Convenient New iHealth Blood Pressure Monitors and Body Analysis Scale Now Available for Purchase at Major Retailers and Online
Latest iOS app, iHealth MyVitals, seamlessly brings together health data across devices for comprehensive view of overall health
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- iHealth Labs Inc., the pioneering designer and manufacturer of mobile personal healthcare products for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, today announced that its latest suite of products will be available for purchase at major retailers and online. The iHealth Wireless Blood Pressure Wrist Monitor, Wireless Blood Pressure Monitor and Wireless Body Analysis Scale are now available at Best Buy and http://www.ihealthlabs.com, with availability at Apple stores also rolling out this month.
"Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. Lifestyle changes such as utilizing an iHealth Blood Pressure Monitor or Body Analysis Scale can help equip users to make informed health decisions to significantly reduce their risk," said Adam Lin, general manager of iHealth Labs. "By employing these simple to use products which connect with iOS devices to easily show progress, people can vastly improve their health and quality of life."
Supporting both new and existing iHealth products, the newest free app, iHealth MyVitals, seamlessly brings together all of a user's iHealth health data into one easy-to-access hub. The app further empowers people to manage their health through a personal dashboard and share their results with their doctors, on social media networks or with their family and personal trainers. This easy sharing of information allows medical professionals to better keep track of their patients in between office visits and observe changes over time.
How They Work
The iHealth Wireless Blood Pressure Wrist Monitor allows people to measure their blood pressure directly from their iOS device. Employing Motion Sensor Technology in conjunction with the iHealth MyVitals app, the Wrist Monitor increases accuracy by automatically inflating once the user's hand is in the correct position for a measurement. The non-traditional device takes the guesswork out of obtaining an accurate reading and records systolic/diastolic numbers, heart rate and pulse wave, and allows people to view historical blood pressure readings using customizable colorful graphs.
The iHealth Wireless Blood Pressure Monitor lets users test, track and share their blood pressure wirelessly using an upper-arm cuff connected via Bluetooth to their iOS device. With the automated reading, people can easily test, track and share their results. The comprehensive companion iHealth MyVitals app includes an easy-to-use interface with data and graphics that allows users to view their blood pressure numbers and track changes over time.
The iHealth Wireless Body Analysis Scale combines a sleek black ergonomic design with the ability to wirelessly track a complete range of body metrics including such as weight, body fat, lean mass, muscle mass, bone mass, body water, visceral fat rating and Daily Calorie Intake, providing a more complete view of overall health to increase awareness on areas for improvement. In addition to the display on the scale itself, results are shown through the iHealth app on the users' iOS device. The device will automatically detect which person is using the scale, making it the ideal tool for the entire family or fitness practice.
Availability, Compatibility and Price
iHealth's latest products will be available for purchase at http://www.ihealthlabs.com, Apple and Best Buy at the following retail prices:
-- Wireless Blood Pressure Wrist Monitor - $79.95
-- Wireless Blood Pressure Monitor - $99.95
-- Wireless Body Analysis Scale - $109.95
The new companion integrated app, iHealth MyVitals, is available at no cost from the App Store on the iPhone, iPad, iPad mini, or iPod touch at http://www.iTunes.com/AppStore.
About iHealth Labs Inc.
iHealth Labs designs and manufactures consumer-friendly, mobile personal healthcare products. The company focuses on delivering easy-to-use products that empower you to take control of your health and improve your life by testing, tracking, graphing, and sharing your health information regularly. iHealth has developed a suite of personal healthcare devices designed for the iOS mobile platform. Visit http://www.ihealthlabs.com for more information.
Temenos' Business Analytics Solution Adopted by 50% of the Top 20 Largest Credit Unions in Canada
Temenos Insight Business Analytics solution enables credit unions to address margin pressure and increase profitability and efficiency
CENTRAL 1 FALL CONFERENCE & CREDIT UNION TRADE SHOW - VANCOUVER, Canada, November 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the global provider of banking software, today announces
significant growth in its Canadian operations, with nine deals signed for its Insight
Business Analytics solution in the past year, including new projects with Synergy Credit
Union and Innovation Credit Union, signed in September 2012. The two credit unions are
collaborating to share the same project framework for the implementation of Temenos
Insight, reducing the cost of the project and enabling greater savings for each credit
union. Synergy Credit Union estimates that with the newly acquired capabilities it will
increase its return on assets by 15 basis points per year - which would equate to an
annual uplift of $1.5M CDN in net profits.
Both credit unions originally sought Temenos Insight after learning of the success
experienced by Summerland Credit Union in British Columbia, which has already quantified
yearly staff cost savings of 16% for just one report produced using the Temenos Insight
Operational Intelligence module. With many Temenos customers running over 100 reports,
this saving typically equates to hundreds of thousands of dollars annually.
Temenos' flexible 'out of the box' business analytics software, tightly integrated
with Microsoft Office components, supports banks and credit unions seeking new ways to
grow against a backdrop of increased competition in a tough economic landscape. As mergers
and acquisitions amongst Canadian credit unions become increasingly important to the
long-term survival of smaller institutions, many credit unions are seeking an easy way to
consolidate information and reporting through common technology platforms. The merged
entities can operate as one much more quickly with access to consolidated data, without
the need to do a full banking system conversion immediately.
Credit unions generate a high proportion of their revenues from net interest income,
where margins are shrinking as a result of pricing pressure and higher funding costs.
Consequently, higher levels of revenue diversification are needed, with credit unions now
starting to focus more on commercial banking, wealth management, leasing or credit cards
to drive new sources of revenue, especially high margin fee income, and spur growth.
Despite challenging economic and competitive conditions, some credit unions are still
experiencing success - Westminster Savings Credit Union achieved strong growth and
maintained its margins this year, and its Commercial Services division, which uses Temenos
Insight business tools, achieved double digit growth.
Temenos Insight provides a 360 degree view of the business across a financial
institution, including elements such as retail banking, wealth management, credit cards,
commercial, insurance and leasing, presenting the information in intuitive dashboards,
clear graphical visualisations and reports - ensuring rapid and flexible access to
information to make accurate, timely and profitable decisions. In addition, credit unions
come from a culture of sharing gains with their member-owners, something which is an
important competitive advantage and differentiator across the credit union industry.
Consequently, managing profitability is becoming an even greater imperative, with Temenos
Insight a key tool to help financial institutions understand and optimise the
profitability of their products and their relationships.
Synergy Credit Union and Innovation Credit Union are both existing Temenos clients,
each signed in the last quarter of 2011 for the Operational Intelligence module of the
Temenos Insight solution which helps decision makers to produce timely and flexible
operational reporting such as full product portfolio, channel and pricing analysis from
data automatically collected from the core banking system. The decision to extend this
relationship with the addition of further modules - Customer Intelligence, Financial
Intelligence and Insight Vision which help clients improve financial performance, increase
profitability, and organically grow their asset base - is the direct result of the quick
and efficient implementation of the original project.
Don Gemmell, Controller with Summerland Credit Union, said: "Temenos Insight Business
Analytics is a very important part of our operations. Because the tool is so easy to use,
it can be used productively by staff with very diverse needs. With just one of the reports
that we have recently automated using Temenos Insight, we've been able to quantify labour
cost savings of $7000 per year. In addition, we expect to generate significant savings in
time and money with our audits this year, as most of the information that auditors require
is now at their fingertips."
Les Messmer, CEO, Synergy Credit Union, comments: "From the experience we have had
with Temenos Insight over the past year and the most recent modules we've acquired,
including Customer Intelligence and What-If pricing, we estimate that we can save at least
the cost of one full-time employee's labour costs, and increase our profitability by up to
15 basis points relative to our asset size per year. This translates to approximately
$1.5M CDN uplift annually."
Kent Jesse, Chief Innovation and People Officer, Innovation Credit Union, said: "We
are very excited to be part of Temenos' strong Canadian user community. Temenos Insight
Business Analytics allows us to unleash the power of our data to make accurate, reliable
and profitable business decisions. Based on Microsoft technologies we already have, and a
wealth of out of the box reports and dashboards designed for credit unions, the solution
is extremely intuitive and easy to deploy. Temenos empowers every area of our
organisation, from finance, to marketing and branch operations, with the relevant
information for their role. Real-time access to information is no longer a nice to have,
but is instead a must have to be efficient, competitive and maximize the value we deliver
back to our members."
David Arnott, CEO, Temenos says: "With Insight, banks and credit unions are able to
leverage their operational, risk and financial data and turn it into a distinct source of
competitive advantage. Banks and credit unions running Insight are able to analyse data
faster and more accurately, helping them to reduce the cost of analytics as well as take
more timely and better-informed decisions. In the post-crisis era, financial institutions
face many margin pressures, such as higher capital adequacy requirements, and analytics
will prove to be a key tool for increasing margins - in particular, by identifying the
markets and segments for successful expansion, and by giving banks the tools and
information to cross-sell more effectively and manage risk better, greatly increasing
their return on assets. We are excited by the results we are achieving together with our
Canadian customers and hope to take the software to a wider audience in North America."
Temenos will be present at the Central 1 Fall Conference & Credit Union Trade Show in
Vancouver on the 7-9th November 2012.
About Temenos
Founded in 1993 and listed on the Swiss Stock Exchange (SIX: TEMN
[http://www.six-swiss-exchange.com/shares/security_info_en.html?id=CH0012453913USD4 ]),
Temenos Group AG is the market leading provider of banking software systems to retail,
corporate, universal, private, Islamic, microfinance and community banks, wealth managers,
and financial institutions. Headquartered in Geneva with more than 55 offices worldwide,
Temenos software is proven in over 1,500 customer deployments in more than 125 countries
across the world. Temenos' products provide advanced technology and rich functionality,
incorporating best practice processes that leverage Temenos' expertise around the globe.
Temenos customers are proven to be more profitable than their peers: in the period
2008-2010, Temenos customers enjoyed on average a 30% higher return on assets, a 46%
higher return on capital and an 8.5 percentage point lower cost/income ratio than banks
running legacy applications.
The Biggest Entertainment Event of 2012 Is Here: "Halo 4" Launches Worldwide Today
The highly anticipated first chapter of a brand-new "Halo" saga is poised to surpass "The Avengers" as the biggest entertainment launch of 2012 to date.
REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Master Chief is back. Poised to become the biggest entertainment launch of the year so far, "Halo 4" is the first chapter of a brand-new saga in the genre-defining, $3 billion franchise that has shaped entertainment history and sold a staggering 46 million games worldwide. Hailed by NBC News as "breathtaking, heart-breaking and awe-inspiring,"(1) "Halo 4" has garnered universal acclaim as one of the top-rated video games of 2012, according to Metacritic.(2) In a year jam-packed with record-breaking Hollywood movies and games, "Halo 4" is expected to break all previous day-one entertainment sales records in 2012, cementing its status as the must-have blockbuster of the year.
Excitement for the return of the Master Chief has swept the globe. In London, a massive illuminated glyph soared over the River Thames, a symbol of the new threat that has awakened in "Halo 4." The glyph, which measures 50 feet in diameter and weighs 3.2 tons, was illuminated by 113,096 LED lights and represents one of the largest objects ever to be flown by helicopter as a lighting art performance. On Oct. 30, the European country of Liechtenstein was reimagined into a real-life replica of the "Halo" universe, marking the first time a brand has taken over an entire country for an entertainment launch. For one day only, Xbox 360 transformed some of the country's most iconic landmarks, including a 13th-century castle and a working mine, to create a mysterious alternate universe in the heart of Europe -- all inspired by "Halo."
Around the world, midnight madness swept more than 10,000 stores in more than 40 countries, as hundreds of thousands of fans lined up around city blocks to count down to the game's release. At marquee launch events in Seattle, Paris, London, Berlin, Tokyo, Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai, Sydney and other major cities, throngs of fans, celebrities and athletes flocked to be among the first to play "Halo 4" and participate in other launch activities, such as meeting the creators of the game, viewing private screenings of the live-action digital series "Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn," and taking photos with the Master Chief.
"'Halo 4' marks a rebirth and a new beginning for one of the most beloved and iconic franchises in the modern history of entertainment," said Phil Spencer, corporate vice president of Microsoft Studios. "Over the past decade, the 'Halo' franchise has become a bona fide pop culture phenomenon, and 'Halo 4' promises to take the franchise to a new level and set the stage for the next decade of 'Halo.'"
With the launch of "Halo 4" coinciding with Election Day, Microsoft Corp. is amplifying its get-out-the-vote campaign, which kicked off earlier this year in collaboration with Rock the Vote, to encourage "Halo" and Xbox LIVE fans to exercise their civic duty before jumping into "Halo 4." The campaign began with voter recruitment efforts at major consumer events as well as a voter registration program on Xbox LIVE and expanded to major launch events and more than 100 college campuses nationwide yesterday.
Developed by Microsoft Studios' 343 Industries exclusively for the Xbox 360, "Halo 4" is set nearly five years after the events of "Halo 3" and follows the Master Chief and his faithful artificial intelligence (AI) companion Cortana as they venture into a mysterious new world and discover an overpowering ancient evil that threatens to annihilate mankind. "Halo 4" takes the series in a bold new direction by delivering its most epic and explorative campaign yet, alongside a groundbreaking multiplayer offering unlike anything before it, known as Spartan Ops. This story-driven, episodic, cooperative adventure blends immersive storytelling, stunning cinematics and action-packed gameplay to deliver an unprecedented serialized experience. Through a weekly series of cinematic episodes, Spartan Ops continues the story beyond the main campaign by introducing new characters, storylines and gameplay missions over a 10-week season, akin to a high-quality, interactive TV show.(3)
Coupled with breathtaking visuals, heart-pounding audio, emotionally cinematic performances and a sweeping musical score by acclaimed composer Neil Davidge of Massive Attack fame, "Halo 4" delivers a riveting experience that resonates as powerfully as an epic Hollywood blockbuster. Some of entertainment's best and brightest have joined the effort to make the launch of "Halo 4" a landmark pop culture moment, including legendary Hollywood director David Fincher ("Fight Club," "The Social Network," "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo") and acclaimed visual effects lead Tim Miller ("The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World"), who produced and directed the live-action launch trailer for the game, respectively.
