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Connect-UV Outfits High School with UV-Sanitizing Charging Carts

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The Connect-UV Charging Carts can charge and sanitize up to 40 devices at a time. The carts can kill up to 99% of microorganisms in as little as 5 minutes.


SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (PRWEB)

Kids, electronics, and germs are almost an unavoidable combination. With the COVID vaccines not yet approved for children under the age of 16, and the Biden Administration and CDC urging schools to reopen, schools across the nation are trying to find ways to ensure safety and cleanliness on campus. One way a high school in Greenville, North Carolina is working to ensure safety is through six new UV-C sanitizing charging carts.

“The school came to us with a need to replace their aging charging carts that no longer fit the school’s needs. When they learned Connect-UV’s charging carts not only charged, but also killed germs and bacteria, the school leapt at the opportunity to incorporate UV-C technology into their charging needs,” said Tom Mitchell, executive director of strategy and business development for Connect-UV.

Connect-UV charging carts can charge and sanitize up to 40 devices at a time. With a locking door equipped with an auto off switch, the carts ensure that devices are sanitized safely, without risk of theft, or unintended exposure to the UV-C lights if the door is opened during a sanitation cycle. The carts clean for 5 or 10 minutes and kill up to 99% of microorganisms within 10 minutes using safe and effective UV-C light. Additionally, the carts are on casters, have surge protection, and come with a variety of charging adaptors.

Connect-UV charging carts are designed for phones, tablets, Chromebooks and other common items. The carts are customizable up to 40 bays to ensure that students phones, and school electronics are always cleaned, charged, and safely stored.

ABOUT CONNECT-UV: Connect-UV is a woman-owned business located in Scottsdale Ariz. The Company sales UV-C Sterilizing equipment for home and business use ranging from cell-phone sized sanitizers to charging carts and lockers. The company is also unveiling a UV-C Air Purifier that can clean 500sqft this summer.

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Mainstream Technologies Announces Strategic Partnership with ArmorPoint

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (PRWEB)

This newly-formed strategic partnership between Mainstream and ArmorPoint combines Mainstream’s industry-leading managed services with ArmorPoint’s best-in-class managed cybersecurity solution. With the cyber threat landscape only becoming more complex with each passing day, organizations are seeking security solutions that will protect their business-critical assets from malicious actors. However, many struggle to keep up with the operational challenges that come with ongoing threat management. The Mainstream-ArmorPoint partnership brings together deep skills in technology strategy, product ideation, and operations to support businesses’ most complex security needs.

Daniel Weatherly, Mainstream Technologies’ Director of Cybersecurity Services commented:

“ArmorPoint allows our clients to sleep at night by providing detection and responding to threats quickly without buying equipment or hiring and training additional staff. ArmorPoint has demonstrated excellence in their ability to comprehensively monitor and triage alerts, with customized responses to fit any need.”

“Mainstream Technologies’ commitment to delivering world-class managed services makes them an ideal ArmorPoint partner,” explains John Crowley, Channel Manager. “We are proud to join forces with Mainstream Technologies and support their mission to provide an excellent IT experience for their customers.”

ABOUT MAINSTREAM

Mainstream Technologies creates, manages, and secures technology for clients in both the private and public sectors from its base in Little Rock, Arkansas, and satellite locations. With competencies in custom software development, managed technology services, data center services, and cybersecurity solutions, Mainstream offers diverse skill sets and experience across multiple industries, serving clients across the country. To learn more, visit Mainstream Technologies’ website at http://www.mainstream-tech.com.

ABOUT ARMORPOINT

ArmorPoint is a managed cybersecurity solution that combines the three pillars of a robust cybersecurity program — people, processes, and technology – into a single solution. ArmorPoint is developed and powered by Trapp Technology, a Phoenix-based IT managed services provider. To learn more about ArmorPoint, please visit armorpoint.com

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Feenics and WaveLynx enter Strategic Integration Partnership

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BROOMFIELD, Colo. (PRWEB)

WaveLynx Technologies, an American developer and manufacturer of access control devices and credentials and a founding member of the LEAF initiative, is pleased to announce that they have entered a strategic integration partnership with Feenics, an enterprise-class, cloud-based access control manufacturer whose award-winning software allows users to manage their security operations from anywhere there is an internet connection.

