Air Force Technical Applications Center

Vezbi Super App Launches Tech Lab With Key Restaurant & Retail Acquisitions

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Thursday, October 5, 2023

OTC, DBA, Acquisition, POS, Air Force Technical Applications Center, WPFH, Retail

Both acquisitions will become ground zero for testing new Vezbi technology and will give Vezbi complete control over active, live businesses with the opportunity to develop, test and perfect its latest features, programs and offerings.

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Both acquisitions will become ground zero for testing new Vezbi technology and will give Vezbi complete control over active, live businesses with the opportunity to develop, test and perfect its latest features, programs and offerings.
Combined they will add approximately $3M in gross revenues to WPFH’s consolidated financials.
Initial plans for the retail Tech Lab include the development of sales and ordering kiosks, more integrated rewards and coupons, Vezbi Pay POS cash loading, and Andale Pay (Vezbi’s international remittance service to over 300,000 locations throughout Latin America).
Initial plans for the restaurant Tech Lab include reservations, table management, POS integrations, and parking & valet technology.

Ribbon Biolabs Appoints Jodi Barrientos as Chief Business Officer

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Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Ribbon Biolabs, the DNA synthesis company, today announced the appointment of Jodi Barrientos as Chief Business Officer.

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Ribbon Biolabs, the DNA synthesis company, today announced the appointment of Jodi Barrientos as Chief Business Officer.
“With the kick-off of our Early Access program, Ribbon will greatly benefit from Jodi’s extensive network in the US, the world’s biggest synthetic DNA market,” said Harold de Vladar, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Ribbon Biolabs.
“As we gradually scale up our commercial activities, we are committed to building strong collaborations with biopharma as well as other industry partners and Jodi will play an integral role in this process.”
“Ribbon’s ability to produce synthetic DNA of unprecedented length and complexity has the potential to shape the way the market thinks about the possibilities of their DNA-based applications,” said Jodi Barrientos, Chief Business Officer of Ribbon Biolabs.
Ribbon Biolabs is a synthetic biology leader driving DNA synthesis beyond the limits of current technologies.

Structured Data Management Drives Most Spending on Compute and Enterprise Storage Systems in the Second Half of 2022, According to IDC

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Thursday, May 4, 2023

Structured Databases/Data Management continued driving the largest share of enterprise IT infrastructure spending in the second half of 2022 (2H22), according to the International Data Corporation ( IDC ) Worldwide Semiannual Enterprise Infrastructure Tracker: Workloads .

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Structured Databases/Data Management continued driving the largest share of enterprise IT infrastructure spending in the second half of 2022 (2H22), according to the International Data Corporation ( IDC ) Worldwide Semiannual Enterprise Infrastructure Tracker: Workloads .
However, these are also the second and fourth smallest workloads regarding consumption of compute and storage infrastructure, respectively, with Unstructured Database accounting for $2.4 billion in spending, while HR/Human Capital Management (HCM) accounting for $2.7 billion in spending.
IDC estimates spending on compute and storage systems across 19 mutually exclusive workloads, defined as applications and their datasets.
The full taxonomy including definitions of the workloads can be found in IDC's Worldwide Semiannual Enterprise Infrastructure Tracker: Workloads Taxonomy, 2021 (IDC #US48332521).

Riverside Research Awarded $18.6M Technical Sensors Radar Support Contract

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Thursday, March 23, 2023

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WASHINGTON, March 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Riverside Research, an independent, nonprofit company, announces it has been awarded the Technical Sensors Radar Support (TSRS) Contract.

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WASHINGTON, March 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Riverside Research, an independent, nonprofit company, announces it has been awarded the Technical Sensors Radar Support (TSRS) Contract.
The $18.6M, seven-year, sole-source contract provides the Air Force Technical Applications Center (AFTAC) with mobile sensor engineering, operations, programming, logistics, and sustainment support to the dual-band COBRA KING radar system.
This contract enables Riverside Research to continue supporting AFTAC in its advancement of technologies, long-term system and mission support objectives, and management of the significant programmatic and technical risks associated with the nation's most sophisticated and capable collection sensors.
Riverside Research has been an active mission partner to AFTAC for over 25 years, providing engineering and technical support, mission planning, radar system subject matter expertise, performance evaluation, and research into emergent technologies across the national radar development industry.

IAB Tech Lab Unveils 2023 Priorities and Roadmap

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Tuesday, January 17, 2023

Ecosystem, Cleanroom, ALM, RTB, Addressability, Privacy, Green supply chain management, Science and technology in Asia, Working Group, Visage SDK, PETS, Air Force Technical Applications Center, Cross, CTV, Advanced television, Television, Online shopping, Sales, Ministry of Education (Malaysia)

NEW YORK, Jan. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- IAB Tech Lab, the global digital advertising technical standard-setting body, today unveiled its key priorities and roadmap for 2023.

