NEW DELHI, INDIA–(Marketwired – Feb 19, 2014) – Artesyn Embedded Technologies, formerly Emerson Network Power’s Embedded Computing & Power business, today announced that it has joined the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) Industry Specifications Group (ISG). Initiated by some of the largest network operators in the world, the group has attracted broad industry support and participation now includes communication equipment vendors, IT vendors and technology providers. The NFV ISG aims to achieve a consistent approach and common architecture for the hardware and software infrastructure needed to support virtualized network functions. The group has already published the…
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CALGARY, ALBERTA–(Marketwired – Feb. 19, 2014) – Shaw Communications (TSX:SJR.B) (NYSE:SJR) is giving Canadians the opportunity to catch all the action as our Canadian athletes go for gold this weekend with complimentary open access to its extensive Shaw Go WiFi network. Open access will be made available beginning at 11:59pm MT on Wednesday, Feb 19 to 11:59pm MT Sunday, Feb 23. “Since our Canadian athletes started competing, our Shaw Go WiFi traffic has set daily records. Our customers love our athletes and are literally cheering everywhere,” says Jay Mehr, Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President, Shaw Communications Inc. “As…
PALO ALTO, CA–(Marketwired – Feb 19, 2014) – VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, today announced that Jonathan Chadwick, VMware’s chief financial officer, executive vice president, Stephen Mullaney, VMware’s senior vice president, networking business unit and Martin Casado, VMware’s chief technology officer, networking business unit will present together as keynote speakers at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom Conference in San Francisco, CA on Monday, March 3rd, 2014 at 8:45 a.m. PT/ 11:45 a.m. ET. A live webcast will be available on VMware’s Investor Relations page at http://ir.vmware.com. The replay of the webcast…
SAN JOSE, CA–(Marketwired – Feb 19, 2014) – AltiGen Communications, Inc. (OTCQX: ATGN), a leading provider of Microsoft-based Unified Communications solutions, is pleased to announce that Westcon Group, a value-added distributor of category-leading unified communications, network infrastructure, data center and security solutions with a global network of specialty resellers, today expanded its unified communications portfolio to include AltiGen’s MaxACD contact center for Lync solution. This agreement allows EMEA partners to accelerate growth of Microsoft Lync in their customers’ contact centers. With more than five million enterprise voice seats of Microsoft Lync deployed to date, organizations around the world are increasingly…
STERLING, VA–(Marketwired – Feb 19, 2014) – The Vendor Shootout for ERP provides an opportunity for abas-USA to reach potential enterprise software users at the beginning of the selection process. Geared toward ERP selection teams and decision makers for companies with manufacturing and/or distribution requirements, the Atlanta VSO event is ideal for businesses that are budgeting for or are currently evaluating an ERP software upgrade or replacement. During these sessions, abas presents a high-level software overview of product highlights including Navigation, Dashboards and Portals, Sales, Purchasing, Production, Warehouse Management, Quality, Shipping, Document Management, and Mobile Apps. The abas-USA presentations features…
RENO, NV–(Marketwired – Feb 19, 2014) – New Q4 data from Synergy Research Group shows that while total service provider router revenues grew by 1.4% in 2013, both Juniper and Alcatel-Lucent far surpassed the overall market growth rate and gained market share. Juniper in particular had a strong year achieving over 13% growth. Cisco remains the dominant vendor with a 47% of the full-year 2013 market, but its share gradually eroded through the year — from 49% in Q1 to 44% in Q4. For the full year, Alcatel-Lucent was the second ranked vendor with an 18% market share, followed by…
EL DORADO HILLS, CA–(Marketwired – Feb 19, 2014) – MyECheck, Inc. (OTC Pink: MYEC), an electronic payment solutions provider and the leader in fully electronic check technology, is pleased to announce the launch of Version 3.0 of its patented electronic check data processing engine. The new platform with significantly enhanced security and functionality can quickly integrate with any bank in the US Federal Reserve banking system, eliminating the need for MyECheck customers to open a new account at a specific partner bank such as Bank of Kentucky. MyECheck is now successfully using the new platform to deposit real time electronic payments into…
LOS ANGELES, CA–(Marketwired – February 19, 2014) – Lieberman Software Corporation was named the Innovation Leader in privileged account management by analyst firm KuppingerCole. In the report, Privilege Management Leadership Compass, KuppingerCole analysts cite Lieberman Software as “ahead of the competition with not only investment into new features, but also availability of these new features.”1 Download the report at Innovation Leaders in Privilege Management. KuppingerCole’s Privilege Management Leadership Compass researched 12 vendors in the privileged account management market. The report is a multi-dimensional view of the field based on analyst advisory projects, customer feedback, product documentation, product evaluations, and other…
NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwired – Feb 19, 2014) – Demand for digital marketing professionals will rise 38% from 2013 to 2014, reported Mondo, a technology and digital marketing resourcing provider. Mondo also predicts that up to 50% of all marketing hires in 2014 will have a technical background, a marked change from the skill sets of traditional marketing professionals and a significant increase from 2013. According to Mondo’s research, today’s hottest jobs include titles, include: Database Analyst Business Analyst Project Manager UI/UX Mobile developer SharePoint developer Systems Administrator Marketing Automation Manager “With 53 new marketing technologies introduced in 2013 alone, and…
