Day: April 11, 2022

End-users rank Stonebranch with the highest net promoter score (NPS) among all leaders in the report

ALPHARETTA, Ga., April 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Stonebranch, a leading provider of service orchestration and automation solutions, today announced that it has been recognized as a Leader in the Spring 2022 G2 Grid report for Workload Automation (WLA). In addition, Stonebranch was also identified as a Momentum Leader in the inaugural Spring 2022 G2 Momentum Grid report for WLA.

“We are honored that our customers’ praise has earned Stonebranch a leadership position in two G2 grids for workload automation,” said Giuseppe Damiani, Stonebranch CEO. “In addition to being ranked as a product leader, Stonebranch is equally proud that we received the highest net promoter score (NPS) out of all leaders in the report.”

This is the second year Stonebranch has been named a Leader in the G2 Grid report for Workload Automation. The G2 Grid ranks products algorithmically based on data sourced from product reviews shared by G2 users and data aggregated from online sources and social networks. Products in the Leader quadrant are rated highly by G2 users and have substantial market presence scores.

The G2 Momentum Grid for WLA is new in Spring of 2022; it uses a proprietary algorithm that factors social, web, employee, and review data that G2 has deemed influential to identify trending products.

For buyers, sellers, media, investors, and analysts, the G2 Grids provide benchmarks for product comparison and market trend analysis. The latest grid reports are available now on the G2 website. G2 is the world’s largest tech marketplace where businesses can discover, review, and manage the technology they need to reach their potential.

About Stonebranch

Stonebranch builds IT orchestration and automation solutions that transform business IT environments from simple IT task automation into sophisticated, real-time business service automation. No matter the degree of automation, the Stonebranch platform is simple, modern, and secure. Using the Stonebranch Universal Automation Platform, enterprises can seamlessly orchestrate workloads and data across technology ecosystems and silos. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with points of contact and support throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia, Stonebranch serves some of the world’s largest financial, manufacturing, healthcare, travel, transportation, energy, and technology institutions.

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Vice President of Global Marketing, Stonebranch
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One lucky fan can win an Ultra Rare Golden SLYGuy!

These “Golden” SLYGuys NFTs are uniquely designed one-of-one, individually hand-numbered and autographed by Mr. Stallone. In addition, Golden NFT owners will meet, have cocktails, get a photo and an autograph with Mr. Stallone at a private dinner in Miami.

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OpenSea will auction these Golden Signature Exclusive SlyGuy NFTs on the OpenSea marketplace prior to the full collection release in late April.

Promotion for the auction includes an exclusive Twitter giveaway for one of the 25 “Golden” SlyGuys for one lucky Stallone NFT collector.

Developed by Stallone himself, PlanetSLY – the home of the SLYGuys NFTs – is a place for fans, collectors and NFT enthusiasts to become part of his NFT community by providing extraordinary events, benefits and opportunities.

“NFTs unlock so much more than art,” Stallone said. “They unlock experiences and all kinds of digital and physical goods. I love that it’s a new way for me to interact with my fans.” PlanetSLY is unique for the unparalleled access it provides to one of Hollywood’s biggest stars.

The SLYGuy NFTs have more than 250 incredible attributes, like boxing gloves, crazy weapons, even Stallone’s large dog and are inspired by his life-long love of art and comic books.

PlanetSLY and OpenSea will share the Golden Signature Exclusive Edition Stallone NFTs on their social media platforms.

For more information and to see an example of the “Golden Signature Edition” NFT, visit PlanetSLY.com or join PlanetSLY on Discord at www.discord.gg/planetsly. More details are also available on Twitter. Follow @PlanetSLYNFT and @OpenSea.

