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Acacia Group Companies Scoop Up Two Innovation Awards for Tech Taking On COVID-19 Challenges

Acacia Group

The Acacia Group, operational investors in technology and services companies, announced today that two of its portfolio companies were recently named Industry Innovator award winners for their groundbreaking technologies in the 2020 Government Innovation Awards presented by Defense Systems, FCW, GCN and Washington Technology. Applied Insight was recognized for its cloud testing and emulation platform, SHIFT, and ID Technologies was celebrated for its endpoint security platform, Archon. Both technologies have been used to support the federal government in tackling the challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic by providing remote work solutions for national security customers. “Fostering innovation has long been at the heart of Acacia’s investment approach across our portfolio,” said Gavin Long, partner with The Acacia Group. “As a result, all of our platform companies have had significant success with developing proprietary technologies that overcome major technical and cultural hurdles for their public sector and commercial customers. Today, their technologies are enabling mission progress for thousands of users across the federal government and industry, including newly remote workforces. These awards are fantastic recognition for our teams at Applied Insight and ID Technologies and validate our continued backing of their substantial product development programs.” Both Archon and SHIFT are proprietary technologies that address some of the most critical needs facing the federal government today. ARCHON - ID Technologies has taken its first Industry Innovator award for its Archon endpoint security platform. The Archon solution suite, which incorporates a Commercial Solutions for Classified compliant laptop or phone coupled with secure cloud connectivity, provides a uniquely secure way for mobile users to access sensitive or classified data. It is enabling remote workforces to continue their work within systems that are vital to national defense, a mission-critical task since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. At such a crucial time, Archon is enabling greater productivity for tactical mission users and greater security for mission-sensitive systems. SHIFT - Applied Insight’s SHIFT technology is transforming the performance of mission-critical software developed for restricted cloud regions. By emulating those regions, SHIFT enables developers to make their applications fully “region ready” before they are deployed to the high side. As a result, using SHIFT helps avoid costly mission delays and accelerates customer access to the latest commercial innovations. Significantly, SHIFT solves a major customer staffing problem, as it allows uncleared developers to do their best work on the low side. Applied Insight is an award winner for the second consecutive year, having been honored in 2019 for its innovative Altitude Managed Cloud platform. The Government Innovation Awards celebrate the transformative government projects, individual change agents and industry partners that are reimagining public-sector IT. The Industry Innovator awards recognize the vital role that the private sector plays in the government IT community. More information on the awards, including all the award winners, can be found online at https://governmentinnovationawards.com/events/2020/information/industry-innovators.aspx. About The Acacia Group The Acacia Group is a team of operational investors with a long track record in the U.S. technology and services markets. We see value in technologies that enable people to collaborate in sustaining our society, from our security and economy to our institutions and infrastructure. We invest in entrepreneurs who share that mission, bringing the capital, experience and relationships to enable them to take their business to new heights. For more information, please visit The Acacia Group or follow us on LinkedIn. Media Contact: Kristina Messner ( Focused Image for The Acacia Group) 703-678-6023 kmessner@focusedimage.com The Acacia Group is a team of operational investors with a long track record in the U.S. technology and services markets. We see value in technologies that enable people to collaborate in sustaining our society, from our security and economy to our institutions and infrastructure. We invest in entrepreneurs who share that mission, bringing the capital, experience and relationships to enable them to take their business to new heights. Contact Details Kristina Messner +1 703-678-6023 kmessner@focusedimage.com Company Website https://acaciagroup.com/

