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SAN FRANCISCO, April 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HVR, the leading independent provider of real-time cloud data replication technology, today announced HVR Agent as a Service for Microsoft Azure, an Azure Managed Application in the Azure Marketplace. The service enables enterprises to leverage the features and capabilities of HVR to establish a secure, scalable, and high-performing real-time replication environment in Azure – without using internal IT resources.

COVID-19 has forced companies to accelerate their digital transformation strategies to remain viable, urging rapid movement to the cloud to create new and ongoing opportunities for revenue, business growth, and customer service. However, many organizations are still operating on-premises – with robust IT teams to manage it. As such, organizations are unable to duplicate management and resources of on-premises deployments of software for the cloud, halting their digital transformation and enterprise modernization efforts.

“Some organizations are struggling to move to the cloud since most of their critical data resides on-premises. Still, with evolving business needs and demands, they need to start taking steps to modernize. But, that takes resources many organizations don’t have – enter HVR Agent as a Service for Microsoft Azure,” said Mark Van de Wiel, CTO at HVR. “A key promise of the cloud is less mundane software management and, with HVR Agent as a Service for Microsoft Azure, we help deliver on that promise.”

With HVR Agent as a Service, everything is already configured – saving time, money, and resources – so organizations can start replicating quickly. Once data is replicated in real time to Azure, organizations are able to harness the power of that data in the cloud for an optimized business. Key features of HVR Agent as a Service for Microsoft Azure include:

• Scalability: The service leverages Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS) to manage settings to automatically scale out the environment for optimum performance and cost efficiency.
• Availability: The service keeps a minimum of agent instances available at all times. In the unlikely event that an agent goes down, a new one automatically starts.
• Monitoring: The service proactively monitors and addresses customer deployments and any potential issues. Native Azure monitoring, alerting solutions, and custom HVR monitoring are deployed to ensure the environment is available at all times.
• Upgradability: The service automatically manages timely software updates. Agent instances are replaced when software updates are available for minimal, if any, downtime to deploy the upgrades.
• Security: The service is deployed as a Managed Service model, enabling HVR to manage the deployment following best practices and implement several security measures. With an experienced team monitoring the environment, issues are proactively addressed and remedied by HVR with no customer effort required.

The HVR platform is a scalable and reliable solution that provides the most efficient way to integrate large data volumes in complex environments. HVR enables fast, easily-implemented adoption of the three major cloud platforms – Azure, AWS, GCP – with Snowflake as the prominent choice on these cloud platforms. Data is replicated from key systems such as SAP, validated to ensure the data is delivered accurately, and readied for real-time consumption by key stakeholders.

HVR will host the “How to Simplify Cloud Adoption Using HVR Agent as a Service for Azure” webinar on Tuesday, May 4 at 12:00 p.m. PT/3:00 p.m. ET. To register, please visit: https://www.hvr-software.com/how-to-simplify-cloud-adoption-using-hvr-agent-as-a-service-for-azure/

Availability

HVR Agent as a Service for Microsoft Azure is now available for current customers and is deployed through the Azure Marketplace. For more information, please visit: https://www.hvr-software.com/solutions/agent-as-a-service-for-microsoft-azure/

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About HVR


HVR
provides a real-time cloud data replication solution that supports enterprise modernization efforts. The HVR platform is a reliable, secure, and scalable way to quickly and efficiently integrate large data volumes in complex environments, enabling real-time data updates, access, and analysis. Global market leaders in a variety of industries trust HVR to address their real-time data integration challenges and revolutionize their businesses. HVR is a privately held company based in San Francisco, with offices across North America, Europe, and Asia.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LPL Financial LLC (Nasdaq:LPLA) today announced that financial advisor Evan Lereah has joined LPL Financial’s broker-dealer, corporate registered investment advisor (RIA) and custodial platforms. He reported having served more than $400 million in advisory, brokerage and retirement plan assets*. Lereah joins LPL from Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network.

Lereah is managing principal of Lereah Financial Group in Red Bank, N.J., which has supported multiple generations of clients since his father started the practice more than 40 years ago. Lereah took an early interest in the industry at a young age. “In seventh grade, I was in a stock market contest at school. During lunch every day, I would call my dad to check on the stock quotes. He knew I had a genuine interest in following in his footsteps,” Lereah said.

After gaining industry experience, Lereah eventually joined the practice and became the primary investment manager, fully taking over the business three years ago upon his father’s retirement. “My passion is to gauge the risk tolerance for a client and build a portfolio utilizing current investment themes and trends,” he said. “I often play a key role in my clients’ inner circle, often getting calls for consultation when big life decisions are being made.”

After an extensive search and due diligence process, he chose to move his business to LPL Financial. He stated, “I’m looking forward to all the great things that lie ahead with this new partnership with LPL. This is a place where I can see myself working for the rest of my career.”

Scott Posner, LPL executive vice president, Business Development, said, “We welcome Evan to LPL and look forward to a long-lasting partnership with Lereah Financial Group. We recognize that advisors are seeking greater efficiency and innovative resources to help differentiate their practices and build more value with their clients. We are focused entirely on our advisors’ needs, providing them with integrated capabilities and business solutions designed to make it easier for them to manage their businesses and stay focused on what they do best, which is helping their clients.”

