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Top 5 Wearable Technology Devices For Business Growth In 2020, According To Digital Silk Report


79% of companies who have adopted wearable technology in business say that it is instrumental to their success, according to a recent Salesforce report.

Furthermore, 76% of companies say wearable technology improved their performance, with 86% claiming they will increase their investment in wearables.

By 2021, reports forecast that 185 million wearable technology devices will be sold, creating an opportunity for businesses to increase effectiveness in several areas.

These areas include boosting productivity by limiting non-value activities, improving communication timeliness and responsiveness, upgrading safety and mitigating accidents, and better accounting for user behavior to improve insights and customer service.

The current use of wearable technology in companies is varied across industries, with reports stating companies’ top reasons for use as workplace security (23%), employee time management (20%) and communication among employees (20%).

Digital Silk, a global creative digital agency, identified the top five wearable devices in 2020 designed to improve performance and drive business growth.

These innovative wearable technology devices are:

1. Theatro: has AI that will change the way a company collaborates with employees.

Using artificial intelligence, voice and language recognition systems to unlock the potentials of business productivity, Theatro improves customer satisfaction, connects people and systems, increases productivity, creates new insights and drives profits.

2. TaskWatch: keeps employees engaged and requires no coding.

In addition to requiring no code when deploying mobile process applications and integrating with enterprise systems, this smartwatch-like device enables enterprise productivity and keeps employees mobile and connected through customizable notifications. It also sports a gamification feature that boosts employee engagement and motivation, therefore enhancing business efficiency and the VIP customer experience.

3. Notable: streamlines customer contact for enhanced consumer experiences.

This digital assistant, used in healthcare, streamlines and transforms workflow processes for continued care, thus enabling a superior consumer experience. By putting the healthcare administration on a form of ‘auto-pilot’ that uses AI to learn, it collects and transfers data in a more sustainable way, with less expenditure and waste.

4. Carnival’s Ocean Medallion: serves as a one-piece token that acts as everything from mobile phone to credit card.

Based on the Internet of Things, Carnival’s Ocean Medallion is a small wearable token that works as a smartphone or credit card. The device also alerts staff when a customer is near a venue so that they can prepare, anticipate arrival, provide personal meetings, and more.

5. Amazon Mayday: revolutionizes live technology support.

This technology has been described as similar to “having someone standing right next to you and providing technology support.” It allows a user to see the remote person assisting from technology support in a small window. It also displays the user’s screen on that support individual’s screen, so they can see the issue directly, annotate the screen and take command of the interface.

Wearables are transforming businesses globally, and the market is yet to reach its full potential. There is considerable upside for businesses that innovate and invest in wearable technology, like the five unique and successful devices outlined in here.

Digital Silk is a team of experts dedicated to helping brands capitalize on the latest trends in tech such as wearable technology, cognitive technologies, digital transformation and more.

About Digital Silk: Digital Silk is a creative digital agency focused on growing brands online. From custom websites to digital marketing, Digital Silk creates SUPERIOR digital experiences to drive higher conversions, greater brand engagement & measurable results.

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HAIZOL’s Manufacturing Platform for custom metal components celebrates its 4th Annual Event growing year on year


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Takeaways from the event included how they plan to better adapt to customer needs in 2020, and the plan to bring new innovative manufacturing to the market. Haizol positions itself differently to its competitors, how? Customers are the focus, how Haizol can fulfill demand whilst providing the best service and quality possible. These aspects make it a globally recognized name in 2020 for machining, injection molding, and more.

The recent event saw Haizol’s founder and CEO, Sherry She take to the stage. Celebrating the fourth year of this iconic event, Sherry touched on the improvements made year on year. Sherry’s mentality is very much reflected in Haizol’s values and core; maintaining faith, and aspiring to be the best. Her dream was to bring better on demand manufacturing to the masses digitally, and this has most definitely been achieved.

Under her leadership, the platform has grown considerably. She describes Haizol as a group of talented individuals continually combining and optimizing their resources to leverage the greatest value. Sherry believes in creating a work environment which is not defined by routine or bureaucracy, whereby everyone works to achieve the same goal by what they do best. Sherry demonstrated the company’s vision through the progress achieved in each department, praising the real heroes behind the scenes who have built the company to what it is today.

