KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 (Bernama) -- E-hailing company Gojo successfully completed its first anniversary despite a challenging journey caused by the COVID-19 pandemic that resulted in several lockdowns. SBS Pradeep Kumar, COO of Gojo Malaysia said “Gojo did not make a fuss but rather grew quietly and steadily over the past one year. There was great support from drivers and customers alike with 175k downloads, making Gojo the fastest growing company in Malaysia. During this pandemic, e-hailing drivers have suffered from lower income and thus deserve a fair pricing system for their services. To this end GOJO is the only 2nd e-hailing company in Malaysia to establish a dynamic fair pricing system that benefits drivers and customers. Today's customers understand e-hailing services very well and Gojo strives to safeguard that understanding and relationship. To commemorate the first anniversary and Merdeka, Gojo offered a bonus of RM250 to all its drivers on September 1. This would definitely help the drivers in this tough situation. In the course of its first year in operation Gojo offered discounted rates for vaccination rides, lock down offers and safety technology features like facial recognition alerts, etc. Gojo shall continue with strategies that are beneficial to both, customers and drivers, with ethical market practices. For a good journey with better deals please download http://onelink.to/gojomy http://mrem.bernama.com/viewsm.php?idm=40877
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BRAINTREE, Mass., Aug 30 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- EngageSmart, LLC (“EngageSmart”), a leading provider of vertically-tailored customer engagement software and integrated payments solutions, today announced it has publicly filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) relating to the proposed initial public offering of its common stock. The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the offering have not yet been determined. EngageSmart intends to list its common stock on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “ESMT.”
J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, BofA Securities and Citigroup will act as lead book-running managers for the proposed offering. Deutsche Bank Securities, Raymond James, Truist Securities, and William Blair will act as book-runners for the proposed offering. KeyBanc Capital Markets, Needham & Company, Penserra Securities LLC, R. Seelaus & Co., LLC and Roberts and Ryan will act as co-managers for the proposed offering. The offering will be made only by means of a prospectus. Copies of the preliminary prospectus related to the offering may be obtained, when available, from: J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, by telephone at (866) 803-9204, or by email at [email protected]; Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 200 West Street, New York, NY 10282, via telephone: (866) 471-2526, or via email: [email protected]; BofA Securities, Attention: Prospectus Department, NC1-004-03-43, 200 North College Street, 3rd Floor, Charlotte, NC 28255-0001, by telephone at (800) 299-1322 or by e-mail at [email protected]; or Citigroup Global Markets Inc., c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, toll-free: (800) 831-9146, or Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, Eleven Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010. A registration statement on Form S-1 relating to the proposed sale of these securities has been filed with the SEC but has not yet become effective. These securities may not be sold, nor may offers to buy be accepted, prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. About EngageSmart LLC EngageSmart, LLC (“EngageSmart”) is a leading provider of vertically-tailored customer engagement software and integrated payments solutions. At EngageSmart, our mission is to simplify customer and client engagement to allow our customers to focus their time and energy on initiatives that improve their businesses and better serve their communities. Headquartered in Braintree, Massachusetts, EngageSmart offers single instance, multi-tenant, true Software-as-a-Service (“SaaS”) vertical solutions, including SimplePractice, InvoiceCloud, HealthPay24 and DonorDrive, that are designed to simplify our customers’ engagement with their clients by driving digital adoption and self-service. EngageSmart serves more than 68,000 customers in the SMB Solutions segment and more than 3,000 customers in the Enterprise Solutions segment across five core verticals: Health & Wellness, Government, Utilities, Financial Services, and Giving. View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210827005155/en/ Contact Investor Contact: David Calusdian [email protected] 617-542-5300 Press Contact: Nicole Bestard [email protected] 646-627-3644 Source : EngageSmart, LLC --BERNAMA SYDNEY, Aug 26 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Appen Limited (ASX:APX), the leading provider of high-quality training data for organizations that build effective AI systems at scale, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Quadrant, a global leader in mobile location data, Point-of-Interest data, and corresponding compliance services.
