MONTREAL, QUEBEC–(Marketwired – June 2, 2014) – AtmanCo Inc. (« AtmanCo » or the « Company ») (TSX VENTURE:ATW), leader and innovator in psychometric tests’ web solutions for recruitment and organizational development announces that on May 30th, they have closed the sale of the assets from the cyberhealth division, specialized in solutions of posture and fitness, as announced February 20th 2014. The sale was made in the amount of $610 000 in cash. “Since the cyberhealth domain doesn’t reflect our company’s core business, we are selling the assets in order to properly execute our strategic growth plan. The amounts received…
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PALO ALTO, CA–(Marketwired – Jun 2, 2014) – Today, HP (NYSE: HPQ) announced the expansion of its HP ConvergedSystem portfolio for SAP HANA®, delivering the largest SAP-certified solution for SAP HANA(1) platform-based workloads, helping clients reduce costs and improve response time to business demands. SAP® Business Suite powered by SAP HANA is now used by thousands of global organizations to run their mission-critical operations and power end-to-end processes. Business-critical applications — such as those for enterprise resource planning, supply chain and customer relationship management — are vital to business operations and require a highly scalable infrastructure that can ensure up…
BOSTON, MA–(Marketwired – Jun 2, 2014) – A lawsuit (CV 13-07380 CBM (PLAx)) by Activision Publishing, Inc., a subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (ATVI), against Worlds Inc. (OTCBB: WDDD) and Worlds Online, Inc. (OTCBB: WORX) has been dismissed with prejudice. After Worlds Inc. filed a patent infringement suit against Activision Blizzard, Inc., Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. and Activision Publishing, Inc. (Activision), in early October 2013, Activision Publishing, Inc. filed a lawsuit claiming patent infringement against Worlds Inc. and Worlds Online Inc., in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Activision alleged that Worlds violates U.S. Patent No. 6,014,145…
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM–(Marketwired – Jun 2, 2014) – Yieldex, America’s leading provider of unparalleled ad forecasting, analytics and cutting-edge trading tools for advertisers and publishers, has expanded to Europe with the opening of a London office at 31 Southampton Row. Ad industry veterans Mark Williams and Nigel Edmund-Jones have been hired to kick off the European operation. “Our business in Europe has grown steadily for the past few years working with top-tier publishers like The Telegraph, Turner International, Softonic, Unanimis UK and Last Minute.com. The time is right for a more formal presence,” said Yieldex CEO Andy Nibley. “Mark and Nigel…
LEICESTERSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM–(Marketwired – Jun 2, 2014) – Today, Technology Solutions UK Ltd (TSL), a developer of best-in-class RFID devices and mobile data capture solutions, announced that NCS Technologies has developed a software application to work with the high-performance 1128 Bluetooth® UHF RFID Reader. Recently, a customer approached NCS with a request to develop a new inventory system for managing their entire corporate artwork collection worldwide. NCS rose to the challenge, delivering a comprehensive solution that closed gaps in the inventory process, streamlined hardware interactions and provided a more intuitive and functional user interface (UI). This innovative solution is now…
SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwired – Jun 2, 2014) – Cloudwords, the first cloud-based marketing globalization platform, announced today that Michael Meinhardt, Co-founder and CCO, will participate in the panel titled, “Localising in the Cloud: Over-hyped or the Real Deal?” at the Localization World Dublin 2014 conference to be held 4-6 June at The Convention Centre Dublin. Meinhardt joins panel participants from Agilent, GoPro, and SAP, as well as other cloud technology vendors, to discuss best practices, as well as the benefits and challenges, of leveraging cloud technology to manage the translation and localisation of global content. “Enterprise organisations are increasingly challenged…
