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It’s Giving Tuesday: Osmo Celebrates With “Buy One, Give One,” Where Osmo Donates One Kit To Confetti Foundation For Every Purchase Made Today On PlayOsmo.com

Osmo

Award-winning STEAM brand Osmo announces that its charitable arm, Osmo Cares, will donate one Osmo kit to a designated nonprofit, Confetti Foundation, for every Osmo product purchased by customers today, Giving Tuesday. Through the end of today, each purchase made on playosmo.com--regardless of amount--will automatically trigger a donation without any increased cost to them, and customers can take advantage of this plus various extended Cyber Monday specials. “We love the mission of the Confetti Foundation, which provides birthday parties for children who are hospitalized, in pediatric oncology clinics or pediatric hospices, or provides caring gifts to them to brighten their special day, in lieu of parties, during the pandemic,” says Karen O’Dell, Osmo Director of PR and Osmo Cares. “Hospitalized children must feel alienated now because of Covid, and we’d like to brighten their important day with an Osmo!” “The donated Osmo Kits will be included in all our birthday boxes for young boys and girls, and they will be so welcome and appreciated because kids associate positivity and fun with gifts, and seeing their big smiles uplifts their families too,” says Stephanie Frazier Grimm, Founder/CEO of the Confetti Foundation. “We are honored to be partnering with Osmo for Giving Tuesday.” ( VIDEO ) Osmo Cares Since 2016, Osmo Cares has made over $100,000 (USD) in product donations to nonprofit and charitable organizations in the U.S., and has established over 50 partnerships with family service and autism awareness organizations. In addition, Osmo currently offers free downloads of the extremely popular Osmo Projector App, which allows teachers to broadcast their desktops and create more engaging virtual classroom environments over popular video conferencing technologies using Osmo’s proprietary AI technology. The recipient of EdTech Digest’s 2020 “E-Learning Innovation of the Year Award,” Osmo Projector App has almost 50,000 active users since it launched in March of this year. Impact of Osmo’s Charitable Giving The product donations by Osmo makes a resounding impact on underserved and BIPOC communities, whose students don’t have easy access to technology, due to lack of resources such as funding, internet connectivity and, in severe cases, lack of electricity in rural areas. Osmo Cares recently donated 50 Osmo devices along with Amazon Fire tablets to the Navajo Nation as part of a larger donation of PPE and school supplies to this underserved, rural community, to facilitate remote learning during the pandemic. “This pandemic has brought into focus the huge digital divide that the Navajo communities we serve are facing. The help that we are receiving directly from Osmo in the form of digital devices and high-quality educational software is so appreciated. Our resource teachers are excited about this gift because the hands-on approach of this software, they believe, will be especially helpful in serving our special education students remotely,” says Mark Sorensen, CEO at The STAR School in Flagstaff, Arizona, one of the schools and community hubs receiving this donation. Says first grade teacher Betel Velasquez of Uvalde, Texas, who comments on the impact of receiving a donated Osmo kit, "This #OsmoCares donation means the world to me because, as a teacher from a low income school, the Osmo has helped me to reach students through a screen! This makes it so much easier to do small group reading and create mini anchor charts live!" Upcoming Toys for Joy Donation On December 12, Osmo Cares will donate 800 kits to Toys for Joy, located in San Diego, California, to lift the spirits of young boys and girls, for a second year in a row. In the past 23 years, almost 167,000 San Diego children and their families have experienced the hope of Christmas at the annual Toys for Joy event, where they receive free toys, groceries, and more. Held at 4 locations in San Diego, the event is hosted by Rock Church in partnership with local schools, businesses, churches, and community organizations; in 2019, it attracted over 15,530 attendees and 3,870 volunteers. Says Toys for Joy Director Michele Kassa, "During the holiday season, it can be difficult for families to provide toys and food without sufficient funds and resources. This is true now more than ever with the impact of COVID-19. Many [families] have shared that they didn't know how they were going to provide for their children. For the families attending Toys for Joy, a simple gesture of a new toy for their child means the world.” Adds Kassa, “To be able to give a toy like Osmo to a child that otherwise might not be able to afford it is a blessing. It enables a child to learn STEAM-based principles while having fun. We are thankful that Osmo is committed to getting resources to make STEAM-based learning accessible to children and schools regardless of their background.” About Osmo Osmo is an award-winning STEAM brand whose products are used in over 30,000 classrooms and 2.5 million homes. It is building a universe of hands-on play experiences that nourish the minds of children by unleashing the power of imagination. The company brings physical tools into the digital world through augmented reality and its proprietary reflective artificial intelligence. Founded in 2013 by ex-Google engineers Pramod Sharma and Jerome Scholler, the Osmo Play System fuses digital gameplay and physical interaction to create fun and nutritious play experiences designed for all kids. Osmo is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. Learn more at playosmo.com. For schools, visit playosmo.com/schools. # Contact Details Karen O'Dell +1 310-251-0550 karen@playosmo.com Company Website http://www.playosmo.com

