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PK Expands BotScope Capabilities to Accelerate Enterprise Scalability and Multi-platform Operationalization

PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — PK, the global services firm that helps the world’s most customer-obsessed brands design, build and run the future, today announced a new patent and expanded functionalities for its unified intelligent operations platform for Bots – BotScope®. These enhancements make it easier than ever to…

While enterprise adoption of RPA has increased exponentially over the last year, few tools have emerged to help companies manage and unify intelligence from numerous bots and platforms at scale. PK’s BotScope enables companies to reliably deploy, observe, trace and monitor bots from a variety of platforms in one unified dashboard. This empowers IT leaders with the enhanced visibility needed to predict failures, intervene quickly when errors occur, troubleshoot implementation challenges and optimize workflows with ease. With BotScope, organizations in any industry can increase the flexibility and continuity of digital operations.

«BotScope’s newly patented technology provides peace of mind that organizational processes are being executed flawlessly,» Ram Sathia, vice president of automation at PK, said. «It does the heavy lifting by automating bot management, ensuring compliance with industry regulations, and providing a comprehensive picture of bot performance. BotScope also reduces mean time to resolve bot failures, ensuring total resilient automated operations. This allows organizations to refocus their energies on more strategic business imperatives that positively impact the bottom line.»

Since the platform’s inception last fall, PK has introduced a number of new capabilities to provide resilient operations with automation, including:

Compliance and Governance: Ensures compliance with federal and corporate regulatory standards, including HIPAA, PHI, FHIR, 21^st Century Cures Act and PCI. Provides governance around bot execution and lifecycle and enables bots to be used for compliance purposes.
Unified Dashboard and Multi-RPA Tool Integration: Offers a highly accessible, 360 degree overview of bot performance from any device, which is customizable for business leaders and individual business units. Provides insight into how bots interact and impact each other.
Full-spectrum Bot and Robotics Management: Pandemic volatility and uncertainty is pushing industries towards contactless customer support using chatbots, automated IT operations and causing the evolution of physical robots in factories and warehouse operations. The BotScope platform is built to scale not just for RPA bots but also for chatbots, AIOps and robotics.

«The power of our platform lies in the insights it brings into governing bots,» Vijay Ijju, co-president, PK, said. «In the new normal, where enterprises are looking to fully automate business processes, the regulatory compliance and governance of these automated processes is a key strategic priority.»

Forrester Research predicts that the market for RPA products and services is evolving furiously and on track to cross $16.2 billion by 2023 in The Forrester Wave™: Robotic Process Automation Services, Q4 2019 report. The analyst firm cites automation process identification and assessment, governance, control and management of bots as keys to attaining value and scale.

Visit us to learn more about BotScope and how PK helps companies drive competitive advantage with RPA.

About PK
PK is the experience engineering firm. Together with the world’s most customer-obsessed companies, we combine great design and strong tech to build pioneering experiences that accelerate outcomes for customers, partners and employees. Through cutting-edge technology and a commitment to deep craftsmanship, we help our clients run the future. PK is over 3,500 people strong in 22 cities across four countries. Learn more at www.pkglobal.com.

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Area 1 Security Launches New North American Partner Program

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Aug. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Area 1 Security today announced its new partner

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Aug. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Area 1 Security today announced its new partner program to allow partners to easily sell and deliver the industry’s only preemptive, cloud-native email security solution directly to North American clients. The two-tiered program supports MSPs, VARs, Solution Providers, cloud distributors, and technology alliance partners.

Email security today is fundamentally broken, and the current email security market is in transition. Secure Email Gateways (SEGs) were architected for the perimeter and are being replaced with Cloud Email Security (CES) solutions. Given the amount of legacy SEGs in service over the past 15 years, Area 1 estimates that the total addressable market for partners to help migrate those customers onto newer cloud-native email security solutions is upwards of $10B. Partners have the opportunity to help customers improve security and lower TCO by helping them with this transition. Area 1 is the leading Cloud Email Security provider and offers the only solution that preemptively stops Business Email Compromise (BEC), malware, ransomware and other sophisticated phish, which legacy email gateways and cloud email suites miss.

