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Oculus Quest VR Headset Compatible with Axonom Visual CPQ


Powertrak 3D Configurator and Powertrak Virtual Reality at trade shows.

Explore Product Configurations and Space Designs in Powertrak Virtual Reality with the Oculus Quest.

Tether-less VR headsets give sales professionals and trade show teams a more portable way to deliver high-end virtual reality experiences without the time-consuming set up process and spatial limitations.

Axonom, a global provider of visual product configurator software with virtual reality experiences, today announces Powertrak software now supports Oculus Quest VR headsets for business-focused user experiences. The Oculus Quest joins the Oculus Rift and HTC VIVE Pro as other professional-grade virtual reality (VR) headsets compatible with Powertrak 3D Product Configurator and Powertrak Virtual Reality.

The Oculus Quest supports Axonom customers in experiencing configured products and room layout designs in virtual reality. Compared to other commercial-grade VR headsets, the Oculus Quest is a standalone VR system that does not require sensors, wires or a computer. Its travel-friendly features deliver a quick set up and go experience, even in confined spaces.

“Many of our manufacturing customers use virtual reality as a strategic business application to present configurable products to prospective customers at trade shows, in storefronts or at customer sites,” said Mike Belongie, COO at Axonom. “Tether-less VR headsets give sales professionals and trade show teams a more portable way to deliver high-end virtual reality experiences without the time-consuming set up process and spatial limitations.”

Axonom delivers a visual configure, price, quote (CPQ) platform for users to customize one or many products and interactively place those products into configurable environments. Product designs and room layouts can be saved, shared, and quickly experienced in Powertrak Virtual Reality though various VR headsets such as mobile smartphones connected to Google Cardboard or high-end devices like the Oculus Quest.

“The Powertrak solution suite transforms conversations and strengthens relationships between sales reps and prospective customers. It also gives customers ownership in the buying process with real-time tools to visualize, customize, and experience the design before they place the order,” said Mike Belongie. “Powertrak customers will find the Oculus Quest’s low-cost and stand-alone features very attractive for engaging, educating, and inspiring prospective customers.”

For more information on the Powertrak solution suite, and to learn why manufacturers are using visual configurators with virtual reality at trade shows, visit the Axonom website.

About Axonom

Axonom is a worldwide leader in marrying Visual Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ) software with Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) experiences. Established in 2002, the developer of Powertrak 3D Product Configurator and VRoom enables sales, channel partners, and customers around the world to visually build products and design environments, then experience them in virtual reality.

The Powertrak solution suite includes: Standard CPQ, 2D/3D Visual Product Configurator, Virtual Reality Product Configurator, Augmented Reality Product Configurator, and Guided Selling.

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From wall to floor, MailPix has unique gifts for holidays


MailPix custom yoga mat

“With the latest digital printing technology, it’s possible to make wonderful photographic-quality gifts on almost any product or surface. The limit is only your imagination.” – Fred H. Lerner, founder and CEO, MailPix

MailPix, the photo-printing, canvas and gifting site, announced new and unusual photo gifts for the 2019 holiday season. MailPix is well-known for offering affordable canvas prints, metal prints, posters and other personalized photo products. Now you can have your favorite photo underfoot!

Personalize your ride with custom photo car mats from MailPix. These easy-to-clean latex car mats come in sets of two and can be customized with photos, text, and a choice of background images. Mats are available for both front and back of a vehicle. Front car mats measure 27×17 inches and rear car mats measure 13×17 inches. The mats are backed with latex and have black edges.

If you’re heading to the yoga studio, bring along your photo yoga mats. Each 24×70-inch, 1/4-inch thick yoga mat comes with a carrier sling. Personalize the mat with a serene scene or a child’s photo.

“MailPix brings the widest variety of photo gifts to the market,” says Fred H. Lerner, founder and CEO, MailPix. “With the latest digital printing technology, it’s possible to make wonderful photographic-quality gifts on almost any product or surface. The limit is only your imagination.”

