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From Print-on-Demand to Mint-on-Demand™ – Creator commerce platform Spring debuts its NFT creation program for 8.5M creators

 

Spring – the leading creator commerce platform with over 8.5m creators – is launching Mint-on-Demand™, its proprietary NFT creation product designed in partnership with Bondly. The move is the latest in a directional company shift to carry the creator economy into Web 3.0, by unlocking NFTs for all creators and their communities.

Creating an NFT has, to date, been inherently fragmented and complex. Mint-on-Demand™ demystifies this process, as the new product capability is made available to all creators on Spring. This will provide creators with the same user experience of minting a NFT as they would encounter when producing any other type of merch, such as a sweatshirt. In addition to the seamless product integration, Mint-on-Demand™ will require zero upfront costs, no need for a crypto wallet and no unnecessary minting or gas fees.

With Mint-on-Demand™, Spring is not just looking at high profile creators but looking beyond, to provide a vehicle for creators of all sizes (such as Moriah Elizabeth, The Dungeon Coach and Caroline Manning) to build and strengthen their growing communities by tapping into this new realm of fan2creator interaction with digital collectibles.

Spring’s Creative Director, Jared Fowler, says: “NFTs are obviously popular within crypto-native communities and we are seeing more and more brands & celebrities enter into the space. But, when it comes to the creator economy, as it stands today, it is still very much a world in which content creators haven’t quite figured out yet. It was clear we needed to craft a simplified, entry-level approach which would resonate with creators and their communities, but also makes sense to us as Spring.”

“From a fan value perspective, we see tens of thousands of fans everyday supporting creators by purchasing physical products and flexing their new wares on social media. We feel this perfectly translates to digital collectibles, and the digital flex will become more of a thing in the near future. Collectability is also a key component here – early adopters and super fans of a creator can show their support by collecting NFTs, with full transparency around things like ownership and provenance.”

With more than $2 billion spent on NFTs during the first quarter of 2021 – representing a YoY increase of 2,100% from Q4 2020* – there is an obvious demand and opportunity for creators to unlock a new wave of digital engagement. For the launch of Mint-on-Demand™, Spring has evolved its partnership with blockchain powerhouse, Bondly. Creators can now concurrently leverage Spring’s industry-defining design and creation tools to create and Bondly’s ability to mint and own the eco-friendly Polygon blockchain.

CEO Spring, Chris Lamontagne, says: “Bondly is an incredibly important partner for us in this next phase of digital evolution. This partnership goes beyond the powerful and complementary nature of their services, but is built on a foundation of shared values regarding environmental impact and sustainability. With Mint-on-Demand™ we are only ever minting NFTs which have already been purchased which reduces waste. This is the social commerce revolution.”

The success of platform social integrations resulted in explosive growth for Spring, with more than 8.5 million verified creators signing up to the platform to build their socially integrated ecommerce stores as of January 2022. New creator growth has exploded by 160%, alongside a 93% growth in the number of creators who are actively selling their products through the platform.

For the creator economy, NFTs are the next step in the macro trend of content and community building. Now, without the restrictions of borders or the need for an existing marketplace, the possibilities for creator commerce are endless.

Apply for Mint-on-Demand on the official site HERE.

Notes to Editors: *Data according to NonFungible.com.

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Top 20 Specialty Pharma Continues to Rely on Calyx EDC for Multiple Early Phase Studies

 

Calyx, the eClinical and Regulatory solutions and service provider relied on for solving complex data challenges in clinical research, announced today that a Top 20 specialty pharmaceutical company will continue to rely on Calyx’s electronic data capture (EDC) system for a series of upcoming, early phase studies.

The Top 20 specialty pharmaceutical company is furthering its commitment to the relationship it has formed with Calyx and extending its use of Calyx EDC in multiple additional studies scheduled to begin this year. The company ‒ which has relied on Calyx EDC for over a decade ‒ will use the proven, robust system to capture important clinical trial data in early phase studies of new compounds being developed for diabetes, obesity, and NASH.

“We are so proud of the trust this Top 20 specialty pharmaceutical company places in Calyx EDC and we are delighted to continue supporting their efforts to bring advanced treatment options to the many people living with metabolic disorders and other diseases around the world,” said Juan Munoz-Pujol, Vice President, IRT and EDC at Calyx.

