EasyCOV, the Virological Saliva Test for COVID19 Confirms Its Excellent Results: a Sensitivity of 88% and a Specificity of 99% in 40 Min

 PARIS-Thursday 1 October 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- EasyCOV, a virological saliva detection test for COVID19, has shown a sensitivity of 88% and a specificity 99% during a clinical trial performed at the testing center operated by the teaching hospital of Montpellier. The test relies on an optimized thermal protocol that provides the results in 40 minutes.

EasyCOV, developed by SkillCell in collaboration with the CNRS (French National Center for Scientific Research), is a saliva test that can be run in the field and that provides results in the form of a change of color in no more than 40 minutes. Performed by a healthcare professional, the test requires the collection of 200 microliters of saliva, approximately 4 drops, from under the patient’s tongue. The sample is heated successively in two tubes using the nomadic heating device EasyVID (developed and produced by TRONICO, sister company of SkillCell). A test turning bright yellow indicates that the virus has been detected while an orange test is negative.

A double-blind clinical trial has been conducted at the teaching hospital of Montpellier, France, in real life conditions at the testing center operated by the hospital. During this clinical trial, nasopharyngeal and saliva samples were collected simultaneously and analyzed via RT PCR. These two analyses were used as a basis to establish the infection status of the participants. This status was then compared to the results of EasyCOV test. This analysis showed a sensitivity of 87.5% and a specificity of 99.4% for 220 participants, including 40 positive patients with and without symptoms. EasyCOV test was performed using a thermal protocol giving results in 40 min.

EasyCOV demonstrates with this trial that it is high quality, faster, cost-efficient and not invasive test that can be performed in a large variety of locations without requiring heavy investments.

Alexandra Prieux, President of SkillCell commented « EasyCOV is a unique and necessary tool in the fight against COVID 19. It is a real satisfaction for the team that our test is able to bring a concrete answer to the sanitary and economic challenges that we face today. ».

The EasyCov programme is supported by the French Ministry of Armed Forces via the Direction Générale de l’Armement (Directorate General of Armaments - DGA) and the Agence de l’Innovation de Défense (Defense Innovation Agency - AID).

About SKILLCELL

SkillCell develops in-field diagnostic tests using its simplicity-centered approach: tests capable of being used by anybody, anywhere and at any time. Founded in Guadeloupe in 2017, the company has offices in France in Jarry (Guadeloupe), Paris and Montpellier. The SkillCell team brings together scientific experts and seasoned manufacturers to find solutions to medical and environmental diagnostic testing issues by providing relevant, high-quality information that allows users to make well-informed choices with full transparency. SkillCell is a subsidiary of ALCEN group. For more information: www.skillcell-alcen.com

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PTR Robots Introduces World’s First Mobile Lifting Robot That Both Transfers and Rehabilitates Patients

Patient transfer and rehabilitation robot is mobile and intelligent

ODENSE, Denmark-Thursday 1 October 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- PTR Robots, a Danish service-robot company, announced the world premiere of its robot that can mobilize and transfer patients. Jointly developed with healthcare professionals, the PTR Robot is the first mobile, intelligent robot solution that can flexibly move around in the healthcare and nursing sectors. While it helps individuals with impaired functions to be transferred and rehabilitated, it also relieves the strain on staff, redirecting them from labor-intensive tasks. A PTR Robot also reduces the risk of infection, because only one caregiver needs to be present to perform a patient transfer.

One out of every four bedridden patients in a typical hospital is not self-reliant and needs assistance, both to be transferred and rehabilitated. This need is even more pronounced at nursing homes. According to the WHO, lifting injuries account for one-third of all occupational injuries among nurses.

“Many nursing homes, hospitals and institutions are keenly interested in our patient transfer and rehabilitation robot. If an elderly person breaks his or her hip, the robot can help him/her stand up right after the operation. The robot also accompanies the patient when taking the first steps after surgery,” says Lone Jager Lindquist CEO, PTR Robots.

The robot lifter from PTR Robots is designed to ‘shrink’ in size to easily fit through an ordinary doorway. This means that the robot outperforms traditional, stationary ceiling hoists in terms of flexibility.

PTR Robots is a subsidiary of Blue Ocean Robotics, which revolutionized the service-robot market via subsidiaries such as UVD Robots and GoBe Robots.

