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Blackbaud Announces Expanded Relationship with The Salvation Army Australia

Cloud software leader to power the nonprofit’s fundraising and relationship management technology solutions

Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB), the world’s leading cloud software company powering social good, today announces a major expansion of its support for The Salvation Army Australia. Blackbaud will power the nonprofit’s fundraising and relationship management technology as The Salvation Army Australia continues to provide hope, opportunity and freedom to all Australians.

The Salvation Army Australia is an international Christian movement, united by faith and giving hope where it’s needed most. Across Australia – in cities, country towns and rural communities – The Salvation Army touches every demographic and age group. The nonprofit is involved in national issues, while also bringing hope to people who may be experiencing hardship or injustice. Since its founding in 19th century London, The Salvation Army has expressed its faith in charitable work to provide both spiritual and social support. As one united nonprofit serving all of Australia, The Salvation Army Australia is one of the three largest charities in the nation.

“We couldn’t be more pleased to be expanding our relationship with Blackbaud as our trusted technology provider,” said Janine Kewming, National Head of Fundraising, The Salvation Army Australia. “Blackbaud has a deep understanding of our sector and we greatly value the expertise and sense of partnership they bring. We see Blackbaud as true partners in our mission. They uniquely blend proven technology with a partnership methodology that strongly matches our values. We know that with Blackbaud powering our fundraising and relationship management solutions, we’ll be able to focus more time on our mission – caring for people, creating faith pathways, building healthy communities and working for justice.”

The Salvation Army Australia will implement Blackbaud CRM(TM) to help build stronger and more productive constituent relationships. Blackbaud CRM combines unmatched nonprofit expertise with industry-leading fundraising and customer relationship management software solutions, integrated analytics, multichannel marketing and data mining services.

“We have valued our longstanding relationship with The Salvation Army and look forward to helping them fulfill their mission with the help of highly reliable, sophisticated technology and a commitment to a people first trusted partnership,” said Kevin Sher, president and general manager for Blackbaud’s operations in Asia Pacific. “At Blackbaud, we believe the world will be a better place when good takes over, and that’s a higher purpose echoed by The Salvation Army Australia. Together, we’ll be able to drive even more impact for social good.”

To learn more about Blackbaud and its solutions for fundraising and relationship management, visit https://www.blackbaud.com.au/solutions.

About Blackbaud

Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB) is the world’s leading cloud software company powering social good. Serving the entire social good community – nonprofits, higher education institutions, K-12 schools, healthcare organisations, faith communities, arts and cultural organisations, foundations, companies and individual change agents – Blackbaud connects and empowers organisations to increase their impact through cloud software, services, expertise and data intelligence. The Blackbaud portfolio is tailored to the unique needs of vertical markets, with solutions for fundraising and CRM, marketing, advocacy, peer-to-peer fundraising, corporate social responsibility, school management, ticketing, grantmaking, financial management, payment processing and analytics. Serving the industry for more than three decades, Blackbaud is headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, and has operations in the United States, Australia, Canada, Costa Rica and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit www.blackbaud.com.au or follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook.

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AppsFlyer Launches 19th Global Office in Sydney to Tap on ANZ’s AUD7.79 Billion Mobile Marketing Potential and Thriving Local App Industry

– AppsFlyer opens its first ANZ office to support the increasing need for intelligent measurement in the region
– Follows AppsFlyer’s landmark milestone announcement that its annual recurring revenue (ARR) has exceeded AUD273 million on; with Salesforce Ventures joining its roster of investors
– AppsFlyer’s “State of App Marketing in ANZ” report reveals plenty of room for domestic apps to flourish, with ANZ seeing strong growth potential in apps in the Lifestyle (20%), Travel (16%), and Health & Fitness (13%)

AppsFlyer, the global attribution and marketing analytics leader, today announced its official expansion into Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) with its first office opening in Sydney – making this its 19th office worldwide. AppsFlyer counts design giant Canva, neobank 86:400, and fitness app Sweat by Kayla among its current roster of ANZ clients. This follows AppsFlyer’s recent announcement that Salesforce Ventures has joined its roster of investors in a late stage extension of its AUD287 million Series D round, which was led by General Atlantic earlier this year. The company now exceeds AUD273 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR), with over 1,000 employees globally.

By launching in ANZ, AppsFlyer hopes to support the region’s rapidly growing local app economy by capitalising on the region’s mobile marketing spend, which is expected to grow to up to AUD7.79 billion by 2021. According to AppsFlyer’s first App Marketing in Australia and New Zealand 2020 report, although domestic apps currently occupy only 4% of the total ANZ app market share – with the US and China dominating at 29% and 12% respectively – growth potential for local apps is seen particularly in the verticals of Lifestyle (20%), Travel (16%), and Health & Fitness (13%).

This is especially relevant today when app usage is on the rise in ANZ; the same AppsFlyer report showed that Finance apps grew by 175%, Shopping apps by 125%, and Health & Fitness apps by 86% in H1 2020 vs H1 2019 for non-organic installs (NOI).

