Innovation has become a core driver of growth, performance, and valuation. Managers often misunderstand the difference between a creative team and an innovative team. A creative mindset can lead to a “different” outcome sometimes. Still, an innovative perspective opens the curious doors of the mind every time, resulting in fresh conceptual products every time
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Tom Rockhill
CCO
Most
Inn vative
Companies
To Watch In
2022
Editor’s Pick
Media Industry and
its’ Digital Transformation
Virtualizing Business
Providing a New Outlook to
Traditional Businesses
Reimagine
Reimagine
Reimagine
Storytelling with
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3.
4. Innovative
Leaders at
the Centre
of Things
company's ability to innovate and make striking
Achanges repeatedly keeps it in the game for a long
time. To tap the fresh value-creating ideas of
creative employees and those of its partners, customers, and
suppliers beyond its boundaries is the true difference
between normal and game-changing organizations.
Innovation has become a core driver of growth,
performance, and valuation. Managers often misunderstand
the difference between a creative team and an innovative
team. A creative mindset can lead to a “different” outcome
sometimes. Still, an innovative perspective opens the
curious doors of the mind every time, resulting in fresh
conceptual products every time.
How a leader reacts to situations sends powerful messages
to their subordinates. Change is naturally connected with
innovation, diverting attention and resources away from
efforts to meet short-term performance targets. Innovation,
more than any other project, may necessitate executives
encouraging employees to win their hearts and minds. A
company needs innovative leaders in its fold to steer the
wheel of growth onto an innovative side. A positive leader
automatically transforms the team forcing team members to
innovate and create daily.
Networks further create a cycle of innovation since fresh
ideas appear to inspire additional new ideas. Furthermore,
effective networks enable people with various types of
knowledge and approaches to problem-solving to share and
cross-fertilize ideas. Leaders extract value from current
resources by focusing on getting the most out of innovation
networks rather than undertaking a large-scale change
management effort. Innovative companies use social-
Editor’s Desk
5. network analysis to diagnose existing networks and
determine their characteristics, such as the frequency
of collaboration and cross-functional connections
among members, as well as identify persons who pay
attention to information and expertise. By clarifying
the mindsets of individuals and groups, this type of
knowledge can also play an important part in
building effective, innovative results.
A recent survey observed that companies that
encourage and promote innovation are much happier
and more productive. When innovative leaders are at
the center of things, it is beneficial for innovative
employees to express their ideas and suggestions
smoothly. This naturally leads to teams being
effective, employees being productive, and the
companies being profitable. This ripple effect of
innovation is observed in most companies that are
change-makers in their respective fields. These
companies dare venture from the usual standards into
the unknown lanes of innovative ideas. This
approach may or may not lead to a successful
outcome but sets an innovation culture in the
organization. That is the only thing that matters,
“Mentality Over Results.”
Turn the page to start an innovative journey!
Raunak Mhetre
Raunak
raunak.mhetre@insightssuccess.com
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Delivering the Best Customer-
Centric IT Solutions
Far Out Solutions
Articles
Media Industry and
its’ Digital Transformation
Editor’s Pick
24
Providing a New Outlook to
Traditional Businesses
Virtualizing
Business
36
28
Accelerating Digital Transformation
Infused Innovations
32
Simple, Straightforward,
Effective Social Media Management
Viral In Nature
40
Reforming Digital Publishing
and Crisis Management
YUDU
42
Tech Evolution
How VideoAmp Evolved the Company Culture
and Process to Increase the Number of
Engineers Employed
20
CXO
Crafting Visually Engaging Stories
Black Box Production
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9. Josh Usheroff
Co-Founder
Black Box Productions provides creative production services in
Montreal and Toront.
Black Box Productions
blackboxproductions.tv
Lawmence Wong
CEO
Cleverus is a team of digital marketing experts that elevate the
presence of businesses through excellent marketing services.
Cleverus Holdings
cleverus.com
Michael Litt
CEO
Vidyard is The Video Platform for Marketing and Sales.
Vidyard
vidyard.com
Shawn Alain
President
Viral In Nature is an award winning social media, reputation
management and web development agency.
Viral In Nature
viralinnature.com
Dave Gullo
Founder and CTO
VideoAmp
videoamp.com
Richard Stephenson
Founder and CEO
YUDU is a applications technology company specializing in
digital publishing and crisis communications.
YUDU
yudu.com
Zaid AlChalabi
COO
Far Out Solution
faroutsolutions.com
Far Out Solutions is a Managed IT Service Provider operating
in 5 continents and 7 countries.
Jeffrey Wilhelm
CEO
Infused Innovations Inc
infusedinnovations.com
Infused Innovations Inc are consultants that operate at the
intersection of technology, business, data, and human
interaction.
VideoAmp is a software and data company.
Description
Company Name Featured Person
Tom Rockhill
CCO
disguise is the platform for creatives and technologists to
imagine, create and deliver spectacular visual, virtual and live
experiences.
disguise
www.disguise.one
11. Most Innovative Companies To Watch In 2022
We're proud to be
part of a worldwide
family of talented artists
and technologists,
who come together
to create some of
the most spectacular
shows around.
12. magine technology that can place real people in virtual
Iworlds, bring digital humans to the physical world, and
place physical and digital humans in a mixed reality
world.
Sounds like a far off futuristic world?
UK company disguise has been pioneering the technology
powering spectacular visual experiences and productions
for 15 years and is now leading the way in providing an
intersection between physical and digital worlds.
disguise is a platform where creatives and technologists can
imagine, create, and deliver spectacular visual experiences
and production environments. With a unique combination
of expert production software and powerful media server
hardware, the disguise platform empowers brands, artists,
and production houses to tell stories that inspire their
audiences.
disguise streamlines complex workflows to empower its
community of users to tell their best story and create
spectacular experiences.
Continually introducing disguise to new markets without
losing sight of existing client demands, disguise Chief
Commercial Officer Tom Rockhill is responsible for
driving growth while ensuring the customer is always kept
top of mind. He has developed a deep understanding of the
products he worked with - from operating broadcast
cameras in his early career, to working with complex
enterprise solutions and emerging technologies today.
