NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwired – Apr 29, 2014) – Infor, a leading provider of business application software serving more than 70,000 customers, today announced the completed acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Colorado-based GRASP Systems International, Inc. (“GRASP”), a leading provider of automated patient acuity, workload management, patient assignment systems and consulting services to healthcare organizations in the U.S. and Canada. GRASP’s strong analytics and reporting capabilities will help Infor address the current cost-crisis occurring in healthcare, and deepen the Infor Healthcare suite by providing another leading solution to the market. “This acquisition will add value to our existing development…
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SAN DIEGO, CA–(Marketwired – April 29, 2014) – SeatAdvisor, Inc. celebrates its 15th anniversary today since entering the ticketing industry in 1999. SeatAdvisor Box Office (SABO) software, used by thousands of organizations and venues worldwide, has facilitated 56 million ticket sales, representing $1.3 billion dollars in global consumer spending over the past 13 years. Originally positioned as one of the first companies to provide interactive seat maps for venues, SeatAdvisor has been a pioneer from the start. After expanding its business model in 2001, SeatAdvisor became the first ticketing solution fully hosted on the Internet with interactive SeatMaps. SeatAdvisor was…
NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwired – Apr 29, 2014) – Worldwide Internet, Inc. (OTC Pink: WNTR) (PINKSHEETS: WNTR) (“Worldwide”) announced today that its portfolio company Green Company Holdings is currently evaluating land acquisitions with potential partners in The Green Fund (www.thegreenfund.us). The company has identified potential properties that will provide for collectives of master gardeners and business-minded individuals looking to be the premier legal cultivator of wholesale marijuana. The members of this collective see a huge business opportunity in this booming industry and want to use the power of the sun and green houses to produce product year round for marijuana dispensaries.…
MINNEAPOLIS, MN–(Marketwired – April 29, 2014) – HelpSystems, a leading provider of systems and network management, business intelligence, and security and compliance solutions will participate in COMMON’s 2014 Annual Meeting and Exposition in Orlando, Florida, May 4-7. Experts from HelpSystems will be speaking on a variety topics throughout the conference: “The State of IBM i Security” with Robin Tatam, Director of Security Technologies “Getting Started on the Road to Compliance” with Robin Tatam, Director of Security Technologies “Configuring IBM i User Profiles for a Secure System” with Robin Tatam, Director of Security Technologies “IBM i Performance: Anywhere, Any Time” with Tom Huntington, Vice President…
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA and ATLANTA, GEORGIA–(Marketwired – April 29, 2014) – Nextivity Inc. today announced that Jim Berridge has joined the company in the role of Vice President, Sales for North America, where he is responsible for channel sales activity in the U.S. and Canada for Cel-Fi smart signal boosters. Based in Atlanta, Berridge heads a rapidly growing team specifically focused on serving the needs of AT&T, one of 146 carriers in 74 countries that have authorized Cel-Fi for use on their network. “Jim’s leadership skills and extensive distribution experience are invaluable assets as we expand our major account marketing…
HAMPSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM–(Marketwired – Apr 29, 2014) – Samsung shipped an estimated 85 million Smartphones; 30% market share in Q1 Apple posts record Q1 and iPhone sales of nearly 44 million Motorola and Lenovo garner 8% combined market share Leading mobile analyst firm Juniper Research estimates that the number of smartphone shipments reached 286 million in Q1 2014, representing 34% y-o-y growth and 1% q-o-q growth. Samsung accounted for 30% of all smartphone shipments globally, with an estimated 85 million shipments during the quarter. While the company’s market share remained broadly flat on the previous quarter, this represented a record Q1 for Samsung…
AUSTIN, TX–(Marketwired – Apr 29, 2014) – Active Power (NASDAQ: ACPW) reported results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2014. Highlights Service revenue increased 17% from the first quarter of 2013 to $3.5 million, but decreased 25% from the previous quarter. Shipped a large UPS order to ABN AMRO, a Dutch state-owned bank, for deployment at one of the bank’s facilities located south of Amsterdam. Booked first order from Caterpillar for CleanSource® HD UPS for shipment to one of the largest medical centers in the Netherlands. Appointed a new sales and marketing director in China who brings more than…
