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PSSC Labs Pushing the Boundaries with AMD EPYC™ Processors


“The performance of AMD EPYC, combined with its connectivity options and memory bandwidth, make it an excellent choice for a wide range of HPC applications and the workloads of PSSC Labs customers.”

PSSC Labs continues to push the boundaries of high performance computing with their newest generation of HPC clusters and servers based on the latest AMD EPYC™ processors. Recently named an AMD Elite Partner, PSSC Labs is developing a unique set of platforms leveraging EPYC processors for AI, Big Data, HPC and IOT. In addition, these platforms will be optimized for computationally extensive workloads in the design & engineering, life science and weather modeling industries.

“We are really impressed with the benchmark results we are seeing as well as those that our customers are reporting,” reports Alex Lesser, PSSC Labs Vice President. “Across a variety of applications our new AMD EPYC based PowerServe Uniti servers are exceeding performance expectations.” Below are a few key performance benchmark results from PSSC testing.

Key performance measurements:

  • 3.2x performance increase in SQL benchmark (1)
  • 2.1x performance increase on LAMMPS benchmark (2)


The recently released 2nd Gen AMD EPYC processor continues to gain momentum with customers of all sizes including the large-scale high performance computing cluster market. This processor is also a great fit for smaller scale systems used by manufacturers, university researchers and government agencies.

“AMD is excited to have PSSC Labs join the Elite Partner program as they introduce their new HPC cluster based on our AMD EPYC processors,” said Ram Peddibhotla, corporate vice president, AMD datacenter products. “The performance of AMD EPYC, combined with its connectivity options and memory bandwidth, make it an excellent choice for a wide range of HPC applications and the workloads of PSSC Labs customers.”

The 2nd Gen AMD EPYC CPUs include the following benefits for high performance computing applications

  • Up to 64 processor cores per socket
  • Base CPU clock speeds up to 3.2GHz
  • Eight-channel memory controller on each CPU
  • Support for DDR4 ECC memory speeds up to 3200MHz
  • Up to 4TB memory per CPU socket
  • Up to 256MB L3 cache per CPU
  • Up to 128 lanes of PCI-Express 4 per CPU socket
  • Simplified design with one NUMA domain per CPU Socket
  • Uniform latencies between CPU dies


PSSC Labs is announcing their first delivery of their flagship PowerWulf ZXR1+ HPC Cluster Compute Engine leveraging the AMD EPYC processor. This system is configured with the AMD EPYC 7002 series processors, 2 GB of 3200 MHz memory per processor core and 100 GigE high speed network backplane. PSSC Labs includes their CBeST Cluster Management Toolkit, allowing any level of system administrator to easily manage, monitor, and maintain the HPC cluster. This custom configured, turn-key HPC solution is designed specifically to meet the computing needs of university research laboratories in their molecular dynamics research areas.

PSSC Labs will continue advancing their high-performance computing cluster and server platforms through partnerships with leading suppliers, including AMD. Through these relationships, PSSC Labs can bring to market the highest performance, most cost-effective solutions to help solve the world’s most complex computing problems.

About PSSC Labs

For technology powered visionaries with a passion for challenging the status quo, PSSC Labs is the answer for hand-crafted HPC and Big Data computing solutions that deliver relentless performance with the absolute lowest total cost of ownership. We are true innovators offering high performance computing solutions to solve the world’s most demanding problems. For 25+ years, organizations of all sizes and from a variety of sectors rely on PSSC Labs’ computing systems. We are proud to support many departments within the United States government, Fortune 500 companies, as well as small and medium-sized businesses.

All products are designed and built at the company’s headquarters in Lake Forest, California.

AMD, the AMD logo, EPYC, and combinations thereof are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

(1) Benchmark comparison to Intel Xeon Scalable CPU

(2) Benchmark comparison to Intel Xeon E5 Series CPU

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Clinerion gains ISO 27001:2013 certification.


ISO 27001:2013 is a standard set by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the independent, non-governmental international organization of national standards bodies. ISO 27001:2013 is the international standard that describes best practice for an information security management system (ISMS). This International Standard can be used by internal and external parties to assess an organization’s ability to meet the organization’s own information security requirements.

