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Computer Guidance Corporation, the leading developer of cloud-based ERP solutions for the construction industry, announced receipt of its annual System and Organization Control (SOC) SOC 1 Type II and SOC 2 Type II attestation engagement reports for the eCMS Hosting Service system that was designed and implemented throughout the period January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021. The trust services reports provide independent validation that Computer Guidance Corporation’s security, availability, and confidentiality controls operated in accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountant (AICPA) applicable Trust Services Criteria (TSC) as a result of an examination of the description of a service organization’s system and the suitability of the design and operating effectiveness of controls involving a number of factors such as security, availability, and confidentiality outlined in the audit report. The audits reviewed several processes and procedures that have been implemented by Computer Guidance to proactively manage the cloud environments that host the eCMS system, associated Tier III data centers, including:
    eCMS Hosting Services System based on the criteria set by the AICPA Guide Reporting on Controls at a Service Organization Relevant to Security, Availability, Processing Integrity, Confidentiality, or Privacy (SOC 2)
    The suitability of the design and operating effectiveness of controls to meet the criteria for the Security, Availability, and Confidentiality Trust Principles set forth in TSP section 100, Trust Services Criteria, and Illustrations for Security, Availability, Processing Integrity, Confidentiality, and Privacy (AICPA, Technical Practice Aids) throughout the period. Related Posts
“Computer Guidance Corporation’s commitment to strong internal controls supporting its service commitments and system requirements in regard to their cloud-based hosted system solutions and services is evident in this report,” stated Mark Eich , Partner In Charge of Information Security Services, CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP. “Computer Guidance Corporation’s successful completion of both SOC I and SOC II audits demonstrates its integrity, accountability, and commitment to its clients, partners and industry. Computer Guidance customers can be confident that controls described within the report are accurately depicted and were operating as represented during these engagement periods.”
“The successful completion of our SOC 1 Type II and SOC 2 Type II examination audits provides Computer Guidance’s clients with the assurance that the controls and safeguards we employ to protect and secure their data, systems and cloud hosting environments are in line with industry standards and best practices and that we are committed to and making every investment to establish and maintain the most stringent controls needed to ensure the highest level of security and compliance,” stated Bob Shantz, Director of Infrastructure and Cloud Services, Computer Guidance Corporation.

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By North Carolina State UniversityMay 23, 2022
Researchers have developed soft robots that are capable of navigating complex environments, such as mazes, without input from humans or computer software. The soft robots are made of liquid crystal elastomers in the shape of a twisted ribbon, resembling translucent versions of rotini pasta. Credit: Yao Zhao, NC State University
Researchers from North Carolina State University (NCSU) and the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) have developed soft robots that are capable of navigating complex environments, such as mazes, without input from humans or computer software. “These soft robots demonstrate a concept called ‘physical intelligence,’ meaning that structural design and smart materials are what allow the soft robot to navigate various situations, as opposed to computational intelligence,” says Jie Yin, corresponding author of a paper on the work and an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at NC State. The soft robots are made of liquid crystal elastomers in the shape of a twisted ribbon, resembling the pasta rotini, except translucent. When you place the ribbon on a surface that is at least 55 degrees Celsius (131 degrees Fahrenheit), which is hotter than the ambient air, the portion of the ribbon touching the surface contracts, while the portion of the ribbon exposed to the air does not. This induces a rolling motion in the ribbon. And the warmer the surface, the faster it rolls. A collaborative research team from NCSU and Penn has recently developed an autonomous and intelligent twisted soft robot that can self-escape from simple maze-like obstacle courses without any external control and human interventions. The soft robot is made of heat-responsive liquid crystal elastomers with its soft body resembling a translucent rotini. When encountering obstacles, it utilizes the embodied physical intelligence of self-snapping and self-turning for autonomous obstacle negotiation and avoidance. They also show that the robot can self-roll on hot loose sand dunes without getting stuck and slipping, as well as cross hot rocks. It can also harvest thermal energy from environments for self-powered rolling on a car roof and BBQ grills. “This has been done before with smooth-sided rods, but that shape has a drawback – when it encounters an object, it simply spins in place,” says Yin. “The soft robot we’ve made in a twisted ribbon shape is capable of negotiating these obstacles with no human or computer intervention whatsoever.”
The ribbon robot does this in two ways. First, if one end of the ribbon encounters an object, the ribbon rotates slightly to get around the obstacle. Second, if the central part of the robot encounters an object, it “snaps.” The snap is a rapid release of stored deformation energy that causes the ribbon to jump slightly and reorient itself before landing. The ribbon may need to snap more than once before finding an orientation that allows it to negotiate the obstacle, but ultimately it always finds a clear path forward. “In this sense, it’s much like the robotic vacuums that many people use in their homes,” Yin says. “Except the soft robot we’ve created draws energy from its environment and operates without any computer programming.”
“The two actions, rotating and snapping, that allow the robot to negotiate obstacles operate on a gradient,” says Yao Zhao, first author of the paper and a postdoctoral researcher at NC State. “The most powerful snap occurs if an object touches the center of the ribbon. But the ribbon will still snap if an object touches the ribbon away from the center, it’s just less powerful. And the further you are from the center, the less pronounced the snap, until you reach the last fifth of the ribbon’s length, which does not produce a snap at all.”
The researchers conducted multiple experiments demonstrating that the ribbon-like soft robot is capable of navigating a variety of maze-like environments. The researchers also demonstrated that the soft robots would work well in desert environments, showing they were capable of climbing and descending slopes of loose sand. “This is interesting, and fun to look at, but more importantly it provides new insights into how we can design soft robots that are capable of harvesting heat energy from natural environments and autonomously negotiating complex, unstructured settings such as roads and harsh deserts,” Yin says. Reference: “Twisting for Soft Intelligent Autonomous Robot in Unstructured Environments” 23 May 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2200265119
The paper will be published the week of May 23 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The paper was co-authored by NC State Ph.D. students Yinding Chi, Yaoye Hong and Yanbin Li; as well as Shu Yang, the Joseph Bordogna Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. The work was done with support from the National Science Foundation, under grants CMMI-431 2010717, CMMI-2005374 and DMR-1410253.