About PlanetSLY

PlanetSLY is a one-of-a-kind NFT project that is created and curated by Hollywood icon Sylvester Stallone. The NFTs are 9,997 unique pieces of digital art that give owners exclusive access to benefits and events that every Italian Stallion fan will absolutely love. Exclusive PlanetSLY gear will be released for PlanetSLY NFT holders. PlanetSly is created by theBIZ.com, owned by Stallone and entrepreneur Bill Zanker. It is an NFT studio presenting extraordinary experiences and unique digital collectibles – both blockchain-based and in real life (IRL).

About OpenSea

OpenSea is the world’s leading peer-to-peer marketplace for NFTs. We’re on a mission to help the world’s creators, collectors and collaborators own and shape their relationships directly, without gatekeepers. We’re building the world’s most trusted and inclusive NFT marketplace with the best selection – making minting, purchasing and selling NFTs frictionless and friendly, and offering unmatched selection and multi-chain options for creators and collectors of all kinds. Headquartered in New York, the OpenSea leadership team comes from Google, Palantir, Lyft, Uber, Stanford, and Berkeley. Investors include a16z, Paradigm, Coatue, YCombinator, Founders Fund, Coinbase Ventures, 1Confirmation, and Blockchain Capital.

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Infection Surveillance Solutions Market is growing at a CAGR of 15.2%

Chicago, April 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — According to the new market research report “Infection Surveillance Solutions Market by Software (Cloud-based), Service (Product Support, Maintenance, Implementation), End User (Hospitals (Large, Medium-Sized, Small Hospitals) Long-Term Care Facilities), COVID-19 Impact – Global Forecast to 2026″, published by MarketsandMarkets™, the Infection surveillance software market is projected to reach USD 1,033 million by 2026 from USD 508 million in 2021, at a CAGR of 15.2%.

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The Growth in this market is majorly driven by the increasing prevalence of hospital acquired infections, growing geriatric opulation and chronic diseases. The rising healthcare expenditure, increasing number of surgeries, growing geriatric population, and the increasing incidence of chronic diseases are the other factors driving the growth of this market. Currently, with the surge in COVID-19 cases, there is an increased focus on personal hygiene, coupled with the need to track and monitor the spread of COVID-19 infection. This is further expected to drive the market growth during the forecast period.

The overall growth of various sectors has been heavily impacted by COVID-19, specifically in countries with a high incidence rate of COVID-19, such as India, China, Brazil, the US, and several European countries (including Russia, Italy, and Spain). While industries such as oil and petroleum, aeronautics, and mining are experiencing a steep fall in revenues, the healthcare, biotechnology, and pharmaceutical industries are optimizing this situation to serve a maximum number of patients and healthcare professionals.

The pandemic has led to a significant increase in the demand for infection control and monitoring solutions. COVID-19 has led to a significant surge in demand for infection surveillance solutions for monitoring and preventing the infection spread, both in the hospital and long-term care facilities, and manufacturers are increasingly focusing on expanding their portfolios to meet the increasing need for infection surveillance solutions across various sectors including the public health sectors. However, the demand and adoption of infection surveillance solutions have been constant throughout the year, and the trend has continued well in the first half of 2021. The pandemic has sparked a sudden interest in health it solutions such as software solutions for effective and faster infection control and prevention, with the major adoption being witnessed in hospital settings.

The infection surveillance software segment accounted for the largest share of the infection surveillance solutions market in 2020

Based on product and services, the Infection surveillance software market is segmented into software and services. The infection surveillance software segment accounted for the largest share of the market. The large share of this segment can be attributed to the increasing need for preventing HAIs and the growing number of surgical procedures.

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The on-premise segment accounted for the largest share of the infection surveillance solutions market in 2020
Based on type, the infection surveillance software market is segmented into on-premise and web-based software. The on-premise software segment accounted for the largest share of the market. The large share of this segment is mainly attributed to the need for maintaining access to healthcare IT solutions and reduce the risk of data breaches & external attacks.

