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L-com Launches New .085” and .141” Formable Coax Cables that are In Stock for Same-day Shipping


L-com Launches New .085” and .141” Formable Coax Cables that are In Stock for Same-day Shipping

“These new formable cables are perfect for a variety of tests, R&D and production applications including use in layout and design of pre-bent semi-rigid assemblies,” said Steve Ellis, Product Line Manager

L-com, an Infinite Electronics brand and a preferred manufacturer of wired and wireless connectivity products, announced today that they have launched a new series of formable coaxial cable assemblies that are designed for use in telecom, military/defense, and laboratory test & measurement applications.

Formable cable (also known as conformable cable) is a flexible, re-formable alternative to semi-rigid coaxial cable that can be used where flexibility is required. These cables feature a tin-filled copper braid shield and perform like semi-rigid coax but can be hand formed, making it easy for field personnel and engineers to shape the cables to fit just about any physical space.

Four new cable series are now available including .085” O.D. cables without jackets, .085” O.D. cables with jackets, .141” O.D. cables without jackets and .141” O.D. cables with jackets. The jacketed versions of these formable cables are perfect for use in applications where the cables outer conductor could possibly cause a short inside of an enclosure.

All cables within the four new cable series feature various combinations of male and female BNC, Type-N, SMA and TNC coaxial connectors including right-angle and bulkhead mount options.

“These new formable cables are perfect for a variety of tests, R&D and production applications including use in layout and design of pre-bent semi-rigid assemblies. By offering these new assemblies off-the-shelf, we can meet our customer’s urgent needs for high performance, formable coax cables,” said Steve Ellis, Product Line Manager.

L-com’s new formable coax cable assemblies are in stock and available for immediate shipment.

About L-com:

L-com, a leading manufacturer of wired and wireless connectivity products, offers a wide range of solutions and unrivaled customer service for the electronics and data communications industries. The company’s product portfolio includes cable assemblies, connectors, adapters, antennas, enclosures, surge protectors and more. L-com is headquartered in North Andover, Mass., is ISO 9001: 2015 certified and many of its products are UL® recognized. L-com is an Infinite Electronics brand.

About Infinite Electronics:

Based in Irvine, Calif., Infinite Electronics offers a broad range of components, assemblies and wired/wireless connectivity solutions, serving the aerospace/defense, industrial, government, consumer electronics, instrumentation, medical and telecommunications markets. Infinite’s brands include Pasternack, Fairview Microwave, L-com, MilesTek, Aiconics, KP Performance Antennas, PolyPhaser, Transtector, RadioWaves, ShowMe Cables, INC-Installs and Integra Optics. Infinite Electronics serves a global engineering customer base with deep technical expertise and support, with one of the broadest inventories of products available for immediate shipment.

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Dynamsoft Barcode Reader SDK Adds DotCode and Vector PDF Barcode Decoding


Dynamsoft Barcode Reader SDK DotCode Barcode Support

Dynamsoft Barcode Reader SDK Adds DotCode Barcode Support

In addition to adding DotCode barcode support, Dynamsoft Barcode Reader SDK v7.4 also now supports decoding barcodes from vector PDF files, to do so directly without the need to rasterize.

Dynamsoft has added DotCode and Vector PDF barcode decoding in its Dynamsoft Barcode Reader SDK version 7.4. DotCode barcodes can be printed with inkjet or laser printing at speeds as fast as a thousand barcodes per second. This makes them ideal for high-speed production line applications like beverages and electronics.

In addition to adding DotCode barcode support, Dynamsoft Barcode Reader SDK v7.4 also now supports decoding barcodes from vector PDF files, to do so directly without the need to rasterize. This greatly speeds up PDF file decoding.

The new relative Region-of-Interest (ROI) features will also offer the opportunity for developers to speed performance. For example, if it’s known a barcode will be located in a color zone that varies from other package colors, detection can be made faster. To boost the speed of localizing the barcode region, a developer can now preset the color value associated with where the barcode will be. This is ideal in environments from grocery stores to retail outlets.

