March 7, 2023 – Bahrain News Gazette

March 7, 2023

‫OST تحافظ على فصلها لمدة 3 سنوات في أفريقيا مع نمو أفريقيا

تثق Africa Grow في Open Startup وتدعم فصلها التالي لمدة 3 سنوات في التوسع في إفريقيا

– بدءا من أسبوع الغمر العالمي ومعسكر تدريب معهد ماساتشوستس للتكنولوجيا كأول الأنشطة

– مارس 2023 7 – African Media Agency – تونس حصلت Open Startup (OST) – International ، وهي منظمة غير ربحية مكرسة لتعزيز ريادة الأعمال والابتكار في الشرق الأوسط وأفريقيا ، على منحة من أحدث شريك لها ، مرفق المساعدة الفنية AfricaGrow الممول من وزارة التنمية الاقتصادية والتعاون الألمانية. ستمكن هذه الشراكة التي مدتها ثلاث سنوات OST من توسيع أنشطتها في إفريقيا ، ودعم رواد الأعمال والشركات الناشئة بالموارد والشبكات والخبرات لمساعدتهم على النجاح.

يعد دعم AfricaGrow ل OST علامة فارقة للمنظمة غير الربحية ، حيث يظهر التزامها بتعزيز نظام بيئي مزدهر للشركات الناشئة في إفريقيا وخارجها. تتمثل مهمة OST في ربط النظم البيئية المختلفة وخلق فرص لرواد الأعمال ، وستمكنها هذه الشراكة الجديدة من مواصلة السعي لتحقيق هذا الهدف.

كجزء من فصلها الجديد ، تخطط OST لتعزيز مجتمعها عبر الحدود من الشركات الناشئة والتركيز على الاستعداد للاستثمار بمساعدة شركاء مثل BPI France و Go Ventures و AfricInvest. ستواصل المنظمة أيضا بناء وتعزيز التكنولوجيا العميقة في إفريقيا من خلال برنامج Brain ، بدعم من شركاء مثل IFC و AfrInvest والسفارة الأمريكية في تونس ، بالشراكة مع مركز Legatum للتنمية وريادة الأعمال في معهد ماساتشوستس للتكنولوجيا ، ومعهد ماساتشوستس للتكنولوجيا في إفريقيا ، و Instadeep.

لبدء هذا الفصل الجديد ، يسر OST الإعلان عن أول نشاطين لها ، (1) النسخة الثانية من “أسبوع الغمر العالمي OST” (OST GIW) – وهو حدث إقليمي سيجمع الخبراء والمستثمرين وبناة النظام البيئي والشركات الناشئة وأصحاب المصلحة الآخرين من المغرب،الأردن ،السنغال، تونس و هذا العام الجزائر. تم تصميم هذا الأسبوع لتعزيز التعاون بين المناطق وتقديم لمحة عن النظام البيئي للشركات الناشئة في المنطقة. الحدث ، الذي سيقام في الفترة من 13 مارس إلى 17 مارس 2023.

(2) Brain MIT Bootcamp – برنامج تدريبي مدته خمسة أيام يهدف إلى دعم 30 باحثا وعلماء يتم تقديمه من قبل ممثلين وخبراء من

معهد ماساتشوستس للتكنولوجيا (MIT). الهدف من هذا النشاط هو المساهمة في تأسيس DeepTech في إفريقيا. الحدث ، الذي سيقام في الفترة من 18 مارس إلى 22 مارس 2023.

