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Long-running AltStar Awards and AltStar Expo Adds Fan Appreciation Day in Las Vegas

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LAS VEGAS, May 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The AltStar Awards, celebrating its fourteenth year as the premier recognition event for alternative culture, announces its 2025 event schedule including the third annual AltStar Expo featuring an all-new Fan Appreciation Day in Downtown Las Vegas. This year’s expanded format offers unprecedented access to the alternative community’s most innovative creators, makers, and personalities, including opportunities to potentially participate in content collaboration with award-winning creators. Prior year collabs have fostered fabulous alt photography portrait creation with award-winning photographers.

Attendees step into a vibrant world where creativity and celebration collide! AltStar Events are the ultimate gathering for lovers of tattoo, goth, punk, and cosplay culture. More than just an exhibition, it’s a bold, high-energy tribute to indie creators where every moment is packed with artistry and unforgettable inspiration.

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AltStar Expo
Industry Days (Industry and Plus-Ones Only): May 29-30, 2025
Fan Appreciation Day (NEW!): May 31, 2025
Location: The Plaza Hotel & Casino, 1 Main Street, Las Vegas, NV 89101

AltStar Awards
Date: June 1, 2025
Features: Red Carpet, Awards Ceremony, and Special Performance
Location: Swan Dive, 1301 S Main St, Las Vegas, NV 89104

AltStar Expo
The AltStar Expo returns for its third year at the historic Plaza Hotel & Casino in Downtown Las Vegas. This iconic venue blends vintage Rat Pack-era charm with modern edge and its prime location at the head of the legendary Fremont Street Experience puts attendees steps away from the original Las Vegas Strip with its iconic neon skyline. Award-winning photographers will be on hand every day of this event to collaborate with attendees in creating media.

Industry Days (May 29-30) provide valuable networking opportunities with community companies, creators, producers, makers, affiliates, photographers, directors, stylists, and more. These days will feature professional panels such as “What is PR and Why Do People Keep Talking About It?”, “VR How-To Seminar,” and “Building Community with Your Fans.”

The all-new Fan Appreciation Day (May 31) marks an exciting expansion, featuring the debut of the Artist Alley with exclusive demonstrations and meet-and-greets with the world’s hottest alternative talent and creators. Fan Appreciation Day will host a robust schedule of panels such as “Alt Model Success in a Mainstream World,” “Tips & Tricks for Burlesque & Feature Dancing,” “How to Work with Professional Photographers,” “Getting Published in Magazines,” and “Collaboration and Consent.” The day offers fans a rare opportunity to interact directly with their favorite alternative personalities in a creative setting, plus demos and opportunities to create media on the spot.

AltStar Awards
The weekend culminates with the prestigious AltStar Awards on June 1, celebrating excellence across the alternative culture landscape. The ceremony will be held at Swan Dive, a music-focused venue in the vibrant Arts District. With its spacious outdoor patio and wraparound balcony offering downtown skyline views, Swan Dive provides an authentically alternative atmosphere for the awards.

The evening begins with a star-powered red carpet and open bar at 7PM, followed by the awards ceremony at 10PM hosted by MC Jeffrey Damnit and Trophy Goddess Malice McMunn. The night concludes with a special burlesque performance at midnight featuring superstar Angel Beau as part of her exclusive Farewell Tour.

Tickets
Tickets for both AltStar Expo and AltStar Awards are now on sale at AltStarAwards.com Industry VIP tickets are available to community professionals and are complimentary for nominees and press (please reach out for approved press registration code). General Admission Fan Appreciation Day tickets and AltStar Expo & Awards VIP tickets are open to all attendees 21 and older.

All VIP attendees will receive the industry-leading commemorative tote bags packed with gifts from sponsors (while supplies last). Limited exhibitor spaces and sponsorship opportunities remain available.

About AltStar
AltStar has been providing press coverage celebrating alternative creativity for over two decades and established the AltStar Awards in 2010 to honor excellence in alternative culture. Nominees and winners are selected based on a combination of votes from the editorial judges panel and suggestions from fans, models, and producers. In addition to the annual awards event, AltStar produces AltStar Magazine.

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Press passes, additional photography, and video clips for qualified media venues are available.

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Monnit Introduces NIST Detachable Leads to Streamline Compliance Monitoring

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New hot-swappable lead architecture reduces downtime, simplifies recertification, and helps organizations maintain continuous monitoring.

SALT LAKE CITY, June 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Monnit announced new NIST Standard and Low Temperature and Humidity Detachable Leads for compatible ALTA® Sensor Bases designed to simplify sensor recertification, reduce downtime, and support continuous compliance monitoring.

