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Montreal, Quebec, Dec. 02, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via NewMediaWire — Vision Marine Technologies, Inc., (Nasdaq: “VMAR”) (“Vision” or the “Company”), the leading provider of electric technology in the design and manufacture of the first fully electric powertrain outboard motor (E-Motion) and electric power boats, announced today the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Alex Mongeon, will ring the virtual Nasdaq Closing Bell to celebrate the Company’s listing to the Nasdaq Capital Markets.

“The listing of our Company on the Nasdaq represents a significant milestone in our growth,” stated Alex Mongeon, Co-Founder & CEO of Vision.  “We believe this listing will increase our visibility in the marketplace, broaden and diversify our shareholder base, and ultimately enhance long-term shareholder value.  I would like to thank our employees, directors, and partners for their hard work in making Vision a member of the Nasdaq exchange, an important step that will help facilitate the continued advancement of our pipeline.”

The event can be viewed live at livestream: https://livestream.com/accounts/27896496/events/9409759 starting at 3:30 pm E.T. and ending with the bell ringing at 4:00 pm E.T. on the Nasdaq Market site Tower.

About Vision Marine Technologies

Vision Marine Technologies, Inc., strives to change and be a contributing factor in fighting the problem of waterway pollution by disrupting the boating industry with electric power, contributing to zero pollution, zero emission, wave less water, and a noiseless environment.

Our flagship outboard powertrain (E-Motion) is the first fully electric outboard powertrain system that combines an advanced battery pack, inverter, and high efficiency motor with proprietary union assembly between the transmission and the electric motor design and extensive control software. Our E-Motion technologies used in this powertrain system are designed to improve the efficiency of the outboard powertrain and, as a result, increase range and performance.

Vision continues to design, innovate, manufacture, and sell our handcrafted, high performance, environmentally friendly, electric recreational powerboats to recreational customers.

The design and technology applied to our boats results in far greater and enhanced performance, higher speeds, and longer range. Simply stated, a smoother ride than a traditional ICE motorboat. 

Forward-Looking Statements

The statements contained in this press release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements.  The forward-looking statements are subject to various risks, uncertainties, assumptions, or changes in circumstances that are different to predict or quantify. Actual results may differ materially from these expectations due to changes in global, regional, or local economic, business, competitive, market, regulatory and other factors, many of which are beyond Vision’s control. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements are set forth in Vision’s filings with the SEC, including its registration statement on Form F-1, as amended from time to time, under the caption “Risk Factors.” Any forward-looking statement in this press release speaks only as of the date of this release. Vision undertakes no obligation to publicly update or review any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as may be required by any applicable securities laws.

For further information, please contact:

Bruce Nurse, Investor Relations

(800) 871-4274

[email protected]

https://visionmarinetechnologies.com

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Dec. 02, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Nextiva, an industry leader in business communications, introduces the latest release of the NextOS platform, completing its transformation to a true platform company. With the newest version of NextOS, Nextiva will deliver fully integrated communication applications with business software along with AI and workflow automations.

Nextiva is the only unified communications company that enables an open-system in the NextOS platform – a single powerful platform with phone, email, chat, and SMS that brings all communications into one place – and eliminates multiple and fragmented applications. With the ability to add native apps and the most popular third party applications and services a company uses, NextOS brings enterprise-grade performance to businesses of all sizes.

Nextiva is the only company that is unifying business communications and internal communications in one modern platform, making it seamless for teams to work together and with customers.

The NextOS platform’s simplicity for end-users and the IT back end makes it so all teams including distributed staff can turn on and work from anywhere, while the IT integrators can make the process technically seamless.

Enterprise-Grade Reliability and Performance

The distributed workforce requires high-performance communication and automated collaboration. With the NextOS platform, Nextiva delivers a cloud-based system that is faster, reliable, and more secure for today’s business realities. With many communication touchpoints and the ability to communicate, collaborate, and manage in one dashboard, NextOS makes the whole process easy-to-use and intuitive.

“With employees and university members across the Pac-12 region, we needed a system that would allow us to connect with our 12 member universities and our vast number of vendors and partners,” said Steve Tseng, Executive Vice President, Pac-12 Networks. “We will be using Nextiva communication products and Nextiva customer management solutions to help run the Pac-12 better and provide relationship data and real-time context for our staff.”