To quote the ISO:

“ISO/IEC 27001:2013 specifies the requirements for establishing, implementing, maintaining and continually improving an information security management system within the context of the organization. It also includes requirements for the assessment and treatment of information security risks tailored to the needs of the organization.”

“The information security management system preserves the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information by applying a risk management process and gives confidence to interested parties that risks are adequately managed.”

Clinerion was assessed by and received ISO 27001:2013 certification from the certification organization DSR.

“We are very pleased to receive this certification, which reflects the fact that Clinerion’s information security management system is part of and integrated with our processes and overall management structure,” says Ian Rentsch, CEO of Clinerion. “For Clinerion, information security is considered in the design of processes, information systems, and controls. Our implementation of our information security management system can be scaled in accordance with the needs of the organization.”

For more information on ISO standards, please visit: http://www.iso.org.

About Clinerion

Clinerion accelerates clinical research and medical access to treatments for patients. We use proprietary technologies for analysis of patient data from our global network of partner hospitals. Clinerion’s Patient Network Explorer radically improves the efficiency and effectiveness of clinical trial recruitment by offering data-driven protocol optimization, site feasibility evaluation and real-time patient search and identification to match patients to treatments. Our technology solution provides real-world evidence analytics for medical access. Clinerion facilitates the participation of partner hospitals in leading-edge, industry-sponsored trials and time savings in patient recruitment. We create innovative and disruptive fit-for-purpose solutions which enable pharmaceutical companies to shorten patient recruitment and save costs by streamlining operations and leveraging strategic intelligence. Clinerion’s proprietary Big Data analytics technologies leverage real-time data from electronic health records which comply with international patient privacy and data security regulations. Clinerion is a global data technology service company headquartered in Switzerland.

Clinerion website: http://www.clinerion.com

Clinerion’s Patient Network Explorer: http://www.clinerion.com/index/OverviewOurSolutions/ClinerionPatientNetworkExplorer

For more information, please contact:

Le Vin Chin

Director, Head of Marketing & Communications

Clinerion Ltd

Elisabethenanlage 11, 4051 Basel, Switzerland

Tel.: +41 61 865 60 54

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Chicago Area Video & Multimedia Production Company Prepares to Take Events Online by Providing Camera Crew & Team for On-Site Web Streaming and Location Video Production


Live virtual conferences and video productions are quickly becoming vital for businesses in the Chicago area and around the world. As companies search for alternatives and struggle to find solutions to the current threats in the global economy, communication must remain a normal part of business operation. The trade show and convention sector has been particularly hard hit, as events are canceled out of an abundance of caution and businesses clamp down on non-essential travel. As a result, local area production companies are ramping up their web streaming, video conference, on location, pre-recorded, and Virtual Reality presentation capabilities. One such local area production company, Absolute Vision Productions (http://www.absolutevisionproductions.com), is already making these additional services available to their clients.

Contact:

Office Line: 630.620.0000

Mark@AbsoluteVisionProductions.com

Spring and summer are usually among the busiest months for trade shows, conferences, and events across the country. From entertainment-based events to professional trade shows, these gatherings traditionally draw tens of thousands of people from across the globe. Already, several major trade shows have been canceled. Other shows have seen major vendors bow out. But because vendors still want to share their work and connect with customers, video companies have begun offering convention alternatives.

Virtual reality presentations, live video streaming, virtual conferences, and on-site recorded videos have become the go-to solutions for companies looking to get their annual message out to stakeholders and supporters. “We’ve already seen skyrocketing demand for professional camera production crews,” said Mark Smith, owner and founder of Absolute Vision Productions. “Many of these companies still want to put on a highly polished, professional looking video presentation. So, you need a production crew, you need a web streaming crew–and, really a web streaming company that understands the challenges.” Smith went on to say that, having worked small businesses and Fortune-100 business, Absolute Vision can create flexible, unique media packages for each client’s need.

View video samples on Youtube or Website

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Absolute Vision Media Productions has been offering video production and web streaming for years. Absolute Vision’s local Chicago crew have been able to help with a wide variety of productions in the midwest and beyond. As an award-winning production company, Absolute Vision has been able to deliver above and beyond client expectations on project after project. Of course, the environment now is exceptionally challenging. That’s why more companies are falling back on on site recording, live video streaming, and virtual conferences. The technology is tried and tested, especially in the hands of an experienced and local production crew. In some cases, once a trade show is cancelled, a client may want to create a live webcast. In other cases, an on-site video production will be recorded for later publication and distribution.