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Avast’s Online Protection and Secure Browser Products Win Latest Anti-Phishing Comparison Test

 

Avast One Essential, the award-winning online protection service from digital security and privacy leader Avast, has achieved the top spot in a phishing detection comparison test between leading free and paid cyber safety software, including products from Kaspersky, McAfee, ESET, Bitdefender and Microsoft Defender. Avast One Essential recorded a detection rate of 99%, published in a report* by independent antivirus (AV) testing organization AV-Comparatives, which also evaluated the effectiveness of phishing page detection among some of the world’s leading browsers. Avast Secure Browser, a privacy-first browser with anti-phishing technology, also ranked first with a 95% block rate, ahead of Microsoft Edge (80%), Firefox (77%), Opera (56%) and Google Chrome (34%).

AV-Comparatives’ study, which ran from 13 January to 28 January 2022, tested all browser and antivirus products in parallel, exposing each to 250 valid and independently-selected phishing URLs, and 250 clean URLs for false alarm detection. The phishing protection provided by the AV products was tested on Windows 10 using Google Chrome 97.0 with Google Safebrowsing disabled. The browser extensions of the AVs were installed and enabled, and the competing browsers were tested without an antivirus program running. At the time of testing, all products were updated to their latest software versions.

“For many years, Avast’s threat detection engine has been a standout performer achieving excellent results in the Malware Protection, Advanced Threat Protection and Real-World Protection Tests,” said Andreas Clementi, Founder and CEO of AV-Comparatives. “Recently, Avast has excelled in the anti-phishing category, which is bad news for opportunistic cybercriminals who often depend on the high success rates of phishing attacks as a means of generating greater return on investment.”

In 2021, our threat detection engine has identified and blocked nearly four million unique phishing URLs each month on average,” said Siggi Stefnisson, Head of Threat Labs, at Avast. “Phishing is one of the most common threats for both businesses and consumers, often because it’s easier to exploit the human condition through urgency, fear or pressure than it is to hack a system. Phishing attacks, particularly those which are targeted and personalized, and phishing URLs have become so widespread, hard to identify as malicious and successful in achieving their goals of theft, fraud and corporate espionage, that it’s of paramount importance we maintain an industry-leading detection rate to apply to our products and services so our customers remain safe and secure online.”

*This report was commissioned by Avast, however, AV-Comparatives’ anti-phishing test of all products was carried out impartially and under identical conditions. The phishing sites were selected independently by AV-Comparatives without instruction, influence, dispute or review from Avast or any of the tested parties.

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Swarmio Media Secures US Patent for its Latency-optimized Edge Computing Technology

 

Swarmio Media Holdings Inc. (CSE: SWRM) (‘Swarmio’ or ‘the Company’), a vertically integrated, end-to-end gaming and esports platform that helps telecom operators (“telcos”) and game publishers engage and monetize gamers, announced today that it has secured a United States Patent (US 11,063,881 B1) for its proprietary Latency-optimized Edge Computing (LEC) technology.  This technology is the foundation of the Company’s Ember gaming platform and is branded as ‘Swarmio Matrix’.

“LEC technology forms an integral part of our gaming and esports platform by enabling our telco partners to deliver a precision gaming experience to their subscribers. For our telco partners, this is integral to the attraction and long-term retention of subscribers. For Swarmio Media, this is integral to the attraction and long-term retention of both telco partners and Ember users,” said Swarmio CEO Vijai Karthigesu. “We also know the technology represents major opportunities in multiple other fast-growth industry sectors like autonomous driving and metaverse applications, which rely heavily on ultra-low-latency connectivity on a global scale. LEC is a highly unique and compelling solution for commercial developers in this space, and we anticipate continued growth and adoption of the platform in the coming months.”

Edge computing is expected to become the predominant platform for supporting many major current and future latency-sensitive applications. This is due to edge computing servers (powerful computers put at the “edge” of a given network) being physically closer to the user than conventional cloud servers and therefore able to offer a higher speed of connectivity.

Swarmio’s LEC solution utilizes a proprietary artificial intelligence to uniquely select optimal edge servers for the lowest latency connections between users, wherever they are in the world. Several multi-billion-dollar industries (including gaming and esports, 5G edge computing, AR/VR, IoT, autonomous vehicles, smart cities and metaverse applications) require lag-less performance to offer safe, secure and optimized connected experiences. LEC addresses the current and future stresses that these, and other, industries are placing on telecommunication networks across the world.

Failure to meet the gaming latency thresholds is one of the main reasons attributed to telco subscriber turnover. As an integral component of Swarmio’s Ember platform for telcos, LEC provides telco subscribers with high-performance gaming environments where players can participate fairly with optimized connectivity. LEC provides a significant advantage to telcos who are looking for a comprehensive gaming platform that will lead to strong brand interaction with their subscribers and higher average revenue per user.

