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XCharge North America's Smart DC Charger Uplevels EV Solution in New Kent

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Tuesday, June 13, 2023

NEW KENT, Va., June 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- XCharge North America has installed a DC Fast charging (DCFC) port option replacement at the Colonial Downs Pit Stop on I-64 in New Kent, Virginia, replacing the existing equipment with an XCharge unit, demonstrating that solutions need to be built for the existing North American electrical grid.

Key Points: 
  • This Smart DC Charger station will provide up to 95kW of charge rate, allowing for most transiting EVs vehicles to be charged within 30 minutes.
  • In partnership with Virginia Clean Cities, XCharge North America is working to upgrade the EV charging services and electrify the travel corridor in New Kent, to bring accessible charging to one of America's most barren charging deserts.
  • "This project will demonstrate the success of EV charging within New Kent and will pave the way for more installations.
  • XCharge North America is demonstrating that implementing EV charging infrastructure doesn't have to be a laborious and tedious task, with no ROI in sight.

Tokenovate and GMEX ZERO13 enable execution of world's first smart legal contract for voluntary carbon credit derivatives trades using ISDA definitions

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Wednesday, May 31, 2023

LONDON, May 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Tokenovate, a financial services company providing distributed financial market infrastructure (dFMI) enabling programmatic lifecycle event management of the pre-trade to post-trade workflow for OTC and Exchange traded derivatives, and ZERO13, a GMEX Group initiative, providing a digital climate fintech aggregation ecosystem announce the successful execution of the world's first smart legal contract for voluntary carbon credit (VCC) derivatives trades referencing the 2022 ISDA (The International Swaps and Derivatives Association) Verified Carbon Credit Transactions Definitions.

Key Points: 
  • SECDEX was connected to the Universal Carbon Registry (UCR), where the VCCs are registered via the ZERO13 Hub.
  • Hirander Misra, CEO of GMEX Group and ZERO13 commented: "We are delighted to partner with Tokenovate to execute and settle the first ever trades using the ISDA VCC definitions on SECDEX, underpinned by BSV Blockchain smart contract capabilities."
  • We're very pleased Tokenovate and its partner ZERO13 have used the 2022 ISDA Verified Carbon Credit Transactions Definitions and the Common Domain Model to create a smart legal contract for VCC trades.
  • Tokenovate and ZERO13 will continue to collaborate to facilitate VCC trades using DLT-based smart legal contracts, incorporating the 2022 ISDA Verified Carbon Credit Transactions Definitions alongside its globally adopted standards and digital tools.

Tokenovate and GMEX ZERO13 enable execution of world's first smart legal contract for voluntary carbon credit derivatives trades using ISDA definitions

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, May 31, 2023

LONDON, May 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Tokenovate, a financial services company providing distributed financial market infrastructure (dFMI) enabling programmatic lifecycle event management of the pre-trade to post-trade workflow for OTC and Exchange traded derivatives, and ZERO13, a GMEX Group initiative, providing a digital climate fintech aggregation ecosystem announce the successful execution of the world's first smart legal contract for voluntary carbon credit (VCC) derivatives trades referencing the 2022 ISDA (The International Swaps and Derivatives Association) Verified Carbon Credit Transactions Definitions.

Key Points: 
  • SECDEX was connected to the Universal Carbon Registry (UCR), where the VCCs are registered via the ZERO13 Hub.
  • Hirander Misra, CEO of GMEX Group and ZERO13 commented: "We are delighted to partner with Tokenovate to execute and settle the first ever trades using the ISDA VCC definitions on SECDEX, underpinned by BSV Blockchain smart contract capabilities."
  • We're very pleased Tokenovate and its partner ZERO13 have used the 2022 ISDA Verified Carbon Credit Transactions Definitions and the Common Domain Model to create a smart legal contract for VCC trades.
  • Tokenovate and ZERO13 will continue to collaborate to facilitate VCC trades using DLT-based smart legal contracts, incorporating the 2022 ISDA Verified Carbon Credit Transactions Definitions alongside its globally adopted standards and digital tools.

Everbridge Expands its Partnership with Samdesk to Help Clients Drive Faster, Better Outcomes Before, During, and After a Crisis

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Monday, May 15, 2023

With the integration of samdesk’s AI-powered crisis event detection capabilities, Everbridge provides customers with visibility into emerging events and potential threats, extremely early in the crisis lifecycle.

Key Points: 
  • With the integration of samdesk’s AI-powered crisis event detection capabilities, Everbridge provides customers with visibility into emerging events and potential threats, extremely early in the crisis lifecycle.
  • Ultimately, as a result of the partnership, customers are able to take proactive action on life-saving and operational continuity workflows within the Everbridge platform.
  • “We are excited to expand our partnership with Everbridge, the undisputed leader in CEM software and organizational resilience,” said James A. Neufeld, CEO and founder of samdesk.
  • Today, every organization can start to take advantage of this deep integration to drive better outcomes from a single pane of glass.

Vonage Earns Metrigy MetriStar Top Customer Sentiment Award for Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS)

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Tuesday, May 9, 2023

HOLMDEL, N.J., May 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Vonage, a global leader in cloud communications helping businesses accelerate their digital transformation, has earned a Top Customer Sentiment Award for Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) from Metrigy, an innovative research and strategic advisory firm that analyzes enterprise success metrics to advise companies on their technology transformation strategies. Vonage's overall score was tied for the highest of all providers, and the company earned the top score in both technical features and integrations with other key applications.