That gives a company looking to make a splash in uncertain times a little extra confidence. There’s no doubt that the disrupted business environment is presenting a wide variety of challenges, the most dire of which tend to be human-focused. But the economic challenges will also have repercussions for people across the globe. In such an uncertain environment, companies are looking for something they can count on–but they aren’t looking to withdraw from the world stage, either. Virtual conferences, on location at corporate offices, and video streaming offer the ability to ensure a company still has a presence and is still garnering attention, but not in a way that puts any of its employees in harm’s way.

Over the coming months, it’s likely that more conferences, trade shows, and conventions will be postponed. So it’s likely that companies large and small will continue to hedge their bets. That means that video production in the Chicago and Chicago suburbs will likely be in high demand as the situation changes –and the economic impacts that linger.

“We do expect conventions and trade shows to get back to normal eventually,” Smith said. “But until then, we do have the technology and the expertise to make sure companies can continue to have a presence. And we’re increasing our capabilities every day.” Smith mentioned he expects more demand for video conferencing and virtual meetups as the virus lingers. In that case, the right kind of setup–with a multi camera production crew or a location production for corporate communications–is essential. Absolute Vision Productions is an award-winning media company with the knowledge, experience, and technology to help businesses through this rapidly changing media landscape.

Offices located in the near Chicago suburbs.

See more at: http://www.absolutevisionproductions.com

About Absolute Vision Production: Absolute Vision Productions is a Chicago-based media and production company, and part of the Absolute Vision Media Inc. creative group. Whether for agency-style media, professional video production, local production crew, or general marketing and advertising, Absolute offers national-level experience with local connections and know-how for corporate, educational, commercial, and creative purposes. To learn more, visit http://www.absolutevisionproductions.com

Absolute Vision Media & Productions is a Chicago based media and production company. We offer national-level experience with local connections and know-how. From location video production, to in studio editing, to motion graphics, to comprehensive branding campaigns, our team is with you each step of the way. We love what we do, and it shows in every aspect of our work.

Call 630-620-0000

Mark@absolutevisionproductions.com

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CuneXus Named Best Consumer Lending Company in 2020 FinTech Breakthrough Awards Program


CuneXus, a data-driven lending and marketing automation pioneer, today announced that it has been selected as winner of the “Best Consumer Lending Company” award in the 2020 FinTech Breakthrough Awards program by FinTech Breakthrough, an independent market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies, technologies and products in the global FinTech market today.

CuneXus offers the industry’s most sophisticated end-to-end lending and marketing automation solution. The CuneXus CPLXpress lending automation platform is powered by ongoing data analysis to bypass the traditional loan application process, creating a 10-second loan activation experience.

CuneXus CPLXpress enables lenders to provide their customers with perpetual loan approval. This unique and timely solution utilizes advanced data analysis to completely eliminate the loan application process, granting consumers total transparency into their personal borrowing power and ‘1-click’ access to highly-personalized, pre-approved loans at every banking touchpoint.

“Companies like Uber, Amazon and Apple have set the consumer expectation of a mobile-first 1-click experience, but the financial services industry has been slow to react and has fallen short of these expectations,” said James Johnson, Managing Director, FinTech Breakthrough. “CuneXus is first-to-market with “breakthrough” technology that addresses this need head-on, making them the clear winner of our ‘Best Consumer Lending Company’ award in this years’ program. We extend a hearty congratulations to the entire CuneXus team on their well-deserved 2020 FinTech Breakthrough Award and we look forward to seeing continued “breakthrough” innovation sure to come from the Company.”

The FinTech Breakthrough Awards is the premier awards program founded to recognize the FinTech innovators, leaders and visionaries from around the world in a range of categories, including Banking, Personal Finance, Lending, Payments, Investments, RegTech, InsurTech and many more. The 2020 FinTech Breakthrough Award program attracted more than 3,750 nominations from across the globe.

“CuneXus was founded by financial services veterans determined to deliver on our mission of completely transforming consumer lending,” said Dave Buerger, President & CEO, CuneXus. “By making it beautifully simple for lenders to deliver the personalized, mobile, always-on customer experience consumers have come to expect, CuneXus helps institutions grow their loan volume and their revenue allowing them to actually be with their customers as they shop. We are proud to receive this significant industry designation in the 2020 FinTech Breakthrough Awards program in recognition of our hard work and success in delivering on our mission.”

