Customer Service Industry Luminaries Participate in Vivisimo's Unique Twitter Chat Experience
Vivisimo Twitter Chat #CXO is Named one of "The 12 Most Stimulating Twitter Chats"
PITTSBURGH, July 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Vivisimo, the leader in Information Optimization, announced today the success of their ongoing Twitter chat series focusing on Customer eXperience Optimization (CXO). Due to their explosive popularity and intriguing conversations, Vivisimo's Twitter #CXO chats have been named one of the "12 Most Stimulating Twitter Chats" by the popular blog The 12 Most. Since the first Twitter chat on April 18, 2011, participants have grown from five to over 100. Participants have included Gen Y CEO of United Visual and United Global Communication Daniel Newman, Coffee Bean Technology President Marcio Saito, and Forrester analysts Adele Sage and Richard Gans. The Twitter chats are held every Monday at 12:00 pm ET and use the hashtag #CXO. Next session's topic is "Design Deliver and Display a Customer-Centric Culture" and will be held on July 18, 2011 at 12:00 pm ET.
"We've grown to over 100 participants in just over 10 weeks and have had A-list participants join us because Vivisimo has established residency as the leader in customer experience," said Tracey Mustacchio, Vice President of Marketing at Vivisimo. "The #CXO Twitter chats are an interactive, convenient, and highly effective medium to collaborate and learn from peers how to improve their customer experience initiatives. Also, being named one of the 12 Most Stimulating Twitter Chats was an honor and will help to set us apart from our competitors."
Previous session topics included:
-- What is Customer Experience Optimization?
-- Another Officer in the C-Suite: Chief Customer Officer [CCO]
-- The Intersection Between Innovation and the Customer Experience
-- Customer Experience for the Gen Y, Digital Native
-- Trust in the Customer Experience
-- "Who Comes First in Shaping #CustExp - Customers or Employees?"
-- Social Media and the Customer Experience
-- What's the best way to make customer experience metrics actionable?
-- Going Mobile with Customer Experience?
-- Customer Data: from Overload to Insight
-- Supply Chain or Customer Value Chain
To join in on future Vivisimo #CXO Twitter chats, visit the following link every Monday at 12:00 pm ET: http://tweetchat.com/room/cxo.If you use an application like Tweetdeckor Seesmic Desktop, create a search column for the term "#CXO" and follow the Vivisimo chat.
About Vivisimo, Inc.
Vivisimo provides enterprises with information optimization solutions that help maximize the business value of information. Unlike traditional information management products, Vivisimo's innovative solutions help end-users find and take advantage of all appropriate and available information, regardless of source, location or type. Vivisimo's innovative technology is delivered with a focus on end-user satisfaction and application control through easy-to-use interfaces, flexible security management and a modern architecture that enables quick deployment. Vivisimo products are available as standalone information optimization applications or as OEM versions embedded within partner applications and solutions. Vivisimo serves its clients from headquarters in Pittsburgh, USA, and through partners around the world. Visit Vivisimo.com for more information.
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Dealer Product Services and Social Media Network Group, LLC, DBA Socialbyte Relocates Corporate Headquarters to LONG GROVE, IL
The New Facility will provide additional space due to the tremendous growth
LONG GROVE, Ill., July 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Tim O'Neill, CEO of Dealer Product Services (DPS) and Social Media Network Group, LLC, DBA Socialbyte announced that their HQ has officially relocated from Arlington Heights, Illinois to their new facility located in Long Grove, Illinois. The new facility is 40 percent larger, providing the company with space due to tremendous growth and future expansion opportunities. With 122 employees in the company, the facility still has plenty of space to expand.
New to Kemper Lakes Business Center, DPS/Socialbyte and its employees feel comfortable and welcome. Multiple amenities available for all business employees make Kemper Lakes feel like a second home. Kemper Lakes is a prime location, allowing DPS/Socialbyte to tap into the diverse labor pool along Chicago's corridor. Described as a corporate campus environment, it is within reach for businesses of all sizes. Four interconnected buildings totaling over 1.1 million square feet are built to the highest standards.
DPS is the parent company of the now three-month new Social Media Network Group, LLC, DBA Socialbyte specializes in Social Media outlets, networking, and branding. Employees at Socialbyte strive to think creatively, target specifically, measure thoroughly and react accordingly. The goal is to always work ahead of the curve. They push new technology to stay tuned into and engaged with the ever-demanding consumer. Socialbyte understands the importance of social media and that social media is just a platform, not the solution. The facility will allow Socialbyte to develop and execute its goals and add the additional staff due to 1000% growth we have experienced in three months..
ABOUT DEALER PRODUCT SERVICES: (DPS) and its customer LifeCycle Management(TM) marketing solutions represent a paradigm shift for franchised automotive retailers from traditional mass media conquest advertising practices, to a blend of integrated media using proven "one-to-one" marketing methodologies through the consumer's preferred channel of communication. DPS marketing solutions and enable automotive retailers to harness the undiscovered sales and profit potential of their active, inactive, and prospective customer base, leading to improved owner loyalty, more intelligent marketing investments, and dramatic improvements in dealer profitability.
Contact: Timothy J. O'Neill
Title: President/CEO
Tel: (847) 955-9740
E-mail: timo@dpscrm.com
Three Corporate Drive
Suite 3-160
Long Grove IL, 60047
Thwipster Expands to Offer an Additional Daily Product for the Collectible Geek Enthusiast
Premiere offering for the inner collectible geek is the Star Wars: Stormtrooper Artfx+ Statue 2-pack from Kotobukiya.
NEW YORK, July 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Thwipster, the Daily Deal site for your Inner Geek, announced they are now going to be offering an additional product of the day for the geek who loves action figures, statues and other geek related merchandise. From Star Wars to World of Warcraft, Thwipster will be featuring a wide array of collectibles that hail from the various worlds of entertainment. These include, but are not exclusive to, movies, cartoons, comics and video games.
"My 5-year-old son told me he would love me twice as much if we offered more deals on action figures, so it was a complete no-brainer to add in a second deal of the day that just focuses on collectibles," says Lance Sells, Thwipster's co-founder and CEO.
Chad Sells, Director of Operations and co-founder adds, "Just like everything else we offer up on the site, we curate and offer only the best products out there. There will be no 'The Meat' action figure from the Rocky series offered up. Though we do like meat."
This week, in addition to the already established daily and weekly graphic novel deals, consumers can shop for collectible action figures and statues from the world of video games, movies and comics. All of Thwipster's daily deals begin each day (Monday through Friday) at 12am ET and end at 11:59pm ET the same day or while supplies last.
About Thwipster LLC
Formed in 2011, Thwipster is and online store and community for geek culture fans, offering the best in action figures, graphic novels, games & other pop culture items. With offices in New York City and Tampa, Florida, Thwipster offers daily and weekly products at great prices to it's customers and fans. To check out the latest items, go to http://www.thwipster.com. You can follow Thwipster on Twitter @thwipster and on Facebook.
Blue Beacon Truck Wash Selects EarthLink Business to Implement Nationwide MPLS Network
EarthLink Business Partners with Evolving Solutions to Deliver 118 Location Network
ATLANTA, July 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- EarthLink, Inc. (NASDAQ: ELNK), a leading IP infrastructure and services company, today announced that Blue Beacon International, Inc., a leading truck wash company with locations throughout the United States and Canada, selected EarthLink Business(TM) to install its new nationwide MPLS network connecting 118 locations across 38 states.
Dependability, business continuity and network management were the key differentiators that sealed Blue Beacon's decision to replace its Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) network with a private, secure MPLS network from EarthLink Business. Evolving Solutions, an EarthLink Business agent partner, and its subagent Carrier Choice Networks, introduced Blue Beacon to EarthLink Business and the companies worked together to develop a solution for Blue Beacon.
Blue Beacon's new EarthLink Business MPLS network solution will transform the way the truck wash company communicates. Each Blue Beacon location utilizes a blend of ADSL, T-1 and cable to connect into a single managed MPLS network. The network supports mission-critical applications such as point-of-sale, email and file sharing. The network architecture was also configured for solid business continuity with failover support.
"One of our primary goals for our new network was building in reliability and disaster recovery capabilities," said Jason Graves, Director of Corporate Operations for Blue Beacon. "We were impressed by the fact that EarthLink Business has a physical presence in our headquarters market in Salina, Kansas. EarthLink Business had the ability to directly connect to the existing fiber ring in our headquarters and engineer the 'last mile' connectivity over optical cable versus traditional copper facilities, which we considered a strong technology differentiator."
Blue Beacon will also benefit from entrusting its network management to EarthLink Business, empowering key internal IT staff to focus on its company's strategic issues. While network performance is accessible via the EarthLink account management portal, the EarthLink Business team will monitor and troubleshoot the entire Blue Beacon network across all of its locations.
"Blue Beacon is a terrific example of how an agent partner and EarthLink Business delivered outstanding value for the customer," said JR Cook, EarthLink Business Vice President of Alternate Channels. "Carrier Choice Networks and Evolving Solutions were integral every step of the way, from making introductions to helping us understand Blue Beacon's business priorities. We each brought unique strengths to the table, and worked together to develop a solution to deliver immediate benefits to Blue Beacon, with the capability to grow as its future communications needs evolve."
About Blue Beacon
Blue Beacon owns and operates more than 100 truck wash locations across the United States and Canada. Open 24 hours a day and 7 days a week for customer convenience, the company's truck washes are located at travel plazas along the interstate highway system to provide easy access for the largest truck rigs. With more than 30 years in the industry, Blue Beacon is the most recognized and trusted truck washing service in the nation.
About Evolving Solutions
Evolving Solutions is headquartered in Omaha, NE and is a leading-edge consulting company providing voice and data consulting to thousands of companies throughout the U.S. and internationally. Evolving Solutions has six branch offices, each with over 20 years of experience in the voice and data consulting industry and bringing state-of-the-art communication technology along with high-level services to companies of all sizes. In addition, Evolving Solutions offers over 150 partners throughout the U.S. that specialize in phone systems, from digital to VoIP along with Cisco, cabling and wiring, data hosting, etc.
About EarthLink
EarthLink, Inc (NASDAQ: ELNK) is a leading provider of Internet Protocol (IP) infrastructure and services to medium-sized and large businesses, enterprise customers, and over 1.6 million customer relationships across the United States. The company has provided Internet access and communications services for decades and has earned an award-winning reputation for both outstanding customer service and product innovation. Their EarthLink Business(TM) division provides a full complement of voice, data, mobile, cloud hosting and equipment services over a 28,000 mile fiber network and MPLS-based services nationwide. EarthLink Consumer is a leading Internet Service Provider connecting people to the power and possibilities of the Internet. For more information, visit EarthLink's website http://www.earthlink.net
SOURCE EarthLink, Inc.
EarthLink, Inc.
CONTACT: Media, Michele Sadwick, +1-404-748-7255, +1-404-769-8421 (mobile), sadwick@corp.earthlink.net, or Investors, Louis Alterman, +1-404-748-7650, +1-678-472-3252 (mobile), altermanlo@corp.earthlink.net
Treasury to End Over-the-Counter Sales of Paper U.S. Savings Bonds
Action will save $70 million over first five years
WASHINGTON, July 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Bureau of the Public Debt announced today that as of January 1, 2012, paper savings bonds will no longer be sold at financial institutions. This action, which supports the U.S. Department of the Treasury's goal to increase the number of electronic transactions with citizens and businesses, will save American taxpayers approximately $70 million over the first five years.
But savings bonds, introduced in 1935, are not going away. Electronic savings bonds in Series EE and I will remain available through purchase in TreasuryDirect®, a secure, web-based system operated by Public Debt - where investors have been purchasing savings bonds, available 24/7, since 2002.
"Savings bonds are very much a part of this country's history and culture, and will remain a part of America's future - but in electronic form," said Public Debt Commissioner Van Zeck. "It's time for us to take a 1935 model and make it a 21st century investment tool."
Ending over-the-counter (OTC) sales of paper savings bonds at financial institutions is a continuation of Treasury's all-electronic initiative announced in April 2010.As part of the initiative, Treasury stopped the sale of paper bonds through traditional payroll plans, effective December 31, 2010. It is estimated that ending the sales of paper payroll and new issues of OTC bonds will save a total of $120 million over the next five years in areas such as printing, mailing, storing bond stock and fees paid to financial institutions for processing bond applications.
"Through TreasuryDirect, investors have an easy and convenient way to purchase and manage their bonds free of charge," Commissioner Zeck said. "Investors will no longer have to worry about misplacing, losing or storing paper savings bonds."
Opening a TreasuryDirect account is free, and, once it's established, investors can:
-- Buy, manage, and redeem Series EE and I electronic savings bonds.
-- Convert Series EE and I paper savings bonds to electronic through the
SmartExchange® feature.
-- Purchase electronic savings bonds as a gift.
-- Enroll in a payroll savings plan for purchasing electronic bonds.
-- Invest in other Treasury securities such as bills, notes, bonds, and
TIPS (Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities).
Those currently holding paper savings bonds can continue to redeem them at financial institutions. Bonds, which have not matured, but were lost, stolen or destroyed, can be reissued in paper or electronic form.
Series I paper savings bonds remain available for purchase using part or all of one's tax refund. For more information on this feature, visit http://www.irs.gov.
For more information about the elimination of paper savings bonds and how to enroll in TreasuryDirect, visit http://www.treasurydirect.gov.
