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BSO enhances Crypto Connect offering for US exchanges

The fully operational Crypto Connect product has undergone enhancements to meet increasing market demand for low latency and available bandwidth.

Dublin, Ireland, 29th March 2022 – BSO, a global pioneering infrastructure and connectivity provider, has today announced enhancements that have been made to its Crypto Connect product to meet increasing demand in US-based crypto exchanges.

Crypto Connect offers both low latency cloud connectivity and cloud-to-cloud connectivity. With dedicated bandwidth, no reliance on routing hardware and private and secure trading routes – it’s the most comprehensive low latency crypto trading solution in the market.

“Cryptocurrencies have established their place in the investment market after a decade of steady growth. With the emergence of specialised crypto trading firms and a growing interest amongst institutional investors, the need for low latency connectivity solutions in crypto is more crucial than ever,” said Michael Ourabah, CEO at BSO.

Institutional firms that engage in cryptocurrency trading cannot use the public internet due to security threats and unreliable performance issues. As crypto exchanges are hosted in the cloud and in data centres, an effective solution needs to support data centre-to-data centre connectivity, data centre-to-cloud connectivity, and cloud to cloud connectivity, all while keeping low latencies top of mind.

“Over the last couple of months, we have witnessed more customer demand for low latency connectivity to US-based and global crypto exchanges, and BSO’s market leading technology and service continues to adapt and grow to meet market demand,” said Steve McConnell, Head of Americas at BSO.

Business

Newsflare Hires Nyasha Bass as US Head of Sales

Newsflare, the world’s leading licensing platform and marketplace for user-generated video (UGV), has today announced it has hired Nyasha Bass, former Director of Business Development at Hearst Newspapers, as its new US Head of Editorial Sales. Incredibly well connected, Nyasha’s deep experience in building relationships with publishers will be a boon for Newsflare as it seeks to build awareness of its unique capabilities and accelerate growth in the US.

Nyasha’s appointment follows Newsflare’s recent Series B accelerator funding announcement and rebrand. With an investment-led expansion strategy in place, attracting new talent is a top growth priority for Newsflare as it seeks to dominate the user-generated video market.

Prior to her role at Hearst, Nyasha held senior sales and business development roles at Naviga, Accelerate Consulting, and Storyful. Bringing her 15 years of digital media experience to the fore, she will be tasked with targeting growth through new customer acquisition forming key relationships with publishers and finding creative opportunities to help them engage more effectively with audiences using Newsflare’s vast vault of emotionally powerful, authentic, quirky, and even downright brutal UGV content.

Speaking about the appointment, Neil Rampe, CCO at Newsflare, commented: “We’re excited to welcome Nyasha to the team, she brings a tremendous wealth of experience and will play an instrumental role in leading our next phase of growth in the US, the single biggest UGV market in the world. Publisher’s need ‘raw and authentic’ content to connect with audiences who are devoting an increasing proportion of their attention to UGV. We have more exciting announcements to come as we grow awareness of our bustling marketplace of storytellers and establish our brand as the global leader for the monetisation of UGV.”

Nyasha commented: “I’ve joined Newsflare because I am incredibly excited by its differentiated proposition, and the passion it has to help publishers capture the moment and share life’s spectacle with audiences everywhere. Newsflare offers me the unique opportunity to marry my professional experience and skills in sales, licensing, and syndication, with my personal love of all things video. I cannot wait to get started.”

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Wireless Logic Extends International Reach with Major US Partnerships

Recognised industry leader announces new partnerships that enable customers to localise through major cellular networks in the US

LONDON, 23 February 2022 – Wireless Logic Group, Europe’s leading IoT connectivity platform provider has recently expanded its global offering by partnering with three major MNOs in the US.

Wireless Logic simplifies and automates IoT connectivity, offering a single platform to securely manage connected assets across any network and number of deployments. For customers, this can accelerate time to market, simplify global supply chains and lower total cost of ownership. Through the new agreements, Wireless Logic can deliver local (i.e., non-roaming) cellular connectivity and direct network access for multiple IoT devices and applications in the US as well as parts of Canada and Mexico.

In addition, Wireless Logic has also been recognised as a Leader in 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Managed IoT Connectivity Services, Worldwide. [1]

Local connectivity in North America

New and existing Wireless Logic customers now have local access to 4G, 5G and low-power wide-area (LPWA) networks as Wireless Logic partners with three of the largest providers of mobile services in the US. Customers will have the capability for international roaming where required.

