Distinguished Awards Program Recognizes Innovation in the Global Real Estate Technology Industry

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — PropTech Breakthrough, a leading independent market intelligence organization that evaluates and recognizes standout real estate technology companies, products and services around the globe, today announced the latest round of Real Estate Technology Innovators to win in their 2023 PropTech Breakthrough Awards program.

The mission of the annual PropTech Breakthrough Awards program is to conduct the industry’s most comprehensive analysis and evaluation of the top technology companies, solutions and products in the real estate technology industry today. This year’s program attracted more than 1,700 nominations from over 12 different countries throughout the world.

“In recent years, the real estate industry has been firmly in the throes of digital transformation. From digitization, data access, and mobile, cutting edge technologies are being applied across the entire property ecosystem revolutionizing the space as we know it. We set out to recognize those leading the charge in this transformative new era,” said Bryan Vaughn, Managing Director of PropTech Breakthrough Awards. “From smart buildings to AI, construction, real estate finance, and even advances in architecture, the breakthrough winners in our third annual program represent excellence, creativity, hard work and success in the field of real estate technology.”

The 2023 award winners have been evaluated by an independent panel of real-estate professionals who, together, bring a mix of technical, business, academic and marketing expertise to the judging process. The winning companies, services and products are selected on a number of varying criteria such as Innovation, Performance, Ease of Use, Functionality, Value, and Impact.

The 2023 PropTech Winners Include:

Financing and Financial Services    
Alternative Financing Platform of the Year: RenoFi

Property Management    
Commercial Property Management Platform of the Year: VendorPM
Tenant Portal Solution of the Year: RentRedi
Property Management Company of the Year: BH

Shared Space    
Residential Shared Space Platform of the Year: SALTO Homelok, SALTO Systems

List, Search and Marketplaces    
Real Estate Search Solution of the Year: Entera
Land Resource Marketplace of the Year: LandGate

Leasing and Leasing Management    
Residential Leasing Platform of the Year: Best Egg
Overall Lease Management Company of the Year: Leasecake

Property Closing
Appraisal Solution of the Year: Apprise by Walker Dunlap

Data and Analytics    
Real Estate Analytics Platform of the Year: HqO
Residential Data Management Platform of the Year: Cloudastructure
Overall Data Management Platform of the Year: Cherre

Facilities Management    
Preventative Maintenance Solution of the Year: Fyxt
Property Maintenance Platform of the Year: Mezo
Facilities Management Innovation of the Year: FM:Systems

Insurance    
Home Insurance Innovation of the Year: QUBIE

Construction Tech    
Building Materials Innovation of the Year: Prime Wall™ Framing System, BamCore
Construction Robotics Solution of the Year: Skyline Robotics
Overall Construction Tech Solution of the Year: TestFit

Home Improvement    
Home Improvement Management Solution of the Year: Freemodel
Overall Home Improvement Platform of the Year: Curbio

Industry Leadership    
Overall PropTech Solution of the Year: Easy Knock

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About PropTech Breakthrough
Part of Tech Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence and recognition platform for global technology innovation and leadership, the PropTech Breakthrough Awards program is devoted to honoring excellence in technologies, services, companies and products that empower remote work and distributed teams around the globe. The PropTech Breakthrough Awards program provides a forum for public recognition around the achievements of technology companies and solutions in categories including messaging & communication, project management, virtual events, team collaboration, virtual offices, collaborative design and more. For more information visit PropTechBreakthrough.com.

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X-Rite webinar showcases the importance of appearance on final product color and demonstrates how brands and manufacturers can capture, communicate, and digitally render appearance characteristics for a more efficient and sustainable workflow.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Aug. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — X-Rite Incorporated and Pantone LLC, global leaders in color science and technology, will host a free eLearning webinar on August 29th that goes beyond color to highlight how companies can digitally capture and communicate a material’s appearance in product designs. By transforming a physical material into a digital twin or virtual prototype, automotive, electronics, apparel, and durable goods companies can streamline product design, enable remote visual approvals, and reduce oversampling.