Benefiting from leading-edge features and innovative partnerships, CuneXus clients experience strong growth and performance across all consumer loan categories. Today, 55% of loans generated via the platform are vehicle loans, 21% credit cards, 18% unsecured loans, and 6% are home equity loans and lines. Clients nationwide report significant gains in both back office efficiency and loan volume.

CuneXus passed a number of significant milestones in 2019, including major new partnerships, releases of leading-edge product features, innovative platform integrations and industry awards. The company expanded its reach through a client roster of over 120 U.S. financial institutions, representing over $360 billion in combined assets and over 13 million consumers. The platform averages over $10 million in daily loan requests and has generated billions in loan volume.

About CuneXus

CuneXus is focused on data-driven application-free lending solutions that help financial institutions optimize operational efficiency and customer experience. Its pioneering technologies are at the forefront of the transition to a new era of responsible on-demand lending and borrowing. With more than 120 of the nation’s largest credit unions and community banks as clients, CuneXus has generated tens of billions of dollars in consumer loan volume by bringing transparent borrowing experiences to 16 million consumers in every major U.S. market. Among its numerous accolades the company has been recognized as one of just ten startups to watch on KPMG’s global report of “The 50 Best Fintech Innovators;” was named the winner in the Callahan & Associates 2019 Innovation Series, and named “Top Emerging Technology Company” at the 2019 LendIt Fintech Industry Awards. Visit http://www.cunexus.com for more information.

About FinTech Breakthrough

Part of Tech Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence and recognition platform for technology innovation and leadership, the FinTech Breakthrough Awards program is devoted to honoring excellence in Financial Technologies and Services companies and products. The FinTech Breakthrough Awards provide public recognition for the achievements of FinTech companies and products in categories including Payments, Personal Finance, Wealth Management, Fraud Protection, Banking, Lending, RegTech, InsurTech and more. For more information visit http://www.FinTechBreakthrough.com.

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GeIL Announces UK Expansion, Offering More Purchasing Options for Customers


“We are excited to have this opportunity to bring our line of popular memory products to even more customers across the United Kingdom. Through this new partnership, our customers are going to get amazing access to our memory, as well as exceptional price points.” – Jennifer Huang, VP at GeIL

One of the world’s leading PC components and peripheral manufacturers, is pleased to announce that they have entered a partnership with Exertis, CCL Computers, Ebuer.com, Novatech, and Box.co to expand the GeIL brand across the United Kingdom. There are more channels to purchase GeIL’s first-class product in the United Kingdom and better overall customer experience. A total win-win for PC enthusiasts.

“We are excited to have this opportunity to bring our line of popular memory products to even more customers across the United Kingdom, commented Jennifer Huang, Vice President at GeIL Memory. “We put a great deal of thought and consideration into whom we would work with, and these are all well-established and highly respected companies collaborating with us. Through this new partnership, our customers are going to get amazing access to our memory, as well as exceptional price points.”

GeIL continues to build a global sales network that gives customers better access to their products. Some highlights of the GeIL memory lines include the EVO X II, EVO Spear, Super Luce series, and more are available through Exertis, CCL Computers, Ebuer.com, Novatech, and Box.co. Warranty and after service is also provided. PC enthusiasts can expect more access to GeIL products, competitive pricing, and high-quality customer care.

For more product information, visit GeIL at http://www.geilmemory.com/

Official GeIL Retailers in the UK

CCL Computers: https://www.cclonline.com/brands/geil

Ebuyer.com: https://www.ebuyer.com/search?q=geil

Novatech: https://www.novatech.co.uk/search.html?search=geil

Box.co.uk: https://www.box.co.uk/products/keywords/geil/ex/true

About GeIL

GeIL – Golden Emperor International Ltd. – one of the world’s leading PC components & peripheral manufacturers that concentrate on making the most innovative products, from memory modules to gaming peripherals for PC enthusiasts worldwide.