Trusted and Advanced Experience
disguise's 20-year history was primarily established within
the live event space, fueling global concert tours for artists
like U2 and Beyoncé, festivals like Coachella and
Glastonbury, and theatre productions like Frozen and Harry
Potter.
If you have seen a spectacular show, installation, product
launch or broadcast production, disguise has probably been
involved.
In the past two years, disguise has led the way in Extended
Reality (xR) for remote virtual production by building a
brand new solution. The company's award-winning xR
workflow has powered over 400 immersive real-time
productions across live entertainment for music artists such
as Katy Perry and Billie Eilish, film and episodic TV
productions for Netflix and Amazon Prime, corporate
presentations for Siemens and Verizon, and live broadcast
programs from Eurosport, MTV, and ITV, in more than 40
countries.
With a combination of disguise's versatile software, users
can design, sequence, and control the most spectacular
productions. disguise also offers training and support so
users can make the best use of the technology, creating a
powerful, collaborative environment where artists and
technologists can bring their shared vision to life.
The last few years have seen disguise push the boundaries
of technological innovation and expand into new markets,
resulting in a significantly increased turnover, along with
new majority backing from investment firm The Carlyle
Group, with Epic Games taking a minority stake. In 2021,
We are driven to
empower our community
of users as best as possible.
Starting at the onset of the
pandemic and continuing
until today, we offer free
access to our Designer
software, so that anyone
who wishes to get
acquainted with disguise
and start learning
our software can
easily do so.
13. disguise was recognized in the 22nd annual Sunday Times
BDO Profit Track 100 as one of Britain's private companies
with the fastest-growing profits over the last three years.
This year, disguise has taken home the UK's most
prestigious business award - the Queen's Award for
Enterprise: Innovation.
Hardware and Software for Pixel-perfect content
The company's Designer software has been trusted by users
for over two decades to visualize, design, and sequence
video content for projects across live entertainment, fixed
installations, and now broadcast and virtual production.
Users can rely on using Designer to win pitches, develop
storyboards, create camera fly-throughs, validate content,
test their technical setups, and design entire shows.
disguise's powerful media server range offers leading
graphics processing, content rendering, and compositing
capabilities for these projects. This allows users to put the
content they develop in Designer to action. They can render
content at unlimited scale and complexity and compose it
seamlessly with disguise hardware's superior networking
capabilities, ensuring total frame accuracy. This content can
be anything imaginable, including real-time graphics
developed in Unreal Engine for virtual sets, video playback
content played at unlimited scale in live shows, or
projection-mapped installations seen at Dubai's Expo 2020
or on the Burj Khalifa.
Although there are other hardware products, and some
standalone software products on the market, disguise's
technology is an integrated and reliable end-to-end solution
that allows users to make changes in their production on-
the-fly and maintain ultimate control of all elements.
14. Tom shares, "Our history in live events means
we have built our technology to be used in an
environment where there is no room for error.
We enable our users to perfectly pre-visualize
their projects using our Designer software,
while our RenderStream infrastructure
seamlessly manages the rendering, tracking, and
synchronization of content - thereby significantly
simplifying system deployment and operations."
He adds, "We have a close relationship with the
creators of Unreal Engine - Epic Games. In the past
two years, we have been working closely together to
develop our proprietary RenderStream plugin for Unreal
Engine, which allows disguise users to take advantage of
the latest version of Unreal Engine from day one with
minimal configuration."
We are leading
exploration into the
metaverse. There will be
many exciting new
technologies and
projects to look forward
to as we consider what
the next platform for
human experiences
and interaction will
look like.
15. Looking to the future
disguise has always been dedicated to using the latest and
greatest technology in its solutions.
According to Tom, "We see our xR technology growing
more prevalent globally with more countries using disguise
technology. Our software is currently available in six
different languages and is used in over 40 countries. This is
just the beginning. We plan to democratize our workflow
further, so we become the global gold standard technology
for delivering memorable visual experiences."
disguise is also heavily invested in R&D and participates in
programs like Innovate UK and AdMiRe so that it can
discover new technologies and develop new solutions. It
partners closely with tech industry leaders at Epic Games,
ROE Visual, NVIDIA, Netflix, and many more to use the
best of their technology to develop its extended reality
solution further and enable teams anywhere to create their
best story. disguise has recently been investigating into the
metaverse, or what some like to call "web 3.0", so it can
help its users build experiences on this new platform and
connect with audiences on a whole new level.
Tom explains, "We are leading exploration into the
metaverse. There will be many exciting new technologies
and projects to look forward to as we consider what the
next platform for human experiences and interaction will
look like."
disguise is also currently working to expand its offering to
empower remote and cloud-based collaboration. The
acquisition of leading 3D content pre-visualization
platforms Mapping Matter and Previz last year, and
Polygon Labs this year, represents the next step in
disguise's move towards this future.
Creating Together
disguise's values are reflected in all of its team members or
"disguisers". These values are honesty - meaning disguisers
share ideas with openness and transparency. disguise is also
evolutionary and innovative, addressing users' ever-
changing needs, so the technology remains ahead of the
game. The employees are fearless, as they take the best
path, not the easiest, and innovate where it's right and not
where it's simplest. They are resilient and don't give up until
they find the right solution, even if it means going outside
their remit.
disguise's core value is linked to the motto of "create
together," with its community of users being at the heart of
everything it does. The company works alongside the
world's most talented visual designers and technical teams
in broadcast, film/episodic TV production, concert touring,
theatre, fixed installations, and corporate and entertainment
events.
Tom states, "We are driven to empower our community of
users as best as possible. Starting at the onset of the
pandemic and continuing until today, we offer free access
to our Designer software, so that anyone who wishes to get
acquainted with disguise and start learning our software
can easily do so."
As extended reality is such a new field, disguise offers
education and training so the next generation of storytellers
will be accustomed to using its tools. At the end of 2020, it
launched a free eLearning platform, allowing its community
of users to upskill and get acquainted with new workflows.
