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Diagrid Emerges from Stealth with $24.2 Million in Funding, Launches Fully Managed Dapr for Kubernetes

Diagrid

Diagrid, a startup that helps developers simplify and de-risk distributed systems, today announced it raised $20 million in Series A funding led by Norwest Venture Partners, with participation from Amplify Partners and Quiet Capital. This funding follows the company’s $4.2 million seed round led by Amplify Partners. The company’s first product - Diagrid Conductor - is also now available at www.diagrid.io. Diagrid will use the funding to invest in serving the open source community and to build a suite of commercial tools and services that unlock the productivity of engineering teams. “There are five million Kubernetes developers in the world, and Dapr combined with Diagrid Conductor enables millions more to harness the potential of distributed systems and build on Kubernetes,” said Dave Zilberman, General Partner at Norwest Venture Partners. “Diagrid founders Mark Fussell and Yaron Schneider are distributed system visionaries with proven dedication to the open source software ecosystem, having previously co-created Azure Service Fabric and KEDA, respectively. We are honored to lead Diagrid’s Series A to help it democratize software development and further support its thriving developer community.” Diagrid Conductor is a fully managed Dapr platform for Kubernetes which reduces the operational burden of managing Dapr, giving developers deep insights into their applications and informing them of production best practices, while increasing service reliability and security. Diagrid was founded by the creators of Distributed Application Runtime ( Dapr ) and Kubernetes Event-Driven Autoscaling ( KEDA ), which are both Cloud Native Computing Foundation open source projects. “We are in the midst of a generational shift to distributed applications, but software developers are having difficulty keeping up,” said Mark Fussell, Diagrid co-founder and CEO. “Distributed apps are made possible by microservice architectures, but they require so much plumbing code that developers are overloaded. That’s why, while at Microsoft, we created Dapr which reduces developer time building solutions by up to 50 percent. But we continued to hear that it’s hard to manage Dapr on Kubernetes—the basis of software development today—so today we're launching Diagrid Conductor to solve this and make it easy to manage Dapr on Kubernetes.” Dapr increases the productivity of developers, enabling them to build portable and reliable distributed applications and microservices on Kubernetes. It’s widely adopted with more than 2200 contributors, 4700 Discord members, and 19,450 Github stars. Dapr deploys a control plane to manage the data plane sidecars. This requires Kubernetes operators to upgrade and monitor the Dapr control plane and understand the nuances of managing it effectively, including improving its reliability. “The IBM Accelerated Discovery team has integrated Dapr and Diagrid Conductor into the heart of a new platform for accelerated science, bringing together serverless, cross-cloud computing with novel computing resources, including quantum-inspired simulation and generative and surrogate model AI techniques,“ said Karl Wehden, IBM Research product director. ”Dapr and Diagrid move IBM's Discovery Platform past the deployment and operations concerns inherent in Kubernetes, to simple and elegant repeatability, portability, and speed required to drive the demanding workloads that define acceleration in modern computational scientific discovery.” Industry Support for Commercializing Developer-Friendly Tools While in stealth, Diagrid received support and investment from a roster of notable enterprise leaders who are all too familiar with the challenges of bringing business applications to market. Early backers include Joe Beda (Kubernetes Co-Founder, Founder/CTO at Heptio), Matt Klein (creator of Envoy, Lyft), William Morgan (CEO of Buoyant, creator of Linkerd), Mark Russinovich (CTO of Microsoft Azure), Adam Gross (Former CEO of Heroku), Sri Viswanath (former CTO of Atlassian), Seth Vargo (staff engineer at Google), Kris Nova, Adam Frankl (developer marketing advisor for Neo4J, JFrog, and Sourcegraph), and Roopak Venkatakrishnan (director of engineering at Bolt). “Cloud-based, microservices architectures have imposed real costs on engineering teams where developers have to become infrastructure wranglers and distributed systems theorists just to deploy a simple app,” said Lenny Pruss, General Partner at Amplify Partners and Diagrid Board Member. “Dapr open source and the commercial solutions built by Diagrid strike at the heart of this problem, providing a set of developer-friendly tools and APIs that abstract away much of the distributed system complexity, thereby allowing engineering teams to focus on what matters: their business applications.” About Diagrid: Diagrid’s mission is to boost developer productivity building applications based on open source technologies such as Dapr and KEDA, particularly those focused on cloud native and microservice architectures. Diagrid provides developers with productive tools and APIs so developers can concentrate on what matters: their business. For more information, go to https://www.diagrid.io, follow on Twitter @diagridio, or check out the Dapr community on Discord (https://discord.com/invite/ptHhX6jc34). Contact Details Forrest Carman +1 206-859-3118 forrestc@owenmedia.com Company Website https://www.diagrid.io/

