Category Archives: Technology

Mentor Agile Highlights Benefits of Data-Driven Decision-Making for Product Owners

Chicago, IL, June 24, 2024 –Mentor Agile is excited to share its latest insights on the vital role of data-driven decision-making for product owners. In today’s fast-changing business world, using data smartly is crucial for making informed decisions and fostering sustainable growth.

These days, product owners can gain access to priceless insights that help shape their products’ future. By adopting data-driven methodologies, they acquire a more profound comprehension of consumer behavior, market patterns, and performance indicators, enabling them to make strategic choices confidently.

They emphasize the following key benefits of data-driven decision-making:

Enhanced Product Performance: Identify areas for improvement and optimize product features based on data, thus better-serving customer needs.

Improved User Experience: Data insights elevate user experiences, increasing customer satisfaction and loyalty.

Targeted Marketing Strategies: Segmenting audiences and tailoring marketing strategies for maximum impact and return on investment.

Risk Mitigation: Identifying potential risks and opportunities early through data analysis, enabling proactive risk management and capitalization on emerging trends.

Agile Iteration: Implementing data feedback loops into agile processes, allowing quick iteration and adaptation to evolving market demands.

Nabeel Khan, CEO of Mentor Agile, emphasized the importance of data-driven decision-making, stating, “Data-driven decision-making is not just an option; it is a requirement for product owners to stay ahead in today’s competitive landscape. With our insights, product owners should be able to use data to drive significant business outcomes effectively.”

Mentor Agile remains committed to providing practical insights and solutions to help businesses survive today’s increasingly data-driven world. They provide customized solutions to assist companies in embracing agility, streamlining procedures, and accelerating growth. They have a team of seasoned experts and a successful track record.

Benchmark International Successfully Facilitated the Transaction Between Computer Systems Integrators, Inc. and Acture Solutions

Fishkill, NY, June 20, 2024 — Benchmark International has successfully facilitated a transaction between Fishkill, NY-based Computer Systems Integrators, Inc. (“CSI”) and Albany, NY-based Acture Solutions (“Acture”). CSI is a trusted hybrid information technology (IT) services partner primarily for K-12 schools, providing IT solutions, security, and support for schools’ IT networks.

“CSI President Bob Knapp and his team built a great business in a reliable market niche with a strong customer set and high recurring revenues,” commented Benchmark Senior Transaction Director William Sullivan. “IT businesses like this are really a pleasure to bring to market because there is such a large, disaggregated buyer community, which drives a fairly clear path to partnership options for our clients. Ultimately, Acture Solutions proved to be the perfect fit among a very attractive field of highly motivated buyers. The Acture team was fantastic throughout the process, and we’re very pleased to have helped find CSI such a great partner.”

Founded in 1991, Computer Systems Integrators is a hybrid provider of multiple IT products and services (including integration / value-adding reselling relationships with Nimble and VMWare) and a variety of security and maintenance services. The company is additionally an authorized partner of Cisco, Microsoft, and Barracuda.

Acture Solutions provides clients with managed IT services, cybersecurity, cloud solutions, and IT projects, including networking, physical security, classroom collaboration, and Hardware as a Service (HaaS). The company serves multiple industries, including K-12 school districts, higher education, healthcare, legal, financial services, and small to medium-sized businesses.

AMPP Celebrates International Women in Engineering Day

Houston, TX, June 20, 2024 –On June 23, 2024, the Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP) will celebrate International Women in Engineering Day (INWED), marking an annual global tribute to women in the engineering field.

This year, AMPP is launching a dual social media initiative to celebrate women’s dynamic impact in materials engineering, corrosion control, and protective coatings. The campaign will feature personal insights from AMPP’s women members about their professional journeys and the unique perspectives they bring to their specialties. Concurrently, AMPP will spotlight historical women engineers who have broken barriers and pioneered advancements in materials science, corrosion prevention, and more.

“We honor both the trailblazers of the past and the innovators of today,” said Kristin Leonard, chair of the AMPP Global Center Board of Directors. “By sharing these powerful stories, we aim to illuminate the path for future generations of women engineers and underscore our commitment to narrowing the gender and salary gaps in engineering disciplines.”

