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TORONTO, Nov. 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ataccama, a leading provider of self-driving data management and governance solutions, today announced the second generation of its Ataccama ONE platform, which consolidates data quality, master data management, data catalog, data governance, data integration, and other data management capabilities into a single platform to maintain data integrity across organizations. Scheduled for general availability in February, the unified solution enables unparalleled automation through an AI-powered self-driving capability. It removes the limitations of monotonous, time-intensive tasks while providing improved agility that businesses require to drive innovation, enhanced trust and security to ensure data governance, and more flexibility in where data resides including support for cloud and on-premises environments.

Data teams today are working to react quickly to fast-changing business needs, but often, this speed comes at the cost of ensuring data security and governance or delaying critical data insights for line of business users. Furthermore, organizations are limited by historically time-intensive and expensive manual processes. Ataccama’s solution streamlines this process, spanning all critical areas of data management and governance for both data teams and line of business users.

“The rapid push for digital transformation in today’s new normal makes it clear that data is every organization’s most strategic asset, but data is only as useful as the way you manage it,” said Michal Klaus, CEO of Ataccama. “Today companies are burdened with dozens of single-purpose data management tools, crushed by the monotonous task of moving data from one to the next and exposed to increasing risks to data security and integrity at every step. With the second generation of Ataccama ONE, organizations have a single platform that streamlines the entire data management and governance lifecycle and uses AI to learn and automate repetitive functions and prevent mistakes. It’s time for enterprises to benefit from self-driving data management and governance and see what they can really do when risk is reduced and talent is liberated.”

Features and Benefits

Ataccama’s second generation ONE platform offers organizations:

• A unified fabric: The disparate disciplines of data governance and data management including data quality, master data management, data catalog, and data processing are now woven into a single, truly unified fabric, stitched together by metadata. This allows enterprises to actively detect, enforce, track, and measure the effectiveness of their data and policies at an enterprise scale. By leveraging just one platform, organizations can start small and grow, using one part of the platform as needed but also being able to quickly add functionality over time without integrating entirely new products.

• Self-driving data management at an enterprise scale: Unifying multiple data management disciplines enables ONE to be intelligent and highly automated, liberating organizations from routine, time-intensive tasks at scale – across the entire data ecosystem, all data pipelines, and environments. The platform leverages AI and machine learning to automate work and constantly learns from user interaction. ONE’s self-driving capability provides new levels of agility and empowers businesses to innovate at a speed like never before.

• No boundaries for data: As companies drastically accelerate migrations to the cloud, the ONE platform removes boundaries on where data resides and can securely and efficiently process data across complex ecosystems not just in the cloud, but any combination of on-prem, multi-cloud, or hybrid environments. Ataccama provides visibility into data, its location, and its quality, allowing the data to be worked with from a central place. It offers peace of mind to organizations that the data is trusted, secure, and governed across all environments, regardless of where it resides.

Industry Quotes

“Being able to securely manage large datasets, transform them into a privacy-enhanced asset, and create value from them is at the heart of what we do,” said Miroslav Umlauf, Chief Data Officer at Avast. “Ataccama’s ONE platform and self-driving capabilities allows our team to innovate, stay nimble in response to market changes, and truly unlock the power of data. This second generation platform will be critical for us in having a full and true integration across our data management and governance efforts, providing a path to continued innovation at a faster pace.”

“The Information Economy hinges on high-quality data, and with so many new sources coming online, organizations must embrace automation in order to thrive,” said Eric Kavanagh, CEO of The Bloor Group. “Self-driving data management is the most effective means of doing this. A handful of companies are now pioneering this exciting, new space, and among them, we view Ataccama as the front-runner. With the beta version of Ataccama ONE Gen2, which uses machine learning to automate a host of data management functions, they’re lighting the way to a future in which information workers can move beyond the tedium, opening the door to a new era of business innovation.”

New Freemium & Beta Offerings

With the second generation of ONE, Ataccama is also releasing an enriched freemium offering with two new free tools: Ataccama Data Prep, an add-on to Ataccama’s market-proven free data profiler, as well as a freemium version of their Data Catalog.

Ataccama is now offering a limited beta program for the Ataccama ONE Gen2 platform. Selected participants will receive six months for free. To learn more about Ataccama’s ONE Gen2 platform and its new features and capabilities, visit the website or tune in to the virtual product launch on November 16 at 11:00am ET / 4:00pm GMT, or on November 17 at 10:00am AEDT, and join a live Q&A with CEO Michal Klaus and the Ataccama team.

About Ataccama

Ataccama reinvents the way data is managed to create value on an enterprise scale. Unifying Data Governance, Data Quality, and Master Data Management into a single, AI-powered fabric across hybrid and Cloud environments, Ataccama gives your business and data teams the ability to innovate with unprecedented speed while maintaining trust, security, and governance of your data. Learn more at www.ataccama.com.

Media Contact

Highwire PR for Ataccama
[email protected]

NEW YORK, Nov. 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Eyeota, the leading audience technology platform enabling the intelligent use of data, today announced it will expand Equifax digital audiences into Argentina. The audiences will now be available in a total of five markets worldwide which also includes the United States, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.

As a result of the pandemic, consumers across the globe are paying closer attention to their personal finances and creating sustainable plans for their future. This creates a unique opportunity for marketers to make offers on financial products that encourage long-term planning. Using verified financial insights and risk profiles spanning all levels of the credit-active population, advertisers can maintain responsibility when delivering campaigns by identifying consumers who may not be eligible for certain types of credit offers.

Through the expansion of Eyeota’s partnership with Equifax, these advertisers will be able to utilize Equifax audiences to optimize engagement with future customers around the globe across digital display, video and social.

“We’re excited to expand our offerings of qualified and consistent digital audiences through strengthening our partnership with Eyeota,” said Gabriel Garcia Mosquera, Managing Director at Equifax Argentina. “Launching a new market in Argentina is the natural next step after our great success from using the Eyeota Onboarding solution across the U.S., the UK and Australia.”

Global data, analytics and technology company Equifax is built on the belief that knowledge drives progress. The company blends unique data, analytics and technology to create insights that enable marketers to reach highly targeted audiences at scale. Equifax’s digital audience segments are broken down into factors including income bracket, credit risk rate, credit card limit, quarterly consumer spend and socioeconomic level.

“Our continued partnership with Equifax to offer multimarket targeting and segmenting for digital activation is emblematic of Eyeota’s global expansion,” said Marc Fanelli, SVP of Strategic Partnerships and Global Data Supply at Eyeota. “Eyeota Onboarding allows marketers to exclusively leverage Equifax’s consistent, high-quality data segments while ensuring consumer privacy every step of the way.”

Eyeota Onboarding is a privacy-compliant and globally-consistent solution that transforms offline data into scalable online audiences for digital marketing activation. Enabling offline data activation in 32 markets globally, the solution uses a unique mapping methodology that provides brands with digital audience profiles that share the same attributes as their existing customer bases. Eyeota Onboarding maximizes the scale of a brands’ audiences by using propensity modeling to aggregate key offline customer attributes to a postal code e.g. zip code, which is matched to qualified online user profiles that reside in the same geolocation. Data owners retain full control over their digital audience profiles, which can be activated for digital display, video, mobile and social channel engagement.

To learn more about Eyeota and its Equifax digital audience offerings, please visit: https://www.eyeota.com.

