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NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks ended down slightly on Tuesday, with investors selling tech-related growth shares after U.S. Treasury yields hit a 14-month high.

At the same time, the S&P 500 financials, industrials and consumer discretionary sectors rose, extending the recent rotation out of growth and into so-called value names.

Tech shares trimmed losses in afternoon trading with Treasury yields off the days high, but the S&P technology sector ended down 1% on the day and was the biggest drag on the S&P 500. The Nasdaq was on track for its first monthly loss since November following the recent rise in yields.

Tech stocks, which have a low-rate environment heavily baked into their pricey valuations, have been among the hardest hit by the rise in yields.

Its somewhat of a leadership-less market, said Tim Ghriskey, chief investment strategist at Inverness Counsel in New York. Investors preferences are flipping around here almost on a daily basis, primarily between tech plus and cyclicals.

Cyclicals have certainly had the upper hand here for a while, trading off the reopening of the economy. Tech plus holds in there because its really the promise of the future - it should provide investors with steady growth.

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield rose to 1.776% in early London trade, its highest since Jan. 22. But the yield reversed and was lower in late New York trading as traders prepared for quarter-end.

FILE PHOTO: American flags hang from the facade of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) building after the start of Thursday's trading session in Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., January 28, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 104.41 points, or 0.31%, to 33,066.96, the S&P 500 lost 12.54 points, or 0.32%, to 3,958.55 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 14.25 points, or 0.11%, to 13,045.39.

President Joe Biden on Wednesday will unveil more details about the first stage of his infrastructure plan, which could be worth as much as $4 trillion.

A leading value index was up 0.1% while a growth index shed 0.6% in a continuation of a trend since late last year.

For the next day or two, (value stocks) will probably be leaders because we have quarter-end and institutions want to make sure that they have exposure to the names that performed well, said Robert Pavlik, senior portfolio manager at Dakota Wealth in New York.

Bets on a swift economic rebound backed by vaccine rollouts and unprecedented stimulus have helped the S&P 500 and the Dow hit record closing highs recently.

Bank stocks rebounded as investors took heart from signs that the impact from the fall of a U.S. hedge fund did not ripple out to broader markets.

Wells Fargo & Co shares jumped 2.5% after the lender said it had a prime brokerage relationship with Archegos Capital and that it no longer had any exposure and did not experience any losses.

Advancing issues outnumbered declining ones on the NYSE by a 1.48-to-1 ratio; on Nasdaq, a 1.47-to-1 ratio favored advancers.

The S&P 500 posted 32 new 52-week highs and no new lows; the Nasdaq Composite recorded 49 new highs and 73 new lows.

Volume on U.S. exchanges was 10.29 billion shares, compared with the 13.5 billion average for the full session over the last 20 trading days.

Reporting by Caroline Valetkevitch in New York; Additional reporting by Devik Jain and Medha Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Maju Samuel, Matthew Lewis and David Gregorio

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SCHUYLERVILLE, N.Y. (NEWS10) As more people get vaccinated, some are waiting until they are fully protected from the coronavirus before having face-to-face connections with loved ones. A local mans family is praising the power of technology for helping them get through the isolation of the past 12 months.

John Grimes, who always seems to have a smile on his face, lives at home in Schuylerville. His children are in South Carolina while his granddaughter, Amy Cox, is in Pennsylvania.

In a year where no one could see each other, Johns dementia progressed, too.

Talking on the phone with him, he would seem sad, very forgetful, Amy said.

So last year, Amy got her 93-year-old grandfather an iPad.

Its the greatest thing I think weve done for him during this pandemic, Amy said.

But it was a learning process.

He cannot figure out a computer to save his life. We got him a cellphone once; he hated it.

Luckily, for John, he has a caretaker from Home Instead who visits every day.

Every family has been impacted by this, Maureen Hopkins with Home Instead said. Technology has been very helpful, especially if you have a caregiver a little younger who can help navigate brand new technology.

Companionship through the screen providing for those human connections.

One time, we were FaceTiming and showing him the house, and he was just so excited and didnt want to hang up the phone, Amy recalled.

Home Instead, which provides a variety of services for seniors at home, is now helping set up vaccine appointments as well as driving clients to the appointments.

Its only a matter of time until John, who can now use filters on his apps, to see everyone face-to-face.

