Expanded AI portfolio now includes NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD, NetApp ONTAP AI Integrated Solution, and NVIDIA DGX Foundry Instant AI Infrastructure

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA – Media OutReach – 11 May 2022 – NetApp® (NASDAQ: NTAP), a global, cloud-led, data-centric software company, today announced that NetApp EF600 all-flash NVMe storage combined with the BeeGFS parallel file system is now certified for NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD™. The new certification simplifies artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure to enable faster implementation of these use cases.

Since 2018, NetApp and NVIDIA have served hundreds of customers with a range of solutions, from building AI Centers of Excellence to solving massive-scale AI training challenges. The qualification of NetApp EF600 and BeeGFS file system for DGX SuperPOD is the latest addition to a complete set of AI solutions that have been developed by the companies.

“The NetApp and NVIDIA alliance has delivered industry-leading innovation for years, and this new qualification for NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD builds on that momentum,” said Phil Brotherton, Vice President of Solutions and Alliances at NetApp. “As performance and data demands are exploding, NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD, coupled with ONTAP AI platform and DGX Foundry AI service, ensures our customers get the best-in-class model training infrastructure, with the full support of AI industry leaders.”

“Organizations modernizing their business with AI and HPC need performance, flexibility and choice as they architect their infrastructure,” said Charlie Boyle, Vice President of DGX systems at NVIDIA. “Our collaboration with NetApp enables customers building their own AI Centers of Excellence to now choose NetApp storage for their NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD, as well as use the same leading platform available as hosted infrastructure through NVIDIA DGX Foundry.”

“We’re thrilled to be working with NetApp and NVIDIA to build an HPC/AI Center of Excellence with NVIDIA DGX systems so applied learning students can experience supercomputing and high-performance computing infrastructure,” said Tonya Witherspoon, Associate Vice President, Industry Engagement & Applied Learning at Wichita State University. “NetApp is a digital fabric anchor of the innovation campus, and we can’t wait to develop the next generation of talent in this exciting space.”

Broad Portfolio of AI Infrastructure Solutions

NetApp’s portfolio of NVIDIA-accelerated solutions includes ONTAP AI to eliminate guesswork for faster adoption by using a field-proven reference architecture as well as a preconfigured, integrated solution that is easy to procure and deploy in a turnkey manner.

Also included is NVIDIA DGX Foundry, which features NVIDIA Base Command software and NetApp Keystone Flex Subscription. This combination provides a world-class hosted infrastructure solution for businesses and their data scientists who need a premium AI development experience without the struggle of building it themselves.

With today’s announcement, organizations can also build their AI Centers of Excellence leveraging the power of DGX SuperPOD on premises in combination with NetApp storage.

NetApp, in collaboration with NVIDIA, also offers tailored solutions for a variety of industries, including financial services, medicine, manufacturing, retail, higher education and government, and has sponsored and facilitated ideation workshops for customers embarking on AI journeys to accelerate success while mitigating risk.

“The AI lifecycle focus has moved up the development stack and away from the infrastructure management, driving the need for converged solutions and services that make it easier for organizations to simplify their infrastructure investments for AI use cases deployments,” said Ritu Jyoti, Group Vice President, AI/Automation Research & Advisory at IDC. “DGX SuperPOD is the latest milestone in a prolific partnership between NetApp and NVIDIA to address this need, and NetApp is well positioned to help customers solve their data management challenges regardless of where it resides.”

Additional Resources:

• Blog: NetApp hybrid cloud storage and NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD: A match made in AI heaven
• NetApp AI

About NetApp

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SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 11 May 2022 – Newly opened dining destination, Ya Ge 雅阁, showcases an innovative menu for epicureans to indulge in signature Chinese cuisine with a modern twist in the heart of Singapore’s central business district. Strategically located at Orchid Hotel Singapore within a stone’s throw from Tanjong Pagar MRT Station, Ya Ge celebrates the elegance, richness and dynamism of modern Chinese cuisine marrying traditional techniques with modern flavours.

“With the recovery of tourism and resumption of normalcy in Singapore, we wanted to infuse a new flavour to the Central Business District’s culinary scene. Ya Ge’s strategic location and promise of premium ingredients makes it an appetising choice for local and international epicureans in search of a restaurant that marries traditional Chinese cooking techniques with a modern twist,” said Chng Chee Chong, Director, Orchid Hotel Singapore.

Helming the kitchen is Hong Kong-born Executive Chef Tse Chi Leung. With 25 years of professional culinary experience, Chef Tse has worked in the kitchens of top hotels and restaurants across Hong Kong and Singapore including a three-year stint in Jakarta. He is known for his mastery in traditional Cantonese cooking and creative use of the best ingredients that each season has to offer.

