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Avaya Cloud Office™ Named 2020 Communications Solutions Products of the Year Award Winner – For Enabling Customers to Leverage Cloud Communications To Digitally Transform Their Workforce

Avaya Cloud Office™ Named 2020 Communications Solutions Products of the Year Award Winner – For Enabling Customers to Leverage Cloud Communications To Digitally Transform Their Workforce

Customer adoption grows rapidly as availability expands to new markets worldwide

RALEIGH-DURHAM, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Avaya (NYSE: AVYA), a global leader in solutions to enhance and simplify communications and collaboration, announced today that its Avaya Cloud Office™ by RingCentral® UCaaS solution has been named a 2020 Communications Solutions Products of the Year Award winner by TMCNet. The award honors exceptional products and services that facilitate voice, data and video communications that were brought to market or greatly improved upon in the last twelve months.

Unified communications delivered via a single cloud-based platform is increasingly important for organizations embracing digital transformation. By enabling voice calls, team messaging, meetings, conferencing and file sharing in a single solution, Avaya Cloud Office reduces cost and complexity while empowering workforces to call, meet and message across any device from wherever they are.

“Avaya Cloud Office continues to be an important pillar in a meaningful number of our customers’ digital transformation strategies,” said Dennis Kozak, SVP, Business Transformation, Avaya. “The solution helps customers go beyond voice communications to a world where multi-touchpoint collaboration brings unprecedented productivity to users and responsiveness to customers. Avaya Cloud Office delivers advanced communications features in a flexible and reliable package that meets increasingly varied business needs.“

The Art Institutes, a system of private schools throughout the United States, selected Avaya Cloud Office to support 700 users across its eight campuses. In a five-year ACO agreement, Avaya is helping the Art Institutes manage their multi-location national communications needs with more flexibility, functionality and centralized operations. “The Art Institutes prides itself on helping our students take their hard work from passionately creative to creative professionals and it’s important that we partner with companies that have the same passions as us,” said Paul Geidel, Telecom Manager, The Art Institutes. “With trust and confidence, we’ve worked with Avaya for over two years, so when we needed to better manage our national communications requirements across locations we knew who to turn to. Avaya Cloud Office helps allow us to have more flexibility, functionality and centralized operations to best serve our customers.”

Founded in 1996, Connex is a leading-edge solutions provider, and part of the Malar group of companies. With multiple offices across North America, they service approximately 150,000 users of which over 75,000 are contact center agents. “We needed to modernize our existing platform and integrate with mission critical third-party applications to help maintain fluidity across systems,” said Peter Manickavasagar, Chief Operating Officer, Connex. “We evaluated multiple platforms, and conducted a small PoC between Microsoft Teams and Avaya Cloud Office. Avaya Cloud Office came on top of this evaluation, some of the driving factors were: ease of use, ease of deployment, out of the box integration to apps like Salesforce, reporting/analytics and small contact center feature. We’re excited to strengthen our partnership with Avaya and continue to propose modern Avaya technology to our existing and future customers.”

ABM is a global professional services firm in Australia who after implementing Avaya Cloud Office for a smaller group, added more users to the ACO platform and 1300 toll free number for their clients to reach them. ABM needed a reliable and flexible communications in order to serve clients such as Coca Cola to deliver on-site calibration and maintenance of 450 assets across 2 processing facilities. For another client, ABM engineers are on site 1-2 days a week all year where they maintain 2,500 assets. These off-site engineers are mobile and need seamless communications across the business. “ABM is a leader in our industry, and we chose Avaya of their leadership role in being an innovator,” comments Jay Parker, CEO at ABM.

Avaya recently announced the global expansion and general availability of Avaya Cloud Office in Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, and Spain. With the addition of these five new countries, Avaya Cloud Office has expanded its global market presence to 12 countries since its U.S. launch in March, with additional markets planned for 2021.

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About Avaya

Businesses are built by the experiences they provide, and everyday millions of those experiences are delivered by Avaya Holdings Corp. (NYSE: AVYA). Avaya is shaping what’s next for the future of work, with innovation and partnerships that deliver game-changing business benefits. Our cloud communications solutions and multi-cloud application ecosystem power personalized, intelligent, and effortless customer and employee experiences to help achieve strategic ambitions and desired outcomes. Together, we are committed to help grow your business by delivering Experiences that Matter. Learn more at http://www.avaya.com

About TMC

Through education, industry news, live events and social influence, global buyers rely on TMC’s content-driven marketplaces to make purchase decisions and navigate markets. As a result, leading technology vendors turn to TMC for unparalleled branding, thought leadership and lead generation opportunities. Our in-person and online events deliver unmatched visibility and sales prospects for all percipients. Through our custom lead generation programs, we provide clients with an ongoing stream of leads that turn into sales opportunities and build databases. Additionally, we bolster brand reputations with the millions of impressions from display advertising on our news sites and newsletters. Making TMC a 360 degree marketing solution, we offer comprehensive event and road show management services and custom content creation with expertly ghost-crafted blogs, press releases, articles and marketing collateral to help with SEO, branding, and overall marketing efforts. For more information about TMC and to learn how we can help you reach your marketing goals, please visit www.tmcnet.com and follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, @tmcnet.