The Standard Edition of "Halo 4" is available for US$59.99 ERP(4), and the Limited Edition, which includes an extended 90-minute version of the live-action digital series "Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn" and additional bonus content, is available for US$99.99 ERP. Fans can also pick up the Xbox 360 Limited Edition "Halo 4" Console Bundle for US$399.99 ERP and a standalone Xbox 360 Limited Edition "Halo 4" Wireless Controller for US$59.99 ERP. In addition, the "Halo 4" Original Soundtrack, which broke the record for the highest-charting video game soundtrack ever on the Billboard 200 chart the week of Oct. 29(5), is available for purchase for US$13.98 ERP. A special limited edition and individually numbered three-disc box set, which includes the original soundtrack, a remix album featuring remixes from 14 of the world's most renowned electronica producers, a 70-minute DVD called "Composing a Universe" and additional exclusive content, is available for purchase for US$74.99 ERP starting today at http://www.halo4soundtrack.com.
About "Halo"
The "Halo" franchise is an award-winning collection of properties that has grown into a global entertainment phenomenon. Beginning with the original "Halo: Combat Evolved" (2001), the critically acclaimed and record-shattering series of games has since inspired multiple New York Times bestselling novels, comic books, action figures, apparel and more. Published by Microsoft Studios, the "Halo" franchise of games is exclusive to the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system and the Xbox LIVE online entertainment network. To date, more than 46 million copies of "Halo" games have been sold worldwide, driving more than 5 billion hours of gameplay by people connected to Xbox LIVE.
About 343 Industries
343 Industries is the publisher and developer of the blockbuster "Halo" series of videogames and, as part of Microsoft Studios, oversees the "Halo" franchise, including novels, comics, licensed collectibles, apparel and more. 343 Industries is home to world-class developers working on the Reclaimer Saga, which commences with the arrival of "Halo 4" on Nov. 6, 2012, exclusively on Xbox 360.
About Xbox 360
Xbox 360 is a premier home entertainment and video game system. Thanks to the addition of Kinect, Xbox 360 will forever transform social gaming and entertainment with a whole new way to play -- no controller required. Xbox 360 is also home to the best and broadest games as well as one of the world's largest on-demand libraries of music, standard- and high-definition movies, TV shows and digital games, all in one place. The entertainment center of the living room, Xbox 360 blends unbeatable content with a leading social entertainment network of more than 40 million Xbox LIVE members to create a limitless entertainment experience that can be shared at home or across the globe. More information about Xbox 360 can be found online at http://www.xbox.com.
About Microsoft
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.
(1 )Source: NBC News: "Halo 4" makes the Halo series even more epic
(2 )As of Nov. 1, 2012. Source: http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/halo-4/critic-reviews
(3 )Spartan Ops also requires Xbox LIVE Gold Membership and an Xbox 360 hard drive or an 8GB USB drive (sold separately).
(4) Estimated retail price. Actual retail prices may vary.
(5) Source: Billboard: Chart Moves: "Halo 4" Sets Record as Highest-Charting Video Game Soundtrack Ever
Pentaho Announces Instant, Interactive Capabilities for Big Data and Mobile
Pentaho Business Analytics includes the industry's first instant big data discovery application and unique interactive mobile business analytic capabilities
ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Delivering the future of business analytics, Pentaho Corporation today announced major new capabilities in Pentaho's complete data integration and business analytics platform including Instaview, the industry's first instant big data discovery application and Pentaho Mobile, with the unique capability to create new ad hoc analysis on the iPad.
Businesses are faced with the challenge to access and analyze a growing landslide of data flowing into their organizations and to make decisions from anywhere. To move from data to decisions in an instant and improve interactive capabilities for all users whether IT developers, data analysts, or business users, Pentaho has included the following new innovative capabilities in Pentaho Business Analytics Enterprise Edition:
-- Instaview, the first instant and interactive application for any big
data. This new application dramatically reduces the time and complexity
required for data analysts to discover, visualize and explore large
volumes of diverse data in Hadoop, MongoDB, Cassandra, and HBase.
Instaview broadens big data access to data analysts, removes the need
for separate big data visualization tools and simplifies big data
delivery and access management for IT. Learn about the new features and
benefits of Pentaho Instaview.
-- Pentaho Mobile, the only mobile BI with the unique capability to create
new ad hoc analysis from the iPad. Pentaho Mobile brings business users
the full capabilities of the Pentaho Business Analytics platform on the
iPad, including instant and interactive analysis, rich visualization
dashboards, reports and the power to create new analysis on the go.
Pentaho's mobile user experience and new personalization capabilities
help decision makers better navigate and interact with their information
wherever they are. Learn about the new features and benefits of Pentaho
Mobile.
Register for the webinar, Introducing Pentaho 4.8: Big Data & Mobile Go Instant & Interactive
"The new release of Pentaho Business Analytics innovates to bring instant and interactive analytic capabilities to the broadest set of users including IT, developers, data analysts and business users," said Jake Cornelius, senior vice president of products, Pentaho Corporation. "Pentaho Mobile puts business analytics on the iPad for anywhere-any time access, while our Instaview application provides a lens for data analysts to readily access, analyze and work with massive amounts of data."
"Pentaho Mobile transcends the limits of most static mobile analytics offerings by delivering interactive capabilities, such as the creation of analytic reports on the iPad, for on-the-spot decision making," said Stephen Davis, sales operation analyst, Digium. "With this release, Pentaho frees business users to make timely and informed decisions wherever they may be."
"We are seeing a growing need for business analytics applications that not only provide access to data stored in Hadoop and NoSQL databases, but also enable interactive analysis of data stored in those platforms," said Matt Aslett, research manager, data management and analytics, 451 Research. "Pentaho Instaview is well-positioned to enable data analysts to use their existing skills to discover and unlock value from new data sources."
"Demand for Big Data solutions powered by Hadoop as the data management infrastructure are becoming mainstream," said Tim Stevens, vice president of corporate strategy and development, Cloudera. "Enterprises demand flexible approaches to data exploration that are easy to deploy. As Cloudera sets the standard in the Enterprise for real-time queries based on Hadoop, integrating new technologies such as Instaview with Cloudera Impala brings innovative new value propositions to the world of data exploration that were not previously viable. "
-- Learn more about Pentaho Business Analytics instant and interactive data
discovery capabilities on the iPad and for big data.
-- Attend the webinar: Introducing Pentaho 4.8: Big Data & Mobile Go
Instant & Interactive. November 14, 2012 (or on demand).
-- Download Pentaho Business Analytics and get started today with the
instant and interactive capabilities.
-- Pentaho is hiring - seeking rock stars in the areas of engineering,
support, services and sales.
-- Join the conversation - follow @Pentaho, read our blog, join our
LinkedIn and Facebook groups.
About Pentaho Corporation
Pentaho is delivering the future of big data business analytics. Pentaho's open source heritage drives our continued innovation in a modern, integrated, embeddable platform built for the future of analytics, including diverse and big data requirements. Pentaho is the only vendor that provides a full big data analytics solution that supports the entire big data analytics process, from data integration through interactive data visualization, exploration and predictive analytics. Pentaho natively supports Apache Hadoop, Cloudera, MongoDB as well as high performance analytic databases like Greenplum and Vertica, among other big data sources. Learn more and download for free at pentahobigdata.com/download
Sportech Racing Provides Key Pari-mutuel Wagering Technology Upgrades to the Thoroughbred Racetracks of Chile
Sportech delivers state-of-the-art Quantum(TM) System pari-mutuel wagering software and a customized Internet wagering platform to Club Hipico de Santiago and Sociedad Hipodromo Chile to support wagering from five racetracks and 210 off-track betting locations in Chile
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Nov. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sportech Racing, LLC, a division of Sportech PLC (LSE: SPO), announces the completion of key sales to the two major thoroughbred racetracks in Chile - Club Hipico de Santiago and Sociedad Hipodromo Chile - further strengthening the company's position in South America. Chile now joins Jockey Club Argentina and Jockey Club Peru as the third Sportech customer in South America deploying a Quantum(TM) System.
In 2011, Sportech Racing completed the upgrade of its Quantum(TM) System pari-mutuel wagering software and hardware to Jockey Club Argentina to provide centralized wagering processing for the 970 wagering terminals located at Hipodromo de San Isidro and over 300 agencies and off-track betting locations.
Also in 2011, Jockey Club Peru began receiving central pari-mutuel processing services - including the ability to commingle with global pari-mutuel racing pools - from Sportech's Quantum Data Center located in Sacramento, California.
In Chile, Sportech's Quantum(TM) System pari-mutuel software and hardware supports wagering operations for the two major thoroughbred racetracks in Santiago, Chile - Club Hipico de Santiago and Sociedad Hipodromo Chile - which, in turn, provide totalizator services to the 3 other racetracks - Valparaiso Sporting Club, Club Hipico de Antofagasta and Club Hipico de Concepcion.
In addition to Quantum(TM) System, Sportech also delivered an interactive wagering platform consisting of an Interactive Voice Response phone wagering system and a customized Internet wagering website allowing the racetracks to extend online pari-mutuel wagering, information and unified account management services to more players in Chile. New equipment installed on wagering devices will allow players to access account wagering and services at the racetracks and off-track betting locations, as well as over the Internet or via telephone, with a single wagering account.
"Sportech Racing is pleased to provide our latest generation pari-mutuel wagering technologies to our customers in Chile," commented David Haslett, Managing Director of Sportech Racing. "Our company has long had a presence in South America and we view further expansion in this market to be key to our growth strategies. We are confident that both our Quantum(TM) System and our interactive wagering technologies will allow our South American customers to diversify their product offerings thereby reaching new players."
About Sportech Racing, LLC
Sportech Racing is a leading global provider of wagering technology solutions to licensed racetracks, off-track betting networks, Internet wagering operators and casinos. Customers include some of the largest racing organizations in the Americas, Europe, Australia and Asia. Sportech also owns and operates Winners, a network of betting and sports bar venues and a phone account wagering service, under an exclusive license for pari-mutuel wagering in Connecticut, and Runnerz, the exclusive home of pools/tote wagering on horse racing in the Netherlands. Sportech Racing IP&S group has been providing customized Internet, phone and mobile technologies and associated services, to licensed gaming operators for over ten years.
About Sportech PLC
Sportech is one of the world's leading pools and tote gaming organizations focusing on highly regulated markets worldwide. Sportech provides pari-mutuel betting on football (soccer), horseracing and greyhounds, processing over $13 billion in bets annually with a presence in 30 countries. Sportech also has a developing e-Gaming business. Sportech is headquartered in London, England with operational offices in Liverpool, England, Atlanta, Connecticut, Netherlands, Germany and Ireland.
ViXS(TM) XCode(R) Network Media Processing Solutions Selected to Power Newly Redesigned Slingbox(R) Products
ViXS System-on-Chip (SoC) Used in Sling Media's New Slingbox 500 and
Slingbox 350, Providing Unprecedented Full 1080p HD-Quality Streaming
of TV Content
TORONTO, Nov. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - ViXS Systems Inc. today announces that the XCode 4210 and the XCode 4112 network media
processor SoCs have been selected to power the all new Slingbox 500 and Slingbox 350 products with the Emmy(R) Award-winning TV Anywhere SlingLoaded((TM)) technology for streaming TV content anywhere in the home and around the
world with full 1080p HD resolution.
With the launch of these products, Sling Media sets new performance standards for streaming video throughout the home
and the world via the Internet in up to full HD 1080p resolution.
Designed in slick enclosures, these new Slingbox products offer higher
performance, superior video quality, lower cost and lower power
consumption. In addition to Ethernet, the Slingbox 500 supports
dual-band Wi-Fi networking; SlingProjector((R)), which wirelessly displays personal media, such as photos (and soon
videos), from a smartphone onto the big screen; and an embedded IR
blaster to control external media devices remotely.
"When looking for cost-effective solutions that would allow Sling Media
to offer full HD 1080p high-quality picture placeshifting products and
to reset the industry performance measurement for streaming of TV
content anywhere, ViXS offered a leading market solution," said Raghu
Tarra, senior vice president and general manager Sling Media Inc. "The
ViXS XCode deployed in our new Slingboxes provides a step function in
terms of performance, features and video quality over current products
in the market today."
"When Sling Media approached ViXS for solutions to these new Slingboxes,
it was clear our technology provided a strong match for their
requirements," said Sally Daub president and CEO ViXS Systems Inc., "We
are delighted to have played an important role in the development of
these new Slingbox products and promoting Sling Media's solutions on
our embedded XCode devices. We look forward to the new and exciting
applications and opportunities worldwide now possible for both our
companies."
About Sling Media
The Slingbox product family is produced by Sling Media, Inc., a wholly
owned subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation, which is the leading provider
of video placeshifting products and services for consumers and
television service providers. Slingbox provides consumers with the
ability to watch and control their living room TV shows at any time,
from any location, using Internet-connected PCs, Macs, tablets and
smartphones. For more information, visit http://www.slingbox.com.
About ViXS Systems Inc.
ViXS is a pioneer in the development of cloud and smart digital home
network based mobility products for processing, managing, securing and
distributing high quality video and audio enabling seamless control,
conversion, and connectivity between digital consumer entertainment and
smart mobile devices.
ViXS supplies advanced System-on-Chip semiconductors, software solutions
and hardware reference designs for the world's top manufacturers of
media access gateway products, digital TVs, Blu-ray and DVD digital
video recorders, advanced digital set-top box, personal video
recorders, PCs, Network-attached Storage (NAS), gaming accessory and
enterprise cloud based dense transcoding solutions.
