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SAN CARLOS, Calif., Dec. 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), a leading provider of cyber security solutions globally, announced today the appointment of Ms. Rupal Hollenbeck to its board of directors, effective as of January 1^st, 2021. 

Ms. Hollenbeck was most recently Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer at Oracle, a position which she held until January 2020. Prior to joining Oracle in 2018, Ms. Hollenbeck was with Intel Corporation for over 23 years, with her most recent role being Corporate Vice President and General Manager of Global Data Center Sales. Prior to that she was Vice President and General Manager of Intel China and throughout her time at Intel has worked in Arizona, California, Singapore, and Beijing.

“We are thrilled to welcome Ms. Rupal Hollenbeck to Check Point’s Board of Directors,” said Mr. Jerry Ungerman, Chairman of Check Point’s Board of Directors. “Ms. Hollenbeck brings along extensive, diversified experience at the core of global big-tech companies, and we are confident that her unique set of skills will benefit the company, our employees and shareholders.”

An advocate for professional women around the world, Ms. Hollenbeck started several women’s initiatives while at Intel, including serving as co-chair of the Board of Intel’s Network of Executive Women in Asia. She is currently a Founding Circle Member of Neythri, a non-profit organization dedicated to enabling the professional advancement of South Asian women. Ms. Hollenbeck is also an Adjunct Professor at California State University East Bay, teaching a Women in Leadership course in the College of Business & Economics.

“In a time of such rapid digital transformation, the role of cyber security has become more important than ever. I’m excited to join this important journey with the world’s leading and most trusted cyber security partner,” said Ms. Hollenbeck. “I look forward to supporting and strengthening this exceptional group of people, their important mission at Check Point Software and continued success.”

Ms. Hollenbeck will replace Irwin Federman, who is retiring from Check Point’s board of directors. Irwin served on our board of directors for 25 years, and has been a key contributor to Check Point’s growth and development. “On behalf of everyone at Check Point, I would like to thank Irwin for over two decades of tremendous contribution to the company, as a member of our Board. Irwin was instrumental to the company’s global success and integral to the important advances we have made. Irwin’s dedication and outstanding work contributed greatly to the company and kept us moving forward. Irwin will always remain an important part of Check Point. I welcome aboard Ms. Rupal Hollenbeck to our board of directors and I am confident that Ms. Hollenbeck’s expertise and skills will serve the company well,” said Gil Shwed, Founder and CEO of Check Point Software Technologies.

About Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (www.checkpoint.com) is a leading provider of cyber security solutions to governments and corporate enterprises globally. Its solutions protect customers from 5th generation cyber-attacks with an industry leading catch rate of malware, ransomware and other types of attacks. Check Point offers its multilevel security architecture, Infinity Total Protection with Gen V advanced threat prevention, which defends enterprises’ cloud, network and mobile device held information. Check Point provides the most comprehensive and intuitive one point of control security management system. Check Point protects over 100,000 organizations of all sizes.

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Lorman, MS, Dec. 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Alcorn State University has received a $25 million gift from American philanthropist and author MacKenzie Scott. This gift marks the largest gift from a single donor in the university’s 150-year history. 

 

“This gift is truly transformational, and we are humbled by Ms. Scott’s overwhelming generosity,” said Alcorn President Felecia M. Nave. “The gift will allow the University to enhance its academic offerings and make critical investments to strengthen Alcorn’s mission as the nation’s first public, historically Black, land-grant university.”

 

The $25 million comes entirely unrestricted, which demonstrates Scott’s game-changing commitment to shift decision-making to the leaders closest to the impactful work being done.

 

Scott shared the news on her blog post titled, “384 Ways to Help.” The post outlines the extensive process that her team implemented in identifying and selecting the recipients of gifts.

 

“We do this research and deeper diligence not only to identify organizations with high potential for impact, but also to pave the way for unsolicited and unexpected gifts given with full trust and no strings attached,” Scott said.

 

Scott’s team carefully selected 384 organizations that are devoted to helping others and focused on providing real outcomes that come through face-to-face service. Nave, Alcorn’s 20th president and first female president, is an alumna of the university. Her connection allows her to be acutely in tune with Alcorn’s history of service and also committed to an educational standard that will close the opportunity gap.

