Internet Webpages Newspaper Launches Ambitious Crowdfunding Campaign to Manifest Innovative Community Wealth Building Center




Internet Webpages Newspaper Launches Ambitious Crowdfunding Campaign to Manifest Innovative Community Wealth Building Center

CHICAGO, Dec. 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Internet Webpages Newspaper unveiled plans today for a pioneering community crowdfunding effort to finance IWN.Haus, an audacious development designed to uplift residents through creative participatory ownership.

Edmund Danté Hamilton, founder and CEO, was born and raised in a former Cleveland public housing project called Garden Valley Estates located in the Kinsman neighborhood. Hamilton’s vision for IWN.Haus is to pay forward the enrichment and inspiration his community provided growing up by creating a one-of-a-kind hub tailored to uplift low-income residents.

“I remember how spaces like the Garden Valley Neighborhood House Center exposed me to experiences outside my neighborhood that opened my eyes to possibility,” said Hamilton. “Now with IWN.Haus, we have a chance to write a new chapter where community reigns supreme.”

Renderings reveal a stunning 5-story, 21,000 square foot complex imagined within a South Side Opportunity Zone tailored to empower low-income and public housing residents to gain technology skills, launch ecommerce businesses, and amass community capital.

Spaces spanning an entrepreneurship incubator, journalist digital studios, event venue, and more promise to activate and unleash the boundless potential lurking within underserved communities.

Central to the vision are pillars of resident leadership and collective ownership. The building’s pinnacle, showcasing sweeping views of Chicago, will manifest an expansive open-air rooftop oasis and lounge operated by an on-site worker cooperative granting residents agency in crafting public gatherings.

Powering this ambitious undertaking is a 2-year public crowdfunding effort aimed to transform captivating architectural plans into brick-and-mortar reality.

The #ParcelToProsperity campaign seeks to acquire a 10-15,000 vacant lot via grassroots contributions starting as low as $10 to attract participation from households of all means.

Higher donation tiers offer branded swag such as unisex hoodies, backpacks and more to incentivize funding from both heartstrings and purse strings.

Hamilton wants to channel this initial groundswell into sustained momentum, incorporating creative gaming elements including an Interior Design Quest competition to stoke engagement over the duration stretching through 2025.

An interactive 3D model simulating the vision brought to life entices site visitors to browse the hypothetical halls in an experience melding VR realism with RPG adventure.

When asked what outcome Hamilton envisions emerging over years of fostering IWN.Haus from fertile idea into maturity, he replied, “a shining proof point of what becomes possible when communities unite to challenge the status quo holding back generations from directing the resources they deserve.”

Hamilton invites all who feel galvanized to acquire gear and rep the mission or learn more by visiting Go.IWN.Haus/crowdfunding-campaign or emailing him directly at Dante@IWN.Haus.

About IWN Haus: IWN.Haus is a pioneering concept from Internet Webpages Newspaper seeking to provide inclusive ownership opportunities via community capital campaigns. Inspired by Hamilton’s childhood community center, IWN.Haus strives to grant technology access and incubate ecommerce businesses for residents to build wealth.

About Internet Webpages Newspaper, Inc.: Established in 1998, Internet Webpages Newspaper, Inc. is a 100% Black-owned business and an Illinois certified DBE, MBE and Section 3 business concern. In December 2022 the company was awarded a $25,000 technology grant from a Chicago-based bank to develop a web-to-print, SaaS platform that allows DTC brands to create, publish, print and mail personalized direct-mail catalogs.

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Annature and AccountKit Announce Groundbreaking Integration for Enhanced eSignature Efficiency




Annature and AccountKit Announce Groundbreaking Integration for Enhanced eSignature Efficiency

BRISBANE, Australia, Dec. 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Annature, Australia’s leading eSigning provider, in partnership with AccountKit, the premier compliance automation platform in accounting software, is thrilled to announce a revolutionary integration designed to modernise and streamline the eSignature process for accountants and bookkeepers.

This innovative integration directly connects AccountKit with Annature, allowing for the seamless transmission of documents and associated recipient information—such as eSigner names, contact numbers, and email addresses.

Key Features of the Integration:

• Streamlined Efficiency: The integration eradicates manual data input, freeing up valuable time for professionals.
• Enhanced Accuracy: By minimising human errors associated with manual data handling, the integration ensures greater precision in document processing.
• User-Friendly Interface: Professionals can now manage and authorise documents within a unified platform, enhancing user experience and satisfaction.
• Robust Security: The integration guarantees the protection of sensitive financial data throughout the transfer and eSignature process.

