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transcosmos launches campaign aimed at solving social issues Shibuya-ward faces in partnership with Future Design Shibuya and EbuAction

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Initiates a year-round initiative, SHIBUYA Good Manner Challenge feat. Fortnite, co-created with Gen Z

TOKYO, July 10, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — transcosmos hereby announces that the company together with EbuAction, inc. will launch the SHIBUYA Good Manner Challenge feat. Fortnite, supporting the Shibuya Good Manner Project run by Future Design Shibuya General Incorporated Association (Future Design Shibuya), a movement to make Shibuya-ward a safe and secure city. Through this SHIBUYA Good Manner Challenge feat. Fortnite initiative, transcosmos and EbuAction aim to tackle social issues, specifically, nuisance behavior including street drinking and littering, by the power of Fortnite, a popular metaverse gaming app among the young generation and international users. With this new year-round campaign under the Shibuya Good Manner Project, the young generation and overseas visitors to Japan can enjoy a gaming experience built on Fortnite co-created by generation Z (Gen Z) creators while going through a new game challenge intended to raise awareness of good manners. The ultimate goal is to change the target audiences’ mindsets, making them reconsider the importance of the city’s clean environment as well as improving manners.

The ultimate goal is to change the target audiences’ mindsets, making them reconsider the importance of the city’s clean environment as well as improving manners.

■Backgdound
In recent years, nuisance behavior such as street drinking, smoking, and littering continue to increase in Shibuya-ward. The city becomes packed with people, in particular during events, forcing the city to strengthen security measures to control crowds safely. Drawing large crowds of people is not a problem itself. Yet, some visitors’ troublesome behavior is disrupting residents’ daily lives and causing damages to stores in the area, which has become a social issue. Against this backdrop, Future Design Shibuya launched Shibuya Good Manner Project to double down its effort on making Shibuya a safe and secure city, working on diverse activities to solve social issues in partnership with a range of stakeholders. Now, to address the issue and raise awareness as well as educate manners to young people and overseas visitors, transcosmos will run a gaming experience campaign using Fortnite which is built on ideas brought up by Gen Z creators. Through this campaign, transcosmos aims not only to let target audiences enjoy the gaming experience but also become aware of the city they are in, thereby widely spreading the intended message across.

■Project plans (examples)
1) Create and publish games on Fortnite, targeting young generations and inbound visitors
While Fortnite attracts many Gen Z and Gen alpha players, many creators are also in the same generation group. transcosmos will work on solving social issues with this co-created plan by involving the young generations.
Game overview: In a town packed with garbage and garbage creatures, players battle to win back a clean, comfortable, and safe city that they used to enjoy.
Scheduled release date: November 1, 2024

Epic Games is not the sponsor, supporter, or operator of this game.

2) Year-round online events
transcosmos will run online events throughout the year. Each event comes with different challenge levels and cityscapes, and there will be live streaming by influencers. The first online event is planned for mid-December.

■SHIBUYA Good Manner Challenge feat. Fortnite supporters and co-creation partners
Future Design Shibuya and transcosmos welcome solution partners who wish to spread the Shibuya Good Manner Project—a project to make Shibuya-ward a safe and secure city with gaming experience on Fortnite—among the young generation and overseas visitors. Partners can enjoy various benefits including partner announcements and advertising on SHIBUYA Good Manner Challenge feat. Fortnite, as well as events that link gaming and real-world activities.
For more details, please contact Future Design Shibuya or transcosmos at the following addresses.
Future Design Shibuya: info@fds.or.jp
transcosmos: https://www.trans-plus.jp/cotra/metaverse_contact

