Todd Saylor

Every day we challenge the status quo to provide a technology, a service, and really an experience that is ‘Wired Differently’ – Todd Saylor, PayServ Systems CEO

BRADENTON, Fla. (PRWEB)
June 01, 2021

PayServ Systems, a leader in Workforcethrive Management / HCM solutions, has been recognized as one of the most innovative HCM companies by InsightsSuccess magazine.

The company has garnered attention for moving beyond the “Land of Quo” and serving up world-class technology that is “Wired Differently.” For providing not just high tech, but service with heart.

“Every day we challenge the status quo to provide a technology, a service, and really an experience that is ‘Wired Differently,’” said founder and CEO Todd Saylor. “This mindset is part of our culture and is what sets us apart. We don’t settle for ordinary – we go for extraordinary in all we do.”

“PayServ Goes the Distance through our culture of Service Excellence,” said Sam Fessenden, EVP, CSO. “Our company was born out of an idea that businesses deserve better service.”

The “Wired Differently” concept has inspired Saylor since discovering he was wired differently as a child. His first book bears the title and inspires readers to follow Todd on a journey where the goal is learning how to rewire your mind in order to thrive in all aspects of life.

About PayServ Systems

“It’s our culture!”™ Founded in 2003, PayServ SystemsⓇ is committed to simplifying the Human Capital Management and Payroll processes of HR teams nationwide. PayServ delivers a world-class HCM platform, WorkforcethriveⓇ, that is simply wired differently. The single platform manages the entire employee life cycle, from hire to retire. It is our mission to develop our work culture, educate our clients and deliver strategic tools that yield the largest return on our clients’ HCM Technology investments. Visit payservsystems.com to learn more.

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“As the demand for web security increases worldwide, operating WAF with high accuracy has become a key issue for many businesses and web service providers. Our product, WafCharm, is an innovative solution enabling anyone to protect their web services easily and safely,” said Mr. Koike, CEO of CSC.

LOS ANGELES (PRWEB)
May 27, 2021

Cyber Security Cloud Inc. (CSC), the world’s leading innovator in cyber threat intelligence and AI-driven web security, today announced that its WafCharm service fully manages AWS WAF operations and automatically optimizes rules for AWS WAF to help address web-related cyberattacks against business and critical government infrastructure increasing worldwide. WafCharm is the only service on the market that automatically builds, tests and tunes AWS WAF rules, and continuously defends against zero-day threats.

While WafCharm provides protection from the OWASP 10 — the most critical security risks to web applications — it also automatically implements new rules in response to zero-day vulnerabilities researched by CSC’s leading threat intelligence team, Cyhorus.

Toshihiro Koike, CEO of CSC, explained, “As the demand for web security increases worldwide, operating WAF with high accuracy has become a key issue for many businesses and web service providers. Our product, WafCharm, is an innovative solution enabling anyone to protect their web services easily and safely. Companies should be able to focus on innovation and value creation, without worrying about managing their WAF rules. We look forward to reaching those who want to reduce costs and effort while maintaining accuracy in security to better protect their environments.”

WAF Rules Are Notoriously Difficult to Operate

Without expert WAF knowledge and full-time security engineers, even seasoned teams can have trouble creating optimal rules within the AWS WAF service and using them across AWS CloudFront distributions or other CDNs.

Typical issues for customers include rule creation that does not interfere with applications, uncertainty around the effectiveness of applied rules and whether they are actually preventing attacks, having sufficient time to understand a new vulnerability before exploits occur, and dealing with false-positives after WAF operation is underway.    

“The use of WafCharm has made the operation of AWS WAF, which was difficult until now, very convenient,” said Kunihiro Okamato, general manager of development at Coconala. “I’m not exaggerating when I tell you that this was the perfect solution for us. By leaving AWS WAF operation to WafCharm, we no longer need to devote our internal resources to security measures. We also feel extremely satisfied with the extensive support system for any requests or concerns. We really appreciate the efforts Cyber Security Cloud put forth in resolving issues that we wanted to respond to as quickly as possible.”

Infrastructure team leader at Hachidori, Yosuke Matsuura, said, “My honest impression of WafCharm is that it’s very easy to use. With it, you don’t have to deal with complex manual deployment details. Most of all, I’m happy that it doesn’t become a burden on my work.”