About Eyeota

Eyeota is an audience technology platform that enables the intelligent use of data.

We work with marketers, data owners and research companies to provide distinct, comprehensive and qualified audience data. Our technology platform transforms audience data so that organizations can make smarter business decisions, understand customers and enrich marketing strategies.

Eyeota was founded in 2010 and operates in Europe, Asia, Australia and the Americas. For more information, please visit http://www.eyeota.com.

About Equifax

At Equifax, we believe knowledge drives progress. As a global data, analytics, and technology company, we play an essential role in the global economy by helping financial institutions, companies, employees, and government agencies make critical decisions with greater confidence. Our unique blend of differentiated data, analytics, and cloud technology drives insights to power decisions to move people forward. Headquartered in Atlanta and supported by more than 11,000 employees worldwide, Equifax operates or has investments in 25 countries in North America, Central and South America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific region. For more information, visit Equifax.com.

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Maximiliano Garay
Equifax
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BOISE, Idaho, Nov. 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MU), today announced the release of its third annual diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) report, demonstrating advances with regionalized commitments and initiatives across the U.S., Asia and Europe. The report measures progress to create a positive, diverse culture for the company’s stakeholders and examines various facets, including race and ethnicity, gender job roles, compensation and giving.

Micron’s efforts, including the appointment of Lynn Dugle to its board of directors, drove steady growth in the number of women in top leadership roles in fiscal 2020. Dugle’s appointment increased representation on Micron’s board to more than one-third. In addition, the company doubled the number of team members self-identifying as living with disabilities and increased membership in its employee resource groups (ERGs) by 84%, creating 25 new chapters worldwide. Micron also expanded its pay equity mandate this year to include stock awards and achieved full parity for these awards for all underrepresented groups, including U.S. veterans and people with disabilities globally.

“Micron’s commitments further reinforce our strong support toward building a more inclusive workplace and society grounded in equality where underrepresented groups have ample opportunity to advance at all levels,” said Micron Vice President of Diversity, Equality and Inclusion Sharawn Connors. “We value the diverse voices of our team members around the world, and they play an important role in influencing meaningful change in Micron’s business and the communities in which we operate.”

In addition to making powerful commitments to adopt new hiring practices and to engage in targeted programs to strengthen DEI within Micron globally, the company identified key areas outside its business that it deems essential to creating deep and lasting gains toward a more inclusive economy. Micronannounced plans to partner with RBC Global Asset Management to provide $50 million inan impact investment strategy that seeks to positively support underserved communities nationally, including those in the San Francisco Bay Area, Washington, D.C., northern Virginia and Maryland. The $50 million allocation brings Micron’s total support for firms owned and managed by members of underrepresented groups to $250 million in calendar 2020. Micron has extended its focus to the supply chain and aims to double its annual spending with diverse-owned suppliers by fiscal 2023.

Micron’s annual report also details its efforts throughout the year to address underserved communities’ needs. These include prioritizing Micron Foundation’s funding to help underrepresented groups during the pandemic, especially families disproportionately affected by COVID-19, and contributing $1 million to the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund. Micron has also formed a social justice council to facilitate conversations with leaders in the communities where it operates and work toward identifying actionable solutions to drive significant change.

The full Micron For All: 2020 Annual Report can be found at micron.com/dei.

About Micron Technology, Inc.  
We are an industry leader in innovative memory and storage solutions. Through our global brands — Micron® and Crucial® — our broad portfolio of high-performance memory and storage technologies, including DRAM, NAND, 3D XPoint™ memory, and NOR, is transforming how the world uses information to enrich life for all. Backed by more than 40 years of technology leadership, our memory and storage solutions enable disruptive trends, including artificial intelligence, 5G, machine learning, and autonomous vehicles, in key market segments like mobile, data center, client, consumer, industrial, graphics, automotive, and networking. Our common stock is traded on Nasdaq under the MU symbol. To learn more about Micron Technology, Inc., visit micron.com.

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MONTREAL, Nov. 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Dynacor Gold Mines Inc. (TSX: DNG / OTC: DNGDF) (Dynacoror the Corporation) has released its unaudited consolidated financial statements and the management’s discussion and analysis (MD&A) for the third quarter ended September 30, 2020.

These documents have been filed electronically with SEDAR at www.sedar.com and will be available on the Corporation’s website www.dynacor.com.

(All figures in this press release are in
M
s of US$ unless stated otherwise. Earnings per share and cash-flow per share are in US$. All variance % are calculated from rounded figures. Some additions might be incorrect due to rounding).

After a three-month stoppage due to the Covid-19 crisis, which ended a streak of thirty-six (36) consecutive profitable quarters, the Corporation successfully resumed its ore purchase and processing activities, immediately returning to profits. During Q3-2020, the Corporation gradually increased ore purchases and generated sales of $ 24.1 million recording a net income of $ 1.2 million ($0.03 per share).

Q
3
–
2020 OVERVIEW

The resumption of activities, together with the return of employees and suppliers, was very successful and compliant with the Ministry of Health guidelines. Our COVID-19 sanitary protocol contains measures to monitor the risk of exposure to the COVID-19 at our workplaces, as well as establishing prevention and control standards to avoid the appearance and/or the spread of the virus and to ensure the health and safety of our workers, suppliers, customers and visitors.

Phase two and three of the Peruvian government deconfinement plan started in July and August respectively and although small scale miners reinitiated activities at a slower pace, the Corporation was able to attract available ore, to gradually increase its volume throughput and reached by mid-September its full production capacity rate of 300 tpd. This production level has been maintained since.

Considering its solid financial situation and the gradual resumption of its activities, the Corporation pursued its dividend policy and declared in September, a 0.015$ CA per share dividend which was paid in October.

HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2020

(Variance %, are calculated based on rounded figures)

Operational


and Strategic

• Return to strong volume processed following the Q2-2020 temporary shut-down. Volume of 23,064 tonnes processed compared to 3,244 tonnes in the previous quarter (Q2-2020) and to 26,421 tonnes in Q3-2019, a decrease of 12.7% compared to 2019, due to the gradual resumption of operations;
• Gold production comparable to
  Q1-2020
  pre-COVID-19 crisis. Gold production of 13,421 ounces compared to 1,897 ounces in Q2-2020 and 22,230 ounces in Q3-2019 due to a lower ore volume and lower grade of ore processed;
• Increasing ore inventory level. The Corporation’s readiness to restart operations allowed for aggressive ore purchases helping increase inventory level and sustain production.

Financial

• S
  ales rapidly resumed after reopening. Sales amounted to $24.1 million in Q3-2020, compared to $8.0 million in Q2-2020 and $33.7 million in Q3-2019;
• Strong gross operating margin. Gross operating margin of $3.3 million (13.5% of sales) compared to $0.0 million in Q2-2020 and $4.6 million in Q3-2019;
• Return to profit. Net income and comprehensive income of $1.2 million ($0.03 per share), compared to a net loss of $0.7 million in Q2-2020 and a net income of $2.3 million in Q3-2019 ($0.06 per share);
• Highest cash gross operating margin per ounce since 2014. Cash gross operating margin ⁽¹⁾ of $304 per ounce in Q3-2020, compared to $117 per ounce in Q2-2020 and $227 per ounce in Q3-2019;
• Solid cash flow from operating activities. Cash flow from operating activities before change in working capital items of $2.3 million ($0.06 per share) ⁽²⁾, compared to $0.0 million in Q2-2020 and to $3.0 million ($0.08 per share) in Q3-2019;
• Return to positive EBITDA. EBITDA ⁽³⁾ of $2.7 million, including a $0.3 million of write-off of exploration and evaluation assets, compared to (-$0.1 million in Q2-2020) and $4.1 million in Q3-2019;
• Solid cash position. Cash on hand of $16.6 million in Q3-2020 compared with $6.7 million at year-end 2019.

