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Loren Data Releases Upgraded ECGridOS v4.1 API Platform

MARINA DEL REY, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- Loren Data Corp. (LD.com), a leader in B2B messaging platform technology, today announced a significant upgrade to its ECGridOS(tm) Platform. ECGridOS web services provides advanced API access to partners and customers with low-code controls.

"The ECGridOS v4.1 upgrade improves speed, security and provides new functionality driven by our great user community." said Todd Gould, CEO at Loren Data Corp. "We processed over one billion API calls this past year and the new upgrade will accommodate even more growth. The pandemic created more demand for our customers solutions and in turn our customers have asked for more. We are so excited to make this release available to them."

ECGridOS APIs are the internal engine for ECGrid(r) as well as a powerful integration tool. The documentation for v4.1 will be released shortly on Loren Data's GitHub site at http://ecgridos.net.

About Loren Data Corp.

Founded in 1987, Loren Data Corp. is a leading B2B eCommerce technology company, providing innovative, efficient and high-value solutions for businesses to collaborate in their supply chain. With its flagship cloud and web services offerings - ECGrid(r) - Loren Data delivers a world-class, self-service, unified EDI messaging platform for eCommerce Service Providers (ECSPs) and EDI Hubs to transact business with trading partners through VANs, ECSPs, and hundreds of legacy and modern direct connections.

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Loren Data Corp. (LD.com), a leader in B2B messaging platform technology, today announced a significant upgrade to its ECGridOS(tm) Platform. ECGridOS web services provides advanced API access to partners and customers with low-code controls.

Related link: https://www.ld.com/

Addressing Post-COVID Shipping Shock – How One Iowa Manufacturer Proved U.S. Sourced Materials Provide Advantages in Economy and Efficiency

OSCEOLA, Iowa, /ScoopCloud/ -- Miller Products Company in Osceola Iowa, supplier of stock pins and fasteners as well as precision and Swiss CNC machined parts, has seen a significant increase in the demand for quick-turn and custom machining due to the post-COVID shipping challenges.

One year after the COVID-19 pandemic hit supply chains with port shutdowns, the impact continues to ripple from China through India and around the world. Many manufacturers are still struggling to source parts and materials for their U.S.-based operations. Shortages from overseas as well as price hikes and delays are wreaking havoc with U.S. manufacturing workflows and operational budgets.

With clients reporting overseas pricing increasing three-fold and more, the cost to procure stock pieces from these ports is no longer economical. Production houses, like Miller, who source materials predominantly from the United States are seeing a different kind of post-COVID shock. In the past three weeks, Kerry Richardson, Sales and Marketing Manager at Miller, has booked a handful of new orders based on shipping delays and costs alone.

"We had one client tell us their India supplier pushed their orders back more than three months," said Richardson. "That's a supply chain disaster."

According to a January 2021 feature in The Washington Post (*note 1), "The cost of shipping a container of goods has risen by 80 percent since early November {2020} and has nearly tripled over the past year..." These statistics are based on research provided through the Freightos Basic Index (*note 2).

Miller's Midwest location and proximity to interstate, highway, and rail lines gives them a boost in supply chain efficiency other manufacturing companies lack.

"The bulk of our materials are shipped in daily from all over the U.S.," said Richardson. "From steel out of Chicago to aluminum and plastic out of Phoenix and Wisconsin, it's all accessible and delivered within days from a simple call."

With an extensive warehouse, Miller's stock pins and fasteners, used by a variety of manufacturing operations from agriculture to construction, military contractors, and more, can be ordered and shipped within the U.S. as quickly as four weeks. Custom manufactured parts from their precision CNC and Swiss CNC machines can often be turned within a few weeks as well. Compared to three or four month delays from overseas, this makes all the difference for their customers' operational efficiency.

"After more than 80 years in the industry, through ups and downs, including this pandemic, we know how to make sure our products are cost effective and accessible," said Richardson.

If you have questions about the Miller Products line of stock pins and fasteners or would like to discuss custom, precision, or Swiss CNC machined parts, please reach out to Kerry Richardson, Sales and Marketing Manager at Miller Products Company at 1-800-245-7034, or email sales@millerproductsco.com.

Learn more at: https://www.millerproductsco.com/

Notes:

1 - https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/01/24/pandemic-shipping-economy/

2 - https://fbx.freightos.com/

About Miller Products Company:

Established in 1936, Miller Products Company is an Osceola, Iowa-based supplier of quality manufactured products including single spindle/CNC, and multi spindle screw machined parts, stock non-threaded pins and fasteners, including a wide variety of lock pins, hitch pins, bent pins, and tension lock hitch pins that are sold throughout the U.S. and international manufacturing markets.

Miller Products Company in Osceola Iowa, supplier of stock pins and fasteners as well as precision and Swiss CNC machined parts, has seen a significant increase in the demand for quick-turn and custom machining due to the post-COVID shipping challenges.

Related link: https://www.millerproductsco.com/

Cybersecurity Consulting Firm, Aristi Technologies, Accredited as a CMMC Third-Party Assessor Organization (C3PAO)

HERNDON, Va. /ScoopCloud/ -- Aristi Technologies, Inc. announced that it is among the first firms to become an accredited Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Third-Party Assessor Organization (C3PAO) and Registered Provider Organization (RPO) by the CMMC Accreditation Body (CMMC-AB). C3PAOs are the only organizations authorized to conduct CMMC assessments.

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) created the CMMC program to enhance the protection of sensitive data, namely, controlled unclassified information (CUI) and federal contract information (FCI), within the Defense Department's multi-tiered supply chain of more than 300,000 companies. CMMC is specifically designed for small and mid-sized suppliers as they are more vulnerable to cyber threats in the supply chain.

These small and mid-sized contractors are increasingly being targeted by nation-state attackers; they have limited internal resources and cybersecurity expertise to adequately secure their systems and safeguard sensitive customer data.

"Aristi is honored to achieve C3PAO and RPO credentials, demonstrating our commitment to the CMMC program in supporting the DoD's mission to secure the defense supply chain," said Neel Gopalani, Aristi's vice president, and a CMMC-AB Registered Practitioner (RP). "Our CMMC practice is a natural extension of our cybersecurity compliance and assessment services that we've provided for more than a decade."

Over the last year, Aristi has helped small and mid-sized government contractors prepare for complying with CMMC security requirements. Aristi's CMMC consulting services include: boundary scoping, gap assessments, remediation support, security documentation and readiness assessments. As a C3PAO and RPO, Aristi will continue to help federal contractors effectively navigate the DoD's new cybersecurity certification process.

About Aristi Technologies

Aristi Technologies is a cybersecurity consulting firm based in the Washington DC metro area. For more than a decade, it's provided cybersecurity risk and compliance services to organizations, nationwide, including federal agencies, government contractors, and cloud-service providers.

Aristi delivers tailored and affordable solutions to achieve compliance with federal cyber compliance standards including National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) 800-53, NIST 800-171 (the core of the CMMC framework), Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) and Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP).

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Aristi Technologies, Inc. announced that it is among the first firms to become an accredited Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Third-Party Assessor Organization (C3PAO) and Registered Provider Organization (RPO) by the CMMC Accreditation Body (CMMC-AB). C3PAOs are the only organizations authorized to conduct CMMC assessments.

Related link: https://www.aristitech.com/

Veteran Launches Meditational / Spiritual Podcast in Wake of Mother’s Death

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- Local veteran, Phillip Polite ("Phil"), bares his soul and sparks intrigue and thought from his listeners with his new Podcast, "PhilaNomics." Phil is an Air Force and Army PTSD combat veteran who has endured plenty of struggles already in his young life. Through his own self-discovery, he has felt inspired to help others heal. Phil has spent years researching metaphysics and is inspired by Alan Watts. He brings unique perspectives to the conversation through his life journey of living overseas and being a black man.

"I feel compelled to start my conversation, a spiritual journey worthy of a movie in itself. There is healing in exploring what keeps me up at night. Healing I hope transcends to my listeners," says Phil, creator of the PhilaNomics podcast.

Phil chose the owl to represent the podcast and PhilaNomics because the owl symbolizes a catalyst to him. He studies spirit animals and guides. Author, Elena Harris identifies the owl sprit animal as emblematic of wisdom, deep connection intuitive knowledge. That the owl sees in the dark and helps one see beyond veils of deception and illusions. PhilaNomics helps Phil and listeners start their self-exploration and discover their truths.

During episode one, Phil intimately shares his final days with his mother in the hospital. As Phil sat there, watching his mother breathe her last breath, he was consumed with this presence of responsibility. Phil recalls, "One of the last things she said was, she wanted me to express ideas. Maybe my story. Thoughts. Grief. Pain. Will help someone?" PhilaNomics is free flowing conversation.

Join the journey now: https://open.spotify.com/show/3ln94Bmps2adJiR8tgfOZ6

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Local veteran, Phillip Polite ("Phil"), bares his soul and sparks intrigue and thought from his listeners with his new Podcast, "PhilaNomics." Phil is an Air Force and Army PTSD combat veteran who has endured plenty of struggles already in his young life.

Congressman Ron Kind praises vaccination clinic in La Crosse

LA CROSSE, Wis. /ScoopCloud/ -- AMI Expeditionary Healthcare along with three partnering organizations - the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse, the Department of Health Services and the La Crosse County Health Department - welcomed Rep. Ron Kind, on March 23, as he toured a COVID-19 vaccination site that has distributed more than 2,000 doses since its opening on March 9.

"We are proud of the work being done here by the AMI team and all of its partners," said Daniel Beck, senior operations manager for AMI Expeditionary Healthcare who is helping to oversee several vaccination centers throughout the state.

Rep. Ron Kind on Tuesday toured the community-based vaccination clinic at UW-La Crosse, as the site continues to expand access to the COVID-19 vaccine in the Coulee Region.

"This is an unbelievable vaccine site operation - it's a well-oiled machine," Rep. Kind said, noting that Wisconsin is among the top five states in the country when it comes to distributing vaccine in a timely manner. "It's because of planning, preparation and vaccine sites like this that keep people safe."

Julie Willems Van Dijk, deputy secretary for the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, said it's been a team effort to get as many people vaccinated as possible, as quickly as possible.

"It's all players, all working together, all the time," she explained. "We've provided vaccine to health care, pharmacies, local health departments, employers, tribal nations ... and they're all distributing the vaccine quickly."

AMI Expeditionary Healthcare works with the state to identify locations to address gaps in vaccine access and support vaccination efforts. Factors including population demographics, local health capacity, operations, and concentration of other vaccine providers are taken into consideration when planning for clinics.

DHS community-based clinics are operated by AMI Expeditionary Healthcare through collaboration with the University of Wisconsin System, local public health departments, and other local partners.

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AMI Expeditionary Healthcare along with three partnering organizations - the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse, the Department of Health Services and the La Crosse County Health Department - welcomed Rep. Ron Kind, on March 23, as he toured a COVID-19 vaccination site that has distributed more than 2,000 doses since its opening on March 9.

Related link: https://ami.health/

Participating Colorado Optometrists Give Infants One-time No-cost Eye Exam Through National InfantSEE® Program

DENVER, Colo. /ScoopCloud/ -- Leaders in Colorado eye health advocacy, the Colorado Optometric Association (COA) and 2020 Eyes Colorado, announce that participating local optometrists are offering no-cost comprehensive eye exams to infants 6-12 months of age regardless of income or insurance. These no-cost infant eye exams are part of a national public health program called InfantSEE®. This program is designed to improve a child's quality of life by ensuring proper eye health development in infants and early detection of any eye health challenges before learning is impacted.

"An infant's first comprehensive eye exam with an optometrist is essential in understanding their individual eye health and development. Vision screenings with a pediatrician can miss about one-third of eye health challenges and that can impact learning even before the child gets to the classroom," says Dr. Tom Cruse, President of the Colorado Optometric Association.

The InfantSEE program helps children start a lifetime of learning with healthy eyes. Colorado's doctors of optometry recommend eye exams at 6-12 months, age 3, and age 5, then every year following. Three eye exams by age 5 is the best way to ensure your child's visual system is ready for classroom learning.

Getting a no-cost InfantSEE comprehensive eye exam is easy!

Step 1: Locate a participating InfantSEE optometrist HERE https://colorado.aoa.org/doctor-locator-search (don't forget to check the box labeled "Show only InfantSEE® Providers").

Step 2: Call and schedule the no-cost InfantSEE eye exam.

Step 3: Begin a lifetime of healthy eye and vision care.

Learn more about InfantSEE: https://2020eyescolorado.org/infantsee-free-eye-exams/

About the Colorado Optometric Association (COA):

The Colorado Optometric Association (COA) is the professional organization of optometrists in Colorado. Over 600 Colorado Doctors of Optometry are voluntary members of the Association. COA has also launched a public health campaign called 2020 Eyes Colorado - https://2020eyescolorado.org/.

