HCI

HCI Group Sets 2024 Annual Shareholders Meeting and Record Date

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Annual general meeting, HCI, Security (finance)

TAMPA, Fla., March 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HCI Group, Inc. (NYSE: HCI), a holding company with operations in homeowners insurance, information technology services, real estate, and reinsurance, will hold its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. Eastern time in the 1st Floor Auditorium of HCI’s headquarters at 3802 Coconut Palm Drive, Tampa, Florida.

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  • TAMPA, Fla., March 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HCI Group, Inc. (NYSE: HCI), a holding company with operations in homeowners insurance, information technology services, real estate, and reinsurance, will hold its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. Eastern time in the 1st Floor Auditorium of HCI’s headquarters at 3802 Coconut Palm Drive, Tampa, Florida.
  • Shareholders of record at the close of business on Monday, April 15, 2024, will be entitled to vote and attend the meeting.
  • Items of business will include the following proposals:
    Shareholders will also consider such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting and any adjournments or postponements thereof.

Wearable Devices XR Team's Report: The Mudra Band Can Be the Neural Bridge for Apple and Meta in their Next Wave of Smart Glasses Interaction

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Monday, March 18, 2024
Mudra, UX, WLDS, Human–computer interaction, Gesture, XR, Oculus Quest, Meta, Research, Light, Artificial intelligence, Smartglasses, Navigation, HCI, Vision, Wrist, Wearable

YOKNEAM ILLIT, ISRAEL, March 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Wearable Devices Ltd. (the “Company” or “Wearable Devices”) (Nasdaq: WLDS, WLDSW), a technology growth company specializing in artificial intelligence (“AI")-powered touchless sensing wearables, published today a comprehensive report by its XR team reviewing the latest developments in the wearable technology market, focusing on extended reality (XR). This comprehensive report draws on extensive research into Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) to present a detailed overview of the innovative strides made by industry leaders such as Apple and Meta, as well as the pioneering role of the company’s Mudra Band in advancing smart glasses technology.

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  • In their report, the XR team from Wearable Devices elucidates the growing dynamism and mainstream appeal of the smart glasses market, notably accelerated by the entrance of major players such as Meta and Apple.
  • The report puts a spotlight on the myriad methods of HCI currently revolutionizing the field of smart glasses.
  • These range from touchless and hands-free interfaces, advanced eye-tracking, to the cutting-edge realms of neural interface wristbands and thought-based brain implants.
  • Wearable Devices’ technology and its flagship product the Mudra Band emerge as a standout innovation.

Belden Unveils a State-of-the-Art, Immersive Healthcare Solutions Showcase

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Hardware, Electronic Design Automation, Semiconductor, Health Technology, Security, Data Management, Other Health, Technology, Audio, Video, Practice Management, Telecommunications, Software, Networks, Health, Mobile, Wireless, Inc., Belden Incorporated, Building, BDC, Patient, Intelligence, Patient satisfaction, HCI, Data management, Nursing

Belden Inc. (NYSE: BDC), a leading global supplier of network infrastructure and digitization solutions, is excited to unveil its new state-of-the-art healthcare solutions showcase: the Enhanced Patient Experience showcase.

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  • Belden Inc. (NYSE: BDC), a leading global supplier of network infrastructure and digitization solutions, is excited to unveil its new state-of-the-art healthcare solutions showcase: the Enhanced Patient Experience showcase.
  • Housed within Belden’s Chicago Customer Innovation Center and led by in-house healthcare experts, this reimagination of healthcare allows industry professionals to see up close how a smart, connected healthcare environment transforms patient satisfaction, facility operations and staff engagement and retention.
  • Tomorrow’s healthcare delivery will be centered on integration, personalization and digitization—all to deliver timely, effective, patient-centered care; manage lean resources and rising costs; and create a safer environment.
  • “Belden is leading change within the healthcare landscape,” says Sean McCarthy, vice-president of Smart Buildings sales at Belden, “and our Enhanced Patient Experience showcase reveals how today’s healthcare leaders can prepare for and respond to disruptions and challenges through innovation.”
    To learn more about Belden’s Enhanced Patient Experience showcase and attending Becker’s Healthcare Annual Meeting, visit https://www.belden.com/Healthcare-Showcase .