“Organizations shouldn’t have to choose between maintaining compliance and operational continuity,” said Brad Walters, Founder and CEO of Monnit. “Our detachable lead architecture allows customers to hot-swap certified leads in minutes while preserving traceability and keeping trusted monitoring programs running.”

Each NIST Detachable Lead is uniquely calibrated and designed to support traceability requirements aligned with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) standards.

Rather than removing and shipping an entire sensor for recertification, customers can disconnect only the lead, connect a certified replacement, and send the original lead for recalibration. This approach is ideal for pharmaceuticals, healthcare facilities, laboratories, food storage operations, manufacturing environments, and other applications that require calibration records.

In addition to these hot-swappable, removable leads or cables with probes, we offer short Monnit Standard Temperature and Humidity Detachable Non-Leaded Probes that you can connect to compatible sensor bases.

Each NIST Detachable Lead or Probe connects to compatible ALTA Industrial and Enterprise Sensor Bases via sealed, keyed M8 6-pin connectors designed for field installation. Embedded memory within the lead stores unique lead and sensor identification, calibration data, certification information, and traceability records.

Key features and benefits include:

Hot-swappable lead replacement that minimizes downtime and monitoring interruptionsNIST-traceable calibration support and ISO 17025-accredited lab certificationSupport for FDA 21 CFR Part 11 workflows and audit programsAutomatic synchronization of calibration information with iMonnit® SoftwareLogging of lead connection and disconnection events in iMonnitHot-swapping capability while powered on or off for easier servicing

Monnit and its accredited lab partner, Sensor Calibrations, provide 25-month certificates for NIST Detachable Standard Temperature Leads and 13-month certificates for NIST Detachable Low Temperature and Humidity Leads.

Compatible ALTA Sensor Bases automatically recognize connected lead types and maintain digital maintenance records, helping organizations avoid monitoring gaps caused by traditional recertification.

About Monnit Corporation
The origin story of the Internet of Things (IoT) begins with Monnit. Before our inception in 2010, we were already at the forefront of embedding technology into machines and devices to enable them to talk and deliver valuable data to business leaders. Monnit Remote Monitoring Solutions for nearly any industry use case have delivered 72B+ data points in 130+ countries for 90K+ customers. Monnit’s 80+ long-range IoT sensors remotely monitor many conditions such as temperature, light, humidity, water, vibration, pressure, and more. You can analyze data using iMonnit cloud software and get alerts via email, text, push notification, or call when our sensors detect a change you should know.

Media Contact:
David Hill
Marketing Communications
801-505-8172
417089@email4pr.com 

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Monnit Introduces NIST Detachable Leads to Streamline Compliance Monitoring

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New hot-swappable lead architecture reduces downtime, simplifies recertification, and helps organizations maintain continuous monitoring.

SALT LAKE CITY, June 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Monnit announced new NIST Standard and Low Temperature and Humidity Detachable Leads for compatible ALTA® Sensor Bases designed to simplify sensor recertification, reduce downtime, and support continuous compliance monitoring.

“Organizations shouldn’t have to choose between maintaining compliance and operational continuity,” said Brad Walters, Founder and CEO of Monnit. “Our detachable lead architecture allows customers to hot-swap certified leads in minutes while preserving traceability and keeping trusted monitoring programs running.”

Each NIST Detachable Lead is uniquely calibrated and designed to support traceability requirements aligned with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) standards.

Rather than removing and shipping an entire sensor for recertification, customers can disconnect only the lead, connect a certified replacement, and send the original lead for recalibration. This approach is ideal for pharmaceuticals, healthcare facilities, laboratories, food storage operations, manufacturing environments, and other applications that require calibration records.

In addition to these hot-swappable, removable leads or cables with probes, we offer short Monnit Standard Temperature and Humidity Detachable Non-Leaded Probes that you can connect to compatible sensor bases.

Each NIST Detachable Lead or Probe connects to compatible ALTA Industrial and Enterprise Sensor Bases via sealed, keyed M8 6-pin connectors designed for field installation. Embedded memory within the lead stores unique lead and sensor identification, calibration data, certification information, and traceability records.

Key features and benefits include:

Hot-swappable lead replacement that minimizes downtime and monitoring interruptionsNIST-traceable calibration support and ISO 17025-accredited lab certificationSupport for FDA 21 CFR Part 11 workflows and audit programsAutomatic synchronization of calibration information with iMonnit® SoftwareLogging of lead connection and disconnection events in iMonnitHot-swapping capability while powered on or off for easier servicing

Monnit and its accredited lab partner, Sensor Calibrations, provide 25-month certificates for NIST Detachable Standard Temperature Leads and 13-month certificates for NIST Detachable Low Temperature and Humidity Leads.