LOS ANGELES, CA–(Marketwired – Jun 2, 2014) – Over the last decade, a shift in the approach to online advertising has taken place. While it has always been about the ad content, now the focus is weighing towards context. It is not just about what is shown in an advertisement, but rather who is looking at the content surrounding it and why. And thanks to continuously advancing advertising technology that is now available, brands can now better segment their audiences in real time based on their browsing interests. This allows them to deliver highly personalized “contextual” advertising messages through banner…
HONG KONG–(Marketwired – Jun 2, 2014) – NetDimensions (AIM: NETD) (OTCQX: NETDY), a global provider of performance, knowledge, and learning management systems, is pleased to announce that Roth Capital Partners, LLC (“ROTH”) has been appointed as the Company’s new Investment Bank Principal American Liaison (“PAL”) with effect from 31st May 2014, in accordance with the OTCQX Rules for International Companies. Matthew Chaloner, Chief Financial Officer of NetDimensions, said: “We are pleased to be working with ROTH in the United States, not only in their compliance capacity as PAL advisor on OTCQX but also in helping raise the Company’s profile with…
HONG KONG, CHINA–(Marketwired – Jun 1, 2014) – IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the opening of a new SoftLayer data center in Hong Kong to meet growing customer demand for its cloud-based IT services. The data center is the first of 15 new data centers that the company will open as part of a $1.2-billion dollar investment to strengthen and extend IBM cloud services in Asia and around the world. “Our expansion into Hong Kong gives us a stronger Asian market presence as well as added proximity and access to our growing customer base in region,” said Lance Crosby, CEO…
TAIPEI, TAIWAN–(Marketwired – Jun 1, 2014) – Computex — For the sixth year running, NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) has clinched a Best Choice Award at Computex, picking up the honor for NVIDIA® GRID™ technology, as well as a coveted “Golden Award” for the NVIDIA Tegra® K1 mobile processor. NVIDIA’s honors mark the longest Best Choice Award win-streak of any international Computex exhibitor. More than 475 technology products from nearly 200 vendors competed for this year’s recognition. Tegra K1 is a 192-core super chip, built on the NVIDIA Kepler® architecture — the world’s most advanced and energy-efficient GPU. Tegra K1’s 192 fully programmable…
PHILADELPHIA, PA–(Marketwired – June 01, 2014) – Blue Agility, an industry leader specializing in large-scale Agile deployments, announced today at IBM Innovate 2014, the release of their newest solution, devEssentials™. devEssentials™ provides highly customizable templates based on the Scaled Agile Framework™ (SAFe™) and IBM Rational technology providing a repeatable framework enabling continuous delivery across the enterprise.devEssentials™, powered by Blue Agility’s award winning, on-demand knowledge repository bluejazz™, provides a complete role-based roadmap for scaling agile planning across the Enterprise through Portfolio, Program & Teams and each phase of the development lifecycle. devEssentials™ is built to work with any organization scaling agile…
PALO ALTO, CA–(Marketwired – Jun 1, 2014) – HP (NYSE: HPQ) today announced new milestones in the transformation of its consumer personal systems portfolio with a host of innovative form factors, and multiple operating system (OS) options, including a new notebook powered by Android. Unique two-in-one PC designs, including two new 360° convertible PCs and a new detachable PC, give customers the performance and mobility they want and need. Additionally, HP’s new Chromebook introduces new colors and designs for customers who want a quick and easy way to complete everyday tasks, while HP’s new Android-based notebook makes popular Android apps…
FT. LAUDERDALE, FL–(Marketwired – May 31, 2014) – Tesla Motors, a California-based electrical car company, released its numbers for the first quarter of 2014 this week. Elon Musk, Tesla’s Chairman, Product Architect, and CEO, was happy to announce that Tesla delivered an impressive number of 6457 Model S cars in the first quarter, which is reason enough for Musk to expand the production facility for the Model S production. On top of that, the company continues to grow outside of the United States: In June a right hand drive version of the Tesla Model S will be launched in the…