«Traditional email gateways — once the de facto standard for email security — have failed time and again to stop advanced phishing threats. There is also now an 80 percent overlap in baseline functionality between email gateways and Microsoft Office 365’s and Gmail’s native capabilities,» said Patrick Sweeney, president and CEO of Area 1 Security. «As a result, more enterprise CISOs are reevaluating — and ultimately replacing — their SEGs in favor of cloud-native email security. Partners and resellers must adapt to this shift now, or risk getting excluded from these purchasing decisions.»

Additionally, the business and economic realities of the COVID-19 pandemic means that partners must provide portfolio options that help improve customers’ overall TCO. For example, Gartner’s 2020 How to Reduce the Cost of Email Security Solutions report (ID G00726615) recommends that security professionals evaluate alternatives to a traditional email gateway. Area 1’s industry-first, utility-based pricing model aligns better email security performance with budget — while still guaranteeing partners recurring, SaaS-based revenue.

Area 1, which is committed to being a strategic, channel-first partner, offers the following benefits:

Best-of-Breed Cloud Email attack prevention: Area 1, a Certified Microsoft Partner and a Google Cloud Technology Partner of the Year, protects against BEC, credential harvesting, ransomware and other threats that SEGs miss.
Technology innovation: Area 1’s broad and deep IP within predictive, preemptive threat defense allows unique opportunities to go broader over time, and help address customer pain points across a much wider surface area (email, web, social and network attack vectors).
Profitability: Partners who leverage Area 1’s first-of-its-kind pay-for-performance (Pay-per-Phish) pricing model will gain easier access to organizations that are increasingly focused on vendor accountability and value-based solutions.
Recurring revenue stream: As a SaaS solution, Area 1 Security creates a recurring revenue opportunity for its Channel Partners. The tiered program’s aggressive compensation model ensures Partners’ high profitability.

«Adding Area 1 is another key way for Sayers to help customers proactively identify threats and mitigate cloud security risks,» said Chris Willis, VP of Cybersecurity Engineering at Sayers. «We are pleased to deliver a leader in the email security and anti-phishing solution market, and support Area 1’s ecosystem growth.»

MSPs, VARs, Solution Providers and distributors who are interested in learning more can register for Area 1’s Channel Program webinar on August 13, here. The event will include an overview of Area 1’s preemptive and comprehensive email security solution, specific details on tiered benefits, and a demo of Area 1’s newly-launched Partner Community.

«SADA is pleased to see the launch of Area 1’s new Partner Program, providing Google Cloud Partners the opportunity to sell and deliver their cloud-native email security solution directly to our customers,» said Edrick Pirveysian, Director of Account Management, SADA. «This synergy furthers our commitment to providing best-in-class security to our G Suite customers.»

Partners are the new focus of Area 1’s go-to-market strategy, led by Sweeney, who has successfully transitioned multiple companies from direct selling to channel-first sales. Sweeney brings over two decades of channel partnership expertise, including transitioning SonicWall from direct sales to being a channel-first business.

«We are looking forward to Area 1’s new partner program offering the robust infrastructure needed to accelerate our joint sales efforts in 2020 and beyond,» said David Sinnott, president and founder of ProActive Networks & Security.

The new Area 1 Security Partner Program is open for enrollment now. For more information or to join its ecosystem, which includes partners such as Optiv, Guidepoint and Synnex, contact channel.sales@area1security.com or visit https://www.area1security.com/become-a-partner/.

Additional resources:

Area 1 blog: A New Era in Channel Revenue: Cloud Email Security
Area 1 eBook: Why Secure Email Gateways Fail to Catch Phish
Gartner Report: Protecting Against Business Email Compromise Phishing

About Area 1 Security
Area 1 Security is the only company that preemptively stops Business Email Compromise, malware, ransomware and targeted phishing attacks. By focusing on the earliest stages of an attack, Area 1 stops phish — the root cause of 95 percent of breaches — 24 days (on average) before they launch. Area 1 also offers the cybersecurity industry’s first and only performance-based pricing model, Pay-per-Phish.

Area 1 is trusted by Fortune 500 enterprises across financial services, healthcare, critical infrastructure and other industries, to preempt targeted phishing attacks, improve their cybersecurity posture, and change outcomes.

Area 1 is cloud-native, a Certified Microsoft Partner, and Google Cloud Technology Partner of the Year for Security. To learn more, visit www.area1security.com, follow us on LinkedIn, or subscribe to the Phish of the Week newsletter.

