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JEGS Launches Modern, Secure Payments Powered by PhaseZero.ai
JEGS Selects PhaseZero to Modernize Payments – Delivering Secure, Scalable Checkout with PCI-DSS Compliance and Mobile Wallet Support as the Foundation for Customer Experience Transformation
LOS ALTOS, Calif., Mar. 19, 2026 / PRZen / PhaseZero.ai, a leading provider of AI-native, composable commerce solutions, today announced that JEGS has launched a new enterprise-grade payments platform powered by PhaseZero Payment Solutions. The deployment brings together Stripe for global payment processing, tokenization, and checkout experiences including Stripe Radar, and Kount for fraud prevention, helping JEGS deliver a more secure, scalable, and resilient checkout while coexisting with critical operational workflows.
The platform went live in time for the holiday season and handled high transaction volumes during peak shopping periods, validating performance, reliability, and uptime when it mattered most.

Modern payments without disrupting core operations
Modernizing payments is rarely just a checkout project. Commerce teams need stronger fraud controls and a smoother buying experience, but they still must support complex order, fulfillment, and settlement processes, often across legacy enterprise systems. For JEGS, that meant improving the customer experience, security and regulatory compliance, while maintaining existing enterprise order fulfillment and operational systems and business processes.

PhaseZero Payment Solutions serves as an orchestration layer between checkout, payment providers, fraud services, and enterprise systems. It supports core payment capabilities including authentication, authorization, capture, refund, and transaction status-without requiring disruptive downstream changes. It also supports shipment-based capture and split-shipment scenarios.

The integrated PhaseZero-Stripe solution enables authorization at checkout while allowing capture and settlement to remain driven by enterprise systems-separating customer experience from backend complexity without giving up control.

A secure foundation built for modern checkout
At the center of the platform is a tokenized payments architecture designed to eliminate exposure of raw card data. With Stripe Elements/Checkout, card details are collected securely to support PCI-DSS compliance and strengthen data security. Tokenization replaces raw card data with secure payment tokens, reducing risk across systems while supporting future payment scenarios and expanded payment methods.

On the fraud side, PhaseZero and Kount enable earlier risk assessment prior to authorization. Pre-authorization verification signals-such as email, address, and phone validation-help identify suspicious activity sooner, reducing downstream chargebacks and manual review. Stripe Radar adds an additional layer of fraud detection within the Stripe processing flow.

Reliability is engineered into the end-to-end experience using event-driven provider updates. Payment status can still be recorded if a customer’s browser session is interrupted, helping maintain consistent outcomes across devices and connection conditions-especially during patchy cell coverage and high-volume periods.

Flexible payments that meet customers where they are
JEGS customers expect fast checkout and the payment methods they prefer. Built on PhaseZero CxCommerce and Stripe’s payments platform, the solution is designed to add payment methods over time with minimal integration overhead. The architecture also supports wallet options, including Apple Pay and Google Pay, helping reduce checkout friction and improve conversion on supported devices.

Strategic solution portfolio: PhaseZero + Stripe + Kount
Together, PhaseZero, Stripe, and Kount provide a modern, composable payments portfolio for digital commerce:
- PhaseZero Payment Solutions: orchestration layer that connects checkout, payment providers, fraud services, and enterprise workflows to modernize without disrupting operations.
- Stripe: global payment processing, tokenization, modern checkout experiences, and fraud detection with Stripe Radar.
- Kount: machine-learning-driven fraud prevention and risk decisioning integrated into the payment flow to strengthen fraud checks and reduce friction for legitimate customers.
Customer perspective
“PhaseZero helped us modernize payments in a way that strengthened security and improved the buying experience, without disrupting the systems and fulfillment processes that power our business,” said Gabe Mendoza, Chief Executive Officer of JEGS. “The PhaseZero team executed quickly and efficiently, delivering a modern foundation with tokenized card processing, stronger fraud prevention, and expanded payment options for our customers.”

PhaseZero perspective
“Commerce leaders don’t just need new technology, they need better buying experiences delivered quickly and at enterprise scale,” said Ram Chandrasekar, Chief Executive Officer of PhaseZero.ai. “Our composable approach and best-in-class integrations with Stripe and Kount help customers accelerate time to market while meeting the scale, complexity, and reliability their business demands. We work as a strategic partner, bringing deep commerce and industry expertise to every transformation.”

About JEGS
Since 1960, JEGS has been the go-to source for high-performance parts and expert support. From street machines to race-ready builds, JEGS is committed to helping enthusiasts achieve their goals with quality parts, trusted advice, and fast shipping.

About PhaseZero.ai
PhaseZero.ai delivers a composable, agentic AI commerce platform that helps manufacturers, distributors, and complex B2B and B2C businesses transform their commerce experience through seamless integration with existing IT systems. Combining MACH architecture, deep domain expertise, and best-in-class partner integrations, PhaseZero accelerates time to market and delivers a unified, high-performance buying experience for customers and employees.

