1 2 月, 2021

Olympus launches comprehensive global educational platform for healthcare professionals

Tokyo / Hamburg, Feb 1, 2021 - (ACN Newswire) - Olympus Corporation (Director, Representative Executive Officer, President and CEO: Yasuo Takeuchi) today announced the launch of a new comprehensive educational platform designed to provide healthcare professionals (HCPs) all over the world with learning opportunities and training to put their skills into practice and keep them performing at their best.The "Olympus Continuum" (www.olympuscontinuum.com) platform will empower HCPs at every stage of their career with innovative, premium education and specialized training experiences. The platform builds on the existing Olympus training program, which trains more than 25,000 HCPs annually over 1,400 courses.Chief Medical Officer, Ross D. Segan, MD, MBA, FACS, said: "Healthcare professionals work in a variety of settings and have a multitude of needs--and their expectations for training courses have evolved well past traditional skills-based learning. Our new platform connects the continuum of care with the continuum of learning. A truly blended experience, Olympus Continuum maximizes digital self-guided pre-learning, direct in-person training, and post-learning collaboration to support healthcare professional across every stage of their career and to improve patient outcome."HCPs using the "Olympus Continuum" platform will enjoy the following benefits:- Comprehensive platform programs covering basic to advanced levels: The Olympus global professional education strategy is to establish a continuum of blended learning that takes HCPs from basic to advanced, providing more educational opportunities/experiences and increasing accessibility through the utilization of technology. Hands-on courses will be provided in our 15 dedicated Olympus training labs, as well as hospitals and other labs all over the world. - Beneficial for remote areas, including emerging countries: In some emerging countries and hard-to-reach areas, it has been difficult for HCPs to receive training or enroll in educational programs because of limited course offerings and large geographical distances. "Olympus Continuum" is a globalized and comprehensive platform of training and education experiences led by healthcare experts from around the world. - Effective platform that fits well with current conditions created by the COVID-19 pandemic: There was growing demand from healthcare professionals for on-demand, digitally-enabled virtual training and this has increased further during the current COVID-19 pandemic. This new platform exactly meets this demand and provides an excellent combination of virtual and on-site training. Learning opportunities include hands-on courses, online learning, lectures and workshops, peer-to-peer training, accredited continuing education and on-demand learning.* To learn more about Olympus Continuum, visit www.olympuscontinuum.com*Implementation will vary from region to region given market environments.About Olympus Continuum Olympus Continuum is a newly launched educational platform for healthcare professionals that will bring the benefits of digitally-enabled learning to remote regions, as well as those impacted by COVID-19. Basic and advanced training for healthcare professionals will be provided through Olympus training centers and hospitals all over the world. About Olympus Olympus is passionate about the solutions it creates for the medical, life sciences, and industrial equipment industries. Olympus' Medical business uses innovative capabilities in medical technology, therapeutic intervention, and precision manufacturing to help healthcare professionals deliver diagnostic, therapeutic, and minimally invasive procedures to improve clinical outcomes, reduce overall costs, and enhance the quality of life for patients. Olympus' Medical portfolio includes endoscopes, laparoscopes, and video imaging systems, as well as surgical energy devices, system integration solutions, medical services, and a wide range of endotherapy instruments. For more information, visit https://www.olympus-global.com/.For questions or additional information, please contact:Europe, Middle East and Africa Matthias Gengenbach +49 4023773 5867matthias.gengenbach@olympus-europa.com Japan and Asia Pacific Yuka Horimoto+81-90-2490-1071yuka_horimoto@ot.olympus.co.jp Copyright 2021 ACN Newswire. All rights reserved. www.acnnewswire.com