Since 1892, the COA has assisted its members in providing the highest standard of professional care to their patients by sponsoring continuing education programs for doctors, advocating in local and state governments for programs and laws that represent patients' best interests, and providing information for the public. For more information, please visit http://www.visioncare.org/ or call 303-863-9778.

Leaders in Colorado eye health advocacy, the Colorado Optometric Association (COA) and 2020 Eyes Colorado, announce that participating local optometrists are offering no-cost comprehensive eye exams to infants 6-12 months of age regardless of income or insurance.

Related link: https://colorado.aoa.org/

Choyce Peterson To Represent Three Retail Spaces In The SoNo Collection

NORWALK, Conn. /ScoopCloud/ -- Choyce Peterson, Inc. (www.choycepeterson.com), a full-service commercial real estate brokerage and consulting firm, announced that Brookfield Properties has appointed Choyce Peterson as the exclusive listing agent representing three separate spaces at The SoNo Collection, 100 N. Water Street in Norwalk, CT. The mall's tenants include Nordstrom, Bloomingdale's, H&M, Untuckit, Arhaus, EQ3, YardHouse, and Pinstripes Bistro.

Choyce Peterson Vice President Adam Cognetta stated, "We are excited to partner with Brookfield Properties in representing these unique spaces in what has been, and continues to be, a prominent project in Connecticut. These spaces represent high-visibility opportunities for users to leverage strong area demographics, all while benefitting from dedicated entrances. This is truly an unparalleled opportunity to join an impressive tenant roster in a first-class, destination shopping center."

The first retail space is 2,442 SF on well-trafficked West Avenue, with a private entrance accessible via a walkway directly from the road and parking garage. It offers high ceilings and significant signage opportunities. The second space is 3,485 SF on N. Water Street with notable outward-facing window frontage. The third space is 3,625 SF also on N. Water Street with high ceilings, exceptional visibility from the road, and the potential for a dedicated parking area.

All three spaces are available immediately with a build-to-suit option which can accommodate a wide variety of consumer-centric commercial businesses such as entertainment, retail, medical, service, and office. There are dedicated entrances to each of these retail spaces, which do not require the use of the shared mall entrances. This unique shopping site features abundant parking and is easily accessible from Exit 14 off I-95, a major roadway traveled by 129,000 cars daily.

Matthew Seebeck, Senior General Manager of the SoNo Collection responded, "We look forward to working with Adam and the Choyce Peterson team in managing the leasing efforts for these three spaces. We are confident their energy, creative approach, dedication and experience will yield strong leasing activity."

About Brookfield Properties

Brookfield Properties is a fully-integrated, global real estate services company, providing industry-leading portfolio management capabilities across the real estate investment strategies of Brookfield Asset Management - a global alternative asset manager with approximately $600 billion in AUM. Brookfield Properties develops and manages premier real estate with a focus on maximizing the tenant experience in addition to the investment and operational performance of the asset. We also focus on integrating leading-edge real estate technologies which enables us to be at the forefront of innovation and sustainability - benefiting not only our tenants and business partners, but also the communities in which we operate. For more information about our approach to operating and developing best-in-class real estate, please visit brookfieldproperties.com.

About Choyce Peterson

Choyce Peterson, Inc., a full-service commercial real estate brokerage and consulting firm with offices in Norwalk, CT and Rye Brook, NY, was founded in 1997 and has negotiated millions of square feet of transactions in 42 states and Canada. The Choyce Peterson process delivers comprehensive and creative real estate solutions to ensure clients derive maximum value from their real estate decisions.

Learn more at: https://www.choycepeterson.com/property/sono-collection

Twitter: @choycepeterson

Choyce Peterson, Inc., a full-service commercial real estate brokerage and consulting firm, announced that Brookfield Properties has appointed Choyce Peterson as the exclusive listing agent representing three separate spaces at The SoNo Collection, 100 N. Water Street in Norwalk, CT.

Related link: https://www.choycepeterson.com/

Sales Boomerang and Usherpa Expand Partnership to Set Mortgage Lenders Up for Success in 2021 Purchase Market

WASHINGTON, D.C. /ScoopCloud/ -- Sales Boomerang, the industry's top-rated automated borrower intelligence and retention system, has expanded its partnership with Usherpa, a marketing and customer relationship management (CRM) platform for Realtors and mortgage lenders. Sales Boomerang's automated borrower intelligence is now integrated with Usherpa's newest feature, a FCRA- and RESPA-compliant co-marketing portal that helps lenders expand the nature and depth of their referral partnerships with Realtors.

The Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) prohibits lenders and real estate partners from engaging in quid pro quo referral relationships, a guideline that has made it difficult for lenders and their agents to co-brand marketing materials in a compliant and cost-effective fashion. Usherpa's new co-marketing portal solves this problem by making it easier than ever for loan officers and Realtors to share the cost of creating and distributing co-branded marketing materials to their shared customer database in a compliant manner. By leveraging Usherpa's integration with Sales Boomerang's automated borrower intelligence, lenders can receive actionable, real-time alerts whenever someone in their database - or their referral partner's database within the co-marketing portal- is ready for a loan.

As soon as a customer becomes a candidate for a loan - because they've improved their credit score, market rates have changed or their home has accrued sufficient equity, for example - Sales Boomerang notifies the lender, who can then initiate marketing outreach that is co-branded with the Realtor's information. The marketing campaigns can be automated using pre-written marketing content created by Usherpa's experienced staff of industry experts or customized to meet individual company needs.

"The enhanced integration between Usherpa and Sales Boomerang is a win-win for loan officers and Realtors looking to take their referral partnerships to the next level," said Sales Boomerang CEO Alex Kutsishin. "The loan officer and Realtor share database information within the Usherpa co-marketing portal, we find the loan opportunities and Usherpa automates compliant and effective co-marketing outreach."

"Our customers have been looking for a more effective way to co-market with Realtor partners that is fully RESPA- and FCRA-compliant," said Usherpa Director of Business Development Paul Harrington. "Not only have we delivered what the doctor ordered, we've also enhanced it with the best opportunity alerts in the business thanks to our partnership with Sales Boomerang."

"Eustis Mortgage has developed a prosperous Realtor Success Program using the Sales Boomerang and Usherpa co-marketing portal," said Stephen Barton, SVP of National Retail Growth at Eustis Mortgage. "In just three quarters, our loan officers generated an average of more than $16 million per month in additional revenue."

About Usherpa:

Usherpa has been serving the mortgage and real estate industry since 1995, when it was founded as Media Center LLC. The company offers a powerful, easy-to-use marketing and CRM platform backed by gold-standard customer support and robust training to help Loan Officers and Real Estate Agents make the most of its effortless, fully-automated CRM. Usherpa users are empowered to build and maintain relationships with prospects, past customers, and business partners, resulting in increased repeat and referral business. Visit https://usherpa.com/ to learn more.

About Sales Boomerang:

Sales Boomerang revolutionized the relationship between a Mortgage Lender and Borrower with the introduction of the only automated Borrower Intelligence System in 2017, which tells lenders when anyone in their database is ready for a loan. Today, Sales Boomerang is the #1 Borrower Retention strategy in the industry and has discovered over $30B in new volume for Lenders. Sales Boomerang's notifications are integrated with the best CRM/Marketing Automation Systems in the industry to provide a seamless experience for Lenders and Borrowers. Sales Boomerang's employees are dedicated to improving the lending experience for Lenders and Borrowers, and united behind the ethos - No Borrower Left Behind(tm).

@SalesBoomerang @UsherpaCRM #mortgagemarketing #customerretention #RESPA

Sales Boomerang, the industry's top-rated automated borrower intelligence and retention system, has expanded its partnership with Usherpa, a marketing and customer relationship management (CRM) platform for Realtors and mortgage lenders.

Related link: https://www.salesboomerang.com/

The Mortgage Collaborative’s Emerging Technology Fund Announces Investment in Maxwell

SAN DIEGO, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- The Mortgage Collaborative, the nation's largest independent cooperative network in the mortgage industry, announced today the first investment of its recently launched TMC Emerging Technology Fund LP ("TMC Fund"). The venture capital program is funded by a self-selected segment of TMC members to capture opportunities driven by the rapid pace of technological change in the mortgage sector.

The investment is a participation in Maxwell's Series B Preferred Share financing which was led by Fin Venture Capital and TTV Capital. TMC's Executive Chairman, Jim Park, remarked that TMC was fortunate to be invited into this over-subscribed round because of Maxwell's recognition of the potential strategic value TMC's Emerging Tech Fund could bring to Maxwell, in addition to its financial investment.

"More than the financial investment, we're looking forward to the strategic value the TMC Emerging Tech Fund's limited partners will add to Maxwell as the mortgage industry evolves," said John Paasonen, Co-founder and CEO of Maxwell. "Their investment has brought forward-looking mortgage companies around the table who will accelerate the impact our solutions will have in the market."

There are several TMC Lender Members that are finding new ways to participate in the 'Power of the Network' through TMC's Tech Fund, including Owen Lee, Co-owner of Success Mortgage Partners. "What I find so unique about being a limited partner in TMC's Emerging Tech Fund, is the opportunity to control my own investment dollars," said Lee. "Maybe more importantly, since the future-state of the mortgage industry will include more technology and not less, this role helps me stay educated and prepared as a business operator for what is coming next in our industry."

The Fund Manager of the TMC Fund, Sandy Selman from Asia West Inc., commented: "This transaction is a terrific foundational investment for the TMC Fund because of the demonstrated commercial success of Maxwell, the high caliber of their management team, and the quality and breadth of the syndicate. It puts us on the map and creates the strategic context for our deal pipeline well into 2021. We look forward to working with the Maxwell team to help them realize their commercial goals."

TMC's Emerging Technology Fund is actively looking at investment opportunities that will result in higher profitability and business process improvements for TMC members.

About The Mortgage Collaborative

Based in San Diego, Calif., The Mortgage Collaborative was founded in 2013 by four notable industry leaders and is the nations' largest independent mortgage cooperative network. TMC is singularly focused on creating an environment of collaboration and innovation for small to mid-size mortgage lenders throughout the country to reduce cost, increase profitability, and better serve the dynamic and changing consumer base in America. For more information, visit www.mortgagecollaborative.com.

The Mortgage Collaborative, the nation's largest independent cooperative network in the mortgage industry, announced today the first investment of its recently launched TMC Emerging Technology Fund LP ("TMC Fund").

Related link: https://www.mortgagecollaborative.com

New Writing Program Mobilizes Writers and Therapists to Help Health Care Professionals

WASHINGTON, D.C. /ScoopCloud/ -- New Directions in Writing, an offshoot of the Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis, announces "The Things They Carry," a series of free writing workshops for health care workers and first responders, designed to help them face the deep trauma of their experiences with the corona virus pandemic. The first workshop will launch on April 13, 2021 and are staffed by therapists and writers from across the country who have come together specifically to help health care workers. They include: Jessica Anya Blau, Sarah Boxer, Kate Daniels, Aimee Molloy, Aria Beth Sloss and Valerie Tripp.

A recent survey of thousands of health workers by the Yale School of Public Health, recently published in the journal PLOS One, found that nearly one quarter of all participants showed signs of PTSD, and almost half had probable alcohol use disorder.

The Things They Carry workshops - http://thingstheycarryproject.org/ - will pair experienced writers with therapists skilled at working with people experiencing PTSD. If the title sounds familiar, that's intentional: it honors Tim O'Brien, the author of "The Things They Carried," a ground-breaking meditation on the Vietnam War, memory, and the redemptive power of storytelling.

The workshops are the brainchild of Kerry L. Malawista, Ph.D., a psychotherapist in private practice in Potomac, Maryland, and McLean, Virginia. Malawista is a co-chair of New Directions, which offers a postgraduate training program for clinicians, academics and writers who want to bring modern psychoanalytic perspectives to their work.

"I see several frontline health care workers in therapy," Malawista said. "From them, I hear about the ghosts of the COVID deaths they carry, the patients they have treated, those who were lost to the virus and those who still haunt them. Like soldiers returning from war, they cannot close their eyes to all they have witnessed - the smells, sights and sounds of people who died while in their care. And sadly, like the soldiers that O'Brien memorialized, the ghosts often pursue them in their dreams.... Along with talk therapy, writing provides an effective pathway to process traumatic memory."

Participants will learn a technique called "writing for resilience," in which writing prompts will be offered to encourage them to explore their COVID experiences, helping them to delve into their meaning. For the present, workshops will be held via Zoom.

Following the writing sessions, participants will have an opportunity to share what they have written, listen to other stories, respond to the group's writings, and explore their meaning in writing and conversation.