The newly updated SDK now also boasts a clarity calculation and filter settings feature when in video mode. To increase the recognition rate, a clarity algorithm is used to sieve the low-quality video frames. So, only high-quality images are queued for decoding. Thus, decoding accuracy is improved when decoding barcodes from a live video stream.

Finally, the SDK introduces a handful of other optimizations. It now provides better deformation resistance of a QR code, an improved algorithm for large-size dense QR codes and DataMatrix, and for 1D barcode deblurring.

About Dynamsoft’s Barcode SDK

Dynamsoft provides a barcode scan SDK for developers to more rapidly and cost-effectively deploy business-critical applications that rely on dependable barcode technology. With the SDK, developers can embed barcode reading functionality in a web, desktop or mobile application using just a few lines of code. This reduces development costs, saves project managers months of added development time, and significantly reduces long-term technical support resource needs and costs.

Pricing and Availability

Dynamsoft Barcode Reader SDK version 7.4 is now available for download from the Dynamsoft website, including a trial version. Pricing can be found at the website. These new features are integrated into all editions and require no extra licenses. Supported editions include Windows, Linux, iOS, Android and JavaScript. The SDK is provided with rich code samples. There are various technical support channels for the SDK, including email, chat, phone, an online knowledge base, and more.

About Dynamsoft Corp.

Dynamsoft Corp. provides enterprise-class TWAIN™ software development kits (SDK) and a Barcode Reader SDK to help developers meet document imaging requirements for developing web or desktop document management applications. The company also provides enterprise-grade version control software to help developers manage developer teams and projects. The imaging SDKs help today’s businesses seeking to migrate from wasteful paper-based workflows to efficient paperless electronic document and records management. Dynamsoft is an associate member of the TWAIN Working Group that develops TWAIN standards. Thousands of customers use Dynamsoft’s solutions. Customers include 3M®; Apple®; EMC®; FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc.; Fujitsu®; GE®; H&R Block®; HP®; IBM®, Intel®; Infosys®; Lockheed Martin®; Olympus®; Philips®; PricewaterhouseCoopers®; Samsung®; Siemens®; Symantec®; Unisys®; Verizon®; and more. The company was founded in 2003. More information is available at http://www.dynamsoft.com.

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Smith Earns Recognition of Adherence to IATF 16949:2016


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As automotive tech continues to develop, quality remains a top concern for leading manufacturers and other key players.

Smith, a global distributor of electronic components and semiconductors, has been recognized as adherent to the IATF 16949:2016 standard. IATF 16949 specifies practices for quality management and continual improvement within the automotive-industry supply chain and automotive production.

This standard is a far-reaching one within the automotive industry, outlining best practices and requirements at each step within the supply chain, including the design and development, production, installation, and servicing of automotive-related products. It offers a foundation for standardization and continuous improvement within a swiftly growing and evolving industry.

“As automotive tech continues to develop, quality remains a top concern for leading manufacturers and other key players,” said Kirk Wehby, Smith’s Chief Operating Officer. “Every material or part that goes into a vehicle has to meet the highest quality standards to support its optimal performance and safety, and Smith is a prime sourcing partner of top-tier electronic components to help support this.”

“Smith’s adherence to IATF 16949 validates the stringent focus we place on quality at every step of Smith’s business, from sourcing to operations,” continued Wehby. “As the first independent electronic component distributor to conform to this standard, we look forward to seeing how this can strengthen our ability to support customers within this sphere.”

About Smith

Founded in 1984, Smith sources, manages, and distributes the electronic components that go into everything from mobile phones and computers to appliances and directional drilling systems. In 16 cities around the world, Smith’s legion of employees communicates in 50 languages and dialects and buys and sells components 24 hours per day, with global annual sales in excess of $1.35 billion. Smith is always moving: helping manufacturers navigate market shifts; customizing supply chain solutions; testing components using cutting-edge technology. The support of Smith’s flexible Intelligent DistributionTM model optimizes customers’ supply chains from beginning to end, including offering customized options for IT asset disposition that deliver maximum ROI, sustainability, and security. Smith’s testing and logistics hubs in Houston, Hong Kong, and Amsterdam cover critical areas like quality management, counterfeit prevention, and environmental safety. Smith’s operations, purchasing, and sales worldwide are seamlessly integrated with the company’s global IT infrastructure, offering real-time, global inventory and logistics visibility. Smith is the leading independent distributor of electronic components and ranks number nine among all global distributors. For more information, please visit https://www.smithweb.com or reach out to a Smith representative any time of day at +1 713.430.3000.