Learn more at www.phasezero.ai

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March 20, 2026
Jonathan Whistman & Andy Elliott Release New Book on Building Successful, Data-Driven Sales Teams

SCOTTSDALE, AZ, UNITED STATES, March 20, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Jonathan Whistman, bestselling author of “The Sales Boss,” announced the release of his new book “Unrecruitable: Build The Sales Team Your Competition Can’t Steal or Beat.” The book is co-authored with sales training leader Andy Elliott, founder of Elliott Hire, and launched February 2026.

The book addresses a critical business problem in sales. Sales representative turnover averages 35% annually, nearly three times higher than other professions. This costs companies between one and two-and-a-half times each employee’s salary in recruiting, training, and lost opportunities.

“Most sales teams are broken because leaders hire by gut instinct and hope culture will fix itself,” said Whistman.

“Unrecruitable shows you how to engineer both: predictive hiring that identifies top performers before they’re hired, and Sacred Rhythms that create cultures so strong your best people become impossible to steal.”

Two Methodologies, One System
Unrecruitable combines Whistman’s Sales Boss frameworks for culture design and predictive hiring with Elliott’s Warrior protocols for daily training and mental toughness. The result is The Performance Machine, a complete operating system for building elite sales organizations.

Whistman has spent twenty years studying what separates top sales leaders. He has observed over 2,500 sales calls and developed predictive models through his company WhoHire. Elliott has trained over 500,000 salespeople across 10,000+ companies, building a nine-figure business through his Elliott Hire and Elliott Army methodologies.

“Jonathan designs the blueprint. I bring the intensity to execute it,” said Elliott.

“When you combine precise systems with relentless execution, you build teams that competitors can’t steal and can’t beat.”

Proven at Scale
The system has transformed organizations including A1 Garage Door Service, led by industry leader Tommy Mello. Mello experienced dramatic improvements in team quality and retention after implementing the methodology.

“This is the most unbelievable technology I’ve ever seen,” said Mello.

“Jonathan fixed our hiring, helped us build top performers, and created a system that actually works.”

The book includes a complete 90-day implementation playbook with specific tools, scripts, and frameworks. Readers get the Monday Fear Test diagnostic, Sacred Rhythms calendar, hiring protocols, and daily training drills.

Availability
Unrecruitable: Build The Sales Team Your Competition Can’t Steal or Beat launched February 2026 at www.unrecruitable.com.

About the Authors
Jonathan Whistman is author of “The Sales Boss” (Wiley) and founder of WhoHire. His human-powered performance systems help organizations build elite teams through predictive hiring and culture engineering.

Andy Elliott is founder of Elliott Hire and creator of the Elliott Army training system, having trained over 500,000 salespeople worldwide. He built a nine-figure company focused on mental toughness, daily training, and brotherhood.

Layne Ogle
WhoHire
+1 785-241-8138
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Jonathan Whistman on the Capability Amplifier podcast with Mike Koenigs

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March 20, 2026
Paralight.ai, Launches a Revolutionary AI Filmmaking Platform — Empowering Anyone to Create Hollywood-Level Films

LOS ANGELES, CA, UNITED STATES, March 19, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Paralight.ai, a groundbreaking AI-powered filmmaking platform created by Lee Baker, has officially launched, introducing a new era in film and television production by enabling anyone to create cinematic-quality content without traditional production constraints.

Paralight integrates screenwriting, production, and post-production into a single AI-driven environment, allowing creators to transform ideas into fully realized films and television shows. The platform leverages advanced generative AI to automate key elements of filmmaking, including character creation, scene generation, cinematography, and video rendering.

Paralight is designed to revolutionize filmmaking, reducing production time, lowering costs dramatically, and making cinematic storytelling accessible to anyone with a vision.

“Paralight represents a fundamental shift in how stories are brought to life,” said Lee Baker, Founder and CEO of Paralight. “For the first time, creators anywhere in the world can produce films at a level that previously required massive budgets and studio infrastructure.”

A New Category in Entertainment Technology

Paralight addresses a longstanding gap in the market. While millions of screenplays are written globally each year, less than 0.03% of scripts are ever produced. Paralight eliminates this bottleneck by enabling users to both write and produce their content within a unified platform.

The system analyzes scripts and automatically generates characters and character assets, scene breakdowns and shot lists, visual imagery and video sequences and dialogue with voice and lip synchronization.

This end-to-end capability positions Paralight as a new category leader in AI-driven entertainment production. “This is the democratization of filmmaking,” said Keith L. Craig, Chief Operating Officer of Paralight. “We are entering an era where creativity—not budget—determines success.”

Paralight+ Streaming Platform

In addition to content creation, Paralight is developing Paralight+, a streaming platform designed to distribute user-generated films and television shows globally. Paralight+ will feature curated Film and Television categories, a Community-driven content section and subscription-based viewing similar to major streaming services.

The company expects this platform to empower filmmakers and dreamers worldwide, redefining how content is created, distributed, and consumed across the global streaming ecosystem.

Hollywood-Backed Leadership and Legacy IP

Paralight’s leadership team brings deep experience in the entertainment industry.

