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Anaqua permet à Bausch Health d’améliorer la gestion de sa propriété intellectuelle.

La plateforme AQX d’Anaqua fournit une gestion des brevets et des marques en intégrant des données analytiques.

BOSTON, 14 sept. 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Anaqua, le leader dans le domaine de la gestion de l’innovation et de la propriété intellectuelle (PI), a annoncé aujourd’hui que Bausch Health Companies Inc. avait choisi AQX, la plateforme d’Anaqua afin d’améliorer la gestion de sa PI pour ses opérations à l’international.

Bausch Health utilisera AQX comme principal système de gestion PI, aussi bien pour la gestion des brevets que des marques, pour leur ancien fournisseur de services PI. Bausch Health profitera de la large gamme d’Anaqua, y compris AcclaimIP pour l’analyse de brevets, Anaqua Services pour les annuités de brevets et les renouvellements de marques, ainsi que les modules AQX pour la gestion des contrats PI et la gestion financière.

Bob Romeo, PDG d’Anaqua a déclaré : “Bausch Health est une entreprise pharmaceutique innovante qui s’engage à aider les gens dans le monde entier. Nous sommes fiers de travailler avec eux afin de mieux les aider à protéger leurs actifs PI grâce aux solutions d’innovation et de gestion PI d’Anaqua.”

À propos d’Anaqua
Anaqua, Inc. leader dans le domaine de la gestion de l’innovation et de la propriété intellectuelle. La plateforme AQX d’Anaqua combine les meilleures pratiques de flux de travail avec des analyses de données et des services technologiques pour créer un environnement intelligent conçu pour informer la stratégie PI, permettre la prise de décision PI et rationaliser les opérations PI. Aujourd’hui, près de la moitié des 100 premiers déposants de brevets américains et des marques à travers le monde, ainsi qu’un nombre croissant de cabinets de conseil dans le monde utilisent les solutions Anaqua. Plus d’un million de cadres, d’avocats, d’assistants juridiques, d’administrateurs et d’innovateurs utilisent la plateforme pour leurs besoins de gestion PI. Le siège social de l’entreprise est basé à Boston, avec des bureaux aux Etats-Unis, en Europe et en Asie. Pour de plus amples informations, veuillez consulter le site anaqua.com, ou LinkedIn.

Contact de la société :
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Anaqua
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Gates Foundation’s Annual Goalkeepers Report Finds Stark Disparities in COVID-19 Impacts

New data reveals world stepped up to prevent worst-case scenarios from happening; spotlights need for long-term investments to ensure an equitable recovery and continued progress toward the Global Goals

SEATTLE, Sept. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today launched its fifth annual Goalkeepers Report, featuring an updated global dataset illustrating the pandemic’s adverse impact on progress toward the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (Global Goals).

This year’s report, co-authored by Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates, co-chairs of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, shows that disparities caused by COVID-19 remain stark, and those who have been hardest hit by the pandemic will be the slowest to recover. Because of COVID-19, an additional 31 million people were pushed into extreme poverty in 2020 compared to 2019. And while 90% of advanced economies will regain pre-pandemic per capita income levels by next year, only a third of low- and middle-income economies are expected to do so.

Fortunately, amidst this devastation, the world stepped up to avert some of the worst-case scenarios. In last year’s Goalkeepers Report, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) predicted a drop of 14 percentage points in global vaccine coverage—effectively erasing 25 years of progress in 25 weeks. New analysis from IHME demonstrates that the decline, while still unacceptable, was only half of what was anticipated.

In the report, the co-chairs highlight the “breathtaking innovation” that was only possible because of global collaboration, commitment, and investments over decades. They acknowledge that averting the worst-case scenarios is commendable, yet they note it’s not enough. To ensure a truly equitable recovery from the pandemic, they call for long-term investments in health and economies—like the ones that led to the rapid development of the COVID-19 vaccine—to propel recovery efforts and get the world back on track to meet the Global Goals.

“[The past year] has reinforced our belief that progress is possible but not inevitable,” write the co-chairs. “If we can expand upon the best of what we’ve seen these past 18 months, we can finally put the pandemic behind us and once again accelerate progress in addressing fundamental issues like health, hunger, and climate change.”

The report highlights the disproportionate economic impact that the pandemic has had on women globally. In high- and low-income countries alike, women have been harder hit than men by the global recession that was triggered by the pandemic.

“Women face structural barriers in every corner of the world, leaving them more vulnerable to the impacts of the pandemic,” said Melinda French Gates. “By investing in women now and addressing these inequities, governments can spur a more equitable recovery while strengthening their economies against future crises. It’s not just the right thing to do—but smart policy that will benefit everyone.”

The report also illustrates how the so-called “miracle” of COVID-19 vaccines was the result of decades of investment, policies, and partnerships that established the infrastructure, talent, and ecosystems necessary to deploy them quickly. However, the systems that allowed for the unprecedented development and deployment of the COVID-19 vaccine exist primarily in wealthy countries, and as a result, the world has not benefited equally.

“The lack of equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines is a public health tragedy,” said Bill Gates. “We face the very real risk that in the future, wealthy countries and communities will begin treating COVID-19 as yet another disease of poverty. We can’t put the pandemic behind us until everyone, regardless of where they live, has access to vaccines.”

More than 80% of all COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in high- and upper-middle-income countries to date, with some securing two to three times the number needed so they can cover boosters; less than 1% of doses have been administered in low-income countries. Further, COVID-19 vaccine access has been strongly correlated with the locations where there is vaccine R&D and manufacturing capability. Though Africa is home to 17% of the world’s population, for example, it has less than 1% of the world’s vaccine manufacturing capabilities.