LEC also could play a pivotal role within the metaverse – a persistent, online, and 3D virtual environment that users can access through consumer-grade computing and communication devices and which can be used for entertainment, socialization, and business.

Due to a metaverse’s interactive and dynamic nature, providing low-latency experiences for metaverse participants will be critical for telecom operators and metaverse developers. Although fully distributed architectures such as peer-to-peer communication can support these environments, in order to effectively scale, global commercial metaverses will require a distributed edge computing infrastructure such as LEC. Swarmio’s US Patent provides defense should other companies try to duplicate the Company’s approach to reducing network latency.

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Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Market size worth $ 2952 Million, Globally, by 2028 at -3.4% CAGR: Verified Market Research®

 

Verified Market Research recently published a report, “Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Market” By Drug Type (Viagra (Sildenafil Citrate), Levitra/Staxyn (Vardenafil), Cialis (Tadalafil), Zydena (Udenafil)), By Distribution Channel (Hospital Pharmacies, Retail Pharmacies, Online Sales), and By Geography. According to Verified Market Research, the Global Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Market size was valued at USD 3629 Million in 2020 and is projected to reach USD 2952 Million by 2028, de-growing at a CAGR of -3.4% from 2021 to 2028.

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Global Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Market Overview

The increasing adoption of a sedentary lifestyle and the rising incidence of lifestyle diseases are essential factors boosting the growth and demand of the Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Market: the growing geriatric population and patient awareness and education levels. Again, the various government reforms and general awareness initiatives in growing regions also improve the market’s growth. The increasing manufacturers of generic drugs with a rising sedentary lifestyle and corresponding anxiety also raise market growth.

The growing number of men suffering from this disorder and the patent expiry of many blockbuster drugs increase the development of the Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Market. The increasing investments in research and development for new drugs and clinical testing are the factors of expanding the Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Market. Yet, the poor patient compliance to erectile dysfunction drugs and availability of cost-effective imitation medicines will restrain the growth of the Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Market. At the same time, the various side effects of the drug can oppugn the Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Market.

Key Developments in Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Market

  • On June 2020, Launch Medical and GAINSWave announced the resolution of their lawsuit. They started working together to market their revolutionary home-use acoustic wave device called The Phoenix to treat erectile dysfunction.
  • On December 2020, Glenmark Pharma received the final approval from the US health regulator for Tadalafil tablets, used to treat erectile dysfunction and enlarged prostate.

Key Players

The major players in the market are Apricus Biosciences Inc., Bayer AG, Eli Lilly and Company, Ferring Pharmaceuticals, GlaxoSmithKline PLC, Metuchen Pharmaceuticals LLC, Pfizer Inc., S.K. Chemicals Co. Ltd, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd, and VIVUS Inc.

Verified Market Research has segmented the Global Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Market On the basis of Drug Type, Distribution Channel, and Geography.

  • Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Market, By Drug Type
    • Viagra (Sildenafil Citrate)
    • Levitra/Staxyn (Vardenafil)
    • Cialis (Tadalafil)
    • Zydena (Udenafil)
    • Helleva (Lodenafil Carbonate)
    • Avanafil (Stendra/ Spedra)
    •  Mvix (Mirodenafil)
    • Others
  • Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Market, By Distribution Channel
    • Hospital Pharmacies
    • Retail Pharmacies
    • Online Sales
    • Others
  • Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Market by Geography
    • North America
      • U.S
      • Canada
      • Mexico
    • Europe
      • Germany
      • France
      • U.K
      • Rest of Europe
    • Asia Pacific
      • China
      • Japan
      • India
      • Rest of Asia Pacific
    • ROW
      • Middle East & Africa
      • Latin America

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Automotive HUD Market worth USD 3.9 billion by 2027 – Exclusive Report by MarketsandMarkets™

 

According to the new market research report Automotive HUD Market by Technology (AR-HUD, Conventional HUD), HUD Type (Combiner, Windshield), PC Class (Economy, Mid-Segment, Luxury), Level of Autonomy, Dimension, Vehicle Type, Sales Channel, EV Type and Region – Global Forecast to 2027″, published by MarketsandMarkets™the global Automotive HUD Market is projected to reach USD 3.9 billion by 2027 from USD 1.0 billion in 2022, at a CAGR of 30.4% during the forecast period.