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SRAX Hosts The LD Micro 13th Annual Main Event on the Sequire Platform With 2 Million Active Small-Cap Investors Invited

SRAX Hosts The LD Micro 13th Annual Main Event on the Sequire Platform With 2 Million Active Small-Cap Investors Invited

LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
SRAX, Inc. (NASDAQ: SRAX), a financial technology company that unlocks data and insights for publicly traded companies through Sequire, its SaaS platform, announced today that it will host the 13th Annual LD Micro Main Event, a prominent 2-day virtual investor conference, via their Sequire Virtual Events platform on December 14 – December 15, 2020.

LD Micro is a leader in influential small- and micro-cap conferences. With the recent SRAX acquisition, LD gained access to the largest active base of micro-cap investors in the world at over 2 million and counting. The event will feature more than 250 companies presenting in a brand new format, as well as several influential panelists.

“I think the Main Event will be the first virtual conference this year that is engaging instead of repetitive. There have been too many 20-minute PowerPoints, and investors have lost the desire to watch one more of the same thing. We intend to showcase something different,” said Chris Lahiji, Founder and CEO of LD Micro.

Event: The LD Micro Main Event

Date: Monday, December 14th & Tuesday, December 15th

Time: 6:00am PST – 3:00pm PST both days

Register Here:https://ve.mysequire.com/

“With the launch of this virtual conference, we are one step closer to our mission of creating the most comprehensive platform for issuers. In collaboration with our partners, we are inviting close to 2M active small-cap investors to the Main Event,” said Christopher Miglino, Founder and CEO of SRAX. “We believe this conference will be a success for both the investors and the issuers in the Sequire community, and we look forward to the expansion of the LD Micro audience.”

About SRAX

SRAX (NASDAQ: SRAX) is a financial technology company that unlocks data and insights for publicly traded companies. Through its premier investor intelligence and communications platform, Sequire, companies can track their investors’ behaviors and trends and use those insights to engage current and potential investors across marketing channels. For more information on SRAX, visit srax.com and mysequire.com.

About LD Micro

LD Micro was founded in 2006 with the sole purpose of being an independent resource in the microcap space. What started out as a newsletter highlighting unique companies has transformed into several virtual and in-person events hosted annually. For more information on LD Micro, visit ldmicro.com.

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New 403(b) Survey Finds Most Organizations Staying the Course With Retirement Plans Despite COVID-19

New 403(b) Survey Finds Most Organizations Staying the Course With Retirement Plans Despite COVID-19

Pandemic’s economic effect on plans more pronounced in health care and education sectors

DES MOINES, Iowa–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
The vast majority (83.6%) of non-profit organizations with 403(b) plans are holding steady and not changing their contribution levels despite the financial pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new Plan Sponsor Council of America (PSCA) snapshot survey, sponsored by Principal Financial Group®.

“The survey shows that while most non-profits have been able to sustain their commitment to retirement plan contributions, those in the health care and education sectors have been disproportionally affected by the pandemic,” said Hattie Greenan, director of research and communications at PSCA. “Those organizations are more likely to be considering reducing or suspending plan contributions and, at the same time, workers in those sectors were noticeably more likely to have taken loans and withdrawals from their retirement savings.”

PSCA conducted a snapshot survey of nearly 300 non-profit organizations in October 2020 to determine what impact the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic conditions are having on 403(b) plans and their participants.

“Through this pandemic, we have seen the adaptability of employers and employees in the non-profit sector,” said Kevin Morris, vice president and chief marketing officer, Retirement and Income Solutions at Principal®. “We are seeing consultants and financial professionals help employers navigate decisions about their retirement plans and ensure that employees’ savings needs are being considered.”

Report Highlights

Employer Contributions

Percent of changes being made or planned to employer contributions by year-end as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic

  • None (83.6%)
  • Suspend Matching contributions (6.3%)
  • Suspend Non-Matching Contributions (4.1%)
  • Reduce Matching Contributions (3.4%)
  • Reduce Non-Matching Contributions (3.4%)

The vast majority of organizations (83.6%) will not be changing the employer contributions to 403(b) plans this year. However, nearly a third of higher education institutions say they either have, or will by year-end, reduce or suspend contributions to their 403(b) plans. Ten percent of all respondents have suspended or reduced the matching contribution and 7.5% have suspended or reduced the non-matching contribution (some plans have both types of contributions).