جدول أعمال GIW

13 مارس: الترحيب واللقاءات

14 مارس: يوم بناء الشراكات وليلة التكنولوجيا

15 مارس: اليوم الإقليمي للنظم الإيكولوجية & نقاش: النظم الإيكولوجية في أفريقيا

16 مارس: يوم المستثمر مع Africinvest و Panel: الاستثمار في إفريقيا

17 مارس: حفل GIW – احتفال وتعمق في منطقة الشرق الأوسط وأفريقيا

أفريكا جرو

AfricaGro هو صندوق للصناديق ، تديره Allianz Global Investors وتنصح به DEG Impact ، ويستثمر في صناديق الأسهم الخاصة والرساميل الاستثمارية الإقليمية والجهوية لعموم إفريقيا. وذلك بمرافقة من صندوق للمساعدة التقنية تموله الوزارة الاتحادية الألمانية للتعاون الاقتصادي والتنمية (BMZ) من خلال بنك التنمية الألماني. بتوفير التمويل والمساعدة الفنية لصناديق المحافظ والشركات المستثمر فيها والجهات الفاعلة في النظام البيئي لرأس المال الاستثماري الأفريقي ، تهدف AfricaGrow إلى مساعدة الشركات على النمو وتوسيع عملياتها وخلق فرص العمل والمساهمة في النمو الاقتصادي المستدام.

على هذا النحو ، تعمل AfricaGrow مع الشركاء المحليين والجمعيات والمسرعات لتقديم برامج تدريبية وورش عمل وأحداث للتواصل في جميع أنحاء القارة الأفريقية. كجزء من جهودها لدعم النظام البيئي للشركات الناشئة في تونس والمغرب والسنغال ، تتعاون AfricaGrow مع OST.

حول OST

Open Startup (OST) هي منظمة غير ربحية تعمل كمركز إقليمي للشركات الناشئة في شمال إفريقيا والشرق الأوسط. تتمثل مهمة OST في تعزيز ريادة الأعمال والابتكار من خلال توفير الوصول إلى الموارد والشبكات والإرشاد عبر القارات. ومن خلال برامجها المختلفة، تدعم OST الشركات الناشئة ورواد الأعمال في بناء أعمالهم وتوسيع نطاقها، ودفع عجلة النمو الاقتصادي وخلق فرص العمل في المنطقة.

OST في شراكة مع كولومبيا للهندسة ، كلية كولومبيا للأعمال ، السفارة الأمريكية في تونس ، أفريكا جرو ، مجموعة أفريك إنفست ، مراكز كولومبيا العالمية في تونس ، مراكز كولومبيا العالمية في عمان ، مؤسسة دروسوس ، Innov’i – EU4Innovation ، الاتحاد الأوروبي في تونس ، فرانس إكسبيرينس ، وذا دوت.

March 7, 2023

OST Sustains its 3-year chapter in Africa with AfricaGrow

AfricaGrow trusts Open Startup and supports its next 3-year chapter in expanding into Africa – Starting with The Global Immersion Week and Brain MIT bootcamp as the first activities.

TUNIS, TUNISIA – African Media Agency – 7 March 2023 – Open Startup (OST)-International, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting entrepreneurship and innovation in the Middle East and Africa, has secured a grant from its newest partner, the AfricaGrow Technical Assistance Facility funded by the German Ministry for Economic Development and Cooperation. This three-year partnership will enable OST to expand its activities in Africa, supporting entrepreneurs and startups with resources, networks, and expertise to help them succeed.

AfricaGrow’s support for OST is a significant milestone for the non-profit organization, as it demonstrates its commitment to fostering a thriving startup ecosystem in Africa and beyond. OST’s mission is to connect different ecosystems and create opportunities for entrepreneurs, and this new partnership will enable it to continue pursuing this goal.

As part of its new chapter, OST plans to reinforce its cross-border community of startups and focus on investment readiness with the help of partners such as BPI France, Go Ventures, and AfricInvest. The organization will also continue to build and foster deep tech in Africa through its Brain program, supported by partners such as IFC, AfrInvest, and the U.S. Embassy in Tunis, in partnership with The Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship at MIT, MIT Africa, and Instadeep.

To kick off this new chapter, OST is excited to announce its two first activities, (1) the second edition of its “OST Global Immersion Week” (OST GIW) – a regional event that will bring together experts, investors, ecosystem builders, startups, and other stakeholders from Morocco, Jordan, Senegal, Tunisia, adding this year Algeria. This week is designed to foster cross-regional collaboration and offer a snapshot of the startup ecosystem in the region. The event, which will take place from March 13th to March 17th, 2023.

(2) the Brain MIT Bootcamp– a five-day training program that aims to support 30 research-scientists and that is delivered by representatives and experts from

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The objective of this activity is to contribute to the foundation of DeepTech in Africa. The event, which will take place from March 18th to March 22nd, 2023.