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How MES Quickly Redesigns Tooling to Avoid Costly Downtime


After a thorough investigation, the team came up with a modified two-piece pin design as the most durable and reliable option to save from a costly shutdown in production.

BACKGROUND

The key to a successful die casting is an excellent tool design. One of the hardest components to design and maintain for good tool life is a core pin. A “core” is the separate and replaceable part of the die that forms an internal feature of the casting. Core pins come in all shapes and sizes, but the most commonly used shape design is circular. Core pins may be fixed to the die cavity or to a slide, actuated through the mechanical opening/closing of the die, or by hydraulic cylinder or other means. While core pins are the backbone of good tool design, when not properly designed, it can result in severe downtime and inefficient productivity.

Challenge

On a high-volume die casting project for heat sinks, there were 24 core pins. After the PPAP process, there was an unexpected increase in downtime (every 1000-2000 shots) along with core pins breaking. The team in charge of the project, began their analysis.

Root Cause Analysis

An MES quality engineer, along with the tooling engineer and supplier team, evaluated various reasons using a fishbone diagram. There were three critical reasons identified:

1.) Guide show wear out in the machine

2.) Guide pillar/guide bush wear out in the die

3.) Weaker core pin in the die

Problem Solving:

After two days of examinations, the team evaluated and ruled out #1 (guide show wear out in the machine) and #2 (guide pillar/guide bush wear out in the die). They discovered that the core pin design to be the biggest reason for the breakage and downtime. The current core pin was determined to be too long for the diameter required (Figure A) for the heat sink castings.

After a thorough investigation, the team came up with a modified two-piece pin design as the most durable and reliable option. The original one-piece core pin design proved to be ineffective. There was no way to have one-piece design due to the length to diameter ratio and part features that limited options. The two-pin designed was fabricated with exceptional precision, which prevented flashing around the area.

OUTCOME

The decision was made to change to the new two-piece pin design, and run another production lot. Instead of pins breaking at the 1000-2000 unit run, the two-piece pin design lasted for over 10,000 shots. All 26 pins were changed to the two-piece design.

MES Engineers around the world work closely with suppliers to develop robust tooling to make sure suppliers can make production parts of acceptable quality and capacity. Good tooling design is at the heart of any quality die casting. MES has specialized tooling engineers to help and ensure proper tools are built to meet our customer’s quality.

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Unique social positioning data by Orenda Software Solutions is now available through the Bloomberg Enterprise Access Point


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Orenda Software Solutions announced today that its unique social positioning data is now available to the financial community through the Bloomberg Enterprise Access Point.

Orenda is an artificial intelligence platform that rapidly analyzes and converts social media content into quantified scores that clearly communicate public perception of a corporation’s reputation and predicts how human emotions impact financial markets.

It provides analysis of how the collective public thought is losing or gaining trust in any given company, organization or public figure, resulting in professional insights related to behavioural finance and investing.

“This new relationship will provide users of the Bloomberg Enterprise Access Point with data that is entirely new to the Enterprise Access Point and designed for the financial community.” said Tanya Seajay, Founder and CEO of Orenda Software Solutions. “This is a tremendous opportunity for Orenda and Bloomberg to showcase the importance of understanding emotional connections to companies being traded on stock exchanges.”

Orenda’s platform measures data across nine social categories (Trust, Public Satisfaction, Social Responsibility, Corporate Influence, Exchange of Benefits, Character, Commitment, General Tone, and Overall Social Positioning). These measurements allow investors to determine when a company or person has fallen out of alignment with social values and public expectations, providing deep insights to assist in making informed investment decisions. Orenda’s social positioning data will support investors performing traditional and quantitative research, portfolio allocation, risk management, and more.