BOSTON, MA–(Marketwired – Apr 29, 2014) – Driven by growth in diverse industries including aerospace, medical, automotive, consumer products, architecture and electronics, the total 3D printing (3DP) market will nearly quadruple to $12 billion in 2025, according to Lux Research. Printers alone will be worth $3.2 billion, while $2 billion will represent formulated materials; $7 billion will come from the value of parts produced, according to Lux’s model. “Consumer uses of 3D printing attract most of the headlines, but industrial uses, from molds and tooling to actual production parts, are quietly having the greatest impact,” said Anthony Vicari, Lux Research…
PALO ALTO, CA–(Marketwired – Apr 29, 2014) – Mindflash has released the results of its latest research on corporate eLearning, based on data from hundreds of thousands of eLearning users. Highlighting user trends based on industry and geographic location, this is the fourth report released by Mindflash, a leader in online business training software. California again took the spot among states for training, based on percentage of users (21.64%), followed by Massachusetts (11.12%) Illinois (9.49%) Georgia (6.79%) and Florida (6.7%). In Q4 of last year, the top states were California, Mississippi and Illinois respectively. Software surpassed Healthcare to become the…
OXFORD, UNITED KINGDOM–(Marketwired – Apr 29, 2014) – Sophos today announced the latest version of Sophos Cloud, the company’s cloud-based solution for small- and mid-sized organizations seeking a simpler approach to IT security that still provides world-class protection. The new version of Sophos Cloud leapfrogs competitive solutions as the only cloud-managed security service to manage Windows, Mac and mobile devices from a single console. It features user-based management, reporting and licensing; built-in web security to prevent user access to malicious and infected websites, and new policy-based Web Control features to enforce safe and productive web usage. Sophos Cloud is effortless…
HAMPSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM–(Marketwired – Apr 29, 2014) – A new report from Juniper Research forecasts that revenues generated from enterprise Software-as-a-Service will reach $53.5 billion in 2018, representing 59% of the enterprise public cloud computing market, rising from $23.2 billion in 2013. Security & compliance concerns linger According to the report, Cloud Computing – Enterprise Markets: SaaS, PaaS & IaaS, 2014-2018 — SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) will remain the dominant cloud model. This is due in part to the relative maturity and widespread acceptance of the model, as well as recognition of the comparative benefits and risks of commissioning cloud-based software. However,…
PALO ALTO, CA–(Marketwired – Apr 29, 2014) – TIBCO Software Inc. (NASDAQ: TIBX) today announced the availability of TIBCO Spotfire® 6.5, the latest version of TIBCO’s leading analytics platform. Spotfire® 6.5 brings to market a user-friendly approach, empowering organizations to easily connect to diverse data sources, including new spatial data sources, and create rich visualizations, enabling analytics from the simplest to the most complex levels — all in one product. Also included in this release of Spotfire 6.5 is the updated single-seat Spotfire desktop product, which provides the full power and ease of use of the Spotfire platform for individual…
NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwired – Apr 29, 2014) – The World Economic Forum today released a new report that examines the long-term growth of the digital economy and the viability of the infrastructure that supports it. The report, Delivering Digital Infrastructure: Advancing the Internet Economy, produced in collaboration with The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), focuses on current threats to digital infrastructure — including fixed- and mobile-Internet infrastructure, telecommunications equipment and devices, and cloud infrastructure — in the U.S., Europe, and emerging markets. “The digital economy is growing significantly faster than the economy as a whole and is also having a far-reaching…