Established in 1993, GeIL has soon become one of the most trusted memory professionals in the industry. In the year 2000, with the vast knowledge of tweaking and producing some of the world’s fastest DRAM modules, GeIL shook the PC enthusiast market and changed it for the better. The introduction of the first-ever memory heat-spreader, the dual-channel packaged memory kit, and lifetime warranty are all innovative concepts that GeIL introduced in the PC DIY market. GeIL has focused on perfecting the technologies of IC testing, memory burn-in, and quality assurance for memory products across all segments of the market. GeIL memory is now trusted and distributed in over 50 countries worldwide.

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N2WS announces Next Generation Backup and Recovery for Amazon Web Services Workloads with version 3.0


N2WS AWS Backup & Recovery v3

N2WS Backup & Recovery v3

N2WS continues to be the go-to solution for enterprise backup and recovery for any type of AWS workload.

N2WS, a leading provider of backup and recovery solutions for Amazon Web Services (AWS), today announced the general availability of N2WS Backup & Recovery 3.0. This release empowers customers to take control of their data on AWS through a set of major product enhancements. Built in the cloud, N2WS helps businesses manage storage and infrastructure, orchestrate recovery of critical resources, and archive data for compliance.

As organizations add more applications and services on AWS, their data footprint grows. Large amounts of data, along with long retention requirements (7+ years), can be difficult and costly to manage. The complexity of various interconnected applications and services also impact the speed of recovery. A survey of 130+ random AWS re:Invent 2019 attendees revealed that most rely on manual efforts and scripting to recover workloads in the event of outages. When an outage or failure occurs, all individual components of an application need to be recovered in a specific order to ensure a quick return to normality. Automation is key to simplifying this process.

“As enterprises move more business-critical workloads to AWS, our customers are constantly looking for new tools to help them build a resilient and well-managed environment. We’re delighted to see N2WS’ commitment to supporting customers with their compliance and efficiency goals with the availability of N2WS Backup and Recovery 3.0 in AWS Marketplace,” Chris Grusz, Director of Worldwide Business Development, AWS Marketplace, Amazon Web Services, Inc.

Major enhancements available, as part of version 3.0, include:


  • Enhanced – Data Lifecycle Management with archive to Amazon Glacier


N2WS extends Data Lifecycle Management to enable greater control of AWS data, with automated policies that move backups into the most appropriate storage tier on Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), including Amazon Glacier and Amazon Glacier Deep Archive. This allows customers to choose the most cost-effective option that meets their business objectives while keeping data available and recoverable.

“Our customers have specific backup retention requirements and often need to archive data for years, so we’re excited to have the ability to use Amazon Glacier as a long-term storage tier,” said Stuart Lupton, Technical Architect – Cloud at DB Systel UK.


N2WS Recovery Scenarios brings entire workloads back to production in seconds, eliminating time-consuming manual tasks. Customers can define a policy that will recover an entire application or service with a single-click. N2WS Recovery Scenarios will restore each component in a pre-defined order, including compute and data resources, as well as Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) and other networking settings. For disaster recovery, this can be orchestrated to recover to another AWS Region or another AWS account to ensure a quick and complete recovery. N2WS Recovery Scenarios can be used to run recovery drills to demonstrate compliance and ensure full disaster readiness.

  • New – AWS Cost Explorer


N2WS Backup & Recovery allows customers to calculate EBS snapshot costs per policy, helping them to build a clearer picture of their backup storage spend in AWS. Customers can quickly visualize how storage costs change over time and optimize backup storage (using N2WS Data Lifecycle Management) to align with budget goals.

“AWS Cost Explorer takes the guesswork out of calculating backup costs and allow us to make a more informed decision on where we store backup data,” Stuart Lupton continued.

  • Enhanced – Resource Control cost optimization


N2WS gives the ability to see how much money is saved by turning off non-critical instances, when not in use. Customers can add or remove resources at the click of a button and achieve near real-time infrastructure savings.

  • Enhanced – User Interface


The new N2WS UI prioritizes ease of use to deliver a modern, streamlined interface. A new dashboard simplifies backup monitoring, shows backup status and real-time storage costs. From the re-designed navigation tab, customers can quickly create policies, implement EBS snapshot archiving and access detailed reporting. The new user interface provides quicker time-to-value for both new and existing customers, eliminating manual processes so they can focus on innovation.

