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Satori Interactive Launches Rebrand Highlighting Upward Future


Satori Interactive Launches an exciting rebrand.

“The brand fits Satori because we are forward-thinking and aspirational with lofty goals and our standards are high above the average,” said Fela Strickland-Smith, founder and UX/UI strategist at Satori. “Satori is the Japanese word for enlightenment because we’re all about the ‘aha’ moment.”

Satori Interactive, a user research and design firm with national reach and Fortune 500 clients, launches an exciting rebrand. The new logo, the Satori giraffe, is symbolic of the company’s ability to look ahead, examine things from a higher level and accomplish goals that seem out of reach. Over the past 15 years, Satori has grown by making their clients’ technology easy and enjoyable for their customers to use.

“The new brand is personally meaningful to our team because at Satori we are forward-thinking, we set aspirational, lofty goals and our standards are high above the average,” said Fela Strickland-Smith, founder and UX/UI strategist at Satori. “Satori is the Japanese word for enlightenment because we’re all about the ‘aha’ moment.”

Satori has recently partnered with creative marketing firm, Liger Partners, who designed their updated brand. This new collaboration offers numerous benefits for both companies’ current and potential clients, including an expanded roster of talented experts and a wider range of services, including full-service creative, marketing and public relations combined with award-winning UX/UI and research services.

“The rebrand symbolizes Satori’s exciting future and aligns the Satori and Liger brands. Liger Partners is known for our Liger logo, which fits nicely with Satori’s new giraffe. Together the combined visuals show we’re powerful, tenacious, fearless and absolutely unstoppable,” said Eric Holtzclaw, chief visionary partner at Liger.

Satori delivers creative digital solutions for amazing customer experiences. A top-notch roster of researchers, designers, developers, and project managers create technologically-innovative user interfaces with humanity and heart. When they began in 2004, most businesses didn’t know they needed to focus on their customers’ digital experiences. But the dawn of the smartphone and personal apps created a major growth spurt for Satori, as the need for UX research and user-based design became a necessity for most businesses. Now, Satori works with some of the most prestigious brands in Georgia and the nation, including Ritz-Carlton, Harris Teeter, Lowes, and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).

About Satori Interactive

Satori Interactive is a user research and design firm that takes ideas from vision to reality and makes tech easy and enjoyable for customers to use. No matter what digital business application is needed, the Satori team of researchers, designers, developers, and project managers create a technologically-innovative experience with humanity and heart. The Atlanta based agency offers numerous services, including UX and UI design, user research, proof of concept, and more. Satori, a female and minority-owned business, was named one of Atlanta’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in 2014-2015. Connect with Satori on Linked-in/satori-Interactive, @Satori, or the website for more information. For more information about Liger Partners connect via Linked-in/LigerPartners, @LigerPartners, or Facebook, or visit the website.

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Brother International & TrueSign Form a Strategic Partnership to Provide Secure Electronic Signatures for Today’s Remote Business Needs


“We’re thrilled to have a partner in TrueSign who matches Brother’s commitment to delivering superior customer value in the new era of flexible, remote work,” said Greg Shipmon, B2B Program Development, Brother International Corporation.

It’s with “true joy” that the TrueSign team announces a new collaboration with Brother International Corporation for exclusive scan-to-sign functionality, allowing existing Brother customers to scan hard-copy documents directly into TrueSign for seamless electronic sign and share. Guided by both companies’ shared vision for customer success in today’s increasingly remote work environment, this new strategic partnership will meet businesses’ needs for secure, economical, and virtual business workflows.

“We’re thrilled to have a partner in TrueSign who matches Brother’s commitment to delivering superior customer value in the new era of flexible, remote work,” said Greg Shipmon, B2B Program Development, Brother International Corporation. “Bringing together Brother and TrueSign’s two best-in-class platforms will significantly up level document-management efficiency and security and has given new life to the concept of scan-to-sign.”

Now available to Brother customers, the “scan-to-sign” capability reduces the commonly disjointed efforts to securely eSign and share documents. Utilizing Brother BSI equipped scanning devices, users simply scan hard-copy documents and they are directed into TrueSign’s highly secure Microsoft Azure Cloud environment. There, the document can be templated, eSigned and/or shared with internal or external parties. Not only does the seamless integration between Brother and TrueSign easily expand paperless workflows, it also achieves a higher standard for data security. The entirely digital process helps lessen the risk of losing paperwork or having sensitive data fall into the wrong hands. For added protection, an audit trail is available to provide the history of each document electronically signed with TrueSign.