SOURCE U.S. Department of the Treasury's Bureau of the Public Debt
U.S. Department of the Treasury's Bureau of the Public Debt
CONTACT: Joyce Harris, or Lateefah Thompson, both at +1-202-504-3502, for U.S. Department of the Treasury's Bureau of the Public Debt
Scene It? Daily Delivers a Daily Dose of Fun - Anywhere, Anytime
Screenlife Unveils the Ultimate Game for Movie, Music, TV and Celebrity Pop Culture Buffs
SEATTLE, July 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Screenlife®, creators of Scene It?®, the number one trivia game worldwide, today announced the launch of Scene It? Daily(TM), a cross-platform game service that delivers movie, music, TV and celebrity-themed puzzles and quizzes to pop-culture fans from around the world.
Scene It? Daily provides a fun game experience regardless of where or when it's being played, allowing players to start, pause and resume quizzes on any web-connected device. For example, begin playing a celebrity-themed quiz on your mobile device during the commute to work, and finish it up on Facebook once you get to the office. Or try beating the TV quiz sitting at home on the couch. Players can access Scene It? Daily directly at http://daily.sceneit.com, on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/sceneitdaily and is also available via native iPhone and Android applications catering to the growing smartphone casual game audience. One login, one leaderboard, one game, no matter where you play.
Every day, Scene It? Daily offers new up-to-the-minute quizzes, across four unique pop-culture categories: Movies, TV, Music and Celebrity. What happened on last night's award show? Who's on top of the box office? What's the latest celebrity romance in the news? Players from around the world will compete head-to-head for top bragging rights as they climb the leaderboards and prove their dominance. Answer enough questions correctly in a row and you receive a streak multiplier. The more questions you get right consecutively, the higher the multiplier! Need a little help? Use one of three power-ups and level the playing field.
"Our previous Scene It? games have typically focused on a specific category or license such as horror movies, comedy movies, Harry Potter or Twilight. With Scene It? Daily we developed a game that everyone can enjoy, is incredibly timely and can be played by connected consumers on as many devices as possible," said Steve Banfield, SVP of Digital Strategy at Screenlife. "Our goal with Scene It? Daily is to provide connected consumers with a quick and fun pop-culture game experience that they can play every day of the week."
Scene It? Daily is available for play immediately:
Screenlife is transforming the way the world has fun through its pop culture-based games, including Scene It?, the number-one selling entertainment trivia game worldwide. Located in Seattle, WA, Screenlife's socially interactive and immersive games are now available on multiple platforms including board games, video game consoles, social networks and mobile phones.
Since its 2002 launch, Scene It? has grown into an international, award-winning brand with trivia game editions that include Twilight, The Simpsons, Star Trek, Seinfeld, Movies, TV, Sports, Music, Friends, Harry Potter and Disney. Scene It? DVD games have been translated into twelve languages and distributed across 29 countries.
A leader in entertainment licensing, Screenlife has struck hundreds of deals with major Hollywood studios, sports leagues and recording labels, as well as top actors, athletes and musicians. Other companies, including Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment, Namco and Comcast, have worked with Screenlife to deliver custom Scene It? games across multiple platforms including the Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, mobile phones, and video on demand. Screenlife is a subsidiary of Paramount Pictures Corporation.
For more information about Scene It? and other Screenlife games, visit http://www.screenlifegames.com or call (866) DVD-GAME.
AT&T to Connect "Sony Tablet" S2 on Nation's Fastest Mobile Broadband Network
4G Tablet Features Two 5.5 Inch Screens, Android 3.0
DALLAS, July 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T* today announced that AT&T will be the exclusive U.S. mobile broadband provider for the "Sony Tablet" S2 (codename), a dual screen, multi-functional tablet ideal for mobile communication and entertainment, that Sony Corporation plans to launch later this year.
"We're pleased to be working with AT&T on yet another unique mobile device," said Mike Lucas, senior vice president of Networked Technology and Services Division at Sony Electronics. "AT&T provides the speed and coverage that are integral to the different features and functions of our tablet. We value our relationship as they share our commitment to growing the 'Sony Tablet' S2 and the tablet market overall."
The "Sony Tablet" S2 will be 4G** capable and Wi-Fi compatible. With a qualifying data plan, users of the "Sony Tablet" S2 will have access to AT&T's mobile broadband network and unlimited access to AT&T's more than 20,000 hot spots nationwide. With both 4G and Wi-Fi, users can browse the Internet, access digital content including videos, games, and check e-mail, while on the go, nearly anytime.
"With its unprecedented, completely portable form factor, the 'Sony Tablet' S2 offers tablet enthusiasts a convenient and unique entertainment experience," said David Haight, vice president of business development, AT&T emerging devices. "Users will be treated to exceptional graphics and the touch-screen capabilities will enable a fast and efficient website experience."
AT&T will offer monthly data plans for the "Sony Tablet" S2. Distribution and pricing will be announced at launch.
*AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc.
**4G speeds delivered by HSPA+ with enhanced backhaul. Available in limited areas. Availability increasing with ongoing backhaul deployment. Requires 4G compatible device. Learn more at att.com/network.
***Access includes AT&T Wi-Fi Basic. Wi-Fi enabled device required. Other restrictions apply. See http://www.attwifi.com for details and locations.
About AT&T
AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) is a premier communications holding company. Its subsidiaries and affiliates - AT&T operating companies - are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and around the world. With a powerful array of network resources that includes the nation's fastest mobile broadband network, AT&T is a leading provider of wireless, Wi-Fi, high speed Internet, voice and cloud-based services. A leader in mobile broadband and emerging 4G capabilities, AT&T also offers the best wireless coverage worldwide of any U.S. carrier, offering the most wireless phones that work in the most countries. It also offers advanced TV services under the AT&T U-verse® and AT&T | DIRECTV brands. The company's suite of IP-based business communications services is one of the most advanced in the world. In domestic markets, AT&T Advertising Solutions and AT&T Interactive are known for their leadership in local search and advertising.
Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at http://www.att.com. This AT&T news release and other announcements are available at http://www.att.com/newsroom and as part of an RSS feed at http://www.att.com/rss. Or follow our news on Twitter at @ATT.
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SOURCE AT&T Inc.
AT&T Inc.
CONTACT: Sue McCain of AT&T, +1-404-986-1799, smccain@attnews.us; or Valerie Motis of Sony Electronics, +1-858-942-8016, valerie.motis@am.sony.com
Adobe and Sony to Bring Unique Android Applications to New "Sony Tablet" Devices
'Adobe AIR App Challenge Sponsored by Sony' to Inspire Application Innovation
SAN JOSE, Calif. and SAN DIEGO, July 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe) (Nasdaq: ADBE) and Sony Corporation ("Sony") (NYSE: SNE) today announced the 'Adobe® AIR® App Challenge Sponsored by Sony' to drive the creation of innovative Android applications for the two models of "Sony Tablet" devices and offer developers a chance to win $200,000 in total cash prizes. Adobe and Sony also announced the expansion of their long-standing relationship to deliver great content experiences for "Sony Tablet" devices. Both companies will enable developers to tap into native device capabilities and combine Adobe Flash® technology and HTML5 to deliver unique, high-performance mobile applications using Adobe Creative Suite® 5.5 and the open source Flex framework.
Announced earlier this year, "Sony Tablet" will deliver the perfect combination of hardware, content and network with seamless usability for a high-quality, engaging entertainment experience. Based on decades of engineering heritage, Sony is developing two tablets with unprecedented design, including S1 (codename), which is optimized for rich media entertainment and S2 (codename), which is ideal for mobile communication and entertainment. "Sony Tablet" devices will become available in the global market starting in fall 2011.
"Adobe's creative tooling brings digital experiences to life on small screens and large, unleashing the imagination of millions of the industry's best designers and developers on a new breed of devices," said Hideyuki Furumi, Deputy President VAIO & Mobile Business Group, Consumer Products & Services Group at Sony Corporation. "We are thrilled to empower these cutting edge creatives to be the first to bring innovative content and apps to our "Sony Tablet" devices later this year."
With support for Adobe AIR, developers will be able to deliver new application experiences in addition to thousands of AIR applications already available on Android Market today. They can use the latest tools including Flash Professional CS5.5, Adobe Flash Builder® 4.5 and the mobile-optimized open source Flex 4.5 framework to create a wide range of powerful applications including media, gaming, and data-driven applications.
"Creative Suite 5.5 and our latest developer tools combined with Sony's innovative tablets provide content publishers with the ideal platform to deliver great experiences," said David Wadhwani, senior vice president, Creative and Media Solutions at Adobe. "We are excited about Sony's sponsorship of the App Challenge, which will recognize the most creative applications our developer community produces."
Adobe AIR App ChallengeSponsored by Sony
The 'Adobe AIR App Challenge Sponsored by Sony' contest offers developers a chance to win $200,000 in total cash prizes and the promotion of the application on "Sony Tablet" devices. Adobe and Sony are challenging developers and content publishers to build breakthrough mobile apps optimized for the S1 and S2 tablets. The contest will give selected developers pre-release access to "Sony Tablet" prototypes and the latest version of Adobe tools. Contest categories include Entertainment, Lifestyle and Community, Games, Business and Productivity, and Innovation. A panel of Adobe, Sony and third party judges will evaluate application submissions based on quality and performance, innovation and creativity, as well as overall user experience. The contest is open to submissions from the U.S., Japan, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the U.K.
In addition, Sony will be a platinum sponsor of Adobe MAX, Adobe's annual developer conference, which will kick off in Los Angeles on October 1. Developers, who submit working versions of their applications by September 16 have the opportunity to be selected as a MAX Showcase App, win a full MAX conference pass and more. For more information on how to participate in the contest, visit http://www.airappchallenge.com.
Adobe AIR, Flash Player
Developers can easily build AIR applications with Adobe tools and deploy them as native applications via the Android Market. Adobe AIR enables rich application experiences through tight device integration, including support for camera, video, microphone, multi-touch and more. Support for geo location allows developers to create location-based applications and services. With SQLite support developers can easily store and cache databases inside an AIR application.
As part of the collaboration, Sony will pre-install Adobe Flash Player on "Sony Tablet" devices enabling a complete Web browsing experience that includes an array of videos, games and other rich content. Users are expected to experience performance gains on Sony's high performance Web browser when compared with the native Android browser(1). One of the top free apps on Android Market, with close to 13 million downloads to date and more than 300,000 users giving it a 4.5-out-of-5 star rating, Flash Player brings rich Flash based content via the Web browser to devices.
(1) Performance gains will depend on various circumstances including the website being browsed.
About Adobe Systems Incorporated
Adobe is changing the world through digital experiences. For more information, visit http://www.adobe.com.
About Sony Corporation
Sony Corporation is a leading manufacturer of audio, video, game, communications, key device and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets. With its music, pictures, computer entertainment and online businesses, Sony is uniquely positioned to be the leading electronics and entertainment company in the world. Sony recorded consolidated annual sales of approximately $87 billion for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011. Sony Global Web Site: http://www.sony.net/
Adobe, the Adobe logo, AIR, Creative Suite and Flash are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. "Sony" and "Sony Tablet" are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Sony Corporation. Android is a trademark of Google Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
SOURCE Sony Electronics
Sony Electronics
CONTACT: Stefan Offermann of Adobe Systems Incorporated, +1-415-832-4059, sofferma@adobe.com; or Valerie Motis of Sony Electronics, +1-858-942-8016, Valerie.motis@am.sony.com
AutoTrader.com Launches Dealer Learning Center to Provide Dealers With Instant Access to the Latest Educational Resources
The Dealer Learning Center provides an array of educational information via video tutorials, articles, best practices, handbooks and more to help their businesses thrive.
ATLANTA, July 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- AutoTrader.com today announced the launch of its new Dealer Learning Center, an online educational resource for AutoTrader.com's dealer customers, their staff and other members of the dealer community. Through this portal, dealers have access to on-demand video tutorials, topical articles, proprietary and independent research, best practices and marketing handbooks at their fingertips.
The Dealer Learning Center is an extension of the already-robust programs AutoTrader.com offers through its Dealer Learning team, which supports the educational needs of dealers through hands-on learning. Comprised of automotive experts with extensive dealership experience, the Dealer Learning Team aims to help dealers leverage the Internet as a tool to drive car shoppers to their showrooms as well as integrate online best practices with in-store processes to maximize operational efficiency.
As the go-to source for educational content on a variety of online marketing and research topics, the Dealer Learning Center includes information on online merchandising best practices, industry insights, video, social, mobile, chat and more. Dealers can also access the latest information regarding AutoTrader.com research studies such as the 2011 Polk Automotive Buyer Influence Study and the Northwood Dealer Walk-In Study.
"This is yet another way that AutoTrader.com is fulfilling our promise to the dealer community: We Work For You," said Chip Perry, president and CEO at AutoTrader.com. "We only win if our customers win, so we have been continually focused on ensuring that they have all the tools and resources necessary to be successful. From transforming our sales team into true advertising consultants a few years ago to creating more robust educational programs and resources, AutoTrader.com is bringing the latest information on effective online marketing and merchandising to the dealer community."
In addition to directly serving the dealer body with an array of educational resources, the Dealer Learning Center will also enable AutoTrader.com advertising consultants to enhance their interactions with their customers by providing facilitated learning that aligns with their customers' objectives.