Ultimately, the report calls for the world to invest in R&D, infrastructure, and innovation in places closer to the people who stand to benefit.

“We must invest in local partners to strengthen the capacity of researchers and manufacturers in lower-income countries to create the vaccines and medicines they need,” said Gates Foundation CEO Mark Suzman. “The only way we will solve our greatest health challenges is by drawing on the innovation and talent of people all over the world.”

About the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people’s health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people—especially those with the fewest resources—have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life. Based in Seattle, Washington, the foundation is led by CEO Mark Suzman, under the direction of Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates.

About Goalkeepers

Goalkeepers is the foundation’s campaign to accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (Global Goals). By sharing stories and data behind the Global Goals through an annual report, we hope to inspire a new generation of leaders—Goalkeepers who raise awareness of progress, hold their leaders accountable, and drive action to achieve the Global Goals.

About the Global Goals

On September 25, 2015, at the United Nations headquarters in New York, 193 world leaders committed to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (Global Goals). These are a series of ambitious objectives and targets to achieve three extraordinary things by 2030: end poverty, fight inequality and injustice, and fix climate change.

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Le rapport annuel Goalkeepers Report de la Fondation Gates révèle de fortes disparités dans les répercussions de la COVID-19

De nouvelles données montrent que le monde s’est mobilisé pour empêcher les pires scénarios de se produire et soulignent que des investissements à long terme sont requis afin d’assurer une reprise équitable et des progrès continus vers les Objectifs mondiaux

SEATTLE, 14 septembre 2021 /PRNewswire/ — La Fondation Bill & Melinda Gates a publié aujourd’hui son cinquième rapport annuel Goalkeepers, qui présente un ensemble de données mondiales actualisées illustrant l’impact négatif de la pandémie sur la réalisation des objectifs de développement durable des Nations Unies (objectifs mondiaux).

Le rapport de cette année, co-écrit par Bill Gates et Melinda French Gates, co-présidents de la Fondation Bill & Melinda Gates, montre que les disparités causées par le COVID-19 restent d’actualité, et que ceux qui ont été le plus durement touchés par la pandémie seront les plus lents à s’en remettre. La COVID-19 a fait basculer 31 millions de personnes en plus dans une situation d’extrême pauvreté en 2020 par rapport à 2019. Par ailleurs, alors que 90 % des économies avancées retrouveront leur niveau de revenu par habitant pré-pandémique d’ici l’année prochaine, seulement un tiers des économies à faible et moyen revenu devraient connaître un tel rétablissement.

Fort heureusement, le monde s’est mobilisé pour éviter certains des scénarios les plus catastrophiques. Dans le Goalkeepers Report de l’an dernier, l’Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) a prédit une baisse de 14 points de pourcentage de la couverture vaccinale mondiale, ce qui aurait éliminé 25 ans de progrès en 25 semaines. Une nouvelle analyse de l’IHME démontre que la réduction de la couverture vaccinale, bien qu’elle reste inacceptable, n’a atteint que la moitié du déclin prévu.

Dans le rapport, les coprésidents rendent hommage à une « innovation spectaculaire » qui n’aurait pas été possible sans les efforts de collaboration et d’engagement et les investissements mondiaux réalisés au fil des décennies. Bien qu’il soit louable d’éviter les pires scénarios, les auteurs du rapport ont fait remarquer que cela n’est pas suffisant. Les coprésidents appellent à des investissements à long terme dans la santé et les économies, comme ceux qui ont mené au développement rapide du vaccin contre la COVID-19, afin de s’assurer que les pays se rétablissent de la pandémie de manière véritablement équitable, de stimuler les efforts de rétablissement et de remettre le monde sur la bonne voie pour atteindre les Objectifs mondiaux.

« [L’année écoulée] a renforcé notre conviction que les progrès sont possibles, mais qu’ils ne sont pas inévitables, écrivent les coprésidents. En nous appuyant sur ce que nous avons vu de mieux au cours des 18 derniers mois, nous pourrons enfin mettre la pandémie derrière nous et accélérer encore une fois les progrès dans la résolution de problèmes fondamentaux comme la santé, la faim et le changement climatique. »

Le rapport souligne l’impact économique disproportionné que la pandémie a eu sur les femmes à l’échelle mondiale. Dans les pays à revenu élevé tout comme dans les pays à faible revenu, les femmes ont ressenti plus durement l’impact de la récession mondiale déclenchée par la pandémie.

« Aux quatre coins du monde, les femmes font face à des obstacles structurels qui les rendent plus vulnérables aux répercussions de la pandémie, a déclaré Melinda French Gates. En commençant dès maintenant à investir dans les femmes et à corriger ces inégalités, les gouvernements peuvent stimuler une reprise plus équitable tout en rendant leurs économies plus résilientes face aux crises futures. Il s’agit non seulement de la bonne chose à faire, mais aussi d’une politique intelligente qui profitera à tous. »

En outre, le rapport montre comment le soi-disant « miracle » des vaccins contre la COVID-19 est le fruit de décennies d’investissements, de politiques et de partenariats qui ont établi l’infrastructure, le bassin de talents et les écosystèmes requis pour déployer les vaccins rapidement. Toutefois, les systèmes qui ont permis la mise au point et le déploiement sans précédent de vaccins contre la COVID-19 existant principalement dans les pays riches, le monde n’en a pas profité de façon égale.