“Adapting to this ‘new normal’ of virtual operations and remote work means rethinking how we accomplish every-day business routines, especially when collaborating on documents,” said Scott Bade CEO, i3-ImageSoft. “This strategic partnership with Brother International underlines our shared commitment to excellence and customer success regardless of circumstance – bringing an element of certainty to business that guarantees ability regardless of what’s happening in the world, our proximity to others, or even our own geographical location.”

Once a signing document has been uploaded into TrueSign, users capitalize on real-time, mobile signing options and can utilize their frequently used library of saved TrueSign Document templates. With options to sign via QR-Code, text-to-sign or email-to-sign, customers can use their smartphones to accomplish real-time signing needs during video conferences, virtual hearings or while on-the-go. This, coupled with TrueSign Templates, provides unparalleled eSigning convenience. TrueSign Templates allow frequently used eSigning documents such as applications, NDAs, human resource paperwork, purchase authorizations, new policy notifications and more to be saved and housed in a drop-down library. Users can then quickly access, modify, and electronically send the documents for electronic signature.

In step with Brother and TrueSign’s goal to provide a superior user experience is a completely straight-forward pricing model. After the free-trial, TrueSign provides its customers with cost-efficient pricing for personal-, business- and enterprise user needs.

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About Brother International Corporation

Brother International Corporation has earned its reputation as a premier provider of home office and business products, home appliances for the sewing and crafting enthusiast as well as industrial solutions that revolutionize the way we live and work. Brother International Corporation is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Brother Industries Ltd. With worldwide sales exceeding $6 billion, this global manufacturer was started more than 100 years ago. Bridgewater, New Jersey is the corporate headquarters for Brother in the Americas. It has fully integrated sales, marketing services, manufacturing, research and development capabilities located in the U.S. In addition to its headquarters, Brother has facilities in California, Illinois and Tennessee, as well as subsidiaries in Canada, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Peru and Mexico. For more information, visit http://www.brother.com.

About TrueSign by i3-ImageSoft

i3-ImageSoft, LLC., helps corporate and government agencies serve their clients better by digitally transforming their operations. Since 1996, i3-ImageSoft’s technology and document management and workflow solutions have increased productivity, saving time and money in private sector and state and local agencies. We have deployed solutions across the US and Canada including government, insurance, healthcare, financial services, and higher education. Learn more at https://imagesoftinc.com/

For more information and to see the innovative ways TrueSign can enable your organization please visit http://www.TrueSign.com for use case videos, a free trial or to learn more about our straight-forward pricing guarantee.

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Rob Beier

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(248) 948-8100 x332

rbeier@truesign.com

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Ashley Guido

908-252-3077

Ashley.Guido@brother.com

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Wolters Kluwer Vanguard Software Welcomes Newest Customer Hy Cite Enterprises


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“We are proud that the Vanguard Predictive Planning™ platform is assisting Hy Cite to scale their forecast planning process with AI-based forecasting as their business continues to experience growth.”

Vanguard Software, a part of Wolters Kluwer, is pleased to announce Hy Cite Enterprises has chosen the Vanguard Predictive Planning™ expert solution to improve their demand planning process and increase forecast accuracy. With over 60 years of operations, Hy Cite has established itself as a premier direct selling and consumer finance company, offering an extensive line of cookware and household products worldwide. Made possible by a network of 8,000 Independent Authorized Distributors in 9 countries who serve over 600,000 customers, Hy Cite is among the top 100 direct selling companies in size worldwide for the Direct Selling Association (DSA).

Experiencing significant business growth, Hy Cite’s legacy systems lacked the scalability and visibility needed for accurate forecasting. Hy Cite selected the Wolters Kluwer Vanguard Predictive Planning™ platform for its configurability, AI-enabled and automated workflows, and unique Collaboration Hub™ features that allows them to intelligently scale their demand planning process with ease.

Prior to implementing Vanguard Predictive Planning™, Hy Cite relied on legacy systems for their demand planning and forecast reviews, which was time-consuming and lacked the capability to scale alongside their company’s growth. Vanguard’s cloud-native platform gives Hy Cite the speed, accuracy, and scalability needed to grow their demand forecast planning, while also taking advantage of AI-based features and predictive intelligence that automates tasks and decreases time spent combing through data.

