Technology

Start Your Own Business – Talk to the Experts

Karl Woolfenden 0 Comment July 15, 2020

Karl spoke to the CCO of IncFile about the importance of protecting your business by creating a legal entity.

If you are thinking of about starting your own business, or taking your existing business to the next level it is worth talking to experts like IncFile so that you make the right choices.

IncFile has a range of services that can ensure your company is in the right place, and is protected in the various states that you incorporate.

Incorporating can seem complicated, but IncFile does all the heavy lifting for you while you focus on delivering your products and services to your customers.

About IncFile

We’re entrepreneurs, just like you. We make registering a company as easy as possible, so you can focus on the important things. Beyond that, we have a full suite of startup services (like banking and bookkeeping), which means Incfile not only helps you get started, but supports you in your continued success as your one-stop-shop.

We founded in 2004 and headquartered in Houston, Texas. At the time, business registration meant excessive paperwork and expensive attorneys. We used technology to streamline the process and cultivated a team of experts so that it was easier than ever to get started and grow a big idea into a healthy business.

Our team is down-to-earth, and we know our stuff. Since starting, we have assisted more than 250,000 entrepreneurs and small business owners to form and grow their businesses. Our mission is to provide you with a superior and modern experience at an unparalleled value.

Incfile.com is the modern way to do business, from formation to lifetime success. We’re for clever people with big ideas.

Ask The Expert/ Healthcare/ Law/ Technology

Handling Stress & Mental Health In The “New” Workplace

Karl Woolfenden 0 Comment July 11, 2020

Lathrop GPM Implements A Company Wide Program To Help Its Employees Cope With Stress And Mental Issues At Work

Karl has been discussing all factors of the new workplace, and today he touches on a subject that has always been an area of concern in the office, but with the current COVID-19 situation, there is an increasing number of employees and leadership that are facing different levels of stress and mental health issues.

In our continuing conversation with our friends at Lathrop GPM, Karl had a great discussion with one of the key leaders at the firm.

An insurance coverage and insolvency attorney with more than 20 years of experience, Kim Winter possesses great insight and perspective into complex coverage disputes. She serves as the leader of Lathrop GPM’s Insurance Recovery & Counseling Practice Group.

The Book Featured In This Interview -

ABOUT LATHROP GPM

Lathrop GPM is one of the largest law firms in the United States representing policyholders, providing policyholders with the necessary guidance and legal counsel to handle everything from negotiating coverage and managing risk to litigating insurance disputes and recovery. The Road to Insurance Recovery blog is dedicated to helping readers better understand and manage the complexities of the modern business insurance policy.

Ask The Expert/ Technology

A Strong Partnership Yields Results

Karl Woolfenden 0 Comment July 6, 2020

Karl Woolfenden spoke with the CEO of the Gorilla Corporation, Carlo Brayda, and they had a conversation about creating strong partnerships and how it is important in today’s business landscape to develop a strategy, and create a strong channel partner, to see results.

In today’s global market, companies around the world are fighting for the same business, threatening established sales channels, markets and relationships. Technologies such as cloud and big data are making the traditional ways of doing business extinct. Customers armed with market knowledge and product information are demanding more.

Without an experienced guide and the right toolkit, you can easily lose your way and fall prey to the competition. To thrive in this environment, you need Gorilla’s channel experience on your side. Over the last two decades, through all kinds of market conditions, we’ve created and managed more than 6,000 successful projects for over 800 enterprises. We know the territory. We have knowledge, ideas and track record to help you succeed.

At Gorilla we have one focus – helping technology vendors measure, grow, enable, and manage their IT channel. Whether you are a startup or an established company, we have programs that will help you maximize your channel investment.

Collaboration
We can help your business grow organically by increasing your customer base, improving productivity and finding new channels of distribution.

Industry experience
With our vast channel marketing knowledge base we create smart marketing programs aligned with your unique business needs and objectives.

Powerful solutions
Our solutions leverage the latest technologies and best practices to help you accelerate growth and gain competitive advantage.

Agility
Our solutions make your channel operations nimble and enable you to respond faster to new opportunities.

Global presence
With subsidiaries covering most regions of the world, we can give you worldwide coverage with local connections.

Thought leadership
As a member of the United Nations Technology Agency (UNITU), we are in touch with future technology, trends and disruptors, and can help you implement future-proof commercial strategies.

Reliability
We are fully compliant with ISO 9001 quality standards, assuring you that our processes and operations meet procurement standards requirements.