"As leaders in the extended and mixed reality market, we
know that the next biggest change is the widespread
adoption of the metaverse space for performance,
production and commerce. We have a dedicated team -
disguise Labs - set up to leverage our existing extended
reality technology and explore new capabilities in that
space," Tom concludes.
disguise.one
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22. Dave Gullo
Co-founder & CTO
VideoAmp
Tech Evolution
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23. Ÿ “Promoting out of hand” is another variation of
this where you don’t put someone through the
normal due diligence because they already
present. In our case, individual contributor (IC)
engineers don’t go through the rigorous
reference checks that new managers do.
Ÿ “Hiring under duress” or lowering your bar
simply to meet headcount goals. I strongly
advise to hire fewer “full-full stack” senior
engineers vs a bunch of junior or mid-level
career developers who require more time,
nurturing and precious attention units from your
senior staff.
Process
This is a moving target, and one which has definitely been
an ongoing series of blogs. In the early stage, we “over
prescribed scrum.” Something that a very early stage
company can do, along with too much agile processes too
soon.
For example, prototypes and proof of concepts should not
have a rigorous definition of done, with endless unit,
functional, and end-to-end tests because the product’s
requirements will probably zig-zag wildly.
Conversely, having too little process when you are
supporting enterprise customers can also be a
problem. I spent my prior days as an IC and
VideoAmp turns 4 years old this month. So many
memories, and so much growth. Let’s reflect on
some of the worst decisions and associated
learnings that have been fundamental to our growth. Why
the worst you say? Because when you accelerate your
learning rate in a fail-fast environment, it then allows you to
make fast decisions vs the analysis paralysis predicament.
Reflection
One of my favorite wildcard interview questions for
managers is: “Describe the failure you’re most proud of.”
This sometimes catches people off guard, so I’ll share mine
first to get the conversation going. Inevitably it comes down
to choosing because there are so many.
You can’t talk about growth and success without talking
about these failures. Unless you’re some kind of hybrid AI-
robot-space-alien who’s absolutely perfect, there’s going to
be mistakes. What’s important is that as a leader you own
your mistakes and be transparent about them.
Hiring
Finding the right people is the single most important aspect
of growing a startup. The biggest mistakes in hiring have
been:
Ÿ “Hiring out of hand” or short cutting the normal
processes because the candidate is well known by other
engineers in the group.
How VideoAmp
Evolved the
Company Culture
and Process to Increase
the Number of
Engineers Employed
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24. contractor retrofitting and scaling CI/CD pipelines and
training engineers how to write better tests.
The challenge is right-sizing this all along the way, and the
trigger points on when to change may not be obvious. I say
this because we grew headcount by 22 engineers from Oct
2017 to Feb 2018, and in the process we did not modify our
simplified Kanban approach to a prescribed Scrum process
quickly enough. Growing pains emerged, to say the least.
Now we’re in a spot where we can withstand a magnitude
scale of growth with roughly the same squad and tribe-level
process.
Management
Riffing off rapid growth of Brains in engineering, we didn’t
scale management fast enough. Almost all startup
engineering orgs start very flat, with all ICs and no
management. You have “tech leads” who may split their
time doing light managerial functions, but they all write
code and dive into the operations.
The biggest fail here in scaling the ICs was not scaling the
org and management structure to follow. At ~44 engineers
and data scientists, we have a duty to deliver on our mission
to provide an environment where they have the opportunity
to do the best work of their lives and be worth more in the
marketplace.
Without this vital management structure, there is a vacuum.
Do not bolt this on later, build it as you go. We took
inspiration from Spotify’s model of engineering
organizational scaling.
Growth & Career Pathing
We’ve talked about all of these fails, how about something
that has worked well for us?
When doing initial contact with a candidate, I often ask
“why are you in market?” I have seen countless folks who
are looking because their current management does not
have their growth and career pathing in mind. In extreme
cases, they can do a day’s work in four hours, feel like they
are under-challenged, and have not learned anything in
years. They work in an environment like the movie Office
Space.
Taking an opposite approach is to engage in the growth and
pathing of every individual. We do this by:
Ÿ Aligning the growth of the individual with the
company’s growth.
Ÿ Having management check in frequently on the success
of this, and
Ÿ Setting up formal quarterly check-ins on measuring
these goals. Google adopted this early on from John
Doerr in the form of OKRs, and there are great
platforms out there which can formally measure and
track these objectives.
Career pathing is a longer-term concern. I ask candidates
from the start “so what’s the next job after VideoAmp?”
This often catches them off guard, then after careful thought
most reply with a role 1-2 levels beyond where they’re at
now. It’s our goal to help steer them in whatever path they
currently see.
Many earlier-career engineers think management is their
ultimate path, but I have found that many will stay on a
tract of engineering excellence. Whether it’s a Principal
Engineer or a VP of Engineering, the goal is to orient the
new challenges in a manner which grows them in that
direction, even if we can’t fully realize their ultimate
pathing goal while at the company.
By paying careful attention to these details, we have found
our annual retention rate in the high 90%.
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26. O
nce there was a time when the question was “Will
the media industry get digitally transformed?”, but
the scenario has changed now. The question today
is “How will the transformation take place?” and “How will
the media companies respond to this change?” Seeing these
opportunities presented by the digital video systems, new
players are joining the market, hence, capturing consumer’s
mind with new initiatives and grabbing their wallets. These
changes are bringing in aggressive modification in the
industry along with new business models, partnerships and
also acquisitions.
Whether one is a movie freak or a mad TV watcher, it is
quite known to them that the technology today is not what
they have seen few years back. The media and
entertainment industry has seen rapid changes and
modification in the recent years. The most observing
changes that the world of technology has witnessed are as
follows:
Multi-tasking and Multi-Channel Experiences
Time has changed now. Those days are gone when people
used to see the advertisement of a film on the road-side
billboard or on their newspaper and then go to a movie hall
to watch the movie. Today, people are multitasking and they
are more into multi-channel experiencing. People now are
not just into watching a movie or Television show with all
their concentration. They are watching a movie, uploading
status on their Facebook wall and tweeting about the movie,
all at the same time. They are sharing their views and
opinions about whatever they are watching on their social
media platforms. It clearly indicates that marketing is no
more a one-media thing; rather it’s an event of all channels.
