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Opkey Secures $47 Million in Series B Funding to Revolutionize Cloud ERP Transformation

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August 22, 2024

AI-powered Test Automation Platform Addresses Critical Operational Challenges Across the Cloud ERP Lifecycle

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Opkey, the leading Artificial Intelligence (AI) continuous test automation platform for enterprise systems, today announced that it has raised $47 million in Series B funding led by PeakSpan Capital, with continued support from existing investors. This substantial investment will fuel Opkey’s mission to deliver continuous assurance and streamline cloud Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) transformation programs, enabling Opkey to accelerate product development, with a focus on enhancing AI capabilities and expanding support for additional ERP platforms; grow its sales and marketing teams to expand market presence globally; and invest in research and development to pioneer the emerging “ERP Ops” category, providing a common data fabric for successful ERP transformation and modernization programs.

“Opkey’s AI-driven platform empowers Chief Information Officers (CIOs) to ensure successful ERP transformation and modernization programs, by revolutionizing the way enterprises approach Cloud ERP migration, ” said Pankaj Goel, CEO and co-founder of Opkey. “This funding will allow us to further enhance our technology and expand our reach, helping more organizations seamlessly migrate their legacy ERP systems to the cloud while ensuring continuous quality and performance, given its criticality to business outcomes.”

According to Bloomberg, the cloud ERP systems will likely be the biggest growth driver of the SaaS industry over next 10 years, slated to become a $73 Billion market by 2026. However, an alarmingly high majority of these ERP modernization programs fail. McKinsey reports that 75% of ERP transformation projects fail, often because IT teams are unable to scale ERP testing.

Enterprises modernizing their ERP stack also often grapple with the growing challenge of “SaaS Mess,” due to implementation of a mix of best-of-breed point applications that are constantly updating and require continuous testing to ensure that end to end business processes are working as expected. In a typical enterprise, 10-12 ERP point solutions are combined to achieve an end-to-end business process. Gartner refers to this trend as composable ERP and predicts that by 2026, 35% of product-centric enterprises will achieve high composability in their ERP applications, integration, data and security, but will struggle with the operational overhead introduced by this approach.

Antiquated, manual approaches to ERP software testing create massive levels of risk to business continuity and the success of transformation programs. There have been well documented instances of ERP transformation program failures causing huge financial and reputational losses to enterprises like The ERP implementation failure costing National Grid a staggering $585 million and Revlon stock prices falling as much as 6% because of losses incurred as result of faulty ERP implementation. It’s evident that enterprise applications teams now require a more modern and continuous way to ensure operational continuity across enterprise cloud applications.

By leveraging AI and machine learning, Opkey significantly reduces the time and effort required for comprehensive testing of ERP applications. Opkey’s AI-powered ERP testing assistant (Wilfred) leverages Opkey’s patent pending genAI Test mining algorithm and dynamically generates tests based on the client configurations and customizations, driving massive improvements in coverage, adapting to updates in business processes and applications, and delivering greater assurance through continuous testing. This enables enterprises to push through ERP changes 50% faster, while lowering defect rates by over 70%.

“We’re excited to partner with Pankaj and the Opkey team as they pioneer the next frontier of innovation in ERP modernization, delivering unparalleled assurance through continuous, AI-enabled test automation,” said Sanket Merchant, Partner, PeakSpan Capital. “As thematic B2B software investors, we understand the criticality of ERP and other enterprise applications (e.g., HRIS, CRM), which represent significant investments and operate as the central nervous system powering global business operations. We believe that, given the inefficiencies that exist today in all phases of the ERP life cycle, a new category of solutions will emerge, utilizing AI to address the high failure rate of cloud transformation and automate critical areas of implementation, testing, and support. Solutions like Opkey’s are mission critical for achieving continuous assurance in the delivery of technology that yields optimal business outcomes. We could not be more energized to support Opkey’s vision for ERP Ops, which will help CIOs with their ERP transformation and modernization initiatives by providing a common data fabric, resilience in their technology strategy, and optimize table stakes business performance.”

Opkey currently has more than 200 enterprise customers, 72% of which are ranked in the Fortune 1000. The company also partners with large systems integrators (SIs) like KPMG, Huron, and PwC to bring the power of AI to their implementation and managed services projects.

“KPMG continues to drive the highest quality outcomes for our clients by leveraging Opkey’s industry-leading test automation solutions for SaaS platforms,” said Ryan Burns, Principal, KPMG Lighthouse. “Our alliance with Opkey is innovating with generative AI to transform test automation for our clients’ ERP implementations and help reduce risk, improve efficiency and build confidence from inception through go-live and beyond.”

About Opkey

Opkey is a leading provider of AI-enabled, no-code test automation solutions for enterprise ERP systems. Founded in 2016, Opkey empowers organizations to accelerate their ERP modernization initiatives by simplifying and automating the testing process. With offices in Dublin, California, and worldwide, Opkey serves a global clientele of Fortune 500 companies and enterprises across various industries. For more information about Opkey and its AI-enabled test automation platform, visit opkey.com.