Corey Cacic, Annature CEO, stated: “This integration is a huge advancement for the industry. The hassle of manually moving data between systems has always been a drain on productivity. This seamless integration allows professionals to concentrate on their core tasks while reducing administrative overhead. I’m thrilled about the new levels of efficiency and precision this will introduce.”

Paul Murray, Co-founder of AccountKit, added: “This partnership is a transformative moment for our user community. We continually strive to augment our platform and simplify our users’ lives. Teaming up with Annature has enabled us to achieve just that.”

The integration is currently available in BETA as of December 2023 for all Annature and AccountKit users.

About Annature:

Annature is Australia’s leading eSignature and client verification provider, established in 2020. We offer secure and efficient digital signing solutions ideal for businesses needing to send documents electronically and conduct client verifications seamlessly.

About AccountKit:

AccountKit offers a comprehensive suite of compliance tools designed to ease the workload of accountants and bookkeepers. With a commitment to innovation and user-centric design, AccountKit continually adapts to the evolving landscape of the accounting industry.

Contact
Corey Cacic, Annature CEO
corey@annature.com.au

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NEC X Forges Strategic Partnership with “lotsful” to Amplify Skilled Talent Access, Bolstering Support for Startups




NEC X Forges Strategic Partnership with “lotsful” to Amplify Skilled Talent Access, Bolstering Support for Startups

Unleashing startup potential: elevating launch and growth with top-tier talent from Japan

PALO ALTO, Calif., Dec. 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NEC X, Inc., the pioneering venture studio backed by NEC’s world-class technological innovation and expertise, today announced its strategic partnership with Persol Innovation Co., Ltd., operator of the side job matching service “lotsful,” to propel the synergistic integration of top-tier side job professionals with startups in NEC X’s venture studio program, Elev X! This collaborative effort will streamline and accelerate the establishment of innovative ventures, facilitating a more efficient business creation process.

lotsful boasts a diverse pool of professionals from premier Japanese companies who, while excelling in their primary roles, also contribute advanced skills through their concurrent side jobs. With the robust support of lotsful and NEC X, startups will gain access to a vast array of skilled professionals spanning design, product development, sales, marketing and the digital domain. This strategic partnership offers a pragmatic solution to the cost challenges of hiring in the fiercely competitive U.S. market. By harnessing the advanced skills of Japanese talent, startups can benefit from high-quality and cost-effective expertise, fostering the seamless establishment of new businesses.

“At lotsful, we have observed a significant increase in the registration of active corporate employees, driven not solely through financial motives, but by the desire to enhance their careers and skills through engaging in side jobs for valuable experiences,” said Midori Tanaka, representative of lotsful. “This initiative not only fosters the creation of new ventures but also actively contributes to the cultivation of global talent. By partnering side job professionals with startups, we aim to build an ecosystem that gives rise to globally competitive businesses and skilled professionals. Entrepreneurs now have a golden opportunity to tap into a pool of motivated, highly skilled individuals poised to contribute to global business success.”

“I am thrilled to witness the evolution of Japan’s personnel system, historically recognized for its distinctive lifelong employment system,” said Shintaro Matsumoto, President and CEO, NEC X. “Our collaboration uniquely positions top-skilled professionals from leading companies in Japan to bolster our U.S. startups, notably through the Elev X! program, scaling both developmental and post-development phases. This strategic initiative is designed to enhance our startups’ success, offering these professionals a chance for career development while making significant contributions to our growing ventures.”

NEC X is currently accepting applications for its flagship program, “Elev X! Ignite Batch11” until December 31. Entrepreneurs interested in Batch 11 should apply from its program application page. To learn more about the Elev X! Program and its benefits for startups, visit https://elev-x.com.

NEC is a registered trademark of NEC Corporation. All rights reserved. Other product or service marks mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners. ©2023 NEC Corporation.

About NEC X
NEC X, Inc. offers its Venture Studio Program “Elev X!” to empower startup founders to elevate their ideas into dynamic tech-driven ventures. Building on the strength of NEC Corporation’s technologies, NEC X helps founders swiftly launch and magnify their business scale. Strategically located in Silicon Valley, the company taps into the heart of the startup ecosystem and remains at the forefront of the high-technology market. Discover more at https://nec-x.com or by emailing contact-us@nec-x.com.