An extensive research clearly proved that most people
watch clips and user-generated content on their phones and
simultaneously they prefer watching movies on a device
with larger screen like computer or television set. This is
something of which entertainment companies must take
advantage of by prompting the viewers to use hashtag (#)
and share using branded content to bring more traffic to
their content. Those days are no more when the writers and
marketers used to be focused about only the writing of the
content, rather they are now focusing a lot on how their
promotional content on social media platforms should look
like and how they can gain more attraction.
Curated Content is more in demand
The audience has changed a lot and so is their demand.
People are now demanding more curated content. And the
trend is already growing at a very successful pace. It has
been observed that media giants like Netflix and Amazon
have already been effectively using the curated content for
about four years. It is a procedure where the platform
suggests what the audience would like to watch or
subscribe. When these are used effectively, it can create
new audiences instantly for the provider’s new shows and
products. This is a better way to advertise products than
other means of advertisements.
Getting more creative with Artificial Intelligence
It sounds crazy to hear that the projected amount of
spending for AI (Artificial Intelligence) for 2025 is $30
billion which was earlier observed to be $300-350 million
in the year 2015. But the main reason behind such a huge
projection is that AI is changing the way completely in
which creativity was expressed earlier. There are already
various companies which are using the AI technology to
create interesting movie plot points based on the
performance of box office results.
Recent reports informed that McCann Erickson in Japan
owns an AI creative director which can actually analyze
briefings from clients before pitching a story. From image
recognition and language processing to speech recognition
and deep learning, AI is analyzing everything to create new
levels of impactful pitches through creative process in the
entertainment and media industry.
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27. Wireless media is the new upcoming trend
Gone are those days when people had to pay for all 300 channels which their satellite or cable TV channel providers used to
give though the viewer actually watches only four to five channels. Now the definition of the entire media and entertainment
industry has changed. The companies like Netflix and Hulu has brought in the new generation of wireless entertainment. The
new users are going online. From YouTube, Netflix, Hulu to Amazon and even the cable companies are going to wireless and
replacing traditional offerings with special and customized packages to attract more consumers.
Smarter Advertisements is the future
The present day technological advancements have brought an analytical approach in machine learning and have opened
doors to combine AI and reality. This is which is making advertisements much smarter. The pundits say traditional product
placement will be soon replaced by the just a click on the dress of one’s favorite actor or actress, that too just when it appears.
Experts mentioned that marketing agencies with the help of big data, will be soon able to switch out specific product
placement to the one the viewer will most likely buy. The advertisement is soon going to be another mode of entertainment.
After the new digital transformations taking place, certain changes are observed in the media and entertainment industry.
Traditional revenue models are decreasing in their growth as the new models are emerging. Digital enterprises are gaining
much prominence as their ability to deliver multi-channel experience and individual business models are replaced by the
modern day complex ecosystem of the new comers including new startups and super-platforms. The concept of
generalization is fading away and the personalized content is taking stand.
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28. Digital transformations are driving every sector with
an unmatched speed. Social media has been one of
the greatest evolutions of the century. It has
revolutionized our way of communication, advertising and
the entire market landscape.
Owing to this booming rise, regional businesses are now
able to launch and advertise their products on a global scale
with notable efficiency at minimal cost. Various companies
around the globe are transforming the way they connect
with their customers. They are choosing contemporary
methods of communication like web chat, website or web
page based feedbacks. These free of cost methods have also
enabled the customers to convey their query and get the
feedback in real-time.
However, there is an endless flow of data on the internet.
Thousands of global companies with similar products are
directly competing with each other; all in the hope of
making a mark.
Needless to mention, if a company wishes its website to be
at the top of every relevant search list, then it must employ
an adept SEO team. Either in-house or specially hired, it is
prerequisite for organizations to have a precise SEO
solution to stay ahead of the competition.
Malaysian-based company, Cleverus Consulting, boasting
a wide-range of SEO experts, is the perfect solution for
global businesses. Founded in 2013, Cleverus has gone on
to become one of the best companies in Malaysia, all the
while bestowing its clients in having their online presence
proliferated. Being one of the most established Google
partner, it has developed a proven framework to help its
clients rise quickly to the top of major search engines
around the world.
Cleverus
Consulting:
A Fast Track to Success
Lawnmence Wong
CEO
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29. Journey from a Regional SEO
Framework Provider to a Leading
Online Marketing Agency
Cleverus initially started offering some
prominent SEO services that
empowered its customers to outrank
their competitors and dominate the
search engine with better results. With
the increasing client demands and fast
paced progression, the company began
offering new services such as web
design, online reputation management,
influencer marketing, and app
development. Cleverus then utilized its
specialized SEO framework to incept
and enhance the online reputation
management service, which further
helped major companies remove
negative press online and successfully
restored the brand name of those
companies. Cleverus firmly believes in
offering complete customer satisfaction
and charges its clients based on results
and delivers optimal level of
performance. This proven credibility
has given both the company and its
clients a win-win situation.
Cleverus is currently ranked as the
number one SEO Specialist in
Malaysia on Google for providing
some of the most competitive
keywords in the industry. Today, as a
market leader, the company is getting
Request for Proposals (RFP) from
major global companies and is
delivering some impeccable services to
them. However, its journey has not
been a cake-walk.
During the early phase of Cleverus, it
faced plenty of rejections. But over the
years it has managed to overcome the
challenges by continuously delivering
high-quality work to its trusted clients.
The productive, efficient and cost
effective services provided by Cleverus
were admired by many of its clients.
As a result, the company gained plenty
of referrals from its existing clients
which helped ameliorate its growth
digital platforms have allowed
organizations to connect with a wider
pool of global audience, in real-time.
Cleverus is leveraging this trend, and
instead of the usual traditional
advertising on newspaper and
magazines, it has shifted its focus
towards online advertising and
marketing platforms such as Facebook,
Google, and Instagram.
This year alone, Cleverus has hired 3
new staff to accommodate the demands
for online advertising and foresee
hiring even more employees in Q2 as
the demand gets higher. It is also hiring
overseas employees to facilitate the
groundwork to penetrate these new
markets. Cleverus envisions one being
the largest online marketing agency in
Asia in the near future. The company
has been meticulously raising funds to
push its vision further into reality and
expects its name to be the primal
choice amongst clients.
rate.