Read about other firms that recently joined LPL in the LPL Financial News and Media section of LPL.com.

Advisors, find an LPL business development representative near you.

About LPL Financial


LPL Financial (https://www.lpl.com) is a leader in the retail financial advice market, the nation’s largest independent broker-dealer** and a leading custodian (or provider of custodial services) to RIAs. We serve independent financial advisors, professionals and financial institutions, providing them with the technology, research, clearing and compliance services, and practice management programs they need to create and grow thriving practices. LPL enables them to provide objective guidance to millions of American families seeking wealth management, retirement planning, financial planning and asset management solutions.

*Based on prior business and represents assets that would have been custodied at LPL Financial, rather than third-party custodians. Reported assets and client numbers have not been independently and fully verified by LPL Financial.

**Based on total revenues, Financial Planning magazine June 1996-2020.

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REDWOOD CITY, Calif., April 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sumo Logic (Nasdaq: SUMO), the pioneer in continuous intelligence, today announced its Cloud SIEM solution is now available in Australia to help organizations modernize their security operations center (SOC) by fusing analytics and automation to cut through the noise of alert fatigue and provide analysts with automated insights to see the real, priority threats that require immediate attention. The Sumo Logic Cloud SIEM solution will be available in Japan and India later this summer. Additionally, the company will host a global virtual Modern SOC Summit June 8-9, 2021 to provide security business leaders and practitioners with a forum to explore, learn, and accelerate their modern security strategies.

“We are seeing significant interest from customers and partners alike who want to modernize their SOC and replace legacy SIEMs, which are complex, slow, inflexible, and not well suited to meet today’s modern security challenges,” said Paul Wilcox, VP and General Manager for Sumo Logic Asia Pacific. “We’re excited to roll out our Cloud SIEM solution in Australia, which provides users with low latency when ingesting data into the Sumo Logic platform and helps enterprises address their data privacy concerns and data residency requirements.”

Sumo Logic Australia has been the anchor for the Asia Pacific region for the past seven years and has seen significant momentum and growth across customers, as well as a broad ecosystem of partners, including Amazon Web Services, iValue Solutions, RedBear IT, Westcon and more, who are aligned to help solve modern security challenges for the digital era.

As more enterprises accelerate their digital transformation efforts, the pressure on SOC teams to protect against threats is rising exponentially. According to a recent survey, 88 percent of security professionals are experiencing challenges with their current SIEM, and another 83 percent believe taking a cloud-native SIEM approach for cloud or hybrid environments can help them tackle today’s modern security challenges. As the first and last line of defense against increasingly sophisticated data breaches and cyber threats, security teams are adopting a new approach to modernize security operations and effectively address challenges with a cloud-native SIEM combined with security automation capabilities to gain real-time security intelligence.

“Modernizing security operations involves the right combination of people, process, and technology to manage risk by monitoring, detecting, and responding to cyber threats and incidents as they occur,” said Greg Martin VP and GM of the Security Business Unit for Sumo Logic. “Sumo Logic empowers SOC teams to modernize security operations with a cloud-native solution that provides holistic visibility into an organization’s security posture, delivering the insights analysts need to secure their cloud journey, match the changing attack surface, and bring innovation to the SOC.”

Sumo Logic provides a comprehensive approach to quickly uncover activity that can indicate an early stage attack by identifying spikes and anomalies based on the organization’s baseline of historical data. Unrestricted by the processing power of on-premises hardware, Sumo Logic’s Cloud SIEM solution addresses the challenges facing today’s modern SOC by automating the manual work for security analysts, saving them time and enabling them to be more effective by focusing on higher-value security functions.

Customers and partners across the Asia Pacific region are benefitting from having the Sumo Logic Cloud SIEM solution in their local region to get an automated view of potential security incidents with the relevant context needed for making rapid response decisions including:

“Our business is rapidly expanding across different geographies and locations, so the concept of solely securing the traditional ‘perimeter’ no longer exists. We knew we needed a comprehensive Cloud SIEM solution to give us holistic visibility in order to manage security across our entire infrastructure and protect our customer data. Sumo Logic has not only helped us modernize our security operations but also tackle rigourous compliance requirements for PCI and other Australian-focused financial services regulations.”
Peter Robinson, Director of Security and IT, ZipMoney, Ltd.

“We help developers manage releases and automate deployments with our self-hosted or SaaS offering. Security is at the core of our products as they often interact with our customers’ sensitive environments. Sumo Logic lets us analyse and correlate threats with a single platform across our diverse cloud infrastructure, build environments and our SaaS offering, ensuring our customers can use our products to manage releases and automate deployments securely.”
Kyle Jackson, Senior Security Engineer, Octopus Deploy

“As a leader in installments and consumer lending in Australia and New Zealand offering a range of financial services, protecting our customers’ data is paramount. By taking a cloud-native approach, Sumo Logic helps streamline our SOC by providing real-time security analytics to automatically detect, respond and address breaches, and accelerate threat hunting while eliminating alert fatigue for our analysts.”
Tony Wilson, GM Information Security, Latitude Financial