About lotsful
lotsful is a cutting-edge, innovative talent-matching agency service based in Tokyo, Japan. It specializes in connecting skilled professionals, who are often not discoverable through general recruitment channels, with companies like startups striving to realize their visions. By facilitating these connections via side jobs, lotsful swiftly leads business and organizational development challenges towards success. For more information, visit https://lotsful.jp/brand/lp.

Media Contact:
NEC X Inc.
Sandy Fewkes (Kiterocket)
+1-408-529-9685
sfewkes@kiterocket.com

LambdaTest and Wipro Collaborate for Innovative Gen AI Solutions




LambdaTest and Wipro Collaborate for Innovative Gen AI Solutions

LambdaTest and Wipro forge a pioneering partnership, integrating Wipro’s Gen AI-powered QE capabilities with LambdaTest’s HyperExecute, to revolutionize software testing on the Cloud with advanced AI capabilities.

San Francisco , Dec. 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LambdaTest, a leading cloud-based unified testing platform is partnering with Wipro Limited, a leading technology services and consulting company, to revolutionize software testing by integrating Wipro’s Gen AI powered QE platform IntelliAssure with HyperExecute – a continuous cloud test orchestration solution offered by Lambdatest. The partnership aims to provide organizations that are modernizing and migrating to the cloud with an easy-to-implement, plug-and-play solution for infusing analytics-driven intelligence across their testing lifecycle for improved productivity as well as hyper-accelerated release cycle times. 

LambdaTest and Wipro’s collaborative integration promises cutting-edge capabilities with an aim to enrich test engineer experience leading to improved productivity and efficiency. The partnership will tap into AI capabilities to achieve completely autonomous test life- cycles, and augment a test engineer’s efforts, enabling them to only focus on those activities that will add value and aid business transformation goals.

The combined advanced AI features enables clients to completely automate phases of their test life cycle such as test suite and script generation (not just from user stories but requirements as well), test data generation and hyper execution of automated scripts.  It also encompasses error identification and categorization for streamlined testing processes, as well as a Test Engineering/QE Strategy to enhance test quality and engineering standards. Additionally, the current beta version includes the Auto Muting of Consistently Failing Tests, silencing recurrently failing tests to optimize the testing environment.

“The partnership between LambdaTest’s AI capabilities in handling QA and Wipro’s Gen AI prowess signifies a dedicated commitment to refining the testing process in enterprises. Leveraging AI technology, these initiatives work to elevate testing mechanisms, emphasizing improved efficiency and precision in evaluating software products.” said Maneesh Sharma, COO at LambdaTest, “As a result, the joint efforts of LambdaTest and Wipro significantly elevate the quality and reliability of the software products offered to clients, meeting the ever-evolving demands of the industry with cutting-edge solutions.”

Commenting on the launch, Rituparna (Ritu) Ghosh, Vice President and Global Head, Quality Engineering and Testing, Wipro FullStride Cloud said, “The partnership between Wipro and LambdaTest embodies our steadfast commitment to pioneering innovations in quality engineering. This collaboration further solidifies our position as a trusted business assurance partner, harnessing the capabilities of GenAI. By joining forces, we enable our clients to optimize their business advantages in the cloud while mitigating risks effectively.”

LambdaTest and Wipro’s integrated Gen AI solution is positioned to accelerate issue resolution, bolster error categorization, and optimize testing cycles, offering enhanced reliability and efficiency in software testing.

For more information on HyperExecute, please visit https://www.lambdatest.com/hyperexecute

For more information on Wipro Quality Engineering and Testing, please visit 
https://www.wipro.com/cloud/quality-engineering-and-testing/

About LambdaTest

LambdaTest is an intelligent and omnichannel enterprise execution environment that helps businesses drastically reduce time to market through Just in Time Test Orchestration (JITTO),  ensuring quality releases and accelerated digital transformation. Over 10,000+ enterprise customers and 2+ million users across 130+ countries rely on LambdaTest for their testing needs.

● Browser & App Testing Cloud allows users to run both manual and automated tests of web and mobile apps across 3000+ different browsers, real devices, and operating system environments.

● HyperExecute helps customers run and orchestrate test grids in the cloud for any framework and programming language at blazing-fast speeds to cut down on quality test time, helping developers build software faster.

For more information, please visit, https://lambdatest.com

CONTACT: For further information please contact the LambdaTest press office: press@lambdatest.com

Reelables Named 2023 Top Tech Startup by Food Logistics, Supply & Demand Chain Executive




Reelables Named 2023 Top Tech Startup by Food Logistics, Supply & Demand Chain Executive

Reelables is the first to bring to market a printable, cellular label that is so thin and flexible, it can be printed on like ordinary labels in thermal barcode printers finally allowing precise piece level tracking of billions of shipments

LONDON, Dec. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Reelables, the first company to achieve mass production of a brand-new category of thin film, wireless smart labels, announced today that Food Logistics and Supply & Demand Chain Executive selected Reelables as one of this year’s Top Tech Startups, which spotlights top software and technology startups in the supply chain and logistics space.

