BILLERICA, MA–(Marketwired – May 27, 2014) – Winchester Systems Inc., a leading data-storage infrastructure provider to Military and Commercial Systems Integrators and Service/Solution Providers, today announced it has upgraded its FlashDisk PetaStore to add “Hybrid” Flash capability — seamlessly combining Flash-based SSD performance with the economical capacity of magnetic disk drives. Designed for high density, FlashDisk PetaStore FX-4U60 now holds up to 600 six-terabyte disks in 40U of rack space, totaling over 3.6 Petabytes (PB) in a single cabinet. The new FlashDisk PetaStore storage system also beefs up I/O and throughput performance by adding 16Gb Fibre Channel and 10Gb iSCSI…
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SAN CARLOS, CA–(Marketwired – May 27, 2014) – Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, has announced the appointment of Marie Hattar as the company’s Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Ms. Hattar will lead Check Point’s brand and global marketing efforts, including product and solutions marketing, corporate marketing, field marketing, corporate communications and partner marketing. She and her team will drive Check Point’s corporate positioning strategy, messaging and communications to both internal and external audiences. Ms. Hattar brings over 20 years of marketing leadership experience spanning the security, routing, switching, telecom, and mobility markets.…
SAN JOSE, CA–(Marketwired – May 27, 2014) – Breker Verification Systems, The System-on-Chip (SoC) Verification Company, and Truechip, the verification IP specialist, today announced a joint partnership to provide an interoperable and high-quality Verification Intellectual Property (Verification IP) environment. As exclusive partners, both companies will demonstrate interoperability on Truechip’s highly configurable and popular USB3.0 Verification IP as the first case. Truechip will build a scenario model IP (SMIP) for its Verification IP using Breker’s TrekSoC™ software that automates the generation of self-verifying test cases for multi-threaded, multiprocessor SoCs. Engineers evaluating or buying Truechip’s lightweight, high-quality and production-proven Verification IP will…
INDIANAPOLIS, IN–(Marketwired – May 27, 2014) – OtterBox®, LifeProof® and Ingram Micro Mobility, a division of Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM), are collaborating to make smartphone and tablet protection easier to obtain throughout business-to-business (B2B) channels, such as government, education, enterprise and small-to-medium business (SMB). Through a new agreement, Ingram Micro Mobility will distribute a full line of protective solutions from the LifeProof and OtterBox brands, including smartphone and tablet cases and Clearly Protected™ device guards. “Ingram Micro Mobility has a strong and proven presence in the B2B space,” said OtterBox President Pete Lindgren. “Their broad reach and knowledge of…
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM–(Marketwired – May 27, 2014) – Rackspace® Hosting (NYSE: RAX) has been named the 6th ‘best place to work’ in the UK in the ‘Large’ company category of the 2014 Great Place to Work Awards. In addition to being placed sixth on the list, Rackspace was given the further accolade of ‘Master Status’, an honour only given to companies who have been on the Great Place to Work Awards list for ten consecutive years running. The awards ceremony was held at London’s The Brewery hotel in an event run by the Great Place to Work® Institute. This year’s listing is…
DULLES, VA–(Marketwired – May 27, 2014) – Echo360, the global leader in active and distance learning solutions, and Cengage Learning, a leading global educational content, software and services company, today announced a partnership that, with the purchase of a new Cengage Learning textbook as requested by their professor, provides students with a six-month subscription to the Echo360 classroom engagement product, LectureTools. Developed by University of Michigan instructor, and Cengage Learning author, Dr. Perry Sampson, LectureTools is designed to improve student engagement by leveraging the use of a student’s smartphone, tablet or laptop. The product allows instructors and students to communicate…
GREEN BAY, WI –(Marketwired – May 27, 2014) – Aver Informatics — a data management platform that simplifies the healthcare reimbursement process — announced today that it has received $8.5 million in Series A funding led by Drive Capital and GE Ventures. Additionally, Aver has secured two additional customers: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Molina Healthcare. “For the last three-plus years, we’ve been working hard to create a sustainable change in healthcare. Today is a pivotal moment for us that will help transform the healthcare reimbursement process, providing higher quality care to patients at a substantially lower cost to payers,”…
