Author: Brian Johnson

SUNNYVALE, CA–(Marketwired – Feb 24, 2014) – Proofpoint, Inc. (NASDAQ: PFPT), a leading security-as-a-service provider, today announced its scheduled participation at the following upcoming conferences: Gary Steele, chief executive officer, and Paul Auvil, chief financial officer, to present at the JMP Securities Technology Conference at 4:00 p.m. PST (7:00 p.m. EST) on Monday, March 3, 2014 in San Francisco, CA Gary Steele, chief executive officer, and Paul Auvil, chief financial officer, to present at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference at 4:50 p.m. PST (7:50 p.m. EST) on Tuesday, March 4, 2014 in San Francisco, CA Gary Steele,…

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BURNABY, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwired – Feb. 24, 2014) – Editors Note: There is an image associated with this press release. Icron Technologies Corporation, a leader in USB and video extension technology, today announced its newest embedded extension platform, the USB 2.0 RG2300 Core Series, is commercially available for OEM developers. The new embedded series offers developers a choice of two core models: the RG2300 and RG2310. The RG2300 builds upon Icron’s previous generations of reliable embedded USB 2.0 extension daughter board modules with pin-to-pin compatibility to Icron’s earlier RG2100 Core Series, while the RG2310 provides enhanced capabilities including USB 2.0 transmission…

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MINNEAPOLIS, MN–(Marketwired – Feb 24, 2014) – Hogan Assessment Systems, Inc., a global leader in personality assessment, research and leadership development, in conjunction with MDA Leadership, a national leadership and talent development firm, announced a two-day certification workshop for HR professionals who wish to master Hogan Assessments’ comprehensive assessment suite. The workshop will take place from Monday, April 28, through Tuesday, April 29, 2014, at MDA Leadership Consulting in Minneapolis. The workshop will be co-facilitated by Scott Gregory, Ph.D., Twin Cities General Manager at Hogan Assessments, and Sharon Sackett, Ph.D., Vice President of Talent Assessment at MDA Leadership Consulting. Participants…

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PHOENIX, AZ–(Marketwired – Feb 24, 2014) – Selected for its innovation in infrastructure optimization in the deployment of Microsoft Dynamics CRM at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Using Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Aspect Deployed the Center’s Intellectual Property Monetization Framework solution, designed to track campaigns, activities and patient communications Aspect Software, a leading provider of fully-integrated customer interaction management, workforce optimization, back-office and award-winning cloud solutions, today announced it has been named a recipient of Microsoft Corp.’s 2014 Health Users Group Innovation Awards. Aspect was selected for its innovation in infrastructure optimization in the deployment of Microsoft Dynamics CRM at…

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RESTON, VA–(Marketwired – Feb 24, 2014) – Appian, the market leader in modern Business Process Management (BPM) software, today announced that the Appian BPM Suite has been given a rating of “Oustanding” in the new Gartner, Inc. “Critical Capabilities for Case Management Frameworks” report (Gartner, Inc. by J. Hill, February 12, 2014). The report evaluated 11 software providers against 11 critical capabilities, and across four common case management use cases. “Outstanding” is the highest rating possibly given in the report methodology. The report states that, “Case management solutions treat a ‘case’ as the primary aspect of work to be managed…

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NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwired – Feb 24, 2014) – Information Builders, a leader in business intelligence (BI) and analytics, information integrity, and integration solutions, today announced that it was positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of the firm’s “Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms.” The recognition is based on the evaluation of the company’s WebFOCUS BI solutions suite, a flexible, fast, and scalable BI and analytics platform that helps organizations use information to their competitive advantage by empowering more people to make better decisions. This includes not only business analysts and executives, but also operational employees and external stakeholders such…

