Virtual Electronics Launches VEnterface Services Platform

SINGAPORE, May 19, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – Virtual Electronics PTE LTD, a Singapore-registered outsourcing software development company, has launched a new smart collaboration services platform, VEnterface. The platform aims to facilitate collaboration among innovative Singaporean and Australian entrepreneurs, and improve their decision making using data discovery and data leveraging.

VEnterface platform features include:

– Tools to estimate different innovative market entry variants (Algorithmic business)
– Higher visibility of collaborators on the platform (Matching service)
– Data-driven procedures to make well-weighted decisions on collaborations (Data-driven business)
– A platform-based community for cooperation and partnering (Opportunities of sharing economy)

Businesses in Singapore and Australia will benefit from its cutting-edge technology and expert IT solutions, backed by their main office in Singapore and development offices in Ukraine and Belarus. The company aims to leverage its prime location in Singapore while opening a new office in Adelaide, South Australia as an entry point to the Australian market and creating more partnership opportunities in the region.

The VEnterface online platform is an information tool designed to help modern entrepreneurs to explore new business opportunities enhancing local and international collaborating. The platform is specifically designed to increase the visibility of innovative products and services in markets leveraging knowledge management techniques. As the platform aims to help all Singapore-Australia market players grow business efficiently and cost-effectively, creating an extensive network of service providers collaborating on the platform is crucial.

The VEnterface platform leverages a Virtual Assistant to help entrepreneurs input data along their entry journey. Aggregated and categorized input data can highlight the real scope of collaboration opportunities. Working with the collaboration service, members of the platform-based community will utilise carefully curated output data. VEnterface creates value for all members of the platform, identifying areas of their initial interests and demonstrating the scope of opportunities.

The entry phase of a partnership is crucial because collaborations inevitably fail when encountering a lack of clearly defined expectations and responsibilities. The latter depends heavily upon their expertise, skills, and resources of both parties. For a successful collaboration to take place, both partners must make sure that they have the abilities and resources to handle the responsibilities they have agreed to deliver for the project. They must also be able to understand risks and weigh the pros and cons of various outcomes.

By applying algorithms of the VEnterface knowledge base in the entry phase, entrepreneurs can avoid the negative consequences of an unfruitful collaboration due to their lack of resources or competence. The four common types of collaborative partnerships are:

– Smart procurement
– Collaborative innovation projects
– Strategic innovation partnerships and joint ventures
– Smart direct investment

The VEnterface base of knowledge defines all partnership types by risks, necessary financial investments, and outcomes. The online platform is designed to be user-friendly and easy-to-use. Keeping this in mind, the company implemented its natural language interface to guide entrepreneurs through the whole process of presenting their products and services. To improve customer experience, VEenterface integrates its intelligent AI-enabled Virtual Assistant seamlessly with a knowledge base as a tool to support a personalized conversation.

In order to place a data-driven collaboration within reach, the company adds a set of social tools that allow for communication among possible partners and help share knowledge effectively to create new options for products, services, distribution, and delivery using collaboration services. "Collaborative innovation is the best way to succeed in modern business," said Dr. Victor Paul, Virtual Electronics. "Newcomers are more flexible in developing, testing, and launching new products, but suffer a lack of resources, competence, and market experience. Collaboration allows for consolidated financial and organizational resources."

The platform aims to create and promote innovative products and services employing cutting-edge technology including Google's NLP, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence. In this way, the platform helps businesses to collaborate via optimal expansion paths, building competitive advantage for entrepreneurs in both Australia and Singapore. On top of this, the company provides mobile app development and software development services that are outsourced to development offices in Ukraine and Belarus. Due to their education in the field of exact sciences and programming, specialists from Eastern Europe are well-coveted.

Any client who works with Virtual Electronics is assured that the app will be developed from end to end, for 100% readiness. Client assistance is offered when faced with difficulties in independent project development in the future.

Dr. Victor Paul, Senior Representative of Virtual Electronics PTE, says "Nowadays, there are dozens of reasons why businesses are interested in outsourcing. From our experience, entrepreneurs are often motivated by their desire to save costs while engaging the services of a qualified specialist who does not have to be tied to the company on a permanent basis."

Virtual Electronics believes that any company that relies on growth and development should be as flexible and open as possible. This is especially true for the market of outsourcing services. The company started out in website development but realised a long overdue need for mobile app development services that will help businesses save time and money. Since 2019, Virtual Electronics has helped over 70 clients from industries spanning finance, retail, and tech.

The company hopes to further its interest in the creation and implementation of hosted products to further help clients achieve efficiency and results.

About Virtual Electronics PTE LTD

Founded in 2019, Virtual Electronics is a Singapore-registered company specialising in the development of support platforms and sub-contracted services. The company collaborates with tech business communities around the world in software product manufacturing and optomising clients' engineering efforts to make them more efficient. With a range of industry experience in financing, enterprise and management, Virtual Electronics aims to help clients achieve business excellence with the best tech strategies.

Dr. Victor Paul, Senior Representative of Virtual Electronics, is an expert, adviser and business facilitator in commercialisation and international technology transfer. Victor Paul has worked across a wide range of international organisations, including the World Bank and European Commission, corporations and start-ups, helping them to develop new projects, commercialise technologies, and raise capital. With a doctorate in Business Economics and PhD in Business Information Systems, he has more than 20 years' experience in economic and business development, facilitating investment and future business opportunity for both investors and project founders, and applying technology to develop efficient systems for feasibility studies, due diligence, IP and PM. Understanding social responsibility, he creates online platforms for community projects with a focus on lifestyle, well-being and prevention of illness and ageing.

