9 月 2020 - Version 2

VEGAS Creative Software Launches VEGAS Pro 18; Unveils Extensive Plans for Cloud-Based Media Management and Collaborative Workflows

Significant Upgrade to VEGAS Pro Adds GPU-Accelerated Workflows, Advanced Motion Tracking, Enhanced HDR Support and Improved Plug-In and Color Grading Workflow Support

VEGAS Creative Software (www.vegascreativesoftware.com) announced today a substantial new update to VEGAS Pro, the Company’s signature video/audio editing, color grading and effects platform designed for professional editors, filmmakers, YouTubers and social media creators.

With this announcement, VEGAS Pro 18 adds a breadth of new features and major feature improvements to enhance workflow performance, including AI-driven effects, GPU-accelerated workflows, advanced motion tracking, HDR support, sophisticated color grading tools and plug-ins ideally suited for video professionals in post-production facilities of all sizes and requirements.

VEGAS Creative Software also announced today detailed plans to provide extensive, cloud-based media management, file transfer and backup and collaboration capabilities that link VEGAS Pro 18 users with our content management systems as well as remote collaborators. All VEGAS Pro 18 cloud-based media management and collaboration tools will be offered as free services to VEGAS Pro 18 subscription customers. Pricing for cloud-based services for perpetual licence customers will be announced when the services become available beginning in October 2020.

New Features in VEGAS Pro 18

In addition to the extensive, high-value cloud-based media management and collaboration tools coming, VEGAS Pro 18 adds a significant number of new features and workflow enhancements available immediately, including:

Professional multi-channel audio editing with SOUND FORGE Pro 14 is now included with VEGAS Pro 18. SOUND FORGE Pro integrates tightly with VEGAS Pro enabling users to send audio files directly from the VEGAS Pro timeline into SOUND FORGE Pro, make their edits and return to VEGAS Pro where all changes are instantly and automatically updated in the timeline;
Artificial intelligence driven effects including Colorize and Style Transfer;
GPU Driver detection and update utilities and automatic GPU configuration for hardware acceleration;
New Motion Tracking Panel;
VEGAS Capture enhancements, including a new capture folder configuration and new audio encoder;
HDR improvements, including hardware encoding available for HDR presets and automatic selection of IDTs based on metadata;
Support for Open FX plug-ins for optimal flexibility;
The addition of a variety of new plug-ins, including:

– Flicker Reducer
– Black Bar Fill
– Denoise

Significant Color Grading improvements, such as:

– Dockable Color Grading Panel
– Logarithmic Exposure Tool (“Camera Exposure”)
– Improved Auto Contrast
– Skin-Tone Line for Vectorscope
– Combined RGB Display for RGB Parade scope

Optional trim handles for timeline events;
Timeline cursor location storage saved with project files;
Video engine performance improvements;
New presets and animations for Titles and Text

VEGAS Pro Cloud-Based Services: What’s Coming

In the coming months, VEGAS Creative Software will unveil a comprehensive family of media management and collaboration tools to connect the VEGAS Pro community, including:

VEGAS Hub, The Central Information Depot

The VEGAS Pro 18 cloud-based workflow revolves around the VEGAS Hub, which provides teams with secure file storage and centralized media file access. Built on the Microsoft Azure platform, VEGAS Hub acts as the central repository of control and information, enabling VEGAS Pro and other applications to communicate directly with the Hub for file download and upload, collection creation and management, and more. Additionally through the Hub, individual applications will communicate with each other, and the system will continue to evolve into a critical centralized file organizational tool and a remote collaboration center.

VEGAS Transfer

For video and still images captured on a mobile device, VEGAS Transfer will be available as iOS and Android apps, and serve as the entry point into the VEGAS Hub environment. Users can quickly transfer media files from a mobile device into the Hub cloud storage. Uploaded files can be organized into Collections to organize files, and enable direct access from VEGAS Pro and VEGAS Prepare. Upload files with VEGAS Transfer, organize them further with VEGAS Prepare, and then download them directly into VEGAS Pro from anywhere to start editing.