29 1 月, 2021

Strategic Partnership Between IGG and TapTap

HONG KONG, Jan 29, 2021 - (ACN Newswire) - IGG Inc, a leading global developer and publisher of mobile games, has formed a strategic partnership with the highly popular mobile game community platform TapTap. The parties will work together to explore the opportunities available when high-quality games are matched with a high-quality platform, and strive to achieve a synergistic effect in the domestic Android game platform.IGG has entered into a strategic partnership contract with Yiwan (Shanghai) Network Technology co., Ltd. IGG explicitly expressed that, apart from its own operating channels, future high-quality handheld Android products by IGG will be prioritized for launch on the TapTap platform in China.Maggie, Vice President of IGG, says: "China has one of the highest number of mobile gamers in the world. There are many distribution channels in the domestic Android market, but TapTap is one of the most popular and reputable distribution channels in recent years. TapTap not only acts as an interaction platform between players, it also allows players to communicate with game vendors. Through this partnership, we hope to improve our communication with players to gather feedback, and to provide a better gaming experience for all!"Mr. Lei Shaoman, Vice President of TapTap, says: "We are delighted to work with IGG. We hope to provide TapTap users with more great game choices, and raise global brand awareness via collaborations with global game companies, with the aim of globalizing the TapTap platform. This collaboration with IGG is an important step towards the future. After all, 'Players select a game based on its content.' We wish to better recommend our products to users, attract more players to TapTap, and create a positive cycle."The strategic partnership between IGG and TapTap will help achieve synergies and unlock new opportunities. Both parties will continue to uphold their shared principle of providing the best experiences for players, and strive to bring the game industry to greater heights. This collaboration is certainly one to watch!About IGG IncEstablished in 2006, IGG Inc is a leading global mobile games developer and operator with headquarters in Singapore and regional offices in the United States, China, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Belarus, the Philippines, the United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Brazil, Turkey, Italy and Spain. IGG offers multi-language and multifarious games to users around the world. In addition to main partners Apple, Google, Microsoft and Amazon, the Group has established long-term partnerships with more than 100 other game promotion platforms worldwide. IGG's most popular games include "Lords Mobile", "Castle Clash", "Mobile Royale" and "Dress Up! Time Princess". Copyright 2021 ACN Newswire. All rights reserved. www.acnnewswire.com

15 12 月, 2020

Carsome Announces Series D Fundraising

SEOUL & KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 15, 2020 - (ACN Newswire) - Carsome, Southeast Asia's largest integrated car e-commerce platform, recently completed its Series D fundraising. The US$30 million round, one of the largest all-equity financings to-date in Southeast Asia's online automotive industry, was led by Asia Partners and was joined by existing Carsome investors Burda Principal Investments and Ondine Capital.According to Eric Cheng, Co-founder and Group CEO of Carsome, this fundraising round, the largest equity investment in Carsome's history, is a strong endorsement of its integrated business model, with end-to-end digital enablement across used car sellers, dealers, and buyers. "We will use this capital to strengthen our existing regional leadership in consumer-to-business (C2B) used car e-commerce and accelerate our already successful new offering in the business-to-consumer (B2C) segment. We look forward to rolling out Southeast Asia's first-ever C2B and B2C integrated e-commerce platform for used cars, a significantly superior new retail experience," said Cheng."Over the past six months, we have doubled our monthly revenue compared to pre-pandemic levels, a dramatic acceleration due to the impact of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic on consumer behavior across our region," Cheng added. "Consumers across our core markets of Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and Singapore are increasingly purchasing cars to keep their families safe and adapt their businesses."Commenting on the fundraising, lead investor Oliver M. Rippel of Asia Partners observed that Carsome's combination of strong executive leadership and a robust business model position the company well for future growth. "Carsome's integrated approach offering a one-stop solution to used car buyers and sellers is genuinely impressive. We see that this will be the way forward for the used car industry, and we look forward to working closely with Eric and his very capable team in further scaling the business across the region."Founded in 2015, Carsome has grown to employ more than 1,000 people and today transacts an annualized 70,000 cars totalling US$600 million in transacted value on its online platform. Building on its original foundation in Malaysia, one of Southeast Asia's largest car markets, Carsome then launched its operations in Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand, deepening its regional footprint.Since founding, Carsome has delivered an impressive record of accomplishments, growing from strength to strength. Carsome recorded its highest revenue quarter in Q3 2020 in its history, doubling its revenue from the pre-pandemic period. In November 2020, Carsome celebrated its 100,000th car sold through its platform - an important milestone achieved within five years of founding.Notably, Carsome has also achieved operational profitability as of October, ahead of earlier projections. "We have built a defensible, scalable, and profitable business with very healthy unit economics attributed to both growth in gross margin and steady improvements in productivity and conversion metrics," said Juliet Zhu, Carsome Group Chief Financial Officer. "Our Series D round will further support potential merger and acquisition opportunities in acquiring ancillary capabilities and consolidating our supply chain."Crucial to Carsome's success has been its commitment to rigorous car inspections, offering Carsome-inspected and certified cars directly to customers in a seamless fashion, building a reservoir of consumer trust and brand equity in an essential but historically complex industry. Every car that transacts on the Carsome platform goes through a comprehensive 175-point inspection, and every Carsome car purchase is backed up with an extended warranty and a money-back guarantee.Carsome's successful track record of digitizing a traditionally offline and fragmented industry, as well as its resilience in the face of the global pandemic, were key factors in several existing investors' decisions to reinvest in the Series D round. "We appreciate the way Carsome has continued to support car sellers and dealers through the pandemic," said Albert Shyy, the Singapore-based Managing Director of Asia for Burda Principal Investments, who first invested in the Series B round. "We witnessed Carsome's growth and resilience during the pandemic and are proud to continue our support," added Randolph Hsu, the Taipei-based Founding Partner of Ondine Capital, who first invested in the Series C round.While the platform flourishes from digitalization tailwinds, Carsome remains focused on supporting its partners to navigate new challenges brought about by the pandemic. Carsome introduced various incentives and bonus rewards for used car dealers in Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand under its Dealer Alliance Support Program. The company also introduced its Covid-19 Support Fund this year for employees affected by the pandemic.About CarsomeCarsome is Southeast Asia's largest integrated car e-commerce platform. With operations across Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore, Carsome aims to digitize the region's used car industry by reshaping and elevating the car buying and selling experience. Carsome provides end-to-end solutions to consumers and used car dealers, from car inspection to ownership transfer to financing, promising a service that is trusted, convenient and efficient. Carsome currently transacts an annualized 70,000 cars totalling US$600 million in transacted value, and has more than 1,000 employees across all its offices. For more information, please visit www.carsome.com.For media enquiries, please contact:Liew Li EnnE: lienn.liew@carsome.comM: +601123079186Teo Li ChengE: licheng.teo@carsome.com M: +601116229405PRecious CommunicationsE: carsome@preciouscomms.comM: +6563030567 Copyright 2020 ACN Newswire. All rights reserved. www.acnnewswire.com