October 12, 2022 09:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time

MedAcuity Appoints New VP of People Operations and Director of Quality Assurance

MedAcuity

MedAcuity, the go-to Boston-based software development partner for leading MedTech companies, today announced the appointments of Jeanne Raney as vice president of people operations and Andy Sageman as director of quality assurance. MedAcuity, which marks its 15 th anniversary this year, prioritizes team development and a quality-first mindset as integral to the success of the strategic consulting and software development work done in partnership with its MedTech and robotics clients. As MedAcuity’s vice president of people operations, Jeanne will prioritize humanizing business processes and continuously improving employee training, development, engagement and retention. Jeanne comes to MedAcuity with over 25 years of human resource management / people operations experience in industries including professional and managed services/consulting, clinical research, and managed IT services. She brings expertise in talent management, policy development, coaching, management training, benefits, and employee communications. Jeanne has her BBA in general business and finance from UMASS Amherst, her MBA from Suffolk University, and has both her SHRM-SCP and SPHR certifications. “Putting people first has always been a cornerstone of our company values and continuing to do so is critical to the success of our business,” said Karl Pessinis, COO, MedAcuity. “Jeanne will be instrumental in evolving the MedAcuity culture to create an even more positive and inspiring environment where team members know they are valued and have access to needed resources for professional development. We want everyone who works at MedAcuity to feel supported and to be proud of the work we are doing here, and Jeanne has the ideal expertise to lead our people-centric initiatives.” As director of quality assurance, Andy will ensure that MedAcuity’s engineering teams bring a quality mindset to each client project to ensure the highest standards are achieved in the delivery of its services and capabilities. Andy comes to MedAcuity with over 25 years of quality leadership and quality engineering experience in the medical device industry. During his career, Andy has provided quality engineering, quality leadership and project management support for the development and commercialization of continuous glucose monitors and insulin infusions pumps for Diabetes patients (Becton, Dickinson and Company), Laser Vision Correction systems for Lasik surgery (Abbott Medical Optics), and cardiac output monitoring systems, mechanical/porcine heart valves and pressure monitoring devices for cardiac patients (Medtronic-Heart Valve Division). Andy holds a BS in electrical engineering from Michigan State University. “With our sights set on the next 15 years of successfully partnering with clients to accelerate the development of complex software solutions for all classes of medical devices and robotics solutions, Andy will be a great asset to our team,” said Dennis Fuccione, president & co-founder of MedAcuity. “He is motivated by bringing innovative products to the market that improve people’s health and well-being, and will focus on developing common sense QA practices and expanding our QA service offerings for our MedTech software development projects.” About MedAcuity MedAcuity is a specialized engineering firm that focuses on medical technology software development. The trusted and experienced firm was founded in 2007 by a team of seasoned software engineers who identified opportunities to fill gaps in the engineering expertise and efficiency facing the medical technology industry. MedAcuity offers extensive experience across the MedTech industry with full life-cycle software development and subspecialties in other areas including tool validation, algorithm development, and cybersecurity. www.medacuitysoftware.com Contact Details SVM PR Jordan Bouclin +1 401-490-9700 jordan.bouclin@svmpr.com Company Website https://www.medacuitysoftware.com/