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CEO Anthony Katsur Lays Out Long-Term Priorities, Calls on Industry to Help Build Solutions for Consumer Privacy Balanced Against Addressability, Advanced TV, a Green Supply Chain, and Cross-Environment Measurement
NEW YORK, Jan. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- IAB Tech Lab , the global digital advertising technical standard-setting body, today unveiled its key priorities and roadmap for 2023.
IAB Tech Lab will continue its consumer privacy-related work in 2023 by expanding on the Global Privacy Platform , a comprehensive and secure consent signaling framework across multiple jurisdictions providing global controls.
Lastly, IAB Tech Lab will release a list of best practices and guidance for the privacy-safe use of other technical standards.
In 2023, IAB Tech Lab will continue working to establish consistent cross-media, cross-channel, cross-environment campaign measurement and viewability verification.

DIGITAL OUT OF HOME INTEGRATION INTO OPENRTB

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Wednesday, December 7, 2022

Until now, implementations of OpenRTB in OOH advertising had resulted in many custom implementations, adding complexity to omnichannel consideration of the medium.

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Until now, implementations of OpenRTB in OOH advertising had resulted in many custom implementations, adding complexity to omnichannel consideration of the medium.
The new OpenRTB implementation guide for OOH:
Details the unique differences between trading the online world of digital display and the real-world aspects of outdoor display.
Describes the OpenRTB extensions and conventions required to bring OOH to the OpenRTB marketplace in a standardized way.
IAB Tech Lab's OpenRTB now handles Digital Out of Home inventory too, making it even easier for brands to embrace the medium."

Kliken Joins IAB Europe's Transparency and Consent Framework as a Global Vendor

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Thursday, December 1, 2022

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TAMPA, Fla., Dec. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Today, Kliken announced their approved status as the latest vendor to join IAB Europe's Transparency and Consent framework (the Framework).

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Today, Kliken announced their approved status as the latest vendor to join IAB Europe's Transparency and Consent framework (the Framework).
The Framework was developed by IAB Europe in collaboration with organizations and professionals in the digital advertising industry.
"Kliken is proud to join the IAB Europe's Transparency and Consent Framework.
Additionally, with this registration, Kliken also joins the IAB US and IAB Tech Lab.

From Modis to AKKODiS: Transformation into Consulting Firm

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Thursday, December 1, 2022

TOKYO, Dec. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Modis Ltd. (hereinafter "Modis"), a Tokyo-based technology solution provider and group company of the Adecco Group, the global leader in human resource services, will change its company name to AKKODiS Consulting Ltd. as of April 1, 2023. Accordingly, the services provided in Japan will change their business brand name from Modis to AKKODiS on the aforementioned date.

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It will exit the human resource services industry that it has operated in and be reborn as a consulting firm that provides end-to-end consulting services to support innovation.
By introducing the AKKODiS brand in Japan, AKKODiS Consulting will renew its business portfolio to make consulting its key business.
Provision of fully-supported end-to-end consulting: AKKODiS Consulting will draw on a significantly increased pool of talents specializing in upstream consulting and its strength of having over 9,000 engineers to fully support its customers and provide end-to-end consulting.
By being reborn as a consulting firm that supports the DX and business transformation of companies through comprehensive end-to-end consulting services, from upstream consulting to operation and maintenance in the field, we aim to become a business partner that supports corporate innovation.

From Modis to AKKODiS: Transformation into Consulting Firm

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Thursday, December 1, 2022

TOKYO, Dec. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Modis Ltd. (hereinafter "Modis"), a Tokyo-based technology solution provider and group company of the Adecco Group, the global leader in human resource services, will change its company name to AKKODiS Consulting Ltd. as of April 1, 2023. Accordingly, the services provided in Japan will change their business brand name from Modis to AKKODiS on the aforementioned date.

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It will exit the human resource services industry that it has operated in and be reborn as a consulting firm that provides end-to-end consulting services to support innovation.
By introducing the AKKODiS brand in Japan, AKKODiS Consulting will renew its business portfolio to make consulting its key business.
Provision of fully-supported end-to-end consulting: AKKODiS Consulting will draw on a significantly increased pool of talents specializing in upstream consulting and its strength of having over 9,000 engineers to fully support its customers and provide end-to-end consulting.
By being reborn as a consulting firm that supports the DX and business transformation of companies through comprehensive end-to-end consulting services, from upstream consulting to operation and maintenance in the field, we aim to become a business partner that supports corporate innovation.

IAB Tech Lab Unveils a Multi-Year Advanced TV Roadmap to Modernize the Fragmented TV Landscape

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Thursday, November 10, 2022

NEW YORK, Nov. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- IAB Tech Lab, the global digital advertising technical standard-setting body, is launching a new initiative to set technical standards to bring universal addressability to all TV environments.

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"The TV advertising delivery, distribution, and measurement landscape is fragmented, creating significant friction within the supply chain.
Tech Lab's Advanced Television initiative encompasses all television environments and unveils its long-term, key priorities, and roadmap for Advanced TV.
It will enable the industry to achieve interoperability, improve measurement, and bring greater efficiency to a converging TV advertising landscape," said Shailley Singh, Executive Vice President, Product and Chief Operating Officer, IAB Tech Lab.
IAB Tech Lab is calling on the industry to help steer the future of Advanced TV.