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AUSTIN, Texas, May 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The New England Journal of Medicine recently published a study on the impact of COVID-19 vaccinations on pregnant people. At the heart of the study was the data that expectant individuals provided to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) using the v-safe after vaccination health checker. The article concluded that “Preliminary findings did not show obvious safety signals among pregnant persons who received mRNA Covid-19 vaccines.” Read the full findings here.

“The Oracle developed v-safe system enables millions of patients to voluntarily share their vaccination experience and data without compromising their privacy,” said Oracle Chairman and CTO, Larry Ellison. “Healthcare professionals can then immediately access, analyze and act on the millions of up-to-minute health records in the database. Access to this massive amount of real-world health data will improve the quality of decision making critical to the practice of medicine and formulation of public health policy. We needed to get this data in the hands of researchers and medical practitioners immediately, and American citizens rose to the challenge by volunteering their data to help others. Oracle is proud to play a role in this program and mark a new era of medicine using real-world evidence to guide decisions.”

Throughout the pandemic, Oracle provided cloud technology and services to the U.S. government to ensure our public health officials have access to up-to-the-minute data to better understand and combat the virus. This includes developing the v-safe system and making it easy for every person who receives a COVID-19 vaccination to report side effects and other data in just seconds using their smartphone or computer.

Today, over a hundred million records are in the system, enabling the global medical community to see the impact of the vaccine on various segments of the population, including pregnant people – where no data or intelligence was collected before. An ongoing CDC study enables these expectant individuals to also voluntarily opt-in to provide continued updates throughout their pregnancy and birth – providing invaluable insight on any potential long-term effects of the vaccines.

The Oracle v-safe system plus other Oracle public health systems are being used to manage the distribution of vaccines throughout the world. All these systems are built on the Oracle Cloud providing the highest levels of security and privacy. To learn more about how Oracle’s National Electronic Health Records Cloud and Public Health Management Applications Suite are helping the U.S. and other governments manage COVID-19 and other public health issues, visit here.

About Oracle
Oracle offers suites of integrated applications plus secure, autonomous infrastructure in the Oracle Cloud. For more information about Oracle (NYSE: ORCL), please visit us at oracle.com.

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ATLANTA, May 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The Home Depot^®, the world’s largest home improvement retailer, announced today that it will hold its First Quarter Earnings Conference Call on Tuesday, May 18, at 9 a.m. ET.

A webcast will be available by logging onto http://ir.homedepot.com/events-and-presentations and selecting the First Quarter Earnings Conference Call icon. The webcast will be archived and available beginning at approximately noon on May 18.

The Home Depot is the world’s largest home improvement specialty retailer. The Company operates a total of 2,298 retail stores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, 10 Canadian provinces and Mexico. In fiscal 2020, The Home Depot had sales of $132.1 billion and earnings of $12.9 billion. The Company employs approximately 500,000 associates. The Home Depot’s stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: HD) and is included in the Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor’s 500 index.

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SAINT HELIER, Jersey, May 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — CoinShares International Limited, (Nasdaq First North Growth Market: CS) will hold a webcast on Monday, May 24, 2021 to discuss the results for the first quarter ending March 31, 2021. A press release announcing the results will be issued prior to market open, and the webcast is scheduled to begin at 3:00 pm GMT (10:00 a.m. Eastern Time).

The live webcast of the earnings conference call can be accessed on the investor relations section of the CoinShares website at http://coinshares.com/investor-relations. A replay of the webcast will be available online approximately 2 hours following the live call for a period of 30 days.

To participate in the conference call, please dial in at least 5-10 minutes prior to the scheduled start and follow the operator’s instructions. You will be asked for the conference ID number.

Conference Call

Sweden (Toll Free): 0200125160
Sweden (Local): +46 (0) 856618467
International: +44 (0) 2071 928338
Conference ID: 8173619

A telephone replay of the call will begin at approximately 6:00 p.m. GMT (1:00 p.m. Eastern Time) on May 24, 2021. To access the telephone replay, please dial:

Replay Numbers

Sweden (Toll Free): 0850510046
International: +44 (0) 3333009785
USA: +1 (917) 677-7532
Conference ID: 8173619

About CoinShares

CoinShares is Europe’s largest digital asset investment firm, managing over USD 5.3 billion of assets on behalf of its client base. The Group is focused on expanding investor access to the digital asset ecosystem by pioneering new financial products and services that seek to provide trust and transparency when accessing this new asset class.

