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Sky Republic Unveils Digital Passport Network To Automate ESG Data Exchanges

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New Technology Fights ESG Fatigue And Simplify ESG Reporting For Greater Sustainability SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA, USA, January 18, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ — Sky Republic, provider of the first zero-trust application platform as a service (zPaaS), announces the launch of Passport—the first zero-trust app for digital supplier passports. With this new, solution-agnostic technology, enterprises subject to ESG reporting regulations can now collect verifiable supplier data for certification audits and automate data exchanges with their partners. By reducing manual collection tasks by up to 95% and providing verifiable, multi-tier supply chain data, Sky Republic’s Passport app fights ESG fatigue and enables a transparent, net-zero carbon economy. Today, the largest enterprises collect ESG data via survey forms or emails and attachments from up to hundreds of thousands of suppliers, who must also manually key the same information in hundreds of heterogeneous client systems. The entire process is time-consuming and prone to error, making it nearly impossible for auditors to verify the authenticity and validity of supplier data on which enterprises base their reporting. As ESG regulations are multiplying and getting more complex with Scope 3 requirements, these problems are intensifying. The EU’s CSRD and California’s SB 253 disclosure regulations both require companies to report on Scope 3 emissions in FY24 and FY26, respectively. Scope 3 emissions—those of third parties along supply chains—make up 65% to 95% of most companies’ carbon emissions and must be monitored to transition successfully to a net-zero economy. With Passport, Sky Republic shifts the current paradigm of one-to-one ESG data exchange. A supplier digitally signs and uploads its data and documents in a digital passport and permissions access to Tier 1 or Tier N clients. The digital passport is securely and confidentially managed by Sky Republic zPaaS, which will notarize and replicate the content for permissioned clients to verify and store. Passport minimizes manual tasks for suppliers and ensures data verifiability for clients. Other benefits from leveraging Sky Republic’ zPaaS and business network include: • Easier discovery and connection to Tier N suppliers • Data interoperability—despite the lack of standards—via a shared data dictionary • Continuous monitoring of ESG risks “Most enterprises already have numerous supplier platforms, and some hesitate to invest in another dedicated to ESG reporting,” says Chris Fabre, founder and CEO of Sky Republic. “By adopting Passport, enterprises not only solve the data collection challenge of their sustainability team but also enable zPaaS in their ecosystem for their digital supply chain team.” Mr. Fabre, who spent 10 years as CEO of the B2B integration and API Leader Axway, says that “zPaaS enables enterprise organizations to build their own zero-trust apps. For example, they can track product provenance or real GHG emissions across supplier tiers via digital product passports. Other use case is to track assets and tasks via digital process passports, which can boost artificial intelligence and control tower solutions with deeper data for making better, faster decisions.” Sky Republic’s Passport and zPaaS unlock sustainability and performance in enterprise supply chains with verifiable, multi-tier data. Through simple subscription plans, large enterprises can quickly onboard their entire supply chain network and integrate their ESG or ERP software. About Sky Republic Founded in 2016 by world-class middleware experts, Sky Republic was named a pioneer in four Gartner Hype Cycles in 2023. The company offers the first zero-trust app platform as a service (zPaaS) to unlock sustainability and performance in enterprise supply chains with verifiable, multi-tier data. For more information, visit www.skyrepublic.com. Contact Chris Fabre [email protected] +1 (480) 535-5013 ###

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Sopra Steria partners with Sky Republic to offer digital supply chain platforms automated by smart contracts