“With PTR Robots we have created a brand-new product category in the area of patient transfers and rehabilitation, similar to what we did with UV disinfection with our subsidiary UVD Robots,” says Claus Risager, CEO at Blue Ocean Robotics, and Chairman of the Board at PTR Robots.

UVD Robots are deployed globally, disinfecting hospitals, hotels, food processing plants, clean rooms in the pharmaceutical industry, airports, train stations, preschools and more.

About PTR Robots and Blue Ocean Robotics

PTR Robots is a subsidiary of Blue Ocean Robotics, a world-leading group developing professional service robots. Blue Ocean Robotics is headquartered in Odense, Denmark—Europe’s ‘Robot Capital’—where the group develops, manufactures and sells service robots to the healthcare, hospitality, construction and agricultural sectors.

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Contacts

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Blue Ocean Robotics
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97% of PeopleSoft Licensees Believe Current Releases Meet Their Needs

 Many PeopleSoft licensees are maximizing the value and extending the lifespan of current releases, but challenged with expensive vendor support costs and forced vendor updates

LAS VEGAS-Thursday 1 October 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), a global provider of business software products and services, the leading third-party support provider for Oracle and SAP software products and a Salesforce partner, today revealed significant findings from its recent survey of Oracle PeopleSoft licensees, which was conducted to better understand licensees’ software product and release roadmap strategies, current challenges and application support and operating plans. The survey highlights that an overwhelming 97% of respondents believe their current PeopleSoft releases meet all or most of their business needs. Further, many licensees are taking steps to maximize the value and extend the lifespan of their robust and mature current releases, including moving their PeopleSoft software to a cloud hosting platform, utilizing Application Management Services and switching their annual support to third-party support providers like Rimini Street.

Oracle licensees who responded to the Rimini Street survey include a mix of CIOs and VPs of IT, IT directors and managers, application managers, application leads and Oracle administrators across a variety of industries including Financial Services, Retail, Manufacturing, Education, Telecommunications, Building and Construction, Government, Transportation and Logistics, Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences, Insurance, and Oil and Gas.

To access a copy of Rimini Street’s report, “Survey Report: Licensees’ Insights into the Future of Their PeopleSoft Roadmaps,” click here.

Licensees Maximizing the Value and Extending the Lifespan of Current Releases

Instead of investing significant time, resources and capital to perform what they view as expensive, low ROI release upgrades or full migrations to Oracle Cloud ERP, many PeopleSoft licensees are taking steps to maximize the value and extend the lifespan of their current, robust and mature releases.

For example, despite PeopleSoft 9.2 being generally available since March 20131, 64% of respondents are still running at least part of their business on PeopleSoft 9.1 or earlier releases, which are no longer fully supported by Oracle. Currently, less than 50% of respondents have indicated any definitive plans to upgrade their PeopleSoft applications.

Vendor Support is Expensive and Provides Low Value for PeopleSoft 9.1 or Earlier Releases

For PeopleSoft licensees who are continuing to utilize their current PeopleSoft 9.1 or earlier release and have chosen not to upgrade to PeopleSoft 9.2, they are now in Oracle Sustaining Support and no longer get access to new fixes, critical patch updates or tax, legal and regulatory updates. Despite the reduced service breadth, 72% of respondents running PeopleSoft 9.1 or earlier releases are still paying Oracle for expensive and low value Sustaining Support that does not meet their full support needs, resulting in 43% of these same PeopleSoft licensees also paying Oracle additional fees for supplemental critical tax, legal and regulatory updates, and 39% having to allocate their own resources to help fill the service gap by self-supporting their PeopleSoft environments.

PeopleSoft 9.2 Provides Limited Additional Business Value and ROI

Of those licensees who are currently planning to eventually upgrade to PeopleSoft 9.2, nearly 85% indicated they are doing so primarily for support reasons and not to implement or leverage the benefits of any new features or functional enhancements. In fact, according to a poll by the Quest Oracle Community, nearly half of PeopleSoft 9.2 licensees have rolled out zero new features to end users2.