Founder Lee Baker previously collaborated with Stan Lee on the original intellectual property LEGION OF 5, a major motion picture currently being produced using the Paralight.ai platform. Baker serves as writer and director on the project. Expanding the franchise, the team is also developing LEGION CHAMPIONS, a video game based on the same universe.

The release and strategic expansion of Paralight and LEGION OF 5 is being directed by Keith L. Craig, former executive at The Walt Disney Company. Craig has contributed to the release of major films from Marvel, LucasFilm and Pixar including titles such as Black Panther, Academy Award winning Coco and Avengers: Endgame one of the highest grossing films of all time.

About Paralight

Paralight is an AI-powered filmmaking platform that enables users to write, produce, and distribute films and television content within a single integrated environment. By combining advanced generative AI with professional storytelling tools, Paralight is redefining how content is created and delivered worldwide

Keith L. Craig, COO
Paralight Studios
801-916-2526
keithlcraig@paralight.ai

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March 19, 2026
StoreEase Launches AI Voice Agent within the EaseOS Platform to Transform Customer Communication in Self-Storage

Transformative, Purpose-Built AI Voice Platform – Automates Customer Calls, Captures More Leads, and Ensures Self-Storage Operators Never Miss an Opportunity

This is the most advanced AI voice agent ever built for the self-storage industry, said Josh Boyd, Founder & CEO of StoreEase”
— Josh Boyd, Founder & CEO of StoreEase

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, UNITED STATES, March 19, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — StoreEase today announced the launch of its AI Voice Agent, an intelligent voice platform designed specifically for the operational needs of the self-storage industry. The new solution helps operators manage customer calls more effectively, capture rental opportunities, and provide consistent service across every interaction.

Customer calls remain one of the most important channels for self-storage operators. However, high call volumes, limited staffing coverage, and fragmented systems often result in missed leads, long hold times, and inconsistent service experiences.

StoreEase’s AI Voice Agent addresses these challenges by introducing a purpose-built voice system that understands self-storage operations and actively supports both customers and onsite teams.

Early deployments of the platform have demonstrated strong performance across key operational metrics, including:

• AI answers 100% of calls 24/7 and resolves requests or routes accordingly
• Captures 2.1x the sales leads (vs. traditional IVR)
• Over 65% of ALL non-sales calls resolved by AI

StoreEase expects to continually increase the resolution percentage of all calls, ultimately requiring less staff intervention while maintaining an excellent customer experience. These capabilities help ensure that customers receive quick answers while enabling facility teams to focus their time on higher-value interactions.
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Designed for Revenue Capture and Customer Convenience

The AI Voice Agent is designed to capture every rental opportunity and escalate qualified conversations to human agents with full context, enabling more effective and seamless sales interactions.
When prospective renters call a facility, the system identifies sales inquiries and routes them appropriately. As soon as the AI agent identifies the sales call and even before a human answers, the platform automatically captures the lead and creates it within the operator’s property management system (PMS), ensuring that no potential rental opportunity is lost.
In addition, the platform enables fully automated rentals, outside normal business hours, allowing customers to reserve and rent units when it is most convenient for them.
By extending rental availability beyond traditional operating schedules, operators can unlock incremental revenue opportunities while delivering a modern customer experience.
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Intelligent Routing for Better Customer Service

Self-storage operations often involve a wide range of customer inquiries, from new rentals to billing questions and account management. Outdated IVR systems, relying on customers choosing from a wide range of options, have a high degree of error in identifying sales and service opportunities.
StoreEase’s AI Voice Agent uses contextual understanding to identify the purpose of each call and route it appropriately. With 98% routing accuracy, the platform ensures that sales calls reach the right team members and service requests are handled efficiently.
This skills-based routing approach improves response times, increases sales conversions, and helps facilities deliver a more professional and seamless customer experience.
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Built Specifically for Self-Storage

Unlike generic call center automation tools, StoreEase’s AI Voice Agent was developed specifically for the workflows to meet the challenge of specific self-storage operations. The system integrates directly with facility management software and operational workflows, allowing operators to deploy intelligent automation without disrupting existing systems.
The result is a voice platform that works alongside facility teams to ensure that customer calls are answered, leads are captured, and service requests are handled quickly and accurately.
“This is the most advanced AI voice agent ever built for the self-storage industry,” said Josh Boyd, Founder and CEO of StoreEase. “The true measure of AI is not just customer satisfaction, but what the system is able to accomplish. Because our platform is built as a complete operating environment covering every channel, we can measure the entire customer journey end to end. That visibility allows us to continuously optimize performance, capture more rental opportunities, and deliver one of the most effective AI-driven workflows in the industry.”

For more information, visit www.EaseOS.ai or contact:
Kelsey Simms: Kelsey.Simms@StoreEase.com

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About StoreEase:

StoreEase is a technology and management company transforming the self-storage industry through innovation. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, with engineering offices in San Francisco, California, StoreEase developed EaseOS, a proprietary AI-native operating system designed to digitize and optimize storage operations.

EaseOS integrates specialized AI agents, software, smart hardware, and data systems into a unified platform that enables facilities to reduce payroll while optimizing customer experience, drive revenues, and enhance operational efficiency.