The product support and maintenance segment accounted for the largest share of the infection surveillance solutions market in 2020

Based on type, the infection surveillance services market is segmented into product support and maintenance services, training and consulting services, and implementation services. The product support and maintenance services segment accounted for the largest share of the infection surveillance services market in 2020. Product support and maintenance services take care of interoperability and software complexity issues. These services ensure that clients (healthcare providers) obtain access to the vendor company’s technical knowledge base and acquire application management skills. These factors are driving the growth of the product support and maintenance services segment

The hospitals segment accounted for the largest share of the infection surveillance solutions market in 2020

Based on end user, the market is segmented into hospitals, long-term care facilities, and other end users. The hospitals segment accounted for the largest share of the market in 2020. The large share of this segment can be attributed to the large patient volume, the increasing incidence of HAIs, and the increasing cases of SSIs. The COVID-19 pandemic has also increased the adoption of infection surveillance solutions in hospitals.

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Asia-Pacific region is expected to register the highest CAGR in the infection surveillance solutions market

The APAC market is expected to grow at the highest CAGR from 2021 to 2026. This can be attributed to factors such as growing consolidation among healthcare providers, widespread adoption and demand for healthcare IT solutions to curtail the rising healthcare costs, rising number of coronavirus patients in the region, and stringent regulations and guidelines laid down by the various government and non-government authorities on infection control and prevention practices and the rising COVID-19 cases in the region.
The prominent players in the global infection surveillance solutions market are Becton, Dickinson and Company (US), Premier International, Inc. (US), Wolters Kluwer N.V. (Netherlands), Cerner Corporation (US), Baxter International Inc. (US), GOJO Industries, Inc. (US), Sunquest (US), Deb Group Ltd. (UK), BioVigil Healthcare Systems (US), RLDatix (UK), IBM Corporation (US), Vecna Technologies, Inc. (US), VigiLanz Corporation (US), Ecolab Inc. (US), Harris Healthcare (US), PeraHealth Inc. (US), Medexter Healthcare (Austria), CenTrak, Inc. (US), bioMerieux SA (France), CKM Healthcare (Canada), Asolva Inc. (US), PointClickCare (Canada), STANLEY Healthcare (US), Vitalacy Inc. (US), and Vizzia Technologies (US).

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End-users highly rate Stonebranch for its integration capabilities, data lifecycle management, and workflow design tools

ALPHARETTA, Ga., April 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Stonebranch, a leading provider of service orchestration and automation solutions, today announced that it has been recognized as a Leader in the Spring 2022 G2 Grid report for Managed File Transfer (MFT).

“We’re pleased that Stonebranch’s high customer satisfaction ratings and large market presence have culminated in a leadership position on the G2 grid for managed file transfer,” said Damiani. “Nearly universal cloud adoption has created complex hybrid IT environments comprised of on-prem systems, clouds, and containers. Our goal is to help organizations simply and securely orchestrate their file transfers — both internally and externally.”

According to the 2022 State of IT Automation report, 92% of respondents use two or more public cloud service providers in their day-to-day activities, and 91% automate multi-cloud data transfers.

“It’s becoming increasingly important for enterprises to securely share data with business partners and providers,” said Giuseppe Damiani, Stonebranch CEO. “The Stonebranch B2B Managed File Transfer solution combines advanced automation with MFT to securely move sensitive data in real-time while adhering to industry-standard protocols.”

The G2 Grid ranks products algorithmically based on data sourced from product reviews shared by G2 users and data aggregated from online sources and social networks. Products in the Leader quadrant are rated highly by G2 users and have substantial market presence scores. The four possible categories in the G2 Grid are Leader, High Performer, Contender, and Niche.

The latest grid report is available now on the G2 website. G2 is the world’s largest tech marketplace where businesses can discover, review, and manage the technology they need to reach their potential.

About Stonebranch

Stonebranch builds IT orchestration and automation solutions that transform business IT environments from simple IT task automation into sophisticated, real-time business service automation. No matter the degree of automation, the Stonebranch platform is simple, modern, and secure. Using the Stonebranch Universal Automation Platform, enterprises can seamlessly orchestrate workloads and data across technology ecosystems and silos. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with points of contact and support throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia, Stonebranch serves some of the world’s largest financial, manufacturing, healthcare, travel, transportation, energy, and technology institutions.

