisition comme étant gagnant-gagnant à la fois pour les clients TrueCommerce et ceux de DiCentral. L’augmentation résultant en une connectivité réseau mondiale, des solutions commerciales, des applications et des outils fournit une offre inégalée aux clients qui cherchent à développer leurs activités. »

M. Mai deviendra membre de l’équipe de direction de TrueCommerce, en tant que co-directeur de la stratégie de TrueCommerce. Todd Johnson occupera le poste de nouveau PDG de DiCentral en plus de son rôle actuel de président-directeur général de TrueCommerce. John Fay continuera d’occuper le poste de PDG de la société fusionnée.

« Les offres de DiCentral renforcent notre réseau de commerce multi-entreprises, qui permet déjà aux entreprises de toutes tailles de se développer à la fois au niveau national et international », a déclaré Todd Johnson, PDG de DiCentral et directeur général de TrueCommerce. « Je suis impatient de travailler avec l’équipe de DiCentral et de continuer à fournir les meilleures solutions et services à nos clients. »

Ryan Harper, associé général chez Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS), une société de capital-investissement axée sur la technologie de premier plan qui a récemment acquis TrueCommerce, a déclaré : « Nous sommes convaincus que TrueCommerce est en bonne voie pour devenir le leader mondial des solutions omni-canales, de connectivité et de collaboration dans la chaîne logistique. Nous continuons de soutenir la stratégie consistant à combiner une croissance organique avec des acquisitions stratégiques ciblées qui étendent la profondeur et l’étendue des segments, zones géographiques et domaines de capacité nouveaux et existants. »

WCAS a fait l’acquisition de TrueCommerce en novembre 2020 auprès d’Accel-KKR (AKKR). AKKR reste un actionnaire minoritaire de TrueCommerce. DiCentral a été conseillée par DC Advisory.

À propos de TrueCommerce
TrueCommerce est le moyen le plus complet de connecter votre entreprise à la chaîne d’approvisionnement, en intégrant tout, de l’EDI à la gestion des stocks, en passant par le traitement des commandes, les vitrines et les marchés numériques. Nous avons révolutionné la visibilité et la collaboration de la chaîne logistique en aidant les entreprises à tirer le meilleur parti de leurs initiatives omni-canales grâce à la connectivité P2P professionnelle, à la gestion des commandes, au réapprovisionnement collaboratif, au traitement intelligent, aux analyses inter-fonctionnelles et à la gestion des informations produit.

Le réseau commercial mondial TrueCommerce peut connecter les entreprises à plus de 130 000 détaillants, distributeurs et fournisseurs de services logistiques. Véritable fournisseur de services gérés, TrueCommerce gère également le processus d’intégration des nouveaux partenaires commerciaux, ainsi que la gestion courante des modifications de mappage et d’étiquetage spécifiques à chaque partenaire. C’est pourquoi des milliers d’entreprises, des startups aux entreprises du classement Fortune 100, dans différents secteurs, nous font confiance.

TrueCommerce : faites des affaires avec des moyens illimités !
Pour tout complément d’information, veuillez consulter le site www.truecommerce.com

À propos de DiCentral
: fondée en 2000, DiCentral est un fournisseur mondial de premier plan de solutions d’intégration d’entreprise à entreprise et d’applications, avec plus de deux décennies d’expérience dans la résolution de défis complexes en matière d’EDI et d’IPA. Alors que les conditions du marché continuent de séduire et que la technologie est déployée pour gérer les changements de processus, les principales organisations s’appuient sur laplateforme d’intégration basée sur le cloud de DiCentral et sur une équipe mondiale d’experts spécialisés pour intégrer et exploiter les données à travers plusieurs systèmes et applications cloud et sur site.

