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Harness Expands Strategic Partnership with Google Cloud

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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Harness, the Modern Software Delivery Platform® company, today announced it has expanded its strategic partnership with Google Cloud, focusing on new integrations leveraging generative AI technologies. This collaboration enhances the developer experience across engineering teams by embedding generative AI throughout the development lifecycle. As a result, modern software development teams can embrace a data-driven culture of continuous innovation and improvement.

This initiative emerges as a pivotal solution for organizations grappling with software delivery velocity, application reliability challenges, frequent downtime, and the struggle to identify issues early in the development processes. The expanded partnership provides a strategic path to achieve engineering excellence by optimizing software development practices.

“We are thrilled to deepen our partnership with Google Cloud, bringing transformative AI capabilities to the software development lifecycle,” said Jyoti Bansal, co-founder and CEO of Harness. “Our combined solutions empower engineering teams to innovate continuously, improve application reliability, and significantly reduce developer toil. This collaboration marks a significant step forward in our mission to modernize how software is developed and provide engineering teams with the tools they need to succeed in a data-driven world.”

“Our partnership with Harness allows us to deliver unparalleled AI-driven insights and reliability enhancements to developers,” said Gabe Monroy, VP of Developer Experience at Google Cloud. “The integration of Harness AI Productivity Insights with Gemini Code Assist provides customers with deeper visibility into developer productivity gains unlocked by AI code assistants. We look forward to continuing to see the positive impact this collaboration will have on the software development community.”

Key announcements include:

Harness AI Productivity Insights for Gemini Code Assist: The rapid adoption of generative AI tools for code creation has left many software development teams without a consistent method to measure the impact of these AI tools on productivity. Harness, with Google Cloud, is one of the first to offer customers out-of-the-box insights into the productivity gains achieved through the use of Gemini Code Assist. With these data-driven findings, teams can now access precise metrics and data to drive adoption and fully understand the business value of their AI investment using well-established metric frameworks like DORA.Harness AI Code Assistant leverages Google Cloud’s Gemini: Today, Harness announced AI Code Assistant, leveraging Google Cloud’s Gemini models to boost its code creation, debugging, and optimization capabilities. Google Cloud’s Gemini models, known for handling large contexts, enhance AI Code Assistant’s accuracy in suggesting relevant actions for developers tackling complex codebases. This integration delivers more efficient code management, less manual intervention, and improved productivity across the entire software development lifecycle.Harness Chaos Engineering and Google Cloud’s Cloud Build: The new integration between Harness Chaos Engineering and Cloud Build marks a significant enhancement for software developers. It allows developers using Cloud Build alongside Google Kubernetes Engine for application development to build and ensure the steadfast reliability of these applications through an expansive library of chaos experiments integrated within Cloud Build pipelines. This methodology empowers businesses to preemptively tackle potential reliability issues before code reaches production environments, fostering a seamless development environment that scales with organizational needs. To provide frictionless integration and accessibility to all Google Cloud customers, Harness also introduced a free tier of their Chaos Engineering module.

“The solutions from Harness and Google Cloud have been game-changers to our software development process,” said Sanjeev Hasiza, Head of Software Development & Director of Enterprise Architecture at Johnson Controls.  “We’re excited to see these two industry leaders deepen their collaboration. These integrations will have a significant impact on our team’s productivity and application reliability and empower us to innovate faster and deliver higher-quality software.”

To learn more about these integrations, please visit https://www.harness.io.

About Harness
Harness is the leading end-to-end platform for complete software delivery. It provides a simple, safe, and secure way for engineering and DevOps teams to release applications into production. Harness uses AI and machine learning to monitor the quality of deployments and automatically roll back failed ones, saving time and reducing the need for custom scripting and manual oversight, giving engineers their nights and weekends back. Harness customers accelerate deployments by up to 75%, reduce infrastructure costs by up to 60%, and decrease lead time for changes by up to 90%. Harness is based in San Francisco.

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Cash Industry Stakeholders to Gather in Chicago for the Secure Cash and Transport Association’s Annual Conference

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The 2024 SCTA Conference, taking place in Chicago on October 9-11, will host cash industry professionals and feature a keynote address by 29-time Emmy Award winner and Hall of Fame keynote speaker, Bill Stainton.

PURCELLVILLE, Va., Sept. 25, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — The Secure Cash & Transport Association (SCTA), a nonprofit group representing professionals in ATM servicing, cash handling and processing, transportation, and safekeeping of cash and coin throughout North America, is set to welcome nearly 200 attendees to its annual conference in Chicago on October 9-11, 2024. The annual SCTA Conference supports the Secure Cash & Transport Association’s overarching mission to protect, strengthen, and unite the cash-in-transit and cash-servicing industries. This year’s event theme is “Adopting and Adapting to Technology: What’s Next?”

“I believe the next chapter for us all is to focus on building resilience, ensuring that our industry can keep pace with technological advancements and thrive amidst them.”

The conference brings professionals and thought leaders together to review critical trends and issues impacting the cash industry’s safety, security, and overall success. This year’s event features a keynote address by 29-time Emmy Award winner and Hall of Fame keynote speaker, Bill Stainton. Stainton’s address, “Connect the Dots: Innovation in the Cash Service Industry,” will debunk several myths about creativity and innovation and delve into what it means to be a game-changer in the cash industry.

The 2024 SCTA Conference will feature more than a dozen informative sessions delivered by leading experts in cash-in-transit, banking, retail, security, cybersecurity, insurance, and compliance. The full schedule for the event can be found at scta.securetransportassociation.org/agenda.