Cash Return to Shareholders

• Q
  uarterly dividend. Quarterly dividend of CA$0.015 per share and totaling $0.4 million (CA$0.6 million) paid in October 2020.

(1)	Cash gross operating margin per equivalent ounce Au is calculated by subtracting the average cash cost of sale per equivalent ounces of Au from the average selling price per equivalent ounces of Au and is a non-IFRS financial performance measure with no standard definition under IFRS. It is therefore possible that this measure could not be comparable with a similar measure of another company.
(2)	Cash-flow per share is a non-IFRS financial performance measure with no standard definition under IFRS. It is therefore possible that this measure could not be comparable with a similar measure of another corporation. This measure is calculated on p.14 of this MD&A. See the “Non-IFRS Measures” section 15 of this MD&A. The Corporation uses this non-IFRS measure which can also be helpful to investors as it provides a result which can be compared with the Corporation market share price.
(3)	EBITDA: “Earnings before interest, taxes and depreciation” is a non-IFRS financial performance measure with no standard definition under IFRS. It is therefore possible that this measure could not be comparable with a similar measure of another corporation. The Corporation uses this non-IFRS measure as an indicator of the cash generated by the operations and allows investor to compare the profitability of the Corporation with others by canceling effects of different assets bases, effects due to different tax structures as well as the effects of different capital structures.

RESULTS FROM OPERATIONS

Extract from Statement of net income and comprehensive income


(unaudited)

	Three-month periods ended September 30,			Nine-month periods ended September 30,
(in $’000)	2020	2019		2020	2019
Sales	24,089	33,667		62,965	79,283
Cost of sales	(20,834 )	(29,053)		(54,729 )	(69,321)
Gross operating margin	3,255	4,614		8,236	9,962
General and administrative expenses	(915 )	(974)		(2,752 )	(3,081)
Other projects	(3 )	(99)		(144 )	(99)
Operating income	2,337	3,541		5,340	6,782
Income before income taxes	(2,023 )	3,480		4,915	6,586
Net income and comprehensive income	1,249	2,301		2,949	4,237
Earnings per share
Basic	$ 0.03	$0.06		$ 0.07	$0.11
Diluted	$ 0.03	$0.06		$ 0.07	$0.11

Total sales amounted to $24.1 million compared to $33.7 million in Q3-2019. The $9.6 million decrease is explained by the decreases in ounces sold (-$15.3 million) due to lower grades of ore processed, partially offset by higher selling prices ($5.7 million).

Our Q3-2020 operating margin beneficiated from the increase in average gold market price in July and August before a slight decrease in September.

Importantly we achieved a cash gross operating margin of $304 per ounce in Q3-2020 which is 34% higher than in Q3-2019 and the highest dollar cash gross operating margin per ounce since 2014.This significant increase is due to the rising gold market price over the period and the overall higher gold price compared to 2019.

Reconciliation of non-IFRS measures

(in $’000)	Three-month periods ended September 30,			Nine-month periods ended September 30,
	2020	2019		2020	2019
Reconciliation of net income and comprehensive income to EBITDA (1)
Net income and comprehensive income	1,249	2,300		2,949	4,237
Income taxes	774	1,180		1,966	2,349
Financial expenses (income)	31	(9)		80	56
Depreciation	633	638		1,872	1,899
EBITDA (1)	2,687	4,109		6,867	8,541

C
ASH FLOW FROM OPERATING
,
INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES AND LIQUIDITY

Operating activities

During Q3-2020, the cash flow from operations, before changes in working capital items, amounted to $2.3 million ($5.5 million for the nine-month period ending September 30, 2020), compared to $0.0 million in the previous quarter (Q2-2020) and $3.0 million in Q3-2019 ($6.5 million for the nine-month period ending September 30, 2019). The quarter to quarter increase of $2.3 million is explained by the gradual improvement of operations since its restart. The decrease of $0.7 million compared to Q3-2019 is primarily explained by the decrease in gold production due to lower ore grade, partially compensated by favorable gold market prices.

During Q3-2020, net cash from operating activities amounted to (-$3.3 million) ($14.7 million for the nine-month period ending September 30, 2020) compared to (-$0.2 million) in Q3-2019 ($1.6 million for the nine-month period ending September 30, 2019).

Changes in working capital items amounted to (-$5.6 million) and are mainly attributable to the variance in accounts receivable ($9.3 million for the nine-month period ending September 30, 2020 and are attributable to the variance in inventories). In 2019, these changes amounted to (-$3.2 million) and (-$4.9 million) respectively.

Investing activities

During Q3-2020 and the nine-month period ending September 30, 2020, investments amounted to $0,3 million and mainly comprised new vehicles and facilities at the plant in relation with the new health and safety protocol consequence of the COVID-19 crisis.

Financing activities

In 2020, three quarterly dividends of CA$0.015 per share were disbursed for a quarterly consideration of $0.4 million (CA$0.6 million) (nine month cumulative of $1.3 million (CA$ 1.7 million). In 2019, three quarterly dividends of CA$0.01 per share were disbursed for a quarterly total consideration of $0.3 million (CA$0.4 million) (nine month cumulative of $0.9 million (CA$ 1.2 million).

During the period, the Corporation made repayments of lease liabilities of $0.2 million (cumulative of $0.5 million in 2020) ($0.2 and $0.5 million in the respective 2019 periods).

Subsequent to September 30, 2020 quarter end, 149,185 shares were repurchased for a cash consideration of $0.2 million (CA$ 0.3 million).

Working Capital and


Liquidity

Dynacor continues to maintain a strong working capital position including increased ore and gold in process inventories. As at September 30, 2020, the Corporation’s working capital amounted to $23.2 million, including $16.6 million in cash ($19.6 million, including $6.7 million in cash at December 31, 2019).

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

At September 30, 2020, total assets amounted to $73.8 million ($74.8 million as at December 31, 2019). Major variances since last year-end come from the significant increase in the cash balance and decrease in inventories and bank loan.

(in million $) (unaudited)	As at September 3 0 ,	As at December 31,
	2020	2019
Cash	16.6	6.7
Accounts receivable	6.7	4.7
Inventories	7.3	18.3
Property, plant and equipment	19.8	21.0
Exploration and evaluation assets	18.5	18.7
Other assets	4.9	5.4
Total assets	73.8	74.8
Trade payables and other liabilities	8.0	8.0
Bank loan	–	3.0
Asset retirement obligations	3.8	3.8
Shareholders’ equity	62.0	60.0
Total liabilities and equity	73.8	74.8

OUTLOOK

Ore processing

In Q3-2020, the Corporation returned to full operational capacity. As of mid-September, the Corporation is processing on average 300 tonnes per day which corresponds to the full capacity of the Veta Dorada plant in Chala. In Q4-2020, without any unforeseen events, the Corporation projects its yearly best quarterly production and sales, with a quarterly production of approximately 21,000 ounces of gold.

