Wondershare Video Studio Express for Mac 1.0 Unveiled
-- Enjoy Simple Video Editing
SHENZHEN, China,Sept. 28 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Wondershare Software, a professional and pioneering individual consumer software provider in China, announced the release of Wondershare Video Studio Express for Mac 1.0, a professional video editor and converter. This product is a new milestone for Wondershare which supplied a gap of Wondershare video editing product line. As newly-released but popular software, Wondershare Video Studio Express for Mac will give both existing users and potential users unusual surprise and joy.
Wondershare Video Studio Express for Mac is a relief to Mac users who find video editing too difficult and time-consuming. Its intuitive interface and breakthrough technology allow everyone to quickly edit and customize their video clips, including merging, trimming, splitting, cropping, adding effects and rotating etc.
Wondershare Video Studio Express feature highlights:
1. Automatically detects DV cameras, camcorders, iPhone, iPod, and imports
video clips from these devices with ease.
2. Largely facilitates the video editing effects with three timeline tracks
to organize and manage video, audio, background music separately.
3. Enables users to edit videos while previewing for increased accuracy and
ease of editing.
4. 48 transition effect templates benefits editors with expanded visual
effects.
5. Allows users to feel free to play media files on iPod, iPhone, iPad, Wii,
Zen, Zune and PSP regardless of format compatibility, as well as to
upload to YouTube.
For both novice and professional editors, Wondershare Mac Video Editor is the right choice for video editing.
System Requirements:
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5(Intel version) or above (including Mac OS Snow Leopard) on iMac, MacBook, Mac Pro, etc.
RM: 512 MB physical RAM (memory) or more
Processor: 1G Hz or above Intel processor
Pricing and Availability:
For single personal license, Wondershare Video Studio Express for Mac is available at $35.0. For more licenses, please contact: sales#wondershare.com (replace # with @)
About Wondershare
Wondershare Software Co., Ltd. is an innovative consumer software player dedicated to bringing users software products and services in terms of multimedia, business and other ranges. The company has extended its business worldwide and has set up operations in the USA, Germany and Japan. Due to its persistent innovation, Wondershare has been honored by ranking 41st in the Deloitte Technology 2009 Fast 500. For more details, please visit: http://www.wondershare.com.
Enjoy Videos, Photos and Music Across All Devices With the New RealPlayer
SEATTLE, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- RealNetworks,® Inc. (Nasdaq: RNWK), the digital entertainment services company, launched the new RealPlayer® today. This latest version brings improvements to the free application that lets consumers play, manage, share and move photos, videos and music across a wide range of devices. Adding to existing popular features like one-click video downloading and transferring to mobile devices, the new RealPlayer now allows users to move media off their mobile devices and into their RealPlayer library. This application, currently in Beta, is available now at http://www.real.com/realplayer/beta.
Underscoring Real's ongoing commitment to innovation in the delivery of digital entertainment to consumers around the world, RealPlayer continues to evolve as a complete media management solution. The new RealPlayer aims to make it easier than ever before to manage and move media across devices without worrying about file formats or conversion issues, giving users the control and flexibility to enjoy their media on their own terms.
"Most people today have a mounting collection of videos, photos and music piling up across their computers, mobile devices and smart phones, and sometimes, this content doesn't even make it off those devices," said Peter Kellogg-Smith, vice president for RealNetworks. "The new RealPlayer provides a simple solution for streamlining and centralizing these videos, photos and music, making it easier than ever to move, manage and preserve all your media between screens."
The free, new RealPlayer allows users to:
-- Organize all their videos, photos and music in one place
-- Download favorite videos from thousands of web sites with one-click
-- Play more music and video file types, including H.264, 3GP, MP3, and AAC
-- Copy favorite videos to an iPhone, iPad, Android, BlackBerry and dozens
of other popular devices automatically
-- Import photos taken on an Android, BlackBerry, or digital camera to a PC
with one click, then easily share favorite photos on Facebook
-- Sync music playlists between a mobile phone and RealPlayer
-- Share favorite videos on Facebook, Twitter and MySpace
-- Easily trim videos to access favorite parts instantly
An optional upgrade to RealPlayer Plus will be available in October for $39.99, and will include accelerated video downloading and transferring features, in addition to advanced CD and DVD burning capabilities.
Over the past year, RealPlayer has been downloaded more than 140 million times and has been used to download over 1 billion videos.
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About RealNetworks
RealNetworks, Inc. delivers digital entertainment services to consumers via PCs and mobile devices. Real® created the streaming media category in 1995 and continues to offer pioneering products and services, including: RealPlayer®, the first mainstream media player to enable downloading, recording, editing and sharing of digital video; GameHouse®, one of the largest casual games services on the Internet; and a variety of mobile entertainment services, such as ringback tones, music and video, offered to consumers through leading wireless carriers around the world. RealNetworks' corporate information is located at http://www.realnetworks.com/about-us/index.aspx.
Real, RealNetworks, RealPlayer and GameHouse are trademarks or registered trademarks of RealNetworks, Inc. All other trademarks, names of actual companies and products mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners.
SOURCE RealNetworks, Inc.
RealNetworks, Inc.
CONTACT: Tiffany Dunning of RealNetworks, Inc., +1-206-892-6733, tdunning@real.com
RTS Introduces Ultra-Fast Gateway to CME Group; Internal Latency Less Than 100-150 Microseconds
Next step in RTS technology roadmap to further enhance performance of its high frequency, ultra-low latency offering
CHICAGO, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- RTS Realtime Systems Group, a leading global trading solutions provider, today announced that it has released a new ultra-low latency gateway for its RTD Tango and RTD Tango Trader clients, accessing CME Group with an internal latency of 100-150 microseconds. Client feedback during Beta testing has indicated that the new connectivity, as part of an off-the-shelf algorithmic trading solution, is the fastest among those currently available.
RTD Tango is the RTS event-based algorithmic trading platform. The firm recently introduced RTD Tango Trader as a first-of-its kind comprehensive trading solution that combines the advantages of "point and click" and high-speed algorithmic trading. Both platforms are powered by the same low latency, back-end technology.
Bypassing a layer in the connectivity cycle, the new gateway achieves a 60 percent speed and performance improvement over the existing RTS interface and includes pre-trade risk checking. The time-critical order handling component is located on the Tango server, allowing orders to go straight from the RTD Tango engine into the CME iLink connectivity. The new connectivity to CME Group provides access to all of the products traded on the Globex® electronic platform.
Said Steffen Gemuenden: "We are seeing internal latency on the new RTD Tango and RTD Tango Trader CME gateway ranging from 100 microseconds to 150 microseconds. This streamlined connectivity, which we plan to introduce later this year at other major exchanges globally, is the next step in our commitment to providing the fastest, most reliable exchange access possible for the world's most demanding financial institutions."
RTS recently introduced a 64-bit version of RTD Tango and RTD Tango Trader that enables clients to maximize the power of their hardware capabilities, further improving throughput and reducing latency. This feature is particularly appealing to clients performing extreme stress testing or back-testing hundreds of strategies simultaneously using full historical tick data.
About RTS Realtime Systems Group
RTS (http://www.rtsgroup.net) delivers high-performance, end-to-end technology products and services across asset classes and continents to elite financial institutions. The firm is one of the world's leading providers of ultra-low latency, high frequency, robust algorithmic trading solutions. RTS offers standardized low latency connectivity gateways to 120+ exchanges and execution venues worldwide. In addition, the firm provides proximity hosting and co-location services for high-speed, ultra-low latency access to 65+ venues via its global data center network. RTS has offices in Amsterdam, Chicago, Frankfurt, London, New York, Singapore and Sydney.
SOURCE RTS Realtime Systems
RTS Realtime Systems
CONTACT: Ellen G. Resnick, Crystal Clear Communications, Office: +1-773-929-9292, Cell: +1-312-399-9295, eresnick@crystalclearPR.com
UBM Medica Presented Physicians Practice Live!, Virtual Conference for Physicians and Administrators - Now Available On Demand
Virtual Event Leader UBM Studios Provided 3D Platform
CHICAGO, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- UBM Medica presented Physicians Practice Live! on September 22, 2010. The virtual conference brought physicians and administrators together to attend sessions on practice management. UBM Studios, a leader in virtual events and virtual business solutions, provided the 3D platform for the event. The event is now available on demand (http://www.physicianspractice.com/LIVE)
Event sessions provide practical advice and tips on topics dealing with collections, billing, handling payers and the impact of the economic stimulus package. Additionally, recruiters have access to a national pool of physicians and practice administrators and can post available positions, accept applications, and view resumes and profiles. Furthermore, hospitals and medical centers from across the United States are included in the Featured Hospitals Directory and promote upcoming hospital events to local doctors.
The event includes an Auditorium and Exhibit Hall with booths from platinum sponsor Advanced MD; gold sponsors Cardiac Science, Sage, Kareo and Webley; silver sponsor The Verden Group; and session sponsors Advanced MD, MicroMD, INGENIX, Kareo and Physicians' Alliance. In the Networking Lounge event attendees were able to chat with peers one-on-one or in group chats. All presentations were immediately available on demand.
The virtual event drew 1,877 registrants and 758 live attendees. Attendees spent an average of 3 hours, 27 minutes at the event, with 2,828 booth visits. Additionally, there were 1,799 presentation views in the Auditorium and 3,699 documents viewed over the course of the live event.
For additional information on UBM Studios or to purchase a virtual business solution, contact Kate Spellman, SVP, Managing Director, UBM Studios at 516 562 7383 or kate.spellman@ubm.com.
To follow UBM Studios on Twitter, visit http://twitter.com/UBMStudios, to follow on Facebook, visit UBM Studios and to follow on LinkedIn, visit UBM Studios.
UBM Medica
UBM Medica is a leading healthcare media company providing bespoke solutions to a global healthcare market. We provide reference data, decision support solutions, news and education to communities of general practitioners, specialist doctors, pharmacists, nurses and patients across 26 countries. We produce a range of professional media including data-rich directories, electronic and online products, journals and face-to-face meetings. The established and trusted reputation of our brands means that many of them are embedded in the daily workflow of the healthcare communities they serve. UBM Medica is part of United Business Media Plc an international media and business information company employing more than 5,000 people in over 30 countries around the world.
UBM Studios is a leader in virtual events and virtual business solutions. A pioneer with virtual platforms, UBM Studios delivers deep expertise in live and online events that brings business value to customers. UBM Studios connects, educates and enables virtual communications through a portfolio that fits every budget. UBM Studios is the only virtual event provider to offer platform, content, audience recruitment, reporting and social marketing and gaming. UBM Studios virtual events include Virtual Trade Shows, Virtual Career Fairs, Virtual Seminar Centers, Virtual Resource Centers, Virtual Product Launch, Virtual Business Continuity, Virtual Corporate Meetings, Virtual Sales Meetings, Virtual Focus Group Centers and Virtual Training. UBM Studios delivers a complete global communication solution in Asia, Europe and North America in industries including, health, finance, technology, building and education.
About United Business Media Limited
UBM (UBM.L) focuses on two principal activities: worldwide information distribution, targeting and monitoring; and, the development and monetization of B2B communities and markets. UBM's businesses inform markets and serve professional commercial communities -- from doctors to game developers, from journalists to jewelry traders, from farmers to pharmacists -- with integrated events, online, print and business information products. Our 6,500 staff in more than 30 countries are organized into specialist teams that serve these communities, bringing buyers and sellers together, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently. For more information, go to http://www.ubm.com.
Contact
Kate Spellman
UBM Studios
Kate.spellman@ubm.com
516 562 7383
LG Electronics Introduces 'SuperSign' Digital Signage Solutions
Customizable Digital Signage Solutions Enhance SMB Commercial Environments with Simple-to-Use, Innovative Displays
CHICAGO, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Addressing the needs of the Small and Medium Business (SMB) market in the United States, LG Electronics USA today announced "SuperSign," a suite of digital signage solutions that makes it simpler than ever to incorporate customizable and engaging digital signage in commercial environments:
-- SuperSign Elite-s, a customizable hardware and software platform
designed for system integrators, and
-- SuperSign Premier-s, LG's turn-key solution, complete with compelling
content offerings, technical support and convenient monthly financing
that SMBs can utilize out of the box.