October 12, 2022 10:15 AM Eastern Daylight Time

Fullintel Appoints James Rubec as Head of Product

Fullintel, LLC

Fullintel, a leading media monitoring and analysis services company specializing in human curation combined with powerful predictive intelligence, is pleased to announce it has appointed James Rubec its new Head of Product. A former senior director of product management and director of content and licensing management at Cision and Cision Canada, Rubec is an industry leader with a history of thought leadership and innovative data storytelling around how media influences the world around us. Rubec has used data to predict elections, uncover societal trends, and improve internal business processes. His work has appeared in outlets such as The Financial Post, Yahoo Finance, Variety Magazine, and the CBC. Helping communicators understand the media landscape and capitalize on opportunities Rubec has now joined Fullintel to collaborate with clients to identify opportunities and use cases for PredictiveAI™, Fullintel’s human-in-the-loop machine learning solution designed to predict the virality of media stories and social posts. “My goal is to help PR professionals tell more effective stories and help organizations take advantage of the predictive tooling that Fullintel has developed,” says Rubec. “By better understanding the landscape through PredictiveAI™, communicators can identify an issue before it becomes a crisis or better identify stories that should be amplified to make them powerful promotional tools. We’re taking PR past gut instinct and into data science.” He’ll be focused on expanding the product roadmap for PredictiveAI™, to make it an even more agile and flexible tool as part of the Fullintel Hub, Fullintel’s real-time media monitoring platform. A history of using data to improve products and processes Rubec got his start as a reporter in Ottawa, Ontario and Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, working as a PR professional in Toronto before transitioning to the media intelligence space nearly a decade ago. Since then he’s primarily focused on building tools and processes to help organizations move faster, engage the media more efficiently, and better understand their industries. “James has shown he’s a leader who can motivate action through data,” said Fullintel President Andrew Koeck. “He’ll work closely with our clients to evolve our software offerings and build a product roadmap to leverage our real-time monitoring and analysis tools, to provide insights and data never before available from any vendor.” Rubec’s addition builds on Fullintel’s growing momentum in the PR measurement industry, culminating in the company winning Gold, Silver, and Bronze awards at the 2021 AMEC Awards for media measurement. His hiring follows Fullintel’s hiring of Angela Dwyer as Head of Insights, and the company’s shortlisting for five 2022 AMEC Awards for outstanding media measurement. Fullintel combines best-in-class technology with expert content curation to deliver the most relevant, cost optimized media monitoring, daily news briefs, and media analysis possible. Our analysts curate print, online, social media, broadcast, and influencer opinions in real time – compiled by technology, supplemented and verified by humans. Where technology alone fails, your dedicated analyst has you covered. Fullintel has offices in Cambridge, Mass., Ottawa, Ont., and Nagercoil, India. Contact Details Samuel Chen +1 339-970-8005 schen@fullintel.com Company Website https://fullintel.com/

October 12, 2022 10:11 AM Eastern Daylight Time

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Kimberly Biddings, VP Of Product At BIO-key, Discusses Increased Cyber-Protection

BIO-key International, Inc.

Contact Details Catalyst IR- William Jones, David Collins +1 212-924-9800 BKYI@catalyst-ir.com Company Website https://www.bio-key.com/

October 12, 2022 09:15 AM Eastern Daylight Time

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Inflectra Announces Multi-Day Conference that Explores New Ideas in the Software Lifecycle Management