Reelables just launched its new 5G Smart Labels, the only printable 5G label solution in the world for logistics providers, cargo forwarders, and retailers to track shipments at the piece level as they move through the supply chain. For the very first time, the label itself functions as the tracking device connected to a cellular network. It’s also an industry-first in the field of printed electronics to fabricate an active LPWAN device with coated zinc batteries that share a common paper-thin wireless circuit. Reelables has achieved the ability to mass manufacture the smart label so thin and flexible that it can be printed in volume from off-the-shelf barcode printers, finally allowing precise piece level tracking of billions of shipments.

Reelables labels automatically collect actual location data from the cellular network data and trigger events the moment a shipment arrives or departs a warehouse or waypoint, or an exception is detected. They also generate temperature logs and can ensure accountability and avoid spoilage from out of range temperature events. The labels further provide inventory counts, providing a complete warehouse audit nearly every minute or less.

“Many of today’s startups are poised to disrupt the supply chain space. Whether it’s raising money to improve sustainability, visibility and food safety or empowering companies to enhance the last mile, these startups are putting innovation at the forefront. They’re introducing real-time tracking and carbon footprint solutions and developing robotics and wearables to better move product from Point A to Point B in the safest, most efficient manner,” says Marina Mayer, editor-in-chief of Food Logistics and Supply & Demand Chain Executive. The future of the supply chain industry is now. And, now is the time to shine a spotlight on these startups’ initiatives.”

“We want to thank the Food Logistics and Supply & Chain Demand Executive editorial staff for recognizing Reelables, and we’re honored to be listed among other innovative tech leaders transforming the supply chain and logistics space,” said Brian Krejcarek, co-founder and CEO of Reelables. “With the introduction of our newest real-time Reelables 5G smart tracking label, logistics providers and end users, such as retailers and manufacturers, now know in real time where every piece-level item is in the supply chain with 100% accuracy.”

About the Top Tech Startup Award
Food Logistics‘ and Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s second annual Top Tech Startup award highlights the supply chain and logistics’ industry’s top software and technology startups. AI-powered automation retains its top spot from a majority of the winners (46% vs. last year’s 35%), with AI, smart data capture and real-time transportation management trailing behind (41%, 33% and 29%, respectively). And, winners range in revenue from $1 million to $20 million-plus, with startups beginning operation as early as 2000. The complete list of Top Tech Startup winners is featured here https://foodl.me/5z0zecqd.

About Reelables
Reelables makes the only printable 5G label available in the world. It is the first company to achieve mass production of a brand-new category of thin film, wireless smart labels with coated batteries that are flexible enough to be printed on in off-the-shelf barcode printers and fully disposable after use. Offering both paper-thin Bluetooth and 5G smart labels, Reelables automates supply chain and logistics visibility at scale for logistics providers, retailers and manufacturers, providing exact shipment location and inventory counts for each item without the need to manually scan barcodes or read RFIDs. Its ability to track shipments and inventory at the item level helps companies reduce theft and loss and increase accountability. Reelables is headquartered in London and backed by Y Combinator and 500S. Learn more at http://reelables.com

Media Contact:
Kerry Metzdorf
Big Swing
978-609-0766
kerry@big-swing.com

Cloudbrink claims first with firewall-as-service for the hybrid workplace




Cloudbrink claims first with firewall-as-service for the hybrid workplace

Moves firewall to the edge to improve security and performance for remote users; adds IPsec option for data center apps

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Cloudbrink has added firewall-as-a-service (FWaaS) to its zero-trust access solution, the first vendor to provide granular security controls all the way to the user edge for the comprehensive protection of endpoint devices.

The company, which delivers high-performance zero-trust application connectivity to the hybrid workforce, says traditional and next-generation firewalls fail to protect end users and their devices. 

Offloading remote-user security functions improves the stability of existing firewalls and the network performance experienced by remote users, Cloudbrink claims.

Prakash Mana, chief executive officer of Cloudbrink, said: “Firewalls were designed to protect the data center, then the network, and now the cloud. But you have to deliver protection where data is consumed and curated, which is with your users – and increasingly users are everywhere.”