December 01, 2020 12:01 AM Pacific Standard Time

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RTCORE Acquires Minority Stake in Digital Asset Start-up

RTCore Inc

November 25, 2020, RTCORE Inc. (OTC Markets: “PPPS”), a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), has entered into a strategic venture with Swiss FinTech ETA21 AG to create OOCHA Corp. As part of the deal, RTCore has issued a perpetual license for its transaction processing technology to ETA21 in exchange for a 20% stake in the company. Expected to commercially launch next summer, the new venture will deploy RTCore's Kernel Architecture in an ultra-fast, high volume blockchain-based global payments infrastructure. “RTCore's performance and scalability are extraordinary. We're very bullish on the system's innovative data and process architectures to set new volumetric processing standards while delivering proactive embedded monitoring capability on all types of financial transactions in the blockchain,” says OOCHA's Director of International Business Development Alex von Mühlenen. RTCore’s Chief Operating Officer, John Kelly, said “An exciting component of this venture calls for OOCHA's Digital Assets to be branded with our RT logo.” Kelly continued “The strength and depth of our real time, event-driven architecture is starting to resonate within the global FinTech industry, and we're working hard for that trend to continue. ETA21's decision to leverage our core processing technology to create OOCHA while adopting our RT brand in their digitized asset products and services will increase our brand awareness on a global scale.” About ETA21 AG Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, ETA21 AG is a FinTech company providing software, infrastructure, and a broad range of professional technologies and services to banks and other financial services organizations worldwide. About RTCORE Inc. Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, RTCORE Inc. is an industry leader in the design, development and commercial deployment of Cloud-native, real time transaction processing software for the global financial services industry. Safe Harbor Statement -This press release may contain forward-looking information that involve a number of risks and uncertainties made pursuant to Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and the safe-harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including all statements that are not statements of historical fact regarding the intent, belief or current expectations of the company, its directors or its officers with respect to, among other things, the company’s business plans and the company's growth strategy and operating strategy. Words such as “strategy,” “expects,” “continues,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “would,” “will,” “estimates,” “intends,” “projects,” “goals,” “targets” and other words of similar meaning are intended to identify forward-looking statements but are not the exclusive means of identifying these statements. Investors are cautioned that any forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the company's ability to control, and that actual results may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of numerous and varied factors. RTCORE, Inc. does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements except as required by applicable law. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to the company or any person acting on behalf of the company are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements referenced above. Contact Details Phil Walton +1 704-965-4087 philwalton@realtimecore.com Company Website https://www.realtimecore.com

November 25, 2020 08:12 AM Eastern Standard Time

Comodo and Multi-Visions (Canada) Enter into Distribution Agreement for North America