November 02, 2020 10:05 AM Eastern Standard Time

RTCORE is Evaluating Applying for a Commercial Banking License

RTCore Inc

October 29, 2020, RTCORE Inc. (OTC Markets: “PPPS”), a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”) is evaluating the opportunity to apply for a U.S. Commercial Banking License, which the Company believes would be synergistic with its innovative CoreBanking system and negotiations for the acquisitions of Conquest Insurance Group and Spanish Moss Premium Finance Co. RTCore is a Cloud-native Banking System delivering real time digital transaction processing and settlements, with multi-bank, multi-lingual and multi-currency capabilities, while achieving high levels of operating efficiencies. The recent notice issued by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) allowing banks to securely embrace digital assets is a major step forward in the quest for banks to provide digital services broadly to the market. Additionally, the OCC further clarified its position on the provision of banking services to stablecoin issuers as long as the stablecoins are backed by fiat currencies on a one-to-one ratio. According to Company COO John Kelly, “The decision to begin evaluating the opportunity to create a post-modern 'de novo' bank is owed to the knowledge and experience of our management team, combined with a new banking platform whose design can successfully address the pent-up market demand for innovative digital banking products and services processed in a highly secure and regulated real time environment.” RTCore’s Chairman and CEO, Phil Walton stated “The software includes sophisticated KYC and AML monitoring, reporting and analytics. By putting our money where our mouth is, should our efforts prove successful, a new bank with a complete set of digital banking products and services running on real time settlement rails, could quickly become a market leader in the digital transformation of our legacy-based banking industry.” The Company may choose not to create a 'de novo' bank. If it does choose to move forward, there is no guarantee that it would receive the requisite licenses and approvals, or otherwise have the ability to do so. Regardless of the outcome, the Company will continue to market the RTCore System to interested 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

October 29, 2020 08:18 PM Eastern Daylight Time

Comodo Releases Historical Statistics for Enterprise Customers

Comodo

Comodo, the world’s leader of next-generation cybersecurity announced that it has released historical statistics for its enterprise customers and will publish updates on a regular basis. Comodo’s Transparency Page lists weekly historical data sets that includes scores and statistics from millions of endpoints on thousands of different networks. Built with the goal of providing transparency and building trust, it represents a health check for enterprise customers and drills down to both device view and file view, providing percentage data for the following: Device View Percentage of active devices with malicious activity (in containment Percentage of active devices on known good state (no unknowns) Percentage of active devices that have seen malicious activity (API virtualized) Percentage of infection/breach File View Percentage of unknowns that turns out to be clean Percentage of unknowns that turn out to be a potentially unwanted application (PUA) Percentage of the unknowns that turned out to be malware “Our reporting for the month of October shows zero infections and zero breaches, which represents data collected from our enterprise users on millions of endpoints, from thousands of different networks,” said Alan Knepfer, President and Chief Revenue Office with Comodo. He continued, “This clearly demonstrates the power of Comodo attack surface reduction (ASR) and the efficacy of protection without detection. Every unknown executable, which these files were, were running in kernel API virtualization mode.” Comodo’s Dragon platform with Advanced Endpoint Protection (AEP) 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 any 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 continued, “Transparency and trust are key in the cybersecurity industry. And while a hundred percent security cannot be promised by anyone, showing these types of stats is a critical component for building the foundation for that transparency and trust. We are calling on all cybersecurity vendors to start publishing similar statistics, as well. We firmly believe this type of visibility is good for the industry and for end users. Only companies with subpar products that rely on marketing and don't want to be found out will be hesitant to publish these types of statistics.” 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

October 29, 2020 10:36 AM Eastern Daylight Time

GoGetTested Offers Free FDA-Approved COVID-19 Testing in Columbia, South Carolina