While explaining about the reasons
behind Cleverus’s fast-paced success
its CEO, Lawmence Wong, recalls,
“We were confident in our ability and
have persisted to source leads daily
and approach clients to showcase our
service.” With the company continuing
to develop its solid reputation in the
online marketing industry, it now
envisions on being the largest online
marketing agency in Asia within the
next six years.
Passionately Leading the Group of
Young and Experienced
Professionals
Cleverus Consulting has a strong team
of 21 people at present, with offices
scattered across Malaysia, Philippines,
and the United States. Lawmence
Wong’s astute leadership has been a
vital part behind this surging growth.
Wong believes that having the right
talent is the key behind growing a
company. Thus in Cleverus, every
single hiring is personally approved by
both Lawmence and the Head of HR to
maintain the quality of its services.
Lawmence has astutely led the group
of young and experienced
professionals in the company to greater
heights. Their expertise has allowed
the company to gain more and more
pleasing and loyal clients. Throughout
his leadership, Lawmence has
emphasized on futuristic integrations
and bold expansion plans, and is now
planning to expand to several cities in
Asia within the next few years.
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30. ith a plethora of IT solution providers in our
Wmidst, picking one might be difficult. Businesses
nowadays require assistance in various areas,
and approaching different providers for different issues
might be tricky. That's why we need a company that can
provide all our technical needs in one place.
Far Out Solutions is one such company that will assist you
in managing and maximizing the use of all technologies in
your firm, including data collection, analysis, and protection
and development of your working environment.
Along with being a one-stop-shop for technology, Far Out
Solutions also provides customer-oriented solutions,
demonstrating the willingness to give the customer the best
service possible.
Far Out Solutions can take your company to the next level.
Insights Success caught up with Zaid AlChalabi, the COO,
in our attempt to find "30 Most Innovative Companies to
Watch in 2022."
Below are the highlights of the interview:
Give us a brief overview of Far Out Solutions, its
mission, and the key aspects of its strong foothold in the
IT industry.
Far Out Solution's mission is to make technology easy with
reliable solutions. We support our mission by designing,
implementing, and supporting IT infrastructure for our
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31.
32. clients. At the end of the day, we pride ourselves on being a
one-stop-shop for technology.
Describe your top-notch services that address the needs
of your customers.
Far Out Solutions offers technology and related services
that make our clients money, save them money, and
streamline their day-to-day operations.
What makes your company a preferred choice among
your clientele over other competitors?
Far Out Solutions is a preferred IT vendor because of our
relationships with our clients. Their success is our success
and vice versa. We treat every customer as an integral part
of the Far Out Solutions Family.
Undeniably, technology is playing a significant role in
almost every sector. How are you leveraging
technological advancements to make your solutions
resourceful?
Far Out Solutions utilizes the latest developments in cloud
technology to identify and resolve problems before they
happen. This saves our clients time and money and helps us
stay proactive instead of reactive as a support company.
Describe the values that drive your organization.
We are a family-oriented business that cares about and
promotes growth for our employees, vendors, and clients.
Through these values, we have successfully grown our
revenue by over 200% over the past three years and have
tripled our workforce over the same period.
What, according to you, could be the next big change in
the IT Services industry? How is your company
preparing to be a part of that change?
Smart technology and automation are the fastest-growing
sectors of the IT industry. We are devoting significant
resources to developing strategies to successfully design,
implement, and support the expanded use of these
technologies with our clients.
In what ways have you or your company contributed to
the community?
Far Out Solutions recognizes that we cannot be a successful
business without our local community. We have contributed
support and volunteer labor to local charities such as
Nathaniel's Hope and the Coalition for the Homeless. We
also provide lunch-and-learn seminars for local community
members, including cyber awareness and training.
What are your future aspirations? Where do you see
your company in the next five years?
Far Out Solutions has three main focuses over the next five
years. Our first goal is to expand our business operations
into the European and Middle Eastern markets. We are also
positioning ourselves to acquire several smaller IT firms in
that timeframe. Lastly, we plan on expanding the number of
existing internal departments into stand-alone companies,
which will allow us to offer additional services to our
clients.
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35. assionate and committed to delivering precise,
Pinnovative solutions, Jeffrey Wilhelm founded
Infused Innovations Inc to operate at the
intersection of technology, business data, and human
interaction. As the CEO, Jefferey instills the ideologies to
leverage the latest collaboration technologies, allowing the
company to work instantaneously with the best and
brightest worldwide.
Infused Innovations is a forward-looking advisory services
company. Its mission is to empower clients to reach their
fullest potential constantly. The Infused Innovations' team is
always on top of the latest technologies, maintaining a deep
knowledge of what their clients want to achieve and which
tools will make it happen. Much of this takes place through
digital transformation by adapting emerging cloud
technologies and guidance with new business concepts and
strategies.
Fast-forwarding YOUR Ability
While Infused Innovations is headquartered in Boston, MA,
its employees come to work remotely from all over the
United States. Its clients range widely in location as well as
industry—the team has worked extensively with Fortune
500 companies, SMBs, and government, educational and
non-profit organizations.
Infused Innovations brings top-rate advisory services to
organizations looking to evolve and thrive with expertise in
technology, security, data, work processes, marketing, etc. It
provides managed cloud security services, handling clients'
security postures and keeping them up to date with the tools
and solutions that best meet their needs. Its Secure
Intelligent Workplace™ offering provides clients with a
comprehensive framework for successful modern work: it
Innovations
Our mission is to
guide our clients to
realize their fullest
potential and
give them the tools
to get there.
covers leading-edge security, workplace productivity &
collaboration, data & analytics, automation, and more.
