HALO TAKES AN AGGRESSIVE STANCE AGAINST TRADEMARK INFRINGERS

American E-liquid Brand Fights to Protect Intellectual Property on a Global Scale

Tampa, Florida, Dec. 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pure Labs takes action to protect the intellectual property of its flagship E-liquid brand, Halo, relentlessly prosecuting multiple trademark infringers.

Pure Labs recently brought civil action and successfully defended its intellectual property rights against US-based vape company, The Blinc Group, Inc. It was discovered that Blinc was illegally using the Halo mark in the branding of its vaping device kit and accessories, marketed as the “Halo System”, “TipHalo”, and “BaseHalo”. Akerman LLP represented Pure Labs against Blinc by negotiating a substantial settlement payment, as well as Blinc’s agreement to immediately cease the use of the infringing branding, destroy or rebrand all infringing packaging and inventory, and abandon numerous trademark applications similar to Pure Labs Halo trademarks.

An ongoing lawsuit between Pure Labs and French company, So Smoke, is progressing through the French Judicial System. Pure Labs asserted that So Smoke has been illegally using Halo’s logo, trademarks, and flavoring in E-liquid products under the Reservoir Freaks brand. Pure Labs has been working diligently with French counsel to pursue legal action, resulting in a search and seizure of the product in question and forcing So Smoke to repackage the litigious products.

Pure Labs employs a dedicated in-house team to continually monitor and thwart intellectual property theft involving any of its trademarks. “Ensuring that Halo customers around the world can confidently vape Halo’s award-winning tobacco and menthol e-liquids as they complete their journey of ending their addiction to combustible cigarettes has always been a top company initiative.”, stated Jeffrey Stamler, Co-Founder of Pure Labs.  

About Pure Laboratories

Operating since 2009, Pure Laboratories (Pure Labs) is a state-of-the-art 110,000-sq. ft. manufacturing and distribution facility located in Gainesville, Florida. Nicopure Labs, a subsidiary of Pure Labs, is an industry-leading tobacco and menthol e-liquid manufacturer, globally recognized for the production of its American-made, award-winning vaporization products. With a 10,000-sq. ft. ISO 7 cleanroom, Pure Labs is synonymous with quality manufacturing. Pure Labs’ corporate headquarters are based in Tampa Florida, with additional operations located in Europe.

For additional information about carrying Halo’s premium American-made E-liquid and innovative line of vaporizer devices, please email Halo’s principal distribution partner, Syndicate Distribution at sales@syndicatedistribution.com.

For additional information on Pure Laboratories’ full capabilities visit www.PureLabs.com.

For media inquiries, please email press@purelabs.com.

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Kontent.ai Appoints New Senior Executives and Joins MACH Alliance to Support Global Expansion

Today, Kontent.ai, an established global company with an award-winning modular content platform, shares big news—additions to the executive team, membership in the MACH Alliance, and the opening of new offices in New York City.

NEW YORK, Dec. 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Kontent.ai, the vendor behind the leading modular content platform for global enterprise operations, today announced the appointment of two new senior executives: Olga Stuck has become COO of Kontent.ai, and Monte Wilson has been named Head of GTM Strategy and Field Operation. Together with joining the MACH Alliance and opening new offices in New York City, these additions to the executive team are the latest step the company has taken to support its global expansion and deliver more value to customers.

Kontent.ai prepares to enter its next phase of growth with two key hires

“My mission is to help Kontent.ai scale and bring the organization to a new level while preserving our unique culture, relationships, and DEI at the center of what we do,” said Olga Stuck, Kontent.ai’s new COO. With more than 20 years of experience in organizational development, Olga has guided companies like Moravia IT and RWS Moravia through organic growth as well as acquisitions, scaling from 500 to 3,000 employees in 23 locations.