Loans and Withdrawals

Percent of non-profit organizations noting increase in hardship withdrawals since COVID-19 by industry type

  • Health care and Hospitals (52.2%)
  • Higher Education (including faith-based) (36.0%)
  • Research, Science, or Environmental (31.3%)
  • K-12 Education (18.5%)
  • Other (15.8%)

Similarly, while three-fourths of plans indicated they have not noted an increase in plan loan activity since the beginning of COVID-19, just more than a third (36.0%) of hospitals and health care organizations noted an increase, as did nearly 30% of higher education institutions. However, those sectors were a relatively small sampling of the overall survey.

While more than 70% of organizations reported no change in the volume of hardship and in-service withdrawals this year, more than half (52.2%) of hospital and health care systems did cite an increase in participants tapping their accounts. More than a third of higher education institutions also noted an increase.

“These findings, with most organizations making no changes to their retirement benefits and contribution levels, are reflective of what we see at Principal,” said Morris. “Employers continue to see the value of supporting employees to pay their future selves.”

The full report is available for download athttps://www.psca.org/research/403b/2020snapshot.

About Principal®

Principal helps people and companies around the world build, protect and advance their financial well-being through retirement, insurance and asset management solutions that fit their lives. Our employees are passionate about helping clients of all income and portfolio sizes achieve their goals—offering innovative ideas, investment expertise and real-life solutions to make financial progress possible. To find out more, visit us at principal.com.

About the Plan Sponsor Council of America

The Plan Sponsor Council of America (PSCA), part of The American Retirement Association, is a diverse, collaborative community of employee benefit plan sponsors, working together on behalf of millions of employees to solve real problems, create positive change, and expand on the success of the employer-sponsored retirement system. With members representing employers of all sizes, we offer a forum for comprehensive dialogue. By sharing our collective knowledge and experience as plan sponsors, PSCA also serves as a resource to policymakers, the media and other stakeholders as part of our commitment to improving retirement security for millions of Americans.

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Principal, Principal and symbol design and Principal Financial Group are trademarks and service marks of Principal Financial Services, Inc., a member of the Principal Financial Group.

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VBI Vaccines Announces Submission of Biologics License Application to FDA for 3-Antigen Prophylactic Hepatitis B Vaccine

VBI Vaccines Announces Submission of Biologics License Application to FDA for 3-Antigen Prophylactic Hepatitis B Vaccine

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
VBI Vaccines Inc. (Nasdaq: VBIV) (VBI), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company developing next-generation infectious disease and immuno-oncology vaccines, today announced the submission of a Biologics License Application (BLA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeking approval of the Company’s 3-antigen prophylactic hepatitis B vaccine candidate, for the prevention of infection caused by all known subtypes of the hepatitis B virus in adults.

“The completion of the BLA submission is a significant milestone for us as we work to provide access to our 3-antigen hepatitis B vaccine for adults in the U.S.,” said Jeff Baxter, President & CEO. “In the U.S., hepatitis B infection persists as a public health threat, with increased rates of acute infection in recent years and estimates of up to 2.2 million chronically-infected individuals throughout the country. We look forward to working with the FDA during the review process as we seek marketing approval in the U.S., and we remain committed public health partners in the fight to eliminate hepatitis B.”

VBI previously announced the submission of the Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) on November 23, 2020, and the Company expects to submit regulatory approval applications to the United Kingdom Medicines and Healthcare products, Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and to Health Canada by the end of the first quarter of 2021.

About Hepatitis B

Hepatitis B is one of the world’s most significant infectious disease threats with more than 290 million people infected globally. HBV infection is the leading cause of liver disease and, with no available functional cure, many patients go on to develop liver cancers. An estimated 780,000 people die each year from complications of chronic HBV such as liver decompensation and hepatocellular carcinoma.

About VBI’s 3-Antigen Hepatitis B Vaccine

This vaccine is a 3-antigen hepatitis B vaccine, comprised of the S, pre-S1, and pre-S2 surface antigens of the hepatitis B virus, and is approved for use and commercially-available in Israel, under the name Sci-B-Vac®. In December 2017, VBI initiated patient dosing in a global Phase 3 clinical program that consisted of two concurrent pivotal studies: PROTECT, a safety and immunogenicity study, and CONSTANT, a lot-to-lot consistency study. Data from both the PROTECT study and the CONSTANT study, which were announced in June 2019 and January 2020, respectively, comprise the basis for the regulatory submissions in the U.S., Europe, and Canada.

To learn more about VBI’s 3-antigen Hepatitis B vaccine visit: https://www.vbivaccines.com/sci-b-vac/

About VBI Vaccines Inc.

