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Exciting acquisition announcement: HH Global to acquire Displayplan to enhance customer experience for global brands

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HH Global to announce the signing of an agreement to fully acquire Displayplan Ltd

LONDON, Feb. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ —

HH Global and Displayplan 

As the world’s most impactful partner to organizations seeking stronger more sustainable growth, HH Global is a leader in tech-enabled creative production and procurement for some of the world’s biggest and boldest retail brands.

Today, HH Global has announced the signing of an agreement to fully acquire UK-based Displayplan Ltd to further enhance their expertise and create an unrivaled, creative, global retail activation capability.

The acquisition of Displayplan, having expertise in design engineering and production management of complex point-of-sale solutions and experiential customer interactions, demonstrates HH Global’s ongoing investment in developing industry-leading solutions for global retail brands.

The joining of these two businesses brings enhanced expertise to HH Global’s existing global retail marketing activation leadership and adds a valuable extension to its broad retail solutions portfolio.

Brilliant growth ideas only create value when they are expertly designed and activated.

Displayplan’s award-winning creatives, designers and engineers will join the +500 members of the HH Global Creative + Digital community, who operate in 34 studios across 15 countries. Their joint commitment to excellence and innovation will create a team of the best creative talent focused on delivering big impact for their clients’ big ideas in global retail.

Nadia Pelekanos, Chief Client Officer at HH Global said:
“The combination of our companies represents a progressive move for HH Global and builds significantly on our global retail capability.

The acquisition of Displayplan is not only driven by a fundamental alignment in our strategic vision, but by the opportunity to combine our award-winning teams and our complementary solutions to deliver simplicity across the supply chain and enhanced creative capabilities for global brands.

We have been investing significantly in the development of our global Creative + Digital capabilities over the years adding data, strategy, creative and design to deliver enhanced and innovative solutions for our retail clients. The award-winning creative and production team from Displayplan, along with their digital and shopper marketing strategists, will strengthen our existing capabilities and enable us to continue to drive advancements in creating superior connected shopper experiences.”

Managing Director of Displayplan Scott Morris said: 
“We are delighted to be joining HH Global at this exciting time in their growth journey. This acquisition represents an amazing opportunity and a significant milestone for Displayplan.

We have achieved great success and recognition over the last 40 years, which is a testament to the outstanding team we have created and the impressive client portfolio we have secured but it is time for us to enter the next phase of growth for our people and for our clients.

My fellow shareholder, Neil Campbell, will retire from the business after +30 years and I want to acknowledge his contribution to building Displayplan into the category-leading business that it is today.

I also want to acknowledge our venture capital partners, YFM Equity Partners, and the British Smaller Companies VCTs, for their outstanding support and guidance over the last 12 years in the same endeavor. It has been an incredible journey.

The amalgamation of our businesses will provide our impressive portfolio of retail clients with access to enhanced services, wider solutions, deeper expertise and capability and our teams with expanded career opportunities. 

We are excited about this next step in our journey with HH Global and we are looking forward to working with our new colleagues.”

Kristian Elgey, Chief Executive Officer at HH Global said:
“M+A is an important growth lever for us as we continually evolve and enhance our solutions to deliver more impact in supporting our clients’ growth ambitions. This acquisition is a great example of the opportunities available to add complementary capabilities and talent to HH Global to enhance our established solutions.

As we move toward the completion, I want to thank the team involved on both sides. The dedication involved in bringing a process like this from an initial conversation to a successful outcome is significant, and I’m looking forward to welcoming our new colleagues and bringing our enhanced capabilities to life for our clients.”

The transaction is subject to further legal processes, which are expected to be complete on 29 February 2024.

About HH Global 
Founded in 1991, HH Global is the global leader in tech-enabled creative production and procurement. They amplify their client’s marketing campaigns through unrivaled production, procurement leadership and the most advanced sustainability capabilities available. All delivered at scale through industry-leading technology and the passionate expertise of their people.

HH Global has +4,500 experts in more than 60 countries and in every market around the world. With a thirty-year track record of success, they help the biggest, most exciting and progressive global brands achieve stronger, more sustainable growth. Across every channel. At the speed of modern business.

With an unmatched supply chain, a growing suite of technology tools and data insights – they make their clients’ brilliant ideas unmissable everywhere.

About Displayplan
Displayplan is a British-owned and headquartered provider of retail marketing services with a strong 40-year history of working with leading retailers and brands to design and develop insight-driven strategic in-store experiences.

From their UK head office in Hertfordshire and with resources worldwide, they provide a blend of experienced retail equipment project management with specialists for digital and AV solutions to deliver market-leading in-store experiences that improve the speed of shopper decision-making, enhance customer experience and reduce friction in the buying process.