Today, StoreEase powers over 450 self-storage locations across 35 states and directly operates approximately 65 facilities, while supporting 385 white label locations.

Company – www.Storeease.com
Proprietary Tech – www.EaseOS.ai

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StoreEase
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March 19, 2026
Aleria to Deploy NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra and NVIDIA DGX Vera Rubin NVL72 to Power Sovereign AI Infrastructure with DDN

8,640 NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra GPUs to power sovereign AI workloads in US with plans to expand to 16,000

SAN JOSE, CA, UNITED STATES, March 19, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Aleria, a sovereign AI infrastructure provider, today announced a major expansion of its sovereign AI infrastructure with NVIDIA technology. The expansion brings 8,640 NVIDIA Grace Blackwell Ultra GPUs to the United States, with plans to expand to 16,000, and deliver 28 racks of NVIDIA DGX Vera Rubin NVL72 to the UAE, marking one of the first deployments of this class of system in the region.

Aleria has already demonstrated that sovereign AI factories can be deployed and operated at national scale. This expansion reflects the confidence of governments and national enterprises in that proven model, and their commitment to scaling AI capability on infrastructure they fully own and control. Both the US and UAE expansions are built on the same NVIDIA accelerated computing and DDN high-performance storage architecture that underpins Aleria’s existing live deployments. The deployment includes NVIDIA’s comprehensive AI software portfolio for cutting-edge capabilities with full data sovereignty to superpower Aleria with the latest libraries, including NVIDIA cuDF and cuVS.

“We did not come to market with a promise. We came with working infrastructure. Our sovereign AI structure is live in the UAE, running national workloads, and the results are what are driving this expansion. Deploying NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra in the United States, and DGX Vera Rubin to come in the UAE is the next chapter of something already proven.” – Eric Leandri, CEO, Aleria

Scaling What Works
Aleria’s sovereign AI factory infrastructure is already operational across the United States and the UAE, serving government entities, critical infrastructure operators, and national enterprises. The expansion adds 16,000 NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra GPUs in the United States, an increase that reflects the scale of demand from Aleria’s existing customer base. Connected with NVIDIA Quantum-X800 InfiniBand and Spectrum-X Ethernet networking and anchored by a 25 megawatt data center built for secure, sovereign AI operations, the deployment is sized to meet national workload requirements today and grow with them.
In the UAE, Aleria plans to deploy 28 racks of DGX Vera Rubin NVL72 systems, one of the first deployments of this class in the region. The deployment responds directly to growing demand from governments and enterprises building sovereign AI capability within their own borders.

Together, these expansions demonstrate a repeatable, proven model for national-scale sovereign AI: infrastructure that governments and national enterprises can own, operate, and scale with confidence.

“Sovereign AI infrastructure provides nations and regions with critical resources for managing their most critical assets — their data. Aleria’s NVIDIA-powered sovereign AI factories provide the region with efficient, full-stack computing for the AI industrial revolution.” – Marc Domenech, Vice President Enterprise META and CIS Region, NVIDIA

Proven at National Scale
Aleria’s infrastructure is built to move AI adoption beyond pilot programmes to operational deployment at scale. Supported verticals include government, financial services, healthcare, energy, utilities, and telecommunications, sectors where data residency requirements and regulatory constraints make sovereign deployment essential.

The scale of this expansion is a direct consequence of what has already been built and proven. Aleria’s customers are not evaluating sovereign AI. They are operating it, and they are growing it.

Aleria’s role extends beyond infrastructure deployment. Built on top of NVIDIA accelerated computing and DDN storage, Aleria operates as the sovereign intelligence layer that converts raw compute into production-ready AI capability. This includes a full platform spanning data management, enterprise applications, and video AI, all pre-integrated and designed to be operated by governments and national enterprises without requiring internal machine learning expertise. Customers do not receive GPUs. They receive a complete, sovereign AI capability, from infrastructure to intelligence, running entirely within their own jurisdiction. The Aleria platform spans five layers, accelerated by NVIDIA: Cloud/GPU Orchestration (with NVIDIA Dynamo and NVIDIA NIM microservices); Big Data Fusion (with NVIDIA cuDF and cuVS); Agentic Platform (with NVIDIA NeMo); Industry and Consumer SuperApp delivering AI to citizens’ hands.

“The expansion brings together NVIDIA accelerated computing and DDN high-performance storage. NVIDIA AI infrastructure underpins large-scale training and inference at both sites. DDN delivers multi-petabyte storage systems engineered for data-intensive AI factory environments,” -Ankur Arora, Senior Regional Director Middle East and Africa at DDN.

About Aleria
Aleria is a sovereign AI infrastructure and platform provider trusted by governments and national enterprises.

Jerome Freani
ALERIA TECHNOLOGY – L.L.C
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March 19, 2026
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® Makes Strategic Investment in Ethica Al

SACRAMENTO, CA, UNITED STATES, March 19, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — The CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS^® (C.A.R.) has made a strategic investment in Ethica Al, a provider of Al-native tools for real estate professionals. This investment reinforces a shared commitment to advancing responsible, practical Al solutions purpose-built for the real estate industry.