“Existing firewalls were never designed with a large work-from-anywhere workforce in mind. Our FWaaS takes care of the remote users, leaving the existing firewall to do the jobs it was intended for – such as Layer 3 protection against DDoS attacks. If you’re only using a firewall to protect a remote workforce, the Cloudbrink service can replace it altogether.”

Cloudbrink’s FWaaS enables admins to set granular controls according to static and dynamic properties of the end-users and their devices. Static properties include rules about what resources or applications can be accessed by individuals. Soon to be released dynamic properties cover the compliance of the device – when a virus scan ran last, for example. 

Also scheduled for a future release are extended reporting capabilities enabling security and networking teams to spot anomalies based on user behavior and opportunities to tune application performance.

Cloudbrink’s service already implements zero-trust access and moving target defense principles. It uses rotational mTLS (mutual Transport Layer Security) 1.3 to refresh user certificates automatically at short intervals. Certificates that can be set to expire every few minutes rather than after months or years mean that even when a device is compromised an attacker would only have a narrow window for an attack.

Mana said: “Firewalling for endpoints is an absolute requirement for security in distributed systems, which has become even more urgent with the growth of the hybrid workforce. 

“Our solution provides better management and control for IT teams without compromising the productivity of end-users. We already deploy best-in-class zero-trust security to control access at the user level. The FWaaS enables the service to be tailored more closely to the security needs of the enterprise.”

Separately, Cloudbrink announced that customers will be able to use the service to access data center applications using IPSec as an alternative to the Cloudbrink Connector. The IPsec capability will support connections through existing network firewalls, SD-WAN gateways, routers and other IPSec devices.

“The Cloudbrink Connector uses TLS 1.3, which is the gold standard for security, but we’ve listened to customers who want a migration path and aren’t ready to make changes at the data center just yet,” said Mana. 

FWaaS functionality and IPsec connectivity are bundled with the Cloudbrink service starting December 2023.

About Cloudbrink
Cloudbrink brings high-performance connectivity to the modern hybrid workforce anywhere in the world. The company uses AI and ML to provide edge-native hybrid access as a service (HAaaS). HAaaS delivers accelerated performance for cloud, SaaS, and data center applications.

Cloudbrink’s software-only solution includes the world’s first personal SD-WAN with high-performance zero-trust access (ZTA) and Automated Moving Target Defense (AMTD) security. With the ability to use thousands of dynamic PoPs called FAST edges, Cloudbrink provides an in-office experience with a 30x increase in application performance and reduced operational complexity for network, security, and IT administrators.

Based in Sunnyvale, California, the Cloudbrink team has decades of combined expertise in last-mile network connectivity, security, and distributed systems.
www.cloudbrink.com

PR contact
Julian Patterson
jpatterson@zonicgroup.com
USA: 408 504 8665        Int. +44 (0)7525 177602

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CORRECTION – Design 1st and ARC Redefine MDM with User-Centric Kiosks




CORRECTION – Design 1st and ARC Redefine MDM with User-Centric Kiosks

ARC enlisted Design 1sts design expertise for its pioneering mobile device management solution. The prize-winning MDM solution can be seen in major retail locations across North America

OTTAWA, Nov. 30, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ChargeItSpot has tapped Design 1st, one of the most prolific full-service product design-engineering firms across North America, to help design ARC, a mobile device management solution built to charge, secure, and manage enterprise devices.

ARC is a revolutionary workplace device management solution – an elegant and modular kiosk that focuses on devices, made by companies like Zebra and Honeywell, which retail and field workers use to complete core job functions. The ARC solution includes secure lockers for charging employee devices while providing intelligent connectivity to track, secure, and manage those devices.

The company recently won the esteemed A’Design Award 2022 in the Business Appliance Category for its unique, practical, and robust approach to device management. Its kiosks are now available to employees in major retail locations across North America such as Sam’s Club.

Sheri Tate, Senior Vice President of Product Strategy at ARC’s parent company ChargeItSpot, expressed the company’s motivation to create a solution allowing seamless device management, charging, and security for employee devices. Tate said, “It became very clear to us how frustrating it can be for organizations to invest heavily in these employee devices only to have them lost, stolen, or destroyed within a year. Thus, we closely collaborated with our clients to understand their needs for this solution, aiming to create a mobile device management kiosk that would be immensely valuable to retailers and other industries.”

Tate continued, highlighting the design firm’s commitment to making the ARC concept a reality: “Design 1st assisted us at every stage of the design process, from creating a conceptual design to a more detailed one. They also supported us with engineering changes, production, and procuring components for our prototype.”