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VEHERE RETURNS TO AISS 2024 WITH ITS POWERFUL AI NETWORK SECURITY SOLUTION

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NEW DELHI, Dec. 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — After a successful stint last year, Vehere is excited to announce its return to the 19th edition of NASSCOM-DSCI Annual Information Security Summit (AISS) 2024. This industry-leading conference, exploring key areas such as Security Technology Leadership, Security & Privacy Governance, Digitization & Data Sharing, Future of Cyber Crimes, Response & Resiliency, and AI Paradigm Shifts, will take place from December 4-6 in New Delhi at Pullman, Aerocity.

During this three-day event, Vehere will showcase its signature product, Vehere AI Network Security, a unified solution of Network Detection & Response (NDR) and Network Forensics (NF). Vehere NDR detects abnormal system behaviors by leveraging behavioral analytics/AI-ML. It detects and contains post-breach activities such as ransomware, APTs, insider threats, or lateral movements. Vehere NF supports security incident response and investigation of the source of an incident, analyzes and reconstructs attack timelines, and provides evidence for legal proceedings.

The visitors will get an amazing opportunity to engage with Vehere’s team of cyber experts and explore how its AI Network Security solution can help enterprises secure their networks from the most advanced cyberattacks. What sets Vehere apart as the go-to choice for a cyber network intelligence solution is:

Visibility into both E-W & N-S trafficsLossless Packet CaptureUnified PlatformBehavior-based Application DetectionProcess 2 million IOCs at line rateRetrospective Breach DetectionFlexible Deployment

“We are excited to join AISS 2024 alongside other industry leaders,” said Sanjay Bhardwaj, VP, Sales, India & SEA. “This event will allow us to highlight our innovative product, specifically designed to address the evolving threat landscape. As India’s demand for advanced security solutions increases, we remain committed to empowering our customers with top-grade technology that enhances digital resilience and is an integral part of their cybersecurity initiatives.”

Don’t miss the chance to experience our AI-powered Network Security solution at AISS 2024, Booth Number 58. Vehere is also proud to be the Badge and Lanyard Partner at this premier event.

About Vehere:

Vehere is a new-age Cybersecurity software company specializing in AI Cyber Network Intelligence. For more than a decade, Vehere has been supporting counter-terrorism analysts in Defense & Intelligence communities. Vehere is now trusted by cyber-analysts in Fortune 500 companies, including Telecom, Financial Institutions, and Smart Cities to protect their critical infrastructure against real-time cyberattacks.

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Sreya Sengupta
sreya.sengupta@vehere.com

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Changsha polishes blueprint for tech-culture integration

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BEIJING, Dec. 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — A report from China Daily

Innovative approach spurs expansion of tourist industry

Limitless potential for revamping tourism is created when a city melds its dazzling culture with cutting-edge technology. Such is the case in Changsha, capital of Central China’s Hunan province, where a whirlwind of “culture plus technology” is sweeping the city, spurred by concerted efforts to blend industries with culture and shape new paradigms for tourism.

New business modes

Located on the bank of Liuyang River, Changsha’s Malanshan Video Cultural and Creative Industrial Park is home to more than 60,000 professionals who are excelling in the field of audio and video creation and production. With the support of technology, new cultural business modes have emerged there, forming a complete digital cultural industry chain that encompasses links such as content production, creativity, storage, broadcasting and trading.

At Skymedia, a large audio and video multimedia model released by Wondershare at Malanshan park, users can upload a photo and get a dynamic 3D effect video, or input text commands to generate music. The model boasts a wide variety of functions, including text-to-video generation, image-to-video generation and soundtracks, and is in commercial use. With the Skymedia model, creators can complete audio and video content production and editing more efficiently, significantly enhancing both the efficiency and quality of their creations.

As part of another project at Malanshan park, two people far apart don special pairs of “glasses” to become “close neighbors” in a virtual scene. Zou Jun, who is responsible for the project, said: “We define it as the next generation of communication, enabling real-time face-to-face interaction for remote business meetings, family communications and educational activities.”

The deep integration of culture and technology has led to the continuous emergence of new business modes and new scenarios at Malanshan park. According to statistics, over the past two years, more than 60 percent of leading enterprises attracted to the park are engaged in new business modes.

The animation and video game industry has become one of the fastest-growing new cultural sectors in recent years. Thanks to new infrastructure such as a video cloud platform, a supercomputing center and shared production center, Malanshan park has reduced the rendering time and costs for animation and game production by 30 percent. This has led to a strong trend of enterprises clustering together and scaling up capacity in the three-dimensional animation industry.

Currently, Malanshan park focuses on new technologies, new applications and new industries. It has established 16 scientific and technological innovation institutions and attracted 3,000-plus upstream and downstream enterprises.

By deeply applying digital technologies such as panoramic scanning, virtual reality and glasses-free 3D into the field of cultural heritage, other Changsha projects have brought precious historical relics back to life.

In August, Hunan Mango Digital Art Intelligence Technology launched a digital cultural museum application called Shanhai. This platform uses digital technology to present museum relics in a 3D form, allowing people to explore exhibitions anytime and anywhere on their mobile devices. The app offers vast digital collections and integrates functions such as 3D artifact appreciation, AI interaction and personalized museum experiences. It has quickly become popular online.