I like to do screen shots because I just like to see his smile, Amy said.

Amy said they plan to see John on Easter.

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If the last 10 years of happy developments in solar power, wind turbines, batteriesand electric vehicleshave taught us anything, it's to plan for carbon-free technologies that are unavailabletoday. They could come tomorrow.

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Such is the case with a coterie of hopefuls that travel under the name long-duration energy storage.We can call it Big Storagethe ability to bank lots of powerfor when its needed most.

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By contrast, its Little Storagethat has earnedall the headlines in recent years. The lithium-ion batteries that power laptops, phones, and electric vehicles have also gained a foothold in the grid itself, as some utilities invest in short-term energy storage either for backup or to smooth out periods when wind turbines dont turn and solar arrays go dark. Utilities installed 987 megawatts of energy storage in 2017, surged to 3.5 gigawatts in 2020, and are projected to put in 10.2 gigawatts in 2023, according to BloombergNEF.

Lithium-ion batteries at an energy storage project in Vista, California.

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While Little Storage is expected to grow well beyond that, its also limited by physics and cost in the services it can provide to the power system writ large. Right now, lithium-ion battery systems can feedpower to a grid for up to about four hours. Extending capacity beyond thatbecomes too costly.

What engineers would like are Big Storagetechnologies that can supply power five to 10 times more cheaply than today's lithium-ion batteries, and can do so for much longer.How much longer is an open question. The U.S. Department of Energy research-and-development shop known asARPA-E put $28 million into 10 early technologiesback in 2018 that may lead tosystems capable of feedinga grid for anywhere from 10 hours to 100 hours. Thats obviously a very large range,as a Sandia National Laboratories policy analyst wrote in January. It's the difference between providing power on a cloudy day and covering for extreme weather that limits power generation for weeks.

Big Storage technologies are as diverse as the engineering shops that are producing them. Raytheon Technologies Corporation is working on an alternative-chemistry flow batterymade from inexpensive sulfur and manganese. Form EnergyInc., based in Massachusetts and backed by Bill Gatess Breakthrough Energy Ventures, is building yet another kind of battery that they say will be able to store 150 hours of power. Led by Mateo Jaramillo, who left Tesla Inc. as its stationary storage chief in 2017, thestartup last yearannounced a pilot project inMinnesota.

With so many possibleapproaches, from hydro systems to unconventional batteries and heat, its a dizzying moment for governments, researchers, businessesand investors to think about what to work on first.

Nestor Sepulveda, an MIT Energy Initiativepost-doctoral researcher, worked withcolleagues toscoremore than a dozen different potential technologies on cost and performance metrics having to do with storage capacity, charging and discharging. The researcherssimulated 1,280 technology scenarios and compared each with a world without Big Storage. The workbuilds on a previous study in which several of the same authors showed that the most cost-effective way to decarbonize electricity includes retaining a large-scale or firmsource of power, such as nuclear, hydroor fossil-powered plants that capture CO. Their research was just publishedin the journal Nature Energy.

What Sepulveda and his colleagues found is that Big Storage has the potential to lower electricity prices in a carbon-free grid by up to 40%. Cost savings show up fastest when nuclear plants are around to provide baseload power, owing both to their expense and relative inflexibility. It's harder for the technologies to eat into big power power plants where heating and transportation have already electrified, such as the U.S. northeast. And the biggest benefit to mature storage would come from systems that can provide more than 100 hours of power to the grid.

Many people, companiesand governments are working on this, trying to unlock the set of technologies,Sepulveda says. But no one really knows what they are going to end up looking like.

The cost of energy storagethe actual capacity of a technology to hold on to poweris the most important factor in Sepulvedas study. That was followed by discharging efficiency, or how quickly a storage device can release its energy. That result alone could be a useful guide for developers currently trying to figure out where their limited research dollars may have their greatest influence. Good discharging, the authors conclude, has twice the impact on the value of a big-storage system than good charging.

When those trade-offs show up in your development roadmap,Sepulveda says, my hope is that this work can help inform them which way to go.