For more information on CoinShares, please visit: https://coinshares.com

Investor Relations Contact

Jay Morakis

+1 646 859 5951
[email protected]

Certified Advisor

Mangold Fondkommission AB 
+46 (0)8 503 015 50
[email protected]

SOURCE CoinShares International Limited

 

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SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW), the global cybersecurity leader, announced today that it will release the financial results for its fiscal third quarter 2021, ended April 30, 2021, after U.S. markets close on Thursday, May 20, 2021. Palo Alto Networks will host a video webcast that day at 2 p.m. Pacific time (5 p.m. Eastern time) to discuss the results.

The live video webcast will be accessible from the “Investors” section of the Palo Alto Networks website at investors.paloaltonetworks.com. A replay will be available three hours after the conclusion of the webcast and archived for one year. A press release will be accessible from the Palo Alto Networks website prior to the commencement of the webcast.

ABOUT PALO ALTO NETWORKS
Palo Alto Networks, the global cybersecurity leader, is shaping the cloud-centric future with technology that is transforming the way people and organizations operate. Our mission is to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life. We help address the world’s greatest security challenges with continuous innovation that seizes the latest breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, analytics, automation, and orchestration. By delivering an integrated platform and empowering a growing ecosystem of partners, we are at the forefront of protecting tens of thousands of organizations across clouds, networks, and mobile devices. Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. For more information, visit www.paloaltonetworks.com.

Palo Alto Networks and the Palo Alto Networks logo are trademarks of Palo Alto Networks, Inc. in the United States and in jurisdictions throughout the world. All other trademarks, trade names, or service marks used or mentioned herein belong to their respective owners.

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MONETT, Mo., May 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ: JKHY), a leading provider of technology solutions and payment processing services primarily for the financial services industry, announced that it is joining with The Clearing House to bring the benefits of real-time payments to minority communities. The companies are accomplishing this by jointly covering the cost of the onboarding fees for minority-owned depository institutions (MDIs) that leverage JHA PayCenter™ to connect to the RTP® network.

The FDIC defines MDIs as any federally insured depository institution with 51 percent or more of the voting stock owned by minority individuals. Minority banks and credit unions are key contributors to their local economies and often provide financial services for many individuals and small businesses that are historically underserved and often susceptible to predatory lending practices, such as exorbitant interest rates or check-cashing services that charge high fees.

Tede Forman, head of consumer and commercial payments for Jack Henry & Associates, said, “Many communities served by MDIs need access to flexible, faster payments which can help prevent missed payments, avoid late fees and penalties, protect credit scores, and improve cash flow and financial health. This exciting program enables Jack Henry to financially partner with The Clearing House to give these financial institutions parity with larger institutions and hopefully prevent many consumers and small businesses from being underbanked.”

Jim Aramanda, president and CEO, The Clearing House, added, “Demand for faster payments has never been higher, and all Americans deserve to enjoy the benefits that can help solve many customer cash-flow concerns. By easing the access to our real-time payments network for minority-owned banks and credit unions, many individuals and small businesses in these communities can reap the benefits of faster funds availability.”

Real-time payments processed on the RTP network provide consumers and small businesses with the ability to receive payments 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with immediate confirmation of payment receipt. These capabilities help put the customer in control of their payments and could dramatically reduce the use of check-cashing services, or dependence on slower payment methods, such as checks or even ACH, that may lead to late fees and penalties. Small businesses served by MDIs with JHA PayCenter and the RTP network will have the ability to receive payments immediately, which will allow them to pay workers or purchase inventory or supplies on the same day.

Currently, Jack Henry has more than 115 financial institutions live on its faster payments hub, JHA PayCenter. These clients represent most of the financial institutions currently live on the RTP network to date.

About Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.
Jack Henry (NASDAQ: JKHY) is a leading SaaS provider primarily for the financial services industry. We are a S&P 500 company that serves approximately 8,500 clients nationwide through three divisions: Jack Henry Banking® provides innovative solutions to community and regional banks. Symitar® provides industry-leading solutions to credit unions of all sizes; and ProfitStars® offers highly specialized solutions to financial institutions of every asset size, as well as diverse corporate entities outside of the financial services industry. With a heritage that has been dedicated to openness, partnership, and user centricity for more than 40 years, we are well-positioned as a driving market force in cloud-based digital solutions and payment processing services. We empower our clients and consumers with the human-centered, tech-forward, and insights-driven solutions that will get them where they want to go. Are you future ready? Additional information is available at www.jackhenry.com.

