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At CES 2021, TOTO Offers CLEANOVATION as Key Strategy for New Normal Way of Life and Highlights Entry into Wellness Sector
TOTO, the world’s largest plumbing manufacturer with more than $5.47 billion in annual sales, announced today that at CES 2021, the company will introduce visitors to the future the company envisions, which uses cutting-edge technology to achieve a new kind of clean. As TOTO will demonstrate, its technological innovations make people’s daily lives cleaner and healthier. A clean, comfortable lifestyle is vital today as consumers navigate the New Normal Way of Life resulting from the COVID-19 global pandemic. TOTO will also showcase its entry into the Wellness sector and highlight its new WELLNESS TOILET. To see all the innovative ways that TOTO supports people throughout their New Normal Way of Life, please visit the TOTO portal at CES 2021.
“In 2020, people’s lives and values shifted dramatically due to the devastating realities of the COVID-19 global pandemic,” said Shinya Tamura, CEO of TOTO USA. “As the global leader in innovation and technological advancement in the residential bathroom and public restroom, TOTO has enabled consumers to live successfully in each era. At CES 2021, we will showcase the future of a clean, comfortable lifestyle in the age of COVID-19 with products and cutting-edge technologies that will enable consumers to navigate our New Normal Way of Life successfully.”
CLEANOVATION: Pioneering Cleanliness Technologies that Enrich the New Normal Way of Life
CLEANOVATION, which combines the words “clean” and “innovation,” enables TOTO to articulate its commitment to the kind of refreshing cleanliness that promotes peace of mind, beauty, and wellness through its technological innovations that enrich people’s New Normal Way of Life as they protect the planet. As the company articulates, “TOTO Innovation brings a new world of clean to life, enriching every moment of every day.”
WASHLET: The COVID-19 global pandemic heightened the importance of personal cleansing with water, and people across the U.S. shifted their daily ritual from wiping to washing with WASHLET. Far superior to the paper alternative, Americans experienced a new kind of clean that left them more refreshed, rejuvenated, and confident than they had ever felt after a bathroom break.
WASHLET uses pure, clean water – and myriad technological innovations – to make its users cleaner and more refreshed than they have ever felt. When the cleansing cycle is activated, a streamlined wand with AIR-IN WONDER-WAVE technology extends from beneath the seat to provide a soothing warm flow of aerated water for complete cleansing. Because the water is drawn directly from the home’s fresh water supply, WASHLET delivers warm, aerated water that is always clean and pure. Once the cleansing cycle is completed, users may engage the drying cycle, which uses warm air to gently dry the area, protecting the environment by reducing the need for toilet tissue.
WASHLET+ — the latest innovation by TOTO — seamlessly connects a TOTO toilet and WASHLET+ unit, providing CLEAN SYNERGY, four advanced cleaning technologies that work together to keep the toilet bowl fresh and clean at all times.
Since its launch in 1980, TOTO has sold more than 50,000,000 WASHLET units worldwide, sparking a global revolution in personal cleansing. Today, WASHLET is recognized as the best-selling brand of electric toilet seats with bidet function in the world.1
NEOREST, WASHLET+, and CLEAN SYNERGY
With the need for cleanliness and hygienic surfaces at the forefront of consumers’ minds, TOTO NEOREST and WASHLET+ offer cleaning technologies that work synergistically and are especially important in this New Normal Way of Life that consumers are experiencing:
- PREMIST: The bowl’s interior is sprayed with a fine mist of water to reduce matter, mold, and mildew’s ability to stick to its surface.
- CEFIONTECT: A nano-technology glaze seals the porcelain with an ionized barrier, creating a super-slippery, non-porous surface that repels matter, mold, and mildew.
- TORNADO FLUSH SYSTEM: The rimless bowl design and 2.5 diameter trapway use 100% of the water to remove waste effectively and clean every inch of the bowl and rim. The TORNADO FLUSH SYSTEM by TOTO optimizes water conservation (1.28 or 1.0 gallons per flush) while setting a high bar in quiet world-class flushing performance.
- EWATER+: The cleanliness of the bowl’s surface and the interior and exterior of WASHLET and NEOREST wands is ensured by automatically misting them with electrolyzed water, a well-known clean agent, which reduces the need for harsh cleaning chemicals. Electrolyzed water is produced by electrolysis of the chloride ions in ordinary tap water. It is completely free of added chemicals and harsh cleaning agents. Over time, EWATER+ returns to its original state as ordinary tap water.
