Tag: Cloud & Enterprise

PallyCon unveils Robust Distributor Watermarking to Fortify Premium Content in the Distribution Phase

LOS ANGELES, CA., Jun 29, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – PallyCon, a global leader in Multi DRM and content protection service provider, launches robust distributor watermarking to deter and combat premium content leaks in the distribution process.



Approved and audit passed, the solution protects the pre-release assets of original content owners, broadcasters, post-production houses and content aggregators by securing video content from proxy deliveries and leaks at every step during the post-production workflows.

Offering both visible and invisible watermarking options, it protects content creators, studios and content owners from potential leaks by applying distributor watermarking, enabling them to trace the point of leak back to the particular department or third party responsible for leaking the content.

Expressing his views on the launch, Mr James Ahn, Founder & CEO of INKA ENTWORKS said, "PallyCon's robust distribution watermarking is an evolution in the fight against pre-release leaks, ensuring a high degree of traceability which traditional content protection lacked. With the magnitude of the content generated, streamed and downloaded every day, the risk of proxy deliveries are prevalent. Our solution addresses the situation by inserting a secured layer of protection that pinpoints potential sources of breach and ensures the safety of premium video assets."

PallyCon's distributor watermarking for B2B streaming allocates a unique identification to each copy designated to different content aggregators and OTT platforms and matches it with the leaked video asset. The solution is resilient against various attacks like compression recording, collusion and re-encoding etc., showing a solid deterrent against leaking.

The solution supports mezzanine file formats (like ProRes and XDCAM) and interfaces easily with third-party workflow management.

The distributor watermarking service is a premium addition to the suite of PallyCon content protection, warehousing and forensic watermarking technologies designed to secure and guard apps and developers against various breaches and content piracy.

Details – https://pallycon.com/distributor-watermarking/

About PallyCon

PallyCon is a premium content protection service by INKA ENTWORKS trusted by 200+ customers globally, providing 360-degree, cloud-based end-to-end content security for OTT platforms, such as Multi DRM, Forensic Watermarking, Visible Watermarking, Distributor Watermarking, Anti-Piracy services, Anti-screen capture/Recorder, App Security with Quick and Simple integration. It is a ONE-IN-ALL solution for OTT owners.

For more information, please contact:
Parag Manikpure
+213-550-5473
obiz@inka.co.kr

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Top Asian OTT leaders explored the potential of OTT in supporting businesses and enterprises in the Asian market

Vietnam, Jun 29, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – The inaugural edition of World OTT Show – Asia gathered business leaders across industry sectors from ASIA such as technology experts and leading technology solution providers, to discuss macro issues, strategies and challenges in the burgeoning OTT space.
An image from World OTT Show – Asia; panel discussion streamed live on 17 June 2021


The difficult year of Covid-19 pandemic had just seen economies suffer, markets getting crashed and some of the burgeoning industries wiped out entirely. But for OTT industry, Covid-19 was a blessing in disguise, a kind of a banner year you may say. Particularly, because OTT viewing had an upward pre-Covid growth.

There is no doubt that consumer consumption patterns have changed in the last 16 months. Over-the-top platforms were already doing well pre-Covid, but lockdowns enforced by the Governments across the globe has given a significant push to OTT memberships.
With people given hardly any choice of entertainment, OTT gave them a never before consumer advantage – choice of content, ease of access, choice of devices/mediums.

To address some of these concerns and changing consumer patterns, top speakers who joined the show included Marc Mulgrum – SVP of Sales, Setplex; Sunil Gupta – Managing Partner and CEO, Yotta Infrastructure; Greg Armshaw – Head of Media, Asia, Brightcove; Paolo Cuttorelli – VP and GM, Evergent; Ashwin Rao – Country Director, Limelight Networks; Andreas Von Maltzahn – Co-Founder, iwonder; Zubin Jimmy Dubash – COO Digital Businesses, Shemaroo; Anna Ysabel F Driz – Director of Advertising Sales and Brand Solutions, WeTV iflix Philippines; Siddhartha Roy – COO, Hungama Digital Media; Ajeng Parameswari – President of Digital Business, Visinema; Shashank – Founder and CEO, Bakstage | FLYX; to name a few.