Comodo

Comodo, the world’s leader of next-generation cybersecurity announced a distribution partnership with Multi-Visions (Canada) for North America. Together Comodo and Multi-Visions will bring Comodo’s entire range of cybersecurity solutions, including the Dragon platform with Endpoint Manager RMM, Secure Internet Gateway (SIG), Secure Email Gateway (SEG), Advanced Endpoint Protection (AEP) and SOC-as-a-Platform (SOCaaP™), to their partner ecosystem. This will enable Multi-Visions partners to easily deploy, manage & monitor any software to their client endpoints, including all modern AVs, and with SOCaaP turn a VAR/MSPs into a full MSSP without up-front capital expenses or additional hires, driving additional high-margin monthly recurring revenue (MRR) and growth. “We are vendor agnostic, partner-focused and help our partner community take full advantage of the best technologies available," said Marc Attala, VP of Sales, Multi-Visions. He continued, “Unlike other RMM vendors like Syncro and NinjaRMM that try to integrate third-party products into their RMM, or next-gen EPP vendors like Crowdstrike & SentinelOne that are too complex and too expensive, Comodo not only provides AEP for the world’s only endpoint protection with Auto-Containment, but also offers Endpoint Manager (RMM), Secure Email Gateway (email security) & Security Internet Gateway (DNS-based internet security & category-based website filtering), all from a single platform, and with bundle and volume-based discounts & pricing. Also, Endpoint Manager RMM can be used to deploy any number of products, including other AV’s, making it perfect for our vendor agnostic approach. Our partners will find it very attractive to no longer pay for and deal with 4-5 separate vendors and platforms, thanks to Comodo.” “We welcome this partnership with Multi-Visions and look forward to reaching out to their entire partner community to show how Multi-Visions and Comodo can provide a single dashboard from which to manage all endpoint security & cloud security operations,” said Farokh Karani, Senior Director – Channels and Alliances for Comodo. He continued, “There’s no reason for a partner to have one interface for RMM, another for endpoint protection, another for cloud-based email security, another for internet security/web filtering solution, and then another to access a SOC to monitor all those functions. And of course, pay separately for RMM, EPP, mail security, internet/web security and SOC as a Service (SOCaaS)”. Multi-Visions chose Comodo’s Dragon platform for its built-in Endpoint Manager RMM and optional Advanced Endpoint Protection (AEP), which is a complete cloud-native framework that delivers a zero-trust architecture to protect and defend endpoints. Its patent-pending auto containment technology has active breach protection that neutralizes ransomware, malware and cyber-attacks. The auto containment runs an unknown executable in a kernel API virtualized mode, thereby offering attack surface reduction (ASR) which neutralizes ransomware attacks. The Dragon Platform also utilizes a Default Deny security posture with Default Allow usability to provide a most comprehensive protection against zero-day threats, while having no impact on end-user experience or workflows. Comodo’s Valkyrie analyzes and gives a trusted verdict for every file – no other company will analyze and give trusted verdict for 100% of the files on a network. Comodo’s platform shares intelligence and is therefore more secure than disparate products that claim best of breed but don’t share information. Comodo has architected its cybersecurity product to maximize intelligent sharing between every component of the platform, therefore providing superior security. Alan Knepfer, President and Chief Revenue Office at Comodo said, “Comodo is a partner-centric company and we’re grateful for partners like Multi-Visions for trusting in us to provide the partners that they serve, their total cybersecurity requirements.” About Multi-Visions Based in Montreal Canada, Multi-Visions is a boutique multi-vendor security focused distributor, focused on bringing leading technologies to its partner network throughout North America. For more information visit https://www.multi-visions.com/ About Comodo Comodo is the world’s leader of next-generation open source cybersecurity, with the industry’s most disruptive innovations. We help customers stop breaches with groundbreaking auto containment technology that neutralizes ransomware, malware and cyber-attacks. Our complete cloud-native framework delivers a zero-trust architecture with active breach protection for the most comprehensive defense against zero-day threats. Comodo’s cybersecurity products maximize intelligent sharing between every component of the platform, therefore providing superior security. We are the only company that analyzes and gives a trusted verdict for 100% of files on a network. Comodo leverages innovation to celebrate and support the cybersecurity community by offering the very first open source endpoint detection and response (EDR). We believe that an open source model using community-powered collaboration will ensure that every organization has access to the industry’s most sophisticated EDR. Headquartered in Clifton NJ, Comodo’s global development team and threat intelligence laboratories deliver innovative, category leading, security solutions for thousands of companies’ endpoints, network boundaries, and internal networks. For more information visit https://www.comodo.com/ Contact Details Carolyn Muzyka +1 973-859-4000 carolyn.muzyka@comodo.com Company Website http://www.comodo.com