HISTORY

2018 – Acquired 8-Digital, Warwick UK

2017 – Gorilla won the Cloud Channel Development award at the Cloud Visionaries Conference

2016 – Announced Global Strategic Partnership with Impartner PRM

2015 – Launched Operations in North Dallas, Texas

2012 – Gorilla is admitted as an Associate Member of the United Nations International Telecommunications Union

2012 – Acquired ThinkTank International, Nairobi Kenya

2011 – Moved Corporate Legal Headquarters to Wilmington, Delaware

2011 – Established North America Sales Base in San Francisco, California

2010 – Established Latin America base in Mexico City, Mexico

2010 – Acquired Advanced Alchemy Corp.

2006 – Established non profit, Alchemy World NGO, in Addis Ababa Ethiopia and London UK.

2001 – Filed SaaS PRM Patent in London UK

2000 – Established first California Office in Los Angeles

1999 – Acquired Intelligency Ltd, in London UK and EMEA Market Research company.

1992 – First incorporation of a company in the Gorilla Corporation Group.

Technology

Celestica’s Newmarket Operation Wins Contract with StarFish Medical Inc. to Manufacture Ventilators for Canadian Market

Karl Woolfenden 0 Comment July 1, 2020

Celestica Inc. (NYSE, TSX: CLS), a leader in design, manufacturing and supply chain solutions for the world’s most innovative companies, today announced it has won a program to build 7,500 ventilators for StarFish Medical Inc., a Canadian medical device company, at Celestica’s operation in Newmarket, Ontario.

Celestica will begin manufacturing of the ventilators in May and intends to deliver the finished products on behalf of StarFish Medical to Health Canada for distribution early in the fourth quarter of 2020.

“We are proud to partner with StarFish Medical in supplying the ventilators that healthcare professionals must have to treat COVID-19 patients who are in critical condition,” said Kevin Walsh, Vice President, HealthTech, Celestica. “It’s a Canada-for-Canada alliance that will help to ensure our hospitals and healthcare workers have the equipment they need to save lives.”

StarFish Medical selected Celestica based on its extensive experience that spans design, supply chain, ISO 13485 certified manufacturing and adheres to the highest quality and regulatory requirements.

“We’re working on a very short timetable, and Celestica’s expertise and capabilities across the entire product development cycle will ensure we can meet the deadline and deliver products of the highest quality,” said John Walmsley, EVP Strategic Relationships, StarFish Medical Inc.

StarFish leads the Canadian Emergency Ventilators project, part of the Canadian Government’s plan to mobilize industry to fight COVID-19. That plan includes Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada’s (ISED) Next Generation Manufacturing Canada (NGen) initiative to build capacity through superclusters. The initiative will quickly bring to market more than 30,000 ventilators in Canada to meet the demand for lifesaving medical equipment in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

About Celestica

Celestica enables the world’s best brands. Through our recognized customer-centric approach, we partner with leading companies in aerospace and defense, communications, enterprise, healthtech, industrial, capital equipment, and energy to deliver solutions for their most complex challenges. As a leader in design, manufacturing, hardware platform and supply chain solutions, Celestica brings global expertise and insight at every stage of product development – from the drawing board to full-scale production and after-market services. With talented teams across North America, Europe and Asia, we imagine, develop and deliver a better future with our customers.

For further information on Celestica, visit www.celestica.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This news release contains forward-looking statements related to our contract with StarFish Medical the intention and timing to produce ventilators for COVID-19 patients, and the intended use of such ventilators. Such forward-looking statements may, without limitation, be preceded by, followed by, or include words such as “believes”, “expects”, “anticipates”, “estimates”, “intends”, “plans”, “continues”, “project”, “potential”, “possible”, “contemplate”, “seek”, “goal”, or similar expressions, or may employ such future or conditional verbs as “may”, “might”, “will”, “could”, “should” or “would”, or may otherwise be indicated as forward-looking statements by grammatical construction, phrasing or context. For those statements, we claim the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and applicable Canadian securities laws. Forward-looking statements are provided for the purpose of assisting readers in understanding management’s current expectations and plans relating to the future. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks that could cause actual results to differ materially from conclusions, forecasts or projections expressed in such statements, including, among others, risks relating to the duration and severity of the COVID-19 pandemic, the demand for related medical supplies, ventilators, and our ability to produce the ventilators described in this press release as intended, as well as the risks discussed in our various public filings at www.sedar.com and www.sec.gov, including in our most recent Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, and our most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with, and subsequent reports on Form 6-K furnished to, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and as applicable, the Canadian Securities Administrators. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based on various assumptions, many of which involve factors that are beyond our control. The material assumptions include those related to the following: our ability to produce the ventilators described in this press release as intended; the level of demand for ventilators for COVID-19 patients from StarFish Medical; and the continued need for ventilators to aid in the treatment of COVID-19. While management believes these assumptions to be reasonable under the current circumstances, they may prove to be inaccurate. Except as required by applicable law, we disclaim any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Technology/ Texas