“Traditionally, SIEM enablement has been a long and sometimes difficult path to navigate, often taking months of effort. Sumo Logic’s Cloud SIEM is a gamechanger and the availability of this solution in Australia means that customers can be sure their data remains onshore at all times, while providing a rich set of analytics in which security teams can gain valuable insights. As a long time partner we’re excited to provide Sumo Logic Cloud SIEM which will allow us to enhance our offering in the marketplace, opening up new opportunities, and most importantly, making our customers and their data more secure.”
Jem Richards, CTO, RedBear IT

“As a managed SOC provider, the speed at which an analyst can investigate and confirm or dismiss an insight is critical. Having worked with more traditional SIEM products in the past, Sumo Logic’s Cloud SIEM provides a step change improvement in efficiency and time-to-value from onboarding to protection. The Sumo Logic Cloud SIEM solution does this by correlating multiple sources to present a single sequence of events, further enriching event data with external sources, which provides a single pane view for rapid analysis. Managing the investigation, analysis and response workflows in a single platform also eliminates repetitive switching between tools to manually compare event data, further improving efficiency and accuracy.”
Sash Vasilevski, Principal Consultant, Security Sentric

“We are very excited to have Sumo Logic’s Cloud SIEM solution available in the Australia region as it not only provides a 360º view of potential security issues, but also gives us the ability to scale on demand without the overheads of provisioning infrastructure, which is key for us as a cloud-focused MSSP. The dashboard and automation capabilities are designed for a modern SOC which reduces the time required to onboard customers and ingest new data sources as their environments expand, while preventing our analysts from being overwhelmed by the millions of log events that are collected.”
Gareth Batchelor, Principal Consultant, Cloudtrace

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About Sumo Logic

Sumo Logic Inc. (Nasdaq: SUMO) is the pioneer in continuous intelligence, a new category of software, which enables organizations of all sizes to address the data challenges and opportunities presented by digital transformation, modern applications, and cloud computing. The Sumo Logic Continuous Intelligence Platform™ automates the collection, ingestion, and analysis of application, infrastructure, security, and IoT data to derive actionable insights within seconds. More than 2,100 customers around the world rely on Sumo Logic to build, run, and secure their modern applications and cloud infrastructures. Only Sumo Logic delivers its platform as a true, multi-tenant SaaS architecture, across multiple use-cases, enabling businesses to thrive in the Intelligence Economy. For more information, visit www.sumologic.com.

Sumo Logic is a trademark or registered trademark of Sumo Logic in the United States and in foreign countries. All other company and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

Any information regarding offerings, updates, functionality, or other modifications, including release dates, is subject to change without notice. The development, release, and timing of any offering, update, functionality, or modification described herein remains at the sole discretion of Sumo Logic, and should not be relied upon in making a purchase decision, nor as a representation, warranty, or commitment to deliver specific offerings, updates, functionalities, or modifications in the future.

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EDMONTON, Alberta, April 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Nabati Foods Global Inc. (CSE: MEAL Reserved) (“Nabati Global” or the “Company”), a plant-based food tech company offering whole, natural, plant-based foods for health conscious consumers, is announcing that its products are now available at Metro grocery stores in Ontario. Metro is the third largest grocery retailer in Canada, representing a major opportunity for Nabati sales growth.

Nabati’s dairy free cheesecakes will be available at 150 Metro locations across the province. The cheesecakes are available in chocolate, peanut butter, and tiramisu.

“This new partnership is an exciting new boost for our profile and reach in Eastern Canada, in Canada’s largest province,” Nabati CEO Ahmad Yehya said. “Nabati’s dairy free cheesecakes are a popular choice for health-conscious consumers who still want to indulge their sweet tooth. We look forward to a successful partnership with Metro and are excited about this opportunity.”

Founded in 1947, Metro boasts 950 store locations across Ontario and Quebec, and is a leader in grocery and pharmacy under the Metro, Metro Plus, Super C, and Food Basics banners.

“Nabati was founded because we were unsatisfied with the plant-based, healthy options that were available on the shelves. We believed that it was possible to create mouthwatering foods that are guilt-free, so we made them ourselves,” Yehya said. “We’re focused on creating sustainable, nourishing food using natural ingredients. Nabati cheesecakes are our original product line and a foundational part of our company’s story and history.”

All Nabati products are certified gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free, refined sugar-free, all natural (non-GMO), certified kosher, and certified vegan. Nabati products are available across North America, and the company has plans to enter the European market next year.

About Nabati Foods Global Inc.

Nabati Foods Global Inc. (CSE: MEAL Reserved) is the owner of Nabati Foods Inc. (“Nabati”), a family-founded food tech company offering whole, natural, plant-based, gluten, and soy-free foods for health-conscious consumers. Nabati was founded in 2014 and has four signature product lines including dairy-free cheesecakes, cheese alternatives, and plant-based meats. Nabati products are distributed in Canada and the U.S. through grocery, foodservice, and industrial channels.