Technological advancements in current generation automotive cockpit electronics along with increasing trend of connected and autonomous vehicles are further expected to drive the Automotive HUD Market. The HUD technology is evolving from a conventional HUD to augmented reality HUD. The augmented reality HUD overlays the external environment of the vehicle with virtual imagery that appears to be a part of the driving situation. This type of HUD highlights the street signs, enables advanced navigation that appears as arrows flowing over the road, and detects and illuminates the vehicles ahead to alert the driver of the distance between vehicles. This is again expected to always keep the driver alert and enhances the user experience. These advanced HUD functions are also projected to play a significant role in developing the fully autonomous driving technology.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in halted production and plunging sales and has forced the key players in the global automotive field to rethink their strategies. Rescheduling the launch of models and projects, stabilizing dealer networks, managing cash carefully, and reviewing investment portfolios have affected the production and sales of passenger and commercial vehicles across the globe, which has resulted in a dip in the Automotive HUD Market in 2020 as compared to 2019. The development and implementation of safety features are expected to slow down as well.

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ThinkMarkets secures US$40 million Growth Capital Funding Package from Leading Institutional Investors

 

ThinkMarkets is pleased to announce the recent successful closing of a US$40 million funding package which will enable rapid growth across existing and exciting new business initiatives in 2022.  The funding package consisted of a US$10 million in pre-IPO convertible equity investment and US$30 million senior secured debt facility.

Commenting on the funding package, Mr. Nauman Anees, Co-Founder and CEO of ThinkMarkets said, “Our exceptional growth in recent years has been underpinned by a significant increase in products available on our world leading multi asset trading platform.  Our ambitions to continue to rapidly scale are entrenched in strong geographical expansion plans and significant new product developments to benefit our client’s trading and wealth management needs in an increasingly borderless investing world.  This funding package, supported by leading institutional investors, gives our business the liquidity to scale rapidly in line with our business growth objectives.  I thank all the investors who participated and look forward to introducing ThinkMarkets to an increasing number of global trading and wealth management participants.”

The funding package secured by ThinkMarkets included two components;

1.  US$10 million pre-IPO convertible equity investment, and

2.  US$30 million senior secured debt facility.

Pre-IPO Convertible Equity Facility

ThinkMarkets completed a US$10m pre-IPO convertible equity investment, supported by existing shareholder, Regal Funds Management.  This convertible equity investment was completed directly by the company, with Chardan, a U.S. headquartered global investment bank, acting as lead financial advisor.

Senior-Secured Debt Facility

A senior-secured debt facility of US$30m was provided by Mars Growth, a Liquidity Group and MUFG joint venture fund.  This facility was completed using Liquidity Group’s innovative artificial intelligence platform Liquidity Analytics and was introduced to ThinkMarkets by Singapore-based ARC Investments.

“It has been our pleasure to work with Nauman Anees and his great team at ThinkMarkets to provide them with the funding to continue rapidly scaling their fintech business.” Ron Daniel, Co-Founder & CEO, Liquidity Group.

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Ethio Telecom selects HyperSense for 5G Business Assurance

 

Subex, a pioneer in Digital Trust, announced a partnership with Ethio Telecom, the leading telecom operator in Ethiopia, to provide its Business Assurance solution on its Enterprise AI platform, HyperSense. Through this engagement, Ethio telecom will expand its Revenue Assurance practice into Business Assurance using the solution’s easy-to-use control building framework and enhance decision making through the platform’s ability to operationalize AI at scale.

Ethio Telecom is Ethiopia’s leading integrated telecommunications solutions provider with more than 50 million subscribers. As the telecom operator looks to cement its leadership position in the market and enhance its competitive advantage, Ethio Telecom is undergoing network infrastructure and system enhancements to pilot 5G networks in the coming year. Subex’s 5G-ready Business Assurance offering will enable Ethio Telecom to be on the cutting edge of risk management automation.

As part of its vision to be a 5G digital services provider in Ethiopia, Ethio Telecom wanted to enhance their Revenue Assurance solution to align with their digital transformation project. The operator also wanted a solution to ensure agility scalability to meet expansion requirements as they introduce new services built on 5G. In a fast-changing environment, Ethio Telecom wanted a Technology partner who could engage with agility and scalability as a key proposition. Ethio Telecom selected Subex based on the success of its existing partnership and the future-proof capabilities of Subex’s AI platform, HyperSense.

Through the deployment of the solution, the operator will now be able to ensure a comprehensive business assurance coverage spanning from concept to cash.