TOUCHLESS PRODUCTS: Today, consumers are intensely concerned about infectious disease transmission when they use the restroom in airports, shopping centers, schools, offices, and other facilities. They want the security of knowing they can safely use public restrooms without the worry of coming into contact with infectious diseases like the coronavirus, influenza virus, or norovirus, to name but a few.
TOTO touchless restroom fixtures enable patrons to use the restroom and wash and dry their hands without touching the toilet, urinal, faucet, soap dispenser, or hand dryer. Consequently, they are secure in the knowledge they can safely use the restroom and significantly reduce the risk of spreading infectious diseases.
Touchless Auto-Flush Toilets and Urinals
Touchless ECOPOWER smart-sensor flush valves for toilet and urinals are energy-saving, durable, and provide maximum performance in even the most demanding, high-traffic public restrooms. This self-powered hydroelectric flush valve system generates its power during use; every time water turns the internal turbine. No daily usage minimum required. Its self-adjusting smart-sensor technology does not require manual calibration for fast, easy installation. Available in exposed and concealed valve styles.
Touchless Faucets
Touchless smart-sensor faucets by TOTO are available with an ECOPOWER platform, which harnesses the energy of running water to power the faucets, saving water and energy. These hands-free faucets replenish their charge with every use. No minimum daily usage is required, which translates into reduced electricity use, lower maintenance costs, and better ecology with hands-free, automatic-shut-off. They are also available with an electrical platform.
This year, TOTO introduces a wide range of new spout styles for its Touchless Faucets, including the GE, GC, GM, Riviera, Gooseneck, Axiom, Helix, and Standard (both round and square).
Touchless Soap Dispensers
TOTO Touchless Soap Dispensers provide hands-free operation with foaming soap for a hygienic handwashing experience. The micro-sensor under the spout ensures accurate hand detection. The auto-purge cycle prevents soap from clogging the spout.
Touchless Hand Dryers
Infrared sensor-operated, Touchless Clean Dry Hand Dryers offer innovative, high-speed air wicking technology that dries the user’s hands in under 12 seconds for an effective, economical solution. Touchless Clean Dry hand dryers reduce energy use by 25% and are extremely quiet, with a low decibel rating between 55 and 62 dB.
WELLNESS TOILET
For more than 100 years, TOTO has been the plumbing industry’s pioneer, creating a new global bathroom culture and contributing significantly to the residential bathroom and commercial restroom evolution. Today, in the era of artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things, TOTO continues to lead the way through accelerated digital innovation and partnerships with experts worldwide to develop a brand-new residential bathroom experience in the field of wellness – the WELLNESS TOILET.
The WELLNESS TOILET uses multiple cutting-edge sensing technologies to support consumers’ wellness by tracking and analyzing their mental and physical status. Each time the individual sits on the WELLNESS TOILET, it scans their body and its key outputs, then provides recommendations to improve their wellness. There is no additional action needed, so people can easily check their wellness throughout their daily routine, every time they take a bathroom break. They will see their current wellness status and receive wellness-improvement recommendations on a dashboard in an app on their smartphones.
The residential bathroom is the perfect place to support people’s wellness for a variety of reasons. First, although there are a number of other products that track individuals’ wellness (e.g., wearable devices), it is more convenient to monitor and analyze the body as a part of the everyday routine act of using the WELLNESS TOILET, to which individuals are accustomed. Second, toilets and people have two unique touchpoints that cannot be found elsewhere – the skin and human waste. The WELLNESS TOILET is in direct contact with individuals’ skin when they are sitting on it, and it analyzes the waste they deposit — a wealth of wellness data can be collected from fecal matter.
TOTO anticipates launching the WELLNESS TOILET to the residential market in the next several years. The company’s ongoing innovation in artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things will continue to improve consumers’ New Normal Way of Life.
Journalist’s Note: High-resolution digital images of the WELLNESS TOILET, WASHLET, WASHLET+, NEOREST, and Touchless Products are available for download from the Online Press Room or immediately upon request.
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IBS Software Announces Appointment of New Chief Executive Officer Somit Goyal
DUBAI, UAE, June 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — IBS Software, a leading SaaS solutions provider to the travel industry globally, has appointed Somit Goyal as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective immediately. Somit succeeds Anand Krishnan, who served as CEO of IBS Software since 2018.
Somit Goyal brings a wealth of experience in the enterprise software sector, having held leadership roles at globally renowned companies such as Microsoft, SAP, Oracle and AOL.