November 23, 2020 11:47 AM Eastern Standard Time

CIPIO.ai completes a $1.25M pre-seed round in stealth mode to accelerate R&D for AI-Infused Customer Intelligence Platform

CIPIO.ai

CIPIO co-founders Growson Edwards (Ex-MicroPact CCO), Manoj Kumar Goyal ( Ex-Marketo CPO and Ex-Oracle GVP), and Dharm esh Trivedi ( Ex-Motionsoft SVP ) announced the completion of their pre-seed round of $1.25M, led by DX.Partners, a pre-seed Venture Studio, with participation from the co-founders and other angel investors. DX.Partners Founder & Managing Partner, Sundeep Sanghavi (ex-CEO & Founder of DataRPM, acquired by Progress Software (NASDAQ: PRGS)) is very bullish on the founders’ vision and focus on the B2C member/subscriber intelligence. “COVID-19 has accelerated the unprecedented changes in consumer behavior, causing massive disruption in the traditional brick & mortar industries like fitness, faith & spirituality, restaurants, live event venues, who now must transform digitally at an exponential pace,” said Sanghavi. Mr. Trivedi has scaled multiple startups from zero to $100M in revenue with two exits, Razorsight acquired by Synchronoss (NASDAQ: SNCR) and MotionSoft acquired by Daxco. “We have been heads down since the pandemic working on a minimum valuable product and have made tremendous progress,” said Trivedi. With our insights and industry expertise, early adopters like Crunch Fitness, World’s Gym, and the Xponential Fitness streaming platform called GO, which operates brands like Pure Barre, Club Pilates, AKT, YogaSix, Cyclebar, Row House, Stretch Lab, and Stride have seen significant ROI.” Mr. Trivedi reached out to Growson Edwards, an advisor at that time, to methodically launch CIPIO out of stealth mode. Mr. Edwards led MicroPact’s growth from $1M to $84M in revenue and has a knack for customer success resulting in a 106% net dollar retention. “I have launched and scaled five SaaS products across multiple markets. As an early advisor, I saw immense value in CIPIO’s IP, inspiring me to join Dharmesh and invest in the pre-seed round,” said Edwards. He quickly sought out San Francisco Bay area veteran MarTech platform executive Manoj Kumar Goyal to lead CIPIO’s R&D team. Mr. Goyal previously led Oracle’s Customer Data Platform (CDP) team and launched the platform in a record time of 12 months. Before Oracle, Mr. Goyal served as Marketo’s Chief Product Officer, meeting the performance and scalability needs of the most demanding CMOs (such as Google, AWS, and Microsoft), and driving annual revenue growth at a 25% pace to $300m+ revenue for 5000+ customers. “Whether you are a massive franchisor or the operator of a neighborhood corner gym, a church, a restaurant, or venue, the pandemic has impacted one and all like never before. All the idling forced by the novel coronavirus has necessitated that brick & mortar businesses go digital at warp speed. What’s lost in this rapid digital transformation is understanding the customer beyond the 360-degree intelligence that traditional CDPs provide. To understand the customer journey in this new hybrid world will require unparalleled intelligence that can only be produced by combining the power of AI & domain expertise,” said Mr. Goyal. “It’s very rare for a startup at a stealth stage to have such a strong customer validation along with a killer team,” said Sanghavi. CIPIO expects to launch commercially in Q1 of 2021 and expects to raise additional capital at that time. Contact Details Jennifer Isaac +1 315-398-9541 Jennifer@CIPIO.ai Company Website https://cipio.ai/

November 19, 2020 12:30 PM Eastern Standard Time

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TeamSnap Expands Successful Partnership with Positive Coaching Alliance