ABOUT MAILPIX.COM

MailPix.com is the pre-eminent site for printing photos instantly at thousands of retailers from phone app or PC and also offers convenient mail-to-home. MailPix preserves photo memories as photo books, canvas, prints, cards, enlargements and other photo gift products. The service is seamlessly integrated to print photos from any phone, device or computer. MailPix offices are located in Huntington Beach, Calif.

Fred H. Lerner is the founder and CEO of MailPix, his latest startup. He previously founded Ritz Interactive, which included RitzCamera.com, WolfCamera.com and others.  Fred also founded two imaging companies which were acquired by Kodak and became the CEO of Kodak Processing Labs. He is a United Nations’ Hall of Fame recipient from the International Photographic Council and Past President of the Photo Marketing Association International. 

Peter Tahmin, co-founder and COO of MailPix, was the former vice president at Ritz Camera & Image and co-founder, senior vice president and COO of the Ritz Interactive e-commerce network, which included RitzCamera.com, WolfCamera.com, BoatersWorld.com and others. He brings more than 25 years of e-commerce experience and a lifetime of imaging industry experience to MailPix.

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Immatics Implements Genedata Biologics® into Proprietary T-Cell Receptor Discovery and Engineering XCEPTOR® Platform


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Genedata Biologics gives all our R&D groups a central place to record and access TCR-related information in real time, along the end-to-end workflow.

Genedata, the leading provider of enterprise software solutions for biopharmaceutical R&D, today announced that Immatics Biotechnologies, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing T-cell receptor (TCR)-based cancer immunotherapies, has adopted Genedata Biologics® to streamline their R&D operations related to the discovery and development of high-affinity and high-specificity T-cell receptors for adoptive cell therapies (ACT) and bispecific TCRs.

“We required a scalable software solution that is compatible with Immatics’ proprietary XCEPTOR® platform to facilitate the systematic analysis of our TCR data for our proprietary and partnered programs,” said Dominik Maurer, Ph.D., VP Immunology at Immatics. “Genedata Biologics gives all our R&D groups a central place to record and access TCR-related information in real time, along the end-to-end workflow, including Immatics’ ACTengine®, ACTallo® and TCER® bispecific TCR molecule development. We expect Genedata Biologics to foster our internal information exchange and further increase our efficiency.”

Integrated E2E Workflow Platform for Cell & Gene Therapy

As highly engineered entities, bispecific molecules and cell and gene therapies pose new design, cloning, expression, purification, and analytics challenges. Genedata Biologics provides purpose-built functionality for the design and evaluation of large panels of novel cellular modalities, such as engineered TCRs and their variations. In particular, the platform enables the automation of screening, engineering, production, and testing of these innovative therapeutic modalities. The workflow platform handles next-generation molecule-specific designs in high throughput and includes dedicated tools for developability and manufacturability assessments. Genedata Biologics is an end-to-end (E2E) platform that streamlines the design, generation, validation, and unique identification of TCR- based molecules, resulting in more efficient evaluation and production.

“We are excited that Immatics, a leader in immuno-oncology, has selected Genedata as their partner,” said Othmar Pfannes, Ph.D., CEO of Genedata. “We are delighted that Genedata Biologics helps our customers to increase the efficiency of the discovery and development of novel gene and cellular therapeutics, and we will continue to invest in expanding the platform’s capabilities to address new technologies and requirements in this quickly evolving field.”

About Genedata

Genedata transforms data into intelligence with innovative software solutions and domain-specific consulting services that automate complex, large-scale experimental processes and enable organizations to maximize the ROI in their R&D, spanning early discovery all the way to the clinic. Founded in 1997, Genedata is headquartered in Switzerland with additional offices in Germany, Japan, Singapore, the UK, and the US.

http://www.genedata.com

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Genedata

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Disclaimer

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Insurance Experts Present The Most Effective Ways To Get Cheaper Car Insurance Rates


Drivers can get better car insurance rates by following several smart methods,” said Russell Rabichev, Marketing Director of Internet Marketing Company

Compare-autoinsurance.org has launched a new blog post that presents several methods to lower car insurance rates.