Imprinting Footprints
What sets Infused Innovations apart is its pairing of
industry expertise with a genuine human connection. When
Jeffrey Wilhelm began his work in technology, he noticed
that interactions between providers, clients, and partners
were too often transactional in nature. He wanted a more
authentic experience, and he knew that clients wanted this
too. So, it became a core value at Infused Innovations to
develop real, ongoing relationships with clients. This
mutually beneficial vision has led to impressive business
growth and customer satisfaction. The company has
received several recognitions, including #16 in Channel
Futures' MSP 501, Enterprise World's Top-Most Trusted
Security Automation Solutions Companies and Top 50 Best
Workplaces in Silicon Review.
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Accelerating Digital Transformation
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36. Across industries, workplaces are seeing significant
changes and advancements. The world of work is becoming
more connected, more flexible, and more digital. The
advisory services that Infused Innovations offers are so
valuable to organizations in every field. They help
companies transition to hybrid or remote work, streamline
their operational processes, or grow into new and better
ways of working. Jeffery expresses, "The past couple of
years, in particular, have demanded that businesses face
these challenges, and those who have done so with Infused
Innovations have seen great success."
The Best of the Best
Cybercrime is becoming increasingly sophisticated, and
attackers find new vulnerabilities to target, so equipping
organizations with the best security solutions is crucial.
Infused Innovations takes a zero-trust security approach,
bringing the most robust protection to clients' work
environments. As a Gold Microsoft Partner, Infused
Innovations works closely with the best tools available in
security and technology. Its team is among the first to know
about new developments and offerings.
This security is the foundation that protects work
environments and saves companies time and money by
stopping threats before they can harm. But there is so much
more that can also help organizations thrive, and Infused
Innovations' team wants to take the entire journey with their
clients. This may improve workflows, understand business
analytics and marketing strategies, enhance employee well-
being, or find new ways to take flight in today's changing
atmosphere.
Guiding the Next Generation
Jeffrey Wilhelm and his team also see responsibility as a
fundamental part of their work at Infused Innovations. This
has various facets: technological responsibility, such as data
privacy and AI ethics; social responsibility, inclusivity,
respect for all people; environmental sustainability, and a
commitment to helping leverage emerging capabilities
toward that aim. As technology drives human life forward,
those who work within it carry these responsibilities to
better the world and create the best circumstances for the
next generation to thrive.
One aspect of social engagement that Wilhelm particularly
enjoys is mentoring youth and emerging talents. He has
been a Year Up mentor since 2015, he serves as a board
member and advisor to several startups, and he regularly
judges for local business competitions. Infused Innovations
also takes on interns of various ages—for example, a
Connecticut high school student worked under their
mentorship to design a machine learning model that could
beat a video game on its own.
Over the Horizon
Alongside all of these values and engagements, the central
passion of the company is innovation. The team is always
looking ahead, exploring new avenues, and pushing the
boundaries. One of the significant changes coming to
technology, and every sector, is the development of the
metaverse and digital twins—digital replicas of physical
structures to enhance work and education. These hybrid
physical-virtual technologies will revolutionize the way we
learn and operate. They can increase efficiency and reduce
fossil fuel use while bringing new possibilities for research,
production lines, and more. The forward-leaning mindset of
Infused Innovations, along with passion and expertise,
makes it an ideal company to responsibly lead the way in
such a big transformation as this.
Highlighting its leadership in new technologies, the
company has recently launched its own Innovation Services
in addition to its Advisory Services. The new Innovation
Services are grouped into three main categories: 1)
guidance with adoption, change management, and
governance of organizational innovation; 2) delivery of a
best-of-breed innovation platform for managing the
innovation lifecycle process; and 3) advisory services
dedicated specifically to pairing emerging technologies with
best business practices in order to fuel innovation.
Jeffrey Wilhelm and his team at Infused Innovations are
excited and driven to see what the next few years and
beyond will bring. With the right people, the right tools, and
the right outlook, both this company and its clients will
grow into endless possibilities.
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38. Providing a New Outlook to Traditional Businesses
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39. VR is a way to escape the real
world into something more
fantastic. It has the potential to
be the most social technology of all
time. — Palmer Luckey
Virtual reality (VR) has been around
for many years now, in spite of this it is
a very underdeveloped technology. It
holds a vast potential outside of
entertainment, it has taken over various
aspects of our lives right from the way
we shop, experience, converse and
even ways to conduct business.
With time this technology has gained
popularity with many powerhouses,
which has encouraged them to invest
profoundly in VR technology. It has
become more and more accessible for
users, with manufacturers having
already released household sets and are
continuing to do so.
The recent advancement in the VR
technology has made it more
accessible for the general public. Due
to this, it has had a remarkable impact
on the business world also. The sole
aim of the technology is to change
human perception using virtual
systems. The adoption of VR by users
is still in its nascent stages and has
gained popularity, and more and more
businesses are coming up with VR
based solutions. The reducing prices of
VR headsets have also posed to be an
advantage for the consumers as well.
It has also posed to be an advantage for
the consumers as well, with the
reducing prices of VR headsets. This
has proved that VR is a tough and
emergent market, with great scope for
platforms which can allow businesses
to leverage VR for process
development and advanced marketing.
40. Businesses are Using VR to their
Benefit
VR has the potential to become the
most important tool that businesses can
leverage to add on to their success.
Established businesses are taking the
help of VR to train their new
employees in a more cost-effective and
efficient way. With the help of VR, one
can have an employee in Los Angeles
meeting with the one in London as if
they were/ are in the same room.
VR offers an added advantage when it
comes to the outward focus of the
businesses; it allows a novel way to
connect with customers. The company
can build up a more story driven way
of marketing which draws people into
the company's brand, in a tangible and
relational way. Virtual reality has
potentially transformed the world of
media. It has opened doors for
businesses; to advertise in a way they
had never imagined before.
Consumers are now equipped with the
ability to test out and experience
products, that they intend to purchase,
in an entirely new way. It allows you to
precisely visualize how a piece of
furniture or painting would look in a
particular room, or even test different
makeup styles without leaving the
room. A structured assessment,
planning of the future of businesses,
and with the right data VR can even
give a valuable insight into the success
of the business.
VR is now being used to simplify and
reduce the cost of the process of
product prototyping. Since VR has
made it very cost-effective for
businesses to design a product or an
intricate component of an outsized
machine virtually than actually build
the prototype, the use of VR in this
sector is likely to develop quickly. VR
and AR have also advanced the area of
Computer-Aided Design (CAD).