“We’re thrilled to reveal the next chapter of N2WS Backup & Recovery. Every day, we hear from our customers about the importance of efficient storage and infrastructure management and we’ve worked hard to deliver a set of new capabilities that will help them drive success in the cloud. With the release of version 3.0, N2WS continues to be the go-to solution for enterprise backup and recovery for any type of AWS workload.” Gil Sasson, VP of R&D, N2WS.

N2WS Backup & Recovery is an enterprise-class backup, recovery and disaster recovery solution only available on AWS Marketplace. N2WS Backup & Recovery version 3.0 is available for immediate use by visiting AWS Marketplace at: https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/B00UIO8514

About N2WS

N2WS is a leading provider of enterprise backup, recovery and disaster recovery solutions for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Relational Database Services (Amazon RDS), Amazon Redshift, and Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS). N2WS was founded in 2012, with the mission to make enterprise-level Amazon Web Services (AWS) backup easy and reliable for AWS, and today serves thousands of customers around the world. N2WS Backup & Recovery is a preferred backup solution for Fortune 500 companies, enterprise organizations and Managed Service Providers operating large-scale production environments on AWS. To learn more, visit http://www.n2ws.com.

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Ultra Librarian Announces UltraBOM for Digi-Key, Enabling Part Research Within OrCAD Capture


UltraBOM Highlighting Incorrect Order Quantity

We are thrilled with the addition of UltraBOM to Digi-Key’s suite of free tools and resources for our customers, and are always looking for ways to improve our customers’ experience. Partnering with Ultra Librarian connects our customers with an easy method for part purchasing and BOM creation.

Ultra Librarian® (https://www.ultralibrarian.com), the world’s largest free cloud-based CAD library provider, today announced UltaBOMTM, enabling design engineers to search and research Digi-Key Electronics parts within OrCAD® Capture, and then submit BOM parts directly to Digi-Key for purchase. “The entire Bill of Materials (BOM) or a selection can be ordered directly from Digi-Key with a single click of a button,” said Manny Marcano, president and CEO of EMA. “Errors and recommendations are reported for review, and all components are added to the cart in the correct quantities. This also eliminates the manual entry of parametric data into the schematic, reduces errors when ordering parts, and saves time on monotonous tasks, allowing engineers to focus on their designs.”

UltraBOM for Digi-Key allows engineers to search distributor part information and review component parameters such as status, component availability, lead-times, and cost without leaving OrCAD Capture. Access to this data helps engineers select known high-quality orderable parts upfront. This distributor-driven design data is very important for quick-turn or rapid prototyping as engineers are able to gain fast access to the parts they need and keep the design and prototyping process moving forward.

Live parametric information can also easily be linked to existing parts. If the library part has not yet been created, then the user can instantly download the schematic symbol with linked footprints and Digi-Key supplier data from Ultra Librarian. Part information, availability, and status can be monitored and reviewed throughout the design with a fully customizable BOM. There is no need to spend hours verifying every component in the design or finding replacement components. Issue are flagged in real-time and resolved quickly without needing to leave the engineering design environment.

“Because of the tremendous workloads and shortened project timelines design teams face, managers are always interested in streamlining and increasing efficiency by reducing tedious tasks for their engineers,” added Marcano. “Designers need tools like UltraBOM that automate manual tasks and enable them to be successful when faced with these challenges.”

“We are thrilled with the addition of UltraBOM to Digi-Key’s suite of free tools and resources for our customers,” said Jeremy Purcell, senior digital product owner, Digi-Key. “We are constantly looking for ways to improve our customers’ experience and partnering with Ultra Librarian connects both new and seasoned customers with an easy method for part purchasing and BOM creation.”

For more information and to download UltraBOM for free, visit go.ultralibrarian.com/ultrabom-ul or contact the Ultra Librarian team at info@ultralibrarian.com.

About Ultra Librarian

Ultra Librarian® is the world’s largest part library, providing all of the component information designers need to make smart decisions for their next project. Users can instantly access pricing, inventory, manufacturer information, and pre-built parts targeted to their CAD tool of choice. By partnering with Ultra Librarian, you can increase value to customers within the PCB Design industry, provide them with your latest part information and accelerate their path to production; giving you the opportunity to make your pitch when the selection process is happening.