Monte Wilson, the other recently appointed executive, joins Kontent.ai to fuel its growth, developing innovative go-to-market plans and efficient sales and operational structures. “Martech is a highly competitive business segment, so it is vital that you have the right product, the right team of highly talented individuals, and be with the right ecosystem of partners. Kontent.ai is perfectly positioned for high growth, especially since composable, headless technologies are really taking off in the market. We have unique advantages that I’m certain will allow us to quickly separate from the pack and help customers realize the potential of this new space. The talent in this team and the capabilities of the product speak for themselves, and I’m honored to be a part of the Kontent.ai team,” noted Monte, who has successfully completed builds, turnarounds, and rebuilds of organizations for companies like Sitecore, Oracle, and Adobe.

Kontent.ai joins the MACH Alliance to deepen cooperation with other vendors and empower large organizations 

These critical executive appointments will serve Kontent.ai during a time of major growth and change. Recently, they announced $40 million in growth capital from investment firm Expedition Growth Capital as well as membership in the prestigious MACH Alliance, a group of more than 70 independent technology companies advocating for open, best-of-breed technology ecosystems. A MACH architecture, which stands for Microservices, API-first, Cloud-native SaaS, and Headless, empowers organizations to adapt to customers’ changing behaviors and deliver results.

A true cloud-native service since its inception, Kontent.ai meets the Alliance’s stringent certification standards, with its membership serving as strong validation of the platform’s impact and future vision. Becoming a member of the MACH Alliance will also allow Kontent.ai to deepen technology cooperation with other MACH vendors and deliver even more value to customers.

Joining the MACH Alliance, Kontent.ai is pleased to shine a light on our long-standing dedication to MACH technology principles. Our customers’ measurable success with our modular content platform is evidence of the transformative power of MACH, not only for engineering teams but also for global content teams,” said Bart Omlo, CEO of Kontent.ai.

Expanding Kontent.ai’s global footprint with an office in NYC

As the demand for Kontent.ai’s services rises, the company decided to open another office in the U.S. to locally support its growing customer base. Located in the Chrysler Building in New York City, the space will serve as the main hub for all U.S. operations, enabling professionals at Kontent.ai to help U.S.-based clients reach their ambitious goals. After the successful New York session of the Kontent.ai Horizons conference in November, the team believes that their presence in NYC will give them a great platform to establish even stronger and closer relationships with customers and partners.

The globally distributed team continues to work from many different locations around the globe, including Kontent.ai’s offices in London, Amsterdam, Brno, Olomouc, Sydney, and, previously, Bedford, New Hampshire. On its mission to help people tell stories that change the world, the company is rapidly growing with new hires across engineering, sales, customer success, and other departments.

About Kontent.ai:

Kontent.ai is the leading modular content platform that enables marketers and developers to plan, create, and deliver content at scale. Business teams collaborate daily in the intuitive authoring experience designed for governed content production and management, real-time reviewing and approvals, and modular content reuse. In parallel, developers leverage the total flexibility of the headless solution, best-of-breed technologies, and composable AI to deliver digital experiences via API to any channel. With hubs in New York, London, Amsterdam, Brno, and Sydney, Kontent.ai helps companies like Zurich Insurance, Algolia, Vogue, AC Milan, and Oxford University unlock the full potential of their content and connect with customers worldwide.

Contact Information:
Vojtech Boril
Vice President, Growth & Marketing
vojtech.boril@kontent.ai
+420776874572

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LambdaTest enables Dashlane to reduce test execution time by 50% with HyperExecute

With HyperExecute’s blazing-fast smart test platform, Dashlane reduced their flaky tests to zero

San Francisco, Dec. 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LambdaTest, the leading continuous quality testing cloud platform, has enabled Dashlane, a top subscription-based password manager, to reduce test execution time by 50%, with its end-to-end smart test orchestration platform HyperExecute.

Dashlane was initially running its end-to-end tests using an in-house testing infrastructure setup, however, maintaining the same was hard as it consumed a lot of the engineering bandwidth. The team had developed a pipeline where they ran smoke tests for every commit, regression tests for every merge to master, and then multi-browser tests during nightly runs. They wanted to introduce the UI tests to be run along with the development roadmap.