Pre-Production in Five Months’ Time

ARC approached Design 1st with the concept of an enterprise mobile device management kiosk. This innovative kiosk was designed to contain a variety of never-before-seen features. These included a touch screen equipped with an intuitive user interface for both employees and managers, a backup battery to ensure operation during power outages, and a scanner allowing employees to scan their badges and devices, facilitating accountability through role-based access and enabling managers to track device usage.

The clincher, however, was that ARC required the pre-production prototype in five months. “We knew we only had a small amount of time to leverage both innovation and technical expertise that would ultimately guide ARC from initial design to prototype, testing, and mass production. We are so proud of our team as not only did we deliver on time, but in the past year,
ARC has also garnered several design accolades and secured nationwide contracts with major enterprise customers,” says Kevin Bailey, President and CEO at Design 1st.

During the development phase, the Design 1st team confronted a series of design hurdles as they navigated the complexities of the physical security of the kiosk, wireless connectivity, simultaneous device charging, and user compliance.

Additionally, they had to ensure the testing locker window size and materials would allow the Wi-Fi 2.4, 5.0 GHz signals to actually work inside metal lockers as well as analyze airflow dynamics using virtual thermal simulations, leading to an active heat dissipation design for concurrent device charging.

In just five months, Design 1st’s innovative design and engineering expertise played a pivotal role in bringing ARC, a groundbreaking mobile device management solution, to life. This partnership between ChargeItSpot, Design 1st, and the success of ARC marks a significant milestone in the evolution of mobile device management for the retail industry, offering businesses an invaluable solution to seamlessly safeguard and empower their employee devices.

For more information, please visit ExperienceARC.com.

About Design 1st:
Design 1st is one of the most trusted full-service product design firms across North America, with over 25 years of expertise, 1,000 products developed, and 130 client patents assigned across a wide range of industries. As a design partner to innovative companies from Startups to Enterprises, the firm leverages core competencies in human behavior, industrial design, mechanical engineering, electronics engineering, embedded firmware, and manufacturing setup. Design 1st has helped clients transform their physical ideas into commercialized hard goods products across a variety of industries.

About ARC
ARC™ (Asset Recharge Center) is a smart-locker system that manages company-owned handheld devices that employees use to do their jobs. Handheld devices are a critical productivity driver for team members. However, they go missing at an alarming rate, frequently become non-functional and are encumbered by processes that consume time from team managers. ARC’s tech-enabled mobile device management solution is designed to minimize waste around this deceptively costly problem.

Headquartered in Philadelphia, ARC is a division of ChargeItSpot, which offers free and secure phone charging stations for some of the biggest brands in the world. Since its founding in 2011, ChargeItSpot stations have saved millions of consumers from dying phone batteries, while driving value for retailers through increased sales, enhanced marketing efforts, and an elevated in-store shopping experience.

Media Contact:
Kent Borden-Ha
Firecracker PR for Design 1st
(888) 317-4687 ext. 708
kent@firecrackerpr.com

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CORRECTION – Design 1st and ARC Redefine MDM with User-Centric Kiosks




CORRECTION – Design 1st and ARC Redefine MDM with User-Centric Kiosks

ARC enlisted Design 1sts design expertise for its pioneering mobile device management solution. The prize-winning MDM solution can be seen in major retail locations across North America

OTTAWA, Nov. 30, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ChargeItSpot has tapped Design 1st, one of the most prolific full-service product design-engineering firms across North America, to help design ARC, a mobile device management solution built to charge, secure, and manage enterprise devices.

ARC is a revolutionary workplace device management solution – an elegant and modular kiosk that focuses on devices, made by companies like Zebra and Honeywell, which retail and field workers use to complete core job functions. The ARC solution includes secure lockers for charging employee devices while providing intelligent connectivity to track, secure, and manage those devices.

The company recently won the esteemed A’Design Award 2022 in the Business Appliance Category for its unique, practical, and robust approach to device management. Its kiosks are now available to employees in major retail locations across North America such as Sam’s Club.

Sheri Tate, Senior Vice President of Product Strategy at ARC’s parent company ChargeItSpot, expressed the company’s motivation to create a solution allowing seamless device management, charging, and security for employee devices. Tate said, “It became very clear to us how frustrating it can be for organizations to invest heavily in these employee devices only to have them lost, stolen, or destroyed within a year. Thus, we closely collaborated with our clients to understand their needs for this solution, aiming to create a mobile device management kiosk that would be immensely valuable to retailers and other industries.”