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DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Facial Skin Ablative Treatment Market Research Report: By Technology, Application, Demography - Global Industry Analysis and Demand Forecast to 2030" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

Drivers such as the booming geriatric population, surging number of aesthetic procedures, growing awareness regarding advanced aesthetic treatments, and increasing technological advancements will facilitate the facial skin ablative treatment market growth at a CAGR of 7.8% during the forecast period (2020-2030). The market was valued at $4,134.6 million in 2019, and it is expected to reach $8,394.3 million by 2030.

The increasing awareness regarding aesthetic procedures, on account of the rising number of exhibitions, seminars, and conferences aimed at generating awareness among the general public and healthcare professionals about the developments in aesthetic and cosmetic treatments will act as a catalyst for the market growth. For example, EuroMediCom (Informa Group) organized the Aesthetic & Anti-Aging Medicine World Congress (AMWC) in April 2019 in Monte Carlo, Monaco. The conference featured five sessions on anti-aging and aesthetics, with knowledge sharing and discussions by experts and leaders.

The technology segment of the facial skin ablative treatment market is classified into dermal fillers, laser skin resurfacing, radiofrequency (RF) microneedling, and mesotherapy. Among these, the RF microneedling category is projected to register the highest CAGR during the forecast period owing to the increasing adoption of RF microneedling skin-tightening technology for reducing wrinkles and fine lines, especially around the mouth, cheeks, and eyes. It also helps in reducing stretch marks, pores, and acne scars, while minimizing the downtime.

Furthermore, the Asia-Pacific (APAC) facial skin ablative treatment market is expected to display the highest growth rate during the forecast period. This can be ascribed to the growing population, rising investments by treatment product manufacturers, expanding medical tourism industry, and increasing personal disposable income and healthcare expenditure. In addition, with the increasing geriatric population in the region, the appearance consciousness is growing, which is another key market driver for the popularity of such treatments and the devices used for the purpose.

Thus, the availability of novel technologies and surging awareness regarding aesthetic and cosmetic procedures are expected to give an impetus to the market in the forecast years.

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Here on Earth, we have more detailed maps of Mars than of our own ocean, and thats a problem. A massive force for surviving climate change, the ocean absorbs 90% of the heat caused by emissions and generates 50% of the oxygen we breathe. We have the ocean to thank for so many aspects of our safety and well-being, says Dawn Wright, oceanographer and chief scientist at geographic information system (GIS) provider Esri, who notes the ocean also provides renewable energy, a major food source, and a transportation corridor for not only ships but submarine internet cables.

Now, the same type of smart maps and geospatial technology guiding outer space exploration support the quest to better understand and protect our ocean. For the first time, our knowledge of the ocean can approach our knowledge of the land, Wright says. We can turn the unknown deep into the known deep.

GISthe location intelligence technology businesses and governments use for everything from risk mitigation to crisis response, market analysis to operational efficiencyalso applies to the ocean. The logic is simple: the ocean supports a sustainable planet and economy, and data-rich maps can support a sustainable ocean.

More than 80% of the ocean floor remains unmapped, yet comprehensive ocean maps will be essential for stemming the problems of overfishing, habitat destruction, pollution, and biodiversity loss. Its easy, and at this point clich, to say save our ocean, but a data-driven map compels people to see why the ocean needs saving, where to start, and what needs to be done. Seeing the ocean in its true depth and complexity is exactly what we need if we hope to reduce the risk of critically damaging or exhausting marine resources, Wright says.

Since its release in 2017, the worlds first 3D ocean map spurred a revolution of innovation in ocean-related data and sustainability solutions. The 3D digital ocean map sorts global water masses into 37 distinct volumetric regions, known as ecological marine units, defined by factors in ecosystem health and recovery: temperature, salinity, oxygen, and nutrient levels. Scientists, environmental managers, fishers, and shippers, as well as citizen scientists can use the map to virtually navigate and explore the ocean.

What makes the 3D map of the worlds ocean possible is the enterprise technology capable of collecting and processing data that comes in massive volume and variety. And theres more data on the way. This whole idea of marine robotics is one of the big future visions for the ocean, Wright says. Robotics and sensors and other instruments are creating tons and tons and tons of beautiful data.

Once collected, those volumes of data go into a GIS where they are managed and processed, using artificial intelligence (AI) to quickly identify and classify information. The output of GIS, often called location intelligence, comes through as smart maps, spatial analytics, and real-time dashboardsthe same kind seen across the world this past year to track and analyze the coronavirus pandemic. These GIS-powered interactive data visualization tools bring clarity even to the most complex of issues and help steer policy and commercial decisions based on a solid grasp of whats happening now and what will happen next.