Statements made in this news release that are not historical facts are forward-looking information.  Actual results may differ materially from those projected in any forward-looking information.  Specifically, there are a number of important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by any forward-looking information.  Additional information on these and other factors, which could affect the Company’s financial results, are included in its Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings on Form 10-K, and potential investors should review these statements.  Finally, there may be other factors not mentioned above or included in the Company’s SEC filings that may cause actual results to differ materially from any forward-looking information.

 

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Pegasystems Inc. (NASDAQ: PEGA), the software company that crushes business complexity, today announced the launch of Pega Partners – a new streamlined partner program that will help clients rapidly accelerate their digital transformation (DT) initiatives. With new benefits and resources designed to bring more agility to its growing ecosystem, the new program will provide a deeper and more accessible range of partner skills and solutions for clients racing to keep pace with their markets. 

To achieve rapid results and persistent transformational value, companies are increasingly turning to experienced partners to speed their digital transformation journey. But finding, onboarding, and collaborating with the right partner can be a journey unto itself. It can take a significant amount of effort to validate a partner with the right expertise, establish the right delivery methods, and get the centralized support they need to see a return on investment.

With the new Pega Partners program, Pega clients will more easily identify and collaborate with the right pre-qualified partners across a range of technology and industry solutions – from intelligent automation to customer service to 1:1 customer engagement. New centralized resources, including a new Pega Partner portal and the enhanced Pega Marketplace, will help ensure Pega and its partners are in lockstep to quickly and efficiently deliver solutions that drive impactful client outcomes. 

With this streamlined and strengthened program, clients will realize an improved overall experience working with Pega partners through benefits such as:  

• Accelerated time to value – Through enhanced delivery capabilities and increased capacity, Pega clients will be able to bring their Pega solutions more quickly into production.
• Access to growing marketplace of solutions – With new simplified merit-based partner designations, it will be faster and easier for clients to identify the right solution for their transformation project. New solutions will be added to more than 200 Pega- and partner-driven components and solutions already available on Pega Marketplace.
• Stronger vetting and training to establish deeper client trust – Pega provides a diversity of talent to meet client needs across industries and locations – partners with the right skills, with the right experience, in the right place. Clients can have confidence that each Pega partner has been thoroughly vetted via a structured partner validation framework. New best-in-class training and updated technical requirements will help partners to up-level their skills to the benefit of their clients.

Availability 
Pega Partners will roll out today for all clients and partners. For more information, visit www.partners.pega.com.

The news was launched this morning at PegaWorld iNspire, Pega’s annual conference, now in its 19th year and second as a virtual event. All sessions and features, including a special session on the new partners program, are live today and quickly available for replay at www.pegaworld.com.

Quotes & Commentary: 

“As one of Pega’s first ISV partners and a member of Pega’s Partner Challenger Advisory board, I had the pleasure to collaborate directly with Pega partners and with the Pega ecosystem team to streamline the partner program,” said Randy Putnam, director, strategic partnerships, Smart Communications. ”Pega listened to us, their partners, and customers to develop a highly effective go-forward program.” 

“We value our relationship with Pega and look forward to continuing our work together in providing best-in-class, cloud-based solutions to address our clients’ complex business challenges,” said Raju Rampa, VP, sales leader, North America Pega practice, Cognizant. “With our strong Pega expertise, we are empowering businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic to drive innovation that directly impacts their business results.”  

“Our partners are central to our business, our clients’ success, and our long-term growth goals,” said Carola Cazenave, vice president, global partner ecosystems, Pegasystems. “This announcement represents a significant milestone in delivering on our promise to our clients and partners to expand our partner ecosystem value. We worked extremely closely with our partners on program development to ensure their interests are aligned with the new framework. We look forward to continuing to deliver high-value impact in all we do with, and for, the Pega Partners ecosystem.”

Supporting Resources: 

• 
  Program information: Pega Partner Portal
  
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  Partner solutions: Pega Marketplace
  
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  Partner identification: Pega Partner Finder
  

About Pegasystems  
Pega delivers innovative software that crushes business complexity. From maximizing customer lifetime value to streamlining service to boosting efficiency, we help the world’s leading brands solve problems fast and transform for tomorrow. Pega clients make better decisions and get work done with real-time AI and intelligent automation. And, since 1983, we’ve built our scalable architecture and low-code platform to stay ahead of rapid change. Our solutions save people time, so our clients’ employees and customers can get back to what matters most. For more information on Pegasystems (NASDAQ:PEGA), visit www.pega.com.  