With Subex’s Business Assurance solution on HyperSense, Ethio Telecom will be able to:

  • Leverage AI as part of its Business Assurance vision
  • Benefit from rolling upgrades i.e. eliminate long and expensive upgrade cycles
  • Improve coverage across their entire product portfolio
  • Proactive approach to Business Assurance, thereby minimizing losses & mitigating risk

Commenting on the partnership extension Shankar Roddam, Whole-Time Director & Chief Operating Officer, Subex, said, “We have been a long-standing strategic partner to Ethio Telecom, and we are pleased to be a Strategic partner and expand our engagement with this win. Ethio is accelerating its journey towards 5G and is thereby transforming its systems to be a digital provider. As the operator moves towards 5G and looks to assert its market leadership with new competition coming in, Ethio Telecom understands the need to safeguard its business from various revenue and cost-related risks. For operators like Ethio Telecom embarking on a transformative journey, it will be mission-critical to make fast and accurate decisions towards ensuring profitability and risk mitigation. By upgrading to Business Assurance on the HyperSense platform, Ethio Telecom can now leverage the solution’s AI orchestration and cloud-native capabilities to ensure they reduce any form of risks to their revenues. It gives Subex immense pride to continue as Ethio’s Digital Trust partner in their journey.”

Commenting on the solution from Subex, Tsegaye Emmanuel – Chief Information Security Officer at Ethio Telecom said, “Subex has been a trusted partner to Ethio Telecom across the last 8+ years, and they have successfully helped us enhance our risk mitigation approach. Considering our vision to pilot 5G in the coming year and enhance our growth strategy, we were looking build a more powerful and enhanced Business Assurance practice built on advanced AI and analytics capabilities to support our new digital services. Owing to our existing relationship with Subex and the success we have witnessed, we are delighted to expand this partnership. Subex’s Business Assurance on HyperSense platform will provide a robust foundation based on our strategic pillars of customer experience, innovation, people-oriented, and excellence in operations to efficiently achieve our long-term goals.”

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AI in Retail Market Size to Cross $36,462.5 Million Value by 2030, says P&S Intelligence

 

By 2025, e-commerce sales are expected to reach $7.3 trillion, which will drive the AI in retail market value to $36,462.5 million by 2030 from an estimated $1,714.3 million in 2021, according to the market research report published by P&S Intelligence. This is because retailers are using AI to offer personalized services and product recommendations and predict consumer behavior. AI is also being leveraged by e-commerce platforms for accurate demand forecasting, supply chain planning, and real-time customer intelligence gathering.

Among all the AI solutions designed for retailers, recommendation engines are the most popular. Online retailers are using them to study customers’ activity on the internet and recommend related products and services based on it. Since marketing everything to everyone, like in TVs and newspapers, doesn’t always give the desired returns, retailers are marketing only the products and services that customers are interested in, using recommendation engines.

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Key Findings of AI in Retail Market Report

  • In the coming years, the demand for related services will rise faster among retailers adopting AI solutions. Services offered by AI vendors include data management, software monitoring, training, and system maintenance and support.
  • Machine learning is the most-widely used technology among AI in retail market end users as it allows them to enhance customers’ shopping experience by making accurate purchase recommendations.
  • Natural language processing (NLP) is another popular AI technology among retailers because it understands and processes human language, thereby allowing users to offer personalized shopping experiences.
  • Moreover, AI is now being utilized for marketing via multiple channels, primarily to analyze in-store consumer behavior and for e-mail marketing and campaign management.
  • Seeing the vast benefit AI offers, major retailers are increasing their investments in allied technologies. For instance, IKEA has acquired Geomagical Labs, which offers augmented reality and AI solutions.
  • Similarly, in April 2019, Reliance Jio Digital Services Ltd. finalized plans for the acquisition of an 87.0% stake in AI-driven conversational platform Haptik Inc.

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated such activities, thus affecting the AI in retail market positively. In 2020, lockdowns forced people inside their homes, which led to a sharp surge in the number of online shoppers. As per the United Nations, the top 13 online shopping platforms witnessed an over 20% increase in sales in 2020.

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In the coming years, the aftereffects of the pandemic will drive the AI in retail market at the highest rate in Asia-Pacific (APAC). As per the UN, most of the 13 companies that witnessed the massive jump in sales in 2020 were based in the U.S. and China. Moreover, online sales in ChinaAustralia, and Singapore in 2020 grew by 24.9%, 9.4%, and 11.7%, respectively, faster than in 2019. This is also credited to the increasing sale of smartphones and rising penetration of the internet here.