The goals for 2020 are how Haizol can add more value to the industry, to make a difference and contribute more to their customers. Taking their One Stop Sourcing & Solutions offering, whereby Haizol handle the order from production to shipment, their first priority from front-end sales to back-end supply chain, is to understand and meet the customer’s needs.

Creating value for customers is a constant task, and this year Haizol will be optimizing their products, understanding, and offerings to bring better value.

Why choose Haizol for your manufacturing? It’s simple, they strive to improve inwardly, and their customers are at the center of it all.

About HAIZOL

Headquartered in Shanghai, HAIZOL was initially funded by the Haier Group of Companies, a market share leader for major appliances and consumer electronics. HAIZOL is one of the largest online OEM manufacturers in the world, specializing in CNC Machining, Die Casting, Injection Moulding, Casting, Mold Making, Fabrication, and Metal Stamping. Follow them on LinkedIn today to keep up with the latest news.

Check out the website at http://www.haizolglobal.com today or drop an email to jennifer@haizolglobal.com.

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New MicroHAWK V/F400 and V/F300 Series Smart Cameras from Omron simplify inspections with ultra-small footprints


Omron’s new MicroHAWK V/F400 and V/F300 Series Smart Cameras simplify inspection with ultra-small footprints.

Omron’s powerful yet compact MicroHAWK V/F400 and V/F300 Series Smart Cameras simplify applications by combining code reading and vision inspection into a single, highly compact device.

There’s a new solution available for manufacturers who are concerned that their product inspections are becoming too complex. The powerful yet compact MicroHAWK V/F400 and V/F300 Series Smart Cameras simplify applications by combining code reading and vision inspection into a single, highly compact device.

By bundling multiple capabilities in one, the V/F400 and V/F300 Series lower hardware costs and minimize the work required for commissioning and maintenance. Powerful technologies such as liquid lens autofocus and a high-resolution 5-megapixel color camera ensure exceptional precision while promoting greater flexibility in production line layouts.

The cutting-edge autofocus technology ensures that the camera can reliably inspect products that vary in size, shape, or desired inspection type. In addition, Omron’s advanced X-Mode algorithms can read any code on any surface, including curved, shiny or otherwise textured materials, minimizing downtime and keeping production moving smoothly.

The compact size of the V/F400 and V/F300 Series makes it easy to embed them within space-constrained equipment or mount them on small robots. Their wide variety of supported communication interfaces include Ethernet/IP and PROFINET for added flexibility.

Industry professionals interested in replacing multiple purpose cameras and code readers with a single device are encouraged to visit the MicroHAWK V/F400 and V/F300 Series product page on Omron’s website.

About Omron Automation

Omron Automation is an industrial automation partner that creates, sells and services fully integrated automation solutions that include sensing, control, safety, vision, motion, robotics and more. Established in 1933 and currently headed by President Yoshihito Yamada, Omron’s 36,000 employees help businesses solve problems with creativity in more than 110 countries. Learn more at automation.omron.com.

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Print process optimization with DocPath’s PrintServices, print output management platform


Print process optimization with DocPath's PrintServices, print output management platform

Print process optimization with DocPath’s PrintServices, print output management platform

Optimizing the management of printing environments in a simple, fast and efficient way for those companies that wish to optimize their printing services.

– Optimizing the management of printing environments in a simple, fast and efficient way for those companies that wish to optimize their printing services.


  • DocPath further improves its document software solution, PrintServices, a print output management platform that enables its customers to implement more efficient management of their printing processes.

DocPath, a multinational company specialized in developing advanced document output and customer communication management software, wishes to thank its customers and partners worldwide for the great success its PrintServices product has had until now. This document printing software solution improves all processes involved in the printing environment, from facilitating remote printing to toner saving.

PrintServices includes the following solutions: TonerMist, PrintSlim, PrintApp and Active Spooler. Each of these applications brings many advantages that will allow the management of printing environments in the easiest and most efficient way.