ViXS is headquartered in Toronto, Canada with global operations and
offices in Europe, Asia and North America. ViXS has 382 patents issued
and pending worldwide. Recognized with a number of industrial awards
for innovation and growth ViXS are setting new trends and embracing
smart mobile products in the way digital media can be viewed, streamed
and stored at anytime and anywhere in the word.
VIXS((TM)), the ViXS((R) )logo, XCode((R)), XConnex(TM) and Xtensiv(TM) are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of
ViXS. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
SOURCE ViXS Systems Inc.
ViXS Systems Inc.
CONTACT: David Jones, Tel: (416) 646-2000, E-mail: djones@vixs.com
Malware Targeting Android has a Taste for Gingerbread and Ice Cream Sandwich
ABINGDON, England, November 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
More than half of all malware detected are SMS Trojans
Android versions 2.3.6, or 'Gingerbread', and 4.0.4, also known as 'Ice Cream
Sandwich' were the most popular Android targets among cybercriminals in Q3, according to
the latest analysis of Android malware by Kaspersky Lab [http://www.kaspersky.co.uk ]
experts.
The rapid growth in the number of new mobile malicious programs for Android continued
in the third quarter, prompting the specialists at Kaspersky Lab to identify the platform
versions most frequently targeted by cybercriminals. Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread accounted
for 28 per cent of all blocked attempts to install malware, while the second most commonly
attacked version was the new 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich, which accounted for 22 per cent of
attempts.
"Although Gingerbread was released back in September 2011, due to the segmentation of
the Android device market it still remains one of the most popular versions, which, in
turn, attracts increased interest from cybercriminals," commented Yuri Namestnikov, Senior
Malware Analyst at Kaspersky Lab. "The popularity of the most recent version of the
Android OS - Ice Cream Sandwich - among virus writers can be explained by the fact that
the devices running the latest versions of the OS are more suitable for online activities.
Unfortunately, users actively surfing the web often end up on malicious sites."
Distribution of detected malware by Android OS version, Q3 2012
More than half of all malware detected on users smartphones turned out to be SMS
Trojans, i.e. malicious programs that steal money from victims' mobile accounts by sending
SMS messages to premium rate numbers. The OpFake family has become the most widespread
(38.3 per cent of all the malicious programs detected for Android) among all the mobile
malware families. All the programs in this family disguise themselves as OperaMini.
A fifth of the malicious programs detected on user devices are versatile Trojans, most
of which belong to the Plangton family. After being installed on a device, these Trojans
collect service data on the phone, send it to the command server and wait for the
cybercriminals' commands. Specifically, malicious programs in this family can stealthily
change bookmarks and the home page. The third most widespread malware was the FakeInst
family, whose members pretend to be installers for popular programs (17 per cent). These
two types of malware are mostly distributed via so-called alternative app stores created
by cybercriminals.
Mobile threats of this kind can be neutralised with the help of dedicated mobile
applications. For example, in addition to reliable protection against information theft
via malware, Kaspersky Mobile Security
[http://www.kaspersky.co.uk/kaspersky_mobile_security ] and Kaspersky Tablet Security
[http://www.kaspersky.com.uk/tablet-security ] also ensure data stays safe even if a
device is lost or stolen.
Kaspersky Lab has launched a new online newsroom, Kaspersky Lab Newsroom Europe
(http://newsroom.kaspersky.eu/en
[https://email.ascentpr.co.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://newsroom.kaspersky.eu/en ]),
for journalists throughout Europe. The newsroom is specifically designed to serve many of
the media's most common requests, making it easier for journalists to find product and
corporate information, facts and figures, editorial copy, images, videos and audio files,
as well as details about the appropriate PR contacts.
About Kaspersky Lab
Kaspersky Lab is the world's largest privately held vendor of endpoint protection
solutions. The company is ranked among the world's top four vendors of security solutions
for endpoint users*. Throughout its 15-year history Kaspersky Lab has remained an
innovator in IT security and provides effective digital security solutions for consumers,
SMBs and Enterprises. The company currently operates in almost 200 countries across the
globe, providing protection for over 300 million users worldwide. Learn more at http://www.kaspersky.co.uk. For the latest on antivirus, anti-spyware, anti-spam and
other IT security issues and trends, visit: http://www.securelist.com.
*The company was rated fourth in the IDC rating Worldwide Endpoint Security Revenue by
Vendor, 2010. The rating was published in the IDC report Worldwide IT Security Products
2011-2015 Forecast and 2010 Vendor Shares - December 2011. The report ranked software
vendors according to earnings from sales of endpoint security solutions in 2010.
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be construed as constituting an additional warranty. Kaspersky Lab shall not be liable for
technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein.
Terracotta Launches BigMemory Go ISV Partner Program
Software Vendors Can Now Easily Provide Real Time In-Memory Big Data Management to Customers
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Terracotta, Inc., the leader in in-memory technologies for enterprise big data, today launched the BigMemory Go ISV Partner Program. The program offers software vendors a breakthrough way to instantly offer real-time big data access to their customers. With Terracotta BigMemory Go, which was recently released, vendors can snap in a simple, ultra-fast, highly scalable in-memory solution that will deliver immediate access to high-value business data.
"BigMemory Go is a great way for us to introduce our customers to real-time analytics," said John Crupi, chief technology officer, JackBe. "BigMemory makes it easy for our Presto customers to instantly analyze and visualize operational intelligence in real time so customers know what's happening now and can instantly measure business impact."
Like JackBe and Liferay, who have already joined, ISVs who are accepted into the partner program will receive:
-- Product training and technical assistance with implementing BigMemory Go
projects
-- Access to technical previews of upcoming releases
-- Co-marketing support
Terracotta's BigMemory solutions, first introduced in 2010, have helped define and set the standard for in-memory big data management. Requiring no tuning or additional hardware, BigMemory Go provides software vendors with a less costly and more scalable alternative to disk-backed relational databases, while delivering up to 1,000 times faster access to terabytes of data.
"A combination of real-time response and the use of big data to properly target that response is an essential part of creating business value today," said Anne MacFarland, principal, MacFarland Consulting. "Big Memory Go scales up memory capacity on a single JVM, increasing the scalability of Java and also opening new classes of applications to new opportunities for process acceleration. For any data center using Java, this is exciting news."
"We are thrilled to offer our software partners access to BigMemory Go to easily develop high-performance applications that deliver unrivaled speed and scale," said Bob Taylor, alliance manager, Terracotta. "Terracotta is bringing the in-memory big data management revolution to ISVs who will profit from BigMemory Go's get-it-and-go simplicity as well as significant customer opportunities."
Key capabilities of BigMemory Go include:
Capacity: Unlimited in-memory capacity for
a standalone Java Virtual Machine
(JVM)
Access: Predictable, low latency data
access (microsecond speeds)
Manage: Automatic Resource Control to
optimize memory use
Search: Advanced search capabilities (like
GroupBy)
Monitor: Management console for visibility
and administration
Persist: Backed by fully fault-tolerant,
crash-resilient store
Scale: Additional capacity easily added
for scaling up and scaling out
"Our community often leverages Liferay to present the front end to extremely large sets of data, and fast search, access and restart times are always a requirement," said Glenn Saler, North America alliance manager for Liferay, Inc. "Developers and architects can now leverage BigMemory Go as part of a scalable solution for enterprise big data architecture."
Applications for the BigMemory Go ISV Partner Program are currently being accepted. For more information or to become a partner, please contact Bob Taylor, alliance manager, Terracotta: btaylor@terracottatech.com
Supporting Resources
Terracotta
BigMemory
BigMemory Go
About Terracotta, Inc.
Terracotta, Inc. is a leading provider of game-changing Big Data management solutions for the enterprise. Its flagship BigMemory product line features Big Data in-memory solutions that deliver performance at any scale. Terracotta's other award winning data management solutions include Ehcache, the de facto caching standard and Quartz the de facto scheduler for enterprise Java. Terracotta supports the data management needs of a majority of the Global 1000 with over 2.5 million deployments of its products. Terracotta is a wholly owned subsidiary of Software AG (Frankfurt TecDAX: SOW). For more information, please visit http://www.terracotta.org.
Built to improve performance and increase productivity at an affordable price
BELLEVUE, Wash., Nov. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Synology America Corp. today announced its most powerful 2-bay DiskStation NAS, the DS713+. By taking advantage of the DX513 expansion module, it can quickly scale up to 28TB of raw storage.
The DS713+ is built to save users time. The dual NICs allow for link aggregation for improved throughput in multi-user environments. With USB 3.0, users can transfer data to and from external disks faster than ever.
"The DS713+ brings performance that businesses need at a price they can afford," said Jason Bonoan, Product Marketing Manager at Synology America Corp. "This is quite simply the most powerful system that Synology has offered in this price range."
Shipping with Synology's intuitive DiskStation Manager (DSM) 4.1, the DS713+ simplifies system management, allowing users to focus on productivity. The DSM operating system features a bevy of business-friendly aspects.
-- Support for VMware® vSphere(TM) 5, including VAAI
-- Support for ADS domains up to 100,000 users and groups
-- In-line ACL editor to quickly and accurately assign permissions, even
without a PC
-- An updated Package Center allows users to install productivity tools
from both Synology and from technology partners
-- Cloud Station keeps files in sync between local and remote assets,
without port forwarding
-- Surveillance Station 6 allows for monitoring and recording up to 20
cameras at once
For more information, please see: http://www.synology.com/products/product.php?product_name=DS713%2B&lang=us
About Synology
Founded in April of 2000, Synology Inc. is a leader in next-generation Network Attached Storage (NAS) servers for the home and small to medium sized business markets. Specializing in both hardware and software for network attached storage devices; Synology products are feature-rich, easy-to-use, energy-efficient, reliable and affordable. All Synology product investments are enhanced with product warranties, free software upgrades and 24/7 online support. Visit http://www.synology.com for more information.
Synology has a global presence with regional offices in the US (Bellevue, Washington), and the UK (London, England), Germany (Dusseldorf), and Taiwan (Taipei).
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marketing.us@synology.com
Synology America Corp.
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Panda Security Announces Renewal Fee Program for Channel Partners
Program provides new tracking system and incentives for channel partners around renewals of Panda 2013 Consumer products
ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Panda Security, The Cloud Security Company, announced the launch of its new Renewal Fee Program, a channel strategy for the company's 2013 consumer solutions that enables better sales flow tracking and provides incentives to channel partners. The launch of this program emphasizes the company's appreciation of its distribution channel and the importance it has on the sales process.
The Renewal Fee Program involves the use of a new tracking system to associate each unit with its activation code and, similarly, each user with a partner (distributor/reseller). When a user's license expires, they are advised to go to the store where they bought their product in order to renew their subscription. This new tracking system facilitates this task, thereby increasing customer flow and business volume at the point of sale.
In addition, with the company's new tracking system, if a users renews his/her license through Panda Security's online store, the partner gets notified and obtains commission as if the transaction had taken place at their own store.
Up until now, partners were left out of the online renewal process and did not benefit from this important part of the software business, which lay in the hands of manufacturers exclusively.
"Channel partners are extremely important to us, and we want to reward them with this new commission sharing scheme. Thanks to this initiative, partners will receive a percentage of the 2013 consumer product renewals carried out via our online store," said Enrique Aguilera, VP Consumer Sales and Marketing at Panda Security.
To join Panda Security's Channel Program (RFP), partners must sign up at the RFP portal http://www.pandasecurity.com/partners/become/renewal.htm, and meet basic requirements regarding availability, certification in Panda Security's products, etc. Each partner will have to enter a product box ID number (RFC) at the Web portal either manually or by using a data import system. This code appears on the bottom side of the boxes of all Panda Security 2013 consumer solutions. Through the portal, partners will be able to view the status of users and renewals, newly registered activation codes, and more.
About Panda Security
Founded in 1990, Panda Security is the world's leading provider of cloud-based security solutions, with products available in more than 23 languages and millions of users located in 195 countries around the World. Panda Security was the first IT security company to harness the power of cloud computing with its Collective Intelligence technology. This innovative security model can automatically analyze and classify thousands of new malware samples every day, guaranteeing corporate customers and home users the most effective protection against Internet threats with minimum impact on system performance. Panda Security has 56 offices throughout the globe with US headquarters in Florida and European headquarters in Spain.
Panda Security collaborates with Special Olympics, WWF and Invest for Children as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility policy.
Hexaware Technologies To Host Workshop On Testing Innovations at TesTrek 2012
Anand Moorthy and Deepika Mamnani to discuss agile testing innovations in a distributed world
TORONTO, Nov. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Hexaware Technologies, a leading global provider of IT and BPO services, today announced that it will be hosting a workshop at the TesTrek conference in Toronto, Canada entitled, "Agile Testing Innovations in a Distributed World." Hexaware will hold the workshop on November 8 and will also be a Platinum Sponsor at the event.
Anand Moorthy, leader of the Quality Assurance and Testing Services (QATS) business unit at Hexaware Technologies, and Deepika Mamnani, leader of the solutions arm of QATS at Hexaware, will be educating attendees on the critical factors in transitioning to agile methodologies for software services.
Workshop attendees will learn best practices in delivering agile projects, agile test assessment framework to aid transition to agile testing and early defect detection framework to create testable requirements from customer case studies. Attendees will also learn about accelerators to aid proactive automation of ERP and Web platforms.
WORKSHOP: "Agile Testing Innovations in a
Distributed World"
WHEN: Thursday, November 8 from 1:30 -
3:00 p.m. ET
WHERE: The Delta Chelsea Hotel in Toronto,
Canada
WHO: Anand Moorthy and Deepika Mamnani
from Hexaware Technologies
OVERVIEW: Increased transparency and the need
to drive quantitative business
outcomes with a
"right the first time" expectation
brings a major change to the way
companies deliver software
services. These are key drivers for
the transition to agile
methodologies. In this workshop,
attendees will learn first-hand
the critical factors in
transitioning to agile
methodologies. Hexaware's workshop
will also highlight real world
experience in agile testing along
with assets on various platforms to
aid global delivery in a
distributed environment.