Find Nabati on Social Media: on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter andLinkedIn

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For further information, please contact: Ahmad Yehya at [email protected]

Disclosure and Caution

Completion of the financing is subject to a number of conditions, including ensuring the financing and listing application are compliant with CSE requirements. The transaction cannot close until the required conditions are satisfied and required approvals are obtained. There can be no assurance that the financing will be completed as proposed or at all. Trading in the securities of the Company should be considered highly speculative – there is no active market for Company’s securities at this time. No regulatory body has reviewed or approved the terms to this financing.

This news release contains forward-looking information, which involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual events to differ materially from current expectation. Important factors – including the ability to complete the financing, the ability to satisfy the conditions required and approvals needed to complete the transaction, availability of funds and the results of financing efforts, – that could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company’s expectations are disclosed in the Company’s documents filed from time to time on SEDAR (see www.sedar.com). Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation, except to the extent required by law, to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

The securities referred to in this news release have not been, and will not be, registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any state securities laws, and may not be offered or sold in the United States unless pursuant to an exemption therefrom. This press release is for information purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities of the Company in any jurisdiction.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Algolia, a leading provider of an API Platform for Dynamic Experiences, today announced that the UK’s leading homewares retailer, Dunelm, selected Algolia to deliver a more personalized and relevant online customer service on their digital properties. As a result, Dunelm increased its search relevance resulting in increased conversions, doubled site traffic, and more than doubled its online revenue. Algolia’s relevant, fast and personalized search is a key part of Dunelm’s new digital transformation initiative. The Algolia-powered online experience mirrors Dunelm’s physical store experience, delivering a welcoming digital “shop window” for customers.

“We were able to improve our customer experience, double online sales, and significantly improve conversion rates by leveraging Algolia’s best-in-class search engine, transparent search ranking and rules, and pre-built UI libraries,” said James Hoare, Chief Technology Officer, Dunelm. “This, combined with our overall digital transformation strategy, enabled our teams to quickly and easily develop a search experience that met the demand and expectations of our customers.”

A Need for World-Class Search, Browse and Category Navigation


Before implementing Algolia, Dunelm, which has more than 170 stores across the UK, was constrained by its legacy site search features. Basically, the company’s old search was not able to meet the retailer’s business goals, resulting in poor search relevance and consequently underwhelming conversion rates. Dunelm’s legacy site struggled with scalability and performance issues, and the legacy site required extensive, ongoing development support and maintenance resources consequently slowing down their continual improvement. Also, the previous search experience did not meet customers’ ever-increasing expectations nor could the solution easily scale to accommodate an escalating number of online users.

“Today’s consumers expect nothing less than a Google or Amazon-like user search experience — and today’s businesses are constantly working to meet this high customer experience standard,” said Bernadatte Nixon, Chief Executive Officer, Algolia. “Companies need powerful, intuitive search capabilities for web, mobile and voice applications — and making these capabilities a reality is no easy task. Algolia’s search API and InstantSearch capabilities were the perfect complement to Dunelm’s online retail efforts. Search APIs enable developers to quickly add powerful search capabilities while business users gain the valuable insights needed to meet and exceed customer expectations. It’s a win-win across the board.”

Dunelm aimed to empower its business through technology with a digital shopping space that customers loved to visit. The retailer turned to Algolia to help it deliver an e-commerce experience that converted window shoppers into revenue-generating buyers. Dunelm’s shift from a monolithic, legacy platform to a cloud-native API platform would enable site visitors to easily discover and locate desired products — before they bounced to a competing site.

Customizable, Transparent API-Based Personalized Recommendations


As part of Dunelm’s new digital strategy, the retailer’s technical team opted for a microservices, headless commerce approach, which decouples the front-end presentation layer from the backend e-commerce system. In 2019, Dunelm selected Algolia over other open source solutions due to Algolia’s customizable API-first platform that gives developers full control and is designed for headless commerce. Also, Dunelm’s digital team needed search technology that could easily integrate with the retailer’s existing AWS back end. Dunelm also cited Algolia’s pre-built capabilities, including indexing, merchandising ranking, rules, and analytics, along with quality documentation and support as deciding factors.

Relevance, Real Results in Record Time


Dunelm, with Algolia, gained search relevance and speed, in-house manageability and the ability to operate at scale. The company reaped the time and cost-saving benefits of its out-of-the-box superior search relevance, low total cost of ownership, and support from the Algolia team. Algolia’s search API and InstantSearch capabilities allowed Dunelm to boost its search conversion relevance rate in less than a month by quickly serving up products that accurately matched site visitors’ intent.

The retail leader increased its search conversion relevance, doubled its web traffic, and more than doubled its online revenue. Meanwhile, Dunelm’s digital team now has a single, streamlined analytics dashboard — a dashboard that offers a single view of the site’s search performance with the ability to easily customize and optimize the site experience. Dunelm next plans to harness the power of personalized search with additional voice features to continually evolve its online digital shop window.

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• Careers: https://www.algolia.com/careers

About Algolia

Algolia provides an API Platform for Dynamic Experiences enabling organizations to predict intent and deliver results. Algolia achieves this with an API-first approach that allows developers and business teams to surface relevant content when wanted – satisfying the demand for instant gratification – and building and optimizing online experiences that enhance online engagement, increase conversion rates, and enrich lifetime value to generate profitable growth. More than 10,000 companies including Under Armour, Lacoste, Birchbox, Stripe, Slack, Medium, and Zendesk rely on Algolia to manage over 1.5 Trillion search queries a year. Algolia is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Paris, London, Tokyo, New York and Atlanta. To learn more, visit www.algolia.com.