AI-Driven Security and WAF Know-How Address New Norms

With COVID-forced shifts to remote work and the continuation of hybrid work models in 2021 and beyond, cybersecurity vulnerabilities have risen across businesses in almost every vertical and around the world. Cloud management services accelerate the speed of security development amid these new norms, but as systems become more scalable and distributable, they face new levels of threat. CSC’s AI engine performs deep learning on massive data sets in the cloud to discover new forms of cyberattacks and improve WAF rules implemented with WafCharm.

CSC has honed its WAF rules expertise and operations know-how through the development of its own cloud-based web security service called “Shadankun,” which blocks external cyberattacks and protects websites from personal information leakage, falsifications and service disruption, among other threats.

For both “Shadankun” and WafCharm customers, Cyhorus is a distinct advantage. As one of the most sophisticated threat intelligence and research teams in the world, Cyhorus uses cyber threat intelligence analytics that leverage extremely fast vulnerability response speeds.    

WafCharm Features Emphasize Ease of Use

WafCharm only takes a few minutes to implement, then all AWS WAF operations are automated, including the handling of new vulnerabilities that surface around the world and may impact customer deployments anywhere. WafCharm is built for ease of use, offering:

• Easy installation and operation — It’s not necessary to install any special equipment or switch a DNS. WafCharm automatically selects the optimal rules/signatures, but allows customers to fix those that they do not want changed automatically.
• No required customer correspondence — Security experts monitor customer deployments and quickly create and apply new rules/signatures when dealing with new vulnerabilities in the threat landscape.
• Optimal protection for everyone — For any deployment leveraging AWS WAF, Wafcharm enables automated selection of optimal rules/signatures.
• Better security with hundreds of signatures — Since there is a possibility of leakage with limited numbers of rules, WafCharm rematches access data with hundreds of rules/signatures; attack sources identified by rematching are blacklisted automatically.
• Robust reporting and notifications — Via AWS Kinesis Data Firehose, S3 and Lambda, WafCharm support can help customers generate reports from the WafCharm management screen.

Register for a free trial of WafCharm starting on June 1, 2021. The free trial period continues through the end of August 2021.

About Cyber Security Cloud Inc.

Cyber Security Cloud’s mission is to create a secure cyberspace that people everywhere can use safely. In more than 70 countries, CSC provides web application security services that leverage the most effective cyber threat intelligence and AI-driven security technology available. As one of the very few Amazon Web Services (AWS) WAF Managed Rules Sellers in the world certified by AWS — the cloud giant that holds almost half of the global cloud market share — CSC uniquely optimizes and automates rules best suited to each customers’ AWS deployments as new cyber threats emerge. CSC also offers its powerful WAF solution for Microsoft Azure and other clouds. Leading cybersecurity improvements worldwide, CSC continues to develop and refine award-winning technologies and security solutions that contribute to the information revolution.

To learn more, please visit https://www.cscloud.co.jp/en/.

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Bill Thompson, Vice President Sales and Marketing

“Creating an innovative and inclusive company culture is our #1 priority. Attracting top talent with diverse skillsets to help support and grow that culture follows a close second.” said Mr. VJ Venkatraman, president and chief operating officer for Datamura Solutions.

BOSTON (PRWEB)
May 27, 2021

Datamura Solutions, an Industry 4.0 services and solutions provider, today announced Bill Thompson as Vice President of Sales & Marketing.

“Creating an innovative and inclusive company culture is our #1 priority. Attracting top talent with diverse skillsets to help support and grow that culture follows a close second,” said Mr. VJ Venkatraman, president and chief operating officer for Datamura Solutions. “Bill’s experience and leadership will help ensure we maintain our innovation and customer-centric focus amid new growth opportunities. We are all thrilled to have Bill as part of our team.”

As vice president, sales and marketing, Bill will oversee and manage Datamura Solutions sales and integrated marketing communications, as well as targeted commercial growth through a business partner network and standard business development best practices. Most recently, Bill served as the director, sales and marketing for a boutique Enterprise Asset Management technology and services firm, where he built and led the company’s sales, marketing, and partner success functions. Prior roles include Director of Marketing for GenesisSolutions, an integrated EAM services provider, and as Strategic Alliance Representative at PSDI, the developers of IBM Maximo.

Bill holds a bachelors of science from Westfield State University, two graduate-level Certificates in Business Management and Marketing from Harvard University and the Johnson School of Management at Cornell University. He is currently an MBA Candidate at the Manning School of Business at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell.

Bill serves on the board of directors for Melrose Little League and is the league treasurer.

Bills joins Datamura Solutions amidst a period of expansion and growth. The company provides an Industry 4.0 solution set through Automation, Asset Performance Management, Predictive Programs, Precision Maintenance, and Prescriptive Analytics by data sourcing and analysis. Data correlation via a data lake model supports the vision and execution for increased facilities management information enabling more informed decision making.