The show covered key topics such as User Experience with OTT Video Advanced Analytics, OTT Monetization and Content Customization Powered by AI and ML, Mobile future of OTT services, 5G-powered future of OTT entertainment and advertising, Successful strategies for Content OTT planning, High-quality, original content sourcing for OTT platforms, Ensuring best experience to attract and retain subscribers, OTT Subscription Models: Best practices and more.

Mark A. Aitken, SVP, Advanced Technology at Sinclair Broadcast Group discussed at length on the topic – Bright future of OTT in Asia: New standard of entertainment. He stated, "If you think of TV display as nothing more than a browser you suddenly can use all of your OTT excellence, IP experience and provide new services, not just broadcast in itself, but broadcast and the internet brought together in a quite remarkable way."

In a panel discussion on the topic 'OTT product and User experience: What makes your OTT platform great for your users?' moderated by Shabir Momin – MD and CTO at Zenga TV, the panellists discussed key areas such as the Importance of User Profiling and personalization, Data-Powered Media & Entertainment Industry, how to create a unique but unified experience with multiple devices, OTT Content Customization Powered by AI and ML

While speaking about 'Considerations in Selecting an OTT solution', Marc Mulgrum, SVP of Sales at Setplex mentioned that, "Engagement is super important, as well as strong user experience. Ability to have content discovered via search as well as personalization and recommendation all are important in terms of getting a user watch that additional show."

Sunil Gupta, Managing Partner and CEO at Yotta Infrastructure delivered a tech talk on 'Why Synergies between Application layer + Infrastructure layer, are critical for the growth of OTT services in Asia.' He stated, "Because of imposed lockdown and people having to stay at home, the consumption of videos is increasing exponentially. And we feel that the habits for work from home have been formed, so many people will continue to WFH even in times to come. So this demand for OTT is only going to increase."

Greg Armshaw, Head of Media, at Brightcove, while delivering a keynote on 'A Path to the Future of OTT in Asia' mentioned that, "There is now product-market fit for OTT streaming platforms in Asia, and Brightcove's video platform offers multiple ways to grow and monetise OTT apps across a breadth of devices, without the cost and complexity of in-house development."

A highly engaging keynote addressed by Anna Ysabelf, Director of Advertising Sales and Brand Solutions at WeTv iflix Philippines on 'Youth and OTT: Future Content Planning for a Younger Generation of Users' in her discussion she mentioned that, "Mobile phones play a key role in this new wave of retail-entertainment. Online shopping and entertainment continue to be the two fastest-growing mobile segments, making mobile phones an ideal tool for keeping consumers engaged and putting the power of interactive eCommerce in their hands."

Shashank Singh – Founder and CEO at Backstage/ FLYX discussed at length on the topic 'Audio OTT platforms: Future of music industry', he stated, "Audio is the future of social networking, and it presents businesses and creators unparallel potential to grow and expand their reach."

"During the epidemic, new customers are coming online for the first time, and old users have boosted their content consumption. This provides a separate and distinctive OTT ecosystem in which viewers may choose from a varied range of global, regional, and local operators who offer top-tier local and international content," says Mithun Shetty, CEO of Trescon.

The show was hosted on the virtual events platform Vmeets which helped the participants to network and conduct business in an interactive and immersive virtual environment. Participants were also able to engage with speakers in Q&A sessions and network with solution providers in virtual exhibition booths, private consultation rooms and private networking rooms.

World OTT Show – Asia was officially sponsored by Lead Sponsor – Setplex; Platinum Sponsor – Brightcove; Gold Sponsor – Evergent; Silver Sponsor – Limelight Networks; Bronze Sponsors – Smartlabs.

About World OTT Show

World OTT Show is a thought-leadership driven, business-focused initiative that provides a platform for CxOs, OTT heads and OTT directors among others, looking to explore the latest services and devices powered by OTT to transforms business functions.