For more information, please visit www.virtualelectronics.sg or email info@virtualelectronics.com.

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+65 3159 4178
alex@virtualelectronics.sg
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NIU Technologies Announces Q1 2020 Financial Results: Expansion is Undeterred under Global Pandemic, Expects Growth and Profit in Q2 2020

BEIJING, China, May 18, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – NIU Technologies ("NIU", or "the Company") (NASDAQ: NIU), the world's leading provider of smart urban mobility solutions, today announced its financial results for Q1 2020.

Road to Recovery with a Revenue of RMB 232.9 Million

For Q1 2020, the revenue is RMB 232.9 million, which decreased by 34.4% YoY due to lower sales volume. The total number of e-scooters sold worldwide was 40,160 units, decreased by 39.4% YoY, which is attributed to the damaging effects of the global pandemic. The number of e-scooters sold in China reached 34,316 units, decreased by 43.5% YoY. On the other hand, the number of e-scooters sold in international markets reached 5,844 units, increased by 5.9% YoY. The number of franchised stores in China is 1,033, which decreased by 17 stores. The international sales network has expanded to 33 distributors covering 42 countries.

The revenues per e-scooter increased by 8.2%. The higher revenues were attributed to increased accessories, spare parts, and services per e-scooter, which is now RMB 1,168 compared to RMB 671 in the same period last year. In addition, the gross margin was 23.6%, compared to 21.3% in the same period of 2019. This increase is driven by higher e-scooter revenues from the Company's international markets, and a higher proportion of revenues from accessories, spare parts, and services.

Many aspects of the Company's operations were damaged because of the ongoing pandemic. The two-wheeler e-scooter market has been hit by shutdowns of factories and retail stores. However, the Company was able to persevere and provide support to distributors and dealers with its strong cash and financial position.

The company extended credit payment date for selective distributors and granted full rebate to dealers that suffered from the pandemic – including those who missed the sales volume target in the Q1 2020. The Company also provided training to dealers in China on e-commerce and organized branding and marketing activities to support dealers to accelerate retail sales.

The Company benefited from the strict measures and recovery actions by the Chinese authorities. Supply chain and operations has returned to normal in early April 2020. The Company expects revenues of Q2 2020 to be in the range of RMB 585 million to RMB 655 million, which represents a YoY increase of 10% to 23%.

Arrival of New Products and Expectation to Return to Healthy Growth in Q2 2020

The Company has continued to expand its product portfolio in 2020 and has continued growing its business. Q1 2020 R&D expenses were RMB 22.7 million (including RMB 2 million of share-based compensation), which increased by 58.6% compared to Q1 2019. It increased by RMB 14.3 million and represents 9.8% of the total revenue. In May 2020, the Company launched a new product called MQi2. This is NIU's flagship product under the new national standard for electric bicycles in China. The MQi2 inherits the design language of MQi series and it is also equipped with the Company's most up-to-date technologies. The NIU app is now upgraded to 4.0 version, which is optimized for better interactive experience, improved GPS positioning and anti-theft security. The Company also plan to launch another model under the Gova series in June 2020.

Meanwhile, the Company's long-term expansion plans are in good progress. Retail sales network expansion in China will resume in Q2 2020 and there is also plans to acquire land use right for a new piece of real estate in Changzhou for further factory expansion in light of the rebounding recovery demand in China.

After being listed on NASDAQ for around 1.5 years, the Company is now added into MSCI's China Small Cap Index, which will take place on May 29th 2020. This demonstrates recognition from the capital market.

NIU Technologies CEO Dr. Yan Li said "Since May, distributors and dealers in selective international markets resumed operation and we are working closely with them to re-activate our expansion plans. We are very excited about the enriched product portfolio and we are looking forward to the continued growth of our business and pleased to see demand is recovering in China. Our China sales are expected to return to healthy growth in the second quarter."

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Virtual Electronics Launches VEnterface Services Platform

SINGAPORE, May 18, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – Virtual Electronics PTE LTD, a Singapore-registered outsourcing software development company, has launched a new smart collaboration services platform, VEnterface. The platform aims to facilitate collaboration among innovative Singaporean and Australian entrepreneurs, and improve their decision making using data discovery and data leveraging.

Dr. Victor Paul, Senior Representative of Virtual Electronics PTE

VEnterface platform features include:

– Tools to estimate different innovative market entry variants (Algorithmic business)
– Higher visibility of collaborators on the platform (Matching service)
– Data-driven procedures to make well-weighted decisions on collaborations (Data-driven business)
– A platform-based community for cooperation and partnering (Opportunities of sharing economy)

Businesses in Singapore and Australia will benefit from its cutting-edge technology and expert IT solutions, backed by their main office in Singapore and development offices in Ukraine and Belarus. The company aims to leverage its prime location in Singapore while opening a new office in Adelaide, South Australia as an entry point to the Australian market and creating more partnership opportunities in the region.

The VEnterface online platform is an information tool designed to help modern entrepreneurs to explore new business opportunities enhancing local and international collaborating. The platform is specifically designed to increase the visibility of innovative products and services in markets leveraging knowledge management techniques. As the platform aims to help all Singapore-Australia market players grow business efficiently and cost-effectively, creating an extensive network of service providers collaborating on the platform is crucial.