“We are proud that the Vanguard Predictive Planning™ platform is assisting Hy Cite to scale their forecast planning process with AI-based forecasting as their business continues to experience growth,” said Neal Goffman, Chief Operating Officer at Vanguard Software, a part of Wolters Kluwer.

Want to learn more about the Vanguard Predictive Planning™ platform? Access the recording of our webinar, Outperform the New Supply Chain Normal, to get an inside look at our end-to-end, collaborative platform with a Vanguard Predictive Planning™ demo led by our EVP of Product, Brian Lewis.

About Hy Cite Enterprises

Established in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1959, Royal Prestige® has become one of the most successful direct selling companies globally. In addition to the United States, we have distributors in Canada, Mexico, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, among others, which offer innovative cookware and household products, all designed with the strictest in quality standards.

About Wolters Kluwer

Wolters Kluwer(WKL) is a global leader in professional information, software solutions, and services for the healthcare; tax and accounting; governance, risk and compliance; and legal and regulatory sectors. We help our customers make critical decisions every day by providing expert solutions that combine deep domain knowledge with advanced technology and services.

Wolters Kluwer reported 2020 annual revenues of €4.6 billion. The group serves customers in over 180 countries, maintains operations in over 40 countries, and employs approximately 19,200 people worldwide. The company is headquartered in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands.

Vanguard Software is now a part of Wolters Kluwer, aligned with the CCH Tagetik portfolio of corporate performance management solutions. Global Fortune 500 to mid-market companies across every major industry rely on the Vanguard Predictive Planning™ platform to optimize end-to-end integrated business planning and deliver more resilient supply chains. Vanguard’s advanced algorithmic modeling, automated workflows, and cloud-based collaboration enable companies to save time, reduce costs and drive increased predictability in their demand, supply, sales and financial planning. To find out more visit http://www.vanguardsw.com.

Wolters Kluwer shares are listed on Euronext Amsterdam (WKL) and are included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices. Wolters Kluwer has a sponsored Level 1 American Depositary Receipt (ADR) program. The ADRs are traded on the over-the-counter market in the U.S. (WTKWY).

For more information, visit http://www.wolterskluwer.com, follow us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube.

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INTELITY and Volara to Bring Powerful Voice Command to In-room Guest Engagement


INTELITY and Volara to Bring Powerful Voice Command to In-room Guest Engagement

“Voice technology is becoming a critical component of the future guest experience—and with home assistants a normal part of life for many consumers, now is the time for hoteliers to leverage that convenience to drive satisfaction and revenue for their properties.”

INTELITY®, the developer of hospitality’s broadest guest experience platform, announced today a new partnership with Volara, the leading provider of custom voice-based hospitality solutions. Together, INTELITY and Volara will combine their technology to uplevel guest engagement with contactless voice commands that enable instant, convenient access to services and amenities.

“INTELITY and Volara have always been friends, especially around our shared vision and unwavering commitment to incredible guest service for the hospitality industry—and in this new partnership, we’ve aligned to prioritize that throughout every step in the guest journey,” said David Berger, Volara CEO. “With Volara serving as the primary voice component of the INTELITY platform, we’re enabling travelers to get whatever they need, whenever they need it during their stay.”

Both INTELITY and Volara have already been deployed in conjunction at several properties, including Gansevoort Meatpacking NYC, to the delight of guests. But the integration will only get better over time. Properties interested in developing a future-facing guest experience that harnesses the power of guest technology can take advantage of the initial partnership and deploy both platforms simultaneously, but will see an even more in-depth integration over time, with voice requests flowing through the platform directly into GEMS®, INTELITY’s staff automation platform. Not only will it support guests in a superior way, but it’s also set to assist busy staff as they seek to balance their daily workload.

“Voice technology is becoming a critical component of the future guest experience—and with home assistants a normal part of life for many consumers, now is the time for hoteliers to leverage that convenience to drive satisfaction and revenue for their properties,” said Robert Stevenson, CEO of INTELITY. “INTELITY has long had a voice option in our platform, but it’s nothing close to what Volara offers. We’re excited that our new partnership with Volara will make guests feel at home, regardless of where they are.”