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ROSH PINA, ISRAEL–(Marketwired – Feb 24, 2014) – On Track Innovations Ltd. (OTI) (NASDAQ: OTIV), a global leader in cashless payment solutions based on contactless transactions and near-field communication (NFC), has been invited to present at the 26th Annual ROTH Conference being held March 10-12, 2014 at the Ritz-Carlton in Dana Point, California. OTI management is scheduled to present at 5:00 p.m. Pacific time on Monday, March 10, 2014 with one-on-one meetings held throughout the day. Management will discuss the company’s new strategy of leveraging its core competencies around cashless payment solutions, as well as monetizing OTI’s expansive IP portfolio.…

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwired – Feb 24, 2014) – RSA Conference — The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) has today announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the FIDO (Fast IDentity Online) Alliance to promote the need for a standards approach to authentication when tackling the needs of large-scale cloud services. The Cloud Security Alliance had previously identified authentication and the broader issue of identity as one of the critical areas for cloud computing. With the increasing dominance of the mobile device as a primary point of access to cloud services, the Cloud Security Alliance established a Mobile Working…

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OXNARD, CA–(Marketwired – Feb 24, 2014) – NYNE, an innovator of lifestyle inspired audio products, is taking Panama City Beach, the ‘Spring Break Capital of the World’, by storm next month with Collegiate Marketing Group (CMG). In addition to on-site branding, digital promotions and social media integration, NYNE will give away its portable Bluetooth speakers during onsite and online #ScoreaNYNE contests throughout the month of March. “We are excited to participate with CMG’s grassroots marketing efforts during Spring Break,” said Arman Arami, president of NYNE. “Being able to integrate our portable speakers into the live events that CMG has planned…

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NEW ORLEANS, LA–(Marketwired – Feb 24, 2014) – On the heels of closing its latest round of funding, Anturis, a vanguard IT company, today announced Anturis Version 1.4 with Parallels Plesk integration within its popular monitoring and troubleshooting solution designed for SMBs (small to medium size businesses). Anturis will be exhibiting and demonstrating Version 1.4 this week at its booth # 44 at Parallels Summit. Anturis Version 1.4 delivers enterprise-grade IT infrastructure monitoring and troubleshooting in a simple, affordable and easy-to-setup and use cloud solution. Anturis is specifically tailored to meet the needs of SMBs that do not have advanced…

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MENLO PARK, CA–(Marketwired – Feb 24, 2014) – Women’s Startup Lab, a new accelerator model for women tech founders, today announced an updated series of programs designed for startups to grow their businesses. The company has opened registration for their third Founder’s Circle accelerator program, added new speakers to their Innovation Lab network, and launched The Club, an early stage founders’ social and entrepreneurship club, open to the public, which includes all WSLab speakers and lunch workshops. Founded by tech entrepreneur Ari Horie in January 2013, Women’s Startup Lab accelerates startup growth for women founders through coaching, peer-to-peer collaboration, and…

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwired – Feb 24, 2014) – Extending its leadership in enterprise security, HP (NYSE: HPQ) is unveiling new solutions and services offerings that enable organizations to proactively share threat intelligence and openly collaborate as an industry to combat the growing ecosystem of adversaries. Organizations worldwide spent approximately $46 billion on cybersecurity in 2013, yet the number of security breaches increased 20 percent and the cost of individual breaches increased 30 percent.(1) These trends demonstrate that cybercriminals are working harder and smarter to gain access to sensitive data and inflict damage on corporate reputations. Through intelligence sharing, threat analysis…

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwired – Feb 24, 2014) – HP (NYSE: HPQ) today announced that it will grant $250,000 to the Scholarship for Women Studying Information Security (SWSIS) program, and will work closely with academic institutions worldwide to develop course content to help students learn the fundamentals of IT security. The IT security jobs market will be 40 percent vacant in 2014, according to a new IT Security Jobs Study conducted by the Ponemon Institute and sponsored by HP Enterprise Security Products.(1) This gap in the talent pool is expected to grow, compounding today’s reality that the adversary is innovating faster…