MONTREAL, QUEBEC–(Marketwired – May 27, 2014) – AtmanCo Inc. (« AtmanCo » or the « Company ») (TSX VENTURE:ATW), a leader and innovator in web psychometric test solutions for recruitment, organizational development and talent measurement within companies, announces today its results for the 3-month period ending March 31st, 2014. The highlights of the quarter: The company accepted an offer to sell the assets from their cyberhealth division. The company predicts receiving $610 000 cash minus the charges associated with this transaction and the deferred revenues of discontinued operations. The company plans to close this transaction in the 2nd trimester of…
PHILADELPHIA, PA–(Marketwired – May 27, 2014) – Blue Agility, an industry leader specializing in large-scale Agile deployments, today announced that they are a confirmed Silver Level Sponsor for IBM Innovate 2014. This is Blue Agility’s third year as an Innovate Sponsor. In addition to their sponsorship contributions, Blue Agility will bring seven subject matter experts to the agenda to speak at the event. Blue Agility is scheduled to present throughout the week covering a variety of topics that support the streams and tracks at Innovate, including: ‘Super Charge Business IT alignment: Strategic Business IT alignment’ with Jane Tudor; ‘Case Study:…
SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwired – May 27, 2014) – Locus Technologies (Locus), the industry leader in cloud-based environmental compliance and information management software, announced today that Exelon Nuclear is using Locus’ EIM and ePortal software at its nuclear generating stations and expanding this year to additional sites. Exelon Nuclear is a business unit of Exelon Generation, which is one of the largest competitive U.S. power generators, with approximately 34,700 megawatts of owned capacity comprising one of the nation’s cleanest and lowest-cost power generation fleets. The company has made a long-standing commitment to the environment and in 2013 two separate global authorities…
CALGARY, ALBERTA–(Marketwired – May 26, 2014) – NOT FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES OR FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES NEWS WIRE SERVICES. RenoWorks Software Inc. (TSX VENTURE:RW), a leading provider of digital home imaging software and web solutions for new home construction and existing home renovations, today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2014. Financial results from operations for the first quarter 2013 with comparatives for 2012 are as follows: Three Months Ended March 31 2014 2013 Revenue $ 482,568 $ 437,577 Gross Margin $ 434,702 $ 322,310 Expenses $ 358,155 $ 329,692 Income $…
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwired – May 26, 2014) – ACT360 Solutions Ltd. (the “Company” or “ACT360 Solutions”) (TSX VENTURE:AKM), a provider of Internet-based testing and international marketing programs for higher education, announced its unaudited financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2014. Results are in Canadian dollars and were prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards. Highlights for the quarter ended March 31, 2014: Student Marketing Service revenue growth of 19% compared to the prior year quarter; Expanded relationships with three existing channel partners to increase sales of the Company’s Student Marketing Service; Completed integration of Savvica licensed websites…
CALGARY, ALBERTA–(Marketwired – May 26, 2014) – Quorum Information Technologies Inc. (TSX VENTURE:QIS) (“Quorum” or the “Company”) today released its First Quarter (Q1) Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 results. Quorum delivers its dealership management system (DMS), XSellerator™, and related services to automotive dealerships throughout North America. The Company is both a Dealer Technology Assistance Program (DTAP) strategic partner with General Motors Corporation (GM) and a strategic partner with Microsoft. Quorum’s XSellerator product is broadly promoted to its target dealerships throughout North America by these prominent industry partners. Quorum also supplies its product to Chrysler, Hyundai, Kia, Nissan, Subaru, NAPA and Bumper…