TeamSnap

TeamSnap, the industry-leading sport management platform, announced today they are expanding its nine year partnership with Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA) – a national nonprofit dedicated to providing a positive, character-building experience for youth athletes in all communities across the United States. The expanded partnership with PCA is part of TeamSnap’s $1 Million commitment to improve access to sport for underserved youth athletes. Going forward, TeamSnap will provide funding and promotion opportunities for numerous PCA inclusion programs. This includes the acclaimed Sports Can Battle Racism education program along with the Million Coaches Challenge which includes PCA committing to train more than 400,000 coaches over the next four years, with a focus on underserved communities. “We believe that all youth can benefit from a positive, inclusive sports culture that develops social and emotional skills, molds character and prepares them for competition and for life,” said Jason Sacks, PCA Executive Vice President, Business Development & Philanthropy. “TeamSnap has been an incredible leader in youth sport and been a true champion in helping kids return to play safely. We are thrilled to have such an engaged partner that shares our vision and commitment.” “At TeamSnap, we believe the transformative power of sport should be accessible to everyone, so we’re giving time, money and service to help break down the barriers that stand between athletes and the power of play. Our expanded partnership with Positive Coaching Alliance allows us to do just that,” said Desiree Jewell, Director of Marketing, TeamSnap. TeamSnap will also be the presenting sponsor of PCA’s prestigious Double-Goal Coach Award. Now in its 20th year, the Double-Goal Coach Award is one of the highest honors a U.S. youth sports coach can receive. Nominations are now open through to November 30, 2020. About TeamSnap Since our formation in 2009, TeamSnap has been single-mindedly focused on taking the work out of play. 24 million coaches, administrators, players and parents rely on TeamSnap’s powerful and easy-to-use tools for communication, scheduling, payment collection and registration, organizing every sport and group activity in the world. For more information, visit www.TeamSnap.com. About Positive Coaching Alliance As a catalyst for a positive youth sports culture, Positive Coaching Alliance provides research-based training and resources for coaches, parents, athletes and leaders to ensure a positive youth development experience for ALL kids, in all communities across the U.S., through sports. For more information, visit www.positivecoach.org. For additional information, please contact: Casey Miller casey_miller@positivecoach.org 978-390-0011 Contact Details Greg McIsaac +1 416-458-3591 greg.mcisaac@teamsnap.com Company Website https://www.teamsnap.com/

November 19, 2020 09:00 AM Eastern Standard Time

Cyvatar Adds Starter Subscription to CSaaS Offering

Cyvatar

Cyvatar today announced the availability of its starter subscription, a fast and cost-effective introduction to the company’s revolutionary all-in-one cybersecurity-as-a-service (CSaaS) offering. Cyvatar delivers outcomes-based solutions to organizations that cannot hire in-house security teams, do not have the runway to experiment with multiple security tools as they scale, or cannot compete against larger firms for the scarce number of skilled resources available. Its starter subscription offers businesses the quickest route to remediation--the process of identifying and closing gaps or vulnerabilities in a security environment--by bundling expert practitioners, proven technologies, and a strategic long-term roadmap into a fixed monthly price. The starter subscription also enables companies trying to maintain standards including SOC 2, CMMC, NIST, ISO, HIPAA, and PCI to achieve complete and continuous compliance even as regulations change. “Companies often don’t realize the hidden costs of maintaining compliance,” said Cyvatar Founder and Chief Experience Officer Corey White. “They think if they purchase a compliance tool or managed service, they’ll be covered--but that’s rarely the case. Too often, such solutions uncover more problems that require remediation without providing the capabilities to patch vulnerabilities and keep an organization’s data both safe and compliant. Our experts provide solutions across the entire security lifecycle as part of an inclusive all-in-one subscription model.” Cyvatar’s starter subscription covers incident response services, IT asset inventory, continuous vulnerability scanning security gap analysis, and a strategic roadmap to ensure that once an organization achieves remediation it preserves that solved state over time while maintaining all applicable compliance requirements. Rather than simply sending alerts, Cyvatar’s seasoned cyber veterans manage the entire security process, from assessment to continuous remediation and maintenance. “You can spend a small fortune investing in a series of pen tests, assessments, or other costly activities that don’t bring you any closer to remediation,” said Craig Goodwin, founder and chief product and strategy officer at Cyvatar. “Historically, companies had good security or full compliance, but not both. We’re revolutionizing the industry by ensuring both goals are met simultaneously so customers no longer have to sacrifice one to achieve the other.” The Cyvatar starter subscription delivers guaranteed cybersecurity and compliance outcomes at a fraction of the cost of legacy approaches: What security challenges are you trying to solve? What barriers do you face? Click HERE to get started with Cyvatar’s cybersecurity-as-a-service (CSaaS) subscription and register for the Subscription Launch Party on December 8th. About Cyvatar Cyvatar.ai is a transformative cybersecurity company that operates at the intersection of our customers and technology to define what a cybersecurity solution should be: guaranteed business outcomes that are measurable. We break down barriers to create positive experiences for passionate companies globally. Cyvatar is headquartered in Irvine, California. Learn more at https://cyvatar.ai/ and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter. Contact Details KC Higgins +1 303-434-8163 kc@cyvatar.ai Company Website https://cyvatar.ai/