TonerMist drastically reduces high toner and ink costs by allowing allocating different toner saving percentages depending on the user, department or printer profile and generates a history with all print toner savings, thus allows analyzing the amount of print toner that was used, along with the costs that were saved. This is an environment-friendly solution.

PrintSlim is a solution that allows reducing bandwidth consumption and provides faster overall print job transmission. This solution is especially suitable for virtualized work environments where it is necessary to optimize the use of telecommunications transmission.

PrintApp is a document print software application that enables its users to safely print documents remotely over the Internet, even without an Internet connection, from any mobile device or computer, with full control over their data.

Active Spooler offers an advanced print spool document software solution for managing document printing, as well as storing the generated files. This print spool solution includes histories of printing and data storage, advanced filters to obtain statistics and the capacity to reconfigure attributes of the print files. Active Spooler offers an advanced error control and this document software solution is also able to import printing spools from IBM’s “System I” and is therefore multiplatform: Windows and AS400.

About DocPath

DocPath is a leading document software manufacturer that provides its worldwide customers with the technology that allows them to implement sophisticated Document Output and – Customer Communication Management processes. Created in 1993, DocPath´s solutions have been implemented in companies all over the world. Among its international clients are prestigious banks and first-class corporations, which are aided by DocPath solutions by simplifying the complicated and critical tasks involving the design and distribution of business and customer documents. DocPath maintains a strong commitment to R&D&i, an area that receives a good amount of its revenue, and in which lies the key to the company´s success.

Disclaimer: DocPath is a DocPath Corp. registered trademark. All rights reserved. Other mentioned trademarks may be the property of their respective owners.

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ComQi Acquires JohnRyan, Creating Diverse Digital Retailing Powerhouse


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Driving real business value to our customers, as they look to enhance the consumer experience in their stores, is the reason ComQi is resonating with retailers. JohnRyan has been bringing that same high-value to the financial services industry for years so our collective story is now more compelling

ComQi has acquired JohnRyan in a deal that sees both of the software and services companies broadening their knowledge and capabilities to serve client needs across an increasingly diverse and global retail marketplace.

ComQi, owned by display manufacturer AUO (TAIEX: 2409), will continue to focus its digital signage and interactive platform on mainstream retail, while subsidiary JohnRyan will continue to focus primarily on the financial services/retail banking sector it has serviced successfully for over 35 years.

Both companies will operate as separate entities under the AUO umbrella – supporting their own vertically-focused content management software platforms, as well as related capabilities and services. Both software platforms will continue under active development, with cross-pollination of technologies and insights anticipated between the two R&D teams.

ComQi’s head office is located in New York City, while JohnRyan’s primary office is in Minneapolis, MN. Parent company AUO, located in Hsinchu, Taiwan, is one of the world’s largest display manufacturers, with $10B in annual sales and around 38,000 employees globally.

“Our acquisition of ComQi two years ago, and now with ComQi’s acquisition of JohnRyan, shows AUO’s commitment to providing a total end-to-end solution in the ‘field economy’ that can serve all aspects of retail and beyond,” says Paul SL Peng, Chairman and CEO of AUO. “We understand that a complete solution benefits from deep domain knowledge of the sector, along with a rich and thorough hardware, software and services offering. Together, our group has the right combination of people, insights, technology and services to deliver the best of class digital signage solution for smart retailing.

“We continue to look for M&A opportunities that will bring broader products and services to our clients,” says Andy Yang, Vice President of Strategic Investment and New Business Operations of AUO.

ComQi has deep, broad experience providing and supporting cloud-based shopper engagement technologies that influence consumers at all digital touch-points, including digital signage, mobile, video, touch, web, and social networks. Its client base includes some of the world’s best-known retail brands.

Stu Armstrong, Group President of ComQi, will lead sales for both companies. “Driving real business value to our customers, as they look to enhance the consumer experience in their stores, is the reason ComQi is resonating with retailers,” says Armstrong. “JohnRyan has been bringing that same high-value to the financial services industry for years, so our collective story is now even more compelling.”