We can even make predictions in terms of what the data will be telling us in 2030, Wright explains. How warm will the coast of Florida be in 2050? Will those temperatures kill off the sea grass in that area? Will those temperatures result in a red tide around Tampa that will be so toxic it will kill all of the fisheries there?

Growing up on the Hawaiian Islands and working in American Samoa, Wright understands the ocean as a sacred place. That sentiment guides her work now with fellow scientists, government leaders, and business executives. I want people to understand that the ocean is vulnerable, Wright says. What were doing to the ocean right now is having huge consequences. Our day-to-day weather and our long-term climate fully depend on the ocean.

For Wright, the establishment and enforcement of marine protected areas, such as Cook Islands Marine Park off of New Zealand and Papahnaumokukea Marine National Monument in the US, represent a triumph in keeping the ocean protected. So far only 7% of the ocean has been marked as protected, compared to 15% of the land. Even though we have about 7% of the ocean protected in these parks or reserves, less than half of that is an area where youre not allowed to fish or take the corals or take the pretty rocks, Wright explains. So, we have a long, long, long way to go there.

Protected areas, predictive maps, and pleas from scientists certainly make an impact on corporate and policy decisions. Add to that increasing climate risk and global pressure for social responsibility. These incentives, and the GIS tools needed to respond, are motivating leaders to implement new initiatives.

For example, shipping companies are working to decrease greenhouse gas emissions by designing more efficient vessels, a move that furthers the sustainability cause while reducing business expense. Industries such as retail and manufacturing are putting circular economy principles in place to reclaim or recycle materials after the product has completed its original use. Aquaculture companies are selecting prime locations for responsible fish farming to help reduce overfishing, encourage aquatic ecosystem restoration, and recover endangered species.

Such efforts are moving us toward the vision of a sustainable ocean and thus a sustainable planet. Although Wright feels certain with so much advanced technologyits a great time to be mappingwhats less certain is whether the work scientists, governments, and companies are doing will be enough or cede results soon enough.

Concerned about mounting threats to the ocean, the United Nations has declared 2021 to 2030 the Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. Its like the Paris Climate Accord for the ocean, Wright says. To me, its the moonshot to have something this focused for everybodygovernments, universities, nonprofit organizationsthis is a really big push.

A number of important ocean mapping projects are already in various stages of development and execution. For example, Seabed 2030 has the ambitious goal to map the entire ocean floor by the year 2030. The Map of Biodiversity Importance shares habitat models for more than 2,200 at-risk species in the contiguous United States, featuring AI predictor layers for species viability based on development plans and environmental factors. And the Ocean Health Index annually assesses ocean health by looking at social, ecological, and economic benefits to speed progress on ocean policies.

Such projects will aid socially responsible companies (those building sustainability solutions to match business opportunities) in achieving profit while preserving the ocean. Their work often revolves around complex and real-time data, stored and processed with GIS, and presented on smart maps and data visualizations with GIS. Location intelligence helps companiesespecially shipping, energy, logistics, and fishing industriesquestions like the following:

As the world slowly emerges from the pandemic and enters the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, it can do so knowing companies, scientists, and policy makers have the power to make smarter choices for people and the planet.

Those choices will be guided by comprehensive data about the ocean, the technology to map crucial information, and the understanding how, when, and where to intervene. The linchpin will be making sustainability choices in time. It turns out that the ocean is not too big to fail, unfortunately, Wright says. The good news is that its also not too big to fix.

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AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DJO, a subsidiary of Colfax Corporation (NYSE:CFX), and a leading global provider of medical technologies to get and keep people moving, today announced a strategic investment in Insight Medical Systems (Insight), a technology company dedicated to wearable surgical navigation in orthopaedics. Insights flagship product, ARVIS (Augmented Reality Visualization and Information System), will combine tracking cameras with both a 3D display and handsfree interface in an integrated eyepiece for total joint arthroplasty. Unlike other augmented reality (AR) platforms, ARVIS is the first system with proprietary hardware designed to assist arthroplasty surgeons in enhancing component positioning precision to improve joint arthroplasty outcomes.