With their rapid growth, Dashlane was looking to shift-left the testing to meet the growing customer demands which warranted constant addition and updating of features. The company wanted to eliminate constant developer interrupts and rapidly increase its release velocity.

With this goal in mind, Dashlane, being an agile mindset-driven company, was looking for a continuous testing platform that could not only help with the right test infrastructure but also bring in the necessary orchestration to do the heavy lifting in the testing, thereby enabling its team to focus on other important tasks.

Dashlane’s platform checklist included automation support, real devices support, visual regression support, parallel testing capabilities, SSL (Secure Sockets Layer), Cypress support, cost, and finally round-the-clock and top-notch customer support.

After extensive benchmarking against their local infrastructure and other cloud-based alternatives, Dashlane decided to go ahead with LambdaTest’s HyperExecute.

HyperExecute cut down Dashlane’s test execution time by half and completely eliminated flaky tests. Also, HyperExecute’s dashboard collected all the test data in one place, ensuring that the team didn’t have to spend hours getting test data and logs from different sources. The prompt and reliable customer support was available to help at crucial junctures thereby enabling a smooth transition. Thus, HyperExecute’s smart test orchestration enabled Dashlane to meet all of its testing KPIs and ensured quick release velocity due to reduced developer friction.

“When companies have a dire need to deliver features at a record pace due to customer demands, standard cloud-based test execution platforms are sadly not up to the mark. The goal of HyperExecute is to enable companies to release faster by ensuring quicker feedback to developers. When Dashlane came to us with their problem statement, HyperExecute was just the right fit. It met all their requirements and some more,” said Jay Singh, co-founder, LambdaTest. “While the speed of test execution was the highlight, the smart test orchestration features gave the team more flexibility and control on the test execution environment. Dashlane no longer does mere test execution, they now do test orchestration and we are glad to be their platform of choice.”

LambdaTest’s HyperExecute helps customers run and orchestrate tests in the cloud for any framework and programming language at blazing-fast speeds to cut down on quality test time, helping developers build software faster.

“At Dashlane, we were looking for a test orchestration platform that could help us increase velocity and eliminate developer friction and interruptions. After a significant amount of benchmarking, we decided to go ahead with LambdaTest’s HyperExecute. HyperExecute outperformed our in-house setup as well as the alternatives we had put to test. We evaluated the tools on multiple parameters and found that HyperExecute ran our tests at 2X speed and that we had drastically reduced the amount of flaky tests thanks to their sanitized infrastructure. Another great benefit was their prompt and reliable customer support,” said Giovanna Faso, VP, Engineering Operations, Dashlane. “They also offer some smart features like real-time log streaming, feature-packed hosted runners, an insightful dashboard, and matrix-based multiplexing which really wowed us. I’d recommend HyperExecute by LambdaTest to any business that is looking to improve their developer experience and increase the value they get from automated testing.”

To know more about HyperExecute, visit- www.lambdatest.com/hyperexecute.

About LambdaTest

LambdaTest is a continuous quality testing cloud platform that helps developers and testers ship code faster. Over 10,000+ customers, and 1 million+ users across 130+ countries rely on LambdaTest for their testing needs.

LambdaTest platform provides secure, scalable, and insightful test orchestration for customers at different points in their DevOps (CI/CD) lifecycle:-

Browser & App Testing Cloud allows users to run both manual and automated tests of web and mobile apps across 3000+ different browsers, real devices, and operating system environments.

HyperExecute helps customers run and orchestrate tests in the cloud for any platform and programming language at blazing-fast speeds to cut down on quality test time, helping developers build software faster.

For more information, please visit, https://lambdatest.com

About Dashlane

Dashlane’s mission is to make security simple for millions of organizations and their people. Dashlane empowers businesses of every size to protect company and employee data while helping everyone easily log in to the accounts they need—anytime, anywhere. Over 15 million users and 20,000 businesses in 180 countries use Dashlane for a faster, simpler, and more secure internet.

For more information, please visit, https://www.dashlane.com/

For further information please contact the LambdaTest press office: Bilal Mahmood on press@lambdatest.com or +44 (0) 20 3640 7759 and +44 (0) 771 400 7257.