« L’accès inéquitable aux vaccins contre la COVID-19 est une tragédie de santé publique, a déclaré Bill Gates. Il existe un risque réel de voir les pays et les collectivités riches traiter la COVID-19 comme une autre maladie de la pauvreté à l’avenir. Nous ne pourrons pas mettre la pandémie derrière nous tant que les gens n’ont pas tous accès aux vaccins, où qu’ils vivent. »

À ce jour, plus de 80 % de tous les vaccins contre la COVID-19 ont été administrés dans des pays à revenu élevé ou intermédiaire supérieur. Par ailleurs, certains de ces pays ont reçu deux ou trois fois le nombre de vaccins dont ils ont besoin afin de garder une réserve de doses de rappel. Moins de 1 % des vaccins ont été administrés dans des pays à faible revenu. De plus, l’accès aux vaccins contre la COVID-19 est fortement corrélé avec les pays qui disposent de capacités de R&D et de fabrication de vaccins. L’Afrique, par exemple, abrite 17 % de la population mondiale, mais possède moins de 1 % des capacités mondiales de fabrication de vaccins.

Le rapport appelle enfin le monde entier à investir dans la R&D, les infrastructures et l’innovation dans des endroits à plus grande proximité des populations qui pourraient en bénéficier.

« Nous devons investir dans des partenaires locaux afin de renforcer la capacité des chercheurs et des fabricants des pays à faible revenu à créer les vaccins et les médicaments dont les habitants ont besoin, a déclaré Mark Suzman, PDG de la Fondation Gates. La seule façon de surmonter les plus grands défis liés à la santé est de miser sur l’innovation et le talent des gens du monde entier. »

À propos de la Fondation Bill & Melinda Gates

Guidée par la conviction que chaque vie a une valeur égale, la Fondation Bill & Melinda Gates s’efforce d’aider tous les individus à mener une vie saine et productive. Dans les pays en développement, elle vise à améliorer la santé des populations et à leur donner la possibilité de se sortir de la faim et de l’extrême pauvreté. Aux États-Unis, elle cherche à faire en sorte que tous les individus, en particulier ceux qui ont le moins de ressources, aient accès aux opportunités dont ils ont besoin pour réussir à l’école et dans la vie. Basée à Seattle, Washington, la fondation est dirigée par le PDG Mark Suzman, sous la direction de Bill Gates et Melinda French Gates.

À propos de Goalkeepers

Goalkeepers est la campagne de la fondation pour accélérer les progrès vers les objectifs de développement durable (Objectifs mondiaux). En partageant les histoires et les données qui sous-tendent les Objectifs mondiaux par le biais d’un rapport annuel, nous espérons inspirer une nouvelle génération de dirigeants – des Goalkeepers qui sensibilisent au progrès, tiennent leurs dirigeants responsables et incitent à l’action pour atteindre les objectifs mondiaux.

À propos des Objectifs mondiaux

Le 25 septembre 2015, au siège des Nations unies à New York, 193 dirigeants mondiaux se sont engagés à atteindre les 17 objectifs de développement durable (objectifs mondiaux). Il s’agit d’une série d’objectifs et de buts ambitieux visant à réaliser trois choses extraordinaires d’ici 2030 : mettre fin à la pauvreté, lutter contre les inégalités et l’injustice et remédier au changement climatique.

Contact pour les média : media@gatesfoundation.org  

Lien vers le rapport : https://www.gatesfoundation.org/goalkeepers/report/2021-report/

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Aid Group Implores Burkina Faso Government to Accept Assistance in Registering Newly Displaced

OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO – International aid groups are calling on Burkina Faso’s government to let them help register the country’s internally displaced people. The Norwegian Refugee Council says the government is taking weeks to register IDPs for food and other aid, forcing some back into dangerous areas.

In a statement released Monday, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) said government authorities are taking weeks to register IDPs, like these 500 or so who until recently stayed at a school in the town of Ouahigouya.

The NRC say they could carry out the registration process, which is essential before aid can be distributed to IDPs within a week, and implored the government to quote, “Let us step in and support.”

Rasmata Ouedraogo, who was living in the school, fled her village of Nongo with her young son after a terrorist attack.

She says they were wearing army uniforms, so it was difficult to know if they were terrorists. She had to hide herself for two days in her house.

She says she arrived in Ouahigouya around two months ago, and so far, her family has received one hundred dollars in aid payments.

“The first thing we need is food for us and our children, and then some clothes, among other things,” she told VOA.

The community leader of the IDPs says this month students will return to their studies, so the school’s owner has asked the IDPs to move out. Local authorities sent them to a site outside of the town where access to food and services is difficult.

“At the very beginning, we were able to have some cereal like maize and millet plus $100 for each family, but that was two to three months ago,” he says. He added that some people arrived more recently, and those people have not gotten any food so far.

Many of the IDPs who stayed at the school say they are unsure of whether they’ve been registered or not, but say none of them are receiving enough aid. Tom Peyre-Costa is from the Norwegian Refugee Council.

“Authorities really lack the capacity to count and register newly displaced people, and meanwhile aid organizations are not allowed to intervene. So, this is what we are asking for today. We need more flexibility,” he said.

In a tense press conference Monday, Laurence Marchal Ilboudo, the minister of humanitarian affairs said this when asked why offers of assistance from aid groups were being turned down.

You asked why we don’t make it easier for the partners if they can do it better than the locals,” he said. “But why them? Because they have the resources? Because they have the machines? Our nation has the expertise to do it. Why don’t we make use of this material expertise so that the locals can do it themselves?”

As the school now lies empty, waiting for the students to return, the IDPs who resided there remain in need of help.

Source: Voice of America

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Guinea’s Junta Begins Meetings to Form Transitional Government

The junta that overthrew Guinea’s government more than a week ago began four days of meetings Tuesday that it says will result in the formation of a transitional government.

The junta that ousted President Alpha Conde said it would consult in the capital, Conakry, with political, business and religious leaders as it charts a new course for the West African country.