TesTrek conference provides the best and quickest path to learn testing practices, to solve challenges and to keep up-to-date with software testing trends.
To schedule a meeting with Hexaware at TesTrek, please contact events@hexaware.com.
About Hexaware Technologies
Hexaware Technologies is a global provider of IT and Process outsourcing services. We focus exclusively on maximizing client returns from outsourcing and off-shoring. We have extensive experience in managing large IT applications in real time as well as in providing high value services around packaged enterprise applications such as SAP and PeopleSoft.
Our experience in the business process outsourcing arena fully complements and strengthens our service spectrum and allows us to operate as an enterprise-class solution delivery company. Our solutions aim to provide high value by optimising cost of ownership of technology investments for customers.
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CONTACT: Esther Burciaga, onechocolate communications for Hexaware Technologies, +1-415-989-9803, estherb@onechocolatecomms.com
GreenSQL Dynamic Data Masking and Database Activity Monitoring (DAM) Help Prevent Security Breaches by External Users
PASS SUMMIT, SEATTLE, November 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
GreenSQL Exhibiting at PASS Summit, November 6-9, Booth #250
GreenSQL, http://www.greensql.com, the database security company, minimizes
database security breaches for organizations employing external database administrators,
consultants or developers.
"Organizations have outsourced many IT functions to reduce costs," says Amir Sadeh,
CEO, GreenSQL. "Unfortunately, that sometimes comes at the cost of security."
92% of stolen data comes from databases.* Many companies use external consultants,
developers, and database administrators (DBAs) to manage their databases and develop their
applications, without having specific controls to manage privileges and data access. These
consultants are usually granted full or privileged database access rights to perform their
tasks, such as performance management, monitoring, backup and replication and application
development. This full access most often presents a high risk for many organizations who
store sensitive records in their databases.
GreenSQL's integrated Database Security, Monitoring and Dynamic Data Masking functions
are easy to use and quick to implement. More than 130,000 downloads of its product protect
thousands of businesses around the globe by detecting and blocking SQL Injection attacks
and unauthorized database access, enforcing separation of duties, monitoring database
access and activity and hiding personally identifiable information (PII) by providing
complete compliance with regulations such as SOX, HIPAA, and PCI DSS.
GreenSQL's real-time, Dynamic Data Masking allows remote data access from external
sources while protecting data from unauthorized exposure by camouflaging sensitive
information. GreenSQL's Database Activity Monitoring (DAM) allows management to see
exactly what sensitive records their external consultants have been exposed to and when
and what actions they took.
With GreenSQL's security solution, companies significantly reduce development and
infrastructure costs because they no longer have to build their own database security
solutions. GreenSQL's click-and-download technology is up and running very quickly,
protecting data from unauthorized access and intellectual property theft.
"As much as we want to trust our employees and suppliers, our experience has
unfortunately shown us otherwise," concludes Sadeh. "External DBAs, current DBAs or former
employees may steal your data because they are greedy, vengeful, or just want to see if
they can 'do it.' While it sounds trite, an ounce of prevention is worth millions of
dollars and your reputation in cure."
About GreenSQL
GreenSQL [http://www.greensql.com ] provides the world's first set of Unified Database
Security solutions for the SMB/SME and enterprise markets. With an all-in-one approach to
database security, the GreenSQL product family offers database protection, monitoring and
performance in a single integrated suite. GreenSQL was founded in 2009 to deliver total
database security solutions that are easy to deploy and use. It offers the world's most
popular database security solution, with more than 130,000 copies downloaded in 190
countries.
Can You Make The Endless Political Ads Stop Before The Universe Explodes?
New Fundly Crowdfunded Mobile App Is Designed To Do Just That.
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Banking that America has a huge headache from round-the-clock divisively negative political advertising, Asq.US, an Ann Arbor technology firm, has engaged crowdfunding platform Fundly to help take the money out of politics without a constitutional amendment.
The social network technology firm is seeking to raise $95,000 to enable it to turn its beta software into an enterprise, scalable, and mobile platform of one-person one-vote democracy that will function independently of big money's political influence. To learn more, visit http://fundly.com/putting-representation-back-into-democracy.
Impossible? "Hardly," says Asq.US CEO and founder Brad Chick, whose web site is http://www.asq.us. "In point of fact, the app and use of the platform will be free to all. With modern technology, our elected representatives can reach out to find out how each of us feels.
"And if they forget, we can remind them," Chick emphasizes, adding "allowing for a level of accountability like nothing we've ever seen before."
The high rates of participation by Americans online and in social media means than everyone can make their opinions known conveniently on any issue - before any lobbyists, selfish interest moneymen, corporations or unions can fill out an electronic purchase order and click the payment button to schedule another television or radio ad.
"We have the technology and consumer behavior already in place," Chick says. "If you use email, the web, your smartphone or tablet, you're already in the game.
"Once we have this running, they will have to stop telling us and start asking us, which is the way a democracy is supposed to function," Chick says.
To showcase the power of this use of social network technology, the first image on the Asq.US video posted on Fundly is of General George Washington and the American Continental Army crossing the Delaware on Christmas Eve to defeat Hessian mercenaries who had invaded the American colonies.
"Asq.Us is a political dialogue platform, designed to modernize democracy, that lets you interact directly with the people who are elected to represent you. Our goal is to replace the traditional town hall with a tool that utilizes the technology and majority citizen behaviors of the 21st century to facilitate representation," its founder explains. "We are transparent, nonprofit, open-source, publicly-funded and nonpartisan."
"Let me put this another way," Mr. Chick says. "We aren't Asq.US, you are!"
As founder of Asq.US, Brad Chick is leveraging 18 years of experience gained pioneering social networks and messaging to attract and manage national participation in open-to-all athletic events, including the Marine Corps Marathon, Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, and J.P.Morgan Chase Corporate.
"There is hyper-partisanship and gridlock, basically halting issue-based dialogue. At the end of the day, people just don't feel like they are represented. Our video opens with people interviewed on the street who say just that. As ordinary citizens with opinions, but also respectful of our neighbors, we don't have to put up with this. We have the tools at hand to fix it."
According to the Center for Responsive Politics, deep-pocket individuals and moneyed rings have spent far more money in the 2012 election to represent their private interests than in all the elections combined from years 2000 through 2008. For many, the din of deception and distortions has become unbearable and trust in government has declined as a result.
Instead, the online social media Asq.US will offer a continuous real-time town hall meeting on local, regional and national issues. Constituents can be heard directly by their elected representatives through their smartphones, tablets and computers before there is time to inundate the airwaves and cable networks with special interest advertising. The accumulating data of majority and minority opinions will be free for all to inspect.
And, with the same easy-to-use app-enabled technology, each elected representative can poll his or her constituents directly. This eliminates the high cost of sampling to taxpayers and the delay and potential distortions of voice that conventional polling routinely produce.
Fundly (http://fundly.com/) is the world's leading crowdfunding platform for social causes and has raised over $300,000,000 for a diverse range of nonprofit, political and personal fundraising campaigns with crowdfunding-for-good platforms.
The Asq.US team suggests that we put faith in the wisdom of our Founding Fathers. "Truth will ultimately prevail when there are pains to bring it to light," George Washington said.
"We're all counting on that," Brad Chick, the Asq.US founder, says.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, contact Ellen Kortesoja, 734.223.2455, Ellen@Asq.Us
ALPHARETTA, Ga., Nov. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Rolta International, Inc., a leading provider of information technology consulting, solutions and services, today announced the acquisition of AT Solutions Group, LLC, the parent of AdvizeX Technologies, LLC, a US company that provides total solutions consisting of hardware, software, and specialized advisory and technology services for implementing cutting-edge IT strategies like Cloud computing and Virtual Data Centers.
This acquisition brings to Rolta a strong portfolio of products and services, over 2,500 active customers, a large technology-enabled work force, and very robust partnerships with industry leaders.
Established in 1975, AdvizeX is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio with corporate management in Boston, Massachusetts and 12 regional offices in the US. AdvizeX has a world-class 'Center of Excellence' with an exceptional capability to work with customers to interactively evaluate options for achieving optimal business performance. Leveraging its expertise and infrastructure, AdvizeX provides a comprehensive set of products and services for a company's IT life-cycle - from roadmap planning, and evaluation of Cloud and data-center strategies, through design and implementation of complete infrastructure solutions, including security and enterprise-level managed services.
With this acquisition, Rolta is now among the top national partners of Oracle, Microsoft, HP, EMC, and VMware in the US, and has been recognized by its partners and customers through various awards for technology innovation and excellence.
Rolta has been a provider of state-of-the-art solutions for enterprise-level integration and business analytics for Enterprise Performance Management, CRM, and ERP, besides comprehensive geospatial and engineering solutions. The combined portfolio of the two companies, based on the best-of-class technology platforms of partners, offers a tremendous opportunity to Rolta to comprehensively address the needs of the larger customer base, including that of AdvizeX. By leveraging deep expertise in its chosen vertical segments, and IP-differentiated solutions, Rolta will now be well positioned to participate in main-stream IT business.
Fred Traversi, President of AdvizeX, said "The AdvizeX team is excited to join the Rolta family. AdvizeX is known for exceptional technical expertise in the design and deployment of today's most advanced IT infrastructure. With Rolta's deep IT software and services expertise we are now well positioned to lead the market in providing the Software Defined IT Infrastructure. Customers will see great value going forward in our combined breadth of IT services, software and hardware solutions which address the IT infrastructure needs of the CIO as well as the business needs of the CEO, COO, and CFO."
K. K. Singh, Chairman and CEO of the Rolta group said, "We are extremely pleased with the acquisition of AdvizeX who shares our passion for excellence. AdvizeX has exceptional technology, established branding and a strong base of repeat customers. We will now be able to offer sophisticated solutions to our customers world-wide for cutting-edge and emerging technologies, such as Cloud computing and virtualization."
About Rolta: Rolta is a leading provider of innovative IT solutions for many vertical segments, including Federal and State Governments, Defense/HLS, Utilities, Process, Power, Banking and Insurance. These enterprise level solutions are built around Rolta's intellectual property and domain expertise to offer unique business intelligence for impactful insights for effective decision making. Rolta's offering includes end-to-end solutions for geospatial applications for mapping and image processing, spatial data analysis and integration through Geospatial Fusion(TM). Rolta's services and solutions cover the entire life-cycle for the process industry, from engineering design, to operational excellence with its OneView(TM) suite. Rolta iPerspective(TM), is a unique platform for SOA and "Cloud" enablement for enterprise-level integration. Rolta is a multinational organization headquartered in India, which has executed projects in over 40 countries. Forbes Global ranked Rolta amongst the "Best 200 under a Billion" four times in six years. Rolta was included in the S&P Global Challengers List(TM), by Standard & Poor's. The Company is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange, and forms part of various indices on BSE/NSE in India. The Company's GDRs are listed on the Main Board of London Stock Exchange.
Ben Eazzetta Hiranya Ashar A.P. Singh
President International Operations Director Finance & CFO Member - Board of Directors
Telephone: +1 (678) 942 5000 Telephone: +91 (22) 2926 6666 Telephone: +91 (22) 2926 6666
Email: ben.eazzetta@roltaus.com Email: hiranya.ashar@rolta.com Email: ap.singh@rolta.com
Disclaimer: This press release includes statements that are not historical in nature and that may be characterized as "forward-looking statements", including those related to future financial and operating results, benefits and synergies of the Company's brands and strategies, future opportunities and the growth of the market for open source solutions. You should be aware that Rolta's actual results could differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements, which are based on current expectations of Rolta management and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, Rolta's ability to integrate acquired operations and employees, Rolta's success in executing its strategies, Rolta's ability to take a competitive position in the industry, business conditions and the general economy, market opportunities, potential new business strategies, competitive factors, sales and marketing execution, shifts in technologies or market demand, and any other factors. We may make additional written and oral forward-looking statements but do not undertake, and disclaim any obligation, to update them.
Magal Security Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ GMS: MAGS) today announced that it has expanded
its business proposition and will start delivering cyber protection solutions to its
existing and new customers.
Magal's new solutions will monitor, detect and protect against abnormal network
activity, both landline and wireless, within and close to protected sites. Magal is
teaming with third party technology companies to deliver turnkey cyber security solutions
for critical sites, and will offer an integrated suite of solutions for both the physical
and networked world.
As a first step, Magal will deliver cyber protection for the actual security network,
which may itself be exposed to cyber attacks. Magal will subsequently provide a full
umbrella for critical sites, covering the core production systems, infrastructure and
information systems.
Eitan Livneh, President and CEO of Magal S3, commented: "The traditional physical
threats to sensitive sites are now exacerbated by cyber threats, which have the potential
to jeopardize the mission of our customers. Unlike the physical space, deterrence barely
exists in cyberspace, and therefore in this cyber decade, seaports, airports, power
utilities, cities and in fact, any business cannot be left protected with only physical
security."
Continued Mr. Livneh, "With 42 years of proven security experience, we are now
launching a new paradigm of integrated physical and cyber security, managed through a
unified Security Operation Center (SOC) by Fortis4G - our latest command and control
system. We can now deliver turnkey solutions, based on our partners' products as well as
third party technologies. We will also provide full technical services, including threat
analysis, overall design, implementation and ongoing upgrades."
About Magal S3
Magal S3 is a leading international provider of security, safety and site management
solutions and products. Over the past 42 years, Magal S3 has delivered tailor-made
solutions and turnkey projects to hundreds of satisfied customers in over 80 countries in
some of the world's most demanding locations.
Magal S3 offers the broadest portfolio of unique homegrown Perimeter Intrusion
Detection Systems (PIDS) as well as Fortis4G - a new generation of cutting edge Physical
Security Information Management system (PSIM) with comprehensive CCTV solutions and
leading Intelligent Video Analytics (IVA).