"LG's new SuperSign suite is designed to meet two primary needs of the SMB market - complete turn-key and fully customizable. These solutions satisfy both end-users and channel partners, and we believe we've come up with a unique and compelling approach to the market," said Jeff Dowell, vice president, Digital Signage, LG Electronics USA Business Solutions.
SuperSign Premier
SuperSign Premier is an all-in-one, turn-key solution. Previewed earlier this year under the codename signNET, this digital signage solution includes a flat panel display (model M4214C) and the NC2000 media player, which provides access to content management software and starter templates as well as news and weather feeds from CNN, all available at an affordable monthly cost*. Right out of the box, digital signage content can be created easily using more than 50 starter templates that are customized for numerous vertical markets. In addition, SuperSign Premier includes a stock image library from iStockphoto that can be used to add a compelling and professional look to any message.
SuperSign Premier works with CNN to display the latest news and information as designated by the user. This alliance with a major news service ensures that end users are not stuck with static content; rather, they can provide customers with fresh promotional and syndicated content. Bundled into more than a dozen different categories such as latest news, business, entertainment, politics, and technology, the end user can select which category will be displayed without paying an additional monthly cost.
Recognizing that SMBs need access to professionally developed content, the SuperSign Premier platform includes LG's Certified Content Providers. Customers have direct access to content partners who can create customized content for their digital signage messaging needs. At launch, content partners include Alchemy, Aspect Productions, Blue Pony and Saddle Ranch Productions. Over time, LG may expand the number of partners in order to bring more variety and expertise to end users.
SuperSign Premier has a target monthly price of $179 for a three-year period**. At the conclusion of that time, users have the opportunity to renew their contract and get a complete "technology refresh" or pay a reduced monthly fee with their current package. The SuperSign Premier sales package also includes 48-hour on site swap and a financing plan***. Supplementary features to further enhance SuperSign Premier are expected in the coming months.
SuperSign Elite
SuperSign Elite is a hardware and software platform designed for system integrators who need the flexibility of choosing specific LG components to build a customized solution for their end-users. This digital signage solution works with designated LG displays combined with either the LG NC1000 stand alone or NC2000 integrated media players. A simple and reliable system, SuperSign Elite makes implementing customized digital signage easier than ever before.
The media player, when connected to a display, allows users to create dynamic content using pre-loaded templates for information sharing or displaying video segments in Full HD. The intuitive and user-friendly Management Software allows for quick navigation through menus to control networked displays and simultaneously run media files such as video, images, audio and flash.
LG SuperSign Digital Signage Solutions are available for pre-order now through LG authorized national distributors and will be shipping in October.
About LG Electronics USA
The LG Electronics USA Business Solutions division serves customers in the lodging and hospitality, digital signage, systems integration, healthcare, education, government and industrial markets. Based in Lincolnshire, Ill., with its dedicated engineering and customer support team, LG Electronics USA Business Solutions delivers business-to-business technology solutions tailored to the particular needs of business environments. LG Electronics USA, Inc., based in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., is the North American subsidiary of LG Electronics, Inc., a global force in consumer electronics, home appliances and mobile communications. For more information, please visit http://www.LGSolutions.com.
Designs, features and specifications subject to change without notice.
*Requires high-speed internet access with the ability to disable firewalls.
**Installation not included in sales package. Contact your local reseller.
***Based on notification by 3 p.m. local time, 48-hour swap is measured in business days.
SOURCE LG Electronics USA Inc.
LG Electronics USA Inc.
CONTACT: John Taylor +1-847-941-8181, john.taylor@lge.com, or Katie Busch +1-630-730-1271, katie.busch@lg-one.com, both of LG Electronics USA
Tipard iPhone 4 Software: Gives iPhone 4 Fans the Most Enjoyable User Experience
BEIJING, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- On Sep 25(th), 2010, Apple Co., Ltd. started to sell officially licensed iPhone 4 in Mainland China. It is said that, several days ago, a whole crowd of Apple fans had waited in long lines for the coveted iPhone 4 sales, which shows that Apple products are very popular in China. Certainly, the quick releases of the iPad and iPhone 4 along with the new store openings is a sign that Apple is not only taking China more seriously but also gaining a greater understanding of its massive mobile market.
Naturally, with the constant releases of Apple products, diverse supporting desktop applications have mushroomed all over the world. As a leading player in multimedia software field, Tipard Studio is no exception. For example, facing iPhone 4's release, Tipard Studio has published a series of iPhone 4 applications, iPhone 4G Ringtone Maker, iPhone 4G to Mac Transfer and Blu-ray to iPhone 4G Converter, all of which are dedicated to helping iPhone 4 users fully and happily enjoy their iPhone 4.
An example of hot iPhone 4 software is Tipard's iPhone 4G Ringtone Maker, with powerful ringtone-making function, which enables iPhone 4 users to convert almost all mainstream video/audio files including MPEG, WMV, MP4, DivX, MOV, RM, AAC, WMA, and MP3 to iPhone 4 M4R ringtone. What's more, users can even extract iPhone 4 ringtones from all popular DVDs and then transfer converted ringtones to iPhone 4 directly without iTunes. Plus, this iPhone 4 ringtone converter has many humanized functions. It is available now at $14.95. For more information about this wonderful software, please visit the following webpage: http://www.tipard.com/iphone-4g-ringtone-maker/.
Tipard iPhone 4G to Mac Transfer is another wonderful iPhone 4 mate, it not only can backup songs, videos, and photos from iPhone 4 to Mac directly without any loss, but also enables users to backup iPhone 4 files to iTunes directly. Also, iPhone 4 users are allowed to create, delete and edit their iPhone 4 playlist and its contents. Surprisingly, this Mac iPhone 4 Transfer can help users automatically sort their files in the categories of Name, Time, Genre, Artist and Album. In addition, its intuitive interface and simple operation aim to help users easily use it without any trouble. This fantastic application is available now at $19.00. For more details about it, please visit the following webpage: http://www.tipard.com/iphone-4g-to-mac-transfer/.
Tipard Blu-ray to iPhone 4G Converter, one of the best iPhone 4 converters, has powerful deciphering function and excellent converting function to remove the DRM protection (AACS, BD+, MKB V18 and the newly released MKB V19) from any Blu-ray disc, and rip diverse Blu-ray movies to iPhone 4 compatible video or audio formats. What's more, this Blu-ray to iPhone 4 Ripper has versatile video editing functions to assist users in editing video files, such as trimming video length and joining video clips together as a whole one, cropping video playing region and aspect ratio, adding any image/text watermark to any video file, etc. It is available now at $30.00. For more information about this magic software, please visit the following webpage: http://www.tipard.com/blu-ray-to-iphone-4g-converter/.
Generally speaking, with advanced encoding and decoding technologies, the three Tipard iPhone 4 supporting software and other Tipard iPhone 4 mates are highly compatible with iPhone 4. They can give iPhone 4 users in the world an unparalleled user experience.
System Requirements
OS Supported: Windows NT4/2000/2003/XP and Windows Vista, Windows 7
CPU: 800MHz Intel or AMD CPU, or above
RAM: 512MB RAM or more
About Tipard Studio
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.
SOURCE Harbour Software
Harbour Software
CONTACT: Eric Smith, +86-132-6028-6758, pr@tipard.com
Text Analytics Software Released That Identifies New Popular Niches, Trends, and Products Months Before They Become Mainstream Topics
BOSTON, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The idea that someone can look into the future and see what will become popular took a huge leap forward recently with the release of the text analytics software at The Internet Time Machine.com. Based on applying advanced economic theory and equations to the Internet search world, the Internet Time Machine acts as a clairvoyant trends, niche, and product identifier.
"We took the idea of supply and demand in economics and applied it to the Internet in terms of what people are searching for and talking about, yet are having a hard time finding. Demand would be search volume, forum conversations, blogs, etc. and supply would be organic search results and pay per advertising appearances," says founder Curt Dalton. "We study information from over 55,000,000 sources and parse out the nouns and noun phrases every 24 hours. New products, trends, and niches, tend to be noun based, so we don't even track verbs or adjectives."
For most companies the easy solution is to use some of the digging software that is available from big box companies out there, but The Internet Time Machine software is completely written from scratch and written "in house". "This job was so immense, that we required some of the sharpest minds and programmers in the world, the first person I thought of was Ali Khan," added Curt Dalton.
Ali Khan, a famed predictive mathematics expert and programmer was intrigued from the first moment he heard about the project. "The scope and magnitude of the project, to actually monitor the world and identify trends, and ideas before they take off, was fascinating to me. I wanted to be part of it right away," added Khan.
The text analytics software has taken years to build and went public just a few months ago. The original public debt was greeted with strong response from everyone involved in Internet marketing and search engine optimization. Internet marketing expert Vanessa Sweeney adds, "The main issue with getting articles or content listed on the first page of the search engines is that everyone is trying to market the same popular trends at the same time. This creates an immense amount of competition that is hard to get ahead of. With the Internet Time Machine's text analytics software however, I am able to find niches that are growing in popularity and start marketing them before everyone else does."
The introduction of a user interface that allows for searches based on "mentions in the world" or "growing mentions with low supply" or "long term growing trends" was fascinating to everyone from search engine optimization companies, affiliate marketers, small businesses, and even some on Wall Street. "We do get inquiries to see if we can predict stock movements and market direction," added Curt. "We have used it for that but it is something we are working on at the moment."
The Internet Time Machine is a complex text analytics software with the unique capability of being able to monitor text-based content LIVE on the web. The software's state-of-the-art text and predictive analytics algorithms are quick to analyze all the data retrieved with every crawl of the web, and project an astonishingly accurate depiction of current and developing niche markets online using the principles of demand and supply as the foundation for all analyses conducted.
SOURCE The Internet Time Machine.com
The Internet Time Machine.com
CONTACT: Nicole Plati of S&S Public Relations, Inc., +1-847-415-9342, nplati@sspr.com, for The Internet Time Machine.com
Nimsoft Extends Unified Monitoring with Comprehensive Solution for Vblock
Nimsoft first to deliver specific monitoring for Vblock Infrastructure Packages combined with other heterogeneous data center and cloud resources
CAMPBELL, Calif., Sept. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --Nimsoft, a CA Technologies company, today announced the addition of complete monitoring for private cloud Vblock Infrastructure Packages to the Nimsoft unified monitoring architecture -- enabling end-to-end performance and availability monitoring of network, storage, compute and application layers.
By monitoring Vblock cloud environments as a whole -- rather than as individual components -- the Nimsoft Monitoring Solution (NMS) enables service providers and enterprises to more quickly discover and address the root causes of issues that can impact critical IT services.
Complete monitoring for Vblock is available as an option to the on premise Nimsoft Monitoring Solution or the recently released Nimsoft On Demand (SaaS) offering.
"Vblock is changing the face of the data center and -- until now -- no one has had a single answer for monitoring it," said Gary Read, Nimsoft CEO. "Nimsoft is enabling companies to take full advantage of the power of Vblock-based private clouds today and thereby gain the considerable competitive advantages that result from a cost-efficient, responsive and reliable IT environment."
Vblock Infrastructure Packages are integrated cloud solutions packages from the Virtual Computing Environment (VCE) coalition -- a collaboration of Cisco, EMC and VMware. Vblock offers a well-integrated, low-risk way for service providers and enterprises to deploy clouds that leverage performance-optimized, certified solutions.
"The Vblock solution is generating significant and growing interest among both enterprises and hosted service providers, and with it comes an opportunity to rethink management along the same lines of convergence," said Jim Frey, research director, Enterprise Management Associates. "By providing the first comprehensive monitoring capability for the Vblock Infrastructure Package, NMS will help service providers extend value to enterprises looking to 'virtually' realize business agility with Vblock."
More than 25 Vblock certified partners and solution providers -- including Dimension Data, FusionStorm, L7, Long View Systems, Midwave, MSN Communications, MTI, and UNIS LUMIN -- are actively using NMS.
"As a Vblock-certified partner of the VCE coalition, MSN Communications is enthused about the prospects of this compelling new data center architecture," said Eric Lehto, advanced technologies manager, MSN Communications. "By delivering its pioneering support for Vblock performance and availability management, Nimsoft will enable us to improve our service and most fully capitalize on the business opportunity Vblock presents."
NMS helps service providers and enterprises get maximum business value from their investments in Vblock technology by:
-- Preventing downtime with proactive problem notification, intelligent
event correlation, automated recovery actions, and full SLA reporting.
