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Consumer Product Events Hosts Media & Merch: A (Virtual) Press Junket, A Product Preview for Media Only

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Dienstag, April 26, 2022

MALIBU, Calif., April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumer Product Events, products and press matchmaker, will host the press-only Spring edition of Media & Merch: A (Virtual) Press Junket on April 27, 2022 at www.MediaandMerch.com. CPE has introduced their little black book of reporter contacts to PR agencies, in-house marketers and brands as a service to help media who are looking for new products for reviews, roundups and gift guides. Products being presented include:

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  • Products being presented include:
    About I'm Not Single, I Have a Dog - Susan Hartzler learned to accept the single life.
  • BESO Wellness - CBD-powered therapeutic topical line that addresses pain for NBA and Olympic athletes, and major entertainers from 2Chainz, WizKid and Janet Jackson to Miguel.
  • About Media & Merch: A (Virtual) Press Junkets presented by Consumer Product Events, thebrainchild of 30-year product launch veteran Alyson Dutch.
  • A matchmaker for products and press, CPE was established in 2009 to connect product marketers directly with the press who are looking to report about them.

Save the Storks Awards $20,000 in Grants to Start-Up Nonprofits at 2nd Pro-life Innovators Summit

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Freitag, April 22, 2022

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., April 22, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Save the Storks announced today that they awarded a total of $20,000 in grants to two start-up nonprofit organizations. These organizations participated in Save the Storks' second Pro-Life Innovators Summit, held April 1-3 in Colorado Springs, Colo.

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  • These organizations participated in Save the Storks' second Pro-Life Innovators Summit, held April 1-3 in Colorado Springs, Colo.
  • "The Pro-life Innovators Summit is an inspiring place where attendees, speakers and Save the Storks staff can bounce ideas off each other," said Sheila Cook, Save the Storks Events Manager, and the conference organizer.
  • Save the Storks' mission is to create a story of hope and empowerment for every woman facing an unplanned pregnancy.
  • Save the Storks has captured the imagination of millions with their innovative fleet of mobile medical units, known as the Stork Bus.

dbt Labs Announces Availability on Databricks Partner Connect

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Donnerstag, April 14, 2022

PHILADELPHIA , April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- dbt Labs, the pioneer in analytics engineering, today announced the availability of dbt Cloud on Databricks Partner Connect. With this move, Databricks customers now have a risk-free, fast and frictionless way to experience the benefits of dbt Cloud on the lakehouse.

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  • PHILADELPHIA, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- dbt Labs , the pioneer in analytics engineering, today announced the availability of dbt Cloud on Databricks Partner Connect .
  • Through Databricks Partner Connect, all Databricks users will now have the ability to quickly provision a new dbt Cloud trial that is pre-connected to their Databricks account.
  • "The dbt Community has long had interest in a joint solution with Databricks, and thanks to this accelerating partnership, we're now able to deliver a turnkey experience to Databricks customers looking to experience dbt Cloud," said Margaret Francis, Chief Product Officer at dbt Labs.
  • dbt Labs will be a Diamond Sponsor at the Databricks Data & AI Summit 2022 where the keynote will include CEO Tristan Handy, and Databricks will be an active participant at dbt Labs' Coalesce 2022 later in the year.

Former SUSE Chief Architect Darren Shepherd Joins Loft Labs’ Advisory Board

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Montag, April 11, 2022

Loft Labs , a venture-backed startup working on developer tooling and multi-tenancy solutions for Kubernetes, today announced that Darren Shepherd has joined the companys advisory board.

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  • Loft Labs , a venture-backed startup working on developer tooling and multi-tenancy solutions for Kubernetes, today announced that Darren Shepherd has joined the companys advisory board.
  • Shepherd is the former chief architect at SUSE, the global leader in innovative, reliable, and enterprise-ready open source solutions.
  • Prior to SUSE, Shepherd was the co-founder and chief technology officer at Rancher Labs, which was acquired by SUSE.
  • Darren Shepherd joins Abby Kearns , chief technology officer at Puppet, on the Loft advisory board.

Docker and Heptio Veteran Joins Loft Labs to Lead Marketing

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Montag, April 4, 2022

Loft Labs , a venture-backed startup working on developer tooling and multi-tenancy solutions for Kubernetes, today announced that Daniel Finneran has joined the company as vice president of marketing.

