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Retrospect Cloud offers offsite data protection

Retrospect, a StorCentric company, launched Retrospect
Cloud Storage, Retrospect Backup 19 and Retrospect
Virtual 2022. With Retrospect Cloud Storage integrated
into Retrospect, businesses have a complete ransomware
protection and detection solution that encompasses
on-premise and cloud protection, the company stated,
noting that Retrospect Cloud Storage has 13 data centers
located around the world.

With Retrospect Backup 19 and Retrospect Virtual 2022,
businesses around the world can now protect their
critical infrastructure on Retrospect Cloud Storage, with
complete support for immutable backups and anomaly
detection, Retrospect added.
TSG recognizes several leading payment gateways

Payments industry consultancy The Strawhecker Group
ANNOUNCEMENTS recognized several payments providers for exceptional
API offerings in its annual Best of Breed API Report, pow-
CellPoint Digital designated carbon-neutral ered by TSG’s Gateway Enterprise Metrics platform,
which ranks payment gateways’ overall API experience
CellPoint Digital, a payment orchestration provider, across key assessments to provide insights and bench-
received CarbonNeutral certification from Climate marks on their developer integration experience.
Impact Partners as part of its ongoing commitment to
environmental improvement and sustainability. Climate The companies honored include Overall API Assessment
Impact Partners works with high-profile businesses, winner Adyen, and Worldpay from FIS runner-up;
governments and NGOs to deliver credible solutions for API Set winner Fortis, and runner up CSG Forte/
climate impact. Worldpay from FIS; and Developer Roadmap winner
North American Bancard, and runner up Adyen.
The certification verifies that CellPoint is carbon neutral
in accordance with The CarbonNeutral Protocol, a lead- UP Solution, UMS rebrand under name Bluu
ing, independent source on greenhouse gas accounting, United POS Solutions Inc (UP Solution), a developer
and the GHG Protocol Scope 2 Guidance, the world's and provider of POS solutions, and its affiliated pay-
most widely used greenhouse gas accounting standards, ment services provider United Merchant Services Inc.
CellPoint stated, adding that the certification also con- rebranded jointly under the name Bluu. About the new
firms adherence to the International Carbon Reduction name, the companies stated the name change to BLUU
and Offset Alliance standards. acknowledges the importance of providing holistic pay-
North American Bancard named Best of Breed API ment solutions to merchants.

Electronic payment solutions provider North American They also noted they "hope to establish the Bluu brand
Bancard LLC was honored by The Strawhecker Group name to be recognized as a leader in enhancement and
in its 2022 Best of Breed API Awards. NAB received first transformation of financial and merchant services, and
place for Developer Roadmap due to presenting com- to offer revolutionary products and services in POS and
mercial developers with the fewest roadblocks across merchant support technology solutions."
three areas: API usability, modern integration and fea-
ture functionality. RESEARCH
Jim Parkinson, chief experience officer at NAB, said that
integrated partners want to integrate quickly, access Consumers surveyed on BNPL and credit scores
superior functionality, and have development patterns GoCardless, a provider of direct bank payment solu-
that make their work easy. This award acknowledges tions, surveyed 1,000 U.S. consumers aged 18 and over
that we have built an industry-leading product that on their feelings about buy now, pay later (BNPL) data's
addresses the needs of the developer community. inclusion in credit reports, a move designed to increase
credit scores and help consumers build their credit pro-
files.

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