"Writing in the company of others has special benefits," Malawista said. "To have one's experiences witnessed and validated by other writers has been shown to relieve isolation and create a sense of solidarity.... Participants will have the opportunity to reflect on the life stories they have heard in the course of their work, as well as on the ways they can keep themselves calm and strong."

For more information contact Kerry Malawista, Ph.D., at ThingsTheyCarryProject@gmail.com

Learn more about New Directions in Writing at: https://newdirectionsinwriting.com/

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*CITATION: PLOS ONE: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0246602

New Directions in Writing, an offshoot of the Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis, announces "The Things They Carry," a series of free writing workshops for health care workers and first responders, designed to help them face the deep trauma of their experiences with the corona virus pandemic.

Related link: https://newdirectionsinwriting.com/

Top of Mind Partners with MBS Highway to Make Real Estate Report Cards Available Through Surefire CRM

ATLANTA, Ga. /ScoopCloud/ -- Top of Mind Networks (Top of Mind), a leader in customer relationship management (CRM) and marketing automation software for the mortgage lending industry, has partnered with MBS Highway to distribute Real Estate Report Cards through Top of Mind's award-winning Surefire CRM.

MBS Highway's Real Estate Report Card is a single-page dashboard that provides homebuyers a high-level overview of a home's value couched within the context of neighborhood real estate data. Designed to position mortgage lenders and their real estate agent partners as market experts, Real Estate Report Cards include graphs depicting a property's historical and forecasted appreciation, affordability index and current neighborhood inventory. Real Estate Report Cards can be co-branded with real estate agents to strengthen referral partnerships.

Top of Mind's integration with MBS Highway enables lenders to generate and distribute Real Estate Report Cards from Surefire CRM, facilitating their seamless deployment via email or text in tandem with Surefire CRM's award-winning marketing campaigns and automated workflows.

"We are very pleased to announce the integration of MBS Highway with Top of Mind," said MBS Highway Founder and CEO Barry Habib. "This will make it even easier for our mutual clients to maximize the benefits of these two powerful tools, especially during the changing market."

"Loan officers are always looking for ways to help borrowers make better-informed buying decisions and integrating Real Estate Report Cards within Surefire makes that possible at scale," said Top of Mind Chief Revenue Officer Nick Belenky. "We're proud to partner with MBS Highway to deliver a world-class, omnichannel marketing experience for our mutual customers."

About Top of Mind Networks:

Founded in 2003, Atlanta-based Top of Mind Networks (https://www.topofmind.com) started as a bootstrapped direct-mail marketing company. Today, the company is recognized as the mortgage industry's most-relied-upon provider of marketing automation and creative content solutions. From individuals to enterprise lenders, Top of Mind's SurefireCRM helps thousands of mortgage professionals win new business, earn repeat business and deserve referral business. With intuitive, "set it and forget it" workflows and award-winning content, mortgage professionals can effortlessly maintain and deepen their emotional connections with clients.

About MBS Highway:

MBS Highway is a Holmdel, New Jersey-based mortgage intelligence and sales effectiveness platform that enables mortgage industry professionals to interpret, forecast, and leverage activity in the mortgage markets to drive value to potential homebuyers. MBS Highway offers exclusive information that mortgage professionals can rely on for ultimate relevance, speed, and precision. The Company aims to deliver products that enhance the value mortgage professionals can provide to existing and prospective customers, increasing their topline revenue and overall customer experience. For more information, visit www.mbshighway.com.

@mortgagecrm @MBSHighway #marketingautomation #mortgagemarketing #digitalmortgage

Top of Mind Networks (Top of Mind), a leader in customer relationship management (CRM) and marketing automation software for the mortgage lending industry, has partnered with MBS Highway to distribute Real Estate Report Cards through Top of Mind's award-winning Surefire CRM.

Related link: https://www.topofmind.com/

Embrace Home Loans Launching SimpleNexus Homeownership Platform for Its 300 Retail Mortgage Loan Officers in 2021

LEHI, Utah /ScoopCloud/ -- Top-ranked mortgage lender Embrace Home Loans today announced plans to roll out SimpleNexus, the leading homeownership platform for loan officers (LOs), borrowers, real estate agents and settlement agents, to more than 300 retail mortgage LOs before the end of the year.

SimpleNexus is currently the mortgage industry's leading point-of-sale platform, serving more than 300 lenders across the United States. Embrace Home Loans is the first lender to leverage SimpleNexus in conjunction with Black Knight(r)'s Empower(r) loan origination system (LOS). Other unique aspects of the implementation include a new mobile disclosures integration with First American Docutech(r) and a first-of-its-kind feature that will allow borrowers to pay for appraisals in-app using a credit card.

"Embrace has been an amazing partner and has pushed us to extend SimpleNexus' already market-leading feature set. We can't wait to see how loan officers and borrowers respond to the improved experience," said SimpleNexus Founder and CEO Matt Hansen. "Moreover, this partnership could serve as a model for future Empower LOS users who would like to experience the benefits of SimpleNexus' end-to-end homeownership platform."

Embrace Home Loans was founded in 1983 as a consumer-direct lender headquartered in Middletown, Rhode Island, and has been steadily growing its retail origination channel since 2009. In addition to its consumer direct platform, the company currently employs more than 300 loan officers at branches along the East Coast. Embrace believes the new integration will empower its loan officers to provide even greater customer service, according to Customer Experience Director and Vice President Meghan Handy.

"We've been in business for 38 years, so we have a clear perspective on how to customize things for our team. We needed a solution that was LO-centric and pliable enough to let our team continue serving customers and Realtors in the way they prefer," said Handy. "SimpleNexus offers that kind of flexibility while at the same time equipping our LOs for success in the booming purchase market by transforming the way they work with borrowers and Realtors."

Embrace employees can expect a gradual phase-in of the SimpleNexus platform over the next several months. Handy expects her company will be delivering an improved customer experience - and seeing a measurable lift to loan volume - before the end of 2021.

About SimpleNexus, LLC:

SimpleNexus is a homeownership platform transforming the mortgage experience and connecting borrowers, loan officers, real estate agents and settlement service providers throughout the homebuying process. The platforms' native mobile toolset enables lenders to originate, process and close home loans from anywhere with increased efficiency and convenience. Loan officers can manage their loan pipelines, order credit, run pricing, send pre-approvals, sign disclosures and execute eClosings - all on the go. SimpleNexus provides borrowers with a single sign-on experience from home search to the application, document upload, eClose and beyond for a more streamlined homeownership journey. Learn more at: https://www.simplenexus.com/.

About Embrace Home Loans:

Founded in 1983, Embrace Home Loans is a prominent mortgage lender that provides borrowers and financial institutions with an exceptional mortgage experience. Licensed in all states except Hawaii, as well as the District of Columbia, Embrace has been recognized seven times as one of the Best Medium-sized Companies to Work for in America by Fortune and five times as one of the Fastest Growing Companies in America by Inc. The company has also been recognized fourteen times as one of the Best Places to Work in Rhode Island, as the Most Community Involved Company in Rhode Island, and with the Leadership Excellence Award by Providence Business News. The company is based in Middletown, Rhode Island. For more information, please visit https://www.embracehomeloans.com/.

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Top-ranked mortgage lender Embrace Home Loans today announced plans to roll out SimpleNexus, the leading homeownership platform for loan officers (LOs), borrowers, real estate agents and settlement agents, to more than 300 retail mortgage LOs before the end of the year.

Related link: https://simplenexus.com/

IObit Launches iFun Screen Recorder: Make Screen Recordings Simple and Free

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- IObit today launched iFun Screen Recorder, a free tool to record Windows screens without a time limit or watermark. Users may experience common inconveniences while using screen recorders, such as complicated interface, obvious watermark on videos, or very short recording time. iFun Screen Recorder solved all the problems and simplified video recording. It brings the screen recording to the next level whenever users need to record video calls, make YouTube tutorials, or capture game highlights.

iFun Screen Recorder records any parts of screens with the webcam, speaker, and microphone on. It supports high-quality video by selecting 4096x2160 (HD) video size, 60 FPS, and the custom bitrate. Gamers can use the tool to capture 2D/3D games in high quality. It optimizes recording by using a hardware-accelerated H.264 encoder.

Users can save the video in common file formats of MP4, AVI, FLV, GIF, etc., and save the audio in formats of MP3, AAC, AC3, etc. It supports cutting and trimming the video and posts the video to YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo, Instagram, Google Drive, and Dropbox with one click.

"IObit is dedicated to providing free, simple, and reliable tools. Users need an efficient and user-friendly video recorder, so we launched the product," said Bing Wang, the IObit Product Director. "I believe iFun Screen Recorder will help users be productive and have an enjoyable moment while recording videos."

Learn more: https://recorder.iobit.com/

About IObit

Founded in 2004, IObit develops system utilities and security software for superior PC performance. It is a recognized industry leader with more than 100 awards, 500 million downloads, and 10 million active users worldwide. For more information, visit https://www.iobit.com/.

Media Contact:
IObit
Nicole Qin, (415) 813-2995
PR Manager
press@iobit.com

IObit today launched iFun Screen Recorder, a free tool to record Windows screens without a time limit or watermark. Users may experience common inconveniences while using screen recorders, such as complicated interface, obvious watermark on videos, or very short recording time.

Related link: https://www.iobit.com/

SuiteAmerica Named Move For Hunger 2020 Corporate Housing Company Of The Year

EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- During the 2020 CHPA Tower of Excellence Awards, SuiteAmerica was named Move For Hunger's 2020 Corporate Housing Company of the Year. SuiteAmerica considers it a great honor and is deeply humbled to be able to provide for those in need.

SuiteAmerica's Move For Hunger Coordinator, Michael James, says, "We are so proud and honored to have received this award again from Move for Hunger! While 2020 caused us to not be able to do typical in-person food drives, our team was still able to come together virtually and exceeded our fundraising goal during Hunger Action Month."

SuiteAmerica has been partnered with Move For Hunger since Move For Hunger started in 2014. Move For Hunger is a nonprofit dedicated to reducing food waste and fighting hunger. Their goal is to eliminate food waste during the relocation process. The Move For Hunger team will pick up any unopened, nonperishable food items and deliver them to a local food pantry.

Over 50 million Americans face hunger every day, including one in four children. The COVID-19 Pandemic has only worsened food insecurity in the United States. In 2020, over 3.7 million pounds of food were donated to food banks, making 2020 Move For Hunger's most impactful year to date.

"SuiteAmerica would also like to send a big thank you to all of our fellow corporate housing companies that help champion Move For Hunger's mission every year. We look forward to collecting even more donations in 2021 and continuing to raise awareness about food insecurity," says James.

If you are in a place to consider donating, please visit https://moveforhunger.org/donate/covid-19.

About Move For Hunger

Move For Hunger is a (501(c)(3) national non-profit organization that has created a sustainable way to reduce food waste and fight hunger. We have mobilized the leaders of moving, relocation, and multi-family industries to provide their customers, clients, and residents with the opportunity to donate their food when they move. Members of Move For Hunger also organize community food drives, participate in awareness campaigns, and create employee engagement programs.

For more information, or to find out how you can host your own food drive, visit https://moveforhunger.org/.

During the 2020 CHPA Tower of Excellence Awards, SuiteAmerica was named Move For Hunger's 2020 Corporate Housing Company of the Year. SuiteAmerica considers it a great honor and is deeply humbled to be able to provide for those in need.

Related link: https://moveforhunger.org/

Kids Read Now is closing the opportunity gap – In-home reading program helping Wisconsin students

MADISON, Wis. /ScoopCloud/ -- Kids Read Now is excited to partner with the School District of Reedsburg and the School District of Niagara to mail books directly to their students' homes over the summer. The School District of Reedsburg and the School District of Niagara are the first school districts in Wisconsin to partner with Kids Read Now to eliminate learning loss and close the opportunity gap for their students. The number of students coast-to-coast in the Kids Read Now program continues to grow with almost 400,000 books being mailed to students in 2020 alone!

Most students will experience reading skill loss over a typical summer break from school. Creating home libraries is key to preventing a steep learning slide due to summer break and recent extended school closures. "Students who select their own books are much more likely to read them, which is one reason educators love the KRN in-home reading program. It's an evidence-based solution that eradicates learning loss and helps kids gain up to 2.5 months of learning over the summer," said Leib Lurie, CEO of Kids Read Now.

The Kids Read Now K-3 summer reading program mails eight new books to students and includes exciting multicultural, fiction, and nonfiction titles loved by children. Mailing books builds ongoing enthusiasm but does not require in-home technology. Each book includes guided discussion questions to help improve reading skills and increase family engagement. The ninth book of beautifully illustrated creative writing prompts concludes the program so children can write their own stories. Best of all, kids keep their new books!

Kids Read Now is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with the singular mission to eliminate learning loss for all K-3 students.

To learn more about Kids Read Now, please visit https://kidsreadnow.org/.