■About Fortnite
Fortnite is one of the most popular gaming metaverses among the young generations with more than 500 million users worldwide, and its monthly active users surpassed 5 million only in Japan. Fortnite comes with multiple modes going beyond the iconic Battle Royale, such as Zero Build, with which users can create their own all battle experience without building, and a Creative Mode, a mode that allows users to form their unique world. Users can choose and play a variety of worlds with Fortnite.
Users can play Fortnite with PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, Android, PCs, and cloud gaming services.
For more details, visit here: http://www.fortnite.com

transcosmos delivers new forms of marketing services designed for young generations to help clients make the most of three leading metaverse platforms, Fortnite, Roblox and ZEPETO. With the aim of evolving the traditional forms of communication, transcosmos is committed to succeed in utilizing the metaverse and other new technologies in the real world. transcosmos also offers metaverse planning support services tailored to distinctive characteristics of each company and local government.
Please contact the company for more details.

◆About Future Design Shibuya
Corporate name: Future Design Shibuya General Incorporated Association
Address: 9F, Shibuya PARCO, 15-1, Udagawa-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0042 Japan
Business: Based on diversity and inclusion, Future Design Shibuya collects ideas and talents of various people who gather in Shibuya, such as people living in Shibuya, workers, learners, visitors, etc., across domains, and through open innovation, society It is a full-scale industry-government-academia-private partnership organization that designs solutions and possibilities for issues.
URL: https://fds.or.jp/en/

◆About EbuAction, inc.
Company name: EbuAction, inc.
Address: No. 104 City Court Meguro 4th Building, 2-10-34, Kami-Osaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0021, Japan
Business: Providing services for businesses to offer solutions on metaverse platforms including Fortnite and Roblox. Co-operating BORDER, a metaverse production studio, with NEIGHBOR Co., Ltd.

transcosmos is a trademark or registered trademark of transcosmos inc. in Japan and other countries.Other company names and product or service names used here are trademarks or registered trademarks of respective companies.

About transcosmos inc.
transcosmos launched its operations in 1966. Since then, we have combined superior “people” with up-to-date “technology” to enhance the competitive strength of our clients by providing them with superior and valuable services. transcosmos currently offers services that support clients’ business processes focusing on both sales expansion and cost optimization through our 181 bases across 35 countries/regions with a focus on Asia, while continuously pursuing Operational Excellence. Furthermore, following the expansion of e-commerce market on the global scale, transcosmos provides a comprehensive One-Stop Global E-Commerce Services to deliver our clients’ excellent products and services to consumers in 46 countries/regions around the globe. transcosmos aims to be the “Global Digital Transformation Partner” of our clients, supporting the clients’ transformation by leveraging digital technology, responding to the ever-changing business environment. Visit us here https://www.trans-cosmos.co.jp/english/

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Sesame Software Named Fastest to Implement and Best Estimated ROI in G2’s Fall 2026 Reports, Previews Sesame Software 7.0

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Mid-market recognition from verified users caps a strong 2026 as the company announces the beta of its biggest platform release in years

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Sesame Software, the Enterprise Data Management leader, today announced it has earned two mid-market badges in G2’s Fall 2026 reports, Fastest Implementation and Best Estimated ROI, based on verified user reviews. Heading into 2027, the company also previewed Sesame Software 7.0, its biggest platform release in years, with a beta opening this winter.

Recognized by G2 Users

The badges reflect what users say about Sesame Software: it’s up and running in minutes, needs no coding or data mapping, and pays for itself quickly. Teams use it to replicate data in near real time, build pipelines into warehouses like Snowflake, back up and archive records, and run verified migrations between systems.

“Customers don’t want a data project. They want their data where they need it, working as soon as possible,” said Joshua Demumbreum, Director of Product Operations, Sesame Software. “Hearing that back from users, in their own words, is a great way to close the year.”

Coming Soon: Sesame Software 7.0

What’s new in 7.0:

New interface: fewer clicks, easier navigation, clearer logs, and reporting on which records each job movesRebuilt engine: faster jobs, bigger data volumes and fewer failures, with data cleanup built into every jobRewritten connectors: simpler templates that behave the same across every connectorSimpler upkeep: Java 25 support, embedded Tomcat, and one-step upgrades

“After 30-plus years in enterprise data, 7.0 is our biggest step forward yet,” said Nathan Lugert, Senior Software Engineer, Sesame Software. “We can’t wait to get it into users’ hands.”