Nextiva is a platform created to bring communications, business applications, intelligence, and automation to help any business communicate with customers and teams.

“With the new release of NextOS, we are taking big steps toward what we envision for the future of customer and team communication” said Tomas Gorny, CEO and co-founder, Nextiva. “After our internal piloting and onboarding 100 beta customers early this year, we are making NextOS available for companies of all sizes to connect teams and customers on a single platform.”

“Nextiva brings innovative communications and collaboration services to businesses of all sizes,” said Jim Lundy, CEO, and Lead Analyst, Aragon Research. “With all the tools in one place, businesses in a wide range of industries can begin to develop deeper connections with customers. With a performant price model and strong platform, enterprise organizations should evaluate Nextiva and its NextOS platform for cloud-managed communications and collaboration deployments.”

“This NextOS release is our first step – one that sets Nextiva on a rapid innovation path” added Gorny. “With over 1 billion conversations on our platform, our scale gives us the ability to bring predictions and intelligence to businesses. The goal for NextOS is to enable better conversations and smarter decisions for all businesses.”

The New Era of Business Communications:

• Connect Communications: A single powerful platform with phone, email, chat, and SMS that captures and analyzes all data for every interaction.
• Deliver Better Experiences: Intelligent tools are at your fingertips. Streamline sales pipelines, manage service cases, and proactively resolve issues.
• Make Smarter Decisions: Nextiva tracks data from each interaction, so you can make decisions based on their customer impact.
• Have Better Conversations: Nextiva delivers deep customer insight in real time to make discussions context rich and more effective.
• Know Your Customers: Not all customers are alike. NextOS tracks every customer’s sentiment, experience and gets feedback about their journey in real-time.
• Actively Engage: Delight customers by sending the right message at the right time. Use customer journeys to automate personalized messages that scale effortlessly.
• Automate Workflows: Reduce manual steps to increase efficiency. Deliver excellent customer experiences consistently.

NextOS platform is available for purchase today. For further news and information about Nextiva, please visit Nextiva.com and follow our blog, Twitter, and LinkedIn pages.

About Nextiva

Nextiva is a business communications company dedicated to empowering organizations to manage their communications, productivity, and customer relationships on a truly unified platform. Learn more at www.nextiva.com.

PRESS CONTACT

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TORONTO, Dec. 02, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Magnet, a not-for-profit social innovation platform that connects Canadians to opportunities, is helping employers and students find their perfect match. Magnet is one of the partners facilitating the Government of Canada’s Student Work Placement Program (SWPP), which subsidizes work-integrated learning for post-secondary students in small to medium-sized businesses across Canada, including in Ontario.

As part of Canada’s economic recovery and to stay competitive in the wake of COVID-19, businesses will need talent with practical experience and future-relevant skills. According to The Conference Board of Canada, one of the most promising ways to do this is by expanding access to work-integrated learning. SWPP provides an opportunity for employers to access early talent while offsetting costs, and for students to gain paid work experience in relevant fields.

Through Outcome Campus Connect, created in partnership with Orbis Communications, Magnet facilitates connections to a broad range of placement programs across all sectors and fields of study. Students with a Co-op or other work-integrated learning components in their study plan can use Outcome Campus Connect to find an opportunity for paid work experience, giving them a unique advantage upon graduation.

“Our goal is to support both students looking for meaningful experiential learning opportunities and employers in finding the right talent,” says Mark Patterson, Executive Director, Magnet. “The wage subsidy available through our partnership with SWPP is the additional benefit they need right now.”

Through Magnet and Outcome Campus Connect, employers can register, get pre-approved for funding, and post a job. With Outcome Campus Connect postings, employers can reach students at university and college job boards across Canada and can target specific schools, programs, and geographic regions. Funded by the Government of Canada, SWPP allows eligible employers to be reimbursed for up to 75% of wages (to a maximum of $7,500) for each placement.

“A strong economic recovery depends on our students and youth being able to get the right education, training and work experience,” says Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion Carla Qualtrough. “Partners like Magnet who will be working with employers across Canada, including in Ontario, to provide post-secondary students with meaningful placement opportunities will go a long way in ensuring students are ready and confident to kick start their career upon graduation. The Government of Canada is proud to be able to support major projects like this one through the Student Work Placement Program.”