Atlanta-based AutoTrader.com, created in 1997, is the Internet's ultimate automotive marketplace and consumer information website. AutoTrader.com aggregates in a single location millions of new cars, used cars and certified pre-owned cars from thousands of auto dealers and private sellers and is a leading online resource for auto dealers, individuals and manufacturers to advertise and market their vehicles to in-market shoppers. The company also provides a robust suite of software tools for dealers and manufacturers to help them manage and market their vehicle inventory and display advertising on the Internet. AutoTrader.com continues to grow key business metrics, including revenue, profitability and site traffic. Today, AutoTrader.com attracts more than 15 million unique monthly visitors who utilize the site to review descriptions, photos and videos of vehicles for sale; research and compare vehicles; review pricing and specials; and read auto-related content like buying and selling tips and editorial coverage of major auto shows and automotive trends. AutoTrader.com operates two other auto marketing brands, AutoTraderClassics.com and AutoTraderLatino.com. AutoTrader.com also owns used vehicle management software company vAuto, Kelley Blue Book (Kbb.com), HomeNet Automotive, a leading provider of online inventory management and merchandising solutions for the automotive retail industry and VinSolutions, a leading provider of end-to-end solution platforms for dealers. AutoTrader.com is a majority-owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises. Providence Equity Partners is a 25 percent owner of the company and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers is also an investor. For more information, please visit http://www.autotrader.com.
WatchGuard Now Protects Nation's Critical Infrastructure
WatchGuard Next-Generation Firewalls Now Include SCADA Signatures to Protect Operational Technologies; Includes Telecom, Gas, Electric and other Utility Networks
SEATTLE, July 13, 2011/PRNewswire/ -- WatchGuard® Technologies, a global leader of business security solutions, today announced that its next-generation firewalls and UTMs with Application Control now include protective supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) signatures. These SCADA signatures now enable WatchGuard XTM and legacy e-Series security appliances to provide advanced threat protection for industrial control systems that monitor and control industrial, infrastructure or facility-based networks.
Major market trends are driving the need to extend enterprise network security and protection to operational technologies. Many operational technology (OT) networks are converging with information technology (IT) networks. For example, as infrastructure power grids become "smart," they also stand exposed to similar vulnerabilities that target IP-based business networks.
"Historically, OT networks ran autonomously or were completely disconnected from IT protection and control," said Tim Helming, Director of Product Management at WatchGuard. "However, as OT and IT networks converge, legacy OT networks become vulnerable to hackers and viruses. Now, WatchGuard is providing the same levels of advanced intrusion prevention, malware protection and granular management used in enterprise environments to secure key industrial and infrastructure networks."
Infrastructure Attacks - A New Era in Targeted Malware
Publicity around the extremely sophisticated Stuxnet worm over the last year has raised awareness of the need to protect critical infrastructure. Infrastructure malware is nothing new, and by itself, Stuxnet does little harm to typical PCs and business networks. It is a worm that targets industrial software and equipment that falsifies industrial process control sensor signals.
What makes Stuxnet stand out is the level and sophistication of which it targets its victims. Stuxnet marks a new era of highly sophisticated, extremely targeted malware, and in this case, specific to a small group of industrial systems. It portends a new wave of attacks targeted to OT networks, ranging from citywide electrical power grids, traffic monitoring systems down to individual facility HVAC systems.
As OT and IT networks converge, WatchGuard predicts next-generation firewalls will become the predominate solution of choice for protecting legacy OT networks.
WatchGuard Intrusion Prevention Service - Key to Stopping Hackers
WatchGuard Intrusion Prevention Service (IPS) is a fully integrated security subscription for all WatchGuard XTM appliances. It works in tandem with the application layer content inspection of the XTM to provide real-time protection against network threats, including spyware, SQL injections, cross-site scripting, and buffer overflows. IPS scans traffic on all major protocols, using continually updated signatures to detect and block all types of threats.
With it, administrators can monitor, manage and protect OT networks side-by-side with their existing IT networks. This helps reduce cost, eliminate redundancies and streamline OT and IT security management.
About WatchGuard Technologies, Inc.
Since 1996, WatchGuard® Technologies, Inc. has been the advanced technology leader of business security solutions, providing mission-critical protection to hundreds of thousands of businesses worldwide. The WatchGuard family of wired and wireless unified threat management appliances, messaging, content security and SSL VPN remote access solutions provide extensible network, application and data protection, as well as unparalleled network visibility, management and control. WatchGuard products are backed by WatchGuard LiveSecurity® Service, an innovative support, maintenance, and education program. WatchGuard is headquartered in Seattle and has offices serving North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. To learn more, visit http://www.watchguard.com/.
WatchGuard is a registered trademark of WatchGuard Technologies, Inc. All other marks are property of their respective owners.
MicroStrategy OEMs Informatica Technology to Bring Industry Leading Data Integration Platform to MicroStrategy Cloud
Integrated Solution Enables Organizations to Quickly Deliver More Scalable, Cost Effective Cloud-Based Business Intelligence Applications
MONTE CARLO, Monaco, July 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, and Informatica Corporation (Nasdaq: INFA), the world's number one independent leader in data integration software, today announced a strategic alliance to make Informatica's enterprise-class Data Integration Platform a core component of the MicroStrategy Cloud(TM). MicroStrategy Cloud will offer both multitenant and dedicated versions of Informatica's Data Integration technology as an optional service to MicroStrategy Cloud customers. These data integration services will be delivered under the MicroStrategy Cloud brand name.
MicroStrategy Cloud makes the complete MicroStrategy BI platform available as a cloud-based service, enabling subscribers to tap into enterprise data from their desktop or mobile device, improving insight and business decision making. As a purpose-built cloud service architected and optimized for large data volumes, high concurrency, and high performance, MicroStrategy Cloud is powerful and flexible enough to support a full range of cloud use cases, including individual, departmental, or enterprise scale BI applications.
Informatica was selected by MicroStrategy after a rigorous technical evaluation. Informatica Cloud, the award-winning software-as-a-service (SaaS) data integration solution, is currently in use by 1,300 organizations of all sizes, from SMBs to large enterprises. The new MicroStrategy Cloud integration service, powered by Informatica, offers simplicity for business users as well as broad connectivity and flexibility for IT organizations. The simple browser-based interface empowers business users to access, load, synchronize, replicate, and transform data from both on-premise systems and cloud-based data sources such as Salesforce.com and NetSuite. The broad connectivity enables access to data managed by the MicroStrategy Cloud database options, including IBM Netezza and ParAccel.
Enterprises will have the choice of cost-effective multitenant-based service and a more secure, high performance dedicated Informatica PowerCenter data integration environment. Informatica Cloud will allow customers to extract and deliver on premise information to the MicroStrategy Cloud for analytic purposes. In addition, MicroStrategy Cloud customers will be able to choose to securely run their own dedicated Informatica PowerCenter environment in the MicroStrategy Cloud. Informatica PowerCenter and PowerExchange are an option for enterprise customers to leverage within MicroStrategy Cloud for higher volume, enterprise-class data integration requirements.
"Informatica has established itself as a leader in cloud-based solutions for the enterprise, and we welcome them as a cornerstone of our growing Cloud Alliance ecosystem," said Michael J. Saylor, chairman and CEO of MicroStrategy. "MicroStrategy and Informatica share a common vision for the cloud as a flexible, highly cost-effective platform for delivering large-scale, high performance business intelligence solutions. Informatica has always been a great partner of ours, and we are pleased to extend our already close relationship to the cloud."
"As the pioneering leader in Cloud Data Integration, Informatica is now regarded as the trusted partner by IT category leaders and customers," said Sohaib Abbasi, chairman and chief executive officer, Informatica. "Building on our decade-long relationship, our joint customers will now gain even more from the combination of the award-winning Informatica Cloud data integration service and the leading MicroStrategy business intelligence platform."
Informatica Corporation (NASDAQ: INFA) is the world's number one independent provider of data integration software. Organizations around the world turn to Informatica to gain a competitive advantage in today's global information economy with timely, relevant and trustworthy data for their top business imperatives. Worldwide, over 4,350 enterprises rely on Informatica for data integration and data quality solutions to access, integrate and trust their information assets held in the traditional enterprise, off premise and in the Cloud. For more information, call +1 650-385-5000 (1-800-653-3871 in the U.S.), or visit http://www.informatica.com. Connect with Informatica at http://www.facebook.com/InformaticaCorporation,http://www.linkedin.com/company/informatica and http://twitter.com/InformaticaCorp.
About MicroStrategy
Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a global leader in business intelligence (BI) technology. MicroStrategy software enables leading organizations worldwide to analyze the vast amounts of data stored across their enterprises to make better business decisions. The MicroStrategy platform delivers actionable information to business users via the web and mobile devices, including the iPad, iPhone, and BlackBerry. Companies choose MicroStrategy for its ease-of-use, sophisticated analytics, and superior data and user scalability. MicroStrategy offers free reporting software that can be downloaded from its website. To learn more about MicroStrategy (Nasdaq: MSTR), visit http://www.microstrategy.com and follow us on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/microstrategy) and Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/microstrategy).
MicroStrategy, MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform, and MicroStrategy Cloud are either trademarks or registered trademarks of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
MicroStrategy and ParAccel to Deliver Analytical Platform for Social and Cloud-Based Applications
ParAccel to Build MicroStrategy-Specific Enhancements to Further Optimize Performance
MONTE CARLO, Monaco, July 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, and ParAccel, Inc., today announced they have extended their relationship to make ParAccel's high performance analytical technology a core component of MicroStrategy's social applications and an option for MicroStrategy Cloud(TM) customers. To support these applications, ParAccel has invested dedicated resources, provided comprehensive access to its software, and is committed to delivering specific product enhancements that will optimize the integration of ParAccel's analytic engine with MicroStrategy Cloud.
MicroStrategy Cloud is designed to enable rapid, cost-effective development of business intelligence, mobile and social apps. As a purpose-built cloud service architected and optimized for large data volumes, high concurrency, and high performance, MicroStrategy Cloud makes the complete MicroStrategy platform available to customers, enabling them to focus on core competencies rather than maintain their own infrastructure and software.
ParAccel, a leading analytics platform, is designed specifically for high performance complex analytics at extremely high scale. Through its on-demand analytics capabilities, ParAccel can leverage and integrate a comprehensive range of analytic methods and types of structured and unstructured data, resulting in rapid and deep insights for the most dynamic and complex data challenges. ParAccel delivers this performance with the high levels of flexibility required for cloud deployments, prompting Amazon.com, a recent investor in ParAccel, to state that ParAccel was causing the industry "to rethink databases in the cloud." From its inception, the ParAccel analytic platform was envisioned to meet the extreme requirements of Big Data cloud implementations, scaling to hundreds of nodes, thousands of users, and petabytes growing to exabytes of data. ParAccel is designed to provide the flexibility for deployment on industry standard data center infrastructure and is optimized for virtualized environments, making it a natural choice to power MicroStrategy social applications.
"ParAccel and MicroStrategy share a common goal of enabling organizations to quickly and easily use the cloud to develop and deploy friendly, social, mobile and viral business intelligence applications," said Sanju Bansal, MicroStrategy Chief Operating Officer. "MicroStrategy Cloud will combine the power and flexibility of ParAccel's analytical engine with MicroStrategy's industry-leading business intelligence platform, enabling organizations to deliver large-scale applications faster and more cost effectively than ever before."
"We are excited to participate in the next generation of cloud-based analytic services," commented Chuck Berger, chairman and CEO of ParAccel. "MicroStrategy is an ideal partner for ParAccel, as both of our companies are focused on providing best-of-breed analytic solutions to organizations where information analysis is understood to be a significant competitive advantage."
In today's analytics-driven environment, gaining fast and accurate business insights from massive volumes of data provides significant strategic advantage. As the leader in the high performance Analytics Platform, ParAccel enables organizations to address their most dynamic and complex analytic challenges and rapidly gain ultra-fast, deep insights from very large data sets. ParAccel's Fortune 1000 customers include companies in the financial services, retail and healthcare industries, as well as government agencies. Each organization uses ParAccel to address their business-critical data issues outside the scope of conventional data warehouses and existing analytic tools.
For more information please contact us at info@paraccel.com or 866-903-0335, or visit us at http://www.paraccel.com.
About MicroStrategy
Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a global leader in business intelligence (BI) technology. MicroStrategy software enables leading organizations worldwide to analyze the vast amounts of data stored across their enterprises to make better business decisions. The MicroStrategy platform delivers actionable information to business users via the web and mobile devices, including the iPad, iPhone, and BlackBerry. Companies choose MicroStrategy for its ease-of-use, sophisticated analytics, and superior data and user scalability. MicroStrategy offers free reporting software that can be downloaded from its website. To learn more about MicroStrategy (Nasdaq: MSTR), visit http://www.microstrategy.com and follow us on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/microstrategy) and Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/microstrategy).
MicroStrategy, MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform, and MicroStrategy Cloud are either trademarks or registered trademarks of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
The Culinary Institute of Spain Launches First Training Platform Haute Cuisine 100% Online
MIAMI, July 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The education in high-quality international cuisine has come to the Internet. The IGE, prestigious culinary school extends its network and opens in Miami a new platform providing education entirely over the Internet. The school founded in Madrid in 1974, was influenced by a large group of awards chefs like Genaro Pildain, Juan Maria Arzak, and Patxi Bericua. Today the school has a large number of centers across the European continent.
The culinary center IGE, gives students the opportunity to become a future chef in one of the main European cooking schools through the training program, which is addressed to professionals and foodies.