For more information, including an invitation to view a demonstration of our Asset Management Portal and Facilities Intelligence Dashboard, please visit our website.

About Datamura Solutions

Datamura Solutions provides its customers with a competitive advantage by integrating operations, maintenance, and performance data, correlating resultant data sets, and providing an intelligence framework for astute decision making.

Datamura Solutions enables its customers to uncover opportunities for operations data, quality improvement, energy management, predictive maintenance and inventory optimization. Datamura’s customers gain the ability to achieve sustainable and effective process improvements and transformation by establishing a robust structure and discipline to decision making. Our unique framework of system and data integration tools and methodologies bring focus to the data that is currently not utilized or underutilized.

Primary service delivery

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  Strategic Asset Management and Performance Optimization
• Facilities Intelligence Framework – Data Integration to Intelligence
• Risk Based Asset Performance Management

Visit Datamura website.

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Ensuring iboss’s financial strength is key to our mission of providing customers with secure connectivity, from anywhere, through our leading iboss SASE Cloud Platform.

BOSTON (PRWEB)
May 25, 2021

iboss, the leading Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) cloud security provider, today announced it has expanded its leadership team with the appointment of Dmitriy Gladchenko as Vice President of Finance. Additionally, Ben Peera joined as the new Assistant Corporate Controller. The addition of these two leaders comes on the heels of the rapid growth iboss has experienced since raising $145M in early January to support the company’s go-to-market efforts.

Dmitriy Gladchenko brings two decades of financial reporting, internal controls and planning experience to iboss. As the new VP of Finance and Corporate Controller, he will provide day-to-day leadership for the company’s accounting, reporting, and treasury activities. Dmitriy will also support the Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) function and build internal operational processes across the organization. Prior to joining iboss, he was the Director of Finance at Cloudflare, where he was responsible for the treasury, external reporting and procure-to-pay functions, and had supported the company’s Initial Public Offering (IPO) readiness efforts in various areas of finance. Prior to that, Dmitriy held director-level positions in accounting, SEC reporting and internal controls at Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), a semiconductor company, and Brightstar Corp, a wireless distribution and services company. Dmitriy is a certified public accountant and had started his career in public accounting with KPMG and PwC in Texas.

Ben Peera brings more than 15 years’ experience to iboss. As the new Assistant Corporate Controller, Ben will be responsible for the management of accounting, auditing and budgeting within iboss. Most recently, Ben was the Director of SEC Reporting and Technical Accounting at Poly, Inc. where he oversaw the company’s SEC filings and technical accounting. Prior to that, he supported Cloudflare through its IPO readiness efforts as the Director of Revenue. While there, he was also responsible for revenue recognition and oversaw the implementation of the new revenue recognition accounting standard, ASC 606. Ben also held management positions at Seagate and Ernst & Young.

“Ensuring iboss’s financial strength is key to our mission of providing customers with secure connectivity, from anywhere, through our leading iboss SASE Cloud Platform,” said Paul Martini, CEO of iboss. “The way people work has been evolving, and organizations are looking to migrate to the cloud for faster and more secure network connectivity. SASE is the way of the future as organizations look to migrate off their legacy, on-prem appliances to better support dispersed workforces. Dmitriy and Ben bring great experience aligning a successful financial strategy with rapid, yet sustainable growth. Having both of them onboard is another important step in building our exceptional senior management team that will support iboss’s next phase of growth.”

iboss has built the largest global containerized SASE cybersecurity cloud footprint. Its patented, containerized cloud architecture allows organizations to provide fast and secure access to all applications, on any device, from any location, in the cloud. iboss shifts the focus from following perimeters to following users, so that consistent security policies are applied while users are in the office or on the road. The iboss SASE Cloud Platform secures over 150 billion transactions a day, ensuring users can access cloud resources while preventing ransomware, malware and data loss.

About iboss

iboss is a cloud security company that provides organizations and their employees fast and secure access to the Internet on any device, from any location, in the cloud. iboss has built the largest global containerized SASE cybersecurity cloud footprint. The iboss SASE cloud platform provides network security as a service, delivered in the cloud, as a complete SaaS offering. This eliminates the need for traditional network security appliances, such as firewalls and web gateway proxies, which are ineffective at protecting a cloud-first and mobile world. Leveraging a purpose-built cloud architecture backed by 230+ issued and pending patents and more than 100 points of presence globally, iboss processes over 150 billion transactions daily, blocking nearly 4 billion malware threats per day. More than 4,000 global enterprises trust the iboss SASE cloud platform to support their workforce, including a large number of Fortune 50 companies. To learn more, visit https://www.iboss.com/.