-- Enabling root-cause analysis for performance and availability problems
anywhere across the entire Vblock stack.
-- Minimizing deployment costs with auto-discovery of Vblock topology,
automatic configuration and pre-built Vblock-specific display templates.
-- Optimizing Vblock resource allocation with automatic notification of
free or under-utilized resources -- as well as over-use of available
network, CPU or disk capacity.
-- Quantifying the value delivered by the Vblock infrastructure through
granular usage reporting.
-- Integrating monitoring of Vblock resources with other cloud and/or
traditional resources in the IT environment.
"By delivering a complete, integrated technology stack, the Vblock infrastructure is sure to gain increased market adoption," said Dennis Callaghan, The451Group, senior analyst, Enterprise Software. "Once deployed, an organization's ability to monitor Vblock performance will play a critical role in the degree to which it is able to realize the value of its investment. Through its comprehensive unified monitoring coverage of the Vblock environment and current data center platforms, Nimsoft is poised to address a significant, and growing, market need."
NSM is aligned with the Vblock performance portability features and is able to adjust its monitoring with customers workloads. By utilizing its multi-tenant, flexible and dynamic unified monitoring architecture, NMS is able to transfer the monitoring of Vblock environments to any party at any time -- without disruption or loss of data. The inherent portability of the Nimsoft solution gives both enterprise customers and service providers unprecedented flexibility when it comes to building, hosting and managing cloud resources.
"One of the keys to success when it comes to delivering private clouds is giving customers full visibility into their cloud environments," said Vince Conroy, CTO of FusionStorm. "With Nimsoft, we can offer this visibility as a part of our total Vblock offering -- while at the same time driving down our operating costs and optimizing our service levels."
Leading-Edge Technology
Additional technology components have been added to the Nimsoft unified monitoring architecture to enable proactive monitoring and rapid root-cause analysis on Vblock Infrastructure Packages:
-- Chassis - including rack temperature, access and physical security.
-- Compute - including Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) blades and
elements
-- Storage - including EMC's CLARiiON(TM), Symmetrix(TM), and Celerra(TM)
-- Networking and interconnects - including Cisco routers, SAN switches and
Nexus(TM) softswitches
These features complement existing capabilities directly applicable to the Vblock environment. NMS virtual environment capabilities includemanagement instances, VM hosts (hypervisors), and hosted OS instances. Application support includes databases, email servers, web servers and other applicationsrunning within the Vblock.
NMS and Nimsoft On Demand interoperate with native Ionix functions and make monitoring data available via customizable portlets and dashboards.
Supporting Quotes
"For enterprises and service providers alike, the Vblock is a game-changing platform for rapidly deploying cloud infrastructures. The ability to provide a complete monitoring solution that provides a holistic view into the health and performance of a Vblock across all the various subsystems, alleviates some of the biggest management concerns that customers have."
-- Doug Toombs, senior analyst with Tier1 Research
"We're focused on offering cloud services and have a number of Vblock deals in process. The combination of Vblock and NMS is going to be instrumental in helping us both improve internal operational efficiencies and deliver the highest quality of service to our clients."
-- Glenn McAtee, L7 general manager, Managed Services
"As the first company to ship Vblock 1 in Europe, the ability to include Nimsoft IT monitoring in our Vblock offerings will be very attractive to current and future clients. This latest enhancement from Nimsoft builds on our existing relationship and offerings we have in place based on the Nimsoft solution."
-- Tony Conway, vice president, MTI Technology Europe
"EMC, Cisco and VMware are three of our most highly trusted partners, and we expect a very positive reaction to what Nimsoft brings to the Vblock stack. We look forward to using the Nimsoft Unified Monitoring solution to help more enterprises better manage their virtualization solutions and ultimately reach their strategic goals."
-- Jim Leslie, president and CEO at Midwave
"When organizations deploy Vblock, they receive all the power and complexity of a full data center in what is in effect a 'cloud in a box.' Nimsoft enables us to help our clients understand and fully optimize their Vblock environments, so they can maximize value from these investments."
-- Jan Barbier, business development manager, Data Center Solutions, Dimension Data
"The combination of Vblock and NMS will be instrumental in helping us both improve internal operational efficiencies and deliver the highest quality of service to our clients."
-- Tim Hebert, president, Atrion
"Long View is committed to helping our clients accelerate their private cloud deployments and maximize the IT efficiencies these approaches can provide. With its support for Vblock, Nimsoft will be invaluable in helping us ensure our clients fully capitalize on this opportunity. Nimsoft provides leadership in this space and our partnership is growing as Long View continues to support and manage environments in both the public and private cloud arenas."
-- Patrick J. McGuinty, director of business development, Long View Systems
"By adopting Vblock, UNIS LUMIN's clients stand to gain a host of benefits, but they rely on us to monitor and manage these deployments. By leveraging NMS for our Keystone Partnered Solutions to monitor Vblock environments, we can deliver more value to clients and help them see greater ROI on their investment."
-- Greg Walker, practice lead, Data Center, UNIS LUMIN Inc.
Nimsoft, a CA Technologies company, provides Unified Monitoring solutions for virtualized data centers, hosted and managed services, cloud platforms, and SaaS resources. The Nimsoft Unified Monitoring architecture eliminates the need to deploy a new monitoring solution for outsourced services, public or private clouds, or SaaS implementations. About 800 customers use Nimsoft Unified Monitoring solutions, including hundreds of leading hosting, cloud and managed service providers such as 1&1, BlueLock, CDW, Hitachi, QTS, Rackspace, SoftLayer and Troubadour. For more information, visit http://www.nimsoft.com or to see Nimsoft Unified Monitoring in action, visit the Nimsoft public portal at http://www.unifiedmonitoring.com.
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Connectify Releases Version 2.1 - Extends Wi-Fi Sharing to Major Gaming Systems
Free Windows 7 App shares Wi-Fi with Xbox 360, Wii, PS3, and VPNs
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Connectify has released version 2.1 of its popular software routing application of the same name, which makes Wi-Fi access easier for people by allowing their Windows 7 computers to become Wi-Fi hotspots.
With Connectify you can share expensive airport Wi-Fi with co-workers, create a hotspot in your ethernet-only hotel or dorm room, even extend the range of your home router.
After downloading and installing the lightweight application, Connectify utilizes your computers' built in Wi-Fi card to wirelessly share any available Internet connection: a cable modem, a cellular card, or even another Wi-Fi network. Other Wi-Fi enabled devices including laptops, smart phones, music players, and gaming systems can see and join your Connectify hotspot just like any other Wi-Fi access point and are kept safe and secure by password-protected WPA2 Encryption.
Alexander Gizis, CEO of Connectify stated, "We're excited that this new release of Connectify will bring Wi-Fi Personal Area Networks to many more mobile professionals. It adds support for more wireless devices, more 3G cards, more clients, and more computers-including those running Windows 7 Starter Edition."
This version also boasts full support for XBox 360, Wii, and PS3 gaming as well as Virtual Private Networks (VPNs).
"We've been really interested to see how the use of Connectify is evolving from basic Internet connection sharing, into more personal activities such as LAN gaming, and transferring photos from Wi-Fi cameras. We're looking forward to all of the new uses that our users will come up with for this new release," said Alex Gizis, CEO of Connectify.
For more information or to download the free application, please visit: http://www.connectify.me
About Connectify
Connectify develops innovative wireless solutions for the military, business, and consumer markets. The Connectify software team is dedicated to bringing real wireless sharing to everyone, saving people time and money, and improving the cross-platform wireless experience.
Affiliate Network Blue Global Media Announces FaxFreeCash.com Affiliate Offer
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Global Media Network, an affiliate marketing network based in Scottsdale, publicly announced the addition of FaxFreeCash.com to its base of internally-operated affiliate offers. The formal announcement comes after the website was recently redesigned to maximize affiliate earnings.
Offering small-dollar personal loans, FaxFreeCash.com allows visitors to apply for money without the need of faxing financial and related documents, making the loan application process simple and efficient. The website utilizes a network of more than 150 lenders to find applicants the best available loans. With FaxFreeCash.com, visitors can receive a decision on a loan application within 90 seconds and in some cases, may receive their approved funds in one hour.
"Our focus with FaxFreeCash.com is to present our affiliates with a high return on investment," said Chris Kay, president of Blue Global, LLC. "We are providing a high-quality website with precise, optimized design elements that results in more conversions, greater earnings and an increased ROI."
In early September, FaxFreeCash.com was redesigned with a new landing page that led to an increase in visitor conversions and affiliate earnings. The affiliate program for FaxFreeCash.com offers affiliates a flexible payment structure that allows them to choose a static payout for each premium lead or a percentage based on revenue share. With this payment structure, affiliates can maximize their earnings by choosing a solution that works best with their advertising methods.
To learn more about the FaxFreeCash.com affiliate offer, as well as Blue Global Media Network, visit http://www.BlueGlobalMedia.com. The company is also available at affiliate network events like Affiliate Summit West, held in Las Vegas, Nevada, on January 9 - 11, 2011.
About Blue Global Media Network
Founded by Blue Global, LLC in June 2010, Blue Global Media Network is an affiliate marketing network based in Scottsdale, Arizona. Blue Global Media Network offers advertisers and publishers a range of marketing and promotional services to optimize advertising campaigns and expand customer acquisition solutions. Blue Global, LLC was established in 2005 by president Chris Kay.
For the first time in New York, the future of consumer electronics--from phones and cameras to next-gen 3-D televisions--will be in consumer's hands-literally.
NEW YORK, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- On September 30, 2010, at Location 05 Studios, DigitalFlashNYC in conjunction with Popular Science magazine will present a one of a kind digital-tech event highlighting what's new and what's next in consumer gadgets. To register for this exclusive Advertising Week event, please visit http://www.digitalflashnyc.com
For the first time in New York, Popular Science, Deputy Editor Jake Ward will present never before seen consumer gadgets--from phones and cameras to next-gen 3-D televisions. Attendees will have the chance to discuss the technologies during an interactive Q&A about the gadgets & their meaning for the future of media. As part of Advertising Week, this event will be the only one providing an interactive forum where consumers can play with gadgets, and ask the tough questions. As an added bonus, there will be an interactive sweepstakes for an iPad for one lucky attendee along with other prize giveaways.
For those unable to attend in person, the event will also be streamed live at popsci.com with the help of streaming partner Watchitoo. For more information on signing-up for the live stream, please visit digitalflashnyc.com
Jake is a sought after speaker, so questions from the community are greatly encouraged. Feel free to ask him anything, yes anything. Twitter your questions to @DflashNYC.
This event is powered by Pepsico, Pongr, Catchafire, SA Global, Stickybits, & CMP.ly
Event Details:
Date: 9/30/2010
Time: 6:30-10PM
Fee: $100.00 - includes OPEN BAR & appetizers
Location: Location 05 Studios, 200 Hudson St, New York, NY
For more information visit: http://www.digitalflashnyc.com
At DigitalFlashNYC, we feel it's very important to give back, that's why a portion of the event proceeds will go to the Young Women's Leadership Network.
DigitalFlashNYC is about, bringing together a unique cross section of digital savvy tastemakers and trendsetters for drinks and conversation.
Popular Science
Founded in 1872, Popular Science is the world's largest science and technology magazine, with a circulation of 1.3 million and 7.1 million readers. Each month, Popular Science delivers "The Future Now," reporting on the intersection of science and everyday life with an eye toward what's new and why it matters.
SOURCE DigitalFlashNYC
DigitalFlashNYC
CONTACT: Laura Mignott of DigitalFlashNYC, +1-347-465-7851, Laura@digitalflashnyc.com
Login feature provides an easier, more convenient way to access KODAK Gallery
EMERYVILLE, Calif., Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- KODAK Gallery (http://www.kodakgallery.com), the only online photo service designed for your KODAK MOMENTS, today announced a way to make kodakgallery.com more social, by allowing users to join or login to KODAK Gallery using their Facebook account.
With this feature, Facebook's 500 million users can easily share their KODAK Gallery photos with their friends using their Facebook username and password. Instead of remembering various password and username combinations for logging in to access their KODAK Gallery account, users have to remember just one set of login credentials.
"We're looking to add simplicity to the lives of our users, and remembering a lot of usernames and passwords can be frustrating. Logging in via Facebook is a helpful way of not having to remember an additional login to access secure KODAK Gallery photos," said Victor Cho, General Manager of KODAK Gallery, Eastman Kodak Company.