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Hamburg Commercial Bank Goes Live on nCino

Germany’s “Best Performing Bank” completes successful implementation of the nCino platform to drive further efficiency

WILMINGTON, N.C. and LONDON and HAMBURG, Germany, Dec. 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — nCino, Inc. (NASDAQ: NCNO), a pioneer in cloud banking and digital transformation solutions for the global financial services industry, today announced that Hamburg Commercial Bank (HCOB) is now live on the nCino Bank Operating System®. nCino is supporting the Bank’s workflow from the processing of transactions in the pipeline, through structuring and credit decisioning to help expedite processes and enable increased efficiencies.

With representation across Germany’s metropolitan regions and in select markets in Europe, HCOB is a specialty financier, serving commercial clients and financing projects in the real estate and shipping sector, as well as in the renewable energy and infrastructure industry. The Bank recently won the “Euromoney Award for Excellence 2022” in the global category “World’s Best Bank Transformation” and boasts some of the best financial metrics in banking in Germany.

“We have transformed Hamburg Commercial Bank into a focused and profitable commercial bank within a few years and we intend to build on this foundation and expand our business in a measured manner. The nCino implementation is a great example of the execution of this strategy,” said Jan Lührs-Behnke, Head of Credit Office at Hamburg Commercial Bank. “We look forward to continuing to work with nCino as we are already achieving very positive results in terms of speeding up our processes, working more efficiently and creating a better customer experience”.

“We’re extremely proud to be partnered with HCOB and to have successfully deployed the nCino platform in Germany,” said Charlie McIver, Managing Director – EMEA at nCino. “HCOB has been on one of the most ambitious business and cloud tech transformations I have ever witnessed. nCino replaced consolidated data and replaced disparate legacy systems to create a single platform for credit origination and review. Through nCino, HCOB now has a flexible platform for the seamless initiation of financing to decision through to the booking of the loan. With the foundational implementation complete, we really look forward to further innovating HCOB’s capabilities.”

The nCino Bank Operating System transforms the way financial institutions (FIs) operate and interact across multiple business lines. nCino allows FIs to provide a personalized digital experience over the course of end-to-end financial journeys from onboarding, account opening, loan origination, data-driven insights and analytics spanning all lines of business and channels. nCino streamlines employee, client, and third-party interactions, resulting in increasing data optimization, profitability, efficiency, transparency, and regulatory compliance.

About nCino
nCino (NASDAQ: NCNO) is the worldwide leader in cloud banking. The nCino Bank Operating System® empowers financial institutions with scalable technology to help them achieve revenue growth, greater efficiency, cost savings and regulatory compliance. In a digital-first world, nCino’s single cloud-based platform enhances the employee and client experience to enable financial institutions to more effectively onboard clients, make loans and manage the entire loan life cycle, and open deposit and other accounts across lines of business and channels. Transforming how financial institutions operate through innovation, reputation and speed, nCino is partnered with more than 1,750 financial institutions of all types and sizes on a global basis. For more information, visit www.ncino.com.

About HCOB
Hamburg Commercial Bank AG (HCOB) is a private commercial bank headquartered in Hamburg, Germany. HCOB offers its clients a high level of structuring expertise in real estate financing and has a strong market position in international shipping. The bank is one of the pioneers in the pan-European project financing of renewable energies and digital infrastructure. HCOB offers individual solutions for international corporate clients as well as a focused corporate business in Germany. Reliable and timely payment products as well as other trade finance solutions also support the need of the bank’s customers. HCOB is aligning its activities with established ESG criteria. For further information, please visit: www.hcob-bank.com.