Statistics from the Society of Women Engineers show that only 14% of engineers are women, and there is a persistent salary gap and underrepresentation in senior positions.

“Recognizing the invaluable contributions of women in engineering is essential for fostering innovation and inclusive growth,” said AMPP CEO Alan Thomas. “Through initiatives like Women of AMPP and the ongoing support from our EMERG program, we strive to create a supportive environment that empowers women and promotes diversity within the engineering community.”

Established in 1993 and rooted in the legacy of the Women’s Engineering Society founded on June 23, 1919, INWED has been endorsed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as a significant acknowledgment of women’s contributions to engineering post-World War I.

As AMPP celebrates International Women in Engineering Day, the organization invites its members, partners, and the broader community to engage with and share these empowering stories using the hashtag #WomenOfAMPP.

AAEON Introduces 13th Gen Intel Core Processing to the COM Express Type 10 Form Factor

Orange, CA, June 20, 2024 –AAEON, a leading provider of Computer-on-Modules, has today announced the NanoCOM-RAP, a COM Express Type 10 CPU Module powered by 13th Generation Intel® Core™ processors. Available in SKUs ranging from the Intel® Processor U300E to the Intel® Core™ i7-1365UE CPU, the NanoCOM-RAP offers up to 10 cores, 12 threads, and high maximum turbo frequency across both its performance and efficient cores.

It is clear from the combination of high CPU performance and relatively low power consumption of its processor selection that the NanoCOM-RAP is catered towards customers that require a small, flexible, and scalable solution. This is particularly apparent in AAEON’s investment into the module’s memory and storage, where it has upgraded on the LPDDR4 offered by the NanoCOM-RAP’s predecessor by equipping the board with 16GB of LPDDR5. As a default, the NanoCOM-RAP offers two SATA drives, while additional expansion in this area can be found via four PCIe slots. 128GB of onboard NVMe is also available on an optional basis.

Integrated Intel® UHD Graphics support dual display outputs via both DDI and eDP outputs with resolutions of up to 3840 x 2160 at 60Hz. This configuration, along with the module’s high definition audio interface lends the NanoCOM-RAP to use in the AI vision space.

AAEON’s COM express module line has become known for its flexible interface selection, and the NanoCOM-RAP continues this trend with a LAN port for Intel® Ethernet Controller I226-IT at 2.5GbE and multiple USB ports (eight USB 2.0 and two USB 3.2 Gen 2). Such a layout grants flexible options for peripheral device integration such as cameras and sensors.

The NanoCOM-RAP doesn’t lack serial communication options, listing two 2-Wire UART, an 8-bit GPIO, SMBus, and I2C, which lend the module to embedded industrial, robotic, and edge computing applications. Moreover, the module’s component design emphasizes its use in these fields, boasting a 9V ~ 15V power input range, onboard TPM 2.0, and an extremely lightweight build, weighing in at 0.15 lb. Given its already minimal 84mm x 55mm form factor, the NanoCOM-RAP therefore grants users an extremely easy route to deployment in tight spaces.

The module supports multiple operating systems, including Windows® 10 (64-bit) and Linux Ubuntu 22.04.2 with Kernel 5.19, providing flexibility for developers in different environments.

Optimize your Embedded C Code Using Automated Code Inspection with Codee

Offenburg, Germany, June 19, 2024 — Developers and technology enthusiasts are invited to join an upcoming webinar about Codee, focusing on advancements in C/C++ performance optimization. Scheduled for Thursday, July 23, 2024 at 10:30 a.m. (CEST Berlin, Paris, Zurich), the webinar aims to introduce a systematic approach to improving software efficiency through Codee’s innovative platform.

Join to this webinar where they will explore how Codee provides a systematic and predictable approach to enforcing C/C++ performance optimization best practices.

Discover how Codee delivers precise, line-by-line recommendations for enhancement, tailored to your specific setup-defined by your compiler, hardware, and processor – to ensure efficiency and quality from the start.

Take this opportunity to transform your development process and elevate your application’s performance.