November 19, 2020 08:22 AM Eastern Standard Time

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Convey Services Launches Cloud Exhibit

Convey Services

Convey Services, a SaaS technology company, today expanded its Cloud Conventions platform by launching Cloud Exhibit ™, a universal, portable, virtual exhibit environment that improves branding, and enhances attendee experience, when exhibiting or sponsoring any virtual event, regardless of the platform used by the tradeshow or conference. Cloud Exhibit is the digital version of a custom trade show booth that companies can use to showcase their products and services at dozens of different events and conferences, selectively displaying from a collection of formats and assets to match every audience. With Cloud Exhibit you can own a branded, content-rich exhibit environment connecting attendees to a custom experience. “Today, companies must adapt to virtual booth environments on event platforms that have the philosophy of one size fits all,” said Carolyn Bradfield, CEO of Convey. “As the virtual event trend expands into 2021 and beyond, companies large and small will exhibit at an increasing number of virtual events delivered over a variety of technology platforms. Exhibitors don’t have a say in the platform a trade show chooses, but they can control everything an attendee sees and can engage with. Cloud Exhibit provides a customizable, flexible, virtual booth environment that comes online in days without the time, risk, or expense of development. It maintains a strong corporate identity, provides better control of branding, and has an expanded set of sales tools.” How Cloud Exhibit Works Cloud Exhibit is built on Cloud Conventions’ technology platform providing exhibitors with a framework to create a custom branded display that can be linked to any virtual tradeshow. Attendees logged into a virtual event are connected to the Cloud Exhibit platform through hyperlinks or by single sign-on technology transferring the attendee into the Cloud Exhibit platform, creating a data record at the same time. Cloud Exhibit has many of the capabilities of a Cloud Conventions event portal including customization of the home page with graphics and embedded videos or 3D virtual technology. The platform is segmented into catalogs to organize and visually display content, showcase products, or segment individual brands and hold live or on-demand sessions. Every Cloud Exhibit comes with an attendee CRM, built-in email marketing and analytical reports to track engagement. “Customized, connected, focused and branded, a Cloud Exhibit showcases you in the way you want it to be seen and tracks engagement,” added Bradfield. “We created Cloud Exhibit in response to demand from exhibitors participating in Cloud Conventions-hosted events who are exhibiting at other events in 2021 on platforms that are less robust. Most event platforms do not provide companies with enough messaging control, branding, and a flexible experience to encourage attendee interaction, so having a permanent online environment that is portable only makes sense.” Cloud Exhibit comes with the technology framework to customize the homepage, organize content, create attendee dashboards, manage data records and relationships in the CRM, deliver virtual sessions and track activity. Cloud Exhibit portals include online training and an administrator help database to answer frequently asked questions. For more information on Cloud Exhibit visit: cloudconventions.com. About Cloud Conventions Cloud Conventions is a Virtual Trade Show and Conference Platform from Convey Services that brings new capabilities to a marketplace looking for solutions to replace the thousands of live trade shows, annual conferences and association meetings cancelled in the wake of COVID-19. Originally launched as ConveyLive, Cloud Conventions automates exhibitors and virtual booths, attendee registration, speaker sessions and reminders, invitations and email communication, while at the same time producing detailed analytics on attendee, session and exhibitor activity. Trade Associations and event managers can explore all of the Cloud Conventions solutions by visiting https://cloudconventions.com or contacting info@cloudconventions.com or call 888-975-1382. Cloud Conventions™, Cloud Exhibit™, Cloud Kickoffs™, Conduct™, One-Touch Email Share™, Hub & Spoke™, 360° Virtual Exhibit Hall & Lobby Experience™ and ListLock™ are trademarks of Convey Services LLC Contact Details Bruce Ahern +1 770-580-0810 bahern@conveyservices.com Company Website https://cloudconventions.com