Spending on Shared Cloud Infrastructure Continues to Lead the Way in Enterprise Infrastructure Investments, According to IDC Tracker

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Friday, March 29, 2024
Technology, Semiconductor, Consulting, Carriers and Services, Professional Services, Software, Networks, Internet, Hardware, Data Management, Cloud, Checklist, Forecasting, Pressure, GPU, ASPS, Worldwide, Growth, Tracker, Social media, International Data Group, Central and Eastern Europe, IDC, HCI, Government, Video game

"Cloud infrastructure spending continues to accelerate towards more robust configurations mainly fueled by the explosion of AI-related investments," said Juan Pablo Seminara , research director, Worldwide Enterprise Infrastructure Trackers at IDC.

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  • "Cloud infrastructure spending continues to accelerate towards more robust configurations mainly fueled by the explosion of AI-related investments," said Juan Pablo Seminara , research director, Worldwide Enterprise Infrastructure Trackers at IDC.
  • Spending on shared cloud infrastructure reached $22.8 billion in the quarter, increasing 27.0% compared to a year ago.
  • The shared cloud infrastructure category continues to capture the largest share of spending compared to dedicated deployments and non-cloud spending.
  • Shared cloud infrastructure spending will account for 71.8% of the total cloud spending in 2028, growing at a 12.8% CAGR and reaching $143.0 billion.

Purdue Pharma L.P. Awards Grant for Investigator-initiated Research to Examine Opioid Overdose Reversal Using Nalmefene HCl Injection

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Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Other Health, Research, General Health, Pharmaceutical, University, Education, Clinical Trials, Science, Biotechnology, FDA, Other Science, Health, Hypoventilation, Hypersensitivity, Nalmefene, IIR, Pulmonary edema, Doctor of Pharmacy, University of New Mexico, Safety, Tachycardia, Risk, Patient, Hydrogen chloride, Purdue Pharma, Naloxone, UNM, Emergency medicine, Ventricular tachycardia, Mortality, Buprenorphine, MD, Methadone, Emergency department, Ventricular fibrillation, Hypotension, Oxygen, HCI, ED, Hypertension, Recurrence, LAAM, Opioid overdose, Purdue University, Pharmaceutical industry

“We are enthusiastic about supporting research that can contribute to addressing the opioid overdose crisis.”

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  • “We are enthusiastic about supporting research that can contribute to addressing the opioid overdose crisis.”
    The prospective, randomized study, “Evaluation of Nalmefene HCl Injection for Recurrent Respiratory Depression After Suspected Acute Opioid Overdose in an Emergency Department,” will compare the efficacy and safety of nalmefene HCl injection to naloxone injection in the treatment of recurrent respiratory depression due to opioid overdose.
  • Nalmefene HCl injection is an opioid antagonist indicated for the complete or partial reversal of opioid drug effects, including respiratory depression, induced by either natural or synthetic opioids and in the management of known or suspected opioid overdose.
  • Nalmefene Hydrochloride injection is contraindicated in patients with a known hypersensitivity to the product.1 The Company distributes nalmefene HCl injection for no profit.
  • The study will be independently developed and carried out by UNM’s research team with Purdue Pharma providing only funding and nalmefene HCI injection.

Semarion Introduces SemaCyte Multiplexing Platform to Enhance Cell Assay Data Quality and Speed During Drug Discovery

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Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Research, Medical Devices, Health Technology, Stem Cells, Biotechnology, Health, Pharmaceutical, Science, Oncology, AZD5363, Cell, Platform, Entrepreneurship, Drug discovery, Material, Partnership, Cell biology, Interference microscopy, Nanomagnet, University, University of Cambridge, HCI, CRISPR, Cavendish Laboratory, Engineering, Mobile phone

Designed specifically to augment microplate-based high-content imaging (HCI) approaches, the platform enables in situ multiplexing of adherent cells using the Company’s proprietary microcarriers, SemaCytes, to enhance both the quality and speed of data generation.

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  • Designed specifically to augment microplate-based high-content imaging (HCI) approaches, the platform enables in situ multiplexing of adherent cells using the Company’s proprietary microcarriers, SemaCytes, to enhance both the quality and speed of data generation.
  • The SemaCyte Multiplexing Platform uses optical barcodes to tag and differentiate individual cells and cell types while preserving natural morphology, with each microcarrier capable of carrying millions of unique identifiers.
  • The Multiplexing Platform can be used across a broad range of applications, including target identification, compound screening and compound profiling.
  • The Multiplexing Platform has been developed to further leverage Semarion’s innovative microcarrier technology, SemaCytes, in advancing drug discovery workflows.