Inflectra

Inflectra, a leading maker of IT Software Lifecycle Management Solutions, today announced that it will host its annual conference, InflectraCON, in person on April 19-21, 2023 at one of the most iconic locations in Washington, D.C., the Kellogg Conference Center at Gallaudet University. In collaboration with STPCon, the three-day conference will cover software development, testing, agile, DevOps, cyber, leadership, and innovation. InflectraCON 2023 will have multiple conference tracks focusing on quality, agility, and security. Additionally, the conference will host Inflectra’s User Summit and feature a robust training and certification component for the users of the company's award-winning platforms, Spira and Rapise. For industry experts and organizations looking for the right platform to share their expertise, InflectraCON 2023 is now accepting speakers and sponsorships: Spanning from business to finance to human resources, the benefits of sponsoring InflectraCON include brand visibility, product marketing opportunities, new talent recruitment, new business partnerships and more. Organizations looking to sponsor can apply here. Experts in quality, agility, or security are encouraged to apply to speak among the industry best. Accepted speakers will receive the benefits of raising their profile within the agile testing and DevOps community and the ability to share and discuss their successes with peers and other practitioners. Speakers looking to share their knowledge and insights can apply here. “InflectraCON is the perfect way to raise your profile within the agile, software testing and DevOps community,” said Bob Crews of Checkpoint Technologies. “As a speaker at InflectraCON 2022, I was able to network with my peers and deepen my understanding of global trends in emerging technologies. I’m looking forward to this year’s event and hoping to see many more new faces.” The tech conference will cover what's on the horizon for technology in 2023 and beyond. Attendees and speakers will explore and participate in exhilarating conversations about digital transformation in addition to: Learning about the best-in-tech to upscale skills Training and certification on the Inflectra platforms Networking and connecting “InflectraCON is paving the way for industry professionals as one of the premier events in the software development and testing space,” said Inflectra CEO, Adam Sandman. “It’s a way for peers to network and share their knowledge in a technology landscape that is always evolving and in need of constant curiosity and exploration.” To register for the event, or apply as a speaker/sponsor, visit: https://www.inflectracon.com/ About Inflectra: Inflectra offers a suite of intuitive, turnkey enterprise solutions to manage the entire software lifecycle. Its industry-leading products for application test management, test automation and lifecycle management. Among our most popular products are SpiraPlan, giving you the ability to synchronize what matters, with agile program development; and Rapise, providing fast and easy test automation for everything—web, mobile, desktop, and APIs. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in the United States, Inflectra now has offices in more than 10 countries, along with a global partner network that covers more than 5,000 customers worldwide. Learn more at www.inflectra.com. Contact Details Sara Reister +1 215-896-3243 inflectra@trustrelations.agency Company Website https://www.inflectra.com/

October 12, 2022 09:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

Cognitiv Named a 2022 AdExchanger Award Finalist

Cognitiv

Cognitiv, the leading custom AI media buying solution, has been named a finalist in the 2022 AdExchanger Awards. The award program, which recognizes and celebrates excellence in digital marketing and advertising, has selected Cognitiv’s unique Demand Side Platform technology as a contender for this year’s award in the “Best Demand Side Platform” category. The AdExchanger Awards winners will be announced live at this year’s AdExchanger Awards Gala taking place during Programmatic I/O New York on October 17th. Cognitiv brings custom Deep Learning AI technology to the advertising and marketing landscape offering marketers an industry-leading media buying solution that is both scalable and performant. The company’s vision centers on using the latest machine and deep learning technology to deliver brands a custom algorithm capable of trading and optimizing independently. Cognitiv champions innovation, consistently working to find new and strategic ways to drive the industry forward. The team has prioritized growing its product suite, earlier this year launching Cognitiv Curation, which brings cutting edge deep learning technology to a client’s DSP of choice via a Dynamic Deal. "We are honored to be recognized as an AdExchanger Awards finalist, highlighting our ongoing efforts to create innovative technology that creates tangible impacts," commented Jeremy Fain, CEO and Co-founder at Cognitiv. “Cognitiv prioritizes its client base, and that means curating strategic technology that has the ability to create results unparalleled to any other technology available on the market. Our commitment to this mission allowed us to curate the industry’s very first DSP to support deep artificial neural networks in real-time. We are thrilled to see our work recognized for its innovation, especially among a list of so many notable finalists.” AdExchanger award finalists include Samsung, iHeartMedia, Roku, Goodway Group, Spectrum Reach, Disney, T-Mobile, Trusted Media Brands, Vox Media, The Wall Street Journal/Barron's Group, Epsilon, Memorable AI, Adapex, among many other industry leaders across a plethora of categories. Cognitiv’s inclusion as a finalist is the company’s latest industry recognition. Cognitiv’s product suite, aiming to create more impactful and cost effective campaigns at scale, include Cognitiv Performance, Cognitiv Incrementality, and Cognitiv Curation. To learn more about Cognitiv, please visit cognitiv.ai. About Cognitiv Cognitiv's deep learning applications and technologies autonomously drive full-funnel marketing performance at scale. Each marketer has a unique set of goals, which is why Cognitiv created a platform capable of automatically building custom algorithms that simultaneously consider the user, the context, the message and the campaign objectives. Cognitiv combines deterministic data and advanced data processing techniques to continuously train these algorithms as they optimize clients' key performance indicators. This combination of award-winning technology, advanced data processing and AI experts deliver personalized media experiences across display, mobile, connected TV and custom audiences. Cognitiv's proprietary platform, NeuralMind, and innovative performance solutions deliver clients and their customers with engaging ad experiences proven to convert. Contact Details Kite Hill PR for Cognitiv Patrice Gamble cognitiv@kitehillpr.com