Quadrant and Appen’s unified business will be strongly positioned to deliver high-quality data to organisations that rely on geolocation for their business. Quadrant’s Geolancer product, delivering accurate, up-to-date, and manually verified POI data, will expand its global reach and scale by tapping into Appen’s global crowd of over one million workers in over 170 countries. With the acquisition, we expect Geolancer to become the market-leading POI platform. Founded in 2014, Quadrant provides mobile location data, POI data, and data compliance services that enable enterprise customers to perform location analytics and derive location-based intelligence. Quadrant’s proprietary Geolancer platform provides authentic, accurate, and up-to-date POI data, manually verified on the ground by crowd workers. For location and mobility data, Quadrant has over 450 million unique devices seen per month in nearly every country, with delivery frequency as low as 5-minute intervals. Quadrant’s data collection application includes a blockchain enabled data privacy consent management platform that tracks consent to use, store, manage, and share data. To acquire 100% of the share capital of Quadrant, Appen will make an upfront cash payment of US$25 million and a potential additional payment of up to US$20 million in Appen shares to be issued upon achieving revenue milestones in 2022 and 2023. Appen – based in Sydney, Australia and listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX:APX) with offices worldwide – deploys the industry’s most advanced AI-assisted data annotation platform, working with a global crowd of over 1 million skilled contractors speaking over 235 languages, in more than 170 countries. Leveraging technology, expertise, and the global crowd, Appen gives leaders in technology, automotive, financial services, retail, healthcare, and governments the confidence to deploy world-class AI products. In 2019, Appen launched its crowd code of ethics and is a global champion for Responsible AI, working with leading organizations such as the World Economic Forum to raise awareness on the ethical implications of each step along the AI supply chain. “The acquisition of Quadrant enables Appen to increase our addressable market and to expand our product and service offering to our customers to include more mobile location and POI data capabilities,” said Mark Brayan, Appen’s Chief Executive Officer. “We already have the broadest AI training data offering in the industry, and we see an opportunity to grow in the mobile location and POI data space. With Quadrant’s Geolancer and our global crowd, we will be strongly positioned to serve customers’ scale, speed and quality requirements.” “In an ever-changing world, organizations are searching for data to help understand what is happening in the physical world.” said Mike Davie, CEO, Quadrant. “The shared vision of Quadrant and Appen to improve solutions with strong data is an exciting next step, enabling our clients to solve big problems that matter.” mrem.bernama.com/viewsm.php?idm=40844 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 27 -- The Tokyo Sustainable Seafood Summit 2021 (TSSS2021) will be held from Oct 11 to 13, hosted by Seafood Legacy Co Ltd (Seafood Legacy) and Nikkei ESG and co-sponsored by Walton Family Foundation, David and Lucile Packard Foundation. According to a statement, the theme of this year's summit is ‘Build Blue Economy Toward 2030: Changing Japanese Seafood Industry by DX and ESG Investment’. With its eyes set on the blue economy and the achievement of the SDGs by their 2030 deadline, the summit will focus on DX (Digital Transformation) and ESG investment aimed at accelerating the move towards sustainability in the Japanese seafood industry. The Tokyo Sustainable Seafood Symposium, the predecessor to this year's Tokyo Sustainable Seafood Summit, has been held yearly since 2015 and grown into one of Asia's largest and leading events in the sustainable seafood movement, with its participation growing each year. The name for the event was changed from ‘symposium’ to ‘summit’ to better reflect the aim of realising a more practical movement. In addition to sharing the latest information as was done in previous events, this year's event will use online functionality to provide a place where those earnestly seeking to promote sustainability in the seafood industry can interact with one another. For three days, the summit will allow experts, both domestic and foreign, to join with other related persons to discuss the Japanese seafood industry, with the goal of passing on abundant oceans and a sustainable economy to the generations that follow. During the event period, the 3rd Japan Sustainable Seafood Award will also be held which recognises efforts toward stimulating Japan’s sustainable seafood movement. Details and registration at https://sustainableseafoodnow.com/2021/en/ -- BERNAMA SINGAPORE, Aug. 27, 2021/Medianet International-AsiaNet/ --