In addition to logging in on Facebook, users can upload photos to KODAK Gallery first, before sharing with friends and family on Facebook --to ensure photos are uploaded and stored in original high quality resolution. Also with KODAK PERFECT TOUCH Technology, photos are sure to look great when viewed on a high-definition television.
KODAK Gallery allows consumers to share, create and save all in one place and share instantly with their friends on Facebook or by email. KODAK Gallery provides easy access to products and services from almost any desktop or mobile device-- allowing for an easier more efficient way to connect to your account.
KODAK Gallery continues to connect and interact with users through their facebook.com/kodakgallery Facebook Page and TWITTER handle at twitter.com/galleryexposure.
About Kodak
As the world's foremost imaging innovator, KODAK helps consumers, businesses, and creative professionals unleash the power of pictures and printing to enrich their lives.
Guitar Hero®: Warriors of Rock's Epic Quest Begins Today at North American Retail Outlets
For a Limited Time Consumers Can Score a Copy of Soundgarden's Telephantasm Album with Purchase of Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock
Gamers to Experience the Largest Guitar Hero® Set List to Date
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Join the quest to save rock, as Activision Publishing, Inc.'s (Nasdaq: ATVI) highly-anticipated Guitar Hero®: Warriors of Rock hits store shelves nationwide today. Featuring the largest on-disc set-list ever in a Guitar Hero® game, Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock'sfurious finger-fretting rock music collection is headlined by some of the largest bands in rock and includes original tracks, re-records and bands making their Guitar Hero debut. With the all-new, rock inspired guitar controller,gamers will embark on an epic journey from the halls of punk music to the lava fields of rock treachery in the first ever Guitar Hero story-driven Quest Mode narrated by KISS front man Gene Simmons. Additionally, challenge hungry achievement junkies will find the game's all-new Quickplay+ up to par as they strive to master the 13 star challenges packed into every one of the 90+ on-disc songs as well as every song in their Guitar Hero music library. Heightening the rock experience, the first album from Soundgarden in over 10 years, Telephantasm, will be bundled with one million Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock launch units.
"Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock delivers the ultimate rock fantasy - from the all-new guitar controller, the epic Quest Mode and the incredible soundtrack, this game gives fans what they love and expect from Guitar Hero," said David Haddad, Chief Operating Officer, Guitar Hero. "The innovative features and rewards combined with the biggest Guitar Hero on-disc set list ever, make Warriors of Rock the best Guitar Hero experience to date."
With over 550 downloadable and importable songs available at launch, the Guitar Hero music library provides gamers with hundreds of hours of additional, upgraded content that utilize all of the new features from Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock. Additionally, Soundgarden and Guitar Hero fans alike can purchase the full Telephantasm album as downloadable content playable in Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock starting today.
In Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, join with friends on an epic journey to save rock. Featuring an impressive 90+ track set list and a host of all-new gameplay features, living room legends and their friends can strum, drum and wail in the most immersive music videogame experience to date. Delivering a rock music collection that focuses on guitar shredding hits from bands such as Black Sabbath, Slipknot and Megadeth and larger-than-life band anthems from Queen, Muse and KISS, players can unleash more rewards and unlockable content than ever before in Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock's Quest Mode and Quickplay+. Virtual rock stars can also deliver the ultimate smack talk to opponents with the built-in Hero Feed, which brings bragging rights to the game by allowing players to challenge and track their friends' accomplishments, whether the friend is online or offline. Returning this year, the critically acclaimed Party Play allows gamers to jump in and out of gameplay seamlessly while challenge mode invites up to four players local and eight players online to compete in a series of gameplay competitions to prove who rules the stage.
Available now, Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock was developed by Neversoft Entertainment for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and by Vicarious Visions for the Wii(TM) system from Nintendo. The game is rated "T" (Teen - Lyrics, Mild Fantasy Violence and Mild Suggestive Themes) by the ESRB. For more information about Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, downloadable content and disc imports, please visit GuitarHero.com, facebook.com/guitarhero and twitter.com/guitarhero.
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About Activision Publishing, Inc.
Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision Publishing, Inc. is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and leisure products.
Activision maintains operations in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Australia, South Korea, China and the region of Taiwan. More information about Activision and its products can be found on the company's website, http://www.activision.com.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking Statements: Information in this press release that involves Activision Publishing's expectations, plans, intentions or strategies regarding the future are forward-looking statements that are not facts and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Activision Publishing generally uses words such as "outlook," "will," "could," "would," "might," "remains," "to be," "plans," "believes," "may," "expects," "intends," "anticipates," "estimate," future," "plan," "positioned," "potential," "project," "remain," "scheduled," "set to," "subject to," "upcoming" and similar expressions to identify forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause Activision Publishing's actual future results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements set forth in this release include, but are not limited to, sales levels of Activision Publishing's titles, shifts in consumer spending trends, the impact of the current macroeconomic environment, the seasonal and cyclical nature of the interactive game market, Activision Publishing's ability to predict consumer preferences among competing hardware platforms, declines in software pricing, product returns and price protection, product delays, retail acceptance of Activision Publishing's products, adoption rate and availability of new hardware (including peripherals) and related software, industry competition including from used games and other forms of entertainment, litigation risks and associated costs, rapid changes in technology, industry standards, business models including online and used games, and consumer preferences, including interest in specific genres such as music, first-person action and massively multiplayer online games, protection of proprietary rights, maintenance of relationships with key personnel, customers, licensees, licensors, vendors, and third-party developers, including the ability to attract, retain and develop key personnel and developers that can create high quality "hit" titles, counterparty risks relating to customers, licensees, licensors and manufacturers, domestic and international economic, financial and political conditions and policies, foreign exchange rates and tax rates, and the identification of suitable future acquisition opportunities and potential challenges associated with geographic expansion, and the other factors identified in the risk factors sections of Activision Blizzard's most recent annual report on Form 10-K and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. The forward-looking statements in this release are based upon information available to Activision Publishing and Activision Blizzard as of the date of this release, and neither Activision Publishing nor Activision Blizzard assumes any obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements believed to be true when made may ultimately prove to be incorrect. These statements are not guarantees of the future performance of Activision Publishing or Activision Blizzard and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, some of which are beyond its control and may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations.
Guitar Hero and Activision are registered trademarks of Activision Publishing, Inc. All other trademarks and trade names are the properties of their respective owners. All rights reserved.
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CONTACT: Lindsay Morio, Publicist of Activision/Guitar Hero, +1-424-744-5733, lmorio@guitarhero.com
brite-View HDelight Turns HDMI-Ready PCs Into Wireless HTPCs
Web and PC Content Such as Netflix, Hulu, YouTube and 1080p Blu-ray Movies Transfer from PC to TV Wirelessly
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- brite-View by Xpike Innovation today launched the HDelight (BV-1222), the company's third WHDI solution for the home theater. The HDelight is the most compact of the three, and further differentiates itself with the ability to turn any HDMI-ready computer into a wireless home theater PC.
Using the HDelight is easy. Just plug the USB-powered transmitter into the computer's HDMI port, and the receiver into the TV's HDMI port. The user can then immediately start enjoying any content available on the computer on the flat-screen HDTV, including Blu-ray movies, Netflix, Hulu and YouTube. This plug-and-play solution requires no software installation. The HDelight can transmit 1080p content up to 30 feet without latency, so PC gamers can enjoy the full rush on a large-screen TV.
One of the YouTube videos brite-View pre-released for the HDelight addressed a common "multi-tasking" scenario. Using the dual monitor display on your PC, the HDelight lets you watch a Netflix movie on TV while simultaneously checking your Facebook status.
"brite-View is the market leader for WHDI solutions that enrich HD entertainment experiences," says Robert Lo, CEO of Xpike Innovation. "With the HDelight, you can enjoy web or PC content on TV without having to spend $2,000 for the new connected TV. Because Boxee software is installed on the PC and smart phones work as remote controls, you don't need other boxes around the TV."
The HDelight MSRP is $179.99, but on http://www.brite-view.com, it is available for pre-order for $159.99. brite-View is also holding a sweepstakes, and on October 28, 2010 one lucky person will win the HDelight and Logitech diNovo Mini bundle.
About Xpike Innovation, Inc.®
Xpike Innovation, Inc. designs and manufactures consumer electronics that spice up your living room without breaking the bank. Xpike Innovation is a leading provider of home networking applications, online media access and digital home solutions, including full-HD media players/streamers featuring torrent download, powerline Ethernet adapters and 1080p HD wireless transmission kits. Backed by nearly 30 years of electronics industry experience, Xpike Innovation products provide rich Internet-based multi-media user experiences for consumers to enjoy with their HDTVs.
brite-View(TM) is a brand owned by Xpike Innovation, Inc.
PriceDoc.com Signs Agreement With Quality Systems, Inc. to Integrate Online Search Marketing Into Practice Management and Dental Systems
New Partnership Combines Transparent Pricing with Effective Practice Management
SOLANA BEACH, Calif., Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- PriceDoc.com, a free, transparent health care pricing service for patients, announced today it has signed a joint venture agreement with Quality Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: QSII), a developer and provider of computer-based practice management, patient records and revenue cycle management solutions for physicians, dentists and small hospitals. The partnership will incorporate PriceDoc's online search marketing tool directly into the QSI Dental solution as well as the NextGen® Practice Management system from NextGen Healthcare, a subsidiary of QSI. The NextGen® Practice Management system manages appointments, billing and other administrative processes for more than 60,000 physicians and dentists around the country.
Through the partnership, patients who are uninsured, underinsured or seeking self-pay elective procedures can compare and negotiate prices for health care procedures or services directly on PriceDoc.com. In addition, providers using QSI Dental and NextGen Practice Management who promote their services and prices on PriceDoc, will gain access to "cash-paying" patients, and enable more efficient delivery of health care services by optimizing their office scheduling, securing fees-for-service, and offering cash payments that reduce paperwork and overhead costs.
As 61 percent of U.S. adults currently use online resources to seek health care information, patients are eager to understand the cost of medical treatments and services available in their community(1). Since expanding nationally in late 2009, PriceDoc.com has helped patients search more than 1.5 million medical procedures and find quality health care at affordable prices. With 3,850 providers already listed on PriceDoc.com, patients can identify local providers, review credentials and patient referrals, and find competitive pricing for high-quality health care.
"Through our partnership with PriceDoc.com, QSI now offers a new way to deliver revenue to our providers," said Patrick B. Cline, president of Quality Systems, Inc. "For years we've proven a return on investment to clients through practice management efficiencies. Now, we can incorporate a proactive marketing opportunity as well."
The new PriceDoc.com feature comes at no cost to QSI Dental and NextGen Practice Management clients and will be available starting in early fall 2010. Providers can choose to post their cash-based fees and procedures, credentials, training, and services, as well as give patients the opportunity to make an offer or name their own price. A marketing processing fee will be paid to PriceDoc and QSI following completion of the procedure by the provider. This new model creates a level of transparency in medical pricing unmatched in the industry.
"We're excited to be working with QSI to enhance their practice management technology with an online search marketing component," said Patrick Bradley, president of PriceDoc. "By integrating our technologies, doctors and dentists now have a seamless system in which patients can research providers, negotiate prices directly with doctors, and produce a coupon for the agreed-upon fee on one easy-to-use site."
About PriceDoc.com
PriceDoc.com is a free consumer service that enables greater access to affordable medical, dental and other health care procedures. Through PriceDoc.com's patented technology, health care consumers who are uninsured, underinsured or seeking elective procedures can compare and negotiate prices for health care procedures or services in their area. PriceDoc.com launched nationally in November 2009. Learn more at: http://www.PriceDoc.com
About Quality Systems, Inc.
Irvine, Calif.-based Quality Systems, Inc. and its NextGen Healthcare subsidiary develop and market computer-based practice management, electronic health records and revenue cycle management applications as well as connectivity products and services for medical and dental group practices and small hospitals. Visit http://www.qsii.com and http://www.nextgen.com for additional information.
Britannica Academic Site Combines New Tools, Sources, Reader Contributions
Research made easier; transparency enhanced with revision histories
CHICAGO, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Britannica Digital Learning, a division of Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., today announced a new and substantially upgraded research Web site for college and university students and faculty.
Britannica Online Academic Edition combines a new design and a range of new features that together serve the distinctive needs of university researchers. They include tools designed to make it faster and easier for users to get information and to manage their own projects.
