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Progress Awarded 2020 SoftwareReviews Gold Medal for Managed File Transfer
Based on user feedback, Progress MOVEit ranked first in breadth of features, usability and intuitiveness BEDFORD, Mass., June 02, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Progress (NASDAQ: PRGS), the leading provider of application development and digital experience technologies, today announced that SoftwareReviews, a division of IT research and advisory firm Info-Tech Research Group, has named Progress® MOVEit® a Gold Medal winner of the 2020 Managed File Transfer Data Quadrant1 Awards. This is the second consecutive year MOVEit has been given this designation. The SoftwareReviews Data Quadrant Awards recognize outstanding vendors in the technology marketplace as evaluated by their users annually. MOVEit was one of nine managed file transfer (MFT) solutions evaluated, based on more than 670 customer reviews. MOVEit ranked first or second …
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Workplace and supply chain risks from COVID-19 having significant impact on power sector, according to Willis Towers Watson
LONDON, June 02, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pressures on workforce availability and maintaining supply chains arising from COVID-19 are proving challenging to the power sector, according to Willis Towers Watson (NASDAQ: WLTW), a leading global advisory, broking, and solutions company, at the launch of its Power Market Review. Additionally, the increasing focus on Environmental Social Governance (ESG) is also having a significant impact on future power sector risk management strategies. The report outlines how the COVID-19 pandemic presents some unique risks to the power sector that must be managed effectively to maintain reliable supply. The report highlights key risks such as reduced electrical demands, moratoriums on construction projects, availability of personnel and travel restrictions which are impacting access to operating …
Does ESG investing really have an influence on companies?
Press Release – Boston, London, Nice, Paris, Singapore, Tokyo, June 2, 2020 Does ESG investing really have an influence on companies? Research questions integrated and score-based strategy on the risk of mixed message sent to companies What motivates equity ESG investment strategies is the ability to influence the behaviour of companies through the portfolio decisions that they lead to. To this end, it is often argued that an investor who is dissatisfied with a company’s ESG behaviour, and who wishes to remedy the situation, needs to stay on as its shareholder and engage with it. Indeed it is believed that if the investor divests from the company, its influence over the company will cease. Moreover, the act of divesting is …
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