AI in Retail Market Segmentation Analysis

Based on Offering

  • Solution
    • Chatbot
    • Customer relationship management (CRM)
    • Price optimization
    • Recommendation engine
    • Supply chain management (SCM)
    • Visual search
  • Service
    • Professional
    • Managed

Based on Technology

  • Machine Learning
  • Natural Language Processing (NLP)
  • Computer Vision

Geographical Analysis

  • North America
    • U.S.
    • Canada
  • Europe
    • Germany
    • U.K.
    • France
    • Russia
    • Italy
  • Asia-Pacific
    •  China
    • Japan
    • India
    • South Korea
    • Australia
  • Latin America
    • Brazil
    • Mexico
  • Middle East and Africa
    • Saudi Arabia
    • U.A.E.
    • Turkey
    • South Africa

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Retail E-Commerce Packaging Market – Asia-Pacific has held the largest share in the retail e-commerce packaging market till now because of its huge population, which is rapidly shifting to online shopping. Within the region, the fastest industry growth is expected in India, which, according to the India Brand Equity Foundation, will outgrow the U.S. to become the second-largest e-commerce market by 2034.

AI in Fintech Market – Geographically, North America held the largest share in the AI in fintech market in the past, primarily because of the existence of a well-developed information technology infrastructure, large-scale adoption of the 5G technology, and rapid fintech adoption rate in the region.

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Digital Workforce appoints new UK country manager to accelerate strategic growth

 

Digital Workforce Services PLC, the leading provider of intelligent automation (IA) services, has promoted Leon Stafford to the role of UK country manager as the company aims to continue its accelerated growth in healthcare, manufacturing, energy, utilities and the public sector.

With one analyst highlighting how “companies with advanced automation programs will obliterate — not merely beat — the competition”, 1 and 73% of organisations worldwide already using automation technologies, 2 Digital Workforce has seen a significant rise in UK companies and public sector providers exploring how they can benefit from IA and robotic process automation (RPA).

Mika Vainio-Mattila, Chief Executive Officer at Digital Workforce, said “Enterprises are seeing how IA can support their strategies and goals, while at the same time helping tackle skills shortages by automating processes and refocusing resources. To do that, they need the right partner, and we believe Digital Workforce is well equipped to fill that role and enjoy strategic growth as we become a major supplier of IA in the UK over the next five years. To achieve this, we need the right team in place. Over the last few months, Leon has demonstrated time and time again that he is exactly the right fit for Digital Workforce. With him as UK country manager we have an excellent starting point to continue our work of building a successful country unit.”

Stafford initially joined Digital Workforce as director of sales in May 2021 from Blue Prism, where he led RPA engagements with the likes of the Ministry of Defence, UK Policing and ABB Group. He has since helped Digital Workforce strengthen its relationships with a variety of UK private and public sector organisations in healthcare, insurance, manufacturing and local government.

Stafford said “So many companies can benefit from deploying IA, but to do it they need access to services that can scale rapidly. This is exactly what Digital Workforce offers – our unique cloud-based services give our customers the fastest, easiest and most cost-effective route to implement IA in their organisations. I am delighted to have the opportunity to build on the great work we are doing, helping complex organisations get more from automation, and building relationships with key partners to achieve our objectives, alongside fantastic colleagues. We are well positioned to meet the strong market growth in the UK. ”

Digital Workforce recently completed an initial public offering, listing on the Nasdaq First North Growth Market, and has targeted growth in the UK and Ireland as a key part of its global priorities and rapid growth.

Notes for editors

1 https://www.forrester.com/blogs/predictions-2022-the-pandemics-wake-drives-automation-trends/

2 https://www2.deloitte.com/uk/en/pages/press-releases/articles/two-thirds-of-business-leaders-used-automation-to-respond-to-the-impact-of-covid-19.html

About Digital Workforce
Digital Workforce is one of the leading service providers specialising in Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and Intelligent Automation (IA) on an industrial scale in terms of revenue, service offering, client references and head count. Digital Workforce helps its customers to automate knowledge work tasks and business processes with IA through its Digital Workers. Digital Workers are software robots that are in essence automated team members that execute business processes precisely, tirelessly and with fewer mistakes than human workers – with no significant changes to the customer’s existing systems. Digital workers have superpowers based on RPA, Artificial intelligence, and cloud services, which make them fast and efficient. https://digitalworkforce.com