The Corporation is presently assessing its near-term plans to progressively expand the plant’s processing capacity.

Exploration

The Corporation has planned a $2.4 million drilling program on the Tumipampa project. This program will begin upon agreement with local communities.

Tumipampa is 500 km from Lima, Peru, in the Circa district, Province of Abancay, Department of Apurimac. Tumipampa’s concessions cover 6,932 hectares and are located geographically on the eastern slopes of the Andes Mountain Range between 4,200 and 4,800 metres above sea level. 

Major mining companies such as Southern Copper, MMG Limited, Buenaventura, Golden Ideal Gold Mining (China), Super Strong Mining (China) and Bear Creek Mining own claims surrounding Tumipampa.

Senegal future processing plant

Based on the positive results of the due diligence phase’s, a new company to be created will move forward on the construction of a new ore-processing pilot plant located in Senegal. Plans are for Dynacor to operate the plant and own the majority of the new company with 51% ownership. KN Equipments Inc. and FONSIS will hold the balance at 25% and 24%, respectively.

The Corporation will continue advancing its new Senegalese expansion project upon improvement of the COVID-19 situation.

ABOUT DYNACOR

Dynacor is a dividend-paying gold production corporation headquartered in Montreal, Canada. The corporation is engaged in production through the processing of ore purchased from the ASM (artisanal and small-scale mining) industry. At present, Dynacor produces and explores in Peru, where its management team has decades of experience and expertise. In 2019, Dynacor produced 80,677 ounces of gold.

Dynacor produces environmental and socially responsible gold through its PX IMPACT® gold program. A growing number of supportive firms from the fine luxury jewelry, watchmakers and investment sectors are paying a small premium to our customer and strategic partner for this PX IMPACT® gold. The premium provides direct investment to develop health and education projects to our small-scale artisanal miner’s communities.

Dynacor trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange (DNG) and the OTC in the United States under the symbol (DNGDF).

FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

Certain statements in the foregoing may constitute forward-looking statements, which involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of Dynacor, or industry results, to be materially different from any future result, performance or achievement expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These statements reflect management’s current expectations regarding future events and operating performance as of the date of this news release.

Dynacor (TSX: DNG / OTC: DNGDF)

Website: http://www.dynacor.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/DynacorGold

Shares outstanding: 38,866,254 

PDF available: http://ml.globenewswire.com/Resource/Download/840e6e64-58c5-47bb-8895-87dbad1fb1b8 

Contact: For more information, please contact:

Director, Shareholder Relations
Dale Nejmeldeen
Dynacor Gold Mines Inc.
T: 514-393-9000 #230
E: [email protected]

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Leaf Group Ltd. (NYSE: LEAF), a diversified consumer internet company, today announced the appointment of T. Tara Turk-Haynes to the role of Vice President, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI). Turk-Haynes will now lead the development of Leaf Group’s inclusion strategy and executive diversity initiatives, while continuing to oversee talent recruitment for Leaf Group and its portfolio of digital-first brands. She will continue to report to Jill Angel who leads Leaf Group’s People team.

“I’ve known Tara for many years and she is a passionate leader that approaches every role with a high degree of thoughtfulness and empathy. Her positive energy, deep knowledge of our Leaf Group company and brands, and dedication to creating inclusive workspaces makes her the ideal candidate to lead Leaf Group’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion strategy,” said Sean Moriarty, CEO of Leaf Group.

T. Tara Turk-Haynes joined Leaf Group in 2016 as Director, People, where she led the company’s employee engagement, talent acquisition and learning and development programs. Prior to joining Leaf Group, she was Director of Administrative Operations for Metacloud, a Cisco Company, and has also worked at Variety, Ticketmaster and NBC Universal. Turk-Haynes graduated from Eugene Lang College at The New School and Sarah Lawrence College. She is also a playwright and a member of the Geffen Writers Room for 2020. 

“Tara’s passion for the DEI space and her dedication to our Leaf Group employees are a powerful combination and I know she will be a fantastic leader to guide us in creating programs that support our commitment to becoming a more inclusive and equitable workplace,” said Jill Angel, Executive Vice President, People, for Leaf Group.

Added T. Tara Turk-Haynes, “Leaf Group is a company that truly values its people and I have loved my work here over the past four years. Diversity, equity, and inclusion is a journey and not a destination. I am excited about the opportunity to develop programs and resources that will further support our people and brands as we continue to grow as a company.”

About Leaf Group

Leaf Group Ltd. (NYSE: LEAF) is a diversified consumer internet company that builds enduring, creator-driven brands that reach passionate audiences in large and growing lifestyle categories, including fitness and wellness (Well+Good, Livestrong.com and MyPlate App), and home, art and design (Saatchi Art, Society6 and Hunker). For more information about Leaf Group, visit www.leafgroup.com.

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Princeton, NJ, Nov. 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Global Fiber Technologies, Inc., (OTC PINK: GFTX) updates its shareholders on the company’s operations and its future plans.

      1.    Fully Reporting Status

We have been getting several inquiries addressing the concern of Global Fiber becoming a fully reporting company again. Global has always been a fully reporting company up until the pandemic hit and at that time we needed to make a decision as to whether or not to put the money into a few valuable licenses or a very expensive audit.

We chose the former and we feel Global is much better off since it is now positioned to generate significant revenue for 2021

We are also pleased to let you know that we are in the process of tabulating our recent financials for 2019 and will be taking a very measured but achievable approach in becoming “current” in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.   

The Company is currently in the process of compiling the financial statements for the entire 2019 filing period which should be done in the coming weeks. Once completed they will then be sent to our auditor for subsequent review, certification, and then Global Fiber will proceed with the filing of the 2019 10-K.

Subsequent to the filing of the 2019 10-K, we will begin the process of filing the 10-Q for first quarter 2020, and the balance of the quarterly reports due for 2020.

During this time, we would expect to come to a mutually acceptable arrangement with our convertible noteholders on favorable terms.

When all of the 10-Qs are filed for the three reporting periods for 2020, the company will turn its efforts to completing the audit and filing of the 10-K for 2020 and any of the 10-Qs that may be due for the 2021.

Once completed we will then be current in our reporting requirements and then we will proceed to have the STOP designation removed at OTC MARKETS.

The Company has discussed its approach with both the regulators and OTC MARKETS and we are confident that our approach is both achievable and acceptable. Ultimately, Global Fiber is looking to become a fully reporting company in the not too distant future.

2. Subsidiary Operations

Authentic Heroes

To date, Authentic Heroes has secured 4 licenses with Brett Favre, Warren Sapp, Run DMC, and Yungblud.

Each license has a different nuance so sales efforts are guided by these distinctions.

      1.    Yungblud: We expect to start our push into the world of music merchandise soon, which will be triggered by our relationship with Bravado/Universal Music and Yungblud.
             
            We just received via DHL the concert tour wear from Yungblud’s 2019 sold out “Underrated Youth” Tour. 
             
            We now will begin the process of creating a special series of Yungblud collectables for his millions of fans and expect to start pre-sales as soon as we have our samples approved by the Yungblud team in early first quarter 2021. Our expectations to create potentially substantial sales has never been higher. The Yungblud team is extremely committed to making this series of highly unique merchandise a resounding success.
             