Placements can be full or part time. Magnet has 1,500 placements reserved for employers in Canada’s healthcare sector.

Funding information: https://swpp.magnet.today/  
Employer registration: https://campusconnect.magnet.today/  
Student registration: https://outcomecampusconnect.ca/ 

LinkedIn: MagnetToday | Twitter: @MagnetToday | Facebook: MagnetToday

About Magnet:

Magnet is a digital social innovation platform, founded at Ryerson University. Through the Magnet Network, our mission is to accelerate inclusive economic growth for all in Canada by advancing careers, businesses and communities.

The Magnet Network includes all relevant stakeholders involved in fostering economic growth and opportunity, including community partners, employers, post-secondary job boards, and job seekers across Canada. Magnet’s intelligent job matching technology connects job seekers to opportunities and helps businesses find relevant and timely growth opportunities.

Created through a partnership of Magnet and Orbis Communications, Outcome Campus Connect is Canada’s largest online campus recruiting platform.

For further information:

Dave Bennett
Xposure PR
[email protected]
905.339.6668

Progress recognized for CHRO of the Year, achievements in Internal Comm
unications
, 

C
orporate Social Responsibility
,
COVID-19 Response
and Best Employer

BEDFORD, Mass., Dec. 02, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Progress (NASDAQ: PRGS), the leading provider of products to develop, deploy and manage high-impact business applications, today announced it has been recognized by multiple, highly regarded organizations for its work in corporate social responsibility (CSR) and as a best employer. Progress has secured 14 related awards since the start of 2020.

“I am extremely proud of the work we have done over the last year and the acknowledgements we have received,” said Yogesh Gupta, CEO, Progress. “We have a truly amazing group of people here and the way we’ve come together through the COVID-19 pandemic, to take a stance against social injustice and to give back to the communities that have supported us for so many years is remarkable.”

Progress and its employees have long been actively involved in working to make the world a better place through a diverse array of cultural, philanthropic and environmental initiatives. As an organization, Progress firmly believes that it is important to consider the social and environmental impact of business and to create social and corporate value for the benefit of the community.

The full list of awards and accolades includes:

• Fo
  r
  bes Business Awards – “Employer of 2020”
• Stevie Awards for Women in Business

○  “Communications or PR Campaign of the Year – Corporate Responsibility” (Gold)
○  “Women Helping Women – Business” for Lilia Messechkova, Senior Director, Software Engineering (Bronze)

• CEO World Awards® — “Company Response of the Year” for COVID-19 (Silver)
• Stevie Awards for Great Employers

○  “Most Valuable Employer for COVID-19 Response” (Silver)
○  “Achievement in Internal Communications” (Gold)
○  “Best CSR Strategy” for Progress for Tomorrow (Silver)
○  “Chief Human Resources Officer of the Year” for Katie Kulikoski, Chief People Officer (Gold)

• International CSR Excellence Awards (Bronze)
• ARS Bulgaria –“Best Employer in Bulgaria in 2019”
• b2b Media Employer Branding Awards

○  “Best Employer Branding Video” (1^st place)
○  “Innovation in Talent Management” (2^nd place)

• Honors from SOS Children’s Villages for being a long-term and true corporate partner
• The American University in Bulgaria honors for Progress’ work providing two Women in Tech scholarships for female students

In 2020 alone, Progress has donated $200,000 to COVID-19 and social justice related charities. It has also joined the Tech Compact for Social Justice created by MassTLC and established two scholarships for women in STEM. Progress has been steadfast in its commitment to inclusion and diversity, cultural awareness and in supporting a corporate culture founded on equality for all.

To learn more about Progress’ CSR program, Progress for Tomorrow, click here.

Additional Resources

• Follow Progress on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn
• Read the Progress blog

About Progress

Progress (NASDAQ: PRGS) provides the best products to develop, deploy and manage high-impact business applications. Our comprehensive product stack is designed to make technology teams more productive and we have a deep commitment to the open source community. With Progress, organizations can accelerate the creation and delivery of strategic business applications, automate the process by which apps are configured, deployed and scaled, and make critical data and content more accessible and secure—leading to competitive differentiation and business success. Over 1,700 independent software vendors, 100,000+ enterprise customers, and a three-million-strong developer community rely on Progress to power their applications. Learn about Progress at www.progress.com or +1-800-477-6473. 