Hyland, a leading content services provider, has reported a global trend towards cloud-based technology and services investment across the APAC region. This is directly attributed to a rise in work-from-home (WFH) employees across the region, as organisations move to adapt to new business conditions. According to recent statistics from Deloitte, a potential 50 million jobs could switch to remote work across the ASEAN-6 countries over the next few years. This has given rise to an acceleration of digital transformation initiatives across the region, as companies seek to better equip employees who may be working remotely. "We are seeing a significant shift in mentality in every industry across the region, from organisations wishing to increase the range and improve delivery of the tools their employees require for optimum business efficiency. Even in areas that have traditionally eschewed cloud-based subscription models, large enterprise has shifted towards embracing this more flexible way of doing business," reports Eugene Chng, APAC AVP for Hyland. Hyland has several data centres across the APAC region, in countries including Australia, New Zealand, and Japan. The company offers cloud-based solutions across a wide range of content services applications such as enterprise search, robotic process automation (RPA) and intelligent capture. "Moving to cloud-based technology makes sense at a time where companies across APAC need fast, reliable delivery of tools and applications, as well as seamless workflows and collaboration. Content services solutions have never been more important to keeping an enterprise moving forward, providing a 360-degree view of all content to all employees regardless of their location," said Chng. Hyland, ranked as a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant ( https://www.hyland.com/en/explore/gartner-magic-quadrant-for-content-services-platforms) for content services for the past 11 years, has made significant acquisitions over the past 12 months to broaden the range of solutions and services the company can provide. These include open-source platform Alfresco, digital asset management platform Nuxeo, and RPA platform Another Monday. https://www.hyland.com/en-SG SOURCE: Hyland KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 26 (Bernama) -- Dole Food & Beverages Group to digitally transform its supply chain to predict shipment delays and sense, prescribe and optimise demand, enabled with two Blue Yonder cloud-based solutions: Luminate™ Control Tower and the Luminate Planning portfolio.
“We are excited that Dole Food & Beverages Group has put their trust in our cloud-based solutions to help power their digital supply chain transformation,” said Blue Yonder group vice president, Growth Markets, Vishal Dhawan. Dole Food & Beverages Group, a division of The Dole Sunshine Company, is one of the world's largest producers and marketers of high-quality packaged fresh fruit and fruit-based products. The company was looking for end-to-end visibility and forecasting, a sales and operations planning (S&OP) and a sales and operations execution (S&OE) process, and control tower capabilities. A 20-plus year Blue Yonder customer, Dole Food & Beverages Group went through a comprehensive evaluation process to select its long-time supply chain provider for a solution that could meet their newer requirements and support its journey towards the Dole Promise. According to a statement, the digital transformation project will allow Dole Food & Beverages Group to build an agile supply chain with focus on three core components: people, process and systems. By implementing the Blue Yonder solutions powered by Luminate Platform, the company plans to align future supply chain structure with global and local control towers that work seamlessly together to gain end-to-end accountability across the supply chain. It also plans to enhance customer satisfaction and cost savings through lower inventory levels and inventory optimisation; increase flexibility and agility in the planning process; and, enables data-driven decision-making capabilities through an end-to-end integrated platform, among others. Blue Yonder is the world leader in digital supply chain and omni-channel commerce fulfillment. Its intelligent, end-to-end platform enables retailers, manufacturers and logistics providers to seamlessly predict, pivot and fulfill customer demand. -- BERNAMA KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 26 (Bernama) -- Atos, a global leader in cybersecurity, announced it has selected Daiwabo Information System (DIS), leading distributor of IT-related products in Japan, to distribute its cybersecurity products locally.