Basée à Houston, au Texas, DiCentral possède 11 bureaux dans le monde entier, soutenant ses clients dans plus de 35 pays. DiCentral utilise une vaste bibliothèque d’intégrations avec ERP et d’autres applications pour échanger en toute transparence des données transactionnelles avec des partenaires commerciaux du monde entier afin de maximiser le retour sur investissement tout en maintenant l’infrastructure de données existante. Les services et solutions de DiCentral sont exploités par de nombreuses sociétés figurant dans le palmarès Fortune 1000, traitant plus de 200 milliards de dollars de transactions pour plus de 30 000 organisations dans le monde entier. Pour tout complément d’information, veuillez vous rendre sur le site www.dicentral.com.

À propos de Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe
WCAS est une société de capital-investissement américaine de premier plan axée sur deux secteurs cibles : la technologie et les soins de santé. Depuis sa création en 1979, la stratégie de la société a consisté à s’associer à des équipes de direction exceptionnelles et à créer de la valeur pour ses investisseurs grâce à une combinaison d’améliorations opérationnelles, d’initiatives de croissance et d’acquisitions stratégiques. La société a levé et géré des fonds totalisant plus de 27 milliards de dollars de capitaux engagés. Pour plus d’informations, rendez-vous sur notre site www.wcas.com.

À propos d’Accel-KKR
Accel-KKR est une société d’investissement axée sur la technologie avec plus de 10 milliards de dollars d’engagements en capital. La société se concentre sur les entreprises technologiques et logicielles, bien positionnées pour une croissance supérieure et des résultats financiers. Au cœur de la stratégie d’investissement d’Accel-KKR se trouve un engagement à développer des partenariats solides avec les équipes de direction de ses sociétés de portefeuille et à se concentrer sur la création de valeur aux côtés de la gestion en tirant parti des ressources significatives disponibles par le biais du réseau Accel-KKR. Accel-KKR se concentre sur les entreprises du marché intermédiaire et fournit une large gamme de solutions de capital, y compris des capitaux de rachat, des investissements de croissance minoritaire et des alternatives de crédit. Accel-KKR investit également dans un large éventail de types de transactions, y compris les recapitalisations de sociétés privées, les découverts divisionnaires et les transactions en libre-service. En 2019 et 2020, Inc. a nommé Accel-KKR « PE 50 – The Best Private Equity Firms for Entrepreneurs » (la meilleure société de capital-investissement pour les entrepreneurs), sa liste annuelle de sociétés de capital-investissement favorables aux fondateurs. Le siège social d’Accel – KKR se trouve à Menlo Park, avec des bureaux à Atlanta et à Londres. Rendez-vous sur www.accel-kkr.com pour en savoir plus.

Contact auprès des médias

Lisa Aurichio
présidente, BSYA
(917) 476-8366
Lisa@bsya.com

September 13, 2021

RAJANT ANNOUNCES NEW LTE BREADCRUMB PLUS PERSONNEL AND ASSET TRACKING “MESHTRACER” SOFTWARE AT MINEXPO

Visit Rajant in North Hall at Booth 1261-N

Malvern, Pennsylvania (USA), Sept. 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Rajant Corporation, the provider of Kinetic Mesh® wireless networks, announces two new products at MINExpo. The latest enhancement adds a global LTE radio to its fourth-generation industry-leading BreadCrumb® Peregrine product line. With one 2.4GHz radio, two 5GHz radios, and LTE, the enhanced Peregrine provides up to 2.633Gbps of aggregated capacity. In addition, Rajant is launching MeshTracer a software-based personnel and asset tracking solution that can monitor Rajant BreadCrumbs, AeroScout tags, and any Wi-Fi device that uses a static MAC address.

“Improving the safety and productivity of mining operations is the byproduct of Rajant Kinetic Mesh. It is the only industrial wireless network enabling machine-to-machine (M2M) connectivity and mobility in markets like open-pit and underground mining”, shares Geoff Smith, EVP of Sales and Marketing for Rajant. “Adding an LTE client now allows all mining companies that have invested in LTE to leverage that infrastructure while benefiting from the mine-wide mission-critical coverage Kinetic Mesh provides. Tracking personnel and assets is mandatory underground, making Rajant’s latest MeshTracer a logical addition to the BreadCrumb portfolio. Adding the ability to track BreadCrumbs both above and below ground allows a mine to observe areas for process improvements. Finally, supporting Wi-Fi devices allows for two-way communication in emergencies.”