The site also allows college students, graduate students and faculty to become Britannica contributors themselves by submitting suggestions and verbatim revisions to articles, as well as entirely new articles on topics not already covered. Users whose submissions are accepted by Britannica editors and published get credit by name.
The site's contents include a collection of databases useful for college work, including journal and magazine articles, complete e-books, the Encyclopaedia Britannica, Britannica's World Data Analyst, which contains national statistics on every country, primary-source documents, links to high-quality Web sites, as well as a world atlas, a Merriam-Webster dictionary and thesaurus, substantial multimedia elements and historical timelines.
Users retrieve content from the site with a set of research tools designed both to make it fast and easy to find information and to incorporate it into a project or paper. These include the interactive presentation of the atlas and timelines and features for customizing statistical charts and tables. The site also has a workspace section that enables users to store and manage their work and share it with colleagues.
"The new site makes research easier, more efficient and more enjoyable," said Michael Ross, a senior vice president at Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. and general manager of Britannica Digital Learning. "But it does more than that. It gives you a place where you can manage your research and an opportunity to shape Britannica itself by sharing your own knowledge."
One of the defining characteristics of the new Britannica, said Ross, is its distinctive editorial approach, which now combines the work of the public with those of experts. At the very time the company is inviting users to submit revisions and new articles, it continues to commission writing from distinguished scholars and world leaders, as it has for two centuries. In the past year alone new contributors have included former U.S. President Bill Clinton; Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa, the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize winner; Columbia University historian Eric Foner, one of the leading experts on post-Civil War Reconstruction; and Simon Baron-Cohen of the University of Cambridge, a top specialist in autism and related conditions.
The new Britannica site also shows the revision history of each article, indicating who wrote it, the various dates at which it was revised, the nature of each revision, and who made it. It is here that contributions from readers and the public are also noted. This feature provides a level of reporting on editorial process that is rare if not unprecedented in reference works.
More information on the site is available in a recent blog post by Ross. Colleges, universities and libraries interested in the new Britannica Online Academic Edition or any other Britannica product can call 800-621-3900 or go to http://info.eb.com/.
About Encyclopaedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. is a leader in education publishing whose products can be found in many media, from the Internet to wireless devices to books. A pioneer in electronic publishing since the early 1980s, the company markets a variety of encyclopedias and other reference works, curriculum products for schools, language-study courses and other learning products, many of which are available online at http://store.britannica.com. Britannica is also active on Twitter and Facebook. The company makes its headquarters in Chicago.
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CONTACT: Tom Panelas of Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., +1-312-347-7309, tpanelas@eb.com
AfricaBeauties Amps Up Website with Sparkling New Features
A scorching hot summer's day in Florida, a pure white arch decorated with silk and beach roses, two joyful families gathered, and dedicated lovers staring deep into each other's eyes.
BANGOR, Maine, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- A scorching hot summer's day in Florida, a pure white arch decorated with silk and beach roses, two joyful families gathered, and dedicated lovers staring deep into each other's eyes. A familiar scene of vows exchanged except the difference here is that the bride is a gorgeous Nigerian lady and the groom a handsome white guy from Miami. This is the growing trend in America and the world over - that of the interracial marriage.
The last decade has seen a dramatic rise in interracial marriages with the latest US Census statistics revealing a threefold higher rate of blacks marrying whites compared with 1980. According to the figures garnered by the 2008 American Community Survey, there's been a 20 per cent increase since 2000 in the number of interracial marriages with the current figure sitting pretty at around 4.5 million. During this time US marriages between whites and blacks have more than doubled.
Today, an increasing number of Western men are looking to marry African women due to their honest values and incredible beauty. To support this trend, specialist dating site AfricaBeauties.com has just introduced a host of new features to take dating an African lady to the next level of usability. The site now wows visitors with much larger thumbnails and images of all scintillating African ladies, while integration of mini videos on the home page reveals potential African dating matches in glorious motion.
One of the most useful features of the thrilling upgrade is the addition of 'NEW' icons that indicate which fresh beauties have just been added to the AfricaBeauties database. And for those who use the popular dating tool Live Chat, communication is even easier with the addition of a light-hearted set of smilies to liven up real-time messages. To cap this major website revamp, members now also have access to a romantic range of virtual gifts to make an even more passionate impact on their beloved. They can send and receive vibrant gifts in the form of icons including a diamond ring, juicy strawberry and a rose.
This captivating boost to the website makes dating an African lady even more fun, rewarding and a direct route to a dreamy position beneath the wedding arches.
About AfricaBeauties
AfricaBeauties is the groundbreaking online dating resource and romance tour operator for Africa with over 5 million online visitors yearly and more than 100,000 letters exchanged onsite daily. AfricaBeauties is part of the Anastasia International family, the industry's leading International Introduction and Romance Tour Group. Learn more by visiting http://www.africabeauties.com.
Delaware Helping College Transfer Students In-State and Beyond
Five Delaware Colleges and Universities Work With AcademyOne, Inc. to Ease Transfer in the First State Using CollegeTransfer.Net
WEST CHESTER, Pa., Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- AcademyOne, Inc. and the Delaware Higher Education Office announced bold improvements to the college transfer experience for students in Delaware and beyond. Five Delaware colleges and universities, including three public and two independent institutions, will use CollegeTransfer.Net to simplify transfer information for students and staff charged with managing transfer. Delaware Technical & Community College, Delaware State University and University of Delaware are the three participating public institutions. The two independent institutions include Wilmington University and Wesley College.
CollegeTransfer.Net will help students understand how courses transfer among Delaware universities and how out-of-state coursework transfers into participating Delaware institutions. Delaware's P-20 Council is leading efforts to simplify transfer in Delaware. Co-chaired by Dr. Lillian Lowery, Secretary of Education, and Dr. Teri Quinn Gray, President of the State Board of Education, the P-20 Council works to coordinate transitions from early childhood to post-secondary education. Students can confidently plan their degree path and not worry about retaking courses or adding time and cost to their dreams of attaining a college degree. According to a report just released by the Lumina Foundation, A Stronger Nation Through Higher Education, 37% of Delaware's working adults ages 25- 64 years old hold at least a two year degree. Secretary Lowery notes, "If we hope to meet the President's goal of 60% higher education attainment, Delaware will need to see an annual increase in associate and bachelor's degrees of 6.3% -- that is an increase of 821 degrees each year."
Dr. Judi Coffield, Chair of the Higher Education Transfer Credit Matrix Subcommittee of Delaware's P-20 Council commented, "This effort is one of many that will bring us closer to achieving the goals outlined in Governor Markell's Education Blueprint." Keeping a college education flexible and affordable is more important than ever to students and families in today's turbulent economy. Dr. Coffield continues, "Research tells us that students who enter college with some college credits under their belts complete college at much higher rates than those who do not. Increasing the number of students who go on to a post secondary institution (including both 2-year and 4-year programs) and earn a degree will increase Delaware's competiveness in today's global economy."
Transferring can increase costs and cause delays if students have inaccurate and unreliable information about transfer options and policies. AcademyOne eliminates transfer obstacles with user-friendly technology that today's learners and academic professionals expect and deserve. University students and staff instantly access information on social networks such as Facebook and mobile devices like iPhones. It is unfair and inefficient to force students and staff to sift through paper based college catalogs, transfer agreements and outdated databases or force them to make multiple phone calls or appointments during business hours.
CollegeTransfer.Net is a reliable, easy to navigate website, available on a 24/7 basis, containing accurate, up-to-date transfer information. According to Lauretta Cooper, Articulation Coordinator at Delaware Technical & Community College, "We're looking forward to being able to provide our students with 24/7 access to up-to-date course descriptions and course transfer information for those who want to transfer to other Delaware institutions as well as regional colleges. It will also be a simple way for students to navigate the more than 100 program-to-program articulation agreements available to students." Delaware Tech develops these agreements through its Connected Degree Program which allows students to complete the first two years of a bachelor's degree at Delaware Tech and then be accepted as juniors at a 4-year institution. The program provides a seamless transfer between institutions, saving students money and time and reducing confusion. Using CollegeTransfer.Net's Transfer Agreement Management Center, students will have an easy way to review Delaware Tech's program-to-program transfer agreements. CollegeTransfer.Net is the first and most comprehensive national resource for students and colleges managing transfer.
Non-transferrable coursework, delayed graduation, added tuition and postponed employment is known among policy makers and legislators as the "college transfer tax." Delaware institutions serve more than fifty-thousand college students. President of the Delaware State Board of Education, Dr. Teri Quinn Gray commented, "The addition of AcademyOne will simplify navigating the path to college for Delaware students and parents and at the same time will provide an easy to use, behind the scenes approval process for the higher education institutions that will automatically update the user interface. In the end, this service will save valuable time and money for both families and colleges and universities." Participating Delaware colleges expect to have their transfer data on CollegeTransfer.Net in the Fall of 2010.
About AcademyOne
AcademyOne is an innovative technology and services company providing solutions that address learner mobility, academic progress and transitions and credit portability. The company focuses on serving learners, institutions, agencies and governments addressing the challenges of an increasingly mobile population of learners. AcademyOne's team of professionals has a diverse array of academic, operational and technology experience. The company has engineered a suite of college transfer and prior learning recognition applications and built a comprehensive database storing over 3.5 million courses from across 4,000 degree-granting institutions.
About Delaware Higher Education Office
As part of the Delaware Department of Education, the Higher Education Office works to ensure that Delawareans have access to state resources for higher education by administering financial assistance programs and providing postsecondary education information to students, parents and state policymakers.
Contact:
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Communications Ron Gough, Public Information Officer
AcademyOne, Inc. Secretary of Education Office
601 Willowbrook Lane State of Delaware
West Chester, PA 19382 Wilmington, DE 19801
Telephone: 610.436.5680 x 303 Telephone: 302.735.4035 x 4006
Email: mdavis@academyone.com Email: rgough@doe.k12.de.us http://www.academyone.com http://www.collegetransfer.net
SOURCE AcademyOne, Inc.
AcademyOne, Inc.
CONTACT: Michelle Davis, Marketing and Communications, AcademyOne, Inc., +1-610-436-5680, x 303, mdavis@academyone.com; or Ron Gough, Public Information Officer, Secretary of Education Office, State of Delaware, +1-302-735-4035, x 4006, rgough@doe.k12.de.us
Leading SaaS Intranet Provider Hosted By DediPower
READING, England, September 28, 2010/PRNewswire/ --
- Award Winning ISV Highlights Importance of Reliable Infrastructure to
Commercial Success
Voted 'Best Intranet Product of the Year' and 'Best Document
Management/Collaboration Tool'*, SORCE Limited, the UK's leading provider of
Intranets, Extranets and Portals, uses DediPower to provide the hosting
infrastructure for its award winning solutions.
SORCE supplies its software both as Software as a Service (SaaS) and on
clients in house systems to a diverse range of companies, including the NHS
and Thomson Travel. SORCE is well aware of the importance of a reliable
hosting partner in delivering consistent, available and responsive IT
services. It uses DediPower to provide the shared and dedicated servers,
technical service and hardware support vital to the delivery of its bespoke
applications.
John Nicklin, Commercial Director, SORCE Limited, confirms, "Outsourcing
our hosting to DediPower leaves us free to concentrate on creating the best
software solutions possible for our customers - confident that DediPower will
provide the optimum hosting platform for our apps to run on. We have worked
with them for over seven years and they have never let us down. DediPower is
ideally placed to service Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) delivering SaaS
- they are responsive, passionate and knowledgeable and we can trust them
with our most demanding customers.
"The flexibility of their system allows us to respond to client needs in
very short time scales - adding new capabilities and demonstrating new intra
and extranet sites in real operational environments at the drop of a hat.
With DediPower, we also retain the control we need to maintain development,
and manage firewall and IP access."
He adds, "SORCE applications are designed to be very flexible - to
empower companies of all sizes and across all sectors with more effective
communications and improved business process. With three custom built,
secure, enterprise data centres, DediPower has the infrastructure capacity to
cope with the dedicated needs of our largest global corporate clients coupled
with very competitive rates and economies of scale that allow us to service
the needs of much smaller companies and those with mission critical digital
applications. Indeed, its 100% availability and unparalleled system
performance contribute to our continued success in this crowded and highly
competitive marketplace."