For further details, please contact:
Monith M Shetty
Corporate Communication Executive
marketing@tresconglobal.com

Copyright 2021 ACN Newswire. All rights reserved. http://www.acnnewswire.com

Top Asian OTT leaders explored the potential of OTT in supporting businesses and enterprises in the Asian market

Vietnam, Jun 29, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – The inaugural edition of World OTT Show – Asia gathered business leaders across industry sectors from ASIA such as technology experts and leading technology solution providers, to discuss macro issues, strategies and challenges in the burgeoning OTT space.
An image from World OTT Show – Asia; panel discussion streamed live on 17 June 2021



The difficult year of Covid-19 pandemic had just seen economies suffer, markets getting crashed and some of the burgeoning industries wiped out entirely. But for OTT industry, Covid-19 was a blessing in disguise, a kind of a banner year you may say. Particularly, because OTT viewing had an upward pre-Covid growth.

There is no doubt that consumer consumption patterns have changed in the last 16 months. Over-the-top platforms were already doing well pre-Covid, but lockdowns enforced by the Governments across the globe has given a significant push to OTT memberships.
With people given hardly any choice of entertainment, OTT gave them a never before consumer advantage – choice of content, ease of access, choice of devices/mediums.

To address some of these concerns and changing consumer patterns, top speakers who joined the show included Marc Mulgrum – SVP of Sales, Setplex; Sunil Gupta – Managing Partner and CEO, Yotta Infrastructure; Greg Armshaw – Head of Media, Asia, Brightcove; Paolo Cuttorelli – VP and GM, Evergent; Ashwin Rao – Country Director, Limelight Networks; Andreas Von Maltzahn – Co-Founder, iwonder; Zubin Jimmy Dubash – COO Digital Businesses, Shemaroo; Anna Ysabel F Driz – Director of Advertising Sales and Brand Solutions, WeTV iflix Philippines; Siddhartha Roy – COO, Hungama Digital Media; Ajeng Parameswari – President of Digital Business, Visinema; Shashank – Founder and CEO, Bakstage | FLYX; to name a few.

The show covered key topics such as User Experience with OTT Video Advanced Analytics, OTT Monetization and Content Customization Powered by AI and ML, Mobile future of OTT services, 5G-powered future of OTT entertainment and advertising, Successful strategies for Content OTT planning, High-quality, original content sourcing for OTT platforms, Ensuring best experience to attract and retain subscribers, OTT Subscription Models: Best practices and more.

Mark A. Aitken, SVP, Advanced Technology at Sinclair Broadcast Group discussed at length on the topic – Bright future of OTT in Asia: New standard of entertainment. He stated, "If you think of TV display as nothing more than a browser you suddenly can use all of your OTT excellence, IP experience and provide new services, not just broadcast in itself, but broadcast and the internet brought together in a quite remarkable way."

In a panel discussion on the topic 'OTT product and User experience: What makes your OTT platform great for your users?' moderated by Shabir Momin – MD and CTO at Zenga TV, the panellists discussed key areas such as the Importance of User Profiling and personalization, Data-Powered Media & Entertainment Industry, how to create a unique but unified experience with multiple devices, OTT Content Customization Powered by AI and ML

While speaking about 'Considerations in Selecting an OTT solution', Marc Mulgrum, SVP of Sales at Setplex mentioned that, "Engagement is super important, as well as strong user experience. Ability to have content discovered via search as well as personalization and recommendation all are important in terms of getting a user watch that additional show."

Sunil Gupta, Managing Partner and CEO at Yotta Infrastructure delivered a tech talk on 'Why Synergies between Application layer + Infrastructure layer, are critical for the growth of OTT services in Asia.' He stated, "Because of imposed lockdown and people having to stay at home, the consumption of videos is increasing exponentially. And we feel that the habits for work from home have been formed, so many people will continue to WFH even in times to come. So this demand for OTT is only going to increase."

Greg Armshaw, Head of Media, at Brightcove, while delivering a keynote on 'A Path to the Future of OTT in Asia' mentioned that, "There is now product-market fit for OTT streaming platforms in Asia, and Brightcove's video platform offers multiple ways to grow and monetise OTT apps across a breadth of devices, without the cost and complexity of in-house development."