As a result of the integration, guests can use the power of their own voice to ask about hotel services and request information about the local area, weather, events, and more. Leveraging popular in-room voice assistants such as Amazon Echo Show or Google Nest Hub, guests can adjust room controls, such as the thermostat and lighting at integrated properties, just by speaking the command out loud. When a guest needs to connect with staff or request service, they no longer need to make an extra trip to the front desk. Instead, they can simply ask aloud for extra pillows or a room repair—and the property can send help their way.

As hospitality recovers and guests eagerly return to their pre-pandemic travel patterns, they’re looking to bring the self-service and contactless habits, and the new technologies they’ve picked up along the way, with them. With INTELITY and Volara set to offer by far the most comprehensive and safe voice solution in hospitality, hoteliers will be able to meet and exceed their expectations right away.

To find out more about how to deploy this powerful duo at your property and upcoming integration plans, visit http://www.intelity.com or volara.io.

About Volara

Volara is THE provider of custom voice-based solutions for the hospitality industry. It’s the only provider of voice-based solutions to the hospitality industry with the Alexa for Business Service Delivery Designation from Amazon and is a launch partner of Alexa for Hospitality, as well as an authorized solution provider for the Google Assistant’s interpreter mode and Google’s hotel solutions. Volara’s proprietary software creates a hotel business tool atop the leading smart speakers and natural language processing platforms. Volara’s proven best practices ensure high utilization rates and an optimal guest experience that creates personal and remarkable engagement with brands. Volara is the largest manager of Alexa devices in the enterprise today and over 10 million people have used voiced-based solutions powered by Volara. To learn more about Volara, visit https://volara.io.

About Intelity

INTELITY is the global leader in contactless guest experience technology, uniting mobile, in-room, and operational tools into one fully integrated hospitality platform. Built for the hotel, casino, and luxury residential markets, INTELITY has been named the “Official Mobile and In-Room Technology Provider” by the distinguished Forbes Travel Guide for five consecutive years and is in use at boutique properties, casino-resorts, and global hotel brands, including Marriott, Fairmont, Hard Rock, and more. For more information, visit http://www.intelity.com.

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Crewdle Peer-to-Peer Video Conferencing Platform Joins AppDirect Network Catalog


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“Privacy, encryption, and helping customers reduce their carbon emissions are what make the Crewdle P2P video conferencing platform a unique and attractive integration solution for AppDirect advisors and channel partners.” Vincent Lamanna, Co-founder and CEO of Crewdle

Crewdle, a technology start-up that leverages peer-to-peer (P2P) technology for high-quality video conferencing, today announced that it has reached an agreement with AppDirect®—the leading subscription commerce platform company—to add its innovative solution to the AppDirect Network Catalog, the world’s premier collection of best-in-class “as-a-service” solutions. Now, Crewdle’s free trial version and multi-user subscription package will be available to thousands of advisors and technology marketplace merchants looking to offer a secure, private, and eco-friendly video communications platform to meet customer needs.

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Peer-to-Peer technology for privacy and encryption

Cybersecurity and privacy are crucial pillars of any business’s infrastructure to protect against malware, phishing, brute force attacks, and ransomware. Crewdle guards intellectual property (IP) and confidential company discussions shared during virtual team meetings (both on-premises and remote) to reduce the threat of potential third-party interception and spying.

Only carbon-neutral video conferencing company in the world

Crewdle is dedicated to help companies reduce their carbon footprint without sacrificing productivity. The company was recently certified as the only video conferencing company to achieve carbon neutrality. Server-based video conferencing consumes high amounts of energy while Crewdle’s innovative P2P technology eliminates the need for external servers, sending encrypted video streams directly between users.

Easy integration with calendar and communications tools

Crewdle seamlessly integrates with the tools customers are already using every day, including: Google Calendar, Microsoft Office 365, and Slack. Crewdle is also available on mobile apps for convenient, all-device access—no matter where employees or customers are located.

“Privacy, encryption, and helping our customers reduce their carbon emissions are what make the Crewdle P2P video conferencing platform one of the most unique and attractive integration solutions for AppDirect advisors and channel partners,” said Vincent Lamanna, Co-founder and CEO of Crewdle. “Any business will immediately recognize the security, reduced energy benefits, and diversity the Crewdle platform delivers,” added Lamanna.

About AppDirect Network Catalog:

AppDirect offers a global Network Catalog of innovative applications, including SaaS, IaaS, and digital services that are fully integrated to allow the company’s vast network of advisors and channel partners to start selling immediately via the AppDirect marketplace. For a demo on how to add Crewdle to an AppDirect-powered Marketplace, click here.