Agenda of the GIW

March 13: Welcoming and Meetups

March 14: Partnerships Building Day & Tech Night

March 15: Regional Ecosystems Day & Talk: Ecosystems in Africa

March 16: Investor Day with Africinvest & Panel: Investing in Africa

March 17: GIW Ceremony- A celebration and deepdive into the MEA region

About AfricaGrow

AfricaGrow is a Fund of Funds, managed by Allianz Global Investors and advised by DEG Impact, investing in Pan-African regional and country-specific private equity and venture capital funds. Attached to this fund is a Technical Assistance Facility funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) through KfW. By providing funding and technical assistance to portfolio funds, investee companies and actors of the African venture capital ecosystem, AfricaGrow aims to help businesses grow, expand their operations, create jobs, and contribute to sustainable economic growth.

As such, AfricaGrow works with local partners, associations, and accelerators to offer training programs, workshops, and networking events all over the African continent. As part of its efforts to support the start-up ecosystem in Tunisia, Morocco, and Senegal, AfricaGrow partners with OST.

About OST

Open Startup (OST) is a non-profit organization serving as a regional hub for startups in North Africa and the Middle East. OST’s mission is to foster entrepreneurship and innovation by providing access to resources, networks, and mentorship across continents. Through its various programs, OST supports startups and entrepreneurs in building and scaling their businesses, driving economic growth and job creation in the region.

OST is in partnership with Columbia Engineering, Columbia Business School, U.S. Embassy Tunis, Africa Grow, AfricInvest Group, Columbia Global Centers I Tunis, Columbia Global Centers l Amman, Drosos Foundation, Innov’i – EU4Innovation, Union européenne en Tunisie, France Expertise, and The Dot.

Media Contact :

Dana Al Mubaidin

DaBuzz Consulting

dana@dabuzzconsulting.com

March 7, 2023

WHR Introduces New Enterprise Business Intelligence Tool to Serve Clients

MILWAUKEE, March 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — WHR Global (WHR), a leader in the global employee relocation industry, announced release of its newest enterprise business intelligence tool specifically designed to serve its customers’ growing needs. The new tool, called WHR Insights, is a series of interactive data visualizations embedded into the WHR Client Portal that can be customized to each client’s relocation programs, benefits, policies and other KPIs. WHR Insights analyzes data on employee spend (e.g., household goods shipments), survey satisfaction, policy exceptions, and individual components. The tool, free to all clients, facilitates clients making better decisions on where to relocate employees; what level of housing and other benefits to provide; and how to give the best overall support to employees during a relocation or assignment transition.

Watch a short video about WHR Insights here.

By using WHR Insights, mobility and HR teams can optimize programs, ensuring they are providing the best possible support to employees during the relocation or assignment process and in turn, increase employee satisfaction and retention. New data is refreshed nightly, allowing clients to view data in real time.

According to WHR’s Strategic Initiatives Manager, Sean Thrun, “WHR Insights is the latest addition to our client technology suite. We believe interactive data analytics should be the norm in global mobility, not the exception. Through WHR Insights, all stakeholders can make informed decisions that are crucial to the success of their mobility programs. Procurement can track diversity spend, employee satisfaction and more when calculating at-risk fees per the master services agreement. Finance teams can view relocation budget forecasts and accruals, filtering by cost center or division and exporting the data instantly for further manipulation in Excel. Mobility teams start by choosing dashboard templates prebuilt by WHR, whether it’s core-flex component utilization, household goods only, budget vs. actual, lump sum, policy exceptions, initiations, employee satisfaction or home sale. Then, we customize each dashboard to your program, policy and organizational structure at your request.

“With WHR Insights, companies can make informed decisions that benefit both the employee and the organization, leading to improved retention rates and increased productivity. In today’s competitive business landscape, having the right solution set like WHR Insights can give companies a strategic advantage in employee relocation.”