A highly engaging keynote addressed by Anna Ysabelf, Director of Advertising Sales and Brand Solutions at WeTv iflix Philippines on 'Youth and OTT: Future Content Planning for a Younger Generation of Users' in her discussion she mentioned that, "Mobile phones play a key role in this new wave of retail-entertainment. Online shopping and entertainment continue to be the two fastest-growing mobile segments, making mobile phones an ideal tool for keeping consumers engaged and putting the power of interactive eCommerce in their hands."

Shashank Singh – Founder and CEO at Backstage/ FLYX discussed at length on the topic 'Audio OTT platforms: Future of music industry', he stated, "Audio is the future of social networking, and it presents businesses and creators unparallel potential to grow and expand their reach."

"During the epidemic, new customers are coming online for the first time, and old users have boosted their content consumption. This provides a separate and distinctive OTT ecosystem in which viewers may choose from a varied range of global, regional, and local operators who offer top-tier local and international content," says Mithun Shetty, CEO of Trescon.

The show was hosted on the virtual events platform Vmeets which helped the participants to network and conduct business in an interactive and immersive virtual environment. Participants were also able to engage with speakers in Q&A sessions and network with solution providers in virtual exhibition booths, private consultation rooms and private networking rooms.

World OTT Show – Asia was officially sponsored by Lead Sponsor – Setplex; Platinum Sponsor – Brightcove; Gold Sponsor – Evergent; Silver Sponsor – Limelight Networks; Bronze Sponsors – Smartlabs.

About World OTT Show

World OTT Show is a thought-leadership driven, business-focused initiative that provides a platform for CxOs, OTT heads and OTT directors among others, looking to explore the latest services and devices powered by OTT to transforms business functions.

For further details, please contact:
Monith M Shetty
Corporate Communication Executive
marketing@tresconglobal.com

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Joy Spreader Matched E-Commerce Transaction with A GMV of Approximately $350 MM HKD During DouYin “618” Shopping Spree

HONG KONG, Jun 25, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – In the morning on June 25th, 2021, the Board of Joy Spreader (06988.HK), a Hong Kong publicly traded company, made voluntary announcement regarding its latest business performance and development that the Company has dedicated in serving the "618" e-commerce shopping spree on DouYin this year.

The announcement says that according to the Company's records and database, during the period of promotion event starting from June 1st to June 18th, Joy Spreader completed transaction matching with a total gross merchandise value ("GMV") of approximately $350 MM HKD on DouYin short video platform.

DouYin together with other short video e-commerce platforms delivered remarkable achievements on their debuts to participate the "618" Shopping Spree this year. As a significant pillar in performance-based marketing of e-commerce, Joy Spreader commits that it will continuously utilize its data-driven algorithm and interest recommendation technology to serve the escalating demand of consumption of mobile interest, while enhancing its marketing technology to maximize a better commerce value by matching clients' product portfolio and the fast-growing mobile new media content spectrum.

As the first mover in the short video e-commerce marketing technology, Joy Spreader enjoys and synchronizes a positive dynamic together with the exponential development in corresponding industry domestically, and considers it as an integral and crucial component of the Company's business perspectives. Based on the financials, the Company generated a net revenue of $119 MM HKD from performance-based marketing on short video e-commerce, representing a 353.86% year over year growth.


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Global IT Consultancy Firm Xebia Acquires coMakeIT To Support Clients’ Continuous Innovation

Hilversum, the Netherlands, Jun 22, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – Xebia, global IT consultancy firm, acquires software product engineering company coMakeIT to support clients' continuous innovation and business growth.

coMakeIT, founded in the Netherlands in 2006, helps product and software companies thrive by providing software product expertise, people and tools needed to meet ambitious objectives. Today, the company's primary focus is on product software companies creating the right mix of technology and teams support with the right talents so that its clients can achieve sustainable growth. CoMakeIT has profound knowledge of software development, product engineering, application modernization, digital transformation, and recruitment and operates from offices in the Netherlands, the UK, India, and Australia.

Xebia is a fast-growing digital leader known for helping companies worldwide digitally transform by offering high-quality IT consultancy from its offices in the Netherlands, India, the UK, US, and Dubai. The company has successfully launched several brands and continues to expand in line with its 'buy and build' strategy: partnering with thought leaders to gain additional footing in the digital space together. With coMakeIT, Xebia looks forward to expanding its managed services capability and having the resources to accelerate its clients' software development.