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ORLANDO, FL–(Marketwired – Feb 24, 2014) – HP (NYSE: HPQ) today expanded its leading healthcare portfolio with solutions designed to help healthcare providers improve workflow, enhance patient and caregiver experience, and reduce compliance risk. Featured HP healthcare solutions at the 2014 HIMSS Conference & Exhibition include tablets and PCs that provide access to electronic medical records, thin client and print solutions to improve workflow, and workstations that provide the performance and reliability required for healthcare environments. Each solution is designed to help physicians and nurses gain access to information and streamline day-to-day tasks so they can focus on patient care.…

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TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – Feb. 24, 2014) – THIS NEWS RELEASE IS INTENDED FOR DISTRIBUTION IN CANADA ONLY AND IS NOT INTENDED FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES. Redknee Solutions Inc. (TSX:RKN) (“Redknee” or the “Company”) announced today that it has entered into an agreement with a syndicate of underwriters co-led by GMP Securities L.P. and Canaccord Genuity Corp. and including CIBC World Markets Inc., RBC Capital Markets, TD Securities Inc., Cantor Fitzgerald Canada Corporation, Clarus Securities Inc. and Paradigm Capital Inc. (collectively, the “Underwriters”), pursuant to which the Underwriters have agreed to purchase,…

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NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwired – Feb 24, 2014) – Aereo, Inc., today announced plans to launch its groundbreaking remote antenna/DVR television technology in the Greater Austin area on March 3. Greater Austin is Aereo’s 4th market to launch in Texas and includes a 12-county area. “We’re excited to launch in Austin, our fourth Texas market,” said Aereo CEO and Founder Chet Kanojia. “Aereo’s innovative cloud-based antenna/DVR technology brings the old-fashioned antenna into the 21st Century, providing consumers access to the over-the-air broadcast signals that belong to them. Aereo makes using an antenna easy again — the way it should be. We’re looking forward…

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA and LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM and DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES–(Marketwired – Feb 24, 2014) – Advent Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADVS), a leading provider of software and services for the global investment management industry, today announced that it has been selected for the second straight year as the “Best Fund Accounting and Reporting Software Provider” and the “Best Portfolio Management Software Provider” in the 2014 MENA Fund Manager (FM) Fund Services Awards recently held in Dubai. The panel of judges, which recognized Advent Software in two of the categories, stated that the awards were a result of Advent’s expertise…

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NURNBERG, GERMANY–(Marketwired – Feb 24, 2014) – Embedded World Conference — PLX Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: PLXT), the global leader in PCI Express® (PCIe®) silicon and software connectivity solutions enabling emerging data center architectures, invites attendees of this week’s Embedded World Conference to join a live PLX® demonstration of external box-to-box connectivity using optical and copper cabling via the universal PCIe standard. The company also will showcase its current generation of PLX ExpressLane™ PCIe Gen3 switches, highlighting the devices’ exceptional performance and easy plug-and-play connectivity, along with the benefits of their integrated direct memory access (DMA) engines. Optical solutions can be a…

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SAN JOSE, CA–(Marketwired – Feb 24, 2014) – SPYRUS today announced the PocketVault P-384E, introducing a dramatic change in the encrypting USB storage device industry. Protected by U.S. Patent 6,003,135 and foreign patents, the P-384E enables multiple removable Secured by SPYRUS™ microSD cards to be used with a single SPYRUS encrypting USB drive, enabling virtually infinite memory capacity. This exclusive SPYRUS design results in the lowest total cost of ownership for any secure USB memory drive by virtue of sharing the single encrypting USB drive among as many microSD cards as a user requires. Another exclusive feature is the data-at-rest…

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BARCELONA, SPAIN–(Marketwired – Feb 24, 2014) – MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS — Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) News SummaryOracle announced the latest release of the Oracle Communications Network Resource Management solution to support accurate and optimized network operations. The solution includes the latest releases of Oracle Communications Unified Inventory Management, Oracle Communications Network Oracle Communications Unified Inventory Management, Oracle Communications Network Integrity and Oracle Communications Network Intelligence. News Facts Oracle today announced a new release of its Oracle Communications Network Resource Management solution with the general availability of Oracle Communications Unified Inventory Management 7.2.3, Oracle Communications Network Integrity 7.2.2.P2 and Oracle Communications Network Intelligence…

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