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Scott Davis
Vice President of Global Marketing, Stonebranch
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Green Horizons’ State-of-the-Art Cannabis Cultivation and CPG Brand Campus is on Track to Make Coachella Valley to Cannabis What Silicon Valley is to Tech

Green Horizons is launching the first 226,787 sq. ft. of its campus with options to scale to 1,000,000 sq. ft. as market conditions dictate. Phase I of the Green Horizons campus will consist of 101,787 sq. ft. of a state-of-the-art, sealed, Class “A” automated light deprivation greenhouse. Phase II adds an additional 125,000 sq. ft. that will serve as the Company’s corporate headquarters as well as its brand incubator, along with additional light deprivation greenhouse cultivation space.

Green Horizons’ mission is to fuel a portfolio of in-house brands with in-house supply to guarantee consistency and uniformity. Combining the management team’s track record of cultivation excellence with the Company’s high-tech sun powered cultivation facilities, Green Horizons aims to redefine the cultivation landscape to create a blue ocean of top shelf flower at greenhouse COGS. In leveraging its low-cost basis, Green Horizons will be able to continue scaling as commoditization exerts downward pressure on higher cost producers.

The Company will be formally announcing their much-anticipated debut brand, a crossover from the fashion world, which will launch in Q3 of 2022, to be followed by a value brand paying homage to the Coachella Valley, anticipated in summer 2023. Upon completion of the facility, the brands will be exclusively powered by proprietary genetics bred in-house by the Company, a cornerstone differentiator for all Green Horizons portfolio brands.

“The Coachella Valley is the perfect place to build a world class cultivation and CPG brand campus at this scale,” said Carlos “Los” Arias, Chief Executive Officer of Green Horizons. “Coachella has long been a stalwart agricultural community, and I am honored to now help make Coachella a global cannabis destination. Being built to last is more important than being first, and we’re just getting started.”

Green Horizons was co-founded by Arias and Michael C. Meade. Arias leads the Company’s vision to create culturally relevant brands that bring people together. Known for his high vibrational presence, Arias is an exemplar of community-minded collaboration that serves as the bedrock of the Company’s culture. Meade serves as Green Horizons’ President and largest investor. Through an unrelated entity, Meade is developing Coachella Cann Park, which is being leased to Green Horizons. Meade’s development company has secured an $18.5M construction loan from Innovative Industrial Properties to fund construction of the property.

Arias and Meade are joined by founding investor Star Branding Investment Group, LLC, which brings its global entrepreneurial prowess to Green Horizons, drawing on its success in building global brands and experience in a wide range of operational matters. Brought together, Green Horizons and its principals have the requisite capabilities in-house to scale a profitable cultivation and CPG enterprise, synchronizing facility operations expertise and global brand prowess.

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Green Horizons recognizes the privilege to work within the legal cannabis space and is committed to positive social change at the local level.

Education is a pillar of the Company. With a mission to destigmatize cannabis through education and transparency, Green Horizons will open its doors to offer campus tours to outside visitors, along with workshops and educational programs for the community and those interested in learning more about the cannabis plant and the industry.

The Company is partnering with the City of Coachella in launching the Build the Valley Initiative, which will consist of two prominent initiatives: first, building infrastructure for the community; and second, advocacy for expungement and job creation for which Green Horizons will create a dedicated Coachella Valley program. In addition to their local community activism, Green Horizons is also invested in the sustainable future of the cannabis industry and is a member of an industry task force, comprised of top operators, financiers and attorneys, whose aim is to eradicate the use of plastics in the cannabis supply chain.