The educational offer consists of a wide range of Masters and courses. Specialization in Food, Hospitality and Nutrition, to the simplest pastry courses and wine tasting are only some of the courses we offer.
Agustin Castro, Director of IGE said "Our goal is that students have access to a job when they graduate. We do not want to create only professionals in the industry, but professionals with true success." He added: "We are very pleased with the reception of our program, within six months we have tripled the number of students. The group of students is continually growing. Our courses are designed for absolute beginners to enthusiastic home cooks to ambitious professionals. Among the group there are students, there are businessmen, cooks, bartenders, college students, and unemployed ...They all share a passion for cooking. In addition, the feedback we received from our students is positive and they are respecting the quality of the classes."
This innovative method of learning how to cook over the Internet is quite unique and students from around the world can access our cooking program via the internet wherever they are. Students will have access to all necessary information and will communicate with faculty through our Virtual Campus of the school. This does not require any additional software. Just with a computer, tablet or smart phone and with an Internet connection you can have access to the lectures and tutorials.
"The teacher is available at all times, guiding and supervising the students whole training, connected via email or video conferencing. The student is receiving an absolutely personalized education: as if the teacher comes to your home, to your kitchen and gives lectures in person," said Agustin Castro. "In nowadays, this is unthinkable in cooking schools."
This innovative method of learning how to cook over the Internet is quite unique and exclusive. Students from around the world can access our cooking courses wherever they are. The main advantages of this system is the possibility to reconcile these studies with the personal and professional lives of students. The flexibility of the lectures and the tutorials, is adapting to their needs and lifestyle. Another advantage is that Students can save up to 90% in the price of education compared to other schools with the same level and prestige.
Once the student finishes the Master or the Course, he will have acquired the knowledge and innovative culinary techniques adapted to the latest trends. The student may extend the formation through the internship program at the best hotels, restaurants and companies in Latin America, Spain and the United States. In addition, IGE offers its students a connection with the labor market in the hospitality industry.
Cloud Technology Partners (cloudTP) Launches 'The Doppler Report'
Inaugural Issue of Monthly Cloud Computing Newsletter Features New White Paper Entitled, "Migrate Applications to the Cloud in Six Steps"
BOSTON, July 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --Cloud Technology Partners(TM) Inc. (cloudTP(TM)), the leader in transforming businesses with cloud solutions, today announced the launch of its monthly newsletter entitled, The Doppler Report intended to help its readers navigate the complex and rapidly evolving world of cloud computing.
In addition to providing links to a thought provoking article on the current battle between Google and Facebook for your time online, and cutting edge cloud computing research from The Harvard Business Review, The Doppler Report's inaugural issue features a new cloudTP white paper entitled, "Migrate Applications to the Cloud in Six Steps." The paper outlines six straightforward, easy-to-understand steps, as well as the tools/technologies necessary, for creating a migration framework that will enable any business organization to successfully prepare for and migrate applications and business processes into the cloud.
"We speak with IT and business executives each week that tell us they do not have the time nor the desire to sift through the reams of information written about cloud computing, let alone take calls from the numerous vendors offering a technology that they promise is the 'panacea' for all their cloud woes," said Jim Lampert, Co-Founder and Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Cloud Technology Partners (cloudTP). "cloudTP leverages our unique breadth and depth of experience to deliver unbiased, vendor neutral consulting services, systems integration and technology that ensures robust cloud solutions for our clients. We plan to apply this same philosophy to our newsletter." He continued, "Our goal is to review the countless articles, white papers, research and other materials being continuously released in a knowledgeable yet completely unbiased fashion, and boil them down into one easy to skim newsletter that features only the most original, innovative and reliable content. We believe The Doppler Report will soon become the reference tool to which industry leaders turn for trusted opinion and commentary on cloud computing. It is the natural next step in providing unbiased thought leadership in a growing and complex market."
To subscribe to The Doppler Report, please click here.
About Cloud Technology Partners (cloudTP):
Based in Boston, MA, Cloud Technology Partners(TM) (cloudTP(TM)) is the leader in transforming businesses with cloud solutions. From strategic transformational consulting to application implementation, cloudTP(TM) provides enterprises with solutions to plan and execute migration of business processes, applications and customer data to private, public or hybrid clouds. By doing this, companies are able to reduce costs, increase efficiencies, accelerate business growth, enhance agility, drive innovation and increase competitive advantage. For further information, please visit: http://www.cloudtp.com, email: info@cloudtp.com, or call: (617) 674-0874.
PortaOne Announces Availability of Skrill's Global Online Payment Service for PortaSwitch
Compatibility with PortaOne's VoIP Subscriber Management Platform Means Service Providers Gain Worldwide Fraud Protection Plus Support for 41 Currencies, 100 Payment Options
COQUITLAM, British Columbia, July 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- PortaOne, Inc., a global provider of software for the communications and utility industries, today announced it has successfully completed interoperability testing of its flagship PortaSwitch VoIP call control and subscriber management platform with Moneybookers, one of the world's largest online payment providers. The availability of Moneybookers, operated by Skrill Holdings, as a subscriber payment option for PortaSwitch means VoIP service providers have a powerful new capability to both dramatically reduce the incidence of fraud-related revenue losses, and to market their services in 200 countries and territories worldwide.
"Due to the global reach of VoIP, service providers are unusually vulnerable to subscriber payments made with unauthorized or stolen credit cards," said Roman Khalenkov, Sales and Marketing Director for PortaOne. "Skrill's full chargeback protection is a major step forward in this regard, bringing peace of mind to customers and providers alike. But even more, Skrill is respected around the world as a premier payment service. Wherever our VoIP telephony clients choose to do business, chances are Skrill is already there providing convenient and secure payment options."
Currently employed by over 90,000 merchants globally and owned by London-based Skrill Holdings with offices in New York, Moneybookers offers more than 100 payment options in 41 different currencies and is available in over 200 countries and territories. Its services are protected under UK, European Union and U.S. state laws and the company has been ranked as the Number One fastest growing private equity-backed company in the UK, based on profits.
The proven interoperability of Moneybookers with PortaSwitch brings even greater appeal to PortaOne's innovative platform. Capable of handling the complete call control and converged VoIP billing functions of a diversified digital services company, PortaSwitch consists of a real-time billing system, class 4 and 5 SIP softswitch, and application servers that deliver converged VoIP billing and provisioning, SIP call control, unified messaging, IP Centrex and hosted IP PBX, callback management, IVRs, conferencing and more.
"Moneybookers will bring low transaction cost to PortaSwitch customers, and convenience and security to these companies' end users," said Ralf Wenzel, COO of Skrill Holdings. "Our eighteen million-plus account holders have discovered the appeal of making online payments without having to repeatedly enter credit card numbers, expiry dates and other unnecessary details. This kind of freedom, combined with our broad global payment support, will result in significant new business opportunities for PortaOne's business partners."
For more information about PortaSwitch, email PortaOne at contact@portaone.com or call 866 SIP VOIP (866 747 8647) or +1 604 628 2508 outside North America.
About PortaOne:
Based in Canada, PortaOne is a leading global provider of software for the telecommunications and utility industries. The company's products enable service providers, producers and carriers to run a broad line of retail and wholesale services within a single software package. PortaOne's flagship products, PortaSwitch and PortaMDM (http://www.portamdm.com) are a fundamental part of the business infrastructure at hundreds of service provider locations worldwide. To learn more, visitwww.portaone.com.
SOURCE PortaOne, Inc.
PortaOne, Inc.
CONTACT: Molly Antos Morey of S&S Public Relations, Inc., +1-847-955-0700, ext. 9327, mantos@sspr.com, for PortaOne, Inc.
New Fujitsu FRAM Devices Combine the Benefits of Fast-Writing SRAMs With Flash in a Single IC for Industrial, Factory, and Low-Power Applications
-- Latest MB85RSxxx SPI Series, MB85RCxxx I2C Series and FRAM-based RFIDs Designed and Manufactured by Fujitsu Will Meet the Rapidly Increasing Global Demand for FRAM Solutions --
SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Fujitsu Semiconductor America, Inc. (FSA) today introduced a new series of advanced Ferroelectric Random Access Memory (FRAM) products designed and manufactured by Fujitsu to meet the rapidly increasing demand for FRAM in industrial systems, factory automation, metering, and many other low-power applications that require high-performance, non-volatile memory.
The new MB85RSxxx SPI FRAM family includes three different devices: the 256-Kbit MB85RS256A, the 128-Kbit MB85RS128A and the 64-Kbit MB85RS64A. All three operate at voltage ranges between 3.0V and 3.6V and provide an industry-leading 10 billion write/read cycles, as well as data retention of 10 years at 55 degrees C.
The new series is based on Fujitsu's latest 0.18um (micron) FRAM technology and features a maximum operating frequency of 25MHz, a significant improvement over the company's previous FRAM devices. Since voltage boosters are unnecessary for the writing process, the new FRAMs are well-suited for low-power applications. All the MB85RSxxx series devices are offered in 8-pin, plastic SOP packages with standard memory pin assignment, which are fully compatible with E2PROM devices.
In addition to the SPI FRAM family, Fujitsu also has developed standalone FRAM devices featuring the I2C (MB85RCxxx series) and parallel interfaces (MB85Rxxx series). These standalone devices are available in density levels ranging from 16Kbit to 1Mbit and with a product roadmap that includes higher densities to meet future market demands.
High-Density RFID Chip Also Sampling
Fujitsu also is sampling its high-performance, high-density RFID chips. These high-frequency FRAM-based RFID products, which comply with the ISO/IEC 15693 and ISO/IEC18000-3 standards, are available in 256-bytes and 2Kbytes memory variations. In addition, Fujitsu is sampling RFIDs that comply with EPC Global Gen 2, and which provide 4Kbytes of FRAM and an alternate SPI interface.
Fujitsu's near-term roadmap includes the industry's largest 64Kbytes EPC Global Gen 2 RFID chip. This family of high-density, FRAM-based RFID products enables robust tracking applications. The chips offer a traceable audit trail at the item level that includes not just a basic identification code, but also detailed historical, tracking or other records that trace an object through the supply chain and throughout its lifecycle. Since FRAM has a high tolerance against radiation, these RFID chips are suitable for various medical and pharmaceutical applications.
Assured Reliable, Stable FRAM Supply
The industry's largest FRAM supplier, Fujitsu was the first company to embed FRAM into CMOS logic in 1998 and to release the industry's first mass production quantities in 1999. Fujitsu couples its highly reliable and proven manufacturing capabilities with optimized FRAM design to produce the industry's highest quality FRAM products.
Tong Swan Pang, senior manager of marketing at Fujitsu Semiconductor America, cited the benefits to global markets of the company's ability to control design, manufacturing process technology and production schedules. "Fujitsu recently completed the migration of FRAM products from the company's older line in the Iwate fabrication facility to a newer line in Mie, Japan, which has been manufacturing ICs using the highly-efficient 0.18 micron technology for several years," he said "Because Fujitsu owns its fabrication facilities, the company can ensure a more reliable and stable supply to meet the steadily increasing market demand for FRAM products. This is a key advantage that Fujitsu offers its customers compared to fabless suppliers that out-source their production and thus might be subject to supply interruptions."
A non-volatile memory with data retention of at least 10 years, FRAM can ideally replace all battery back-up solutions and enable environmentally friendly products. FRAM standalone memory devices are widely used in metering and factory automation applications as well as in various industrial segments where data logging, high-speed write access and high endurance is essential. The ferroelectric material in FRAM is highly resistant to magnetic fields and radiation, making it also well-suited for applications in the medical, aerospace and food industries.
Fujitsu Semiconductor America, Inc. (FSA) is a leading designer and developer of innovative semiconductor products and solutions for new generations of consumer, communications, automotive and industrial products. FSA provides a comprehensive portfolio of high-quality, reliable semiconductor products and services throughout North and South America. Founded in 1979 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Fujitsu Semiconductor America (formerly Fujitsu Microelectronics America) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited (FSL), Japan.
All product names mentioned herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Information provided in this press release is accurate at time of publication and subject to change without advance notice.
SOURCE Fujitsu Semiconductor America, Inc.
Fujitsu Semiconductor America, Inc.
CONTACT: Steven Wolpern of Fujitsu Semiconductor America, Inc., +1-408-737-5625, FSA_PR@us.fujitsu.com; or Dick Davies of IPRA, 1-415-652-7515, ipra@mindspring.com
Alice.com Expands to Europe: Merger with Koto.com Launches Online Marketplace for Household Essentials Abroad
Expansion will provide global CPG manufacturers platform to engage international audiences, while giving consumers a whole new way to shop online and save money on all their household needs
MIDDLETON, Wis., July 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Alice.com, an e-commerce platform and online marketplace for household essentials, today announced its merger with European company Koto.com, a Spanish company, expanding its groundbreaking direct-to-consumer online retail model to an international European audience. Spain will be the first country to launch in this worldwide expansion as the newly branded Alice.es allowing consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers to reach online shoppers in both the United States and Europe with a complete end-to-end e-commerce solution. Alice.com will continue its international growth with similar sites launching in Germany, France, Italy and the United Kingdom in 2012 and 2013.
CPG manufacturers seeking to reach and expand their global audience will be able to employ Alice.com's industry leading e-commerce platform to establish direct consumer relationships on their branded websites as well as the Facebook platform in both the U.S. and European markets. The expansion will enable CPG brands to leverage the Alice.com retail experience to provide a convenient shopping experience for their consumers, allowing them to skip the trip to the store in favor of getting all their favorite household brands in one place, with the benefit of competitive prices, free shipping, instant coupons, and automatic product reordering.
