Investments in 3 Early-Stage Technology Firms, 8 Established Manufacturers, and the Ben Franklin Business Incubator Network BETHLEHEM, Pa., Nov. 28, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s (BFTP/NEP) Board of Directors has approved the investment of $486,250 in support of regional economic development. BFTP/NEP announces the following early-stage company investments that are provided in the form of loans with warrants. HootBoard, https://www.hootboard.com/, Ben Franklin TechVentures, BethlehemBen Franklin Investment: $100,000Complete efforts to support customer acquisition through inbound marketing and value-added reseller partner development. HootBoard provides interactive…
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New Study: Mobile Phones Are Driving 56% of Festive Online Fashion Sales
Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2018 were 36% Bigger for Online Fashion Retail than 2017 New Nosto Research Reveals Consumers are growing more comfortable buying fashion items on their phones reveals new Black Friday and Cyber Monday data from AI-powered retail personalisation platform, Nosto. And for fashion retailers, Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2018 were 36% bigger than last year. Nosto’s analysis of millions of visits to fashion sites globally suggests mobile accounted for 71% of traffic and 56% of sales revenue (up from 64% of traffic and 50% of…
Read MoreIDATE Report Highlights The Challenges Ahead In Connecting Everyone
28 November 2018 (Sydney): The new Connecting Everyone report from French research company IDATE has revealed the real-world challenges in building universal Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) coverage, leaving a massive opportunity for ultra-fast Gfast and Fixed Wireless technology to deliver high-speed broadband. Released at the IDATE DigiWorld Summit in Paris overnight, Connecting Everyone revealed that in the total serviceable global Fibre-to-the-Building (FTTB) and FTTH market of about 670 million premises that 60% of these – 402 million premises – are being served with FTTB technology. “Many operators we spoke to for this…
Read MoreMaropost Names Global Human Resources Leader Sara Schroeder as VP of People
TORONTO, Nov. 28, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, Maropost, the innovating force in Customer Engagement technology, announced that Sara Schroeder will be joining the company as Vice President of People. Schroeder brings over 15 years of experience in both large, Fortune 25 and small, growth organizations, with a focus on fostering company cultures of engagement and excellence. Schroeder comes to Maropost from Signal, where she most recently served as the company’s VP, Head of Global Human Resources, building and scaling the company’s team—increasing headcount by 40% and establishing Signal’s newly…
Read MoreHSL Mobile to be acquired by LINK Mobility Group AS
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK – November, 28th, 2018 Hay Systems Ltd (“HSL Mobile”), a leading provider of SMS mobile messaging services, have today announced that an agreement has been reached with LINK Mobility Group AS (“LINK”) for the acquisition of the company. Having been established in 1999, HSL Mobile have built a strong reputation within the industry providing highly reliable mobile messaging services to organisations throughout the UK and to the rest of the world. HSL Mobile prides itself on the reliability and support offered to customers through their existing services…
Read MoreBIXOLON Launches SPP-L3000 Mobile Label Printer to the European Market
Heavy Duty Mobile Label Printing Solution for the Logistics and Retail Industries BIXOLON Europe GmbH, a subsidiary of BIXOLON Co. Ltd, a leading global Mobile, Label and POS printer manufacturer today announced the launch of the new SPP-L3000 80mm (3”) premium level Auto-ID printer supporting high quality connectivity and labelling. Ideal for a range of applications including supply chain labelling, retail tags, delivery invoicing and more due to its rugged & lightweight design with an easy-to-open peeler and LCD display. Providing premium-level performance, the SPP-L3000 delivers simultaneous wireless connectivity with…
Read MoreMYCOM OSI acquired to accelerate cloud-based service assurance leadership
Leading private equity firm Inflexion invests in market leader of emerging cloud-based telecom operations management market LONDON, UK – 28th November 2018 – MYCOM OSI, the Assurance Cloud Company™ and leading independent provider of Assurance, Automation and Analytics solutions to the world’s largest Communications Service Providers (CSPs), today announced that it has been acquired by leading private equity firm Inflexion, to fuel its growth and capitalize on its leadership position in a market that is transforming from 30 years of traditional legacy OSS solutions to state-of-the art cloud-based solutions. MYCOM…
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