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Elaine Dzuba
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AllianceRx Walgreens Prime is the only specialty pharmacy to use a patented process for shipping temperature-sensitive medicine

ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — A new patented process for delivering specialty medicine will assure AllianceRx Walgreens Prime patients receive their medicine delivered at the correct temperature.

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AllianceRx Walgreens Prime, one of the nation’s largest specialty and home delivery pharmacies, will exclusively use the patent – held by parent company Walgreens – to help increase patient safety, improve patient outcomes and reduce waste. It is the only specialty pharmacy to offer a patented cold-chain shipment packaging process. In specialty pharmacy, cold-chain distribution refers to the process of shipping medicines that require refrigerated storage. Maintaining the right temperatures is critical to ensuring the efficacy of specialty medications, including costly biologics and injectables, which have special storage or temperature requirements.

Ed Musisko, senior director of data science and analytics at AllianceRx Walgreens Prime, feels a certain pride around having helped develop the patented process so patients receive their medicine safely. When family members ask him to explain the complex cold-chain distribution patent, Musisko replies simply: «We customize the medicine’s package based on its shipping experience so when it arrives, it’s safe and effective for our patient.»

Musisko, co-inventor of the application, says almost all specialty drugs have a two- to eight-degree Celsius requirement dictated within the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) product approval. «Our goal was to eliminate the potential for medicine going bad, which can impact the patient. It also prevents the need to reship orders, which is wasteful and costly. This application enables us to predict the experience of the shipment, then adjust packaging to prevent harm to the medicine, and ultimately to the patient’s treatment plan,» he says.

Historically, specialty pharmacies have shipped medicine via universal pack out (accommodates wide range of temperatures but costly in terms of materials and shipping) or seasonal pack out (less expensive but can only handle temperatures for a specific season). Shipping via refrigerated trucks, while also effective, is cost-prohibitive.

Dan Shandel, senior process analyst and co-inventor, brought the concept to life by transitioning the newly-developed engineering algorithms and processes to the pharmacy team interface. Testing of the application took place at AllianceRx Walgreens Prime’s internal packaging test lab, located at its Pittsburgh facility. «We use an environmental chamber that can simulate the package experience during transits,» says Luke Holbrook, manager, engineering and logistics, and co-inventor. For instance, a package’s delivery route could include travel from a cold climate to a hot environment, with stops along the way.

The team also tested the process using International Safe Transit Association (ISTA) 7E standards to ensure the packaging procedures adhere to the manufacturer’s storage guidelines. These are the industry testing standards that thermal transport packaging uses in parcel delivery system shipment.

The new patented process also reduces waste and eliminates reship needs. In fact, AllianceRx Walgreens Prime anticipates a significant annual savings in reship costs. However, Musisko and Holbrook say the ultimate benefit is patient safety. «With this algorithm, we can select the best packaging for each individual order. While this process will have substantial financial benefit, ultimately the pride I carry on this patent is wrapped around patient safety and care,» says Musisko.

«Our whole premise was to reliably deliver a stable product,» says Musisko. «AllianceRx Walgreens Prime continues to use innovation, technology, and process improvements to enhance how we service specialty pharmacy patients. We continue to make strides to find efficient methods to help keep our patients safe, happy and healthy.»

About AllianceRx Walgreens Prime

AllianceRx Walgreens Prime delivers maintenance and specialty medicines through its home delivery and specialty pharmacies. Formed in 2017 through a strategic alliance between Walgreens, one of the nation’s largest chain drug stores, and Prime Therapeutics, a leading pharmacy benefit manager (PBM), the company offers tools and resources to help patients improve medication adherence, 24/7 pharmacy support for exceptional care. The company is headquartered in Orlando, Fla. and its pharmacies are accredited by several national pharmacy accreditation services. Visit www.alliancerxwp.com for more information.

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Adrienne Foley
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New Chat Feature Helps Harmonize Users Stay More Engaged

CHICAGO, Aug. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — 42 Lines, a leader in custom edtech development and creator of the Harmonize online discussion platform, today announced…

CHICAGO, Aug. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — 42 Lines, a leader in custom edtech development and creator of the Harmonize online discussion platform, today announced that a new Chat feature is now available to Harmonize users. Participants in a Harmonize online discussion can now collaborate in real time directly in the platform.