The junta hopes that during the talks, leaders will agree on who will lead the transition, a time frame to complete it, and the political and institutional reforms needed before the election.

The Economic Community of West African States, which has suspended Guinea’s decision-making authority, has appealed for a brief civilian-led transition.

Last week, Guinea’s special forces overthrew the government under the leadership of Mamady Doumbouya, a former French Foreign Legionnaire.

The coup was preceded by violent street demonstrations last year in opposition to Conde’s quest for a third term in office.

The coup has been welcomed by Conde’s longtime opponents, including

Cellou Dalein Diallo, the former prime minister who lost to Conde in the last three presidential elections.

Leaders of the country’s mining industry also participated in the coup after

Doumbouya tried to reassure them he would work to prevent the destabilization of its critical bauxite and gold exports.

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Innova Medical Group fait un don de 10 millions de livres pour financer le lancement d’un institut mondial de lutte contre les pandémies à Liverpool

– Liverpool va accueillir le siège du Pandemic Institute, qui fournira la première capacité unique et complète au monde pour prédire, prévenir, répondre et se remettre des futures pandémies

– Innova a fourni le capital nécessaire à la création de l’Institut, aux côtés du soutien du conseil municipal de Liverpool, de l’université de Liverpool, de l’université John Moores de Liverpool, de la Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine et de KQ Liverpool.

PASADENA, Californie et LIVERPOOL, Angleterre, 13 septembre 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Innova Medical Group, un innovateur mondial dans le domaine de la santé et le plus grand fournisseur mondial de tests rapides d’antigènes, a annoncé un don de 10 millions de livres sterling pour le lancement du Pandemic Institute, un centre d’excellence mondial pour aider le monde à prévenir, préparer et répondre plus efficacement aux futures pandémies. Le siège de l’institut se trouve dans le Knowledge Quarter Liverpool (KQ Liverpool).

INNOVA MEDICAL GROUP GIFTS £10M TO LAUNCH GLOBAL PANDEMIC INSTITUTE IN LIVERPOOL

Le don d’Innova fournit le capital de démarrage nécessaire à l’établissement de l’institut, aux côtés du soutien du conseil municipal de Liverpool, de l’université de Liverpool, de l’université John Moores de Liverpool, de la Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine et du KQ Liverpool.

L’établissement offrira une expertise clinique, de recherche et politique de pointe, basée dans ce qui sera bientôt désigné comme l’un des bâtiments les plus sains du monde, The Spine. Cette expertise s’appuiera sur l’un des plus grands atouts de Liverpool – ses ressources universitaires considérables – ainsi que sur des connexions et des affiliés internationaux et des partenaires des secteurs public et privé.

Ensemble, les partenaires de l’institut traduiront les résultats de la recherche en politiques et en actions concrètes, en proposant une approche holistique unique et des capacités complètes de bout en bout tout au long du cycle de vie d’une pandémie. Le résultat permettra au monde d’accélérer la réponse globale aux futurs événements pandémiques, d’unifier les renseignements mondiaux et d’augmenter considérablement l’impact de la recherche sur les pandémies sur la société mondiale.

« L’équipe d’Innova est passionnée par le soutien de projets qui feront la différence et il apparaît clairement aujourd’hui que les pandémies constituent l’une des plus grandes menaces pour la santé de la population mondiale », a déclaré Daniel Elliott, PDG et président d’Innova Medical Group. « C’est une initiative vraiment passionnante pour nous de soutenir les institutions académiques et commerciales de la ville dont l’ambition est de trouver des solutions complètes qui peuvent être appliquées à l’échelle mondiale. Nous sommes impatients de travailler en collaboration avec les partenaires présents et futurs de l’Institut afin d’atteindre cet objectif commun. »

« Le Pandemic Institute sera un centre d’excellence unique qui a le potentiel d’aider à révolutionner la façon dont le monde répond aux futures pandémies », a déclaré le professeur Matthew Baylis, directeur du Pandemic Institute. « Liverpool est parfaitement placée pour cette initiative passionnante et nous apprécions le leadership d’Innova dans la création du Pandemic Institute et le don généreux à Liverpool. »

À PROPOS D’INNOVA MEDICAL GROUP, INC :

Innova Medical Group est un innovateur mondial dans le domaine du dépistage et du diagnostic en matière de santé, animé par la volonté d’améliorer radicalement les résultats sanitaires dans le monde entier grâce à des solutions de test équitables et de grande valeur. Notre approche stratégique et itérative nous permet de créer, de construire et de déployer une myriade de tests accessibles et personnalisés pour rencontrer et responsabiliser l’utilisateur au moment où il en a besoin. Avec une vision panoramique allant du présent au futur, nous développons des solutions de confiance dont l’utilisation est à la fois intuitive et sécurisée. Nous sommes rapidement et agilement devenus le plus grand fournisseur mondial de tests Covid-19, et nous sommes déterminés à poursuivre ce modèle pour les maladies infectieuses, les autres maladies chroniques et le bien-être. Pour plus d’informations, veuillez consulter : www.innovamedgroup.com

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Zoom Announces Planned Innovations to Ignite the Next Era of Communications

Zoomtopia 2021 Highlights Customers Using Zoom Innovations to Embrace Change, Enable Hybrid Workforces, and Grow Their Businesses

SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, Zoom Video Communications, Inc. kicked off Zoomtopia 2021, unveiling plans for innovations across its platform designed for today’s dynamic working environments, and to ignite a new era of connection and collaboration. Zoom is transforming the trajectory of business and personal communications by advancing the way we connect, share ideas, and get more done together – regardless of location. Zoom is developing new products, features, and partnerships designed to empower and engage the modern workforce with connected workstreams.