"Creating a direct relationship with the end consumer is a big initiative for CPG manufacturers not only in the U.S., but also globally," said Brian Wiegand, CEO of Alice.com. "Joining forces with Koto.com means we can now offer CPG brands a single, unified platform, with all the tools in place to engage consumers in both the U.S. and internationally."
To assist in the expansion of Alice.com's geographic footprint, the Koto.com team will integrate with the Alice.com team, bringing significant knowledge and insight of the European online CPG market. Alice.com will establish an office in Madrid, Spain to strengthen their Spanish presence, while the corporate headquarters will remain in Middleton, WI.
"Alice.com has built an unparalleled online shopping experience, and a truly innovative direct-to-consumer model allowing brands to engage with customers like never before - we are thrilled to be able to leverage their platform and e-commerce tools for the European market," said Ignacio Somalo, former CEO of Koto.com and new European president of Alice.com.
The entire Alice.com e-commerce suite of products and services will be available for CPG brands in Europe, beginning with Spain in Q3 of 2011. Consumers will be able to access all offers in Spain at http://alice.com/ and http://koto.com/
About Alice.com
Alice.com is an e-commerce platform and online marketplace for household essentials. As a leading provider of online retail and interactive marketing services for the Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) industry, Alice.com offers manufacturers a direct to consumer platform that provides shoppers with competitive pricing, free delivery, instant coupons, and simple automation and management of household purchases. And, with its free iPhone app, all of this is available on-the-go. Alice.com is privately held and headquartered in Middleton, Wisconsin.
Ericom Announces General Availability of HTML5 RDP Client for Microsoft RDS / Terminal Services and VDI
Enables pure browser access to hosted Windows applications and desktops from the widest variety of end-point devices, using any browser supporting HTML5, including from Chrome OS and Chromebooks.
CLOSTER, N.J., July 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Ericom Software, a global leader in application access and desktop virtualization solutions, today announced the general availability of Ericom AccessNow - Ericom's latest HTML5 RDP client product - following the successful completion of its beta program for the patent-pending, market-first pure HTML client.
Ericom AccessNow provides browser-based access to applications and desktops running on Windows Terminal Services / RDS, and VDI platforms on Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware and other hypervisors. AccessNow runs entirely within a browser and works natively with Chrome, Safari, Internet Explorer (with Chrome Frame plug-in), Firefox and any other browser with HTML5 and WebSockets support. The solution does not require Java, Flash, Silverlight or any other underlying technology installed on the end-user device.
Eran Heyman, Ericom Software's CEO commented: "Ericom AccessNow overcomes an inherent IT challenge. It finally enables organizations to deliver access to computing resources from anywhere, using an ever-increasing variety of end-point devices, including those that only have a browser rather than a full operating system, such as Chromebooks. We are seeing tremendous interest in this new product. Through this innovative product release, we are enabling access to hosted applications and virtual desktops to become more secure, flexible and, above all, simple -- regardless of the hosting platform."
Additional details on Ericom AccessNow:
1. Supports client devices running Windows, Linux, Mac, Chrome OS (HTML5
client is the only way to support Google's Chrome OS and Chromebooks) and
any other OS
2. Runs as pure HTML on netbooks, desktops, laptops and thin clients, and
supports Intel x86, ARM or any other CPU architecture
3. Can also work via Ericom's Secure Gateway when clients are outside the
firewall
4. IT staff does not have to manage or maintain separate product versions
and updates for multiple clients (end-point operating systems); an HTML5
browser is all that is required.
5. AccessNow also enables companies with BYOC (Bring Your Own Computer)
policies to continue leveraging the Microsoft RDS platform
In June, Ericom also announced the general availability of Ericom AccessNow(TM) for VMware View(TM), the market's first HTML5 RDP client for VMware View virtual desktops. Today's announcement addresses the release of Ericom AccessNow, the second generally available product among a family of HTML5 RDP client products.
Ericom Software is a leading global provider of Application Access and Virtualization Solutions. Since 1993, Ericom has been helping users access enterprise mission-critical applications running on a broad range of Microsoft® Windows® Terminal Servers, Virtual Desktops, legacy hosts and other systems. With offices in the US, UK, EMEA, India and China, Ericom also has an extensive worldwide network of distributors and partners. Our expanding customer base is more than 30 thousand strong, with over 7 million installations. For more information about Ericom and its products, please visit: http://www.ericom.com.
Ericom US ContactIlan Paretskyilan.paretsky@ericom.com201-767-2210 x9718
Ericom UK ContactIan Plattian.platt@ericom.com+44 845 644 3597
Copyright ® 1999-2011 Ericom Software Ltd. Ericom is a registered trademark, and AccessNow is a trademark, of Ericom Software Ltd. Other company and brand, and product and service names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
Google® Chromebooks Ship Exclusively with Latest Synaptics ClickPad(TM)
Acer® Chromia and Samsung® Chromebook Feature ClickPad Image Sensing and ClickPad SmartSense(TM) Technology
SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Synaptics Inc. (NASDAQ: SYNA), a leading developer of human interface solutions for mobile computing, communications and entertainment devices, today announced that the first commercially available Google Chromebooks are exclusively equipped with a Synaptics ClickPad(TM). The ClickPad features the latest Image Sensing technology that provides full-time finger tracking capability, more accurate touch detection and multi-touch gestures.
Synaptics' ClickPad solutions are fully integrated into ChromeOS and provide premium pointing, clicking and scrolling capabilities. Designed to Google's exacting specifications, Chromebooks are optimized for the Web with cloud-based computing technology and are designed to provide a fast, simple and secure user experience. The large sized ClickPad enhances the notebook experience, ranging from interactive Web browsing, scrolling through pages of content and flicking through photos and videos.
"Synaptics is excited to participate in the ground-breaking collaboration with Google, Acer and Samsung that is enabling the next wave of mobile cloud computing," said Mark Vena, senior vice president and general manager of the PC Division at Synaptics. "OEMs looking to enhance the end-user experience with Chromebooks will utilize ClickPads with Image Sensing technology for better navigation and gesture performance."
Both the Acer and Samsung Chromebooks utilize Synaptics ClickPads with Image Sensing multi-touch, full-time finger tracking technology. It also includes SmartSense(TM) Accidental Contact Mitigation (ACM), which helps reduce accidental taps and clicks.
Key ClickPad features include ClickSmart(TM) that provides a universal mode to support both "classic" and "modern" notebook clicking preferences. "Classic" users operate a ClickPad like a TouchPad with buttons (left button in the lower left of the ClickPad and right button in the lower right) while "modern" users utilize a more direct interaction model. In addition, Acer's Chromia Series also features ClickEQ(TM), a complete mechanical module that eliminates clicking "dead zones" on the ClickPad, and provides uniform button pressure and click depth for superior interaction and performance.
To find out more about Synaptics ClickPad portfolio please visit http://www.synaptics.com/go/chromebook. For the latest Synaptics news, follow @SynaCorpon Twitter.
About Synaptics
Synaptics (NASDAQ: SYNA) is a leading developer of human interface solutions for the mobile computing, communications, and entertainment industries. The company creates interface solutions for a variety of devices including mobile phones, notebook PCs, PC peripherals, and tablets. The TouchPad(TM), Synaptics' flagship product, is integrated into a majority of today's notebook computers. Consumer electronics and computing manufacturers use Synaptics' solutions to enrich the interaction between humans and intelligent devices through improved usability, functionality, and industrial design. The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. http://www.synaptics.com.
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Parago Launches First-Ever iPhone and Android Applications for Rebates
GoRebate mobile apps, launched by the leader in rebates, provides consumers and businesses a valuable shopping tool
LEWISVILLE, Texas, July 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Parago (http://www.parago.com), a leading provider of innovative reward programs that drive behavior and promote brand loyalty with consumers, today announced GoRebate Mobile(TM), the first mobile shopping applications for iPhone and Android focused on rebates that allow marketers to deliver rebates directly into the hands of value-seeking consumers. GoRebate utilizes the latest technology available for mobile phones and was created by leading app developer Bottle Rocket, which has designed apps for major brands such as Discovery Channel, NPR and American Express. GoRebate is the first consumer-facing offering from promotions powerhouse Parago, which is the nation's largest rebate provider.
"We are dedicated to helping our clients drive successful promotional programs. GoRebate Mobile provides access to the exponentially growing demographic of price-savvy consumers that rely on their smart phones to shop and research deals. Our statistics show that of the people aware of shopping apps, 66% want to receive proactive rebate and cash-back deals," said Juli Spottiswood, President & CEO of Parago. "As the industry leader in rebates, it is imperative to drive this innovation on behalf of our clients and their customers. Marketing and consumer expectations are rapidly evolving, and we are able to deliver the innovation and technology to push our clients to the forefront."
GoRebate Mobile, which launched in the iTunes App Store and Android Market today and is free to download, utilizes an intuitive and user-friendly design and allows users to:
-- Be presented with available rebates based on their current location
-- Browse for rebates in their area either by retailer or product category
-- Access rebate terms and conditions
-- Share specific rebate promotions with others via text, email, Facebook
or Twitter, or tag them for a reminder at a later date
-- Track submitted rebates to see where they are in the redemption process
-- Track the card balance of their rebates paid out on prepaid cards issued
by Parago
-- Set alerts for rebates by proximity and frequency
GoRebate Mobile was designed to be a practical tool for value-seeking consumers that are likely to use rebates, and deliver high-value content to people seeking savings. The progressive technology behind GoRebate allows it to seamlessly integrate into consumers' existing shopping routines and enables browsing for or notification of rebates in their area.
"Parago identified a huge opportunity in shopper marketing," stated Calvin Carter, President of Bottle Rocket. "GoRebate Mobile leverages the latest technology in shopping and geo-location technology to deliver customers directly to retailers and manufacturers. We are thrilled with the end result of this partnership, and have been excited to innovate alongside Parago. By combining the best in rebating with the best in mobile app technology, we have created a great service."
The app's innovative sensitivity features are intelligent enough to know when to re-query Parago's server not only based on new location, but also on rate of movement. For example, rather than continually notifying a user that is driving down the highway of new rebates, it can send notifications of nearby rebates when the user has slowed or come to a stop.
GoRebate Mobile aims to solve a genuine problem in the marketplace: until now retailers had to actively do something to market rebate promotions to the public or they had to hope that consumers would notice them in their stores. GoRebate offers a whole new avenue for businesses to make consumers aware of rebates and to drive store traffic and sales lift.
GoRebate currently includes rebate promotions from select Parago clients across a number of retail, manufacturer and service categories.
For more information about GoRebate, download the application for free in the iTunes App Store or Android Market or visit http://www.gorebate.com.
About Parago
Parago is the innovative provider of rewards-based incentive solutions that deploy technology to drive better results from consumers and customers alike. Parago provides a full range of consumer incentive and rebate programs to Fortune 500 companies, including customer acquisition and retention. Parago has distinguished itself in the rewards-based incentives field for more than ten years by consistent reinvention of legacy approaches, introducing 27 industry firsts and receiving three patents. For more information visit http://www.parago.com, the Parago blog or Twitter.
About Bottle Rocket Apps
Bottle Rocket Apps (http://www.bottlerocketapps.com) is a full-service mobile app development firm, focused on creating mission-critical, premium brand experiences for the Apple iPhone and iPad and Android devices. Since its founding in 2008, Bottle Rocket has completed more than 50 iPhone, iPad and Android apps for leading brands such as NPR, PBS, Disney, ESPN, The Seattle Times, Discovery Channel, American Express and AARP. The company's apps have won numerous industry accolades for innovative and user-centered design, and frequently appear at the top of their categories on the iTunes App Store. The Bottle Rocket team of senior strategists, architects, developers and artists work their magic from the company's offices in Dallas, Texas.
GoRebate Launches Location-Based Shopping Apps for Rebate and Deal Seekers Everywhere
GoRebate Mobile taps directly into shoppers' desire for deep discounts and convenience
LEWISVILLE, Texas, July 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Remember when clipping coupons was embarrassing? Well, smart shopping is in, and thanks to mobile apps and bargain bloggers, it's easier than ever. Today's consumers demand great deals - through things like extreme couponing, flash marketing sites and rebates - and no customer expects to pay full retail price. GoRebate Mobile, launching today, taps into consumers' desire to save, and save big, on demand.
Beginning today, consumers are able to download (for free!) the first-ever mobile rebate shopping app available for both iPhone and Android: GoRebate Mobile. GoRebate Mobile is designed to provide consumers with the ability to find great rebate deals on the go, as well as the power to track the status of submitted rebates and receive alerts when a rebate deal is nearby.
More than 83% of consumers are actively seeking rebates, and GoRebate Mobile delivers high-value rebate deals to consumers, based on where they are. GoRebate Mobile provides an unprecedented level of on-demand deal information empowering consumers to get the best deal, on the go. Consumers everywhere are loving rebates: "I am a total rebate fan," stated blogger Las Vegas Coupon Mom. "The rebate is sort of like free money," she continued. "[Rebates] are worth the time and cost of the stamp to me."
"Today's consumers expect great deals and an easy way to research them. GoRebate Mobile empowers the consumer to be presented with and find great deals in their areas using GPS technology," said Juli Spottiswood, President & CEO of Parago, owner of GoRebate Mobile. "Shopping apps are changing the way consumers shop and save. Rebates give consumers deeper discounts than traditional sales and now the process is even easier to find those deep discounts. GoRebate makes it easy for consumers to instantly find rebates on the products they love, in the stores they are near."