This press release contains forward-looking statements, which are subject to risks and
uncertainties. Such statements are based on assumptions and expectations which may not be
realized and are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, many of which cannot be
predicted with accuracy and some of which might not even be anticipated. Future events and
actual results, financial and otherwise, may differ from the results discussed in the
forward-looking statements. A number of these risks and other factors that might cause
differences, some of which could be material, along with additional discussion of
forward-looking statements, are set forth in the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
EPM Live Releases Integrated IT Portfolio Management App
CARLSBAD, Calif., Nov. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --EPM Live, the leading Project Portfolio Management (PPM) and Work Management Platform that revolutionizes the way organizations manage projects and work, announced today the release of their IT Management application, ITEngine. ITEngine is a complete solution that allows organizations to manage all IT Initiative, Projects and IT Services (such as application support) in a single, centralized system.
EPM Live offers a range of core solutions that provide best practices and strategic processes to allow organizations to better manage their projects and work for improved ROI. EPM Live's IT Engine App specifically allows organizations to manage all IT work across the organization in a single solution. ITEngine gives executives and stakeholders clear visibility into all IT initiatives, costs and work for more informed and better decision making. ITEngine is one of EPM Live's many Apps offered in its revolutionary app marketplace that is included when you purchase the EPM Live Work Management Platform. Visit EPM Live's App Marketplace at http://market.epmlive.com/.
In the recent release of Gartner's Market Definition for Integrated IT Portfolio Analysis (IIPA), the summary stated that, "Businesses are discovering that there is no data-sharing platform that all IT managers can use to unify the disparate financial, project, asset and operations views stakeholders need to communicate across IT silos. Integrated IT portfolio analysis is striving to change that." EPM Live has focused on this area for some time and is the first to respond. "Constant innovation and change are critical as we continue to strive to meet the needs of our customers and the PPM market. EPM Live stays ahead of the curve to provide value to its customers and to meet the complex needs of a constantly changing industry allowing our stakeholders to respond quickly to these market changes," said EPM Live CEO, Joe Larscheid. Gartner goes on to recommend, "If you have some existing practice in investment, project, asset or IT service portfolio maintenance, then you should engage your current providers in discussions of their plans to support IIPA in the future." EPM Live is prepared to give customers and prospects this plan for successful IIPA.
EPM Live have received many accolades for their advanced efforts in Integrated IT Portfolio Management, EPM Live was most recently named a Value Leader and Visionary for Next Generation IT Management by EMA Analyst Firm and Gartner Inc. placed EPM Live in their 2012 Magic Quadrant for Cloud-Based Project and Portfolio Management while also releasing a newsletter in conjunction with EPM Live about Integrated Portfolio Analysis.
EPM Live's platform is the first build-to-order platform that extends Project Portfolio Management (PPM) to all areas of the business regardless of work focus. Small to large organizations can apply cost saving disciplines such as delivering projects successfully, optimizing resource utilization, and selecting the right work to all business teams including new product development, IT, services, operations, sales and project management. EPM Live's rapid growth and revolutionary Project Portfolio Management (PPM) product are the primary contributors to this accomplishment.
EPM Live will continue to provide cutting-edge, cost effective project and work management solutions. EPM Live's applications support the entire work and project management lifecycle and provide the necessary efficiencies and indicators for companies to improve their ROI, streamline their business processes and make critical business decisions. EPM Live offers its clients solutions that possess the flexibility and scalability to meet specific industry and methodology needs. These innovative solutions include features such as Portfolio Management, Project Management, Cost Management, Time Management, Resource Management, Service Management, Agile Management, Business Intelligence and Collaboration. These features are all designed to work together or separately to meet any business specific need.
To get more information on EPM Live's award winning technology:
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About EPM Live
EPM Live is the leading work management platform that revolutionizes the way organizations manage projects and work. EPM Live's platform is the first build to order platform that extends Project Portfolio Management (PPM) to all areas of the business regardless of work focus. Small to large organizations can apply cost saving disciplines such as delivering projects successfully, optimizing resource utilization, and selecting the right work to all business teams including new product development, IT, services, operations, sales and project management.
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House of Fraser has 60 department stores throughout the UK with over 1 million
products available online and in store and recently won Multi-Channel Retailer of the Year
at the Retail Systems awards. Keen to enhance the customer experience even further, House
of Fraser recognised the need to implement a solution that would help it to manage the
complex flow of product information
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across the enterprise and deliver an improved experience for the modern customer.
Stibo Systems' STEP platform will help House of Fraser to consolidate all its product
information into a single repository where it can be managed effectively by merchandisers
and product managers. The STEP platform will then deliver consistent and accurate
information to all sales channels both today and in the future.
Andy Harding, Director of eCommerce at House of Fraser commented, "Stibo System's
solution will give our customers a better all-round experience both online and in-store,
with easy access to rich product information, helping the consumer to make more informed
purchasing decisions. In addition, it will serve to streamline our operations and cut down
the time previously required to manage our wide range of products.'
"With the experience and expertise that Stibo Systems has in the retail sector we are
delighted to welcome House of Fraser to our customer community. Our STEP solution will
provide House of Fraser with the perfect platform on which to grow its product catalogue
and meet future goals," said Jenny James, Business Development Manager, Stibo Systems.
About House of Fraser
House of Fraser [http://www.houseoffraser.co.uk ] is a national premium department
store group in the UK and Ireland trading principally under the iconic House of Fraser
brand name through a portfolio of 60 well-invested stores, as well as through our rapidly
growing web-store, http://www.houseoffraser.co.uk and 2 small Houseoffraser.com concept
stores.
The House of Fraser brand is differentiated from other department store groups in the
UK by our 160 year history in the UK retail market, our wide geographic reach (across the
UK and on-line), our broad range of high quality premium branded merchandise offered at
competitive prices, our increasing exclusive House Brand offering and our commitment to
providing an imaginative, exciting and relevant shopping experience to our customers.
With the ability to handle 25 million packets per second of attack traffic, regardless
of packet size, as well as up to 40Gbps of legitimate traffic, DefensePro x420 offers the
world's highest mitigation capacity and is designed to protect organizations from the
industry's highest volume denial-of-service (DoS) and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)
attacks.
"Today's attacks destroy customer experience and have the potential to take down
systems for weeks on end," says Avi Chesla, chief technology officer, Radware. "As
organizations are overwhelmed by crippling network and application level attacks, industry
demands have called for a more powerful, high-capacity solution. Our response is
DefensePro x420, which is agnostic to packet size and capable of separating legitimate and
non-legitimate traffic between hardware components. It is also part of the Radware Attack
Mitigation System (AMS), which is the most advanced attack mitigation solution available
on the market today."
Additional industry-leading attack mitigation features of Radware's DefensePro x420
solution include:
- High Throughput Processing: Critical to the demanding nature of today's
online businesses, DefensePro x420 offers performance throughput of up to 40Gbps.
- Complete Separation of Legitimate and Attack Traffic Processing: Unique to
Radware's solutions, DefensePro is able to identify and separate legitimate and
illegitimate traffic and handle each traffic type by a separated processing hardware.
This ensures that the quality of experience for a legitimate user is never diminished
or compromised, even during a massive application layer attack.
- Industry Exclusive 40G Ports: Recognizing the evolution of data centers,
Radware has armed the DefensePro x420 with both 10G and 40G ports to support current
and future networks.
- Critical Component of Radware's Award Winning Attack Mitigation Solution
(AMS): Radware's AMS includes integration of critical inspection and analysis modules,
including Anti-DoS, Network and Application Behavioral Analysis (NBA), IPS, Web
Application Firewall (WAF) and reputation engine capabilities that continuously
monitor traffic, providing protection against a wide range of cyber attacks and fully
safeguarding networks, servers and applications against known and emerging network
security threats. DefensePro also uses patent-protected behavioral based real-time
signature technology to detect and mitigates emerging network attacks in real time.
- Major Enhancements to Challenge-Response Rate: Connection-based application
DDoS attacks are on the rise with a greater application transaction attack rate than
ever. Radware's DP application challenge response mechanism can now perform up to
multi-million application challenge /sec. Thus, applications are quickly and
effectively shielded from the most intense, high-volume application level DDoS
attacks.
DefensePro x420's high capacity performance metrics cater to the needs of the world's
largest online businesses and service providers. With x420, these businesses now have
access to the DefensePro family's first-class capabilities, at the largest scale they
require.
Additionally, as DefensePro has the highest mitigation performance in the market,
telecommunications companies, carriers and managed security providers that offer DDoS
protection to customers can now provide extensive cloud scrubbing centers- eliminating the
need to deploy multiple devices and enhancing cloud and hosting cost structures.
For more information about the DefensePro family of products, please visit http://www.radware.com.
About Radware
Radware [http://www.radware.com ] (NASDAQ: RDWR), is a global leader of application
delivery [http://www.radware.com/Products/ApplicationDelivery/default.aspx ] and
application security
[http://www.radware.com/Products/ApplicationNetworkSecurity/default.aspx ] solutions for
virtual and cloud data centers. Its award-winning solutions portfolio delivers full
resilience for business-critical applications, maximum IT efficiency, and complete
business agility. Radware's solutions empower more than 10,000 enterprise and carrier
customers worldwide to adapt to market challenges quickly, maintain business continuity
and achieve maximum productivity while keeping costs down. For more information, please
visit http://www.radware.com.
(c)2012 Radware, Ltd. All rights reserved. Radware and all other Radware product and
service names are registered trademarks or trademarks of Radware in the U.S. and other
countries. All other trademarks and names are property of their respective owners.
This press release may contain statements concerning Radware's future prospects that
are "forward-looking statements" under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. Statements preceded by, followed by, or that otherwise include the words "believes",
"expects", "anticipates", "intends", "estimates", "plans", and similar expressions or
future or conditional verbs such as "will", "should", "would", "may" and "could" are
generally forward-looking in nature and not historical facts. These statements are based
on current expectations and projections that involve a number of risks and uncertainties.
There can be no assurance that future results will be achieved, and actual results could
differ materially from forecasts and estimates. These risks and uncertainties, as well as
others, are discussed in greater detail in Radware's Annual Report on Form 20-F and
Radware's other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking
statements speak only as of the date on which they are made and Radware undertakes no
commitment to revise or update any forward-looking statement in order to reflect events or
circumstances after the date any such statement is made. Radware's public filings are
available from the Securities and Exchange Commission's website athttp://www.sec.gov
or may be obtained on Radware's website at http://www.radware.com.
Corporate Media Relations:
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-- Products bring unprecedented performance, ease-of-deployment, user
productivity and cost reduction
-- Major releases include EMC Documentum Platform 7.0, EMC Documentum xCP
2.0 and EMC Captiva 7.0
-- Products accelerate journey to the cloud for IIG and customers
-- EMC's Information Intelligence Group portfolio can be fully managed with
EMC OnDemand private cloud deployment model
Full Story:
At Momentum, the EMC Information Intelligence Group's EMEA user conference,EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) today announced a series of new products and solutions across the Information Intelligence Group (IIG) portfolio. IIG is committed to helping its customers transform their business with cloud solutions that connect information to work.
-- EMC(®) Documentum(®) Platform 7.0, the next-generation release of
EMC's industry-leading enterprise content management (ECM) platform.
This new platform delivers breakthrough performance and scalability,
while dramatically lowering total cost of ownership. Built with the new
EMC xCelerated Management System (xMS) technology, the latest release
offers advanced capabilities to simplify and accelerate the deployment
of Documentum into VMware-based private-cloud environments. It also
includes powerful new capabilities for security such as FIPS (Federal
Information Processing Standard) compliance as well as improved search
for end user productivity.
-- EMC(®) Documentum xCP 2.0 is a next-generation platform for developing
and deploying advanced business and case management solutions, optimized
for cloud-based deployments including EMC(®) OnDemand. The new release
dramatically improves productivity with a modern user experience,
content and process analytics, and provides the industry's first unified
solution design tool for increased agility and faster solution
development. xCP 2.0 is uniquely positioned to delight business users,
enabling them to make effective decisions that drive better business
outcomes.
-- EMC(®) Captiva(®) 7.0 transforms paper documents, faxes and other
content into digital data used by enterprise applications. This new,
significant release provides advanced capabilities for intelligent
enterprise capture, business productivity and improved organizational
agility. New features simplify the development and deployment of
enterprise capture projects. Captiva 7.0 increases operator
productivity with a new configurable, flexible desktop client for a
variety of use cases.
-- EMC(®) Document Sciences(®) xPression 4.5 enables organizations to
quickly and cost-effectively create timely, accurate and personally
relevant customer communications. Document Sciences xPression 4.5 meets
the demands of business users by further extending Microsoft Word to
simplify the creation of effective multi-channel communications while
providing IT with the enterprise-level administration and change control
they require. The new version also includes significant performance
improvements and increases productivity for multi-channel publishing by
enabling a single rules-based template to control the appropriate use of
channel-specific content and formatting.
-- EMC(®) Documentum Information Rights Management (IRM) 5.1 enables
secure mobile access to protected information assets throughout the
enterprise and beyond the firewall. Designed to enhance business and IT
productivity in an increasingly mobile and cloud environment, Documentum
IRM 5.1 enables iPad and iPhone users to access and browse IRM-protected
enterprise content as part of a typical business process. It is
seamlessly integrated with the Documentum platform and also works with
file shares and other enterprise content management repositories.
-- EMC(®) SourceOne File Intelligence 4.7, part of the EMC Pervasive
Governance solution portfolio, enables organizations to identify,
assess, classify and manage valuable content dispersed throughout the
enterprise. The solution enables organizations to reduce costs and
manage the risks associated with the retention, disposition and
remediation of electronic records and files. The new release delivers
better performance, scalability and connectivity to other enterprise
repositories.