About PeakSpan Capital

Based in New York City and Silicon Valley, PeakSpan Capital is a growth equity firm with a singular mission to be the partner of choice for growth-stage entrepreneurial teams building amazing business software companies. PeakSpan combines deep domain expertise within a select number of themes with an active partnering approach to help entrepreneurs drive excellent risk-adjusted growth and value creation. PeakSpan Capital prides itself on a collaborative approach to working with entrepreneurs and other stakeholders. To learn more about PeakSpan Capital and its portfolio, please visit www.peakspancapital.com.

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Pankaj Goel, Opkey, 1 (408) 212-7950, pankaj.goel@opkey.com, https://www.opkey.com/

Rebecca West, Helium Communications, 1 (415) 260-6094, rebecca@heliumcommunications.net, https://www.heliumcommunications.net/

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SK hynix Applies CXL Optimization Solution to Linux

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57 mins ago

September 23, 2024

HMSDK, a proprietary memory control solution lauded for its performance, is now available on Linux, the world’s largest open source operating systemHMSDK optimizes performance between heterogeneous memories, increasing bandwidth by 30% and performance by over 12%The company will foster the ecosystem by increasing software competitiveness as well as AI memory such as HBM

SEOUL, South Korea, Sept. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — SK hynix Inc. (or “the company”, www.skhynix.com) announced today that the key features of its Heterogeneous Memory Software Development Kit (HMSDK)1 are now available on Linux2, the world’s largest open source operating system.

1Heterogeneous Memory Software Development Kit (HMSDK): SK hynix’s proprietary software development kit. It enables effective memory control, improving the performance of heterogeneous memory systems such as CXL memory.

2Linux: An operating system developed in 1991 by Linus Torvalds that has since expanded to become the world’s largest open source operating system. Most operating systems for cloud systems and supercomputers, as well as smartphones, cars, and appliances, are built on Linux.

HMSDK is SK hynix’s proprietary software for optimizing the operation of Compute Express Link (CXL)3, which is gaining attention as a next-generation AI memory technology along with High Bandwidth Memory (HBM). Having received global recognition for HMSDK’s performance, SK hynix is now integrating it with Linux. This accomplishment marks a significant milestone for the company as it highlights the company’s competitiveness in software, adding to the recognition for its high-performance memory hardware such as HBM.

3Compute Express Link (CXL): A next-generation interface that efficiently connects CPU, GPU, memory, and other components in high-performance computing systems to support massive, ultra-fast computation. By applying CXL to existing memory modules, the capacity can be expanded by more than 10 times.

In the future, developers around the world working on Linux will be able to use SK hynix’s technology as the industry standard for CXL memory, putting the company in an advantageous position for global collaboration on next-generation memory.

SK hynix’s HMSDK enhances memory package’s bandwidth by over 30% without modifying existing applications. It achieves this by selectively allocating memory based on the bandwidth between existing memory and expanded CXL memory. Additionally, the software improves performance by more than 12% over conventional systems through optimization based on access frequency, a feature which relocates frequently accessed data to faster memory.

The semiconductor industry anticipates full commercialization of CXL in the second half of 2024, coinciding with the release of the first server CPUs featuring the “CXL 2.0” specification. In preparation for this, SK hynix is currently validating CXL 2.0 memory in 96 GB and 128 GB capacities with customers. The company plans to begin mass production by the end of the year.

“For the development and spread of AI systems such as large language models (LLMs), it is now necessary to significantly improve not only semiconductors but also the level of system applications to support them,” said Youngpyo Joo, Head of Software Solution at SK hynix. “With this Linux integration and collaboration, we will strive to improve our status as a total AI memory solutions provider by innovating technologies and expanding the ecosystem in this field.”

About SK hynix Inc.

SK hynix Inc., headquartered in Korea, is the world’s top-tier semiconductor supplier offering Dynamic Random Access Memory chips (“DRAM”), flash memory chips (“NAND flash”), and CMOS Image Sensors (“CIS”) for a wide range of distinguished customers globally. The Company’s shares are traded on the Korea Exchange, and the Global Depository shares are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. Further information about SK hynix is available at www.skhynix.com, news.skhynix.com.

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TeraBox Is Set to Provide Premier Cloud Storage Solutions to Top Indonesian University Faculty and Students

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September 23, 2024

Transforming Classrooms: TeraBox’s 1TB Free Cloud Storage Becomes Essential for Educators and Students

TOKYO, Sept. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — TeraBox (“TeraBox” or “the Company”), a globally trusted cloud storage service headquartered in Tokyo, also a favored cloud storage solution among Indonesian users, held its first large-scale campus event at prominent Indonesian universities such as University Diponegoro, Universitas Indonesia, and Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember. The company hosted numerous offline events, attracting interactions from more than 30,500 students and teachers, and handed out 85,000 flyers. Event videos posted on the universities’ official Instagram and YouTube accounts received tens of thousands of views. TeraBox looks forward to deepening its collaboration with academic institutions to offer innovative cloud storage solutions for students.