The VEnterface platform leverages a Virtual Assistant to help entrepreneurs input data along their entry journey. Aggregated and categorized input data can highlight the real scope of collaboration opportunities. Working with the collaboration service, members of the platform-based community will utilise carefully curated output data. VEnterface creates value for all members of the platform, identifying areas of their initial interests and demonstrating the scope of opportunities.

The entry phase of a partnership is crucial because collaborations inevitably fail when encountering a lack of clearly defined expectations and responsibilities. The latter depends heavily upon their expertise, skills, and resources of both parties. For a successful collaboration to take place, both partners must make sure that they have the abilities and resources to handle the responsibilities they have agreed to deliver for the project. They must also be able to understand risks and weigh the pros and cons of various outcomes.

By applying algorithms of the VEnterface knowledge base in the entry phase, entrepreneurs can avoid the negative consequences of an unfruitful collaboration due to their lack of resources or competence. The four common types of collaborative partnerships are:

– Smart procurement
– Collaborative innovation projects
– Strategic innovation partnerships and joint ventures
– Smart direct investment

The VEnterface base of knowledge defines all partnership types by risks, necessary financial investments, and outcomes. The online platform is designed to be user-friendly and easy-to-use. Keeping this in mind, the company implemented its natural language interface to guide entrepreneurs through the whole process of presenting their products and services. To improve customer experience, VEenterface integrates its intelligent AI-enabled Virtual Assistant seamlessly with a knowledge base as a tool to support a personalized conversation.

In order to place a data-driven collaboration within reach, the company adds a set of social tools that allow for communication among possible partners and help share knowledge effectively to create new options for products, services, distribution, and delivery using collaboration services. "Collaborative innovation is the best way to succeed in modern business," said Dr. Victor Paul, Virtual Electronics. "Newcomers are more flexible in developing, testing, and launching new products, but suffer a lack of resources, competence, and market experience. Collaboration allows for consolidated financial and organizational resources."

The platform aims to create and promote innovative products and services employing cutting-edge technology including Google's NLP, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence. In this way, the platform helps businesses to collaborate via optimal expansion paths, building competitive advantage for entrepreneurs in both Australia and Singapore. On top of this, the company provides mobile app development and software development services that are outsourced to development offices in Ukraine and Belarus. Due to their education in the field of exact sciences and programming, specialists from Eastern Europe are well-coveted.

Any client who works with Virtual Electronics is assured that the app will be developed from end to end, for 100% readiness. Client assistance is offered when faced with difficulties in independent project development in the future.

Dr. Victor Paul, Senior Representative of Virtual Electronics PTE, says "Nowadays, there are dozens of reasons why businesses are interested in outsourcing. From our experience, entrepreneurs are often motivated by their desire to save costs while engaging the services of a qualified specialist who does not have to be tied to the company on a permanent basis."

Virtual Electronics believes that any company that relies on growth and development should be as flexible and open as possible. This is especially true for the market of outsourcing services. The company started out in website development but realised a long overdue need for mobile app development services that will help businesses save time and money. Since 2019, Virtual Electronics has helped over 70 clients from industries spanning finance, retail, and tech.

The company hopes to further its interest in the creation and implementation of hosted products to further help clients achieve efficiency and results.

About Virtual Electronics PTE LTD

Founded in 2019, Virtual Electronics is a Singapore-registered company specialising in the development of support platforms and sub-contracted services. The company collaborates with tech business communities around the world in software product manufacturing and optomising clients' engineering efforts to make them more efficient. With a range of industry experience in financing, enterprise and management, Virtual Electronics aims to help clients achieve business excellence with the best tech strategies.

Dr. Victor Paul, Senior Representative of Virtual Electronics, is an expert, adviser and business facilitator in commercialisation and international technology transfer. Victor Paul has worked across a wide range of international organisations, including the World Bank and European Commission, corporations and start-ups, helping them to develop new projects, commercialise technologies, and raise capital. With a doctorate in Business Economics and PhD in Business Information Systems, he has more than 20 years' experience in economic and business development, facilitating investment and future business opportunity for both investors and project founders, and applying technology to develop efficient systems for feasibility studies, due diligence, IP and PM. Understanding social responsibility, he creates online platforms for community projects with a focus on lifestyle, well-being and prevention of illness and ageing.

For more information, please visit www.virtualelectronics.sg or email info@virtualelectronics.com.

For media enquiries, please contact:
Alexandra Helf
+65 3159 4178
alex@virtualelectronics.sg
http://www.virtualelectronics.sg

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Suprema further enhances cyber security with new BioStar 2 release

SEOUL, KOREA, May 14, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – Suprema, a global leader in security and biometrics, has released a new version BioStar 2 platform, enhancing the cyber security features. Suprema BioStar 2 is a web-based, open, and integrated security platform that provides comprehensive functionality for access control and time & attendance.

In addition to existing encryption of personal data, used for authentication with passwords, fingerprint templates and face templates, BioStar 2 now encrypts every data available that may potentially link to any specific individual. With this enhancement in BioStar 2 v2.8, this upscaled security will be made available not as an option but a default feature of the system.

Introducing this new update, Young S. Moon, CEO of Suprema Inc., remarked, "We place absolute top priority to strengthen security measures and reinforce our security framework. Along with the current update of BioStar 2, we will continue to strive to make our solutions secure to make sure our customers' personal data is protected."