About WHR Global
WHR Global (WHR) is a private, client-driven global relocation management company distinguished by its best-in-class service delivery and cutting-edge, proprietary technology. WHR has offices in Milwaukee, Wis., Basel, Switzerland, and Singapore. With its 100% client retention rate for the past decade, WHR continues to position itself as the trusted leader in global employee relocation. WHR lives by its vision and passion for Advancing Lives Forward® and Making the Complex Simple. To learn more about WHR, visit http://www.whrg.com, or follow us on LinkedIn or Twitter.

Media Contact: Mindy Stroiman, Corporate Writer
Mindy.Stroiman@whrg.com
262.523.7510

GlobeNewswire Distribution ID 8754875

March 7, 2023

Graid Technology Announces Massive Performance Increase With New SupremeRAID(TM) Software Release

New release will drive up to 4X-9X increase in sequential write performance for customers protecting their data with SupremeRAID, allowing users in AI/ML, video processing, and similar workloads to write data to NVMe drives at record speeds

SANTA CLARA, CA / ACCESSWIRE / March 7, 2023 / Graid Technology, the award-winning data protection provider and developer of the only RAID card to offer customers access to the full performance of NVMe SSDs, is proud to announce a new software release for the SupremeRAID SR-1000 and SR-1010 offerings. This release, available in summer 2023, will drive even higher performance and lower CPU utilization than prior releases of SupremeRAID.Graid Technology Announces New SupremeRAID Software Release

With traditional methods of data protection, users can expect sequential write performance of between 2GBps and 4GBps as I/O bottlenecks will prohibit full access to NVMe drive performance. Utilizing SupremeRAID with Graid Technology’s patent-pending out-of-path data flow and new groundbreaking Intelligent Parity data reduction technology, users can expect speeds of greater than 90GBps¹ for RAID5 sequential writes as all I/O bottlenecks are removed, allowing users to exploit the full performance of NVMe SSDs.

“This new enhancement offered by Graid Technology will give users of SupremeRAID a clear competitive advantage in the marketplace. The ability to write unstructured data sets to high-speed NVMe drives at such an accelerated rate will save our customers tremendous amounts of time and drive a lower TCO on their infrastructure purchases,” said Leander Yu, President and CEO of Graid Technology. “Since our first product release in 2021, we have continually improved the performance of SupremeRAID with software updates for our existing customers. This clearly demonstrates the powerful capabilities of our technology; we can’t wait to see how much further we can push it.”

The enhanced release of SupremeRAID elevates the product that Graid Technology brings to the global enterprise market. It will be available to all Graid Technology customers, regardless of channel, as a free upgrade upon general release. As Graid Technology continues to expand its OEM, distribution, and integration partnerships, it will continue to work with customers and partners to explore options for additional functionality in future product and software enhancements.

For media and sales inquiries, find SupremeRAID featured across the showroom floor at CloudFest 2023 March 21-23 in Germany. Visit our event page to book a meeting at our booth or any of our multiple partner booths. To learn more about groundbreaking SupremeRAID NVMe capabilities for high performance computing, you can also visit graidtech.com.

¹Based on Linux RAID5 with Intel Xeon Gold 6338 CPU, 32 core with 2.0 GHz x 2, 20 Phison EPW5970 NVMe drives.

About Graid Technology

SupremeRAID is the world’s first NVMe and NVMeoF RAID card to unlock the full potential of enterprise SSD performance. Led by experts in the industry, Graid Technology is redefining next-generation RAID: a single SupremeRAID card delivers 19M IOPS and 110GB/s of throughput. Connect with us: Twitter or LinkedIn.

Contact Information

Andrea Eaken
Graid Technology Director of Marketing & Media Relations
andrea.eaken@graidtech.com

SOURCE: Graid Technology

March 7, 2023

Octily Expands to Asia Pacific Region, Delivering Unique Cornerstone OnDemand Customization

BERLIN, GERMANY and SINGAPORE / ACCESSWIRE / March 7, 2023 / Octily, the creative studio for Cornerstone OnDemand (CSOD), announces its expansion to the APJ region with a new Senior Project Manager located in Singapore, more multilingual team members, ongoing collaboration with local implementation partners, and a strong connection to CSOD in South Korea. This development follows successful Cornerstone customization work for well-known companies headquartered between Hong Kong and Japan, which offered a glimpse of a huge opportunity in the region.