«We introduced Harmonize Chat to give students and instructors using Harmonize another way to engage with each other,» said Marcus Popetz, CEO of 42 Lines. «Right now, colleges and universities are looking for new ways to manage the classroom experience. This is one important way institutions can build bridges between an asynchronous learning environment and those ‘real-time’ synchronous experiences that students often expect,» he said.

Because Harmonize Chat is accessible directly from the Harmonize online discussion, students can easily engage with other members of their class without searching across multiple applications. Presence indicators let Harmonize users know the online status of their classmates. A student or instructor can quickly scan for other students who may be online to say hello or start a conversation.

Harmonize Chat supports many of the features found in the Harmonize online discussion platform. Students can upload images, URLs, videos, or files, such as Word docs or PDFs. Harmonize Chat supports both individual and group chats directly from the discussion board. Students and faculty can chat one-on-one with one another to quickly clarify something in a discussion post or augment asynchronous online discussions with a real-time group chat.

«We conceived of Harmonize Chat as another way for students and instructors to stay connected at a time when our ability to engage face-to-face is shifting,» said Popetz. «At a time when students might be feeling socially isolated, it’s one more way technology is helping them succeed.»

As institutions across the country ready themselves for the fall term, they will need a broader set of tools to support their long-term goals. Harmonize Chat offers a simple way for students to make more meaningful connections with each other and with their instructors.

About 42 Lines
42 Lines has more than a decade of experience developing innovative education technology solutions for higher education institutions and organizations looking to surpass industry standards. Created in response to educator and student feedback, the Harmonize platform seamlessly integrates with learning management systems to create an engaging, collaborative community for dynamic academic discussion, creative and analytical thinking, and in-depth feedback that drives improved learning outcomes. To learn more about 42 Lines, visit 42lines.net. To learn more about Harmonize, visit harmonize.42lines.net.

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Abuelo’s Guests Can Donate to Help End Childhood Hunger and Receive Free Signature Queso in a Back-to-School Week Fundraiser

PLANO, Texas, Aug. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Abuelo’s Mexican Restaurant, famous for its authentic, made-from-scratch Mexican cuisine, today announced a back-to-school week fundraiser to help end childhood hunger. Guests who donate $2 or more to No Kid Hungry while dining at any Abuelo’s location August 9-15 will receive a Free Queso VIP Card that they can redeem for an order of Abuelo’s creamy, handcrafted queso on their next visit, valid through September 30.

No Kid Hungry is a national campaign to end childhood hunger in America. Before COVID-19 hit, millions of children were already living with hunger and relied on school for food. When schools closed and with many parents out of work, more children may be facing hunger than ever before. But No Kid Hungry is stepping up to help feed them. Since March, No Kid Hungry has sent nearly $27 million in emergency grants to schools and community organizations across all 50 states to ensure kids are getting the meals they need.

«We’ve teamed up with No Kid Hungry before and raised thousands of dollars to help eradicate childhood hunger,» said Robert Lin, President of Abuelo’s. «But the economic fallout from the pandemic makes the need greater than ever right now, so we’re proud to partner with No Kid Hungry again on this back-to-school promotion. Support for our communities is a core part of the Abuelo’s culture, and we’re excited to do our part to help with this important cause.»

A new report from No Kid Hungry, The Longest Summer: Childhood Hunger in the Wake of Coronavirus, underscores the urgent need to help families, many of whom are skipping bills and rationing food because of pandemic-related job losses. The report found that during the COVID-19 crisis, 47% of American families are living with hunger. The problem is even worse among Black and Latino families, where more than half face food insecurity.

«Millions of families were already struggling to keep their kids fed during the summer months due to the lack of access to school meals,» said Diana Hovey, Senior Vice President, Corporate Partnerships of No Kid Hungry. «In just months, the pandemic has set back ten years of progress in the fight to end childhood hunger. That makes our mission to feed hungry kids even more urgent, and we’re grateful to Abuelo’s and their guests for their support.»

There’s no more important school supply than nutritious food, and Abuelo’s back-to-school fundraiser will help raise money to provide meals for kids, wherever they may be learning this fall. Learn more at www.nokidhungry.org.