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LAGUNA HILLS, Calif. (PRWEB)
May 24, 2021

Altec, a leader in enterprise document management and process automation solutions, is participating in several sessions during this year’s virtual Sage Partner Summit. This event uniquely brings together Sage executives, experts and partners from around the world for networking and learning.

Don Howren, Altec’s President and COO will be speaking during a pre-event roundtable today, from 12:30-1:00pm EDT. The roundtable “The Importance of Cybersecurity,” is designed to provide an opportunity for experts and top sponsors to engage and educate attendees on a variety of topics. In this session, the panel will address how organizations need a strong security strategy and culture that leverages the right mindset, processes and tools to protect against cyber threats and safeguard customers and employees.

Howren will also be presenting with Angie Kontenakos, Manager, Global ISV Partner Success with Sage on Thursday, May 27th from 11:00-11:30am EDT. The session, titled “Introduction to Sage X3 ISV Partner Community” will explore how ISVs and Partners can unlock further value for customers.

Additionally, Altec Sales Director Curt Hixson will be highlighting DocLink during the presentation “Empower your Customers to Go Paperless” on Tuesday, May 25th from 10:10-10:30am EDT.

“Today’s workplace means every department – from accounting to HR to legal – needs to be able to communicate, collaborate, and work efficiently from anywhere,” says Hixson. “Our customers across the board were able to seamlessly continue business during the pandemic because of DocLink’s inherent remote capabilities. DocLink helps companies eliminate manual document processing in AP, AR, HR, Sales Order Processing and more. I highly encourage attendees to attend this session to learn how they can help their customers go paperless and automate processes enterprise wide with DocLink.”

Attendees are also encouraged to visit the Altec booth during exhibition hours. DocLink experts will be available to answer questions and schedule a live demonstration.

About Altec

Altec’s document management and process automation solution DocLink helps companies connect their people, processes and data by automating tasks in accounts payable and beyond into other enterprise departments. DocLink enables companies to digitally transform their operation, improving productivity and ultimately saving companies significant time and money. Thousands of companies globally use DocLink on-premise, in the cloud or in hybrid environments. Altec enjoys strong, collaborative partnerships with ERP providers including Microsoft, Sage, Acumatica, AmTech, Key2Act, Epicor, and SAP B1. Learn more at http://www.altec-inc.com.

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Old Dominion University’s Chrysoula Malogianni works to arrange the 2021 Center for Learning and Teaching annual summer conference

NORFOLK, Va. (PRWEB)
May 21, 2021

In a year marked by a huge online shift in education, Old Dominion University’s Center for Learning and Teaching hosted their widely-attended annual conference this year. This year’s conference, themed Transforming the Online Student Learning Experience, was virtually attended by more than 200 people from across the country. Collaborators from major universities joined to share and discuss their experiences as distance educators, as well as successes and development given the 2020-2021 switch to a full time online learning environment.

This year, conference attendees discussed:

• Plan, organize, develop, and deliver an effective online/hybrid course
• Design effective and engaging assignments and assessments
• Foster faculty presence, availability, and responsiveness
• Encourage faculty to embrace online course design as a strategy to rethink their teaching practices

“The collaboration at this year’s conference was just outstanding,” said Chrysoula Malogianni, Associate Director for ODU’s Center for Learning and Teaching. “We were joined by higher education professionals from all over the country, who shared and discussed their experiences and findings in online teaching and learning at their respective colleges and universities. I’m sure everyone who attended walked away with some good ideas, new connections, or plans to transform the online student experience at their practice.”

Attendees, speakers, presenters and guests were in great hands. “Our Center for Learning and Teaching is such an asset to ODU’s distance learning team,” said Andy Casiello, Associate Vice President for Distance Learning. “Their wealth of knowledge in course design, student experience, and technology in education makes us a leader in online learning, and we’re so proud of this opportunity to collaborate with our partners and friends in education.”

To learn more about the 2021 faculty summer conference as well as the mission and services of the Old Dominion University Center for Learning and Teaching, visit https://clt.odu.edu/.

About Old Dominion University

Old Dominion University, located in the coastal city of Norfolk, is Virginia’s entrepreneurial-minded doctoral research university and has been delivering distance learning programs for 30 years. We offer more than 100 programs through ODUOnline in a variety of formats, allowing students to complete degree programs across the world. ODU serves more than 24,000 students annually by providing the same rigorous academics online and on-campus. Learn more about ODUOnline’s programs by visiting online.odu.edu.