As an OEM partner, Feenics will resell the WaveLynx line of Ethos Readers and Credentials. In addition, they will soon integrate the WaveLynx MyPass Mobile Credentials into their Keep ACaaS platform, enabling automated mobile credential provisioning for their suite of security and safety management solutions.

“We love to align ourselves with partners who share our commitment to driving secure, open, and interoperable solutions into the security market,” said Laurie Aaron, Executive Vice President at WaveLynx. “Feenics is a leader in the enterprise cloud access space, and we are excited to enter into this partnership as we feel our products are a natural fit for their portfolio. As each of our products have recently been specified in multiple common projects, it only made sense to make our relationship official.”

“It was an easy decision to integrate WaveLynx into our Keep ecosystem,” added Jeff Ross, Director of Global Marketing at Feenics. “The unique features and benefits offered with their technology not only resonate with our own product development philosophy, but they also add unique value to our customers. Case in point is the WaveLynx patented OSDP Autodetect feature that makes it simple for our customers to upgrade to a more secure communication protocol… something we enthusiastically support and promote.”

Brian Matthews, Director of Sales at Feenics added, “With the increasing demand for mobile applications and credentials, the WaveLynx easy-to-deploy and affordable approach to mobile credentialing really resonated with our customers, making it a great fit for our Keep Mobile solution.”

Both companies have hit the ground running with their complementary solutions and they look forward to continued success and further strengthening their new strategic partnership.

About WaveLynx Technologies

Founded in 2013 and based in Broomfield, Colorado, WaveLynx Technologies Corporation offers open and secure access control solutions for its customers. The WaveLynx Team has over 100 years of combined experience in hardware design, access control and identity management, delivering innovative products and services to its customers. WaveLynx Ethos readers provide a seamless transition from legacy credentials to smart cards and mobile credentials, while the LEAF Compatibility program empowers customers’ choice to select multiple manufacturers. For more information, visit http://www.WaveLynxtech.com and http://www.LEAFIdentity.com.

WaveLynx Contact

Sarah Bowling

VP of Marketing + Communications

Direct: (310) 962-4995

Corporate: (720) 572-4963

sarahbowling@wavelynxtech.com

About Feenics

Feenics is paving the way for the future of physical security with innovative cloud-based access control solutions. Feenics is the maker of Keep, a cloud-hosted platform that provides extreme scalability, unprecedented flexibility and advanced security in ACaaS applications. It integrates native visitor management and a RESTful API that allows simple integration of complementary systems and open hardware devices, resulting in a lower total cost of ownership. Keep by Feenics is hosted by Amazon Web Services. Leveraging Authentic Mercury Security open field hardware, Feenics works with industry leading video, intrusion and wireless lock manufacturers, delivering robust solutions through its value-added reseller partners around the world. For more information, visit http://www.feenics.com.

Feenics Contact

Jeff Ross

Director of Global Marketing

Direct: (585) 615-7529

Corporate: (855) 333-6427

jeff.ross@feenics.com

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WafCharm Offers Breakthrough Automation of AWS WAF, Bolstering Cybersecurity for Business Amid Ongoing Global Attacks

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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)

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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Datamura Solutions announces leadership team addition as Bill Thompson joins as VP Sales & Marketing

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Datamura Solutions Vice President Sales

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)

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


  • 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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SiaSearch partners with Virtual Mechanics Corporation (VMC) to accelerate ADAS development in Japan

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SiaSearch announces partnership with Virtual Mechanics Corporation (VMC) to accelerate ADAS development in Japan

“The partnership represents an important milestone for us, and we will continue to pave the path of adoption of SiaSearch abroad.”


BERLIN (PRWEB)

SiaSearch, a Berlin-based AI startup, has announced their partnership with Virtual Mechanics Corporation (VMC) to accelerate ADAS development in Japan. Virtual Mechanics Corporation has over 20 years of experience and established relationships within the Japanese automotive industry. As the sole distributor of the SiaSearch product in Japan, Virtual Mechanics Corporation will promote the adoption of SiaSearch in the Japanese market.