            To augment our combined marketing efforts, Yungblud has made a video speaking about: The articles of clothing that he is giving to Authentic Heroes from his 2019 sold out tour, the War Child charity, and his relationship with Authentic Heroes.  
             
            The video will soon be distributed to his millions of followers on YouTube, Instagram and Twitter, making them aware that there is something special coming. It is our opinion that this unique approach of addressing your fan base will drive significant traffic for the sale of these “one of a kind” collectables.
             
      2.    Brett Favre: One of the most important parts of our value proposition is the credibility factor. The ability to create a one of a kind jersey, while also getting the approval of the player, speaks volumes.
             
            In the case of Brett Favre, we will be delivering 51 jerseys in early December. The significance of the first 50 is that they will be signed by Brett Favre and used for marketing and building relationships with sports bloggers, influencers, charitable giveaways, and contests.
             
            Brett will keep the 4^th jersey in the series, which is the number he wore on the field. Next, he will make a video of himself putting on the Authentic jersey while speaking about the significance of the original jersey he gave Authentic. He will discuss the jerseys that we created from his original game worn jersey, the Greater Good Fund charity, and how Authentic Heroes ties it all together.
             
            Brett will disseminate that video to his 1.5 MM followers on Facebook which will be followed up by a social media marketing effort launched by Authentic Heroes as well.
             
      3.    Warren Sapp: In December, Warren Sapp will be giving Authentic Heroes his Pro Bowl Jersey from the 1999 season when he was defensive player of the year. Authentic Heroes will then proceed to make a limited series of jerseys. We have already finished the artwork for that jersey through a commissioned artist and are waiting approvals from Warren’s management, which we should have shortly.
             
            Warren, like Brett Favre and Yungblud, will be making a video speaking about the 1999 season, the War Child charity and how Authentic Heroes ties players, fans, and charitable contributions together for the greater good of all the parties. Warren will post that video to his 1.1MM followers on Twitter and will also be followed up by a social media marketing effort by Authentic Heroes
             
      4.    Run DMC: We are working with Bravado, the merchandising arm of Universal Music, to find “photo-matched” articles of clothing from prior concerts that we can create authenticated merchandise from. We expect to be updated shortly by Bravado so we can bring the Authentic Heroes experience and collectable merchandise to the massive fan base of RUN DMC.
             

Lastly the Company is also in the process of negotiating several other major licenses in the areas of social media influencers, sports, and music.  We will continue to develop a portfolio of significant commercial opportunities that will add significantly to shareholder value now and into the future.

      B.    ECOTEK 360

ECOTEK 360 is working diligently towards reaching the critical point where it can fully commercialize its proprietary technologies for the rejuvenation of corporate uniforms, products for hospital and healthcare industry, as well as products for the hospitality markets.

Our pilot line has produced excellent results to date and we are now getting closer to the point of being able to create game changing products that can help ameliorate the need for dumping or incinerating end of life textile waste.

Our sample fibers have been examined by a potential manufacturing partner, which has brought us to a point where ECOTEK 360 is now actively exploring the potential for a joint venture with them overseas as well as here in the United States. The nature of the relationship is one where we bring our core technologies and trade secrets as part of a brand new joint venture and manufacturing facility to create products for the retail market.

We are in the earlier part of these negotiations but we feel that there is a very strong interest on the part of the potential joint venture partner and we are very confident in our ability to deliver the type of fiber that can truly augment their current business model and the typical business model of the 100’s of companies in the textile recycling business.

In the last few days we have also run fiber for a hospital system on our pilot line and got back excellent results. We expect to move the needle on this potential relationship over the coming months as we create final end user products for them. We feel confident in the potential for orders of our rejuvenated products to follow.

      C.    Maximizing Shareholder Value

We realize that shareholder value is tantamount to everyone. To date, we feel that the most recent market for our common equity does not at all reflect the potential that both Authentic Heroes and ECOTEK 360 have. We have made significant progress and major breakthroughs in both subsidiaries and unfortunately the value proposition for each is mired and buried under the Global Fiber Technologies umbrella.

Global Fiber Technologies, the parent to both companies, is exploring several options to optimize the value of Global Fiber’s common stock price.

Once fully reporting, and as the stop sign is lifted, we will hopefully see a marked improvement of Global Fiber’s common share price. There will be significant opportunities coming to both Authentic and ECOTEK and they need to be financed at some point in the not too distant future.

The Company is looking to keep dilution to GFTX shareholders to a minimum while attaining the financing necessary to monetize the upcoming opportunities. The value of GFTX shares will weigh heavily in our decision on how to finance those opportunities.

Given the fact that sometimes share price does not respond to performance, creating the need for alternative financing is something we need to consider.

We are currently exploring the option of taking both the ECOTEK 360 and Authentic Heroes subsidiaries public through the advent of a REG A+ offering or other options if they become available.

Both of these valuable subsidiaries are currently sequestered under Global’s holding company umbrella and devoid of any value whatsoever.

Separating them from the parent organization could yield multiple benefits by monetizing the “value producing assets” in both Authentic and ECOTEK 360

1. In the event we take one or both subsidiaries public in 2021, there will be a separate trading market for each subsidiary on OTCQB or possibly OTCQX depending on the size of the offering.
    
2. Global Fiber will still maintain the “controlling interest” in both companies, allowing Global Fiber to consolidate the financial performance of each subsidiary on its own balance sheet and profit and loss statements
    
3. If one or both of the subsidiaries were to be public companies, the value of Global’s investments in both subsidiaries would be recorded not at the “lower of cost or market” as they are currently, but potentially at “fair market” value creating a substantial increase in “shareholder equity”
    
4. Coupled with the potential increase in shareholder value we would also be avoiding the inherent dilution that could go along by trying to capitalize both Authentic and ECOTEK 360 by selling equity in an undervalued GFTX.

There are several smart and potentially deliverable options on the table and we will keep deductively exploring which option works best for Global Fiber shareholders

We already have a relationship with an investment banking firm to start to exploring the option of maximizing shareholder value thru creating separate public markets for the Global Fiber subsidiaries and will continue down that path as we move into 2021.

There is a lot of workload in front of us and we want to let our shareholders know that the management and Board of Directors is fully committed to making Global Fiber Technologies, Inc., a game changing company in its areas of endeavor.

We continue to work very long hours and continue to invest out own monies where needed. We do not take salaries or loans and are “all in” on making 2021 and beyond great years for Global and its shareholders.

We hope this sheds light on where we are where we are headed and we look forward to communicating our progress to you in the not too distant future.

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Chris H Giordano

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MAYNARD, Mass., Nov. 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Stratus Technologies, a global leader in simplified, protected, autonomous Edge Computing platforms, will spotlight customer examples of digital transformation using Edge Computing technology at Rockwell Automation’s Automation Fair at Home from November 16 – 20, 2020. Stratus will share with the Rockwell Automation community Edge Computing best practices that include a presentation from pipeline operator, Buckeye Partners, L.P., and additional insights from customers The Bradbury Co., Inc. and Dairy Farmers of America. Stratus will also present a demonstration of the ztC™ Edge platform.

