Lastbit Instant Payment System Brings Bitcoin into the Mainstream

Berkeley, Calif: Getting started with Bitcoin has never been easier - thanks to an intuitive payments system that Lastbit has been working on for over a year now.

Lastbit has built an interoperable payments layer between Bitcoin and Euros (USD coming soon), that allows new and experienced users to get started with Bitcoin and the Lightning Network in the simplest possible manner. This means zero setup overhead and zero complexity in understanding internal Bitcoin or Lightning mechanics.

Users can deposit, withdraw, send and spend Bitcoin or Euros on the Bitcoin network or on Lightning immediately. For example, one could get paid in Euros to a debit card issued by one of the world’s largest networks, by someone paying in Bitcoin over the Lightning Network and vice versa! Users may also opt in to simplify their Bitcoin purchasing and usage experience by opting to automatically buy Bitcoin on a weekly basis or custom frequency, more popularly known as Dollar Cost Averaging.

Created by Prashanth Balasubramanian, Bernardo Magnani Blanco, and Ashvin Panicker, Lastbit is their combined vision to enable the mass-market adoption of crypto-currency. 

"For the first time in the history of Bitcoin, you can now walk into a store and pay for your purchase using bitcoin even if the merchant does not accept crypto-currency - securely, instantly and seamlessly, in addition to a multitude of other payments use cases previously unimaginable in the history of electronic money. Lightning enables instant peer to peer transactions and we’ve leveraged this to build truly unique payment models" said CEO Mr. Balasubramanian.

The application is now available to beta test with testnet Bitcoin from the Lastbit website. With over 1000 users signed up for the beta, Lastbit will begin rolling out a user feedback led, revamped version of the application, compliant with Europe’s 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directive in the coming months, to select users. In addition, Lastbit will begin shipping physical Lightning powered debit cards to European/EEA consumers shortly. Join their telegram group or sign up for the mailing list to follow their progress.


"Lastbit allows new and experienced crypto users alike, to easily move between Bitcoin and Euros, giving them the ability to seamlessly use bitcoin for their daily purchases." added Mr. Panicker. "Money needs an upgrade and we believe using Bitcoin is a leap in that direction"

Launched in October 2018, the company has raised nearly $600k in seed funding from the likes of Charlie Lee and Fulgur Ventures. Lastbit is an alumni of UC Berkeley's SkyDeck accelerator.

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CoinMarketAlert Provides Real Time Tools to Manage 7000 Crypto Coins

One of the most frustrating parts of monitoring cryptocurrency investments is obtaining accurate and timely information.

Zug, Switzerland., August 24, 2020 -- One of the most frustrating parts of monitoring cryptocurrency investments is obtaining accurate and timely information. CoinMarketAlert has solved that problem with its innovative crypto portfolio tracker platform and price alert tools for over 7,000 types of crypto coins and tokens.

Digital currency investors simply create an account to begin tracking their digital currency portfolio. Individuals receive real-time price alerts and breaking news, allowing them to make informed decisions. Monthly statements are also provided. Traders can choose a gold or silver subscription level to accommodate their individual needs.

With the array of cryptocurrency tools available at CoinMarketAlert, there's no need for investors to spend valuable time searching for the latest information on their assets. All notifications are provided in real-time. The company also provides portfolio value notifications, weekly statements via email, and enables individuals to track the physical location of assets.

Traders receive market alerts when their selected coin goes above or below their selected price. Notifications are immediately delivered via email, discord, push notification, or Telegram, depending upon the investor's preference. CoinMarketAlert offers more than a dozen different alerts encompassing, but not limited to profit and loss, volume and price percentage changes, market caps, and when new crypto coins are released for trading.

CoinMarketAlert offers a single solution that's easy, convenient and immediate for managing multiple cryptocurrencies from any location around the globe. The tracker enables traders to take advantage of real-time valuations and see an overview of their risk tolerance for a robust market strategy with one-click on their custom dashboards. An affiliate program is also offered to earn a 20 percent recurring commission.

Individuals can create their own custom alerts and the company has a five-star rating among users that consider it an indispensable part of an effective strategy for managing any form of cryptocurrency no matter where it was purchased or is being held. The real-time price alerts and timely signals available with CoinMarketAlert provide investors with the potential to increase their income levels multiple times over.

For more information, visit: https://coinmarketalert.com/

About CoinMarketAlert:
CoinMarketAlert is a cryptocurrency price alert system that issues notifications to all connected devices whenever a selected cryptocurrency increases or decreases in price. Our mission is to provide the best price alert tools for new and experienced cryptocurrency traders to help them protect their investments. We currently help almost 10,000 customers achieve their goals.

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CoinMarketAlert
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Future Electronics President Robert Miller Congratulates Bridget Helmberger on 25 Years of Service

Montreal, Canada (release-news) AUGUST 17, 2020 - Future Electronics is a global leading distributor of electronic components with corporate headquarters in Montreal, Canada.

Robert Miller, the company's President, recently congratulated employee Bridget Helmberger on her 25th anniversary with the company.

Bridget's first day at Future was May 23, 1995. "I started out as Sales Support with FAI," she said. "Then in 2002, I transferred to the TSM team, today known as Advanced Engineers." She was promoted to Inside Sales in 2005, then worked onsite in the NPI Storeroom of Strategic customers, before taking on the role of Onsite ISR/Program Manager.

In 2012, Bridget moved into Sales Support, where she continues to work today.

She lives on a 30-acre property out in the country with her seven children, six girls and one boy. "I'm very involved with my kids," she said. "They do sports and activities with Future Farmers of America. We garden, have cows, goats, and chickens, and we raise and process our own meat and vegetables."