11 12 月, 2020

Grab to implement 30-cent platform fee for rides from Dec 18

SINGAPORE - Ride-hailing firm Grab will start charging a platform fee of 30 cents for rides booked through its platform from Dec 18. The fee is inclusive of goods and services tax, and will apply to all Grab rides except those from the GrabHitch and GrabResponse services. It is the first such move by the firm to adjust the prices of its ride-hailing offerings after the competition watchdog - Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS) - lifted restrictions on it in November. Grab said on its website that the platform fee will go towards "funding initiatives that will make rides better, safer and more secure" for both passengers and its drivers. It added that two-thirds of the fee will be used to improve safety and security, among other things. The remaining one-third of the fee will go towards initiatives to support drivers, which include benefits and training allowances. "The platform fee (sometimes known as a service fee) is an industry-standard fee that many online platforms, such as delivery services, ride-hailing companies and vacation rental sites, impose for the usage of their platform/service," said Grab. Its main ride-hailing competitor in Singapore, Gojek, introduced a platform fee of 70 cents in March. Grab had earlier introduced a 20-cent platform fee for its food delivery service as well. It had been unable to go ahead with a similar fee for its ride-hailing services because of restrictions imposed by the CCCS in 2018. Grab faced extensive restrictions after it infringed rules that prohibit mergers that could significantly reduce competition in any market here, through its merger with Uber. But CCCS said last month that it lifted the restrictions following the introduction of a new point-to-point transport regulatory framework. More on this topic Related Story Grab free to change its pricing policies and driver commission rates after two-year freeze by consumer watchdog Related Story Grab-Gojek merger: Regulators should act now or forever hold their peace

4 12 月, 2020

BTX Capital Announces $3M Investment in Partnership with TheAPIS, an Open Source API Platform

CALIFORNIA, USA, Dec 4, 2020 - (ACN Newswire) - TheAPIS, an open source, decentralized API platform, has announced a $3 million strategic investment from BTX Capital, a leading crypto investment bank. With their new partnership, they aim for a new era in which developers receive a share in the profits made by companies that benefited from the economies of scale and network effects they made possible.TheAPIS is a developer-built platform that manages communications between DApps and blockchains via only a few simple APl calls, reducing the inherent complexity of blockchain protocols. The goal of their APISCore product is to manage these intricacies, to eliminate the entry barrier to dApp creation by connecting APIS to their conventional backend or even the No-Code/Low-Code app builder. The APIS empowers connectivity to multiple blockchains with the same API calls, rendering chain-agnostic implementations, with cost-free chain-switching. With cross-chain interoperability supported by APIS-Unified, projects have the capability to scale their products across various blockchains in a decentralized manner."We are excited to continue our synergistic relationship with BTX and are grateful for all they've already done for our current growth. We believe a future in which developers own equity in the databases that they make popular is a fairer and better future for the Web. BTX is fully aligned with us in our vision," said Calvin Pak, CEO of TheAPIS. BTX Capital is providing APIS with access to its investment, trading and advisory arms and is now in the process of connecting the network to prominent ventures and developers around the DeFi and Web3 communities.BTX's tokens are fully locked for the following year, with the TheAPIS team reserving the right to extend the lock-up at any time over the following year. Both partners agreed that the optional extension can help ensure that incentives of the BTX and TheAPIS teams are fully aligned with TheAPIS community owners. "Our community owners are our highest priority shareholders, a non-negotiable feature of the journey of TheAPIS," Pak added. Initially, TheAPIS would ensure that third parties are able to access data from Ethereum and Filecoin, and all other relevant blockchains with uptime guarantees. It is expected that more blockchains would be supported on the platform.For more information, please visit the official websites.About TheAPISTheAPIS offers a developer-friendly platform that serves as a turn-key solution for indexing and querying public blockchains, namely Ethereum and Filecoin. Open-sourced, developers will be able to create API packages that serve every category of blockchain applications - from DeFi to Oracle to File Storage. For more information, please visit TheAPIS official website: www.theapis.ioAbout BTX CapitalBTX Capital is a leading crypto investment bank offering technical consulting services across the blockchain spectrum. Its staff comes from listing departments for top crypto exchanges and top token funds. Through their consulting services on the offering of plans and personnel and their in-house marketing department, BTX Capital strives to provide the most effective services to empower top-tier blockchain projects to meet the demands of first-tier exchanges. For more information, please visit the BTX Capital official website: www.btxcap.com Copyright 2020 ACN Newswire. All rights reserved. www.acnnewswire.com