Progress
is a
trademark or registered trademark of Progress Software Corporation and/or one of its subsidiaries or affiliates in the US and other countries. Any other trademarks contained herein are the property of their respective owners.

Press Contacts:

Kim Baker
Progress
+1 781-280-4000
[email protected]

ꟷ
2

^nd

Gen AMD EPYC™ CPUs and AMD Radeon™ Pro GPUs power new Amazon EC2 G4ad Instance with up to 40% better graphics performance ꟷ

ꟷ Amazon GameLift leverages the power of 2

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Gen AMD EPYC™ processors for game server hosting solution ꟷ

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 02, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —

AMD
(NASDAQ: AMD) announced Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) has expanded its AMD-based offerings with a new cloud instance for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2): Amazon EC2 G4ad instances for graphics-optimized workloads. With this new instance, AMD now powers eight Amazon EC2 instance families across 20 global AWS Regions. AMD also announced that Amazon GameLift, a fully managed dedicated game server hosting solution, is now providing its video game hosting customers access to AMD EPYC processor-based Amazon EC2 C5a, M5a and R5a instances.

“Today we build on the strong collaboration between AMD and AWS, which started in 2017. This expansion of our cooperation is a proof point of the continued performance and capabilities that AMD provides its customers,” said Forrest Norrod, senior vice president and general manager, Data Center and Embedded Solutions Group, AMD. “Amazon EC2 G4ad instances are the first powered by both AMD EPYC CPUs and Radeon Pro GPUs, and adding to the existing EPYC processor-based instances, they exemplify the ways in which AMD CPUs and GPUs provide fantastic performance and price/performance for AWS customers.”

“The high-performance capabilities of the AMD EPYC CPUs and Radeon Pro GPUs are enabling AWS to create a new graphics-focused instance that help us keep our leadership price/performance offerings that our customers expect,” said David Brown, Vice President, Amazon EC2, Amazon Web Services, Inc. “We’re delighted to continue this great collaboration with AMD, enabling the Amazon EC2 G4ad instances to provide the industry’s best price performance for graphics-intensive applications.”

New Amazon EC2 G4ad Instance

Featuring 2^nd Gen AMD EPYC CPUs and AMD Radeon™ Pro V520 GPUs, the new G4ad instance, which will be available later this month, is the first AWS instance powered by both 7nm AMD CPUs and GPUs.

• G4ad is built to support graphics-intensive workloads and can provide customers with up to 45 percent better price performance and 40 percent better graphics performance, for critical workstation-class applications and real-time game engines, compared to existing GPU based, Amazon EC2 G4dn instances.
• Based on the AMD RDNA architecture, the AMD Radeon™ Pro V520 GPUs can deliver highly responsive, cloud-based workstation-class experiences for the most demanding workloads with enterprise-grade reliability.
• These instances also come with AMD Radeon™ Pro Software for Enterprise at no additional cost, offering support for professionals working with workstation applications and the latest graphic APIs, like DirectX®, OpenGL® and Vulkan® offering professional-grade graphics rendering for virtual workstations.

You can learn more about the AMD and AWS collaboration in this video interview between AMD CEO Lisa Su and AWS Vice President of Amazon EC2, David Brown, which will go live on December 2 at 12:30pm PT as part of the AWS Virtual re:Invent sessions.

Amazon GameLift

Amazon GameLift is now providing its video game hosting customers access on the AMD EPYC based Amazon EC2 C5a, M5a and R5a instances to provide great price/performance capabilities to its video game server hosting customers.

With AMD EPYC processors, developers can use Amazon GameLift to deploy, operate, and scale dedicated high-performance servers for multiplayer games at up to 10 percent lower cost over comparable instances. You can read more about the Amazon GameLift service supporting AMD EPYC processor-based instances here.