Commenting on SORCE's award winning business, Craig Martin, CEO of
DediPower, says, "SORCE is one of our longest standing clients and we are
delighted at the latest industry recognition of its products - it is a real
testament to their focus on excellence. We share the same passion for support
and bespoke solutions and are driven by the same desire to see our customers
prosper. We look forward to continuing to help them respond to the needs of
their business as it evolves and grows."
*SORCE was voted both Intranet Product of the Year and Best Document
Management / Collaboration Tool by the Intranet Journal publication. This
achievement is the second year SORCE has been voted Intranet Product of the
Year ahead of products such as Microsoft SharePoint (in 2008) and a number of
Content Management solutions.
About DediPower
DediPower, backed by its philosophy of "support with passion", is a
leading international provider of IT hosting and cloud infrastructure
solutions. With data centres in the UK, North America and Asia, DediPower
supports thousands of customers including Sony, Virgin, Eidos, NHS, BluHalo
and Lovemoney.com with the latest technology to reduce costs, improve service
levels and maximise their online potential. It is ranked among the UK's 50
Fastest Growing Private Tech Companies by the Sunday Times Microsoft Tech
Track 100. DediPower is headquartered in Reading Berkshire, UK. For more
information, visit http://www.dedipower.com or follow DediPower via Twitter,
twitter.com/dedipower.
Velaro Integrates with Twilio to Skyrocket Click to Call Services
Online retailers see huge returns leveraging the power of Voice and Web
BALTIMORE, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Velaro, Inc., the developer of the multi-award winning click-to-chat product, today officially announced its integration with Twilio, a San Francisco-based startup whose platform and services marry voice to the web world. The integration provides Velaro's e-commerce and customer support clients with an immediate, web-based customer touch point. The click-to-call service empowers web site visitors with the ability to call a live customer service operator at the click of a button. The phone call is free for shoppers and as it is Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), it comes at a very low cost to online merchants.
Fare Buzz, a leading travel provider, leverages Velaro's integration with Twilio to proactively reach out to potential customers while they browse the web site. "Velaro's seamless integration with Twilio enables our organization to connect with our web site visitors in real-time, using state-of-the-art online sales capabilities. The click-to-call service is exceedingly cost efficient, and simple to use. It allows us to maximize potential revenues from each customer, and has noticeably improved our ROI," stated Arnold Walter, CEO of Fare Buzz.
The integration is completely transparent to web site visitors. "Twilio and Velaro make a perfect match," said Jeff Lawson, CEO of Twilio. "The two services work together effortlessly, and Twilio is proud to power Velaro's click-to-call solution. We look forward to working together in support of customers that value doing business online with a personal touch."
Velaro provides an intuitive two-step process enabling merchants to easily deploy a button on their web site which any web site visitor can click to immediately place a phone call.
"Velaro's click-to-call allows businesses to quickly engage with online shoppers, gaining their focus at peak interest and turning them into customers through an intuitive, cross-channel experience," said Alex Bloom, President of Velaro. "The current growth trend we are seeing is phenomenal. Over 27% of merchants offer click-to-call or click-to-chat services, and by the end of this year that number is expected to grow by an additional 25%.
About Velaro
Founded in 2000, Velaro is an established leader in click-to-chat, click-to-call, and intelligent engagement. Velaro won independently rated live chat awards in '05, '06, '08, '09 and 2010. With 99.98% uptime guaranteed, Velaro is the solution of choice for leading companies such as LG Electronics, Blue Cross Blue Shield, MarketStar, Experian, Toro, and Epicor. Visit http://www.velaro.com for more information.
About Twilio
Twilio (Twilio.com) is reinventing telecom by merging the worlds of cloud computing, web services and telecommunications. Twilio hosts a telephony infrastructure web service in the cloud, allowing web programmers to integrate phone calls and SMS messages into their applications. Twilio's simple, powerful API minimizes the learning curve required to build advanced, reliable communications applications, and its Pay-As-You-Go pricing model means customers pay for capacity only when they need it, not before. The company is funded by Union Square Ventures, Founders Fund, Mitch Kapor and other prominent investors, and has offices in San Francisco, CA.
SOURCE Velaro
Velaro
CONTACT: Chad Ritchie, 1-800-983-5276 ext. 741, marketing@valero.com
Ceragon Provides High-Capacity Wireless Backhaul Solutions to Globacom Nigeria
PARAMUS, New Jersey, September 28, 2010/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
- Leading Nigerian Operator Will Utilize Ceragon FibeAir IP-10 to Deliver
Value Added Services to Nigerian Enterprise Customers
Ceragon Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ: CRNT), the provider of high-capacity,
4G/LTE-Ready wireless backhaul networks, announced today that Globacom
Nigeria (Glo) will utilize Ceragon's advanced FibeAir IP-10 solution for
backhauling voice and data services as part of its broadband access solutions
portfolio for enterprise users. Glo, a leading African telecom operator, will
also benefit from Ceragon's comprehensive management software and
installation services.
Glo offers a variety of services including mobile broadband access,
voice/data access to business and more. The company has over 25 million
subscribers in Nigeria and owns network assets in other African markets
including Benin, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Senegal and Gambia.
"Our customers rely on us to deliver reliable, value-add voice and data
applications," said Mohammed Jameel, COO of Globacom. "By using Ceragon's
backhaul solutions, we can ensure a constant, high-quality transmission and
high capacity services."
Ceragon's solutions allow for a simple and cost efficient migration path
to all-IP, high-capacity wireless backhaul networks. The company's cutting
edge FibeAir IP-10 solutions coupled with high-transmit power radio frequency
units (RFUs) enable higher capacities at any link budget, improving access,
aggregation and backbone/long-haul transport applications. Ceragon has also
recently launched an energy-efficient RFU which implements adaptive power
technology to increase link length and capacity while reducing the overall
system power consumption.
"Nigeria is one of the world's most important markets for broadband
services and is currently ranked as the largest online market in Africa."
said Ira Palti, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ceragon. "Our
technology makes wireless broadband applications accessible and more
affordable by providing high quality radio transmission. Furthermore our
professional services offering and 24/7 support matches the needs of
operators such as Glo. Ceragon is committed to increasing our footprint in
Africa, and Nigeria in particular, working with industry leaders in this
expanding market."
About Ceragon Networks Ltd.
Ceragon Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ: CRNT) is a leading provider of high
capacity LTE/4G ready wireless backhaul solutions that enable cellular
operators and other wireless service providers to deliver voice and data
services, such as Internet browsing, music and video applications. Our
wireless backhaul solutions use microwave technology to transfer large
amounts of telecommunication traffic between base stations and the core of
the service provider's network. Designed to enable risk-free migration from
legacy to next-generation backhaul networks, our solutions provide fiber-like
connectivity for circuit-switched, or SONET/SDH, networks, next generation
Ethernet/Internet Protocol, or IP-based, networks, and hybrid networks that
combine circuit-switched and IP-based networks. Our solutions support all
wireless access technologies, including GSM, CDMA, EV-DO, HSPA, LTE and
WiMAX. These solutions allow wireless service providers to cost-effectively
and seamlessly evolve their network from circuit-switched and hybrid concepts
to all IP thereby meeting the increasing demands by the growing numbers of
subscribers and the increasing demand for mobile data services. We also
provide our solutions to businesses and public institutions that operate
their own private communications networks. Our solutions are deployed by more
than 200 service providers of all sizes, as well as in hundreds of private
networks, in more than 130 countries. More information is available at http://www.ceragon.com.
Ceragon Networks(R), CeraView(R), FibeAir(R), the FibeAir(R) design mark
and Native2(R) are registered trademarks., and Ceragon(TM), PolyView(TM),
ConfigAir(TM), CeraMon(TM), EtherAir(TM), QuickAir(TM), QuickAir Partner
Program(TM), QuickAir Partner Certification Program(TM), QuickAir Partner
Zone(TM), EncryptAir(TM) and Microwave Fiber(TM) are trademarks of Ceragon
Networks Ltd.
This press release may contain statements concerning Ceragon's future
prospects that are "forward-looking statements" under the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on current
expectations and projections that involve a number of risks and
uncertainties. There can be no assurance that future results will be
achieved, and actual results could differ materially from forecasts and
estimates. These are important factors that could cause actual results to
differ materially from forecasts and estimates. These risks and
uncertainties, as well as others, are discussed in greater detail in
Ceragon's Annual Report on Form 20-F and Ceragon's other filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements speak only as
of the date on which they are made and Ceragon undertakes no commitment to
revise or update any forward-looking statement in order to reflect events or
circumstances after the date any such statement is made.
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Company and Investor Contact:
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Ceragon Networks Ltd.
Tel: +1-201-853-0228
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Source: Ceragon Networks Ltd
Company and Investor Contact: Yoel Knoll, Ceragon Networks Ltd., Tel: +1-201-853-0228, yoelk@ceragon.com; Media Contact: Karen Quatromoni, Rainier Communications, Tel: +1-508-475-0025 x150, kquatromoni@rainierco.com
Inveni's Discovery Engine Will Drive Social Recommendations in Web's Next Wave
Startup Launching at TechCrunch 'Disrupt' Conference; Free Consumer Service Better Targets Advertising
SAN FRANCISCO and CHICAGO, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Inveni LLC, developers of a discovery engine that will change how consumers both make and receive recommendations on the Web, announced today that its free service is now publicly available after more than a year in development and several months of private beta testing. The company is making its debut at the TechCrunch Disrupt event in San Francisco (http://disrupt.techcrunch.com/2010-sf/), and also demonstrating its technology later today at the midVenturesLAUNCH startup conference in Chicago (http://www.midventureslaunch.com/).
"The next wave of the Web will be about personalization. We're focusing on using personalization to meaningfully improve discovery and decision making," said Aaron Weber, CEO and cofounder. "The Inveni discovery engine leaps ahead of other online recommendation services. What we've developed is unlike anything previously available. Inveni consolidates ratings you put anywhere online -- Netflix, IMDB, and more -- provides tools to make and receive recommendations wherever you are, and helps you make better, more informed buying decisions." The service has received positive feedback from users during the private beta over the past several months, said Weber.
What It Does and Whom It Benefits
Inveni (http://www.inveni.com) provides its highly personalized product recommendations based on a consumer's universal taste profile. To create a personalized taste profile, Inveni empowers users to aggregate product and service ratings they've made across the Internet to quickly build deep, rich profiles of their tastes. Beginning with the media categories of movies and TV, users can share their taste profile information with friends and other services online. Inveni also facilitates product recommendations between friends (word of mouth), based on their tastes.
"We use this taste profile data, along with our unique crowd-refined recommendation engine, to provide highly targeted advertising, while simultaneously providing consumers with a compelling personalized service for discovery and sharing," said Robert Bodor, CTO and cofounder, "We aim to become the premier provider of highly targeted consumer data for advertising online. We do that by turning the current consumer data model upside down, putting the user in control of their information. We are entirely opt-in, and are raising the bar on consumer privacy protection."
A two-minute video describing Inveni's value proposition (targeted to consumers) may be viewed here: http://bit.ly/bm6J0F.
About Inveni LLC
Inveni (http://www.inveni.com) is a software development firm, based in Minnetonka, MN, dedicated to driving the personalization revolution that will be Web 3.0. It was founded in 2008 by two experienced Internet entrepreneurs, Aaron Weber and Robert Bodor, and has a stellar set of successful Internet-industry executives acting as advisors. It is privately funded. Follow Inveni on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/discoverinveni and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/inveni.
About TechCrunch Disrupt: TechCrunch Disrupt (http://disrupt.techcrunch.com), Sept 27-29 2010, at San Francisco Design Center Concourse, 635 8th Street (at Brannan), is TechCrunch's inaugural conference in San Francisco attracting more than 1500 leading technology innovators and investors and more than 150 new startups. The format combines top thought-leader discussions with new product and company launches. Morning executive discussions debate the most timely disruptions in media, advertising, and technology. Afternoons host the Startup Battlefield where 25 new companies will launch for the first time on stage, selected to present from more than 500 applications received from around the world. Another 100 early-stage startups will exhibit in Startup Alley. TechCrunch will award a $50,000 grand prize along with other award recognitions at the conclusion of the conference.