1 12 月, 2020

APEX Network and Red Pulse Phoenix to Merge and Develop Horizon DeFi Platform

SHANGHAI, Nov 27, 2020 - (ACN Newswire) - After months of meticulous planning and discussion, the blockchain projects APEX Network and Red Pulse Phoenix have made a strategic maneuver to combine their platforms and ecosystems through a merger that will create a comprehensive enterprise data blockchain platform. The merger creates a larger, more powerful infrastructure and ecosystem, effectively leveraging the best resources both companies have to offer (technology, platforms, token economics, liquidity, human talent, investor base, and marketing). This is the first notable instance of a token merger.The combined entity will become Phoenix Global. APEX Network token holders will be granted Phoenix tokens at a ratio calculated based on moving average price, with the swap already executed as of early November, and the Phoenix Global merged token trading on major exchanges such as Binance. The Phoenix Global community will have a reach of over 60,000 individuals through social media and over 100,000 through mailing list subscriptions. Phoenix Global has announced a new Defi platform called Horizon, an on-chain DeFi platform for exposure to real-world assets. Phoenix Horizon is a unique, differentiated DeFi platform focused on the real economy and enterprise ecosystem, and will enable crypto-users to participate in an array of DeFi use cases outside of the traditional DeFi scenarios, at the same time reaping rewards for contribution to use cases that provide real-world value. At the core of the Horizon platform will be a synthetic assets platform that will make a variety of financial instruments, economic indices, intangible assets, and data to be able to be traded on-chain. Horizon will have a close working relationship and tie the platform in with the Binance ecosystem and Binance Smart Chain (BSC).For more information on Phoenix Global, please visit www.phoenix.global or email support@phoenix.global. Copyright © 2020 ACN Newswire. All rights reserved. A division of Asia Corporate News Network.

27 11 月, 2020

Women Icons Network, Myanmar Coalition sign pact to enhance social conversations around workplace gender equality

SINGAPORE, Nov 27, 2020 - (ACN Newswire) - Singapore headquartered, Women Icons Network (WIN), a platform that captures the value of gender-balanced workplaces by engaging women, corporates and D&I professionals, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Myanmar Business Coalition for Gender Equality (BCGE). Under the terms of the MoU signed on November 5, 2020, WIN and BCGE will work towards increasing commitment and social conversations around gender equality at the workplace. BCGE is a non-profit association that encourages businesses to initiate gender equality practices in the workplace. The association and its member firms have made considerable progress towards creating gender-equal places of work. WIN is a technologically powered, globally scalable online platform that amplifies the voices of women at the workplace and also enables them to share their experiences. "We are excited to welcome Women Icons Network (WIN) as our latest partner. The collaboration will not only help us highlight the tremendous work done by our member firms but also roll-out mentorship programs that address the gaps essential to building an inclusive leadership," said Ms Kyawt Kay Thi Win, Country Director, BCGEMr Vishwesh Iyer, Co-founder, WIN, believes that all those working towards ensuring gender equal workplaces need to make a collective effort that augments individual strengths if we as a society are serious about SDG 5 Goals. About Women Icons NetworkWomen Icons Network (WIN) is an engagement and data aggregation platform that captures the value of gender equal places of work across South and South East Asia. Integrating workplace feedback and published data on companies to create a Diversity Metric that differentiates places of work around gender equality, the platform will amplify the efforts of all stakeholders operating the area of diversity and inclusion. WIN, headquartered in Singapore, is promoted by two experienced professionals and supported by hundreds of women leaders across South and South East Asia.About Business Coalition for Gender EqualityThe Business Coalition for Gender Equality (BCGE) is a non-profit association and also a coalition of companies that are committed to promoting gender equality in the workplace in Myanmar.Our association is led and founded by seven leading businesses in Myanmar - City Mart Holding Limited (CMHL), KBZ Bank, KBZ MS, AYA Bank, FMI, Parami Energy Group of Companies, and Shwe Taung Group - that have all committed to achieve organizational growth and global sustainable development goals through workplace gender equality initiatives.BCGE encourages all companies and organizations in the commercial sector to initiate workplace gender equality practices and serves as a center of excellence to support their journey.Contact for Media queriesVishwesh Iyervishwesh@womeniconsnetwork.com+65 - 91018487 Copyright 2020 ACN Newswire. All rights reserved. www.acnnewswire.com