Supporting Resources

• Learn more about the 2^nd Gen AMD EPYC™ Processor
• Learn more about AMD Radeon™ Pro V520
• Learn more about the Amazon EC2 G4ad Instance
• Learn more about AWS Workloads Solutions Validated by AMD
• Follow AMD on Twitter

About AMD

For more than 50 years AMD has driven innovation in high-performance computing, graphics and visualization technologies ― the building blocks for gaming, immersive platforms and the data center. Hundreds of millions of consumers, leading Fortune 500 businesses and cutting-edge scientific research facilities around the world rely on AMD technology daily to improve how they live, work and play. AMD employees around the world are focused on building great products that push the boundaries of what is possible. For more information about how AMD is enabling today and inspiring tomorrow, visit the AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) website, blog, Facebook and Twitter pages.

©2020 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reserved. AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, EPYC, Radeon, RDNA, and combinations thereof are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. PCIe is a registered trademark of PCI-SIG Corporation. DirectX is either a registered trademark or trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the US and/or other countries. OpenGL® and the oval logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Hewlett Packard Enterprise in the United States and/or other countries worldwide. Vulkan and the Vulkan logo are registered trademarks of the Khronos Group Inc. AWS is a trademark of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates in the United States and/or other countries Other product names used in this publication are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective companies.

Contacts:
Aaron Grabein
AMD Communications
+1 512-602-8950
[email protected]

Laura Graves
AMD Investor Relations
+1 408-749-5467
[email protected]

NEW YORK, Dec. 02, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Apollo Global Management, Inc. (NYSE: APO) (together with its consolidated subsidiaries, “Apollo”), announced today that Leon Black, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, will present virtually at the Goldman Sachs 2020 US Financial Services Conference on Wednesday, December 9, 2020 at 1:20 pm ET.

A live webcast of the presentation will be available on the Stockholders section of Apollo’s website at https://www.apollo.com/stockholders. For those unable to listen to the live webcast, a replay will be available on Apollo’s website shortly after the event.

About Apollo

Apollo is a leading global alternative investment manager with offices in New York, Los Angeles, San Diego, Houston, Bethesda, London, Frankfurt, Madrid, Luxembourg, Mumbai, Delhi, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Tokyo. Apollo had assets under management of approximately $433 billion as of September 30, 2020 in credit, private equity and real assets funds invested across a core group of nine industries where Apollo has considerable knowledge and resources. For more information about Apollo, please visit www.apollo.com.

Contact Information
For investor inquiries regarding Apollo:

Peter Mintzberg
Head of Investor Relations
Apollo Global Management, Inc.
212-822-0528
[email protected]

Ann Dai
Investor Relations Manager
Apollo Global Management, Inc.
212-822-0678
[email protected]

For media inquiries regarding Apollo:

Joanna Rose
Global Head of Corporate Communications
Apollo Global Management, Inc.
212-822-0491
[email protected]

HOUSTON, Dec. 02, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Occidental (NYSE:OXY) today announced the release of its 2020 Climate Report, which provides a pathway detailing milestones to achieve its net-zero aspirations. The report, which is available on oxy.com, also provides an overview of progress on its commitments, climate-related governance and risk management processes and systems, planning and execution of climate strategies, and metrics and targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

“We are leveraging our expertise in carbon management and storage — with the vision of achieving net-zero in our operational and energy-use emissions by 2040 and an ambition for our total emissions inventory by 2050,” said President and CEO Vicki Hollub. “We will do this through innovation that reduces the impact of our and others’ operations in ways that benefit and expand our business.”

About Occidental

Occidental
is an international energy company with operations in the United States, Middle East, Africa and Latin America. We are one of the largest oil producers in the U.S., including a leading producer in the Permian and DJ basins, and offshore Gulf of Mexico. Our midstream and marketing segment provides flow assurance and maximizes the value of our oil and gas. Our chemical subsidiary OxyChem manufactures the building blocks for life-enhancing products. Our Oxy Low Carbon Ventures subsidiary is advancing leading-edge technologies and business solutions that economically grow our business while reducing emissions. We are committed to using our global leadership in carbon dioxide management to advance a lower-carbon world. Visit oxy.com for more information.

Contacts
Media		Investors
Melissa E. Schoeb		Jeff Alvarez
713-366-5615		713-215-7864
[email protected]		[email protected]

Large 80-unit order for the company’s ESI^® CapStone™ system will help a leading flex PCB processor in Greater China address 5G-related processing challenges.

PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 02, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MKS Instruments, Inc. (NASDAQ: MKSI), a global provider of technologies that enable advanced processes and improve productivity, today announced that a leading PCB manufacturing customer in the Greater China region has purchased 80 units of the company’s ESI CapStone system for near-term delivery. CapStone is MKS’ latest flexible PCB laser processing system. It leverages the latest high-power, high-repetition rate laser technology and new beam control capabilities to deliver higher production throughput and higher yields.

“CapStone has definitely been a game changer,” said John Williams, Vice President and General Manager of MKS’ Equipment and Solutions division. “As Flex PCB manufacturers continue to upgrade their processing capabilities to address new technologies such as 5G, the CapStone system is enabling them to take advantage of latest-generation laser technology to stay current in a very competitive market.”

CapStone’s high-speed laser technology and unique beam positioning combine to allow manufacturers to meet the challenges associated with processing an increasingly-diverse set of flex PCBs at high yields, including 5G antennas and feedlines, wireless charging circuits, displays, cameras, and many other flex applications. With its significant throughput gains, process flexibility, and proven robust deployment even at large scale, CapStone reduces factory footprint and time to market for flex manufacturers to achieve the production capacity necessary to meet their accelerating flex demand.

About MKS Instruments

MKS Instruments, Inc. is a global provider of instruments, systems, subsystems and process control solutions that measure, monitor, deliver, analyze, power and control critical parameters of advanced manufacturing processes to improve process performance and productivity for our customers. Our products are derived from our core competencies in pressure measurement and control, flow measurement and control, gas and vapor delivery, gas composition analysis, electronic control technology, reactive gas generation and delivery, power generation and delivery, vacuum technology, lasers, photonics, optics, precision motion control, vibration control and laser-based manufacturing systems solutions. We also provide services relating to the maintenance and repair of our products, installation services and training. Our primary served markets include semiconductor, industrial technologies, life and health sciences, research and defense. Additional information can be found at www.mksinst.com.

About
the
ESI
Brand

ESI^® is a brand within the MKS Instruments Equipment & Solutions Division. The ESI portfolio consists of laser-based micro manufacturing systems and component test systems that are used worldwide by manufacturers in the electronics industry to process the materials and components that are an integral part of the electronic devices and systems in use today. Leveraging over 40 years of laser-material interaction expertise and applied laser technology, ESI solutions enable customers to optimize production by providing more control, greater application flexibility and more precise processing of a wide range of materials. The result is higher production quality, increased throughput and higher back-end yields at a lower total cost-of-ownership. Additional information can be found at www.esi.com.

ESI is a registered trademark of MKS Instruments, Inc. All other trade names referenced are the service marks, trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

MKS
Contact:

Dale Paulin
Marketing Operations Manager
Phone: 503-671-5510
Email: [email protected]

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 02, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — John Maddison, EVP of Products and CMO at Fortinet
“The convergence of OT and IT is changing the way many organizations do business and is also opening up new security risks. It is essential that OT organizations implement security-driven networking solutions that deliver secure, reliable connectivity even in remote and harsh environments. The FortiGate Rugged 60F platform delivers Secure SD-WAN to enable OT system owners to confidently embrace digital innovation while sustaining safe and continuous operations. This news continues Fortinet’s commitment to making Secure SD-WAN available for all network edges and verticals.”

News Summary

Fortinet® (NASDAQ: FTNT), a global leader in broad, integrated and automated cybersecurity solutions, today announced the FortiGate Rugged 60F and FortiGate Rugged 60F with built-in LTE next-generation firewalls, the industry’s first secure SD-WAN appliances certified to perform in operational technology (OT) environments. Built for non-environmentally controlled sites, these new ruggedized versions of the FortiGate platform enable the easy deployment of Fortinet’s industry leading Secure SD-WAN solution in locations never before possible for OT organizations in industries such as utilities and energy, manufacturing, and transportation.

OT Networks Require Specialized Solutions

Fundamental shifts are occurring in the way operational environments generate and collect data. In industries like manufacturing, power and utilities, oil and gas and other critical infrastructure, their distributed locations have traditionally relied on expensive leased lines or MPLS circuits to provide secure, reliable communications. SD-WAN has emerged as a modern solution for OT organizations to realize better user experience, simplified management and lower total cost of ownership, but adopting this technology requires a solution that meets the specific needs of OT environments, including space, power, security, and environmental requirements.