About TechCrunch: TechCrunch (http://www.techcrunch.com) is a leading technology media network, dedicated to obsessively profiling and reviewing new Internet products and companies. Founded in 2005, TechCrunch and its network of web sites reach more than 8 million unique visitors and more than 25 million page views per month. TechCrunch operates a global network of web sites, including dedicated properties in Europe and Japan as well as specialized industry websites including MobileCrunch, CrunchGear, and TechCrunchIT. TechCrunch's CrunchBase is the leading, open database about startup companies, people, and investors. In addition to Disrupt, TechCrunch hosts other conferences and events, including The Crunchies Awards and various meet-ups worldwide serving as community platforms for industry conversation and collaboration.
About midVenturesLAUNCH: The largest startup and innovation conference in the Midwest, midVenturesLAUNCH (http://midventureslaunch.com/) brings together entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and the media from all parts of the tech community. Being held September 27-29, 2010 in Chicago, it is a unique opportunity to watch great new ideas come to life.
Acision Launches Acision Media Optimiser to Provide High Quality and Affordable Video Optimisation for Mobile Operators
READING, England, September 28, 2010/PRNewswire/ --
- Acision Media Optimiser Reduces Mobile Video Traffic Peaks by up to 50%
With the Smallest Hardware Footprint Available in the Market Today
Acision, a world leader in mobile data, today announces the launch of
Acision Media Optimiser, a key enhancement of the Acision Broadband Mobility
Suite. While safeguarding the Quality of Experience for video users, Acision
Media Optimiser reduces data traffic peaks by up to 50%, through a unique,
affordable, scalability approach, which uses a fraction of the hardware
footprint found in most legacy products.
With mobile broadband traffic increasing exponentially, networks around
the world are showing signs of congestion. Mobile video already represents
about 40% of all mobile data traffic and is expected to grow to a staggering
2.3 million Terabytes a month by 2014, representing almost two thirds of all
mobile data traffic[1].
In June 2010 Acision commissioned YouGov to conduct UK market research on
customer satisfaction and Quality of Experience (QoE) perception in mobile
broadband. As part of this research the majority of video users stated they
have frequent Quality of Experience issues such as frequent video stalling
(63% of respondents), long waiting periods (58%) and poor quality (31%). In
particular, video stalling is a major issue with 59% of respondents
considering it the most unacceptable Quality of Experience issue. When asked
about video optimisation, 48% of respondents agreed that they would be happy
to accept video optimisation if it would address these QoE issues. Although
this clearly represents an opportunity for operators to leverage video QoE as
a competitive differentiator, many operators are struggling to find an
economically viable solution to control and manage video.
Marco Wanders, Executive VP Mobile Broadband at Acision, says "Legacy
optimisation solutions have been in the market since the early days of mobile
internet, promising to reduce traffic peaks by compressing all web and video
traffic. In the current mobile broadband era these types of solutions are
economically unsustainable, as they require large server farms to deal with
projected video traffic levels and are highly intrusive to content. Acision's
unique, subscriber aware video optimisation solution overcomes these
drawbacks of legacy solutions, by providing content transparency and the
lowest hardware footprint offered in the market today, reflecting a
substantially lower total cost of ownership for the operator. With Acision
Media Optimiser, operators can increase customer satisfaction but also drive
new revenue and profitability by stimulating video and data usage."
Acision Media Optimiser offers a unique combination of features. Video
shaping reduces video traffic in a highly efficient manner, without altering
the content. Acision's leading transrating and transcoding technology can be
applied when required as well as off-line, providing operators full control
over video Quality of Experience. Intelligent caching reduces internet
traffic and saves transcoding resources by delivering transcoded content
directly from the cache.
Acision Broadband Mobility Suite
Acision Broadband Mobility Suite is the most affordable, scalable mobile
broadband solution for the breadth of capability provided, combining all of
the capabilities operators need to address today's mobile broadband challenge
such as policy management and enforcement, web and media optimisation,
service allowance and bundle management, charging, location-awareness and VAS
- uniquely pairing control and cost saving measures with the creation of
revenue generation.
As a single solution, Acision Broadband Mobility Suite enables mobile
operators to control all types of internet traffic and ensure a profitable,
reliable mobile broadband business today and tomorrow. It leverages Acision's
unparalleled experience in massively scalable data service solutions and
provides a TCO which is affordable even at the most extreme levels of mobile
data growth. The Broadband Mobility Suite uses common hardware, offering
independent scaling of each functional layer.
Notes to Editors
About Acision
As a world leader in mobile data, Acision powers innovation and
profitable growth in mobile data services. As a pioneer of mobile messaging,
Acision's real time mobile data solutions support its customers worldwide to
drive new revenues with innovative services while controlling, optimizing and
monetizing data traffic. For more information, visit Acision at http://www.acision.com
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[1] Cisco_Visual Networking Index Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast
2009-2014_09 Feb 2010
It was rumored to be announced and it has been. The PlayBook tablet will run QNX and has dual Cortex A9 ARM CPUs with 1GB of RAM. The device contains a 7" screen and looks like an oversized phone (of course).
TerreStar GENUS(TM) Dual-Mode Cellular/Satellite Smartphone Now Available From AT&T
AT&T's Satellite Augmented Mobile Service Provides Satellite Wireless Voice and Data Communications for Business and Government Customers
DALLAS, Sept. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- For many people it's crucial to stay connected wherever life takes them. Thanks to a new offer from AT&T*, it's now easier and more convenient than ever before to have mobile coverage in remote locations or when the cellular network is unavailable.
AT&T's new Satellite Augmented Mobile Service with the TerreStar(TM) GENUS(TM) dual-mode cellular/satellite smartphone is now available for enterprise, government and small business customers. Intended to be used primarily as an everyday mobile device, the TerreStar GENUS smartphone is an innovative dual-mode device with cellular wireless capability as the primary default mode and satellite access capability as a secondary option for voice, data and messaging.
The access to the TerreStar(TM) satellite network enables wireless communications coverage in remote areas for government, energy, utility, transportation and maritime users, as well as backup satellite communications capabilities for public safety agencies, first responders and disaster recovery groups.
With just one phone number and one smartphone device, users with a line of sight to the satellite will have access to expanded voice and data roaming coverage in the United States, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands and in territorial waters. The TerreStar GENUS runs on the Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system to provide rich features and functionality, including a touch screen, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth®, camera and GPS.
According to an AT&T Business Continuity Study(1) conducted earlier this year, businesses are stepping up their technology investment and efforts in disaster planning and business continuity programs despite the economy; and mobile devices are increasingly part of business continuity plans.
"We understand the importance to stay connected in remote locations and especially in emergency situations, and today's announcement is the latest example of AT&T's commitment to delivering the highest levels of service, quality and reliability for customers," said Michael Antieri, President, Advanced Enterprise Mobility Solutions, AT&T Business Solutions. "With this expansion of AT&T's innovative mobility portfolio, AT&T is helping businesses and government agencies stay connected with a single device, single support contact and single bill."
"With advancements in satellite technology, satellite-based communications is poised to be the next standard in everyday mobile devices," said Jeffrey Epstein, President and Chief Executive Officer of TerreStar. "We are pleased to work with AT&T to bring powerful integrated satellite-cellular solutions to market, providing customers with critical communication capabilities and a great mobile experience."
Availability
The AT&T Satellite Augmented Mobile Service and the TerreStar GENUS is available today to enterprise, government and small business Corporate Responsibility Users. The service requires standard AT&T cellular voice and smartphone data rate plans, as well as a monthly satellite subscription feature. Usage of the satellite network for voice, data and messaging is not included in the monthly feature charge and is billed as per-minute, per-message or per-megabyte roaming charges on a customer's AT&T Mobility service invoice.
Enterprise, government and small business users should contact their AT&T sales representative for information on availability and ordering.
(1) 2010 AT&T Business Continuity Study
*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.
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 and voice services. A leader in mobile broadband, AT&T also offers the best wireless coverage worldwide, 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. In 2010, AT&T again ranked among the 50 Most Admired Companies by FORTUNE®magazine.
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 @ATTNews. Find us on Facebook at http://www.Facebook.com/ATT to discover more about our consumer and wireless services or at http://www.Facebook.com/ATTSmallBiz to discover more about our small business services.
CONTACT: Melissa Mirabile for AT&T, +1-212-453-2327, mmirabil@attnews.us; or Warner May of AT&T, +1-404-986-1807, warner.may@att.com, both of AT&T Corporate Communications
AT&T Expands Mobile Broadband Coverage in Dutchess County
New Cell Site Activated as Part of Ongoing AT&T Investment in New York Wireless Network
HYDE PARK, N.Y., Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of its continuing network investment to support growing demand for advanced mobile devices and applications, AT&T* today announced the activation of a new 3G mobile broadband cell site in Dutchess County extending access for advanced mobile services and feature-rich audio and video content to customers in the Hyde Park area. The new site enhances coverage to the Hyde Park area along Route 41 and near both the FDR and the Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Sites as well as along Route 9 and 9G between Rhinebeck and Poughkeepsie. With mobile broadband speeds, AT&T customers can surf the Web, download files faster, and enjoy the very latest interactive mobile applications.
The new cell site is part of AT&T's ongoing effort to extend its mobile broadband wireless network - the fastest in the nation, according to expert, independent testing. AT&T has continued to drive investment and innovation to deliver the nation's best, most advanced mobile broadband experience for customers.
"Demand for wireless bandwidth is growing rapidly, whether it's for sharing video and photos with friends, watching a movie, checking the latest scores, or keeping your business mobile with a netbook or other on-the-go devices," said Robert Holliday, vice president and general manager, AT&T upstate New York. "With this expansion, more of our customers, both business and consumer, can enjoy the nation's best, most advanced mobile broadband experience with emerging devices and tens of thousands of mobile applications."
"Delivering dependable wireless coverage for consumers and business customers who need to stay connected is our ultimate objective," said Hal Lenox, president, AT&T New York. "Our ongoing investments in this critical part of the state will help us ensure that our customers have access to the wireless services that help drive economic growth."
The new cell site is one of many ongoing network initiatives planned to enhance coverage and capacity across the country. AT&T recently upgraded 3G cell sites nationwide to High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) 7.2. Future plans include another upgrade to HSPA+ technology at the end of this year followed by the initial deployment next year of LTE, the next-generation of wireless technology. These advancements, when combined with an ongoing initiative to increase the number of high-speed backhaul connections to cell sites, are a part of AT&T's strategy to provide customers with an enhanced mobile broadband experience, both today and in the future.
AT&T's 3G mobile broadband network is based on the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) family of technologies that includes GSM and UMTS, the most widely used wireless network platforms in the world. AT&T has the best international coverage of any U.S. wireless provider, providing access to voice service in over 220 countries and data service in more than 195 countries. AT&T also offers voice and data roaming coverage on more than 135 major cruise ships, as well as 3G services in more than 120 countries.
For more information about AT&T's 3G coverage in upstate New York or anywhere in the United States, consumers can visit http://www.wireless.att.com/coverageviewer. Using the online tool, AT&T customers can measure coverage quality of coverage from a street address, intersection, ZIP code or even a landmark.
*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.
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 and voice services. A leader in mobile broadband, AT&T also offers the best wireless coverage worldwide, 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. In 2010, AT&T again ranked among the 50 Most Admired Companies by FORTUNE®magazine.
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 @ATTNews. Find us on Facebook at http://www.Facebook.com/ATT to discover more about our consumer and wireless services or at http://www.Facebook.com/ATTSmallBiz to discover more about our small business services.
Cautionary Language Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
Information set forth in this press release contains financial estimates and other forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties, and actual results might differ materially. A discussion of factors that may affect future results is contained in AT&T's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. AT&T disclaims any obligation to update and revise statements contained in this news release based on new information or otherwise.
SOURCE AT&T Inc.
AT&T Inc.
CONTACT: Kate MacKinnon of AT&T, +1-508-271-8442, kate.mackinnon@att.com
AT&T Expands Wireless Capacity in Six New Jersey Counties
Additional Spectrum Expected to Improve Connectivity and Performance of 3G Voice and Data Applications in Warren, Essex, Morris, Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean Counties
MORRISTOWN, N.J., Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T* today announced the completion of a key initiative in its ongoing efforts to expand wireless capacity and performance of its mobile broadband network across six counties in the New Jersey in which 200 cell sites were enhanced in Warren, Essex, Morris, Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean Counties. As a result of this upgrade, local customers are expected to experience improved 3G wireless voice and data connectivity and performance, especially during peak hours.