*VIDEO: https://vimeo.com/513510815

Kids Read Now is excited to partner with the School District of Reedsburg and the School District of Niagara to mail books directly to their students' homes over the summer. The School District of Reedsburg and the School District of Niagara are the first school districts in Wisconsin to partner with Kids Read Now.

Related link: https://kidsreadnow.org/

Pure Transplant Solutions Announces Collaboration with Innobiochips to Develop Personalized Diagnostics for Post-Transplant Monitoring and Early Detection of Transplant Rejection

AUSTIN, Texas /ScoopCloud/ -- Pure Transplant Solutions, LLC (PTS), a collaboration driven biotechnology company focused on the development of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-based diagnostics and therapeutics within the field of transplantation, is proud to announce that it has entered into a collaboration agreement with Innobiochips (IBC), a developer of innovative immunoassays and the SirYus™ diagnostic platform technology, to develop personalized HLA diagnostics that will detect and quantify donor specific antibodies (DSA's) in post-transplant settings and provide the basis for post-transplant monitoring and early detections of transplant rejection.

The research is being led by Innobiochips co-founders Drs. Vianney Souplet and Christophe Olivier, and Dr. Rico Buchli, VP of Products and Services at PTS. The collaboration aims to develop and validate new individualized, allele specific HLA-antibody diagnostics. The initial goals of the collaboration are to quickly develop the first commercial prototype and gather the data needed to validate the platform with leading community experts. The companies are optimistic that they will be able to rapidly provide a new portfolio of allele specific diagnostics to HLA lab directors, transplant clinicians and transplant patients that do not currently exist. These new diagnostics would enable personalized, easy to use, and quantifiable sequential monitoring of patient specific DSA levels, the result of which would provide a new pro-active window for clinicians to implement earlier graft saving interventions for transplant recipients.

"Between our two companies, we feel that we already have the ingredients needed to provide a new set of tools to those who care for transplant patients," Dr. Buchli stated. "Our proteins solve a number of important challenges on the serological side while the Innobiochips SirYus platform provides a very easy to use and elegant way to manufacture discrete, allele specific tests with the necessary controls, it really is a powerful combination."

"Over the past years, our companies have been exploring ways to combine our complementary technologies to create breakthrough diagnostics in the transplant market. PTS has the in-depth knowledge in HLA proteins and IBC has demonstrated that its technology is incredibly flexible and can enable as many as 144 serological assays at the same time in a single well, providing the transplantation departments an outstanding and new solution for HLA detection," Dr Souplet stated.

About Pure Transplant Solutions, LLC

Pure Transplant Solutions, LLC was founded in 1999 in order to leverage the leading research in HLA protein of parent company, Pure Protein, LLC, into solutions to address a growing list of needs in organ transplantation.

Learn more: https://www.puretransplant.com/

About Pure Protein, LLC

Pure Protein, LLC is a biotechnology company funded and managed by Emergent Technologies, Inc. that is focused on the development and commercialization of proprietary technologies related to the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) system, formed and exclusively licensed from the University of Oklahoma. Pure Protein, in conjunction with its affiliates and subsidiaries, aims to bring novel therapies and diagnostic tools to patients across a wide range of application areas spanning from therapeutic development in the fields of oncology, autoimmunity, and infectious disease, to antibody mediated rejection in transplantation.

Through its new ecommerce website, www.hlaprotein.com, Pure Protein now offers academic and commercial researchers the ability to purchase individual HLA reagents to detect, profile, and monitor allele-specific immune responses, as well as HLA peptide epitope binding services to aide in improving the design of vaccination and therapeutic targeting strategies.

About Innobiochips

Innobiochips is a diagnostic company committed to provide innovative multiplex immunoassays and aims to position its technology, SirYus™, as a new standard for In Vitro Diagnostics. As of today, Innobiochips has developed and produces products dedicated to transplantation and immunodeficiency and is partnering with several major players to incorporate the SirYus technology into larger IVD applications.

Pure Transplant Solutions, LLC (PTS), a collaboration driven biotechnology company focused on the development of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-based diagnostics and therapeutics within the field of transplantation, is proud to announce that it has entered into a collaboration agreement with Innobiochips (IBC).

Related link: https://www.puretransplant.com/

AMI Expeditionary Healthcare (AMI) Contracted by The State of Louisiana to Provide Medical and Surgical Staff to Support 400+ Intensive Care Unit and Hospital Beds for 12-24 Months

RESTON, Va. /ScoopCloud/ -- AMI Expeditionary Healthcare (AMI) will be providing comprehensive, independent, and turnkey operation management for The State of Louisiana as they fight the surge of COVID-19 positive cases during this public health emergency.

Physician owned and physician led, AMI grew out of a need to provide the highest quality healthcare in areas of high demand such as this. "We have a proven track record providing medical and surgical teams on very short notice," Dr. Thomas Crabtree, AMI Group Medical Director notes. "Our company delivers a unique combination of extremely flexible teams of health practitioners combined with highly refined medical processes and procedures. This combination allows us to provide an expanding number of bespoke health services around the world," Crabtree continues.

"The contract allows Louisiana to be prepared should there be additional surges in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations," notes the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH.) AMI will be supplying and managing medical staff, and/or other personnel providing direct patient care as authorized by LDH for at least the next year or two.

AMI's services range from health consultancies and deployment of single-person aid posts and mobile clinics through to full-field hospitals and global aeromedical evacuation solutions - providing people, facilities, equipment, consumables, pharmacy products, procedures, training or any combination of these services depending on needs, requirements and desired healthcare outcomes-all part of this historic response providing critical services to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services all over the United States.

For more information, please contact info@ami.health.

AMI Expeditionary Healthcare (AMI) will be providing comprehensive, independent, and turnkey operation management for The State of Louisiana as they fight the surge of COVID-19 positive cases during this public health emergency.

Related link: https://ami.health/

The Lower Third Productions, LLC Presents: Today Show Host Craig Melvin Remembers Late Brother in Interview – Touching (and Hilarious) Final Moments Revealed

WESTPORT, Conn. /ScoopCloud/ -- On December 9 of 2020, Craig Melvin, a news anchor on the Today Show, lost his forty-three-year-old brother, Lawrence Meadows to colon cancer. Weeks later, Craig sat down with "Ten Minutes With Brian Kelsey" talk show host, Brian Kelsey, for an off-the-wall interview, oddly enough, in Brian's driveway. The result was nothing short of heartwarming and surprisingly humorous as well.

Prior to the interview, as Brian took care of some unfinished business, Craig warmed up outside, literally. He was accommodated with a lawn chair and glass of bourbon next to a makeshift fire pit out on the driveway. Craig didn't seem to mind.

Normally, Brian conducts his interviews in the garage. But, due to COVID-19 precautions, the driveway was deemed to be a safer setting.

Initially, Craig and Brian swapped COVID-19 stories and Brian brought up an emotional moment for Craig concerning the virus that was caught on tape. Craig called himself a 'mush-ball' and commented that his personal belief is that if the news doesn't affect a journalist, they need to look for another job. He admitted to, at times, wearing his heart on his sleeves.

After throwing another log on the fire (again, literally), it was onto a deeper, more serious subject, the death of Craig's older brother who was a minister. While Craig was notably shaken by the loss as the two were extremely close, he managed to recall some very funny stories which he told. Through his sorrow, Craig has not lost his sense of humor. One gets the feeling that is exactly how his late brother would want it to be.

Craig has been a co-host for the Today Show since 2018. His wife, Lindsay, is also a journalist. They have two young sons. Prior to the Today Show, Craig worked at MSNBC and other television networks as well. He is especially close to fellow journalist Bryant Gumbel.

Brian founded his quirky talk show, "Ten Minutes With Brian Kelsey", when he turned a crazy, but innovative, idea into reality. It all began when Brian started working for Howard Stern as a writer, producer, and the actual 'voice' of Stern. Even though he was the host of a four-hour regularly scheduled talk show on Martha Stewart Living Radio, had a short running spot with a home renovation show on NBC, and has made numerous appearances on shows like the Today Show, the former radio show host, craved more. One thing led to another until a dream was born. He debuted a one-of-a-kind celebrity-ish talk show in the confines of his garage, next to his washer and dryer. Not surprisingly, the show took off.

While the interview is not the only one Craig granted on his brother's death and is certainly not the only show Brian has filmed with a celebrity, the chemistry between the host and guest is definitely present throughout the time they shared, sparking a unique revelation of impromptu bittersweet memories.

Check out Craig's interview and for more information on Brian Kelsey's "Ten Minutes With Brian Kelsey," click onto his website: https://www.tenminuteswith.com/.

VIDEO (YouTube): https://youtu.be/9l5Og7QfZC4

MEDIA CONTACT:
Brian Kelsey
203.650.0206
brian@TenMinutesWith.com

On December 9 of 2020, Craig Melvin, a news anchor on the Today Show, lost his forty-three-year-old brother, Lawrence Meadows to colon cancer. Weeks later, Craig sat down with "Ten Minutes With Brian Kelsey" talk show host, Brian Kelsey, for an off-the-wall interview, oddly enough, in Brian's driveway.

Related link: https://www.tenminuteswith.com/

Private Equity Firm CEO Co-Hosted SXSW Wealth Diversity Panels, Announces Launch of Black Angel Investors Initiative

GREENSBORO, N.C. /ScoopCloud/ -- BWC Capital CEO and national chair of The Links Economic Empowerment Platform (LEEP) Bridget Chisholm was selected by Opportunity Hub (OHUB), the largest minority-owned multi-campus entrepreneurship center and tech hub in the U.S., to moderate and co-host two panels on diversity, equity, and inclusion at the highly anticipated SXSW annual conference. The event marked the launch of a game-changing partnership between The Links and OHUB designed to help black communities obtain wealth independence, and equitable representation. SXSW took place virtually March 16-20, 2021.

The Links, Incorporated, a volunteer service organization comprised of over 16,000 professional women of African descent, is dedicated to ensuring the culture and economic survival of African Americans. Chisholm, a member of The Links, Incorporated since 1999, brings over 35 years of experience in marketing and branding, ecosystem building, private equity investment, and economic development to the organization. Since 1998, she has created and launched three high-performing companies and facilitated over $1 billion in multi-layered specialty financing transactions and investments. Chisholm is known as an innovator who uses disruptive thinking to challenge systems, advance and build wealth in historically underserved sectors, including Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs), communities, people, and capital providers.

"It was exciting to have Bridget moderate one of our official SXSW sessions on the urgency of DEIS and co-host our Invest Black event with 100 Black Angels & Allies Fund portfolio companies," said Rodney Sampson, Chairman, OHUB and General Partner, 100 Black Angels and Allies Fund. "Her leadership in co-creating the game-changing investment and partnership between The Links, Incorporated, our venture fund, and ecosystem building platform, OHUB, demonstrates her experience and commitment to creating opportunity at the intersection of the culture and the ecosystem."

Joining hundreds of prominently featured speakers, artists, musicians, and filmmakers, including this year's keynotes Stacey Abrams, Willie Nelson, and Pete Buttigieg, Chisholm led a panel discussion entitled "The Urgency of DEIS in The Fourth Industrial Revolution."

To view the panel, go to https://online.sxsw.com/event/sxsw-online/planning/UGxhbm5pbmdfMzY2OTcx.

Also, Chisholm co-hosted an exclusive panel with Sampson and Kristie Goodman Davis entitled "Where the Money Reside: Investing Black." This session recognized the launch of the historical strategic partnership between The Links, Incorporated, the 100 Black Angels & Allies, and Opportunity HUB - https://mobile.twitter.com/theohubs/status/1372683574575390720?s=21

Dr. Kimberly Jeffries Leonard, National President of The Links Incorporated and The Links Foundation, Incorporated, defines the partnership, which Chisholm and the LEEP committee will lead, as a "strategic investment that will help increase the number of Black angel investors, limited partners, venture capitalists, and equity crowdfunding" opportunities. According to Leonard, the partnership's mission is to "diversify the ownership and capitalization tables of our nation's high growth Black-owned startups and venture funds while ensuring career pathways for those who are often overlooked."

This year's SXSW event included 230 sessions sourced by the SX community on topics ranging from racial injustice, poverty, nationalism, and the climate crisis amidst a global pandemic.

BWC Capital CEO and national chair of The Links Economic Empowerment Platform (LEEP) Bridget Chisholm was selected by Opportunity Hub (OHUB), the largest minority-owned multi-campus entrepreneurship center and tech hub in the U.S., to moderate and co-host two panels at the SXSW annual conference.

