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Governments of Canada and Alberta officially designate Alberta section of the North Saskatchewan River as a Canadian Heritage River

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Friday, March 22, 2024

"The Métis Nation within Alberta is very pleased that the North Saskatchewan River has formally been recognized as a Canadian Heritage River.

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  • "The Métis Nation within Alberta is very pleased that the North Saskatchewan River has formally been recognized as a Canadian Heritage River.
  • "The beloved North Saskatchewan River is well deserving of a Canadian Heritage River designation, and the River Valley Alliance (RVA) was pleased to support this important initiative.
  • The North Saskatchewan River flows within the North Saskatchewan watershed across central Alberta and into Saskatchewan.
  • The North Saskatchewan River's designation document highlights the many cherished stories shared by cultural, heritage and recreational sites throughout the North Saskatchewan River Watershed to be explored and developed in the future.

Remark Holdings Enters into Cloud Services Agreement with Microsoft

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Thursday, February 29, 2024

LAS VEGAS, Feb. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Remark Holdings, Inc. (OTC: MARK), a leading provider of artificial intelligence solutions, today announced it has signed a cloud services agreement with Microsoft, to deliver cloud services via Microsoft Azure to Remark over the next five years. This collaboration allows Remark to rapidly broaden its sales and marketing through the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, providing institutional credibility for prospective IT departments' approval, as well as rapidly scaling Remark's AI inference and training models. The five-year agreement is expected to drive $240 million of AI business for Remark by 2029.

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  • LAS VEGAS, Feb. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Remark Holdings, Inc. (OTC: MARK), a leading provider of artificial intelligence solutions, today announced it has signed a cloud services agreement with Microsoft, to deliver cloud services via Microsoft Azure to Remark over the next five years.
  • Concurrent with the establishment of the collaboration with Microsoft, Remark AI, a business unit of Remark Holdings, introduced its first SaaS-based AI video analytics platform, Remark Vision Analytics (RVA), that integrates Microsoft Azure Cloud and GPU Services.
  • As part of its strategy to deliver best-in-class solutions to customers, Remark AI will release additional computer vision offerings that integrate Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Cloud Services, and GPU services.
  • The computer vision applications from Remark AI use Azure GPU services to train Remark AI's large, multimodal image models to analyze mission-critical events or incidents in real time.

Security 101 Acquires Integrated Security Professionals and RVA Security Integrators

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Thursday, January 18, 2024

Security 101, a national provider of full-service commercial security solutions, announced today that it has acquired Integrated Security Professionals (“ISP”) and RVA Security Integrators (“RVA”), two of the largest franchisees under the Security 101 brand umbrella.

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  • Security 101, a national provider of full-service commercial security solutions, announced today that it has acquired Integrated Security Professionals (“ISP”) and RVA Security Integrators (“RVA”), two of the largest franchisees under the Security 101 brand umbrella.
  • Founded in 2007, Integrated Security Professionals has established a strong presence in the commercial security sector, offering integrated electronic security solutions for a variety of businesses, including national and regional multi-site customers.
  • Greg Daly, CEO of Security 101, commented on the acquisitions, “We are thrilled to welcome ISP and RVA into the Security 101 core team.
  • We're excited to deepen our involvement in the Security 101 family and continue to drive growth and innovation in our markets.”
    Demus Oxford, the owner of RVA added, “Joining the Security 101 team represents a significant milestone for our company and enhances our ability to provide top-tier security solutions.

Gemspring Capital-Backed Security 101 Acquires Integrated Security Professionals and RVA Security Integrators

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Thursday, January 18, 2024

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Jan. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Security 101, a portfolio company of Gemspring Capital and a national provider of full-service commercial security solutions, announced today that it has acquired Integrated Security Professionals ("ISP") and RVA Security Integrators ("RVA"), two of the largest franchisees under the Security 101 brand umbrella.

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  • WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Jan. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Security 101, a portfolio company of Gemspring Capital and a national provider of full-service commercial security solutions, announced today that it has acquired Integrated Security Professionals ("ISP") and RVA Security Integrators ("RVA"), two of the largest franchisees under the Security 101 brand umbrella.
  • Founded in 2007, Integrated Security Professionals has established a strong presence in the commercial security sector, offering integrated electronic security solutions for a variety of businesses, including national and regional multi-site customers.
  • Greg Daly, CEO of Security 101, commented on the acquisitions, "We are thrilled to welcome ISP and RVA into the Security 101 core team.
  • Demus Oxford, the owner of RVA added, "Joining the Security 101 team represents a significant milestone for our company and enhances our ability to provide top-tier security solutions.

Fiber Broadband Association Reports North America Hit Highest Annual FTTH Growth Record

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Monday, December 11, 2023

The Fiber Broadband Association today announced the results of its 2023 North America Fiber Provider Survey.