LONDON, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – May 26, 2014) – iLOOKABOUT Corp. (TSX VENTURE:ILA) (“iLOOKABOUT” or “the Company”) announced today that the Company has now issued 99,482 Common Shares to settle $19,897 of accrued dividends on its Series 1 Preference Shares, as previously disclosed in a news release issued by the Company on April 3, 2014. All of these Common Shares are subject to hold periods of which 62,177 expire August 26, 2014 and 37,305 expire September 16, 2014. About iLOOKABOUT iLOOKABOUT is a visual and data intelligence company serving commercial enterprise in the real estate, insurance, municipal, utility, assessment and appraisal sectors…
OTTAWA, CANADA–(Marketwired – May 26, 2014) – CANARIE, a vital component of Canada’s digital infrastructure supporting research, education and innovation, today announced that it will fund the ongoing activities of Research Data Canada (RDC) until March 31, 2015, the end of CANARIE’s current mandate. Research Data Canada is a collaborative effort to address the challenges and issues in research data management and preservation in Canada. A multi-sectoral group of universities, institutes, libraries, granting agencies, and individual researchers, RDC has a shared recognition of the pressing need to deal with Canadian data management issues from a national perspective. The group also…
TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – May 26, 2014) – DealNet Capital Corp. (the “Company” or “DealNet”) (CSE:DLS)(PINKSHEETS:GAIMF) is pleased to provide an update on its wholly-owned subsidiary, One Dealer Financial Services Inc. (“One Dealer Financial”), the Company’s consumer finance services division. The Company provides comprehensive service offerings including financing solutions to independent Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (“HVAC”) dealers and their customers. This extensive suite of services includes HVAC equipment financing, product supply, marketing services, customer support services and extended warranty products. One Dealer Financial Services One Dealer Financial announced today that it has closed on an initial finance facility and is…
MONTREAL, QUEBEC–(Marketwired – May 26, 2014) – NOT INTENDED FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF PRESS SERVICES IN THE UNITED STATES NOR FOR THE CIRCULATION IN THE UNITED STATES. AtmanCo Inc. (“AtmanCo” or the “Company”) (TSX VENTURE:ATW) is pleased to announce the signing of a letter of intent with Cote 100 inc., a portfolio management company, in order to proceed with a private placement, without a broker, for 8 100 000 units of the company (hereinafter the « units») at the price of $0.18 per unit (« the issue price ») resulting in a total gross proceeds of $1 458 000 to…
CUPERTINO, CA and SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA–(Marketwired – May 25, 2014) – Ensighten, the leading global enterprise data and tag management provider and company behind the Agile Marketing Platform, today announced it has launched in Australia. Chris Brinkworth, who founded and has been running TagMan in New York, has been appointed as Ensighten’s Regional Director Asia Pacific and will be returning to Sydney to lead the team. The announcement comes following Ensighten’s acquisition of TagMan, its biggest global competitor in the tag management and attribution space; and Ensighten’s recent announcement that it raised $40 million in Series B funding. Ensighten’s Agile Marketing…
SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwired – May 23, 2014) – Businesses worldwide are improving their communication systems by transferring over from traditional phone lines to business hosted PBX services. A business hosted PBX provider is a public branch exchange that effectively manages all business communications by using cloud technology through the internet to make and receive phone calls. Business hosted PBX providers are able to offer customers all of the quality features that come as costly add-ons with traditional phone services for free. Thanks to the high speed internet hosted PBX gives a more affordable and updated telephony option for businesses of…
SEATTLE, WA–(Marketwired – May 23, 2014) – Today, CreditCardChaser.com, a leading online authority on credit cards, announced the best base rewards rate credit cards on the market today. A base rewards rate is the amount of rewards users can earn when using the card. A lot of credit cards have rewards programs, but choosing one with a great base rewards rate can significantly increase a user’s rewards. Many cards offer 2x or more points or rewards simply by using the card to make everyday purchases. Credit Card Chaser experts took into account many factors in determining the best reward rate…