SANTA BARBARA, CA–(Marketwired – Jun 3, 2014) – Warp 9, Inc. (OTCQB: WNYN), the premier provider of mobile and e-commerce solutions for midsize online sellers, today commented on Magento’s recent announcements pertaining to increases in user adoption, share of market, and overall growth. According to the release, “Magento is recognized as the top platform for fast-growing retailers in the Internet Retailer 500” and has grown to approximately 260,000 businesses, a 60 percent increase from last year. The technology powers 26 percent of all e-commerce websites in Alexa’s top one million — the most of any platform, and experienced a “34…
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DALLAS, TX–(Marketwired – Jun 3, 2014) – Parks Associates research, announced in advance of the Digital Home World Summit in Berlin, finds 43% of U.S. broadband households are willing to purchase a smart home package, which would leverage the Internet of Things for safety, security, or home management applications. The firm’s European research finds consumers in France, Germany, the U.K., and Belgium value smart safety/security devices highest, including smoke and motion detectors. “Strong appeal for smart home solutions among consumers in the U.S and Europe is a good sign because this market is still in its infancy. As consumer awareness…
RICHARDSON, TX–(Marketwired – Jun 3, 2014) – Monolith Software, the leading provider of next generation, unified service assurance solutions, and its partner Eirteic today announced the first deployment of its AssureNow LTE service assurance solution. The AssureNow solution has been deployed at Manx Telecom to manage and monitor their entire network, unifying operations and workflows across all technologies, domains, and services. As the leading communications solutions provider on the Isle of Man, Manx Telecom provides a wide range of fixed line, broadband, mobile and data centre services over multiple service platforms alongside its own IT operations environment. This makes front…
SUNNYVALE, CA–(Marketwired – Jun 2, 2014) – NetApp, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP) today announced the pricing of $500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its 3.375% senior notes due 2021 (the “Notes”). The offering is expected to close, subject to customary closing conditions, on June 5, 2014. The Notes were priced to yield 3.426%. NetApp intends to use the net proceeds from this offering for general corporate purposes, which may include capital expenditures, possible stock repurchases and dividends, working capital and potential acquisitions and strategic transactions. Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC are acting…
SUNNYVALE, CA–(Marketwired – Jun 2, 2014) – AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced that it has agreed to sell $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 7.00% Senior Notes due 2024 in a private offering. AMD intends to close the transaction on or around June 16, 2014. AMD estimates that the net proceeds from the issuance and sale of the senior notes (the “Net Proceeds”) will be approximately $490 million after deducting the initial purchasers’ discounts and estimated offering expenses. AMD intends to use the Net Proceeds to fund the purchase of all 8.125% Senior Notes due 2017 (the “8.125% Notes”)…
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA–(Marketwired – Jun 2, 2014) – Guavus Inc., a leading provider of big data analytics solutions for operational intelligence, today announced its continuing international expansion with the appointment of Mr. Alex Krawchuk as Managing Director for Australia/New Zealand, based in Sydney. Alex will be responsible for leading business operations for Guavus in ANZ, expanding the team to deliver to and support its growing customer base. Guavus CEO Manish Goel noted, “Australia/New Zealand is key to the development of our global strategy and is a fast growing market for us. We see significant opportunities for data analytics solutions in both…
SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwired – Jun 2, 2014) – SIP trunking is a system that maintains multimedia communications such as phone or video calls via the Internet. A SIP trunk provider is a business that brings SIP trunking and other VoIP services to customers. Unlike traditional analog phone systems, SIP providers are able to combine data and voice connections into one single line. A SIP system uses an onsite PBX in order to route calls. Limitless calls between office extensions are then available once a hosted PBX system is set up in office. The PBX also synchronizes the two systems to…
SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwired – Jun 2, 2014) – Marin Software (NYSE: MRIN), provider of a leading Revenue Acquisition Management platform for advertisers and agencies, today announced the acquisition of San Francisco-based Perfect Audience, a privately held display and social retargeting company. Perfect Audience offers advertisers a powerful, easy-to-use SaaS platform to retarget audiences across the web, Facebook and Twitter. Under the terms of the agreement, Marin Software paid $22.8 million, comprised of approximately $5.4 million in cash and the remainder in common stock. In addition, Marin will grant $2.7 million of equity retention grants to continuing Perfect Audience employees. Marin completed the…
BELLEVUE, WA–(Marketwired – Jun 2, 2014) – Hipcricket®, Inc. (OTCBB: HIPP) (OTCQB: HIPP), the leader in mobile engagement and analytics, has been invited to present at the LD MICRO Invitational on Wednesday, June 4 in Los Angeles, California. Hipcricket’s chairman and interim CEO, Todd Wilson, and president and COO, Doug Stovall, are scheduled to present at 12 Pacific time, with one-on-one meetings held throughout the day. They will discuss the company’s recent operational and financial performance, including record revenue and backlog in fiscal 2014, as well as its strong outlook for continued growth in fiscal 2015. The presentation will be…
PALO ALTO, CA–(Marketwired – Jun 2, 2014) – VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, today announced that Sanjay Poonen, VMware’s executive vice president & general manager, end user computing, Alan Dabbiere, AirWatch’s chairman, and Paul Ziots, head of investor relations, will conduct a conference call for investors and financial analysts on VMware’s end user computing business on Thursday, June 5th, 2014 at 8:30 a.m. PT/ 11:30 p.m. ET. Brent Thill, analyst at UBS will co-host the call, with participation to include Armand Capote, senior director, infrastructure operations at Stanford University and Mark K. Mellis,…