DCIG Evaluates Two Hyperconverged Edge Solutions in Latest Competitive Comparison Research

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Microsoft, Azure, Microsoft Azure, SMB, Comparison, Research, VMware, HCI, Competitive intelligence, Online shopping

BRISTOL, England, April 2, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- StorMagic®, solving the world's edge data problems, announced today the availability of a new third-party Competitive Intelligence Report from DCIG, LLC titled, "A Comparison of How StorMagic SvSAN and Microsoft Azure Stack HCI Deliver on SMB and Edge Computing Storage Requirements." The research findings will educate enterprise and SMB edge customers as they review two hyperconverged (HCI) solutions that are optimized for small sites.

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  • The research findings will educate enterprise and SMB edge customers as they review two hyperconverged (HCI) solutions that are optimized for small sites.
  • BRISTOL, England, April 2, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- StorMagic® , solving the world's edge data problems, announced today the availability of a new third-party Competitive Intelligence Report from DCIG, LLC titled, "A Comparison of How StorMagic SvSAN and Microsoft Azure Stack HCI Deliver on SMB and Edge Computing Storage Requirements."
  • The research findings will educate enterprise and SMB edge customers as they review two hyperconverged (HCI) solutions that are optimized for small sites.
  • "StorMagic SvSAN's flexibility and affordability make it an excellent choice for edge computing customers who are facing these challenges," said Jerome Wendt, president and founder, DCIG, LLC.

HCI Group Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Results

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Thursday, March 7, 2024
Acquisition, Telephone, Loss, Sale, HCI, GAAP, Policy, Insurance

TAMPA, Fla., March 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HCI Group, Inc. (NYSE:HCI), a holding company with operations in homeowners insurance, information technology services, real estate, and reinsurance, reported pre-tax income of $54.2 million and net income of $40.9 million, or $3.40 diluted earnings per share, in the fourth quarter of 2023, compared with net income of $2.7 million, or $0.18 diluted earnings per share, in the fourth quarter of 2022.

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  • Premiums ceded for reinsurance in the fourth quarter decreased to $66.6 million from $77.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2022.
  • Premiums ceded represented 30.9% of gross premiums earned in the fourth quarter of 2023 compared with 42.1% in the fourth quarter of 2022.
  • Net investment income in the fourth quarter was $10.3 million compared with $7.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2022.
  • Losses and loss adjustment expenses in the fourth quarter decreased to $65.4 million from $72.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2022.

StorPool Improves Support for VMware Alternative Apache CloudStack

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Networks, Internet, Data Management, Technology, Software, Hyper-converged infrastructure, Broadcom Inc., VM, StorPool Storage, Learning, Apache CloudStack, HCI, NFS, Software as a service, Infrastructure as a service, VMware, KVM, Computer data storage

StorPool Storage today announced that it has extended the capabilities of its Apache CloudStack integration in light of skyrocketing demand from VMware customers.

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  • StorPool Storage today announced that it has extended the capabilities of its Apache CloudStack integration in light of skyrocketing demand from VMware customers.
  • CloudStack is becoming increasingly popular with VMware customers looking to reduce vendor lock-in, optimize the cost of their IT environments, and future-proof their businesses.
  • StorPool extends the HA feature by adding a mechanism that overcomes the NFS primary storage heartbeat dependency to extend KVM host high availability for non-NFS storage in Apache CloudStack environments.
  • Future enhancements will support KVM host HA for Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) deployments with CloudStack compute and StorPool storage running concurrently on the same servers.

HUMAN CAPABILITY INITIATIVE CONCLUDES IN RIYADH, MARKING THE BIGGEST-EVER GLOBAL CONFERENCE IN UNITING THE WORLD TO ADVANCE HUMAN CAPABILITY

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Friday, March 1, 2024
Committee, Ministry, AI, Intelligence, GPE, Government, Curriculum, HCI, Private sector, Organization, Automation, Knowledge, Vision 2030, Society, Heart, IE University, Hyundai, Management

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, March 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Human Capability Initiative (HCI) concluded today in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, bringing in a new era in global collaboration for human capability development.

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  • RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, March 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Human Capability Initiative (HCI) concluded today in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, bringing in a new era in global collaboration for human capability development.
  • These collaborations, spanning diverse sectors from education to artificial intelligence, mark significant strides toward global human capability enhancement.
  • The CEO of HCDP, Engineer Anas AlMudaifer, commented: "HCI has inspired collaboration among the brightest minds in the world to future-proof people.
  • Unlocking the full potential of humanity requires global collaboration, and Saudi Arabia, as a global convenor, is sparking dynamic dialogue through HCI.