Go Get Tested

GoGetTested , the first end-to-end COVID-19 testing and results management solution in the country, today announced the availability of its FDA-approved, “gold-standard” PCR COVID-19 testing in Columbia, South Carolina. In a nationwide push to offer fast, easy and accessible COVID-19 testing for all, GoGetTested will open its Covid Response Operating System and mobile testing sites throughout the city. All tests are free for South Carolina residents, regardless of whether they are insured, since the state is covering the costs. Those without health insurance can also receive free testing through the CARES Act. “With a surge in new cases across the nation, city officials in Columbia are actively seeking ways to stay ahead of the curve, including new business safety measures and mask ordinances, in addition to more widespread and rapid testing,” said WellHealth CEO Ahmad Gaber, one of the founding partners of GoGetTested. “We’re offering the only turnkey solution that delivers a seamless and secure COVID-19 testing experience, from scheduling, check-in and results delivery to clinical interactions.” As of Wednesday, October 28, residents in South Carolina can now schedule a test in seconds, complete the test in minutes at one of the testing sites and have their results delivered via text or email within a couple of days. By using a unique mobile testing approach, GoGetTested has quickly expanded its geographical reach, especially in rural areas, and can swiftly deploy testing in COVID-19 hotspots. “In anticipation of the convergence of the seasonal flu and COVID-19 cases this fall and winter, we want to make it easier for South Carolinians to get tested--especially those who may have been exposed to the virus,” said Gaber. “We will also be deploying additional healthcare services once COVID-19 vaccines are available, as well as general symptoms checks and provider consults, to help keep our communities open and safe.” GoGetTested was launched as a semi-public, semi-private industry consortium with founding partners from precision primary care startup WellHealth, Silicon Valley-based healthcare fintech startup Wellpay among other private company partners. To date, they have delivered over 110,000 COVID-19 tests and have the ability to continue testing at a rate of tens of thousands per day. GoGetTested is currently serving residents in Texas, Florida and South Carolina, and will expand testing to Nevada, Arizona, Missouri and other states in the coming weeks. For more information on scheduling a test, visit www.gogettested.com . About GoGetTested GoGetTested is the first national, digitally enabled test scheduling to result management platform in the country. Its complete end-to-end COVID-19 testing experience will help keep the nationâs communities and economies open and safe. GoGetTested was founded as a unique public-private consortium of government, clinical, technology, lab, research and retail partners, including WellHealth and Wellpay, among other companies. Its Covid-19 response units ensure geographical reach to rural areas and fast activation in virus hotspots. Testing is free for anyone and provides the most complete, adaptive and secure testing services nationwide. Contact Details April White +1 323-216-8589 gogettested@trustrelations.agency Company Website https://www.gogettested.com/

October 28, 2020 08:08 AM Eastern Daylight Time

Intapp to Sell Cloud-Based Solutions Exclusively

Intapp

Intapp, the leader in connected firm management solutions, today announced that it will transition to cloud-based solution sales exclusively starting January 1, 2021. Intapp will continue to service existing clients with on-premises software and support them as they become ready to migrate to cloud solutions. “Although much of the business world has quickly migrated to cloud-based software, professional and financial services firms have lagged behind. Intapp is taking the lead in bringing these industries up to date,” said Thad Jampol, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at Intapp. “It’s more than managing costs and enhancing operational efficiency. This is about our client firms adopting a modern, technology-enabled model that enables them to better meet their clients’ needs. Legacy, location-dependent services are the past; cloud is the future.” Cloud deployment enables firms’ technology to move at the speed of their business. Intapp has been preparing for this transition through major acquisitions, updates, and product launches during the past few years, and its cloud-based solutions keep firms’ data securely connected and allow them to harness the full potential of their collective knowledge, leveraging machine learning and augmented intelligence. Intapp will continue to invest in the development of its cloud-based solutions to respond to evolving demands. “With on-premises software, upgrades take time that often renders enhancements irrelevant by the time they’re in place,” added Jampol. “With real-time, cloud-based updates, everyone across the firm has immediate access to the latest features and the current data required to work better together.” “As mission-critical business partners in a constantly evolving business and technology environment, we’re here to help professional and financial services firms deliver the highest level of service,” said Jose Lazares, Vice President, Product Strategy and Business Management at Intapp. “Starting January 2021, Intapp will launch new subscribers directly on the Intapp Secure Cloud, enabling them to become truly connected firms in just one step. It’s time for professional and financial services firms to seize the opportunities that moving to the cloud provides.” To learn more about Intapp cloud-based solutions, please visit: intapp.com/intapp-oneplace . About Intapp Intapp powers connected firms. Trusted by more than 1,600 of the worldâs top legal, investment banking, private capital, accounting, and consulting firms, Intapp offers end-to-end, cloud-based connected firm management software built for the unique needs of partner-led firms. Intapp helps enhance collaboration, unleash collective knowledge, transform decision-making, and fuel success. Our products and services span the entire engagement lifecycle â from strategy through origination and execution â to drive optimal outcomes. For more information, visit intapp.com Contact Details Alaina Merrill +1 203-570-8886 amerrill@stantonprm.com Company Website http://www.intapp.com