Digital technology helps relics be “reborn”, allowing audiences to seemingly travel back thousands of years while gaining an immersive understanding of the history and culture behind them. This year, Hunan Museum released a 3D digital image of Lady Xin Zhui, a woman whose remains have been well preserved for more than 2,000 years. Through the integration of advanced AI technology, motion capture technology and multiple disciplines including medicine and archaeology, the “sleeping beauty” has been brought back to life.

Besides relics in the museum, heritage in the wild can be “revived” with the help of high-tech solutions. The Wuxi site of stone tablets in Hunan’s Qiyang city is a large open-air site that preserves stone inscriptions from the Tang Dynasty (618-907), making it a rare treasure trove of calligraphic carvings. Due to natural causes, the surfaces of the inscriptions have experienced varying degrees of weathering, rendering many characters blurred and difficult to discern. The Malanshan cultural digitization innovation center, in collaboration with a team, utilized various digital technologies to rejuvenate the historical and cultural heritage, collecting images of each stele, employing techniques to achieve high-precision digital imaging, and forming a stele database.

Today, the database stores basic information about the inscriptions, which have been made clear and distinguishable, and provides things such as original photos and micro-trace images, as well as calibrating relationships between several hundred steles and hundreds of famous individuals. In the future, it could facilitate secondary creations around the inscriptions by experts, scholars and design teams.

Cultural tourism

Changsha’s innovative integration of culture and technology has given rise to new cultural tourism scenarios and business modes. From traditional real-world sightseeing to immersive experiences that blend the real with the virtual, new technologies can be found in the creation and dissemination of cultural content and interactive methods in cultural tourism, providing visitors with entirely new experiences.

In September, a digital exhibition hall, located next to Tianxin Pavilion, officially opened. The hall houses a vast collection of relics related to figures from Hunan history and also offers an immersive cultural experience via new digital and intelligent technologies. In one example, a digital image of Zhu Xi, a renowned philosopher from the Song Dynasty (960-1279), appears on a screen and can answer questions asked by visitors. The “digital human” Zhu Xi was created based on national supercomputing. Through AI technology, the great scholar’s attire, expressions and movements have been interpreted and he can engage in precise conversations with visitors. They can ask him abstract questions such as the meaning of “seeking truth from facts”, as well as trendy enquiries like “What are some of the best foods in Changsha?” or “What drinks did people in the Song Dynasty enjoy?”

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Aurigo Software Strengthens Workforce with Strategic Hires from India’s Leading Engineering Institutions

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BENGALURU, India, Dec. 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Aurigo Software, the leading provider of capital planning and construction management software for infrastructure and private owners, has strengthened its talent base with recent hires from India’s premier engineering colleges, such as BITS Goa, BITS Hyderabad, and NIT Trichy, among others. With their proximity to leading technology institutes, Aurigo’s Bangalore and Mysore offices offer opportunities for skilled graduates to contribute to impactful projects and collaborate with experienced mentors.

India has become the hub for Aurigo’s global research and development, where teams develop core strategies and build innovative solutions from the ground up. The company is expanding its product capabilities to extend digital twins by integrating design with capital planning, advancing its AI platform, and offering improved UI/UX. With roles spanning business analysis, DevOps, cloud operations, and software testing, the recent recruits will play a crucial part in driving innovation and maintaining the company’s reputation for quality and excellence.

“We’re excited to welcome these talented professionals at a pivotal time for Aurigo,” said Balaji Sreenivasan, CEO and founder of Aurigo Software. “Their energy and fresh perspectives will be vital to fuel the next phase of our innovation and global growth as we modernize our products and advance our investments in AI.”

Aurigo’s commitment to nurturing talent extends beyond recruitment. The company provides comprehensive training programs, mentorship opportunities, and a culture of continuous learning that enables employees to grow both personally and professionally. With over 500 professionals in its India offices, Aurigo offers new graduates a unique opportunity to build expertise in cloud technologies, AI/ML, capital program management, and managing core strategies.

The expansion serves as a testament to Aurigo’s progress as infrastructure and facility owners respond to the rising demand for capital program management solutions following the increase in investments across transportation, electricity, and water utilities in the U.S. The new talent pipeline supports the company’s commitment to innovation while offering skilled graduates and professionals the opportunity to contribute to impactful global projects.

About Aurigo Software

Aurigo builds software that helps build the world. Aurigo provides modern, cloud-based solutions for capital infrastructure and private owners to help plan with confidence, build with quality, and maintain their assets efficiently. With more than $300 billion of capital programs under management, Aurigo’s solutions are trusted by over 300 customers in transportation, water and utilities, healthcare, higher education, and government on over 40,000 projects across North America. Aurigo helps capital program executives make better decisions based on proprietary artificial intelligence and machine learning technology. Aurigo is a privately held U.S. corporation headquartered in Austin, Texas, with global offices in Canada and India.

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