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  • The Fiber Broadband Association today announced the results of its 2023 North America Fiber Provider Survey.
  • Fiber broadband now passes nearly 69 million unique U.S. homes (excluding second or third passings of the same home).
  • Year after year, our research demonstrates the growing preference for fiber and the increased success of the fiber broadband ecosystem in extending the reach of high-quality broadband networks,” said Deborah Kish, Vice President of Research and Workforce Development at the Fiber Broadband Association.
  • “The latest rounds of federal and private investments will serve as huge propellants to the next round of fiber broadband success.

SiFive Announces Differentiated Solutions for Generative AI and ML Applications Leading RISC-V into a New Era of High-Performance Innovation

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Wednesday, October 11, 2023

SiFive, Inc. , the pioneer and leader of RISC-V computing today announced two new products designed to address new requirements for high performance compute.

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  • SiFive, Inc. , the pioneer and leader of RISC-V computing today announced two new products designed to address new requirements for high performance compute.
  • The SiFive Performance™ P870 and SiFive Intelligence™ X390 offer a new level of low power, compute density, and vector compute capability, and when combined provide the necessary performance boost for increasingly data intensive compute.
  • Together, the new products create a powerful mix of scalar and vector computing to meet the needs of today’s dataflow and computation intensive AI applications across consumer, automotive, and infrastructure markets.
  • “SiFive is leading the industry into a new era of high-performance RISC-V innovation, and closing the gap with other instruction set architectures with our unparalleled portfolio, while recent silicon tape-outs are demonstrating the tremendous benefits of SiFive RISC-V solutions,” said Patrick Little, SiFive Chairman, President and CEO.

Fiber is Preferred by Nearly Two-Thirds of U.S. Consumers According to New Fiber Broadband Association Research

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Monday, August 21, 2023

Today at Fiber Connect 2023 , the Fiber Broadband Association and RVA LLC Market Research & Consulting (RVA) released an annual consumer research report titled, “The Status of U.S. Broadband: The Growing Preference to Fiber Broadband.” The 2023 study reveals fiber broadband is considered the best internet service delivery method in terms of speed and reliability among 63% of all U.S. consumers, including 54% of cable users.

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  • Today at Fiber Connect 2023 , the Fiber Broadband Association and RVA LLC Market Research & Consulting (RVA) released an annual consumer research report titled, “The Status of U.S. Broadband: The Growing Preference to Fiber Broadband.” The 2023 study reveals fiber broadband is considered the best internet service delivery method in terms of speed and reliability among 63% of all U.S. consumers, including 54% of cable users.
  • The consumer research study demonstrates the importance and preference for fiber by consumers as well.
  • The Fiber Broadband Association expects nearly as much fiber will be deployed during the next five years as has been deployed throughout history.
  • Learn more about the Fiber Broadband Association’s full library of research and resources at fiberbroadband.org/research-and-resources .

MySpectrum Counseling & Coaching Ranks #244 on the 2023 Inc. 5000

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Tuesday, August 15, 2023

Number 1 of All Businesses in Richmond, Virginia

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  • Number 1 of All Businesses in Richmond, Virginia
    RICHMOND, Va., Aug. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Inc. revealed today that MySpectrum Counseling & Coaching ranks No.
  • 244 on the 2023 Inc. 5000, its annual list of the fastest-growing private companies in America.
  • MySpectrum Counseling & Coaching is proud to be recognized as number 244 on the 2023 Inc. 5000 List.
  • Mental health is a process, not a destination, and throughout the process, MySpectrum is here – number 244 on the Inc 5000.

Fiber Broadband Association’s Fiber Connect 2023 Declares Leave No Community Behind

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Monday, May 1, 2023

The Fiber Broadband Association today announced the agenda for Fiber Connect 2023 , held August 20-23, 2023, at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Orlando, Fla.

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  • The Fiber Broadband Association today announced the agenda for Fiber Connect 2023 , held August 20-23, 2023, at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Orlando, Fla.
  • Fiber Connect 2023 is expected to be the largest, most successful Fiber Broadband Association event ever.
  • Registration for Fiber Connect 2023 is now open and can be accessed here.
  • New elements to this year’s agenda include Fiber Meet Ups, The C-Suite Forum, The State Broadband Summit at Fiber Connect 2023, and Technology Deep Dives presented in partnership with The Broadband Forum.

FTTH Council Global Alliance Sustainability Survey Reveals Varied Stages of Global Telecom Initiatives but Fiber is Consistently Green

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Monday, April 24, 2023

The FTTH Council Global Alliance (FCGA) announced it has published the results from its global Sustainability Survey.

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  • The FTTH Council Global Alliance (FCGA) announced it has published the results from its global Sustainability Survey.
  • The FCGA is a group of six regional FTTH Councils with the common goal to accelerate fiber broadband adoption.
  • The councils include the Digital Council Africa , Fiber Broadband Association , Fiber Broadband Association LATAM Chapter , Fiber Connect Council MENA , FTTH Council Asia Pacific , and FTTH Council Europe .
  • The FCGA will present the broader results of its Sustainability Survey during a webinar on April 27, at 11:00am EDT.