CALGARY, ALBERTA–(Marketwired – June 2, 2014) – Shaw Communications Inc. (TSX:SJR.B)(NYSE:SJR) will be releasing its consolidated results for the Third Quarter (ending May 31, 2014) the morning of Thursday, June 26, 2014. A conference call with Shaw Senior Management and the financial community is scheduled as follows. Press/Media and the public will be able to participate in listen-only mode. Conference Call Details Thursday, June 26, 2014 at 2:30 pm Mountain Time; 4:30 pm Eastern Time US/CAN Toll Free: 800-505-9573 Int’l Toll: 416-204-9498 Passcode: 8066288 Please call 5 to 10 minutes before the start Replay Dial In: (available until midnight July…
CHICAGO, IL–(Marketwired – June 02, 2014) – GlobalView, a leading provider of enterprise-wide market data solutions, has recently published a new whitepaper entitled “5 Ways to Decrease Your Market Data Spend and Improve Workflow”. It is available for download at: http://info.marketview.com/decrease-your-market-spend.The whitepaper, which can be found on GlobalView’s website, explains and tackles a unique challenge within the industry — in order for companies to maintain a competitive edge within the energy and commodity markets, they must be as up-to-date as possible on market data. The catch-22 is that, in order to acquire this data, companies must invest a great deal…
SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwired – Jun 2, 2014) – TrueVault, the first company to make HIPAA compliance easy for healthcare applications, today released a new open source guide via GitHub titled, “A Developer’s Guide to HIPAA Compliance” to help developers understand the technical and legal requirements of building health-based applications, including those designed for iOS 8 and Apple’s new HealthKit. Today is the start of the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference, where Apple just announced the upcoming launch of HealthKit and a companion app called Health that enables individuals to store and share their own health information via their iOS device. What…
BLOOMINGTON, MN–(Marketwired – Jun 2, 2014) – MatrixCare, the industry leading EHR for long-term care and senior living providers, has achieved certification of integration with Omincare using the NCPDP 10.6 standard. This integration will help MatrixCare clients reduce medication errors and increase the efficiency of their order management processes. In addition, it prepares providers for future regulations that may require ePrescribing. John Damgaard, MatrixCare President and CEO, commented, “Pharmacy integration is another example of our commitment to interoperability between the industry-leading MatrixCare EHR platform and other key systems used by our clients. With Omnicare certification, and the corresponding integration with…
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwired – June 2, 2014) – ACT360 Solutions Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:AKM) (the “Company” or “ACT360 Solutions”), a provider of Internet-based testing and international marketing programs for higher education, announced it has appointed Momentum Public Relations Inc. (“Momentum”) as a provider of investor relations services. Vincent Wong, CEO of ACT360 Solutions, stated, “As the Company executes its growth strategy, both organically and via mergers and acquisitions, Momentum will assist in informing shareholders and the investment community of the progress we are making.” Momentum is based in Montreal, Canada and was founded in 2008 by President and CEO, Maxence Gagné-Godbout.…
OREM, UT–(Marketwired – Jun 2, 2014) – VIA Motors announced today that VIA board member TJ Glauthier was appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Energy, Dr. Ernest Moniz, to Co-Chair a new Commission on the U.S. National Laboratories. The commission is to conduct a strategic review of the Department of Energy’s 17 national labs. That review will include the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL), as well as the 10 science labs including Argonne, Oak Ridge, Berkeley, and the nuclear weapons labs. “VIA congratulates the Secretary on his selection of Mr. Glauthier for this important assignment,” said Weber. “I know he…
SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwired – Jun 2, 2014) – IntelliLUM, a manufacturer of high-performance commercial-grade LED light fixtures, today announced the launch of QuickLED, QuickLED AUTO, and SmartNET LED Intelligent Luminaires. IntelliLUM designs, produces and markets high-performance commercial-grade LED light fixtures for suspended ceilings. They support both new and retrofit installations and include on-board sensors, controls, logic, wireless communication systems and accessories to optimize illumination and minimize energy. With almost 15 billion square feet of office space in the U.S. alone, the market potential is enormous. The DOE estimates in the U.S. Lighting Market Characterization report that 81.2 billion square feet…
BELLEVUE, WA–(Marketwired – Jun 2, 2014) – Hipcricket®, Inc. (OTCBB: HIPP) (OTCQB: HIPP), a leader in mobile engagement and analytics, has appointed Chairman Todd Wilson as interim CEO, and has appointed COO Doug Stovall as president effective May 30. They succeed Ivan Braiker, whose employment ceased on that date. The company has also launched a search for his full-time replacement. “On behalf of the board, I would like to thank Ivan for his dedication and leadership over the last 10 years,” said Wilson. “As our company’s co-founder, Ivan played a key role in establishing Hipcricket as a leader in the…
SUNNYVALE, CA–(Marketwired – Jun 2, 2014) – Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) today announced that it intends to commence a private offering, subject to market and other conditions, of $400 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2024. AMD intends to use the net proceeds received in the offering (the “Net Proceeds”) to repurchase its outstanding 8.125% Senior Notes due 2017 (the “8.125% Notes”) through a tender offer which also launched today, June 2, 2014 (the “8.125% Tender Offer”). AMD intends to use the Net Proceeds to fund the purchase of all 8.125% Notes that are early tendered…
PHOENIX, AZ–(Marketwired – Jun 2, 2014) – Crexendo, Inc. (NYSE MKT: EXE), a hosted services company that provides hosted telecommunications services, hosted website services, website development software and broadband internet services for businesses and entrepreneurs, today announced an asset purchase agreement with One Stop Voice (“OSV”). OSV provides top of the line, feature rich, cloud-based communications systems to small and medium sized business customers. OSV is located in Scottsdale, AZ. and provides services nationwide with a focus in Arizona. This purchase will transfer certain infrastructure and customers of OSV to Crexendo. Crexendo has hired OSV’s customer service supervisor as well as their sales director…