GoRebate Mobile is also joined by the GoRebate Community (http://www.gorebate.com), an online source that delivers great deals and money-saving tips. More information about the GoRebate Community can be found on Facebook and Twitter.
GoRebate and GoRebate Mobile are powered by Parago, a leading provider of innovative reward programs that drive behavior and promote customer loyalty. The GoRebate mobile app was created by Bottle Rocket Apps, developer of the popular NPR iPhone and iPad apps, and is currently available as a free download for both iPhone and Android smartphones.
GoRebate Mobile comes on the heels of research conducted by Parago that shows that of consumers who use their phones to look for deals while shopping, 68% are doing so to search specific products and deals. Also, recent Nielsen research indicates that smartphones will account for more than half of the US mobile phone market by the end of 2011. Offering consumers the ability to find deep discounts via rebates will answer the growing market of savvy mobile shoppers.
GoRebate Mobile allows consumers to easily enjoy a robust rebating experience; users are able to:
-- Be presented with available rebates based on their current location
-- Browse for rebates in their area either by retailer or product category
-- Access rebate terms and conditions
-- Share specific rebate promotions with others via text, email, Facebook
or Twitter, or tag them for a reminder at a later date
-- Track submitted rebates to see where they are in the redemption process
-- Track the card balance of their rebates paid out on prepaid cards issued
by Parago
-- Set alerts for rebates by proximity and frequency
For more information about GoRebate, download the application for free in the iTunes App Store or Android Market, or visit http://www.gorebate.com.
About Parago
Parago is the innovative provider of rewards-based incentive solutions that deploy technology to drive better results from consumers and customers alike. Parago provides a full range of consumer incentive and rebate programs to Fortune 500 companies, including customer acquisition and retention. Parago has distinguished itself in the rewards-based incentives field for more than ten years by consistent reinvention of legacy approaches, introducing 27 industry firsts and receiving three patents. For more information visit http://www.parago.com, the Parago blog or Twitter.
CommVault Introduces Simple, Cost-Effective Data Management Bundle for Microsoft Exchange Environments
--New Bundle Integrates Hardware Snapshot, Protection and Archive Software with Simplified Licensing and Rapid Deployment Capabilities--
OCEANPORT, N.J., July 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- CommVault (NASDAQ: CVLT) -- The need to better manage data growth, optimize infrastructure costs, and improve availability of mission-critical messaging systems data continues to intensify as organizations adopt and upgrade to Microsoft® Exchange Server 2010. According to Sheila Childs, research vice president at Gartner, "Many companies rolling out this latest release of Exchange are considering an overhaul of their legacy backup products based on a single, unified strategy that aligns data protection, archive and discovery." As the pioneer in modern data protection, CommVault is introducing a new bundle to its channel partners designed to simplify the management, lower the cost and increase the productivity of applications running in mid-range and smaller IT environments. The new bundle combines award-winning Simpana® software backup and content archiving with a broad range of protection capabilities including application-aware snapshot management, source-side deduplication, global reporting, and leading hardware and service recommendations that simplify protection and recovery for growing Exchange environments.
-- CommVault is introducing a new Modern Data Management bundle to help
users address with a single solution a variety of data management issues
common to several applications including Microsoft Exchange, SQL,
SharePoint, Active Directory, Hyper-V and VMware environments. The new
bundle is available through CommVault's worldwide channel partner
network.
-- Unlike alternative "point-product" approaches to Exchange management,
the CommVault bundle addresses recovery, archiving, data reduction and
policy management, from a single platform and interface to dramatically
reduce the cost and complexity of protecting dynamic email environments.
This eliminates the need for users to implement separate backup
applications and archiving products.
-- The new Modern Data Management bundle includes advanced software, as
well as hardware and services recommendations, and operational
guidelines that leverage CommVault's expertise in modern data
management.
-- The linchpin of the Modern Data Management Bundle is a flexible capacity
licensing model that lets customers protect Microsoft Exchange and other
applications and file types. Users can change scope, scale and
protection methods at will and for little additional cost or management
overhead. Additionally, the CommVault capacity licensing model provides
an affordable entry point and seamless growth path when compared to
traditional, standalone backup/ recovery and archive software.
-- The new fully unified solution packages CommVault® Simpana 9 software
capacity licenses for both Backup/ Recovery and Archive which include
advanced capabilities like source-side deduplication and its
SnapProtect(TM) technology for application consistent snapshots with
reference architectures and implementation guidance. CommVault's long
history of leadership in protecting Microsoft applications was
reinforced recently when Microsoft awarded the company its 2011
Microsoft Server Platform Partner of the Year award.
-- CommVault Simpana 9 software was also recently named the winner of the
Backup and Recovery category in the Best of Tech-Ed 2011 awards program
produced by Penton Media's Windows IT Pro, SQL Server Magazine,
DevProConnections and SharePoint Pro.
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CommVault Advances Modern Data Management
-- CommVault recognizes the pivotal role its channel partners play in
driving successful Microsoft Exchange implementations.
-- CommVault's comprehensive approach ensures the highest levels of
application availability with SnapProtect(TM) technology, which creates
application consistent snapshots of Microsoft Exchange environments in
minutes without complex scripting. This technology makes granular
Exchange 2010 restores much easier and faster than recoveries using
legacy methods. The bundle also enables granular restores from previous
versions of Exchange to Exchange 2010.
-- The new Modern Data Management Bundle also includes Simpana software's
advanced capabilities like source-side deduplication, which eliminates
redundant data at the source to increase network efficiency and reduce
storage requirements.
-- Overall storage costs and migration timetables can be reduced
significantly using integrated archiving that moves old, infrequently
accessed data from primary disk storage to less expensive, secondary
storage tiers including cloud storage.
-- CommVault's Modern Data Management Bundle offers end-users, IT teams,
along with legal and compliance teams the ability to monitor, classify
and report on the size, scope and operational characteristics of the
Exchange environment. Additionally, capacity usage and advanced
reporting views help accelerate migration efforts to Exchange 2010,
while also identifying stale data for archiving policies.
Supporting Quotes
-- Ron Miiller, senior vice president of worldwide sales for CommVault:
"CommVault's new Modern Data Management Bundle combines a host of otherwise expensive functionality that Exchange administrators need to confidently keep pace with today's dynamic email environments. With industry-leading functionality, flexible capacity licensing, useful reference architectures and best practice guidelines, this solution offers compelling cost and operational benefits to partners and their customers who have grappled with the pain of legacy approaches for backup and recovery."
-- Firooz Ghanbarzadeh, director of servers and storage solutions for CDW:
"CDW is continuously looking for new ways to help our customers streamline the purchasing, deployment and management of leading-edge IT solutions. CommVault's ready-made Modern Data Management Bundle allows us to help our customers do just that by providing a reliable, cost-effective data management solution for Microsoft Exchange environments."
Pricing and Availability
-- Pricing for the software component of CommVault's Modern Data Management
Bundle begins at $25,000 and includes extensive backup/recovery and
archive functionality. The CommVault bundle includes a software
capacity licensing SKU, reference architectures and leading practice
guidelines to help channel partners and their customers quickly and
easily match backup, recovery and archive needs with appropriate
hardware and services for optimal data protection.
-- The Modern Data Management Bundle will be generally available,
worldwide, in August.
A singular vision - a belief in a better way to address current and future data management needs - guides CommVault in the development of Singular Information Management® solutions for high-performance data protection, universal availability and simplified management of data on complex storage networks. CommVault's exclusive single-platform architecture gives companies unprecedented control over data growth, costs and risk. CommVault's Simpana® software suite of products was designed to work together seamlessly from the ground up, sharing a single code and common function set, to deliver superlative Data Protection, Archive, Replication, Search and Resource Management capabilities. More companies every day join those who have discovered the unparalleled efficiency, performance, reliability, and control only CommVault can offer. Information about CommVault is available at http://www.commvault.com. CommVault's corporate headquarters is located in Oceanport, New Jersey in the United States.
Safe Harbor Statement
Customers' results may differ materially from those stated herein; CommVault does not guarantee that all customers can achieve benefits similar to those stated above. This press release may contain forward-looking statements, including statements regarding financial projections, which are subject to risks and uncertainties, such as competitive factors, difficulties and delays inherent in the development, manufacturing, marketing and sale of software products and related services, general economic conditions and others. Statements regarding CommVault's beliefs, plans, expectations or intentions regarding the future are forward-looking statements, within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All such forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from anticipated results. CommVault does not undertake to update its forward-looking statements.
Social Media Ventures Launches MakeYourSiteNow.com
JERICHO, N.Y., July 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Social Media Ventures, Inc.. (Other OTC:SMVI.PK) announced today that the Company has launched MakeYourSiteNow.com (http://www.MakeYourSiteNow.com) a full-service Web-Design Portal, providing individuals and businesses with cost-effective website development services and SEO (Search Engine Optimization) services.
SMVI's MakeYourSiteNow.com is a full service website creation and development website utilizing programmers both domestic and abroad, to provide a quick and easy solution to producing quality websites. MakeYourSiteNow.com will also, at the consumer's option, provide maintenance, support and periodic software updates to the websites produced. Depending on the complexity of the requested site, the entire process of making the site online can be handled and created through email with the customer.
MakeYourSiteNow.com specializes in dealing with Photoshop, Drupal, Wordpress, Flash and xHTML as well as the latest SEO technology.
"We are very excited to launch MakeYourSiteNow.com (http://www.MakeYourSiteNow.com)," said Robert Thayer, CEO of Social Media Ventures, Inc. "I was looking to simplify and improve our previous website development and hosting site, NetSkyHost. With MakeYourSiteNow.com we have achieved that goal by offering some great website development services through the use of innovative, outsourced services that specialize in the latest softwares and technologies. We believe that MakeYourSiteNow.com will provide a significant ongoing additional revenue source for the company."
About Social Media Ventures, Inc.
Social Media Ventures (SMVI) is an online media venture company, creating and acquiring niche social networking websites as well as revenue generating web sites. SMVI will integrate an online advertising program that focuses on attracting advertisers to its core demographics for each social networking site. Currently SMVI operates the social networking site http://www.PetsPlaces.com as well as web portals; http://www.PetInThe.Net and http://www.PetsPlacesCard.com.
Forward-looking statements:
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements, which are made pursuant to the "Safe Harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements of future goals or expectations, containing words such as "expect," "believe," "should," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "may," "will" or similar expressions reflecting something other than historical fact are intended to identify forward-looking statements, but are not the exclusive means of identifying such statements. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict and that could cause actual results to differ materially from those currently anticipated. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, the successful completion of acquisitions and the integration of such businesses with those of the Company, competition, technological changes, the ability to obtain financing and other factors. The Company undertakes no obligations to revise or update any forward-looking statements in order to reflect events or circumstances that may arise after the date of this press release.
Contact:
Social Media Ventures, Inc. http://www.socialmv.com
Email: ir@socialmv.com
Tele: (516) 204-4843
Kessler is the First Rehabilitation Center in the Nation to Use New Robotic Gait Training System
Advanced technology improves mobility for persons with neurological injuries
WEST ORANGE, N.J., July 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Kessler Foundation (http://www.kesslerfoundation.org) and Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation (http://www.kessler-rehab.com) are the first rehabilitation centers in the U.S. to implement the new LokomatPro V6, an advanced robotic training system designed to improve mobility in individuals with spinal cord injury, brain injury, stroke, multiple sclerosis or other neurological diseases. This new system, developed by Hocoma (http://www.hocoma.com/en/), a Swiss-based manufacturer, offers appropriate patients an intensive program of activity-based therapy that has been shown to improve overall function, movement and walking.
"Robotic therapy is a new frontier in the treatment of individuals with spinal cord injury, stroke and other conditions that result in motor deficits," explained Steven Kirshblum, M.D., Medical Director and Director of Spinal Cord Injury Services at Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation (http://bit.ly/oOi1Ek). "The Lokomat is one device that is helping to take locomotor training to a new level. This new system will offer patients greater range of motion, variable speeds and augmented feedback, which allows users to visualize themselves walking in a variety of environments, all of which can contribute to greater functional gains. In addition, we will be studying its role in helping to prevent secondary complications of paralysis by improving strength, mobility, respiratory and bladder function, circulation and bone density."
The LokomatPro will be used collaboratively by Kessler's clinical and research teams. Gail Forrest, Ph.D., Interim Director of Human Performance and Movement Analysis Research at Kessler Foundation (http://bit.ly/qady6f), said, "The real advantage of our unique collaboration with Kessler Institute is that our researchers can work with the clinicians to collect data while patients have access to innovative interventions. The feedback we get from patients, therapists and our research scientists will help us to further refine and tailor treatment and foster new areas of research."
Researchers at Kessler will use the LokomatPro's investigative tools to facilitate the collection of more quantifiable data about the recovery of function using this robotic device. They also plan to share the results of their advanced research with Hocoma, which, according to Dr. Forrest, could "potentially lead to further modifications or developments of the system's hardware and software, enable more rapid adaptations and enhance its applications in gait training research and rehabilitation."