October 28, 2020 07:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

Graphic novel: Disinformation and cyber warfare illustrated in Real Fake

Stockwood Strategy

Deepfakes, bots, and troll farms are just some of the emerging techniques for creating and spreading disinformation. Erly Stage Studios has today published Real Fake , the digital graphic novel, which sheds a light on the disruptive forces at work. This book is the first of the graphic novels that are a part of the Resilience Series commissioned by the US Cyber Infrastructure and Security Agency (CISA). Real Fake will inform and educate people on the dangers and risks associated with dis- and mis- information through fictional stories inspired by real-world events. In Real Fake, readers will meet the protagonist Rachel O'Sullivan, a gamer, patriot and member of Symous - a group fighting disinformation and foreign interference in elections as polling day approaches. Farid Haque, founder and CEO of Erly Stage Studios commented: “We’re delighted to have been commissioned by CISA to create a practical and engaging communication tool that highlights the existential threat of disinformation in the context of bad state actors. While the story is fictional many of the approaches shown are very much grounded in the reality of the technology we live with and are exposed to almost daily.” Real Fake provides a unique education for the reader about the world of Deepfakes and their history while helping the reader understand the need to exercise care when it comes to consuming news and information via social media platforms and online sources of information. In the story, racing against the clock a group of citizens set out to shine a spotlight on the source of disinformation. They find it’s coming from across their borders and from the unlikeliest of places set up as farms to perpetuate information that maliciously misleads and influences electoral outcomes. The protagonists of the story have access to unique resources and are able to prove who the sponsors of disinformation are via their puppet farms set up around the world to troll democracy in the land of the free. “Real Fake is the culmination of the wealth of experience that Clint Watts brings in cyber warfare and disinformation and our studio’s creative direction and storytelling style. We spent months researching the real life incidents and then wrapped them into a fictional story” added Farid Haque. The graphic novel is being made available by CISA to the general public online as a free resource ahead of the 2020 US Presidential election at the following URL: https://www.cisa.gov/cfi-resilience-series-graphic-novels . A subsequent title in the series will be released a few weeks afterwards titled Bug Bytes. Watch this space and log back into https://www. publishing.erlystagestudios.com to learn more. Contributing artists to Real Fake include: Annas Dar, Jose Niño Galenzoga, Patricia Beja, Mona Shan and Joel Santiago. Lettering and layouts by Annas Dar, Komal N. and Haroon M. Story by Clint Watts and Farid Haque, supported by the script writing team which includes Michael Gianfrancesco and Kabir Sabharwal. Edited by Tolly M. and Laila Khan. Special thanks to Randall Heather and Max Brooks. ENDS About Erly Stage Studios Erly Stage Studios is an indie publisher, headquartered out of London, United Kingdom, capturing iconic stories in serious graphic novels. We are an expert team of educators, storytellers, and artists working to create awareness about important topics using the graphic novel medium. The team loves shining a spotlight on stories that are yet to see the light of graphic novels. As an expert team of teachers, researchers and designers the team works with innovative organisations and policymakers around the world to deliver soft power through engaging and creative projects. Contact Details Bilal Mahmood +44 7714 007257 b.mahmood@stockwoodstrategy.com Company Website https://publishing.erlystagestudios.com/

October 28, 2020 07:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

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Suzy Disrupts In-Person Qualitative Market Research Industry with Launch of Suzy Live One-on-One Video Platform