“Both color and appearance play an essential role in product design, yet even experienced professionals may not fully understand how a material’s appearance attributes such as texture, gloss, reflection, or other special effects will impact the product’s final color,” said Thomas Meeker, 3D solution architect, X-Rite. “In this webinar, we discuss the importance of appearance on final color and demonstrate how to capture, communicate, and digitally render appearance characteristics for use across multifunctional teams and with suppliers around the globe.”

During this webinar, attendees will:

• Watch a demonstration of the latest release of X-Rite’s appearance software, PANTORA™.
• See how PANTORA connects with X-Rite Ci7000 benchtop Series, MA-T12 multi-angle, and MetaVue VS3200 spectrophotometers to capture color and appearance.
• Discover how to measure and import data directly into PANTORA to store, edit, and create virtual material samples for plastics, metals, fabrics, leather, meshes, paints, and structured coatings.
• Learn how Appearance Exchange Format (AxF™) data can be shared across Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), CAD, and 3D rendering software.

“Digital material twins can be used at each step of the product development process, from marketing to production and quality control, to ensure a consistent representation in both the virtual and physical world,” continued Meeker. “This revolutionary technology enables companies to innovate and accelerate the design to manufacturing process by remotely assessing variations, ensuring products are within tolerance, and verifying all aspects of a final assembled product.”

The webinar will be held Tuesday, August 29 at 10 a.m. Eastern. Registration is available at https://www.xrite.com/learning-color-education/webinars/leveraging-color-and-appearance-for-product-design

About X-Rite
Founded in 1958, X-Rite Incorporated is a global leader in the science and technology of color and appearance. With Pantone, X-Rite employs more than 800 people in 11 countries. The company’s corporate headquarters is located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA, with regional headquarters in Europe and Asia and service centers across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and the Americas. X-Rite offers a full range of solutions used by manufacturers, retailers, printers, and graphic design houses to achieve precise management and communication of color and appearance throughout their processes. X-Rite products and services are recognized standards in the printing, packaging, photography, graphic design, video, automotive, paints, plastics, textiles, and medical industries. For further information, please visit http://www.xrite.com.

About Pantone
Pantone provides the universal language of color that enables color-critical decisions through every stage of the workflow for brands and manufacturers. More than 10 million designers and producers around the world rely on Pantone products and services to help define, communicate, and control color from inspiration to realization – leveraging advanced X-Rite technology to achieve color consistency across various materials and finishes for graphics, fashion, and product design. Pantone Standards feature digital and physical color specification and workflow tools. The Pantone Color Institute™ provides customized color standards, brand identity and product color consulting as well as trend forecasting inclusive of Pantone Color of the Year, Fashion Runway Color Trend Reports, color psychology and more. Pantone B2B Licensing incorporates the Pantone Color System into different products and services, enabling licensees to communicate and reproduce certified Pantone values and improve efficiencies for their users. Pantone Lifestyle brings color and design together across apparel, home, and accessories. Learn more at http://www.pantone.com.

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HCL Technologies and TCS tie for No.1 on ranking of top engineering services providers; Mphasis named as Top Challenger

DALLAS, Aug. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Everest Group today released the second annual edition of its Engineering Services PEAK Matrix Provider of the Year™ Awards. These awards recognize the engineering services providers that have consistently ranked as top performers across Everest Group’s PEAK Matrix® assessments in the preceding year.

Everest Group PEAK Matrix evaluations are a valuable resource for engineering services buyers to evaluate, compare and contrast key providers in the global services space. In 2022, Everest Group published five engineering services PEAK Matrix® reports across 10 assessment areas, featuring 55 providers across all evaluations. Key services segments evaluated included digital products, digital twins, connected medical devices, Industry 4.0 and software products.

The Engineering Services Top 15:
1. (Tie) HCL Technologies and TCS
3. Accenture
4. Cognizant
5. (Tie) Capgemini and Wipro
7. Infosys
8. Mindtree
9. GlobalLogic
10. Tech Mahindra
11. HARMAN
12. EPAM
13. LTTS
14. Globant
15. Persistent Systems

Top 5 Engineering Services Challengers
1. Mphasis
2. Infogain
3. Happiest Minds
4. Softserve
5. Cyient

*** Download a complimentary copy of the 2023 Engineering Services PEAK Matrix Provider of the Year Awards ***

“The Engineering Services PEAK Matrix Provider of the Year™ Awards recognize an elite group of engineering services providers who set themselves apart by exhibiting consistent leadership and top performance across many different categories,” said Akshat Vaid, partner at Everest Group. “More importantly, as today’s enterprises navigate the complex landscape of next-generation and legacy technologies, a global business footprint and a complex provider portfolio, the PEAK Matrix Provider of the Year Awards help them to identify the best of the best — providers with strong capabilities and successful services strategies that align well with the evolving enterprise engineering services demand.”