The LokomatPro integrates a treadmill, harness, robotic leg supports and augmented feedback to optimize the therapy experience. The patient is harnessed within the robotic exoskeleton over the treadmill and, once the machine is powered, leg supports move the individual's legs in a walking motion. Augmented feedback enables users to visualize themselves walking in virtual environments, such as in a park or on a beach, a new feature designed to motivate and improve performance.
All of the components of the LokomatPro are adjustable, including the height, walking speed and loading on the feet. Sensory feedback enables the system to adjust to the degree of assistance required by each individual. While the Lokomat brand has been on the market since 2001, the LokomatPro is the first to offer touch screen controls and upgradable hardware and software that will increase the system's capabilities.
About the Kessler Foundation
Kessler Foundation's fundamental strategy is to link science and grantsmanship so that people with disabilities can lead more productive, independent and fulfilling lives. Kessler Foundation Research Center conducts research that improves quality of life for persons with injuries of the spinal cord and brain, stroke, multiple sclerosis and other chronic neurological and orthopedic conditions. Kessler Foundation Program Center has provided more than $20 million in funding to a variety of employment-related projects that are benefitting veterans, young adults, students and others who are dealing with physical and cognitive disabilities. Kessler Foundation, the largest public charity supporting people with disabilities, is based in West Orange, New Jersey.
Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, a division of Select Medical, provides comprehensive care and specialized treatment to address the complex needs of individuals with spinal cord injury, brain injury, stroke, amputation, neurological disorders and orthopedic conditions. Kessler is one of only six federally-designated Model Systems in the nation for the treatment and research of both traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries and is ranked as one of the top two rehabilitation hospitals in the nation and the leading hospital of its kind in the East by U.S. News & World Report. Kessler has three hospital campuses in West Orange, Saddle Brook and Chester, N.J., and more than 80 outpatient centers throughout the state.
Tipard Releases MOD Converter for Mac: Helping Users Fully Enjoy Camera Video on Mac
BEIJING, July 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- As a popular camera video format, MOD format plays a large part in family entertainment multimedia. In order to help various camera video fans enjoy their footage, Tipard specially designed a Mac MOD Converter, which highly supports Sony, JVC, Panasonic HD video cameras, and can convert MOD,TOD, MPEG, MPG, MPV, MP4, VOB files to the popular video formats on Mac: MP4, MPG, MOV, VOB, AVI, 3GP, FLV, HD H.264, HD WMV, HD AVI, etc.
Therefore, once owning Tipard MOD Converter for Mac, users can easily convert their recorded video files to many mainstream formats to compatible with their iPad, iPad 2, iPhone, iPod, Apple TV, PSP, Nokia, Samsung Galaxy Tab, etc. Then, users can easily share the wonderful family footage with families and friends anytime and anywhere.
Key Features of Tipard MOD Converter for Mac
1. Convert Mod to all popular video formats on Mac
2. Trim, crop, merge, watermark video clips and adjust video effects
3. Superior video encoding and decoding performance
4. Supporting 5.1 track and No Audio output
5. Optional Aspect Ratio Settings & Zoom modes
6. Powerful compatibility to support cue file and many devices
System Requirements for Mac MOD Converter:
OS Supported: Mac OS X 10.4 or above
Processor: Intel ® processor
Hardware Requirements: 512MB RAM, Super VGA (800*600) resolution, 16-bit graphics card or higher
As a leading player in the multimedia software field, Tipard Studio always takes bringing multimedia users best software as its responsibility and keeps being innovative and competitive. With advanced technologies and a first-class R&D team, it has constantly developed many excellent multimedia desktop applications, which are very popular among Windows and Mac users. For more details about Tipard Studio, please visit: http://www.tipard.com.
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Harbour Software
CONTACT: Eric Smith, +86-132-6028-6758, pr@tipard.com
Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Damaka, Inc. for its Pioneering Mobile Collaboration Solution that Bolsters Business Productivity and Efficiency
The Amadeo(TM) solution promises unprecedented levels of continuous interconnectivity for mobile users
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Based on its recent analysis of the mobile collaboration solutions market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Damaka, Inc. with the 2010 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for New Product Innovation of the Year for the development of the Amadeo(TM) platform. Damaka offers secured and viable communication applications across different mobile devices and network infrastructure. It promises a next generation mobile unified communications and collaboration (UCC) service to equip mobile employees with a higher grade of flexibility and efficiency.
"As the industry shifts from traditional UCC systems to modern mobile systems, challenges such as interoperability and security are critical concerns for clients," said Frost & Sullivan Research Analyst Zeff Ibrahim. "The growing number of smartphones and mobile devices, which possess the capacity and power to handle a large quantity of communication information, make it essential to implement a robust and dynamic platform to administer the highly distributed mobile devices within the enterprise environment."
A significant feature seen with the Amadeo solution is its ability to provide two- and even four-way video conferencing on smartphones and tablets. This pioneering solution enables real-time video conference sessions with any other mobile device across different operating systems. This is immensely valuable in ensuring that the mobile workforce can communicate effectively while on the go.
Additionally, this solution has integrated an end-to-end encryption mechanism to bolster security enforcement of the various communication channels. The Amadeo platform can seamlessly integrate third party security measures to oppose any network adversaries and ensure sensitive critical communication information is not accessed by unwarranted parties.
The underlying technology for Damaka's unique offering is its patented Personal Softswitch(TM) application component. Owing to its built-in intelligence, which encompasses the characteristics of a Softswitch, Session Border Controller, and Media Gateway, it empowers every mobile device to self-discover each other within the Peer-to-Peer (P2P) network. Thus, these mobile devices possess the unique capacity to establish calls, effect call management, and provide call routing without the necessity of a third party server or relay node.
Further, Damaka has integrated its Sweeping(TM) technology within the Amadeo platform. Capitalizing on the dynamicity of the Sweeping technology, it enables live active sessions such as instant messaging, audio, video, and application sharing to be transmitted from one device to another. Apart from that, the Amadeo platform guarantees seamless live session continuity for mobile users switching between fixed Internet Protocol, Wi-Fi, 3G and 4G networks.
Another noteworthy feature is that this solution enables application or desktop sharing with other peer mobile users. This, in turn, could enable mobile users to gain access to a particular application hosted on any other mobile device. Further, Damaka's Parallel Edits(TM) technology allows multiple mobile participants, irrespective of their device type, to collaborate and edit documents simultaneously. This could substantially increase the productivity level of business processes as peers could execute critical changes and edits whenever necessary whilst on the go.
"Service providers will likely gain a considerable advantage by leveraging the Amadeo solution," said Zeff Ibrahim. "It not only bypasses the requirement for additional hardware to administer the system but also seamlessly integrates with existing network infrastructure, thus saving on capital investment."
The company has nine patents and another 25+ patents awaiting approval, demonstrating its significant strides to capitalize on the surging demand for mobility solutions.
Based on the findings, Frost & Sullivan believes that Damaka will play a pivotal role within this space in the coming years and is proud to present it with the 2010 North American New Product Innovation of the Year Award in mobile collaboration solutions.
Each year, Frost & Sullivan presents this award to the company that that has developed an innovative element in a product by leveraging leading edge technologies. The award recognizes the value added features and benefits of the product and increased return on investment it offers customers, which in turn increases customer acquisition and overall market penetration potential.
Frost & Sullivan's Best Practices Awards recognize companies in a variety of regional and global markets for demonstrating outstanding achievement and superior performance in areas such as leadership, technological innovation, customer service and strategic product development. Industry analysts compare market participants and measure performance through in-depth interviews, analysis and extensive secondary research in order to identify best practices in the industry.
About Damaka, Inc.
Damaka (http://www.damaka.com) is an innovator in mobile unified communication and collaboration (UCC) solutions. The company is changing the landscape of mobile UCC by providing secure, real-time mobile video calling and mobile collaboration solutions on all major smartphones, tablets and PC/MAC platforms, enabling collaboration on any device, any network, anytime and anywhere. Damaka's managed peer-to-peer SIP based software solutions feature Sweeping® technology, allowing users to seamlessly transfer in progress collaboration sessions to and from various devices, including laptops, netbooks, tablets and smartphones. Damaka was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Richardson, Texas, with additional offices in Chennai, India. For more information on Damaka's technology and available solutions please visit http://www.damaka.com.
About Frost & Sullivan
Frost & Sullivan, the Growth Partnership Company, enables clients to accelerate growth and achieve best-in-class positions in growth, innovation and leadership. The company's Growth Partnership Service provides the CEO and the CEO's Growth Team with disciplined research and best-practice models to drive the generation, evaluation, and implementation of powerful growth strategies. Frost & Sullivan leverages 50 years of experience in partnering with Global 1000 companies, emerging businesses and the investment community from more than 40 offices on six continents. To join our Growth Partnership, please visit http://www.awards.frost.com.
New Energy Systems Group Announces Management Buyback Update
SHENZHEN, China, July 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- New Energy Systems Group (NYSE Amex: NEWN) ("New Energy" or the "Company"), a vertically-integrated original design manufacturer and distributor of lithium ion batteries and consumer branded backup power systems, today announced that the Company's senior management team has purchased approximately $300,000 of stock of the Company to date with personal funds.
On April 1, 2011, the Company's senior management team (including its Chairman, CEO and CFO) announced their intentions to purchase approximately $1 million of the Company's common stock in the open market. Through July( )13,( )2011, Mr. Yu has purchased approximately $200,000 of stock at an average price of $3.45 per share. Junfeng Chen, our CFO, has purchased approximately $100,000 of stock at an average price of $3.39 per share. Currently, the purchase of additional shares of stock of the Company by Mr. Yu and other members of the senior management team is subject to the Company's black-out period while the Company prepares its second quarter 2011 financial filings. The Company's black-out period will terminate at the end of the first full trading day after the Company reports its second quarter results in mid-August.
"I remain extremely confident in our future growth prospects," said New Energy Chairman Weihe Yu. "That is why I am using my personal funds, along with other executives on the management team, to purchase our stock at compelling prices. Over time, I believe more investors will realize the significant investment opportunity in our stock. In the meantime, our management team remains focused on executing our growth strategy."
About New Energy Systems Group
New Energy Systems Group is a vertically integrated original design manufacturer and distributor of lithium ion batteries and backup power systems for leading manufacturers of mobile phones, laptops, digital cameras, MP3s and a variety of other portable electronics. The Company's end-user consumer products are sold under the Anytone® brand in China while it's commercial and OEM batteries and battery components are sold under New Power and E'Jenie. The fast pace of new mobile device introductions in China combined with a growing middle class make it fertile ground for New Energy's end-user consumer products, as well as its high powered, light weight lithium ion batteries. In addition to historically strong organic growth, New Energy is expected to benefit from economies of scale, broader distribution and higher profit margins in 2011. Additional information about the company is available at: http://www.newenergysystemsgroup.com.
Forward Looking Statements
This release contains certain "forward-looking statements" relating to the business of the Company and its subsidiary and affiliated companies. These forward looking statements are often identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "believes," "expects" or similar expressions. Such forward looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to be materially different from those described herein as anticipated, believed, estimated or expected. Investors should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. The Company's actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors, including those discussed in the Company's periodic reports that are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and available on its website (http://www.sec.gov). All forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or to persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these factors other than as required under the securities laws. The Company does not assume a duty to update these forward-looking statements.
For more information, please contact:
COMPANY
New Energy Systems Group
Ken Lin, VP of Investor Relations
Tel: +1-917-573-0302
Email: ken@newenergysystemsgroup.com
Web: http://www.newenergysystemsgroup.com
INVESTOR RELATIONS
HC International, Inc.
John Mattio, SVP
Tel: US +1-212-301-7130
Email: john.mattio@hcinternational.net
Web: http://www.hcinternational.net
New Symmetrix VMAXe System Extends EMC's High-End Storage Market Reach
Proven VMAX Storage Architecture, Innovative Software and Rapid Deployment Further Accelerate the Journey to Cloud Computing
HOPKINTON, Mass., July 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --
News Summary:
-- EMC is expanding the global market reach of its leading high-end storage
technologies with the new Symmetrix VMAXe system - enabling more IT
organizations both domestically and in rapidly growing international
markets to accelerate their journey to the cloud.
-- New smaller footprint design based on proven scale-out Symmetrix VMAX
enterprise storage architecture features key software pre-loaded and
configures in minutes.
-- Built-in open, local and remote replication support for EMC and non-EMC
systems enables efficient data protection and easy migrations.
-- Leading EMC high-end storage technologies easier than ever to acquire
through more channels and in more international markets.
EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) today introduced the new EMC(® )Symmetrix(®) VMAXe((TM) )storage system, innovative storage technology designed for virtualized cloud and mission critical IT environments. The VMAXe system enables more IT organizations, both domestically and in rapidly expanding markets such as India, China, Eastern Europe and others, to accelerate their journey to cloud computing.
The Symmetrix VMAXe has the same industry leading Virtual Matrix Architecture(TM) and innovative software as larger Symmetrix VMAX systems used in the world's largest data centers. Designed for organizations with limited storage expertise and IT resources, it features a new hardware design for a smaller footprint, and built-in software for fast installation, configuration and management.
The rapid adoption of cloud computing around the world is creating exponential data growth that many organizations are struggling to manage with limited staff, space and budgets. The Symmetrix VMAXe addresses these challenges with the most sophisticated levels of storage automation, simplified management and provisioning, scalable performance, local and remote replication and the ability to simultaneously support thousands of virtual machines from VMware and others.