Under the leadership of Antony Wilcox, Director of Growth, AppsFlyer is looking to pursue vast growth opportunities in the region’s mobile marketing and analytics industry, provide a platform to better serve app marketers in understanding customer data, and accelerate their mobile marketing efforts. The opening of a physical office in the middle of a pandemic, further shows AppsFlyer’s commitment to the region, and its focus on servicing customers and growing its business further.

Antony Wilcox, Director of Growth, Australia and New Zealand, AppsFlyer, states: “Australia and New Zealand’s move into the mobile generation is happening right now. We’ve seen homegrown start-ups move from seed rounds to a string of IPO’s and have now become global players in Fintech, Retail Tech, and Productivity categories. AppsFlyer serves as the bridge between the mobile web and the app ecosystem, and we are currently building out our integrations with Cloud Marketing partners to bring all the value of the Martech ecosystem into one platform for marketers.”

Ronen Mense, President and Managing Director for APAC, AppsFlyer, says: “We are immensely proud to be able to expand physically into Australia and New Zealand during a pandemic. Globally, many businesses have accelerated their digital transformation as a result of the economic impact of COVID-19, with mobile taking front and center stage in their strategic focus. We see an opportunity here to not only better support our existing customers in the region, but also to help empower the greater ANZ business community with our mission-critical tools and industry expertise so they can get the most out of their mobile marketing potential.”

Ecosystem shifts and digital transformation accelerated by COVID-19 have fuelled the growth of AppsFlyer’s ground-breaking solutions to meet the needs of marketers and app developers. These include innovative, privacy-centric attribution solutions for iOS 14, in a post-IDFA world; App Clips analytics; a zero budget marketing plan for app developers; enabling the web campaign-to-app opportunity; and two brand new products: Xpend – a cost aggregation solution that extracts cost data from any source, and accurately calculates ROI across the entire marketing journey, and Incrementality – which helps brands test and prove incremental lift of their marketing campaigns.

Globally, AppsFlyer works with thousands of customers, including leading brands such as Macy’s, Minecraft, Nike, NBC Universal, Tencent, US Bank, Wayfair, and StitchFix. AppsFlyer’s marketplace of over 8,000 partners includes Facebook, Google, Apple Search Ads, Twitter, TikTok Ads, Pinterest, Snap, Salesforce, Adobe, and Oracle. AppsFlyer was recently named to the Forbes 2020 Cloud 100 list for the 2nd year in a row.

Existing investors include General Atlantic, Goldman Sachs Growth, DTCP (Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners), Qumra Capital, Pitango Venture Capital, Magma Venture Partners, and Eight Roads Ventures.

App Marketing in Australia and New Zealand 2020 report highlights:

The AppsFlyer App Marketing in Australia and New Zealand 2020 report examines 120 million installs, covering 12,500 apps downloaded between January to June 2020 in Australia and New Zealand. The report was done across eight verticals including Entertainment, Shopping, Gaming, Health & Fitness, Finance, Utilities, Travel and Lifestyle. The dataset in the report has also been compared against H1 2020 global data and H1 2019 Australia and New Zealand data.

– Finance – Non-organic installs (installs as a result of paid marketing activity), nearly tripled (175%) in comparison to H1 2019.

– Fraud – Overall fraud in ANZ grew to 14.94% by June 2020, doubling from 7.9% in February 2020. With Shopping and Finance apps being widely utilised, marketers were sinking more advertising spend, which in-end targeted fraudsters. Over 50% of apps expected to generate fake attributions.

– Travel – New Zealanders tended to over-index on Travel app NOI at 21% (enjoying the second-highest share behind just New South Wales, 26%). Marketers might therefore find a measure of solace in this finding by boosting their spending in New Zealand.

– Health and Fitness – With gyms and stores closed, health and fitness apps grew in H1 2020 by 86% and shopping apps grew by 125%, as people were seeking alternatives.

– User Acquisition – January showed to be a great month for marketers to invest in, benefitting from extended holiday spending, with user acquisition in January proving to be at lower costs.
— Cost per installs grew during March, April, and May months as COVID-related NOI and Organic Install spikes
— Entertainment (1.65 in May 2020 from 1.39 in January 2020),
— Lifestyle (1.7 in May 2020 from 1.2 in January 2020) and
— Shopping (3.17 in May 2020 from 2.4 in January 2020) apps
— Revenue and App Opens also peaked in January as Health & Fitness (17%), Lifestyle (20%) and Travel (25%) apps peaked, gaming and utilities apps also grew

AppsFlyer was founded in Israel in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, by Oren Kaniel, current CEO, and CTO Reshef Mann. Globally, the company works with more than 12,000 customers including leading brands like HBO, Alibaba, Skyscanner, and is currently located in 19 global offices. AppsFlyer works with data-driven marketers for independent measurement solutions and innovative tools to grow and protect their mobile business. AppsFlyer’s platform processes billions of mobile actions every day, empowering marketers and developers to maximize the return on their marketing investments.