About Suprema

Suprema Inc. is a leading global provider of security and biometrics technologies. Suprema's extensive range of products includes biometric access control systems, time & attendance solutions, mobile authentication solutions and embedded fingerprint solutions. Suprema has No.1 market share in biometrics access control in EMEA region and has worldwide sales network in over 130 countries. For more information, please visit www.supremainc.com.

Press Contact:
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Manager of Marketing, Suprema Inc.
Email: jskim4@suprema.co.kr

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Trintech Releases 2020 Global Record to Report Benchmark Report

DALLAS, TX / ACCESSWIRE, May 13, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – Trintech, a leading provider of financial software solutions, today announced the release of its 2020 Global Record to Report Benchmark Report. Trintech surveyed almost 200 enterprise companies across 31 countries through January 2020 to evaluate which parts of the Record to Report (R2R) process have been automated, which are in the process of being automated and where finance and accounting (F&A) organizations are looking to adopt automation in the future.

Key findings from the survey on the trends in R2R automation include:
– Reconciliations are currently the single biggest challenge for F&A organizations
– A growing number of organizations identify a lack of standardization across all processes as their main roadblock to efficiency
– Looking ahead to 2025, respondents expect their biggest challenges will be personnel related, as attracting and retaining talent becomes more critical

"Automating low-value, repetitive tasks completed by the office of finance is finally starting to gain traction – we see the interest in the benefits of financial automation growing each year," said David King, Chief Marketing Officer at Trintech. "These insights show that there is a huge potential for organizations to achieve significant ROI through the implementation of automation technology. Now, more than ever, organizations are looking for ways to be more efficient, while increasing transparency and ensuring data integrity as part of their month end or quarter end close. The office of finance is providing insights almost daily now that are crucial for business decisions across every industry."

In terms of organizations' current automation practices, only 20% of respondents have "Established" or "Advanced" automation in place. The report's findings also show that most organizations are at least starting the move towards automating some parts of their office of finance, and there are few laggards that have not started implementing automation at all.

"Organizations need to spend more time understanding risk and less time managing data – approaches that deliver that efficiently and effectively, and drive quality into the process, have immense value," said Jim O'Connor, Managing Principal Advisory Practice at The Hackett Group.

To dive into the results of this benchmark report further, Trintech and The Hackett Group will be hosting a joint webinar, How to Prepare Your Organization for the Future of Financial Automation, on Thursday, May 14th, to give companies insight into topics such as:
– The biggest challenges for the month end process
– Roadblocks to having the most efficient process
– The maturity of financial close automation
– Key areas to focus on improving by 2025

Read the full Record to Report (R2R) Benchmark Report here. https://pr.report/H8G3eY14

About Trintech

Trintech Inc., a pioneer of Financial Corporate Performance Management (FCPM) software, combines unmatched technical and financial expertise to create innovative, cloud-based software solutions that deliver world-class financial operations and insights. From high volume transaction matching and streamlining daily operational reconciliations, to automating and managing balance sheet reconciliations, intercompany accounting, journal entries, disclosure reporting and bank fee analysis, to governance, risk and compliance – Trintech's portfolio of financial solutions, including Cadency(R) Platform, Adra(R) Suite, and targeted tools, ReconNET(TM), T-Recs(R), and UPCS(R), help manage all aspects of the financial close process. Over 3,500 clients worldwide – including the majority of the Fortune 100 – rely on the company's cloud-based software to continuously improve the efficiency, reliability, and strategic insights of their financial operations.

Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Trintech has offices located across the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Singapore, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands and the Nordics, as well as strategic partners in South Africa, Latin America and the Asia Pacific. To learn more about Trintech, visit www.trintech.com or connect with us on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

About The Hackett Group

The Hackett Group (NASDAQ: HCKT) is an intellectual property-based strategic consultancy and leading benchmarking and best practices firm to global companies, with offerings that include smart automation and enterprise cloud application implementation. Services include business transformation, enterprise analytics, global business services, and working capital management. The Hackett Group also provides dedicated expertise in business strategy, operations, finance, human capital management, strategic sourcing, procurement and information technology, including its award-winning Oracle and SAP practices.

The Hackett Group has completed nearly 18,000 benchmarking studies with major corporations and government agencies, including 93% of the Dow Jones Industrials, 90% of the Fortune 100, 80% of the DAX 30 and 57% of the FTSE 100. These studies drive its Best Practice Intelligence Center(TM) which includes the firm's benchmarking metrics, best practices repository and best practice configuration guides and process flows, which enable The Hackett Group's clients and partners to achieve world-class performance.

More information on The Hackett Group is available at: www.thehackettgroup.com, info@thehackettgroup.com, or by calling (770) 225-3600.

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Blue Prism and Pactera Announce Alliance to Bring Intelligent Automation Solutions to Asia and Oceania Based Enterprise Clients

HONG KONG, May 12, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – Pactera and Blue Prism (OTC Pink: BPRMF) today jointly announced an alliance via the Blue Prism Partner Engage program to bring robotic process automation (RPA) solutions to clients in the Asia and Oceania region. The two organizations have been collaborating in the implementation of RPA and intelligent automation services across a variety of industries and sectors, including banking, insurance, retail, and manufacturing. This announcement formalizes a relationship to expand the offering of digital workforce services and solutions to their clients across Asia and Oceania initially including the Greater China Region, Australia, Japan, Malaysia and Singapore.