Symmetrix VMAXe Highlights:
-- New Hardware Design: Symmetrix VMAXe combines the Virtual Matrix
Architecture, which delivers data center-class availability, with a new
Intel multi-core processor-based Engine design, dense packaging and
single-phase power. It can scale up to 4 Engines and from tens to up to
960 of the latest disk and flash drives. It supports leading high-end
software capabilities, including FAST VP (fully automated storage
tiering with virtual pools) and EMC TimeFinder(® ) local replication
software.
-- Provisions in Minutes: Symmetrix VMAXe can be configured in minutes with
built-in EMC Virtual Provisioning(TM) that simplifies management and
improves utilization by enabling storage to be allocated as needed.
-- Unmatched Replication: The Symmetrix VMAXe system's built-in integration
with EMC RecoverPoint replication software, enables continuous data
protection (CDP) and continuous local and remote replication (CLR and
CRR) between a VMAXe and other EMC and non-EMC storage arrays for
disaster recovery, migrations and any-point-in-time recovery of data.
-- Simplified Management: Symmetrix VMAXe provides leading software to
simplify the management of virtual computing environments. This
includes EMC Symmetrix Management Console and Performance Analyzer with
an easy-to- navigate web GUI and real-time dashboard views and EMC
PowerPath® SE automated path failover software for maximum availability
as well as several others.
-- Now Available Worldwide: EMC is making high end storage capabilities
available through more channels around the world than ever before. The
Symmetrix VMAXe can be purchased from EMC Velocity Channel partners or
direct from EMC immediately.
Supporting Quotes:
"Cloud computing and virtualization are transforming businesses and creating new opportunities for Wipro throughout India, Middle East and Africa. The Symmetrix VMAXe enables us to now quickly and easily deploy and configure the most advanced virtual Data Center storage capabilities in the world to support our enterprise customers." Vikas Srivastava, Vice President & Business Unit Head, Infrastructure Technology Solutions, Wipro Infotech
"The adoption of cloud computing is happening at a rapid pace throughout China and this is driving large data growth. The Symmetrix VMAXe is designed specifically to efficiently manage this information with the most sophisticated and proven storage software available. Customers can customize the system to meet their needs and have it grow and scale as their data and IT requirements do." Lin Yang, CEO, Executive Director, Digital China Holdings Limited.
"COMback is one of the largest providers of disaster recovery services in Germany and offers a wide range of services to customers of all sizes who put their trust in us. Symmetrix VMAXe is a system we can put our trust in as an important part of our infrastructure. Its built-in RecoverPoint integration makes it an ideal solution for our environment, enabling customers to continuously protect their data by replicating it to our highly secure facility no matter what storage they are using at their facilities." Achim Issmer, CEO, COMback GmbH
"As one of the largest electric power companies in the U.S., we use advanced technology to help customers manage their energy consumption. This creates tremendous amounts of data. The Symmetrix VMAXe provides us the flexibility to extend high-end capabilities into our lower-tier service level offerings as we look to expand our virtualization and private cloud infrastructure." Hermie Cloete, Systems Architect, Duke Energy
"With every customer engagement, we are working to help our customers in a wide variety of industries improve their businesses by removing cost, complexity and barriers to change across their IT infrastructures. The Symmetrix VMAXe is a storage platform that can help us achieve those objectives with customers of all sizes and in markets throughout Europe." Matthew Yeager, Practice Leader, Data Storage & Protection, Computacenter
"The Symmetrix VMAXe is a compelling expansion of EMC's portfolio and meets the requirements of a new breed of customer, especially those in new and emerging markets around the world whose storage environment got bigger than they ever thought it would. EMC is meeting changing market conditions and requirements by making high-end storage capabilities, previously only available to larger data centers, available to everyone." Terri McClure, Senior Analyst, ESG
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EMC Executive Quote
"The success and customer adoption of the Symmetrix VMAX platform and FAST technology over the past year has been phenomenal and is reflected in large market share gains. During that time, we heard from many customers, especially those in international markets, that need scalable performance, automated tiering and other high-end capabilities at a level that was right for them. The Symmetrix VMAXe was purpose-built to meet the space, cost and management needs of these customers, many of them service providers, who have large, data intensive virtual environments and who can now easily realize the benefits of the most powerful, trusted and smart storage technology available." Brian Gallagher, President, Enterprise Storage Division, EMC
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.
EMC, Symmetrix, VMAX, Virtual Matrix Architecture, TimeFinder, Virtual Provisioning and PowerPath are trademarks or registered trademarks of EMC Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks used are the property of their respective owners.
Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains "forward-looking statements" as defined under the Federal Securities Laws. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of certain risk factors, including but not limited to: (i) adverse changes in general economic or market conditions; (ii) delays or reductions in information technology spending; (iii) our ability to protect our proprietary technology; (iv) risks associated with managing the growth of our business, including risks associated with acquisitions and investments and the challenges and costs of integration, restructuring and achieving anticipated synergies; (v) fluctuations in VMware, Inc.'s operating results and risks associated with trading of VMware stock; (vi) competitive factors, including but not limited to pricing pressures and new product introductions; (vii) the relative and varying rates of product price and component cost declines and the volume and mixture of product and services revenues; (viii) component and product quality and availability; (ix) the transition to new products, the uncertainty of customer acceptance of new product offerings and rapid technological and market change; (x) insufficient, excess or obsolete inventory; (xi) war or acts of terrorism; (xii) the ability to attract and retain highly qualified employees; (xiii) fluctuating currency exchange rates; and (xiv) other one-time events and other important factors disclosed previously and from time to time in EMC's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. EMC disclaims any obligation to update any such forward-looking statements after the date of this release.
Supporting Partner Quotes:
"Brocade and EMC are working together to deliver cloud infrastructure solutions for our thousands of mutual customers that help transform data centers into highly efficient and agile environments. The features and capabilities of the Symmetrix VMAXe, combined with Brocade's leading Ethernet and Fibre Channel fabrics, create a comprehensive solution that is highly scalable, high-performance and operationally simplistic. Characteristics that are needed to support today's highly-virtualized data center environments." Doug Ingraham, vice president, product management, Data Center Products Group, Brocade
"Cisco and EMC are working together to deliver trusted, smart and efficient datacenter solutions that lower the costs of cloud computing. The scalability of the VMAXe, complements Cisco's Unified Fabric and network services available across Cisco's intelligence core networking and Unified Computing solutions." David Lawler, vice president for Server, Access and Virtualization Technology Group at Cisco.
"Unisys specializes in helping clients worldwide build secure, transaction-intensive computing environments, increase data center efficiency and modernize their enterprise applications. Building on a long and extensive relationship with EMC and its technology, we plan to add the new Symmetrix VMAXe system to our storage portfolio. We believe that this new storage platform will give us a powerful option in developing and implementing data center solutions for Unisys clients." Rod Sapp, vice president, Servers and Storage, Unisys
"The cloud-based computing models enabled by VCE Vblock infrastructure platforms require increasing levels of automation, virtual provisioning and flexibility to meet a range of demanding workloads. The Symmetrix VMAXe is a storage platform that uses a trusted architecture and innovative software that we look forward to working with as part of our converged infrastructure solutions." Todd Pavone, EVP, Product Development, VCE
"The latest technologies from both VMware and EMC are designed to make virtual and cloud infrastructure simpler to manage. The Symmetrix VMAXe combined with the new VMware vSphere® 5 will help our customers reduce complexity, improve efficiency and increase business agility." Hatem Naguib, vice president, alliances, VMware
SOURCE EMC Corporation
EMC Corporation
CONTACT: Rick Lacroix, +1-508-293-7261, rick.lacroix@emc.com
AdSafe Media Debuts Enhanced OBA Compliance Solution for Brand Safe Content and Consumer Privacy Protection
AdSafe Launches Partnership with Evidon To Provide Open Platform Solution with Industry Leading Compliance Provider
NEW YORK, July 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- AdSafe Media, the industry leader in online Brand Protection and Campaign Performance Control, today announced a technology partnership with Evidon. This relationship enables AdSafe to provide 2-in-1 implementation of both brand protection and compliance with the Digital Advertising Alliance's Self-Regulatory Program for Online Behavioral Advertising.
Since its inception, AdSafe has committed to being a best in breed open platform, providing best in class proprietary solutions combined with industry leading partner products to insure convenient one-stop services for clients. In this case, offering the top OBA compliance solution, along with its core services, further reinforces AdSafe's dedication to helping brands build the trust and confidence of consumers, as well as maintain responsible business and data management practices.
"AdSafe is committed to supporting privacy and is delighted to be working with the industry leaders for compliance with the DAA's program for OBA. This is an important industry-wide initiative, which will help to provide options to consumers regarding how they're targeted by online media," said Scott Knoll, CEO, AdSafe Media.
Evidon delivers the Advertising Option Icon and corresponding notice in more than 10 billion monthly impressions for more than 80 brands in the US and EU. An innovator in the compliance space, Evidon has been operating at scale since last year and is currently managing the vast majority of creative units bearing the icon.
"Scaling a program that is this significant requires the crafting of strategic partnerships with the right companies," said Scott Meyer, Founder and CEO of Evidon. "There has been a lot of heavy lifting involved on the parts of many people to make this program a reality, and we look forward to working closely with AdSafe Media to bring more companies into compliance."
More than 60 million US Internet users view the DAA's Advertising Option Icon delivered by Evidon each day. Its Open Data Partnership has become the one stop shop for consumers who wish to manage their profiles online.
"We've always been committed to maintaining trustworthy and transparent relationships with clients. Our partnership with Evidon is further proof of our adherence to accepted industry standards, and our intention to provide advertisers the best possible conditions for connecting with customers," Knoll concluded.
About Evidon:
Selected by the Digital Advertising Alliance to power its online behavioral advertising self-regulatory program, Evidon (formerly Better Advertising) enables a more trusted environment for everyone in the online ecosystem. It gives businesses an easy, standard way of providing evidence of compliance with industry guidelines, and consumers more transparency into and control over how their information is used online. By empowering consumers and earning their trust, businesses build their brands, participate in OBA with confidence and generate better results. For more information, please visit: http://www.evidon.com.
About AdSafe Media:
AdSafe Media is the digital advertising industry's recognized leader in brand protection and performance control. Its Content Rating System is the only solution that scores and evaluates the brand safety and context of web pages on the individual page level. Utilizing these ratings, AdSafe's Firewall protects advertiser's brands from appearing on pages that do not conform to brand guidelines. AdSafe's suite of Performance, Network and Platform Control solutions enable real-time, actionable campaign control and optimization for brands, agencies, networks, exchanges and trading platforms. AdSafe's products work across the digital environment, driving increased performance and profits for its partners on both the buy and sell side. AdSafe is headquartered in New York City with operations in San Francisco and London. For more information visit http://www.AdSafeMedia.com or follow @AdSafe on Twitter.
Contact:
Harrison Wise
WISE PR
212-777-3235
harrison@wisepublicrelations.com
Getaroom.com Expands Unpublished Hotel Rate Program as Top Market Room Rates Soar
Company Helps Discount Seekers Manage Budgets for Summer Getaways
MIAMI, July 13, 2011/PRNewswire/ --Getaroom.com, a leading online discount hotel stay company, announced the addition of more than 1,000 hotels to its unpublished hotel rate program, including properties in top summer markets such as New York, Orlando, Las Vegas, London and San Diego.
Unpublished hotel rates allow consumers to receive discounts typically ranging from 10 to 20 percent and as much as 50% off the rates published online. Since room rates continue to rise, consumers seeking discounts will need additional resources to save on summer travel.
According to a report by PKF Hospitality Research, room revenues are projected to increase nearly seven percent overall in 2011 and almost nine percent in 2012. A separate report by RateGain predicts that room rates in top markets such as Miami and New York will experience sharp increases this summer.
The Chicago-based travel and technology research firm projects a whopping 85 percent increase in the median cost of a four-star room in Miami (from nearly $146 to $270) and a 48 percent increase in the price of a three-star room (from slightly over $123 to $182).
Meanwhile, New York's four-star hotels are projected to have the highest median rate in the markets surveyed by RateGain, coming in at nearly $410 per night, while a four-star room in Las Vegas is projected to cost slightly more than $152.
Bargain-seeking travelers will have additional resources to find the best deals with Getaroom.com's newly expanded unpublished hotel rate program.
"Although the sluggish economy is holding costs down somewhat, room rates are still rising - especially in top markets," noted Bob Diener, President and Co-Founder of Getaroom.com. "With our expanded unpublished hotel rate program, travelers have more opportunities to find discounts, including room rate savings in top destinations. It's a smart way to save as room rates continue to increase this summer and into next year."
Getaroom.com, which offers daily specials and deep discounts at more than 8,000 hotel properties worldwide, continues to expand its network and find creative ways to offer bargains to its growing customer base.
About Getaroom.com:
Getaroom.com provides travelers a state-of-the-art lodging website (http://www.getaroom.com) which offers travelers the lowest hotel rates on the Internet. Clients calling its toll-free call center at 800-HOTELS-8 (800-468-3578) can also receive the benefits of unpublished pricing, with hotel rates typically 10 to 20 percent less than published rates on its site and other Internet sites and as much as 50 percent less. There is full disclosure about the property at time of booking including the hotel name and exact location. Getaroom.com offers accommodations at national chain and independent boutique properties in major destinations in the U.S. and Europe.
SOURCE Getaroom.com
Getaroom.com
CONTACT: Belinda Rooney of SS|PR, +1-609-750-9110, brooney@sspr.com, for Getaroom.com