SUNNYVALE, CA–(Marketwired – Apr 29, 2014) – Designed to enable the best user experience on today’s most popular and innovative PCs, AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced its 3rd-generation Mainstream and Low-Power Mobile Accelerated Processing Units (APUs). Combining category-leading compute performance1,2 with unique features and rich user interactions, the 2014 AMD Mainstream and Low-Power Mobile APUs (formerly codenamed “Beema” and “Mullins,” respectively) are the ideal choice for consumer and commercial client devices alike. These new mobile APUs feature up to four newly-designed x86 CPU cores with updated, industry-leading AMD Radeon™ graphics and a hardware-level data security solution based on the ARM®…
SAN JOSE, CA–(Marketwired – Apr 29, 2014) – Creators of threatTRANSFORM (www.threattransform.com) announced the release of the open source application designed to streamline the creation, compiling, and publishing of STIX datasets. Anyone struggling to manage security event classification can utilize the free open source threatTRANSFORM application to improve their MSSP, SIEM, and other big data cyber threat intelligence, management, and response programs with the industry standard framework — Structured Threat Information eXpression (STIX™). STIX is designed for cyber threat analysts, malware analysts, security vendors, and information security practitioners in defending networks and systems against cyber threats. STIX provides a common…
SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwired – Apr 28, 2014) – CloudPassage, the leading provider of Software Defined Security (SDSec), today announced a partnership with IBM that brings the power of CloudPassage Halo® to the IBM Cloud marketplace. As part of the partnership, IBM customers can now secure their SoftLayer cloud workloads and ensure compliance with CloudPassage Halo. By automating security and compliance for any large-scale, distributed cloud environment, CloudPassage enables companies to realize the value of cloud computing. CloudPassage Halo is the only security automation platform purpose-built for dynamic public, private and hybrid cloud environments. CloudPassage currently protects more than 400 production…
TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – April 28, 2014) – Smart Employee Benefits Inc. (“SEB” or “Company”) (TSX VENTURE:SEB) today reported its financial results for the quarter ending February 28, 2014. SEB Overview SEB is a technology company with two divisions, the Benefits Division and the Technology Division, providing business processes software, solutions and services to corporate and government clients with specialty practices focused on managing group benefit solutions and health claims processing environments. The core expertise of the SEB Group of Companies is managing and reporting on Big Data, including transaction processing in complex global Supply Chain environments. This expertise is uniquely…
HOUSTON, TX–(Marketwired – Apr 28, 2014) – Intergraph has published a new case study that describes how Black Cat Engineering and Construction leveraged Intergraph CADWorx and its collaboration capabilities with CAESAR II for pipe stress analysis and PV Elite for vessel and exchanger analysis to create accurate as-built models faster and automate the production of facility drawings, bills of material, and other deliverables for Qatar Fertilizer Company’s facility in Masaleed, Qatar. By leveraging CADWorx, CAESAR II, and PV Elite, they were able to meet the short three-month schedule and provide accurate and timely deliverables. They were able to avoid a…
GUELPH, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – April 28, 2014) – Hammond Manufacturing Company Limited (TSX:HMM.A) – Three months ending: 3/28/14 3/29/13 Net Product Sales $ 24,753,000 $ 23,887,000 Income from operating activities(*) 1,355,000 1,051,000 Net Income for Period 755,000 536,000 Earnings per share Basic $ 0.07 $ 0.05 Diluted $ 0.07 $ 0.05 (*) Earnings from operations is before interest, foreign exchange, equity interest, other income and taxes NOTE: The interim financial results have not been reviewed by an auditor To all employees and shareholders: Sales dollars were up as a result of a weaker Canadian dollar despite flat product sales. Operating income…
PALO ALTO, CA–(Marketwired – Apr 28, 2014) – TIBCO Software Inc. (NASDAQ: TIBX) today announced it has acquired Jaspersoft Corporation, a privately held provider of embedded business intelligence (BI) and reporting software. Jaspersoft’s commercial open source business model and embedded business intelligence suite allows application developers to embed highly interactive reports, dashboards and analytics into their applications. These tools give customers the ability to gain insight from multiple data sources and ultimately make better decisions. The total consideration paid was approximately $185 million. The acquisition is expected to be neutral to TIBCO’s non-GAAP earnings per share for its 2014 fiscal…