Via web-based GUI or programmatic API, SiaSearch makes it 10x easier and faster for developers to explore, understand, and share large amounts of visual data.


  • Structure – Automatically index, structure, and evaluate raw sensor data on a petabyte-scale, based on semantic attributes and keywords from a catalog of over 50 events and attributes

  • Analyze – Quickly visualize your data, making full use of the extracted attributes and run more targeted analyses to improve your models.

  • Search – Use custom attributes to efficiently find and select the data from your entire data lake.

  • Collaborate – Save, edit, version, comment and share frames, sequences or objects with colleagues or 3rd parties.

“At Virtual Mechanics Corporation, we are laser focused on driving innovation within the mobility industry,” said Eiji Takita, CEO of Virtual Mechanics Corporation. “In working with SiaSearch, we have secured a partner with deep technical capabilities to help accelerate autonomous driving innovation in Japan.”

“Our distribution partnership with Virtual Mechanics Corporation opens up new and exciting opportunities to accelerate autonomous driving innovation in the Japanese market,” said Clemens Viernickel, CEO of SiaSearch. “We are beyond excited to be working with some of the globally leading automotive companies in Japan through this arrangement. The partnership represents an important milestone for us, and we will continue to pave the path of adoption of SiaSearch abroad.”

About SiaSearch

SiaSearch is a Berlin-based AI company on a mission to power automated mobility solutions of tomorrow with a truly scalable data infrastructure. The category-leading sensor management platform for automated driving, SiaSearch is currently in use by leading automotive OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers, and global technology companies.

For more information, visit https://www.siasearch.io/

About Virtual Mechanics Corporation (VMC)

Virtual Mechanics Corporation is working on vehicle dynamics simulation software to simulate driving in a virtual environment and its application technology. Leading customers, the developer and partner companies, Virtual Mechanics Corporation plays a pivotal role in innovation, allowing customers to expedite their research and development.

For more details, please visit https://vmc.jp/siasearch/ (information in Japanese)

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THEA Connected Vehicle Pilot Tests Lifesaving Applications at American Center of Mobility

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Wrong Way Entry (WWE) Application Testing


ANN ARBOR, Mich. (PRWEB)

The Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority Connected Vehicle Pilot (THEA CV Pilot) is deploying seven connected vehicle applications in collaboration with auto manufacturers: Honda, Hyundai and Toyota using DENSO On-Board Units and Siemens Roadside Units at the American Center of Mobility (ACM) testing facility in Ann Arbor, MI from May 24 – 28, 2021.

ACM testing marks a milestone for THEA in Phase 4 by testing Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) hardware applications developed as part of the Pilot based on the original THEA CV Pilot applications. At the testing center the THEA CV Pilot team plans to test seven connected vehicle applications:


  • Forward Collision Warning (FCW)

  • Emergency Electronic Brake Light (EEBL)

  • Intersection Movement Assist (IMA)

  • Wrong Way Entry (WWE)

  • Pedestrian Collision Warning (PCW)

  • End or Ramp Deceleration Warning (ERDW)

  • Red Light Violation Warning (RLVW)

This will be the first time all seven applications will be tested during one ACM event. The Pilot successfully completed its first three phases of planning, deployment, and real-time data collection and this is an important step to deploying in Tampa.

During Phase 4, testing the viability of connected vehicle interoperability using OEM hardware into THEA’s program will establish not only the efficiency of CV-equipped Honda, Hyundai, and Toyota vehicles, but that the technology can be integrated into actual transportation systems to enhance the safety, mobility, and traffic reliability for drivers and pedestrians.

“The THEA CV Pilot has been successful in implementing CV technology for sending warnings in real-time and documenting the data for use by the industry for future deployments. We are working with the OEMs to using technology to make it safer to drive. Our team’s goal is to one day eradicate crashes all together, which will require everyone working together. This has been a great collaboration showing how the transportation industry can work together to solve problems,” says Bob Frey, Director of Planning and THEA CV Project Manager.

THEA’s CV Pilot was one of the first of its kind to recruit actual drivers for real-time data on the CV experience. After recruitment of drivers begins for Phase 4, OEMs will utilize local dealerships to install the CV equipment.