VBI Vaccines Inc. (Nasdaq: VBIV) is a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a next generation of vaccines to address unmet needs in infectious disease and immuno-oncology. VBI is advancing the prevention and treatment of hepatitis B, with: (1) the only 3-antigen hepatitis B vaccine, which is approved for use and commercially available in Israel, under the name Sci-B-Vac®, and recently completed its Phase 3 program in the U.S., Europe, and Canada; and (2) an immunotherapeutic in development for a functional cure for chronic hepatitis B. VBI’s enveloped virus-like particle (eVLP) platform technology enables development of eVLPs that closely mimic the target virus to elicit a potent immune response. VBI’s lead eVLP programs include a vaccine immunotherapeutic candidate targeting glioblastoma (GBM), a prophylactic cytomegalovirus (CMV) vaccine candidate, and two prophylactic coronavirus vaccine candidates. VBI is headquartered in Cambridge, MA, with research operations in Ottawa, Canada, and research and manufacturing facilities in Rehovot, Israel.

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Certain statements in this press release that are forward-looking and not statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and are forward-looking information within the meaning of Canadian securities laws (collectively, “forward-looking statements”). The Company cautions that such statements involve risks and uncertainties that may materially affect the Company’s results of operations. Such forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs of management as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to management. Actual results could differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including but not limited to, the impact of general economic, industry or political conditions in the United States or internationally; the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on our clinical studies, manufacturing, business plan, and the global economy; the ability to establish that potential products are efficacious or safe in preclinical or clinical trials; the ability to establish or maintain collaborations on the development of therapeutic candidates; the ability to obtain appropriate or necessary governmental approvals to market potential products; the ability to obtain future funding for developmental products and working capital and to obtain such funding on commercially reasonable terms; the Company’s ability to manufacture product candidates on a commercial scale or in collaborations with third parties; changes in the size and nature of competitors; the ability to retain key executives and scientists; and the ability to secure and enforce legal rights related to the Company’s products. A discussion of these and other factors, including risks and uncertainties with respect to the Company, is set forth in the Company’s filings with the SEC and the Canadian securities authorities, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 5, 2020, and filed with the Canadian security authorities at sedar.com on March 5, 2020, as may be supplemented or amended by the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. Given these risks, uncertainties and factors, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. All such forward-looking statements made herein are based on our current expectations and we undertake no duty or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements for any reason, except as required by law.

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Credit Union Loan Source Selects ACI Speedpay to Drive Digital Bill Payments for Customers; ACI Mobile Wallet Payments Adoption Grows 30 Percent

Credit Union Loan Source Selects ACI Speedpay to Drive Digital Bill Payments for Customers; ACI Mobile Wallet Payments Adoption Grows 30 Percent

Leading auto lender provides rich digital payments experience so consumers can pay bills when, where and how they want with minimal friction

NAPLES, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), a leading global provider of real-time digital payment software and solutions, today announced Credit Union Loan Source (CULS) will drive a rich digital payments experience for consumers through ACI Speedpay. With the ACI solution, the company has seen an 89 percent increase in the adoption of interactive voice response (IVR) payments, and ACI’s mobile wallet feature has achieved 30 percent growth since launch.

Located in Alpharetta, Georgia, CULS is an indirect auto finance company with a dealer network spanning 14 states. Due to rapid portfolio growth, CULS looked to modernize its digital presence with a centralized way for customers to make payments and provide a unified experience across channels. With ACI Speedpay, CULS’s customers now have a single online portal to manage and pay their bills. In addition, as more consumers have come to expect mobile payment options for bills, ACI’s mobile wallet feature has provided a convenient choice for mobile billing and payment, including alerts and confirmations and the ability to display e-statements.

“By streamlining bill payments for our customers, we saw call center call volume drop by 15 percent almost immediately. With ACI Speedpay, our customers can make multiple payments, store payment information, see payment history and check balance and payoff information, all from a single portal,” said RuthAnn Riggs, Chief Operating Officer, Credit Union Loan Source. “The mobile wallet feature has also been advantageous for customers who prefer to pay bills through their smartphone, and the e-statements have resulted in significant cost savings – we’ve seen paperless adoption rates go from 2 percent to 18 percent, and this continues to climb month over month.”

“Consumers are spending more time than ever on their mobile devices, and meeting them where they are — on mobile — is crucial for businesses,” said Sanjay Gupta, executive vice president, ACI Worldwide. “With ACI Speedpay’s mobile wallet option, CULS is benefiting from faster payments as well as increased engagement with customers. In addition, ACI Speedpay is helping take the pressure off the company’s call center by reducing inbound call volume amid the pandemic.”

ACI Speedpay is an integrated suite of bill presentment and payment services that empowers the success of thousands of clients. The solution is proven to raise consumer satisfaction by 25 percent by offering easy ways to view and pay bills. The solution’s mobile wallet billing and payment capability improves consumer experience while reducing costs.

About ACI Worldwide

ACI Worldwide powers digital payments for more than 6,000 organizations around the world. More than 1,000 of the largest financial institutions and intermediaries, as well as thousands of global merchants, rely on ACI to execute $14 trillion each day in payments and securities. In addition, myriad organizations utilize our bill presentment and payment services. Through our comprehensive suite of software solutions delivered on customers’ premises, through the public cloud or through ACI’s private cloud, we provide real-time payment capabilities and enable the industry’s most complete omni-channel payments experience.