Steven ten Napel, CEO and founder coMakeIT: "We are extremely value-driven. Just like Xebia, at coMakeIT, it's all about 'people first.' Our company culture and field of work are very similar, which makes us a perfect match. Together, we will soon be able to better assist clients in overcoming scalability issues, implementing modern technology, and realizing growth."

Anand Sahay, CEO Xebia Global Services: "Xebia is an established leader in the Digital transformation, Software Engineering, Cloud, DevOps and Architecture space. Acquiring coMakeIT will help Xebia address the cloud native and platform development needs of ISV market and grow in that space globally. Together with coMakeIT, we clearly see complementary ability to create future ready products for our ISV customers and also develop innovative software for these platforms to help ISV's customers' needs. This creates a very strong proposition for ISVs and our ability to partner with them."

The right technology and the right talents are crucial for growth in a digital world. Acquiring coMakeIT will strengthen Xebia's long-term relationships with clients through comprehensive managed services, and coMakeIT will gain access to Xebia's in-depth knowledge of all digital transformation domains. Besides sharing the same values, both, originally Dutch companies, have experience expanding their presence to, for example, India, and will jointly continue to help businesses grow worldwide.


About Xebia

Xebia is a leading IT Consulting and Digital Technology company committed to deliver innovation and business excellence across the globe. It delivers digital solutions to global leaders for transforming their IT and Business Operations.

With nearly two decades of experience, it enables its clients through their digital journey by enabling them with informed decision-making through process level enhancements, intelligent data solutions, enhance their customer experience & journeys with new-age solutions and help strengthen their core with modern technologies such as AI/ML/Robotics, Microservices, Cloud-native apps and agile at scale to deliver unprecedented levels of performance. For more information, please visit us at www.xebia.com

About coMakeIT

Headquartered in Baarn, Netherlands, and with offices in Australia, UK, and India, coMakeIT helps software businesses and enterprises to accelerate their product innovation, modernize aging applications, and productize best practices into new software IP. For more information, please visit us at https://www.comakeit.com

For media queries
Email: infoindia@xebia.com

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Global IT Consultancy Firm Xebia Acquires coMakeIT To Support Clients’ Continuous Innovation

Hilversum, the Netherlands, Jun 22, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – Xebia, global IT consultancy firm, acquires software product engineering company coMakeIT to support clients' continuous innovation and business growth.

coMakeIT, founded in the Netherlands in 2006, helps product and software companies thrive by providing software product expertise, people and tools needed to meet ambitious objectives. Today, the company's primary focus is on product software companies creating the right mix of technology and teams support with the right talents so that its clients can achieve sustainable growth. CoMakeIT has profound knowledge of software development, product engineering, application modernization, digital transformation, and recruitment and operates from offices in the Netherlands, the UK, India, and Australia.

Xebia is a fast-growing digital leader known for helping companies worldwide digitally transform by offering high-quality IT consultancy from its offices in the Netherlands, India, the UK, US, and Dubai. The company has successfully launched several brands and continues to expand in line with its 'buy and build' strategy: partnering with thought leaders to gain additional footing in the digital space together. With coMakeIT, Xebia looks forward to expanding its managed services capability and having the resources to accelerate its clients' software development.

Steven ten Napel, CEO and founder coMakeIT: "We are extremely value-driven. Just like Xebia, at coMakeIT, it's all about 'people first.' Our company culture and field of work are very similar, which makes us a perfect match. Together, we will soon be able to better assist clients in overcoming scalability issues, implementing modern technology, and realizing growth."

Anand Sahay, CEO Xebia Global Services: "Xebia is an established leader in the Digital transformation, Software Engineering, Cloud, DevOps and Architecture space. Acquiring coMakeIT will help Xebia address the cloud native and platform development needs of ISV market and grow in that space globally. Together with coMakeIT, we clearly see complementary ability to create future ready products for our ISV customers and also develop innovative software for these platforms to help ISV's customers' needs. This creates a very strong proposition for ISVs and our ability to partner with them."