Fortinet
Takes
SD-WAN Where
I
t’s Never Gone Before

To address the unique concerns of OT organizations, Fortinet is releasing the FortiGate Rugged 60F and FortiGate Rugged 60F with built-in LTE, ruggedized versions of the FortiGate 60 series – the fastest, most powerful desktop Secure SD-WAN appliance and best-selling next-generation firewall with over 1.65 million units sold worldwide. The FortiGate Rugged 60F platform is a first-of-its-kind appliance that delivers the following features to support OT environments in safely and securely deploying SD-WAN:

• Small Footprint: The FortiGate Rugged 60F combines industry-leading SD-WAN, advanced routing and next-generation firewall security in a single, compact form factor, enabling it to be deployed in space-sensitive environments. This has the additional benefit of reducing costs and simplifying operations for network analysts.
• Flexible
  M
  ounting and Power: The FortiGate Rugged 60F is designed specifically for deployment in smaller OT sites that require different mounting and power options than found in traditional IT wiring closets.
• Built Tough: The FortiGate Rugged 60F is specifically designed to function in harsh environmental conditions, such as extreme temperatures, electromagnetic interference, high moisture, and extreme or constant vibration.
• Built-in LTE connectivity: For remote locations, the FortiGate Rugged 60F comes with an option for built-in LTE to provide an additional WAN connectivity option as well as easier deployment and operation.

Fortinet Delivers Industry
L
eading Performance
for
OT

In addition to being the only Secure SD-WAN appliance certified for operational technology environments, the FortiGate Rugged 60F platform delivers the industry’s highest security and networking performance. Powered by Fortinet’s patented SOC4 SD-WAN ASIC, the FortiGate Rugged 60F platform delivers low-latency protection, including SSL decryption, and higher IPsec VPN scale on top of integrated SD-WAN capabilities that are all managed by Fortinet’s intuitive SD-WAN orchestrator. Fortinet’s solution is also backed by industry validation. Fortinet has been named a Leader in both the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Network Firewalls¹ and the Gartner Magic Quadrant for WAN Edge Infrastructure². Fortinet’s newest ruggedized appliances are also backed by 20 years of industry experience delivering solutions that fit the unique needs, requirements, and constraints of operational technology environments.

Security-driven
N
etworking
for O
perational
T
echnology

Fortinet delivers a Security-driven Networking approach to SD-WAN, converging networking and security into a unified Secure SD-WAN solution with centralized orchestration. Combined with the Fortinet Security Fabric, this gives customers one solution that covers the entire converged IT-OT network to close OT security gaps, deliver full visibility, and provide simplified management. The entire FortiGate product line delivers cybersecurity control and visibility into OT networks, with today’s announcement of a ruggedized version extending these capabilities to allow deployments on oil rigs, electrical substations, assembly lines, maritime cargos, and other harsh environmental conditions.

Supporting Quote

“We cannot allow an operational error or an external attack, because we have people working all the time, 24×7. The implementation of a security solution in our critical infrastructure, such as Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, has become essential.”
– Andrés Koper, Plant Maintenance Manager, Sullair Argentina

“Operational Technology customers require secure solutions for their digital innovation initiatives. Schneider Electric’s Cybersecurity Services group delivers solutions with technology that best fits our customers’ needs. Partnering with Fortinet enables us to help our OT customers safely deploy SD-WAN with all-in-one secure solutions that reduce operating costs and simplify management.”
-Jay Abdallah, VP Cybersecurity Services, Schneider Electric 

Additional Resources

• Read the blog to find out more about FortiGate Rugged 60F next-generation firewalls and how Fortinet supports the convergence of OT and IT.
• Learn more about securing critical infrastructure with Fortinet.
• Find out how the Fortinet Security Fabric platform delivers broad, integrated, and automated protection across an organization’s entire digital infrastructure.
• Learn more about FortiGuard Labs threat intelligence and research and the FortiGuard Security Subscriptions and Services portfolio.
• Learn more about Fortinet’s Network Security Expert (NSE) Training Institute, including its free cybersecurity training initiative, the NSE Certification Program, Security Academy Program and Veterans Program.
• Read more about how Fortinet customers are securing their organizations.
• Engage in the Fortinet User Community (Fuse). Share ideas and feedback, learn more about our products and technology, and connect with peers.
• Follow Fortinet on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram. 