To learn more about Crewdle’s secure P2P video conferencing, visit: crewdle.com/.

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About AppDirect

AppDirect offers a subscription commerce platform that removes the complexity of building a recurring business model. Sell any product, through any channel, on any device—as a service. Our platform opens up endless opportunities for commerce innovation, giving businesses the freedom to grow. We power millions of subscriptions worldwide for organizations like Jaguar Land Rover, Comcast, Sage, Keller Williams, ADP, and Deutsche Telekom.

About Crewdle

Crewdle develops extensible distributed technologies that transform how businesses and individuals collaborate and meet remotely, offering secure, green, and easy to use video communication tools. Founded in 2020 in Montreal, Canada, Crewdle proves that peer-to-peer (P2P) communication technology offers a secure environment by removing servers between users while meeting online. The result is a sustainable digital ecosystem that is more private and respectful of the environment provided by the only video conferencing company to achieve a carbon-neutral certification. To learn more and try Crewdle, visit: https://crewdle.com/.

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WaterStone Bank Partners with HT Mobile Apps to Offer Banker Jr. Application


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Banker Jr. allows banks and credit unions to use mobile technology to expand their reach in a way that is user-friendly and strategically centers around their institution’s brand.

HT Mobile Apps (HTMA), an innovative, Michigan-based FinTech company, has been selected to implement its educational Banker Jr. product for WaterStone Bank, which is headquartered in Wauwatosa, Wis.

Banker Jr. is a brandable application that will enable WaterStone to expand its mobile banking footprint to a younger market. Banker Jr. is designed to build financial literacy in kids in a fun, easy and engaging way. Young people—many of whom already employ mobile technology—can use the app to track their account with the intuitive, interactive tool. Banker Jr. facilitates financial learning, teaches good saving habits and encourages philanthropy while allowing institutions to use innovative technology to tap into a budding audience.

“At WaterStone Bank, we are dedicated to being a top financial resource in the communities we serve by expanding our expertise, strengthening customer loyalty, and maximizing shareholder value,” said Julie Glynn, senior vice president of retail banking at WaterStone Bank. “We are excited to add Banker Jr. to our suite of personal and business banking products as it will allow us to provide a valuable service to an up-and-coming segment of the market.”

“Banker Jr. allows banks and credit unions to use mobile technology to expand their reach in a way that is user-friendly and strategically centers around their institution’s brand,” said Kathleen Craig, founder and chief executive officer of HTMA. “We are committed to partnering with financial institutions to promote financial literacy among children, and we are pleased to support WaterStone Bank in their educational efforts.”

About HTMA

Michigan-based HTMA is an innovative FinTech company that helps banks and credit unions across the country easily and cost-effectively introduce new services for attracting and retaining customers. HTMA offerings include Banker Jr., Member Jr., Hip Pocket, and Plinqit, the first savings app of its kind that pays users for engaging with content through its patented Build Skills™. For more information, visit http://www.htmobileapps.com.

About WaterStone Bank

Established in 1921, WaterStone Bank offers a full suite of personal and business banking products. The Wauwatosa, Wis.-based community bank has branches in Wauwatosa/State St, Brookfield, Fox Point/North Shore, Franklin/Hales Corners, Germantown/Menomonee Falls, Greenfield/Loomis Rd., Milwaukee/Oklahoma Ave., Oak Creek/27th St., Oak Creek/Howell Ave., Oconomowoc/Lake Country, Pewaukee, Waukesha, West Allis/Greenfield Ave., and West Allis/National Ave., Wisconsin. WaterStone Bank is the parent company to Waterstone Mortgage, which has the ability to lend in 48 states. For more information about WaterStone Bank, visit http://www.wsbonline.com.

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Nanocap Technologies Offers Unique Air Drying Process plus Advanced System Architecture for Air Conditioning Systems and Other Dehumidification Applications


Nanocap Technologies, LLC (http://www.nanocaptechnologies.com) announces the latest, highly-advanced iteration of its Nanocap Process, combining capillary condensation and osmosis through a semi-permeable membrane to dry air. Available for immediate licensing, this green process is considerably more efficient than the most common vapor compression model which requires cooling to dehumidify – in use since air conditioning was invented by Willis Carrier in 1902!