JohnRyan is known in the financial services and corporate communications sectors for its full-services agency approach, bolstered by a sophisticated, secure, bank-ready content management platform – called Quick Messenger – that’s been tuned and optimized to the unique, targeted communication needs of financial services firms, as well as other enterprise-level companies. The marketers who use JohnRyan technology benefit both from high-level views on programming and messaging priorities, and granular but near-automated control of targeting down to individual bank branch characteristics.

“Working side by side with our founder John Ryan for more than 30 years, we’ve realized the vision of creating a powerhouse agency that delivers full end-to-end solutions to the global financial services industry,” says Nancy Radermecher, President of JohnRyan. “Joining ComQi and AUO allows our company to take that vision to an even higher level. Just as Stu is seeing and hearing in mainstream retail, banks and related businesses are also looking for guidance and technology solutions that will re-energize their spaces and help them stay relevant.”

“We see very little overlap between the two operating companies,” says Ifti Ifhar, ComQi’s CEO. “We’ll see cross-pollination of ideas, shared domain intelligence, and access to intellectual property that can only benefit our collective customers. Without a doubt, this acquisition extends our reach and capabilities across the wide breadth of retail, and it also gives us, through JohnRyan, a stronger presence in Europe.”

JohnRyan has a significant European presence supported through a London office. ComQi also has offices in London and Toronto.

The acquisition closed today. Terms of the acquisition are private. ComQi was represented by Daniel Chinn from AYR law office.

About the companies:

JohnRyan

JohnRyan is a retail marketing agency that provides the strategy, technologies, content and execution to optimize customer experiences and communications for financial services firms around the globe. Through the years, JohnRyan has deployed more than $1 billion in retail marketing programs in more than 60,000 branches, in 35 countries. For more about us, please visit http://www.johnryan.com

ComQi

ComQi provides the strategy, technology, expertise and ongoing support to help bricks and mortar retailers – no matter the size or type – both inform and influence shoppers, using an innovative array of cloud-based digital signage and shopper engagement technologies. ComQi’s flagship content management solution, EnGageTM, attracts and engages shoppers to drive the brand, boost loyalty and sales, and empower sales staff. Some of the world’s top retail brands use ComQi to help power their businesses at the store level. ComQi became a subsidiary of AUO, through acquisition, in 2018. For more about us, please visit http://www.comqi.com

AU Optronics

AU Optronics Corporation (AUO) is a global leader in optoelectronic solutions and one of the largest flat panel display manufacturers in the world. In 2019, AUO manufactured and shipped some 240 million displays. AUO has a staff of around 38,000 throughout its global operations, spreading across Taiwan, mainland China, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, the United States, and Europe. AUO has its headquarters offices in Hsinchu, Taiwan. For more about AUO, please visit http://www.auo.com

Zappix Expands Visual IVR Services as Part of 2020 Release


Zappix Expands Visual IVR Services as Part of 2020 Release

Zappix Expands Visual IVR Services as Part of 2020 Release

We’re constantly listening to the needs of the customer service industry & developing the solutions needed to keep pace with customer expectations. 2020 is the year of Visual IVR & Zappix solutions are ready for the increased demand and mainstream popularity of fast, visual customer service.

Zappix, the leader in Visual IVR and On-Demand Customer Service Solutions, has revolutionized CX again with an expanded suite of capabilities and integrations for its flagship customer experience platform. Improvements to its proprietary automation system, major updates to the already powerful Zappix Studio platform, and other updates continue bringing more benefits to and industry continuously evolving.

“We are constantly listening to the needs of the customer service industry and continuously developing the solutions needed to keep pace with customer expectations,” said Yossi Abraham, Zappix president. “2020 is the year of Visual IVR and Zappix solutions are ready for the increased demand and mainstream popularity of fast, seamless, visual customer service automation.”

The expanded Visual IVR solution includes various improvements:

Improved automation using the Zappix RPA Engine

Streamlined interactions and deeper personalization for customers utilizing the Visual IVR service

Enhanced digital survey and questionnaire capabilities

Major updates to the Zappix Studio (the powerful Zappix menu builder and editor platform) including an improved user interface that makes creating and updating On-Demand Apps faster

Continuous improvements to the Zappix Analytics Suite to deliver actionable insights according to the needs of Zappix customers

Multiple other features consolidated under the main release including an integrated signature panel, conversion of forms to PDF, adding multiple images to form submissions, and more.