This partnership between Atos and DIS represents Atos’ first cybersecurity distribution agreement in Japan and is an important step to expand Atos’ international channel strategy and partner ecosystem. “We are delighted to sign a key cybersecurity product distribution agreement with Daiwabo Information System,” said Vice President, Head of cybersecurity products at Atos, Alexis Caurette. “This further strengthens our commitment to customers in Japan, expands our reach in Asia, and underlines our willingness to expand our network of strategic distributors globally.” Meanwhile, Daiwabo Information System Purchasing department comments: “We are very pleased to be working with Atos and to bring its cybersecurity products to more customers in Japan – promoting secure solutions that are tailored to the needs of end customers.” According to a statement, this partnership will allow Japanese businesses and organisations embarking on digital transformation and cloud initiatives to protect their key data and assets with proven solutions. As part of the partnership between Atos and DIS, Atos’ Evidian portfolio for identity and access management will be distributed through DIS’ network of 19,000 resellers across Japan. A pioneer in decarbonisation services and products, Atos is committed to a secure and decarbonised digital for its clients. -- BERNAMA Bedford, Mass., Aug 25 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As the "clean label" trend thrives in many consumer product categories, Massachusetts-based biotech Conagen announced the launch of a natural preservative, p-Coumaric Acid (PCA). Conagen's PCA is made by fermentation and expands the natural preservatives offered by its commercialization partner Blue California.
The natural preservation market is driven by consumer exploration of clean-label food, beverage, personal care, and cosmetic product which do not contain artificial ingredients while still possessing extended shelf life. In a published Mintel report Feb. 2021, U.S. Consumers were polled on relating 'naturalness' with 'health, "43% of U.S. consumers have the perception that "all-natural" is an important factor when choosing healthy food and beverages." Food and beverage manufacturers are moving away from artificial ingredients in their processing and packaging methods. Therefore, new sources of natural preservatives, such as Conagen's natural, fermentation-derived PCA, are ideal for brands to make a seamless change from synthetic preservation ingredients to natural ones. "Our PCA expands the toolbox for product developers looking for a scalable, low cost-in-use, natural solution for increasing the shelf life of food without interfering with the flavor of their products," said Conagen's Vice President of Innovation, Dr. Casey Lippmeier. PCA is a natural antioxidant and antimicrobial compound found in all plants, primarily peanuts, tomatoes, carrots, basil, and garlic. It is a key constituent of vinegar and honey. Conagen produces PCA by an innovative precision fermentation process. This technology enables the cultivation of micro-organisms programmed to create sustainable, natural ingredients with high purity at a price competitive with synthetic PCA. PCA by fermentation is ideal for industrial applications as well. "A sustainable source of PCA is also desirable as a precursor for different biopolymers and other high-tech biomaterials made with 'green chemistry,"' said Lippmeier. Green chemicals are a part of the global discussion on climate change and large chemical companies' accelerating adoption of sustainable materials. "The novel polymers and co-polymers which can be made by fermentation-derived PCA enable the development of environmentally safer bioplastics and new applications in biomedicine," said Lippmeier. As an alternative to chemically synthesized compounds like bisphenol-A, PCA is a multifunctional natural and sustainable solution found in food to enable new and novel products by formulators and material scientists. In the industrial applications space, PCA is ideal in coatings, composites, adhesives, and polymers for biomedical, transportation, aerospace, electronics, and packaging, just to name a few. Last year, Blue California and Conagen jointly announced the commercialization of a 98% pure natural preservative, Rosavel™ rosmarinic acid, without the intensity of rosemary flavor and color as with most synthetic ingredients. Another important natural preservative molecule derived from Conagen's platform technologies is BC-DHQTM taxifolin, which secured GRAS status as announced last May. http://mrem.bernama.com/viewsm.php?idm=40836 PETALING JAYA, Aug 25 (Bernama) -- Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Mohd Zuki Ali, Chief Secretary to the Government of Malaysia, recently launched the National Policy on Good Regulatory Practice (NPGRP), an affirmative action in national regulatory reform agenda. Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC) is mandated to drive the implementation on NPGRP towards boosting national productivity and at the same time strengthening public service delivery.