For more info and free quotes, visit https://compare-autoinsurance.org/how-to-make-car-insurance-rates-cheaper/

Car insurance companies determine the premium paid by a driver after analyzing multiple factors. Some of these factors are under policyholder’s control and can help him get cheaper car insurance.


  • Set higher deductibles. Drivers can increase the deductibles levels to lower the price of their insurance rate. In many cases, the premium rates drop as much as 30%. Policyholders should consider adjusting the deductibles to a level they can support if something bad happens.
  • Drop redundant medical payments coverage. If a policyholder already has health insurance, then he will not need the medical payments coverage. In most cases, these two policies overlap, meaning that the policyholder pays for something he already has.
  • Carefully select the car before buying it. Cars that are considered safe and come equipped with safety features and anti-theft devices are cheaper to insure.
  • When driving less than the average US driver, apply for a low mileage discount. If a policyholder doesn’t drive his car too often, he might be eligible for a low mileage discount that typically ranges from 15% to 20%.
  • Bundle policies. Insurance companies offer substantial discounts to those policyholders that choose to bundle policies. Policyholders can choose to bundle at least two vehicles policies or their vehicle policy can be bundled with their home insurance policy.
  • Look for additional discounts. Insurance companies offer plenty of discounts, like a senior citizen discount, loyalty discount, good driver discount, good student discount. Policyholders should check for what discounts may apply.

For additional info, money-saving tips and free car insurance quotes, visit https://compare-autoinsurance.org/

Compare-autoinsurance.org is an online provider of life, home, health, and auto insurance quotes. This website is unique because it does not simply stick to one kind of insurance provider, but brings the clients the best deals from many different online insurance carriers. In this way, clients have access to offers from multiple carriers all in one place: this website. On this site, customers have access to quotes for insurance plans from various agencies, such as local or nationwide agencies, brand names insurance companies, etc.

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ISU Corp Wins Canadian Business Excellence Award for Software Consulting and Development


Canadian Business Excellence Award

We would like to thank all of our fantastic employees and clients for their support in helping us win this award for the second time.

ISU CORP, a leading custom software solutions enterprise, has announced that they have been awarded the Canadian Business Excellence Award for Private Businesses 2020 for the second time in row, presented by Excellence Canada.

The Canadian Business Excellence Awards for Private Businesses is a national award administered annually. This special designation recognizes businesses from all industries that demonstrate a strategic approach to successfully improving performance and achieving goals.

Excellence Canada’s mission is to help improve organizational performance and recognize excellence, with a vision to promote and enable excellence in every organization in Canada. Excellence Canada recognizes organizations that:


  • continually improve performance
  • are innovative and customer focused
  • are healthy, inclusive, and sustainable
  • are economically, socially, and environmentally responsible

We would like to thank all of our fantastic employees and clients for their support in helping us win this award for the second time.

Click here to watch the award recap video.

About ISU Corp

We increase our clients profits with exceptional custom software solutions.

ISU Corp is proud to offer the best of the best with our specially selected IT professionals. Together, we bring a comprehensive team of individuals with experience in a wide variety of technologies. Our collective skill, discipline and perseverance ensure we successfully complete every project with total client satisfaction. We focus on our ability to adapt and overcome in any situation in a variety of industries. ISU Corp has experience working with organizations in insurance/finance, ecommerce, laboratory analytical solutions (LIMS), blockchain and artificial intelligence.

Our main focus is on our clients as they are the only reason we are in business. We always go the extra mile to ensure their satisfaction with our work. We think of our clients as our partners, and we strongly believe that if we help them succeed in their individual projects, we succeed with them.

We strive to create a win-win environment, where partnership, honesty and professionalism mandate every task we conduct for our clientele.

We are start-up specialists when it comes to software development and management. Our agile approach, doing small iterations at a time, ensures that we can review your business requirements on a weekly basis to better meet your company’s goals and expectations.