The Computer Assisted Surgery (CAS) Technology market is growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 32%1. Similarly, the shift in the site of care from hospitals to Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs) is expanding rapidly. If half of routine total joint cases were done in the ASC, UnitedHealth Group quantified this shift as having the potential to help 500,000 patients avoid overnight hospital stays and save $3B annually2. As surgeons look to incorporate technology into their surgical workflows whether at the hospital or ASC, the discussion often focuses on balancing the clinical benefit of a technology with the added time and cost associated with it. The high acquisition cost of current CAS systems can include a capital-intensive investment as well as per-case disposables and service contracts. These costs, along with the large footprint of technologies like robotics, are particularly restricting for ASCs.

DJO has been partnering with the orthopaedic surgeon community to understand their technology needs across all anatomies and in all settings in which they operate, said Louis Vogt, President and General Manager of DJO Surgical. The Insight team has developed an impressive 3D AR technology that tracks the surgeons viewpoint and delivers navigation and patient-specific information right at the surgical site in a highly efficient and seamless workflow. ARVIS complements DJOs ASC 360 solutions and adds to our full range of implant technologies, surgical tools and digital care solutions that uniquely span the continuum of care.

Were thrilled to partner with a leading MedTech company that has an impressive growth trajectory, said Nick van der Walt, CEO of Insight. DJO and Insight have a shared vision of improving clinical outcomes with technology in a streamlined, cost-effective way. We will build on the current capabilities of ARVIS in knee and hip arthroplasty and expand to other indications in orthopaedics.

For ease of use, the ARVIS system will be compatible with existing surgical helmets, and a single tray of trackable instruments eliminates the need for disposables. Insight will leverage DJOs sales channel to launch ARVIS in the second half of this year. The EMPOWR Partial, Primary and Complex Primary Knee and Hip implant systems will be compatible. The EMPOWR portfolio is the culmination of research, clinical legacy and material technologies that have resulted in hip and knee products that help restore healthy kinematics and provide surgical efficiencies optimized for todays health care environment. Driven by premium, intelligently designed single-tray instrumentation, these implant systems have up to a 50% reduction in storage and sterilization costs compared to similar products on the market3.

For more information about DJOs EMPOWR brand and ASC 360 offering, visit djoglobal.com/empowr and djoglobal.com/asc360.

About DJO

DJO, a subsidiary of Colfax Corporation (NYSE:CFX), is a leading developer and distributor of high-quality medical devices that provide proven solutions for musculoskeletal health, joint reconstruction, vascular health, and pain management. The Companys extensive range of products and integrated technologies address the orthopedic continuum of care from performance and mobility to surgical intervention and post-operative rehabilitation, enabling people around the world to regain or maintain their natural motion. For additional information about DJO, please visit http://www.DJOGlobal.com.

About Insight Medical Systems

Insight Medical Systems is a medical device company with a focus on orthopedic surgical procedures. It is leveraging augmented reality technology to provide a highly cost effective and easy-to-use alternative to surgical navigation systems and robots. Insight is currently expanding their R&D and Marketing teams to accelerate product development and prepare for commercialization. Prospective candidates should email resumes to info@insightmedsys.com. For additional information about Insight, please visit http://www.insightmedsys.com.

ARVIS is pending clearance by the FDA.ARVIS is a registered trademark of Insight Medical Systems.

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates--(BUSINESS WIRE)--InMobi, the worlds leading independent marketing cloud, has been recognized by the MMA SMARTIES MENA 2020, receiving 15 awards across a number of categories, acknowledging impactful campaigns with leading consumer brands. The MMA SMARTIES MENA Awards jury consisted of marketing thought leaders from MENA who voted on MMA MENA SMARTIES 2020s winning campaigns after a thorough evaluation process of more than a hundred submissions.

In addition to the 13 listed below, InMobi won two of the associations most coveted awards. For the second year running, the mobile industry leader was named Tech Enabler of the Year. And for the first time, it received the SMARTIES MENA 2020 Best-in-Show award for a Mars Snickers campaign it conducted in collaboration with Mediacom UAE and Xaxis UAE.

