Day: July 21, 2021

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Boyden Celebrates 75th Anniversary

Pioneer of executive search celebrates 75 years of growth, resilience and excellence in client service

NEW YORK, July 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Boyden, a premier leadership and talent advisory firm with more than 75 offices in over 45 countries, celebrates its 75th anniversary, strengthening core services, further expanding its footprint and providing talent management solutions to clients worldwide.

“We are very proud of our longevity and the resilience shown by our partners and clients as we continue to grow our global firm,” said Trina D. Gordon, President & CEO of Boyden. “Boyden is truly a purpose-driven organization. Every partner is committed to being part of the solution to the varied and complex challenges faced by our clients and communities. Through our evolving strategy we provide the intelligence, resources and expertise to meet our clients’ growth aspirations”.

The firm has evolved its strategy as the needs of business and leaders have changed, reshaping leadership and talent management through core services in executive search, interim management and leadership consulting.

As a pioneer in the executive search industry, finding the right leadership for organisations across the globe is at the heart of Boyden’s services. In addition to executive search, demand for interim managers is soaring across Europe and worldwide as clients leverage different talent solutions for digital change and transformation. As leadership is reimagined post pandemic, Boyden’s global leadership consulting Centre of Excellence provides a combination of innovation, scientific research and industry knowledge to global clients.

Boyden ranks among the top firms in its industry and is acknowledged as a leader in client service. Clients value the firm’s culture as a global boutique and the experience of working with partners known for being astute, collaborative, enterprising and worldwise.

Founded in 1946 in New York by Sidney Boyden, the firm has grown worldwide since the opening of its first international office in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1962. In the last two years, eight new offices have been added covering Belgium, Boston, Greece, Ireland, Princeton, Russia, China & Singapore, and Taiwan & South Korea, five of which were opened at the height of the pandemic.

“Our leadership team has done an exceptional job in recruiting and onboarding new partners in recent years, particularly during the pandemic,” commented Craig Stevens, newly-appointed Chair, Boyden World Corporation. “Expanding our services enables Boyden to sustain our own growth and global capabilities in helping clients to achieve the right leadership outcomes.”

As clients seek to evolve their organisations, Boyden addresses major challenges in leadership and trade, curating research and high-level discussions on leadership talent, diversity, equity & inclusion and sustainability issues.

Outgoing Chair Jörg Kasten, and Managing Partner, Germany added, “We have built on the exceptional legacy of Sidney Boyden to create one of the strongest international search and advisory firms in the world. We are deeply embedded in the sectors we serve and look to the future with confidence, based on the strength of our global relationships and collaborative spirit”.

About Boyden

Boyden is a premier leadership and talent advisory firm with more than 75 offices in over 45 countries. Our global reach enables us to serve client needs anywhere they conduct business. We connect great companies with great leaders through executive search, interim management and leadership consulting solutions. Boyden is ranked amongst the top companies on Forbes’ Americas Best Executive Recruiting Firms for 2021. For further information, visit www.boyden.com.

Contacts:

Chris Swee
Global Head of Marketing
T: +1 914 747 0172
E: cswee@boyden.com
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Cradlepoint Signs on Tech Data Distribution Partner in Southeast Asia to Fuel Wireless WAN and 5G Expansion

Appoints APAC Senior Director for Distribution

MELBOURNE, Australia, July 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Cradlepoint, a global leader in cloud-delivered 4G and 5G wireless network edge solutions, today announced a distribution partnership with Tech Data in Southeast Asia. The distribution partnership will enable Cradlepoint to accelerate operations initially in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand, with plans to expand into other markets in the region longer term. Cradlepoint’s Chris Joseph has also been appointed as Senior Director, Distribution, Asia Pacific, responsible for managing distribution partners in the region.

“According to data and analytics firm, Global Data, Asia-Pacific will be the leading region globally in terms of 5G technology adoption, with 1.14 billion subscribers, accounting for 65% of global 5G subscriptions by 2024*. We’re seeing that demand for wireless network connectivity is growing across the Southeast Asia region, and businesses are gearing up to take advantage of the solutions and applications to be enabled by incoming 5G networks,” said Gavin Wilson, Managing Director APAC, Cradlepoint. “The partnership between Cradlepoint and Tech Data in the region gives channel partners the best chance of taking advantage of this growing demand for Wireless WAN solutions, given Cradlepoint’s market leadership in cloud-based wireless network edge solutions and Tech Data’s scale and reach in the region.”