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Core One Labs Inc. (CSE: COOL), (OTC: CLABF), (Frankfurt: LD62, WKN: A2P8K3) (the “Company” or ”Core One”) a life sciences research and technology company focused on bringing psychedelic medicines to market through novel delivery systems and psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy is pleased to announce its wholly owned subsidiary Vocan Biotechnologies Inc. (“Vocan”) has initiated the engineering and design of a proprietary enzymatic production system for the manufacturing of API-grade N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT).  DMT, a naturally occurring psychedelic substance, is currently under clinical investigation for the treatment of certain mood disorders. The compound is a primary component of traditional South American entheogenic brews and is traditionally derived from the leaves of a variety of plants endemic to equatorial regions across the globe.

The Vocan team has outlined a genetic pathway that could result in potentially elevated levels of DMT biosynthesis compared to the naturally occurring production pathway in the plants from which the compound is commonly extracted. With further development the research team plans to construct a high-throughput production system based on the same recombinant enzyme fermentation platform the company is already developing for API-psilocybin. The addition of this biosynthetic target to its development pipeline will allow Vocan to broaden its offerings of clinical-quality psychedelic medicines and enable advancement of the therapeutic use of psychedelic substances in medicine.

This proprietary approach to DMT production will preserve the highly specific molecular structure of naturally occurring plant-derived DMT and allow the Company’s fermentative biosynthesis platform to be optimized for maximum DMT output at production scale. The team intends to accelerate the current development stage of its DMT production system within a few weeks in order to fast-track the first DMT provisional patent filling with the US Patent and Trademark Office. Early patent protection of its proprietary DNA sequences and enhanced-activity enzymes will ensure API-grade DMT can be manufactured by a repeatable and reliable process without any requirement for more costly chemical synthesis or cultivation, extraction, and purification from plant sources.

“Core One’s research and development division, through the leadership of Dr. Robert Hancock, continues to achieve significant scientific milestones in the production of biosynthesized and stereochemically sound psychedelic compounds. There is a growing body of scientific research and empirical evidence surrounding the benefits of using various psychedelic compounds to treat mental health afflictions and Core One endeavours to support the scientific community by providing psychedelic compounds for their research at a fraction of the cost of other producers. We will continue to develop and expand our psychedelic product offerings, to provide the scientific research community with the compounds they need, and the successful engineering of enzymatic DMT is another example of how we can do this,” Stated Joel Shacker CEO of the Company.

About Core One Labs Inc.

Core One is a biotechnology research and technology life sciences enterprise focused on bringing psychedelic medicines to market through novel delivery systems and psychedelic assisted psychotherapy. Core One has developed a patent pending thin film oral strip (the “technology”) which dissolves instantly when placed in the mouth and delivers organic molecules in precise quantities to the bloodstream, maintaining excellent bioavailability. The Company intends to further develop and apply the technology to psychedelic compounds, such as psilocybin. Core One also holds an interest in medical clinics which maintain a combined database of over 275,000 patients. Through these clinics, the integration of its intellectual property, R&D related to psychedelic treatments and novel drug therapies, the Company intends to obtain regulatory research approval for the advancement of psychedelic-derived treatments for mental health disorders.

Core One Labs Inc.

Joel Shacker
Chief Executive Officer

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Cautionary Disclaimer Statement:

The Canadian Securities Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of the content of this news release.

Information set forth in this news release contains forward-looking statements that are based on assumptions as of the date of this news release. These statements reflect management’s current estimates, beliefs, intentions, and expectations. They are not guarantees of future performance. The Company cautions that all forward-looking statements are inherently uncertain, and that actual performance may be affected by a number of material factors, many of which are beyond the Company’s control. Such factors include, among other things: risks and uncertainties relating to the Company’s limited operating history and the need to comply with strict regulatory regulations. Accordingly, actual and future events, conditions and results may differ materially from the estimates, beliefs, intentions and expectations expressed or implied in the forward-looking information. Except as required under applicable securities legislation, the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise forward-looking information.

In addition, psilocybin is currently a Schedule III drug under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (Canada) and it is a criminal offence to possess substances under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (Canada) without a prescription or authorization. Health Canada has not approved psilocybin as a drug for any indication. Core One does not have any direct or indirect involvement with illegal selling, production, or distribution of psychedelic substances in jurisdictions in which it operates. While Core One believes psychedelic substances can be used to treat certain medical conditions, it does not advocate for the legalization of psychedelics substances for recreational use. Core One does not deal with psychedelic substances, except within laboratory and clinical trial settings conducted within approved regulatory frameworks.

LOS ANGELES, April 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BroadbandNow’s (https://broadbandnow.com) quarterly, “The State of Broadband in America” study for the first quarter of this year, found access to low-priced wired broadband plans continues to expand at a significant rate. Specifically, 77 percent of Americans now have access to a low-priced wired broadband plan, compared to just 50 percent one year ago.