Of the respondents who are running PeopleSoft 9.2, 53% indicated that they did not leverage strong innovation on a consistent basis from new Oracle PeopleSoft 9.2 updates. However, despite the updates providing a seemingly low ROI and value, 96% indicated it can be very expensive and time-consuming to apply the Oracle PeopleSoft 9.2 updates, taking up to six weeks to test, validate and apply just one update, requiring an average of three-to-five resources during that time to perform the work.

Despite these significant cost and resources needed to complete an Oracle PeopleSoft 9.2 update, the majority of PeopleSoft 9.2 survey respondents appear to stay current with Oracle’s updates primarily to ensure that they retain access to Oracle full support.

PeopleSoft Licensees are Leveraging the Cloud to Extend the Lifespan of Current Releases

The survey also revealed that cloud continues to play an integral role in the future of licensees’ PeopleSoft roadmaps, with 87% of all respondents currently evaluating, actively moving to, or already running some or all their PeopleSoft applications on a cloud platform. Migrating their PeopleSoft system to a cloud environment can eliminate the need for significant capital investments in data center server refreshes, reduce operating costs and provide better user performance. In fact, 29% of respondents indicate that they have already migrated their PeopleSoft system to a cloud hosting provider. Lifting and shifting existing PeopleSoft software to a cloud environment provides the cloud-related benefits noted above, while allowing the respondents to extend the lifespan of their proven, current software releases for many additional years without having to address aging hardware infrastructure challenges.

Challenges with Oracle Support Persist

Finally, the survey underscores that challenges persist with regard to Oracle annual maintenance and support in comparison to the perceived benefit of that support, consistent with findings from a 2019 survey. The number one issue surfaced in the current survey, cited by 56% of all respondents, is the high annual maintenance and support fees charged by Oracle. Additionally, 43% of respondents cited dissatisfaction with the time it takes for Oracle to respond to issues, 43% of respondents noted that they have to escalate priority tickets to get the right expertise, and 16% of respondents were dissatisfied that Oracle annual maintenance and support does not provide support for customizations as a standard feature.

Rimini Street Helps Organizations Take Back Control of PeopleSoft Roadmaps

Rimini Street enables clients to maximize the value and extend the lifespan of current PeopleSoft releases by saving 50% on vendor annual support fees and up to 90% on the total cost of maintenance for PeopleSoft, while supporting their existing PeopleSoft releases for a minimum of an additional 15 years without any forced upgrades or updates. Clients enjoy faster, more comprehensive support including 10-minute response SLAs for critical P1 issues, the industry’s fastest Legislature-to-LiveTM tax, legal and regulatory updates, and support for custom code and integrations, all at no extra cost. With Rimini Street, IT organizations running PeopleSoft are able to leverage immediate budget and time savings to focus on the strategic priorities of their business, without Oracle dictating their roadmap decisions or timing.

“While our PeopleSoft 9.2 software release more than meets our business needs, we were struggling to justify the cost required to support the platform. In comparison to the cost, time and resources required for us to keep up to date on the vendor’s forced updates just to remain in full support, we were not getting sufficient support from the vendor in return,” said Ho Lee, HR and IT Service Team Leader, Kolon Benit. “We moved to Rimini Street Support and now save significantly on our annual maintenance, plus we are guaranteed a minimum of 15 years’ support for our current PeopleSoft software release. This has enabled us to free up significant resource and budget to focus on more strategic initiatives within the business.”

“Our PeopleSoft survey indicates an overall trend that many PeopleSoft licensees are taking steps to maximize the value and extend the useful life of their current PeopleSoft releases, but they need a better support solution that provides more value at a lower cost, and doesn’t require any forced upgrades or updates for years to come,” said Frank Reneke, group vice president and general manager, Oracle Services, Rimini Street. “PeopleSoft licensees who switch to Rimini Street Support can extend the lifespan of their existing release for a minimum of 15 years with no required updates, upgrades or migrations at up to a 90% total maintenance and support cost savings. Tax, legal and regulatory updates and full customization support are included at no additional charge. They can also leverage Rimini Street Application Management Services for PeopleSoft to run their system – creating an efficient, managed ‘turnkey’ solution that integrates operations and support into a single offering, provided by a single, fully-accountable vendor.”

For more information on Rimini Street Support for PeopleSoft click here.

About Rimini Street, Inc.

Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI) is a global provider of enterprise software products and services, the leading third-party support provider for Oracle and SAP software products and a Salesforce partner. The Company offers premium, ultra-responsive and integrated application management and support services that enable enterprise software licensees to save significant costs, free up resources for innovation and achieve better business outcomes. To date, more than 3,500 Fortune 500, Fortune Global 100, midmarket, public sector and other organizations from a broad range of industries have relied on Rimini Street as their trusted application enterprise software products and services provider. To learn more, please visit http://www.riministreet.com, follow @riministreet on Twitter and find Rimini Street on Facebook and LinkedIn.

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1 Marketwire: Oracle Releases Oracle’s PeopleSoft 9.2, March 18, 2013: https://yhoo.it/2Cj1VwV

2 https://questoraclecommunity.org/learn/blogs/peoplesoft-selective-adoption-panel-customer-poll-results/

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Velodyne Lidar Announces Inaugural Trading on Nasdaq Global Select Market

 SAN JOSE, Calif.-Thursday 1 October 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Velodyne Lidar, Inc. (Nasdaq: VLDR, VLDRW) today announced shares of its common stock and warrants have begun trading on The Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbols “VLDR” (common stock) and “VLDRW” (warrants).

Velodyne is the first public pure-play lidar company and is known worldwide for its broad portfolio of breakthrough lidar technologies, including revolutionary sensor and software solutions. These innovative technologies deliver performance, quality and flexibility to meet the needs of a wide range of industries such as autonomous vehicles and growing new markets. Currently, Velodyne serves the automotive industry with its broad product portfolio, providing lidar for high quality advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) as well as for vehicle autonomy.

In addition to serving the automotive market, Velodyne is delivering lidar for new markets including smart city with smart intersections, security, mobile 3D mapping, industrial and factory robotics, smart agriculture, sidewalk delivery, drone/unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and more. There is a growing demand in these new markets as they ramp up business and expand. Velodyne’s lidar solutions are being utilized on a global scale by a highly diversified customer base. The company’s innovative Automated with Velodyne (AwV) program supports an integrator ecosystem to commercialize next-generation autonomous solutions using Velodyne lidar technology. Through the growing AwV program, Velodyne helps more than 65 companies by supporting innovation, promoting applications and creating lasting customer and business relationships.

Earlier this year, Velodyne named Dr. Anand Gopalan as its Chief Executive Officer. Previously serving as Velodyne’s Chief Technology Officer, Gopalan is a seasoned semiconductor executive with experience building and leading global technology companies.

“Today marks another great milestone for Velodyne, which started with the vision and ingenuity of our founder David Hall. We’ve grown into a global lidar powerhouse due to the significant contributions from our employees worldwide,” said Gopalan. “Becoming a public company enables Velodyne to invest more in delivering new transformative autonomous technology and powerful ADAS products to make our world a better place. With our broad portfolio of lidar sensors and revolutionary software, we strive to transform communities by advancing safer mobility for all.”

Jump-Starting the Autonomous Revolution

Hall invented real-time surround view lidar systems in 2005 to provide a precise vision system for autonomous vehicles competing in the DARPA Grand Challenge. Velodyne’s earliest customers, including Ford Motors, GM, Caterpillar and Google, met Hall at the DARPA Grand Challenge. Working closely with these customers, Hall continued innovate, harden and improve the original lidar design for 3D mapping and autonomous driving. Today, almost all major car makers working on safe autonomy have adapted Hall’s technology to spawn their autonomous vehicle programs, making the “autonomous revolution” possible. Other lidar companies emerged in the wake of Velodyne but have been challenged to surpass Velodyne Lidar in quality and brilliance of the original patented invention. One can today point to Hall as the instigator of the autonomous revolution which has the potential to change the direction of transportation and modern life.

The Intellectual Property Owners Education Foundation awarded Hall its 2018 Inventor of the Year award to recognize his many innovation accomplishments. In addition, the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers (Auto Alliance) honored Hall as an Autos2050 award winner.

Velodyne is a leader in intellectual property for lidar technologies and holds an extensive portfolio of patents and patent applications. The company has served more than 300 customers in the automotive and technology industries, including nearly all the leading global automotive original equipment and technology manufacturers. Velodyne has received many industry awards for its achievements. Recent recognitions include Hardware Supplier of the Year in the 2020 TU-Automotive Awards and the prestigious 2019 Automotive News PACE Award.