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he collaboration offers CGC customers access to real-time payment solutions that help simplify business transactions while simultaneously monitoring for risks
Computer Guidance Corporation (CGC), a leading developer of cloud-based ERP solutions for the construction industry, and Corpay, a FLEETCOR brand and a global leader in business payments, are announcing a partnership that will bring streamlined payment services to construction companies. This collaboration will bring Corpay Payment Automation’s AP services to Computer Guidance Corporation’s construction customers that will further simplify back-office procedures as well as provide further visibility into business payments. Computer Guidance Corporation, part of JDM Technology Group, has a proven track record of helping commercial contractors achieving quantifiable benefits as a result of implementing eCMS construction ERP solutions and accompanying business process consulting services. Computer Guidance’s eCMS Cloud Construction ERP helps clients digitally transform their businesses for greater efficiency and faster growth through the utilization of various innovative technologies and resources in order to collect and transform business data into real-time contextual relevancy and make it available to all stakeholders online. “We are pleased to have completed the integration of our eCMS Construction ERP Software with Corpay Payment Automation’s AP services,” stated Michael Bihlmeier, President at Computer Guidance Corporation. “eCMS Connect for Corpay will enable Corpay and CGC to provide even higher standards of automation and security, as well as faster payment processing, to our clients.”
Corpay Payment Automation, formerly Nvoicepay, is a financial technology company specializing in intelligent payment automation. Corpay software automates payments for accounts payable teams, transforming a traditionally expensive and disjointed process into an efficient, unified workflow. Computer Guidance’s eCMS cloud-based ERP software helps any size and type of commercial contractor manage all aspects of their financials and operations transforming their business challenges into profitable results. The integrated solution, eCMS Connect for Corpay, will deliver an end-to-end and fully automated vendor payment and expense management solution leveraging the functionality of Corpay payment solutions and eCMS ERP applications. “We are excited to be officially partnering with the team at Computer Guidance Solutions as we continue to help their clients better track, manage and pay suppliers with one simple solution,” said Matt Butler, SVP of Construction Sales for Corpay. “For businesses like those in the construction vertical, we assist them in moving away from traditional paper checks with payment tools that enable real-time visibility into business expenditures while simultaneously helping to mitigate payment fraud risk for the company.”

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eCMS Connect for Nvoicepay™, Inc. will offer contractors the ability to achieve immediate process improvements, increased productivity, significant cost savings and greater profitability. We are delighted to have formalized our partnership with Nvoicepay™. We believe that our collaborative efforts will benefit our customers with secure payment automation processing. SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (PRWEB)December 15, 2020
Computer Guidance Corporation , a leading developer of cloud-based ERP solutions for the construction industry, today announced a partnership with Nvoicepay, a leader in payment automation software for the enterprise. “We are delighted to have formalized our partnership with Nvoicepay™. We believe that our collaborative efforts will benefit our customers with secure payment automation processing,” said Michael Bihlmeier, President at Computer Guidance Corporation. Nvoicepay™ , a FLEETCOR company, specializes in intelligent payable automation. They support the transformation away from traditionally expensive and disjointed processes into efficient, united workflows. Computer Guidance’s eCMS cloud-based ERP software helps any commercial contractors of any size or type to manage aspects of their financials and operations. This provides companies the opportunity to transform their business challenges into profitable results. The integrated solution, eCMS Connect for Nvoicepay™ will deliver an end-to-end and fully automated supplier payment and expense management leveraging the functionality of Nvoicepay™ payment solutions and eCMS ERP applications. “Over the last few years, the construction industry as a whole has been warming up to the idea of automating their back-offices, but with very few options for doing so,” said Nvoicepay™  President, Josh Cyphers. “With Computer Guidance as our partner, we look forward to offering an easy-to-implement solution for our mutual customers as they improve their overall workflows.”
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Computer Guidance Corporation delivers a leading construction enterprise resource planning solution, including financial and project management, business intelligence, mobile capabilities, and enterprise content management. Scalable, customizable, and cloud-hosted, CGC serves thousands throughout North America. As part of the JDM Technology Group, Computer Graphics Corporation is a global, construction-specific software conglomerate that serves more than 100,000 users in 40 countries and 6 continents. About Nvoicepay™
Nvoicepay™ transforms the way companies pay their domestic and international suppliers. We enable organizations to securely pay their invoices in a single electronic workflow, supported by an intuitive software interface and comprehensive services. Our solution simplifies complex AP processes, enabling financial teams to eliminate tedious data management tasks and improve efficiency. Learn more at http://www.nvoicepay.com and on Twitter at @Nvoicepay. Share article on social media or email:
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