“The expansion of cost-effective broadband internet to more than three-quarters of the U.S. population is a milestone, yet one we must continue to push further,” said Tyler Cooper, editor-in-chief of BroadbandNow. “Momentum toward closing the digital divide is at an all-time high, and it is clearer than ever that both access and affordability must be addressed.”

BroadbandNow’s quarterly study also looks at access and affordability at higher “ultra-fast” broadband speeds, which are becoming more important as Americans video conference, stream and work remotely at higher rates then ever. Interactive charts and data for all 50 states are included in the report.

The State of Broadband in America, Q1 2021 can be found at:

• https://broadbandnow.com/research/q1-broadband-report-2021
  

ABOUT BROADBANDNOW

BroadbandNow (https://broadbandnow.com) is the champion for consumers in-the-market for broadband internet services. BroadbandNow’s database of providers, the largest in the U.S., delivers the highest-value guides consisting of comprehensive plans, prices and ratings for thousands of internet service providers. BroadbandNow relentlessly collects and analyzes internet providers’ coverage and availability to provide the most accurate zip code search, so consumers can compare and contrast providers and plans to find the best broadband service. For more information on BroadbandNow, visit: https://broadbandnow.com.

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OXFORD, United Kingdom, April 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, today unveiled new XGS Series firewall appliances with unrivaled performance and advanced protection against cyberattacks. The new appliances feature industry-best Transport Layer Security (TLS) inspection, including native support for TLS 1.3, that is up to five times faster than other models available on the market today.

“Sophos Firewall XGS Series appliances represent the most significant hardware upgrade that we have ever released and introduce unmatched detection, protection and speed,” said Dan Schiappa, chief product officer at Sophos. “Security teams can no longer afford to overlook encrypted traffic for fear of breaking something or hurting performance – there’s too much at risk. We’ve completely redesigned the Sophos Firewall hardware to handle the modern encrypted internet. Security teams now have the ability to easily inspect encrypted traffic and shine light on what was once a black hole, and they can confidently do so without compromising on performance.”

Cybercriminals Increasingly Using TLS to Avoid Detection

Sophos today also published new research, “Nearly Half of Malware Now Use TLS to Conceal Communications,” identifying a surge in cybercriminals using TLS in their attacks. The increasingly popular tactic is used by adversaries to encrypt and encapsulate the content of malicious communications to avoid detection as they carry out attacks.

In fact, 45% of malware detected by Sophos from January through March 2021 used TLS to conceal malicious communications. That’s a staggering rise from the 23% Sophos reported in early 2020. Sophos has also seen an increase in the use of TLS to carry out ransomware attacks in the past year, particularly with manually-deployed ransomware. The majority of malicious TLS traffic that Sophos has detected includes initial-compromise malware, such as loaders, droppers and document-based installers like BazarLoader, GoDrop and ZLoader.

“TLS has undoubtably changed the privacy of internet communications for the better, but for all the good it’s done, it’s also made it much easier for attackers to download and install malicious modules and exfiltrate stolen data – right under the noses of IT security teams and most security technologies,” said Schiappa. “Attackers are taking advantage of TLS-protected web and cloud services for malware delivery and for command and control. Their initial compromise malware is simply the advance guard for major attacks, as they’re setting up camp for the heavy artillery that follows, like ransomware.”

Accelerating Threat Protection

Powered by Sophos Firewall’s Xstream architecture, XGS Series appliances deliver the industry’s best zero-day threat protection, identifying and stopping the most advanced known and potential threats – including ransomware. Protection is fueled by powerful threat intelligence, available only through SophosLabs Intelix and based on petabytes of SophosLabs threat data. Suspicious files are safely detonated in SophosLabs Intelix virtual environments as well as subjected to in-depth static analysis for additional detection coverage and intelligence gathering.

New Xstream flow processors within the appliances automatically accelerate trusted traffic, such as software as a service (SaaS), software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN) and cloud applications, providing maximum headroom for traffic requiring TLS and deep packet inspection. This greatly reduces latency and improves overall performance for important business applications, particularly those using real-time data. The Xstream flow processors are software programmable, allowing Sophos to offload additional traffic in the future. The flexibility to enhance and adapt connectivity on the hardware itself further protects customers’ hardware investment.

Sophos provides unique and intuitive dashboard visibility of TLS traffic and inspection issues, and security administrators can add exceptions for problematic streams with one click. Performance is also optimized out of the box with an extensive set of rules that are updated and maintained by SophosLabs to exclude safe traffic from inspection.

Sophos Firewall XGS Series appliances and firmware are easily managed on the cloud-based Sophos Central platform alongside Sophos’ entire portfolio of next-generation cybersecurity solutions. Solutions share threat intelligence and automatically respond to security incidents through Sophos’ unique synchronized security approach. Integration with Sophos Managed Threat Response (MTR) further boosts protection with human analysis for 24/7 fully managed threat detection and response.

Availability

Sophos Firewall XGS Series desktop and most 1U rackmount appliances are available for immediate purchase exclusively through Sophos’ global channel of partners and managed service providers (MSPs). These models are ideally suited for small, medium and distributed organizations as an all-in-one network security solution with a strong price to performance ratio and diverse add-on connectivity options. Additional models designed for enterprise edge environments requiring maximum throughput for more complex network configurations will be available in the coming weeks. Simplified licensing includes bundled protection with enhanced support. 