The current system squanders a large amount of energy, while Nanocap’s transformative process avoids this waste by separating the cooling process from the dehumidification process. The Nanocap Process may be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mhWw6eFKIg


  • Substantial, positive environmental impact
  • Utilizes existing, proven technology, within architecture developed through cooperation with global leaders in the production of membrane filtration
  • Improved reliability
  • Semi-modular design
  • Increased customer satisfaction

Energy Savings

  • Energy savings of 20-35% possible during typical air conditioning use
  • Helps meet current and future efficiency standards
  • Air is dried separate from the cooling process
  • Energy-intense air conditioning would not be needed when only dehumidification is desired

Increased Customer Comfort and Satisfaction

  • Environmentally friendly
  • Lower operating costs
  • Humidity control is independent of cooling so air is neither too warm nor too cold
  • “Comfort-stat” will have humidistat and thermostat separated for individual comfort
  • Air won’t be “muggy” in very humid spaces
  • Noise levels may be significantly reduced    
  • Add-in health benefits. No bacterial growth, no harsh chemicals that get entrained in the air causing respiratory illness, etc.

Lower Costs

  • Standard air conditioning cycle is used to cool dehumidified air only when needed
  • Dehumidifier may be incorporated in air conditioning systems either as embedded technology during the manufacturing process or as a retrofit to existing systems

Nanocap Technologies is proud to present the latest implementation of its revolutionary Nanocap Process for licensing to organizations that develop or utilize air conditioning and dehumidification technologies. The most important characteristics of the Nanocap Process are energy savings and increased customer comfort and satisfaction. Our system can be utilized with many applications that would benefit from a significantly improved air drying process, including residential, commercial, and industrial buildings, and high-humidity indoor environments. The unique advantages of the Nanocap Process, not available in any current air conditioners or dehumidifiers, will provide potential energy savings of 20-35% during typical air conditioning use, while helping solution providers meet current and future energy requirements. For example, homes in the United States use about 6% of all the electricity produced in the country, at an annual cost of about $29 billion to homeowners. Savings afforded by the Nanocap Process could amount to between $5.8 billion to $10.15 billion per year. When air temperature conditions are cool enough, end-users can choose only to dehumidify, thereby saving on operating costs. Finally, licensing our technology will clearly provide integrated and total solution providers with benefits that will result in significant increases in market share.

About Nanocap Technologies

Nanocap Technologies is an intellectual properties company focused on the invention of new, highly efficient dehumidification processes for practical applications. We invite licensees of our air drying technology, and will assist in testing our process by consulting with your engineers and advising on the setup of the system in your laboratories. Your organization will have the necessary time to confirm the potential for success before completing the licensing process.

The Principals of the Company

Arthur S. Kesten has a B.S. from New York University and an M.S. and Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh. Art was employed by the Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory (1955-1963) and the United Technologies Research Center (1963-1997) where he held several key scientific positions including their Associate Director of Research and Director of Research Programs. In 1997, he was named by the United Technologies Research Center as its Distinguished Engineer of the Year. He taught for many years at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and has presented talks on emerging energy technologies and sustainable development. Art holds many patents and has published many peer-reviewed articles.

Jack N. Blechner has an A.B. from Columbia College and an M.D. from Yale. He is currently Vice-President of Nanocap Technologies. He was Professor and Chairman of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Associate Dean at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and had specialized interests in water and gas transfer through biological membranes during fetal development. While serving as Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army he was Chief of Perinatal Research and Development at William Beaumont General Hospital. He has conducted research in how water moves from mother to fetus across placental membranes and in the application of biological principles to physical systems.

For more information and to learn how our patented process can be applied to your products, please visit http://www.nanocaptechnologies.com, email us at info@nanocaptechnologies.com, or call us at (612) 486-2813.

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Yamgo Announces Former Wowcher CTO Jason Green as New Board Member for Rewards Platform


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Yamgo, a new rewards platform that leverages blockchain and DLT to reward users with money-like crypto assets, has announced the appointment of Jason Green as a Non-Executive Board Member for Yamgo.

Having played a huge role in the growth of several startups and SMEs, Jason Green will bring over 20 years of experience in major product development, tech and rewards products to help Yamgo grow further.