App Marketing in Australia and New Zealand 2020 report is available at https://www.appsflyer.com/resources/others/app-marketing-australia-new-zealand/

About AppsFlyer

AppsFlyer, the global attribution leader, empowers marketers to grow their business and innovate with a suite of comprehensive measurement and analytics solutions. Built around privacy by design, AppsFlyer takes a customer-centric approach to help 12,000+ brands and 7,000+ technology partners make better business decisions every day. To learn more, visit www.appsflyer.com

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Trintech Client ABB Named Winner in 13th Annual Ventana Research Digital Leadership Awards

Implementation of Trintech’s Cadency solution lands firm in top slot of the Office of Finance category

Trintech, a leading global provider of integrated Record to Report software solutions for the office of finance, announced today that its customer, ABB, a leading global engineering company, has been named the winner in the “Office of Finance” category of the 13th annual Ventana Research Digital Leadership Awards. ABB’s win is attributed to its innovative use of Trintech’s Cadency solution, standardizing its Record to Report process and generating increased efficiency across its global team.

“Technology is essential but achieving the most from technology requires leadership to implement change,” notes Robert Kugel, Senior Vice President and Research Director at Ventana Research. “We gave ABB and Trintech our 2020 Digital Leadership award for having successfully tackled an ambitious close process digitization and standardization project in a decentralized worldwide organization.”

In its 13th year, the Ventana Research Digital Leadership Awards program showcases “the leadership and use of business applications or technology that contribute significantly to improved efficiency, productivity and the performance of their organization.” ABB partnered with Trintech and Capgemini to standardize the firm’s Record to Report process, with a focus on balance sheet reconciliation, month-end closing and manual journal entries. With Trintech’s Cadency solution, ABB realized greater efficiencies through streamlined policies designed to fit the needs of its specific compliance framework and more effectively manage live data to support its Record to Report process. Cadency has also provided ABB with scalability across the firm’s global operations, centralizing core financial processes.

“Cadency has been instrumental in driving harmonization across our complex, multi-ERP environment,” said Luca Condosta, Record to Report Group Finance Process Owner at ABB. “With the Cadency solution, we now have full visibility of our global closing and account reconciliation processes right at our fingertips.”

About Trintech
Trintech Inc., a pioneer of Financial Corporate Performance Management (FCPM) software, combines unmatched technical and financial expertise to create innovative, cloud-based software solutions that deliver world-class financial operations and insights. From high volume transaction matching and streamlining daily operational reconciliations, to automating and managing balance sheet reconciliations, intercompany accounting, journal entries, disclosure reporting and bank fee analysis, to governance, risk and compliance – Trintech’s portfolio of financial solutions, including Cadency(R) Platform, Adra(R) Suite, and targeted tools, ReconNET(TM), T-Recs(R), and UPCS(R), help manage all aspects of the financial close process. Over 3,500 clients worldwide – including the majority of the Fortune 100 – rely on the company’s cloud-based software to continuously improve the efficiency, reliability, and strategic insights of their financial operations.

Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Trintech has offices located across the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Singapore, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands and the Nordics, as well as strategic partners in South Africa, Latin America and the Asia Pacific. To learn more about Trintech, visit www.trintech.com or connect with us on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

About ABB
ABB (ABBN: SIX Swiss Ex) is a leading global engineering company that energizes the transformation of society and industry to achieve a more productive, sustainable future. By connecting software to its electrification, robotics, automation and motion portfolio, ABB pushes the boundaries of technology to drive performance to new levels. With a history of excellence stretching back more than 130 years, ABB’s success is driven by 110,000 talented employees in over 100 countries. www.abb.com

Media Contact:
Kristina Pereira Tully
Vested
650-464-0080
trintech@fullyvested.com

SOURCE: Trintech, Inc.

Trintech Expands to Meet Demand for Leading Mid-Market Solution, Adra

Company Launches Mid-Market Capacity within Australian Data Centre, Continues to Invest in Product Enhancements and Grows Team

Trintech, a leading global provider of integrated Record to Report software solutions for the office of finance, today announced at its virtual Trintech Connect Adra User Conference, the expansion of its Australian Data Centre with an expanded in country team to meet the needs of mid-market customers using its Adra solution in the region. With these investments, Adra customers will benefit from higher performance and robust support for data governance requirements.

“At Trintech, we are relentlessly committed to ensuring our customers are supported by not only the strength of our solutions, but also the expertise of our people,” said Darren Heffernan, President, Mid-Market at Trintech. “This investment reinforces our dedication to ensuring a best-in-class experience wherever our customers are globally. With this newly expanded data centre, our customers can be assured that their data is housed in some of the world’s most secure, high-end facilities, offering the highest industry standard levels of uptime, security and reliability – and compliant with governance and financial regulatory policies.”