Blue Prism invented the term "robotic process automation" and has been a leading global RPA tool vendor for almost 20 years. Blue Prism software enables organizations to automate manual, rules-based, mission critical processes, thereby helping to reduce costs and improve accuracy through the creation of new "digital workers." Pactera, as one of the world's leading IT services and outsourcing firms, has leveraged Blue Prism technology to address a variety of client business issues and opportunities. In addition, Pactera has utilized Blue Prism in internal process improvement initiatives – building and deploying automations to improve both the productivity and quality of its own operations.

"Pactera is very pleased to enter a strategic Asia Pacific & Oceania partnership with Blue Prism, an intelligent automation industry-leader. By linking Blue Prism's industry-leading RPA solution with Pactera's broad regional presence and in-depth localized capabilities for IT and consulting, we firmly believe that the new Blue Prism – Pactera alliance will support clients' business efficiency transformations and bring new value to the marketplace," stated JinSong Li, Executive Vice President, General Manager of APAC Business Group, Pactera.

"During the past several years, Pactera has implemented a number of key automation projects both with high-profile APAC clients and internally within our own firm. Over the course of these engagements we have learned through hands-on experience that Blue Prism is a platform of choice to scale automation initiatives. The Blue Prism – Pactera alliance well positions Pactera in achieving a goal of becoming a strategic digital automation partner for our Asia Pacific clients," said Andy Fung, General Manager of Pactera Hong Kong and Program Executive of Pactera's Intelligent Automation Practice (APAC). "We believe this partnership will further align us on Go-to-Market and up-level implementation capabilities via creation of a Center of Excellence (CoE) covering the stated countries and locations; combining Pactera's local client intimacy with a robust, scalable offshore resources pool across the geographies."

"Pactera is a trusted partner for technology and system integration across all of Asia," remarked Terry Leung, Director, Strategic Alliances, North Asia for Blue Prism. "Pactera's proven ability to guide organizations through digital transformations, combined with Blue Prism's best-in-class intelligent automation platform, well positions our partnership to help clients in Asia and Oceania to realize the benefits of augmented digital workforces."

Pactera holds a leading position in APAC as an intelligent automation implementation service provider given its broad network of Asia Pacific and Oceania practitioners skilled in software robotics and automation. Pactera's locally-based teams help clients to improve their operations and navigate the challenges of the intelligent automation journey via an ideal mix of strong technical know-how and native, cultural understanding of the Asia/Oceania business environments.

"Blue Prism and Pactera share a common vision for building out the intelligent automation ecosystem in APAC and helping customers to improve operational efficiencies by automating mission critical work processes that can also be easily integrated with best-in-breed AI-enabled technologies and services," advised Gareth Lane, Head of Alliances, APAC, for Blue Prism. "This alliance is a competitive differentiator and one that will provide tremendous value to the clients we serve."

About Pactera

Pactera is a Global Technology company with 29,000 employees worldwide committed to delivering Digital-themed consulting, UX interaction, IT implementation and Operations services to customers. Pactera creates business value for Fortune 2000 companies by accelerating business innovation, enabling new growth, improving operational efficiency and transforming the user experience.

CONTACT: bg9_ro_bot@pactera.com

About Blue Prism

Blue Prism's vision is "A Digital Workforce for Every Enterprise." The company's purpose is to unleash the collaborative potential of humans so every enterprise can exceed business goals and drive meaningful growth. Available on-premises, in the cloud, hybrid, or as an integrated SaaS solution, Blue Prism's Digital Workforce automates end-to-end processes that drive digital transformation. Visit www.blueprism.com to learn more or follow Blue Prism on Twitter @blue_prism and on LinkedIn.

CONTACT: andre.fuochi@blueprism.com

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100K premium .cloud domain names released to partner sales channel with new pricing

NEW YORK, May 11, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – Top-level domain (TLD) .Cloud today announced the release of over 100,000 premium domain names with a new pricing structure to their worldwide partner network. These premium domain names are considered highly valuable for branding and marketing purposes and opens new opportunities for businesses to create modern branding and memorable websites.

Released on May 6, 2020 at 16:00 UTC, the inventory totaling 103,395 domains is available for immediate purchase from hundreds of domain name registrars and thousands of their resellers. The inventory has been released within a simple new pricing structure with nine tiers, and one renewal price across all tiers. The lowest tier is expected to retail for under USD200.

The inventory includes excellent choices for startup companies, their products, and enterprises launching digital services. Hundreds of choices in hot industry sectors such as cloud computing, business and finance, internet of things (IoT) and gaming are available.

Mou Mukherjee, .Cloud's Head of Registry Services said, "Our premium domain release includes many short and memorable domains such as atom.cloud, pix.cloud, vid.cloud, simply.cloud and financial.cloud. These prized domains could serve as an enterprise's key brand asset."

By 2023 IDC predicts the global economy will finally reach "digital supremacy" with more than half of all GDP worldwide driven by products and services from digitally transformed enterprises. Since the pandemic, businesses have accelerated their digital transformation and innovation projects. Many businesses were forced to digitize their services. Cloud is no longer nice to have but a critical part of a company's operations. As technology leaders invest billions of dollars into fast-tracking cloud services, focus on the digital economy has never been stronger.

Ms. Mukherjee continued, "Cloud has become more relevant today than ever and companies can stand out in the digital economy with a .cloud premium domain. Our new affordable pricing will appeal to diverse businesses with all kinds of budgets. We're thrilled that businesses now have better access to excellent, premium .cloud domains."