-- EMC(®) SourceOne eDiscovery - Kazeon 4.7, an industry-leading, in-house
eDiscovery and Early Case Assessment (ECA) platform, simplifies how
legal, compliance and IT teams identify, collect and preserve critical
information across numerous repositories and applications. With this
new version, organizations can accelerate early case assessment, reduce
review costs by more than 50% and enhance their internal investigations
with breakthrough performance and scalability.
-- EMC(®) Syncplicity(®) Connector for Documentum enables organizations
to automate the distribution of content from Documentum to users and all
of their devices as part of business processes. Developers can also use
the xCP Designer to visually design, customize and deploy applications
that automatically or manually distribute content from their Documentum
repositories via Syncplicity. The company also announced the
availability of Syncplicity Mobile 2.0 for the Apple iOS platform.
EMC will demonstrate all of the new products, as well as several solutions. The EMC Documentum for Life Sciences eTMF Solution which minimizes risks and costs of Life Science clinical trials by accelerating the collection of documentation required for trial set-up and approval, gives sponsor companies real-time visibility into the status of trial documentation, and simplifies access and retrieval of eTMF documents during and after the trial. The EMC Documentum Engineering Plant and Facilities Management (EPFM) Solution 1.7 helps operators of large facilities and managers of complex design and construction projects effectively create, share, maintain and secure the large volumes of engineering-related content across globally distributed network of vendors and contractors. The EPFM solution prevents project delays, minimizes plant down time and helps avoid regulatory non-compliance and catastrophic events that can result from faulty documentation.
Analyst Quote:
Melissa Webster, Program Vice President, Content & Digital Media Technologies, IDC
"Customers are increasingly seeking out integrated solutions to manage their unstructured information throughout its life cycle. There is growing awareness of the need to maximize the value of content assets in all phases of that life cycle -- from collaborative content creation and sharing, to the intelligent use of content to drive business processes, to discovery and governance -- and of the benefits of a comprehensive, integrated single-vendor solution."
Executive Quote:
Rick Devenuti, President, Information Intelligence Group, EMC Corporation
"EMC is pleased to deliver such a comprehensive set of products and solutions, aimed at bringing new levels of agility, productivity and intelligence to the enterprise. The Information Intelligence Group is focused on helping our customers transform their IT and business operations with cloud solutions to connect information to work; the integrated innovation in this new wave of releases drives us forward on that journey."
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Additional Resources:
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SlideShare
About EMC
EMC Corporation is a global leader in enabling businesses and service providers to transform their operations and deliver IT as a service. Fundamental to this transformation is cloud computing. Through innovative products and services, EMC accelerates the journey to cloud computing, helping IT departments to store, manage, protect and analyze their most valuable asset -- information -- in a more agile, trusted and cost-efficient way. Additional information about EMC can be found at http://www.EMC.com.
EMC, Documentum, Captiva, xPression and Document Sciences are registered trademarks or trademarks of EMC Corporation in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks herein are the property of their respective holders.
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EMC Announces Syncplicity Connector for Documentum; Availability of Syncplicity Mobile 2.0
Integrations with Documentum Platform and Documentum xCP Enable Organizations to Distribute Content from their System-of-Record Repository; Mobile 2.0 Enables Automatic No-touch Sync of Files for Offline Access and Push Notifications
-- Integration with Documentum Platform allows organizations to use
Syncplicity to distribute content from their system-of-record repository
-- Enables content to be synced to large groups of users and all mobile
devices, inside and outside the firewall, as part of a defined business
process
-- Announces Syncplicity Mobile 2.0 for users and teams to always have
access to the information they require
-- Includes Support for Apple iPhone 5
-- New Enterprise Sync Features for better management and control
Full Story:
At Momentum, the EMC Information Intelligence Group's EMEA user conference,EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) today announced integration of Syncplicity with EMC(®) Documentum(®), including the EMC Documentum Platform and EMC Documentum xCP. The company also announced the availability of Syncplicity Mobile 2.0 for the Apple iOS platform.
Acquired by EMC earlier this year, Syncplicity delivers easy-to-use cloud-based solutions for secure file sync, sharing and collaboration. The solution enables organizations to push content to large pre-defined user groups while giving IT the ability to maintain control and visibility into where content is shared. Because of Syncplicity's enterprise-grade security and controls, it enables organizations to publish content to users inside and outside the firewall, and even inside or outside the company, while maintaining compliance and adhering to company policies.
Syncplicity Integration with Documentum
In integrating Syncplicity with Documentum, organizations can automate the distribution of content from their Documentum repository to users and all of their devices as part of business processes. Common horizontal and industry use cases include: publishing regulated sales and marketing collateral to remote sales teams for offline access in industries such as pharmaceuticals and life sciences; publishing standard operating procedures (SOPs) and controlled content in manufacturing; publishing deal books in financial services, and handling document transmittals in the oil and gas industry. The integration also provides a convenient and secure option for business processes such as submitting content to substantiate a loan, claim or eligibility application, and attach the content directly to a case file stored in the Documentum Platform.
The Syncplicity integration with Documentum xCP enables developers to visually design, customize and deploy applications that automatically or manually distribute content from their Documentum repository via Syncplicity.
Syncplicity Mobile 2.0: Transforming the Way We Work
Syncplicity's Mobile for the Apple iOS platform enables automatic sync of selected files and folders from computers to mobile devices so the most recent version is always available online or offline without requiring users to take any action.
Unlike competitive solutions built to serve consumer requirements, users in Syncplicity are not forced to move or change the way they organize their files and folders to have access to their content on any device. Syncplicity solutions deliver the productivity and ease of use that users appreciate combined with the trust IT teams require, including a rich set of administrative tools, security, compliance and policy controls for enterprises of all sizes.
With Syncplicity Mobile, teams can get accurate information when they need it. Sales teams can have the latest pricing, marketing can have updated collateral, and in highly-regulated scenarios, Standard Operating Procedures and quality documents for facilities and manufacturing teams are current to help ensure compliance. Syncplicity Mobile enables:
-- Users to automatically push selected files and folders to mobile devices
whenever updates occur to gain offline access to the latest content
without having to download it first
-- New Mobile Push notification to inform users whenever a new version is
available on their device
-- Selective sync support for control over which files and folders
automatically synchronize
-- Mobile favorites put a user's most important files right at their
fingertips
-- Enhanced IT admin controls sync process to conserve device memory and
power, and protect against overusing data plans
The new release for Apple iPad and iPhone devices is immediately available for download in the Apple Store. Support for Android devices will be available soon.
Customer Quote:
Robert Meltz, Chief Technology Officer, Hearthstone
"Hearthstone is a performance-driven organization and requires flexible, efficient, and agile technologies to dynamically and securely scale the flow of data among our staff and external partners. As the largest investment firm dedicated solely to residential homebuilders, we needed a solution to help transform the way we worked while keeping up with the demands of an increasingly mobile workforce. We have relied on Syncplicity for secure file sync, sharing, and collaboration to ensure our distributed workforce and partners can interact and share content on their device of choice without compromising the security and governance IT requires. We have seen firsthand the benefits of Syncplicity and are excited for the extended support of the new mobile client."
Industry Analyst Quote:
Vanessa Thompson, Research Manager for Enterprise Social Networks and Collaborative Technologies, IDC
"The ability to surface information in real time and in context in a way that enables a broader business system of relationship is critical in today's enterprise environment. Organizations will continue to demand broader and more specific collaboration scenarios that tie together internal and external constituents and extend seamlessly across mobile form factors without compromising IT control and visibility."
EMC Executive Quote:
Jeetu Patel, Syncplicity Vice President and General Manager, Information Intelligence Group, EMC Corporation
"Syncplicity is committed to helping customers transform the way they work. The connector integration with Documentum supports a number of use cases that accelerate productivity, and a new method for getting work done. In the same way, we are excited to deliver Syncplicity Mobile 2.0. No longer does the sales rep worry if she's quoting the right price from her device. And employees in the field or shop floor won't have to spend time worrying if they have the latest version of a design document, contract, or operating procedure. It's what it should be-- simple and automatic. Our commitment to innovation embraces the users' demand for ease and productivity and empowers IT to protect the enterprise. We simply do both."
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Additional Resources:
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Community Network
About EMC
EMC Corporation is a global leader in enabling businesses and service providers to transform their operations and deliver IT as a service. Fundamental to this transformation is cloud computing. Through innovative products and services, EMC accelerates the journey to cloud computing, helping IT departments to store, manage, protect and analyze their most valuable asset -- information -- in a more agile, trusted and cost-efficient way. Additional information about EMC can be found atwww.EMC.com.
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EMC Delivers Documentum xCP 2.0 to Transform Business Solution Development and Deployment
Create and Deploy Solutions Up to 50% Faster; Optimized for Cloud-Based Deployments; Allows Customers and Partners to Achieve Unprecedented Productivity, Intelligence and Agility
-- Announces EMC Documentum xCP 2.0 for building information centric
solutions
-- Includes the industry's first unified solution design tool for increased
agility and up to 50% faster time to value
-- Optimized for private cloud deployment through tight integration with
VMware technologies and tools
-- Deliver solutions that enhance productivity and delight end users with a
modern, intuitive experience and Apple iPad support
-- Ecosystem of EMC partners already engaged in bringing innovative
solutions to market
Full Story:
At Momentum, the EMC Information Intelligence Group's EMEA user conference,EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) today announces EMC(®) Documentum(®) xCP 2.0, a next-generation solution development platform for delivering cloud based information centric and case management solutions. Documentum xCP 2.0 enables customers and partners to achieve unprecedented productivity, intelligence and agility. Based on the foundation of Documentum 7 also announced today, Documentum xCP 2.0 integrates advanced ECM capabilities with business process management capabilities to deliver breakthrough performance and scalability.
Documentum xCP 2.0 delivers rich value, enabling customers and partners to build advanced, innovative solutions across multiple industries, such as loan servicing and customer on-boarding solutions in financial services, tax processing and citizen services solutions in public sector, as well as cross-industry solutions such as contracts management, invoice automation and accounts payable solutions. A rich ecosystem of EMC global partners participated in an early access program for xCP 2.0, and are actively building innovative solutions on top of this platform.
Documentum xCP2.0: Productivity, Intelligence and Agility
Productivity: Solutions that end users love
xCP 2.0 transforms information worker productivity by delivering compelling purpose built user experiences that deliver the right information at the right time within a business process. By delivering modern and intuitive applications across form factors including Apple iPad, xCP 2.0 enables an increasingly mobile workforce.
Intelligence: Better business decisions powered by Big Data
Making accurate and timely decisions is a top priority in the modern enterprise and the focus of many case management applications. By bringing together content, process and business analytics, xCP 2.0 embeds Big Data within business processes and provides insight to drive better decisions and outcomes.
Agility: Fastest time to value in the industry
This new release dramatically improves time to value by expediting development, deployment, and maintenance of solutions. The unified xCP Designer enables application developers to visually compose rich solutions without the need to code, and partner more closely with business analysts to rapidly iterate and accelerate the design and implementation of solutions.
xCP 2.0 includes a library of prebuilt components, available as free downloads in the EMC Community Network (ECN), that enable application developers to quickly deliver solutions the business will love. This release promotes a design philosophy focused on reuse and openness. Custom components can be built leveraging open technologies and reused across projects further improving the time to delivery of additional applications.
xCP 2.0 is optimized for cloud-based deployment and takes advantage of the new Documentum xCelerated Management System (xMS) which:
-- Reduces deployment time from weeks to hours by orchestrating the
automated provisioning of environments into the VMware private cloud
-- Dramatically lowers cost by reducing the dependency on specialized
expertise, increases repeatability and utilizes best practices
-- Maximizes solution uptime through built-in monitoring and alerting
xCP 2.0 solutions can also be available via EMC(®) OnDemand as a private cloud deployment hosted model, fully managed by EMC experts.
Partner Quote
Johnny Gee, Chief Technology Officer, Beach Street
"Documentum xCP 2.0 has transformed how Beach Street builds and deploys applications by creating a single designer interface that allows you to configure various components like workflows, user interfaces, process reporting, and external system integrations with very little custom coding. As one of the charter members of the Early Access Program, we are excited to build the second generation of our Contracts, Invoice and HR Automation solutions on xCP 2.0."
Executive Quote
Rohit Ghai, Vice President, Products, Information Intelligence Group at EMC
"EMC is thrilled to deliver xCP 2.0 to the market, as we make the best platform for delivering information centric solutions even better. The new xCP Designer is truly transformative for enabling our customers and partners to rapidly build solutions that delight the end user. The reception and response to this release from our partner ecosystem has been truly phenomenal."
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Additional Resources:
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About EMC
EMC Corporation is a global leader in enabling businesses and service providers to transform their operations and deliver IT as a service. Fundamental to this transformation is cloud computing. Through innovative products and services, EMC accelerates the journey to cloud computing, helping IT departments to store, manage, protect and analyze their most valuable asset -- information -- in a more agile, trusted and cost-efficient way. Additional information about EMC can be found at http://www.EMC.com.
EMC, Documentum are registered trademarks or trademarks of EMC Corporation in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks herein are the property of their respective holders.
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New Japanese Language iPhone App from Halcyon Software Enhances the Remote Management of Enterprise IT Infrastructures
PETERBOROUGH, England, November 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Halcyon Software, the global leader in systems management software, has announced the
latest release of its iPhone app which now offers full support for the Japanese language.
This easy-to-use app enables IT support staff to remotely access the Halcyon Enterprise
Console using iPhones or iPads. The new mobile version of the Enterprise Console provides
a dashboard of all alerts in a single view and has the same level of functionality as the
desktop version enabling issues or problems to be quickly resolved from any location
around the clock.
According to Donnie MacColl, Technical Services Director of Halcyon Software: "We have
developed this new mobile solution to enhance the functionality of our systems management
software and improve the productivity and efficiency of IT support staff who often have to
work remotely. The new app allows them to manage their vital IT systems, even when they
are in meetings or travelling, and demonstrates our commitment to providing innovative
solutions to keep essential IT infrastructures and critical business processes operating
at peak performance levels."