Discussing the new appointment Yamgo CEO Ian Mullins commented “We are pleased to have Jason join our board. Jason will bring a wealth of experience and knowledge that will play a key role in the strategic growth of Yamgo. With previous experience in the engineering, development, rewards and a passion for crypto, Jason will be an invaluable expert as Yamgo continues to acquire more users and unveils new product lines.”

Currently the CEO & Co-Founder of HolidayFox, Jason has spent most of his career working as CTO across hyper-growth platform businesses including Dawanda, Brainly, Wowcher & Living Social and Wimdu. With extensive past experience in the growth of rewards & voucher platforms like Excalibur, the largest daily deals group in the UK, online marketplaces and data platforms, Jason will provide Yamgo with a unique perspective on growth strategy, engineering and product vision.

“It’s an exciting time in the growth of Yamgo” said Jason Green. “Yamgo has a culture that fosters innovation and promotes the creation of game-changing products that always put the user first. My efforts will focus on helping Yamgo develop the service and product lines in order to emphatically drive growth and adoption of the platform”

With over 50,000 users already registered and earning crypto-assets using Yamgo, the platform is currently experiencing tremendous growth and is looking to capitalize on the opportunity to expand further.

About Yamgo

Yamgo is a UK-based technology company that leverages Distributed Ledger, web 3.0 and OpenFinance technologies and business models to empower consumers and improve operational efficiency of businesses. Yamgo designs, develops and sells consumer and business services that include rewards, advertising, social networking, finance, AI & machine-learning tools, data management and R&D into tokenization, decentralised services and emerging automation technologies.

Yamgo merges rewards, data, fintech and identity to create a new relationship directly between brands and the consumer, while protecting the privacy and data of consumers. Through the development of blockchain technologies, Yamgo is able to provide a consumer-first platform that enables users to get paid for life and earn digital assets for everyday actions, save them or spend them.

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Pacvue Report Reveals 38% increase for Sponsored Product Ad Spend and 82% increase in Sponsored Brand Ad Spend Year-over-Year


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“This is now the second year in a row that Prime Day was moved from its traditional July timeframe, but the data shows that it was a resounding success for Amazon,” said Melissa Burdick, president of Pacvue.

Pacvue, a leading enterprise platform for brands, sellers, and agencies to manage online retail advertising, today announced the release of their 2021 Q2 CPC Report showcasing insights and growth around Amazon Advertising. The report found that Amazon’s decision to move Prime Day to June seemed to pay off, with ad spend increasing dramatically in Q2.

Pacvue’s 2021 Q2 CPC Report reveals how a variety of advertising metrics have performed through the second quarter of 2021. The report shows that advertisers spent heavily on Prime Day, despite a moderate increase in CPC from higher competition within the advertising ecosystem. ROAS was relatively flat in its slight decline.

“This is now the second year in a row that Prime Day was moved from its traditional July timeframe, but the data shows that it was a resounding success for Amazon,” said Melissa Burdick, president of Pacvue. “Sponsored Brand ad spend increased by a whopping 82%, meaning that Amazon’s new formats for Brand advertising have resonated with advertisers. We will likely continue to see more higher-funnel brand advertisements on online marketplaces throughout the rest of the year.”

Key 2021 Amazon Q2 CPC Report findings:

  • Amazon’s decision to move Prime Day to June seemed to pay off, with ad spend increasing dramatically in Q2.
  • Ad spend increased 38% year-over-year for Sponsored Products and 82% year-over-year for Sponsored Brands in Q2 2021.
  • Due to increased competition, CPCs for Sponsored Products increased 36% year-over-year. Sponsored Brands saw a smaller increase of 18%, likely due to the fact that Amazon has greatly increased placements for Sponsored Brand ads, including new placements on the product detail page.
  • While ROAS was relatively flat quarter-over-quarter, it has continued its declining trend, down 10% year-over-year for Sponsored Products and down 26% year-over-year for Sponsored Brands.
  • “Mothers’ Day gifts” returned as the number one search term on Amazon in May 2021, after being knocked down to number five after “face mask”; “Clorox wipes”; “hand sanitizer”; and “toilet paper” in May 2020.
  • The Patio, Lawn & Garden category saw the largest increase in ad spend in Q2 this year, up 175% quarter-over-quarter and up 100% year-over-year.

The report insights are sourced from Pacvue’s proprietary Amazon keyword tracking database, which includes data from hundreds of advertisers across small, mid-sized, and large brands and every major product category. To gain access to the full report, click here.