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Where Octily’s clients are based
From the U.S., all over Europe, to Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, and Australia.

“The Asia Pacific expansion is the next logical step for us,” said Robert Bucher, Founder and CEO of Octily. “Working with Cornerstone account managers, solution consultants, partners, and Fortune 500 clients in APJ, we’ve found the same needs as their European/U.S. counterparts. Companies want to personalize their employees’ HR experiences, drive adoption, and deliver outstanding user journeys – but have limited access to resources for customization or are simply not aware of the possibilities. Octily is filling this gap by bringing more than seven years of expertise to the area.”

Octily’s growing team now includes Susan Smit, a dedicated Senior Project Manager located in Singapore with a deep background as a Learning Technologist for one of the world’s largest food companies; Simen-Ling La, lead Senior Project Manager with Vietnamese roots and previous CSOD project management experience at one of the best-known fast-food chains; and Keisuke Tanaka, web developer with native Japanese-language skills. In addition, Octily is working with TalearnX, a leading HR consulting firm in Asia that strives to solve business challenges by empowering the people operations department.

“Looking at our 100% remote setup, I’m very proud to see what a colorful, capable, and international team we have become. We are very optimistic about working with the CSOD team and partners in the APJ region to help organizations get the most out of their strategic investments in talent and learning experiences,” Rob concluded.

Partnership with Cornerstone OnDemand

“The word ‘customization’ is not familiar with SaaS products like Cornerstone OnDemand. However, our customers’ desire for creativity, to help learners reach their last step of conquering Learning and Development, cannot be neglected,” said DJ Park, Cornerstone OnDemand Senior Solution Consultant in Seoul, South Korea. “With Octily, enterprise customers in the Far East, especially in Korea, were not only able to witness their creative ideas come to life, but were also able to make the Cornerstone experience a much more robust one. The integrity, work ethic, and thorough consultation from team Octily are critical factors of our customer-centric partner teamwork that cannot be found elsewhere. Plus, their knowledge of the solution is just a cherry on top,” DJ concluded.

Collaboration with Implementation Partner TalearnX

Octily has a strong track record of collaboration with other organizations and loves to team up with partners. In the APJ region, Octily joins forces with TalearnX to work with some of Asia’s greatest companies. Teng Mun Chow, Director at TalearnX, shared his experience working with the Octily team. “Octily exhibits professionalism and technical competency that is unrivaled. We have had the honor of working with Octily on challenging customizations, and Octily has surpassed our expectations. The experience is awesome and refreshing. Octily is definitely the right company to partner with,” he concluded.

About Cornerstone OnDemand

Cornerstone powers the future-ready workforce with a next-generation talent experience platform designed to unite technology, data, and content and inspire a work environment of growth, agility, and success for all. With an AI-powered, skills-forward, experiential platform built on an open architecture designed for neutrality and scale, Cornerstone helps organizations modernize their learning and development experience, deliver the most relevant content from anywhere, accelerate talent and career mobility, and establish skills as the universal language of growth and success across their business. Cornerstone serves over 7,000 customers and 100 million users and is available in 180 countries and 50 languages. Learn more at https://cornerstoneondemand.com

About Octily GmbH

Octily is the only creative studio with a 100% focus on customization and personalization of Cornerstone OnDemand. As a long-term certified Cornerstone OnDemand partner, Octily leverages over two decades of deep work in HR software development and user experience. Octily makes the impossible – possible. With a 100% remote team spanning from Berlin, Germany, to San Francisco, USA, and Singapore, Octily firmly believes in remote work, a small environmental footprint, and maximum use of productivity, communication, and collaboration tools. Over the past seven years, Octily has helped global HR teams from more than 75+ organizations customize their web-based SaaS solutions. Organizations including Deutsche Post DHL, Electrolux, Henkel, Linde, Sidel, and Xella have trusted Octily in 250+ unique projects for their 20+ million users worldwide.

For more information, visit https://octily.com, download http://octi.ly/overview or contact us at octily@octily.com

Contact Information

Robert Bucher
CEO
press@octily.com

+49 162 467 3762

SOURCE: Octily GmbH