VEGAS Prepare

With VEGAS Prepare, users will be able to wrangle out-of-control herds of media files with three efficient levels of organization. Users can create a library with all media organized according to the structure that makes sense for the user, the team, and their workflow. Users can then further organize files into custom collections that make it easy to target a media category or classification to find precisely what is needed. Finally, add tags to individual files for quick filtering and sorting. Each level of organization is tied into local databases or the VEGAS Hub for collaboration, and can be accessed directly from inside VEGAS Pro for editing.

VEGAS Pro Hub Explorer

All of the the custom collections created in VEGAS Prepare show up instantly inside VEGAS Pro, whether working online or offline. When users create and manage collections directly inside VEGAS Pro, they automatically update in VEGAS Prepare so the two remain in sync, and changes made in VEGAS Prepare instantly appear in VEGAS Pro. Users can download files from cloud storage on the Hub for use on the VEGAS Pro Timeline, and upload files to the Hub from right inside VEGAS Pro. The Hub Explorer window is the portal for remote collaboration, file sharing, and organizing collections.

Also Coming Soon: Live Streaming

Later this month, VEGAS Creative Software will also launch VEGAS Stream, a new live streaming platform designed to serve the needs of content creators and broadcasters in multiple markets. VEGAS Stream provides a professional-caliber live streaming feature set within a tightly integrated VEGAS ecosystem. When a live stream event is complete, users will be able to send recorded events to VEGAS Pro 18 or VEGAS POST Suite, with all visual effects, graphics, and titles in place for further editing and on-demand delivery. Additional details will be announced later this month.

Pricing and Availability

VEGAS Pro 18 is available immediately as a monthly subscription or as a perpetual license. For more information on subscription pricing plans, please visit https://vegascreative.hk/. For more information on purchasing a perpetual license and for complete details and information, please visit https://vegascreative.hk/product-category/vegaspro.

All VEGAS Pro 18 cloud-based media management and collaboration tools will be offered as free services to VEGAS Pro 18 subscription customers. Pricing for cloud-based services for perpetual licence customers will be announced when the services become available beginning in October 2020.

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About VEGAS
Today, millions of VEGAS Pro and VEGAS Movie Studio users benefit from global industry-leading video editing technologies. Now, VEGAS launches into a new era. In May, 2016, MAGIX acquired the multiple award-winning VEGAS Pro and VEGAS Movie Studio product lines, along with other video and audio products. VEGAS Creative Software stands poised to take video editing to a new level. Our development teams in the US and Germany are working on innovative solutions to old problems, and building tools that push the boundaries of what’s currently possible. The VEGAS Creative Software mission: to make VEGAS software faster, more efficient, and even more intuitive. Our goal: to provide users at all levels–from video editing amateurs to creative professionals–tools that are perfectly suited to their needs and demands.

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訊連科技U會議和U簡報6.3版更新為了遠距教學和多方座談　推出「線上點名」和「座談線上直播」

【2020年09月25日，台北訊】多媒體創作軟體及AI人工智慧領導廠商訊連科技（5203.TW）發布「U會議」及「U簡報」之6.3版更新。針對學校教育用戶之遠距教學需求，U會議與U簡報同步推出「線上點名」功能，方便老師快速掌握線上出席名單。此外，U簡報提供全新「座談線上直播」功能，讓企業用戶可輕鬆發起多方講者的線上研討會或論壇。

因應防疫需求，今年遠距教學之需求大增，已有逾百所大專院校申請導入訊連科技之「U校園防疫專案」。為此，訊連科技舉辦多場線上教育訓練，與第一線教育單位使用者面對面教學與溝通，蒐集使用者回饋並開發進階功能。此次所推出的「線上點名」和「座談線上直播」兩大功能，即針對學校遠距教學之出席管理，和企業單位舉辦多方線上論壇之需求開發而成。