Suzy

In response to changing market research needs created by the pandemic and restrictions on in-person focus groups, real-time market research platform Suzy today unveiled Suzy Live , a first-of-its-kind qualitative research platform for video-based consumer interviews. Leveraging Suzy’s on-demand, screened and verified panel of U.S. consumers, Suzy Live brings together both qualitative and quantitative research in one platform, enabling Fortune 500 brands to conduct in-depth one-on-one video interviews to capture consumer sentiment and understand the “why” behind specific behaviors. Leading brands can leverage the full suite of Suzy tools to generate a more holistic consumer story. Suzy developed Suzy Live to address a critical need in the market exacerbated by COVID-19: current qualitative research and in-depth interview offerings are expensive, time-consuming, inefficient, and more difficult to conduct now due to the pandemic. Additionally, current qualitative and quantitative research tools remain fragmented and too complex for researchers to fully maximize a mixed methodological research approach. Utilizing a robust technology platform and a built-in verified consumer audience, Suzy Live makes qualitative research seamless and efficient, while combining the strength of Suzy’s existing quantitative-focused platform. “The current virtual in-depth interview process is arduous and inefficient. There is a lot of fragmentation when it comes to recruitment, scheduling, and the actual platforms that the interviews take place on,” said Avi Savar, President of Suzy. “With Suzy Live, we’ve simplified everything, allowing the entire process to happen directly in one platform. With this latest update, we’re bringing best-in-class quantitative and qualitative research into one platform, enabling our clients to get a deeper understanding of their consumers during these uncertain times.” Suzy clients like American Express, Garden of Life, and Chateau Ste. Michelle are using Suzy Live to test concepts, understand target audiences, ask questions before a product launch, gather feedback, and more, all in real-time. “Suzy Live not only represents a fast in-depth interview solution, but it also offers the ability to conduct interviews with screened and verified consumers, meaning very high-quality results and insights,” said Joe Garbarczyk, Director of Consumer and Digital Marketing at Garden of Life. “For the first time, we can efficiently gather more robust feedback and dig deeper into hyper-targeted audiences.” Managing the process seamlessly from end-to-end, Suzy finds and qualifies interview candidates, schedules interviews, moderates, and develops in-depth transcripts for clients. “As one of Washington’s oldest and most celebrated wineries, we take customer feedback and customer experience very seriously. Suzy has been instrumental in helping us understand our customers better, and we’re excited to try the new features in Suzy Live,” said Patrick Egan, Director - Insights & Analytics, Chateau Ste. Michelle. Led by CEO and former ad-agency veteran Matt Britton, Suzy recently completed a $34 million Series C round. Rho Ventures, Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments, Triangle Peak Partners, and Foundry Group participated in the Series C round. To learn more about Suzy Live or to book a demo, visit: https://suzy.com/suzy-live. Founded in 2017, Suzy is an enterprise software platform that puts the voice of the consumer at your fingertips. Whether you’re a novice or an expert researcher, Suzy delivers advanced tools combined with the highest-quality audience to deliver insights in minutes. Many of the biggest brands in the world use Suzy to deliver breakthrough products and experiences backed by data-driven decisions. To date, Suzy has raised over $35MM in venture capital funding from investors that include Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments, Foundry Group, Tribeca Venture Partners, Triangle Peak Partners, and Kevin Durant’s 35 Ventures. Learn more at www.suzy.com. Contact Details Noe Sacoco +1 408-340-8130 suzy@trustrelations.agency Company Website http://suzy.com/