What Analysts and Channel Partners Say

“Firewall appliances are evolving to secure newer use cases, including cloud and the sudden shift to a growing remote workforce,” said Frank Dickson, program vice president at IDC. “The elegance of Sophos Firewall’s Xstream dual processor architecture approach is its ability to accelerate trusted traffic from so-called ‘elephant flows’— large media streams, VoIP traffic and even cloud applications — to then leverage the general purpose CPU to perform appropriate resource-intensive processes, such as deep packet inspection and TLS inspection. The result is an adaptable network appliance designed to provide protection while meeting changing and accelerating business demands across a variety of use cases.”

“The new XGS Series firewall appliances are screaming fast with rock solid, unbreakable stability. We captured an immediate increase in performance that doubled our throughput, which completely blew us away. Sophos Firewall has always been industry best, but the XGS Series appliances are revolutionary and beyond compare with cutting-edge innovation that’s years ahead of other offerings,” said Sam Heard, president at Data Integrity Services. “Sophos Firewall provides the protection our customers need as they increasingly move business critical applications to the cloud and adopt zero trust technologies. It’s a win-win for channel partners, who further benefit with tremendous growth opportunities to cross and up-sell across the entire suite of Sophos solutions and services.”

“Sophos is raising the bar and pushing the cybersecurity industry forward at warp speed with its new XGS Series appliances, which are nothing short of amazing,” said Karen Greer, CEO at Secure Content Technologies. “Appliance installation is incredibly simple, and within minutes I could hear our technician yelling through the wall, ‘wow, this is fast!’ Sophos Firewall is effortlessly managed on Sophos Central, making it exponentially easier to secure and manage diverse and complex customer environments. Knowing that Sophos Firewall automatically shares threat intelligence with other solutions on the platform through Sophos’ synchronized security heartbeat feature is game changing, giving us complete confidence and peace of mind that our customers are protected – even the most evasive threats don’t stand a chance at getting by.”

Additional Resources

• Read the Naked Security article, “When Cryptography Attacks – How TLS Helps Malware to Hide in Plain Sight”
• Watch the video, TLS Encryption Explained, to see how attackers are using TLS encryption to commit cybercrime
• Learn how SystemBC and Agent Tesla use TLS
• Learn how Sophos Firewall protects against Hafnium
• Read Sophos’ 2021 Threat Report to learn more about cybersecurity trends
• Read the latest security news and views on Sophos‘ award-winning news website Naked Security and on Sophos News
• Connect with Sophos on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Spiceworks, and YouTube

About Sophos

As a worldwide leader in next-generation cybersecurity, Sophos protects more than 400,000 organizations of all sizes in more than 150 countries from today’s most advanced cyber threats. Powered by SophosLabs – a global threat intelligence and data science team – Sophos’ cloud-native and AI-powered solutions secure endpoints (laptops, servers and mobile devices) and networks against evolving cyberattack techniques, including ransomware, malware, exploits, data exfiltration, active-adversary breaches, phishing, and more. Sophos Central, a cloud-native management platform, integrates Sophos’ entire portfolio of next-generation products, including the Intercept X endpoint solution and the XG next-generation firewall, into a single “synchronized security” system accessible through a set of APIs. Sophos has been driving a transition to next-generation cybersecurity, leveraging advanced capabilities in cloud, machine learning, APIs, automation, managed threat response, and more, to deliver enterprise-grade protection to any size organization. Sophos sells its products and services exclusively through a global channel of more than 53,000 partners and managed service providers (MSPs). Sophos also makes its innovative commercial technologies available to consumers via Sophos Home. The company is headquartered in Oxford, U.K. More information is available at www.sophos.com.

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TORONTO and HOUSTON, April 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Medicenna Therapeutics Corp. (“Medicenna” or “the Company”) (NASDAQ: MDNA TSX: MDNA), a clinical stage immuno-oncology company, today announced the appointment of Kevin Moulder, PhD, as the Company’s Chief Scientific Officer (CSO).

“Kevin is an ideal addition to our management team given his extensive experience leading drug discovery and development efforts in areas such as oncology and immunology,” said Fahar Merchant, PhD, President and CEO of Medicenna. “We are thrilled to welcome Kevin to Medicenna as his scientific and technical expertise will be instrumental in the development of our novel Superkine and BiSKITs™ platforms and while helping to expand our clinical-stage pipeline.”

Dr. Moulder brings over 30 years of experience in drug discovery and development in the fields of protein design, antibody technology, immuno-oncology, inflammation and autoimmune disease. Following his post-doctoral studies at the NIH, he joined GSK to lead their CD23 program. Thereafter, he served in research and development leadership positions in 9 international biotechnology companies including Biogen where he ran a predictive medicine department. As VP of Research at Domantis, Kevin led the creation of a pipeline of novel single domain antibodies resulting in Domantis’ acquisition by GSK. Subsequently, Dr. Moulder served as the CSO of F-Star Therapeutics, where he established the company’s bispecific antibody technology and led the translational efforts to identify its first clinical lead. Most recently Kevin held C-level positions at PolyProx Therapeutics Ltd. and Tusk Therapeutics. At Tusk, Kevin directed the development of their anti-CD25 antibody which showed anticancer activity by depleting Tregs while preserving IL-2 activity on effector T cells, which subsequently prompted Tusk’s acquisition by Roche. Kevin holds a first class honors degree in biological sciences and a Ph.D in Immunology from the University of London.