For more information please visit http://get.cloud

.Cloud Domain Registry

The .Cloud top-level domain helps businesses create a modern digital identity with domain names ending in .cloud. It has secured over 180,000 registrations in 180 countries and can be purchased from the most popular domain name registrars.

.Cloud, operated by Aruba S.p.A., founded in 1994, is the leading company in Italy for data centers, web hosting, email, certified email (PEC) and domain registration services. Aruba is also active in key European markets including France, the UK and Germany. The company has extensive experience in the management of data centers, with its European network capable of hosting over 200,000 servers. Aruba manages 2.7 million domains, 8.6 million email accounts, 6.7 million certified email (PEC) accounts, 130,000 physical and virtual server, for a total of approximately 5.4 million customers.

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TCL: Smarter Connectivity Helps Improve Stay-at-Home Work and Life

HONG KONG, May 11, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – Increased global demand for home working and education has led to a surge in consumer expectations towards the quality of their home networks, and in areas where fixed networks are not available, mobile networks are alleviating user's needs for fast and convenient coverage. Many mainstream global operators have lifted certain data restrictions on 4G traffic for users, and are providing employees and users with more reliable choices for smart connected products. Whether it's online workspaces, meeting facilities, classrooms, entertainment, or communications with friends and family, uninterrupted network coverage without dead zones has become a basic need for millions, if not billions of people around the world.

According to data from TSR Research, global shipments of smart connected products will continue to grow in the next four years. Operator orders almost dominate the shipments of this category. As a world-leading mobile terminal manufacturer, TCL Communication has long-standing partnerships with 140 global operators and channel partners, including the likes of EE, BT, T-mobile, Orange, Optus, TIM and others. These partnerships have helped drive significant growth in its smart connectivity business, including MiFi devices. Taking Alcatel Linkzone as an example, the pocket-sized, high-speed mobile wireless hotspot device converts mobile service into high-speed broadband, enabling households without fixed broadband services to maintain high-speed connections at home. Overall, TCL expects shipments of smart connected devices in the second quarter of this year to be double that of previous forecasts.

TCL Communication has provided mobile connectivity around the world through the operation of its two main global brands – Alcatel and TCL. Its smart connection business first began in 2008, and in September 2018, it officially promoted its Smart Connectivity Division to a higher strategic level, adopting AI x IoT as a central strategy to deliver on its ambition to provide safe and healthy products for its global users, which it achieves through a focus on home and mobile usage occasions. At present, TCL's smart connection products cover a wide range of categories, including Wi-Fi routers, mesh routers, MiFi devices, car module devices, children's smart watches, headphones, luggage/personal belongings trackers and pet trackers. When working in tandem, together with TCL's mobile phones, tablets, TVs and home appliances, these devices can combine to create an ecosystem of smart connectivity.

"As a global manufacturer offering a fully integrated ecosystem of smart products that cover virtually every aspect of our life, TCL has long been focusing on the health and safety of our end-users when developing our Smart Connectivity Devices," said Sharon Xiao, General Manager of Smart Connectivity Division at TCL Communication. "With the sudden and rapid onset of the current pandemic, these two needs have never been more important as people continue to spend most of their work and leisure time at home. In such difficult circumstances, smart connectivity technology has been helping to make our lives that bit easier and more efficient."

TCL has added many health and safety features to its products, especially products designed for children and families. All TCL Wi-Fi routers for example allow parents to control the time during which their children can access the internet and the websites they have access to. TCL's smart watch for kids, the MOVETIME Family Watch MT43K, enables parents to monitor their children's location, receive instant notifications when their children exit a preset safe zone or when they push the SOS button, and establish immediate contact through the watch's hands-free, 4G two-way calling and voice messaging functions. In addition to a daily activity tracker that counts steps, calories burned and distance walked, TCL is planning to add a thermometer to its next model of smart watches for kids. The thermometer will constantly monitor the child's temperature and send an alert to parents if the temperature strays outside a normal range. Children will also benefit from TCL's soon-to-be-released headphones, which protect hearing by limiting the output volume to a maximum of 85dB – the highest permissible sound level recommended by the WHO for sustained sound exposure of up to 8 hours per day.

Sharon Xiao said, "TCL Communication's existing footprint in Smart Connectivity Devices has allowed us to step up to the plate and do our part to help millions of families cope during these difficult times. We have a clear vision on how smart connection devices create better living spaces, and we will continue to further explore how our design-led strategy can help to improve the health and safety of our consumers, both now and in the future."

ABOUT TCL
TCL is one of the world's fastest-growing consumer electronics companies, and a global leading television and mobile device brand. Incorporated in Hong Kong, China. TCL operates its own manufacturing and R&D centers worldwide with products sold in more than 160 countries throughout North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. TCL specializes in the research, development and manufacturing of consumer electronics ranging from TVs (TCL Electronics: 1070.HK), mobile phones, audio devices and smart home products.

TCL is a registered trademark of TCL Technology Group Corporation (000100.SZ). All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

For more information, please visit http://www.tcl.com/global/en.html.

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Interactio Remote Interpretation Connects World Leaders to Support Gali in the Fight Against Coronavirus

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, May 8, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – Interactio, a remote interpretation platform, has partnered with the European Commission to connect political leaders and philanthropists at the international pledging conference "Coronavirus Global Response." In the midst of the global crisis, Interactio assisted the European initiative in the joint effort to raise 7.5 billion EUR in donations to Gali, the vaccine alliance fighting the COVID-19.