Advancing Safer Mobility

Velodyne has a long-standing commitment to fostering understanding of the safety and mobility benefits of autonomous solutions to consumer, business, government, public safety and community audiences. The pinnacle of these efforts is Velodyne’s annual World Safety Summit on Autonomous Technology. The event has sparked collaborative work to advance solutions for rolling out autonomy and ADAS with the goal of safer mobility. Velodyne also partners with Mothers Against Drunk Driving and Partners for Automated Vehicle Education on public education about improving safety on roadways.

“Velodyne has the key technology that is enabling safer autonomous mobility,” said Hall. “Velodyne’s mission is to help save lives and move both people and goods more efficiently. We are also excited about the emergence of new markets as innovators discover new ways to use lidar. Today’s achievement of becoming a public company is a testament to our terrific team, our loyal customers, hard-working employees and invaluable investment partners as we ushered in a new vision and world with this technology.”

About Velodyne Lidar

Velodyne Lidar ushered in a new era of autonomous technology with the invention of real-time surround view lidar sensors. Velodyne is the first public pure-play lidar company and is known worldwide for its broad portfolio of breakthrough lidar technologies. Velodyne’s revolutionary sensor and software solutions provide flexibility, quality and performance to meet the needs of a wide range of industries. Through continuous innovation, Velodyne strives to transform lives and communities by advancing safer mobility for all.

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Contacts

Investor Relations

Andrew Hamer

Chief Financial Officer

InvestorRelations@velodyne.com

Media

Landis Communications Inc.

Sean Dowdall

(415) 286-7121

velodyne@landispr.com

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Availability and Usage of Digital Services to Accelerate in Emerging Markets

 SAO PAULO-Thursday 1 October 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- E-commerce sales in emerging markets recorded a 30% growth in 2014-2019, reaching US$834 billion, according to global market research company Euromonitor International.

In its new report “Identifying Digital Trends in Emerging Markets” Euromonitor examines how the pandemic impacted the availability and usage of online services in developing economies.

“The pandemic prompted an environment in emerging markets where brands can compete for the growing segment of consumers that are now willing to increase their usage of digital services,” comments Karinne Lelouch, consultant at Euromonitor International.

According to Euromonitor International’s Voice of the Industry: COVID-19 Survey, 60% of business professionals in developing countries believe that consumers will increase online shopping and reduce in-store shopping in the mid-term or permanently.

Emerging markets must develop efficient online payment systems for e-commerce players to succeed. However, financial inclusion remains a challenge in countries like Peru, Argentina and Egypt, where more than 50% of the population is unbanked, and cash is often the only payment option.

“Retailers will keep improving their omnichannel experience to meet new consumer needs in 2020 and beyond,” adds Gustavo Gomez, senior consultant at Euromonitor International. “The digital industry has become even more attractive for investors and competitors trying to meet the rapidly growing demand.”

Download Euromonitor International’s free report to understand the challenges of digitalisation and opportunities to improve online experiences in emerging markets.

About Euromonitor International

Euromonitor International is the world’s leading provider for global business intelligence, market analysis and consumer insights. From local to global and tactical to strategic, our research solutions support decisions on how, where and when to grow your business. Find the right report, database or custom solution to validate priorities, redirect assumptions and uncover new opportunities. With offices around the world, analysts in over 100 countries, the latest data science techniques and market research on every key trend and driver, we help you make sense of global markets.

Contacts

Adriana Sandoval

Communications Executive - Euromonitor International

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adriana.sandoval@euromonitor.com

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GA Telesis Plans to Deliver Renewed Confidence in Air Travel Through its New Global Distribution Agreement with Honeywell for a State-of-the-Art UV Cabin Cleaning System

 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.-Thursday 1 October 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- In an effort to help restore confidence to the flying public, GA Telesis, LLC, has teamed with Honeywell and entered into a distribution agreement to act as a global distributor for their UV Aircraft Cabin Cleaning system. This partnership is another step in the development of GA Telesis’ Tarmac Solutions Group's ability to offer a fully comprehensive Specialized Tooling and Ground Support Equipment solution for airlines around the world.