19 11 月, 2020

Buzzvil Inks Partnership With Japan’s Ad Platform MicroAd

SEOUL, S.KOREA, Nov 19, 2020 - (ACN Newswire) - Buzzvil, a global leader of rewarded ads platform announced that it has inked a partnership with Japan's online ad portal and network operator MicroAd.MicroAd is a Japan-based online ad portal and network that offers its clients with demand and supply platforms.Through this partnership, MicroAd will introduce Buzzvil's unique rewarded ad inventories that generate ad revenue and boost user engagement for Japan's mobile app publishers.John Lee, CEO of Buzzvil, said, "We are so glad to have found a partner that can bring us new mobile app publishers in Japan and will do our best to help MicroAd's mobile advertising business grow."Meanwhile, Buzzvil recently raised 20.5 billion Korean won (17 million USD) in series C from Mega-7 Club for its compelling reward-based ad tech that maximizes ad revenue for publishers. The Mega-7 Club, dubbed as South Korea's version of Softbank Vision Fund, consists of returning investors LB Investments, Company K Partners and new investors SBI Investments, Korea Development Bank and Shinhan Bank.The deal follows the fast-growing company's series B in 2015 from LB Investments and Company K Partners, alongside other investors, and series A from Softbank Ventures Asia in 2014.Media Contact InformationLenny Leecontact@buzzvil.comRelated Imagesbuzzvil-inks-partnership-with.jpg https://www.newsfilecorp.com/redirect/0DgVtrog0Buzzvil Inks Partnership With Japan's Ad Platform MicroAdRelated LinksBuzzvil https://www.buzzvil.com/en/mainTo view the source version of this press release, please visit https://www.newsfilecorp.com/release/68554 Copyright 2020 ACN Newswire. All rights reserved. www.acnnewswire.com

13 11 月, 2020

Hitachi Develops IoT Platform for the High Value-added Buildings Required for the New Normal