Press Contact: 
Anne Renehan 
Pegasystems Inc.        
[email protected] 
(413) 230-7946          
Twitter: @pega  

All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. 

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SÃO PAULO, May 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Natura &Co (B3 – NTCO3; NYSE – NTCO), which includes the Avon, Natura, The Body Shop and Aesop brands, concluded yesterday an international fundraising of US$1 billion in bonds linked to sustainability goals (“ESG Bond”). The issue was carried out by its subsidiary, Natura Cosméticos S.A. (“Natura”), with Natura & Co Holding S.A. acting as the guarantor.

The funds will be used to refinance existing debt, in line with the Group’s liability management plan to improve its capital structure. The seven-year notes mature on May 3, 2028 and carry an interest coupon of 4.125% per year, to be paid on a half-yearly basis. The offer was the single largest Sustainability Linked Bond issuance to date in Latin America.  

Since 2007, Natura has been a carbon neutral company. In addition, the company has also been making a series of efforts to reduce its relative emissions, which fell 33% between 2007 and 2013, and an additional 11% through 2020.

The transaction commits Natura to meet two environmental performance indicators by 2026 year-end: i) reducing scopes 1, 2 and 3 of relative greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions intensity by another 13%, and ii) reaching 25% of post-consumer recycled (“PCR”) plastic in plastic product packaging. These goals are aligned with the Group’s “Commitment to Life, Sustainability Vision 2030” and support Natura &Co’s efforts to address the global climate crisis and adopt full packaging circularity.

The year 2019 is considered as the baseline for the targets stipulated in the issue and the penalty if these indicators are not reached is an increase of 65 basis-points in the interest rate as of November 2027.

Roberto Marques, Executive Chairman and Group CEO of Natura &Co, stated: “The successful raising of US$1 billion in bonds linked to sustainability targets is a milestone for Natura &Co and for Natura, and is the largest-ever single issuance by a Brazilian issuer. The strong demand for the securities is a recognition by the market of the Group’s solid capacity to deliver social, environmental and financial results. Natura already has a long and consistent history of commitment to sustainability and is now taking a further step connecting and aligning financial and environmental targets.”

Disclaimer
The ESG Notes were not and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“US Securities Act”), and may not be offered or sold in the United States of America or to US persons without proper registration or an applicable registration exemption, except for qualified institutional buyers based on the exception provided for in Rule 144A of the US Securities Act, and may be offered to certain non-US persons, except in the United States and Brazil, based on Regulation S of the US Securities Act.

This Notice to the Market is disclosed for informational purposes only and shall not, in any circumstances, be construed as an investment recommendation, nor as an offer to acquire any securities issued by the Company.

About Natura &Co
Natura &Co is a global, purpose-driven, multi-channel and multi-brand cosmetics group which includes Avon, Natura, The Body Shop and Aesop. Natura &Co posted net revenues of R$ 36.9 billion in 2020. The four companies that form the group are committed to generating positive economic, social and environmental impact. For 130 years Avon has stood for women: providing innovative, quality beauty products which are primarily sold to women, through women. Founded in 1969, Natura is a Brazilian multinational in the cosmetics and personal care segment, leader in direct sales. Founded in 1976 in Brighton, England, by Anita Roddick, The Body Shop is a global beauty brand that seeks to make a positive difference in the world. The Australian beauty brand Aesop was established in 1987 with a quest to create a range of superlative products for skin, hair and the body.

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NEWTOWN, Pa., May 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Forian Inc. (Nasdaq:FORA), a provider of software and technology-enabled services for the healthcare and cannabis industries, will announce its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2021 before the market opens on Monday, May 17, 2021. The Company will host a conference call at 8:30 a.m. (ET) on May 17, 2021 to discuss the results. Registration for the webcast and conference call will be available on May 11, 2021 at www.forian.com/investors. The earnings release along with a replay of the call promptly following its conclusion will be available at the same site.

About Forian
Forian provides a unique suite of SaaS solutions, data management capabilities and proprietary data and analytics to optimize and measure operational, clinical and financial performance for customers within the traditional and emerging life sciences, healthcare payer and provider segments, as well as cannabis dispensaries, manufacturers, cultivators and regulators. For more information, please visit the Company’s website at www.forian.com.

Media Contact:

Josh Vlasto

917-881-9662
forian.com
[email protected]

Investor Contact:
908-824-3410
forian.com/investors
[email protected]

SOURCE Forian Inc.