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Evercore Co-Chief Executive Officer Ralph L. Schlosstein to Participate in the Goldman Sachs 2020 U.S. Financial Services Conference on December 8

Evercore Co-Chief Executive Officer Ralph L. Schlosstein to Participate in the Goldman Sachs 2020 U.S. Financial Services Conference on December 8

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
Evercore (NYSE: EVR) today announced that its Co-Chief Executive Officer, Ralph L. Schlosstein, will participate in the Goldman Sachs 2020 U.S. Financial Services Conference virtually on Tuesday, December 8, 2020 in a session that begins at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

A live audio webcast will be available on the day of the conference under the For Investors section of Evercore’s website at www.evercore.com. A replay will be available on the same site for 30 days following the event.

About Evercore

Evercore (NYSE: EVR) is a premier global independent investment banking advisory firm. We are dedicated to helping our clients achieve superior results through trusted independent and innovative advice on matters of strategic significance to boards of directors, management teams and shareholders, including mergers and acquisitions, strategic shareholder advisory, restructurings, and capital structure. Evercore also assists clients in raising public and private capital and delivers equity research and equity sales and agency trading execution, in addition to providing wealth and investment management services to high net worth and institutional investors. Founded in 1995, the Firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices and affiliate offices in major financial centers in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. For more information, please visit www.evercore.com.

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AWS and BlackBerry Join Forces to Accelerate Innovation with New Intelligent Vehicle Data Platform

AWS and BlackBerry Join Forces to Accelerate Innovation with New Intelligent Vehicle Data Platform

BlackBerry IVY will help automakers create personalized driver and passenger experiences and improve operations of cloud-connected vehicles with new BlackBerry QNX and AWS technology

SEATTLE & WATERLOO, Ontario–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
Today, Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN), and BlackBerry Limited (NYSE: BB, TSX: BB), a worldwide leader in intelligent security software and services, announced a multi-year, global agreement to develop and market BlackBerry’s Intelligent Vehicle Data Platform, IVY. BlackBerry IVY is a scalable, cloud-connected software platform that will allow automakers to provide a consistent and secure way to read vehicle sensor data, normalize it, and create actionable insights from that data both locally in the vehicle and in the cloud. Automakers can use this information to create responsive in-vehicle services that enhance driver and passenger experiences.

This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201201005424/en/

BlackBerry IVY will help automakers create personalized driver and passenger experiences and improve operations of cloud-connected vehicles with new BlackBerry QNX and AWS technology. (Graphic: Business Wire)

BlackBerry IVY will help automakers create personalized driver and passenger experiences and improve operations of cloud-connected vehicles with new BlackBerry QNX and AWS technology. (Graphic: Business Wire)

BlackBerry IVY addresses a critical data access, collection, and management problem in the automotive industry. Modern cars and trucks are built with thousands of parts from many different suppliers, with each vehicle model comprising a unique set of proprietary hardware and software components. These components, which include an increasing variety of vehicle sensors, produce data in unique and specialized formats. The highly specific skills required to interact with this data, as well as the challenges of accessing it from within contained vehicle subsystems, limit developers’ abilities to innovate quickly and bring new solutions to market. BlackBerry IVY will solve for these challenges by applying machine learning to that data to generate predictive insights and inferences, making it possible for automakers to offer in-vehicle experiences that are highly personalized and able to take action based on those insights.

BlackBerry IVY will support multiple vehicle operating systems and multi-cloud deployments in order to ensure compatibility across vehicle models and brands. It will build upon BlackBerry QNX’s capabilities for surfacing and normalizing data from automobiles and AWS’s broad portfolio of services, including capabilities for IoT and machine learning. BlackBerry IVY will run inside a vehicle’s embedded systems, but will be managed and configured remotely from the cloud. As a result, automakers will gain greater visibility into vehicle data, control over who can access it, and edge computing capabilities to optimize how quickly and efficiently the data is processed. With BlackBerry IVY’s integrated capabilities, automakers will be able to deliver new features, functionality, and performance to customers over the lifetime of their cloud-connected vehicles, as well as unlock new revenue streams and business models built on vehicle data.

For instance, BlackBerry IVY could leverage vehicle data to recognize driver behavior and hazardous conditions such as icy roads or heavy traffic and then recommend that a driver enable relevant vehicle safety features such as traction control, lane-keeping assist, or adaptive cruise control. IVY could then provide automakers with feedback on how and when those safety features are used, allowing them to make targeted investments to improve vehicle performance. Additionally, drivers of electric vehicles could choose to share their car’s battery information with third-party charging networks to proactively reserve a charging connector and tailor charging time according to the driver’s current location and travel plans. BlackBerry IVY could also provide insights to parents of teenage drivers who may choose to receive customized notifications based on insights from vehicle sensors when the number of passengers in the vehicle changes, when the driver appears to be texting, distracted, or not observing speed limits, or when the vehicle occupancy level rises above the parents’ desired safety threshold. Similarly, parents of infants could receive a reminder to engage the child safety lock when the vehicle detects a child in the rear seat.