The full data set consists of numerical scores derived from nearly 1 Billion data points; increasing at an average of 115,000 data points per day, every day. The data is processed through Orenda’s proprietary lexicons and algorithms for scoring and safe storing. The data does not include any personally identifiable information.

Launched in 2018, Bloomberg Enterprise Access Point is a web-based platform that allows Bloomberg Data License clients to discover and acquire reference, pricing, regulatory, historical, and alternative datasets.

About Orenda Software Solutions

Orenda Software Solutions, founded in 2015, is an AI-powered platform that analyzes and quantifies social media data to clearly communicate public perception of an organization’s reputation, as well as its social values and commitments to global good. Orenda’s mission is to provide insights, quantify public opinion, and identify the values that resonate with customers, stakeholders, and investors. Orenda’s metrics give the financial community the power to make informed decisions based on real-time information. For more information, visit http://www.orendasolutions.com.

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Americas: David MacNeil, davidm@orendasolutions.com, +1-416-777-1313, (M) +1 902 565 8171

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Talkpush, Hong Kong Recruitment Automation Leader Poised to Accelerate Job Creation in LATAM after Investment from Latin Leap


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With the strong outlook for digitalization in the HR sector in Latin America, I believe that the industry will benefit from Talkpush’s solutions bringing recruiters closer to candidates via digital tools and automation

– Through its RPA (Robotic Process Automation) technology, Talkpush uses automated workflows to optimize traditional recruitment processes, allowing Talent Acquisition teams to eliminate 95% of top-of-funnel manual tasks, and empowering virtual recruitment

  • Latin Leap joins other investors including 500 Start-Ups (500 Durians), Seedcamp and Cocoon Ignite Ventures.
  • Funding and support from Latin Leap will expedite Talkpush’s growth in the Talent Acquisition sector in Latin America introducing Felipe Bot

Talkpush, a talent acquisition recruitment solutions platform that provides digital recruitment capabilities for high volume employers, has raised capital from venture capital studio Latin Leap. The investment and support provided by Latin Leap would help drive further international expansion in Latin America, whose emerging markets increasingly rely on virtual recruitment practices.

With its employment of a wide range of technologies including artificial intelligence (AI), big data and analytics, cloud computing, and social media, Talkpush brings advancements to previously tedious processes such as talent acquisition, candidate pipeline management, recruitment analytics and candidate experience. When employed effectively, its technology delivers copious benefits ranging from optimised talent acquisition and responsiveness to the business requirements. As companies deal with the effects of COVID-19, global demand for digital recruitment has dramatically increased.

In the Latin American market, TA Tech is rapidly gaining a foothold as companies plan to increase automation by up to 45% in areas such as recruitment. This follows a period of sustained growth in HR Tech investment in the region from 2015 to 2018, with 54% of companies planning to further boost investment in 2020.

“With the strong outlook for digitalization in the HR sector in Latin America, I believe that the industry will benefit from Talkpush’s solutions bringing recruiters closer to candidates via digital tools and automation” said Stefan Krautwald, General Partner of Latin Leap. “Talkpush, with its robust tech stack and impressive list of international clients fits perfectly into our investment thesis of soft-landing tech-enabled businesses in Colombia & Latin America. We are proud to accompany its growth path in the region.”

Latin Leap, a newly formed Venture Capital Studio focusing on opening up opportunities in Latin America for Asian tech-scale ups aims to become a key pillar supporting the globalization of the region’s tech sector.

Using proprietary technology, Talkpush empowers recruiting teams for high volume employers to spend their time focusing on the most qualified candidates, while offering every single candidate a top-notch experience at scale.

Talkpush serves the leading employers in the retail, BPO, and staffing sectors such as Walmart, Teleperformance, and Adecco.

“We are excited to have Latin Leap join us as an investor and partner to grow our presence in Latin America. The focus on digital recruitment has accelerated in the age of social distancing, and employers around the world are looking for digital solutions that will help them accelerate recruitment as economic activity resumes.” said Max Armbruster, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Talkpush.