Related link: http://www.bwccapital.com

Fanplayr Announces Launch in UK to Meet Global Demand for E-commerce Personalization

PALO ALTO, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- anplayr, the leader in online behavioral personalization and artificial intelligence, accelerates its global growth plans with the opening of new offices in London and Manchester and three new senior appointments in the UK. The company's rapid expansion in the UK is driven by its ability to convert online users into buyers, using real-time analysis of online behavior. With an enormous surge in e-commerce in the last year, Fanplayr is anticipating significant revenue growth in the UK, reflecting the company's success across Europe where it has already had an increase in year-over-year revenue of more than 70%.

The success of Fanplayr's advanced cookie-free personalization is also equipping companies for post-pandemic recovery and for one of the most serious challenges to online business - the end of third-party cookies set to take place in 2022.

To build this early success in the UK, Fanplayr has made three key appointments. Andy McNab leads the UK operation, becoming the company's Vice President for EMEA. McNab is an award-winning digital leader who has led teams at Microsoft, AOL, and Rocket Fuel and is now fully focused on developing Fanplayr across EMEA.

Joining McNab are Dave Hendry, Regional Sales Director, who has worked in senior positions at JOE Media and Rocket Fuel, and Jessica Biddle, Head of Customer Success, who has previously led and developed teams at MiQ and Centro.

"We are excited to welcome Andy McNab and his team to Fanplayr," said Simon Yencken, Fanplayr CEO and Co-founder. "Andy brings a wealth of knowledge and value as an experienced leader in e-commerce and Adtech. We have high expectations for the UK in terms of notable global brands, enterprise customers, and expanded revenue for Fanplayr."

In the last month alone, Fanplayr has already acquired four major UK clients and further significant deals are in the pipeline to feed the expected growth. The new UK clients range from high-end fashion retailers to hotels and global software, and also includes several trading agreements with advertising agencies. Says McNab: "UK businesses have gained millions of new customers during the pandemic and they need us to help understand and retain them. Fanplayr's patented solution is perfectly placed to transform revenues without disruption."

Expansion in the UK comes as Fanplayr completes strategic agreements with key partners in the Nordics, Dubai and Abu Dhabi that will guarantee the company's advanced capabilities, including its patented "Segmentation-as-a-Service", are available across Europe and beyond.

From its global headquarters in Palo Alto, California, Fanplayr has been leading fully integrated online personalization and AI for a decade. The company achieved 100% growth in 2019 prior to the pandemic, with consistent growth of more than 60% annually over the last several years.

About Fanplayr

Fanplayr is a global leader in e-commerce behavioral data, using machine learning and AI to enable businesses to increase conversion rates and revenue, collect more leads, and retarget visitors with personalized recommendations during and after the shopping experience. Fanplayr is headquartered in Palo Alto, California with offices in New York, Buenos Aires, Brazil, Mexico, Milan, London, Manchester, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Hamburg, Melbourne and Tokyo.

Learn more at: https://www.fanplayr.com/

Media Contact:
Lacy Talton
(252) 467-5220
ltalton@percepture.com

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*Caption: Andy McNab, Vice President, EMEA, Fanplayr.

Fanplayr, the leader in online behavioral personalization and artificial intelligence, accelerates its global growth plans with the opening of new offices in London and Manchester and three new senior appointments in the UK.

Related link: https://www.fanplayr.com/

GSA IT MAS Contract Awarded to Synergetics

FORT COLLINS, Colo. /ScoopCloud/ -- Synergetics has been awarded the General Services Administration (GSA) IT MAS Contract, after a thorough assessment from the GSA. This award is a testament to Synergetics' competencies, execution, and customer success.

Buying through IT MAS streamlines Government procurement by shortening buying cycles, ensuring compliance, and delivering the best value from pre-vetted vendors.

Synergetics has continuously excelled in delivering critical custom software and data solutions to Federal Agencies. The company develops and manages the official platform for all military parts and products, the backbone through which billions of dollars of Federal supply chain procurement occurs annually and the official source of identification and standardization for over 16 million unique parts.

Synergetics' IT MAS Schedule allows Federal, State, and Local Agencies to license cloud-ready software with unified user experiences, auditable interactions, configurable data architecture, and hardened security. Product Offerings include:

Cloud-Ready Software Suite (Licensed Products):

* IMD: our dynamic data platform that syndicates, catalogs, searches, and retrieves data from one or more sources

* OpenFLIS: our cloud-scale, modular platform for data syndication, schema configuration, cataloging, search, dissemination, secure access, and reporting. OpenFIS supports mobiles and API options for flexibility.

Services:

* Application Development Services

* Systems Administration Services

* Software Maintenance Services

* Database Consolidation Services

About Synergetics:

Synergetics is a longstanding Colorado software engineering company and services provider focused on Federal modernization initiatives for over 25 years. Synergetics' software solutions have been used by a variety of Government agencies including, the Department of Defense (DoD), the National Institute of Health (NIH), the US Geological Survey (USGS), and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), among others.

Learn more at: https://synergetics.com/

Synergetics' IT MAS Contract Number is 47QTCA21D005F and is valid until February 2026 with options for renewal.

For more information on our products and services, please contact:

Kabir Mehta, COO

Phone: 970.498.9723

Fax: 970.498.9775

Email: gsa-mas@synergetics.com

Synergetics Incorporated, 1520 South College Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80524.

Synergetics has been awarded the General Services Administration (GSA) IT MAS Contract, after a thorough assessment from the GSA. This award is a testament to Synergetics' competencies, execution, and customer success.

Related link: https://synergetics.com/

Dr. Robyn Siperstein Gifts One Local Resident a Life-Changing Extreme Makeover

BOCA RATON, Fla. /ScoopCloud/ -- Dr. Robyn Siperstein and the Siperstein Dermatology team provided one local woman with an Extreme Makeover as a way to celebrate their 10 Year Anniversary. The goal was to give back to the community that has supported the locally-owned Group for the past decade and provide one lucky winner with a life-changing makeover.

"It's an honor for me and my team to give back to our community members who have supported us from day one," said Dr. Robyn Siperstein, founder and owner of Siperstein Dermatology Group. "We are in this business to help our patients look and feel their best, and there is no greater reward than being able to transform someone's life and spirit just by doing what we do best: caring."

So when Theresa O'Leary entered the Extreme Makeover campaign and Dr. Siperstein heard her story, Dr. Siperstein knew she would be able to provide the help that O'Leary desperately deserved.

As a registered nurse who has worked in hospice care, O'Leary had a difficult past five years after moving to Florida. She suffered a domestic violence issue and has since divorced from her husband, finding herself alone and struggling.

"The last five years have been soul wrenching. I have never really done anything for myself. So when I came into the Boca office, I just got a good feeling in my heart and in my soul that these were good people," said O'Leary, tearfully. "When I heard that I won, I was over the top. I never thought anything good like this would happen to me. I appreciate Dr. Siperstein and the office."

Dr. Siperstein and the team provided free dermatology services, including Sciton Laser Resurfacing and Forever Young BBL (broad band light) also known as IPL (intense pulsed light) or a photofacial, which reverses the signs of sun damage and eliminates wrinkles. In addition, she received both Restylane and Juvederm cosmetic fillers to revolumize depleted areas and Botox to keep her wrinkles from returning. Treatment began on December 23, 2020 and took two months to complete, providing an end aesthetic with smooth contours that O'Leary and the team were ecstatic about when they recently revealed her before and after photos. Without any surgical treatment, O'Leary now looks and feels 20 years younger.

"It was the ultimate Christmas gift," said O'Leary, who said her final treatment day and seeing her results was the ultimate experience for her. "I just owe everything to them all for helping me like this. I'm most grateful."

In an effort to continue to honor O'Leary and her domestic violence journey, the Group will also donate 10% of net skincare sale profits from both of their offices during the month of April to Aid for Victims of Domestic Abuse (AVDA).

In addition to the Extreme Makeover, Dr. Siperstein and the team also gifted 10 runner-ups with hydra-dermabrasion facials.

The Group's new state-of-the-art office is located at 1401 N. Federal Highway in Boca Raton, Fla. and is open Monday through Friday and select Saturdays. Their other state-of-the-art office is located at 9897 Hagen Ranch Road in Boynton Beach, Fla. New and existing patients are invited to make an appointment by calling (561) 955-8885 or visiting https://www.sipderm.com.

About Siperstein Dermatology Group

Siperstein Dermatology Group is a privately-owned, state-of-the-art dermatology practice comprised of 11 board certified dermatologists, a board certified facial plastic surgeon, three physicians assistants and three laser technicians who pride themselves on providing the most up-to-date systems and technologies to treat all areas of dermatology including medical, surgical and cosmetic. The team offers skin checks for early skin cancer detection, skin cancer treatment with Mohs surgery and plastic surgery closures, and comprehensive treatment of all skin conditions such as acne, rosacea, psoriasis, hair loss, and more. They also offer a full array of cosmetic services including state-of-the-art lasers for resurfacing wrinkles, removal of brown or red spots and unwanted hair, microneedling with radiofrequency and PRP, coolsculpting, filler and Botox injections, and hydra-dermabrasion facials with dermaplaning.

Dr. Robyn Siperstein and the Siperstein Dermatology team provided one local woman with an Extreme Makeover as a way to celebrate their 10 Year Anniversary. The goal was to give back to the community that has supported the locally-owned Group for the past decade and provide one lucky winner with a life-changing makeover.

Related link: https://www.sipderm.com/

UltFone Releases COVID-19 Campaign 2021 – Spin to Win Free Phone Repair Software

NEW YORK, N.Y. /ScoopCloud/ -- UltFone, an emerging global software provider, launched its marketing campaign #WinFreeSoftware, to help people fix all common iOS/Android system problems at home without going outside during COVID-19.

Says Sophie, Marketing Manager at UltFone: "During the COVID-19 outbreak, what should people do when they find their phone is stuck in recovery mode, restart loop or unresponsive to touch? Especially people who live in zones with severe epidemics. We are greatly concerned about the ones who encountered phone system issues during COVID-19. They are left wondering whether they should risk going outside to repair shop or fix the problem at home with an online repair software."

Stirred by customers seeking assistance for their phone problems in the epidemic zones, UltFone has collected and compiled a comprehensive mobile phone problem repair guide to illustrate all possible methods to fix phone problems indoors or outside. Based on several key aspects, including supported scenarios, repair time, supported devices, potential risks, ease of use, and preparations, they tend to suggest that users choose to fix the iPhone problems at home with software.

100% Win Your Lucky Draw - Free Software & Big Discounts

UltFone's #WinFreeSoftware campaign provides a 100% chance of winning. You will have a chance to win one of the following rewards:

Win UltFone Android System Repair for free;

40% OFF to buy UltFone iOS System Repair;

30% OFF Storewide;

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About UltFone System Repair Tool for iOS and Android

UltFone iOS System Repair - A best-selling product at UltFone, and recently this software has a major upgrade with a revamped interface, better user experience, and enhanced features. This iOS system recovery software integrates a comprehensive solution for iPhone/iPad/iPod touch and Apple TV problems, including entering and exiting the recovery mode (free function), solving more than 150 system issues like black screen, Apple logo, iTunes error, update stuck, and providing two ways to reset iOS device.

UltFone Android System Repair - A newly released product by UltFone which aims to better help Android users to solve common system problems with Android devices. It offers the easiest solution to enter and exit fastboot mode, Android recovery mode, and download mode, fix 150+ Android issues without data loss, and one click to clear system cache.

About UltFone Software

UltFone is a leading software development company committed to helping smartphone and PC/Mac users to enjoy digital life with no hassle. It provides users with solutions for data recovery, system repair, and device content management. UltFone does not only strive to bolster the quality of products it has to offer and the user experience but also leveraging advanced technology to develop new solutions and cater to the unique needs of users.

For more information or take part in the event, visit https://www.ultfone.com/how-to-repair-iphone-during-covid.html

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/ultfone

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UltFone, an emerging global software provider, launched its marketing campaign #WinFreeSoftware, to help people fix all common iOS/Android system problems at home without going outside during COVID-19.

Related link: https://www.ultfone.com/

DataNumen Excel Repair 3.6: Excellent AI-Based Data Recovery and Multilingual Interface

NEW YORK, N.Y. /ScoopCloud/ -- DataNumen company, the creator of award-winning data recovery tools, announces the release of the updated version of DataNumen Excel Repair. Apart from the sheer simplicity and high recovery rate, version 3.6 now offers a multilingual user interface: it now supports Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Korean, and Simplified Chinese.

MS Excel is the de-facto standard for spreadsheet applications: it is used for recording and analyzing numerical data by businesses and individuals all over the world. All in all, there are 750+ million users who employ Excel for accounting, sales, scientific and educational purposes, budgeting, data analysis, and other tasks. Unfortunately, Excel spreadsheets can easily get damaged or corrupt because of such common reasons as power failures, OS errors, malware attacks, etc. What should one do if their important Excel files have become inaccessible?