Marimon Business Systems Announces Company Name Change to FTG of Texas (FTG-TX)

Karl Woolfenden 0 Comment June 26, 2020

Houston, TX (June 26, 2020) – Marimon Business Systems, a leading provider of office technology services and subsidiary to Flex Technology Group (FTG), announces its corporate name change to FTG Texas (FTG-TX) effective July 1, 2020. The company’s key executives, employees, and headquarters will remain in Houston, Texas and it will maintain its supporting offices in Dallas, Texarkana, and El Dorado.

This rebranding allows FTG-TX to further align itself with Flex Technology Group and present a more unified front as they continue to grow into one of the largest office technology companies in the nation. The name change will build upon the successful business that Marimon has developed since the company’s founding in 1978 and positions the company for future growth opportunities.

“We are excited to align our brand and business more closely to Flex Technology Group,” said Ron Nielson, President of FTG-TX. “By rebranding ourselves as FTG Texas, we hope to eliminate any marketplace confusion so that we can focus on providing our customers with the best in class office technology solutions available in the market today. Our commitment to our employees, customers, and partners remains our highest priority as we continue to establish ourselves as an industry innovator focused on exceptional customer service.”

As FTG-TX transitions to this next phase of growth, there will only be one result: seamless, quality service. Customers, vendors, and partners will find no change in the quality of products and services offered or in conducting business with the company’s new identity.

In addition to its new corporate name, the company has also introduced a new web address and updated website. FTG Texas can now be found at www.FTG-Texas.com.

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About FTG of Texas (FTG-TX)

Since 1978, FTG of Texas (FTG-TX) has provided comprehensive business solutions using award-winning technology and services designed to increase overall efficiency and boost productivity, all while saving you money. The foundation of our success has been built on anticipating client needs and delivering unique business solutions that allow you to operate leaner and be more responsive than ever before. That is why everything we do is designed to maximize your investment, minimize downtime, and optimize your document workflow. Our range of products and services are simply unmatched. We have partnered with the best in the industry, Canon, and Lexmark, to bring you state-of-the-art technology and best-in-class products to deliver a customized solution to fit your specific business needs. Our only goal is to help you work smarter, faster, and more efficiently so you can stay ahead of the competition. We are essential for business. For additional info please go to www.FTG-Texas.com .

About Flex Technology Group

Flex Technology Group provides customized office technology solutions for national and leading-edge regional companies. The company focuses on print, document management, document production, and managed IT solutions, representing industry-leading suppliers such as Canon, Ricoh, Konica Minolta, HP, Lexmark, Sharp, and various software solutions. FTG services over 35,000 customers nationally. For additional information, please visit www.flextg.com.

Ask The Expert/ Meetings & Events/ Technology

The Future of Live Events – Freeman leads the way

Karl Woolfenden 0 Comment June 15, 2020

Our publisher, Karl Woolfenden has worked in the meetings and events industry with some of the biggest brands in the World.

When the Global Pandemic, COVID-19, placed the industry on hold for the past few months he was amazed at the response that the Freeman company had, and the speed at which they rallied the industry together and created Go Live Together .

In only a few weeks they had an amazing website up and running and over 2000 organizations and companies showed their support, by joining Freeman and they are looking at the future of meetings, trade-shows and events.

Technology has stepped up to meet some of the needs of businesses, but it’s not the complete answer, and Freeman is working with other innovative companies to shape the future of what this industry will become.

Design and innovation is the key to how meetings and events will use technology blended with the human interaction, and Karl talked to Bruce Mau, the Chief Design Officer for Freeman and they touched on these key points that are going to make live events even more effective.

Bruce Mau serves as Chief Design Officer of Freeman, and is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Massive Change Network (MCN), a global design consultancy based in Chicago. The work of the Canadian-born designer, innovator, visionary and author has been dedicated to applying the power of design to transforming the world. Informed by three decades of design studio experience and collaborations with many of the world’s leading artists and architects, cultural institutions and global companies, Mau has evolved his own design thinking methodology to inspire innovative solutions to challenges in any field or environment and on any scale

The Mission

Go LIVE Together has assembled leaders from across the diverse and vibrant live events ecosystem to drive local, state, and federal legislative actions that will not only be critical to our ability to put millions of people back to work, but also for our country’s economic recovery.