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Paris/Scottsdale/Oct 15 2020 – Sopra Steria (Euronext Paris : SOP), one of the European leaders in consulting, digital services and software publishing, announced today a technology partnership with the American startup Sky Republic to offer next-generation digital supply chain platforms for automotive, pharmaceutical, retail, and transportation industries. Based in Scottsdale (Arizona), Sky Republic is a pioneer in enterprise blockchain working today for Aerospace and Air Transportation industries. Founded in 2016, Sky Republic built from the ground up the Atlas platform recognized in six Gartner 2020 Hype Cycles. “While blockchain’s smart contracts decentralize the management of digital assets, Atlas’ Sky Contracts automate complex supply chain processes within currently centralized networks” explains Chris Fabre, Sky Republic’s founder and CEO. “Since the 80’s, supply chain networks are based on point to point EDI or API technologies which fragment processes. Control towers were introduced to provide end-to-end visibility and automation but are complex to set up and centralize business benefits. Atlas allows to easily create a trusted and distributed digital twin of a supply chain and fosters co-innovation by decentralizing benefits. Participants can further digitize operations, track and trace assets integrating EDI and IOT feeds, certify goods provenance, or accelerate payments and settlements.” “Improving the efficiency, resilience, and agility of supply chains is more than ever a priority for enterprises in a global economy that is deeply impacted by COVID-19” declares Mohammed Sijelmassi, Chief Technology Officer of Sopra Steria. “We build digital strategies with our customers that are innovative but rooted in their business reality and truly actionable. Atlas facilitates the development of distributed composite applications that can monitor a cold chain end-to-end or track aircraft parts maintenance for example. Sky Republic blockchain offers the right governance model and design maturity to reengineer multi-enterprise processes which remains the key to digital transformation in many industries”. “This partnership creates a new major player in the blockchain market. Together with Sopra Steria, we have the resources, the project and business expertise, and the innovation capability required to serve the biggest supply chain communities. Thanks to Atlas, we can build and run the next generation of digital supply chain platforms” declares Chris Fabre. “We are delighted to contribute to the development of Atlas. Its unique architecture allows to benefit in one platform from all capabilities required in complex supply chain use cases. It offers the best of Ethereum, Fabric, Corda and a B2B middleware. This partnership will strengthen our Sopra Steria’s Blockchain Competency Center, which leverages today more than 200 international experts, in conjunction with our vertical business units” declares Mohammed Sijelmassi. About Sopra Steria Sopra Steria, a European leader in consulting, digital services, and software development, helps its clients drive their digital transformation and obtain tangible and sustainable benefits. It provides end-to-end solutions to make large companies and organizations more competitive by combining in-depth knowledge of a wide range of business sectors and innovative technologies with a fully collaborative approach. Sopra Steria places people at the heart of everything it does and is committed to making the most of digital technology to build a positive future for its clients. With 46,000 employees in 25 countries, the Group generated revenue of €4.4 billion in 2019. The world is how we shape it. Sopra Steria (SOP) is listed on Euronext Paris (Compartment A) – ISIN: FR0000050809 For more information, visit us at www.soprasteria.com About Sky Republic Sky Republic uniquely adapts blockchain automation for tomorrow’s digital supply chain. Recognized in six Gartner Hype Cycles, the company’s sky contract platform delivers the agility you need through real-time reconciliation, asset track and trace, provenance certification, process optimization, and more. To synchronize business with your partners and decentralize benefits, Sky Republic creates a trusted and distributed digital twin of your supply chain. Designed to get multi-enterprise applications up and running quickly, Atlas makes your supply chain more productive, resilient, and nimble. For more information and download our whitepaper, visit us at www.skyrepublic.com. Contacts Sopra Steria                                            Sky Republic Elsa Estager                                            Chris Fabre [email protected]            [email protected] +33786732117                                        +1 (480) 535-5013

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Sky Republic Recognized in Six Gartner Hype Cycle 2020 Reports