¹

Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Network Firewalls,
9
November 2020,
Rajpreet
Kaur, Adam
Hils
, Jeremy
D’Hoinne

²

Gartner, Magic Quadrant for WAN Edge Infrastructure, 23 September 2020, Jonathan Forest
,
Andrew Lerner
,
Naresh Singh

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About Fortinet

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OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Dec. 02, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Mariner Wealth Advisors, a national wealth advisory firm headquartered in Kansas City, is proud to announce it has opened its 42^nd office location in Salt Lake City, Utah. Establishing a presence in Salt Lake City broadens the firm’s presence in the West Central region and allows the firm to bring custom wealth advice to a diverse set of local clients.

This marks the 26^th state that Mariner Wealth Advisors has established a presence in; a testament to the firm’s commitment to expanding its services nationally. While this represents the inaugural office in the state of Utah, Mariner Wealth Advisors, a firm ranked by Barron’s as a top five RIA the last five years¹, has already built deep relationships in the surrounding states of Arizona and Colorado.

As the geographical footprint of the firm expands, the proximity to The University of Utah provides great opportunity for Mariner Wealth Advisors to continue to service the needs of professionals within academia. Many of the firm’s advisors have extensive experience with this niche client base and work closely with professionals from renowned universities across the country.

Mark Dickamore, senior wealth advisor, opened the new office under the guidance of Eddie Dulin, managing director of the firm’s Scottsdale location. Dickamore specializes in customizing wealth management solutions for clients, integrating trust services and estate planning, personal insurance solutions and retirement planning, and servicing the niche client base of academia professionals. He brings 16 years of experience in assisting high-net-worth individuals.

“I am thrilled to open Mariner Wealth Advisors’ Salt Lake City office and forge connections with individuals and families in this region,” said Dickamore. “We saw a growing demand for a 360° approach to the unique wealth management needs of local Salt Lake City clients and are eager to share our integrated and personalized knowledge to help them navigate their financial futures.”

“I am proud of the growth milestones our firm has continued to achieve, as we expand into the West Central territory and stake a presence in a new state,” said Marty Bicknell, CEO and president of Mariner Wealth Advisors. “I believe our growth is a direct result of the exceptional client-first service and advice our people provide. As we continue to hear the call for comprehensive services including tax planning, investment management, personal insurance solutions, and trust and estate planning, we will expand our presence into areas where clients need us the most. I look forward to seeing the Salt Lake City office thrive.”

About Mariner Wealth Advisors

At Mariner Wealth Advisors, we provide 360° advice designed to last. We focus on one thing—partnering with clients to create a financial strategy for today and beyond that’s flexible enough to change along with them. The ultimate goal? Helping clients identify what is important so they can achieve their goals—we’re committed to being here for everything life brings their way. We’ve built our firm around what our clients need. We began by offering wealth planning resources and then added services from tax planning to insurance – all under one roof. We believe this integrated approach to wealth management helps simplify our clients’ lives. Founded in 2006 with $300 million in assets under advisement, Mariner Wealth Advisors has grown to more than $35 billion in assets under advisement (as of 9/30/20).

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Barron’s awarded the 2020 #5, 2019 #4 and 2018 #3 Top RIA Firms ranking to Mariner Wealth Advisors based on data compiled for Mariner Wealth Advisors and the 2017 #2 and 2016 #1 rankings to Mariner Holdings based upon data compiled for Mariner Holdings’ registered investment adviser subsidiaries. The number of firms included in the rankings were: 20 (2016), 30 (2017), 40 (2018), 50 (2019) and 100 (2020). Barron’s publishes these lists based upon a number of criteria and the firms’ filings with the SEC were used to cross-check the data provided to Barron’s. The listing includes the firms’ numbers of clients, employees, advisors, offices and state locations. The award is not indicative of future performance and there is no guarantee of future investment success. Registration of an investment advisor does not imply a certain level of training or skill.

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