“We are ecstatic with the performance we have seen in the new Peregrines that we have deployed throughout Australia. Our customers see as much as four times the increase in capacity over the previous generation. Rajant provides unique value by maintaining backward compatibility with previous generation BreadCrumbs deployed in the field. This allows sites to upgrade between models knowing that there will be no loss to communications”, shares Chris Acton, General Manager for Acubis Technologies. “We also have many customers in Australia who have invested in LTE solutions but are experiencing coverage and data upload issues. These customers are very anxious to deploy the latest LTE-equipped Peregrines. And being able to now track BreadCrumbs as well as personnel above and below ground provides critical new benefits for our customers.’’

Deployed in more than 230 of the largest open-pit and underground mines globally, Rajant pioneered fully mobile V2X/M2M and has a heritage of maintaining interoperability with existing BreadCrumb wireless nodes with new product releases. Along with the product announcement at MINExpo, live video/voice demonstrations and partner interviews will run daily. They will include Rajant, Boston Dynamics, NEVIL, Overwatch Aero, Vorbeck, and xCraft. Email meeting interest to MINExpo@rajant.com.

About Rajant Corporation

Rajant Corporation is the broadband communications technology company that invented Kinetic Mesh® networking, BreadCrumb® wireless nodes, and InstaMesh® networking software. With Rajant, customers can rapidly deploy a highly adaptable and scalable network that leverages the power of real-time data to deliver on-demand, mission-critical business intelligence. A low-latency, high-throughput, and secure solution for a variety of data, voice, video, and autonomous applications, Rajant’s Kinetic Mesh networks provide industrial customers with full mobility, allowing them to take their private network applications and data anywhere. With successful deployments in more than 65 countries for customers in military, mining, ports, rail, oil & gas, petrochemical plants, municipalities, and agriculture. Rajant is headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania, with additional facilities and offices in Arizona and Kentucky. For more information, visit Rajant.com or follow Rajant on LinkedIn and Twitter.

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Alice DiSanto
Rajant Corporation
914-582-8464
adisanto@rajant.com

September 13, 2021

CPOPC Holds A Writing Competition on Smallholder’s Topic

JAKARTA, Indonesia, Sept. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — A short story competition with the theme “smallholders and oil palm plantation” is now open for entries.

Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries (CPOPC) holds a story writing competition to engage communities and families living near or within the palm oil plantation in palm oil producing countries. For more info, please visit: https://www.cpopc.org/events/

This competition organized by the Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries (CPOPC) engages the communities and families living near or within the palm oil plantation in Indonesia, Malaysia and other oil palm producing countries.

As more than 40% of the global palm oil production is done by smallholders, the stories should focus on the smallholders’ significant role in the palm oil industry, acknowledging thereby that their lives also face challenges. It is due time that we start recognizing smallholders’ substantial contributions to the palm oil industry in meeting one of the most important elements of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), that is sustainable consumption and production. Through this competition, CPOPC hopes to convey the importance of establishing a global alliance of oil palm smallholders of palm oil producing countries where information sharing and collaboration will continue to take place.

This competition could make people appreciate the important role of smallholders in providing affordable vegetable oil for food and energy.

Winning entries may win up to USD1,000 and a chance to share real-life stories of smallholders’ efforts in managing their plantations and in creating a decent life for their families. CPOPC is offering prizes worth USD7,950 for all winning entries.

Participant may submit their stories of 500 to 750 words in one of these languages: Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Malaysia, English, Spanish or French.

The categories are in the following:

Decent work, education, and sustainable community
Poverty alleviation, zero hunger, health and economic growth
Climate action, environment and biodiversity

All the winning stories will be published into a book. The deadline for submission is September 30, 2021. Submissions of short stories can be sent to cpopcstorycompetition@cpopc.org.

For more information on the competition please visit: https://www.cpopc.org/events/

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