Halcyon Software's new app is free to download from the iTunes App Store and is
compatible with the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. It provides Japanese users with a
portable view of their whole IT systems environment, regardless of operating platform.
Remote access to the Halcyon Enterprise Console delivers all system alerts, SNMP traps,
devices and system status messages in real-time to these mobile devices.
This announcement follows the October 2012 launch of Halcyon Software's new Double
Byte Character Set (DBCS) systems management solution that supports the Japanese language
for the IBM i platform. This powerful solution also interfaces with recognized Open Source
systems such as Security Information Event Managers (SIEM), Log Amalgamators, IBM Tivoli,
HP OpenView, CA Unicenter, BMC Patrol and any Syslog or SNMP compliant system.
About Halcyon Software Ltd
Halcyon Software is a global leader in multi-platform systems management software
solutions that reduce the complexity and cost of monitoring critical business systems,
core applications and processes. They support IBM enterprise-class systems, including
IBM(R) i [http://www.halcyonsoftware.com/products/ibm-i.html ] and AIX
[http://www.halcyonsoftware.com/products/aix.html ](R), as well as Windows
[http://www.halcyonsoftware.com/products/windows.html ](R) and Linux(R)
[http://www.halcyonsoftware.com/products/linux.html ] platforms. Halcyon solutions are used
by large multi-nationals, corporate and public sector data centres as well as small- to
medium-sized organisations globally to ensure that vital IT systems, business applications
and services are available 24/7. With regional offices in Peterborough UK, Philadelphia
USA, and Melbourne Australia, Halcyon also has a world-wide network of partners and
distributors supporting Europe, the Americas and Asia Pac. For further information please
visit http://www.halcyonsoftware.com
Industry Leaders CollabNet And UC4 Software Partner To Bring First Enterprise-Grade DevOps Platform To Market
Joint solution helps enterprise IT organizations manage and automate all aspects of DevOps to improve collaboration, agility and software time-to-market
BRISBANE, Calif. and BELLEVUE, Wash., Nov. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CollabNet® (http://www.collab.net), the global leader for Enterprise Cloud Development and Agile ALM, and UC4 Software (http://www.uc4.com), the leader in IT Process Automation, have entered into a strategic partnership to help IT organizations achieve enterprise DevOps at scale. The companies will jointly develop, market, sell and support a comprehensive end-to-end DevOps platform. The joint offering provides the automation, scalability and governance enterprises need to bring development and IT Operations closer together to deliver software faster and reduce IT costs.
For CollabNet, the key component of this combined solution embeds UC4's Application Release Automation functionality within CollabNet's TeamForge Agile ALM platform, introducing a new deployment automation offering called "CollabNet Deploy with UC4" to its customers and prospects. This new product offering provides the bridge between the industry's leading Agile ALM platform from CollabNet and the industry's leading IT automation platform from UC4. For UC4, the addition of TeamForge to the UC4 IT automation platform offers a complete, end-to-end development through IT operations solution for its customers and prospects. These combined solutions comprise an Enterprise DevOps platform that will automate the entire development-through-deployment process across a range of on-premise and external clouds - including code, build, test, release, deployment and IT automation - to achieve continuous, reliable application releases at scale.
"This partnership supports our mutual goals of driving agility and collaboration across the entire IT organization as we now offer a single, common platform that manages all aspects of emerging DevOps and Continuous Delivery initiatives," said Jason Liu, CEO for UC4. "Software is the lifeblood of market competitiveness and organizational success, and our joint DevOps platform is a solution our customers want as they move to automate the entire application code, build, release and deployment lifecycle. CollabNet enables Agile and governed enterprise-wide deployment like no other solution on the market - they were a natural selection to be our partner for this transformational industry opportunity."
As DevOps and Continuous Delivery gain traction and adoption increases, IT organizations need strong governance, cross-team coordination and traceability to succeed and scale these initiatives across the enterprise. CollabNet Deploy with UC4 includes the core technology of UC4 embedded within TeamForge to form a unified platform that provides complete cross-function data and workflow automation, integrated reporting, lifecycle traceability and the ability to gain real-time visibility across roles, projects, departments and geographies. Through a single-pane-of-glass interface, IT organizations can now automate and streamline the entire application development, build and deployment lifecycle to improve software agility, productivity and team collaboration.
"We are thrilled to see the powerful characteristics that make TeamForge the leading choice for managing large-scale development programs extend deeper into IT operations," said Bill Portelli, co-founder and CEO for CollabNet. "DevOps is following a similar adoption and maturity model as Agile development and cloud computing did a few years ago. Combined with UC4, we are bringing to market a platform that significantly evolves modern software development and deployment."
CollabNet's TeamForge ALM platform transforms enterprise application development through its unique community architecture approach to Agile ALM. It is used by hundreds of enterprises to simplify and manage the growing complexity of faster release cycles, global distributed teams, and the hybrid use of processes, tools and clouds. UC4's Application Release Automation platform automates and orchestrates all activities involved in application deployment and operations, allowing for different environments, owners and processes to work in unison.
CollabNet Deploy with UC4 helps improve:
-- Productivity and Agility: Transforms cumbersome and manual application
deployments of build, test, staging and production software/hardware
images into fully governed, Lean and efficient automated processes that
now take minutes instead of hours or days.
-- Compliance and Governance: Automates end-to-end tracking of all
deployment-related changes and delivers detailed reporting on deployment
status, change activity and the segregation of duties for strategic
planning and efficient execution.
-- Efficiency and Cost Savings: Greatly reduces the risk of capital and
brand-damaging losses by eliminating deployment-related outages, as well
as saves on resources needed to configure, deploy and fix defects.
UC4 and CollabNet will demonstrate the new CollabNet Deploy with UC4 solution at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2012 in Barcelona, Spain. To learn more or request a demo please visit http://www.collab.net/deploy.
Share this: #CollabNet and #UC4 partner for enterprise #DevOps at scale with # CollabNet Deploy with UC4. Learn more at http://www.collab.net/deploy
About UC4 Software
UC4 Software is the world's largest independent IT Process Automation software company. UC4's ONE Automation platform delivers IT Process Automation for organizations facing increasingly dynamic applications and infrastructure, and those migrating to next generation service models for cloud, DevOps and big data. ONE Automation unifies workload, application release, application process, run-book, data transfer, and VM automation, with predictive analytics based on complex event processing technology. Unified process automation is proven to help IT Operations gain greater control and significantly improve both service delivery and cost savings. With 25 years of experience, UC4 automates tens of millions of operations a day for over 2,000 customers worldwide. Rethink IT automation at http://www.UC4.com.
About CollabNet
CollabNet is a leading provider of Enterprise Cloud Development and Agile ALM products and services for software-driven organizations. With more than 10,000 global customers, the company provides a suite of platforms and services to address three major trends disrupting the software industry: Agile, DevOps and hybrid cloud development. Its CloudForge(TM) development-Platform-as-a-Service (dPaaS) enables cloud development through a flexible platform that is team friendly, enterprise ready and integrated to support leading third party tools. The CollabNet TeamForge® ALM, ScrumWorks® Pro Agileproject management and Subversion Edge and Enterprise Git source code management platforms can be deployed separately or together, in the cloud or on-premise. CollabNet complements its technical offerings with industry leading consulting and training services for Agile and cloud development transformations. Many CollabNet customers improve productivity by as much as 70 percent, while reducing costs by 80 percent. For more information, please visit (http://www.collab.net).
CollabNet, TeamForge, and ScrumWorks are registered trademarks of CollabNet, Inc. CloudForge is a trademark of CollabNet, Inc. Subversion is a registered trademark of the Apache Software Foundation. Other names may be trademarks of their respective holders.
Award-winning UK Tourism eLearning Company Goes Global
LONDON, November 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
- Multi-language training courses break down barriers to business across the
world
Online Travel Training [http://ott.travel/home.aspx ], the world's largest provider of
travel & tourism eLearning, today announced the launch of its new global site and its new
name.
Having established the largest and most comprehensive resource of online training
programmes for the UK travel industry, the award-winning company is set to bring eLearning
to the fingertips of travel agency and tour operator staff across the world. In an
exciting move travel suppliers are now able to replicate what they do in the UK on a
global scale.
Under the new brand name of OTT, with a new URL (http://www.ott.travel) and a new
logo, the site's 120 different courses will now be available in any language and in any
region of the world. The new site will allow travel suppliers such as airlines, tour
operators, destinations, attractions, rail and cruise operators and car rental companies
to easily educate, incentivise and market to travel professionals across the world.
Launched in the UK just five years ago with the goal of providing the most advanced
and innovative training programmes to the retail travel sector, the company has won seven
UK trade awards in the last three years and has grown to 60,000 global members. OTT's
prestigious client base includes British Airways, Easyjet, Disney, Kuoni, P&O Cruises, TUI
UK and Virgin Atlantic.
Bruce Martin, Operations Director OTT said 'This is an immensely exciting time for us.
In today's highly competitive global market, it is vital that travel professionals develop
their skills and understanding so they can sell effectively and provide the level of
service and knowledge which consumers expect. Investing in personal development also
benefits the individual, providing greater job satisfaction and the opportunity to earn
some excellent incentives and fam trips.'
Travel staff signing up for courses will experience a raft of new features on the site
including an improved look and feel, added gamification making the site more fun and
responsive, with awarding achievement badges for students as they progress; plus an
integrated revenue tracker so agents can watch their earnings soar.
Suppliers signing up to run courses with OTT will find it even easier to create
courses or upload existing courses on the new OTT platform. OTT also offers a wide
selection of marketing options to actively promote suppliers' courses, including social
media promotion, e-shots and homepage competitions and incentives. Global marketing
campaigns can be effectively managed with OTT's specially designed dashboard, providing
full visibility of delivery and results.
Most importantly, the new platform places greater emphasis on measuring results. A new
management reporting system makes it possible to track how many students access training
and monitor how many bookings are being made as a result of the course. With new
multi-language ability and full audience content control, global courses are set to launch
soon in Australia, the Middle East, India and Canada, with media deals in place to help
promote and support these launches.
To find out more about OTT visit the OTT stand TT215 at World Travel Market.
Alternatively see http://www.ott.travel.
Agents visiting World Travel Market should visit the stand (TT215) and try the OTT
Global Guru online quiz. The winner will enjoy dinner for two at new London landmark, The
Shard plus a night in a top London Hotel.
Note to Editors:
Online Travel Training was established in 2007 to bring the most advanced and
innovative training programmes to the UK retail travel sector. From November 2012 the
company has re-branded itself as OTT and has expanded to now offer over 120 courses across
the globe, providing courses in any language to any region.
The training provider has won seven UK trade awards in the last three years and has
grown to 60,000 global members. Renowned for its innovation, product delivery and
excellent customer service, OTT's prestigious client base includes British Airways,
Easyjet, Disney, Kuoni, P&O Cruises, TUI UK and Virgin Atlantic.
OTT
CONTACT: Contact Bruce Martin on +44-(0)207-923-6440 or sales@ott.travel
Attunity Expands Big Data Integration Offering With New Hadoop Solution to Improve Analytics and Business Insights
Attunity Managed File Transfer (MFT) for Hadoopenables automated, accelerated and secure file collection and data transfer with the Hadoop File System (HDFS)
BURLINGTON, Massachusetts, November 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Attunity Ltd. (NASDAQ: ATTU), a leading provider of information availability software
solutions, announced today the release of Attunity Managed File Transfer (MFT) for Hadoop
[http://www.attunity.com/products/attunity-mft-hadoop ]. The new generation enterprise
data transfer solution is designed to accelerate Big Data collection processes and
integrate them seamlessly into and out of Hadoop, the open-source programming framework
for large-scale data processing. Building on the proven and enterprise-scale capabilities
of Attunity MFT, the solution empowers organizations to collect and transfer Big Data in
both the cloud and enterprise data centers for strategic initiatives including log and
machine-data analytics, business intelligence (BI), and data archiving.
As volumes of business data continue to increase, organizations are adopting Hadoop to
store, manage, and process Big Data. However, like other Big Data projects, IT
organizations are struggling to efficiently and effectively move the data for BI and
analytics. Similarly, organizations that are seeing Hadoop as a lower cost alternative for
archiving run into the same Big Data movement challenges.
Attunity MFT for Hadoop is designed to overcome the Big Data bottleneck by providing
an enterprise-scale gateway to the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS), a distributed
file system that enables scalable storage and processing of "internet-scale" Big Data. The
Attunity solution facilitates the process of transferring data to HDFS by providing robust
capabilities including automation, scheduling, security, and auditing. Seamlessly
integrated with HDFS, Attunity MFT for Hadoop enables moving data into and out of Hadoop
in either batch or real time.
Attunity MFT for Hadoop features:
- Enterprise-scale automation and scheduling for IT processes that collect
and transfer data into HDFS, with advanced dashboards and notifications to monitor and
control data transfer
- Support for many sources of data including enterprise as well as cloud files
systems, web protocols like HTTP/S and S/FTP, email, and desktop
- Support for any Hadoop distribution based on standard HDFS 1.0 or higher, such
as those by Apache, HortonWorks and Cloudera
- Web Services API for seamless integration with enterprise business platforms
(ie. ERP, BPM, & CRM)
- Multi-stage processing of the data being transferred with extensive security
configuration options to meet the needs of highly regulated industries
"Hadoop has quickly become the platform of choice for storing, managing and analyzing
big data. We are pleased with the Attunity MFT solution that addresses the challenges that
enterprises face with large volumes of data and a variety of sources and formats," said
Mitch Ferguson, vice president of business development at Hortonworks, a leading
commercial vendor of Apache Hadoop. "Our goal is to make Apache Hadoop become the next
generation data platform. Our partnership with Attunity helps bring an enterprise solution
to market that facilitates the adoption of Hadoop."