Every events industry recovery dollar will lead to incremental spending on travel, hotels, and restaurants, supporting Main Street merchants decimated by COVID-19. Live events industry legislative relief will serve as its own “stimulus package” because funds will be used to rekindle both an important economic sector and many connected companies. Our industry was producing tens of thousands of events per year before COVID-19, so the economic impact of live events cannot be overstated.

We hope you will join our efforts in sharing what we all already know to be true—nothing in the world will ever replace the power and need for live events.

Let’s Go LIVE Together!

www.golivetogether.com

#GoLIVEtogether

Ignite/ Technology/ Texas/ Top Stories

Nimbix Expands Hybrid Cloud HPC Software Platform

Karl Woolfenden 0 Comment June 10, 2020

Company’s JARVICE™ XE and HyperHub™ products extend point-and-click HPC, accelerated compute, and scale-out AI workflows to hyperscale clouds and growing list of ISVs

Nimbix, the leading high-performance computing (HPC) cloud platform provider, today announced significant expansion of the JARVICE™ XE Enterprise Software platform to include new hyperscale cloud support along with new EDA applications and workflows to its HyperHub™ ecosystem. The expanded cloud portfolio features the Nimbix Cloud, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Compute Platform (GCP), and Microsoft Azure as well as on-premises Kubernetes-based clusters. Nimbix supports any combination of these infrastructures to meet the hybrid cloud needs of customers with advanced computing use cases, ranging from Electronic Design Automation (EDA) to GPU and FPGA-accelerated applications in domains such as energy, media, and bioinformatics. To further expand its footprint in the EDA industry, Nimbix has also joined the Cadence Cloud Passport Program, ensuring mutual customers experience the power of the cloud through an easy-to-deploy platform.

The JARVICE XE platform provides click-to-run workflow support for the entire HyperHub catalog of advanced computing applications, featuring commercial and open source codes from major Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), universities, and popular public domain projects. These workflows are seamlessly portable between target infrastructures defined in the JARVICE XE control plane under a “single pane of glass” design. Users simply select, scale, and submit applications from HyperHub, and the platform automatically places the workloads seamlessly by policy. HyperHub also allows end-users and ISVs to extend and curate the service catalog with custom workloads and supports Digital Rights Management (DRM) with global distribution by entitlement.

“Our enterprise journey to hybrid cloud HPC required new tools and methodologies. The Nimbix team, with their JARVICE XE platform, aligned well with our ambitious roadmap to achieve our infrastructure goals while improving the overall user experience,” said Gernot Fattinger, Senior Director Global EDA and BAW R&D at Qorvo, Inc.

“Through our collaboration with Nimbix, we’re enabling mutual customers like Qorvo to increase productivity and simplify their deployments with the cloud,” said Craig Johnson, vice president of Cloud Business Development at Cadence. “As an EDA provider, we have a deep understanding of the industry’s intense compute requirements, and we’ve continued to lead the industry toward seamless cloud adoption. We’re looking forward to growing in our journey with Nimbix as a Cadence Cloud Passport member and enabling customers to design in the cloud with confidence.”

JARVICE XE integrates with Kubernetes to enable High Performance Computing (HPC) and scale-out workflows on converged infrastructure. It effectively scales traditional EDA and HPC applications without having to re-architect them to fit container-native patterns, enabling the large installed base of advanced computing software to leverage modern cloud technologies immediately. Nimbix draws on almost a decade of experience, enabling containerized high-performance workflows to achieve this level of integration.

“As more enterprises migrate toward hybrid cloud architectures, it’s important to provide a consistent and performant user experience across all infrastructures and providers. This is especially key for scientific and engineering workloads, which demand heightened levels of precision and repeatability,” said Leo Reiter, Nimbix CTO, and SVP of Product. “JARVICE XE, combined with ISV workflows from HyperHub, is the perfect technology stack for a global platform to enable the most compute-intensive use cases in the market today.”

JARVICE XE is available immediately for on-premises and hybrid cloud deployments and is licensed annually with full support and updates. Cloud bursting and multi-site support are featured capabilities.

About Nimbix

Nimbix is the leading provider of purpose-built cloud supercomputing for HPC, Machine Learning and AI applications. Its JARVICE™ XE multi-cloud HPC platform brings the power of JARVICE™ and the Nimbix Cloud to any on-premises cluster or multi-cloud environment, dramatically simplifying computing for HPC and AI applications within Energy, Life Sciences, Aerospace, Automotive, Electronics, and other industries. For more information, visit www.nimbix.net.