Vipul Baijal, Country Head – Xebia USA: "As the ISV market is moving towards the next phase of transformation and looking to solve scalability issues and platform challenges Xebia's acquisition of coMakeIT creates a unique value proposition to our ISV customers in North America and globally to create future-ready and innovative products and solutions."

The right technology and the right talents are crucial for growth in a digital world. Acquiring coMakeIT will strengthen Xebia's long-term relationships with clients through comprehensive managed services, and coMakeIT will gain access to Xebia's in-depth knowledge of all digital transformation domains. Besides sharing the same values, both, originally Dutch companies, have experience expanding their presence to, for example, India, and will jointly continue to help businesses grow worldwide.


About Xebia

Xebia is a leading IT Consulting and Digital Technology company committed to deliver innovation and business excellence across the globe. It delivers digital solutions to global leaders for transforming their IT and Business Operations.

With nearly two decades of experience, it enables its clients through their digital journey by enabling them with informed decision-making through process level enhancements, intelligent data solutions, enhance their customer experience & journeys with new-age solutions and help strengthen their core with modern technologies such as AI/ML/Robotics, Microservices, Cloud-native apps and agile at scale to deliver unprecedented levels of performance. For more information, please visit us at http://www.xebiaus.com

About coMakeIT

Headquartered in Baarn, Netherlands, and with offices in Australia, UK, and India, coMakeIT helps software businesses and enterprises to accelerate their product innovation, modernize aging applications, and productize best practices into new software IP. For more information, please visit us at https://www.comakeit.com

For media queries
Email: usa@xebia.com

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Global IT Consultancy Xebia Acquires coMakeIT to Support Clients’ Continuous Innovation

Hilversum, the Netherlands, 22 June 2021 – Xebia, the global IT consultancy firm, has acquired software product engineering company coMakeIT to support clients’ continuous innovation and business growth.

coMakeIT, founded in the Netherlands in 2006, helps product and software companies thrive by providing software product expertise, people and tools needed to meet ambitious objectives. Today, the company’s primary focus is on product software companies creating the right mix of technology and teams support with the right talents so that its clients can achieve sustainable growth. CoMakeIT has profound knowledge of software development, product engineering, application modernization, digital transformation, and recruitment and operates from offices in the Netherlands, the UK, India, and Australia.

Xebia is a fast-growing digital leader known for helping companies worldwide digitally transform by offering high-quality IT consultancy from its offices in the Netherlands, India, the UK, US and Dubai. The company has successfully launched several brands and continues to expand in line with its ‘buy and build’ strategy: partnering with thought leaders to gain additional footing in the digital space together. With coMakeIT, Xebia looks forward to expanding its managed services capability and having the resources to accelerate its clients’ software development.

Steven ten Napel, CEO and founder coMakeIT: “We are extremely value-driven. Just like Xebia, at coMakeIT, it’s all about ‘people first.’ Our company culture and field of work are very similar, which makes us a perfect match. Together, we will soon be able to better assist clients in overcoming scalability issues, implementing modern technology, and realizing growth.”

Anand Sahay, CEO Xebia Global Services: “Xebia is an established leader in the Digital transformation, Software Engineering, Cloud, DevOps and Architecture space. Acquiring coMakeIT will help Xebia address the cloud-native and platform development needs of the ISV market and grow in that space globally. Together with coMakeIT, we clearly see the complementary ability to create future-ready products for our ISV customers and also develop innovative software for these platforms to help ISV’s customers’ needs. This creates a very strong proposition for ISVs and our ability to partner with them.”

Vipul Baijal, Country Head – Xebia USA: “As the ISV market is moving towards the next phase of transformation and looking to solve scalability issues and platform challenges Xebia’s acquisition of coMakeIT creates a unique value proposition to our ISV customers in North America and globally to create future-ready and innovative products and solutions.”

The right technology and the right talents are crucial for growth in a digital world. Acquiring coMakeIT will strengthen Xebia’s long-term relationships with clients through comprehensive managed services, and coMakeIT will gain access to Xebia’s in-depth knowledge of all digital transformation domains. Besides sharing the same values, both originally Dutch companies have experience expanding their presence to India, for example, and will jointly continue to help businesses grow worldwide.