To prevent the disruption of business processes or the loss of important personal data, it is highly recommended to install a reliable and powerful Excel recovery program - such as DataNumen Excel Repair. It demonstrates the highest average recovery rate due to the use of smart algorithms but does not require any special tech skills to repair corrupt spreadsheets. Besides, if a massive data catastrophe has damaged multiple Excel files, it is possible to restore them all in one go using the batch processing feature.

The newly released DataNumen Excel Repair 3.6 makes data recovery even easier than before. It offers a multilingual interface so that people who do not speak English could choose another widely spoken language: Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Korean, or Simplified Chinese. Besides, version 3.6 can automatically check and install upgrades, thus saving the user's time.

DataNumen Excel Repair 3.6 at a Glance:

* Recovers XLS, XLW, and XLSX files created on PC and Mac;

* Supports all Excel versions from 3 to 2019 and Excel for Office 365;

* Restores all spreadsheet data: contents of cells, formulas, cross-references, standard and custom formats;

* Recovers Excel spreadsheets on corrupted disks, memory cards and other media;

* Performs batch recovery;

* Is localized in 9 European and Asian languages.

Learn more about DataNumen Excel Repair at: https://www.datanumen.com/excel-repair/

Pricing and Availability

DataNumen Excel Repair 3.6 is compatible with Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP, Vista/7/8/8.1/10 or Windows Server 2003/2008/2012/2016/2019. The demo version can be downloaded for free, the license cost starts from 11.95 USD, and there are volume discounts available.

About DataNumen

Founded in 2001, DataNumen is the developer and vendor of professional data recovery software. The product line of the company includes recovery solutions for Outlook, Word, Excel, PDF, as well as backup software and database recovery tools. Hundreds of top companies all over the world choose DataNumen products: IBM, Intel, AT&T, Microsoft, General Electric, Xerox, and Oracle among them.

For more information about the company and its products, please visit https://www.datanumen.com/.

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DataNumen, Inc.

Phone: +1-800-599-0398

E-Mail: pr@datanumen.com

DataNumen company, the creator of award-winning data recovery tools, announces the release of the updated version of DataNumen Excel Repair. Apart from the sheer simplicity and high recovery rate, version 3.6 now offers a multilingual user interface: it now supports Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Korean, and Simplified Chinese.

Related link: https://www.datanumen.com/

Michigan First Credit Union Implements CompenSafe by LBA Ware to Facilitate Mortgage Lending Division Growth

MACON, Ga. /ScoopCloud/ -- LBA Ware™, a leading provider of incentive compensation management (ICM) and business intelligence (BI) software solutions for the mortgage industry, today announced that Michigan First Credit Union (Michigan First) has implemented LBA Ware's ICM platform CompenSafe™ to automate incentive compensation for its mortgage division's 40+ loan originators (LOs) and loan originator assistants (LOAs). After a record-setting 23-day implementation period, Michigan First deployed CompenSafe to automate monthly incentive compensation for its LOs and LOAs and is currently working on rolling it out for its operational staff.

Holding $1.4 billion in total assets, Michigan First is an open credit union serving 175,000 members that live or work in the state of Michigan. Michigan First introduced mortgage lending as a member service in 2014, and originates, underwrites and services all of its mortgage loans in-house. The credit union has substantially grown its mortgage lending division each year, closing 2,000 mortgage loans representing nearly $500 million in volume in 2020.

"I selected CompenSafe to streamline Michigan First's incentive compensation because its efficiency enables us to quickly scale to growth and its flexibility enables us to develop custom incentive compensation plans that motivate our mortgage team to build strong relationships with members," said Michigan First Chief Mortgage Lending Officer Dan Sugg, CMB. "In addition to saving us time, money and energy, CompenSafe provides unparalleled transparency into the compensation process. LOs and sales team leaders frequently check their CompenSafe dashboard for pay and productivity updates as loans move through the pipeline."

CompenSafe is the only ICM platform purpose-built for mortgage lenders. By integrating directly with mortgage loan origination systems (LOSs), CompenSafe automatically calculates commissions and bonuses as loans fund in near real-time. In addition to freeing lenders from the error-prone, time-consuming process of managing incentive compensation with spreadsheets, CompenSafe tracks and time-stamps all commission transactions, creating a comprehensive audit trail for CFPB compliance.

"Credit unions seeking to forge stronger ties with members through mortgage lending benefit from automating the burdensome chore of managing incentive compensation so they can focus on what matters most: the member experience," said LBA Ware Founder and CEO Lori Brewer. "LBA Ware understands that empowering lenders with the latitude to develop specialized incentive compensation structures helps motivate loan teams to meet productivity goals and deliver a better member experience. We're honored that Michigan First has selected CompenSafe to facilitate its mortgage lending division's growth."

About LBA Ware™:

LBA Ware is a leading provider of cloud-based software for mortgage lenders. Since 2008, LBA Ware has been on a mission to help mortgage companies reach new heights with software that integrates data, incentivizes performance and inspires results. Today, more than 100 lenders of all sizes, including some of the nation's top producing mortgage companies, use LBA Ware's award-winning technology to enhance lender experiences and maximize the human potential within their organizations. A 2020 Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private company, LBA Ware is headquartered in Macon, Georgia. For more information, visit https://www.lbaware.com.

About Michigan First Credit Union:

With over $1.3 billion in assets, Michigan First Credit Union has represented financial stability to its members since 1926 and now serves over 175,000 area residents and businesses. The credit union continues growing strong by providing the best in financial products and services to its valued members. Learn more at www.michiganfirst.com.

Twitter: @LBAWare #CompenSafe #creditunion #mortgagelending

LBA Ware, a leading provider of incentive compensation management (ICM) and business intelligence (BI) software solutions for the mortgage industry, today announced that Michigan First Credit Union (Michigan First) has implemented LBA Ware's ICM platform CompenSafe to automate incentive compensation for its mortgage division's 40+ loan originators (LOs) and loan originator assistants (LOAs).

Related link: https://go.lbaware.com/

Argosy Real Estate Partners selects Pereview as its new asset management platform

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. /ScoopCloud/ -- Commercial real estate and private equity investment firm Argosy Real Estate Partners (https://argosyrep.com) has chosen Pereview Software (https://pereviewsoftware.com) to support its growing portfolio and data strategy.

Based in Philadelphia, Argosy Real Estate Partners is an institutional diversified real estate fund manager focused on the lower middle market. They invest with experienced operating partners across asset classes through opportunistic/value-add, core-plus, and opportunity zone investment vehicles.

Argosy Real Estate Partners regularly receives reporting from operating partners in the form of Excel, Word and PDF documents which have historically been manually aggregated for analysis and reporting purposes. Pereview will work with Argosy to automatically aggregate and manage that data across the asset lifecycle.

"With the continued growth of the portfolio, we recognized the need to scale our technology to stay nimble and enhance decision making" said Will McGinley, Principal of Argosy Real Estate Partners. "We intend to utilize the full capabilities of Pereview to increase internal efficiencies by automating the aggregation of our trusted data into a centralized database, integrate with our forecasting and valuation models, and enable expedited business intelligence and reporting across our real estate portfolios."

Daryl Pitts, Senior Vice President of Global Sales for Pereview, said that he is honored that McGinley and his team have chosen Pereview as their software and data partner.

"Argosy Real Estate Partners searched the market for a few years and found numerous software providers that could have successfully helped them collect and visualize their data - but Will and his team demanded more," Pitts said. "Only Pereview was able to bring to the table the ability to now take collected and governed data and go further with it - putting all of their data at their asset manager's fingertips."

Pereview's global implementation partner, Lionpoint Group (https://www.lionpointgroup.com), will play a major role in the relationship, providing Argosy Real Estate Partners deep real estate expertise and proven best practices.

Neil Elliott, Managing Director at Lionpoint, acknowledged the significance that Pereview's platform offers real estate clients.

"We're delighted to have confirmed our strategic partnership with Pereview," Elliott said. "As an implementation partner, we're able to help deliver Pereview's value to real estate clients and help solve their data aggregation and reporting challenges. Lionpoint has been working with Argosy as part of their technology journey, and the outcome of the Pereview implementation will be efficiency throughout the asset lifecycle, and superior time-savings."

Pereview is the only all-in-one asset management platform that manages all of a client's data across the entire asset lifecycle from acquisition to disposition. By aggregating, integrating, and interpreting internal and external disparate data into a single source of truth, Pereview reduces time spent on tedious report creation by 90 percent and provides actionable insights while delivering unparalleled analytic capabilities with consistent data governance for the overall increased value of your investments.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Matt Hooper
Pereview Software
matt.hooper@saxonypartners.com
205-200-9087

Commercial real estate and private equity investment firm Argosy Real Estate Partners has chosen Pereview Software to support its growing portfolio and data strategy.

Related link: https://pereviewsoftware.com/

XLNT Foods’ Website Gets Facelift Just in Time for National Tamale Day

LONG BEACH, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- XLNT Foods, the oldest continuously operating Mexican food brand in the United States, is no stranger in the supermarket aisle. It's been producing small batch tamales and chili con carne with the same authentic recipe since 1894, but knows its marketing could benefit from more variety. That's why it has recently refreshed its website and plans to launch an online store too.

XLNT Foods is excited about this year's National Tamale Day on March 23, which coincides with the site's new look and feel. The website now features fresh photography highlighting its products, a store locator, updated product information pages, and a blog filled with favorite customer recipes, contests and announcements. There's also a new XLNT Foods' Gear Page showcasing a variety of apparel, housewares and other accessories.

"It isn't easy trying to keep a 127-year-old company going, but we know the need to evolve is part of that mission," says Vincent Passanisi, president of XLNT Foods. "In creating the new website, we've tried to meet ever changing wants and needs, while still preserving the spirit and flavor of what has come before."

The company prides itself on recipes that have stood the test of time and attributes that to its small batch cooking. The popular beef tamale includes a signature spice blend, and is an amazing value with 55 percent savory beef filling. The newest addition to the product line is a spicy chicken tamale with a tomato-based fill of chicken, potatoes and diced jalapeños. Both items are still wrapped by hand, in Southern California not far from where the company began.

As a small-family owned and operated business, XLNT Foods' leaders hope that this is the beginning of many new things ahead and reports that the new website is designed for all platforms - desktops, tablets and mobile phones. The website embraces the new, yet still maintains its old-school vibe and values.

"We believe that personal relationships are still the most important part of business," Passanisi shares. "Good food, drink and shared experiences are the stuff of life. We want to do more for our loyal customers, who have supported our products for so many years. This is just the beginning."

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/XLNT-Foods-Corp-119636533786.

About XLNT Foods

XLNT Foods is the oldest continuously operating Mexican food brand in the United States, and one of the oldest companies in Southern California. For more than 125 years, its produced delicious, home-style Mexican foods which include small batch tamales and Chili Con Carne.

For more information: https://www.xlntfoods.com

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XLNT Foods, the oldest continuously operating Mexican food brand in the United States, is no stranger in the supermarket aisle. It's been producing small batch tamales and chili con carne with the same authentic recipe since 1894, but knows its marketing could benefit from more variety.

Related link: https://www.xlntfoods.com/

MediSked and CQL Partner to Advance the Internationally Recognized PORTAL Data System

ROCHESTER, N.Y. /ScoopCloud/ -- CQL | The Council on Quality and Leadership recently partnered with MediSked, LLC to implement an extensive upgrade to their PORTAL Data System. PORTAL is used by organizations across the United States, as well as several countries internationally, to gather and evaluate data about personal outcomes and agency supports for analysis at the individual, organizational and national level across hundreds of data elements including: disability, residential setting, race gender, geographical location, decision-making authority, age and more.

CQL implemented the MediSked Connect Exchange platform which offers an easy-to-use solution to collect, access and analyze data to drive evidence-based decision-making, evaluate the quality and impact of supports, and improve the quality of people's lives. PORTAL is used to collect and administer data from CQL's internationally recognized tools: Personal Outcome Measures(r) and Basic Assurances(r). MediSked's Connect Exchange platform is a data warehouse designed for the health and human services industry to support person-centered data collection.

MediSked collaborated with CQL to deliver the PORTAL Data System that provides advanced capabilities to capture information through a survey module for analysis and reporting. By using the MediSked Connect Exchange for the PORTAL Data System, CQL partners can evaluate individual and organizational-wide data. At an aggregate level, CQL can then analyze data and produce research to deliver meaningful insights for the human services field.

"The new PORTAL Data System, developed by MediSked, offers organizations a very user-friendly experience for inputting and evaluating their data," says Mary Kay Rizzolo, president and chief executive officer of CQL | The Council on Quality and Leadership. "We look forward to building upon our partnership with MediSked in the future to identify additional ways we can help enhance human services."