“Trintech has several consulting partners in the APAC region who are also excited about this investment, a positive and forward-looking move to help meet the needs of global mid-market customers and those operating specifically in this region,” said Tim Green, Director of Green Cloud Consulting. “This investment enables mid-market companies in the APAC region to leverage Trintech’s industry-leading financial close solution, Adra, in complete compliance with onshore data requirements.”

“We continue to see rapid adoption and expansion of our Adra solution in the APAC region,” said Fintan Diviney, Director, APAC Sales at Trintech. “We are excited about the upcoming opportunities to serve a growing number of companies in industries such as government, semi-government and financial services, who now have a financial close solution available to them that meets their onshore data security requirements.”

Earlier this year, Trintech released Adra Analytics, which enables continuous improvement of the close cycle by providing data independence and reporting flexibility. Adra Analytics data can be used natively in Adra or in combination with internal data sets to create company tailored actionable insights in your business intelligence tool of choice (i.e. Power BI, Tableau).

The latest enhancements to Adra Analytics, being shown today at the Trintech Connect Adra User Conference, meet the needs of mid-market organizations to easily evaluate close performance trends and answer crucial organization-specific questions with robust data. Customers who have implemented Adra Analytics are able to easily share company specific internal control KPIs and evaluate variances over time to highlight focus areas. Some of the benefits these customers are seeing include the ability to:

– Measure close process efficiency and quality, as a starting point for continuous improvements over time
– Measure the quality of reconciliations over time
– Measure the timely completion of reconciliations over time
– Answer organization-specific questions and address organizational use cases

Heffernan kicked off the last day of Trintech Connect 2020 with some thoughts on making sense of big, complex data. “It’s all about intelligence. How can I turn data into intelligence?,” concluded Heffernan. “Adra Analytics can help organizations with this.”

About Trintech
Trintech Inc., a pioneer of Financial Corporate Performance Management (FCPM) software, combines unmatched technical and financial expertise to create innovative, cloud-based software solutions that deliver world-class financial operations and insights. From high volume transaction matching and streamlining daily operational reconciliations, to automating and managing balance sheet reconciliations, intercompany accounting, journal entries, disclosure reporting and bank fee analysis, to governance, risk and compliance – Trintech’s portfolio of financial solutions, including Cadency® Platform, Adra® Suite, and targeted tools, ReconNET™, T-Recs®, and UPCS®, help manage all aspects of the financial close process. Over 3,500 clients worldwide – including the majority of the Fortune 100 – rely on the company’s cloud-based software to continuously improve the efficiency, reliability, and strategic insights of their financial operations.

Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Trintech has offices located across the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Singapore, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands and the Nordics, as well as strategic partners in South Africa, Latin America and the Asia Pacific. To learn more about Trintech, visit www.trintech.com or connect with us on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

Media Contact:
Kristina Pereira Tully
Vested
650-464-0080
trintech@fullyvested.com

SOURCE: Trintech, Inc.

Kingsoft Announces 2020 Third Quarter Results

WPS Office Enhanced Technological Abilities and Established a Comprehensive Ecosystem for Office Products
Online Games Business Expanded Development Plans for Long-term Growth Potential

Kingsoft Corporation Limited (“Kingsoft” or the “Company”; HKEx stock code: 03888), a leading Chinese software and Internet service company, has announced its unaudited quarterly results for the three months ended 30 September 2020 (“period under review”).

During the period under review, the revenue of Kingsoft increased 34% year-on-year to RMB1,397.3 million. Revenue from online games and office software and services and others represented 56% and 44% respectively of total revenue. Gross profit for the third quarter increased 40% year-on-year to RMB1,157.8 million, while operating profit increased 120% year-on-year to RMB361.5 million.

Mr. Jun LEI, Chairman of Kingsoft, commented, “The Company maintained a steady performance in the third quarter of 2020. Our outstanding results are mainly attributed to the increasing market recognition of our Kingsoft Office business as well as our continuous innovation in premium games. Regarding office software, Kingsoft Office’s licensing business and subscription services have been rapidly growing year-on-year. We continued to explore technology enhancement in the office software industry, optimize our user experience and strengthen our competitive advantages in online collaborative office products. In the online games sector, we will further pursue product innovation and enhance our capabilities in product development and operation, so as to expand our game categories.”

Mr. Tao ZOU, Chief Executive Officer of Kingsoft, added, “In the third quarter, our total revenue reached RMB1,397.3 million, up 34% year-on-year showing strong resilience despite the impact of the pandemic. Both of our office software and services and other business, as well as online games business have maintained strong revenue momentum as they were up 59% and 19% year-on-year respectively in the third quarter”

BUSINESS REVIEW
Office Software and Services and Others
Revenue from the office software and services and others for the third quarter of 2020 increased 59% year-on-year to RMB609.1 million. In software licensing business, business from government and enterprise markets maintained a rapid growth. Kingsoft Office has further enhanced its services and brand influence in several regional government and enterprise markets, as the Company continued to strengthen its technology capabilities and marketing efforts. Kingsoft has also maintained close cooperation with leading customers in traditional industries.