"Enterprises that leverage Big Data gain greater insight into their customers,
operations, and business environments," explained Matt Benati, VP Global Marketing at
Attunity. "Attunity MFT for Hadoop, the first of several Hadoop solutions that Attunity
will unveil, is designed to deliver on the great promise of Hadoop by helping
organizations achieve faster time-to-value for Big Data analytics projects. With the
release of Attunity MFT for Hadoop, Attunity is able to increase its addressable market,
provide broader options for customers, and help companies harness the power of Big Data to
drive new insights and deliver competitive advantage."
Attunity has supplied innovative software solutions to its enterprise-class customers
for nearly 20 years and has successful deployments at thousands of organizations
worldwide. Attunity provides software directly and indirectly through a number of partners
such as Microsoft, Oracle, IBM and HP. Headquartered in Boston, Attunity serves its
customers via offices in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific and through a network of
local partners. For more information, visit http://www.attunity.com or our In Tune
blog [http://www.attunity.com/blog ] and join our community on Twitter
[http://www.twitter.com/attunity ], Facebook [http://www.facebook.com/attunity ], LinkedIn
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limited to: risks and uncertainties relating to the acquisition of RepliWeb, including
costs and difficulties related to integration of acquired businesses, the combined
companies' financial results and performance, and ability to repay debt and timing
thereof; our liquidity challenges and the need to raise additional capital in the future;
market acceptance of the Attunity Replicate and the development of a market for such
product; timely availability and customer acceptance of Attunity's new and existing
products; any unforeseen developmental or technological difficulties with regard to
Attunity's products; changes in the competitive landscape, including new competitors or
the impact of competitive pricing and products; a shift in demand for products such as
Attunity's products; unknown factors affecting third parties with which Attunity has
formed business alliances; the impact on revenues of economic and political uncertainties
and weaknesses in various regions of the world, including the commencement or escalation
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EMV Compliance On the Fast Track with Groundbreaking EMV Level 1 Software Library from CreditCall
New EMV L1 Library Cuts Terminal Development Cycle Time by 18 months
Cartes 2012, Stand 4 J 088 and 4 H 078
PARIS, Nov. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CreditCall, the market leading provider of EMV software technology to the global payments industry, today unveiled a ground-breaking EMV Level 1 (EMVL1.LIB) software library that reduces payment terminal development cycle time by as much as 18 months. The new EMVL1.LIB is a major win for the card payments industry putting EMV compliance on the fast track.
The EMV Level 1 standard is a key global payment industry specification that defines the electrical and physical interface between credit and debit cards and the payment terminal. It defines the software route that allows terminals to reliably communicate with cards. To achieve these goals, developers currently choose from a wide range of smartcard interfaces. However, these integrated circuits only address basic functions such as level shifting, Electrostatic Discharge (ESD), automatic card activation, and deactivation. This leaves the critical job of designing an EMV Level 1 compliant terminal in the hands of the skilled developer and hardware engineer. With CreditCall's new EMV Level 1 Software Library and Reference design, developers are now armed with the tools they need to create a reliable, winning solution that cuts development time, and reduces costs substantially.
"Until now, there has been no reliable industry fast track to EMV Level 1 compliance," commented, Jeremy Gumbley, Chief Technology Officer. "With our new library, major reductions in terminal development time translate into substantial reductions in approval and test costs for customers. This is a major win for our customers and in particular for the EMV migration in the USA."
EMV Level 1 Library Key Features:
-- EMVL1.LIB supports a growing number of smartcard interfaces, including
5V, 3V and 1.8V operations. It provides SPI interfaces, and serial port
control as well as on board and off board clock support.
-- Smartcard interface integrated circuits options include:
-- Maxim
-- ON Semiconductor
-- Linear Technology
-- NXP
-- Developed in strict ANSI C and proven on both PIC and ARM architectures.
For more information, visit http://www.level2kernel.com.
Support and Availability
CreditCall's global technical support teams provide the full integration of the new EMVL1.LIB within the customer's software solution. This includes selection and integration of the smartcard interface in the customer's electronic hardware. The new EMVL1.LIB is fully tested and available immediately.
About CreditCall:
CreditCall has been at the forefront of technology innovation in global payments since 1997. Today, it provides chip based EMV Level 1 and EMV Level 2 Kernel software, card payment solutions for unattended payment systems and the world's first mobile payment app which, in conjunction with a mobile card reader, enables the acceptance of Chip and PIN card payments on Android and BlackBerry smartphones and tablets http://www.cardeasemobile.com.
Contact:
Stewart Chalmers Ingrid Anusic
Coolhead Group CreditCall Ltd.
Phone: 818-681-3588 +44 117 930 44 55
Email: stew@coolheadgroup.com ingrid.anusic@creditcall.com
SOURCE CreditCall
DioDict, a Mobile Dictionary Application with 28 languages, Now Free at Samsung App Store
SEOUL, South Korea, Nov. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- DIOTEK, an innovative language processing software company, has partnered with Samsung Electronics to offer its electronic dictionary application, DioDict, for free at Samsung Apps (http://www.samsungapps.com).
Users of Samsung's Android smartphones, including the Galaxy Note, S2, and S3, can now download DioDict for free from the Samsung Apps (originally sold for US$24.99). DioDict is a compilation of many language-specific dictionaries including HarperCollins' classic English dictionary.
In addition to the HarperCollins' classic English dictionary, the DioDict Application offers users dictionary services in a total of 28 languages including:
-- Major European language dictionaries such as French, German, Spanish,
Portuguese, Italian, Irish, Greek, Polish by HarperCollins
-- Russian and Ukrainian dictionaries by Abbyy Linvo
-- A Turkish dictionary and North European language dictionaries including
Danish, Finnish, Dutch, Norwegian, and Swedish; Asian languages
dictionaries including Indonesian, Vietnamese, Thai, Hindi, Arabic, and
Iranian by Berlitz.
The product is also highly applicable for Samsung smartphone devices due to its user interface and various search functions specialized for Samsung's smartphone devices.
DIOTEK is specialized in mobile software and is recognized for its verified technology by supplying dictionary applications to Samsung smartphones and cell phones. The company is supporting language education for users around the world through its dictionary application that combines specialized search functions and superior dictionary content in various languages.
To download the dictionary, users can search for DioDict at Samsung Apps, or directly access the URL (http://download.diotek.co.kr/SamsungApps/moredict.html) on their smartphone, select the desired dictionary, and download it for use.
About INFRAWARE and DIOTEK
Based in Seoul, South Korea, INFRAWARE secures technology in the modern convergent environment and develops new products to apply new technologies to bolster today's ubiquitous internet environment. The company is committed to realizing a fully connected world where everyone can access the internet at anytime, anywhere, by continuously researching, developing, and investing in cutting edge digital progress. INFRAWARE has been listed under 041020 on the Korean Stock Exchange KOSDAQ since 2005. Additional information about INFRAWARE is available at http://www.infraware.co.kr
DIOTEK is an affiliate company of INFRAWARE. The company is leading the software market for mobile devices focusing on smartphones and touchscreen phones. DIOTEK provides various products worldwide for both general consumers and corporate customers, which include handwriting recognition, mobile dictionaries, mobile OCR, and speech recognition/synthesis software. http://www.diotek.com
Data Protection in Cloud Applications Thanks to Utimaco's Flexible HSM Technology
AACHEN, Germany, November 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Utimaco is the world's first company to present an OEM program for HSMs - at CARTES in
Paris, from November 6 to 8, 2012, Hall 4 at Stand M062
At CARTES 2012, Utimaco Software AG and its partners are presenting innovative
solutions for hardware security modules (HSM) as anchors of trust. In addition to eID and
payment, cloud applications are the focus of this year's exhibition, with special emphasis
on data protection and compliance for business solutions.
Utimaco's HSMs form the foundation for numerous innovations requiring the highest
security standards. Particularly in the cloud there is the need to protect sensitive data
from unauthorized access, while ensuring scalability, reliability and high availability at
the same time.
In line with Utimaco's theme "As unique as you are", the HSMs are so flexible that
they make nearly every cloud application significantly more secure, which is achieved by
leveraging applied cryptography. "Data protection and compliance are key needs, next to
cloud business solutions. With our HSMs as an anchor of trust, we and our partner In-Webo
are together showing cloud-based authorization solutions at CARTES 2012," proudly reports
Jorn Horn, Business Development Manager HSM for Utimaco.
The France-based specialists for authorization have remained true to their vision of a
cloud-based authorization platform - and thus developed a solution using Utimaco HSMs
which allows a central security criterion, such as authorization, to be outsourced to the
in-house IT department without any worries. Because the platform is in the cloud, it is
not only flexible but also lowers both investment as well as operational costs while
simultaneously guaranteeing compliance. Thanks to the use of HSMs, the platform can verify
its own integrity and is immune against external attacks. "Among HSM providers, only
Utimaco's products are able to run our audited authorization algorithm and meet the
strictest high availability requirements at the same time," says Didier Perrot, CEO for
In-Webo.
As par for the course at Utimaco, the company's own engineers were able to actively
support the development of In-Webo's platform within the framework of the comprehensive
partner program. "Depending on the level of partnership, our partner can rely on a
customized level of support by Utimaco," says Bjorn Jansen, Partner Manager HSM for
Utimaco.
Based on years of experience in the support of individual projects, such as that from
In-Webo, Utimaco is now going a step further when it comes to customization. As the first
manufacturer in the HSM market, Utimaco offers an OEM program which enables providers of
all-in-one solutions to create tailor-made solutions with HSMs.
At CARTES 2012, Utimaco is presenting its new OEM program, which specifically
encompasses the following four modules:
- Product: The broad and proven product range of SafeGuard CryptoServer with
its entire scope - from a "legacy" HSM solution to a software development kit.
- Consulting: A comprehensive consulting module with which the clients can draw
on more than 30 years of experience in integration.
- Logistics: Adaptable global logistics processes.
- Support: A custom support package tailored to clients' requirements - from
assistance with software development for HSMs to support during malfunctions.
Utimaco is presenting its innovative OEM program, as well as its CryptoServer with the
use of 3D animations, at CARTES 2012, Stand M062 in Hall 4.
About Utimaco
Utimaco Safeware AG, a member of the Sophos Group, has been a global leading provider
for data encryption and the related cryptography for 25 years. The division of Hardware
Security Modules (HSM) provides a comprehensive product portfolio for security
requirements in industrial applications including the only freely-programmable HSM
technology. Utimaco HSM develops and produces its CryptoServer product lines exclusively
in its German headquarters. Utimaco HSM operates globally through its own sales and
service network in Germany and North America and through its international partner
network.
Press contact
Tanja Tolke
Utimaco Safeware AG - A member of the Sophos Group
Germanusstr. 4
52080 Aachen
Expands converged services product portfolio-offers operators fast start to advanced services
RICHARDSON, Texas, Nov. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Mavenir Systems, a leading innovator of infrastructure solutions for mobile operators, today confirmed that the RCS 5 version of the GSMA's Rich Communication Services has been fully integrated into its converged services product portfolio. The development makes the company the first to offer full RCS 5 solutions including voice, video and messaging solutions.
The latest RCS standard brings together RCS v1-4 and RCS-e v1.2 - adds Converged IP Messaging (CPM) for service interworking to SMS/MMS and will enable mobile carriers to have full interoperability of services across each other's networks.
The confirmation comes hard on the heels of the 31(st) October announcement by MetroPCS of its Mavenir-enabled first commercial launch of RCS 5 services. As a result of the launch, MetroPCS is delivering new innovative features such as a mobile address book enhanced with social presence and one-click content sharing, IP voice and video calling, and threaded multimedia messaging. MetroPCS was able to quickly launch its RCS 5.0 services as a new service on the same Mavenir mOne® Platform that enables MetroPCS' first-to-market Voice over LTE (VoLTE) service.
"Operators are looking for innovative services and ideas to monetize their investment in LTE networks, create a competitive edge and compete against the so-called over-the-top (OTT) providers and other rivals," said Pardeep Kohli, president & chief executive officer of Mavenir Systems. "RCS can help provide those services quickly and with an improved return on investment for operators as they build out their core LTE networks."
The GSMA welcomed the early deployment of a Rich Communication Service that includes a joyn(TM) accredited set of services based on the latest RCS standard by Mavenir and MetroPCS. joyn, represents ubiquity, security, service quality and interconnection and is available for operators to use in order to give one global 'face' to RCS services. Through the joyn brand users will know that the device is RCS enabled , which means it automatically 'knows and shows' ways to share with contacts via chat, video, call or files, at any moment in time.
"We believe that all mobile subscribers deserve to enjoy the ever-growing richness of services that RCS delivers and the speed to market of new IP based communications services," said Attilio Zani, senior director, GSMA. "The GSMA's joyn accreditation process allows operators to swiftly deploy a robust set of services for their end users, with the knowledge that they will interoperate seamlessly around the world."
Mavenir's suite of RCS application servers - including the Presence Server, MMTEL Telephony Application Server (TAS), Rich Messaging Server (RMS), - are all based on its mOne® Convergence Platform which is designed to simplify carriers' network transformations.
Mavenir will be at Mobile World Congress Booth 6E60 with an RCS demo. If you can't wait, contact marketing@mavenir.com for a demonstration.
About Mavenir Systems:
Mavenir delivers Converged Voice, Video and Messaging solutions, based on the mOne® Convergence Platform, to wireless operators globally. Mavenir's value-added IMS and cloud based solutions enable the transformation of legacy core networks by offering compelling new services such as VoLTE and RCS, and by providing uniquely innovative solutions to address the challenge of migrating subscribers and services to 4G. These solutions are deployed by customers in North American and European markets. http://www.mavenir.com
US Press Contact:
Samantha Grant/Valerie Christopherson
Global Results Communications (GRC)
+1-949-608-0276
Mavenir@globalresultspr.com