BlackBerry IVY will enable automakers to compress the timeline to build, deploy, and monetize new in-vehicle applications and connected services across multiple vehicle brands and models. Instead of investing in one-off solutions that conform to the unique engineering of different vehicle models (as they do today), automakers using BlackBerry IVY will be able to leverage different types of data as common building blocks for new services that could work across a range of models. Automakers will be able to use the platform’s application programming interfaces (APIs) to share data and outputs with their software development teams, giving them the ability to innovate, while also protecting customer privacy and security by controlling whom can access vehicle and app data and at what level of detail.

In addition, BlackBerry IVY will make it easier for automakers to collaborate with a wider pool of developers to accelerate creation of new offerings that deliver improved vehicle performance, reduced costs for maintenance and repairs, and added convenience. For instance, by analyzing real-time performance data, automakers could recognize the first signs of potentially faulty parts, deploy code to identify affected vehicles, notify impacted drivers, and perform targeted recalls. Automakers will be able to remotely deploy and update the software from the platform’s Cloud Console (a web interface for managing BlackBerry IVY) to continuously improve the functionality of the system.

“Data and connectivity are opening new avenues for innovation in the automotive industry, and BlackBerry and AWS share a common vision to provide automakers and developers with better insights so that they can deliver new services to consumers,” said John Chen, Executive Chairman and CEO, BlackBerry. “This software platform promises to bring an era of invention to the in-vehicle experience and help create new applications, services, and opportunities without compromising safety, security, or customer privacy. We are pleased to expand our relationship with AWS to execute this vision and deliver BlackBerry IVY.”

“AWS and BlackBerry are making it possible for any automaker to continuously reinvent the customer experience and transform vehicles from fixed pieces of technology into systems that can grow and adapt with a user’s needs and preferences,” said Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon Web Services, Inc. “Through this joint effort with BlackBerry, we will provide automakers with the insights, capabilities, agility, and speed they need to thrive in an increasingly connected world. As automakers seek to race ahead in their digital transformations, BlackBerry IVY empowers them to build their brands and set the standard for connected vehicle services across the automotive industry.”

To learn more about BlackBerry IVY and general availability, please visit https://blackberry.qnx.com/en/aws.

About Amazon Web Services

For 14 years, Amazon Web Services has been the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. AWS offers over 175 fully featured services for compute, storage, databases, networking, analytics, robotics, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), mobile, security, hybrid, virtual and augmented reality (VR and AR), media, and application development, deployment, and management from 77 Availability Zones (AZs) within 24 geographic regions, with announced plans for 15 more Availability Zones and five more AWS Regions in India, Indonesia, Japan, Spain, and Switzerland. Millions of customers—including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies—trust AWS to power their infrastructure, become more agile, and lower costs. To learn more about AWS, visit aws.amazon.com.

About Amazon

Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Customer reviews, 1-Click shopping, personalized recommendations, Prime, Fulfillment by Amazon, AWS, Kindle Direct Publishing, Kindle, Fire tablets, Fire TV, Amazon Echo, and Alexa are some of the products and services pioneered by Amazon. For more information, visit amazon.com/about and follow @AmazonNews.

About BlackBerry

BlackBerry (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) provides intelligent security software and services to enterprises and governments around the world. The company secures more than 500M endpoints including 175M cars on the road today. Based in Waterloo, Ontario, the company leverages AI and machine learning to deliver innovative solutions in the areas of cybersecurity, safety and data privacy solutions, and is a leader in the areas of endpoint security management, encryption, and embedded systems. BlackBerry’s vision is clear – to secure a connected future you can trust. For more information, visit BlackBerry.com and follow @BlackBerry. 

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Medallia and Five9 Partner to Provide Call Center and Customer Experience Leaders With Rich Insights

Medallia and Five9 Partner to Provide Call Center and Customer Experience Leaders With Rich Insights

Seamless integration provides real-time and post-call customer feedback and actions that lead to exceptional customer engagement and experience

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
Medallia (MDLA), the leader in experience management today announced a partnership with Five9, a leading cloud contact center provider. The two companies will deliver a seamless integration between the Five9 Intelligent Cloud Contact Center and Medallia Experience Cloud – providing real-time feedback and analytics on call center interactions and customer engagement.

“Customers want to engage how and when with a business on their own terms,” said Andy Dignan, senior vice president of global partner, services and international sales at Five9. “Additionally, customers expect empathy and responsiveness across each touch point – regardless of the channel. At Five9, we believe in creating partnerships with likeminded businesses that understand evolving consumer expectations and can provide more human customer service experiences that create brand loyalty.”