The network enhancement adds new layers of frequency, also known as "carriers," to more efficiently manage available spectrum and increase 3G capacity at local cell sites. The expansion helps manage ever-growing demand for mobile broadband services by allocating more network resources for AT&T's 3G network. This is part of previously announced investment to enhance mobile broadband access in New Jersey.
"We're working hard to ensure our customers have a good experience when they make a call, check e-mail, download a song or video, or surf the Internet on their AT&T device," said Tom DeVito, vice president and general manager for AT&T in New Jersey and New York. "Adding capacity is just one way we are enhancing the network experience for our customers."
Wireless data traffic on the AT&T network has grown more than 5,000 percent over the past three years, largely due to the increasing popularity of advanced smartphones and the performance of AT&T's 3G network. AT&T has the fastest mobile broadband network in the nation, according to independent research.
The expansion of spectrum for 3G use is one of many ongoing network initiatives planned to enhance coverage and capacity across the country. AT&T recently upgraded 3G cell sites nationwide to High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) 7.2. Future plans include another upgrade to HSPA+ technology at the end of this year followed by the initial deployment next year of LTE, the next-generation of wireless technology. These advancements, when combined with an ongoing initiative to increase the number of high-speed backhaul connections to cell sites, are a part of AT&T's strategy to provide customers with an enhanced mobile broadband experience, both today and in the future.
AT&T's 3G mobile broadband network is based on the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) family of technologies that includes GSM and UMTS, the most widely used wireless network platforms in the world. AT&T has the best international coverage of any U.S. wireless provider, providing access to voice service in more than 220 countries and data service in 200 countries. AT&T also offers voice and data roaming coverage on more than 140 major cruise ships, as well as 3G services in more than 125 countries.
For more information about AT&T's 3G coverage in the Garden State or anywhere in the United States, consumers can visit http://www.wireless.att.com/coverageviewer. Using the online tool, AT&T customers can measure coverage quality of coverage from a street address, intersection, ZIP code or even a landmark.
*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.
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 and voice services. A leader in mobile broadband, AT&T also offers the best wireless coverage worldwide, 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. In 2010, AT&T again ranked among the 50 Most Admired Companies by FORTUNE®magazine.
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 @ATTNews. Find us on Facebook at http://www.Facebook.com/ATT to discover more about our consumer and wireless services or at http://www.Facebook.com/ATTSmallBiz to discover more about our small business services.
AT&T Expands Wireless Capacity in Nassau and Suffolk Counties
Additional Spectrum Expected to Improve Connectivity and Performance of 3G Voice and Data Applications
BABYLON, N.Y., Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T* today announced the completion of a key initiative in its ongoing efforts to expand wireless capacity and performance of its 3G mobile broadband network in Nassau and Suffolk Counties in New York. As a result of the enhancement to more than 120 cell sites, local customers are expected to experience improved 3G wireless voice and data connectivity and performance, especially during peak hours.
The network enhancement adds new layers of frequency, also known as "carriers," to more efficiently manage available spectrum and increase 3G capacity at local cell sites. The expansion helps manage ever-growing demand for mobile broadband services by allocating more network resources for AT&T's 3G network. This is part of previously announced investment to enhance mobile broadband access in the metro NYC region.
"We're working hard to ensure our customers have an extraordinary experience when you make a call, check e-mail, download a song or video, or surf the Internet on their AT&T device," said Tom DeVito, vice president and general manager for AT&T in New York and New Jersey. "Adding capacity is just one way we are enhancing the network experience for our customers."
Wireless data traffic on the AT&T network has grown more than 5,000 percent over the past three years, largely due to the increasing popularity of advanced smartphones and the performance of AT&T's 3G network. AT&T has the fastest mobile broadband network in the nation
The expansion of spectrum for 3G use is one of many ongoing network initiatives planned to enhance coverage and capacity across the country. AT&T recently upgraded 3G cell sites nationwide to High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) 7.2. Future plans include another upgrade to HSPA+ technology at the end of this year followed by the initial deployment next year of LTE, the next-generation of wireless technology. These advancements, when combined with an ongoing initiative to increase the number of high-speed backhaul connections to cell sites, are a part of AT&T's strategy to provide customers with an enhanced mobile broadband experience, both today and in the future.
AT&T's 3G mobile broadband network is based on the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) family of technologies that includes GSM and UMTS, the most widely used wireless network platforms in the world. AT&T has the best international coverage of any U.S. wireless provider, providing access to voice service in more than 220 countries and data service in 200 countries. AT&T also offers voice and data roaming coverage on more than 140 major cruise ships, as well as 3G services in more than 125 countries.
For more information about AT&T's 3G coverage on Long Island or anywhere in the United States, consumers can visit http://www.wireless.att.com/coverageviewer. Using the online tool, AT&T customers can measure coverage quality of coverage from a street address, intersection, ZIP code or even a landmark.
*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.
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 and voice services. A leader in mobile broadband, AT&T also offers the best wireless coverage worldwide, 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. In 2010, AT&T again ranked among the 50 Most Admired Companies by FORTUNE®magazine.
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 @ATTNews. Find us on Facebook at http://www.Facebook.com/ATT to discover more about our consumer and wireless services or at http://www.Facebook.com/ATTSmallBiz to discover more about our small business services.
AT&T Included in Carbon Disclosure Project's Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index
Index includes top companies by category in the Carbon Disclosure Project's Annual S&P 500 Report
DALLAS, Sept. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T* announced today that it has been included in Carbon Disclosure Project's (CDP) Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI). The CDLI recognizes the top companies by category in the S&P 500 (53 total) that provided the most comprehensive responses, in terms of the depth and breadth of their answers. The survey - sent to more than 4,700 of the world's largest corporations - collects data on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as risks and opportunities associated with climate change. CDP conducted the survey on behalf of 534 institutional investors holding $64 trillion in assets under management, and 60 purchasing organizations.
"We are honored by this recognition and know that effective emissions data management requires a commitment to driving sustainability throughout our company," said Charlene Lake, senior vice president and chief sustainability officer, AT&T. "From the board room to our front line employees, we strive to be vigilant about understanding the impact our business has on the world around us."
Paul Dickinson, Chief Executive of the Carbon Disclosure Project, commented:
"The Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index recognizes companies that demonstrate good internal data management practices for understanding greenhouse gas emissions, including energy use. Companies that make this index have also demonstrated clear consideration of how climate change is impacting and will impact their business. As companies' understanding of climate change issues grows, they are better placed to take positive action to manage and mitigate its risks."
The S&P 500 Report including names of companies featured in the Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index can be found at http://www.cdproject.net.
AT&T is committed to sustainable business practices across its business. Earlier this month AT&T was included in the 2010 Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index (DJSI). One of the world's most recognizable sustainability indexes, the DJSI North America is based on a rigorous analysis of corporate, economic, environmental and social performance. The index tracks the performance of the top 20 percent of the 600 biggest North American companies in the Dow Jones Global Total Stock Market Index that lead the field in terms of sustainability.
About CDP
The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) is an independent not-for-profit organization holding the largest database of primary corporate climate change information in the world. Thousands of organizations across the world's largest economies now measure and disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and climate change strategies through CDP, in order that they can set reduction targets and make performance improvements. This data is gathered on behalf of 534 institutional investors, with combined assets under management in excess of $64 trillion, as well as purchasing organizations and government bodies and made available for integration into business and policy decision making. For more information visit http://www.cdproject.net
*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.
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 and voice services. A leader in mobile broadband, AT&T also offers the best wireless coverage worldwide, 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. In 2010, AT&T again ranked among the 50 Most Admired Companies by FORTUNE®magazine.
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 @ATTNews. Find us on Facebook at http://www.Facebook.com/ATT to discover more about our consumer and wireless services or at http://www.Facebook.com/ATTSmallBiz to discover more about our small business services.
The TRA Release Topics for Black Hat Abu Dhabi 2010 Training Sessions
ABU DHABI, UAE, September 27, 2010/PRNewswire/ --
- Black Hat Abu Dhabi Training Sessions Provide an Understanding
of Hacking and how to Better Protect Company IT Infrastructures Through
Addressing Weaknesses
IT security professionals in the Middle East will be delighted
to learn the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has released the
topics for the Black Hat Abu Dhabi 2010 training sessions. Black Hat Abu
Dhabi is a first time event for the industry leading information security
event series and is happening from the 8th - 11th of November at Emirates
Palace hotel in Abu Dhabi.
The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority represented by the
UAE Computer Emergency Response Team (aeCERT), in cooperation with Khalifa
University of Science and Technology with UBM are responsible for bringing
Black Hat to the Middle East. The event gathers together experts and
companies in the IT security field to discuss the latest in IT security
issues, trends, and solutions.
The training sessions will include:
"Cyber Network Defense Bootcamp"; a two day workshop focusing
on educating delegates on why it is important to identify and deal with
malware, malware analysis, and counter measures.
"Hacking by Numbers: Bootcamp"; a novice level and highly
practical course that teaches method-based hacker thinking, skills, and
techniques.
"Ultimate Hacking: Wireless"; a course that will deliver
hands-on application of wireless hacking methodologies from configuring
interfaces to the latest attacks.
"Hands-On Hardware Hacking and Reverse Engineering Techniques:
Black Hat Edition"; this first-of-its-kind course will focus entirely on
hardware hacking rather than software.
Eng. Tariq Al Hawi, Director of the United Arab Emirates
Computer Emergency Response Team commented "Hacking is one of the most
serious threats to both software and hardware infrastructures which is why it
is important that companies and IT security experts stay up to date on the
latest in hacking techniques and methods. aeCERT is inviting individuals,
companies, government and academia to take part in Black Hat Abu Dhabi in an
effort to do this."
Other sessions include "Real World Security: Attack, Defend,
Repel"; an intensive 2 day course on offensive and defensive security,
"TCP/IP Weapons School 2.0 "; how networks can be abused and subverted, plus
a number of other technical trainings crucial to the IT security industry.
Black Hat Abu Dhabi will offer a full range of sessions,
including ten training programmes running on 8th and 9th November, followed
by three briefing tracks running simultaneously on 10th and 11th alongside
the exhibition.
To secure the Black Hat Abu Dhabi briefings early bird rate of
$1335 USD, available until the 31st of October, companies, government
agencies, associations, academic institutions and individuals should register
at http://www.blackhat.com. From the 1st - 7th of November and on-site the
price will rise to $1465 USD and $1735 USD respectively. Training courses can
also be booked and are priced $1900 USD - $3900 USD.
Individuals, associations, government bodies, academic
institutions and companies interested in finding out more about Black Hat Abu
Dhabi should contact the organisers, UBM Middle East for information, on
+971-2-406-4471 or email becky.crayman@ubm.com
Black Hat briefings and training is the largest and most
important security conference series in the world. Black Hat Abu Dhabi is
organised by UBM Middle East on behalf of TechWeb, a division of United
Business Media.
About UBM TechWeb
UBM TechWeb, the global leader in technology media and
business information, enables people and organizations to harness the
transformative power of technology. Through its core businesses - media
solutions, marketing services, and professional information - UBM TechWeb
produces the most respected and consumed brands, applications, and services
in the technology market. More than 14.5 million business and technology
professionals (CIOs, IT and IT Support managers, Web and digital
professionals, software and game developers, government decision makers,
telecom providers and business executives) actively participate in UBM
TechWeb's communities. UBM TechWeb brands include: global face-to-face events
such as Interop, Game Developers Conference (GDC), Web 2.0, Black Hat, and
Enterprise Connect (formerly VoiceCon); large-scale online networks such as
InformationWeek, Light Reading, and Gamasutra; research, training, and
certification services, including HDI, Pyramid Research, and InformationWeek
Analytics; and market-leading magazines such as InformationWeek and Wall
Street & Technology. UBM TechWeb is part of UBM, a global provider of media
and information services for professional B2B communities and markets.
For more information on sponsorship or to register as a
delegate for training or briefing please visit: http://www.blackhat.com or
contact becky.crayman@ubm.com, +971(0)2-406-4317.
For media information contact:
Abdul Karim Samaan, Grayling Momentum, abdulkarim@graylingmomentum.com or
+971-4-390-1630
For more information on sponsorship or to register as a delegate for training or briefing please visit: http://www.blackhat.com or contact becky.crayman@ubm.com, +971(0)2-406-4317.For media information contact: Abdul Karim Samaan, Grayling Momentum, abdulkarim@graylingmomentum.com or +971-4-390-1630