“Innovation remains at the forefront of Zoom’s annual Zoomtopia conference,” said Daniel Newman, Principal Analyst at Futurum Research. “I am particularly impressed with how Zoom’s plans for new solutions, like Zoom Video Engagement Center and Zoom Whiteboard, could continue to broaden Zoom’s impact on different facets of our work and lives, while enabling customers to create and grow businesses entirely on its platform.”

“In the last decade, we have been honored to become the ‘go-to’ video communications platform, but there has never been a more dynamic period in the company’s history than these last 18 months,” said Eric S. Yuan, Founder and CEO at Zoom. “We have released hundreds of new features, enhancements, and capabilities this past year alone and we have exciting new features in our development pipeline. With the ability to visually brainstorm on a virtual whiteboard and collaborate with colleagues similar to an in-person experience, or the endless opportunities of live transcription and translation services powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) – previously considered ‘futuristic’ technologies are on the verge of becoming a reality and could reshape the way we work.”

Empowering and Engaging Communities
Zoom’s recent study on the role of video communications in daily life examined people’s preferences for how they envision using this technology in a future world. Globally, the majority of respondents agree that everything will have a virtual element – including celebrations and events.

  • Zoom Events Conference is a new event type that Zoom plans to make available this fall on Zoom Events, which will allow hosts to organize multi-track and multi-day events in a sophisticated format, with rich functionality, including, event lobby, chat, networking, sponsors, surveys, recordings, analytics, and more. Zoom Events Conference will offer hosts and attendees a customizable experience with the ability to provide an engaging and connected virtual event experience.

Enabling the Modern Workforce
Zoom is working to arm customers with innovative technology solutions designed to create new opportunities for business growth. Future potential projects include:

  • Zoom Video Engagement Center (VEC): Connect your experts with your customers on video to create engaging experiences where they can build rapport and trust, and share expertise in a structured and immersive virtual environment. With industry-specific solutions, Zoom VEC will offer the same cloud-first scalability and trusted video architecture customers have come to expect from Zoom.
  • Zoom Whiteboard: Today’s hybrid, remote and colocated workforce relies on collaboration tools to be efficient and productive, and the goal for Zoom Whiteboard is to set a new standard for working smarter, together. We envision that Zoom Whiteboard will act as a digital canvas, enabling seamless, real-time and asynchronous collaboration, with the ability to interact with the whiteboard similar to an in-person experience, creating more visually engaging and efficient meeting experiences.
  • Zoom & Oculus Team Up: Zoom will be teaming up with Horizon Workrooms to bring the physical and virtual world together using Zoom. The goal is to allow users to access their Zoom Whiteboard and Zoom Meetings within the virtual Workrooms environment when this ships next year. With this collaboration, we aim to let people immerse themselves into the Zoom Whiteboard no matter what device they join from, all while in a Zoom meeting.
  • Live Translation and Transcription: Zoom meetings will become even more inclusive with the addition of real time, automated translation, as well as expansion of its existing live transcription, with support for multiple languages coming later next year. Zoom connects users across borders and continents, and these live transcription and translation features will create endless opportunities by bridging the communications gap across language barriers as well.
  • Zoom Rooms Smart Gallery: Zoom is committed to enabling the modern workforce. To foster a more inclusive hybrid, remote and colocated work experience, we plan to expand use cases of Zoom Rooms Smart Gallery for meeting spaces of all sizes by creating individual video feeds of in-room participants, so they’re viewed clearly and equally by remote employees.
  • Hot Desking: Zoom’s envisioned hot desking solution, available later this year, will allow employees to reserve desks and spaces in their offices using an interactive map and enable easy authentication to bring your personal Zoom experience to any Zoom Rooms or Zoom Phone appliance.
  • Platform Security: Security and privacy are cornerstones of the Zoom platform. To empower customers to provision and manage their own encryption keys, Zoom is developing a Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) offering, with an initial beta planned for later this year. Additionally, Zoom plans to extend End-to-end encryption (E2EE) to Zoom Phone, potentially enabling users to upgrade to E2EE during one-on-one phone calls that occur via the Zoom client in the coming year.

Connecting Workstreams
Zoom is virtually replicating the various ways we interact in real life, and beyond. Zoom Meetings, Chat, Webinars and Phone all work together as one unified communications solution, with the ability to navigate between them.

  • Zoom Apps are built to optimize meeting workflows. Later this year, we plan to make integration of Zoom Apps available throughout the platform, including Zoom Apps for Webinars, Zoom Apps for Mobile, and immersive apps, which will enable even more immersive and collaborative app experiences.
  • Zoom Chat Huddle View will potentially provide a visual layout of channels to give teams a sense of connectedness while working virtually. Channel members will potentially be able to choose a unique virtual background of their choice, chat, easily see who is in the channel, and quickly identify if they are busy or available, bringing teams together in a whole new way.
  • Zoom Phone Video Voicemails is planned to provide a more personable alternative to standard voicemails with the ability to leave video messages for colleagues, right into their voicemail inbox.
  • Zoom Continuous Collaboration could make it easier to collaborate across tools with tighter integrations across the Zoom platform and third parties. With these planned enhancements, users would benefit from the ability to share files, recordings and chats from Zoom Meetings to Zoom Chat for easy reference and collaboration on documents and integration with file sharing solutions – all without having to leave the Zoom client.
  • Zoom Widget is planned to provide a view at-a-glance schedule, that could enable users to see who is already in the meeting, and notify the host using Zoom Chat if they are running late. For people in back-to-back meetings, Zoom Widget will help them manage time, expectations, and keep their teammates in the know.

