Technology strategy

Pinecone Launches Partner Program to Bring More Companies Into the AI Stack

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Monday, April 8, 2024
RAG, Vectorization, AI, Technology strategy, Workflow, Metadata, Ecosystem, Marketing

NEW YORK, April 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Pinecone , the vector database company making AI knowledgeable, announced the launch of the Pinecone Partner Program.

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  • NEW YORK, April 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Pinecone , the vector database company making AI knowledgeable, announced the launch of the Pinecone Partner Program.
  • The program lets software providers become part of the critical AI ecosystem by offering streamlined access to the market-leading vector database inside their products.
  • Expanded and streamlined access for developers to the vector database inside their existing tools will dramatically accelerate successful deployments of AI applications.
  • "Developers want a simple workflow even if their projects are incredibly ambitious," said Edo Liberty, Founder & CEO of Pinecone.

Forrester Announces 2024 B2B Return On Integration Honorees And Program Of The Year Award Winners For North America

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Thursday, April 4, 2024
Professional Services, Business, Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Security, Other Communications, Digital Marketing, Marketing, Communications, Content Marketing, Consulting, Telecommunications, ROI, Organization, Verizon Communications, Verizon Business, Research, CX, Technology strategy, Outline, DDI, Ecosystem, B2B, POY, ADP, Sales

Forrester (Nasdaq: FORR) will recognize Verizon Business , DDI , and ADP as the 2024 recipients of its B2B Return On Integration (ROI) Honors at B2B Summit North America , taking place May 5–8, 2024, in Austin, Texas.

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  • Forrester (Nasdaq: FORR) will recognize Verizon Business , DDI , and ADP as the 2024 recipients of its B2B Return On Integration (ROI) Honors at B2B Summit North America , taking place May 5–8, 2024, in Austin, Texas.
  • Forrester will also honor this year’s B2B Program Of The Year (POY) Award winners for implementing customer-focused strategies within specific marketing, sales, and product functions.
  • At this year’s B2B Summit, award winners will outline how they have enhanced operational efficiency, grown revenue, and launched initiatives that maximize customer value.
  • Forrester’s 2024 B2B ROI Honors winners include:
    Verizon Business, one of the world’s leading telecom companies, co-created an AI-backed selling and real-time marketing ecosystem to optimize sales flows.

Standard AI Debuts Vision Analytics Platform to Unlock Unprecedented Insights for Retail

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Technology, Other Retail, Professional Services, Software, Hardware, Data Analytics, Retail, Data Management, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, Consumer, Attention, Google Cloud, COVID, Y Combinator, SVP, Axis Communications, Foot, CPG, Technology strategy, Standard, Lyft, Digital technology, Machine learning, Map, Online shopping

Enabled by AI and computer vision, Standard AI is introducing Vision Analytics to empower retailers and brands with insights into shopper behavior, product performance, and store operations captured through unparalleled fidelity of people, products, and interactions.

Key Points: 
  • Enabled by AI and computer vision, Standard AI is introducing Vision Analytics to empower retailers and brands with insights into shopper behavior, product performance, and store operations captured through unparalleled fidelity of people, products, and interactions.
  • Founded in 2017, Standard AI has long been at the forefront of applying machine learning and computer vision to the hardest problems in retail.
  • “Delivering these insights while maintaining shopper privacy has been a core tenant of Standard AI from its early beginnings and I am proud to work with Angie in our new roles to advance our Vision Analytics platform.”
    “With Jordan's leadership, Standard AI has been at the forefront of applying AI and computer vision in retail,” said Garry Tan, CEO of Y Combinator and Standard AI board member.
  • To learn more about Standard AI and its Vision Analytics suite, please visit https://standard.ai .

Boldyn Networks Promotes Marc Rohleder to US - Chief Technology Officer

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Thursday, March 14, 2024
Technology strategy, City, AT&T, Management

IRVINE, Calif., March 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Boldyn Networks (Boldyn), a global leader in shared network infrastructure solutions, announced that longtime technology executive Marc Rohleder has been named Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for the United States. Having served as Vice President of Technology Strategy, Rohleder will continue to strengthen Boldyn's industry leadership to connect venues, transportation hubs and smart cities.

