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LiveU Releases its Next-Gen Solo PRO Portable Encoder with Future-Proof 4K and HEVC Capabilities

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Wednesday, October 26, 2022

HACKENSACK, N.J., Oct. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LiveU today unveiled its next-generation Solo PRO portable bonding encoder for engaging live coverage, combining professional-grade 4K and HEVC video quality with rock-solid reliability. The Solo PRO ensures the smoothest streaming experience, combining up to six IP connections – four 4G/5G cellular modems, WiFi and LAN – leveraging LiveU's patented LRT™ (LiveU Reliable Transport) technology. Enabling a streamlined cloud production with an easy set-up, the LiveU Solo PRO can be used for any type of live event coverage, both indoors and outdoors, including corporate, entertainment, sports, government, religious and IRL streaming. Solo PRO is the perfect tool for content creators of all live platforms, including Twitch, Facebook, YouTube, Vimeo and TikTok.

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  • HACKENSACK, N.J., Oct. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --LiveU today unveiled its next-generation Solo PRO portable bonding encoder for engaging live coverage, combining professional-grade 4K and HEVC video quality with rock-solid reliability.
  • Solo PRO is the perfect tool for content creators of all live platforms, including Twitch, Facebook, YouTube, Vimeo and TikTok.
  • LiveU Solo PRO can be used as part of an end-to-end real-time workflow.
  • Weighing just over 900g (2 lbs), the LiveU Solo PRO offers exceptional video quality in a compact and lightweight portable unit that can be taken anywhere.

FUSIONIQ ACCELERATES GROWTH STRATEGY WITH APPOINTMENT OF FIDELITY AND BANK OF AMERICA VETERAN JOHN KIMBRO AS CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER

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Wednesday, October 26, 2022

WOBURN, Mass., Oct. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- FusionIQ – the first-of-its-kind digital investing platform empowering financial advisors to deliver a personalized, end-to-end investment experience to their clients at scale – today announced the appointment of John Kimbro as Chief Technology Officer, effective immediately. Mr. Kimbro will report directly to Mark C. Healy, FusionIQ's CEO. 

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  • He has over 32 years of industry experience, including senior technology, operations and strategy roles with Fidelity Investments and Bank of America.
  • Mr. Kimbro will leverage his extensive expertise in technology integrations and technology solutions architecture to continuously enhance FusionIQ's existing offerings.
  • The appointment of Mr. Kimbro as CTO follows FusionIQ's hiring earlier this year of wealth management industry leader John Guthery, CFA, as Chief Investment Officer.
  • Some of the largest global financial services brands partner with FusionIQ as their trusted, innovative, and engaging digital wealth platform solution.

Boryung, Axiom Space, and Starburst Aerospace Announce Six Winners From The Inaugural 2022 Care In Space Challenge

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Tuesday, October 25, 2022

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Boryung, an investment and management company, Axiom Space, the world's leading commercial space station company, and Starburst Aerospace, the leading global aerospace and defense startup accelerator and strategic advisory practice, have officially announced the six startup winners of the inaugural Care In Space (CIS) Challenge.

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  • EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Boryung , an investment and management company, Axiom Space , the world's leading commercial space station company, and Starburst Aerospace , the leading global aerospace and defense startup accelerator and strategic advisory practice, have officially announced the six startup winners of the inaugural Care In Space (CIS) Challenge.
  • Hosted by Boryung in collaboration with Axiom Space and Starburst Aerospace, the CIS Challenge aims to advance the future of space health and the next generation of pharmaceutical, bioscience, and medtech development in space.
  • Space health encompasses all stages of the 'Healthcare Journey' from initial monitoring and diagnosis, to treatment, therapeutics, and continuing care.
  • The 2022 Care In Space Challenge Winners are Advanced TeleSensors, Deep Space Biology, Myelin-H, Nano PharmaSolutions, ViBo Health, and Xtory.

Spyderbat Raises Series A to Deliver Runtime Security throughout Cloud Native Software Development Environments

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Tuesday, October 25, 2022

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Spyderbat, a cloud native runtime security company, today announced it has raised $10 million in Series A funding. The funding was led by NTTVC with participation from LiveOak Venture Partners, Benhamou Global Ventures and John McHale to fuel product development and go-to-market activities.

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  • AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Spyderbat , a cloud native runtime security company, today announced it has raised $10 million in Series A funding.
  • While organizations adopt strategies to reduce exploitable vulnerabilities in cloud native environments, it has proven insufficient to defend against breaches.
  • "As we grew closer to understanding the fundamental security concerns in cloud native environments, we recognized the need for a brand-new approach," states Willebeek-LeMair.
  • Spyderbat delivers cloud native runtime security to customers with unprecedented precision in intrusion prevention and mitigation.

InfinyOn Announces the Release of InfinyOn Cloud a Real-time Data Platform

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Tuesday, October 25, 2022

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InfinyOn, a real-time event streaming company, announces the v0.10 beta release of the InfinyOn Cloud platform. Building an infrastructure for real-time event streaming is challenging, expensive to scale, and difficult to operate. InfinyOn Cloud provides a modern approach that reduces the cost and complexity of operating and managing real-time data pipelines.

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  • SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InfinyOn , a real-time event streaming company, announces the v0.10 beta release of the InfinyOn Cloud platform.
  • InfinyOn Cloud provides a modern approach that reduces the cost and complexity of operating and managing real-time data pipelines.
  • Enterprises can bring real-time intelligence to data pipelines for Edge and Cloud use cases with InfinyOn Cloud.
  • "InfinyOn Cloud has enabled Klarian to build highly tuned data models, delivering actionable insights within the energy sector."