2020 was a year unlike anything any of us have ever experienced before, featuring unique challenges that drove us to innovate on new solutions, dig deep into our creative reserves and forge still tighter bonds with our clients, said Andy Powell, VP and Managing Director, EMEA at InMobi. It's quite rewarding to see our close collaboration with agency partners, innovative spirit and creativity be acknowledged by the MMA. We thank the judges and salute the inspiring competition from other brands, agencies and technology providers across the region.

InMobi also received awards in the following 13 categories:

For a full list of MMA SMARTIES MENA 2020 winners, please visit: https://www.mmamena.org/post/mmasmartiesmena2020winners

About InMobi

InMobi drives real connections between brands and consumers by leveraging its technology platforms and exclusive access to mobile intelligence. Its Marketing Cloud creates new paths for brands to understand, identify, engage and acquire connected consumers. As a leading technology company, InMobi has been recognized on both the 2018 and 2019 CNBC Disruptor 50 lists and as one of Fast Companys 2018 Worlds Most Innovative Companies. For more information, visit inmobi.com.

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NEEDHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Strategic Solutions Group (SSG), a pioneer in technologies that help public health organizations deliver services in their communities, announced today the availability of a new technology suite for automating and streamlining the process workflows supporting the fight against COVID-19. Accelerated vaccine administration combined with the threat of new variants has increased the administrative burden and workloads on state and local DPH employees. SSGs new offerings create capacity in the front-line fight against the virus by reducing the time consumed by back-office activities.

The Pandemic Response System (PRS) is designed to streamline the administration and delivery of infection control efforts. It is comprised of six essential modules for more effective management of pandemics in your community:

PRS applications are deployable individually or in an any combination to address the highest priority workflow needs in a public health organization and easily integrate with exiting systems already in use. PRS is built on SSGs award-winning platform, Casetivity, a cloud-based business process engine designed specifically for public sector workflows.

These new tools are significant advancements in the modernization of public health business process administration, said John Schaeffer, chief executive officer of SSG. By streamlining the work associated with tracking, reporting and administration, public health organizations can devote more time to treating patients, expanding vaccinations and making our communities safer.

About SSG

SSG is dedicated to modernizing the delivery of essential services in our communities. For two decades, SSG has partnered with over dozens of states and municipalities to improve their workflow, data management and IT systems implementation and operation. SSGs flagship product, Casetivity, was purpose-built to automate essential workflows in public health organizations. SSGs solution suite for public health transforms the way these organization manage and execute their programs through data management and work-flow automation.

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BASINGSTOKE, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Juniper Research has been named as the worlds third most influential analyst house by telco technology buyers. Featured as part of an independent survey* commissioned by B2B technology PR agency CCgroup, produced in collaboration with Sapio Research, the report placed the top three as:

The new report, Navigating Telco Turbulence: Lessons for Vendor Marketing, surveyed over 100 technology buying decision makers across ten countries at leading telcos; asking participants to rank analyst houses according to their influence in the market. 53% of respondents selected Juniper Research as one of the most influential analyst houses.

Founder and CEO of Juniper Research, Tony Crabtree remarked We are thrilled to be recognised by telco tech buyers as one of the worlds most influential analyst houses, particularly as we approach our 20th anniversary. The telco sector has consistently been a key focus for us, and our expert team has built up a wealth of knowledge, data and expertise; enabling us to support our clients with invaluable insights. As we celebrate this achievement, we continue to publish market-leading telco reports, including CPaaS, Conversational Commerce and RCS Messaging.

Juniper Research client Mijo Soldin, Director Operator Strategy and Partnerships of Infobip commented, We would like to congratulate Juniper Research on this recognition. They have been a trusted source of industry information for many years, and we feel their transparent methodology and impartial approach have been crucial for a true analysis of the mobile ecosystem. We are using their reports to get a reliable representation of trends and developments in the telco and digital space.

*Interviews were conducted online by Sapio Research in December 2020 using an email invitation and an online survey. At an overall level results are accurate to 9.8% at 95% confidence limits assuming a result of 50%.

Find out more about Juniper Research and their telco expertise and service offerings by visiting their website: https://www.juniperresearch.com

Juniper Research provides research and analytical services to the global hi-tech communications sector, providing consultancy, analyst reports and industry commentary.

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A Technology Partner Can Help Midsize Businesses Accelerate Digital Transformation

Never let a crisis go to waste. Many organizations see the pandemic not as a global catastrophe but as a rare opportunity to accelerate digital transformation plans to adopt scalable and flexible tools and processes to help them through an unprecedented, unpredictable era.