Key Points: 
  • IRVINE, Calif., March 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Boldyn Networks (Boldyn), a global leader in shared network infrastructure solutions, announced that longtime technology executive Marc Rohleder has been named Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for the United States.
  • Having served as Vice President of Technology Strategy, Rohleder will continue to strengthen Boldyn's industry leadership to connect venues, transportation hubs and smart cities.
  • "Marc has an incredible talent for combining customer needs with knowing where next-generation technology is headed," said Christos Karmis, U.S. CEO of Boldyn Networks.
  • "At Boldyn, I have the privilege to lead clients and their customers to new experiences rooted in connectivity," said Rohleder.

Just in Time for Super Tuesday - Ballotpedia's New Sample Ballot Lookup Tool is Here to Help

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Policy, Politics, Technology strategy, Ridesharing

MIDDLETON, Wis., Feb. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Ballotpedia, the nation's premier resource for unbiased information on elections, politics, and policy, today announced the launch of its new and improved Sample Ballot Lookup Tool. 

Key Points: 
  • MIDDLETON, Wis., Feb. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Ballotpedia, the nation's premier resource for unbiased information on elections, politics, and policy, today announced the launch of its new and improved Sample Ballot Lookup Tool .
  • Ballotpedia today announced the launch of its new and improved Sample Ballot Lookup Tool.
  • "Ballotpedia's Sample Ballot Lookup Tool helps voters and candidates by making critical ballot information readily available."
  • The Sample Ballot Lookup Tool is free, and includes candidate profiles from verified candidates who've completed and submitted Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection Survey.

ThisWay Global's CEO Angela Hood Joins IBM and Randstad for Keynote at OPEX Week: Business Transformation World Summit 2024

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Monday, January 29, 2024
Technology strategy, Ethics, Business, Bias, IBM, Customer service, Automation, Acquisition, Pressure, Workforce, Intelligent automation, Management

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- ThisWay Global, the leader in AI bias-mitigating and talent acquisition sourcing technology, announced that Founder & CEO Angela Hood will deliver the opening keynote on AI for business for OPEX Week. Angela will join IBM's Greg Pollack, Global Leader, Intelligent Automation and Casimir Turbak, Vice President, Technology Strategy, Randstad Sourceright, to share enterprise AI's impact across human resources, customer service, and software development. OPEX Week is the world's most significant enterprise transformation and operational excellence event for C-suite executives and is held this year from January 29th - 31st at the Hyatt Regency, Miami, Florida.

Key Points: 
  • AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- ThisWay Global , the leader in AI bias-mitigating and talent acquisition sourcing technology, announced that Founder & CEO Angela Hoo d will deliver the opening keynote on AI for business for OPEX Week .
  • The keynote, "AI Assistants: Generative AI for Productivity, from Employee Experience and Customer Care to Code Modernization," begins at 2:50 pm on Monday, January 29th.
  • Despite this growing pressure to adopt AI for business productivity, C-suite executives must carefully evaluate how and why to deploy AI tools for business.
  • Our presentation will include a technical demonstration of how multiple technologies: Alliance Virtual Services, ThisWay Global, FloCareer, Click Boarding, ProboTalent functional interoperably inside one single source of truth, IBM WatsonX Orchestrate," noted Angela Hood, Founder and CEO of ThisWay Global.

Bailard Technology Strategy Named to Pensions and Investments’ Top Performing Separate Accounts and CITs List

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Friday, December 22, 2023
Professional Services, Data Management, Technology, Other Technology, Finance, Asset Management, Fintech, Crain Communications, Strategy, Synthetic media, CITS-DT, News, Technology strategy, Generative, Growth, Pension, CFA

The ranking, compiled by Morningstar, was recently unveiled by Pensions & Investments, the global news source of money management and institutional investing in " Top Performing Separate Accounts and CITs (collective investment trusts).

Key Points: 
  • The ranking, compiled by Morningstar, was recently unveiled by Pensions & Investments, the global news source of money management and institutional investing in " Top Performing Separate Accounts and CITs (collective investment trusts).
  • ” Every quarter, Morningstar compiles a list of "Top Performing Separate Accounts and CITs" for Pensions & Investments.
  • The Bailard Technology Strategy placed in the top ten of its Technology Category, posting a 42.7% gross of fee return and 42.2% net of fee return for the 1-year period ending September 30, 2023.
  • For the 5-year period ending September 30, 2023, the Strategy posted a 13.4% gross of fee return and 12.9% net of fee return.