During his 11-year tenure at Microsoft, Somit held several leadership roles across strategy, operations, sales and customer success. In his last role, he managed the global sales of Microsoft’s Modern Work cloud business, and before that, Somit served as the Chief Operating Officer of Microsoft’s Public Sector business worldwide. Somit also conceived and established the Customer Success function at Microsoft, an area of growing importance for IBS Software as it continues to expand globally.
Most recently, Somit served as President and COO of Pluralsight, a SaaS company, where he oversaw product, engineering and GTM functions.
“Somit’s impressive experience in operating global SaaS businesses, leading diverse teams, and managing all facets of enterprise software make him exceptionally well-suited to lead IBS Software during this exciting phase of growth,” said V K Mathews, Executive Chairman of IBS Software. “IBS Software is at a pivotal point in its trajectory as we continue to innovate to better serve our customers. I am confident Somit will help unlock our full potential.”
With a comprehensive portfolio of modular, cloud-based solutions purpose-built for the travel industry, IBS Software helps travel companies accelerate innovation and drive efficiency across a broad set of core business processes, including passenger services, flight operations, cargo and logistics, loyalty management, cruise operations, energy & resource logistics and hospitality businesses.
“With a broad portfolio of industry leading products, marquee customers and a talented team, with deep domain expertise IBS Software stands at the forefront of travel industry innovation. I couldn’t be more excited to join IBS Software and help lead it through its next exciting chapter.” said Somit Goyal, who holds an electrical engineering degree from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in New Delhi, India and an MBA from INSEAD, France.
Somit will report directly to IBS Software Executive Chairman V K Mathews.
ABOUT IBS SOFTWARE
IBS Software is a leading SaaS solutions provider to the travel industry globally, managing mission-critical operations for customers in the aviation, tour & cruise, hospitality, and energy resources industries. IBS Software’s solutions for the aviation industry cover fleet & crew operations, aircraft maintenance, passenger services, loyalty programs, staff travel and air cargo management. Across the hospitality sector, IBS Software offers a cloud-native, unified platform for hotels and travel sellers, including central reservation (CRS), property management (PMS), revenue management (RMS), call centre, booking engine, loyalty and distribution. For the tour & cruise industry, IBS provides a comprehensive, customer-centric, digital platform that covers onshore, online and on-board solutions. Across the energy & resources industry, we provide logistics management solutions that cover logistics planning, operations & accommodation management. The Consulting and Digital Transformation (CDx) business focuses on driving digital transformation initiatives of its customers, leveraging its domain knowledge, digital technologies and engineering excellence. IBS Software operates from 17 offices across the world.
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ATFX Integrates PriceOn™ from TraderTools to Enhance Global Group Trading Efficiency
HONG KONG, June 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — ATFX has announced a significant enhancement to its global trading infrastructure with the integration of PriceOn™ from TraderTools. ATFX is set to revolutionize how the firm manages trading flows from current institutional and retail clients, ultimately improving pricing and execution experiences, alongside attracting new clients with data and risk metrics driven confident, unique pricing.
Enhancing Client Experience
PriceOn will empower ATFX to manage trading flows more effectively and efficiently, ensuring clients benefit from superior execution and competitive pricing. The advanced technology underpinning PriceOn, which leverages artificial intelligence and sophisticated algorithms, is designed to handle complex client flows seamlessly. This capability will enable institutional clients flows to match with a broad range of retail client flows, (and vice-versa) even those with challenging characteristics, without compromising execution performance.
Advanced Technology and Client-Centric Approach
PriceOn’s AI-based algorithms represent the cutting edge of trading technology, providing precise and strategic execution that maximizes profitability for clients. Unlike traditional models, this partnership focuses on delivering enhanced returns for ATFX’s global clients.
Building an Integrated Trading Ecosystem
By integrating PriceOn, ATFX is bridging the gap between retail and institutional trading environments, fostering a cohesive ecosystem that supports diverse global trading needs. This strategic move aligns with ATFX’s broader project of creating an integrated trading environment where different client types can interact seamlessly.
Client-Centric Vision
As Chairman of ATFX, Joe Li expressed his excitement about the integration of PriceOn from TraderTools to enhance ATFX pricing. He stated, “This strategic partnership will revolutionize our pricing capabilities and provide our clients with more competitive and accurate pricing. We are committed to constantly adapting and improving our services to meet the ever-evolving needs of our clients.”