Key Points: 
  • Metrigy's MetriStar Award results are based solely on customer rating and insights from 1,695 CX and IT leaders on key customer engagement technology categories in Metrigy's Customer Experience MetriCast 2023 global research study.
  • Using a 1-to-4 scale, research participants rated 27 CCaaS providers on a variety of key performance indicators.
  • "Particularly noteworthy is the high scores Vonage received for technical features and application integration, largely because of the microservices architecture behind the Vonage Communications Platform.
  • Vonage also can integrate its CCaaS with its CPaaS and UCaaS platforms, which is a growing demand among CX leaders."

Swords to Plowshares Opens Veterans Community Center for Senior and Unhoused San Francisco Veterans

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Monday, April 10, 2023

San Francisco, CA, April 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On April 11th, 2023, Swords to Plowshares will host the ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the new Veterans Community Center (VCC), along with Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi whose support made the project possible.

Key Points: 
  • San Francisco, CA, April 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On April 11th, 2023, Swords to Plowshares will host the ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the new Veterans Community Center (VCC), along with Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi whose support made the project possible.
  • “Under the patriotic leadership of Michael Blecker, Swords to Plowshares has long been a pillar of health, housing and hope for Bay Area veterans,” Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi said.
  • “The new Veterans Community Center, assisted by Community Project Funding we secured from Congress, will help Swords to Plowshares continue to serve thousands of our most vulnerable heroes.
  • The goal of the VCC is to increase critical services and address issues such as isolation and access for senior veterans, unhoused veterans, and those with disabling conditions.

Vonage Ranked as a Leader in Opus Research Conversational Cloud Report

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Wednesday, April 5, 2023

HOLMDEL, N.J., April 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Vonage , a global leader in cloud communications helping businesses accelerate their digital transformation, has been positioned as a Leader by Opus Research in the company's Conversational Cloud report.

Key Points: 
  • HOLMDEL, N.J., April 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Vonage , a global leader in cloud communications helping businesses accelerate their digital transformation, has been positioned as a Leader by Opus Research in the company's Conversational Cloud report.
  • In this inaugural Conversational Cloud Intelliview report, Opus Research — a diversified advisory and analysis firm providing critical insight on software and services that support multimodal customer care — identifies and evaluates platforms offered by select Conversational Cloud players and solutions providers.
  • "Vonage is well placed as a leader in this shifting landscape thanks to the comprehensive, flexible Vonage Communications Platform (VCP).
  • Opus Research uses the Conversational Cloud concept to capture the consumption model enterprises pursue to leverage the power of cloud resources to improve customer experience and employee productivity.

Solas reinforces commitment to the Asian funds industry with strategic Singapore hire

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Wednesday, March 8, 2023

SINGAPORE, March 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Solas , an Asian market leader in providing independent non-executive directorships to funds and fund managers, announces the expansion of its core team in Singapore.

Key Points: 
  • SINGAPORE, March 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Solas , an Asian market leader in providing independent non-executive directorships to funds and fund managers, announces the expansion of its core team in Singapore.
  • We are delighted to announce that Ms Ashmita Chhabra, a Singapore asset management industry ecosystem specialist has recently joined Solas.
  • Ashmita has over 20 years' experience in the investment funds industry, providing oversight in building infrastructure and recommending best practices and solutions catered for institutions expanding into Asia.
  • Ashmita has dedicated her career towards enhancement of Singapore's funds ecosystem in various capacities and has participated in a variety of industry initiatives.

Goosehead Insurance Chooses Vonage to Power Contact Centers Across the U.S.

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Wednesday, February 1, 2023

HOLMDEL, N.J., Feb. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Vonage, a global leader in cloud communications helping businesses accelerate their digital transformation, has been chosen by Goosehead Insurance, Inc. (NASDAQ: GSHD), a rapidly growing, independent personal insurance agency, to provide contact center capabilities to its more than 2,000 insurance agents across the U.S. With Vonage Contact Center for Salesforce, Goosehead is arming its agents with the ability to create meaningful engagement with clients and prospects, from anywhere and across any communication channel - voice, video, SMS, social messaging and chat.

Key Points: 
  • Key to Goosehead's decision to implement Vonage Contact Center (VCC) is its integration with Salesforce, which Goosehead utilizes to manage its client and partner base.
  • "A dynamic organization like Goosehead is the perfect fit for the flexibility and scalability that the Vonage Contact Center solution provides.
  • Vonage's opportunity to serve Goosehead Insurance was facilitated through Vonage partner and strategic technology service advisor, Liquid Networx .
  • "After a thorough analysis, the Vonage team and its Vonage Contact Center Solution was the winner."

Vonage Named a Leader in the Aragon Research Globe™ for Conversational AI in the Intelligent Contact Center

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Thursday, January 19, 2023

in the Aragon Research Globe™ for Conversational AI in the Intelligent Contact Center, 2023*.

Key Points: 
  • in the Aragon Research Globe™ for Conversational AI in the Intelligent Contact Center, 2023*.
  • "We are excited to be named a Leader in Conversational AI in the Intelligent Contact Center by Aragon, driven by the power of our comprehensive, integrated Vonage Communications Platform and the intelligent engagement capabilities that we offer customers around the world," said Noam Fine, Head of AI for Vonage.
  • Vonage was also recently named a Leader in both the Aragon Research Globe™ for the Intelligent Contact Center, 2022 and the Aragon Research Globe™ for Unified Communications and Collaboration, 2022 .
  • *Aragon Research "Aragon Research Globe™ for Conversational AI in the Intelligent Contact Center, 2023."