U會議和U簡報所推出「線上點名」功能，提供老師或主持人在線上課程進行時，可隨時發起線上點名，並設定學生或觀眾回填的項目和開放時間。線上的學生或觀眾收到點名通知後，需在時間內回覆資料，完成線上簽到。老師和主持人可以隨時查看點名結果，調整點名時限或提早結束點名。線上課程結束時，點名紀錄也會自動儲存於電腦，方便課後統計出席。

U簡報推出的「座談線上直播」全新功能，便於舉行多位講者參與之線上座談直播。主辦方可邀請多達12位講者，透過視訊方式異地加入線上座談，並透過U簡報將畫面直播至觀眾。主辦方可同時掌握座談畫面和直播聊天室之內容，確保活動之專業度和互動性。

「後疫情時代，學校教育單位和各大企業紛紛將教學和活動轉往線上。U會議與U簡報針對用戶的反饋與需求，持續開發滿足遠距教學與線上活動需求之進階功能。」訊連科技黃肇雄執行長表示：「這次更新推出『線上點名』和『座談線上直播』兩大功能，可優化教育單位的線上出席管理機制，並支援企業與公家單位舉辦多方座談直播，應用於線上論壇、高峰會及線上記者會等多元場景。」

即日起，用戶可於U官方網站下載最新「U會議」與「U簡報」6.3版，或透過程式內建的升級功能取得6.3版更新，體驗最新功能。

U會議6.3版新增功能

「線上點名」功能：使用U會議教學時，主持人或老師可開啟「線上點名」功能，設定點名選單與時限後發出。觀眾或學生收到點名通知後，需在時限內完成線上簽到。老師可以隨時查看點名報表，方便課程中和課後掌握課程出席情況。

U簡報6.3版新增功能

「線上點名」功能：主講者可於直播活動中，可開啟「線上點名」，觀眾收到點名通知後，需在時限內完成線上簽到。主講者可以隨時查看點名報表，方便直播中和會後掌握出席名單。
「座談線上直播」功能：舉辦多方論壇或高峰會之直播活動，主辦方可邀請多方講師，透過視訊方式異地加入線上座談，並透過U簡報將畫面直播至觀眾。

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關於CyberLink
訊連科技創立於1996年，擁有頂尖視訊與音訊技術的影音軟體公司，專精於數位影音軟體及多媒體串流應用解決方案產品研發，並以「抓準技術板塊，擴大全球行銷布局」的策略，深根台灣、佈局全球，展現亮麗的成績。訊連科技以先進的技術提供完美的高解析影音播放效果、以尖端的科技提供完整的高解析度擷取、編輯、製片及燒錄功能且完整支援各種高解析度影片及音訊格式。產品包括：「威力導演」、「PowerDVD」、「威力製片」、「威力酷燒」等。

關於 訊連科技U整合通訊服務
訊連科技「U 簡報」、「U 會議」及「U 通訊」整合了遠距直播、視訊會議及即時通訊等功能，為企業及教育機構打造即時、跨國界、跨平台、行動優先、高影音品質之新世代視訊溝通服務。更多資訊，請洽官網：https://u.cyberlink.com/

Empire Airlines Soars to New Heights with Scale Computing

At Scale Computing, the success of our customers is our priority. Whether they are on land, air or sea, we have the ability to provide our customers with the technology they need to power their IT infrastructure across industries, regardless of size or location.

Founded in 1977, Empire Airlines in Hayden, Idaho flies 50 aircraft for FedEx, as well as passenger and cargo aircraft for Hawaiian airlines. In addition to its air carriers, Empire Airlines has a maintenance repair overhaul facility in Idaho, where the company takes airplanes apart and puts them back together.

According to Melanie Ellingson, director of IT at Empire Airlines, the company was looking to upgrade its legacy IT infrastructure with a virtualization solution. Ease of use was a priority for Ellingson, who said she wanted a simple solution that did not require additional training or specialized personnel to maintain the IT infrastructure. After researching competitors, Ellingson selected Scale Computing, remarking, “With Scale Computing, you plug it in, turn it on and you’re running. That’s all there is to it.”