“Digital engineering is transforming businesses and helping efforts to create a sustainable world,” said Vijay Anand Guntur, president, Engineering and R&D Services (ERS), at HCLTech. “With over 45 years of engineering heritage and experience working with top R&D players across 10-plus verticals, HCLTech is uniquely positioned to partner with enterprises in their endeavor to leverage digital technologies to transform their business. We are glad to be recognized as the No. 1 player in Everest Group’s 2023 PEAK Matrix Provider of the Year award. This achievement is a testament to HCLTech’s record of being a preferred engineering services partner of Global 2000 companies in building innovative products and platforms.”

“We are benefiting immensely from our engagements with conventional businesses aspiring to transform themselves digitally to become software companies, software vendors seeking to modernize and rearchitect their products using cloud native technologies, and product companies embarking on product and business model innovation,” said Regu Ayyaswamy, global head, Internet of Things & Digital Engineering, at TCS. “Our deep domain expertise, industry leading portfolio of IP and design labs are helping clients launch new products faster and optimize their sustenance. Our investments in IoT and Digital Engineering, including the Bringing Life to Things framework, are helping product companies scale up innovation, leverage IoT, AI and machine learning to make those products more intelligent, software-defined and connected, and to embrace as-a-Service business models. The emergence of newer technologies is only accelerating this trend, so we are very excited about the opportunities ahead.”

About the PEAK Matrix®
The Everest Group PEAK Matrix® is a proprietary framework for assessing the relative market success and overall capability of service providers based on Performance, Experiences, Ability and Knowledge. Each service provider is comparatively assessed on two dimensions: market success and delivery capabilities. Market success is measured by revenue, number of clients and year-over-year growth. Delivery capability is measured by scale of operations, scope, technology and innovation, delivery footprint and buyer satisfaction. The resulting matrix categorizes service providers as Leaders, Major Contenders, and Aspirants. Companies that demonstrate strong upward movement in successive reports are recognized as Star Performers.

About Everest Group
Everest Group is a leading research firm helping business leaders make confident decisions. We guide clients through today’s market challenges and strengthen their strategies by applying contextualized problem-solving to their unique situations. This drives maximized operational and financial performance and transformative experiences. Our deep expertise and tenacious research focused on technology, business processes, and engineering through the lenses of talent, sustainability, and sourcing delivers precise and action-oriented guidance. Find further details and in-depth content at http://www.everestgrp.com.

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10 New Military-Grade Switches Cover Frequencies from 1 MHz to 75 GHz

IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Pasternack, an Infinite Electronics brand and a leading provider of RF, microwave and millimeter-wave products, has announced the expansion of its line of ultra-broadband PIN diode switches. The new portfolio comprises 10 different models in SP2T, SP4T, and SP8T configurations, all featuring integrated TTL drivers and rugged, MIL-grade, coaxial packaged designs.

These cutting-edge switches cater to an ultra-broadband frequency range, from as low as 1 MHz to an unprecedented 75 GHz. This wideband frequency coverage encompasses popular market bands, including UHF, VHF, L, S, C, X, Ku, K, Ka, Q, U and V, offering unmatched flexibility and compatibility for a diverse range of applications.

The product line includes both reflective and absorptive designs, with the latter ensuring low voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) performance. These high-precision switches offer impressive input power handling of up to 1 watt CW and rapid switching speeds as low as 50 nanoseconds typical.

The company’s new offering is RoHS compliant and can function reliably in a broad operational temperature range, from -40°C to +85°C (-40°F to +185°F). Moreover, these robust, high-reliability assemblies are engineered to resist environmental conditions such as altitude, vibration, humidity and shock.

“PIN diode switches are vital for directing high-frequency signals in transmission, and our expanded line brings together speed, reliability and versatility,” said Product Line Manager Kevin Hietpas. “These switches are ideal for radar, phase array systems, broadband jamming, wireless infrastructure, 5G communication and more.”