Prototypes can now be shaped within
the virtual space, allowing designers to
accurately pin down its working way
before the resources to build the
product are acquired. This has eased
the process of testing the product while
saving both money and time.
The major setback that the e-commerce
industry faces is the sales; customers
are reluctant to buy products that they
haven’t tried. With the help of VR, the
consumers can potentially try out and
visualize demonstrations for various
product categories. Allowing a more
clear vision of how their post-purchase
experience will look like.
Novel business opportunities
There are as many applications for VR
as you can think of; it’s restricted by
your imagination. — John Goddard.
Virtual Reality has numerous
businesses perspective; not just by
providing innovative features to the
business products, but also in helping
innovators create novel businesses with
these technologies at the core.
Just like old-fashioned cafes, VR cafes
would soon be a hit. These places will
be a social gateway for people looking
for augmented and virtually enhanced
experiences. VR cafes would offer
choices on diverse virtual reality
equipment, comprising of games,
videotapes, team-building exercises,
social media practices, 3D books and
content experiences, and virtually
enriched meditation.
In real estate markets, VR platforms
permit house tours to people from
anyplace around the globe. People can
design and even paint their homes with
this technology as they would in real
life setting, to provide an outlook into
the future look of their homes.
Cars like Audi R8 offers a VR-powered
“test drive” experience. Similarly, even
Airbus has introduced aircraft tours for
its airline executives, which allows
them an enriched experience and tour
of the aircraft without actually visiting
it.
The Future Looks Promising
As VR and AR carry on development,
more and more knowledge about how
it can be efficiently incorporated into
the businesses has come to light, this
amalgamation of new with the old will
potentially have a huge positive impact
on every sector. New entrepreneurs,
startups, and businesses should surely
keep an eye out for this technology, as
it has become an integral part of
marketing and businesses processes in
the near future.
Bearing in mind how several industries
and businesses are quickly validating
and accepting virtual reality, the
estimate is that it will take over the
business scenario almost completely,
isn’t bloated by any means.
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41.
42. Social media has completely changed the way we
interact and share ideas, how we influence others, and
how we allow ourselves to be influenced. It is the tool
of choice for world leaders, governments, major
corporations, celebrities, and anyone else who wants to
connect directly with an audience of millions.
This remarkable ability to be seen and heard - and to
personally communicate with - such large swathes of the
human race instantly is unprecedented both in scope and
scale. It transcends barriers of race, religion, nationality,
age, social status, and almost every other factor which we
use to divide ourselves.
It is true, instant democracy.
Wielding any powerful tool requires a level of skill, and
social media is no exception. This is amply evident from the
news stories we regularly hear of disastrous social media
faux pas from stars, politicians and respected organizations.
They could all have made the news for the right reasons had
they chosen Viral In Nature.
The Building Blocks of Success
Viral In Nature was founded in 2010 as GoWowMedia, and
rebranded to its current name in 2013. Besides Social
Media Management, it also specializes in Reputation
Management and Web Development.
The Canadian company focuses on helping small and
medium enterprises utilize the power of social media. It
helps them to bridge the gap between remaining a local
presence and acquiring a global customer base. Their
incredible success rate with smaller businesses has
prompted global companies to seek out their services as
well.
Hard work and commitment is in the firm’s DNA. 12 hours
of each day, 7 days a week, and 365 days are the hours of
coverage they do for their social media clients. Viral In
Nature devotes more time and energy to social media
management and live event social media management than
its rivals. And the results speak for themselves.
Viral In Nature has become the most awarded social media
agency in North America. Respected publications like
Clutch.co and GoodFirms.co have consistently ranked it as
one of the world’s top social media marketing agencies. CV
Magazine named it the USA’s Best Social Media Agency
for 2018.
With accolades like that, it is no wonder that the firm is
poised to become one of the most powerful social media
hubs for business anywhere.
Multi-Faceted Excellence
Viral In Nature maintains a singular focus on its clients.
While other companies may claim to be client-centric, Viral
In Nature has proven consistently that it truly embodies that
spirit. This is evident not just from the industry accolades
that keep piling up, but from the testimonials of customers
whom the firm considers its best ambassadors.
The other area in which Viral In Nature invests considerable
time and effort is technology. Social media is by its very
nature a tech-driven field, and it is only by leveraging the
vast potential it holds that truly spectacular results are
possible.
The company constantly seeks out, tests, develops, and
implements the latest advances, applications and hardware
such as new and unique camers. In this way, every client is
assured a cutting-edge solution that keeps them ahead of the
competition.
To foster an environment of constant learning and
adaptability, the company holds regular meetings that focus
primarily on emerging trends in social media. Conducted in
an open discussion format, it allows team members to keep
abreast of developments that may not relate to their
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43. specialty directly. This creates a rich
tapestry of residual knowledge upon
which they can draw in the future.
A pro-active approach is critical to how
Viral In Nature operates. The agency
adopts a policy of creating a wide
footprint for each client across a range
of social media platforms. It adheres to
this philosophy to mitigate the negative
effects of policy changes at any one of
those companies, and to insulate its
clients from unforeseeable downturns
like the one currently plaguing
Facebook.
The Man Behind the Brand
Shawn Alain is the President of Viral
In Nature and the owner of the
company.
Mr. Alain began his career in media
with the publishing industry. He
recognized the massive potential of
social media marketing before it had
become the global phenomenon it is
today. In 2010, after a decade in
publishing, he set up GoWowMedia,
the predecessor to Viral in Nature.
A slew of success in Twitter and
Facebook marketing gave Mr. Alain
the groundwork and an intimate
understanding of the industry. It was
upon this foundation that Viral In
Nature was born.
The Journey Beyond
Viral In Nature is undoubtedly one of
the best social media management
agencies in North America.
However, Shawn is eager to take his
brand to a truly international level,
with plans for Europe, Australia and
Latin America already on the cards. In
fact, the firm has already hired staff
fluent in French and Spanish as the first
step to this expansion.
In line with its policy of giving every
client a wide social media presence,
Viral In Nature has always managed
them across five to seven platforms.