“The senior appointment of Chris Joseph, who will be responsible for growing and managing our distributors in the region, coupled with Tech Data’s knowledge and experience in primary networking, IoT, mobility and cellular connectivity, puts Cradlepoint APAC in good stead to meet our goal to grow a channel-based business focused on the Enterprise segment,” added Gavin.

“We are delighted to be chosen as a Distribution Partner for Cradlepoint. The partnership will help optimise the cloud-based wireless network edge solutions of Cradlepoint throughout the Southeast Asia region,” said Sundaresan K, Vice President APAC Next Generation Technologies & General Manager India, Tech Data.

Chris Joseph has been with Cradlepoint for four years, working in Director of Strategic Accounts and Channel Director roles. Prior to Cradlepoint, he was Regional Sales Manager at MobileIron. He also spent time at NetComm Wireless and Optus and almost 10 years at Nortel. Based in Melbourne, Australia, Chris will report to Lisa Wight, Vice President, Global Distribution and Partner Programs.

Tech Data works with National Network Resellers, Value Added Resellers, Managed Service Providers, National Service Providers, System Integrators and Carriers as Managed Service Providers in the Asia Pacific region.

* Asia-Pacific will lead 5G technology adoption by 2024, Global Data, 13 January 2020

About Cradlepoint
Cradlepoint is a global leader in cloud-delivered 4G and 5G wireless network edge solutions. Cradlepoint’s NetCloud™ platform and cellular routers deliver a pervasive, secure, and software-defined Wireless WAN edge to connect people, places, and things – anywhere. More than 25,000 businesses and government agencies worldwide, including many Global 2000 organisations and top public sector agencies, rely on Cradlepoint to keep mission-critical sites, points of commerce, field forces, vehicles, and IoT devices always connected. Cradlepoint was founded in 2006, acquired by Ericsson in 2020, and operates today as a standalone subsidiary within Ericsson’s Business Area Technologies and New Businesses. Cradlepoint headquarters is in Boise, Idaho, with development centres in Silicon Valley and India and international offices in the UK and Australia. www.cradlepoint.com

About Tech Data
Tech Data connects the world with the power of technology. The company’s end-to-end portfolio of products, services and solutions, highly specialised skills, and expertise in next-generation technologies enable channel partners to bring to market the products and solutions the world needs to connect, grow, and advance. Tech Data is ranked No. 90 on the Fortune 500® and has been named one of Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies for 11 straight years.

Cradlepoint Media Inquiries
Highwire PR
Travis Barend
585.880.2045
cradlepoint@highwirepr.com

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Align Technology to Showcase Its Digital Portfolio at the International Dental Show 2021 in Cologne

Align to reinforce its commitment to comprehensive dentistry by showcasing the Align Digital Platform, including recent innovations, in a multi-media exhibition space of hybrid in-person and virtual experiences

TEMPE, Ariz. and COLOGNE, Germany and ROTKREUZ, Switzerland, July 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Align Technology, Inc. (“Align”) (Nasdaq: ALGN) a leading global medical device company that designs, manufactures, and sells the Invisalign system of clear aligners, iTero intraoral scanners, and exocad CAD/CAM software for digital orthodontics and restorative dentistry, today reinforced its commitment to dental professionals by confirming its planned presence at the International Dental Show 2021 (IDS) in Cologne, Germany on September 22-25, 2021. Together, the Align and exocad booths will represent Align’s biggest IDS exhibition space to date.

Align’s interactive booth, located in sector A-030-C-031, hall 3.2 will showcase its full portfolio of products and services. Align’s presence at IDS will be developed as a hybrid experience, with a physical space that will be compliant with public health guidelines for the limited number of in-person attendees, plus virtual experiences specially designed for those attending digitally.

IDS 2021 attendees – including doctors, lab practitioners, and industry partners – will be able to learn about Align’s innovations, including the Invisalign Go Plus system, the latest addition to general dentists’ portfolio for mild to more complex cases. Attendees will also have the opportunity to see how digital workflows can be enabled by the Align Digital Platform for the Invisalign system, iTero intraoral scanners, and a suite of proprietary digital tools, including virtual solutions for continuity of care with existing patients. In addition, Align will also showcase its end-to-end workflows, including the ortho-restorative workflow and software solutions from exocad for restorative dentistry.