October 27, 2020 02:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time

Replicated Raises $25M Series B To Modernize On-Prem Software Delivery

Owen Media

Replicated, which enables software vendors to ship an on-prem, air gapped, or self-hosted version of their software with Day 2 enterprise operations management, today announced closing a Series B funding round totaling $25 million. The round was led by Two Sigma Ventures, with participation from existing investors. The total amount raised to date, including a $1.5 million seed round (led by BoldStart) and a $5 million Series A round (led by Amplify), is $31.5 million. The funds will be used to expand the capabilities of the current product and grow the team. “The on-prem software market is four times larger than the SaaS market,” said Grant Miller, Replicated co-founder and CEO. “Replicated lets software vendors unlock the opportunity of the on-prem software category with lower engineering overhead and faster time to market. This is a market change made possible by the convergence of cloud native computing and Kubernetes.” Replicated enables software vendors to use modern cloud native technologies and Kubernetes to deliver enterprise grade applications and install their software in on-prem or self-hosted environments. The technology reduces the engineering workload and accelerates time to market for software vendors. For enterprise customers, Replicated provides a simple interface to manage software deployments, licensing, and Day 2 operations. Replicated’s customers include HashiCorp, Puppet, and UiPath. Half of the Fortune 100 uses Replicated to manage applications. According to Synergy Research, the on-prem software market is four times greater than that of the SaaS market. The on-prem market was inaccessible to many software vendors because engineering costs and long lead times made it impractical. Replicated has helped dozens of software vendors and thousands of enterprise organizations benefit from faster and easier deployments and simplified application management. Replicated was the first company to deliver a container-based service for deployment of applications inside corporate firewalls. Kubernetes has become the substrate of how modern software is delivered and makes widespread delivery of software to on-prem environments possible. Replicated’s Kubernetes Off The Shelf (KOTS) product, is a kubectl plugin and admin console to help manage KOTS software. Traditional on-prem software deployments required software vendors to spend months packaging and delivering applications on disks or servers to the customer. It was hard to build reliable, scalable, and distributed systems. The software was received by operations technicians who had to pour over manuals for days to deploy, update, and maintain every service. Replicated reduces the engineering overhead from months to days and accelerates time to market, streamlining Day 1 and Day 2 operations so that a single person can manage 10,000 applications. "Replicated makes it easy to reliably deliver our AI platform to highly-secure customer environments, without needing our customers to become experts on our stack or architecture," said Kyle Owens, Labelbox Engineering Manager. Replicated’s Series B round was well subscribed due to company and category growth, attracting the participation of Two Sigma Ventures as well as existing investors. Replicated has more than doubled its customer base in the past 12 months. Replicated’s customers cite easier access to large enterprise accounts as the primary reason for adopting the technology. “Replicated has pioneered the way to operationalize and scale the distribution of modern on‑prem applications to enterprise customers,” said Villi Iltchev, Two Sigma Ventures partner. “Their technology makes on-prem or self-hosted software deployments fast, seamless, and easy to manage in an era where companies are increasingly deploying applications in their cloud and on-prem environments.” Replicated was founded in 2015 by Miller and Marc Campbell, CTO, who previously founded Look IO, a mobile live-chat program that was acquired by LivePerson. About Replicated Replicated is the modern way to ship on-prem software. Replicated gives software vendors a container-based platform for easily deploying cloud native applications inside customers' environments to provide greater security and control. Learn more at Replicated.com. Contact Details Forrest Carman +1 206-859-3118 forrestc@owenmedia.com

October 27, 2020 09:03 AM Pacific Daylight Time

George Mason University wins grant for “return to work” pilot programs for antibody and diagnostic testing

