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Ecoark Completes Acquisition of 440labs, Adding Leading Enterprise Cloud Solution Developer to its Portfolio
Ecoark Completes Acquisition of 440labs, Adding Leading Enterprise Cloud Solution Developer to its Portfolio.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n Ecoark \n Holdings, Inc. (“Ecoark”) (OTCQX: EARK), a diversified holding \n company, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of 440labs, \n a cloud and mobile software developer, to support its subsidiary, Zest \n Labs, adding to their leadership in increasing supply chain \n expertise in an all-stock transaction. The company also announced that \n 440labs CEO Scott Durgin will join Zest Labs as Chief Technical Officer.\n \n \n With this acquisition, 440labs will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of \n Zest Labs. The company will provide development and runtime operations \n expertise to help expand the depth and breadth of Zest \n Fresh deployments. 440labs has been a key development partner of \n Zest Labs for more than four years, contributing its expertise in \n scalable enterprise cloud solutions and mobile applications.\n \n \n “After years of collaboration, the acquisition of 440labs was an easy \n decision for our team as we continue to develop the Zest Fresh \n solution,” said Peter Mehring, CEO of Zest Labs. “Additionally, having \n Scott join our team as CTO will be invaluable, as he brings the \n necessary domain expertise to aid in increasing our supply chain \n efficiencies.”\n \n \n At Zest Labs, 440lab’s leadership and engineering teams will augment the \n company’s development of modern, enterprise-scale solutions that connect \n to distributed IoT deployments. 440labs blends onshore/offshore \n resources to optimize development and provide extended runtime \n operations coverage, which is critical to broad-based deployments. The \n 440labs name, brands and office locations will not change as a result of \n the transaction.\n \n \n “Our team is excited to officially be part of Zest Labs and further \n strengthen the Zest Fresh solution in the market through our technical \n expertise,” said Durgin. “Zest Labs is entering into an exciting stage \n of its growth and 440labs’ technology will help fuel the company as it \n continues on its successful trajectory.”\n \n \n About Ecoark Holdings Inc.Founded in 2011, Ecoark Holdings, \n Inc. is a diversified holding company focused on delivering long-term \n shareholder value. The company currently has three wholly-owned \n subsidiaries: Zest \n Labs, Pioneer \n Pr...