About Xebia

Xebia is a leading IT Consulting and Digital Technology company committed to delivering innovation and business excellence across the globe. It delivers digital solutions to global leaders for transforming their IT and Business Operations.

With nearly two decades of experience, it enables its clients through their digital journey by enabling them with informed decision-making through process level enhancements, intelligent data solutions, enhance their customer experience & journeys with new-age solutions and help strengthen their core with modern technologies such as AI/ML/Robotics, Microservices, Cloud-native apps and agile at scale to deliver unprecedented levels of performance. For more information, please visit us at http://www.xebiaus.com

About coMakeIT

Headquartered in Baarn, Netherlands, and with offices in Australia, UK, and India, coMakeIT helps software businesses and enterprises to accelerate their product innovation, modernize aging applications, and productize best practices into new software IP. For more information, please visit us at https://www.comakeit.com

For media queries
Email: usa@xebia.com



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Global IT Consultancy Xebia Acquires coMakeIT to Support Clients’ Continuous Innovation

Hilversum, the Netherlands, 22 June 2021 – Xebia, the global IT consultancy firm, has acquired software product engineering company coMakeIT to support clients’ continuous innovation and business growth.

coMakeIT, founded in the Netherlands in 2006, helps product and software companies thrive by providing software product expertise, people and tools needed to meet ambitious objectives. Today, the company’s primary focus is on product software companies creating the right mix of technology and teams support with the right talents so that its clients can achieve sustainable growth. CoMakeIT has profound knowledge of software development, product engineering, application modernization, digital transformation, and recruitment and operates from offices in the Netherlands, the UK, India, and Australia.

Xebia is a fast-growing digital leader known for helping companies worldwide digitally transform by offering high-quality IT consultancy from its offices in the Netherlands, India, the UK, the US and Dubai. The company has successfully launched several brands and continues to expand in line with its ‘buy and build’ strategy: partnering with thought leaders to gain additional footing in the digital space together. With coMakeIT, Xebia looks forward to expanding its managed services capability and having the resources to accelerate its clients’ software development.

Steven ten Napel, CEO and founder coMakeIT: “We are extremely value-driven. Just like Xebia, at coMakeIT, it’s all about ‘people first.’ Our company culture and field of work are very similar, which makes us a perfect match. Together, we will soon be able to better assist clients in overcoming scalability issues, implementing modern technology, and realizing growth.”

Anand Sahay, CEO Xebia Global Services: “Xebia is an established leader in the Digital transformation, Software Engineering, Cloud, DevOps and Architecture space. Acquiring coMakeIT will help Xebia address the cloud-native and platform development needs of the ISV market and grow in that space globally. Together with coMakeIT, we clearly see complementary ability to create future-ready products for our ISV customers and also develop innovative software for these platforms to help ISV’s customers’ needs. This creates a very strong proposition for ISVs and our ability to partner with them.”

The right technology and the right talents are crucial for growth in a digital world. Acquiring coMakeIT will strengthen Xebia’s long-term relationships with clients through comprehensive managed services, and coMakeIT will gain access to Xebia’s in-depth knowledge of all digital transformation domains. Besides sharing the same values, both original Dutch companies have experience expanding their presence to India, for example, and will jointly continue to help businesses grow worldwide.

About Xebia

Xebia is a leading IT Consulting and Digital Technology company committed to delivering innovation and business excellence across the globe. It delivers digital solutions to global leaders for transforming their IT and Business Operations.

With nearly two decades of experience, it enables its clients through their digital journey by enabling them with informed decision-making through process level enhancements, intelligent data solutions, enhance their customer experience & journeys with new-age solutions and help strengthen their core with modern technologies such as AI/ML/Robotics, Microservices, Cloud-native apps and agile at scale to deliver unprecedented levels of performance. For more information, please visit us at www.xebia.com

About coMakeIT

Headquartered in Baarn, Netherlands, and with offices in Australia, UK, and India, coMakeIT helps software businesses and enterprises to accelerate their product innovation, modernize aging applications and productize best practices into new software IP. For more information, please visit us at https://www.comakeit.com

For media queries
Email: infoindia@xebia.com



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Joy Spreader Plans to Adopt a Share Award Scheme through a Stock Repurchase Program

HONG KONG, Jun 21, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – The Board of Joy Spreader (06988.HK), a Hong Kong publicly traded company, made voluntary announcement regarding its plan of adoption of Share Award Scheme through a stock repurchase program on June 21st, 2021.