Compatible ALTA Sensor Bases automatically recognize connected lead types and maintain digital maintenance records, helping organizations avoid monitoring gaps caused by traditional recertification.

About Monnit Corporation
The origin story of the Internet of Things (IoT) begins with Monnit. Before our inception in 2010, we were already at the forefront of embedding technology into machines and devices to enable them to talk and deliver valuable data to business leaders. Monnit Remote Monitoring Solutions for nearly any industry use case have delivered 72B+ data points in 130+ countries for 90K+ customers. Monnit’s 80+ long-range IoT sensors remotely monitor many conditions such as temperature, light, humidity, water, vibration, pressure, and more. You can analyze data using iMonnit cloud software and get alerts via email, text, push notification, or call when our sensors detect a change you should know.

Media Contact:
David Hill
Marketing Communications
801-505-8172
417089@email4pr.com 

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deepset Joins HPE’s Unleash AI Program to Accelerate Sovereign Agentic AI

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SAN JOSE, Calif., June 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — deepset, the company behind Haystack, the production-ready open-source AI agent framework and platform, today announced it has joined the HPE Unleash AI partner program to help government, defense, and regulated enterprises deploy production-grade AI systems in sovereign, self-hosted, and air-gapped environments.

As part of the collaboration, deepset will leverage the Haystack Enterprise Platform, deepset’s platform for building, orchestrating, and governing AI agents and applications, and HPE’s AI ecosystem and infrastructure portfolio to help organizations rapidly identify and operationalize high-value AI use cases while reducing deployment complexity and risk. This enables customers to access AI-ready infrastructure, strategic guidance, and accelerated pilot execution to address their most challenging AI adoption and operationalization needs.

Together, the companies enable organizations to deploy AI agents, multi-agent systems, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) applications on self-hosted, sovereign, and air-gapped infrastructure while maintaining full ownership over sensitive and classified data, models, and AI operations.

Customers can leverage the joint architecture to operationalize governed AI applications faster while maintaining the security, compliance, and deployment flexibility required for sovereign and mission-critical environments.

The HPE Unleash AI partner program is a curated ecosystem, combining ISV solutions that go through comprehensive validation testing with engineered HPE AI systems, including HPE Private Cloud AI and the broader HPE AI Factory with NVIDIA solutions, to deliver the performance, security, and scalability enterprises need for production AI. By joining the program, deepset expands access to governed AI platform capabilities designed for organizations operating in highly regulated environments, including public sector, defense, cybersecurity, and enterprise industries.

The Haystack Enterprise Platform enables organizations to:

Build and govern AI agents, multi-agent systems, and RAG applicationsDeploy AI on self-hosted, private cloud, and air-gapped infrastructureOrchestrate modular AI pipelines across models, databases, and enterprise systemsEnforce governance, auditability, and lifecycle management for production AISupport sovereign AI initiatives aligned with European and national security requirements

The collaboration builds on deepset’s experience supporting sovereign AI initiatives with organizations including the European Commission, the German Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR), and other government, defense, and enterprise organizations deploying sovereign AI systems under strict governance and security requirements.

“With agentic AI moving into operational deployment, organizations need infrastructure and AI platforms they can control and trust,” said Milos Rusic, CEO and co-founder of deepset. “The challenge is getting agentic systems into production while maintaining control over infrastructure, governance, and sensitive data. Together with HPE, we’re helping customers deploy governed AI systems faster across highly regulated and mission-critical environments.”

Use cases supported through the joint architecture include:

Sovereign AI platform for public sector & regulated industry institutionsSovereign AI intelligence and decision-support systems for classified operationsCybersecurity investigation and threat analysisAI agents for technology, manufacturing, research, legal, and financial workflows

“The Unleash AI program is designed to help organizations deploy AI solutions faster and with greater operational confidence,” said Robin Braun, Vice President of AI Business Development, Hybrid Cloud, HPE. “Together, HPE and deepset are delivering secure, governed AI solutions that combine enterprise-grade infrastructure with flexible and governed AI agent capabilities to help customers operationalize AI across hybrid, sovereign, and classified environments.”

For more information, visit https://www.deepset.ai

About deepset

deepset is the company behind Haystack, the leading open-source framework and platform for building production-grade AI applications and agentic systems. deepset enables enterprises and public sector organizations to develop, deploy, and govern flexible AI applications powered by their choice of large language models, enterprise data, infrastructure, and governance policies across cloud, hybrid, and sovereign environments.

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