The integration between Five9 and Medallia’s award-winning Experience Cloud will deliver a single, 360-degree view of the customer experience including call times, wait times, satisfaction levels and resolution times, along with customer feedback and sentiment, combining operational and experience understanding. This comprehensive view will empower operational and customer experience leaders to prioritize improvement areas that will have the biggest impact on both productivity and growth. In addition, by integrating Medallia’s rich customer experience profiles into Five9 workflows, organizations will be able to provide more personalized experiences in the moment.

“We are thrilled to be partnering with Five9 to provide our joint customers with the insights they need to deliver the fast, empathetic action required to maintain and grow their customer base. Together we will give brands the ability to capture real-time feedback on each customer engagement and easily analyze the data, identify weak spots and take revenue-impacting business actions to course correct,” said Steve Vierra, senior vice president of channels, alliances and global partnership for Medallia.

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Medallia (NYSE: MDLA) is the pioneer and market leader in Experience Management. Medallia’s award-winning SaaS platform, the Medallia Experience Cloud, leads the market in the understanding and management of experience for customers, employees and citizens. Medallia captures experience signals created on daily journeys in person, on calls and digital channels, over video and social media and IoT interactions and applies proprietary AI technology to reveal personalized and predictive insights that can drive action with tremendous business results. Using Medallia Experience Cloud, customers can reduce churn, turn detractors into promoters and buyers, create in-the-moment cross-sell and up-sell opportunities and drive revenue-impacting business decisions, providing clear and potent returns on investment.www.medallia.com.

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Tenet Announces Roger Davis as President and CEO of Conifer

Tenet Announces Roger Davis as President and CEO of Conifer

DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: THC) today announced the appointment of J. Roger Davis as President and Chief Executive Officer of its Conifer Health Solutions subsidiary, effective immediately.

Davis has over 30 years of experience in healthcare services and a deep background in revenue cycle operations for hospitals and physician practices. His skillset spans different dimensions of healthcare including strategic planning, execution and commercial growth, as well as the development and delivery of sophisticated technology solutions, infrastructure enhancements and performance improvement initiatives. He most recently served as President and CEO of Revint Solutions, LLC., where he helped lead the company to become one of the largest, most comprehensive revenue integrity businesses in the healthcare sector.

Ron Rittenmeyer, Executive Chairman and CEO of Tenet, said, “We are pleased to welcome Roger as President and CEO of Conifer. His experience, results-oriented approach and leadership capabilities will benefit the Conifer team and its customer-base at this important and exciting time in the Company’s evolution.”

In his new role, Davis will report to Saum Sutaria, M.D., President and Chief Operating Officer of Tenet.

Sutaria said, “Roger brings a superior knowledge base and proven track record gained from years of experience building and leading high-performing organizations within dynamic healthcare settings. In particular, Roger has depth of expertise that spans customer service, business development, infrastructure build-out and advanced technology solutions.”

Davis added, “I am honored to assume leadership of Conifer, a company I have long admired for its rich history and strong foundation. I am excited to work alongside our employees to help shape the Company’s growth trajectory at this pivotal moment in the life cycle of the spin-off, while building on the strength of our existing client base and working closely with all clients to expand service range and offerings.”

Prior to Revint, Davis served as CEO of T-System, where he led the company’s transformation and sale to FNFV Group, the investment arm of Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE: FNFV). He also previously served as a Managing Director at Accenture, leading the development and delivery of health system, hospital, and physician practice-level transformation and performance improvement. Other key leadership positions include Executive Director at Perot Systems/Dell Services, Vice President at GE Healthcare/IDX Systems Corp., and Chief Operating Officer for the faculty practice at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Davis holds a BA in Business Management/Accounting from the University of Texas at San Antonio.

About Tenet Healthcare

Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: THC) is a diversified healthcare services company headquartered in Dallas with 110,000 employees. Through an expansive care network that includes United Surgical Partners International, we operate 65 hospitals and approximately 520 other healthcare facilities, including surgical hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, urgent care and imaging centers and other care sites and clinics. We also operate Conifer Health Solutions, which provides revenue cycle management and value-based care services to hospitals, health systems, physician practices, employers and other customers. Across the Tenet enterprise, we are united by our mission to deliver quality, compassionate care in the communities we serve. For more information, please visit www.tenethealth.com.

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Velodyne Lidar Announces Autonomous Driving Collaboration with Ford Otosan

Velodyne Lidar Announces Autonomous Driving Collaboration with Ford Otosan

Companies Working Together on Autonomous Driving Development and Testing for Heavy Commercial Vehicles

SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Velodyne Lidar, Inc. (Nasdaq: VLDR) today announced it is collaborating with Ford Otosan on product development and testing of autonomous heavy commercial trucks. Ford Otosan is testing and planning to use Velodyne Velarray H800 lidar sensors to enable safe navigation and collision avoidance in next generation vehicles.