November 17, 2020 01:45 PM Eastern Standard Time

NASA taps WiBotic, Astrobotic, Bosch and UW to Develop Wireless Charging for Lunar Robots

WiBotic

Today WiBotic, a leader in advanced wireless charging and fleet energy management solutions for the rapidly expanding ecosystem of aerial, mobile, marine and industrial robots, announced a partnership with Astrobotic, Bosch and the University of Washington to develop and commercialize wireless charging solutions for robots on the moon. The $5.8 million contract, awarded to prime contractor Astrobotic Inc., is part of NASA’s ‘Tipping Point’ program to overcome challenges associated with charging robots on the lunar surface. “We’re thrilled to have been selected by Astrobotic and NASA to deliver wireless charging capabilities to the next generation of lunar vehicles,” said Ben Waters, CEO and co-founder, WiBotic. “While WiBotic specializes in wireless charging for military, industrial and commercial robots in all sorts of punishing environments here on Earth – from large warehouses to dusty deserts and corrosive saltwater – this is our first chance to take our technology into space. We’re excited to work closely with NASA and be part of the next chapter of space exploration.” Project Description: WiBotic is developing rapid charging systems and energy monitoring base stations for lunar robots, including the CubeRover – a shoebox-sized robot designed by Astrobotic – that will operate autonomously and charge wirelessly on the Moon. Bosch researchers are contributing software expertise in wireless connectivity and intelligent AI, and the University of Washington will contribute its Sensor Systems Lab to help support realistic lunar environment testing and validation. Challenges with Charging Robots on the Moon: Traditionally lunar landers, as well as other large space exploration vehicles, are powered by solar arrays or small nuclear reactors. Rovers and small robots, however, are not big enough to carry their own dedicated power supplies and must be tethered to their larger counterparts via electrical cables. Tethering severely restricts mobility, and cables are prone to failure due to lunar dust (regolith) interfering with electrical contact points. Additionally, as robots become smaller and more complex, they are fitted with additional sensors that require more power, further exacerbating the problem. Lastly, solar arrays are not viable for charging during the lunar night. Solution: WiBotic’s rapid proximity charging solution enables smaller robots to wirelessly charge from lunar landers – equipped with docking stations or base stations deployed across the lunar surface – without the need for tethering. With WiBotic’s technology, self-navigating robots can: Stay warm and function during the lunar night. Surviving the lunar night is a significant challenge, and systems that do survive are complex, heavy and redundant. NASA’s Tipping Point contract, under its wider Artemis Program, aims to solve this problem by using innovative technologies to explore more of the lunar surface than ever before. Resilience to regolith. WiBotic’s proven technology – already in use by commercial and military customers – is uniquely positioned to address this particular challenge for robots operating in harsh environments. Exposed contacts and connectors have proven unreliable on lunar surfaces where regolith is finer and more conductive than dust here on earth. With WiBotic, robots can charge without making contact even if they do not dock with perfect alignment. Simplify human activities on the moon. Given the limited dexterity of astronaut suits, WiBotic’s technology can be used to charge instruments without connecting cords, increasing productivity and maximizing highly valuable time in space and on the lunar surface. “Bringing wireless power technology to the surface of the Moon and beyond is a game changer in the way space robotics systems have traditionally interacted,” says Cedric Corpa de la Fuente, Electrical Engineer for Planetary Mobility at Astrobotic. For instance, by removing dependencies to solar charging, a new wide range of opportunities for smaller and lighter systems becomes available for missions that were not within reach before - such as survival of lunar night missions. Just like Astrobotic's CubeRover, WiBotic's wireless technology platform is scalable and supports a wide range of power needs. This makes the end product very appealing not only for companies but also for all new space electrical systems and infrastructures.” “Our longer term vision is to pioneer a lunar wireless power grid to supply energy for a wide range of both manned and unmanned vehicles, irrespective of their individual battery types, voltages or required power levels,” continued Waters. “This is only the first step in creating a common infrastructure of wireless charging stations and Fleet Energy management software to be deployed across the surface of the moon.” WiBotic provides wireless charging and fleet energy management solutions for the rapidly growing ecosystem of aerial, mobile, marine and industrial robots. Its solutions help companies optimize the uptime of robot fleets and are an integral component of fully autonomous robotic operations. WiBotic works with companies in a variety of industries. For more information, please go to: www.wibotic.com Contact Details Forrest Carman +1 206-859-3118 forrestc@owenmedia.com