About Abuelo’s
Since its first opening in 1989, Abuelo’s has consistently been on the leading edge of Mexican cuisine, combining menu creativity, outstanding food and beverage quality, colorful plate presentations and superior service in a true Mexican courtyard atmosphere. Abuelo’s has received national accolades as the top-ranked Mexican food restaurant and as one of America’s top overall restaurant chains in four consecutive biennial surveys by a leading national consumer rating magazine. Owned and operated by Food Concepts International in Lubbock Texas, the company currently has 30 full-service restaurants located in nine states. For more information, visit www.abuelos.com or Abuelo’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/Abuelos.

About No Kid Hungry
No child should go hungry in America. But in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, one in four kids could face hunger this year. No Kid Hungry is working to end childhood hunger by helping launch and improve programs that give all kids the healthy food they need to thrive. This is a problem we know how to solve. No Kid Hungry is a campaign of Share Our Strength, an organization committed to ending hunger and poverty.

CONTACT: Ashley Glenn, 719-247-3661, abuelos@sspr.com

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Object Management Group Invites Industry Input for a New Specification: Standard Business Report Model

NEEDHAM, Mass., Aug. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — International technology standards consortium Object Management Group® (OMG®) is overseeing the development of a new specification named

NEEDHAM, Mass., Aug. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — International technology standards consortium Object Management Group® (OMG®) is overseeing the development of a new specification named Standard Business Report Model (SBRM), and has re-opened the request for proposal (RFP) to gain input from a wider range of industry voices. SBRM will complement existing mechanisms for representing structured data while providing interoperability with current business report definitions and submissions. The RFP seeks submissions that complement established mechanisms for representation of structured data files submitted as business reports, for example, financial reports, or environmental reporting.
In most countries, organizations are required to submit formal information to regulators regarding their business or financial performance, compliance, and exposure. These reports traditionally follow standard forms or templates defined by each regulator, often requiring error-prone and time-consuming manual data entry. Artificial intelligence, distributed ledgers, and machine-readable structured information offer unprecedented opportunities to automate many information exchanges within and between organizations.

«Netherlands and Australia have already started leading the way on standard reporting that has reduced filing and processing costs by billions of dollars,» said Dr. Jason McC. Smith, OMG Vice President, Technical Director. «SBRM will show the anatomy of a business report in both human-readable and machine-readable models that can leverage current standards like the eXtensible Business Reporting Language while achieving full interoperability.»

«Several U.S. government entities are counting on the upcoming standard to improve the quality, consistency and interpretation of financial reports. These include the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, the U.S. Government Accountability Office, the Department of Treasury, the U.S. Office of Financial Research, and the Data Coalition,» said Claude Baudoin, Co-chair of the OMG Business Modeling and Integration Domain Task Force. «In addition, there are many other types of reports, for example, on security or environmental risks, that will also benefit from such a standard. Every country in the world, not just the U.S., is facing similar needs.»

Some of the requirements for SBRM are to:

Apply a business modeling approach to report definition, making reports easier to develop;
Enable business-level expression of rules in order to manage quality;
Facilitate reuse of information across multiple reports;
Allow use with industry- or enterprise-standard information models and ontologies;
Allow direct linkage with enterprise information sources for report data;
Provide alternative formats for reports to allow access by a greater variety of analytical tools.

Both members and non-members of OMG may show their interest in participating in the process by submitting a Letter of Intent by November 9, 2020. To submit individually or as part of a submission team, companies must become members of OMG by the initial submission deadline, which is also November 9, 2020.» For more information about the Standard Business Report Model RFP, visit https://www.omg.org/hot-topics/standard-business-report-model.htm.

About OMG
Object Management Group® (OMG®) is an international, open membership, not-for-profit technology standards consortium with representation from government, industry and academia. OMG Task Forces develop enterprise integration standards for a wide range of technologies and an even wider range of industries. OMG’s modeling standards enable powerful visual design, execution and maintenance of software and other processes. Visit http://www.omg.org for more information.

Note to editors: Object Management Group and OMG are registered trademarks of the Object Management Group. For a listing of all OMG trademarks, visit https://www.omg.org/legal/tm_list.htm. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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ARES Security Adds Virtual Training Modules to the AVERT Suite of Security Software Solutions

VIENNA, Va., Aug. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ –Building upon its success supplying software to meet physical security assessment and integrated C2 requirements across Government, Defense, Energy, Transportation, Critical Infrastructure and Commercial Sectors, ARES Security today announced the addition of Virtual Tabletop and Virtual Reality Training modules to the AVERT portfolio.