Kingsoft Office organized the 2nd Office Application Developer Conference in the third quarter of 2020 and brought together a diverse group of near 200 developers in its ecosystem. Kingsoft Office has launched innovative products such as WPS Document Writing and WPS Docs Online Preview during the period, and fully integrated the Linux version of Sogou Input Method into WPS for Linux Edition. Kingsoft Office has acquired Beijing Suwell Technology Co., Ltd. in the third quarter. Going forward, Kingsoft Office and Suwell’s collaboration in technology and product developments will drive the fixed-layout document format standards for government and enterprise customers.

During the quarter, Kingsoft Office’s personal subscription services maintained its rapid growth. The Company continued to explore innovative channels for marketing such as live-streaming e-commerce. In addition, WPS Docs has become the official office software supplier for the 31st Summer World University Games, and Kingsoft launched the WPS Office Education Edition. Kingsoft Office also entered into a smart office cooperation framework agreement with Tsinghua University, which further strengthened our presence in different market segments.

Online Games
In the third quarter, revenue from the online games business reached to RMB788.2 million, represented a 19% growth year-on-year, mainly attributable to the continuous growth of the flagship JX Online III PC game. On 28 August 2020, Kingsoft celebrated the 11th anniversary of JX Online III PC game and shared with gamers the latest development of its technological innovation and content creation. In addition, Kingsoft introduced its development plans in film and television, music, animation, theatrical plays and e-sports which will help to further increase its user base and bring long-term growth potential to the core IP. On 29 October 2020, Kingsoft launched Feng Tian Zheng Dao, the anniversary expansion pack for JX Online III PC game, with a new season and enriched content, which brought players a better gaming experience. In addition, JX Online I mobile game has been renamed as New JX Online I: Yuan Qi Wang You with an all-new game appearance and received positive feedbacks from the players.

Mr. Jun LEI concluded, “In the third quarter, we once again demonstrated stable performance across all business divisions amidst a turbulent economic environment and complex international situations. We are confident in our strategy, business model, operation resilience and our prospects going forward. We will further strengthen our research and development capabilities, improve operational efficiency and promote product and service innovation. We will strive to provide our customers with excellent user experience, so as to achieve a sustainable growth in our business and create fruitful returns for our shareholders and business partners.”

About Kingsoft Corporation Limited
Kingsoft is a leading software and Internet services company based in China listed on the stock exchange of Hong Kong. It has two subsidiaries including Seasun and Kingsoft Office. Following the implementation of its “mobile internet transformation” strategy, Kingsoft has completed the comprehensive transformation of its overall business and management models and formed a strategic platform with interactive entertainment and office software as the pillars and cloud services and AI as the new directions. The Company has more than 5,000 staff around the world and enjoys a large market share in China. For more information, please visit http://www.kingsoft.com.

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Lvji Technology Listed in Forbes Asia’s Best Under A Billion 2020

China’s leading online tour guide provider Lvji Technology Holding Inc. (“Lvji Technology” or the “Company”, together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”, stock code: 1745.HK) listed in Forbes Asia’s Best Under A Billion 2020. The list spotlights 200 publicly listed small and midsized companies in the Asia-Pacific region with sales under $1 billion. And 56 Chinese companies are on the list, including Lvji Technology, WuXi Biologics (2269.HK), China Education Group (839.HK), and iKang Medical (1789.HK).

The companies on this list have scored above their peers in a composite ranking that includes sales and profit growth, low debt levels and robust governance. The criteria also ensured a geographic diversity of companies from across the region. By using metrics both quantitative and qualitative, the final list of 200 is truly a select group.

Lvji Technology is based on the core business of selling online tour guides and technology, combines with cutting-edge technologies such as GPS positioning and cloud computing. The Group provides hand- drawn maps of tourist destinations, multilingual editorial contents and voice-over commentaries, tour route recommendation, one-click navigation and other functions to provide a comprehensive travel experience. As of June 30, 2020, the Company’s online tour guides covered 22,044 tourist attractions in the PRC. As of the same date, the Company’s online tour guides covered 278 AAAAA tourist attractions and 2,170 AAAA tourist attractions.

As the global epidemic prevention and control situation becomes normal, the company, as the China’s leading online tour guide provider, will give full play to the safe and non-contact attributes of its online tour guide, VR technology, smart tourist destinations management service system and other products, serving the purposes of improving operational efficiency of tourist attractions, and of helping China’s tourism industry to recover.

About Lvji Technology Holdings Inc.