Tate continued, highlighting the design firm’s commitment to making the ARC concept a reality: “Design 1st assisted us at every stage of the design process, from creating a conceptual design to a more detailed one. They also supported us with engineering changes, production, and procuring components for our prototype.”

Pre-Production in Five Months’ Time

ARC approached Design 1st with the concept of an enterprise mobile device management kiosk. This innovative kiosk was designed to contain a variety of never-before-seen features. These included a touch screen equipped with an intuitive user interface for both employees and managers, a backup battery to ensure operation during power outages, and a scanner allowing employees to scan their badges and devices, facilitating accountability through role-based access and enabling managers to track device usage.

The clincher, however, was that ARC required the pre-production prototype in five months. “We knew we only had a small amount of time to leverage both innovation and technical expertise that would ultimately guide ARC from initial design to prototype, testing, and mass production. We are so proud of our team as not only did we deliver on time, but in the past year,
ARC has also garnered several design accolades and secured nationwide contracts with major enterprise customers,” says Kevin Bailey, President and CEO at Design 1st.

During the development phase, the Design 1st team confronted a series of design hurdles as they navigated the complexities of the physical security of the kiosk, wireless connectivity, simultaneous device charging, and user compliance.

Additionally, they had to ensure the testing locker window size and materials would allow the Wi-Fi 2.4, 5.0 GHz signals to actually work inside metal lockers as well as analyze airflow dynamics using virtual thermal simulations, leading to an active heat dissipation design for concurrent device charging.

In just five months, Design 1st’s innovative design and engineering expertise played a pivotal role in bringing ARC, a groundbreaking mobile device management solution, to life. This partnership between ChargeItSpot, Design 1st, and the success of ARC marks a significant milestone in the evolution of mobile device management for the retail industry, offering businesses an invaluable solution to seamlessly safeguard and empower their employee devices.

For more information, please visit ExperienceARC.com.

About Design 1st:
Design 1st is one of the most trusted full-service product design firms across North America, with over 25 years of expertise, 1,000 products developed, and 130 client patents assigned across a wide range of industries. As a design partner to innovative companies from Startups to Enterprises, the firm leverages core competencies in human behavior, industrial design, mechanical engineering, electronics engineering, embedded firmware, and manufacturing setup. Design 1st has helped clients transform their physical ideas into commercialized hard goods products across a variety of industries.

About ARC
ARC™ (Asset Recharge Center) is a smart-locker system that manages company-owned handheld devices that employees use to do their jobs. Handheld devices are a critical productivity driver for team members. However, they go missing at an alarming rate, frequently become non-functional and are encumbered by processes that consume time from team managers. ARC’s tech-enabled mobile device management solution is designed to minimize waste around this deceptively costly problem.

Headquartered in Philadelphia, ARC is a division of ChargeItSpot, which offers free and secure phone charging stations for some of the biggest brands in the world. Since its founding in 2011, ChargeItSpot stations have saved millions of consumers from dying phone batteries, while driving value for retailers through increased sales, enhanced marketing efforts, and an elevated in-store shopping experience.

Media Contact:
Kent Borden-Ha
Firecracker PR for Design 1st
(888) 317-4687 ext. 708
kent@firecrackerpr.com

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AtomBeam Surpasses $800,000 in Equity Crowdfunding Raise




AtomBeam Surpasses $800,000 in Equity Crowdfunding Raise

MORAGA, CA, Nov. 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AtomBeam, whose data Compaction software has the potential to remake how every machine communicates, is pleased to announce a significant milestone in its recent equity crowdfunding campaign. The company has successfully raised over $800,000 in this round of financing, bringing its total crowdfunding to $6.3 million. This makes AtomBeam one of the most successful crowdfunding companies on the planet. There is a reason for that.

AtomBeam is a fundamentally new paradigm for how data is managed that drills down to the bit level. Data generated by machines tends to be highly repetitive: “I’m sensor xxx, the time is xxx, my battery is good, the temperature is xxx, the humidity is xxx” and so on. It might send an update 10 times a second. VERY repetitive and inefficient. And that kind of thing happens all of the time, everywhere, and no one has a technology that can make all of that much, much more efficient. It is not just sending this kind of messages, either; this kind of inefficiency is everywhere, soaking up bandwidth and storage. AtomBeam’s patented Compaction technology is literally the ONLY way we know of that can solve this problem.