These planned innovations will help to create a more efficient, collaborative, and engaging user experience, while also simplifying processes by connecting and organizing workstreams.

Social Impact and Zoomtopia Awards

  • Zoom Cares, Zoom’s social impact arm, announced $2 million of new funding to a collection of eight global nonprofits supporting mental health among native, LGBTQ, and young people of color who have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19 and systemic racism. Zoom organized a team of seven global experts as part of its participatory grantmaking process to collaboratively decide on the nonprofits and distribution of donations.
  • Zoom is honoring select customers who made tremendous efforts to combat COVID-19 with the Zoom Delivering Hope Awards. By activating their networks, leveraging their resources, and sharing their expertise, these organizations had a massive impact on the global collective effort against the coronavirus.
  • Every year at Zoomtopia, the company highlights the creative and unique ways its customers are using Zoom with the Zoomtopia Innovation Awards. The contest recognizes the Zoom customers that most embody innovation, inspiration, and creativity in using Zoom solutions.

Zoomtopia, powered by Zoom Events Conference, features over 75 educational sessions, over 100 thought-provoking speakers, business leaders and celebrity appearances, and opportunities to network, collaborate, and learn, visit Zoomtopia.com to register and attend. The statements contained here are for informational purposes only. Any services, products or functionality referenced that are not currently available are subject to change at Zoom’s sole discretion and may not be delivered as planned or at all. Customers who purchase from Zoom should make their purchase decisions based upon currently available pricing, features and functions.

About Zoom
Zoom is for you. We help you express ideas, connect to others, and build toward a future limited only by your imagination. Our frictionless communications platform is the only one that started with video as its foundation, and we have set the standard for innovation ever since. That is why we are an intuitive, scalable, and secure choice for individuals, small businesses, and large enterprises alike. Founded in 2011, Zoom is publicly traded (NASDAQ:ZM) and headquartered in San Jose, California. Visit zoom.com and follow @zoom.

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TrueCommerce Acquires DiCentral

Acquisition creates the most feature-rich, global, cloud-based, multienterprise supply chain network

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — TrueCommerce, a leading global cloud provider of supply chain and trading partner connectivity, integration, and omnichannel solutions, announced today that it has acquired DiCentral, a leading global B2B and API solutions provider. This acquisition enables TrueCommerce to fuel the growth of its leading global network, deepen its solutions portfolio, and expand its global geographic footprint.

This acquisition further cements TrueCommerce’s position as a leader in the digital supply chain collaboration and connectivity space. By leveraging the combined company’s expertise in automation, digitalization, and integration, TrueCommerce is uniquely positioned to transform the way its customers do business, with value-added solutions designed to tackle complex supply chain and eCommerce challenges, streamline operations, and increase profitability.

Known for simplifying complex API and EDI business challenges, DiCentral adds 30,000 connections to TrueCommerce’s Global Commerce Network, plus nearly 5,000 customers from a diverse base. The combined TrueCommerce network now expands to 160,000 connections and nearly 18,000 customers. Combining the strengths of both companies creates an unmatched network and innovative solution offering that empowers customers to digitize, expand, and grow their businesses like never before.

“Together, we offer intuitive integrated solutions and connectivity that solve the challenges our customers face in growing their business across an increasingly digitized, global, and complex supply chain,” said John Fay, CEO of TrueCommerce.

The acquisition fuels TrueCommerce’s vision for global growth with expanded services and integrations, including:

  • Expanded cloud-based global supply chain network
  • Increased API connectivity to key 3rd party solutions
  • An enhanced set of integrated SaaS applications and tools
  • Powerful iPaaS capabilities
  • A more extensive supply chain visibility solution
  • Extended geographic footprint
  • A more comprehensive retail drop ship program
  • Tighter integration with cloud-based SMB & enterprise-level ERPs
  • Accelerated deployment and ROI for customers

“I am thrilled to be joining the TrueCommerce leadership team and working alongside John Fay and Todd Johnson to seamlessly bring the two companies together,” said Thuy Mai, CEO of DiCentral. “We see this as a win-win for both TrueCommerce and DiCentral customers. The resulting increase in global network connectivity, commerce solutions, applications, and tools provides an unmatched offering for customers looking to grow their businesses.”

Mr. Mai will become a member of the TrueCommerce executive leadership team, serving as Co-Chief Strategy Officer of TrueCommerce. Todd Johnson will serve as the new CEO of DiCentral in addition to his current role as President and COO of TrueCommerce. John Fay will continue to serve as CEO of the combined company.

“DiCentral’s offerings strengthen our multienterprise commerce network, which already empowers businesses of all sizes to grow both domestically and internationally,” said Todd Johnson, CEO of DiCentral and President and COO of TrueCommerce. “I’m looking forward to working with the DiCentral team and continuing to provide best-in-class solutions and services to our customers.”

Ryan Harper, General Partner at Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS), a leading technology-focused private equity firm that recently acquired TrueCommerce, remarked, “We are confident that TrueCommerce is on track to becoming the global leader in supply chain collaboration, connectivity and omnichannel solutions. We continue to support the strategy of combining organic growth with focused, strategic acquisitions that expand the depth and breadth of new and existing segments, geographies, and capability areas.”

WCAS acquired TrueCommerce in November 2020 from Accel-KKR (AKKR). AKKR remains a minority shareholder of TrueCommerce. DiCentral was advised by DC Advisory.

About TrueCommerce
TrueCommerce is the most complete way to connect your business across the supply chain, integrating everything from EDI, to inventory management, to fulfillment, to digital storefronts and marketplaces. We’ve revolutionized supply chain visibility and collaboration by helping organizations make the most of their omnichannel initiatives via business P2P connectivity, order management, collaborative replenishment, intelligent fulfillment, cross-functional analytics, and product information management.