Lvji Technology Holding Inc. was founded in December 2013, it focuses on the research and development of electronic tour guide software, global tour guide system and tourism related supporting business. Based on Lvji Technology, the intelligent tourism industry has formed multiple main businesses, such as intelligent tour guide, future scenic spot-SaaS, a mobile phone tour and scenic spot sharing facilities. Business-supported tourism ecosphere is a world-renowned intelligent tourism industry solutions expert. Lvji Technology accounts for an 86.2% market share in the online tour guide service market in terms of GMV in 2018, according to F&S. As of June 30, 2020, the Company’s online tour guides covered 22,044 tourist attractions in the PRC. As of the same date, the Company’s online tour guides covered 278 AAAAA tourist attractions and 2,170 AAAA tourist attractions.

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Triller to Offer Live Streaming Starting on October 12th

– Triller Already Has Millions in Pre-Donated Backlog For Influencer
– Triller Go Live Pays Three Times More Than TikTok Go Live Feature
– Creators and Influencers to receive 3x what they receive on TIKTOK and 10 influencers to receive $50,000 donations directly from Triller each

Beginning on October 12th, 2020, Triller users will have the ability to livestream content, further expanding Triller’s capabilities as the social platform’s user-base grows. This new feature will offer creators a new way to monetize their content.

With a paywall feature and donate now, creators will be able to go live at any time opening up additional monetization routes.

“We always want to put our artists first. Go live was one of the first things our influencers wanted. In response, we designed a program that is the best and most sophisticated go live technology there is. This will be game-changing for influencers,” said Bobby Sarnevesht, Chief Triller Officer and Executive Chair. “We find it disturbing that TikTok takes such a big share of the artists work,” he continued.

While other social platforms do give creators the opportunity to monetize their live-streams, a majority of the money raised often goes to the platform itself. Triller, however, continues to be an artist-first application. With the well-being of creators being at the core of its business model, Triller will make sure that 70% of all money raised during live streams goes directly to the artist. Triller has also designated $5 million in ‘go live’ backlog that has been pre-purchased for influencers on a first-come, first-serve basis. The first 10 influencers who hit 100,000 concurrent viewers will each get 50K donations directly from the company. This is the first of many up and coming monetization programs for influencers. “We have already done internal tests, and if influencers use their IG and other social to encourage their followers to join their go live, this is a relatively easy metric for them to hit,” said Mike Lu, CEO of Triller.

“This generation has a huge appetite for live-streamed content, as we see how live-streamed events across social platforms have accumulated millions of viewers simultaneously. We want our users to know that we continue to update our app and add new features based on what we know will improve the experience for them based on their feedback,” continued Bobby Sarnevesht.

This latest development is the final integration of Halogen Networks into the platform, which Triller acquired this June with the intention of giving Triller users the opportunity to watch live events, including sports, musical acts, and more.

ABOUT TRILLER
Triller is an AI-powered music video app that allows users to create professional-looking videos in a matter of seconds. Pick a song, select the portion of the song you want to use, snap a few takes, and with the tap of a button, you have a celebrity-quality music video starring you and your friends. Triller relies solely on organic growth and has more than 250 million downloads, with celebrities like Alicia Keys, Cardi B, Marshmello, Roddy Ricch, and Eminem regularly using the app to create their own music videos. Triller recently was acquired by Proxima Media. For more information, visit www.triller.co and follow @trillervids on Instagram.

CONTACT:
press@triller.co

SOURCE: Triller

Epazz DeskFlex Expands to Latin America; Mexico as the Pioneering Country to Adopt Multi-Language Desk Booking Software Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic

via NewMediaWire — Epazz, Inc. DeskFlex (OTC: EPAZ), a provider of mission-critical cloud-computing software solutions and blockchain business solutions, announced today that the DeskFlex desk booking software system is developing multiple language packages to accommodate Latin American companies for their gradual return to the office.

According to Accenture, approximately 80% of executives agree that employees will have to collaborate with other teams and departments and work around projects or services and product lines instead of job roles. More industries are implementing remote work and agile teams as a result of the pandemic. While the physical office may differ, the future of employment is flexible remote working. Several companies implemented a flexible scheme that allows workers to work from home and promote the sharing of office spaces intended for their activities. Employers redesigned their post-pandemic offices to attract and retain talented employees, foster collaboration among workers, and reduce real estate costs. DeskFlex desk hoteling software addresses these concerns in making offices safer for employees to return to the office by alternating team member schedules and limiting bookable workstations.

DeskFlex’s meeting room scheduling software pushes forward in making safer offices for returning workers and the development of multi-language software packages to attract new business in Latin America. The new DeskFlex room scheduling software will have Spanish and Portuguese translations as the first development of the many languages. Several companies in Mexico and Spain expressed interest in implementing the DeskFlex room booking software in their organizations. The downloadable DeskFlex mobile applications will also sport a multi-language interface to accommodate more international clients.

DeskFlex’s room booking system seeks to achieve reduced incidences of Coronavirus contamination in offices, schools, business establishments, lecture halls, activity areas by upgrading its software systems to meet COVID prevention measures. DeskFlex’s COVID-compliant software helps companies screen elevated body temperature and mask-wearing, maintain social distancing with the dynamic scheduling feature, and sanitize the premises with the automatic desk sanitation feature.