Learn More About ISU Corp

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ClearHealth Quality Institute Launches Accreditation for Telemedicine Outcomes Programs


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“The CHQI Telemedicine Outcomes Workgroup has developed comprehensive standards that allow organizations to demonstrate the value of telemedicine through their outcomes measurement programs,” said Jason Goldwater, MPA, MA, PMP, Senior Principal, Atlas Research, & Chair, CHQI Outcomes Workgroup.

ClearHealth Quality Institute (CHQI), an independent health care accrediting body, announced today the launch of a new addition to its Telemedicine Accreditation Program – the Telemedicine Outcomes Supplement.

CHQI’s Telemedicine Accreditation Program is the country’s largest telemedicine accreditation program and the only accreditation program recognized by the American Telemedicine Association (ATA).

The new Telemedicine Outcomes Supplement provides the first opportunity for a telemedicine program to have an accreditation agency validate the strength of its outcomes measurement program. The Supplement’s standards provide best practices for building, implementing and maintaining a telemedicine outcomes program and then utilizes those standards to accredit telemedicine programs that meet the requirements.

The Telemedicine Outcomes Supplement requires applicants to demonstrate evidence of implementing and utilizing a quality assurance program to track performance through a complete measurement cycle. Five categories must be covered: 1) access to care; 2) clinical effectiveness; 3) clinical experience/ satisfaction; 4) financial impact; and 5) operations.

“Although telemedicine is widely recognized for promoting efficiency, increased access, and patient satisfaction, some skepticism still remains about its ability to produce clinical and financial outcomes equal to, or better than, face-to-face encounters,” said Jason Goldwater, MPA, MA, PMP, Senior Principal, Atlas Research, & Chair, CHQI Telemedicine Outcomes Workgroup. “The CHQI Telemedicine Outcomes Workgroup has developed a comprehensive set of standards that allow organizations to clearly demonstrate the value of telemedicine through their outcomes measurement programs.”

“The CHQI Telemedicine Outcomes Supplement encourages telemedicine programs to elevate, validate and display their commitment to the measurement, analysis and reporting of patient outcomes,” said Michael Gomes, Chief Executive Officer, ClearHealth Quality Institute. “The standards shift from a focus on process and structure to a focus on actual performance measures. The information gleaned from these measures will create actionable information that can be utilized to make real and substantial program improvements.”

For more information about the CHQI Telemedicine Outcomes Supplement, visit: https://www.chqi.com/programs-and-services/telemedicine/.

About ClearHealth Quality Institute™ (CHQI)

Founded upon the principles of accountability, integrity, and quality, ClearHealth Quality Institute’s (CHQI) goal is to create innovative accreditation programs and compliance solutions that improve the health insurance and provider systems of care. CHQI’s Telemedicine Accreditation Program and Mental Health Parity/Substance Use Disorder Accreditation Program collectively accredit the nation’s leading health plans, health systems, and telemedicine organizations. CHQI is governed by an independent board and committee system, which is open to a wide range of volunteer members to ensure transparency and accountability. To learn more about CHQI, please contact (410) 756-1300, info@CHQI.com, or visit http://www.chqi.com.

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Agile and Competitive in Healthcare – How to Transform Data-Driven Decision Making


Point B Complimentary Webinar: Agile and Competitive in Healthcare – How to Transform Data-Driven Decision Making

The competitive landscape for healthcare organizations is difficult to navigate and continuously evolving. Leaders must make strategic decisions quickly, and they need data-driven insights to inform these outcomes. Join Point B, an integrated management consulting, studio, venture investment, and real estate development firm, on November 20th for a look at how a product mindset can help organizations stay adaptive and competitive as they use data to solve problems. The complimentary webinar, “Agile and competitive in healthcare: How a product mindset transforms the way you make data-driven decisions” takes place at 11:00 AM Pacific Time and is relevant for business and technology leaders across the Healthcare Payor and Provider industries.