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Pegasystems Inc. (NASDAQ: PEGA), the software company that crushes business complexity, today at PegaWorld® iNspire announced the latest evolution of its Pega Infinity™ software suite to help speed and simplify digital transformation (DT) initiatives. With enhanced low-code, intelligent automation, and AI capabilities, Pega Infinity version 8.6 empowers business users to deliver differentiated user experiences with powerful development capabilities that deliver DT at scale for even the largest and most sophisticated global enterprises.

The need for DT today is unavoidable: according to Gartner (1), nearly 70 percent of boards of directors reported that the pandemic and economic challenges are fast-tracking digital initiatives – with worldwide IT spending expected to reach $4 trillion in 2021 (2). But despite this pent-up demand and massive spending, there’s still no guaranteed recipe for DT success. These far-reaching initiatives are often threatened by siloed projects, disconnected systems, and complicated deployments that slow time to value and miss expectations. 

The new version of Pega Infinity helps businesses crush the deep complexity that stands in the way of successful DT with a Center-out™ approach. The latest enhancements help improve back-end process efficiencies, streamline front-end customer service processes and interfaces, and enable real 1:1 customer engagement to drive meaningful and lasting transformation. With the speed, scale, and flexibility of Pega Infinity, employees can work smarter to drive impactful outcomes, while end customers can enjoy faster, easier, and more personalized experiences that help increase customer satisfaction and loyalty.

Available by the end of this quarter, Pega Infinity 8.6 will feature new enhancements to Pega Platform™, Pega Customer Service™, and Pega Customer Decision Hub ™ that enable business leaders to:

• Accelerate time to market with new app development, design, and process orchestration capabilities for both professional and citizen developers in Pega Platform, such as:
• Easy-to-design UIs – New low-code capabilities in Pega Platform help enable both professional and citizen developers to easily design exceptional modern user interfaces for their apps. By complementing enhanced front-end design features with proven back-end processing abilities, Pega empowers enterprises to create sophisticated yet simple user experiences on a single low-code platform. For more detailed information, click on our companion announcement released today.
• Self-optimizing AI-powered process optimization – Pega Process AI brings Pega’s market-leading AI and decisioning capabilities together with Pega’s low-code process automation software to help organizations optimize their business and customer operations in real time. This native combination of intelligence and automation delivers the only solution that can self-optimize and intelligently triage millions of incoming customer requests, transactions, and other events at enterprise scale. This helps enable fast and effective event resolutions while helping lower operating costs and simplify employee and customer experiences. For more details, click on our previous announcement on this feature.
• Workflow orchestration across applications – Previously on a limited trial basis, Pega Process Fabric® becomes available to all users so employees can manage their work in a single location. This helps them work smarter by providing a unified worklist that consolidates tasks from multiple apps – both Pega and non-Pega – in a single location. AI helps ensure the most important work gets top priority. This interwoven and intelligent view of work eliminates inefficient screen switching while providing better visibility and insight into critical customer needs. 
• Simplify customer service with new streamlined capabilities in Pega Customer Service such as:
• Enhanced channel choice: Pega has extended its advanced messaging capabilities into its flagship Pega Customer Service Digital Customer Engagement Edition. This helps allow more businesses to give their customers additional control over how and where they communicate with them. For example, a customer can initiate conversations in their preferred channel – including web messaging (chat), SMS, and third-party messaging apps such as WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Twitter, and Apple Business Chat – via a single messaging widget embedded on the client website and switch between channels without disrupting the conversation.
• Expanded Microjourney™ offerings: New Microjourneys for the financial services, insurance, and communications industries provide preconfigured service cases that help efficiently and intuitively resolve common service incidents for customers. These new microjourneys complement a library of over 180 preconfigured service cases available for Pega Customer Service.
• Simpler feature configurations: New enhancements help allow business and IT managers to quickly configure and manage even more Pega Customer Service functions – such as intelligent virtual assistants, search, and customer verification. Updates are now more easily configured using Pega’s powerful low-code capabilities in Pega’s App Studio.
• Deliver more personalized engagements faster with new AI features for marketers and data scientists in Pega Customer Decision Hub such as:
• More relevant real-time engagement: New capabilities in Next-Best-Action Designer empower marketers to modernize customer journeys and add context to their next-best-action decisions. Now users can map all actions and treatments to specific journey stages, then use data from each customer’s journey as predictors that inform their decisioning models. Taken together, this helps improve the relevance of every interaction with that customer in real time.
• Automated AI model management: New Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) capabilities give data scientists an automated, end-to-end process for deploying, updating, and replacing the models used in their next-best-action decision strategies via Pega APIs. Plus, with Shadow Mode, users can compare the performance of the current model to the candidate model using real production data prior to deployment to ensure it will deliver the expected lift.