Scheduled or mandated training is an integral part of the security lifecycle in high threat environments and is necessary to ensure that an organization’s security and response plans are suitable for responding to relevant threats. Traditional Tabletop Training requires the physical presence of Facilitators and Blue/Red Force participants and relies on manual simulation methodologies. Beyond the inherent limitations of this traditional approach, security organizations now face the added challenge of maintaining readiness during a Global Pandemic where the concept of meetings has shifted dramatically from in-person to remote participation. AVERT Virtual Tabletop («AVERT-VT») and Virtual Reality («AVERT-VR») software training solutions bridge this gap.

AVERT-VT is a tool for security and emergency response leadership that improves the effectiveness of traditional tabletop exercises. AVERT-VT combines realistic threat scenarios generated in a modeling-simulation engine with a high-fidelity user interface that allows participants to test and evaluate decision-making and response scenarios against complex threats. «Digital Twin» models of a site/complex are reconstructed to incorporate building exteriors, interiors, detection and delay systems coupled with standard operating procedures. Advanced threat scenarios are then simulated in the DHS SAFETY Act Certified AVERT Mod/Sim engine. Upon completion, clients can use the validated threat simulations to drive their tabletop exercise.

AVERT-VR takes training a step further by providing a complete immersive environment that is more interactive, realistic, and measurable. Trainees experience high fidelity, 3-D visualizations of the physical environment while responding to simulated threat scenarios from either a desktop or through wearables. The result is a more interactive training environment that provides quantifiable results for post exercise assessment of individual or joint response performance.

«We are pleased to build upon our past successes delivering AVERT Design, Assessment and Integrated C2 solutions by now offering training tools that allow our clients to leverage their current investment and provide a greatly improved training experience that quantifiably increases the security posture of the organization,» stated Ben Eazzetta, CEO of ARES Security. «This technology was originally fielded as part of the USAF’s AFWERX SBIR Program and is currently being deployed throughout the US Commercial Nuclear market.»

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Catalent Gene Therapy Facility Receives FDA Approval as an Additional Manufacturing Site for AveXis’ Gene Therapy

SOMERSET, N.J., Aug. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Catalent, the leading global provider of advanced delivery technologies, development, and manufacturing solutions for drugs, biologics, cell and gene therapies, and consumer health products, today announced that it was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to produce commercial drug substance intermediate for AveXis’ spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) gene therapy at its manufacturing facility located in Harmans,…

The approval comes after an FDA inspection of the Harmans state-of-the-art, commercial-scale gene therapy manufacturing center in June 2020. Since Catalent’s partnership with AveXis, a Novartis company, was announced in July 2019, dedicated suite space has been prepared at the Harmans facility for the commercial manufacture of this adeno-associated virus (AAV) gene therapy.

«This is a significant milestone for Catalent and the gene therapy industry as a whole. Catalent is proud to be the first contract development and manufacturing organization to be approved for commercial gene therapy production,» commented Manja Boerman, Ph.D., President of Catalent Cell & Gene Therapy. «This approval allows us to leverage our now-licensed, state-of-the-art GMP commercial manufacturing facility, and our deep AAV expertise, to support AveXis as it delivers a life-changing treatment for patients.»

«Given the complexity and length of time required to make gene therapies, manufacturing is critically important,» said Dannielle Appelhans, Chief Technical Officer for AveXis. «This approval further complements our internal manufacturing capacity and, over time, will allow us to increase supply to meet growing patient needs.»

Catalent’s Harmans commercial manufacturing facility, located near BWI airport, is equipped with single-use technology, and houses over 200,000 square feet of late-stage clinical and commercial-stage gene therapy production. The facility is one of Catalent’s five gene therapy facilities in Maryland providing clinical through commercial scale services, and houses multiple CGMP manufacturing suites, including fill/finish, central services and testing laboratories, warehousing, and supply chain capabilities.

About Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)
SMA is a rare genetic disease that leads to progressive muscle weakness, paralysis, and when left untreated in its most severe form, permanent ventilation or death for most patients by age 2. AveXis’ gene therapy for SMA is designed to address the genetic root cause of SMA by replacing the defective or missing SMN1 gene to halt disease progression through sustained SMN protein expression with a single one-time intravenous infusion.