Point B experts Alex Chang and Kurt Knaub will guide attendees through the following questions:

  •     What is “servware” and how is it changing the way data-driven insights are delivered to decision makers?
  •     How does a product mindset help transform the way you solve problems through data?
  •     How should you build a platform to enable fast, flexible, and scalable analytic needs?
  •     What are the insights Point B is helping clients solve for today? What are the newest insights our customers are seeking to understand?
  •     How can custom insight solutions be set up to solve for ongoing, strategic and operational insight needs?

To learn more and register for the event, please visit: https://event.on24.com/wcc/r/2112645/858BD32AECDB23719BB7128DCC88634C?partnerref=swasc

Not able to attend? A replay of this event and future webinars will be available on the Point B website and YouTube channel.

About Point B

Point B, Inc. helps organizations form, execute, and thrive. With capabilities including Management Consulting, Studio, Venture Investment and Advisory, and Real Estate Development, our integrated businesses provide value to the organizations and communities we serve. Our 100% employee-owned firm is regularly honored as an exceptional place to work.

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Risk Management in Medical Device Manufacturing, Upcoming Webinar Hosted by Xtalks


Xtalks Life Science Webinars

Having an effective risk management process adds value by decreasing the project risks and avoiding costly late-stage changes. Furthermore, a risk management process is also mandated by regulatory authorities in the US through the FDA CFR 21 Part 820, the updated European EU MDR/EU IVDR and the MDSAP, which covers markets such as Canada, Brazil, Australia and Japan.

There are several aspects of implementing an effective risk management process. In this live webinar, attendees will hear about strategies to implement and improve the risk management process. Specific topics of discussion include:


  • How to improve efficiency in controlling and managing complex data structures
  • How to secure and improve traceability
  • How to improve visibility and processes
  • How to secure a complete audit trail in one system
  • How robust system behavioral modelling can be integrated with downstream risk management practices to produce better, safer products

This webinar will take place on Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at 2pm EST and features the following distinguished speakers:

  • Oliver Dick, Customer Relationship Manager
  • Thomas Skogen, Product Director, Minerva Group
  • Christoph Golinski, Senior PLM consultant

This webinar is intended, through discussion of the latest advancements in system-level thinking, to help inform senior engineering professionals responsible for the cross-discipline lifecycle of their products.

For more information or to register for this event, visit Risk Management in Medical Device Manufacturing.

ABOUT XTALKS

Xtalks, powered by Honeycomb Worldwide Inc., is a leading provider of educational webinars to the global life science, food and medical device community. Every year thousands of industry practitioners (from life science, food and medical device companies, private & academic research institutions, healthcare centers, etc.) turn to Xtalks for access to quality content. Xtalks helps Life Science professionals stay current with industry developments, trends and regulations. Xtalks webinars also provide perspectives on key issues from top industry thought leaders and service providers.

To learn more about Xtalks visit http://xtalks.com

For information about hosting a webinar visit http://xtalks.com/why-host-a-webinar/

Contact:

Candice Tang

Tel: +1 (416) 977-6555 ext 400

Email: ctang@xtalks.com

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Fiberstar, Inc. Launches a New Website for Citri-Fi® Natural Citrus Fiber


Citri-Fi Natural Citrus Fiber Provides Clean Label High Water Holding and Emulsification to Food and Beverages.

Our goal is to reduce the learning curve. Therefore, companies can cut development time to market.

Fiberstar, Inc., a global market leader in clean label food ingredient solutions for the food and beverage industry launched a new innovative website.

After extensive research, Fiberstar revamped the new website to improve the digital experience. Now, the website offers global visitors updated ingredient usage tables by food application and video tutorials. And, this site gives the market access to industry news and technical blogs. The redesigned homepage highlights Citri-Fi’s natural citrus fiber products, applications and digital videos. In addition, it features Citri-Fi’s certifications including FSSC22000, Non-GMO Project Certification and GRAS.

“Fiberstar’s new website is full of simple digital tools. As a result, our global customers can quickly learn about our clean label functional citrus fiber,” says John Haen, President and CEO of Fiberstar. “Our goal is to reduce the learning curve. Therefore, companies can cut development time to market.”