The TrueCommerce Global Commerce Network can connect businesses to over 130,000 retailers, distributors, and logistics service providers. As a fully managed services provider, we also manage new trading partner onboarding, as well as the ongoing management of partner-specific mapping, labeling changes, and communications monitoring. That’s why thousands of companies—ranging from startups to the global Fortune 100, across various industries—rely on us.

TrueCommerce: Do business in every direction
For more information, visit www.truecommerce.com

About DiCentral
Founded in 2000, DiCentral is a leading global provider of business-to-business and application integration solutions, with over two decades of experience solving complex EDI and API challenges. As market conditions continue to fluctuate and technology is deployed to manage process changes, leading organizations rely on DiCentral’s cloud-based integration platform and a global team of specialized experts to integrate and leverage data across multiple cloud and on-premises systems and applications.

Headquartered in Houston, Texas, DiCentral has 11 offices worldwide, supporting customers in more than 35 countries. DiCentral utilizes a vast library of integrations with ERPs and other applications to seamlessly exchange transactional data with trading partners worldwide to maximize ROI while maintaining existing data infrastructure. DiCentral’s services and solutions are leveraged by many Fortune 1000 companies, processing over $200 billion in transactions for over 30,000 organizations worldwide. For more information, visit www.dicentral.com.

About Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe
WCAS is a leading U.S. private equity firm focused on two target industries: technology and healthcare. Since its founding in 1979, the firm’s strategy has been to partner with outstanding management teams and build value for its investors through a combination of operational improvements, growth initiatives and strategic acquisitions. The firm has raised and managed funds totaling over $27 billion of committed capital. For more information, please visit www.wcas.com.

About Accel-KKR
Accel-KKR is a technology-focused investment firm with over $10 billion in capital commitments. The firm focuses on software and tech-enabled businesses, well-positioned for topline and bottom-line growth. At the core of Accel-KKR’s investment strategy is a commitment to developing strong partnerships with the management teams of its portfolio companies and a focus on building value alongside management by leveraging the significant resources available through the Accel-KKR network. Accel-KKR focuses on middle-market companies and provides a broad range of capital solutions including buyout capital, minority-growth investments, and credit alternatives. Accel-KKR also invests across a wide range of transaction types including private company recapitalizations, divisional carve-outs and going-private transactions. In 2019 and 2020, Inc. named Accel-KKR to “PE 50 – The Best Private Equity Firms for Entrepreneurs,” its annual list of founder-friendly private equity firms. Accel-KKR is headquartered in Menlo Park with offices in Atlanta and London. Visit www.accel-kkr.com to learn more.

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TrueCommerce Adquire DiCentral

Aquisição cria a rede de cadeia de suprimentos multiempresarial global mais rica em recursos na nuvem

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A TrueCommerce, fornecedora líder global de soluções de conectividade, integração e omnicanal de cadeia de suprimentos e parceiros comerciais, anunciou hoje que adquiriu a DiCentral, fornecedora líder global de soluções B2B e API. Com essa aquisição a TrueCommerce viabilizará o crescimento da sua rede global líder, o aumento do seu portfólio de soluções e a expansão da sua presença global.

Essa aquisição solidifica ainda mais a posição da TrueCommerce como líder no espaço de colaboração e conectividade da cadeia de suprimentos digital. Agora com a experiência conjunta da empresa em automação, digitalização e integração, a TrueCommerce está excepcionalmente posicionada para transformar a maneira como seus clientes fazem negócios, com soluções de valor agregado criadas para enfrentar os desafios complexos da cadeia de suprimentos e do comércio eletrônico, agilizar as operações e aumentar a lucratividade.

Conhecida por simplificar os complexos desafios de negócios de API e EDI, a DiCentral adiciona 30.000 conexões à Rede de Comércio Global da TrueCommerce, além de quase 5.000 clientes de uma base diversificada. A rede conjunta da TrueCommerce agora chega a 160.000 conexões e quase 18.000 clientes. A combinação dos pontos fortes das duas empresas cria uma oferta inigualável de rede e solução inovadora que capacita os clientes a digitalizar, expandir e aumentar mais do que nunca seus negócios.

“Em conjunto, oferecemos soluções e conectividade intuitivas integradas que resolvem os desafios que nossos clientes enfrentam para ampliar seus negócios em uma cadeia de suprimentos cada vez mais digitalizada, global e complexa”, disse John Fay, CEO da TrueCommerce. “Estamos comprometidos em aprimorar e apoiar a plataforma da DiCentral e recebemos com prazer os clientes e a equipe talentosa da DiCentral na família TrueCommerce.”

A aquisição apoia a visão da TrueCommerce para o crescimento global com maiores serviços e integrações, incluindo:

  • Rede expandida da cadeia de suprimentos global baseada na nuvem
  • Maior conectividade de API para as principais soluções de terceiros
  • Um conjunto aprimorado de aplicativos e ferramentas SaaS integrados
  • Capacidades potentes de iPaaS
  • Uma solução de visibilidade da cadeia de suprimentos mais extensa
  • Maior alcance geográfico
  • Um programa mais abrangente de entrega de varejo direto da fábrica
  • Integração mais estreita com SMB e ERPs corporativos com base na nuvem
  • Implantação acelerada e ROI para clientes

“Estou muito contente em fazer parte da equipe de liderança da TrueCommerce e de trabalhar ao lado de John Fay e Todd Johnson para unir as duas empresas”, disse Thuy Mai, CEO da DiCentral. “Nós vemos isso como um benefício para todos os clientes da TrueCommerce e da DiCentral. O aumento da conectividade da rede global, das soluções de comércio, dos aplicativos e das ferramentas, passa a ser uma oferta imbatível para clientes que buscam expandir seus negócios.”