The investment deepens the existing relationship between Real Estate Business Services, LLC (REBS), a subsidiary of C.A.R., and Ethica Al, and reflects confidence in the company’s long-term vision to modernize transaction workflows, improve compliance, and reduce friction for REALTORS^® operating in an increasingly complex market.

“C.A.R. is committed to supporting innovation that delivers real value to our members,” said C.A.R. President Tamara Suminski. “Ethica Al has demonstrated a thoughtful approach to applying Al in ways that align with the needs, responsibilities, and expectations of REALTORS^®.”

Ethica Al develops Al native platforms purposely built for real estate professionals, with products like VoicePilot that bring voice-driven workflow, transaction guidance, and client engagement into a more natural and efficient experience. Ethica is focused on empowering agents with tools that reduce friction, support better decision making, and fit the realities of the industry. Trust, transparency, and industry alignment are core to that approach.

“We view this investment as a strong vote of confidence from one of the largest REALTOR^® associations in the country,” said Judd D. Hoffman, Co-Founder and CEO of Ethica Al. “C.A.R.’s support validates our belief that Al in real estate must be built with the industry, for the industry, and always in service of better outcomes for agents and consumers.”

The investment will support continued product development, deeper collaboration with industry stakeholders, and expanded deployment of Ethica Al’s platforms across the REALTOR^® ecosystem.

About Ethica Al
Founded in 2023, Ethica Al builds Al-native tools for real estate professionals focused on transaction efficiency, compliance, and client experience. The company partners with agents, brokerages, and industry organizations to deliver technology that supports how real estate actually works. Learn more at www.heyethica.com.

About the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS^®
Leading the way in California real estate for more than 120 years, the CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS^® represents nearly 190,000 members dedicated to professionalism and the advancement of the real estate industry. C.A.R. is headquartered in Sacramento.

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March 19, 2026
Phoenix Cyber Wins 2026 Cybersecurity Service Provider of the Year Award

Annual awards program recognizes the company’s excellence in cybersecurity innovation, measurable mission impact, and operational maturity

“Being recognized alongside the industry’s best reinforces our commitment to innovation and mission-first service delivery.” ”
— Brian Kafenbaum, managing partner of Phoenix Cyber

PHOENIX, AZ, UNITED STATES, March 19, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Phoenix Cyber, a premier provider of cybersecurity professional services to enterprises and the federal government, announced today that it has been named a 2026 Gold Award winner in the Cybersecurity Service Provider of the Year category of the Cybersecurity Excellence Awards. Presented by Cybersecurity Insiders and supported by a community of more than 600,000 information security professionals, the awards program has recognized top cybersecurity achievements worldwide for more than a decade.

The Cybersecurity Excellence Awards evaluate companies on the strength of their nomination, including demonstrated innovation, operational impact, and industry leadership. Phoenix Cyber earned the designation based on the company’s 14-year track record of delivering measurable cybersecurity outcomes for federal agencies and Fortune 500 enterprises.

Central to the nomination was Phoenix Cyber’s transformation of a major U.S. Federal Government Agency’s Security Operations Center (SOC). The team deployed a cutting-edge security orchestration, automation and response (SOAR) platform integrated with security incident event management (SIEM), ticketing, collaboration, and other security systems, resulting in over 2 million automated actions, 50,000 automated records, and 100,000 in annual labor-hour savings, which amounted to more than $40 million saved over five years. Detection and resolution times improved by approximately 90 percent, shifting the SOC from reactive operations to proactive threat management.

“This award is a tremendous validation of the work our team delivers every day for our customers,” said Brian Kafenbaum, managing partner of Phoenix Cyber. “We have built our reputation on driving real, quantifiable improvements through automation, orchestration, and deep technical expertise. Being recognized alongside the industry’s best reinforces our commitment to innovation and mission-first service delivery.”

“We congratulate Phoenix Cyber on this outstanding achievement,” said Holger Schulze, founder of Cybersecurity Insiders and organizer of the Cybersecurity Excellence Awards. “As we celebrate 10 years of recognizing excellence in cybersecurity, your innovation, commitment, and leadership set a powerful example for the entire industry.”

Phoenix Cyber holds ISO 9001, ISO/IEC 27001, and ISO/IEC 20000-1 certifications alongside a CMMI Level 3 appraisal, demonstrating that its quality management, information security, and IT service delivery processes meet globally recognized standards. The company also recently secured the GSA OASIS+ Small Business IDIQ and the GSA MAS Highly Adaptive Cybersecurity Services (HACS) SIN contracts, further expanding its ability to deliver cybersecurity and technology services at scale across the federal government.

Brian Kafenbaum
Phoenix Cyber
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March 19, 2026
EPC Group Unveils AI‑Driven Exchange Migrations, AI‑Powered SharePoint Emergency Support & AI‑First M365 Migrations

Firm expands AI‑driven Exchange & SharePoint emergency services, AI‑first Microsoft 365 & G‑Suite migrations, and AI modernization for cloud transformation.

