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Cloudforce Reigns with Thrilling Triple Crown Run. Discover What Keeps Them in the Lead.

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NATIONAL HARBOR, Md., July 31, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Spring had not even ended, as Cloudforce—a leading innovator in cloud and generative AI solutions—emerged with three incredible three-peat wins for business growth and outstanding, trend-setting company culture. As if ascending above over 58,000 global competitors to grab Microsoft’s Supplier Prestige Award for Commitment to Community this February was not enough, the 2024 winning season has apparently only just begun for this Maryland-based tech sensation.

For the third consecutive year, Cloudforce made the Inc. Regionals list for fastest growing companies in the Mid-Atlantic region. Jumping to #88 up from #124 last year, Cloudforce emerged as the only technology company in its Prince George’s County, MD home to be honored.

“Like a gigantic accelerating flywheel, we continue to build unstoppable momentum,” said Cloudforce Founder and CEO Husein Sharaf. “And now with the arrival of GenAI, we have even more ways to build transformational solutions for our growing customer base.”

Cloudforce also continues to emerge as a national exemplar employer, achieving three-time recognition as a 2024 Inc. Best Workplace—one of just two IT Services businesses in Prince George’s County. Cloudforce also became a three-peat Washington Business Journal Best Place to Work (BPTW) winner, placing fifth in the Large-Sized Company category for 2024.

Notably, both Inc. Best Workplaces and BPTW awards are based on employee input via rigorous independent, and anonymous quantitative surveys, across key criteria including leadership, culture, benefits, diversity, equity, and inclusion. “We need to be able to hold onto our most valuable asset, and that is our people,” said Sharaf. “If you survey staff, I think there’s an expectation that their feedback is actually heard. So, we take it very seriously.”

Based on the results of the 2023 anonymous staff surveys, Cloudforce upgraded its health plan, expanded new manager training, provided more worktime study hours to pursue certifications, and began stocking healthier office snacks.

Key takeaways of this year’s surveys of nearly 117,000 employees nationwide include:

Boosting Employee Engagement and Performance: To address national record-low retention, Best Workplace winners focus on balancing employee engagement with employee performance, despite an inflationary economy.Culture and Benefits: Best Workplaces invest in a positive culture, with 93% offering flexible hours, 90% providing paid parental leave, and 77% granting extended maternity leave beyond 8 weeks.Mentorship and Mental Health: A significant 56% offer mentorship programs; 75% support mental health through access to counselors and assistance programs; and 80% provide mental health or personal days.Learning & Development: To foster growth, 70% of these companies offer stipends for learning. Cloudforce currently offers up to 8 hours of paid study time toward certifications or training relevant to employees’ roles.

“At the end of the day, what’s most gratifying as an employer is meeting professionals where they are and engaging them to come, grow, develop, then watch them create their own legacy,” said Sharaf. “In tech, we’re all basically creators, and it means a lot to stick around and watch your work take root. I want to do all I can to let that happen.”

Take an exclusive tour of Cloudforce’s winning modern work experience here, in this recently produced video showcasing Cloudforce’s award-winning culture and workspace.

About Cloudforce:  A Maryland-based consultancy focused on deploying, managing, and securing cloud infrastructure and driven by a spirited mission to give back and pay it forward, Cloudforce is a nationally acclaimed firm providing expertise in all things Microsoft cloud and AI to some of the world’s most notable brands.

Media Contact: Leslie Bucher, Brand Strategy and Communications Manager, Cloudforce. lbucher@gocloudforce.com

202.803.6500

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Inspur Smart Healthcare Participates in GITEX IMPACT 2024 Exhibition

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DUBAI, UAE, Dec. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — From October 13th to 16th, the GITEX IMPACT 2024, Dubai’s Carbon Neutrality and Technology Exhibition, was held in Dubai. Organized by the Ministry of Economy and Ministry of Tourism of the United Arab Emirates, the exhibition focused on the forefront of sustainable development technologies, encompassing a wide range of sectors including construction, oil and gasoline, energy, and healthcare. It stands as one of the largest technology exhibitions in the Middle East and globally. Inspur Smart Health was invited to participate, showcasing its core products and cases of empowering the digital and intelligent transformation of the healthcare industry at the exhibition.

At the exhibition site, Inspur Smart Health introduced a series of products and solutions to government agencies and medical institutions, including the Health and Medical Big Data Intelligent Platform, Inspur Medical Industry International Trade Platform, Integrated Healthcare and Long-term Care Platform, Health Examination Center Solutions, Medical Group Information Management Platform, Internet Hospitals. These presentations comprehensively demonstrated Inspur Smart Health’s product innovation advantages and service capabilities.