SINGAPORE–(Marketwired – May 31, 2014) – According to “Gaining Ground: Corporate Progress on the Ceres Roadmap for Sustainability”, a recent report which was published at the 2014 Ceres Conference in Boston, the majority of large US companies are not taking the required action in order to tackle environmental issues such as climate change and sustainability. The study looked at 20 measures that suggest whether an organization is integrating sustainability into its decision-making and general business systems. Focusing on the four main pillars — governance, disclosure, stakeholder engagement, and performance — the report concluded that while companies are taking steps in…
MONTREAL, QUEBEC–(Marketwired – May 30, 2014) – Peak Positioning Technologies Inc. (TSX VENTURE:PKK)(PINK SHEETS:PKKFF) (“Peak” or the “Company”) today announced its financial results and reviewed highlights for the three-month period ended March 31, 2014. Financial Results: Closing of a private placement of secured convertible debentures totaling $569,797; Total expenses at $ 317,016; Net loss at $303,456 Operating Highlights Signing of agreement to acquire the assets of the Quickable.com marketplace; Launch of the Company’s web development services offering; Signing of share purchase agreement to acquire 51% of LongKey Hong Kong Limited; Listing of the Company’s shares in the US on the…
NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwired – May 30, 2014) – VizConnect, Inc. (OTCQB: VIZC) (http://www.vizconnect.com), a publicly traded mobile marketing firm, has announced an expansion of products and services to complement its current suite of mobile marketing offerings. Founded in 2011, the Massachusetts-based firm brings mobile marketing opportunities to entrepreneurs by removing the two largest barriers: cost and technological expertise. Using VizConnect’s proprietary software and innovative marketing solutions, business operators are able develop, distribute, and analyze mobile video marketing campaigns through a cloud-based platform. While VizConnect delivers access and training for these self-directed campaigns, the company also offers full-service enterprise solutions for…
PALO ALTO, CA–(Marketwired – May 30, 2014) – VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, today announced that Pat Gelsinger, VMware’s chief executive officer, will present as a keynote speaker at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Technology Conference in San Francisco, CA on Wednesday, June 4th, 2014 at 12:15 p.m. PT/ 3:15 p.m. ET. A live webcast will be available on VMware’s Investor Relations page at http://ir.vmware.com. The replay of the webcast will be available for two months. About VMware VMware is the leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions that enable businesses to…
SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwired – May 30, 2014) – Mindjet, the world’s leading enterprise SaaS platform for Innovation Management, today announced the release of the MindManager Meetings Jetpack, a package of tools, templates and tips to help businesses improve meetings and make them more collaborative, efficient, and action-oriented. The new MindManager Meetings Jetpack includes MindManager map templates that will enable businesses to catalyze any type of meeting. The Jetpack templates help teams capture and organize ideas, formulate action plans, promote problem solving, highlight meaningful connections, and prioritizes needs. “Many managers and employees find meetings to be poorly planned, inefficiently run and…
SILICON SLOPES, UT–(Marketwired – May 30, 2014) – InsideSales.com CEO and founder Dave Elkington received the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™ 2014 Award for the Utah Region in the Sales & Marketing Services category on Thursday, May 29, at an awards gala at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City. “I’m honored and humbled to be recognized as Entrepreneur of the Year in a state that has so many talented and successful businesspeople,” Elkington said. “This award is a testament to the hard work and achievements of my entire team at InsideSales.com. We are growing the business at an incredible…
BURNABY, BC–(Marketwired – May 30, 2014) – Research published today presents groundbreaking evidence verifying the presence of entanglement in D-Wave’s commercially available quantum computer. The paper entitled “Entanglement in a quantum annealing processor” authored by scientists at D-Wave and the University of Southern California has been published in the peer-reviewed journal Physical Review X (PRX). The results of the research prove the presence of an essential element in an operating quantum computer: entanglement. This is when the quantum states of a collection of particles (or qubits) become linked to one another. The research demonstrates entanglement of a two and eight-qubit…