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sky Republic Recognized as a Sample Vendor in Six 2020 Gartner Hype Cycle Reports Purpose-built smart contract platform delivers blockchain automation for tomorrow’s digital supply chain Scottsdale, AZ – 1 October 2020: Sky Republic, a pioneer in blockchain automation purpose-built for the supply chain, announced today that it was recognized as a Sample Vendor in six recent Gartner Hype Cycle reports: Hype Cycle for the Internet of Things, 2020[1]; Hype Cycle for Application Services, 2020[2] ; Hype Cycle for Application and Integration Infrastructure, 2020[3]; Hype Cycle for Embedded Software and Systems, 2020[4], Hype Cycle for Hybrid Infrastructure Services, 2020[5], and Hype Cycle for Managing Operational Technology, 2020[6]. In the reports, Gartner identified Sky Republic as a Sample Vendor for IoT integration. According to Gartner Hype Cycle reports, “IoT integration refers to integration requirements and technologies needed to assemble end-to-end IoT-enabled business solutions that include IoT-specific integration challenges, such as integrating IoT devices, IoT data, digital twins and multiple IoT platforms. Other more traditional integration challenges include enterprise application and data integration, business process integration, SaaS integration, and B2B/ecosystem integration, as well as mobile app and legacy system integration.” “We believe our recognition validates the innovation we bring to supply chain productivity, resilience, and nimbleness through purpose-built smart contracts, also known as sky contracts,” stated Chris Fabre, CEO and founder of Sky Republic. “Our sky contract platform unifies fragmented supply chains with trusted and distributed digital twins that synchronize ecosystems end-to-end, integrate all technologies, and decentralize monitoring compared to control towers. We combined capabilities found today in Ethereum, Fabric, and Corda blockchains so enterprises can quickly go to market with new multi-enterprise applications. Enterprises gain much needed agility through real-time reconciliation, asset track and trace, provenance certification, process optimization, and more.” Sky Republic’s platform is designed to bring the full benefits of smart contracts to currently centralized networks or SaaS solutions, and enhances the overall business experience by further digitizing operations, mitigating disruptions, and reducing friction. Sky Republic introduced the principles of a ‘sky contract platform’ in a new whitepaper titled Blockchain Automation for Tomorrow’s Digital Supply Chain, which can be downloaded at www.skyrepublic.com. 1 Gartner, “Hype Cycle for the Internet of Things, 2020” Alfonso Velosa, Dale Kutnick, Benoit Lheureux, Roger Williams, July 15, 2020 2 Gartner, “Hype Cycle for Application Services, 2020”, Jim Longwood, July 22, 2020 3 Gartner, “Hype Cycle for Application and Integration Infrastructure, 2020”, Eric Thoo, Massimo Pezzini, July 30, 2020 4 Gartner, “Hype Cycle for Embedded Software and Systems, 2020”, Alan Priestley, July 14,2020 5 Gartner, “Hype Cycle for Hybrid Infrastructure Services, 2020”, David Groombridge, Christine Tenneson, Eric Goodness, July 20,2020 6 Gartner, “Hype Cycle for Managing Operational Technology, 2020”, Kristian Steenstrup, Simon Jacobson, Ivar Berntz,  August 13, 2020 Gartner Disclaimer Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner’s research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. About Sky Republic Sky Republic uniquely adapts blockchain automation for tomorrow’s digital supply chain. The company’s sky contract platform delivers the agility you need through real-time reconciliation, asset track and trace, provenance certification, process optimization, and more. To synchronize business with your partners and decentralize benefits, Sky Republic creates a trusted and distributed digital twin of your supply chain. Designed to get multi-enterprise applications up and running quickly, Atlas makes your supply chain more productive, resilient, and nimble. For more information, visit us at www.skyrepublic.com. Media Contact Sky Republic Inc Chris Fabre +1 480.535.5013 [email protected]  

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Sky Republic Launches Atlas — an Enterprise Blockchain Platform Built to Upgrade B2B Ecosystems

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Atlas is engineered to augment or replace EDI, API and other enterprise technologies to gain end-to-end visibility, reduce business disruptions and frictions, and improve the digital experience  PHOENIX – (June 5, 2019)––Sky Republic, an enterprise blockchain company founded by B2B software veterans, today announced the official launch of its Smart Contract Platform built to synchronize B2B ecosystems. With Atlas, each Smart Contract is powered by a dedicated, permissioned and event driven blockchain that guarantees performance, confidentiality and enforceability. Atlas consensus technology uses a unique virtual machine and proven cryptography that allows each smart contract to be notarized safely by one of the parties involved or one or multiple third parties like a blockchain consortium. Business events and records are pushed in real time through network choreographies to the appropriate recipients. Recipients can verify them on the fly through their local copy of a smart contract so they don’t have to blindly trust smart contract notaries as they would in leading enterprise blockchains. According to Forrester, more than 20 billion one-to-one EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) transactions take place annually. However, EDI standards were designed before the rise of the internet and power many industries including supply chain, transportation, healthcare and finance. These antiquated standards fail to synchronize B2B ecosystems end-to-end which leads to lack of visibility, mitigation disputes and ultimately a loss of money. “Most enterprises today basically operate with the equivalent of one to one text messaging when they could obviously benefit more from a secure form of multimedia group messaging,” said Chris Fabre, founder and CEO of Sky Republic who spent 10 years as CEO of the middleware company Axway. “We’ve spent three years investing in research and development for Atlas. Companies need to reduce friction and gain more visibility into their supply chain to mitigate the impact of disruptions. Each year, these disruptions generate over $100B in losses impacting more than 70% of companies. We know without a doubt that blockchain is emerging as the clear answer to go beyond EDI and improving B2B ecosystems.” While blockchain has traditionally been associated with Bitcoin and Ethereum, which transact digital cash, it has many additional applications for enterprises. For example, R3 Corda accelerates financial workflows and Hyperledger Fabric enables document database sharing. Atlas blockchain was created to truly synchronize B2B ecosystems by orchestrating and simplifying multi enterprise processes, creating consensus on all relevant records (e.g. documents, IoT feeds, or EDI messages) and to fit with existing IT, business and governance models. Research firm IDC’s forecast on blockchain spending suggests at least a $1 billion software market by 2022 for currently identified use cases, and new applications within B2B ecosystems represent a significant opportunity to match this number on its own. To implement its vision in air transportation, Sky Republic has collaborated with SITA, a leader in IT and communications technologies in the industry, since 2018. The partnership aims at creating solutions for air cargo, aircraft maintenance and passenger bag domains. SITA blockchain, powered by Sky Republic’s Atlas platform, won an innovation award at the IATA 2019 World Cargo Symposium for a solution managing the chain of custody of aircraft containers. “We are thrilled with our partnership with Sky Republic and are working together to build multiple solutions powered by Atlas for the Air Transportation industry,” said Arnaud Brolly, head of product innovation portfolio at SITA. “Atlas benefited from Sky Republic’s unique expertise in blockchain, middleware and B2B solutions and is the perfect platform to better synchronize supply chains.” Focused on air transportation and supply chain industries, Sky Republic is also working on solutions for enterprise customers in healthcare and finance. Atlas can be used on premise, private or public cloud to replace or augment existing infrastructures and power new ones. About Sky Republic Sky Republic was founded in 2016 by software veterans with decades of experience delivering world-class middleware products. The company offers a Smart Contract Platform built to integrate and synchronize B2B ecosystems beyond traditional EDI, API or other enterprise blockchain technologies. For more information about Sky Republic, visit www.skyrepublic.com.