About Digi-Key Electronics

Digi-Key Electronics, headquartered in Thief River Falls, Minn., USA, is an authorized global, full-service distributor of electronic components, offering more than 10 million products, with over 2.2 million in stock and available for immediate shipment, from over 800 quality name-brand manufacturers. Digi-Key also offers a wide variety of online resources such as EDA and design tools, datasheets, reference designs, instructional articles and videos, multimedia libraries, and much more. Technical support is available 24/7 via email, phone and webchat. Additional information and access to Digi-Key’s broad product offering can be found by visiting http://www.digikey.com and on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, and LinkedIn.

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Over 3.7M Meetings Booked Using Chili Piper as Doubling Inbound Conversion Rates Fuel Impressive Customer List Growth


Chili Piper’s mission is to reinvent the system of action of revenue teams and provide them with new levels of productivity and job satisfaction.

“We’ve expanded the use of Chili Piper across our customer-facing teams; the ability to get connected quickly to the right resource in our team is critical to the great experience we want to deliver to our prospects and customers,” said Kim Gordon, Market Operations Manager at Avalara.

Chili Piper announced today that more than 3.7 million meetings have been booked using its scheduling product to-date. The breakthrough solution that provides a frictionless buyer experience by connecting prospects to sales reps in real-time after submitting information on a site’s contact form has been implemented by an impressive list of B2B SaaS firms worldwide. New customers over the last year include Gainsight, AtriumHQ, 6sense, Zocdoc, Headspace, monday.com, RingCentral, Crunchbase, Aircall, CenturyLink, Fleetsmith, App Annie, JFrog and Sendoso.

Customers using Chili Piper’s Inbound Concierge product report doubling their inbound conversion rates, cutting lead drop off by half, booking 50% more demos, and reducing response time from 15 minutes to 5 seconds. Chili Piper’s product line serves the complex scheduling, routing and distribution needs of revenue teams. Most customers have deployed its solutions across multiple teams, from Sales Development to Account Executives and Customer Success.

“In my almost 30 year career in B2B marketing, I haven’t experienced a productivity solution like Chili Piper that has had such an immediate and lasting impact on revenue growth as well as optimizing sales and marketing alignment,” said Neil Rongstad, Vice President of Marketing at ChowNow. “Regarding time savings for both our inside and outside sales teams, we are saving thousands of hours each month by not having to chase down prospects which have requested a demo. Chili Piper embeds within all of our channels, including Paid Social, which is critical. Our prospects that come in through Chili Piper are far more likely to close – and close with greater velocity. Chili Piper is quite literally the special “hot sauce” to ChowNow’s growth equation.”

“We’ve expanded the use of Chili Piper across our customer-facing teams; the ability to get connected quickly to the right resource in our team is critical to the great experience we want to deliver to our prospects and customers,” said Kim Gordon, Market Operations Manager at Avalara.

“We’re delighted to see more and more B2B firms worldwide taking advantage of Chili Piper’s ability to eliminate traditionally frustrating and acute pain points,” said Nicolas Vandenberghe, CEO and Co-Founder of Chili Piper. “We are changing inbound. Our tools help users stop the leakage of prospects during the early engagement stage, enabling the buyer to have a more pleasurable and highly efficient experience. We streamline the process and remove multiple breakpoints between teams, such as sales and marketing, account executive and account manager, prospecting and closing. In 2020, we look forward to delivering additional value to our customers with our newest solution – the first collaborative inbox built specifically for revenue teams,” concluded Vandenberghe.

Visit https://www.chilipiper.com/ to learn more.

About Chili Piper

Founded in 2016, Chili Piper’s mission is to reinvent the system of action of revenue teams and provide them with new levels of productivity and job satisfaction.

The firm is reinventing scheduling, calendar and inbox, the main apps used by revenue teams. Its recently announced Inbox is the first ever email client to combine shared emails, instant messaging, task management and CRM integration to help sales teams close more deals faster. Chili Piper’s smart scheduling platform, which handles connecting prospects to sales reps instantly upon submitting a form as well as mass booking of meetings at events, is already used by Square, Intuit, Twilio, Gainsight and hundreds more thought-leading companies around the world.

Chili Piper is a fully distributed company leveraging global talent with employees in 35 cities in 15 countries. Visit https://www.chilipiper.com/ to learn more.

