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 ... Read more »

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.

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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 ai ... Read more »

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.”

This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200930005251/en/

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 ... Read more »

New operating model enables financial institutions to improve customer experience, facilitate digital transformation and reduce client lifecycle management costs by utilizing their ‘business-as-usual’ onboarding processes to obtain LEIs for their clients

BASEL, Switzerland-Wednesday 30 September 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) has today announced that financial institutions (FIs) worldwide can realize a variety of cost, efficiency and customer experience benefits by assuming a new ‘Validation Agent’ role within the Global LEI System. FIs acting as Validation Agents simplify LEI issuance for their clients, reduce time-to-revenue, and future proof their institutions for digital innovation. The Validation Agent Framework is a new operational model in the Global LEI System.

By leveraging their know-your-customer (KYC), anti-money laundering (AML) and other regulated ‘ ... Read more »

College Invests in ExaGrid Tiered Backup Storage with Ransomware Recovery

MARLBOROUGH, Mass.-Wednesday 30 September 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ExaGrid®, the industry’s only Tiered Backup Storage solution, today announced that Wenatchee Valley College switched to an ExaGrid-Veeam solution for superior data protection and to implement a strategy for ransomware recovery.

Wenatchee Valley College enriches North Central Washington by serving educational and cultural needs of communities and residents throughout the service area. The college provides high-quality transfer, liberal arts, professional/technical, basic skills, and continuing education for students of diverse ethnic and economic backgrounds. The Wenatchee campus is located near the eastern slopes of the Cascade Mountains, midway between Seattle and Spokane. The WVC at Omak campus is located near the Canadian border in Omak, about 100 miles north of Wenatchee.

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Trading of Common Stock on Nasdaq to Commence on Wednesday, September 30, 2020

SAN JOSE, Calif. & HOUSTON-Wednesday 30 September 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Velodyne Lidar, Inc. (“Velodyne”) and Graf Industrial Corp. (“Graf”) jointly announced today that they have closed their previously announced business combination, pursuant to which Velodyne became a wholly owned subsidiary of Graf and Graf changed its name to Velodyne Lidar, Inc. The business combination was approved at a special meeting of Graf’s stockholders held today.

Beginning on Wednesday, September 30, 2020, the common stock and warrants of Velodyne Lidar, Inc., the post-combination company, are expected to begin trading on The Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbols “VLDR” and “VLDRW,” respectively. Graf’s units, common stock and warrants will cease trading on the New York Stock Exchange today.

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