How Empire Airlines Leveraged Hyperconverged Infrastructure

Hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) solutions like the HC3 virtualization platform eliminate the need to combine traditional virtualization software, disaster recovery software, servers, and shared storage from separate vendors to create a virtualized environment. The HC3 all-in-one appliance architecture makes it easy to deploy fully integrated, highly available virtualization out of the box. With HCI, you can more easily deploy your virtualization architecture to consolidate servers in your environment and eliminate the need for storage appliances like SAN and NAS. Using patented HyperCore™ technology, the HC3 self-healing platform automatically identifies, mitigates, and corrects problems in the infrastructure in real-time, enabling applications to achieve maximum uptime even when local IT resources and staff are scarce.

The platform combines self-healing with intelligent automation, empowering Scale Computing customers to spend less time on infrastructure maintenance and more time focusing on strategic projects to grow their business. Since implementing Scale Computing HC3, Ellingson said she and her team save time bringing up servers, adding, “If I need something, it’s there instantly. Before, I had to research hardware, get it delivered, put it in a rack. Now we have time to work on other projects.”

At Scale Computing, our HC3 architecture combines hyperconverged infrastructure for everything from centralized data centers to widely distributed edge computing use cases, and comes fully equipped with a number of built-in disaster recovery capabilities. Even in an emergency with the failure of hardware components or entire appliances, HC3 infrastructure lets you keep critical apps – and your entire organization – up and running.

After one drive failure, Ellingson said the combination of the HC3 platform and Scale Computing support team ensured Empire Airlines had minimal downtime. Ellingson noted, “HC3 alerted us, we called Scale Computing’s support team, they sent a new drive to us the next day, we put it in and we were done. I can’t stress how easy it is.”

Driving Performance with Edge Computing

With 16 locations across the U.S., Empire Airlines also benefits from an edge computing solution. Scale Computing HC3 brings simple, available, and affordable infrastructure to edge computing. The solution meets the company’s demands for operating a distributed enterprise with its highly available features that make it ideal for multiple industries. The HC3 platform also provides the flexibility, ease of use, and scalability that many customers require to create reliable and efficient working environments.

With HC3, organizations are able to improve the availability of critical workloads, rapidly scale their infrastructure, enhance disaster recovery capabilities, and do it all more simply and easily. HC3 is modern infrastructure for modern companies across industries. For more information on Scale Computing HC3, visit here.

About Version 2
Version 2 is one of the most dynamic IT companies in Asia. The company develops and distributes IT products for Internet and IP-based networks, including communication systems, Internet software, security, network, and media products. Through an extensive network of channels, point of sales, resellers, and partnership companies, Version 2 offers quality products and services which are highly acclaimed in the market. Its customers cover a wide spectrum which include Global 1000 enterprises, regional listed companies, public utilities, Government, a vast number of successful SMEs, and consumers in various Asian cities.

About Scale Computing
Scale Computing is a leader in edge computing, virtualization, and hyperconverged solutions. Scale Computing HC3 software eliminates the need for traditional virtualization software, disaster recovery software, servers, and shared storage, replacing these with a fully integrated, highly available system for running applications. Using patented HyperCore™ technology, the HC3 self-healing platform automatically identifies, mitigates, and corrects infrastructure problems in real-time, enabling applications to achieve maximum uptime. When ease-of-use, high availability, and TCO matter, Scale Computing HC3 is the ideal infrastructure platform. Read what our customers have to say on Gartner Peer Insights, Spiceworks, TechValidate and TrustRadius.

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Cyberattack: another big company is a ransomware victim

Another cyberattack with devastating consequences for financial institutions. The target now was BancoEstado, one of the three largest Chilean banks, which was affected by ransomware on September 6. According to a statement to Chile’s Cybersecurity Incident Response Team (CSIRT), the cyberattack is believed to have involved the Sodinokibi ransomware, also known as Revil.