About THEA CV Pilot

The Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority Connected Vehicle Pilot, funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation, employs state-of-the-art technology that allows vehicles to communicate to roadside infrastructure and other vehicles about traffic, hazards, and other potential factors affecting pedestrian, vehicle, and bicycle safety.

The THEA CV Pilot has warned 14 wrong-way drivers on interchange ramps, nine potential trolley crashes, and has given over 1,500-speed advisories a month on freeway exit ramps, to state a few examples.

If interested, please learn more about the THEA CV Pilot, please visit our website theacvpilot.com.

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The Ultimate Gravesite Virtual Visitation. AFTRental provides the opportunity to rent the camera, widening accessibility for virtual visitation

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AFTR's GroundCam and App

You can visit your loved one’s gravesite from wherever you are.

AFTR’s camera and accompanying app have effectively changed the way that people visit cemeteries, bringing the experience into the modern era. With AFTRental’s remote memorials, now almost everyone has the ability to access their loved one’s burial place anytime, anywhere.


BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PRWEB)

Technology company AFTR has launched a new service, AFTRental, which gives customers the opportunity to rent their GroundCam for the day at participating cemeteries.

With many factors preventing families from visiting their loved ones’ resting places, AFTR provides solutions with their GroundCam and MountCam cameras and accompanying app. Previously only available for purchase, AFTR’s AFTRental program makes visiting a loved one even more accessible for special days such as birthdays, anniversaries, holidays and days when someone just wants to connect.

Individuals interested in trying AFTRental can head to http://www.aftr.live/rental to find out if this service is available at their loved ones’ cemetery. AFTRental is available across cemeteries in the US and internationally. Once an order is placed, the AFTR team takes care of all logistics and sends the necessary connection information to the family.

“Having AFTRentals as an option is a win-win for both the cemeteries and the families–especially the ones who live out of town,” said Pam Itzkowitz of the Baron Hirsch Cemetery on Staten Island, NY. “The temporary placement eases our maintenance concerns while still allowing us to provide virtual visitation for our families.”

“Losing someone is hard, and being unable to visit their resting place makes it even harder,” AFTR’s Co-founder, Beth Reinetz said. “We came up with AFTRental to make our services more accessible to everyone, no matter their personal circumstances or cemetery policies.”

AFTR is the first company in the world to offer this technology. AFTR’s cameras have effectively changed the way that people visit cemeteries, bringing the experience into the modern era. With AFTRental’s remote memorials, now almost everyone has the ability to access their loved one’s burial place anytime, anywhere.

About AFTR:

Founded in 2018, AFTR is a technology company that develops digital solutions to cemetery accessibility with the first ever graveside camera system. AFTR’s technology includes a mobile application and headstone camera, with different options, such as the GroundCam and the MountCam and offers two monthly subscription types, along with the new AFTRental program. AFTR is based in Brooklyn, New York.

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MacroFab Announces a $15M Series B round led by Edison Partners, Including Strategic Investment from Altium to Ignite Growth of Manufacturing-as-a-Service for Electronics

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MacroFab Platform

“Our customers experienced a perfect storm last year and went ‘all in’ on cloud-enabled manufacturing.” said Misha Govshteyn, MacroFab CEO. “with impact of tariffs, freight delays and silicon chip crisis, a lot of businesses are digitizing production, and reshoring or moving to a ‘China +1’ model.”


HOUSTON (PRWEB)

MacroFab today announced $15 million in new funding. The round was led by Edison Partners, with prior investors including ATX Venture Partners participating. Altium Limited, a leader in the electronics design software space, joined the round as a strategic investor aligned with the MacroFab mission of digitizing electronics production from earliest design stages to prototype development and commercial production.

The investment follows a strong record of growth driven by adoption of digital manufacturing by production scale customers in industrial, IoT and energy sectors. The $15M growth round allows the company to accelerate expansion in North America, including increased investment in R&D, sales/marketing and opening of a new distribution center for international logistics this summer.

The MacroFab digital platform is used by supply chain teams to build everything from PCB assemblies to fully tested and packaged electronics products. Enterprises rely on MacroFab to consolidate vendors or reshore production from China to North America. MacroFab aggregates unused capacity at 75+ factories in the US, Canada and Mexico to give mid-market companies an alternative to offshoring, where capacity is increasingly constrained and lead times are impacted by supply chain and freight disruptions.