With an increasingly business-centric
focus and undaunted by change, the
company is always on the lookout for
newer, better options that will more
thoroughly serve its clients’ needs.
Technology is unbiased – it will favor
the most effective solution. Viral In
Nature does not only apply this
philosophy, it has itself become the
best example of its veracity.
“We commit ourselves to
constantly improving our
services, performance and push
through our comfort barriers to
improve value to our clients.”
— Shawn Alain
President
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44. The Media and Entertainment
Industry has displayed evident
growth globally, since its
commencement. The advent of
innovative technologies and their
pioneers in this industry and
subsequent disciplines has catapulted
its development. YUDU is one such
innovative pioneer of the digital
publishing industry.
Founded in 2007, YUDU is an
applications technology company
specializing in digital publishing and
crisis communications. It upholds a
vision of harnessing cloud-based
technology to meet growing market
needs. It was one of the first companies
to help publishers produce digital
versions of their magazines and other
publications. The organization holds
simplicity and ease of access at the
heart of its vision, both for its clients
and customers, and produces solutions
that have been widely liked by users.
Exemplary Leadership
YUDU’s Founder and CEO, Richard
Stephenson, has been at the helm
since the company’s inception in 2007.
He holds a joint honors B.Sc. in
Economics and Materials Science from
Swansea University. He has driven the
growth of the company as it has grown
in its international clientele, adapted to
changes in the publishing industry, and
most recently, led the development of
the company’s Crisis Management app
named Sentinel.
The online shift towards e-reading, e-
commerce and apps has opened up new
opportunities for YUDU, which
Richard has been at the forefront of
capitalizing on and helping clients
adapt to changing consumer wants and
needs. Over the past 10 years, Richard
has overseen the growth of the
company to become a global leader in
cloud based document distribution and
corporate communications.
Richard has been running technology
led international businesses for the past
30 years and completed his first private
equity backed MBO in 2001. Richard
past roles include being an Operating
Partner with Duke Street Capital,
Chairman of Xafinity Holdings Ltd,
President of the Supervisory Board of
Navimo S.A. and Chairman of Deloro
Stellite Ltd.
Redefining Innovation
Although YUDU has developed over
1,000 apps over its ten years in tech,
communication is at the heart of the
company’s functionality. The
organization’s core product is its digital
publishing platform, Publisher. It
allows anyone to turn a PDF into an
intuitive, re-flowable, IOS, Android
and Windows compatible digital
version.
Clients ranging from retailers like
Screwfix to publications like National
Geographic use Publisher to create
high quality magazines, catalogues,
newsletters and more, all with full
statistical analysis built-in and optional
subscription control.
YUDU’s most recently developed
software Sentinel, combines mass
alerting via SMS, email and in-app
messaging, offline critical document
handling and an HR database of
contacts. All of this is hosted on a
secure cloud server, so that if a cyber-
attack, power outage or an act of terror
takes down servers and phone lines,
incident managers can check that
everyone is safe and instruct staff on
what to do. Sentinel is used as a
business continuity and
communications tool by a range of
industries including law firms, hotels,
and theatres.
Among publishers, the digital
transformation has been embraced by
some and feared by others. E-book
readers like Kindle were hailed
simultaneously as the end of the book
industry and as a passing fad by its
detractors, and more mobile forms of
entertainment have broadened the
options for magazines distribution and
consumption.
With Publisher, the organization was
able to take publications into the digital
arena. It could also enhance print
magazines with video and interactivity,
helping media companies and
educational publishers reach a
massively wider audience with their
most innovative content.
YUDU
Reforming Digital
Publishing and
Crisis Management
:
The 10 Most Innovative Companies Revolutionizing Media and Entertainment, 2022
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45. Strategizing for Conquests
When people began consuming more media via their
mobile phones and tablets and less on desktops, YUDU
faced the challenge of making content accessible.
Consumers wanted a smooth reading experience without
having to pinch and zoom, thus the company needed to
rethink how it delivered its clients’ content. PhoneView is
its solution to device-responsive document viewing.
“The roadmap for YUDU’s development has always been
user-centric. We listen to feedback from our clients and are
continually adding new features to our apps based on our
clients’needs, and that is what keeps us ahead of our
competitors,” states Richard. The company has a dedicated
support team in the UK and is proud of its very high
customer approval rating.
YUDU’s strategy is to deliver the best possible product and
give the best possible client experience. Expressing his
views on adapting to the changing trends in the industry,
Richard asserts, “The consumer has migrated from desktop
to mobile passing tablets on the way. We have anticipated
this trend by developing the technology for displaying rich
content on smaller screens.”
Embracing Opportunities
The next step for YUDU is to enter into a new territory, of
business continuity and crisis management. The company’s
expertise in document management, communications and
app development has set it up to fulfill the growing need for
a reliable, simple software to help organizations keep their
people safe and keep the information flowing during an
emergency.
Immediate access to business recovery plans on mobiles is
vital for instant response. The organization’s publishing
background enables it to use its document handling
technology to offer features that other alerting systems fail
to deliver. Its competitors can’t offer incident managers the
ability to share business continuity documents, press
statements, clients lists etc. offline and securely in a crisis.
Beholding New Horizons of Achievements
While YUDU continues to offer industry-leading
technology for digital publishing, it is broadening its
portfolio of apps all the time. The company is expanding its
corporate communications offering by combining document
handling and communications in its app for sales teams;
adding new features, like group specific push notifications,
to its existing apps and continual refinement of its app
technology in the face of changes to app stores and
operating systems.
In the near future, YUDU is growing its Sentinel product
into a whole range of business continuity solutions. It has
exciting work lined up with security and counter-terror
specialists to create Sentinel Alaris and Sentinel Alert. With
the Sentinel range of products it is building a strong
portfolio of top clients and developing in a strongly
growing market.
“Knowing that our apps are going to be used to help
organizations safeguard their staff and help save lives in an
increasingly dangerous world makes it an incredibly
worthwhile work,” states Richard.
Richard Stephenson
Founder & CEO
YUDU helps publishers,
corporations, educators and
organizations engage with their
audiences digitally.
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