The announcement says that the Scheme serves the purposes to recognize the crucial and remarkable dedications and contributions of certain directors, employees, consultants and advisers of the Company, as well as to incentivize them to retain longer term tenure with the Company, while to motivate them to endeavor for the future development and expansion strategy.

Analysts credit that the Company has delivered an impressive growth dynamics and positive momentum in the recent years, however, believe the current stock price fails to reflect the intrinsic value of the Company, while signifying the optimal time window to conduct a stock repurchase program for award shares scheme. The announced Scheme demonstrates the Board's genuinely confidence and resolutely determination of the Company's prospect, along with establishment a stable and long-term platform of mutual interests between the Company and selected participants, while further stimulates and enhances the efficiency and effectiveness of management team and all employees, in order to empower the growth engine of the Company to fulfill the long-term missions and visions, and continuously improve the intrinsic value of the Company.




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Alpha DX Set Sights in China with Proposed Investment in JobForesight

Singapore, Jun 18, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – Alpha DX Group Limited, ("Alpha DX", the "Company" and together with its subsidiaries, the "Group"), a premier learning and education solution company, is pleased to announce that its technology subsidiary, ZioNext Pte Ltd, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to invest in Singapore-based JobForesight, which has developed a cloud-based application, Careershe, that offers an academic & career planning platform that is targeted at the largest education system in the world.

Guangdong-based Careershe (https://www.careershe.com/en.html) was created to assist Chinese youth between ages of 15 and 25 years old to equip themselves with the relevant information and knowledge that are necessary for them to optimise their decision-making process in choosing the appropriate education programs as well as the career opportunities that are best suited to them.

With personalised matching analysis using Big Data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the database on Careershe's platform, Careershe can enable Chinese youths to navigate through the extremely competitive education and career environment by personalising the education and career roadmap with the formulation of an optimal academic and career design.

With the proposed investment, Careershe universal student navigation platform will be integrated with Alpha DX's Ubiquitous Learning Super Platform (ULSP) to expand the Group's service offerings to harness new opportunities within the global learning and education ecosystem.

The Company will update shareholders of any developments on the proposed investment in JobForesight.

Formerly known as Alpha Energy Holdings Limited, the Group has transformed itself in January 2021 with fund raising and restructuring initiatives under the leadership of technology and financial veterans in the learning and education industry.

Alpha DX's CEO, Mr Daiji Yamada, said, "Education unlocks vital skills that shapes our career and lives, hence Careershe is developed as a trusted and reliable source for Chinese students to obtain objective insights and professional guidance in their education and career journey to achieve their full potential and dreams.

We aim to work together with Careershe to enable more youths to acquire the relevant skillsets and knowledge in their areas of interest and to transition seamlessly in their future careers."

About Alpha DX Group Limited
(Bloomberg: ALEN:SP / Reuters: ALPH.SI/ SGX Stock Code: VVL)

Listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange, Alpha DX Group Limited ("Alpha DX") is one of the region's leading learning solution companies.

Led by the veterans in Technology, Education, Corporate Training and Business consultancy in both the Board of Directors and the management team, Alpha DX provides next generation XR(2) integrated solutions in learning and education market enabling our customers to create engaging, impactful learning and training experiences that have never been possible until now– Next generation Learning Institutions, multi-dimensional learning design, digital content creation, learning technologies, learning platform solutions and systems integration — all under one roof.

With a strategic focus on integrating Extended Reality (XR)(1) technology to create a personalised and expanded learning experience, Alpha DX aims to develop new value propositions to serve the future needs of learners from its diversified customer base, ranging from government agencies, education institutions to private enterprises.

For more information, please visit www.alpha-dx.com.sg

(1) XR is a term used to describe immersive technologies (such as augmented reality, virtual reality, and mixed reality plus other new innovations that are still in development) that can merge the physical and virtual worlds.

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