Fully automated Zappix Visual IVR solutions are creating the fast, straightforward, enjoyable customer service experiences modern customers demand in the B2B and B2C sectors. Committed to bringing elite customer experience to as many consumers as possible, Zappix will continue to expand its portfolio of customers, partners, and services throughout 2020.

About Zappix

Zappix delivers On-Demand Customer Service Solutions: Visual IVR, On-Demand Apps, Outbound Engagement and Robotic Process Automation (RPA). The cloud-based solutions improve the customer journey during contact center interactions. The open platform enables workflow automation, rapid deployments, and seamless integration to back-end systems (CRMs, ERPs, etc.), and IVRs, and provides a comprehensive Analytics Suite.

The Zappix solution provides significant benefits and ROI: reducing costs by increasing containment rates for contact centers, improving customer experience and Net Promoter Score (NPS), creating new revenue opportunities using targeted promotional banners and automation of revenue-generating use-cases.

To learn more about Zappix, go to http://www.zappix.com.

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RouteOne Adds Access to the Largest Network of Aftermarket Providers on its eContracting Platform


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Dealers now have access to the Provider Exchange Network (PEN), which boasts the industry’s largest network of providers, through RouteOne.

RouteOne, the industry leader in eContracting, continues to improve its eContracting process by expanding access to aftermarket providers and protection products within its eContracting platform. Dealers now have access to the Provider Exchange Network (PEN), which boasts the industry’s largest network of providers, through RouteOne. This allows dealers to rate protection products within RouteOne eContracting, electronically sign all documents during the RouteOne eSigning ceremony, and remit as part of the electronic distribution proces. This expanded access to providers through PEN continues to streamline RouteOne eContracting, creating a better signing process for consumers, cleaner funding package for finance sources, and an automated remittance process for dealers.

RouteOne’s robust eContracting platform connects to:

  • 9,000+ eContracting dealers
  • 90+ eContracting finance sources
  • 115+ aftermarket providers – directly and supported by PEN
  • 13 eContracting-integrated DMSs


Making nearly 80% of all RouteOne credit applications eligible to be eContracted.

RouteOne’s complimentary service, Aftermarket Rating & Contracting, has seen tremendous growth and adoption amongst dealers with OEM-branded protection products over the last year. RouteOne provides access to 43 OEM-branded protection products within its platform and more than 80% of those eligible forms are being electronically originated through RouteOne’s eContracting. This process continues to support the core foundation upon which RouteOne eContracting was developed – cleaner funding for finance sources, which results in faster funding for dealers, and a great experience for consumers.

“In 2019, dealers processed over 1.5 million provider transactions through RouteOne’s Aftermarketing Rating and Contracting service,” stated Amanda George, RouteOne’s Senior Vice President, Product Development. “We look forward to continuing to enhance efficiency and improve the customer experience our dealers offer their customers, within eContracting, over the coming year with the increased availability of providers through our integration to PEN.”

Dealers interested in enhancing their customer signing experience on RouteOne’s eContracting platform can do so by signing up for our complimentary Aftermarket Rating and Contracting service through the Premium Services page of RouteOne, or by contacting their RouteOne Business Development Manager at 866.768.8301 or http://www.routeone.com/salesteam.

About RouteOne

RouteOne was formed in 2002 by Ally Financial, Ford Motor Credit Company, TD Auto Finance, and Toyota Financial Services to improve the F&I process for automobile dealers and their customers. Connecting thousands of dealers and finance sources in North America for vehicle financing, RouteOne’s platform delivers a comprehensive suite of F&I solutions across multiple channels: in-store, online, mobile, and via third-party solutions. Its product line-up includes digital retail, credit application, eContracting, menu, and compliance solutions. In addition, RouteOne enables dealer choice across a wide variety of best-in-class providers through open integrations with over 200 DSPs. More information is available at http://www.routeone.com.