Fairfax County Economic Development Authority

George Mason University’s College of Health and Human Services and College of Science have been awarded a $100,000 GO Virginia Economic Resilience and Recovery Grant to establish critical infrastructure to improve COVID-19 symptom monitoring and tracking, and diagnostics and facilitate a safe return to work. The initiative will simplify workplace monitoring for symptoms and testing for the COVID-19 virus and antibodies and will improve how contacts are traced when the virus is detected. Capabilities such as effective and easy-to-scale methods for diagnostic and antibody testing and contact tracing are key to a safe return. The interdisciplinary project brings together epidemiologists, nurse researchers, health informatics specialists, and laboratory scientists to create a holistic return to work program that can be scaled up. Dr. Amira Roess, an epidemiologist and professor in the Department of Global & Community Health , is leading the project, which includes integration of symptom, exposure, and behavioral data with regular testing following exposures. Roess brings extensive experience in outbreak and emergency preparedness and response. She advises public and private organizations, including K-12 schools, judicial systems, universities, and businesses on how to safely resume operations. Dr. Lance Liotta, professor in the School of Systems Biology and co-director and co-founder of Mason’s Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine (CAPMM) is leading a team that developed a novel saliva-based antibody test, which is easier to use than other tests and has the potential for higher sensitivity and specificity than previous formats. “With breakthroughs in screening, surveillance, and testing, Mason faculty are leading efforts to fight COVID-19 in the region and around the country. The research happening here helps lay the groundwork for the economic recovery of Northern Virginia and the potential for developing commercially-available tests right here in the region,” said Dr. Aurali Dade, Mason’s interim vice president for research, innovation and economic impact. The pilot will focus on understanding the physical and mental health impact of COVID-19 on the workforce, especially among essential, front-line workers such as those in health care, first responder roles, education, and retail. The team plans to use the results to develop tailored stress management interventions and programs to enhance safe return to work for these populations. Leaders at the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority and Prince William Department of Economic Development voiced their support for the pilot initiative and the impact a widely available, non-invasive antibody test coupled with enhanced diagnostic testing can have on the region’s ability to resume key operations. Bringing a COVID-19 testing protocol to market in Northern Virginia could also have longer-term benefits to the region and its growing life sciences and information technology sectors. “This is an important effort to understand more about COVID-19 and its effects on the population, and I am delighted to see it moving forward,” said Victor Hoskins, president and CEO of the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority . “This effort also is the latest example of innovators in the Northern Virginia technology community collaborating to improve people’s lives, and we should be proud that this kind of discovery happens here.” "I'm so proud to call Mason one of Prince William County's own and I'm excited to see this study move forward," said Christina M. Winn, executive director of the Prince William County Department of Economic Development . "It's such an important step in building confidence in our community and preparing our region for safely getting back to work." The GO Virginia Economic Resilience and Recovery Grant Program was created by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) Growth and Opportunity for Virginia Board. George Mason University matched the grant with $50,000 in funding. "In creating the Economic Resilience and Recovery program, the GO Virginia State Board pivoted resources to focus on near term strategies to mitigate the economic impacts of the pandemic and this project is a perfect example of an innovative regional solution. This collaborative project leverages unique assets in Northern Virginia and we look forward to seeing the results of this pilot and its potential to inform reopening strategies," said Sara Dunnigan, deputy director, GO Virginia and Economic Development at DHCD. The Fairfax County Economic Development Authority promotes Fairfax County as a business and technology center. In addition to its headquarters in Tysons, Fairfax County’s largest business district, the FCEDA maintains business investment offices in six important global business centers: Bangalore/Mumbai, Berlin, London, Los Angeles, Seoul and Tel Aviv. Follow the FCEDA on Facebook , Instagram , LinkedIn , Twitter and YouTube . The Prince William County Department of Economic Development’s mission is “to improve the County’s economic base by encouraging new businesses to locate in Prince William County, retain existing businesses and encourage existing businesses to expand.” The Department works hard to create a pro-business, globally-competitive environment that generates new, high-quality, and sustainable job opportunities for our citizens and engages in a broad portfolio of services, partnerships, and strategic alliances to benefit the business community and stimulate the economy. The Fairfax County Economic Development Authority and the Prince William County Department of Economic Development are members of the Northern Virginia Economic Development Alliance . Other members of NOVA EDA are the Alexandria Economic Development Partnership, Arlington County, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church, Fauquier County, Loudoun County, City of Manassas and City of Manassas Park. Contact Details ALAN FOGG +1 571-213-5065 afogg@fceda.org Company Website https://www.fairfaxcountyeda.org

October 27, 2020 11:07 AM Eastern Daylight Time

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