Through this “debut” in the Middle East and even the global market, Inspur Smart Health has laid a solid foundation for further expanding its overseas “circle of friends” and establishing international brand recognition. In the future, Inspur Smart Health will continue to leverage its technological advantages in big data and artificial intelligence, constantly enhance the internationalization level of its products and solutions, deepen the exploration of overseas markets, and contribute to the thriving development of the global medical digital industry.

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UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP AND AMAZON MUSIC EXPAND GLOBAL RELATIONSHIP

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Reflects New Era in Music Streaming, Including Artist-Centric Principles and Furthering Authentic Engagement Between Artists and Fans

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Dec. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Universal Music Group (UMG), the world leader in music-based entertainment, and Amazon Music today announced an expanded global relationship that will enable further innovation, exclusive content with UMG artists, and advancement of artist-centric principles including increased fraud protection.

UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP AND AMAZON MUSIC EXPAND GLOBAL RELATIONSHIP

This reflects the two companies’ shared commitment to advancing and safeguarding human artistry, while ensuring UMG’s artists achieve their commercial potential through the service’s continued product enhancements and exclusive content that elevate authentic engagement between artists and fans.  

UMG and Amazon Music will work closely to explore new and enhanced product opportunities designed to benefit artists and enrich the experience of their fans. UMG will also collaborate with Amazon Music as it continues to expand in audio, including further innovation in audiobooks, audio and visual programming, and its investment in livestreamed content that has connected millions of fans with their favorite artists across all genres and corners of the world. UMG and Amazon will also work collaboratively to address, among other things, unlawful AI-generated content, as well as protecting against fraud and misattribution.

Sir Lucian Grainge, Chairman & CEO, Universal Music Group said, “We are very excited to advance our long-standing, excellent partnership with Amazon Music that marks a new era in streaming—Streaming 2.0. We appreciate Amazon Music’s deep commitment to the interests of our artists, and look forward to progressing our shared artist-centric objectives through product innovation and accelerating growth of their service.”

Steve Boom, VP of Audio, Twitch and Games for Amazon said, “UMG has always been a collaborative partner to Amazon Music, and as we continue to invent and introduce more artist-to-fan connections through our product and exclusive content, we’re redefining what it means to be a streaming service. We’re thrilled to expand our relationship with UMG which will enable us to partner on meaningful new ways for artists to deepen their engagement with fans around the world, while working together to protect the work of artists, songwriters and publishers.”

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About Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group exists to shape culture through the power of artistry. UMG is the world leader in music-based entertainment, with a broad array of businesses engaged in recorded music, music publishing, merchandising and audiovisual content. Featuring the most comprehensive catalogue of recordings and songs across every musical genre, UMG identifies and develops artists and produces and distributes the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful music in the world. Committed to artistry, innovation and entrepreneurship, UMG fosters the development of services, platforms and business models in order to broaden artistic and commercial opportunities for our artists and create new experiences for fans. For more information, visit www.universalmusic.com.

About Amazon Music
Amazon Music is an immersive audio entertainment service that connects fans, artists, and creators through music, podcasts, and culture. Amazon Music brings fans closer to what they love, with curated and personalized playlists, artist livestreams, artist merch, and Amazon Exclusive podcasts. Prime members get access to over 100 million songs in shuffle mode, All-Access playlists, plus the largest catalog of top ad-free podcasts, included with their membership. Customers can upgrade to Amazon Music Unlimited for full, on-demand access to 100 million songs in HD, a growing catalog of Ultra HD and Spatial audio, and the world’s largest selection of audiobooks from Audible. Anyone can listen to Amazon Music by downloading the free Amazon Music app, or wherever they listen to music including Alexa-enabled devices. Learn more at amazon.com/music.

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Repurchase of Loomis’ shares during the fourth quarter 2024 completed

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STOCKHOLM, Dec. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Loomis AB has through the repurchase program that was resolved and communicated on October 28, 2024, repurchased 590,100 shares. Loomis AB’s holding of own shares thereby amounts to 2,514,653 shares, corresponding to 3.54 percent of the outstanding shares in the company. The total number of shares in Loomis AB, including the company’s own shares, amounts to 71,000,000.

For information about transactions in the repurchase program, please see:
https://www.nasdaq.com/european-market-activity/news/corporate-actions/repurchase-of-own-shares.

This press release is also available on the company’s website, www.loomis.com.

For more information, please contact:

Jenny Boström
Head of Sustainability and IR
jenny.bostrom@loomis.com 
+46 79 006 45 92

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