Pasternack’s ultra-broadband PIN diode switches are in stock and available for same-day shipping. For inquiries, contact +1-949-261-1920.

About Pasternack:

A leader in RF products since 1972, Pasternack is an ISO 9001:2015-certified manufacturer and supplier offering the industry’s largest selection of active and passive RF, microwave and millimeter-wave products available for same-day shipping. Pasternack is an Infinite Electronics brand.

About Infinite Electronics:

Based in Irvine, Calif., Infinite Electronics offers a broad range of components, assemblies and wired/wireless connectivity solutions to the aerospace/defense, industrial, government, consumer electronics, instrumentation, medical and telecommunications markets. Its brands include Pasternack, Fairview Microwave, L-com, MilesTek, ShowMeCables, NavePoint, INC Installs, Integra Optics, PolyPhaser, Transtector, KP Performance Antennas, RadioWaves and Aiconics. Infinite serves its customers with deep technical expertise and support. Its broad inventory is available for immediate shipment, fulfilling unplanned demand for engineers and technical buyers. Infinite is a Warburg Pincus portfolio company.

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A sci-fi movie trailer created in just 7 hours demonstrates the power of AI. DesignRush delivers the key details of this latest creative breakthrough.

MIAMI, Aug. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing industries across the spectrum, the creative sector included. The emergence of generative AI tools last year has not only sparked innovation but also redefined creative efficiency. This has been demonstrated by the release of the “Genesis” sci-fi movie trailer.

DesignRush, a B2B marketplace connecting businesses with agencies, keeps track of breaking news in the AI world and shares key highlights of this creative breakthrough:

• The use of AI in creating the trailer for the conceptual sci-fi movie “Genesis”
• How the trailer was completed in just 7 hours and the product designer behind it
• Utilizing AI platforms such as Midjourney and Runway
• Challenges encountered during the editing phase
• Skills necessary in leveraging AI tools to generate creative content

Read the full story exclusively on DesignRush Spotlight.

About DesignRush:

DesignRush.com is a B2B marketplace connecting businesses with agencies through expert reviews and agency ranking lists, awards, knowledge resources, and personalized agency recommendations for vetted projects.

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Rizelle Leano, DesignRush, 8008565417, [email protected]

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National Online College Fall Registration Open, September Open House Events offered for all Programs via Zoom

NEW BRITAIN, Conn., Aug. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Charter Oak State College Fall Registration Open 
Fall Term 1 Classes Start August 28; register through August 24

Charter Oak State College, (http://www.CharterOak.edu), Connecticut’s public online college is offering registration for Fall Term 1 through August 24. Start classes August 28th!

The College offers career-focused Online Undergraduate degrees in majors such as Nursing, Public Safety Administration, Social Work, Health Information Management, Business Administration, Early Childhood Education, Human Resources Management, Criminal Justice, Sociology, and more. Online Graduate degrees are offered in Health Informatics, Health Care Administration, and Organizational Leadership.

Charter Oak State College is well known for adult student degree completion and honors qualified existing college credits, prior learning, Military and professional certifications.

Attend a September virtual Open House event via Zoom to learn more about the College and its high value, affordable, Online degree programs. All event attendees apply free.

Event Date – Wednesday, September 13, 2023 at 5:30PM ET – Career focused Undergraduate degrees in all fields including Business Administration, Human Resources Mgmt, Social Work, Cyber Security, Early Childhood Education, Public Safety Administration, Nursing, and Health Care degrees will be covered.

Event Date – Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 5:30PM ET – All Graduate Degree Programs and Certificates including Health Care Administration, Health Informatics, and Organizational Leadership will be covered.

Register for these Zoom events at : http://www.CharterOak.edu/finishcollege

Celebrating 50 years, Charter Oak State College (http://www.CharterOak.edu) is Connecticut’s public online college, offering career-focused associate and bachelor’s degrees in high-demand fields including Health Information Management, Nursing, Criminal Justice, Early Childhood Education, Social Work and Business Administration. The College offers master’s degrees in Health Informatics, Health Care Administration and Organizational Leadership. Charter Oak is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education and governed by Connecticut’s Board of Regents for Higher Education.
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