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Storyblocks Harnesses AI to Surface Fresher, More Relevant Content

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Thursday, April 4, 2024

ARLINGTON, Va., April 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Storyblocks, an unlimited, subscription-based stock media platform with video creation and workflow functionality, has unveiled new search enhancements powered by AI. These improvements aim to deliver an elevated user experience and streamlined creative workflows for Storyblocks' customers.

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  • "We're excited that Storyblocks is leveraging AI more to help customers like us find the content we need even quicker than before.
  • The company uses advanced AI models to deliver the most relevant content to its users.
  • Storyblocks prioritizes fresher content in its search results through a proprietary algorithm that evaluates the performance of new content every four hours.
  • "At Storyblocks, we're harnessing the power of AI to revolutionize the way creators discover and use content," said Lucy Huang , senior vice president of product and engineering at Storyblocks.

Arcitecta to Showcase Mediaflux Data Management Platform at NAB 2024

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Thursday, April 4, 2024

BOULDER, Colo. and MELBOURNE, Australia, April 4, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Arcitecta, a creative and innovative data management software company, will be at the NAB Show, April 14-17, 2024, in Las Vegas showcasing its Mediaflux data management platform and hosting presentations and a happy hour during the event.

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  • BOULDER, Colo. and MELBOURNE, Australia, April 4, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Arcitecta , a creative and innovative data management software company, will be at the NAB Show, April 14-17, 2024, in Las Vegas showcasing its Mediaflux data management platform and hosting presentations and a happy hour during the event.
  • Arcitecta invites NAB 2024 attendees to learn how Dell Powerscale and Arcitecta Mediaflux provide elite data orchestration, workflow automation and edge caching, all monitorable from a single global namespace.
  • Arcitecta will be in the Dell Technologies Booth #SL8065 and invites attendees to learn how Dell Powerscale and Arcitecta Mediaflux provide elite data orchestration, workflow automation and edge caching, all monitorable from a single global namespace.
  • In modern data management, a multilateral approach encompassing Edge, Core, and Cloud strategies is essential for seamless data orchestration.

SquareX Uncovers Critical Vulnerabilities in Malicious Document Detection Among Top Webmail Providers Like Gmail, Outlook

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Thursday, April 4, 2024

SINGAPORE, April 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- SquareX, a browser-security startup led by serial cybersecurity entrepreneur Vivek Ramachandran, today unveiled the results of its recent study, revealing a concerning reality about major email providers' inadequacies in safeguarding users against malicious document-based threats.

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  • These samples were sent via a third-party email provider, ProtonMail, to several major email providers, including industry giants such as Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, AOL, and Apple iCloud Mail.
  • While cyber threats are becoming increasingly sophisticated, email providers appear ill-prepared to detect and intercept these emerging threats, consequently leaving users to potential exploitation.
  • "The inadvertent discovery of this significant lapse in email security during our product enhancement process was startling," shared Vivek Ramachandran, the founder and CEO of SquareX.
  • To bridge this security gap, SquareX has introduced an advanced in-browser malicious document scanning feature as a part of its browser extension, currently in beta.

flexFS: A File System Transforming the Efficiency of Large-scale Cloud Analytics in Life Sciences and Beyond

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024

WALTHAM, Mass., April 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Paradigm4, the data science partner of choice for global biopharma, today announced the results of benchmarking that underscores the significant business advantages of its innovative flexFS file system for large, parallel, throughput-bound data and analytics challenges in the cloud.

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  • Unlike most attempts at building file systems backed by object storage, flexFS strongly delivers on uncompromising performance, reliability, simplicity, and fully networked POSIX-compliance.
  • Paradigm4 will be holding office hours at the conference April 15-17, and attendees are invited to email [email protected] for a time to stop by.
  • "With flexFS, we are offering a pioneering solution to a major problem in cloud computing," said Planthaber.
  • In most cases you still end up downloading objects to POSIX-compliant file systems to make use of them, which introduces another set of challenges.

OpenStack Caracal Delivers Substantial New Capabilities as OpenStack Demand Skyrockets, Driven by AI Workloads and Users Seeking VMware Alternatives

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024

AUSTIN, Texas, April 3, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The OpenStack community today released Caracal ('keh•ruh•kal), the 29th version of the world's most widely deployed open source cloud infrastructure software. OpenStack is deployed globally by organizations comprising a multitude of sizes and industries, with more than 45 million cores in production. Recently, OpenStack has seen increasing demand among users who are hosting demanding artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads, as well as by users who want to run virtualized workloads at a massive scale while avoiding the vendor lock-in nature of proprietary solutions.

Key Points: 
  • Currently, the big drivers of OpenStack demand are AI workloads and VMware users looking for alternative virtualization solutions, and the Caracal release includes improvements that will help in both of those areas.
  • OpenStack enables users to make great leaps in productivity through its support of AI and HPC workloads.
  • For example, Nova now supports vGPU live migrations, a big win for hardware enablement and accelerated workloads.
  • OpenStack Caracal makes several improvements in agility and performance, including the following:
    Designate now supports Catalog Zones (RFC 9432).

Gracenote Speeds FAST Channel Deployment in the U.S.

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024

NEW YORK, April 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Gracenote, the content data business unit of Nielsen, has expanded its FAST Program to the U.S. helping content owners and providers more easily launch new free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) channels. Now, U.S.-based content owners can distribute their TV programs and movies to leading streaming platforms along with industry-standard Gracenote metadata ensuring their offerings are discoverable and monetizable.