About Catalent Cell & Gene Therapy
Catalent Cell & Gene Therapy is a full-service partner for adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors and CAR-T immunotherapies, with deep experience in viral vector scale-up and production and recently added expertise in autologous and allogeneic cell therapy development and manufacturing, which together position Catalent as a premier technology, development and manufacturing partner for innovators across the entire field of advanced biotherapeutics. Catalent has a global network of clinical and commercial manufacturing facilities, and fill-finish and packaging capabilities located in both the U.S. and Europe. Catalent Cell & Gene Therapy has produced more than 100 CGMP batches across 70+ clinical and commercial programs. For more information, visit biologics.catalent.com/cell-gene-therapy/

About Catalent
Catalent is the leading global provider of advanced delivery technologies, development, and manufacturing solutions for drugs, biologics, cell and gene therapies, and consumer health products. With over 85 years serving the industry, Catalent has proven expertise in bringing more customer products to market faster, enhancing product performance and ensuring reliable global clinical and commercial product supply. Catalent employs over 13,500 people, including over 2,400 scientists and technicians, at more than 40 facilities, and in fiscal year 2019 generated over $2.5 billion in annual revenue. Catalent is headquartered in Somerset, New Jersey. For more information, visit http://www.catalent.com

More products. Better treatments. Reliably supplied.™

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Global Payments Contributes $250,000 to the United for Racial Equity and Healing Fund

ATLANTA, Aug. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — United Way of Greater Atlanta announced today that Global Payments Inc., a leading worldwide provider of payment technology and software solutions, and long-time supporter of the organization, donated $250,000 to the United for Racial Equity and Healing Fund. This is the first large donation to the fund, which is designed to reduce and prevent racial inequities across systems that impact child well-being (education, health, housing and economic stability) across the Greater Atlanta region. This donation puts United Way on the path to the first $1 million of donations to the fund, which it will match.

«We are grateful to Global Payments Inc. for their partnership and for showing such strong support for our community through their generous gift,» said Milton J. Little, Jr., President and CEO of United Way of Greater Atlanta. «Contributions to the United for Racial Equity and Healing Fund will be invested in structural solutions to catalyze effective, long-lasting change, address the root causes of racial inequity and prioritize hope, healing, and care during an unprecedented time.»

Nearly 500,000 children in Greater Atlanta live in communities that lack the basic opportunities and resources that all children and families need to thrive. These communities are in zip codes where the majority of residents are people of color. These are also communities where COVID-19 hit hard, exposing the health and economic disparities resulting from years of disinvestment and structural racism. The current spotlight on these disparities and recent civil unrest has created new momentum to address racial inequities and an opportunity to convert the moment into a turning point for advancing deep and widescale changes.

«At Global Payments, we stand together as a company against racism, intolerance and injustice in all their forms. Our investment highlights the importance of the work that United Way is doing to focus on the injustices that are taking place in our world today,» said Jeff Sloan, CEO of Global Payments, Inc. «Together, we will continue to work to drive positive change in the communities in which we live and work and stamp out injustice.»

Funds will be invested in organizations in Greater Atlanta that are primarily focused on racial inequity challenges in their communities and on a regional level. Priority will be given to organizations:

Led by (executive leadership, staff, board) and focused on Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) communities most directly impacted by structural racism
Leading policy and advocacy efforts that intersect with on-the-ground civic engagement that is focused on people of color
Prioritize youth voices and take a multi-generational approach
Working on or adjacent to racial justice efforts

To donate or learn more about the United for Racial Equity and Healing Fund, click here.

About United Way of Greater Atlanta
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Rootstock Software® Unveils Low-Code, Business-Driven Cloud ERP

SAN RAMON, Calif., Aug. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Rootstock Software, a leading provider of cloud Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions built on the

SAN RAMON, Calif., Aug. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Rootstock Software, a leading provider of cloud Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions built on the Salesforce Platform, today unveiled its Low-Code, Business-Driven Cloud ERP software release. This new solution can empower everyday business users to swiftly tailor and deploy mobile applications, change processes and add AI and analytics without having to wait for busy IT departments or expensive consultants.

«In today’s volatile environment, manufacturers, distributors and supply chain organizations must constantly adapt to compete,» said Tom Brennan, CMO at Rootstock Software. «Business users need to be able to fine tune ERP applications without the lengthy delays that traditional ERP is known for. Business users know firsthand what is needed on the front lines to optimize processes and improve the customer experience. This release puts more power in their hands, and better yet, more business intelligence and guidance at the fingertips of front-line employees.»