Our AI‑driven Exchange migrations & AI‑powered SharePoint emergency services are built for moments when downtime is not an option, using automation & Microsoft 365 best practices.”
— Errin O’Connor, Founder & Chief AI Architect, EPC Group

HOUSTON, TX, UNITED STATES, March 19, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — EPC Group, a global leader in Microsoft 365, cloud migration & AI‑driven Microsoft technologies, today announced the expansion of its AI‑driven Exchange Migration, AI‑Powered SharePoint Emergency Support & AI‑First Microsoft 365 Migration services for enterprise organizations. These offerings are designed to help organizations rapidly exit legacy platforms, stabilize critical collaboration systems & modernize content across Exchange, SharePoint & Microsoft 365 using automation & artificial intelligence.

With more than 29 years of Microsoft consulting experience & over 5,200 successful Microsoft platform implementations worldwide, EPC Group has become a go‑to partner for complex cloud migrations, M&A‑driven consolidations & emergency recovery initiatives. The firm’s AI migration portfolio spans Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, Power BI, Microsoft Fabric as well as large‑scale Google Workspace Gmail G-Suite to Microsoft 365 transitions for large scale M&A efforts.

Addressing urgent enterprise challenges

Enterprise IT teams are under increasing pressure to exit unsupported Exchange servers, rescue unstable SharePoint deployments & consolidate multiple cloud environments created through mergers & acquisitions. Many organizations also need to migrate from fragmented Google Workspace implementations to a unified Microsoft 365 tenant while cleaning up years of unstructured data spread across file shares & legacy ECM platforms.

EPC Group’s expanded AIservices directly address these challenges with a combination of:

-24/7 AI‑powered Exchange & SharePoint emergency response.
-Structured AI‑first Microsoft 365 & Azure cloud migration frameworks.
-Proven AI‑assisted G‑Suite‑to‑Microsoft 365 migration methodologies used in hundreds of projects.
-AI‑driven automation for content classification, metadata tagging & information architecture.
-AI‑driven Exchange migration and emergency stabilization

EPC Group provides rapid‑response AI‑driven Exchange support for organizations facing server failures, hybrid environment instability, performance degradation, or urgent needs to move to Exchange Online. Using hybrid configuration support, AI‑assisted assessment, delta‑sync pipelines, and near‑zero‑downtime cutover methods, the firm enables organizations to migrate from Exchange Server 2010, 2013, 2016, or 2019 to Microsoft 365 with cutover windows often measured in hours instead of days.

“Our AI‑driven Exchange migrations are frequently engaged when downtime is no longer acceptable & the business is at risk,” said Errin O’Connor, Founder & Chief AI Architect of EPC Group, a two‑time New York Times bestselling author & recognized Top 10 AI Architect in North America. “The combination of AI‑based analysis, hybrid Exchange design, continuous delta‑sync & automated validation allows us to get organizations off legacy platforms quickly, securely &and with full coexistence during the transition.”

AI‑powered SharePoint Emergency Support and Recovery

EPC Group has also expanded its AI‑Powered SharePoint Emergency Support Services for organizations dealing with broken, unstable, or partially migrated environments. Typical scenarios include failed upgrades, incomplete migrations to SharePoint Online, performance bottlenecks in large document libraries, and complex permission or compliance issues across on‑premises and cloud estates.

By combining deep SharePoint architecture expertise with AI‑assisted assessment & remediation tooling, EPC Group’s teams rapidly stabilize critical workloads, restore access to business content & redesign information architecture to support long‑term Microsoft 365 and AI adoption.

AI‑first Microsoft 365 cloud migration & M&A consolidation

A core focus of the expanded offering is AI‑First Microsoft 365 migration and tenant‑to‑tenant consolidation for organizations undergoing mergers, acquisitions, or divestitures. EPC Group has led multi‑tenant consolidation programs—including projects involving more than 30 acquired organizations & petabytes of email & collaboration data—while maintaining zero data loss & full regulatory compliance.

These AI‑first engagements cover:

-Tenant‑to‑tenant Microsoft 365 migrations for Exchange, SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive, and Power BI.
-AI‑assisted identity, permissions & security model consolidation across multiple directories.
-Hybrid scenarios connecting on‑premises systems to Azure & Microsoft 365 during transition.
-Cutover strategies engineered for 24×7 operations with near‑zero downtime.

AI‑enhanced G‑Suite (Google Workspace) to Microsoft 365 migration

EPC Group has completed hundreds of Google Workspace to Microsoft 365 migrations, including projects with tens of thousands of users & hundreds of terabytes of Gmail & Google Drive content. The firm’s AI‑enhanced methodology covers Gmail to Exchange Online, Google Drive to SharePoint & OneDrive, Google Calendar to Outlook & Google Chat & Meet to Microsoft Teams while preserving metadata, folder structures, sharing models & security.

“Over the past several years we’ve become one of North America’s most experienced Google Workspace‑to‑Microsoft 365 migration partners, helping organizations standardize on Microsoft 365 as their long‑term collaboration platform,” O’Connor added.