On the 6th, the bank informed through a statement that it had detected malicious software in its operating systems and that their platforms could have some kind of unavailability due to the incident. However, ATMs and Internet Banking were not affected, nor were the resources of its customers or the institution itself. It is believed that the attack, again, was orchestrated through Social Engineering, when one of the bank’s employees opened an Office document infected with the virus.

By compromising the employee’s machine, the attacker was able, through lateral movement, to infect more than 12,000 endpoints and affect the operations of all 416 branches of the Chilean bank.

After detecting the cyberattack on the 5th, Saturday, BancoEstado reported the incident to the Comisión para el Mercado Financiero (CMF), the equivalent of our Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM), which soon issued an alert to the Chilean banking system.

Long lines formed in the days following the cyberattack in front of BancoEstado branches. Account holders have complained on Twitter about various anomalies in their accounts, such as uncredited transfers to destination accounts, as well as lack of access to investment accounts, and inconsistent data in the amount totals. At the same time, there are reports that cybercriminals have started spam campaigns on behalf of the bank to capture customer credentials.

An attack of this magnitude indicates major flaws in the control of access to internal networks, including an efficient monitoring and response system. This involves the lack of computational and human resources for adequate response to incidents.

Another organization victim of the same ransomware that hit BancoEstado, in July this year, was Telecom Argentina, the country’s largest telephone operator. In this specific case, the required amount was US $ 7.5 million.

Learn more: How to protect your company from insiders threats?

But, what is the Sodinokibi ransomware and how does it work?

Sodinokibi is a family of ransomware that affects Windows systems and encrypts important files, requesting a cash amount to decrypt them. The ransomware creators are also associated with other malicious software, GandCrab, which was already linked to approximately 40% of global ransomware infections before being retired by its creators in June 2019. Thus, one can already have an idea of the potential for Sodinokibi infection.

The first difference noticed by users when having their device infected by ransomware is an infection warning, when the files are already encrypted. The ransom instructions are also visible on the user’s Desktop.

More than ever, cyberattacks through ransomware are among the biggest risks for organizations of all sizes and industries. According to the Mid-Year Threat Landscape Report 2020, there was a 750% increase in attack attempts through malicious software involving ransoms. And not only is the number of these attacks increasing but so is their sophistication.

In many cases, malicious attackers use threats against their victims to leak encrypted data, something that can compel them to pay the high amounts required as a ransom. One of the causes is the heavy sanctions that organizations are subject to in case of data leaks. If the leak involves personal data of European citizens and the organization is subject to GDPR, the fine could reach up to 50 million euros. If it takes place in Brazil and the LGPD is applied, this amount can reach up to 50 million reais.

One of the ways to mitigate the risks associated with a ransomware infection is to ensure that security updates are applied as soon as they are released by developers. By doing this, one can prevent malicious attackers from exploiting vulnerabilities to infect the environment. The implementation of features such as Multifactor Authentication is another strategy that prevents hackers from moving laterally through the environment and infecting even more endpoints.

Cybersecurity teams must also perform backups of their systems, as well as periodic testing as part of their disaster recovery and incident response plans. Thus, it is possible to guarantee that the systems are recovered without the need to pay a ransom.

Deploying a PAM solution such as senhasegura is also an excellent way to mitigate cybersecurity (and business) risks associated with ransomware infection.

Through our Privilege Elevation and Delegation Management solution, senhasegura.go, one can segregate access to sensitive information, isolating critical environments, and correlating events to identify any suspicious behavior. By controlling lists of authorized, notified, and blocked actions with different permissions for each user, senhasegura.go allows reducing the risks linked to the installation of malicious software and abuse of privilege, which can compromise the environment. Finally, through senhasegura, one can overcome the challenges of implementing controls for data protection legislation such as GDPR and LGPD, as well as PCI, ISO, SOX, and NIST regulations, with the automation of privileged access controls to achieve maturity in the audited processes.