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Former CVS Health EVP/CIO Stephen J. Gold Joins Sky Republic Advisory Board

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Senior technology veteran, business leader and digital pioneer brings additional world class experience to Sky Republic Leadership Team SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA – March 19, 2018 – Sky Republic™, provider of the only distributed ledger platform that delivers trust at scale, announced today that Stephen J. Gold has joined the company advisory board. Mr. Gold brings with him more than three decades of experience in both the corporate enterprise world and B2B software technology provider market. His deep understanding of multiple industries, large enterprise operations and passion for digital innovation are expected to prove invaluable as Sky Republic continues to hone its go-to-market strategy. Mr. Gold is reputed for being one of the few CIOs to not only understand technology and master operations, but also impact overall business performance through digital innovation. Mr. Gold was bestowed the very honorable distinction of being named a CIO Hall of Fame Inductee. Stephen J. Gold spent the bulk of his career running IT organizations and businesses operations across multiple complex industries, including health care delivery, pharmaceuticals, B2B technology, business process outsourcing, and financial services. He has a strong track record in the successful design, implementation, operation and support of large-scale technology initiatives and associated businesses. Most recently Mr. Gold was Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer at CVS Health where he was also a member of the Executive Committee. As the senior technology executive, he was responsible for all information systems and technology operations, including the digital business, as well as Client Services Operations within CVS/Caremark. He led a 10,000 person organization while supporting a $180 billion, Fortune 7 enterprise. Prior to his role at CVS Health, Mr. Gold served as CIO for a number of leading corporate enterprises and B2B technology providers, including Avaya, GSI Commerce, Medco Health, and Merck. “The biggest worry for most CIOs isn’t necessarily the functional feature set of any enterprise solution; it’s the ability for that solution to scale and perform to meet SLA requirements”, says Mr. Gold. “Most start-ups that target large enterprises don’t fail because they don’t have a good idea; they fail because their solution can’t scale. On top of its unique abilities that enable large enterprises to collaborate more effectively, it’s how the Sky Republic Platform has been engineered for scale that sets itself apart from the crowd.” “There’s no doubt distributed ledger technology continues to hold great promise, though we see a huge potential for additional innovation in order to serve enterprise needs”, says Chris Fabre, CEO and Founder, Sky Republic. “We are honored to have Steve join the Sky Republic team. His real-world insight and guidance will help ensure that our platform addresses the true mission-critical needs of today’s enterprises and their CIOs.” The company continues with its R&D investment and plans to on-board early adopters interested in conducting proof-of-concepts starting in Q3 2018. About Sky Republic Founded in 2016, Sky Republic™ is comprised of enterprise software technologists with decades of experience designing, building, and bringing to market state-of-the-art technologies for secure transaction management. Many have realized their business ecosystems could benefit from new ways of transacting business and sharing data through the use of distributed ledgers and smart contracts. Sky Republic was born to make good on this promise by delivering a distributed ledger platform engineered from the ground-up to deliver trust at scale. Sky Republic believes this platform will revolutionize the way individuals and organizations interact, the way businesses collaborate with one another, and bring a new level of automation and security to business transactions.