“As demand for connected solutions shows no sign of slowing, we are extremely excited about the potential of these agreements to provide local network access for customers deploying solutions in North America,” says Oliver Tucker, Co-Founder & CEO at Wireless Logic. “It’s our extensive relationships with MNOs that enable us to provide unrivalled customer service and to deliver value throughout the IoT connectivity chain. By combining our own ‘built for IoT’ global network – which aggregates the world’s best 4G, 5G and LPWAN radio networks – with coverage from three of America’s major network providers, we are strengthening our position in the global IoT connectivity market.”

Together, these partnerships will enable Wireless Logic to sell its managed Internet-of-Things (IoT) connectivity directly to US customers and create new opportunities for European customers to rapidly deploy and future-proof connected solutions in America with confidence.

Access and direct connectivity to all three networks for Wireless Logic customers is available now.

Wireless Logic named a Leader in 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Managed IoT Connectivity Services, Worldwide [1]

Building on this trajectory, Wireless Logic has received a significant amount of recognition from both customers and the industry over the last year and has now been recognised as a 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ Leader for Managed IoT Connectivity Services, Worldwide. [1]

“We are proud of this placement and see it as a validation of our leadership stance as we continue to drive value for our customers through our technology and expansion into new markets. Since our inception, we have developed a deep understanding of industries and applications, building strong relationships with network operators across the globe. This gives us the basis to provide solutions with the right technology for each use case so that our customers can roll out their IoT deployments at scale,” concludes Tucker.

[1] .Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Managed IoT Connectivity Services, Worldwide, 31 January 2022, Pablo Arriandiaga, et. al.

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UK Scaleup Navenio Hires New CEO To Drive US Expansion Following 153% Growth in 2021

  • Navenio strengthens senior team with the appointment of a new CEO to build out its global offering, after securing first two sites in the US
  • Follows December’s £9.5m series A top-up, £1.5m NHSX AI in Health and Care Award and new partnerships with platforms such as HERE Technologies

Oxford, UK; 3rd February 2022: Navenio, the UK health & location tech scale up, today announced plans for its next chapter of growth and expansion into the US, following a £9.5 million investment awarded last month. The company has appointed Connie Moser as CEO, who joins Navenio with more than 30 years of experience in healthcare strategy, sales and operations, including building large-scale businesses across global markets.

Navenio, which saw a 153% increase in revenue in 2021, has also appointed geospatial expert Andrew Loveless to drive innovation outside of healthcare in his role as VP of Business Development. The appointment comes after Navenio recently partnered with HERE Technologies, to power the Indoor Positioning element of its Indoor Map as a service: a one-stop shop for indoor mapping solutions.

As part of its plans for growth, Navenio’s US-based leadership will lead the charge from the largest health economy in the world, bringing the benefits of indoor location services to everyone, everywhere. Connie Moser, new CEO of Navenio, added: “I am joining at a pivotal time for Navenio and am delighted to drive our expansion in the US and beyond. I look forward to building strong global partnerships and believe passionately in the vast potential that Navenio can bring by ensuring ‘right person, right place, right time’ in healthcare settings. Artificial intelligence is one of many technologies making a real world impact in the healthcare sector, and I’m proud to lead a company spearheading digital transformation.”

Navenio is tackling the rising cost of healthcare with a tool that can increase workplace productivity by up to 100%, freeing up clinical resources for other high value tasks. The company’s mission is to get teams back to capacity post-pandemic by maximising patient flow in key departments such as imaging and logistics, a key issue limiting the ability of hospitals to improve both clinician and staff productivity, and patient throughput.

Martin Moran, Chairman at Navenio commented: “I’m delighted to announce our plans for growth and welcome both Connie and Andrew to the Navenio team. The possibility of indoor location technology is vast and we’re excited to be expanding into the US, providing the benefits of our technology to everyone, everywhere.”

Following recent funding from NHSX, as part of an AI in Health and Care Award, Navenio is also currently developing a proven and nationally scalable evidence based solution to further support improved patient flow across the NHS. The first live sites, as part of the 13 hospital Award programme, have already delivered a positive impact to Trusts, staff and patients, with the full results due to be published later in 2022.