AI‑driven metadata tagging and content modernization

A key differentiator in EPC Group’s migration approach is the use of AI‑driven automation frameworks to analyze, classify & restructure unstructured content as it moves into Microsoft 365. Many organizations carry decades of unmanaged files across network shares and legacy ECM systems that lack consistent metadata, security & retention policies.

EPC Group applies AI‑based classification, automated metadata tagging & pattern‑driven information architecture design to:

-Deduplicate redundant content and reduce storage footprint.
-Enrich documents with business‑relevant metadata and sensitivity labels.
-Improve search, eDiscovery & compliance capabilities across Microsoft 365.
-Prepare content for downstream analytics, Copilot & Microsoft Fabric experiences.

These capabilities extend the firm’s broader AI consulting & cloud migration practice, which integrates Microsoft 365, Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, Azure AI, & Copilot into unified digital workplace architectures.

Integrated cloud migration & Microsoft 365 AI practice

EPC Group’s AI‑First Microsoft 365 & cloud migration practice delivers end‑to‑end services including discovery & assessment, migration planning, pilot & phased cutovers, security & compliance hardening & post‑migration optimization. The firm’s methodologies have been applied to environments with more than 10,000 users, millions of documents & strict regulatory requirements.

Founded in 1997, EPC Group is a global Microsoft consulting firm specializing in AI, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Copilot, Exchange, SharePoint, Power BI, Microsoft Fabric & enterprise cloud migrations. The firm has delivered thousands of successful Microsoft projects worldwide, including large‑scale Microsoft 365 migrations, complex Google Workspace transitions & advanced analytics initiatives. EPC Group’s consulting team combines deep technical expertise with practical implementation methodologies to help organizations modernize collaboration, data analytics, cloud & infrastructure using the Microsoft ecosystem.

Organizations interested in AI‑Driven Exchange Migrations, AI‑Powered SharePoint Emergency Support, or AI‑First Microsoft 365 migrations can learn more at www.epcgroup.net, schedule a strategy session with EPC Group’s cloud migration experts by contacting EPC Group at contact@epcgroup.net or (888) 381‑9725.

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March 19, 2026
Styx Intelligence Launches First Cybersecurity Technology to Detect and Stop Disinformation

As cyber attacks shift from hacking systems to manipulating humans, Styx Intelligence helps protect brands, executives, and customers from disinformation

The most dangerous attacks today don’t target infrastructure — they target belief.”
— Karim Ladha, CEO, Styx Intelligence

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA, March 19, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Styx Intelligence, a leading global SaaS cybersecurity organization, today announced the launch of Disinformation Security, a new module within its unified External Digital & Cyber Risk Protection platform. This technology enables enterprises to continuously monitor, assess, and react to disinformation campaigns targeting their brand, executives, and customers.

Disinformation has emerged as one of the most consequential and least-addressed risks in enterprise cybersecurity, with the 2026 World Economic Forum ranking it among the top short-term global technological risks.

“The most dangerous attacks today don’t target infrastructure — they target belief,” said Karim Ladha, CEO of Styx Intelligence. “They spread faster than organizations can respond and create real-world consequences in hours. Every company is now exposed. Being the first to market with Disinformation Security, we’re giving teams the ability to detect and act before those narratives take hold.”

The Growing Risk of Disinformation
Disinformation campaigns follow a predictable pattern: a false narrative is seeded, amplified by coordinated accounts or bots, and quickly believed — often within a 12-24 hour window. What starts as a single post can rapidly escalate into widespread confusion, reputational damage, or financial loss.

Examples include:
– Election-related campaigns where false candidate information or misleading voting guidance is spread to create confusion
– Targeted efforts to discredit brands, products, or services, often driven by coordinated or ideologically motivated actors

Until now, organizations have had limited abilities to identify and address threats that originate entirely outside their perimeter.

A New Layer of Cybersecurity: Catching Disinformation Early
Disinformation Security brings a threat intelligence framework to monitoring public channels — making Styx Intelligence the first cybersecurity platform to treat disinformation as a measurable, actionable risk.

The module integrates directly into the StyxView platform, further enhancing Styx Intelligence’s “External Digital & Cyber Risk Protection” solution that includes brand protection, executive protection, third party risk, dark web monitoring, and attack surface management.

It mitigates threats early by:
– Identifying abnormal activity through a dynamic Disinformation Risk Score
– Tracking how narratives spread and evolve across channels
– Detecting coordinated activity, including bot networks and amplification patterns
– Providing clear evidence to help teams assess risk and respond quickly

When threats are identified, Styx Intelligence enables rapid response by alerting internal teams and initiating automated takedown workflows, accelerating what is typically a slow, manual process.

“Disinformation is not only a reputation issue,” said Santosh Nair, CTO of Styx Intelligence. “When attackers impersonate people and misuse a brand’s identity, they can redirect customers to the wrong place, trigger scams, and create confusion inside the company. Teams need visibility early, with proof, so they can act with confidence.”