 

“As the University embarks on an extensive five-year strategic plan, this gift could not come at a more ideal time,” added Nave. “The University has a long and rich tradition of educating the best and brightest and preparing graduates for a lifetime of success. This extraordinary gift recognizes the institution’s longstanding commitment to providing affordable and equitable educational opportunities,” Nave said.

 

Alcorn’s leadership team is guided by a student-centered approach to innovative education. This responsive commitment positions Alcorn leadership to make decisions that are truly right for the students they serve. The trust that leadership has established with the student body resulted in 95 percent of its continuing students returning to the Alcorn campus this past fall, despite COVID-19 uncertainty.

 

The university will celebrate its 150th anniversary in 2021. Nave believes the outcomes of this gift have the power to establish Alcorn as a leader among elite HBCUs.

 

“It is our hope this historic gift will bring further recognition to the remarkable accomplishments and achievements of our resilient students, and the opportunities that the Alcorn experience will continue to provide for generations of graduates in realizing their dreams,” said Nave.

 

 

 

About Alcorn State University

Founded in 1871, Alcorn State University is the nation’s first public, historically Black, Morrill land-grant university. Alcorn State offers bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in more than 50 top-degree programs. Located on 1700 acres in Lorman, Mississippi, with branches in Vicksburg and Natchez, the University is celebrating 150 years of academic excellence. In addition to its generous scholarship opportunities, Alcorn has earned nationwide recognition in nursing, biology, music, technology, agricultural research, and the liberal arts. Outside of the classroom, students are involved in NCAA Division I athletics as well as more than 65 organizations and clubs, including student-run radio and television stations, study abroad, and the 200-strong Sounds of Dyn-O-Mite Marching Band featuring the Golden Girls.

 

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Kitchener, Waterloo, Dec. 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Global learning technology leader D2L announced today that highly-regarded learning industry analyst Craig Weiss has named its Brightspace platform as the top learning management system for both EdTech and Associations. D2L was an award-winner in the Associations category last year.

Craig Weiss is the CEO of the Craig Weiss Group, founder of FindAnLMS and writes the E-Learning 24/7 blog, which is read in more than 170 countries and territories around the world.

“In 2020, under the most challenging circumstances any of us have ever seen, D2L has stepped up to help their customers do what matters most, which is keeping learners learning,” says Weiss. “They’ve built on what was already a very strong platform by focusing on constantly improving while never losing sight of their main mission, which is to revolutionize the way the world learns. These awards are a well-deserved recognition of that achievement. Congratulations to everyone at D2L on a job well done.”

“Craig’s a leading voice in this industry, so we were thrilled when he named us top learning management system for Associations a year ago,” says John Baker, CEO of D2L. “To earn that award again, and to add to it the recognition of Brightspace as the leading platform in EdTech, is both humbling and gratifying. 2020 will be remembered as the year when online learning went from being an option to an essential service, and I’m proud of the role D2L has played in rising to that challenge. On behalf of everyone at D2L, I want to thank Craig for this validation of our efforts.”

ABOUT BRIGHTSPACE

D2L Brightspace is a cloud-based learning platform built for organizations that value continuous investment in people to drive their business success.

D2L Brightspace is powering smarter upskilling and reskilling of workforces around the world. It is the one place that supports all aspects of learning with better engagement and productivity through personalized learning. It gives your teams the tools they’re going to love and makes it easy to support exceptional experiences face-to-face or fully online.

D2L Brightspace is designed in close collaboration with clients around the world – building a rich set of features to improve engagement, retention and learning outcomes. And it makes it easier to give feedback. It’s worry-free with 99.99% reliability. It’s fully accessible and looks beautiful on any mobile device, making it easier for you to reach every learner.

Like many of our clients, D2L uses its award-winning Brightspace learning platform to support onboarding, compliance training, leadership development, and upskilling of its own employees. This has led to back-to-back #1 in North America awards for new hire and onboarding experiences. To learn more, visit D2L for Corporate Learning.