Legacy ERP can be difficult to implement, tailor and integrate, especially by typical business users. Instead, expert IT resources are needed for traditional system changes, and these modifications make it increasingly difficult to upgrade the system over time. Similar hurdles also exist when deploying newer technologies in ERP, such as analytics and AI. The new release of Rootstock Cloud ERP overcomes traditional limitations, while also ensuring governance and business rules are intact.

In a January 2020 report on ERP-enabled transformation, Gartner said «ERP is shifting to enterprise applications complemented by an ecosystem that includes new capabilities for application platforms, integration and low-code/no-code development. Gartner refers to this new era of ERP as ‘enterprise business capabilities’ (EBC).» It added that EBC, as an ERP suite surrounded by a platform, «facilitates the rapid development and adoption of new applications and capabilities.»*

Rootstock is an example of this trend, taking advantage of the Salesforce Lightning user experience, including Lightning Flows, App Builder, Community Builder and AI tools, such as Einstein Discovery and Einstein Prediction Builder – all of which offer the following benefits:

«Clicks not code» approach. A simple, elegant Lightning user interface is used to configure screens, process flows and purpose-built apps. Point-and-click tools enable citizen developers to «drag and drop» their way to more powerful and easy-to-use applications.
AI and Analytics for Everyone. Data, predictive analytics and AI can be embedded into apps and business processes. For example, Einstein Discovery has AI-powered analytics that enables business users to automatically discover relevant patterns based on their data – without having to build sophisticated data models. Apps can leverage Einstein Next Best Action to recommend actions to users. And with Einstein Analytics, users can spot opportunities, predict outcomes and get precise recommendations to improve business outcomes.
Mobile Flexibility. With no added effort or integration, tailored apps are available in mobile environments, enabling a «design once, use anywhere» approach.

Using the benefits above, Rootstock’s Low-Code, Business-Drive Cloud ERP enables citizen development in the following five areas:

1. Mobile ERP Apps. Rootstock offers several new mobile apps that customers can easily tailor across a wide spectrum of ERP business functions, including sales orders, work orders, purchasing, receiving, and inventory management. These apps and functions can then be used for remote-work needs.

2. ERP Analytics. Rootstock ERP has always taken full advantage of Salesforce dashboards, reports and Einstein Analytics. Now, with the Lightning user experience, citizen developers can drag-and-drop powerful data visualizations and analytics into a Rootstock ERP Lightning app. In other words, they’re able to embed insights where they know users will need them.

3. ERP Artificial Intelligence. Citizen developers can embed AI into key ERP operations. For example, custom analytics and predictions can be dropped into a process or function to determine the best course of action. With these insights, companies can operate more intelligently at all levels.

4. ERP Processes. Orchestrated process flows can be created in a visual manner, making it easy to view the steps and logic, while also documenting the process for auditors. A citizen developer can «drag and drop» a sequence, such as an order approval process. This will visually guide workers through the process and enable an intuitive user experience. Citizen developers can enhance standard Rootstock flows or create their own.

5. Customer and Supplier Communities. Citizen developers can quickly launch and bring to life distinct communities for suppliers, customers, distributors or other trading partners. This is enabled by the Salesforce Community Builder and by the fact that there’s just one object data model. The model makes it easy to share targeted information across ERP and CRM – such as purchase orders, invoices or cases – and to share appropriate information with specific Community members in a secure fashion.

«An agile ‘clicks not code’ approach empowers business users to create, change and roll out ERP functionality. The ‘legacy’ way is often too long and costly to maintain going forward. Low-code configuration within Cloud ERP can enable companies to respond more quickly to market changes and customer needs,» added Brennan.

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*Gartner Report, «2020 ERP Predicts: Unprecedented Changes in ERP Enable Transformation, January 13, 2020.»

ABOUT ROOTSTOCK
Rootstock Software is a worldwide provider of cloud ERP on the Salesforce Platform. When combined with Salesforce CRM, Rootstock Cloud ERP offers manufacturing, distribution and supply chain organizations a single platform to grow and manage their businesses. Rootstock Cloud ERP is a flexible, modern, and digitally connected system that transforms companies to deliver a more personalized customer experience, efficiently scale operations, and out-service the competition. To learn more, please visit http://www.rootstock.com.

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