This cabin system utilizes Ultraviolet (UV) light to quickly traverse an aircraft cabin, galleys & lavatories in less than ten minutes. In addition to measures already being taken by airlines in flight like the use of cabin air exchange and HEPA filters, this new system, when properly applied, reduces certain viruses and bacteria on airplane cabin surfaces and can assist in creating a cleaner environment for passengers and crew after the airplane lands and before each flight. The UV cabin cleaning system is intended to help instill confidence to business and leisure travelers as air traffic continues to rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic.

“From the beginning of this pandemic, the GA Telesis Flight Solutions Group team wanted to be a part of the solution in getting people back on airplanes. This new product helps do just that,” said Jason Reed, President of the Flight Solutions Group. "Our partnership with Honeywell has been strong for years, and we are excited to work with them by adding this new product line to our Tarmac Solutions Group toolbox.”

“Since we launched the Honeywell UV Cabin System just a few months ago we have seen immediate and continuing interest from airlines around the world,” said Brian Davis, vice president of sales, Honeywell Aerospace. “This agreement with GA Telesis will help us more quickly and efficiently deliver this much-needed technology to airlines and operators across the globe with a trusted channel partner that has established airline relationships.”

About GA Telesis

GA Telesis is the leading provider of integrated services in the commercial aviation industry. Consisting of global operations encompassing Leasing/Financing, Component Solutions, and MRO Services, and Turbine Engine Repair, as well as digital solutions, the GA Telesis Ecosystem™ provides an unparalleled resource to airlines.

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Contacts

Cathy Moabery, 954-676-3111, marketing@gatelesis.com

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Moody’s Analytics Wins Stevie Award for Technical Innovation in COVID-19 Solutions

 NEW YORK-Wednesday 30 September 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Moody’s Analytics has won in the 2020 International Business Awards®, earning a Bronze Stevie® Award for “Most Valuable Technical Innovation” (one of several “COVID-19 Response” categories). Winners in this category were recognized for “technical innovations (non-medical) developed since the beginning of 2020 to ameliorate the impact of the COVID-19 virus.”

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Beginning in April we launched a host of solutions aimed at helping business leaders and market participants address challenges presented by the pandemic. Several of these new offerings contributed to our winning this award:

Know Your Supplier Portal: Used by healthcare providers to identify and screen suppliers of medical equipment and PPE. The portal lets users search a global database of “risk-relevant entities” to determine whether potential vendors have a history of fraud or other illicit activity.

Free Online Portal for PPP Loans: Helping banks streamline loan origination and forgiveness processes. Institutions using the portal can digitally gather the required documents and information, track the status of borrowers and their documents in real time, and receive alerts on each submission.

COVID-19 CRE Impact Dashboard: Informing commercial real estate market participants. This visual mapping tool provides access to economic, property and construction data as well as analytics and insights for each of the different CRE property types.

Coronavirus Pulse: Enabling COVID-19 news sentiment analysis. Coronavirus Pulse uses machine learning and natural language processing to find news articles related to COVID-19; identify companies, sector-specific themes, and events that are mentioned; and assign adverse, neutral, or positive “article” and “credit” sentiment to each story.

“The unprecedented implications of the pandemic have made identifying risk even more critical—and more challenging. We’re proud to supply decision-makers across industries with the timely and relevant information they need right now,” said Keith Berry, Executive Director at Moody’s Analytics. “Winning a Stevie® award for ‘Most Valuable Technical Innovation’ is great recognition of all of the innovative work our teams do to combine advanced data, analytics, and technologies into easy-to-use solutions.”

Learn more about the 2020 International Business Awards.

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Moody’s Analytics provides financial intelligence and analytical tools to help business leaders make better, faster decisions. Our deep risk expertise, expansive information resources, and innovative application of technology help our clients confidently navigate an evolving marketplace. We are known for our industry-leading and award-winning solutions, made up of research, data, software, and professional services, assembled to deliver a seamless customer experience. We create confidence in thousands of organizations worldwide, with our commitment to excellence, open mindset approach, and focus on meeting customer needs. For more information about Moody’s Analytics, visit our website or connect with us on Twitter or LinkedIn.

Moody's Analytics, Inc. is a subsidiary of Moody's Corporation (NYSE: MCO). Moody’s Corporation reported revenue of $4.8 billion in 2019, employs approximately 11,200 people worldwide and maintains a presence in 40 countries.

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