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nCino
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Head of Marketing, EMEA
+44 07 8252 11135
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Founder & owner Huss-PR-Consult
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Lindenstrasse 4
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Hamburg Commercial Bank
Katrin Steinbacher
Head of Press
+49 40 3333 11130
Gerhart-Hauptmann-Platz 50
20095 Hamburg
Germany

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AZIO Launches Cascade 98 Keyboard, the First Low-Profile Mechanical Keyboard With a Full-Size Number Pad — NOW LIVE on KICKSTARTER

The Cascade fully customizable 98% layout mechanical keyboard features a full-size number pad for improved typing accuracy and productivity

AZIO Cascade 98 Mechanical Keyboard

AZIO Cascade 98 Mechanical Keyboard

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 30, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AZIO, the company that created the popular Cascade 75% Keyboard Series, announced today the launch of Cascade 98% on Kickstarter. Last March, AZIO successfully funded the Cascade 75 keyboard Series and hit its funding goal within the first week. As a follow-up, the Cascade 98 offers a full-size number pad and is available in standard and slim profiles. This gives users the option to go low-profile, which is trending among keyboard enthusiasts.

With customization options, users can expect to be able to customize their choice of key switches, keycaps, and even the aluminum top plate. The Cascade keyboard is now available in a 98% layout, which is a mix of form and function for users that prefer a full-featured keyboard in a compact foot print.

The Cascade and Cascade Slim come in two base keycap themes, Galaxy and Forest, with laser-etched font for a backlit effect. Four PBT-themed keycap sets can be purchased separately, with additional designs to come.

Most notably, the mechanical keyboard is designed with a hot-swappable switch mechanism that allows users to choose their preferred mechanical switch. Options on the Kickstarter include four different Gateron G-Pro switches: Blue, Brown, Yellow or Red, and three different Low-Profile Gateron switches: Blue, Brown or Red. The Cascade keyboard is compatible with any MX switches, so users can swap out and use their own preferred switches.

Other features of the Cascade 98% include:

  • Full-size number pad with a full-size ZERO key, which improves typing accuracy and productivity
  • Hot-swappable mechanical switches and key caps
  • Built-in foam dampers for enhanced acoustics while reducing vibration and rattle
  • Pre-lubed switches for smooth key actuation
  • A variety of different backlight settings, including RGB colors and animation patterns
  • Three adjustable feet positions for optimal comfort
  • System and connectivity toggles that let users shift between Mac and PC mode, or Bluetooth and USB mode
  • Connect/pair up to five devices at a time, with three Bluetooth Profiles and USB + RF modes

The Cascade 98 is now available on Kickstarter. Backers can take advantage of the Early Bird special, starting at $99 for any base model.

About AZIO Corporation

Founded in Los Angeles in 2009, AZIO was created as an answer to stagnant aesthetics of workspace accessories. Our design goal is to create cutting-edge products that are intuitively easy to use, provide maximum comfort, and leave a minimal environmental footprint. By circumventing traditional materials, forms, and functions, we break through conventional designs to create your dream workspace. Our goal is to spark creativity and uplift the way you work through a unique narrative that is efficient yet beautiful. Let us help revolutionize the way you work.

Contact Information:
William Ao
williamao@aziocorp.com
(909) 468-1198

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CNH Industrial announces Senior Leadership Team change  

London, November 30, 2022

CNH Industrial N.V. (NYSE: CNHI / MI: CNHI) today announces the appointment of Richard Miller as Senior Vice President of Internal Audit. Richard takes over from Carlo De Bernardi who has elected to retire following 38 years of dedicated service. With this appointment, Richard will join the Company’s Senior Leadership Team (SLT).

Richard Miller first joined CNH Industrial in 1990. He has since assumed roles of increasing responsibility in Internal Audit, most recently as Head of Internal Audit for the North America region.

“I want to thank Carlo for leading our Internal Audit function with excellence and impeccable character,” said Scott W. Wine, Chief Executive Officer, CNH Industrial. “In Richard, we have a worthy successor who will continue to ensure that our Company operates to the highest standards.”