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Ford Otosan is testing and planning to use Velodyne Velarray H800 lidar sensors to enable safe navigation and collision avoidance in next generation vehicles. (Photo: Ford Otosan)

Ford Otosan is testing and planning to use Velodyne Velarray H800 lidar sensors to enable safe navigation and collision avoidance in next generation vehicles. (Photo: Ford Otosan)

Velarray H800 is a powerful solution that can greatly improve automated safety and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). Designed for automotive-grade performance and durability, the Velarray H800’s compact, embeddable form factor makes it ideal for seamless integration in internal and external vehicle mounting locations.

The Velarray H800 boasts outstanding range, field of view and resolution to deliver rich point cloud density required for high resolution mapping and object classification tasks. The sensor will help Ford Otosan to create superior autonomous driving technology, addressing edge-cases for driving situations, including curvy roads, potholes, intersections, on/off ramps, residential areas and roadways with unclear lane markings. It delivers high performance during daylight and at night, enabling the detection of vehicles, pedestrians, bicyclists, motorcyclists and more.

Ford Otosan is already using Velodyne’s Alpha Prime™ lidar sensors, which provide 360-degree surround-view perception technology to support autonomous mobility. The Alpha Prime is specifically made for autonomous driving in complex conditions for travel up to highway speeds. The combined range, resolution and field of view in one sensor is designed to enable autonomous vehicles and ADAS in a wide variety of lighting conditions.

“Autonomous vehicle technology, powered by lidar, can bring multiple efficiency and safety benefits to the trucking industry,” said Burak Gökçelik, Assistant General Manager, Ford Otosan. “Our autonomous driving initiative with Velodyne looks to improve roadway safety by helping trucks understand and react to approaching road conditions and surroundings.”

“Ford Otosan has well established commercial vehicle leadership in Europe and they act as the global engineering center for Ford Motor Company’s heavy commercial vehicles,” said Erich Smidt, Executive Director Europe, Velodyne Lidar. “We look forward to cooperating with Ford Otosan on autonomous driving development and learning from their use of the Velarray H800 in the trucking market.”

About Velodyne Lidar

Velodyne Lidar (NASDAQ: VLDR) ushered in a new era of autonomous technology with the invention of real-time surround view lidar sensors. Velodyne is the first public pure-play lidar company and is known worldwide for its broad portfolio of breakthrough lidar technologies. Velodyne’s revolutionary sensor and software solutions provide flexibility, quality and performance to meet the needs of a wide range of industries, including autonomous vehicles, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), robotics, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), smart cities and security. Through continuous innovation, Velodyne strives to transform lives and communities by advancing safer mobility for all. For more information, visit www.velodynelidar.com.

About Ford Otosan

Ford Otosan, with its annual production capacity of 455,000 vehicles, 70,000 engines and 140,000 powertrains, is the biggest commercial vehicle production center of Ford in Europe. The company produces and develops Transit & Tourneo range commercial vehicles, and also serves as the global engineering & production center for Ford Trucks heavy commercial vehicles and their engine systems. The company has all the capabilities and infrastructure required to design, develop, and test a whole vehicle, including its engine, from scratch to the complete commercial product. Ford Otosan (Ford Otomotiv Sanayi A.Ş.) is a publicly traded company, where Ford Motor Company and Koç Holding have equal shares. For more information, visit https://www.fordotosan.com.tr/en

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This press release contains “forward looking statements” within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 including, without limitation, all statements other than historical fact and include, without limitation, statements regarding Velodyne’s target markets, new products, development efforts, competition. When used in this press release, the words “estimates,” “projected,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “forecasts,” “plans,” “intends,” “believes,” “seeks,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “future,” “propose” and variations of these words or similar expressions (or the negative versions of such words or expressions) are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, conditions or results and involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors, many of which are outside Velodyne’s control, that could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Important factors, among others, that may affect actual results or outcomes include Velodyne’s ability to manage growth; Velodyne’s ability to execute its business plan; uncertainties related to the ability of Velodyne’s customers to commercialize their products and the ultimate market acceptance of these products; the uncertain impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Velodyne’s and its customers’ businesses; uncertainties related to Velodyne’s estimates of the size of the markets for its products; the rate and degree of market acceptance of Velodyne’s products; the success of other competing lidar and sensor-related products and services that exist or may become available; Velodyne’s ability to identify and integrate acquisitions; uncertainties related to Velodyne’s current litigation and potential litigation involving Velodyne or the validity or enforceability of Velodyne’s intellectual property; and general economic and market conditions impacting demand for Velodyne’s products and services. Velodyne undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

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Ford Otosan is testing and planning to use Velodyne Velarray H800 lidar sensors to enable safe navigation and collision avoidance in next generation vehicles. (Photo: Ford Otosan)
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Velodyne Lidar’s Velarray H800 solid state lidar sensor is designed for safe navigation and collision avoidance in ADAS and autonomous mobility applications. (Photo: Velodyne Lidar, Inc.)