In an era where digital resources are integral to academic success, TeraBox is committed to becoming an essential tool for students, providing a secure and efficient way to save and share curriculum files and materials, simplifying file management. By offering a massive 1TB (1024GB) of free cloud storage space per account, TeraBox alleviates the challenges of managing extensive educational materials, such as e-books, digital textbooks, learning notes, and experimental data in the new semester to come. Furthermore, TeraBox enhances productivity by enabling students to engage in online assignments and collaborative projects, fostering sharing, collaboration, and communication among students and between students and teachers. TeraBox not only addresses issues related to insufficient memory on devices like smartphones and laptops, but also significantly boosts efficiency in data management in an environmentally friendly manner.

Understanding the need for seamless collaboration, TeraBox features user-friendly sharing options that allow students and faculties to create links with just one click. This facilitates easy sharing of multiple files simultaneously, which can greatly improve collaborative efforts among peers. Whether accessing files from mobile devices or desktops, students can manage their documents effortlessly anytime and anywhere. Feedback from offline surveys reveals that many users in Indonesia are impressed with TeraBox’s offering of 1TB (1024GB) of free storage space. This generous storage not only meets the needs of university students for sharing various social and lifestyle content but also eliminates the necessity of creating multiple accounts with other storage services to fulfill their storage requirements.

As of July 2024, TeraBox boasts over 320 million registered users worldwide, with more than 20 million active daily users across over 231 countries and regions. The platform ensures top-tier security by employing advanced measures such as TLS/SSL protocols, encryption algorithms, and access controls. TeraBox is accredited with ISO standards (ISO 27001/27701/27018) certifications to protect the safety of data storage and transmission. These technologies also guarantee the stored and transmitted information is safe through client-side endpoint encryption within a large-scale distributed system architecture.

About TeraBox

TeraBox, developed by Flextech Inc., is a globally trusted cloud storage app headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. With a focus on intelligent, efficient, and secure cloud storage, TeraBox is dedicated to providing users with innovative and user-friendly solutions for their data storage needs. Download the TeraBox App on Android, iOS, Linux, Mac, and Windows devices, or visit www.terabox.com for online access. To learn more about the fantastic Referral Program, please visit the provided site.

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Elmo Motion Control Exhibiting at Industrial Automation Show in Shanghai, China

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57 mins ago

September 23, 2024

Elmo brings live demonstrations to present the power of motion to Hall 5.1 in Booth E181.

PETAH TIKVA, Israel, Sept. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Elmo Motion Control, a global technology leader in motion control solutions, announces its participation at the annual IAS (Industrial Automation Show) exhibition at NECC in Shanghai, China, from September 24 to September 28. At the show, Elmo will display the Platinum line of servo drives, which include fully certified Functional Safety capabilities in small yet powerful packages, and conduct live demonstrations.

Elmo’s featured demonstrations will include an operating customer XYZT stage dynamic demo with four-axis movement controlled by a single multi-axis servo drive – the Platinum Quartet. Also on the floor will be a multi-axis gantry machine from our customer PBA Systems PTE Ltd and more. In addition, visitors can be the first in China to see the future of motion control – the next-generation motion controller with artificial intelligence readiness and a new line of multi-axis servo drives.

“We look forward to greeting visitors at this year’s show and presenting the latest Elmo products. On display throughout our booth is the future of motion control and the experience of seeing our multi-axis products in action. This year, we created an environment for machine developers to learn about advanced motion performance for any application in real-time,” stated Dr. Wayne Chen, Elmo China GM.

About Elmo Motion Control

Elmo has been a motion control technology leader for over 35 years, with millions of servo drives working 24/7 worldwide. Elmo offers complete motion control solutions from design to delivery of cutting-edge servo drives, network-based multi-axis motion controllers, and integrated servo motors. All solutions can be customized and configured using Elmo’s proprietary advanced and easy-to-use software tools for any machine in any industry, such as semiconductors, lasers, robots, life sciences, industrial automation, AGV, and more. The company employs more than 350 personnel with headquarters in Israel and offices in the United States, China, Germany, Italy, Korea, Singapore, and an additional manufacturing facility in Poland. Elmo has a worldwide distribution network. By advancing motion control with state-of-the-art technology, Elmo makes smart machines even smarter. As of 2022, Elmo is a Bosch Rexroth company.

For more information, visit www.elmomc.com or email marketing@elmomc.com.

Elmo Motion Control:
Robert Dugan, Marketing Manager at Elmo Motion Control
T: +972-(3)-929-2300 (ext. 368)
E: robertd@elmom.com

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