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Nexsan Announces QLC-Powered E-Series 18F Storage Platform With Unbeatable Economics


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Nexsan, a global leader in unified storage solutions and part of the StorCentric family, today announced the release of its new E-Series 18F (E18F) storage platform. The E18F is designed and optimized for quad-level cell (QLC) NAND technology, allowing users to accelerate access to extremely large datasets at industry leading economics.

The E-Flex Architecture is the next logical iteration of the high performing E-Series architecture. The E-Flex Architecture provides customers the flexibility to start with an extremely small footprint and grow the same footprint to several petabytes of storage. This architectural extension simplifies how customers can deploy and grow their E-Series systems over time.

“Organizations understand the need to optimize the performance of their data lake architectures in order to monetize their data,” said Mihir Shah, CEO of StorCentric, parent company of Nexsan. “The E18F delivers on these requirements with the best cost/performance ratio in the market. The E18F is one of the many new products we plan to announce in the next few months as we execute on our 2020 strategy.”

Designed for Diverse, High-Performance Applications

The E18F has been designed for a wide variety of demanding applications, including real-time analytics and big data users who need a performance uplift for their big data, as well as business intelligence and decision support systems where users need to quickly mine massive data sets using faster, deeper queries.

Users of performance-intensive artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) applications can benefit from the data analysis speed they need at a cost-effective price point. Furthermore, for content delivery, video on demand and content streaming applications, the E18F can deliver additional content or video to more users with greater consistency with support for massive parallel requests and streams.

“Nexsan has demonstrated its capabilities for creating storage platforms that can be deployed in the most demanding enterprise environments while offering unrivaled price and maximum performance,” said Surya Varanasi, CTO of StorCentric, parent company of Nexsan. “The E18F is ideal for customers who require capacity, performance and scalability. Our new E- Flex Architecture allows our customers to match the growth of their storage with the growth of their business.”

E18F offers a number of enterprise features to users, including:

  • High speed storage connectivity over Fibre Channel, iSCSI or SAS connectivity and seamless interoperability
  • High availability, non-disruptive upgrades, snapshots and asynchronous replication across data centers using 10GE Ethernet.
  • Key third-party integrations including Veeam, Commvault, VMware, Windows and Xen
  • Active Drawer Technology™ allows drives to remain active when the drawer is open for hot-swap drive management

About Nexsan

Nexsan® is a global enterprise storage leader, enabling customers to securely store, protect and manage critical business data. Established in 1999, Nexsan has built a strong reputation for delivering highly reliable and cost-effective storage while remaining agile to deliver purpose-built storage. Its unique and patented technology addresses evolving, complex enterprise requirements with a comprehensive portfolio of unified storage, block storage, and secure archiving. Nexsan is transforming the storage industry by turning data into a business advantage with unmatched security and compliance standards. Ideal for a variety of use cases including Government, Healthcare, Education, Life Sciences, Media & Entertainment, and Call Centers. Nexsan is part of the StorCentric family of brands. For further information, please visit: http://www.nexsan.com

About StorCentric

StorCentric provides world-class and award-winning storage solutions. Between its Drobo, Nexsan, Retrospect and Vexata divisions, the company has shipped over 1M storage solutions and has won over 100 awards for technology innovation and service excellence. StorCentric innovation is centered around customers and their specific data requirements, and delivers quality solutions with unprecedented flexibility, data protection, performance and expandability. For further information, please visit: http://www.storcentric.com

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EXAIR’s new Gen4 Two Outlet Selectable Voltage Power Supply is the perfect companion for static eliminators


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Applications using up to two Gen4 Super Ion Air Knives, Ion Air Guns, Ion Air Cannons, Ionizing Bars or any other EXAIR Gen4 static eliminator product can be connected to one power supply.

EXAIR’s new Gen4 Two Outlet Selectable Voltage Power Supply allows you to choose input voltages of 115VAC or 230VAC. Two 5kV stainless steel output connectors can energize two static eliminators. Applications using up to two Gen4 Super Ion Air Knives, Ion Air Guns, Ion Air Cannons, Ionizing Bars or any other EXAIR Gen4 static eliminator product can be connected to one power supply. Like all EXAIR Gen4 products, these two outlet power supplies are UL component recognized, CE and RoHS compliant.