Bridget also volunteers at her children's school and coaches her son's basketball team. "I love being with my family, and visiting family," she said. "That and God is all I need to survive."

Robert Miller, the company's Founder and President, has always believed that Future's employees are its greatest asset. Future Electronics values the commitment of its people, and milestone anniversaries are recognized with personalized cards, plaques, vouchers, and other gifts based on length of tenure.

About Future Electronics

Future Electronics is a global leader in electronics distribution, recognized for providing customers with global supply chain solutions, custom-tailored engineering services and a comprehensive suite of passives and semiconductor products. Founded by Robert Miller in 1968, Future Electronics has over 5,500 employees and operates in 170 offices in 44 countries around the world. Future Electronics is globally integrated, with a unified IT infrastructure that delivers real-time inventory availability and access to customers. With the highest level of service, the most advanced engineering capabilities, and the largest available-to-sell inventory in the world, Future's mission is always to Delight the Customer®. For more information, visit www.FutureElectronics.com.

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Softline Launches a Proprietary Cloud Management Platform

MOSCOW, Russia - August 18, 2020 - Maestro, Softline’s proprietary platform, is based on services from major cloud providers. Its users can manage any combination of clouds in one window, consolidate billing, increase budget transparency, and automate provisioning.

Softline Maestro supports an enterprise cloud portal with a simplified interface for solving IT tasks in self-service mode. The platform monitors compliance with security requirements and reports suspicious activities.

Softline Maestro also provides several efficient cost management tools for the use of cloud resources at any level of the company. They include cost overrun alerts, expense limits on subscriptions and accounts, recommendations on cost optimization and infrastructure automation, as well as authorization mechanisms for the purchase of new resources.

Most importantly, Softline Maestro offers a universal toolkit for efficient multicloud management and self-service. Its key features include infrastructure-as-code automation, role-based access control, and a unified API for connection to cloud services such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, VMware, or OpenStack.

Maestro is a framework solution open to integration with other cloud providers and capable of accommodating new technologies. In the near future Softline is planning to add container support to this platform as well as make it compatible with cloud services from Mail.ru, Alibaba and Huawei.

Products similar to Softline Maestro have been available on the hyperscale solutions market since its inception. Gartner analysts believe that by 2025 more than 70% of companies will be taking advantage of multifunctional cloud management tools [1]. In Russia, however, the demand for hybrid and multicloud infrastructures, as well as tools for their management is just gaining momentum.

"The platform helps customers reduce economic and technological dependence on providers, speed up access to infrastructure for end users and make cloud service costs more transparent. In fact, Softline Maestro can save businesses up to 30% of their total cloud infrastructure costs. Despite its immense capabilities, the platform is fairly easy to master: any staff member would need just a couple of hours of training to operate it. After the first month of using Maestro, the customer receives a consolidated bill, comparable information for private and public clouds, an itemized cloud expense report and recommendations on cost optimization,” explains Liliya Ermakova, a product manager from Softline.

About us:

Softline is a leading global Information Technology solutions and services provider focused on emerging markets of Eastern Europe, Americas, and Asia. We help our customer achieve digital transformation and protect their business with cybersecurity technologies. Our services include end-to-end technology solutions, public and private clouds, software and hardware provisioning and broad array of associated services.

Softline’s 2019 turnover exceeded $1.54 Billion US dollars with sales growth 13.2% in the Group of Companies. Softline has offices in 50 countries and 95 cities worldwide. With more than 25 years of distinguished history we have managed to grow rapidly while consolidating technology expertise and a business model encompassing all emerging markets.

We serve over 60 000 Enterprise and SMB clients, both from private and public sectors. Over 1500 account managers, 1000 solution sales and technical presale professionals and 1000 engineers and technical specialists help our customers navigate through the ever-changing complex IT environment. We build long-term relationships with our clients, partners and employees.

Softline has partnerships with more than 3000 software and hardware manufacturers and has highest partner status with all our key partners. We provide a unique marketing and sales channel for our partners in all the markets where we operate. Softline is always customer centric and provides brand independent solutions which best serve customer’s needs.

For more information, please visit www.softline.com

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StoneFly NAS Migration Software Beta Version Now Available for Free

StoneFly, Inc. the original innovator of the iSCSI protocol and manufacturer of enterprise storage, hyper-converged, and backup & DR appliances has announced the release of the beta version for StoneFly NAS Migrate: a free NAS migration software.

What is StoneFly NAS migrate?

StoneFly NAS migrate is a light-weight easy-to-use migration tool that supports CIFS and NFS data migration over Local Area Network (LAN) or Wide Area Network (WAN).

The software offers additional services like real-time replication, scheduled migration jobs, and AI-based predictive file analysis to simplify user experience and make the NAS migration process hassle-free.

Use-Cases for StoneFly NAS Migrate

Typical use-cases for the NAS migration software are:

  • Migrate NAS volumes from old to new appliances
  • Offload on-premises appliances by migrating NAS volumes to cloud-based repositories
  • Configure real-time replication jobs for synchronization between source and destination
  • Transfer infrequently accessed NAS volumes from high-performance flash tiers to low-cost capacity tiers

Beta Version is Free

The beta version for the NAS migration software is currently free. You can download it by visiting StoneFly website.

Technical support and professional services are not included. They have to be purchased separately.

About StoneFly, Inc.

StoneFly, Inc., headquartered in California, was founded to deliver upon the vision of simple and affordable storage optimization and disaster recovery protection through IP SAN solutions. StoneFly is a leading manufacturer of high-performance Network Attached Storage (NAS), Storage Area Networks (SAN) – iSCSI systems, Hyperconverged systems, and RAID systems.

StoneFly’s range of enterprise products also includes cloud storage solutions, cloud storage gateway solutions, and data migration services for enterprise workloads.