CloudZero Founder And CTO Erik Peterson Joins AWS Ambassador Partner Program

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Tuesday, October 25, 2022

BOSTON, Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CloudZero founder and CTO Erik Peterson has been named as a member of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Ambassador Partner Program. This distinction is for AWS Partner Network (APN) members that are technical experts in various domains as evidenced by obtaining AWS certifications and sharing this knowledge via blogs, white papers, presentations, and open-source projects. AWS announced Peterson as one of its recent inductees.

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  • BOSTON, Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CloudZero founder and CTO Erik Peterson has been named as a member of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Ambassador Partner Program.
  • "We are happy to welcome Erik Peterson into the AWS Ambassador Partner Program," said Willie Merino, Senior Technical Program Manager, Worldwide Partner Tech Programs at AWS.
  • "Erik, like all other AWS Ambassadors, holds multiple AWS certifications an Associate AWS Certified Developer, and a Professional AWS Certified DevOps Engineer and has in-depth AWS knowledge to further evangelize AWS and our partner organization to customers."
  • To qualify for the AWS Ambassador Partner Program, individuals need to be employed by an AWS Partner, hold multiple advanced AWS certifications, contribute to the AWS community and then be approved by AWS via application.

AgroSpheres Raises $22 million Series B to Accelerate Commercialization and Manufacturing of Reliable Biobased Solutions

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Tuesday, October 25, 2022

This funding will be used to accelerate product commercialization, expand manufacturing capacity, and seed broader applications of the AgroSpheres AgriCell platform technology.

Key Points: 
  • This funding will be used to accelerate product commercialization, expand manufacturing capacity, and seed broader applications of the AgroSpheres AgriCell platform technology.
  • AgroSpheres raises $22 million in a Series B financing round led by Lewis & Clark AgriFood and Ospraie Ag Science.
  • AgroSpheres' biomanufacturing platform has enabled cost-effective manufacturing and successful field application of novel biological modalities.
  • The company's three pillars work collectively to achieve AgroSpheres' mission of providing farmers with reliable and affordable biobased solutions worldwide.

Sigstore Announces General Availability at SigstoreCon

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Tuesday, October 25, 2022

DETROIT, Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today at SigstoreCon, the Sigstore community announced the general availability of its free software signing service giving open source communities access to production-grade stable services for artifact signing and verification. Sigstore provides a set of tools designed to improve supply chain security by making it easy to sign, verify and check the software developers are building and consuming.

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  • DETROIT, Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Today at SigstoreCon, the Sigstore community announced the general availability of its free software signing service giving open source communities access to production-grade stable services for artifact signing and verification.
  • In the face of increasing software supply chain security concerns, Sigstore is quickly becoming one of the fastest adopted open source technologies in history.
  • "Kudos to the Sigstore developers, advocates, and other contributors to getting not just to 1.0, but already to widespread implementation and impact."
  • "This general availability milestone, and the related v1.0 releases, unlock wider use of transparent digital signatures across the software supply chain," said Bob Callaway, co-founder of Sigstore and Tech Lead & Manager of Google's Open Source Security Team.

Spyderbat Announces Open Source Program for Cloud Native Visibility and Security

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Tuesday, October 25, 2022

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 25, 2022  /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Spyderbat, a cloud native runtime security company, today announced its Open Source program delivering new tools to increase visibility and security in cloud native environments. Spyderbat's open source projects include Spydertop, an htop-like tool for historic understanding of a workload's process behavior, and the Spyderbat Falco Connector, integrating the popular Falco open source tool for container security with the Spyderbat platform.

Key Points: 
  • AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Spyderbat , a cloud native runtime security company, today announced its Open Source program delivering new tools to increase visibility and security in cloud native environments.
  • Spyderbat's open source projects include Spydertop, an htop-like tool for historic understanding of a workload's process behavior, and the Spyderbat Falco Connector, integrating the popular Falco open source tool for container security with the Spyderbat platform.
  • Spyderbat introduces its program to contribute and participate in the open source community with useful innovations that solve real-world problems.
  • The announcement of Spyderbat's open source program coincides with their announcement of new Series A funding , fueling growth for the company's solution for cloud native runtime security.

DISQO NAMES GOOGLE ALUM NICHOLAS WEAVER VP OF ENGINEERING

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Tuesday, October 25, 2022

LOS ANGELES , Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Customer experience (CX) intelligence platform DISQO announced the appointment of Nicholas Weaver as Vice President of Engineering. Reporting to co-founder and CTO Drew Kutcharian, Weaver joins DISQO's leadership to spearhead the development of DISQO's B2B SaaS product portfolio, as well as its consumer-facing mobile and desktop applications. He will lead a growing world-class team of engineers who are scaling DISQO's platform in response to clients' needs for data-driven decision making in the management of their customers' experiences.

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  • LOS ANGELES, Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Customer experience (CX) intelligence platform DISQO announced the appointment of Nicholas Weaver as Vice President of Engineering.
  • CX intelligence platform DISQO welcomes Nicholas Weaver as VP Engineering to lead the development of its platform.
  • Prior, Weaver led engineering in Google search ads for AI and machine learning productivity, and at DICK's Sporting Goods, where he oversaw platforms, architecture, data analytics, and innovation.
  • DISQO is hiring for a wide range of remote positions across the US, including a number of engineering roles on Weaver's team.