Complimentary Technology and Lessons Support Remote Learning during COVID-19 Outbreak

REDLANDS, Calif. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — March 30, 2020 — Esri^[1], the global leader in location intelligence, today announced that it will provide free access to its ArcGIS platform and learning resources through the Learn.ArcGIS.com^[2] website to support college and university students who no longer have access to campus computer labs during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Students will receive access to ArcGIS Online and over 20 apps including ArcGIS Pro, along with a library of lessons^[3] to continue their learning and complete courses. Access is available globally to students ages 18 and over.

Learn ArcGIS^[4] promotes learning by doing through guided lessons based on real-world problems in industries such as urban planning and disaster response, and new lessons on public health have just been added. Learn ArcGIS lessons cover both beginner and advanced topics and are available in seven languages.

“We believe education creates opportunities for people of all ages, while building communities and advancing our knowledge for a better world,” said Jack Dangermond, Esri founder and president. “This is especially important now during this global crisis. We consider it part of our...

Rizing Geospatial brings location intelligence experience to the transportation industry and SAP customers

STAMFORD, Conn., March 30, 2020 — (PRNewswire) —  Rizing, LLC, a privately held multinational company and leading professional services firm that focuses primarily on SAP technology, announced today that their Geospatial Solutions^[1] business, Transcend Spatial Solutions, is rebranded as Rizing.

Location intelligence extended beyond the transportation industry

"Transcend has been instrumental in solving location data challenges in the transportation industry for over nine years," said Connie Gurchiek, Geospatial President for Rizing and founder of Transcend. "That is not changing. What is changing is our ability to present our solutions to both the transportation industry and SAP customers with a fresh market perspective."

"Transcend's innovation with products and services that empower clients to visualize location data^[2] and mobilize asset data has been an extraordinary benefit to the transportation industry and, now more recently, to our SAP Enterprise Asset Management customers," said Mike Maiolo, CEO of Rizing. "We see applications for this location intelligence across our lines of business, which is why we felt it crucial to embrace the Rizing brand for Geospatial Services."

Accelerating digital transformation

Organizations have vast...

Negotiating Debtor-in-Possession Financing to Support its Ongoing Business and a Sale Process

LONDON, UK, March 27, 2020 – OneWeb (“OneWeb,” “the Company”), the global communications company with a mission to bring connectivity to everyone everywhere, announced today that the Company and certain of its controlled affiliates have voluntarily filed for relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. The Company intends to use these proceedings to pursue a sale of its business in order to maximize the value of the company.

To date, the Company has successfully launched 74 satellites as part of its constellation, secured valuable global spectrum, begun development on a range of user terminals for a variety of customer markets, has half of its 44 ground stations completed or in development, and performed successful demonstrations of its system with broadband speeds in excess of 400 Mbps and latency of 32 ms. In addition, OneWeb’s commercial team has seen significant early global demand for OneWeb’s high-speed, low-latency connectivity services from governments and leaders in the automotive, maritime, enterprise, and aviation industries.

This demand for connectivity delivered from low Earth orbiting satellite constellations underscores the tremendous need for high-quality connectivity, especially for rural and under-connected communities worldwide. The OneWeb ecosystem has transformed...

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Covid Near You – Participate in a Harvard Medical School Citizen Science Project

Source: Science Friday

As suspected and confirmed cases of COVID-19 skyrocket in the United States, testing availability remains limited, leaving people wondering if their cough is something to worry about. But testing isn’t just a balm for anxiety—public health officials need data about how far the new virus has spread to make decisions about how to best protect people, and where to send critical resources, like masks and gowns. Accurate information is the frontline of defense, but scientists still have pressing questions about the novel disease. For instance, how many people who are infected actually have symptoms? If you do have symptoms, how likely are you to get severely sick?

Until we are able to test both healthy and symptomatic people at scale, citizen science can help fill the gaps in tracking who has COVID-19. And the public health team that launched Flu Near You^[1] to track seasonal flu symptoms is now doing just that: soliciting your symptoms in the Covid Near You project.

Covid...

HOLMDEL, N.J., March 27, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Suntuity AirWorks ( https://suntuityairworks.com^[1]), the drone and UAV services division of the Suntuity Group of companies, is mobilizing their drone equipment and training personnel to help towns and cities combat the proliferation of the COVID-19 coronavirus.