By deploying Rockwell Automation PlantPAx^® Distributed Control System, FactoryTalk^® Industrial Automation Software and ThinManager^® software on ztC Edge or ftServer^® – Stratus’ secure, protected, and autonomous Edge Computing platforms – enterprises increase operational efficiency, eliminate downtime, and protect their business-critical applications. The combination of automation and control software matched with fault-tolerant, zero-touch computing platforms extends the Connected Enterprise reliably to the Edge.

“Industry leaders expect plug-and-play solutions that provide easy deployment, scalable deployment, short time-to-value, and a clear step up from their existing implementations,” said Jason Andersen, Stratus Vice President of Strategy and Product Management. “Together, Rockwell Automation and Stratus are ensuring interoperability and performance, and our success with Buckeye Partners and others demonstrate the power of Rockwell Automation and Stratus together.”

Edge Computing
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• Monday
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  3 Successful Blueprints to Deploy Software on Edge Computing + Demo
  (Frank Hill, Rockwell Automation Global Partnership Manager, Stratus Technologies) 

  Understand the fastest-growing software deployment option for engineers that is Edge Computing. Attendees will gain actionable insights from customer stories, lessons learned, and a demo of how to easily deploy software on ztC Edge.  

• Monday
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  Digital Transformation at Buckeye Partners, L.P. 
  (Angel Matos, Senior Manager, Terminal Automation Applications, Buckeye Partners) 

  Learn how Buckeye is digitally transforming their business through IT/OT convergence and Rockwell Automation’s robust PlantPAx solutions protected by Edge Computing platforms from Stratus. Buckeye is one of the largest independent liquid petroleum pipeline operators with 6,000 miles of pipeline, 115 terminals, and a 118 million-barrel tank capacity. Results from Buckeye’s South Texas Gateway Terminal project will be shared to illustrate lessons learned.

• Monday, November 16
  
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  – Friday, November 20
  
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  : Live Edge Computing Demos as well as Q&A sessions will be available on-demand at the Stratus Virtual Booth located within the Partner Showcase Hardware Technology Hall.

About Stratus

For leaders digitally transforming their operations to drive predictable, peak performance with minimal risk, Stratus ensures the continuous availability of business-critical applications by delivering zero-touch Edge Computing platforms that are simple to deploy and maintain, protected from interruptions and threats, and autonomous. For 40 years, we have provided reliable and redundant zero-touch computing, enabling global Fortune 500 companies and small-to-medium sized businesses to securely and remotely turn data into actionable intelligence at the Edge, cloud and data center – driving uptime and efficiency. For more information, please visit www.stratus.com or follow on Twitter @StratusAlwaysOn and LinkedIn @StratusTechnologies

Press Contacts

DoShik Wood
[email protected]
+1 978-461-7064

Dominique Todd
[email protected]
+1 978-461-7144

Lead, South Dakota, Nov. 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —

Dakota Territory Resource Corp (OTCQB: DTRC) (“Dakota Territory” or the “Company“), is pleased to announce that the Company has declared a special cash dividend of $0.055 per common share, payable January 4, 2021 to holders of record on December 22, 2020.  There are a total of 150,181,631 shares of Dakota Territory common stock issued and outstanding, with options also outstanding to purchase up to 1,800,000 additional shares of common stock. The holders of 72,666,667 shares of common stock have contractually waived their right to receive the special cash dividend.

“What has allowed us over these past eight years of difficult market conditions to be persistent in the execution of our property acquisition and exploration strategies is the patience of our shareholders.” commented Dakota Territory President and CEO, Jerry Aberle. “Our shareholders have stood behind the Company’s vision knowing it would take better gold prices, and that could take time.  We intend with this special dividend to reward that loyalty and to maintain our shareholder base as we move to the next stages of building this Company”. 

About Dakota Territory Resource Corp

Dakota Territory is a Nevada Corporation with offices located at Lead, South Dakota.  Dakota Territory maintains 100% ownership of seven gold properties covering approximately 14,350 acres in the heart of the Northern Black Hills of South Dakota, including the Blind Gold, City Creek, West Corridor, Homestake Paleoplacer, Ragged Top, Tinton and Maitland Properties.  Dakota Territory is uniquely positioned to leverage Management’s extensive exploration and mining experience in the District with Homestake Mining Company.  For more information on Dakota Territory, please visit the Company’s website at http://DakotaTRC.com.

Investor Relations

Investor Relations Contact: For more information, please contact Dakota Territory Resource Corp (605) 717-2540

Cautionary Note to U.S. Investors

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) limits disclosure for U.S. reporting purposes to mineral deposits that a company can economically and legally extract or produce. Our property currently does not contain any known proven or probable ore reserves under SEC reporting standards. Our reference above to the various formations and mineralization believed to exist in our property as compared to historical results and estimates from other property in the district is illustrative only for comparative purposes and is no indication that similar results will be obtained with respect to our property. U.S. investors are urged to consider closely the disclosure in our latest reports filed with the SEC. You can review and obtain copies of these filings at http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml.

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SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — During this year’s SC20 virtual tradeshow, AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) is showcasing its leadership in the high performance computing (HPC) industry. It launched the new AMD Instinct™ MI100 accelerator with ROCm™ 4.0 open ecosystem support and showcased a growing list of AMD EPYC™ CPU and AMD Instinct accelerator based deployments, and highlighted its collaboration with Microsoft Azure for HPC in the cloud. AMD also remains on track to begin volume shipments of the 3^rd Gen EPYC processors with “Zen 3” core to select HPC and cloud customers this quarter in advance of the expected public launch in Q1 2021, aligned with OEM availability.

The new AMD Instinct™ MI100accelerator, is the world’s fastest HPC GPU accelerator for scientific workloads and the first to surpass the 10 teraflops (FP64) performance barrier ¹. Built on the new AMD CDNA architecture, the AMD Instinct MI100 GPU enables a new class of accelerated systems for HPC and AI when paired with 2^nd Gen AMD EPYC processors. Supported by new accelerated compute platforms from Dell, HPE, Gigabyte and Supermicro, the MI100, combined with AMD EPYC CPUs and ROCm 4.0 software, is designed to propel new discoveries ahead of the exascale era.

“No two customers are the same in HPC, and AMD is providing a path to today’s most advanced technologies and capabilities that are critical to support their HPC work, from small clusters on premise, to virtual machines in the cloud, all the way to exascale supercomputers,” said Forrest Norrod, senior vice president and general manager, Data Center and Embedded Solutions Business Group, AMD. “Combining AMD EPYC processors and Instinct accelerators with critical application software and development tools enables AMD to deliver leadership performance for HPC workloads.”

AMD and Microsoft Azure Power HPC In the Cloud

Azure is using 2^nd Gen AMD EPYC processors to power its HBv2 virtual machines (VMs) for HPC workloads. These VMs offer up to 2x the performance of first-generation HB-series virtual machines², can support up to 80,000 cores for MPI jobs³, and take advantage of 2^nd Gen AMD EPYC processors’ up to 45% more memory bandwidth than comparable x86 alternatives⁴.

HBv2 VMs are used by numerous customers including The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Beckman Institute for Advanced Science & Technology which used 86,400 cores to model a plant virus that previously required a leadership class supercomputer and the U.S. Navywhich rapidly deploys and scales enhanced weather and ocean pattern predictions on demand. HBv2 powered by 2^nd Gen AMD EPYC processors also provides the bulk of the CPU compute power for the OpenAI environment Microsoft announced earlier this year.