MacroFab turns the physical plant of factories, logistics centers and warehouses used in manufacturing into a cloud resource, driven by software and accessible through modern APIs. MacroFab enables engineers to produce new designs faster and helps supply chain teams economically bring products to market by scaling from prototypes all the way to production without the need to switch manufacturing partners because Macrofab owns delivery end-to-end throughout the process regardless of factory location. The service provides access to specialized electronics factories all across North America, allowing customers to scale through every stage of production.

“MacroFab customers found themselves in a perfect storm last year, and went from being curious about cloud-enabled manufacturing to going all-in.” said Misha Govshteyn, MacroFab CEO. “The turbulence started with the trade war and tariffs, and only accelerated with massive delays in delivering products from overseas and the ongoing microchip availability crisis. The old approach to manufacturing electronics suddenly no longer looks predictable or secure. Even the standard practice of airlifting your best engineers to China to troubleshoot your factory line is no longer possible, so more companies are digitizing their operations, reshoring or moving to a ‘China +1’ model. Supply chain leaders are turning to MacroFab and our digital platform as a way to move faster. If you’re not as big as Apple, but want to build across multiple factories in parallel, our platform is the only way to do so without incurring immense costs”.

Altium joined the round as an investor focused on helping customers innovate, and to transform ideas into smart and connected products. With over 5,000 companies and 11,000 users on the Altium 365 cloud platform, the company is one of the largest players in the electronics design space. “Altium shares MacroFab’s vision for digital transformation of manufacturing in the electronics industry,” said Ted Pawela, Chief Ecosystem Officer at Altium. “Our investment in, and partnership with MacroFab is a huge step forward in connecting Design, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing to accelerate innovation.”

The $156 billion global market for mid-volume electronics manufacturing is growing faster than the overall electronics market, driven by rapid innovation in IoT, industrial automation, energy and robotics. These segments are also most motivated to reshore production to North America, as US companies increasingly grow weary of rising prices, long lead times and intellectual property risks in Asia.

“CEO Misha Govshteyn and his executive team have a proven track record of building successful SaaS and cloud infrastructure businesses together, and are now bringing supply chain innovation to the market at a time when global electronics manufacturing is facing disruption. MacroFab is at the center of driving the digital transformation needed to unlock factory capacity, manufacturing agility and efficiency, and even new economic and labor markets for electronics makers across North America,” said Daniel Herscovici, Partner, Edison Partners, who led the investment. Herscovici will join MacroFab’s Board of Directors.

“A typical electronics factory is only 60% utilized according to New Venture Research, which is startlingly inefficient. A number of our customers focused on Environmental and Social Governance (ESG) issues see our ability to tap into this capacity as a step towards ecologically sustainable production,” added Chris Church, Founder and Chief Product Officer of MacroFab.

MacroFab was founded in 2013 in Houston, TX, and run by veteran team of executives with experience in cloud infrastructure, manufacturing and logistics. Seed and Series A financing for the company was led by ATX Venture Partners and Techstars. MacroFab is the second startup effort for Misha Govshteyn (CEO), Chris Church (Founder and Chief Product Officer) and Chris Granberry (COO). Previously, the team co-founded Alert Logic in Houston, which became one of the earliest success stories in the SaaS and cloud cybersecurity space, growing to $140M+ in annual revenue and over 4,000 customers.

About MacroFab

MacroFab operates the world’s first digital platform for electronics manufacturing from prototype to high scale production, with a network of 75+ factories across North America. The MacroFab platform enables customers to produce electronics products faster, more cost effectively and closer to their end users in factories located across US, Canada and Mexico, while leveraging MacroFab’s global supply chain and quality control capabilities. The company is headquartered in Houston, TX.