November 17, 2020 08:00 AM Pacific Standard Time

Comodo and Northwoods Partnership Brings Zero-Day Attack Protection to Twin Cities Marketplace

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Comodo, the world’s leader of next-generation cybersecurity announced a partnership with Northwoods, a Managed Services Provider (MSP) operating out of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. “We chose Comodo because we needed the ability to sell high-end endpoint protection to our client base. In the ever-evolving world of cybersecurity, it is the MSP’s fiduciary duty to provide defense systems that counter zero-day attacks without breaking the bank,” said Kevin Fafinski, Northwoods CEO. He continued, “We looked into SentinelOne, but Comodo’s platform is the most sophisticated endpoint protection suite that I have come across. It is priced fairly and runs smoothly on the end user's machine.” Northwoods will offer Comodo’s Dragon platform with advanced endpoint protection (AEP), which is a complete cloud-native framework that delivers a zero-trust architecture to protect and defend endpoints. Its patent-pending auto containment technology has active breach protection that neutralizes ransomware, malware and cyber-attacks. The auto containment runs an unknown executable in a kernel API virtualized mode, thereby offering attack surface reduction (ASR) which neutralizes ransomware attacks. The Dragon Platform also utilizes a Default Deny security posture with Default Allow usability to provide a most comprehensive protection against zero-day threats, while having no impact on end-user experience or workflows. In addition, Comodo’s Valkyrie analyzes and gives a trusted verdict for every file – no other company will analyze and give trusted verdict for 100% of files on a network. Comodo’s platform shares intelligence between every component of the platform and is therefore more secure than disparate products that claim best of breed but don’t share information. Alan Knepfer, President and Chief Revenue Office at Comodo said, “This partnership gives Northwoods the confidence that they are protecting their clientele with the most sophisticated endpoint protection suite available. Protecting their customers from breaches and data loss are the most important benefits this brings to their business.” About Northwoods Northwoods is a Managed Services Provider (MSP) operating out of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. We are well-versed in a variety of operating systems, networks and databases. We work with just about any technology that a small business would encounter. We use this expertise to help customers with all their IT needs. For more information visit https://northwoodsmsp.com/ About Comodo Comodo is the world’s leader of next-generation open source cybersecurity, with the industry’s most disruptive innovations. We help customers stop breaches with groundbreaking auto containment technology that neutralizes ransomware, malware and cyber-attacks. Our complete cloud-native framework delivers a zero-trust architecture with active breach protection for the most comprehensive defense against zero-day threats. Comodo’s cybersecurity products maximize intelligent sharing between every component of the platform, therefore providing superior security. We are the only company that analyzes and gives a trusted verdict for 100% of files on a network. Comodo leverages innovation to celebrate and support the cybersecurity community by offering the very first open source endpoint detection and response (EDR). We believe that an open source model using community-powered collaboration will ensure that every organization has access to the industry’s most sophisticated EDR. Headquartered in Clifton NJ, Comodo’s global development team and threat intelligence laboratories deliver innovative, category leading, security solutions for thousands of companies’ endpoints, network boundaries, and internal networks. For more information visit https://www.comodo.com/ Contact Details Carolyn Muzyka +1 973-859-4000 carolyn.muzyka@comodo.com Company Website http://www.comodo.com

November 17, 2020 09:30 AM Eastern Standard Time

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