MediSked's Connect Exchange platform supports the unique business requirements of CQL and directly addresses their customer feedback by offering modernized reports and dashboards, a more intuitive user experience, and improved design. CQL users receive enhanced performance and high system availability within the environment that MediSked provides for the PORTAL Data System. Users of the PORTAL Data System now also have better safeguards to protect against data loss during the entry process. To learn more visit: https://www.medisked.com/connect-exchange.

About MediSked:

MediSked is the leading brand in holistic solutions that improves lives, drives efficiencies, and generates innovations for health and human service organizations that support our community. MediSked solutions combine to provide innovative, person-centered technology that improves outcomes and quality, while reducing costs for individuals receiving home and community-based services and long-term services and supports through government & oversight, care coordination/payer and provider agencies. MediSked has supported clients across the United States for 18 years and is number 1068 on the 2020 list of Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Companies. Learn more at http://www.medisked.com/.

MEDIA CONTACT ONLY:
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Associate Marketing Director, MediSked
(585) 633-4753 ext. 794 (media only)
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CQL | The Council on Quality and Leadership recently partnered with MediSked, LLC to implement an extensive upgrade to their PORTAL Data System. PORTAL is used by organizations across the United States, as well as several countries internationally.

Related link: https://www.medisked.com/

5,700 Square Foot Office Space Sublease at 6 Landmark Square in Stamford, CT Represented by Choyce Peterson

NORWALK, Conn. /ScoopCloud/ -- Choyce Peterson, Inc. (www.choycepeterson.com), a full-service commercial real estate brokerage and consulting firm, announced they are exclusively representing a 5,700 square foot (SF) office suite available for sublease at 6 Landmark Square in Stamford, CT. Choyce Peterson Vice President Adam Cognetta, Principal John Hannigan and Associate Casey McKnight comprise the brokerage team.

Landmark Square is a seven-building office and retail complex in the heart of downtown Stamford, conveniently located just off Exit 7 of I-95, and nearby the Stamford Metro North Train Station. The Landmark Square complex is attached to the Stamford Town Center mall with a movie theater, dry cleaner and barbershop. Landmark Square has covered parking, a private tenant shuttle to the Stamford Train Station, a 20,000 SF tenants-only fitness facility, and café with both indoor and outdoor seating. It also offers on-site ownership, and full-time security and concierge services.

The 5,700 SF office space is on the third floor and comprises the entire floor of the building at 6 Landmark Square. Thus, a future tenant leasing this space will have dedicated signage in the 3rd floor lobby and private bathrooms. The suite has 8-10 offices, room for 15-25 workstations, and 1-2 conference rooms. In addition, there is a private kitchen and furniture is available upon request. The sublease term is through October 2025, and the landlord, Reckson a Division of SL Green, is open to a direct deal as well.

Cognetta commented, "We are delighted to represent a quality office space within a renown Fairfield County office and retail complex. Landmark Square is perfectly situated within walking distance of countless restaurants and retail stores. With convenient access to both I-95 and the Stamford Train Station, this location appeals to both car commuters, and those who prefer to commute via Metro North. This space would make an excellent new office for any company looking to relocate to a class A building in downtown Stamford."

About Choyce Peterson

Choyce Peterson, Inc., a full service commercial real estate brokerage and consulting firm with offices in Norwalk, CT and Rye Brook, NY, was founded in 1997 and has negotiated millions of square feet of transactions in 42 states and Canada. The Choyce Peterson process delivers comprehensive and creative real estate solutions to ensure clients derive maximum value from their real estate decisions.

Learn more: https://www.choycepeterson.com/property/6-landmark-square

Media Contact:
Adam Cognetta
Vice President
Choyce Peterson, Inc.
(203) 961-8173
acognetta@choycepeterson.com
www.choycepeterson.com

Choyce Peterson, Inc., a full-service commercial real estate brokerage and consulting firm, announced they are exclusively representing a 5,700 square foot (SF) office suite available for sublease at 6 Landmark Square in Stamford, CT.

Related link: https://www.choycepeterson.com/

Kids Read Now sends books through mail – no technology required – Closing the digital divide for South Carolina

GREENVILLE, S.C. /ScoopCloud/ -- Kids Read Now has partnered with school districts across South Carolina, including Spartanburg County Schools, to mail books directly to their students' homes over the summer. The number of students in the Kids Read Now program continues to grow with almost 400,000 books being mailed to students in 2020 alone!

Most students will experience reading skill loss over a typical summer break from school. Creating home libraries is key to preventing a steep learning slide due to summer break and recent extended school closures. "The KRN in-home reading program has self-selected, leveled, and exciting books with parent-led activities every week which eliminates the need for technology and eradicates learning loss at the same time. Many kids gain up to 2.5 months of learning over the summer," said Leib Lurie, CEO of Kids Read Now.

"This was a neat program to get good books in the hands of students. I also liked the piece where they had to respond with parents. That added another layer that ensures they are reading the books. The program was easy and user friendly," says Kaye F., School Literacy Specialist, Spartanburg County Schools.

The Kids Read Now K-3 summer reading program mails eight new books to students and includes exciting multicultural, fiction, and nonfiction titles loved by children. Mailing books builds ongoing enthusiasm but does not require in-home technology. Each book includes guided discussion questions to help improve reading skills and increase family engagement. The ninth book of beautifully illustrated creative writing prompts concludes the program so children can write their own stories. Best of all, kids keep their new books!

Kids Read Now is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with the singular mission to eliminate learning loss for all K-3 students.

To learn more about Kids Read Now, please visit https://kidsreadnow.org/.

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Kids Read Now has partnered with school districts across South Carolina, including Spartanburg County Schools, to mail books directly to their students' homes over the summer. The number of students in the Kids Read Now program continues to grow with almost 400,000 books being mailed to students in 2020 alone!

Related link: https://kidsreadnow.org/

Dr. Matthew Wimmer Offers Patient-Friendly Laser Treatment for Gum Disease

CENTENNIAL, Colo. /ScoopCloud/ -- Dr. Matthew Wimmer today announced that he has become certified to offer a simple, quick and safe outpatient treatment for gum disease, also known as periodontal disease. Gum disease is an infection of the tissues that support the teeth, the condition affects over 50% adult Americans. The LANAP® protocol is an FDA-cleared laser treatment developed by Millennium Dental Technologies, Inc. to clear away diseased tissue without cutting or stitching of the gums.

"With the availability of the LANAP protocol, we now have a patient-friendly treatment option for managing gum disease," said Dr. Wimmer, Doctor of Dental Medicine, located in Centennial. "The procedure is fast, often painless and yields predictable results. It is also the only laser gum surgery backed with histological and clinical science. By reducing post-operative pain, the number of sessions required and the recovery time, the LANAP treatment removes many of the reasons that so many patients hesitate to seek treatment for periodontal disease."

Although experts vary in their estimation of the prevalence of gum disease, it is clearly one of the most common medical conditions in the United States. 50 out of 100 adult Americans have moderate to severe gum disease, 40 out of the 50 do not know it, and fewer than two of them will get treated before it's too late. In the initial stages of the disease, gums can become red, swollen and bleed easily. However, some patients have no symptoms at all. If the condition worsens, gums and bone that support the teeth can become seriously damaged and the teeth can become loose, fall out or have to be removed.

The LANAP protocol offers a proven, vastly less painful and less invasive treatment. LANAP treatment is typically performed in a dentist's office under local anesthesia to eliminate any possible discomfort. A tiny laser fiber (about the thickness of three hairs) is inserted between the tooth and the gum, and the infection is cleared away without cutting or stitching of the gums. The tooth roots are then thoroughly cleaned of tartar and plaque, and the laser is used again with a different setting to create a stable, firm blood clot to seal the pocket. The dentist treats one half of the patient's mouth at each session and most patients are able to drive themselves back to work or home following the procedure.

ABOUT DR. MATTHEW WIMMER

Dr. Matt Wimmer completed his undergraduate studies in Biomedical engineering at Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI in 2004. He then attended dental school at Tufts University in Boston, MA. Upon graduating from Tufts, Dr. Wimmer then completed a one year oral and maxillofacial surgical internship in Detroit, MI with the Veterans Hospital. He has also completed a one-year training program in Implant Dentistry, is a fellow of the California Implant Institute, and holds fellowship status in the International Congress of Oral Implantologists.

Dr. Wimmer is a member of the American Dental Association, the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, The American Academy of Implant Dentistry, The International Congress of Oral Implantologists, The American Dental Society of Anesthesiology, and the Academy of General Dentistry.

Address: 5290 E Arapahoe Rd. Centennial, CO 80122; (303) 794-6339.

Dr. Matthew Wimmer today announced that he has become certified to offer a simple, quick and safe outpatient treatment for gum disease, also known as periodontal disease. Gum disease is an infection of the tissues that support the teeth, the condition affects over 50% adult Americans.

Related link: https://www.matthewwimmerdmd.com/

Yogi Law Launches Black Yogis Matter to Amplify Voices of Black, Indigenous and People of Color

HOUSTON, Texas /ScoopCloud/ -- Yogi Law is proud to announce the launch of Black Yogis Matter, an online platform created to amplify the voices of black, indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) yoga and wellness professionals and help them succeed. It looks a lot like online dating for wellness, and is quickly becoming the go-to-source for BIPOC yoga and wellness professionals.

It's a powerful tool for businesses to enchant and attract clients and to follow-up on leads that are a good fit for their offerings. Through the platform, consumers can research, compare and even chat with yoga and wellness professionals before finding the right one for them. In addition, events and products are posted to kick-start or continue wellness journeys.

This diverse community of wellness professionals has access to robust content that includes:

* business and professional listings;
* a consumer-facing blog;
* premium content for member-businesses;
* Black Yogis Matter TV;
* events;
* job postings; and
* much more.

Black Yogis Matter plans to expand offerings and create content responsive to members, so the platform will evolve to ensure members' needs are met.

Monique Gonzalez, founder, Black Yogis Matter, recalls going to her first yoga class about 15 years ago.

"I didn't see another African American person until at least a decade later," she says. "When I decided to go deeper into my practice and become a yoga teacher, I didn't know any local people of color who I could study with. It's no secret that a lack of diversity is prevalent throughout the wellness industry."

Fast forward to the pandemic. Black and brown businesses were hit hard and Gonzalez, who had been laid off from her corporate job, thought, "there's no time like the present." And so, Black Yogis Matter was born.

For more information: https://www.blackyogismatter.com

Gonzalez credits her experience, as an attorney who led a highly successful initiative to increase access to justice through technology, came in handy with this latest entrepreneurial venture.

About Yogi Law

Yogi Law is a virtual business coaching and consulting firm specializing in wellness businesses and entrepreneurs. It leverages technology to help businesses start, scale and exit while prioritizing risk management. It supports customers through Yogi Law Academy, events, and well-crafted products.

For more information: https://yogilaw.com

MEDIA CONTACT:
Monique Gonzalez
of Black Yogis Matter
+1-346-399-3938
info@blackyogismatter.com

Yogi Law is proud to announce the launch of Black Yogis Matter, an online platform created to amplify the voices of black, indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) yoga and wellness professionals and help them succeed.

Related link: https://yogilaw.com/

EarthOptics Wins the AGCO Challenge at the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit

RALEIGH, N.C. /ScoopCloud/ -- The AGCO Challenge at the eighth World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit was this: New sensing, measurement and edge computing technologies to monetize soil insight and carbon sequestration. And, EarthOptics rose to the occasion.

Specifically, the innovation challenge for start-ups was to develop a solution that improves understanding of the soil environment and its carbon sequestration potential or that creates a solution that better allows farmers to act on that insight.

AGCO's overall vision is to deliver sustainable high-tech solutions for farmers feeding the world. And, understanding soil health is key to that mission.

"What we want to be able to do is measure the yield activities and what that means for our carbon footprint," Seth Crawford, vice president, Fuse Connected Services and Digital Customer Experience, AGCO Corporation, said.

The winners were chosen from three finalists, after more than 100 international entries were received from agtech start-ups around the world.

Announcing the winner, Seth, a judge for the final pitches for the AGCO Challenge, said, "We believe that EarthOptics is delivering actionable insights today and the accuracy of less sampling will resonate with customers."

EarthOptics understands how farming works and is fully committed to helping farmers increase the value of their farmland and its natural resources.

Lars Dyrud, CEO, EarthOptics shared, "We're thrilled for the recognition, and to continue developing technology that helps growers' sustainably improve yields and lower costs."

About EarthOptics

Founded in 2019, EarthOptics specializes in AI, machine learning, edge computing, and using highly-mobile, standoff sensors to detect, visualize, and mitigate soil compaction that reduces crop yield by 10 to 20 percent. Using its electromagnetic sensor know-how, deep machine learning expertise, and unique subterranean visualization tools, EarthOptics is also focused on scalable measurement and monitoring of soil carbon.