AMD EPYC processors have also helped HBv2 reach new cloud HPC milestones, such as a new record for Cloud MPI scaling results with NAMD, Top 20 results on the Graph500, and the first 1 terabyte/sec cloud HPC parallel filesystem. Across these and other application benchmarks, HBv2 is delivering 12x higher scaling than found elsewhere on the public cloud.

Adding on to its existing HBv2 HPC virtual machine powered by 2^nd Gen AMD EPYC processors, Azure announced it will utilize next generation AMD EPYC processors, codenamed ‘Milan’, for future HB-series VM products for HPC.

You can see more about the AMD and Azure collaboration in this video with Jason Zander of Azure and Lisa Su of AMD.

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AMD EPYC processors and Instinct accelerators have the performance and capabilities to support numerous HPC workloads across a variety of implementations. From small clusters at research centers, to commercial HPC, to off premise and in the cloud, to exascale computing, AMD continues to provide performance and choice for HPC solutions.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), CSC Finland and EuroHPC recently introduced a new pre-exascale system,LUMI. Based on the HPE Cray EX supercomputer architecture, LUMI will use next generation AMD EPYC CPUs and Instinct accelerators and is expected to provide a peak performance of 552 petaflops when it comes online in 2021, making it one of the fastest supercomputers in the world.

Beyond LUMI, AMD powered HPC systems continue to grow in volume. Since SC19, there have been more than 15 supercomputing systems announced using AMD EPYC CPUs, Instinct GPUs, or both. A highlight of the systems includes

• Chicoma – Los Alamos National Laboratory – this system is based on the HPE Cray EX supercomputer architecture and uses 2^nd Gen AMD EPYC CPUs, combined with 300 terabytes of system memory for COVID-19 research,
• Corona – Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory – this system was recently upgraded with funding from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, adding nearly 1,000 AMD Instinct MI50 accelerators, pushing peak performance to more than 11 petaFLOPS,
• Mammoth –
  Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory – the “big memory” cluster uses 2^nd Gen AMD EPYC Processors to perform genomics analysis and graph analytics required by scientists working on COVID-19.
• Northern Data – a distributed computing system in Europe that is using AMD EPYC CPUs and Instinct accelerators for large scale HPC applications such as rendering, artificial intelligence and deep learning,
• Pawsey Supercomputing Centre – Using the HPE Cray EX supercomputer architecture and future AMD EPYC CPUs and AMD Instinct accelerators, the supercomputer at Pawsey will be Australia’s most powerful supercomputer.

In addition, AMD is also powering the following supercomputers: Anvil and Bell – Purdue University, Big Red 200 – Indiana University, Bridges 2 – Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, CERN, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Expanse – San Diego Supercomputer Center, Goethe University Frankfurt, IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center, Jetstream 2 – Indiana University, Mahti – CSC, Mangi – University of Minnesota, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, RedRaider – Texas Tech University, TinkerCliffs – Virginia Tech.

“With the Expanse supercomputer, our goal is to give scientists and researchers cloud-like access to a high-performance machine that can handle everything from astrophysics to zoology,” said Michael Norman, Director of the San Diego Supercomputer Center. “The 2nd Gen AMD EPYC processors have helped us achieve fantastic performance with Expanse, enabling our researchers to do more science than before. We also have a great collaboration with AMD and have worked together to create a forum for AMD HPC customers to share experiences, information and more, to better benefit HPC research.”

Paving the Path
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o Exascale Computing

To help researchers start on the path to exascale, AMD has provided Oak Ridge National Labs access to the new AMD Instinct MI100 accelerator, which delivers a giant leap in compute and interconnect performance. The Instinct MI100 accelerator enables a new class of accelerated systems and delivers true heterogeneous compute capabilities from AMD for HPC and AI. Designed to complement the 2^nd Gen AMD EPYC processors, and built on the AMD Infinity Architecture, the AMD Instinct MI100 delivers true heterogeneous compute capabilities from AMD for HPC and AI.

“Frontier, powered by AMD, represents a huge increase in computational power compared to today’s systems. It’s going to allow scientists to answer questions that we didn’t have the answer to before,” said Bronson Messer, director of science, Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility. “The ability to run molecular simulations that aren’t just a few million atoms, but a few billion atoms, provides a more realistic representation of the science, and to be able to do that as a matter of course and over and over again will lead to a significant amount of important discoveries.”

AMD continues to provide the performance, capabilities and scale needed to power current and future HPC workloads, no matter if they are helping students at a research center, improving aerodynamic efficiency for an auto manufacturer, or providing valuable insights for critical medical breakthroughs. Read more about the AMD presence at SC20 and its HPC capabilities here.

Supporting Resources

• Read quotes from AMD HPC customers about their experience with AMD products
• Learn more about AMD Instinct™ Accelerators
• Learn more about AMD CDNAArchitecture
• Learn more about AMD HPC Solutions here
• Learn more about the AMD 2nd Gen EPYC™ Processor
• Follow AMD on Twitter

About AMD

For more than 50 years AMD has driven innovation in high-performance computing, graphics and visualization technologies ― the building blocks for gaming, immersive platforms and the data center. Hundreds of millions of consumers, leading Fortune 500 businesses and cutting-edge scientific research facilities around the world rely on AMD technology daily to improve how they live, work and play. AMD employees around the world are focused on building great products that push the boundaries of what is possible. For more information about how AMD is enabling today and inspiring tomorrow, visit the AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) website, blog, Facebook and Twitter pages.

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT

This press release contains forward-looking statements concerning Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) such as the features, functionality, performance, availability, timing and expected benefits of AMD products including the next generation AMD EPYC^TM Processors and AMD Instinct^TM MI100 Accelerator and the expected timing and benefits of AMD partnerships, which are made pursuant to the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are commonly identified by words such as “would,” “may,” “expects,” “believes,” “plans,” “intends,” “projects” and other terms with similar meaning. Investors are cautioned that the forward-looking statements in this press release are based on current beliefs, assumptions and expectations, speak only as of the date of this press release and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations. Such statements are subject to certain known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are difficult to predict and generally beyond AMD’s control, that could cause actual results and other future events to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied or projected by, the forward-looking information and statements. Material factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include, without limitation, the following: Intel Corporation’s dominance of the microprocessor market and its aggressive business practices; the ability of third party manufacturers to manufacture AMD’s products on a timely basis in sufficient quantities and using competitive technologies; expected manufacturing yields for AMD’s products; the availability of essential equipment, materials or manufacturing processes; AMD’s ability to introduce products on a timely basis with features and performance levels that provide value to its customers; global economic uncertainty; the loss of a significant customer; AMD’s ability to generate revenue from its semi-custom SoC products;  the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on AMD’s business, financial condition and results of operations; political, legal, economic risks and natural disasters; the impact of government actions and regulations such as export administration regulations, tariffs and trade protection measures; the impact of acquisitions, joint ventures and/or investments on AMD’s business, including the announced acquisition of Xilinx, and the failure to integrate acquired businesses; AMD’s ability to complete the Xilinx merger; the impact of the announcement and pendency of the Xilinx merger on AMD’s business; potential security vulnerabilities; potential IT outages, data loss, data breaches and cyber-attacks; uncertainties involving the ordering and shipment of AMD’s products; quarterly and seasonal sales patterns; the restrictions imposed by agreements governing AMD’s notes and the revolving credit facility; the competitive markets in which AMD’s products are sold; market conditions of the industries in which AMD products are sold; AMD’s reliance on third-party intellectual property to design and introduce new products in a timely manner; AMD’s reliance on third-party companies for the design, manufacture and supply of motherboards, software and other computer platform components; AMD’s reliance on Microsoft Corporation and other software vendors’ support to design and develop software to run on AMD’s products; AMD’s reliance on third-party distributors and add-in-board partners; the potential dilutive effect if the 2.125% Convertible Senior Notes due 2026 are converted; future impairments of goodwill and technology license purchases; AMD’s ability to attract and retain qualified personnel; AMD’s ability to generate sufficient revenue and operating cash flow or obtain external financing for research and development or other strategic investments; AMD’s indebtedness; AMD’s ability to generate sufficient cash to service its debt obligations or meet its working capital requirements; AMD’s ability to repurchase its outstanding debt in the event of a change of control; the cyclical nature of the semiconductor industry; the impact of modification or interruption of AMD’s internal business processes and information systems; compatibility of AMD’s products with some or all industry-standard software and hardware; costs related to defective products; the efficiency of AMD’s supply chain; AMD’s ability to rely on third party supply-chain logistics functions; AMD’s stock price volatility; worldwide political conditions; unfavorable currency exchange rate fluctuations; AMD’s ability to effectively control the sales of its products on the gray market; AMD’s ability to adequately protect its technology or other intellectual property; current and future claims and litigation; potential tax liabilities; and the impact of environmental laws, conflict minerals-related provisions and other laws or regulations. Investors are urged to review in detail the risks and uncertainties in AMD’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including but not limited to AMD’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 26, 2020.