Last year, Talkpush’s technology was used to automate more than 10 million conversations with candidates, more than any recruitment platform in the world, with the bulk of the conversations happening on messaging platforms such as Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp. With customers in more than 10 countries including Costa Rica, Mexico, Colombia, and Argentina, the new funding and strategic support from Latin Leap will allow Talkpush to further capitalize on its global growth momentum and help drive further international expansion in Latin America over the next few months.

Talkpush is the new way employers and candidates connect all over the world. We believe hiring is about starting conversations; and are on a mission to level up the recruitment experience. The way people communicate is ever-changing and talent acquisition needs to change with it. We empower candidates by getting their voices heard; and we delight recruiters with software that lets them talk directly with the right talent.

To learn more about Talkpush, visit http://www.talkpush.com.

About Latin Leap

Latin Leap is a Venture Capital Studio (VC Studio) being established to create a unique impact investment platform to soft-land purpose-driven tech companies in Latin America and provide access of international scale-ups to deploy in Latin America. The VC Studio global tech companies with human and financial commitment, and contribute to quality education by fostering knowledge-intensive businesses in the region

The main pursuits in the Latin Leap VC Studio are:

1. Impact Investment: The investment sweet spot is on purpose-driven companies with proven product market fits from any tech-hub in the world. The initial investment focus country is Singapore, as a result of the strong ecosystem relationships on the market. Latin Leap is an agnostic fund, but tends to target Edtech, Fintech, HR tech, Agtech, Healthtech and Mobility verticals.

2. Soft-landing: Latin Leap is scheduled to operate with the efficiencies of tech-based companies, offering preferred access to experienced Venture Partners as gatekeepers, and access to Corporate Partnerships as well as a unique geographical footprint in the testbed market Colombia.

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Sinclair & Rush Invents New Disposable Face Shield – VisiGuard®


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VisiGuard® Face Shield

We have initially sold our shield to other companies that need to protect their workers, but we are working to develop a complete line of face shield products – including models designed specifically for the medical industry

In an effort to protect America’s manufacturing, warehouse and service personnel deemed essential in these scary times, Sinclair & Rush has developed a low-cost, disposable face shield that can be made quickly in extremely high quantities right here in the USA.

The new VisiGuard® Face Shield provides full coverage of the face and neck and features a streamlined design that assembles in seconds. It’s made from a recyclable PET plastic, but can also be sterilized with isopropyl alcohol, hydrogen peroxide or bleach cleaning solutions.

By replacing the foam padding used on most medical face shields with plastic comfort pads molded directly into the shield, it cannot only be produced more quickly, but the design eliminated these foam materials that can harbor contaminants.

The new VisiGuard® Face Shield is truly an example of necessity breeding invention.

“While we are not on the front lines of war against COVID-19, our manufacturing plants are making vital plastic components for ventilators and other medical equipment,” said Brad Philip, CEO of Sinclair & Rush, Inc. “We wanted a way to protect our employees without competing with hospitals for the PPE they so badly need.”

Sinclair & Rush’s engineering team was presented with the challenge to protect its workers on Friday, March 27, designed an initial prototype by Monday, March 30 and went into production on April 7. The shield is being made in a clean room environment within its St. Louis area production facility that has the capacity to make 20,000 shields per day with significant opportunity to expand.

“We have initially sold our shield to other companies that need to protect their workers, but we are working to develop a complete line of face shield products – including models designed specifically for the medical industry,” said Jeff Barket, Director of Sales & Marketing.

Learn more about the VisiGuard® Face Shield at https://www.visipak.com/face-shields.html.

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V3Gate Joins ServiceNow Partner Program


V3Gate is pleased to announce their acceptance into the ServiceNow Partner Program. Program membership entitles V3Gate access to ServiceNow tools and resources, enabling V3Gate to accelerate IT service automation engagements. V3Gate looks forward to providing ServiceNow’s industry-leading products and implementations to make work, work better for people.