Recently, Pacvue launched programmatic support for Amazon DSP, allowing advertisers to manage their Amazon DSP campaigns directly in Pacvue, taking advantage of the intelligent automation features, bid optimization, and robust reporting tools that brands and agencies alike have come to depend on from Pacvue. By combining holistic performance insights in a single experience and surfacing recommended actions, advertisers can save time managing campaigns, while building a robust strategy to meet their unique business objectives.

Enabling campaign management for Amazon DSP furthers Pacvue’s vision of providing a holistic solution for advertising, marketing automation, and retail intelligence to help brands grow online. Amazon DSP complements the Amazon Advertising offerings that Pacvue already supports, as well as additional retail channels, including Walmart, Instacart, Target, and eBay. For more information about Pacvue and to demo the platform, visit http://www.Pacvue.com.

About Pacvue:

Headquartered in Seattle, Pacvue is the enterprise platform for brands, sellers, and agencies to manage their eCommerce advertising. Combining the power of holistic performance data with the tools needed to take recommended actions, marketers use Pacvue to programmatically manage their campaigns on Amazon, Walmart, and other marketplaces in order to lower costs, grow share of voice, and increase sales. Supported by the expertise of eCommerce veterans, Pacvue is the leader in competitive insights, flexible reporting, and intelligent automation, and is consistently first-to-market, empowering marketers to win in the future of eCommerce. For more information, visit http://www.Pacvue.com.

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InOrbit Joins MassRobotics and Announces Support for the MassRobotics AMR Interoperability Standard to Advance Robot Operations


InOrbit Inc. the world’s leading cloud-based robot operations (RobOps) platform, today announced the InOrbit Platform is fully compatible with robots that implement the recently announced MassRobotics AMR Interoperability Standard and is helping robotics companies become standard-compliant. The standard allows autonomous vehicles of different types to share information about their robot(s) speed, location, direction, health, tasking/availability and other performance characteristics.

InOrbit has joined MassRobotics as a member and has already made contributions to the standard, which is available as an open source project. In addition, InOrbit released open source components to help other companies become standards compliant. Support for additional interoperability standards such as VDA-5050 is already in the works, making it effortless to connect robots to the cloud. Any compliant robot can connect to InOrbit for fleet-wide visibility and management, offering companies deploying robots the ability to orchestrate the work of large numbers of AMRs regardless of robot vendor.

“At InOrbit, our mission is to maximize the potential of every robot through RobOps best practices and technology,” says Florian Pestoni, CEO and co-founder of InOrbit. “Third-party logistics, parcel delivery and warehouse operators need to orchestrate robots performing different tasks, and interoperability across robot vendors is one piece of that puzzle. Now customers can connect any compatible robot to the InOrbit cloud.” As a founding member and supporter of the Robot Operations Group, a community of industry experts dedicated to advancing RobOps best practices, InOrbit’s Pestoni is a leading voice in this nascent field.

“MassRobotics released this standard to help move the industry to the next level and we welcome different implementations and uses of the standard that can facilitate successful robotics implementations,” said Joyce Sidopoulos, co-founder and VP of MassRobotics.

Besides making contributions to the MassRobotics AMR Interoperability Standard, InOrbit has implemented the ability to connect robots that support the MassRobotics-AMR-Sender protocol to the InOrbit cloud platform, without the need to install any additional software on the robots. This allows manufacturers and adopters of compliant AMRs to benefit from RobOps best practices, including conducting operational monitoring of a diverse fleet within minutes, tracking robots’ health and incidents in real-time, leveraging integration with incident management platforms, and understanding behavior with the recently released Time Capsule capability.

In addition, InOrbit has released an open source, configuration-based ROS2 package for sending MassRobotics AMR Interoperability Standard messages to compliant receivers. Robot developers can now make ROS2 robots compatible and connect to any MassRobotics AMR Interop receiver, including but not limited to InOrbit, using publicly available packages and a custom configuration file.

These efforts to advance open source and interoperability across robots are a key part of the company’s vision to drive radical productivity improvements to enable humans to reach new heights.

Explore the open source project code:

https://github.com/MassRobotics-AMR/AMR_Interop_Standard/pull/6/files

Learn more about InOrbit:

https://www.inorbit.ai/

To learn more about InOrbit’s interoperability initiatives or connect with InOrbit to schedule an interview please connect with our Media team.

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