For more information: https://earthoptics.com/

About the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit

The World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit gathers together corporates, innovators and investors from across the agriculture and food production supply chain to uncover disruption within the industry and identify the right business models to commercialize and scale the next generation of solutions. It's focused on net zero agriculture and supply chain resilience.

For more information: https://worldagritechusa.com/aboutus/

MEDIA CONTACT:
Nathan Dyrud
of EarthOptics
nathan.dyrud@earthoptics.com
+1-917-628-7798

The AGCO Challenge at the eighth World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit was this: New sensing, measurement and edge computing technologies to monetize soil insight and carbon sequestration. And, EarthOptics rose to the occasion.

Related link: https://earthoptics.com/

Texas Country singer Taylor Dee dies after car crash – Dee, 33, considered to be a superstar in the making

EULESS, Texas /ScoopCloud/ -- Taylor Dee, a beloved Texas country-western singer considered by peers to be skyrocketing toward stardom, died Sunday night (3-14-2021) after she was injured in a Euless car accident, the Texas Newsroom announced this week.

She was 33.

Linda Wilson, president of the Texas Country Music Association, told the Texas Newsroom that news of Dee's death has shocked the music community.

"Taylor Dee was the real deal - a true talent with a heart and passion not only for her music but for people," Wilson said. "In every performance, her talent was evident, but more importantly she allowed her fans to know her heart. She will be missed tremendously."

Dee, born Taylor Dawn Carroll, leaves behind two young children: a son, Vayden, and a daughter, River.

A GoFundMe account has been set up to help with funeral expenses. As of Wednesday, more than $10,000 of a needed $15,000 had already been collected.

The account is https://gofund.me/3bede58d.

Dee's dear friend and professional colleague Amy Johnson - https://www.facebook.com/johnsonamrj - is circulating funeral and memorial information.

The accident occurred when Dee was driving a 2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer eastbound on the State Highway 183 toll lane in Euless shortly before 10:30 p.m., according to authorities.

Dee attempted to take the exit to Highway 360, but is believed to have missed the turn by a split-second.

"She struck a barrier," Euless Police Chief Mike Brown told Ben Tinsley of the Texas Newsroom.

The car started to roll-hitting an overhead sign in the process-and Dee was ejected from the vehicle, said Euless Police Sgt. Scott Peterson.

She was not wearing a seat belt, he said.

A male passenger authorities declined to immediately identify was wearing a seat belt and remained in the Trailblazer until it stopped moving.

Other than a broken toe and being badly shaken up, the male passenger did not immediately appear to be seriously injured, Peterson said.

A family friend of Dee's said the passenger remained in the hospital under medical care for a time and was recently released.

The vehicle was extremely damaged from the impact, the sergeant said.

The Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office is performing a toxicology screen to determine if alcohol played a part in the accident along west Airport Freeway in Euless.

It is possible that alcohol might have slowed Dee's reaction time, causing her to miss that turn, Euless Police told the Texas Newsroom.

But no conclusions can be drawn until the blood work is finished, Peterson said.

The case, meanwhile, remains under investigation.

The family friend said Dee and the passenger had been visiting a friend's house in Little Elm near Grapevine.

The family friend added Wednesday that Dee's clothes were in the process of being picked out for her viewing by those dearest to her.

Those who know Dee said she loved music and sang for most of her life. Her electrifying voice has long-drawn immediate comparisons to Janis Joplin.

Her first single, "The Buzz," dropped June 14, 2019 and has been playing across several Texas radio stations, according to a release.

Chad Roland, Dee's longtime friend, said his heart is heavy with grief and shock. He is a Nashville songwriter at Melody Roundup BMI and Rex Benson Music Los Angeles.

"I first met Taylor in October 2018 but it felt as if we knew each other many lifetimes," Roland said. "Since then we have played music, laughed, shared stories and a few secrets, wrote, cried, toured, prayed and fought. Needless to say we were close. We genuinely loved each other, and we hoped that love spilled into the music."

Roland said Taylor Dee was a complex human being full of hurt, love, loneliness and God-given talent "like no other person I've ever encountered before."

"Truly the music world has no idea what kind of loss they have suffered," Roland said.

Gary McGrath, producer for Taylor Dee & Shots Fired song, "Put a Bow On It," said Taylor's music will live on.

"Taylor was always trying to find the positive," McGrath said. "She was so proud of pushing herself past what she thought she could do and surprised herself at what she found she could do. She was always humbled by anyone who wanted to help her."

McGrath said Taylor Dee felt very blessed to have such support from people close and even strangers.

"She is now immortal!" McGrath said. "Recorded, filmed and photographed in ways that will continue to live on and show her passion, sense of humor, love for her friends and voice. For all who miss her all you have to do is listen to her music and she will be in your ears, heart and soul."

Jeffrey Christian, a seasoned Dallas-Fort Worth area musician, said Taylor Dee's musical versatility was well known. She was equally as home singing pop country ballads as she was growling out blues rock, he said.

"She was as good a singer as anyone I can think of with a wide range of vocal styles from sweet to gruff," Christian said.

Christian said Dee found universally enjoyable melodies in complex chord structures for the country and folk rock music genres for which she was known.

"I don't know how much she contributed to lyrics when writing the songs she sang, but they were almost always creative," he said.

Shane Danger, host of the Dallas-based Texas Newsroom talk show got to know Taylor Dee when she was a regular guest.

Dee was popular on the Texas Newsroom, which is broadcast on Power Play Radio in Dallas and televised over Facebook Live.

Danger - in his capacity as an industry professional, music producer, actor and singer - said he understands Dee's ambition for industry success.

However, Danger said, unlike many of her peers, Dee had something special inside that listeners could immediately recognize.

"I've never seen fans take to someone like they took to Taylor Dee," Danger said. "They gave her all their love because she gave it right back to them."

Off-camera, Danger said, Dee hinted-always with a wink-that she led a "vigorous" and "enthusiastic" life as a young person.

"I'd go as far as to say she considered herself to be 'wild' when she was younger," Danger said. "But she was really good people. The world's a darker place without her."

Karla Van Syckle, Dee's mother, made some brief posts about her daughter on social media but preferred not to immediately comment about her daughter's death.

"Thank you so much. I just can't deal right now," she said in a Facebook instant message.

Van Syckle's Facebook posts were equally quick and to the point.

"My baby girl just passed away," Van Syckle said in one of those FB posts. "Prayers needed."

A cursory view of Dee's background under her birth name of Taylor Dawn Carroll indicates she did have some alcohol-related run-ins with the Texas criminal justice system.

This could explain the comment Dee made in 2014 while posting a series of cover songs on YouTube under Taylor Dawn Carroll.

"Hey guys," Dee said. "Um, those of you that know me know that I've been through a lot and that I'm slowly picking up the pieces. "

Singing songs by Adele and Pistol Annies, Dee's voice in 2014 burst forth on YouTube as electric and riveting as ever.

"I'm going to sing a song," Dee said on the recording.

It's called 'One and Only' by Adele. It has really deep, deep, meaning to me. So I'm going to try and do it justice like she does. Bear with me and I hope you enjoy it."

During a Dec. 16, 2019, Facebook IM conversation, Dee spoke of the hardships of the music business, despite her usual Facebook posts seeming to give a much more optimistic impression.

"Facebook is but a highlight reel," Dee said, adding an "LOL" for emphasis.

But Dee said she planned to keep plugging ahead professionally, despite any roadblocks.

"I've got some stories you wouldn't believe," she said. "And I think my purpose is to tell them and help people."

Dee was told by many of her fans she was destined for greatness. But she scoffed at the suggestion.

She said she had experienced "crazy" situations her entire life and it was definitely making her wiser and more grounded.

"That's why IDK if I'm 'destined for greatness,'" Dee said in the IM message. "I feel I am, but maybe I'm cursed. Who knows?"

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Taylor Dee, a beloved Texas country-western singer considered by peers to be skyrocketing toward stardom, died Sunday night (3-14-2021) after she was injured in a Euless car accident, the Texas Newsroom announced this week.

Related link: https://www.facebook.com/TexasNewsroom/

UnitedLayer positioned as a ‘Leader’ in Cloud Infrastructure Brokerage and Orchestration Services by global analyst firm NelsonHall

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- UnitedLayer, a leading American colocation services provider, announced that its Cloud Infrastructure Brokerage & Orchestration Services have been named a "Leader" in the latest NelsonHall NEAT analysis within the Cloud Orchestration Services market segment.

Established in 2001, headquartered in San Francisco, California, UnitedLayer is one of the world's leading end-to-end colocation service providers. The company has 13 data centers and offers its colocation services from 3 data center facilities in San Francisco, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles. Its key industries include BFSI, Public Sector, Retail, TMT, Logistics, and Oil & Gas, with over 250 enterprise and government customers.

The NelsonHall vendor assessment recognizes UnitedLayer's Cloud Infrastructure Brokerage & Orchestration Services as a "Leader" in the Cloud Orchestration Services market segment with capabilities including its Tier 3+ data center platform with connectivity to carriers, private clouds, and public cloud, on-demand scaling into private clouds, remote hybrid cloud management, and robust DevOps automation and managed services.

According to this research, some of UnitedLayer's additional capabilities include:

* On-demand software-defined enterprise-grade private cloud connected to its data center platform.

* It has a SaaS-based platform for comprehensive management of data centers, public & private clouds.

* Managed services capabilities, including DevOps automation and consulting & advisory services.

* Infrastructure and Database Management: including O.S. and Hypervisor patching/management, and Management of AWS, Azure, and GCP. Also, database patching and Management, including MSSQL, MySQL, Oracle, OpenStack, SAP, and Mongo.

* Container and Mesh Service Management: providing container setup and Management (k8s, Openshift, GKE, EKS, AKS), and mesh service setup and Management (istio, Anthos, AppMesh).

* Multicloud Management: through UnityOneCloud managing data centers, private clouds, AWS, Azure, GCP with unified metrics and controls, and multi-cloud connectivity.

* Managed Security: provision of security solutions to protect infra and data. Also, services include firewalls, DDOS, VPN, SSL/TLS, VLAN segmentation, restricted I.P., and ports.

* Managed compliance: providing risk analysis and compliance management with audit-ready reporting.

* SDDC design & implementation: design, implementation, performance, and security testing of S.D. data centers and private clouds.

* DevOps automation: using tools including Terraform, Ansible, and Puppet for application and infrastructure automation and providing CI/CD pipeline implementation.

* Private Cloud: controls and security of an enterprise-grade private cloud powered by VMware technologies to gain performance advantages at lower costs.

* Remote Hands: access to a team of highly trained, in-house, certified technicians that are available 24x7x365 and can monitor servers remotely through a single pane of glass known as UnityOneCloud.

* Smart Hands: exclusive onsite technical assistance and troubleshooting services along with hardware installation and decommissioning services.

"It provides a platform for on-demand scalability into private and public cloud resources, comprehensive remote management, DevOps automation capabilities, and managed services to deliver real Hybrid Cloud solutions for enterprises," said John Laherty, a Senior Research Analyst at NelsonHall.

Abhijit Phanse, CEO of UnitedLayer, added, "UnitedLayer has developed its Data Center and Hybrid Cloud platform based on the learnings over two decades of experience serving enterprise clients. This recognition as a 'Leader' in Cloud Infrastructure Brokerage & Orchestration Services demonstrates the value of UnitedLayer's end-to-end capabilities to orchestrate cloud solutions in data centers, private clouds, and public clouds, and holistically manage the underlying technology stack."

About UnitedLayer:

UnitedLayer is a major Colocation, Private Cloud, and Managed Services provider that operates data centers in 13 geographies across 5 continents. We design, build, and manage Enterprise-Grade Colocation, Private Cloud, and Public Cloud solutions that meet the high performance, security, agility, and scalability requirements to serve enterprises' unique business needs.

About NelsonHall:

NelsonHall is the leading global analyst firm dedicated to helping organizations understand the 'art of the possible' in digital operations transformation. With analysts in the U.S., U.K., and Continental Europe, NelsonHall provides buy-side organizations with detailed, critical information on markets and vendors (including NEAT assessments) that helps them make fast and highly informed sourcing decisions. And for vendors, NelsonHall provides in-depth knowledge of market dynamics and user requirements to hone their go-to-market strategies. NelsonHall's research is based on rigorous, primary research and is widely respected for the quality, depth, and insight of its analysis.

For more information: https://www.unitedlayer.com/leaders-in-cloud-infrastructure-brokerage-orchestration-services/

Media Contact:

Saurabh Bisht

Saurabh@unitedlayer.com

+91 9540400088

UnitedLayer, a leading American colocation services provider, announced that its Cloud Infrastructure Brokerage & Orchestration Services have been named a "Leader" in the latest NelsonHall NEAT analysis within the Cloud Orchestration Services market segment.

Related link: https://www.unitedlayer.com/