“We are committed to providing long-term, agile solutions to help dental practitioners use the Invisalign system and iTero scanners to achieve predictable and efficient treatment outcomes and create positive experiences for patients,” said Markus Sebastian, Align Technology senior vice president and managing director, EMEA. “IDS is a key event to meet with Invisalign doctors and other practitioners to showcase the latest innovations that are part of our integrated Align Digital Platform. This year, we look forward to the opportunity to connect and demonstrate our commitment to the dental community, whether in person or virtually at IDS.”

“We value close communication and collaboration with our customers and strive for opportunities to engage and better understand how we can support doctors and their staff by delivering robust digital clinical education and support programs,” added Lee Taylor, Align Technology vice president of marketing, EMEA. “Our goal is to inspire Invisalign practices to leverage all the digital tools available to them and transition from analog to digital workflows as smoothly as possible.”

Further details regarding sessions and booth schedules will be announced closer to IDS 2021.

Details about exocad’s planned presence at IDS 2021:
https://exocad.com/fileadmin/news/exocad_Press_release_IDS_2021_EN.pdf

About Align Technology, Inc.
Align Technology designs, manufactures and offers the Invisalign system, the most advanced clear aligner system in the world, iTero intraoral scanners and services, and exocad CAD/CAM software. These technology building blocks enable enhanced digital orthodontic and restorative workflows to improve patient outcomes and practice efficiencies for over 200 thousand doctor customers and is key to accessing Align’s 500 million consumer market opportunity worldwide. Align has helped doctors treat over 10.2 million patients with the Invisalign system and is driving the evolution in digital dentistry through the Align Digital Platform, our integrated suite of unique, proprietary technologies and services delivered as a seamless, end-to-end solution for patients and consumers, orthodontists and GP dentists, and lab/partners. Visit www.aligntech.com for more information.

For additional information about the Invisalign system or to find an Invisalign doctor in your area, please visit www.invisalign.com. For additional information about iTero digital scanning system, please visit www.itero.com. For additional information about exocad dental CAD/CAM offerings and a list of exocad reseller partners, please visit http://www.exocad.com.

Align Technology Zeno Group
Madelyn Homick Sarah Johnson
(408) 470-1180 (828) 551-4201
mhomick@aligntech.com sarah.johnson@zenogroup.com
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Communication Ministry offers online trade training to MSMEs

Kominfo provides basecamps or training centers in 10 areas

Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Ministry of Communication and Informatics (Kominfo) has offered training to micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to support them in actively selling their products on online platforms.

“Kominfo provides basecamps or training centers in 10 areas. Phase 1 was held on July 3-4, 2021, Phase 2 on August 1-2, and Phase 3 from August to November 2021. The last phase will take place from November to December this year,” the ministry’s acting Director of Digital Economy, Directorate General of Information Applications, I Nyoman Adhiarna, noted in a press statement, here on Wednesday.

The 10 training areas aforementioned are the 10 Priority Tourism Destinations (DPP): Toba Lake (North Sumatra), Tanjung Kalayang (Belitung), Thousand Islands (Jakarta), Borobudur (Central Java), Bromo Tengger Semeru (East Java), Tanjung Lesung (Banten), Mandalika (West Nusa Tenggara), Labuan Bajo (East Nusa Tenggara), Wakatobi (Southeast Sulawesi), and Morotai (North Maluku), and the two provinces of West Java and Yogyakarta.

The ministry has targeted this training program to ramp up 26 thousand MSMEs to actively sell their products on digital platforms.

This training program involves 90 facilitators, who will provide material on actively selling online, including uploading photos and providing product descriptions, interacting with customers, and sales transactions.

The government is optimistic that this program would help to increase online sales transactions of MSMEs.

For the training program, the ministry has prepared five modules: social media, e-commerce platforms, financial technology, point of sales (PoS), and Industry 4. The ministry has developed these modules in collaboration with the Faculty of Computer Science, the University of Indonesia.

Kominfo will also provide free phone credit for internet access, online training, and the free Jubilo aggregator application, so that MSME players can monitor sales at various market locations.

The application additionally functions as a point of sales (PoS) application, thereby nullifying the need for MSME players to open e-commerce applications one by one to monitor sales.

The phone credits offered are equivalent to five training sessions held by video conferencing and using the app. If the participants still encounter problems, then the supervisor will visit them directly.