October 12, 2022 09:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

AvaWatz: Building Collaborative Teams Of Robots For The Benefit Of Mankind

AvaWatz Inc.

Contact Details Rajini Anachi rajini@avawatz.com Company Website https://avawatz.com

October 12, 2022 08:37 AM Eastern Daylight Time

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Plus One Robotics Announces New Resource-Rich Website

Plus One Robotics

Plus One Robotics, a global solutions provider of a vision-enhanced and AI-based parcel handling platform for intralogistics applications, has launched a new website that helps guide customers in their parcel induction and mixed depalletizing purchasing decisions. The site navigation has been reorganized to better describe Plus One’s depalletizing and induction solutions, and how the company’s PickOne and Yonder technologies power them. It is designed in a dynamic manner that also provides information on the company’s history, philosophy, capabilities, quality requirements, and processes applied to its intelligent software solutions. Additional new functionality includes: Resources page featuring white papers, case studies, brochures, and product videos. Total picks counter that calculates the number of parcels picked across all Plus One Robotics’ live deployments in the field Dedicated partner page highlighting Plus One’s valued integrators and partners “The new website better reflects the direction of the company and makes it easier for customers to not only learn about our robotic parcel handling solutions but also have access to resources that aid them in their decision-making process,” said Robert Nilsson, Chief Revenue Officer at Plus One Robotics. “This has been a top priority for our organization, and we’re thrilled to see it come to fruition.” The new design lays the groundwork for future iterations as Plus One continues to expand within the marketplace and increase its customers’ total picks per day. About PLUS ONE ROBOTICS: Plus One Robotics provides the fastest and most reliable parcel handling robotics platform in the world. Founded in 2016 by computer vision and robotics industry experts, Plus One's intelligent solutions combine human-robot collaboration and supervised autonomy to pick more than 470 million parcels for leading logistics and ecommerce organizations in the Global 100. Plus One is headquartered in San Antonio with offices in Boulder, Pittsburgh, and The Netherlands. Visit www.plusonerobotics.com for more information, and follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook. For additional information: Plus One Robotics 639 Bill Mitchell Blvd. Ste. 185 San Antonio, TX 78226 Web: www.plusonerobotics.com Tel: +1 210 664-3200 info@plusonerobotics.com Contact Details Plus One Robotics Nancy Lesinski +1 248-709-3040 nlesinski@industry-scope.com

October 12, 2022 08:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time

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Discover NusaTrip.Com From NusaTrip Indonesia's CEO, Johanes Chang

Society Pass Incorporated

Contact Details Dennis Nguyen: Founder, Chairman & CEO +1 877-440-9464 dennis@thesocietypass.com Company Website https://thesocietypass.com

October 12, 2022 08:20 AM Eastern Daylight Time

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