About Sesame Software

Sesame Software is the Enterprise Data Management leader, delivering data rapidly for enhanced reporting and analytics. Sesame Software’s data platform offers superior solutions for data warehousing, integration, as well as backup, and compliance to fit your business needs. Quickly connect to SaaS, on-premise, and cloud applications for accelerated insights. With over 30 years of expertise, Sesame Software helps businesses take back control of their data, access it from anywhere, ensure security and compliance, and unlock its power to grow.

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Kristen Besselsen, Director of Marketing
kristen.besselsen@sesamesoftware.com
www.sesamesoftware.com

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RS earned three awards at the 2026 Moxa Global Distributor Summit

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The three awards recognize RS for demonstrable leadership in small to medium-sized business sales, energy sector sales, and regional sales.

FORT WORTH, Texas, Oct. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — RS, a high-service global product and service solutions provider for industrial customers, earned three top awards at the 2026 Moxa Global Distributor Summit. Held in Nashville, Tennessee, September 8–11, this exclusive summit welcomed Moxa team members and partners from all over the world to “Collaborate to Lead” and discuss business and strategy updates, emerging industrial infrastructure trends, secure OT connectivity, and next-generation technologies like AI data centers and energy storage.

RS combines immediate access to Moxa products with deep technical expertise to solve complex operational challenges.

During the event, Moxa — a global leader in industrial networking, computing, and edge connectivity solutions — presented RS Americas with its:

2026 Top Global Sales Award for small to medium-sized businesses2026 Top Global Sales Award for energy businesses2026 Platinum Award for top sales in the Americas region

These awards recognize RS for outstanding sales achievements and exceptional partnership in three key market segments. Together, RS and Moxa deliver secure network deployments and reliable edge connectivity for industrial automation customers across the manufacturing, energy, and commercial sectors.

“Partnering with Moxa enables us to provide industrial customers with the high-performance networking technologies they need to advance their digital transformation and build resilient operations,” said Marie Dawson, Sr. Director of Strategic Supplier Engagement at RS. “Earning three top honors at the 2026 Moxa Global Distributor Summit validates our approach — combining immediate access to quality Moxa products with deep technical expertise to solve complex operational challenges and keep critical infrastructure running across industries.”

“RS continues to demonstrate outstanding leadership in advancing edge connectivity and network reliability across key industrial sectors,” said Mat Stewart, Vice President of Sales at Moxa. “We are proud to recognize the RS Americas team for their exceptional global and regional performance over the past year and look forward to building on this momentum together.”

To learn more about the RS portfolio of Moxa products and solutions, visit the embedded links.

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The RS Americas team accepted three top sales performance awards at the 2026 Moxa Global Distributor Summit. Pictured from left to right: Moxa Americas Vice President of Sales Mat Stewart, RS Americas Product Director Chris Cole, RS Americas Eastern Regional Sales Manager John Allen, RS Americas Senior Director of Strategic Supplier Engagement Marie Dawson, RS Americas Supplier Manager Evie Hooper, RS Americas Category Manager Megan Shaw, Moxa Americas Director of Channel Sales Pat Sweeney, RS Americas Product Portfolio Manager Gary Guess, and Moxa Americas President Chad Chesney.

About RS
RS is a high-service global product and service solutions provider for industrial customers, enabling them to operate efficiently and sustainably. We operate in 33 markets, stock over 875,000 industrial and specialist products, and list an additional five million relevant for our industrial customers, sourced from over 2,500 suppliers. This extensive range supports our customers across the industrial lifecycle of designing, building, and maintaining equipment and operations. We enhance their experience through a tailored service model, leveraging our efficient physical, digital, and process infrastructure sustainably. We combine a technically led and digitally enabled approach with an exceptional team of experts; ultimately, it’s our people that make the difference. Our purpose, making amazing happen for a better world, reflects our focus on delivering results for people, planet, and profit.