CNH Industrial (NYSE: CNHI / MI: CNHI) is a world-class equipment and services company. Driven by its purpose of Breaking New Ground, which centers on Innovation, Sustainability and Productivity, the Company provides the strategic direction, R&D capabilities, and investments that enable the success of its global and regional Brands. Globally, Case IH and New Holland Agriculture supply 360° agriculture applications from machines to implements and the digital technologies that enhance them; and CASE and New Holland Construction Equipment deliver a full lineup of construction products that make the industry more productive. The Company’s regionally focused Brands include: STEYR, for agricultural tractors; Raven, a leader in digital agriculture, precision technology and the development of autonomous systems; Flexi-Coil, specializing in tillage and seeding systems; Miller, manufacturing application equipment; Kongskilde, providing tillage, seeding and hay & forage implements; and Eurocomach, producing a wide range of mini and midi excavators for the construction sector, including electric solutions. Across a history spanning over two centuries, CNH Industrial has always been a pioneer in its sectors and continues to passionately innovate and drive customer efficiency and success. As a truly global company, CNH Industrial’s 37,000+ employees form part of a diverse and inclusive workplace, focused on empowering customers to grow, and build, a better world.

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Bank of New Zealand Selects nCino to Transform Digital Banking Experience

New Zealand’s leading business bank selects nCino cloud-based platform to exceed customers’ growing expectations

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Nov. 30, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — nCino, Inc. (NASDAQ: NCNO), a pioneer in cloud banking and digital transformation solutions for the global financial services industry, today announced that the Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) has selected the nCino Bank Operating System® as a key technology platform.

nCino’s single cloud-based platform enables financial institutions to more effectively onboard clients, make loans, manage loan life cycles, and open deposit and other accounts across lines of business and banking channels.

Mark Bernhardi, Managing Director of Australia, and New Zealand at nCino says, “Now, more than ever, financial institutions require an end-to-end digital and customer-centric platform approach in order to meet the increasing and changing expectations of their customers at speed. We look forward to partnering with BNZ on this journey.”

With more than $100 billion NZD in assets (USD 56.2B), BNZ has operated in New Zealand since opening its first office in Auckland in October 1861. The bank employs over 5,000 people in New Zealand.

BNZ Executive Customer, Products, and Services, Karna Luke says, “Our customers have high expectations, and BNZ is continually seeking improvements to our exceptional customer experience delivery through careful investment in digital capabilities and operational excellence.”

About nCino
nCino (NASDAQ: NCNO) is the worldwide leader in cloud banking. The nCino Bank Operating System® empowers financial institutions with scalable technology to help them achieve revenue growth, greater efficiency, cost savings and regulatory compliance. In a digital-first world, nCino’s single cloud-based platform enhances the employee and client experience to enable financial institutions to more effectively onboard clients, make loans and manage the entire loan life cycle, and open deposit and other accounts across lines of business and channels. Transforming how financial institutions operate through innovation, reputation and speed, nCino is partnered with more than 1,750 financial institutions of all types and sizes on a global basis. For more information, visit www.ncino.com.

About Bank of New Zealand
About Bank of New Zealand (BNZ):  Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) was founded in 1861 and is committed to helping New Zealanders find a way to reach their financial goals and dreams, and helping communities prosper.

BNZ employs more than 5000 people to help its 1.2 million customers across the country, and has 134 branches and Partners Centres across New Zealand. The bank works with personal, business, agri, charity and private wealth clients offering services in retail, small business, commercial, corporate, agribusiness, institutional and investment.

BNZ is one of New Zealand’s largest carbon neutral companies and works to help make New Zealand’s communities stronger. Bank of New Zealand is a subsidiary of the National Australia Bank Group of companies and is governed locally by a fully empowered New Zealand Board of Directors.

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Iceotope Study with Meta Reveals Efficiency of Precision Immersion Liquid Cooling for High-Density Storage Drives

Meta Precision Immersion Cooled HDD

Iceotope Study with Meta Reveals Efficiency of Precision Immersion Liquid Cooling for High-Density Storage Drives

  • First known study to test precision immersion cooling for high-density data storage successfully demonstrates efficiency
  • Virtually silent operation helps mitigate acoustic vibrational issues associated with air-cooled solutions
  • The introduction of sealed helium-filled HDDs opens the door for more effective precision immersion liquid cooling in storage racks

SHEFFIELD, United Kingdom, Nov. 30, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Iceotope, the global leader in precision immersion cooling, announces a new study with Meta confirming the practicality, efficiency and effectiveness of chassis-level liquid cooling technology to meet the cooling requirements of high-density storage disks increasingly being deployed and utilised by hyperscale data centre service providers.