This program applies to all MSMEs that produce their own products though barring retailers. Types of businesses included in this program are those in the areas of food and beverage; textiles and apparel; furniture; leather craft; and handicrafts.

Implementation of the training will involve the local Kominfo offices. For complete information, MSME players can contact the Directorate of Digital Economy at telephone number 021-3451363 and email tu.ditedig_aptika@kominfo.go.id.

Source: ANTARA News

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Jakpro launches vaccination program for employees, residents

Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Jakarta administration-owned company (BUMD), PT Jakarta Propertindo (Jakpro), disclosed on Wednesday that it works with the Jakarta Experience Board to secure two thousand Sinovac doses for employees and the capital city’s residents to support mass vaccination efforts.

To avail the vaccination facility, Jakarta residents and Jakpro employees can register through the ‘Jaki’ application or go to Gedung Serbaguna Cendrawasih, Cengkareng, West Jakarta, the company informed.

“This vaccination (program) is being conducted from 21-23 July (2021). We are targeting to vaccinate 650 people per day,” head of secretary division, PT Jakpro, Nadia Diposanjoyo stated in a press statement.

Jakpro said it has initiated the vaccination program to support the government’s efforts to build herd immunity among people. The company said it is also trying to help minimize COVID-19 cases, especially in Jakarta.

“We hope our vaccination program can help the government to vaccinate at least 7.5 million Jakarta residents by the end of August (2021),” Diposanjoyo said.

Jakarta residents began to queue up for the vaccine facility from 9.20 a.m. on Wednesday morning. Several hand-wash chambers and distanced seating were provided at the venue, and vaccine recipients were required to wear a mask, in accordance with the health protocols.

Jakarta Experience Board’s product development head, Muhammad Rayhan Islamy, confirmed at least 200 people waited in line at the venue to get vaccinated on Wednesday.

“Approximately 180 to 200 people had queued (up for the vaccination drive),” Islamy said.

He further informed that residents holding a non-Jakarta identity card (KTP) can enroll for the vaccination program through the ‘Jaki’ application.

Persons holding Jakarta KTP can directly walk in to the venue, while children between 12-17 years need to bring a copy of their family card (KK) to get vaccinated, he said.

In view of a spike in COVID-19 cases since June this year, the Jakarta administration is targeting to vaccinate at least 7.5 million people, including children aged between 12-17 years, in an effort to build herd immunity.

As of Wednesday, 6.6 million people in Jakarta have successfully received the first vaccine dose.

Source: ANTARA News

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Government should aggressively attract investment: Apindo

The ministry will encourage a number of efforts to more actively attract investors to Indonesia. Starting from facilitating access to licensing and banking to providing comprehensive services to investors until they start production.

Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Indonesian government, through the Ministry of Investment should aggressively attract foreign and domestic investment amid the pandemic, executive director of the Association of Indonesian Entrepreneurs Research Institute (Apindo), Agung Pambudi, has said.

“The Ministry of Investment should be aggressive to attract investment for job creation and Economic Value Added increase, in order to rise from the downturn caused by the pandemic,” he advised in a statement released in Jakarta on Wednesday (July 21, 2021).

According to Pambudi, the implementation of the Omnibus Law will also have a crucial effect on national economic growth, especially in investment realization. The new law as well as vaccination efforts, which are aimed at creating herd immunity, will be key to economic acceleration during the pandemic, he said.

“Incoming investments will need time to be realized, for example, administration, infrastructure, and institutional matters. So, hopefully, the vaccine program will (help the nation) overcome the pandemic so that there will be additional real economic activities afterward,” Pambudi elaborated.

Moreover, a number of industrial sectors that are the ministry’s focus, such as export-oriented manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, automotive, infrastructure, and mining, will take a relatively long time to operationalize, he added.

The Investment Ministry is expecting to encourage investment in the innovation and technology sectors since those sectors will be able to provide long-term added economic value, while improving the competency of national industries, he informed.

The ministry has successfully pulled in investment of US$350 million from one of Cargill’s global food companies for the next three years, he pointed out.

The investment plan comprises a US$50-million business expansion and a $100-million corn processing plant in East Java that will be commercially operational by early 2022, he said.

Also, work on a $200-million palm oil refinery in Lampung has started and is targeted to be completed by the end of 2022.