That is why AtomBeam has been so successful in its fundraising. This is a massive problem; IoT data will be about 50% of all data generated in 2025, some 90 zettabytes. To provide a sense of scale, the combined capacity of every data center in the world is two zettabytes. AtomBeam is the data efficiency company, squeezing out the massively costly, world-slowing clogs of repetitive data everywhere. That is why the U.S. Space Force, the U.S, Air Force and the U.S. Navy have all awarded AtomBeam significant contracts to gain access to the company’s cutting edge, only-place-you-can-get-it technology. 

AtomBeam’s CEO, Charles Yeomans, expressed his appreciation for the investors who have contributed to the campaign: “I am personally very gratified to see the growing interest in AtomBeam and our data efficiency story. I am a believer in the democratization of opportunities like AtomBeam, giving everyone a shot to invest in the kind of massive upside company that only venture firms and wealthy individuals could in the past.”

To learn more about AtomBeam and be part of this transformative journey, visit our equity crowdfunding campaign page on StartEngine at www.startengine.com/offering/atombeam.

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AtomBeam

CONTACT: Charles Yeomans
CEO
AtomBeam
charles at atombeamtech.com

NEC X and Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA) Forge Strategic Partnership to Advance East Coast-based Startups




NEC X and Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA) Forge Strategic Partnership to Advance East Coast-based Startups

NEC invests in “ERA Investors Fund 8”; ERA is New York City’s first and leading technology accelerator and early-stage venture capital fund

PALO ALTO, Calif. and NEW YORK, Nov. 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NEC X, Inc., the pioneering venture studio backed by NEC Corporation’s world-class technological innovation and expertise, and Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA) today announced the establishment of a strategic partnership to strengthen support for entrepreneurs, which includes NEC’s investment in ERA Investors Fund 8.

ERA focuses on early-stage startups and has invested in over 300 startups to date. ERA companies are innovating in a variety of significant industries, all with businesses ready to take advantage of its platform of more than 1,000 expert mentors and its experienced team for helping early-stage companies progress rapidly into exciting, viable, venture-scale businesses. The partnership between NEC X and ERA will include mutual collaboration and support for innovative founders to positively impact the trajectory of their startups.

NEC X was established in 2018 to accelerate the creation of new business through open innovation. NEC X has been actively involved in supporting entrepreneurs through its “Elev X!” venture studio program, focused primarily on Silicon Valley. With this partnership, NEC X aims to enhance support for entrepreneurs on the East Coast of the US seeking new business opportunities, with a special focus on New York.

As part of this partnership, entrepreneurs accepted into NEC X’s venture studio program, “Elev X! Ignite Batch11,” will be eligible to apply for ERA’s program. Simultaneously, startups admitted to ERA’s accelerator program will receive preferred access leveraging NEC’s technology through “Elev X! Boost” to further grow their businesses.

“We’re very excited to be partnering with NEC and NEC X, a leading technology innovator in both Japan and the United States,” said Murat Aktihanoglu, Managing Partner, ERA. “We are pleased to be helping NEC X extend their reach to New York City and the East Coast and look forward to collaborating with them to support the growth of startups for years to come.”

“NEC X is committed to ensuring the success of startups by helping to co-create and support them jointly with accelerators, venture capitalists and early adopters,” said Shintaro Matsumoto, President and CEO, NEC X. “Through the partnership with ERA, we aim to strengthen support for entrepreneurs on the East Coast, in addition to Silicon Valley, and pursue new business opportunities.”

NEC and ERA will continue to strengthen support for entrepreneurs through collaboration with diverse organizations, contributing to the future of innovation.

To learn more about the Elev X! Program, visit: https://elev-x.com.

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About NEC X
NEC X, Inc. offers its Venture Studio Program “Elev X!” to empower startup founders to elevate their ideas into dynamic tech-driven ventures. Building on the strength of NEC Corporation’s technologies, NEC X helps founders swiftly launch and magnify their business scale. Strategically located in Silicon Valley, the company taps into the heart of the startup ecosystem and remains at the forefront of the high-technology market. Discover more at https://nec-x.com or by emailing contact-us@nec-x.com.

About ERA
(ERA) Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator is New York City’s leading technology accelerator and early-stage venture capital fund. ERA has invested in 300+ start-ups since launching in 2011. ERA alumni companies, who come from all over the world, are already playing leading roles in the evolution of virtually every major global industry. To date, ERA alumni companies have raised more than $2 billion in investor capital and collectively exceed $10 billion in market capitalization. Notable investments include Glia, TripleLift, Katapult, Thirty Madison, Nayya, Order, Bespoke Post, User Interviews, Fund That Flip, CardFlight, and Scentbird. Learn more at https://www.eranyc.com/.

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