O Sr. Mai passará a ser membro da equipe de liderança executiva da TrueCommerce, atuando como Codiretor de Estratégia da TrueCommerce. Todd Johnson será o novo CEO da DiCentral, além de continuar nos seus cargos atuais de Presidente e COO da TrueCommerce. John Fay continuará a atuar como CEO da nova empresa.

“As ofertas da DiCentral fortalecem nossa rede de comércio multiempresarial, que já permite que empresas de todos os tamanhos cresçam nacional e internacionalmente”, disse Todd Johnson, CEO da DiCentral e Presidente e COO da TrueCommerce. “Estou pronto para trabalhar com a equipe da DiCentral e continuar a fornecer as melhores soluções e serviços para nossos clientes.”

Ryan Harper, Sócio Geral da Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS), uma empresa líder em ativos privados focada na tecnologia recém adquirida da TrueCommerce, comentou: “Estamos confiantes de que a TrueCommerce está no caminho certo para se tornar a líder global em colaboração de cadeia de suprimentos, conectividade e soluções omnicanal. Continuamos a dar apoio à estratégia de união do crescimento orgânico com as aquisições estratégicas focadas que expandem a profundidade e a amplitude dos segmentos, áreas geográficas e de capacidade novos e existentes.”

A WCAS adquiriu a TrueCommerce em novembro de 2020 da Accel-KKR (AKKR). A AKKR continua a ser uma acionista minoritária da TrueCommerce. A DiCentral recebeu consultoria da DC Advisory.

Sobre a TrueCommerce
A TrueCommerce é a maneira mais completa de conectar seus negócios com toda a cadeia de suprimentos, com total integração, desde EDI, gerenciamento de estoque, até atendimento, fachadas digitais e mercados. Revolucionamos a visibilidade e a colaboração da cadeia de suprimentos, ajudando as organizações a aproveitar ao máximo suas iniciativas omnicanal por meio da conectividade P2P de negócios, gerenciamento de pedidos, reabastecimento colaborativo, atendimento inteligente, análise multifuncional e gerenciamento de informações de produtos.

A TrueCommerce Global Commerce Network viabiliza a conexão das empresas com mais de 130.000 varejistas, distribuidores e provedores de serviços de logística. Como provedora de serviços totalmente gerenciado, também gerenciamos a integração de novos parceiros comerciais, bem como a gestão contínua de mapeamento específico de parceiros, alterações de rotulagem e monitoramento de comunicações. É por isso que milhares de empresas – desde as startups até as da Fortune 100 global de vários setores – dependem de nós.

TrueCommerce: Negócios em todas as direções
Para mais informação, visite www.truecommerce.com

Sobre a DiCentral
Fundada em 2000, a DiCentral é uma fornecedora líder global de soluções de integração de negócios para negócios e aplicativos, com mais de duas décadas de experiência resolvendo desafios complexos de EDI e API. Com a flutuação das condições de mercado e as mudanças de processos sendo gerenciadas com as tecnologias, as organizações líderes contam com a plataforma de integração na nuvem da DiCentral e uma equipe global de especialistas para integrar e alavancar dados em vários sistemas e aplicativos na nuvem e no local.

Com sede em Houston, Texas, a DiCentral tem 11 escritórios em todo o mundo, apoiando clientes em mais de 35 países. A DiCentral utiliza uma vasta biblioteca de integrações com ERPs e outros aplicativos para trocar facilmente dados transacionais com parceiros comerciais em todo o mundo, para maximizar o ROI, e manter a infraestrutura de dados existente. Os serviços e soluções da DiCentral são utilizados por muitas empresas da Fortune 1000, que processam mais de US$200 bilhões em transações de mais de 30.000 organizações em todo o mundo. Para mais informação, visite www.dicentral.com.

Sobre a Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe
A WCAS é uma empresa líder em ativo privado dos EUA, focada em dois setores-alvo: tecnologia e saúde. Desde a sua fundação em 1979, a estratégia da empresa tem sido fazer parceria com excelentes equipes de gestão e criar valor para seus investidores por meio de melhorias operacionais, iniciativas de crescimento e aquisições estratégicas. A empresa levantou e gerenciou fundos que totalizam mais de US$27 bilhões de capital reservado. Para mais informação, visite www.wcas.com.

Sobre a Accel-KKR
A Accel-KKR é uma empresa de investimento focada em tecnologia com mais de US$10 bilhões em reserva de capital. A empresa se concentra em empresas habilitadas para software e tecnologia, bem-posicionadas para o aumento da receita bruta e da receita líquida. No centro da estratégia de investimento da Accel-KKR está o compromisso de desenvolver parcerias sólidas com as equipes de gestão das empresas do seu portfólio e um foco na criação de valor juntamente com a gestão, utilizando os recursos significativos disponíveis da rede Accel-KKR. A Accel-KKR se concentra em empresas de mercado médio e fornece uma ampla gama de soluções de capital, incluindo capital de aquisição, investimentos de crescimento de minorias, e alternativas de crédito. A Accel-KKR também investe em uma ampla gama de tipos de transações, incluindo recapitalizações de empresas privadas, venda de parte das ações divisionais e transações privadas. Em 2019 e 2020, a Inc. incluiu a Accel-KKR na “PE 50 – The Best Private Equity Firms for Entrepreneurs”, lista anual de empresas de capital privado abertas aos fundadores. A Accel-KKR está localizada em Menlo Park, e tem escritórios em Atlanta e Londres. Visite www.accel-kkr.com para obter mais informação.

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