OpenGPT.com Unveils OpenGPTs

Vancouver, Canada, June 19, 2024 — OpenGPT.com has launched a groundbreaking platform, OpenGPTs, that unifies all major AI chatbots, including ChatGPT and Google Gemini, into a single app.

One GPT, All AI ChatBots: With OpenGPT, users can ask one question and receive answers from various AI chatbots within a single chat screen. This feature enables easy comparison of responses, helping users select the best one without switching between platforms. Supported AI models include GPT-4o, GPT-4 Turbo, GPT-3.5 Turbo, Google Gemini Pro, Claude-3-Opus-20240229, Claude-3-Sonnet-20240229, Meta-Llama-3-70B-Instruct, Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct, and DALL.E 3.

Real-Time Web Searches Integration: OpenGPTs also provide real-time web searches from sources like Google and Bing, ensuring users have access to the latest information.

Completely Free to Create OpenGPTs: Creating an OpenGPT is entirely free. Users only need to create an account on OpenGPT.com to start building and exploring AI capabilities.

Monetize Your Creations: Creators can monetize their OpenGPTs through the OpenGPT Store by linking a Stripe account. All revenues from sales go directly to their Stripe accounts, providing a seamless monetization process.

A Platform for All: OpenGPT.com is dedicated to being the most open platform for AI professionals, enthusiasts, and developers. It offers a space for innovation, collaboration, and growth within the AI community.

LUMEOVA Announces WiRays, a Revolutionary, Ultra-Fast Technology Designed to Deliver Wireless Data Speeds Up to 100 Gigabits Per Second, 10x Faster Than WiFi

Raleigh, NC, June 19, 2024 — LUMEOVA, an innovator of ultra-fast, wireless connectivity solutions, today announced that it has developed an optical wireless communication technology, called WiRays® that can deliver wireless data at speeds of up to 100 Gigabits per second (Gbps). WiRays® is designed for connectivity of consumer and commercial electronic devices at blazing speeds with low power consumption. Harnessing the vast optical spectrum, WiRays® is designed to deliver fiber optic speeds without the fiber.

“The launch of WiRays® is the culmination of a multi-year innovation effort at LUMEOVA,” said Dr. M. Ali Khatibzadeh, Founder & CEO of LUMEOVA. “Working with our strategic partners, we have successfully transitioned the technology from an exciting concept in the laboratory to products that can be built in high-volume semiconductor foundries.”

Wireless data traffic is exploding and driven by insatiable consumer demand for video content on mobile devices. According to the latest Ericsson Mobility Report (https://www.ericsson.com/en/reports-and-papers/mobility-report/reports), mobile data traffic is forecasted to increase by 55% compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) during the next 5 years. Video content is anticipated to dominate wireless data demand and emerging applications such as Virtual Reality (VR) and Artificial Intelligence processor communications will further accelerate this trend. Today’s smart phones and tablets can capture and display ultra-high-definition video, but sharing such content is constrained by the connectivity speed of WiFi and cellular networks.

The wireless industry is struggling to cope with this ever-increasing demand for mobile data due to shortage of “good” radio spectra. Nearly all wireless communication today including Bluetooth, WiFi, and 5G cellular, take place in a narrow portion of the radio spectrum below 7 GHz where signals travel at long distances and without significant loss. More radio bands (24-52 GHz) in the millimeter wave spectrum have been allocated for 5G. However, these bands require more complex systems which have higher cost, shorter range and higher power consumption due to excessive signal losses.

“While the industry will continue to deliver improved data speeds for 5G, 6G and advanced WiFi through more efficient use of existing radio spectrum, optical wireless presents a vast new opportunity for multiplying connectivity speeds of mobile devices. In fact, there is over 300,000 GHz of unlicensed bandwidth available near the visible portion of the optical spectra compared to only a few GHz available for 5G/6G/WiFi,” added Dr. Khatibzadeh. “Optical fibers are the backbone of the telecommunication networks and carry nearly all internet, voice and video packets across the globe. WiRays® can unleash the full potential of optical technology for wireless, mobile communication and deliver fiber optic speeds without the fiber.”