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Sky Republic Aims To Deliver World’s First Trusted Ecosystem Using Enterprise Blockchain

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Enterprise SaaS Start-up Plans to Revolutionize Business Collaborations Using Distributed Ledger Technology and Smart Contracts SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA – May 15, 2017 – With a charter and focus on the rapidly growing blockchain market, Sky Republic™ is planning to deliver the world’s first enterprise-readyTrusted Digital Ecosystem for automating and securing business transactions. The increasing investment by both corporate IT and large enterprise software vendors, rising number of proof-of-concepts, as well as a growing number of software start-ups, herald a promising wave of new blockchain-based solutions. According to MarketWatch (October 13, 2016), the global blockchain market is estimated to grow rapidly from USD 210.2 million in 2016, to over 2.3billion by 2021 (61.5% CAGR), with the highest CAGR during this forecast period coming from the application and solution provider segment. This means that many enterprises will be looking to the vendor community for blockchain-related solutions, perhaps more often than trying to build a blockchain in-house.. “After investing more than a year researching this field and nascent market we’re convinced distributed ledger technology and its associated smart contracts could revolutionize the processing and automation of digital transactions, perhaps to the same extent what the Cloud and APIs did to enable the Digital Business”, says Chris Fabre, CEO and Founder, Sky Republic.“Though these technologies hold incredible promise, the blockchain architecture is still evolving and we are in a great position to help clients overcome the hurdles and mitigate the potential risks of deploying these new technologies and related business models by guiding them through the enterprise blockchain landscape while we work to deliver the world’s first Trusted DigitalEcosystem.” Before founding Sky Republic, Mr. Fabre served for 10 years as CEO of Axway – a leader in digital and B2B enterprise software – and took the company public in 2011.. Many have looked to extend blockchain’s architectural concepts to different use cases to solve a wide range of business problems. However, a number of limitations led to the conclusion that only distributed ledger technologies (DLT) – the latest generation of blockchain for the enterprise – is capable of meeting the demands of the business world. Furthermore, as blockchain architectures evolve and mature, additional features and operational capabilities found in established middleware technologies such as API management, B2B integration,Software-as- a-Service (SaaS), or digital business networks, will be required for enterprise usage.Sky Republic intends to leverage the best of what a DLT-based architecture and smart contract shave to offer like decentralization, security, and immutability, while also taking advantage of digital B2B middleware technologies that can greatly ease implementation, identity verification, integration with existing systems and processes, and governance of digital ecosystems.. Most importantly, Sky Republic believes that only within a Trusted Digital Ecosystem (TDE) can trust be automated and established by verifying the identity of all contracting parties. It can also maintain trust throughout the entire process – from contract creation to settlement – since the TDE can keep track of, and govern, all interactions between parties to provide assurance contractual commitments and obligations are delivered as promised. Additionally, by having an immutable record of the party interactions, any disputes that may arise can be resolved by relying on undeniable evidence of the transaction history. It is with “trust automation” in mind that Sky Republic intends to use enterprise blockchain and smart contracts to provide a TrustedDigital Ecosystem for automating and securing business transactions.. The company continues with its R&D investment and plans to deliver a Trusted Digital Ecosystem in 2017. Meanwhile, it is prepared to help with education, business benefit/risk assessments, and strategic planning, as well as help enterprise architects experiment, develop, and deploy blockchain related technologies. To get a deeper understanding of enterprise blockchain, and the role of smart contracts in a Trusted Digital Ecosystem, you can download the free report from www.skyrepublic.com. About Sky Republic Founded in 2016, Sky Republic™ is comprised of software technologists dedicated to the development of enterprise blockchains and Trusted Digital Ecosystems that can be trusted to build and scale ground-breaking B2B/B2C SaaS solutions. Our passion and decades of experience designing, building and bringing to market advanced B2B middleware and application infrastructure solutions has provided us with the required skills and expertise to understand how enterprise blockchain – also called distributed ledger technologies (DLT) – can streamline and enhance the Digital Business. Sky Republic believes Trusted Digital Ecosystems will revolutionize the way individuals and organizations interact, the way businesses collaborate with one another, and deliver a new level of automation and security of business transactions.. www.skyrepublic.com

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