The recently published study with Meta suggests the advantages of improved thermal management, reduced vibration and equalised temperature across the JBOD, which leads directly to lower failure rates and costs for data centre operators. The hard drive systems supplied in a rack form factor in chassis drawers are an ideal fit for precision immersion cooling technology.

Neil Edmunds, Director of Innovation, Iceotope, said: “As demand for data storage continues to escalate, so will the solutions needed by hyperscale data centre providers to efficiently cool the equipment. The study demonstrated that liquid cooling for high-density storage successfully cools the drives at a lower, more consistent temperature for fewer drive failures, lower TCO and improved ESG compliance.”

High-density storage proliferating
With constant streams of data emerging from the Internet of Things, video, artificial intelligence and more, up to 463 exabytes of data is expected to be generated by each person, each day by 2025. How data is accessed and interacted with is constantly changing, causing a real impact on the processing and storage of that data. In just a few years, it’s predicted that global data storage will exceed 200 zettabytes of which half will be stored in the cloud.

This presents a unique challenge for hyperscale data centre storage infrastructure. According to Seagate, cloud data centres choose mass-capacity hard disk drives (HDDs) to store 90% of their exabytes. Typically found in a 3.5-inch form factor, HDDs are a tried and tested technology which continues to offer data centre operators cost-effective storage at scale. Current top-of-the-range units provide 20 TB capacity, but this is expected to reach >120TB by the end of the decade.

More data storage means more spinning disks, higher-speed motors, and more actuators – all of which translates into more power being used. As disks go up in power, so does the amount of heat they produce. The introduction of helium into hard drive enclosures over the last decade has not only improved disk performance with less drag but with the units now sealed, the practicality of using liquid cooling solutions at HDD level has been opened.

Meta study liquid cooling for high-density storage
The study showcases an air-cooled, high-density storage system re-engineered to utilise single-phase immersion cooling. The standard commercial storage system consisted of seventy-two hard drives, two single socket nodes, two SAS expander cards, NIC and a power distribution board in a 4OU form factor. The hard drives were hermetically sealed, and helium filled.

The liquid cooling system tested was an Iceotope precision immersion liquid cooling system – the air-cooled version was modified with the addition of a dedicated dielectric loop connected to a liquid-to-liquid heat exchanger and pump. Meta proceeded to measure temperature variation across the hard drives and cooling pump power in the air-cooled and liquid-cooled systems.

The results are conclusive
The study successfully demonstrated precision immersion cooling was a more efficient means of cooling the HDD racks with the following results:

  • Using precision immersion liquid cooling, the variance in temperature between all 72 HDDs was just 3°C, regardless of location inside the JBODs
  • Liquid cooling demonstrated that the HDD systems could operate reliably in rack water inlet temperatures up to 40°C.
  • System-level cooling power was less than five percent of the total power consumption.
  • Liquid cooling’s virtually silent operation helps mitigate acoustic vibrational issues for drives often encountered with air-cooling solutions.

While precision immersion is found to be a superior alternative to air-cooling high-density disk arrays, other forms of liquid cooling including cold plates, tank immersion, or two-phase immersion, don’t preserve the operational benefits such as HDD density, user access for serviceability and ability to hot swap drives to the same degree.

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About Iceotope
Iceotope’s chassis-level precision immersion technology offers a simple, unified platform that cools, protects and monitors the whole IT stack in any location from the extreme edge to the hyperscale cloud.

Offering up to 96% water reduction, up to 40% power reduction, and up to 40% carbon emissions reduction per kW of ITE, Iceotope’s precision immersion cooling solutions are game-changing in the design, build and operation of data centres.

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