Trusted across all major global market sectors including government, finance, retail, health and technology, Styx Intelligence helps teams detect, prioritize, and remediate external digital threats before they escalate.

About Styx Intelligence
Styx Intelligence is a leading global SaaS-based cybersecurity organization, offering a unified, AI-driven External Digital & Cyber Risk Protection platform that protects an organization’s brand, people, and external digital infrastructure from cyber threats. Built on a proprietary framework, Styx Intelligence provides the ability to monitor, detect, and act on brand and executive impersonations, phishing attacks, disinformation campaigns, data leakage, and third-party risks across the open web, social media, and the dark web.

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March 19, 2026
The Divine Art of Music — Event to celebrate 100th anniversary of Paramahansa Yogananda’s devotional chanting in America

Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, Saturday, April 18, 2026

Music that is saturated with soul force is the real universal music, understandable by all hearts.”
— Paramahansa Yogananda

LOS ANGELES, CA, UNITED STATES, March 19, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Self‑Realization Fellowship presents “The Divine Art of Music” on Saturday, April 18, 2026, at New York’s Carnegie Hall, celebrating 100 years since Paramahansa Yogananda — author of Autobiography of a Yogi — introduced Indian devotional chanting (known as kirtan) to thousands of Westerners at the landmark venue.

The event honors Yogananda’s vision of music as a practice for awakening the soul. Attendees will be invited to experience firsthand how chanting focuses the heart, draws the mind inward, and elevates consciousness.

“Music that is saturated with soul force is the real universal music, understandable by all hearts,” wrote Yogananda in the prelude to his Cosmic Chants, a collection of devotional songs inspired by his own direct experience of the Divine. The collection includes original compositions as well as Yogananda’s translations and adaptations of traditional Indian chants, including: “O God Beautiful” by the revered Sikh Guru Nanak; Swami Shankara’s “No Birth, No Death;” the ancient Sanskrit chant “Hymn to Brahma;” and several by Nobel Prize poet Rabindranath Tagore, such as “Who Is in My Temple?” and “Light the Lamp of My Love.”

The program opens with a brief talk by Brother Devananda, a long-time monk of Yogananda’s Self-Realization Fellowship. Drawing from the wisdom of Yogananda, he will share insights into the timeless science and philosophy of Kriya Yoga, its tradition of meditation, and how “soul-saturated songs” serve as a powerful means of divine communion.

The introductory talk will be followed by chanting, led by the Self-Realization Fellowship monks’ kirtan group, with some brief periods of meditation. The chants are from Paramahansa Yogananda’s Cosmic Chants and accompanied by traditional kirtan instruments.

“One who sings these spiritualized songs with true devotion,” said Yogananda, “will find God-communion and ecstatic joy, and through them the healing of body, mind, and soul.”

“My first outstanding experience with Western reaction to Eastern chants.”

On April 18, 1926, Yogananda opened a series of free lectures at Carnegie Hall, where the near 2,800-seat venue was stretched to its limit with more than a thousand people turned away at the door.

“One evening I started to chant ‘O God Beautiful’ and asked the audience, who had never before heard the song, to join me in chanting it,” recalled Yogananda. “For one hour and 25 minutes, the thousands of voices of the entire audience chanted ‘O God Beautiful’ in a divine atmosphere of joyous praise. Even after I had left the stage, the audience sat on, chanting the song. The next day many men and women testified to the God-perception and the healing of body, mind, and soul that had taken place during the sacred chanting, and numerous requests came in to repeat the song at other services.”

Yogananda’s historic appearance at Carnegie Hall in 1926 marked a turning point. He introduced a Western audience to the power of devotional chanting as a universal spiritual practice. Today, chanting has gained widespread popularity with spiritual seekers worldwide, offering a practical way to calm the mind and foster unity through shared spiritual experience.

The evening at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall welcomes both long‑time practitioners and newcomers to experience inner peace and divine communion.

About Paramahansa Yogananda and Self-Realization Fellowship

Paramahansa Yogananda (1893–1952) arrived in America in 1920 from India, an invited delegate to an International Congress of Religious Liberals convening in Boston. There he delivered a speech, “The Science of Religion,” marking a pivotal point for yoga in the West. Yogananda founded Self-Realization Fellowship that same year to disseminate his Kriya Yoga teachings, which have inspired many through the years to live with greater peace, joy, and purpose. Yogananda’s spiritual classic, Autobiography of a Yogi, continues to be recognized as one of the world’s most influential books.

Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF) is the international nonprofit spiritual organization founded in 1920 by Paramahansa Yogananda to introduce to people of all races, cultures, and creeds the ancient science and philosophy of yoga and its time-honored tradition of meditation. Through its spiritual and humanitarian service, the society seeks to foster greater harmony and goodwill among the diverse peoples and nations of the world, and a deeper understanding of the underlying unity of all religions. SRF has more than 600 temples, centers, retreats, and ashrams around the world — including in New York City. In India and surrounding countries, Paramahansa Yogananda’s work is known as Yogoda Satsanga Society of India (YSS), which has more than 200 locations.

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