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BrainStation Launches Part-Time Bootcamps in Software Engineering and UX Design

We’re very excited to provide a part-time version of our award-winning bootcamps, allowing students to complete an intensive bootcamp on evenings and weekends while they continue to work.

NEW YORK (PRWEB)
May 19, 2021

BrainStation, the global leader in digital skills training, is now offering its award-winning Web Development and User Experience (UX) Design bootcamps in a new part-time format, allowing students to attend the instructor-led programs over approximately 8 months.

Designed to prepare individuals for careers in software engineering, web development, and UX design, BrainStation’s bootcamps provide a collaborative, hands-on learning experience that has seen over 90% of its graduates find work within 180 days of graduation.

“BrainStation’s mission is to empower individuals with digital skills that launch or accelerate their careers. To that end, we’re very excited to provide a part-time version of our award-winning bootcamps, allowing students to complete an intensive bootcamp on evenings and weekends while they continue to work full-time or part-time,” said Jason Field, Founder and CEO of BrainStation.

“A more flexible learning option for our bootcamps facilitates career transformations for a much larger audience and democratizes tech skills training, which is critical for the workforce of the future,” he said.

Developed in partnership with the most innovative companies, BrainStation’s part-time Web Development and UX Design bootcamps provide a unique, project-based learning experience, with curriculum updated in real-time, ensuring students always learn cutting-edge, in-demand skills that can be applied in a real-world setting.

BrainStation will initially offer part-time bootcamps online, with in-person bootcamps to return as the company reopens its campuses in New York, Miami, London and Toronto, among others.

For more information about BrainStation’s part-time Web Development and UX Design bootcamps, please visit BrainStation.io.

About BrainStation

BrainStation is the global leader in digital skills training and workforce transformation, with corporate training, award-winning bootcamps, certificate courses, industry-leading events, and more, both online and at state-of-the-art campuses in cities such as New York, Miami, London, Toronto, and Vancouver.

Founded in 2012, BrainStation works with over 500 industry leaders from the most innovative companies, developing cutting-edge digital education that has empowered more than 100,000 professionals and some of the largest corporations in the world, including Amazon, Tesla, Microsoft, Google, Johnson & Johnson, and Shopify, among others.

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Sewermatics Data Services by WinCan

Our Sewermatics team of certified WinCan experts is supported by AI technology that helps get coding done more quickly and accurately.

PITTSBURGH (PRWEB)
May 19, 2021

WinCan, the world’s most widely-used wastewater infrastructure inspection and analysis software, is introducing Sewermatics, a new collection of AI-powered services that help inspection teams work more efficiently, gain new insights and make data-driven decisions.

Sewermatics offers four core services: AI-powered defect coding, data conversion, platform integration and cloud hosting. Municipalities and contractors can offload any or all of their data management and analysis to Sewermatics and focus on essential field work.

Sewermatics’ AI-supported defect coding lets municipalities handoff inspection footage for observation entry and QA. Not only does it alleviate workloads and accelerate progress, it minimizes user error and extracts value from legacy data. The Sewermatics team can also help transfer data from any software or database into WinCan standardized to NASSCO’s PACP 7 or any other inspection standard.

“Our Sewermatics team of certified WinCan experts is supported by AI technology that helps get coding done more quickly and accurately,” says Mike Russin, General Manager of WinCan LLC and Sewermatics. “We can even take legacy data that was coded to a different standard, giving that data value and helping inspection teams make more informed decisions when it comes to rehab planning and maintenance.”

Platform integration services from Sewermatics seamlessly integrate WinCan with industry-leading asset management and mapping partners, such as Esri’s ArcGIS, Cityworks, CentralSquare EAM (powered by Lucity) and Cartegraph. With multiple avenues for data visualization and greater insight into where pipes lay, engineers can make more informed decisions in planning inspection and rehabilitation projects, saving time and money.

Finally, cloud hosting through WinCan Web increases accessibility, automates inspection workflows, enables remote collaboration and streamlines deliverables. Integration with WinCan VX enables users to easily transfer project data back and forth for quick revision, backup or validation.

About WinCan

WinCan was the original sewer inspection and asset management software when it entered the market 20 years ago. Today, it’s the most trusted sewer software brand worldwide, thanks to continuous innovation and exceptional support. WinCan transforms raw inspection data into the intelligence municipalities and contractors need to make critical maintenance decisions.

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