ABOUT GREEN HORIZONS

Green Horizons is a next gen, vertically integrated cannabis company that builds CPG brands. With world class facilities to fuel globally relevant brands, the Company’s aim is to crossover and create meaningful brands that bring people together. www.greenhorizons.io

ABOUT CARLOS “LOS” ARIAS, J.D.

CO-FOUNDER, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF GREEN HORIZONS

Arias is regarded industry wide as a plant medicine expert, honed from his Cuban/Brazilian lineage and years of dedication to studying and working with medicinal plants all over the world. A lawyer by training, Arias is responsible for the Company’s key strategic partnerships.

ABOUT MICHAEL C. MEADE

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF COACHELLA CANN PARK, CO-FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF GREEN HORIZONS

In addition to securing the first issued cannabis licenses in Riverside County 15 years ago for cultivation and retail, Meade went on to build a cannabis real estate empire in the desert valley, fueled by Wilson Meade commercial brokerage and Desert Rock Development.

ABOUT STAR BRANDING INVESTMENT GROUP

Star Branding Investment Group, LLC is a private investment vehicle founded by Mr. Tommy Hilfiger and Mr. Joe Lamastra, through which it, and its subsidiaries seek investments in businesses across a broad range of industries.

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Zoom responds to educator requests with debut of virtual background support for Chromebooks, video messages in Zoom Chat, Breakout Rooms enhancements, and Anywhere Polls

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZM) today announced, at the CoSN2022 national conference, new features for education in response to requests from teachers and administrators. These features span Zoom’s Chat and Meetings offerings and are designed to support teachers who need to engage and manage students joining class remotely or submitting homework assignments.

Virtual Background & Blur for Chromebooks
Chromebooks are a popular choice for students and teachers. Virtual background and blur are now available for Zoom for Chrome Progressive Web Application (PWA) users. Zoom developed this capability after requests from various education customers, including Clayton County Public Schools, one of the 100 largest school districts in the United States, serving more than 52,000 students in Georgia.

“Virtual background and blur for Chromebooks are extremely beneficial to our students and teachers. Many students were reluctant to turn their cameras on before this feature enhancement,” said Rod Smith, Chief Technology Officer, Clayton County Public Schools.

Breakout Rooms Enhancements
Breakout Rooms, a popular education feature, also received enhancements in this latest release. Program Audio allows meeting hosts to share content with audio to Breakout Rooms, adding the ability to share videos with audio. With the LTI Pro integration enhancement, educators can populate Breakout Rooms from the course roster. This can be used to assign Breakout Rooms in advance, then automatically sort students into Breakout Rooms.

Additional Features for Chat and Waiting Room
Other new features include sending audio and video messages into Zoom Chat, and the ability to rename participants in the Waiting Room. Asynchronous video allows users the time to consider their responses and then record as needed to provide thoughtfully crafted responses. Users can click “video” at the bottom of the chat client and record up to a 3-minute video message that goes directly into the out-of-meeting chat channel. This is useful for situations such as students submitting brief video assignments. Renaming participants before they join the meeting can be useful for attendance taking where students may be using shared devices, for creating an anonymous student group, or for affirming gender identity.

Anywhere Polls
Anywhere Polls will allow polling content to live in a central repository that can be accessed from any meeting on an account, instead of being associated with a particular meeting. This will make it easier for instructors to reuse polls and will also be beneficial for grading. This feature will be available soon.

“We’re looking forward to the Anywhere Polls feature,” said John J. “Ski” Sygielski, Ed.D., President and CEO of HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College. “The polling enhancements will make it simpler for large groups of students to provide feedback across the College. It will be easier than ever for instructors to replicate content for each course.”

“Delivering happiness to our customers is the core of what we do at Zoom,” said Johann Zimmern, Global Education Strategy Lead, Zoom. “We work closely with our global K-12 and higher education customers, taking their requests into account and involving them in feature development. As a direct result of this, Zoom developed these exciting new features for education.”

For more details about Zoom’s new education features, please see our blog here.

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