Pega Infinity is the only solution that unifies customer engagement, customer service, and intelligent automation capabilities within a single platform to help accelerate digital transformation across entire global enterprises. By engaging customers with the right message, at the right time, across any channel, clients can improve customer satisfaction,  increase customer lifetime value, and boost organizational productivity. Most importantly, Pega’s low-code environment helps reduce business complexity – resulting in accelerated deployments, faster iteration, and greater customer and employee satisfaction.

Availability
Pega Infinity 8.6 will be available by the end of this quarter (Q2 2021). For more information, visit www.community.pega.com/knowledgebase/products/whats-new/platform to see all the new Pega Platform features and www.community.pega.com/knowledgebase/products/whats-new/crm to review the new customer engagement features. 

The news was announced this morning at PegaWorld iNspire, Pega’s annual conference now in its 19th year and second as a virtual event. All sessions and features, including a special session on Pega Infinity 8.6, are live today and quickly available for replay at www.pegaworld.com.

Quotes & Commentary:
“Even after their incredible adaptations in the pandemic, businesses have accelerated into an even more advanced stage of digital transformation,” said Alan Trefler, founder and CEO, Pegasystems. “Now is not the time to rest – they must find even more ways to improve efficiencies, meet evolving customer needs, and leverage data for insights. Pega Infinity can help equip them with the tools they need to meet these challenges by becoming faster, smarter, and more effective than the competition.”

Supporting Resources:

• Product Updates: What’s New in Pega Platform
• Product Updates: What’s New in Customer Engagement & CRM
• Product Background: Pega Infinity overview
• Events: PegaWorld iNspire sessions
• Analyst Report: The Forrester Wave™: Real-Time Interaction Management, Q4 2020 names Pegasystems a Leader

About Pega
Pega delivers innovative software that crushes business complexity so our clients can make better decisions and get work done. We help the world’s leading brands solve their biggest business challenges: maximizing customer lifetime value, streamlining customer service, and boosting operational efficiency. Pega technology is powered by real-time AI and intelligent automation, while our scalable architecture and low-code platform help enterprises adapt to rapid change and transform for tomorrow. For more information on Pegasystems (NASDAQ:PEGA), visit www.pega.com.

Press Contact:

Sean Audet

Pegasystems        
[email protected]
Twitter: @pega                              

All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

1. Gartner Press Release, “
Gartner Says 69% of Boards of Directors Accelerated Their Digital Business Initiatives Following COVID-19 Disruption
,”

September 30, 2020.
https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2020-09-30-gartner-says-sixty-nine-percent-of-boards-of-directors-accelerated-their-digital-business-initiatives-folloing-covid-19-disruptions

2. Gartner Press Release, “Gartner Forecasts Worldwide IT Spending to Reach $4 Trillion in 2021,” April 7, 2021. https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2021-04-07-gartner-forecasts-worldwide-it-spending-to-reach-4-trillion-in-2021

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DENVER, May 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Akerna (Nasdaq: KERN), an enterprise software, leading compliance technology provider and developer of the cannabis industry’s first seed-to-sale enterprise resource planning (ERP) software technology (MJ Platform®), will report financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2021, on Monday, May 10, 2021.

Akerna will host a conference call at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, May 11, 2021 to discuss its financial results and business highlights. 

Interested parties may listen to the call by dialing:

Toll-Free: 1-877-407-3982

Toll / International: +1-201-493-6780

Conference ID: 13719091

The conference call will also be available via a live, listen-only webcast and can be accessed through the Investor Relations section of Akerna’s website, https://ir.akerna.com/

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About Akerna

Akerna (Nasdaq: KERN) is an enterprise software company focused on compliantly serving the cannabis, hemp, and CBD industry. First launched in 2010, Akerna has tracked more than $20 billion in cannabis sales to date and is the first cannabis software company listed on Nasdaq. The company’s cornerstone technology, MJ Platform, the world’s leading infrastructure as a service platform, powers retailers, manufacturers, brands, distributors, and cultivators. Akerna also offers a complete suite of professional consulting services and data analytics for businesses as well as Ample Organics, Last Call Analytics, Leaf Data Systems, Trellis, solo sciences, and Viridian Sciences.

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