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  • First introduced in Europe in late 2023 , the Gracenote FAST Program helps U.S.-based content owners navigate the process of launching and distributing their FAST channels with the enriched metadata attributes that are critical in driving viewer discoverability.
  • "By removing obstacles for content owners in the U.S., the Gracenote FAST Program facilitates wider content distribution, better content discovery and deeper viewer engagement.
  • While data requirements differ by streaming platform, Gracenote ensures relevant metadata and assets are available to the Gracenote distribution network of platforms for FAST channel deployment.
  • Qualifying Gracenote FAST Program participants will benefit from:
    By leveraging Gracenote's FAST metadata management and distribution services, content owners can make their programs and FAST channels easily accessible to viewers on major streaming platforms around the world.

TuneCore Announces New Integration With PreSonus Studio One Allowing Artists To Seamlessly Progress From Music Creation To Digital Distribution

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024

NEW YORK, April 2, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- TuneCore, the leading independent development partner for self-releasing artists—owned by Believe, one of the world's leading digital music companies—and PreSonus have just announced a new integration allowing music creators to distribute their music directly from within PreSonus Studio One to digital stores and streaming platforms around the world.

Key Points: 
  • "By enabling Studio One users to seamlessly distribute their music to stores and streaming platforms directly from their DAW upon completion of recording, TuneCore and PreSonus are empowering artists to dedicate less time to administrative chores and more time to making music."
  • Arnd Kaiser, General Manager, PreSonus Software commented, "We're delighted to partner with TuneCore on adding digital distribution to the Studio One production and mastering workflow.
  • By combining distribution via TuneCore with the integrated mastering tools in Studio One, we are empowering our users to focus on what truly matters most: creating music."
  • By allowing artists to move instantly from music creation and mastering to distribution within the same platform, TuneCore and PreSonus have further simplified the distribution process, making it more accessible for independent artists to release their music, find their audiences, and build sustainable careers.

Hanwha Vision Showcases Cloud-connected and AI-powered Surveillance Technologies at ISC West 2024

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Monday, April 1, 2024

The surveillance industry is increasingly recognizing the cloud's clear benefits: operational efficiency, system storage, enhanced security, centralized data -- all on a platform that flexibly scales to meet an organization's requirements and resources.

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  • Hanwha Vision is showcasing its growing ecosystem of cloud-based devices and apps designed to enable on-premise and remote surveillance capabilities, at ISC West 2024, Booth #14025, April 10-12 in Las Vegas.
  • TEANECK, N.J., April 1, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Hanwha Vision is showcasing its growing ecosystem of cloud-based devices and apps designed to enable on-premise and remote surveillance capabilities, at ISC West 2024, Booth #14025, April 10-12 in Las Vegas.
  • "Security professionals today need new solutions that fit the constantly changing nature of their markets," said Miguel Lazatin, senior director of marketing, Hanwha Vision America.
  • SightMind AI metadata visualization software harnesses the data already being generated by the embedded edge AI analytics in Hanwha Vision cameras.

SatoshiSync Integrates Portal DEX to Enable Bridgeless Cross-chain Trading of Inscriptions and Empower RC20 Markets

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Monday, April 1, 2024

SAN FRANCISCO, April 1, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- SatoshiSync, a chain-agnostic inscription protocol for the Bitcoin finance (BTCFi) ecosystem, today announced its integration with Portal, the pioneer in trust-minimized Layer 2 cross-chain atomic swaps trading. This collaboration will advance the cross-chain trading of SatoshiSync's native token, $SSNC, by simplifying and securing the process for users to trade and manage assets across multiple blockchains through the Portal DEX Network.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, April 1, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- SatoshiSync , a chain-agnostic inscription protocol for the Bitcoin finance (BTCFi) ecosystem, today announced its integration with Portal , the pioneer in trust-minimized Layer 2 cross-chain atomic swaps trading.
  • This collaboration will advance the cross-chain trading of SatoshiSync's native token, $SSNC, by simplifying and securing the process for users to trade and manage assets across multiple blockchains through the Portal DEX Network.
  • SatoshiSync's infrastructure facilitates the creation of permissionless inscription markets, which enable the creation, buying, selling or trading of inscriptions that involve unique identifiers, metadata or specific attributes recorded on a blockchain.
  • Bringing $SSNC into the Portal DEX Network, the first Bitcoin-based DEX to support one-click, cross-chain trading of $SSNC, will enhance the tradability of $SSNC, thereby improving liquidity and market accessibility.

Invoca Wins CX Today Award for Best Conversational Intelligence Solution of 2024; Launches European Data Center and Adds UK Sales Leader

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Thursday, March 28, 2024

SANTA BARBARA, Calif., March 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Invoca, the leading revenue execution platform for revenue teams, has won the CX Today Award for 'Best Conversational Intelligence Solution' of 2024. CX Today, the leading international news publication honoring excellence in CX technology, hosted the CX Awards to honor excellence in CX leadership, technology innovation, and industry success.

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  • Additionally, it expands its European presence with a new Data Center and the appointment of Duncan MacPherson as UK Director of Sales.
  • SANTA BARBARA, Calif., March 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Invoca , the leading revenue execution platform for revenue teams, has won the CX Today Award for 'Best Conversational Intelligence Solution' of 2024.
  • CX Today, the leading international news publication honoring excellence in CX technology, hosted the CX Awards to honor excellence in CX leadership, technology innovation, and industry success.
  • "We're thrilled to be named the Best Conversational Intelligence Solution of 2024 by CX Today as we highlight our longstanding vision to help brands acquire customers and grow their revenue," said Gregg Johnson, CEO of Invoca.