Ask The Expert/ Technology/ Top Stories

Ask The Expert – Maximizing Physical Security

Karl Woolfenden 0 Comment June 9, 2020

In a panel discussion, representatives from leading credit unions will share the top five things they are doing to address issues around fraud, risk and compliance. Panelists from Delta Community Credit Union, Tinker Federal Credit Union and Visions Federal Credit Union will touch upon a variety of best practices surrounding system operations, cyber-security, resiliency and business continuity, with a special focus on how the steps they’ve taken have contributed to streamlined responses to both physical and fraud-related incidents.

About Verint – www.verint.com

Actionable Intelligence is a necessity in a dynamic world of massive information growth because it empowers organizations with crucial insights and enables decision makers to anticipate, respond, and take action. With Verint solutions and value added services, organizations of all sizes and across many industries can make more informed, timely, and effective decisions.

Our solutions help organizations address two areas of the Actionable Intelligence market—Customer Engagement and Cyber Intelligence. And they do this by capturing large amounts of information from numerous data types and sources, using analytics to glean insights from the information, and leveraging the resulting intelligence to help them optimize customer engagement and make the world a safer place.

To address the need for Actionable Intelligence across many use cases in customer engagement and cyber intelligence, we have developed an innovative foundation – Verint’s advanced Actionable Intelligence platform.

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Ask The Expert/ Technology

Business Interruption? – Plan for the Future – Ask The Expert

Karl Woolfenden 0 Comment May 27, 2020

Karl Woolfenden, our Publisher spoke to Alex Roje, at our friends at Lathrop GPM about business interruption, and some of things a business owner needs to be thinking about.

Karl talked about some of the content in an article Alex wrote:

Author: Alex Roje

Despite devastating losses due to the forced closure of their businesses and the effect of social distancing mandates, most policyholders around the country that have made claims for business interruption losses under their property policies, are getting a uniform response: Claim denied! Insurers typically cite two reasons for their refusal to cover: (1) they claim there is no direct physical loss or damage to covered property, and (2) they claim the policy excludes loss or damage due to “virus” or “pathogen.”

Read the Full Article at:

https://www.roadtoinsurancerecovery.com/2020/04/the-current-state-of-business-interruption-legislation/

About Lathrop GPM

Featured/ Front Page/ Law/ Technology

Business Owners – Be Prepared, or it could be costly.

Karl Woolfenden 0 Comment May 14, 2020

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As businesses begin to reopen and employees return to work, companies may be held responsible if an employee or customer becomes infected with COVID-19. In the coming weeks and months, companies can expect to see an increase in the number of tort litigation cases, particularly those involving wrongful death claims, where individuals allege negligence or even intentional infliction of emotional distress. Businesses that have a high concentration of employees working in close quarters are even more at risk.

Mara Cohara and Eric Swan, tort litigation attorneys at Lathrop GPM, talk about what companies should be doing now in preparation of bringing employees back into the workplace, and what to expect from consumers. They predict a spike in cases involving tort claims from people who allege they contracted COVID-19 or experienced flu-like symptoms from their workplace or a business they visited, as an increase in tort claims usually goes hand-in-hand with a general public awareness of a health crisis.

The two most common claims will be related to:

Failure to provide adequate equipment (such as PPE) or training to employees
Failure to provide consumers with proper safety conditions

While there is not a lot that companies can do to prevent lawsuits from being filed, there are steps to minimize risk and prepare a defense to swiftly resolve the case. For example, they advise companies to retain documented communications showing safety measures that are recommended and followed.

Eric Swan focuses his practice on defending Fortune 500 companies in complex litigation involving product liability, significant mass tort actions, including multi-district litigation, and commercial disputes. In addition to his legal experience, he has a science background with a master’s in cancer biology; prior to practicing law, he worked in vaccine development.

Mara Cohara leads the Environmental and Tort Practice Group and her litigation work spans federal and state courts, including more than 20 states. She advises clients in a variety of industries ranging from manufacturing and hospitality to agribusiness. She has significant experience coordinating large-scale matters and defending high-profile lawsuits that involve media and community attention.

About Lathrop GPM
Lathrop GPM is a national law firm with nearly 400 attorneys and 14 offices from coast to coast. At Lathrop GPM, we relentlessly pursue our clients’ interests to help anticipate trends, plan for challenges, and bring their vision to life. As a full-service firm with deep roots and a broad reach, Lathrop GPM collaborates with our clients to shape the future. Lathrop GPM was formed in 2020 through the combination of two 100+-year firms, Lathrop Gage (established in Kansas City in 1873) and Gray Plant Mooty (established in Minneapolis in 1866). For more information, visit lathropgpm.com.

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