V3Gate provides identity management, data management, software-defined data center, and audio visual solutions for the U.S. public sector, healthcare, and education. A leading contractor on NASA SEWP V, V3Gate has been recognized for five years in a row as one of the fastest-growing private companies in the United States by Inc. Magazine.

“V3Gate is proud to affiliate with ServiceNow as we further expand our capabilities this year,” said V3Gate CEO, Oscar Valdez, Jr. “We look forward to integrating their world-class solutions as we serve our clients’ mission-critical needs.”

Founded in 2007, V3Gate is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), specializing in emerging technologies that help our clients simplify their infrastructure, reduce costs, and create a more agile IT environment. V3Gate is ISO 9001:2015 and ISO/EIC 20243:2015 certified.

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Incident IQ Names R.T. Collins Chief Operating Officer


Since our founding, R.T. has worked tirelessly as a team member and leader to shape the Incident IQ platform to optimally serve K-12. Incident IQ’s rapid growth makes this move essential.

Today Incident IQ, LLC, the company that’s transforming K-12 workflows to optimally support students, teachers and technology, named Robert Todd (R.T.) Collins Chief Operating Officer of the company.

One of Incident IQ’s first team members, joining the company in 2016, Mr. Collins has been serving as Vice President and General Manager of the company. In his enhanced role, he will provide direction and support for the company’s teams serving Incident IQ’s fast-growing K-12 client community, including Product Development, Marketing, Sales, and Customer Success.

“I am pleased to announce the appointment of R.T. Collins to the C.O.O. role at Incident IQ,” said Travis Collins, Chief Executive Officer. “Since our founding, R.T. has worked tirelessly as a team member and leader to shape the Incident IQ platform to optimally serve K-12. Incident IQ’s rapid growth makes this move essential. As teaching and learning increasingly depend on a technology-enhanced instructional model, Incident IQ’s unmatched ability to support teachers and students and manage technology will be more critical than ever.”

Prior to joining Incident IQ, Mr. Collins served for six years as an active duty officer and Judge Advocate in the United States Air Force. He was recognized for his outstanding service in a variety of litigation and advisory roles at Lackland AFB in San Antonio, TX and finally as legal counsel to the USAF components supporting the National Security Agency’s mission at Fort Meade, MD.

Mr. Collins holds a B.A. from Wake Forest University and a J.D. from the University of Georgia School of Law.

About Incident IQ

Incident IQ is transforming K-12 workflows by digitizing service delivery to empower students, teachers, and support teams. From help desk ticketing and IT asset management to maintenance work orders and beyond, Incident IQ is revolutionizing the way school districts provide and manage services.

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Incident IQ Announces Appointment of Chief Financial Officer


His core finance background and the breadth of his technology industry experience, especially helping scale fast growing businesses makes him the perfect addition to the Incident IQ leadership team.

Incident IQ, LLC, the company that’s transforming K-12 workflows to optimally support students, teachers and technology, announced today that Mike Hickey has been named to the company’s executive team as Chief Financial Officer.

Prior to joining Incident IQ, Mr. Hickey worked for ScanSource where he served in various leadership roles for the last 20 years. At ScanSource, he directed product management and services teams across multiple technology areas to develop and drive new business opportunities for the international, value-added technology distributor.

Previously, Mr. Hickey co-founded a cloud tech company where he was instrumental in creating a web-based e-commerce solution—the startup was later acquired by ScanSource.

“I am excited to welcome Mike to Incident IQ,” said CEO Travis Collins. “His core finance background and the breadth of his technology industry experience, especially helping scale fast growing businesses makes him the perfect addition to the Incident IQ leadership team.”

Prior to these experiences Mr. Hickey began his career in finance as an accountant for a Manhattan CPA firm, served in accounting and regulatory compliance roles for banks in New York, and finally as the mergers and acquisitions and investor relations professional for a NASDAQ-listed technology company.

He holds a B.B.A., Accountancy from the University of Notre Dame.

About Incident IQ

Incident IQ is transforming K-12 workflows by digitizing service delivery to empower students, teachers, and support teams. From help desk ticketing and IT asset management to maintenance work orders and beyond, Incident IQ is revolutionizing the way school districts provide and manage services.

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