TOKYO, Nov 13, 2020 - (JCN Newswire) - Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501) announced that it has developed an IoT platform that brings to buildings the high added value required for the new normal, including high efficiency of building management and improved comfort for building users. Hitachi will launch the IoT platform in 2020 as a new Lumada(1) solution in the field of buildings, in Japan.Hitachi's IoT platform for buildings was developed using Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Dynamics 365, two cloud platforms of Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd.. Moving forward, Hitachi will deepen its Collaborative Creation with Microsoft Japan under its newly commenced partnership system, the Lumada Alliance Program(2) to develop solutions in the field of buildings and accelerate the overseas expansion of these solutions.In recent years, continuous supplies of large office buildings in urban areas cause intensification of competition for gaining tenants. In addition to this, workstyle reform has progressed due to the spread of COVID-19 infection. These changes surrounding buildings have accelerated the moves to improve the high added value of buildings and realize smart buildings by leveraging digital technologies to achieve the increased efficiency and sophistication of operations in buildings and to provide greater comfort to office workers and other building users.Based on this background, in April 2020 Hitachi and Hitachi Building Systems Co., Ltd. systematized touchless solutions that enable building users to move and live without touching in buildings and have been gradually expanding these lineup(3). Hitachi has also developed a service platform for developers, which provides office workers the new experience of working and living using a smartphone app(4). With these and other moves, Hitachi has continued to enhance its digital solutions in the field of buildings, to meet the needs of the new normal.Hitachi and Microsoft are strengthening their cooperation in many industrial fields. For example, in June 2020 the companies formed a strategic alliance related to next-generation digital solutions for manufacturing and logistics(5). Moreover, Microsoft endorsed the Lumada Alliance Program, Hitachi's partnership system newly commenced on November 4, 2020. This time, in the field of buildings, Hitachi has developed the IoT platform for buildings as the new Lumada solution, by utilizing Azure, Dynamics 365, and other technologies.The IoT platform for buildings is a solution for developers that enables comprehensive remote monitoring and analysis of the operating status of building equipment, including elevators, escalators, and air-conditioning systems. Intended mainly for large buildings, it also enables users to simultaneously monitor and analyze multiple buildings. In addition, it combines and analyzes data about building equipment and the flow of people, including the crowdedness of each area of a building. Thus, it improves building management efficiency and building users' comfort, and it maintains and improves the quality of building operations."The newly developed IoT platform for buildings is a next-generation solution for buildings that realize new and efficient operation managements for building equipment, and comfortable life in the buildings. I believe this platform contributes significantly to the customers that progress development of smart buildings and smart cities utilizing digital technologies," said Shinya Mitsudomi, Vice President and Executive Officer, CEO of Building Systems Business Unit, Hitachi, Ltd., and President of Hitachi Building Systems Co., Ltd. "Hitachi developed this platform through the Collaborative Creation with Microsoft Japan. From now on Hitachi will strengthen Lumada solutions in the field of buildings by proceeding Collaborative Creation with its partners under the Lumada Alliance Program and provide new value for 'people, building systems, and society.""We heartily welcome Hitachi's provision of its IoT platform for buildings, which utilizes Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Dynamics 365, to the Japanese market as part of our strategic alliance," said Hitoshi Yoshida, President of Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd. "Microsoft Azure provides AI and IoT technologies that drive the digital transformation of customers, and it continues to grow as a global platform. Hitachi is actively developing smart building solutions for the new normal. We have high expectations that this platform will accelerate digital transformation in the building facility maintenance field. We for our part will also conduct sales promotion support activities for this solution on Microsoft AppSource. Moving forward, we will continue to grow our partnership with Hitachi, including expanding collaboration for overseas markets, and to work closely with our customers and drive digital transformation that leads to positive social change."Overview of the IoT Platform for Buildings1. Improving Building Management EfficiencyThe platform makes it possible to comprehensively monitor the various equipment of multiple buildings remotely and visualize the status of use of the buildings. This enables efficient janitorial and security work reflecting their status of use and the formulation of a maintenance plan based on building equipment conditions, thereby improving the efficiency and quality of building management.2. Improving Building Users' ComfortThe platform cooperates with control systems of building equipment, such as elevators, escalators and air-conditioning systems, based on data on the flow of people, including the crowdedness of each area of a building. Thus, it enables building managers to ease congestion, change temperature settings according to the crowdedness of each area, and otherwise create comfortable a building environment. It also provides information about the status of use and crowdedness of toilets, meeting spaces, and other areas, supporting building users to achieve workstyles and lifestyles that meet the needs of the new normal, including ensuring the efficient use of facilities and social distancing.3. Maintaining and Improving the Quality of Building OperationsThe platform maintains and improves the quality of the operations of multiple buildings by enabling users to benchmark the number of alerts activated, energy consumption, and other conditions within each building, to identify issues faced in operations, and consider improvement measures.4. Enabling to Expand Services Easily by Open API(6)By incorporating standardized open API, the platform easily enables to add new app by partner companies. Therefore it flexibly expands services.(1) Lumada is Hitachi's advanced digital solutions, services, and technologies for turning data into insights to drive digital innovation.(2) News Release dated November 4, 2020 titled "Hitachi Announces Lumada Alliance Program to Drive Economic, Social, Environmental and Quality of Life Innovation"(3) News Release dated April 28, 2020 titled "Hitachi Develops of Touchless Solutions for Buildings and Condominiums that Enable People to Move and Live in Buildings Without Contacts" (Japanese)News Release dated June 30, 2020 titled "Hitachi Launches System Using Thermal Camera to Detect People with Fever and Solution Supporting Thermal Camera Operation as Touchless Solutions that Enable People to Move and Live in Buildings Without Contacts" (Japanese)News Release dated September 24, 2020 titled "Hitachi Begins to Accept Applications for the 'Touchless Elevator Call Service Linked with LINE' that Enables Users who Have Become Friends with the Official Hitachi Elevators LINE Account to Use Elevators Without Contacts" (Japanese)(4) News Release dated August 11, 2020 titled "Hitachi Develops Service Platform for Developers that Enables Office Workers to Have New Working and Living Experiences Using Smartphone App" (Japanese)(5) News Release dated June 26, 2020 titled "Hitachi and Microsoft form a strategic alliance to advance next-generation digital solutions for manufacturing and logistics across Southeast Asia, North America and Japan"(6)Application Programming InterfaceAbout Hitachi, Ltd.Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is focused on its Social Innovation Business that combines information technology (IT), operational technology (OT) and products. The company's consolidated revenues for fiscal year 2019 (ended March 31, 2020) totaled 8,767.2 billion yen ($80.4 billion), and it employed approximately 301,000 people worldwide. Hitachi drives digital innovation across five sectors - Mobility, Smart Life, Industry, Energy and IT - through Lumada, Hitachi's advanced digital solutions, services, and technologies for turning data into insights to drive digital innovation. Its purpose is to deliver solutions that increase social, environmental and economic value for its customers. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's website at https://www.hitachi.com. Copyright 2020 JCN Newswire. All rights reserved. www.jcnnewswire.com