Through Chef Tse’s wealth of experience and creativity, Ya Ge presents an innovative interpretation of signature Chinese favourites enhanced by seasonal highlights. Some of Ya Ge’s signature dishes include the specially curated Asian Flavoured Xiao Long Bao, Sautéed Diced Beef with Black Garlic, Ya Ge’s Interpretation Lobster, Floral Tea Infused Roast Chicken and XO Egg White Seafood Fried Rice to name a few.

Perfectly created for all gourmet occasions, Ya Ge is an elegant yet relaxed Chinese restaurant that is deeply rooted in traditional culinary techniques and creative use of each season’s best produce. The colour theme of its interior design, celadon, was inspired by an ancient verse by Emperor Song Huizong from the Song Dynasty. The 150-seater restaurant opens daily from 11:30am to 10pm with the last order at 9pm.

For reservations, diners can contact Ya Ge at telephone: 6818 6831 or email: fnb@orchidhotel.com.sg

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About Ya Ge

Address: Orchid Hotel Singapore, 1 Tras Link, Level 3, Singapore 078867
Telephone: (65) 6818 6831
Website: https://www.orchidhotel.com.sg/dining/ya-ge
Operating Hours: 11:30am to 10pm daily

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Company executive tapped to make customer and employee experiences extra-ordinary

DENVER, US – News Direct – 11 May 2022 – CSG^® (NASDAQ: CSGS) today announced Liz Bauer as executive vice president and chief experience officer, a new role designed to connect the power of CSG’s people and culture with its obsession to help customers solve their toughest business problems. Bauer’s expanded leadership responsibilities now include CSG’s employee and customer experiences, marketing, sales enablement and communications. In this role, Bauer will amplify the impact CSG employees make as they strive every day to envision, invent and shape a better, more future-ready world.

“Liz is one of the best, most connected, most impact driven executives with whom I have ever worked,” said Brian Shepherd, CEO of CSG. “Unleashing the power and collective impact of our diverse, global team under her leadership can help us delight our customers and our employees even more as we continue to execute against our bold $2 billion and beyond people-centric, growth strategy.”

A 20+ year veteran of CSG, Bauer’s influence has stretched across the company’s growth strategy, values-based culture, investor and analyst relations, marketing, and its customer-first business approach. With the addition of people and culture, Bauer will guide CSG’s flexible-first workplace of the future philosophy focused on the continued elevation of CSG’s culture; advancement of diversity, equity and inclusion; and development and support for all of its global employees.

“CSG’s success is founded on doing what’s right for our people so that they can do what’s best for our customers,” said Bauer. “Extraordinary customer experience starts with the employee, and that is why we’re bringing our people and customer experience teams closer together. I’m honored to lead these talented teams as we elevate all of the amazing experiences that CSG proudly enables for many of the best brands in exciting high growth industry verticals all around the world.”

In addition to her work at CSG, Bauer is a current and founding member of the TM Forum Diversity & Inclusion Council and member of the World 50 CXO community. She served on the board of the National Investor Relations Institute, the founding board of West Denver Preparatory Charter School and previously chaired the Rocky Mountain WICT Gala.

About CSG

CSG is a leader in innovative customer engagement, revenue management and payments solutions that make ordinary customer experiences extraordinary. Our cloud-first architecture and customer-obsessed mindset help companies around the world launch new digital services, expand into new markets, and create dynamic experiences that capture new customers and build brand loyalty. For 40 years, CSG’s technologies and people have helped some of the world’s most recognizable brands solve their toughest business challenges and evolve to meet the demands of today’s digital economy with future-ready solutions that drive exceptional customer experiences. With 5,000 employees in over 20 countries, CSG is the trusted technology provider for leading global brands in telecommunications, retail, financial services, and healthcare. Our solutions deliver real world outcomes to more than 900 customers in over 120 countries.

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• EcoStruxure Building Operation 2022 increases the ease of connectivity between systems and data both inside and outside buildings with integration of renewable energy sources
• Up to 40% energy savings¹ can be achieved with EcoStruxure Building solutions while enhancing occupant comfort and productivity
• SpaceLogic Insight-Sensor captures rich data insights to help improve efficiency and achieve green and well-being building certifications

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 10 May 2022 – Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, and recognized as the World’s most sustainable corporation in 2021 by Corporate Knights Global 100 Index, today announced two new solutions to increase building sustainability and efficiency while enhancing occupant comfort. EcoStruxure™ Building Operation 2022, a uniquely open and integrated smart building management system, and the SpaceLogic™ Insight-Sensor, a six-in-one room sensor with anonymous real-time people counting, will be gamechangers in the journey to net-zero carbon buildings. With these additions, Schneider Electric continues to enable customers to achieve up to 40% energy savings¹ with EcoStruxure Building solutions.