As strict quarantine regulations divided the states geographically, the common cause to find timely and affordable treatment brought the five continents together in a multilingual hybrid meeting. To ensure the precision and quality of simultaneous interpretation, Interactio connected onsite interpreters from European Commission premises with the world leaders joining the event remotely.

Through the integration of the audio and video stream in partnership with Televic Conference equipment, the message was successfully shared in English, German, French, Spanish, Arabic, and Chinese languages in real time.

The Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, the Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, and leaders of more than 40 other nations from Europe, Australia, Asia, North, and South America united against Coronavirus digitally on the Interactio remote participation panel.

During the remote conference, Melinda Gates shared an important message for humanity, followed by a generous donation of 100 million American dollars from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

"COVID-19 has reminded us that viruses don't obey borders or custom laws. They don't care what nationality you are," said Gates.

"Interactio became the platform of choice for this event. The Heads of State and Government as well as other major donors and research institutions connected to the smooth, user-friendly and performant platform and pledged substantial amounts for the common fight against the pandemic. This successful high-level event was a milestone for everybody involved, and we would like to sincerely thank Interactio for their tireless preparation work, dedication, availability and unrelenting support throughout the event. We are very much looking forward to further cooperation." states Frederic Pirotte, Head of the Technical Compliance Team, DG Interpretation, European Commission.

Overall, a total of 7.4 billion EUR was fundraised during the pledging conference, leaving high hopes for the speedy development of the treatment. As the world unites in a humanitarian effort to protect the disadvantaged in an unexpected outbreak of the Coronavirus disease, Interactio remains loyal to its ongoing mission of transmitting powerful ideas despite the geographical barriers.

About Interactio

Interactio (https://interactio.io) is a Lithuanian-based remote interpretation platform which provides remote participation for multilingual online and onsite meetings. Connected on an interactive panel via desktop or mobile device, attendees can exchange ideas in a live-chat, cast votes, and show essential information through a screen sharing function.

For further media queries, please contact:
Simona Andrijauskaite
+441644717778
s@interactio.io
https://interactio.io/

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Cyber Company to Supply 50M Health “COVI-PASS(TM)”

LONDON, UK / ACCESSWIRE, May 8, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – International Digital Health Technology firm Circle Pass Enterprises (CPE) has signed a deal with VST Enterprises Ltd (VSTE) the British cyber security company founded by tech entrepreneur Louis-James Davis (31) to integrate its state-of-the-art VCode(R) & VPlatform(R) technologies into the COVI-PASS(TM) Digital Health Passport.

Louis-James Davis CEO VST Enterprises

Powered by VST Enterprises groundbreaking cyber security technology VCode(R) & VPlatform(R), Circle Pass Enterprises has contracted with VST Enterprises for a fully secure Digital Health Passport – COVI-PASS(TM), to be paired with approved testing kits. CPE is to start shipping orders from next week for the first phased release of 50M COVI-PASS(TM) Digital Health Passports to both the private sector and Governments in over 15 countries, including Italy, Portugal, France, Panama, India, the US, Canada, Sweden, Spain, South Africa, Mexico, United Arab Emirates and The Netherlands.

The COVI-PASS(TM) Digital Health Passport works on an intelligent colour mapping system (green, amber, red) to authenticate and validate a COVID-19 test providing test history and relevant health information. This allows for accurate data metrics to assess those who have tested positive and negative and the location only of their testing. The COVI-PASS(TM) Digital Health Passport can be used as an authenticated gateway for Public Services, Businesses and Employees to manage a safe return to work, life, and safe travel.

Commenting on the deal VST Enterprises CEO Louis-James Davis said; "We are delighted to be working with CPE to supply our VCode(R) & VPlatform(R) technology and Digital Health Passport to create COVI-PASS(TM). It is also very encouraging that so many Governments and Enterprises across the world are engaging and using the COVI-PASS(TM) Health Passport and approved testing kits.

We firmly believe that the digital Health Passport alongside Government approved testing kits is the key to removing the lockdown restrictions in a gradual and controlled way. The current technology being trialed using bluetooth and proximity apps is fundamentally flawed because of its privacy issues of real time tracking, the security and data breaches which we are already seeing and being reported and the reticence for citizens to uptake and download the tracing app."

The Manchester based company are also in advanced discussions with senior UK Government officials, NHSX the technology arm of the NHS and the Home Office about its cyber security technology. The cyber security technology developed by VSTE can be used by various sectors including critical care workers doctors, nurses and health workers in the NHS and blue light emergency services key workers. Using a VCode(R) integrated with a health passport would help get them back on the front line in a safe and controlled manner.

Circle Pass Enterprises COO and Co Founder Adam Palmer said; "We are delighted to be working with Louis-James Davis and VST Enterprises to utilise the ground breaking cyber security technology of VCode(R) & VPlatform(R) to create COVI-PASS(TM) and to help tackle this global pandemic. One of the many unique features of the VCode(R) cyber security is that the VCode(R) technology can be scanned from up to 100 metres ensuring its social distancing compliance is robust and making it the only choice for a safe and secure digital health passport.

We are seeing unprecedented levels of interest from Governments, Businesses and major sporting organisations for the COVI-PASS(TM) solution. Due to the secure patented technology of the VCode(R) & VPlatform(R) – its ease of use and rapid implementation globally across all sectors – it is clear that COVI-PASS(TM) is the only viable solution for a safe return to work, life and travel protocols. Unlike Bluetooth, QR, or similar proximity apps, COVI-PASS(TM) using the VCode(R) & VPlatform(R) cyber security tech does not violate privacy issues of the user."