In 2020, 39% of respondents to a survey on digital transformation saw their organizations as digital adopters, putting digital plans, investments, and innovations in placea significant leap from the 23% who identified that way in 2018.

The eventual resolution to the crisis will leave business permanently transformed, and organizations are embracing change. In the survey, 89% of respondents said they were proud of how their teams or organizations adapted their information technology (IT) or business/operational strategy to meet their rapidly changing needs, and 79% said they are reinventing their business models as a result.

For a midsize organization, the key to such reinvention may lie in the tools and solutions you apply not just to navigate a massive disruption, but to boost your growth for the long term, after the new normal has become simply normal. Teaming up with an experienced technology partner can help you lead your midsize organization past todays rapids and keep guiding you to your brighter future.

The Front Lines of Change

For some organizations, customers are also patients. As they serve on the front lines of the crisis, midsize health care organizations feel the pandemics effects with intensity.

Even before the pandemic started, health care practitioners at the U.K.s Somerset National Health Services (NHS) Foundation Trust and Musgrove Park Hospital saw they needed advanced technology to get real-time data insights and improve collaboration on patient care.

After the replacement of aging infrastructure with on-premises modular servers, employees improved their performance, scalability, and footprint. With this technology already online when the pandemic took hold, more providers now had the added capability to offer patient care remotely and to scale up, accommodating the swelling demand for beds and telehealth appointments.

The systems network of field hospitals, clinics, practitioners, and Covid-19 centers could seamlessly share information and patient records in real time, turning an hours-long bureaucratic process of determining bed availability into answers available at a glance. The servers require significantly less physical space; permit data entry via mobile devices, cutting this administration time in half; and allow instantaneous IT patches and upgrades that once took months notice for planned downtime.

Changes in health care and medicine will not pause after the pandemic, and Musgrove Park Hospitals technology partner can help it continue to grow.

Flexibility Supports Creativity

For midsize organizations that almost largely support their employees and serve their customers in person, the pandemic meant new needs and plans.

With its extensive aquariums and 250-seat planetarium, the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science in Downtown Miami depends on reliable, scalable computing power to help manage customers seamless experience of live exhibitions and programs. When it shifted to a work-from-home model, the museum met the challenge of a new process through reliable servers offering flexibility and intelligent automation.

Relying on a remote access controller to power its network of virtual servers, Frost Sciences IT professionals kept continual oversight over the museums virtual environment monitoring, managing, and updating system metrics, including central processing unit (CPU) and memory usage and server temperatures on a centralized platform and in real time, quickly detecting and repairing issues as they arose.

The automated server administration frees the museums employees to shift their focus from ticketing and business operations to innovating creative strategies such as Frost Science@Home: a creative solution built to attract an online audience todayand to endure for the future, with ongoing guidance from its technology partner.

An Ever-Changing Rulebook

To achieve their full potential with digital transformation, midsize organizations view technological changes not as before-and-after transactions but as ongoing, reliable partnerships.

Nol-Tec, headquartered in Minnesota, is a global provider of bulk-material-handling equipment and systems. It operates in a continually evolving business landscape, subject to ever-changing client regulations and requirements. To keep pace with its clients needs, it needed to modernize underperforming and legacy IT infrastructure with simpler, more agile technology.

The IT team implemented its strategic vision by using investments in more powerful and agile servers, operating a private cloud at an off-site data center, and using modern device management and virtual desktops. These changes improved Nol-Tecs performance, adaptability, and scalability, enhancing its secure remote-work environment and creating a positive experience for its employees.

With its new agility, adaptability to change, and exponentially faster performance, Nol-Tec can shift ITs focus from routine management to strategy. As its industry continues to evolve, Nol-Tec is positioned to provide unrivaled value and unmatched service to its many clients and business partners.

A Partnership for the Future

Your organizations digital transformation doesnt happen in one moment. Its a commitment to work with technology that grows with you, your customers, and your business environment. And thriving beyond these interesting times depends on keeping an ongoing partnership with a steady and reliable technology source of powerful tools and insights.

Learn more about how Dell Technologies, powered by Intel, can help your midsize business grow today and tomorrow.

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