D. Mark Lowers, President of the Secure Cash and Transport Association, reflects on this year’s focus on innovation, “As leaders, we’ve had to navigate the rapid pace of technological change, integrating new systems and solutions to maintain business continuity and enhance safety and security. This adaptation has sharpened our skills and brought about greater efficiency. However, I believe the next chapter for us all is to focus on building resilience, ensuring that our industry can keep pace with technological advancements and thrive amidst them.”

Details about the event, registration information, and association membership details can be found on the event website at https://scta.securetransportassociation.org.

About the Secure Cash & Transport Association (SCTA)

The Secure Cash & Transport Association (SCTA) is a non-profit association established in 2013 to represent the shared interests of professionals in ATM servicing, cash handling/processing, transportation, and safekeeping of cash and coin throughout North America. Industry groups represented by the association include armored operators, insurance providers, truck builders, financial institutions, ATM cash providers, coin wrappers, security surveys and compliance providers, retailers, and loss adjusters.

Learn more at securetransportassociation.org.

Media Contact

Michael Gaul, Secure Cash & Transport Association, 1 (540) 338-7151, mgaul@securetransportassociation.org, https://www.securetransportassociation.org/

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PayPal Enables Business Accounts to Buy, Hold and Sell Cryptocurrency

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Company also provides the ability for business accounts to externally transfer cryptocurrency

SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) announced it is enabling its U.S. merchants to buy, hold and sell cryptocurrency directly from their PayPal business account. At launch, this functionality for Business Accounts will not be available in New York State. Today’s announcement is PayPal’s latest step to increase cryptocurrency‘s utility by making increased functionality available to millions of merchants in the U.S. 

“Since we launched the ability for PayPal and Venmo consumers to buy, sell, and hold cryptocurrency in their wallets, we have learned a lot about how they want to use their cryptocurrency,” said Jose Fernandez da Ponte, Senior Vice President of Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, and Digital Currencies, PayPal. “Business owners have increasingly expressed a desire for the same cryptocurrency capabilities available to consumers. We’re excited to meet that demand by delivering this new offering, empowering them to engage with digital currencies effortlessly.”

Additionally, PayPal is enabling U.S. merchants to externally transfer cryptocurrency on chain to third-party eligible wallets. PayPal business account holders can now send and receive supported cryptocurrency tokens to and from external blockchain addresses.

PayPal has continuously made significant steps to increase cryptocurrency‘s utilization. In 2020, PayPal announced the availability of its customers to buy, hold and sell cryptocurrency directly from their PayPal and Venmo accounts. In 2023, PayPal announced the launch of a U.S. dollar-denominated stablecoin, PayPal USD (PYUSD). In April 2024, we enabled PYUSD as a funding instrument for our Xoom platform, allowing users to pay no transaction fees when using PYUSD to fund eligible transfers to friends and family abroad. Most recently, PYUSD was made available on the Solana blockchain, providing users with the choice of multiple blockchains allowing for increased flexibility and control.

About PYUSD

PayPal USD is issued by Paxos Trust Company, a fully chartered limited purpose trust company. Paxos and its products – including expansion to new blockchains – are licensed to engage in Virtual Currency Business Activity by the New York State Department of Financial Services. Reserves for PayPal USD are fully backed by U.S. dollar deposits, U.S. Treasuries and similar cash equivalents, and PayPal USD can be bought or sold through PayPal and Venmo at a rate of $1.00 per PayPal USD.

Issuance and custody of PayPal USD is performed by Paxos Trust Company, LLC. Learn more in PayPal’s Cryptocurrency Terms, and in the Paxos Terms that also apply to PYUSD.

About PayPal

PayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years. The company creates innovative experiences that make moving money, selling, and shopping simple, personalized, and secure. PayPal empowers consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy. For more information, visit https://www.paypal.com, https://about.pypl.com/ and https://investor.pypl.com/.

Media Relations Contacts: 
Nicole Cutler
mediarelations@paypal.com

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KIWI design Unveils Made For Meta Products at Meta Connect 2024

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MENLO PARK, Calif., Sept. 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — KIWI Design, a leading innovator in high-quality XR accessories, has successfully added two products to the “Made For Meta” program since 2023. In 2024, KIWI design was invited to participate in the Meta Connect event, where they presented three new “Made For Meta” products. These innovations come equipped with significant upgrades designed to enhance the immersive experience for XR enthusiasts. According to their official social media announcements, more products will be released in Q4.

With the introduction of the Made For Meta line, KIWI design continues to set the standard in the XR accessory market. Each product is designed with user feedback in mind, ensuring that every detail contributes to a more enjoyable and engaging XR experience.

“Our goal is to provide XR lovers with the most immersive experience.” stated Ray, CEO of KIWI design. “We are thrilled to introduce these new products, which embody our unwavering commitment to quality and innovation.”

Since its inception, KIWI design has built a reputation for crafting user-friendly and reliable XR accessories that are widely appreciated by consumers. This announcement features upgrades to their flagship products, promising a more comfortable and enjoyable experience for users.

As KIWI design moves forward, the company remains dedicated to its mission: “Pioneering Comfort and Immersion in Every XR Moment.” The unveiling of these new products at Meta Connect represents a significant step towards this goal, and the company is excited to continue innovating for the XR community.

For more information about KIWI design, please visit official website and follow KIWI design on Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube and TikTok.

https://www.kiwidesign.com/

https://www.facebook.com/KIWIdesignOfficial

https://www.instagram.com/kiwidesignins/

https://x.com/KIWIdesign_shop

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