VSTE are also providing its VCode(R) & VPlatform(R) technology to work with the UNITED NATIONS as part of their SDG Collaboratory (Sustainable Development Goals) program – to provide a wide range of technology services to 9 Billion people by 2030 and which will be announced in the coming weeks.

VSTE and its partner REDSTRIKE the sports marketing agency are also in advanced discussions with major global sporting organisations and regulatory bodies in F1, motorsport, football, rugby, athletics, cycling, golf, tennis and basketball, to use its VCode(R) technology to help kick start the global sports economy.

REDSTRIKE MD Mike Farnan – the former Manchester United FC International MD – and his team have been pivotal in opening up high level talks with global sporting organisations.

The "COVI-PASS(TM)" Health Passport User Journey

A short infomercial explains the technology at www.covipass.com
– The user downloads the app to their smartphone device and onboards their key information such as name, address, age and verifies their identity using biometric fingerprint or facial scan.
– The user then takes the COVID-19 test which is administered by an authorised Health Care Professional, Nurse or Doctor. The test is geo fenced to that location and the test results are then scanned from the testing kit into the COVI-PASS(TM) Health Passport.
– A traffic light system then confirms their health status as either red or green, red for positive and green for negative. The amber colour indicates a countdown timer to when another test would be due and required.
– The user can then show the COVI-PASS(TM) health passport to authenticate their health status. The health passport can also be scanned well outside the safe distancing zone of 2/3m (and beyond) while the person is moving and at various angles to ensure continued social distancing guidelines.

VST Enterprises CEO Louis-James Davis added; "The issue at present with other health passports is that not only is the feed of information voluntary, but the technology being used (in most cases a QR code or barcode) can't be interacted with outside of the safe distancing zone. Data and sensitive information scanned or stored in either a QR code and barcode can be hacked and are inherently insecure, leaving data and personal details to be compromised. Both barcodes and QR codes are old second generation technology. VCode(R) & VPlatform(R) represent the next "third generation" of ultra secure and versatile code technology to military grade encryption with over 2 Quintillion code permutations.

The technology used in contact tracing and Bluetooth proximity apps currently being used by various Governments is fundamentally flawed. Not only can the bluetooth app and its data be compromised and hacked, but it can also lead to false flag data. There are also real fundamental issues of privacy, and being tracked in real time which most citizens will resist at all levels. This will also contribute to anxiety about the technology thus resulting in poor uptake. Without 100% uptake of the population using the technology its data is ineffective, and does not give a true picture of the virus tracing. Add into this the fact that bluetooth can also penetrate glass and walls. So someone for example, who is self isolating in a house that has tested positive for COVID-19 would give off a false flag to someone walking past their house who has tested negative, that they had been in proximity to someone who has tested positive."

NOTES TO EDITORS

About VST Enterprises Ltd

VST Enterprises (VSTE) is the company behind the VCode(R) and VPlatform(R). Headquartered in Manchester, the company has satellite offices around the world and is operational in 16 countries.

About VCode(R) & VPlatform(R)

VCode(R) represents the next generation of code scanning technology – an evolutionary step forward from traditional barcodes and QR Codes. VCode(R) has an infinite range of applications and capabilities from secure identification and ID, to geo location and geo fencing, asset tracking, authentication and permission based authorisations, fan and customer engagement through to biometrics and facial recognition.

VCode(R) can be used across a wide range of applications to securely purchase music, video and film content to concert and sports event tickets. It can also be used to screen exclusive film content, sales promotion and marketing and create dynamic marketing and fan engagement campaigns. Its wider uses also include anti counterfeiting and anti piracy.

A VCode(R) can be scanned from over 100 metres, with a 80:1 distance to size scan ratio, at 170-degree angles, on and from moving objects, and upon any multimedia or television screen and even when the VCode(R) is microscopic on bank notes or minerals. This allows users to access exclusive content, check the validity and authenticity of an item and make purchases while on the move. VCode(R) provides military grade encryption with over 2.2 Quintillion combination codes.

Supporting the VCode(R) app is the VPlatform(R) – a secure cloud based portal that allows users to create VCode(R) and manage the content they lead to. The VPlatform(R) also provides users with real time analytics on who scanned their codes, when and where the scans took place, providing vital consumer data.

The VPlatform(R) enables push notifications and rewards to be sent back to individuals who have made VCode(R) scans, offering opportunities for brands to significantly enhance their engagement levels with their client base. For more information please visit www.vstenterprises.com or www.vcode.it/developers

About Circle Pass Enterprises (COVI-PASS(TM))

Circle Pass Enterprises (CPE) is a global Digital Health Technology Company. Circle Pass Enterprises, which owns COVI-PASS(TM), has offices in London, Dublin, Amsterdam, Dubai, New York, Hong Kong and Chennai. Supported by a number of leading scientists and medical professionals, the CPE executive leadership team are developing digital Health Technology solutions for global application. For more information please visit www.covipass.com

For further information and all press and media enquiries on VCode(R) & VPlatform(R) VST Enterprises Ltd
Please contact Gerard Franklin – Head Of Communications & External Relations
M: 07885 388398 e: gerard@vstenterprises.com
VST Enterprises Ltd | The Lexicon | Mount Street | Manchester | M2 5NT

SOURCE: VST Enterprises Ltd

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