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  • Loft Labs , a venture-backed startup working on developer tooling and multi-tenancy solutions for Kubernetes, today announced that Daniel Finneran has joined the company as vice president of marketing.
  • Finneran brings more than 15 years of experience in the information technology and services industry including positions at Docker, Heptio, VMware, the European Space Agency, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and most recently Packet, an Equinix company.
  • Daniel brings tremendous experience from both the technical side, as well as in developing an ecosystem around technology, said Lukas Gentele, co-founder and CEO of Loft Labs.
  • Loft Labs builds its enterprise-grade Kubernetes platform on top of vcluster, an open source technology for creating virtual Kubernetes clusters.

Loft Labs Releases vcluster Plugin System and SDK to Make Integrations and Customizations Easier

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Dienstag, Februar 15, 2022

Now, users can create and contribute vcluster plugins without having to deal with the internals of the vcluster core.

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  • Now, users can create and contribute vcluster plugins without having to deal with the internals of the vcluster core.
  • This is the main difference between a vcluster plugin and a regular Kubernetes operator that would just be installed inside the vcluster itself.
  • Internally, the vcluster SDK uses the popular controller-runtime project, that is used by vcluster itself to create the controllers.
  • Loft Labs builds its enterprise-grade Kubernetes platform Loft on top of vcluster.

Mr. Cooper Group Announces Election of Daniela Jorge to Board of Directors

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Donnerstag, Februar 10, 2022

Mr. Cooper Group Inc. (NASDAQ: COOP) announced today the appointment of Daniela Jorge to its board of directors.

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  • Mr. Cooper Group Inc. (NASDAQ: COOP) announced today the appointment of Daniela Jorge to its board of directors.
  • Jorge currently serves as Vice President and Chief Design Officer at PayPal, a leading financial technology company and online payments system.
  • Mr. Cooper Group is a strong leader in the mortgage space with an incredible opportunity to transform the home loan experience for their customers, and I am thrilled to play a part as they continue to focus on customer-centric innovation, said Daniela Jorge, Director at Mr. Cooper Group.
  • Mr. Cooper Group Inc. (NASDAQ: COOP) provides customer-centric servicing, origination and transaction-based services related principally to single-family residences throughout the United States with operations under its primary brands: Mr. Cooper and Xome.

BetMGM and Casino del Mar at La Concha Resort Launch Sports Betting in Puerto Rico

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Freitag, Februar 11, 2022

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Feb. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sports betting is officially live in Puerto Rico at Casino del Mar at La Concha Resort.

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  • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Feb. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sports betting is officially live in Puerto Rico at Casino del Mar at La Concha Resort.
  • BetMGM plans to launch its mobile betting app in Puerto Rico in the months ahead as well.
  • "Casino del Mar delivers exceptional guest experiences and is an ideal partner as we look to extend our brand in Puerto Rico."
  • Sigfrido de Jess, Casino del Mar's General Manager, said, "We are very excited to kick off sports betting at Casino del Mar through this important strategic alliance with BetMGM.

Pandemic Highlights Compelling Need for Transformation of Insurance Industry in South America as Insurtech Company 180° Seguros Announces 8VC-Led $31.4 Million Series A

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Mittwoch, Februar 2, 2022

The round was led by 8VC, already an investor in the company, and followed by Dragoneer, Monashees, Atlantico, Quartz, and Norte.

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  • The round was led by 8VC, already an investor in the company, and followed by Dragoneer, Monashees, Atlantico, Quartz, and Norte.
  • "We are very bullish on the insurance space in LatAm and the technology 180 is building.
  • "Digital transformation is a necessary process that has been redesigning the insurance industry in recent years.
  • 180 Seguros is an insurtech that was created with the purpose of transforming the model of consuming and distributing insurance in Brazil.

Bluecore and Criteo Empower Brands To Use First-Party Data to Predict What Shoppers Will Buy Next On Major Ad Channels

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Mittwoch, Februar 2, 2022

This requires going beyond traditional customer acquisition tactics and instead taking a lifecycle marketing approach to communicate with shoppers and drive superior performance in major ad channels.

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  • This requires going beyond traditional customer acquisition tactics and instead taking a lifecycle marketing approach to communicate with shoppers and drive superior performance in major ad channels.
  • The partnership between Criteo and Bluecore enables brands to accomplish this by leveraging their owned first-party data to predict what shoppers will buy next on major ad channels.
  • Effective immediately, retailers can easily leverage Bluecore on the digital ad channels where their current and prospective shoppers engage, directly from their Criteo interface.
  • Bluecore operates across all major digital channels and the five largest sources of consumer traffic: email, sms, Facebook, Google and Criteo.