Bluetooth Asia, Shenzen, China , Sept. 26, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Runtime, an IoT platform and open source solution provider, today announced commercial support for Bluetooth Mesh, increasing connectivity choices for global consumers and industrial IoT deployments. Bluetooth Mesh networking, adopted in July 2017 by the Bluetooth SIG, is an extension to Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) that allows for multi-hop communications over Bluetooth. Runtime’s commercial offering for Bluetooth Mesh includes support for the recently released Apache Mynewt 1.2, an open source operating system for constrained, microcontroller devices.

In contrast with point-to-point networks, mesh networks extend the diameter of a network, increasing coverage, adding resiliency, and lowering deployment costs. In conjunction with new Bluetooth 5 functionality such as higher data rates and extended range, Bluetooth mesh networking extends addressable use cases and markets from “consumer” to “commercial and industrial.” The increased adoption of open source code bases such as the NimBLE stack in Apache Mynewt increases the likelihood of interoperability across implementations.

“Until Bluetooth 5 and Mesh, most BLE applications were short-range and consumer-oriented, centered on connectivity to mobile phones,” said James Pace, Runtime CEO and cofounder. “With new functionality and new use cases, Bluetooth is poised to address an estimated 48 billion devices¹. Open source and the decreased cost of connectivity chips will play a key role in this exponential growth.”

For more information, please download Runtime’s white paper, “The Benefits of Open Source Bluetooth Stacks,” published in English and

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 26, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SADA Systems, a global leader in business and technology consulting services, announces new training and consulting packages for enterprise and midmarket companies that are planning to implement Facebook’s Workplace, an enterprise collaboration platform designed for businesses. SADA was selected last fall by Facebook as an original Workplace Services Partner. Since then, SADA Systems, also a premier partner of Google and Microsoft, has deployed Workplace to various organizations including WilsonHCG.

“We have found much greater adoption of Workplace for our 600-employee team, compared with our previous enterprise collaboration solution,” says John Wilson, CEO at WilsonHCG, ​a global talent solutions​ provider. “Executives love it and use it much more readily than our previous platform, which is primarily due to Workplace’s excellent mobile platform and familiarity. As well, our 200 remote employees tell us that they feel more connected to the company, and that’s important for our cohesiveness and ability to deliver great service to our clients.”

Workplace is an enterprise collaboration platform people already know, adapted for internal communications. It's separate from employees’ personal Facebook accounts, and includes easy ways for people to communicate and share ideas at work. SADA offers a full suite of services for Workplace customers, including implementation and security setup, technical consulting, change management and champion training, custom development and integrations, and customized training. The firm has configured its Facebook Workplace training and services packages as such:

• Workplace Setup & Launch includes setup and configuration of Workplace with security settings and preferences; setup and monitoring of groups; a review of dashboards and reports; creating a launch plan; identification of Champions; and communication of rol...

SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 26, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bell Integrator, a global consulting and technology services company, helps Unistream, an international money transfer company, to automate business application testing process. This project became an important milestone in accelerating global time to market for Unistream’s products and services.  

Considering the development of the industry and the quickly changing competitive environment, Unistream is improving its primary banking and payment systems. In order to quickly and properly launch products and services on the market, Unistream uses DevOps technology for its testing and operation cycles. The growing number of products in development and being introduced has created a need to speed up the testing process, which is one of the most important parts of taking a business idea from concept to implementation.  

This process used to be extremely labor- and time-consuming. Unistream chose Bell Integrator to solve this problem.

“We are happy to be participating in this project because we have extensive experience optimizing processes improving our customers' time to market while introducing new features, products or services for financial institutions. We are happy with the results thus far. I believe the application of our streamlined processes with the right mix of technology enables our customer to scale and introduce new services at the right speed and the right time,” said Aleksei Ananiev, Bell Integrator’s Business Development Director.

In the past few months, Bell Integrator has streamlined the manual testing process and has accelerated the transformation towards complete automation. As a result, time spent preparing and releasing new versions of Unistream’s software suite has already been reduced to one fourth of the original time. Thanks to innovative techniques and technologies, automated methods and eliminating the human factor, we have managed to significantly increase the quality of their software.

“As part of this project, we are finishing up another stage of improving Unistream Bank’s infrastructure.  In accordance with the DevOps methodology adopted by the bank, we continue to steadily improve the performance and quality indicators of the software and hardware suite, as well as significantly increase accessibility and IT system fail-safety indicators. By the end of 201...