ABOUT D2L

D2L is transforming the way the world learns – helping learners of all ages achieve more than they dreamed possible. Working closely with clients all over the world, D2L is supporting millions of people learning online and in person. Our more than 900 global employees are dedicated to making the best learning products to leave the world better than where they found it. Learn more about D2L for schools, higher education and businesses at www.D2L.com.

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Irvine, CA, Dec. 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — FDCTech, Inc. (“FDC” or the “Company,” OTCQB: FDCT), a fintech company with a full suite of FX technology and business solutions, today announced that IS Prime, part of ISAM Capital Markets, has partnered with FDC to extend its liquidity distribution to the innovative Condor FX Pro Trading Platform.

Condor FX Pro Trading Platform
is FDC’s flagship product. It provides a complete trading suite for retail brokers, fund managers, and traders with proprietary charting tools, advanced order types, level II pricing, multi-tier margin management, and regulatory reporting tools.

Barry Flanigan, Head of Distribution and Liquidity, IS Prime, comments, “A number of our clients use FDC as a front-to-back solution, and it is important for us to connect with the platforms our clients choose to use. Condor FX Pro Trading Platform is a relatively new platform which is rapidly gaining traction globally, and this partnership will extend our client reach, giving FDC clients the opportunity to have easy access to our highly competitive multi-asset liquidity.”

FDC’s CEO, Mitchell M. Eaglstein, adds, “We are very proud to be working with a company as reputable as IS Prime and to offer its liquidity to our growing client base.”

About IS Prime


IS Prime
offers full-service brokerage and execution via its cutting edge proprietary technology. As a Prime of Prime, IS Prime provides aggregated pricing sourced from Tier one institutions, settled through the group’s bank Prime brokers. ISAM Capital Markets also includes IS Prime Hong Kong (regulated by the SFC) and risk management specialist, IS Risk Analytics. For more information about IS Prime, please visit www.isprimefx.com

About FDCTech, Inc.

FDCTech, Inc. (“FDC”), formerly known as Forex Development Corporation, is a US-based, fully integrated financial technology company. FDC delivers trading technology solutions to forex market participants looking to access the retail and institutional spot forex markets.

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ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today’s featured company, Cyber Apps World Inc. (OTC PINK:CYAP), bills itself as a company ‘that intends to focus on using strategic investment strategies to fund, incubate, launch, and grow profitable, multiple businesses as wholly-owned subsidiaries and then spin them off, which will enable the company to issue all CYAP shareholders additional shares in new public subsidiaries subject to the SEC approving of the registration of such spinoff shares on an SEC registration statement.’

Obviously, it would seem the success of the mission would rely heavily on the quality of the project(s).

So, what if the new project is a better-mousetrap ride sharing play that looks to revolutionize an industry that has already been revolutionary?

Cyber Apps latest acquisition is a head turner, a cutting-edge ride-hailing and food delivery computer and mobile device application called Warp Speed Taxi. Click here for the details and conditions of the acquisition.

But markets aren’t market share, and the Company will need to penetrate with innovation and efficiency through its soon to be fully developed app.

Of course, that’s the plan and Cyber Apps World believes its app in the final phases of development will do so via a discount to restaurants who house the service, which it believes will in turn lead to free delivery for patrons.

And that’s just on the food delivery side. Warp Speed Taxi which is under development plans to offer offer ride-hailing passenger transportation services that will launch in the USA and provide customers the opportunity to hire a ride through a smartphone-based app, connecting riders and cabs in an unprecedented manner.

Again, the Company’s stated intention is to develop and monetize ideas like Warp Speed Taxi so that it can spin-out into new public subsidiaries to be owned in part by CYAP shareholders.

Sort of like bringing its investors along for the ride.

About Cyber Apps World Inc.

Cyber Apps World, Inc. is a company that is dedicated to acquiring and developing a worldwide e-commerce internet platform with the purchase and sale of products and services by way of mobile/computer applications worldwide. Cyber Apps World anticipates making available to subscribers, an ever-growing list of applications and programs.

For more information go to: https://cyberappsworld.com and https://cyberappsworld.com/warpspeedtaxi/

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