NPGRP presents a holistic and inclusive guide to development and amendment of regulations encompassing involvement of all relevant parties, from legislators and regulators to the general public. NPGRP provides a structured and systematic approach to regulatory reform which enhances regulators’ competency and knowledge in rulemaking process. Dato’ Abdul Latif Haji Abu Seman, MPC Director General said, “KSN in his speech during the launch of NPGRP had directed all regulators to adopt Good Regulatory Practice or GRP in regulatory process to ensure that regulations are agile and responsive to the needs and development in the society and business community. GRP dictates structured regulatory process, transparency and accountability on the part of the regulators in adopting the approach. Effective implementation of GRP strengthens the regulatory ecosystem and at the same time enhance regulators’ capacity and capability”. “In addition, MPC is promoting the application of Behavioural Insights or BI, an evidence-based approach to policymaking to reinforce the process. BI in policymaking factors understanding human behaviour and its core, designing appropriate intervention, experimenting and implementing the design to achieve a policy’s intended goal. At this stage, MPC is engaging with regulators and legislators to impart BI skills and knowledge to enable them to develop quality policies”. “Both NPGRP and BI will produce competent regulators and quality regulations”, said Dato’ Abdul Latif in concluding his statement. MPC is rigorous in its efforts to ensure the effective and efficient implementation of NPGRP and Behavioural Insights in national regulatory reform agenda. For more information on NPGRP, can be accessed through https://www.mpc.gov.my/npgrp/ About Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC) Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC) is a statutory body under the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI). MPC promotes productivity, quality and competitiveness to the industries and organisations in Malaysia. MPC's vision is to be the leading organisation in productivity enhancement for global competitiveness and innovation. http://mrem.bernama.com/viewsm.php?idm=40842 PETALING JAYA, Selangor, Aug 24 (Bernama) -- Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC), is targeting 5,000 participating companies from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in manufacturing, manufacturing related services, agriculture, and services sectors to join the MyReskill IoT Programme. The programme is a brainchild of Electrical and Electronics Productivity Nexus (EEPN) in collaboration with Machinery and Equipment Productivity Nexus (MEPN) and Digital Productivity Nexus (DPN) established under Malaysia Productivity Blueprint (MPB).
SMEs will need to possess high-skilled workers to harness the power of technology to significantly improve their productivity. Furthermore, adaptable and flexible workforce will also be the critical keys to successful digital transformation. Dato’ Abdul Latif Haji Abu Seman, Director General of MPC said “Malaysia has recently performed well in adaptability and flexibility indicator, as indicated in World Competitiveness Yearbook 2021. It reflects that our current talent has become more flexible and adaptive when facing with new challenges, so it is the right time for us to introduce this programme”. MyReskill IoT Programme aims to expose to SMEs that digitalisation is something that can be easily incorporated into their businesses. Dato' Seri Wong Siew Hai, Champion of EEPN, said “We want to nurture local companies to be global champions; move them up the value chain and enhance their productivity with innovation and out-reach programs led by EEPN. SMEs will benefit in terms of productivity and be more competitive as they acquire more knowledge in Industry 4.0 technologies and implementation methodology. Applications of IoT and AI, specifically machine connectivity and big data analytics in the manufacturing sector will offer new opportunities for innovation and growth”. The MyReskill IoT programme will be launched on September 2, 2021. Prospective participants will take Productivity1010 (P1010) Assessment to assess their digitisation readiness. Mr. Mac Ngan Boon, Champion of MEPN said “We cannot improve what we cannot measure. The assessment result would help many companies to prepare for a successful change initiative and strategise their digitisation journey towards improving productivity”. This assessment, serving as selection criteria, will provide great opportunity for the participants to perceive the impact of this programme. Businesses who wish to participate can contact [email protected] and go to https://wayup.my/retamyreskilliot/ for further details about the programme. To register for the launch event, please visit https://www.eventbrite.sg/e/mpc-myreskill-iot-launching-tickets-167254640131. About Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC) Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC) is a statutory body under the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI). MPC promotes productivity, quality and competitiveness to the industries and organisations in Malaysia. MPC's vision is to be the leading organisation in productivity enhancement for global competitiveness and innovation. Released by MALAYSIA PRODUCTIVITY CORPORATION SOURCE : Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC) FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT: Name: Ms. Nik Haneez Amizan Nik Rosdi Tel: 019-7181804 Email: [email protected] --BERNAMA |
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