According to Shaun Passley, Ph.D., CEO of Epazz, Inc., “We are optimistic in the movement of our products across borders and have quickly added multi-languagues packages to attract companies in Latin American countries.”

About DeskFlex.com

DeskFlex is a desk booking solution and room reservation software useful in booking conference rooms, meeting rooms, workspaces, desks, car parking spaces, and office equipment. DeskFlex meeting room scheduling system helps office managers accommodate remote workers’ time in the office, reducing rent and facility costs. DeskFlex lets employees reserve desks in advance or claim desks right away. It adjusts the telephone switch (PBX), so calls ring at the “desk du jour.” DeskFlex includes check-in, point-and-click floor maps, a web browser, a local kiosk, Outlook integration, and conference room scheduling.

About Epazz, Inc. (www.epazz.com)

Epazz, Inc., is a leading cloud-based software company that specializes in providing customized cloud applications to the corporate world, higher-education institutions, and the public sector. Epazz BoxesOS(TM) v3.0 is a complete web-based software package for small- to mid-size businesses, Fortune 500 enterprises, government agencies, and higher education institutions. BoxesOS provides many of the web-based applications organizations would otherwise need to purchase separately. Epazz’s other products are K9Sky.com kennel software and the Provitrac applicant tracking system.

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OIO to launch blockchain consulting and development services in Indonesia

SGX-listed OIO Holdings Limited (“OIO”) is pleased to announce its entry into the Indonesian market with a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) with PT. Infiniti Teknologi Indonesia (“Infiniti”).

Under the MOU, OIO will cooperate with Infiniti to support companies across various Indonesian industries planning to adopt blockchain-based technology in their business operations, with the aim of unlocking new growth areas and addressing operational inefficiencies. The MOU is effective for 2 years from 2 October 2020, unless mutually agreed between the parties for early termination or for further extension.

Background to the Partnership

OIO aims to be a leading provider of cost-effective and innovative solutions based on blockchain to further power the growth of enterprises in Asia. In partnership with Vietnam-based Infinity Blockchain Group (“IBG”), OIO currently markets consultancy and software development services for enterprises seeking to adopt easy-to-use and highly cost-effective blockchain solutions across numerous industries – such as, shipping, construction, logistics, and others. OIO’s vision is to help our enterprise customers solve their real-world problems by providing them with appropriately customised blockchain solutions.

Being headquartered in Singapore, a leading global blockchain cluster, places OIO in a strategic position to access the growing demand for enterprise blockchain solutions. According to market intelligence firm International Data Corporation (“IDC”), the Asia-Pacific region accounts for approximately 19.3% of global blockchain spending. Even after accounting for COVID-19 related spending slowdowns, IDC expects blockchain spending to grow at a five-year Compound Annual Growth Rate of 55.3% for the Asia Pacific region (ex-Japan) and 57.1% worldwide – with global spend estimated to reach $14.4 billion by 2023[1].

Indonesia Market

Today, Indonesia is the world’s fourth most populous nation, the 10th largest economy in terms of purchasing power parity, and a member of the G-20[2]. Strong macroeconomic fundamentals plus the growing number of both public and private sector blockchain projects in the country, have made Indonesia an attractive market for OIO to support with our customised solutions.

At the start of 2018, Bank Indonesia (BI) announced that it needs about two years to complete a study about the possibility of issuing a digital rupiah currency[3]. In August that year, the Indonesian Blockchain Association along with other organisations such as the Indonesia Chamber of Commerce and Creative Economy Agency, and Hara (a blockchain-based agritech startup) came together to launch Indonesia’s first blockchain hub[4]. A year later, the Indonesian government’s Creative Economy Agency also was reported to be using blockchain technology to protect artists’ copyrights by helping musicians who have loaded their work to the database to track and monitor downloads and usage online, and calculate royalties due[5].

Historically, Indonesia has followed a democratic philosophy of strong regional autonomy. As such, each of the 33 provinces have their own unique features arising from provincial empowerment. This “administrative decentralisation” is also reflected in the differing standards, procedures, and IT systems between regions. This also means that service providers operating with centralised information systems will struggle to expand their services across the many differing regional standards and protocols[6].

While this feature of the Indonesian IT terrain may be an obstacle to traditional players in the tech industry, it is a boon for newer innovators who can leverage on blockchain’s features that allows it to share data across multiple parties while keeping the database decentralised. OIO has recently identified potential project requirements from various industries in Indonesia, particularly in supply chain management across the many small islands in the country.

“We are thrilled to enter the Indonesian market with our partner PT. Infiniti Teknologi Indonesia. We believe we can leverage our experience and resources in the blockchain industry to help further propel the economic success story that is Indonesia today.”
– Taku Edatsune, Head of Finance and Administration of OIO Holdings.