27 10 月, 2020

Mitsubishi Corporation: Cross-Industry Investment by Seven Enterprises in New TradeWaltz Platform

TOKYO, Oct 27, 2020 - (JCN Newswire) - Seven Japanese enterprises are pleased to announce that they have agreed to jointly invest in TradeWaltz Inc. (TradeWaltz), the company that manages the trade data sharing platform that operated by the same name. Partaking in the investment are NTT DATA Corporation (NTT DATA), Mitsubishi Corporation (MC), Toyota Tsusho Corporation (Toyota Tsusho), Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. (Tokio Marine Nichido), MUFG Bank, Ltd. (MUFG), Kanematsu Corporation (Kanematsu), and Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. (Sompo Japan). TradeWaltz is headquartered in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward. Its President & CEO is Mr. Hirohisa Kojima.Fig. 1. Conventional communications framework before rollout of TradeWaltzFig. 2. Centralized, cross-Industry management of trading operations following rollout of TradeWaltzTrading operations cover a wide range of products and involve numerous procedures, including documentation, consistency confirmations, and other work that can be costly to perform manually. Furthermore, considering multiple parties engaged in a single transaction, developing a system accurately and safely to share information has been a challenge faced by all industries. A cross-industrial consortium was established in August 2017 to address this challenge. With NTT DATA acting as its secretariat, the consortium worked with various trading companies, banks, insurance companies, shipping companies, and other industry players to examine how digitalize technologies might be used to make trading operations safer and more efficient. After tax reforms prompted a revision of Japan's law on the preservation of electronic tax records and other changes in 2020, the Japanese government also began to actively encourage businesses to make the switch from paper to digital. Based on the results of its discussions among consortium members, NTT DATA began developing the TradeWaltz' platform, which uses blockchain technology to connect trade-related information. Provided that this proves to be a practical system, it should make it possible to digitalize and centrally manage all trading operations, cutting workloads by as much as 50%. Administration, development, and management of the platform is handled by its namesake company TradeWaltz, which was founded in April of this year. The seven aforementioned enterprises that recently agreed to invest in TradeWaltz will be working closely with one another to further develop the platform into a practical and commercially viable business. The first step will be a sequential rollout, whereby it is adopted gradually for different processes with new functions added and other improvements made where necessary. In the future, the TradeWaltz platform can connect government agencies, service providers, and other players both in Japan and abroad who are considering digitalization of documents. All seven investors are confident that its successful rollout can help to promote the digitalization of trading operations, first in the ASEAN region and eventually throughout the world. Dynamic solutions are needed if we hope to eradicate the inefficiencies that have long plagued trading operations. Having made this joint commitment to TradeWaltz, our enterprises shall continue to encourage cross-industry collaborations that are dedicated to finding those solutions. For more information, visit https://www.mitsubishicorp.com/jp/en/pr/archive/2020/html/0000046187.html.Inquiry Recipient:Mitsubishi CorporationTelephone:+81-3-3210-2171Facsimile:+81-3-5252-7705 Copyright 2020 JCN Newswire. All rights reserved. www.jcnnewswire.com