The integration of PriceOn into the ATFX platform is the latest milestone that underscores the company’s dedication to innovation and excellence in trading solutions. Acquisition of regulatory licenses in South Africa and Australia, hiring of key senior industry executives and now the integration of PriceOn confirm ATFX’s position as a vanguard of the industry.
This strategic enhancement will not only improve pricing but also provide clients with a more efficient and profitable trading experience.
About ATFX
ATFX is a leading global fintech broker with a local presence in 23 locations and licenses from regulatory authorities, including the UK’s FCA, Cypriot CySEC, UAE’s SCA, Australian ASIC, and South African FSCA. With a strong commitment to customer satisfaction, innovative technology, and strict regulatory compliance, ATFX provides exceptional trading experiences to clients worldwide.
For further information on ATFX, please visit ATFX website https://www.atfx.com.
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Personetics Recognized by Celent as a Global Leader in Personal Financial Engagement (PFE) for Retail Banking
Beyond PFM: “Leader in proactive customer engagement” lauded for AI-powered PFE in Celent report
NEW YORK, June 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Personetics, the global leader in AI-based personalized engagement solutions for financial institutions, has been prominently featured in a new report from leading analyst firm Celent titled “Personal Financial Engagement Solutions for Retail Banking.” The report provides an in-depth analysis of the rapidly evolving personal financial engagement (PFE) solution space and the capabilities of 13 vendors.
The Celent report highlights how PFE solutions have advanced significantly beyond basic personal financial management (PFM), spending analysis and budgeting tools – utilizing real-time analytics, AI, and rich transaction data to provide tailored recommendations, automated goal tracking, and proactive guidance and automated journeys directly to banking customers.
As the report states, “Customer engagement is becoming the primary way banks deliver ongoing value to their customers … delivered continually through highly personalized and often proactive engagement,” and “financial institutions should sharpen their thinking about customer engagement through financial wellness and adopt an updated approach to PFE.”
Personetics is recognized as a global leader, with the report noting its “mature and evolving product covering well-defined components of customer engagement and bank value.” It highlights Personetics’ powerful no-code tools that allow financial institutions to develop custom, financial data-driven actionable insights and to quickly deploy journeys, as well as differentiated proactive and automated savings propositions.
“Personetics has been a leader in proactive customer engagement and enrichment of the digital banking experience for over a decade,” states the Celent report. Its “offering is tightly focused on ROI for banks, supporting a number of retention, deposit growth, and cross-sell/service opportunities.” The report cites several of Personetics’ larger bank clients that “have achieved impressive customer engagement with this platform” which ultimately “should return measurable value to the organization.”
The report emphasizes how PFE solutions enable financial institutions to drive stronger customer engagement, retention, deposit growth and cross-selling opportunities by incorporating personalized financial wellness capabilities into their digital banking channels.
As one of Celent’s key recommendations, it advises banks to “incorporate PFE into a wider customer financial wellness program” to multiply value and engagement.
“We’re honored to be recognized as global leaders in Celent’s authoritative new report on the personal financial engagement landscape,” said Udi Ziv, CEO of Personetics. “This recognition validates our long-standing vision and commitment to helping FIs transform routine transactions into valuable personalized experiences that improve financial wellness and build lasting customer loyalty.”
Learn More at the Upcoming Webinar
Personetics’ VP of Strategy and Business Development Dorel Blitz, and Celent analysts Bob Meara and Michael Bernard, will explore the power of PFE in an exclusive webinar on June 26. “Beyond PFM: The Rise of Impactful PFE (Personal Financial Engagement)” will dive deeper into the key findings and recommendations from Celent’s report, provide a roadmap for banks to craft and implement an effective PFE strategy, and showcase real-world examples of financial institutions driving impact with Personetics’ solutions. Register for the webinar to secure your spot.
Download a free copy of the Celent Report: “Personal Financial Engagement Solutions for Retail Banking” to gain a deeper understanding of the PFE landscape and how it can benefit your financial institution.
About Personetics Personetics is the global leader in financial data-driven personalization, enabling financial institutions to forge deeper relationships by enhancing clients’ financial wellness and helping them make smarter decisions. Personetics reaches 135 million customers across 35 global markets while serving more than 100 financial institutions. Personetics’ AI analyzes financial data in real-time to understand customer financial behavior, anticipate needs, and deliver a hyper-personalized experience with day-to-day actionable insights, personalized recommendations, product-based financial advice, and automated financial wellness programs. The company has offices in New York, London, Singapore, São Paulo, and Tel Aviv. For more information, visit www.personetics.com.
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