“We see the rise of potential needs for blockchain technology to solve the social and economic problems in Indonesia. Indonesia due to its diverse political and dispersed geographical nature, is best served by a decentralised technological solution. Hence our blockchain based collaboration with OIO.”
– Syarifuddin Tanzil, Infiniti Teknologi Indonesia.

The OIO – PT. Infiniti Teknologi Indonesia Partnership

Through this partnership, OIO and Infiniti will market and execute blockchain-related consulting and software development services to enterprises in Indonesia, leveraging on OIO’s reputation as a Singapore-listed company, IBG’s software development resources, as well as Infiniti’s local networks of enterprises in Indonesia.

The goal of the partnership is to promote greater implementation and adoption of blockchain solutions across industries in Indonesia, thereby resolving existing business and social issues by leveraging on the unique advantages accorded by blockchain.

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4. Maulani, A., 2018. Indonesia Blockchain Hub Launches To Bring Greater Awareness Of The Technology | E27. [online] e27. Available at: https://e27.co/indonesia-blockchain-hub-launches-20180817/ [Accessed 1 October 2020].
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About OIO Holdings Limited

OIO Holdings Limited (“OIO”) is a Singapore Exchange-listed firm whose core businesses are the provision of mechanical and electrical (“M&E”) engineering services, and blockchain-related agency and consulting solution services. Over the years, OIO has developed extensive expertise as an M&E engineering services and solution provider. It has built up a strong network with well-established customers who are often engaged in luxury resorts or well-known projects in Singapore and the region such as Sengkang General Hospital and Sheraton Towers Singapore Hotel.

OIO has recently expanded into blockchain-related businesses which include sales agency business, software development agency business and blockchain-related consultancy businesses. OIO’s vision is to be the best service partner and provider of innovative technology solutions to power the growth of enterprises in Asia.

Website: www.oio.sg
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oioholdings/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/66361073/
Telegram: https://t.me/oio_singapore

Service contact:
Sam Lay, Head of Business Development, OIO. email: enquiry@oio.sg
Company contact:
Taku Edatsune, Head of Finance and Administration, OIO. email: press@oio.sg or investor.relations@oio.sg

This press release has been reviewed by the Company’s sponsor, PrimePartners Corporate Finance Pte. Ltd. (the “Sponsor”). It has not been examined or approved by the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (the “Exchange”) and the Exchange assumes no responsibility for the contents of this document, including the correctness of any of the statements or opinions made or reports contained in this document.

The contact person for the Sponsor is Ms Gillian Goh, 16 Collyer Quay, #10-00 Income at Raffles, Singapore 049318, sponsorship@ppcf.com.sg.

Smart Cybersecurity Summit to Help Companies Build Resilience Beyond the Crisis

Cyber Security World Asia today announced the launch of its latest conference & exhibition, the Smart Cybersecurity Summit, taking place on 11th March 2021 at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore.

The theme of the Smart Cybersecurity Summit will be Singapore’s Cybersecurity: Building Resilience Beyond the Crisis.

Dominic Pinfold, Event Manager, said, “The Smart Cybersecurity Summit is a response to the opening up of the Singapore MICE industry to live events, and the Cybersecurity industry having managed one of the most dramatic changes to everyday life in living memory.

“With 2020 witnessing a huge migration to working from home, and an expanded and more complex perimeter for organizations to defend against, the Smart Cybersecurity Summit is launched for IT Security professionals to share their successes and learnings with each other in a safe, live environment.”

The Smart Cybersecurity Summit will offer a safe environment for a group of exclusively-invited IT Security professionals to network, and learn from a free-to-attend conference that includes closed door roundtable sessions, open panel discussions and insight from industry visionaries. Conference tracks will focus on topics like Strategy, Architecture & Operational Security; Risk, Management & Governance; Cybersecurity Culture, and more.

The exhibition, limited to 30 leading cybersecurity vendors, will present Singapore’s latest and most forward-thinking technology innovators and service providers.

The Smart Cybersecurity Summit has been guided in terms of content format and theme by the honorary Advisory Board comprising of:

– David Siah, APAC VP Southeast Asia and Australasia, Centre for Strategic Cyberspace + International Studies
– Andy Woo, Regional Director & Co-founder, Pacific Tech Pte Ltd
– Magda Chelly, Head, Cyber Advisory, Asia, Marsh Asia
– Dan Tinsley, Global Head of Threat Management, Cyber Defence Operations & Intelligence, Dyson

On the launch of the Summit, Andy Woo, Regional Director & Co-Founder of Pacific Tech said, “Pacific Tech is excited to hear the return of live events for Singapore’s IT Security industry. As the region’s leading IT Security Value Added Distributor, we are keen to share how organisations are building resilience and being proactive in securing their IT infrastructure.”

The Smart Cybersecurity Summit is accepting speaker, and sponsorship applications. Visitor registrations will open in the coming months.

For more information on the Smart Cybersecurity Summit, visit www.cybersecurityworldasia.com/scs2021

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