The site is now more mobile and tablet friendly. As a result, ordering samples or contacting the team is a quick click of a button. Additionally, the website also shares multiple social media channels which are key communication platforms now in the food and beverage industry. These channels include Linked-in, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Pinterest.

“We continue to invest in new plant-based ingredient technologies as well as digital platforms. As a result, the market is always in tune with our latest developments.” says Mr. Haen.

The Fiberstar website was designed by Nikita McKinder Web Design which specializes in website build and maintenance.

Fiberstar, Inc. http://www.FiberstarIngredients.com is a privately held innovative biotechnology Company focused on enhancing food performance by manufacturing and marketing value-added, plant based food ingredients. Its largest brand, Citri-Fi, is a natural, highly functional citrus fiber sustainably produced. The physical patented process creates the high water holding and clean label emulsification properties. Citri-Fi is GRAS, non-allergenic, non-GMO and has no E-number. This natural fiber line benefits meat, dairy, bakery, dressings, sauces, frozen food, beverages, plant based foods and pet food through textural improvements, nutritional enhancements and/or cost savings. Headquartered in River Falls, Wisconsin with manufacturing in Florida and Wisconsin, Fiberstar sells products globally in over 65 countries.

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Nevium Hires Former IRS Officer and Cannabis Valuation Pioneer William K. Fowler


Bill is the field’s leading expert on all aspects of cannabis taxation.

Nevium Intellectual Property Consultants (Nevium) has hired former IRS Federal Commissioned Officer William K. Fowler to extend its business valuation practice with a focus on the cannabis industry and cannabis related intellectual property (IP). With 30 years’ financial and valuation experience, primarily in federal taxation involving the highest-net-worth individuals and corporations in the U.S., Fowler brings deep tax strategy capability to the firm.

“Bill helped develop many valuation practices and business evaluation techniques the IRS still uses today to ensure business owners pay the appropriate amount of taxes,” says Brian Buss, Co-founder of Nevium. “We are pleased to have him on board, putting that knowledge to work helping our clients leverage their IP and prepare for and avoid taxation disputes and audits.”

In joining Nevium, Fowler also brings his leading-edge valuation practices for cannabis businesses, adapted from the approach he developed at the IRS to uncover hidden worth.

“With a tax code that prevents cannabis businesses from claiming deductions on regular business expenses, they require sophisticated planning, from tax strategy to valuation of their IP portfolio, which can mitigate their tax burden,” says Doug Bania, Co-founder of Nevium. “Bill is the field’s leading expert on all aspects of cannabis taxation.”

Prior to joining Nevium, Fowler owned his own valuation firm, W.K. Fowler & Associates; served as a federal commissioned officer for the U.S. Treasury, where he worked on large cases for the Los Angeles and San Francisco division; worked as a business broker for Corporate Investment Network; and served as Senior Financial Management Associate for Pacific Lighting Corporation (now Sempra Energy).

His professional designations include Emeritus AVA, CFFA, and ABAR (Accredited Valuation Analyst and Certified Forensic Financial Analyst) with the National Association of Certified Valuation Analyst, as well as Emeritus ABAR (Accredited Business Appraisal Reviewer) with the Institute of Business Appraisers, now NACVA.

Fowler was the first individual in the United States to obtain the designation of ABAR (Accredited Business Appraisal Reviewer). This designation recognizes professionals who have met the stringent requirements and have proven competence in the review of business appraisal reports.

An Army Veteran, Fowler holds a degree in Business Administration from University of the Redlands.

About Nevium:

Nevium specializes in intellectual property valuations and expert testimony. We provide the IP community with a visionary approach to calculating and communicating the financial impact of trademarks, copyrights, patents, brands and intangible assets. For IP litigators we provide expert damages testimony that combines our knowledge of Internet and social media analytic tools with accepted methodologies and concise narratives. For C-level Executives and In-House Counsel we provide IP valuation and portfolio strategies with a focus on connecting IP to financial performance and using IP to increase profits.

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