_{©2020 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reserved. AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, EPYC, AMD Instinct, and combinations thereof are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. PCIe is a registered trademark of PCI-SIG Corporation. Other product names used in this publication are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective companies.}

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<sub>¹ Calculations conducted by AMD Performance Labs as of Sep 18, 2020 for the AMD Instinct™ MI100 (32GB HBM2 PCIe® card) accelerator at 1,502 MHz peak boost engine clock resulted in 11.54 TFLOPS peak double precision (FP64), 46.1 TFLOPS peak single precision matrix (FP32), 23.1 TFLOPS peak single precision (FP32), 184.6 TFLOPS peak half precision (FP16) peak theoretical, floating-point performance. Published results on the NVidia Ampere A100 (40GB) GPU accelerator resulted in 9.7 TFLOPS peak double precision (FP64). 19.5 TFLOPS peak single precision (FP32), 78 TFLOPS peak half precision (FP16) theoretical, floating-point performance. Server manufacturers may vary configuration offerings yielding different results. MI100-03


² Source: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/introducing-the-new-hbv2-azure-virtual-machines-for-high-performance-computing/


³ Source: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-hbv2-virtual-machines-eclipse-80000-cores-for-mpi-hpc/


⁴ AMD EPYC™ 7002 Series processors have 45% more memory bandwidth than Intel Scalable processors in the same class.</sub>

Contacts:
Gary Silcott
AMD Communications
+1 512-602-0889
[email protected]

Laura Graves
AMD Investor Relations
+1 408-749-5467
[email protected]

DENVER, CO, Nov. 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via NewMediaWire — Gateway Proven Strategies (“GPS” or the “Company”), a world-class cannabusiness consulting firm, announced today the acquisition of Colorado-based leading consulting firm Cannabis Security Experts (“CSE”). This marks the first major acquisition for GPS since its inception and is part of the Company’s strategic growth strategy to build out the largest consultation and information infrastructure in the cannabis industry. 

CSE, founded by recently announced GPS Chief of Staff Derek Porter, has been consulting operators in the burgeoning nationwide cannabis industry across the areas of compliance, security, and transportation. Security remains a primary operational concern for all operators in the cannabis industry – spanning the full supply chain that includes but is not limited to product storage and tracking, employee safety, the handling of cash transactions, and more. Cannabis businesses of all sizes must not only meet local and state-mandated compliance standards, but have strategies in place that allow them to capture future growth opportunities while keeping safety top of mind. CSE has a proven track record of success in providing its clients with tangible strategies that remain at the forefront of this necessary driver of operations.

“As we continue to build out the world’s largest consulting infrastructure for the cannabis industry, security expertise was of the utmost importance,” said Charles Feldmann, CEO of Gateway Proven Strategies. “The acquisition of CSE immediately positioned GPS as the leading expert in that area, building upon its current foundation of security operations success. CSE has an excellent reputation for helping businesses of all sizes appropriately implement and efficiently scale a security protocol as their organization grows. This acquisition was pivotal for us and is a key step in cementing GPS as a global leader in cannabis consulting.”

GPS looks to leverage the experience of its founders, including cannabis industry icons Bob Hoban and Charles Feldmann, as well as that of its renowned staff to assist cannabis businesses in scaling their operations. Considering the shift in legislative change and general acceptance of cannabis, companies will need to adapt and grow quickly in order to remain competitive. The team at GPS works with clients on strategic consulting plans in all areas of operations, enabling them to stay ahead of trends and build long-term future value. 

“I am humbled by the acquisition of my second major venture in the cannabis space and am truly excited to continue to be a part of its success in my role at GPS,” Porter said. “Security has always been my foundational expertise when it comes to the cannabis industry, and I put that experience to work in building CSE. We have built a strong base of business that I believe will only be improved upon through this acquisition. Our clients came to us with a need for consultation in the area of security, but more and more clients needed assistance in other areas of their business. Through GPS, we can now offer our clients a full suite of experience-based consultation in almost all aspects of their businesses. I could not be more optimistic about GPS and the cannabis industry as a whole than I am going in 2021 and beyond.”

GPS recently relaunched their website featuring the Company’s full-service offering as well as a trove of educational tools designed to assist cannabis entrepreneurs and executives in navigating the cannabis landscape. For more information on GPS, please visit their website at https://www.gps.global/

About Gateway Proven Strategies

Gateway Proven Strategies (GPS) is the natural extension of the global cannabis networks that its founders have created.  Bob Hoban and Charles Feldmann are recognized as global cannabis industry experts.  GPS leverages this depth experience as a broad-based cannabis advisory and investment firm; utilizing and employing a collective network of professionals, businesses, and global government leaders.

In an era when cannabis operations are affected by far more factors than any time in our history, GPS was created to offer advisory services and thinking tools necessary to develop a deeper understanding of the context that is the global cannabis supply chain. Formulating flexible proven strategies and approaches to actual profits.

GPS Founders and related personnel have already built the global cannabis industry; one company at a time.  A sizable global market awaits.  GPS is the professional, reputable guide that will enable newcomers and scalable businesses to navigate the complexities of the global cannabis supply chain, which will provide you with a gateway to this fast-moving international 

About Cannabis Security Experts

Cannabis Security Experts (https://www.CannabisSecurityExperts.com): Providing Complete Cannabis Security Solutions throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico with international consulting in European markets. Mission: “We are on a mission to Care for our clients within the Thriving Global Cannabis Industry in the most Secure and Cost-Effective manner possible.” Vision: We believe in collaboration, NOT competition. As unapologetic advocates of the cannabis industry, we know we have a fiduciary duty to protect the industry’s assets so that the cannabis crop may continue to heal people and become a major component to the global economy. 

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