26 10 月, 2020

CyberVein’s CROSS NFT Issuance Platform Goes Live

SHANGHAI, Oct 26, 2020 - (ACN Newswire) - CyberVein, the next generation big data and analytics company, announced another major technological breakthrough during its Third Anniversary and a Re-branding Conference in Shanghai today. The technology company has piloted the first-of-a-kind decentralized non-fungible token (NFT) issuance platform, entitled CROSS.With Data Analytics and Valuation Engine (DAVE), which enables data-driven and technology companies to utilize their resources more efficiently, the CyberVein team unveiled CROSS' NFT auction functionality during the Renaissance Conference - a celebration of CyberVein's three-year-long journey of technological achievements."During the last three years, CyberVein has continued to develop new technologies, built and tested new solutions, and created a whole ecosystem with our partners," stated Jerry Ning, CyberVein's China Operations Director, who's covering the company's activities. He continued: "We are also ever-grateful for our international communities' support, who stood by us since 2017."CyberVein's Cutting-Edge TechnologyThe unveiling of CROSS - the world's first big data-backed NFT issuance platform will garner support from DAVE's ecosystem, as more partner companies and foundations are set to join the alliance in the coming months. CROSS' unique value proposition lies within its decentralized NFT issuance and trading capabilities. The platform sports a full-category financial derivatives option, combining the best of both, Centralized Finance and Decentralized Finance (CeFi+DeFi) worlds. As such, CyberVein's CROSS platform's main objective is to make data more valuable.In turn, DAVE Alliance sets to integrate blockchain companies, which work with other adjacent technologies, like big data, Internet-of-Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), 5G, and cloud computing, in a bid to create efficiencies. CyberVein will combine the two initiatives by creating a pool of resources with the DAVE engine while underwriting transactions through the CROSS platform's NFT issuance."While DAVE combines our existing technologies - directed acyclic graph (DAG), cloud Computing Power GPU, Federated Learning, and PISR Database, yet we are also keen to collaborate with other technology companies," stated Jack Ge, CyberVein's Global Ambassador. Ge said: "We look forward to achieving even greater things at scale in 2021. Together with our partners, we can make data truly valuable."About CyberVeinCyberVein was founded in Singapore CV Technology Foundation in 2017. It is focusing on the enterprise-level blockchain and big-data customized services. CyberVein is building a new smart city based on ubiquitous connection, digital platform, and omnipresent intelligence to promote the integrated linkage effect of learning, research, finance, industry, and politics. For more information, please visit:CyberVein: https://www.cybervein.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/cyberveinteamTwitter: https://twitter.com/cyberveingroupLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/13692190/Telegram: https://t.me/CyberVeinCommunityMedium: https://medium.com/cyberveinReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/CyberVeinOfficial/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpIgOnNTu4FPFsa9LBdQjCwMedia Contact Rachelrachelyu@cybervein.org Copyright 2020 ACN Newswire. All rights reserved. www.acnnewswire.com

10 10 月, 2020

What is the future of the MAGIC TRADING PROJECT after MTM Coin is listed on the exchange?

Singapore - On the 26th of last month, it was announced that the blockchain token MTM, which is based on Magic-T's asset management platform, was listed on the GX Global Exchange. MTM tokens were sold out (about 13.69 million yuan) in 4 hours after opening in the two day pre-sale held from the 24th to the 25th at the GX Global Exchange. The Magic Trading platform is an integrated asset management platform that makes more efficient cryptocurrency asset management possible by supplementing the problem of not being able to quickly respond to price fluctuations, which is a disadvantage of staking, and problems surrounding the increasing influence of coin companies. The Magic Trading platform successfully carried out its first project, MTM Coin, and is listed on the GX Exchange. It is preparing a number of projects based on this. An official of the Magic Trading platform revealed their aspirations "It will serve as a new blockchain integrated asset management platform by complementing the problems of staking, which is currently provided by many coins companies and exchanges, and DeFi of the blockchain in 2020." The Magic Trading platform is a more advanced concept than DeFi. This is a new asset management platform developed for the expansion of the ecosystem of the Magic Trading platform, securing liquidity for the foundation, and stable compensation through the continuous provision of various tokens through an interpersonal AI trading system. Most cryptocurrency assets are built on the basis of architecture, but most transactions still occur on centralized exchanges, resulting in a variety of problems. Magic Trading platform introduced AI technology and built a strong public chain to solve this problem. This provides an unprecedented new transaction method to adapt to the wider blockchain, and by introducing this AI technology, it is possible to make ideal and stable transactions rather than manual transactions and improve work efficiency. It pursues free productivity, stability, and soundness in the digital currency market. In the future, the MTM team plans to provide a variety of all new tokens to the Magic Trading platform through collaboration with various companies. This will solve the problems found in similar existing platforms and enable fair and transparent operation. In addition, MTM is in close communication with major exchanges and is focusing on global marketing and promotions to advance into Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asian countries, starting with China and the United States. Through MTM, it is expected that a business ecosystem with a virtuous cycle will be created in which all participants maximize and share economic activities in a future-oriented platform created through asset management know-how and blockchain expertise. Media contact Company: MAGICT Contact: Donghoon Shin Telephone: +82 10 2920 5032 Website: http://magict.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------ The article is provided by a third-party content provider. SEA PRWire makes no warranties or representations in connection therewith. Any questions, please contact SEAPRWire/at/gmail.com Sectors: Top Story, Daily News SEA PRWire: PR distribution in Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, & Malaysia)