About Version 2
Version 2 is one of the most dynamic IT companies in Asia. The company develops and distributes IT products for Internet and IP-based networks, including communication systems, Internet software, security, network, and media products. Through an extensive network of channels, point of sales, resellers, and partnership companies, Version 2 offers quality products and services which are highly acclaimed in the market. Its customers cover a wide spectrum which include Global 1000 enterprises, regional listed companies, public utilities, Government, a vast number of successful SMEs, and consumers in various Asian cities.

About Senhasegura
Senhasegura strive to ensure the sovereignty of companies over actions and privileged information. To this end, we work against data theft through traceability of administrator actions on networks, servers, databases and a multitude of devices. In addition, we pursue compliance with auditing requirements and the most demanding standards, including PCI DSS, Sarbanes-Oxley, ISO 27001 and HIPAA.

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ESET CEO Richard Marko to help the Cybersecurity Tech Accord and UN offices bring innovative digital solutions as a judge on Apps 4 Digital Peace competition panel

Bratislava – Richard Marko, CEO of ESET, a global leader in cybersecurity, has been invited to judge the first-of-its-kind Apps 4 Digital Peace Competition organized by the Cybersecurity Tech Accord, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA), and the https://www.un.org/youthenvoy/.

The competition was created in response to the dramatic increase in the malicious use of information and technology by state and non-state actors. Given the possible threat to international peace and security, these organizations felt a need to encourage the brightest young minds to help develop technology solutions to limit the use of the internet as a domain of conflict, and to increase the security and stability of our online environment.

Through ESET’s involvement as a signatory of the Cybersecurity Tech Accord, Mr. Marko will join a panel of distinguished judges to help stimulate new and ethical thinking from young innovators across the world. The other members of the panel are Alex Stamos, director, Stanford Internet Observatory and former Facebook CISO; Damir “Gaus” Rajnovic, cybersecurity manager of Panasonic; Kim Zetter, award-winning journalist covering cybersecurity and national security issues; Liis Vihul, CEO, Cyber Law International; and Jayathma Wickramanayake, the UN Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth.

Five finalists are in the running to receive both cash prizes and networking opportunities that will help get their ideas off the ground. The winners will be invited to attend the Cybersecurity Tech Accord’s annual meeting to present their Apps 4 Digital Peace submission to some of the world’s leading technology companies committed to improving security online for users everywhere.

“It is a privilege to serve on the judging panel for the first-ever Apps 4 Digital Peace Competition,” said Mr. Marko. “At ESET we are passionate about making technology safer for everyone, and we are proud to empower the leaders of tomorrow in creating and developing innovative solutions that promote digital peace.”

“I’m excited to see what these bright, young minds create to tackle the many challenges that the cyber world brings,” said Tony Anscombe, Chief Security Evangelist at ESET. “Our youth innovators are the future of cybersecurity. Their contributions will help form cyber hygiene practices, protect infrastructure and promote responsible online behavior, creating a positive impact in our online world.”

The Apps 4 Digital Peace Competition Virtual Award Ceremony will take place on September 21 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm EDT. Click here to register to watch the ceremony.

About Version 2
Version 2 is one of the most dynamic IT companies in Asia. The company develops and distributes IT products for Internet and IP-based networks, including communication systems, Internet software, security, network, and media products. Through an extensive network of channels, point of sales, resellers, and partnership companies, Version 2 offers quality products and services which are highly acclaimed in the market. Its customers cover a wide spectrum which include Global 1000 enterprises, regional listed companies, public utilities, Government, a vast number of successful SMEs, and consumers in various Asian cities.

About ESET
For 30 years, ESET® has been developing industry-leading IT security software and services for businesses and consumers worldwide. With solutions ranging from endpoint security to encryption and two-factor authentication, ESET’s high-performing, easy-to-use products give individuals and businesses the peace of mind to enjoy the full potential of their technology. ESET unobtrusively protects and monitors 24/7, updating defenses in real time to keep users safe and businesses running without interruption. Evolving threats require an evolving IT security company. Backed by R&D facilities worldwide, ESET became the first IT security company to earn 100 Virus Bulletin VB100 awards, identifying every single “in-the-wild” malware without interruption since 2003.

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