Desktop Health Announces First Patients Treated with FDA-Cleared CMFlex™ – an Off-the-Shelf 3D Printed Synthetic Bone Graft Product Pioneered by Dimension Inx on the 3D-Bioplotter®

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Wednesday, November 29, 2023
Surgery, Medical Devices, Dental, Health Technology, Biotechnology, Other Health, Health, Other Science, Science, Desktop, NYSE, Surgeon, CSO, Technology strategy, Patient, Former, FDA, Therapy, Dental implant, 3D, Desktop Metal, 3D printing, Medical device, Dentistry, DDS, MD, Oral and maxillofacial surgery, Guildford

Desktop Health – the trusted production-grade medical 3D printing brand of Desktop Metal, Inc. (NYSE: DM) – today announced the first patients have been treated with CMFlex™, an off-the-shelf 3D printed synthetic bone graft product developed and manufactured by Chicago-based Dimension Inx on the 3D-Bioplotter®.

Key Points: 
  • Desktop Health – the trusted production-grade medical 3D printing brand of Desktop Metal, Inc. (NYSE: DM) – today announced the first patients have been treated with CMFlex™, an off-the-shelf 3D printed synthetic bone graft product developed and manufactured by Chicago-based Dimension Inx on the 3D-Bioplotter®.
  • The duo have been developing the material and product since 2009 on the Desktop Health 3D-Bioplotter®.
  • (Photo: Business Wire)
    Founded in 2017, Dimension Inx is a regenerative therapeutics company that designs, develops, and manufactures therapeutic products to restore tissue and organ function.
  • The company owns four Desktop Health 3D-Bioplotters – two used for R&D and two used for manufacturing their commercial CMFlex product.

Sauce Labs Launches Sauce Visual

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Tuesday, November 14, 2023
Software, Technology, Data Management, Research, Technology strategy, Uis, UI, Sauce Labs, Inspection, Cypress, Selenium

Sauce Labs Inc ., a leading provider of continuous testing software and quality assurance solutions, today announced Sauce Visual, adding native visual regression capabilities to its robust testing platform.

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  • Sauce Labs Inc ., a leading provider of continuous testing software and quality assurance solutions, today announced Sauce Visual, adding native visual regression capabilities to its robust testing platform.
  • Sauce Visual helps QA teams and software engineers catch more bugs with less code, simplify test creation and maintenance, and run visual and functional tests in parallel.
  • In lab tests, Sauce Visual outperformed competing solutions — delivering 1.5X more visual proofs (snapshots) per minute, at a fraction of the price.
  • Sauce Visual solves these problems by integrating visual testing seamlessly into the world's most robust test infrastructure.”
    By automating the visual analysis of hundreds of pages, Sauce Visual gives teams confidence they can catch both intentional and unintentional changes to their UI.

Equitable Enhances EB360® Platform with Digital Onboarding

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Tuesday, November 7, 2023
Technology, Insurance, Finance, Consulting, Other Technology, Professional Services, Software, Internet, Data Management, Other Professional Services, PDF, Ernst & Young, Friction, Equitable Holdings, Investment, NYSE, Technology strategy, Video game, Sales, Equitable

Equitable , a leading financial services company and principal franchise of Equitable Holdings (NYSE: EQH ), announced today that the company’s Employee Benefits business has enhanced its EB360® platform by fully digitizing the benefits onboarding process for benefits brokers and employers.

Key Points: 
  • Equitable , a leading financial services company and principal franchise of Equitable Holdings (NYSE: EQH ), announced today that the company’s Employee Benefits business has enhanced its EB360® platform by fully digitizing the benefits onboarding process for benefits brokers and employers.
  • Equitable’s enhancements to its EB360® platform are designed to mitigate some of these common pain points by fully digitizing the benefits onboarding process for benefits brokers and employers.
  • “Our new digital onboarding solution goes beyond simply turning a PDF into a fillable digital form,” said Stephanie Shields, Head of Equitable’s Employee Benefits business.
  • For more information about Equitable’s digital onboarding solution, please watch this brief video .