“The ministry will encourage a number of efforts to more actively attract investors to Indonesia. Starting from facilitating access to licensing and banking to providing comprehensive services to investors until they start production,” Pambudi said.

The ministry’s efforts will be supported by incentives, such as tax holidays, tax allowances, exemptions on customs duties for machinery and raw materials imports, he added.

A super deduction tax will also be offered to investors who absorb more labor and organize vocational programs to push research and development.

Source: ANTARA News

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Apindo calls for fiscal consolidation for boosting purchasing power

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Chairman of the Association of Indonesian Entrepreneurs (Apindo) Hariyadi Sukamdani has asked the government to implement fiscal consolidation through social security programs and incentives for businesses to increase people’s purchasing power.

Such a policy can ease the burden on society, if the emergency public activity restrictions (PPKM) are extended beyond July 26, 2021, he said. So far, business players have not felt the benefits of the tax relief offered by the central and local governments, he said.

“Tax relief from the government is for income tax payment for taxpayers (PPH 25) and for workers (PPH 21). The incentives utilization has been taken by many, but it has not been that useful for affected industries,” Sukamdani said at an online press conference in Jakarta on Wednesday (July 21, 2021).

Companies still need to file taxes under PPH 25 despite incurring losses, he pointed out. The reason is that income tax payment (PPH 25) is collected monthly, while profits and losses of businesses are reported at the end of the year, he explained.

The increase in non-taxable income (PTKP) to Rp200 million under PPH 21 in 2020 did not help many entrepreneurs, Sukamdani observed.

The reason was that employees’ income in companies affected by COVID-19 was not up to Rp200 million, he said.

“The companies that benefited from the tax relief were the unaffected ones,” he added.

Meanwhile, in relation to taxes collected by local governments, he said that each local government applies a different taxation policy. But, in general, only a few local governments are offering tax reliefs to employers, he added.

“Local taxation varies. Some give discounts on Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT). Like in Jakarta, the government gives a 20-percent discount, but only at the end of the year. The relief is not maximal because some companies have paid before due,” Sukamdani remarked.

Earlier on Tuesday, President Joko Widodo said he had decided to extend the PPKM until July 25, 2021. If the trend of cases continued to decline then, the government would gradually lift the restrictions, he added.

Source: ANTARA News

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Do not underestimate BMKG’s disaster warnings: minister

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Social Affairs Minister Tri Rismaharini has asked her ministry’s officials not to underestimate disaster warnings issued by the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG). Instead, they must take anticipatory measures in response to them.

“When the earthquake hit Palu, the BMKG had warned, but there was no response action taken, and that cost us many lives. Therefore, don’t let it happen again; please, take immediate anticipatory steps,” she said.

Speaking at a disaster preparedness session in an online event organized by the Directorate General of Social Protection and Security in Jakarta on Wednesday, Rismaharini outlined four anticipatory steps for dealing with disasters.

She advised staff to learn the local wisdom of the community in order to gain a better understanding of their needs and prepare steps to deal with the impact of disasters.

She said she learnt during a visit to Simeulue Island in Aceh Province, that locals could reach safer areas on their own easily during earthquakes and tsunamis. Despite the lack of sophisticated equipment, there were a few victims in the areas, she pointed out.

Reflecting on the East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) cyclone, she urged the ministry’s officials to cooperate with parties related to local public communications when communications access is cut off.

When the cyclone struck, due to a communication breakdown, the ministry, which focused on providing help in NTT, had found out too late that the impact had been more severe in other areas, Rismaharini revealed, adding that she had managed to contact someone and immediately channeled aid through the contact to the areas.

Next, Rismaharini asked them not to underestimate the forecasts made by the BMKG, saying they have been studied academically and adapted to technical conditions on the field. She assured that the information issued by the BMKG can be trusted.

The minister then asked the officials of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services (Dinsos) to gain a better understanding of vulnerable people’s needs in order to prevent children, older adults, and people with disabilities from becoming victims to disasters.

“Many people with disabilities fail to evacuate themselves because they don’t know what to do,” the minister observed.

Therefore, she suggested that certain signs be installed in each house in disaster-prone areas to help children, older adults, or people with disabilities to leave the area if a disaster strikes.

She also asked her staff to form a cross-level communication group on a regional basis to establish communication and speed up evacuation and disaster management efforts.

Source: ANTARA News

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