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Mainstream Technologies Hosts Forum on Layered Cyber Security


Mainstream Technologies recently hosted a group of Central Arkansas business people with a panel discussion on cyber security. Discussions focused on the need for a layered approach because no one tool or policy is going to defend against all the attacks all the time. Panelists included Jason Lafayette, Director of Technology at The Wilson Law Group; Greg McKee, CIO of Friday Eldredge & Clark; and Daniel Weatherly, Director of Security at Mainstream.

An assortment of tools and tactics are needed to effectively protect one’s organization with six layers:


  • Firewalls
  • Email protection
  • Browsing protection
  • Brute force protection
  • Human protection (training)
  • Detection (alerts on active attacks).

“Knowing the purpose and role of each of these tools is essential for cost-effective and comprehensive cyber security,” added John Burgess, President and Chief Security Officer of Mainstream.

The Lunch & Learn event was Mainstream’s most recent addition to business content on the subject of cyber security.

ABOUT MAINSTREAM

Since 1996, Mainstream (http://www.mainstream-tech.com) has evolved into one of the most established IT services companies in the Mid-South, serving clients from its Arkansas locations including headquarters in Little Rock, a second operations facility in Conway, as well as a sales office in Bentonville. Their staff of information technology professionals serves business and government customers across the nation with Managed IT Services, Custom Software Development Services, Cyber Security Services, and Hosting.

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Poq Discloses New Insights into Mobile App Commerce and Consumer Behavior in 2020 Holiday Guide


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“Retailers globally are recognizing the importance of apps. By adapting to these evolving habits, retailers are building authentic consumer relationships and generating more revenue,” said Poq CEO & Co-Founder Oyvind Henriksen.

Poq – the app commerce company, today released Holiday 2020 | The App Commerce Guide. This guide offers retailers practical insights into consumer app shopping behavior, highlighting how retailers can optimize app features like push notifications, App Stories and search to drive customer engagement and product discovery.

Key findings include:

  • Over 25% of online traffic from apps by holiday 2020 – App traffic overtook desktop for retailers with apps in 2018. App traffic is set to be a quarter of ecommerce traffic by the end of 2020.
  • More hours spent on app each Black Friday – 387,000 hours spent on apps on Black Friday. The same as watching the 1994 hit sitcom Friends 4557 times. This is a 105% increase from Black Friday 2018.
  • App downloads increase 42.2% – Over Cyber Week 2019 (November 26 – December 2) compared to 2018. The consumer demand for apps for the big sales days continues to grow.
  • Apps drive engagement – Features like App Stories – shoppable in-app stories like Instagram Stories – saw a 31% increase in interactions over Cyber Week. Meanwhile, brands on Instagram saw a drop-in engagement over the holiday period.
  • App shoppers have a higher intent to buy – Over Cyber Week, app shoppers were 16% quicker to add the first product to their bag than the average shoppers in Q3.
  • Most successful ecommerce push notifications in Q4 – Notifications using the term “deal” had a 50% better direct open rate than the Q4 average. “Deal” was most often combined with emojis and the percent sign (%).

Furthermore, this guide demonstrates how to make products more discoverable by examining what your customers are searching for and how to use innovative features such as Swipe-to-Like – similar to Tinder where shoppers swipe on products – to put more products in front of your customers.

This latest research examines over 100m push notification sends, 165m app interactions and 6m in-app searches from over 45 shopping apps (on the Poq platform) and delivers retailers practical and actionable insights into the behavior and habits of shoppers. The guide follows the shopping journey from customer acquisition through engagement, product discovery and purchasing behavior.

“Consumer behavior changes around big sales days like Black Friday. Customers opt to shop with the most convenient, relevant and engaging shopping experiences,” said CEO & Co-Founder Oyvind Henriksen. “Retailers globally are recognizing the importance of apps. By adapting to these evolving habits, retailers are building authentic consumer relationships and generating more revenue.”

About Poq:

Poq is a Software-as-a-Service platform that empowers retailers to create highly-effective and fully-customized native apps. Apps that allow them to build stronger brands, sell more of their products, deepen customer loyalty and deliver highly-relevant content, communications and rewards.

Our platform is the result of years of focus on retail apps and is proven to increase conversion rates and revenue. New code and major releases are delivered regularly. Clients include global brands and department store retailers, such as Missguided, Holland & Barrett, Belk, Feelunique, PrettyLittleThing, Kurt Geiger, Cotton On, Oasis and Hotel Chocolat.

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