They also feature an electromagnetically shielded modular power supply cable which eases routing and connections. An integrated fuse on the primary protects against voltage spikes. The lighted power switch indicates operation and is field replaceable. The Gen4 Two Outlet Power Supply is housed in a durable metal enclosure (5.5″ L x 4.0″ W x 3.4″ H) that is ideal for rugged, industrial environments. Gen4 static eliminators having a bayonet-style connector can be inserted into the power supply where the electrical connection is made deep inside to prevent a shock hazard.

Gen4 static eliminator products for the power supply are all shockless and have armored high voltage cables which resists abrasion and cuts. The two outlet power supply price is $431.

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OpenStack® Foundation Sets 2020 Event Agenda to Advance Open Collaboration, Solve Technical Challenges in Automation, Large-Scale Ops and Containers in Production


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OpenDev + PTG is a new collaborative event gathering developers, system architects and operators to address common open source infrastructure challenges.

The OpenStack Foundation has opened registration for its next community event, OpenDev + PTG, to be held June 8-11, 2020, at the Vancouver Convention Center in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. OpenDev + PTG is a new collaborative event gathering developers, system architects and operators to address common open source infrastructure challenges.

OpenDev Programming at the Event

The OpenDev portion will include discussion-oriented sessions focused on exploration of specific problems that share common architectures, with the goal of collaborating around potential community-driven solutions. This OpenDev event will be organized around tracks spanning open source projects and communities, including Airship, Ansible, Ceph, Kata Containers, Kubernetes, OpenStack, StarlingX, and Zuul.

Tracks at the OpenDev event include:

  • Hardware Automation
  • Large-scale Usage of Open Source Infrastructure Software
  • Containers in Production
  • Key Challenges for Open Source

PTG Programming at the Event

The Project Teams Gathering (PTG) portion will leverage the output of the OpenDev event, exploring specific software enhancements and integration points that can equip these projects with capabilities to enable the solutions developed in OpenDev. Participants in the PTG will be upstream contributors and leaders of a diversity of open infrastructure projects, both within the OpenStack Foundation community and beyond. Practices will be explored by project teams, SIGs and other working groups that will be provided dedicated space to get work done and maximize the efficiency of the time they spend in Vancouver.

2020 Open Infrastructure Summit

The next Open Infrastructure Summit (formerly the OpenStack Summit) will take place October 19-23 at the bcc Berlin Congress Center in Berlin, Germany. The global event will bring community leaders and speakers from around the world and will provide an important opportunity for developers worldwide—and especially in Europe—to collaborate in person with developers from the global community. The Summit will also feature a PTG event to plan the next release of OpenStack as well as other open infrastructure projects.

The Open Infrastructure Summit brings together influential business decision makers, infrastructure architects and open source developers from around the world and across more than 30 different open source communities. Professionals from many industries, including financial services, government, manufacturing, telecom and IT, rely on open infrastructure to run their business, and the Summit is where they collaborate.

Sponsorship Information

Sponsoring these events will help ensure the continued growth and success of open infrastructure projects. A sponsorship prospectus for OpenDev + PTG is now available, and the Summit prospectus will be available in the upcoming months. If your organization is interested in participating and supporting the open infrastructure community, please contact events@openstack.org.

“The 2020 open infrastructure event lineup is designed to meet specific community needs for events that allow productive collaboration and focus on desired outcomes,” said Jonathan Bryce, executive director of the OpenStack Foundation. “The Vancouver event is designed to facilitate collaboration among developers to solve particular technical challenges, and the Berlin event is focused on bringing the voices of users and developers together to set priorities, hear keynotes on advanced use cases, and learn more about what the vendor community has to offer operators of open infrastructure.”

About the OpenStack® Foundation

The OpenStack Foundation (OSF) supports the development and adoption of open infrastructure globally, across a community of over 100,000 individuals in 187 countries, by hosting open source projects and communities of practice, including datacenter cloud, edge computing, AI/Machine Learning, CI/CD and container infrastructure.

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