Dr. Moulder commented, “The opportunity to serve as Medicenna’s CSO is truly exciting. The Company’s Superkine and BiSKITs™ platforms are powerful tools that have generated potentially first and best-in-class assets designed to overcome the limitations of currently available immunotherapies. I am eager to begin working with my new colleagues to advance these assets towards the clinic and develop additional cytokine-based immunotherapies.”

About Medicenna

Medicenna is a clinical stage immunotherapy company focused on the development of novel, highly selective versions of IL-2, IL-4 and IL-13 Superkines and first in class Empowered Superkines for the treatment of a broad range of cancers. Medicenna’s long-acting IL-2 Superkine asset, MDNA11, is a next-generation IL-2 with superior CD122 binding without CD25 affinity and therefore preferentially stimulates cancer killing effector T cells and NK cells when compared to competing IL-2 programs. Medicenna’s early-stage program on Bifunctional SuperKine ImmunoTherapies (BiSKITs™) is designed to further enhance the ability of Superkines to treat immunologically “cold” tumors. Medicenna’s lead IL4 Empowered Superkine, MDNA55, has completed a Phase 2b clinical trial for rGBM, the most common and uniformly fatal form of brain cancer. MDNA55 has been studied in five clinical trials involving 132 subjects, including 112 adults with rGBM. MDNA55 has obtained Fast-Track and Orphan Drug status from the FDA and FDA/EMA, respectively.

Forward-Looking Statement

This news release contains forward-looking statements under applicable securities laws and relate to the future operations of the Company and other statements that are not historical facts including statements related to the clinical potential of its BiSKITs™ program and Superkine platform and the presentation of additional data. Forward-looking statements are often identified by terms such as “will”, “may”, “should”, “anticipate”, “expects”, “believes” and similar expressions. All statements other than statements of historical fact, included in this release, including the future plans and objectives of the Company, are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company’s expectations include the risks detailed in the annual information form of the Company dated May 14, 2020 and in other filings made by the Company with the applicable securities regulators from time to time in Canada and the United States.

The reader is cautioned that assumptions used in the preparation of any forward-looking information may prove to be incorrect. Events or circumstances may cause actual results to differ materially from those predicted, as a result of numerous known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors, many of which are beyond the control of the Company. The reader is cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking information. Such information, although considered reasonable by management at the time of preparation, may prove to be incorrect and actual results may differ materially from those anticipated. Forward-looking statements contained in this news release are expressly qualified by this cautionary statement. The forward-looking statements contained in this news release are made as of the date of this news release and the Company will update or revise publicly any of the included forward-looking statements only as expressly required by Canadian and United States securities law.

Further Information

For further information about the Company please contact:

Elizabeth Williams, Chief Financial Officer, 416-648-5555, [email protected]   

Investor Contact

For more investor information, please contact:

Dan Ferry, Managing Director, LifeSci Advisors, 617-430-7576, [email protected] 

Costa Mesa, Calif, April 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —  Sovereign Lending Group (https://www.slgmortgage.com/), a leading mortgage lender for veterans and millennials, announced today that it has appointed Allison Wapato as Vice President of Processing. With over two decades of experience, Alison will be leading Sovereign Lending Group’s mortgage processing department to ensure that all mortgage loans are processed and completed according to established policies, procedures, regulations, and guidelines. 

 

With a sole focus on business optimization, Alison Wapato’s addition to Sovereign Lending Group aligns with its continued business growth and increased employee recruitment efforts.  

 

“Alison brings extensive experience in Mortgage processing and a deep understanding of the market. We expect Allison will contribute to developing and executing comprehensive mortgage lending strategies that deliver the brand promise of Sovereign Lending Group,” said Dan Holtz, CEO of Sovereign Lending Group. “We are excited to continue to strengthen our leadership team as we drive our next stage of growth.”  

 

Previously, Alison was the Assistant Vice President of Processing at Mr. Cooper, where she led numerous processing divisions which supported a collective pipeline of 9,000 customers. Recognized for her success building and leading strong results-oriented loan processing teams, Alison will continue to contribute to the development of Sovereign Lending Group’s business strategy and objectives.  

 

“I’m excited to join Sovereign Lending Group because of their consistent efforts to set new standards in the mortgage industry, said Alison Wapato, Vice President of Processing at Sovereign Lending Group. “I look forward to working alongside the leadership team to create sustainable growth and company development.” 

 

Alison holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of California.  

 

About Sovereign Lending Group 

 

Sovereign Lending Group is a VA loan lender with headquarters in Southern California and Dallas, Texas. Sovereign Lending Group provides home purchase, home refinance, second mortgage, and home equity loans to clients throughout the U.S. To learn more about Sovereign Lending Group, please visit, www.slgmortgage.com.  

Andrew Ford
Sovereign Lending Group
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