Making building data and automation work for comfortable, net-zero carbon buildings

Complex issues of global climate change and net-zero carbon mandates are increasing demands on buildings, which generate nearly 40% of the world’s CO2 emissions.² EcoStruxure Building Operation 2022 and SpaceLogic Insight-Sensor deliver building owners and facility managers with granular visibility through open, integrated building systems and devices that easily connect and exchange information. The new offers also provide flexibility to adapt and respond to owners’, occupants’ and society’s needs both today and in the future. And they help deliver on the promise of IoT, ensuring that valuable building data can be accessed, standardized, secured, and analyzed for maximum efficiency and predictive maintenance using AI and machine learning.

“Schneider Electric is proud to be a part of the evolution of building technology at such a pivotal time for the industry. By providing these new leading solutions we will further help building owners, facility managers and our EcoXpert partners address the increasing pressures they face head-on,” says Andre Marino, SVP of Digital Buildings. “These open, data-centric solutions apply flexibility and insight to what are inherently rigid challenges of buildings. Solving these challenges is essential to meeting the demands of today’s modern buildings and supporting the new balance of remote work and office time, with priorities ranging from creating safe, healthy and flexible occupant spaces, to protecting the environment from climate change.”

EcoStruxure Building Operation 2022 takes open system integration to the next level

EcoStruxure Building Operation, part of the EcoStruxure Building ecosystem, is an open and scalable next-generation building management solution that provides a single control center for building and facility mangers to monitor, manage and optimize systems that were traditionally siloed. It allows bi-directional integration and exchange of any third-party system or device and does not lock-up customers’ data in proprietary languages or codes.

To achieve net-zero, buildings must become more digital and more electric. EcoStruxure Building Operation 2022 provides simple integration, visibility and actionable data from microgrids, EV charging stations and renewable energy sources, in addition to previously integrated HVAC, power, lighting, security, fire systems, and more to create sustainable, energy- and operationally-efficient, and comfortable buildings.

EcoStruxure Building Operation 2022 other new features and benefits include:

• Scalable software licensing bundle options making solutions more affordable for smaller, mid-market projects, and a new subscription-based software assurance upgrade option supports system modernization
• Enhanced reports and dashboard UIs, including Alarm Management, which provides clear insights and notification to issues before they become disruptive problems
• Technical data is now simpler to understand and manage by facility managers
• Access to more data especially from the proliferation of IoT-enabled connected room devices
• Industry-leading compliance and cybersecurity features, including new BACnet /SC (Secure Connect); Single Sign-On (SSO) with SAML 2.0; secure boot for the SpaceLogic Automation Server; and TLS 1.5 encryption

SpaceLogic™ Insight-Sensors increase occupant comfort while reducing energy use

Schneider Electric also introduces the SpaceLogic Insight-Sensor, an advanced six-in-one ceiling mounted room/zone sensor for people counting, occupancy, light, sound, temperature, and humidity sensing. Unlike traditional ventilation control that relies on schedules or CO₂ levels, the SpaceLogic Insight-Sensor, which uses anonymous people-counting technology, responds to precise changes in room occupancy in real-time for optimal fresh air supply. The direct integration with EcoStruxure Building Operation enables fast response time with no additional design, configuration or commissioning costs.

When more people enter a room, the Insight-Sensor informs EcoStruxure Building Operation, which dynamically adjusts room ventilation, reacting quickly before conditions become uncomfortable. Conversely, the Insight-Sensor ensures that energy use for HVAC or lighting is reduced when rooms are at low or zero occupancy.

SpaceLogic Insight-Sensor delivers these additional features and benefits:

• Fast installation and commissioning with native integration via the SpaceLogic RP-C Controller, the room’s IP backbone infrastructure, as part of EcoStruxure Connected Room Solutions
• Ability to easily reconfigure floor plans and work areas based on actual space usage patterns
• Remote control, wayfinding and other occupant services enabled by Bluetooth iBeacon and third-party beaconing applications
• Granular data on energy use and well-being analytics (temperature, light, sound) to help achieve LEED, WELL, BREEAM, Fitwel and other building certifications

Discover how the #BuildingsOfTheFuture will help you #BuildItForlife

¹ up to 40% energy savings for a typical EcoStruxure Building Operation customer (from analysis of 27 recent case studies) vs an industry average of 10-25% from a typical BMS (source: American Council for Energy Efficiency Economy).
² Architecture 2030, 2020

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