About Edison Partners

For 35 years, Edison Partners has been helping CEOs and their executive teams grow and scale successful companies. The firm’s investment team brings extensive investing and operating experience to each investment. Through a unique combination of growth capital and the Edison Edge platform, consisting of operating centers of excellence, the Edison Director Network, and executive education programs, Edison employs a truly integrated approach to accelerating growth and creating value for businesses. A team of experts in enterprise solutions, financial technology, and healthcare IT sectors, Edison targets high-growth companies located outside Silicon Valley with $10 to $30 million in revenue; investments also include buyouts, recapitalizations, spinouts and secondary stock purchases. Edison’s active portfolio has created aggregated market value exceeding $10 billion. Edison Partners is based in Princeton, NJ and manages more than $1.4 billion in assets.

About Altium

Altium LLC (ASX:ALU), a global software company headquartered in San Diego, California is accelerating the pace of innovation through electronics. For over 30 years, Altium has been delivering software that maximizes the productivity of PCB designers and electrical engineers. From individual inventors to multinational corporations, more PCB designers and engineers choose Altium software to design and realize electronics-based products.

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Modern Beat ‘Em Up with 90s Retro Vibe, Mayhem Brawler, Coming Soon to iiRcade

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Mayhem Brawler has amazing artwork and classic beat ‘em up arcade style gameplay that will be a perfect fit on iiRcade.


CHICAGO (PRWEB)

iiRcade Inc., the ultimate connected arcade machine that allows gamers of all ages to play their favorite retro and modern games in arcade style at home, is pleased to announce that Mayhem Brawler, developed by Hero Concept, is coming soon to the iiRcade Store.

Mayhem Brawler is an urban fantasy themed beat ’em up that brings the 90s arcade vibe to present day. With hand-drawn comic book-inspired art, frame-by-frame animated characters, and a rocking soundtrack, Mayhem Brawler will offer a unique gaming experience for iiRcade users.

Mayhem Brawler features the most popular officers of the super-powered law enforcement agency known as Stronghold. As Dolphin, Star, and Trouble find themselves in a sequence of events that will alter the fate of the entire city that sees them take on 30 mobs including 12 unique bosses.

“We’re really excited to bring Mayhem Brawler to iiRcade and would like to thank Hero Concept for working with us,” said Jong Shin, founder & CEO of iiRcade. “Mayhem Brawler has amazing artwork and classic beat ‘em up arcade style gameplay that will be a perfect fit on iiRcade.”

Players can use an arsenal of combos and special abilities to make life miserable for those super-powered criminals, where they will also have to fend off a fury of werewolves, resist the hexes of street wizards and confront the megacorp led by vampire houses that enforce their goons to do their dirty deeds.

Playing solo or as co-op, choices the player makes will shape the flow of the story to reach one of the three different endings in the Mayhem Brawler universe, where each corner has a story to tell.

iiRcade allows for cinematic arcade gaming experiences via 19” High-Definition display, 100W Dual Stereo Speakers, Premium Arcade Joysticks and hardware and software optimized for gaming. iiRcade also has the latest features built-in, such as WiFi 5, Bluetooth 4.2 and HDMI-Out, that bring arcade experiences to today’s gamers.

Each iiRcade comes with 11 pre-loaded games: Dragon’s Lair, Double Dragon, Gunbird, Beach Buggy Racing, BombSquad (online multiplayer party game), Snowboard Championship, Diver Boy, Dragon Master, Maniac Square, Twin Brats and Fancy World.

All games are officially licensed and available at affordable prices, and new titles are continuously added to the growing iiRcade store library. The iiRcade Store can be accessed on phones or via browser on PC or Mac through the iiRcade store link.

A full list of games currently licensed and targeted for release on iiRcade Store can be found here.

Beyond the original design, iiRcade is available in three premium versions: RetroMania Wrestling Edition, Dragon’s Lair Edition and Black Edition, which enables users to design their own cabinet graphics and comes with officially licensed Double Dragon stickers that can be put onto the cabinet as a free gift. Each premium version includes upgraded 128-GB storage memory and original Sanwa joysticks.

For more information and to order iiRcade, visit iiRcade.com.

About iiRcade

iiRcade is a premium arcade gaming experience like no other. Play retro arcade games that you remember to the latest modern games in amazing arcade style. With cinematic gaming experiences powered by 19” high-density display, 100W of powerful stereo sound, premium 2-player arcade controllers and device optimized for the best arcade gaming experiences, iiRcade delivers arcade gaming that is so immersive, you will feel like you are inside the game.

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