Every Week Cyber Crime News Headliners Only Seems to Get Worse

Brisbane, Australia, June 18, 2024 — Excelitte – A Software Cyber Security Product not only offers a 100% guarantee that your data can’t be hacked, “ransomwared,” stolen, lost or deleted forever etc.

TEMSCONSU the parent company now a provides a 100% full refund guarantee in the unlikely event that any data it is protecting becomes vulnerable to Cyber Crime.

The list of reported successful cyber incidents globally less than halfway through the year continues to grow exponentially across both public & private sectors and it is likely to only get worse.

United Health, Medisecure, North Korea breaching the accounts of 100 South Korean ministry of defence personnel, Australian utility provider Sumo, Firstmac – US Mortgage Lender, Dropbox, London Drugs – Canadian Pharmaceutical company, U.S. drug Cencora etc, the list is endless and continuously growing.

Governance, Best Practise, Punitive Legislation, existing Information Technology security techniques such as Firewalls, Zero-Trust, 2-Factor authentication alone don’t seem to be mitigating Cyber Attacks and are unlikely to work anymore.

To stand any chance of mitigating these attacks or stopping these headliner news items, there needs to be a significant mindset change on how to fight Cyber Crime especially by IT Security Experts, Cyber Security, and IT Professionals alike.

Methods and techniques that worked 15 to 20 years ago are unlikely to suffice now, especially since the amount of sensitive data we now generate, capture, or save has grown exponentially.

Cyber Crime attack patterns have also become a lot more sophisticated, highly organised and automated.

The mindset must now be to also use advanced automation techniques across encryption, several factors of Authentication, Biometrics, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, Predictive Analytics to pre-empt, deter, defend, and impede these attacks.

The tactics and approach to fighting Cyber Crime needs to be completely steeped in automation and newer advanced Information Technology Precepts otherwise many more organisations will become victims and all our data globally will remain vulnerable to successful Cyber Attacks.

Excelitte leverages all the above methods, techniques to include continuous research/development work to establish newer alternative, nontraditional automated tools or techniques to impede Cyber Crime.

Excelitte AI uses Artificial Intelligence/ Deep Machine Learning, Rank/Scoring, Software Robotics and all manner of Automation to pre-empt, offensively and defensively attack cybercrime entities/devices

The core Excelitte features are deployed an out of the box solution and can start to secure your data in hours.

Principled Technologies Releases Study Comparing Dell Server Management Tools to Those from the HPE Server Management Portfolio

Durham, NC, June 18, 2024 — Along with servers and storage come built-in or vendor-specific management tools, all of which have different features and capabilities. Principled Technologies (PT) assessed the server management portfolios of Dell and HPE, comparing embedded tools and one-to-many device management consoles from Dell (iDRAC9 and Dell OpenManage Enterprise) and HPE (HPE iLO6 and HPE OneView).

According to the report, “Across the features and use cases we tested, the tools from the Dell management portfolio offered stronger security features, included a broader range of sustainability tools, and provided more granular control and increased flexibility for administrators while reducing time and effort to complete common tasks.”

Y2K Y2K38 Technology Invention loginTimer Software from satheeshsoft Newest Release

New York, NY, June 18, 2024 — This most recent version successfully fixes Y2K38 problems and works through 2099 and beyond thanks to its strong system so that future date calculations using Y2K38 technology are clear-cut and easy. Users of computers are accustomed to dealing with Y2K problems; satheeshsoft technology ensures that users won’t encounter any Y2K problems with loginTimer going forward.

loginTimer: It has been correctly determined that the 32-bit, multi-byte exe file is loginTimer. The program loginTimer is a great resource for any computer user who wants to keep track of who logs into their system, either locally or remotely. Their unique log-in details are likewise contained in it. So that the administrator may see the secret log that the program creates right away and find out the day, time, and quantity of logins that each user makes daily. Information about logins can be handled by the administrator. If any files have already been altered, they can look into who altered them and make the necessary corrections. The software also can identify various login types, thus this is a bonus. User has to run as administrator first time.