RS Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange with stock ticker RS1, and in the year ended March 31, 2026, reported revenue of $3,871.07 million. For more information, please visit https://www.rsgroup.com/ or connect with us on LinkedIn or X (Twitter).

About RS in the Americas
In the Americas region, RS stocks more than 250,000 industrial and electronic products from more than 700 trusted suppliers. These solutions cover categories extending from automation and control equipment to interconnect, passive, active, and electromechanical components and include more than 90,000 high-quality, competitively priced RS PRO products. For more information, please visit https://us.rs-online.com or connect with us via social media on LinkedIn, Facebook, and YouTube.

Editorial Contact & Media Inquiries:
Laurie Tortorello, Director of People & Culture Communications, RS Americas
Laurie.Tortorello@rsgroup.com

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Union Home Mortgage Selected for USDA Rural Development Delegated Authority Pilot Program

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One of six lenders chosen nationwide to deliver an enhanced USDA loan experience for eligible rural borrowers

STRONGSVILLE, Ohio, Oct. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Union Home Mortgage (UHM), a high-growth independent mortgage banking company with a world-class culture, announced today that it has been selected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development to participate in the expanded Delegated Authority Lender Interactive Test Environment (LITE) Pilot Program for the Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loan Program, further strengthening the company’s ability to serve homebuyers in rural communities across the country. UHM is one of six lenders nationwide chosen to join the initiative, which begins on December 1, 2026.

The pilot program grants participating lenders greater authority in the loan approval and closing process, allowing qualified borrowers to move through the mortgage journey more efficiently while maintaining rigorous underwriting and compliance standards. By reducing pre-closing approval requirements from USDA, the program is designed to accelerate loan processing timelines and expand homeownership opportunities for eligible families in rural communities across the country.

“We are honored to partner with USDA Rural Development to help rural borrowers access more opportunities to achieve the dream of homeownership, which is one of the most powerful ways to build financial stability and strengthen communities,” said Bill Cosgrove, CEO of Union Home Mortgage. “Being selected for this pilot program reflects our commitment to providing world-class service and innovative solutions to our borrowers, and we thank USDA for entrusting us with this increased responsibility.”

Through the USDA Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loan Program, eligible low- and moderate-income borrowers can access affordable financing options, including 100% financing for homes in qualifying rural areas. According to USDA Rural Development, homebuyers can buy existing, build new, or cover the cost of rehabilitating, improving, or relocating a home with a Single Family Housing loan guarantee. As a participant in the Delegated Authority LITE Pilot Program, UHM will be positioned to deliver these benefits with greater speed and efficiency while continuing to provide personalized guidance throughout the homebuying journey.

The selection further underscores UHM’s reputation as a trusted lending partner and aligns with the lender’s focus on responsible growth, operational excellence, and expanding access to affordable mortgage solutions in communities of all sizes.

For more information about Union Home Mortgage, visit www.uhm.com. For information about USDA Rural Development housing programs, visit www.rd.usda.gov.

About Union Home Mortgage
Union Home Mortgage Corp. (UHM) is a high-growth, full-service retail, wholesale, and consumer direct independent mortgage banking company with branches across the U.S. in 49 states + D.C. UHM is an in-house loan servicer offering world-class customer service through high touch communication & technology. A privately held family business, with a collaborative culture that stands out in the mortgage industry, UHM Partners (employees) are guided by a Code of Conduct that emphasizes respect, open communication, and accountability. All these principles translate to industry-leading customer retention and satisfaction. Some honors include being a Six-Year USA TODAY Top Workplace and a Twelve-Year Northeast Ohio Top Workplace. Learn more at www.uhm.com.

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