By leveraging their DJI Enterprise level Matrice and Agras drones, Suntuity AirWorks is mobilizing their drone equipment and services divisions for the explicit purpose of helping cities and first responders use drones to help flatten the curve of the COVID-19 pandemic by reducing contamination in high risk public areas. Through drone equipment procurement, personnel training and ongoing drone support, Suntuity AirWorks is uniquely positioned to train city officials and drone pilots on the use of drones to fight contagions like the coronavirus.

Suntuity AirWorks recently delivered enterprise-level drones to Florida Davie County officials in order to help update their services with drone technologies, and has positioned itself to help more towns and cities utilize aerial spraying technologies during this...

The number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 continues to grow in the US. Mike Pence, the vice-president, is overseeing the US response to the coronavirus.

So far, 80% of patients experience a mild form of the illness, which can include a fever and pneumonia, and many of these cases require little to no medical intervention. That being said, elderly people and those with underlying conditions such as diabetes or heart and lung issues are the most vulnerable. The coronavirus death rate in China for people 80 or over, in the government’s study of more than 72,000 cases, was 14.8%.

State/territory	Confirmed cases	Deaths
New York	44,870	527
California	4,569	90
Washington	3,264	151

NEW YORK, March 27, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Unacast^[1], an award-winning location data and analytics firm, launched a Social Distancing Scoreboard^[2] this week as the first component of its COVID-19 Toolkit. Unacast created this pro bono offering, powered by its Real World Graph® data engine, to help public health experts, policy makers, academics, community leaders and businesses in retail and real estate gain accurate insights into current public behavior and unearth trends for future scenarios related to the spread of COVID-19.

In the wake of the global pandemic, the World Health Organization^[3] and the CDC^[4] have advised social distancing as a containment method to slow the spread of the disease.

Unacast applied geospatial human mobility insights with its proprietary tools to create an interactive map showing mobility trends by county or by state as a way to raise awareness of and reinforce the importance of social distancing in relation to slowing the spread of COVID-19. The Scorecard assigns a letter grade of A through F to all states and counties in relation to social distancing behavior. Using the...

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — March 27, 2020 — End user spending on IT infrastructure (server and enterprise storage systems) will decline in 2020 as a result of the widespread coronavirus pandemic. According to the International Data Corporation ( IDC^[1]) Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker^[2] and Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Storage Systems Tracker^[3], under the current probable scenario server market revenues will decline 3.4% year over year to $88.6 billion and external enterprise storage systems (ESS) revenues will decline 5.5% to $28.7 billion in 2020. The server market is expected to decline 11.0% in Q1 and 8.9% in Q2 and then return to growth in the second half of the year. The external ESS market is forecast to decline 7.3% in Q1 and 12.4% in Q2 before returning to slight growth by the end of 2020 with further recovery expected in 2021.

IDC developed three forecast scenarios (optimistic, probable, and pessimistic) for the impact of COVID-19 on the IT infrastructure markets. The probable scenario assumes a broad negative impact starting in China and spreading into other regions before slowing toward end of the year. Elements of the impact include...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — March 23, 2020 — Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT^[1]) will release its first quarter 2020 financial results on Wednesday morning, April 22, 2020.

Textron will also host a conference call at 8:00 a.m. (Eastern) to discuss the results and the company’s outlook. The call will be available via webcast at www.textron.com^[2] or by direct dial at (844) 721-7241 in the U.S. or (409) 207-6955 outside of the U.S.; Access Code: 4252363.

In addition, the call will be recorded and available for playback beginning at 10:30 a.m. (Eastern) on Wednesday, April 22, 2020 by dialing (402) 970-0847; Access Code: 1767619.

About Textron Inc.

Textron Inc. is a multi-industry company that leverages its global network of aircraft, defense, industrial and finance businesses to provide customers with innovative solutions and services. Textron is known around the world for its powerful brands such as Bell, Cessna, Beechcraft, Hawker, Jacobsen, Kautex, Lycoming, E-Z-GO, Arctic Cat, Textron Systems, and TRU Simulation + Training. For more information visit: www.textron.com^[3].

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