BREA, CA–(Marketwired – February 19, 2014) – WAMS, Inc. today announced it has been named to CRN’s Managed Service Provider (MSP) 500 list as one of the MSP Pioneer 250. The annual list recognizes the top technology providers and consultants in North America whose cutting-edge approach to managed services puts end-user customers in the best position to improve efficiencies and cut costs for their own products and services. In today’s world of computing power, end users are barraged by options. CRN, the leading media outlet for vendors and solution providers attempting to understand sales and service channels, selected the top…
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwired – Feb. 19, 2014) – British Columbia Discovery Fund (VCC) Inc. (the “Fund”), a venture capital investment fund managed by Discovery Capital Management Corp., is announcing that its Class A Shares remain available for purchase and that purchases to March 3, 2014 are still eligible for a 30% tax credit that can be applied to the 2013 tax year. There are no other funds in BC offered by prospectus and generally available to retail investors that provide a 30% tax credit. “BC Discovery Fund is the only registered venture capital corporation currently offering its shares to retail…
CHICAGO, IL–(Marketwired – Feb 19, 2014) – Leaders and members of the Illinois Technology Association (ITA) joined TechVoice’s annual fly-in to Washington, D.C. last week to advocate for IT sector priorities on Capitol Hill. TechVoice is a partnership of CompTIA and the Technology Councils of North America (TECNA). On February 11 and 12, ITA and TechVoice met with several Illinois elected officials including the offices of Senators Dick Durbin and Mark Kirk to focus their attention on policies of interest to the tech community. Top issues of concern included patent reform to counter abusive patent litigation tactics; tax reform fairness…
CHICAGO, IL–(Marketwired – Feb 19, 2014) – Digital BrandWorks, www.digitalbrandworks.com, a digital consultancy which specializes in representing manufacturers in the digital marketplaces, today launches a Channel Management Program (CMP) to help manufacturers increase sales, protect margins and improve their brick and mortar relationships. “The genesis of the CMP program was inspired by manufacturers who demand that their products’ brand integrity is secure online and sold at their minimum advertised price (MAP) or higher,” said Jeff Mariola, CEO, Digital BrandWorks.”We work with the manufacturer to establish quantitative benchmarks and goals and deploy their brand into the online marketplaces with a roadmap…
BERLIN, GERMANY and SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwired – Feb 19, 2014) – adjust by adeven, a leading international application analytics and tracking firm, today announced that interactive digital entertainment industry veteran executive Bernard Stolar has joined the company’s Board of Advisors. Stolar will assist adjust management in the strategic direction of the company in North America, Asia and entry into new industry verticals. “Every major social network, media organization and games publisher is seeing dramatic growth in mobile and our exploding business in North America and Asia reflects this trend,” said Christian Henschel, co-founder and CEO of adjust. “Bernard Stolar brings…
MONTREAL, QUEBEC–(Marketwired – Feb. 19, 2014) – IXIASOFT, whose signature products include DITA CMS and TEXTML Server, announces its company-wide rebrand today. IXIASOFT and its product names remain the same, but the company and product logos are completely redesigned along with the IXIASOFT website: www.ixiasoft.com. After the launch of their second product, DITA CMS, in 2006, IXIASOFT became a fast-growing company with thousands of end-users all over the world. Eric Bergeron, CEO and co-founder of IXIASOFT, says, “We wanted the new branding and website to reflect the tremendous growth and changes we’ve had recently, due in large part to industry…
SANTA BARBARA, CA–(Marketwired – Feb 19, 2014) – USDM Life Sciences, a leading global regulatory consulting firm in the life sciences industry, is pleased to announce Jay Crowley will speak at the Medical Devices Summit. Crowley will be a panelist at the “Understanding and Implementing Unique Device Identification” session on Tuesday, February 25th at 1:10 pm. “I am looking forward to helping medical device companies implement UDI in a way that not only achieves compliance, but helps them realize the global benefits of UDI,” said Crowley. As Vice President of the UDI Practice at USDM Life Sciences, Crowley helps medical device…
SAN JOSE, CA–(Marketwired – Feb 19, 2014) – WHO: Breker Verification Systems (www.brekersystems.com), The System-on-Chip (SoC) Verification Company WHAT: Will demonstrate the TrekSoC™ product portfolio, SoC verification software that automatically generates self-verifying and synchronized C test cases to run on an SoC’s multiple heterogeneous embedded processors for faster, more thorough verification, at DVCon 2014 in Booth #902. WHEN: Monday, March 3, from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m.; Tuesday and Wednesday, March 4-5, from 2:30 p.m. until 6 p.m. WHERE: Doubletree Hotel in San Jose, Calif. Breker will feature TrekSoC-Si’s capabilities for automatic generation of multi-threaded, multi-processor, self-verifying C test cases that run…
IRVINE, CA–(Marketwired – Feb 19, 2014) – (BOOTH #614) – Zeacom, an Enghouse Interactive company and leading provider of multi-channel contact center and business process automation solutions, today announced its participation as a Silver Sponsor, along with details of its multi-faceted presence at the sold-out Microsoft Lync Conference 2014 in Las Vegas later this month. “Enghouse Interactive offers a comprehensive suite of offerings that are both qualified and integrated with Microsoft Lync 2013, and which enable streamlined communications and empower agents to deliver an exceptional interaction in any customer-facing environment,” said Enghouse Interactive Channels President, Ernie Wallerstein. Of note, is…
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA–(Marketwired – Feb 19, 2014) – GRIDSTORE™, the leader in software-defined storage optimized for Windows Servers and Hyper-V, today announced their Accelerate™ Partner Program. Gridstore designed its Accelerate Partner Program to ensure their partners can differentiate themselves from the competition and deliver the innovative storage solutions that today’s customers demand. “We are very pleased to be part of the Gridstore Accelerate Partner Program that enables us to maximize our competitive advantage in our targeted markets,” said Matthew Reynolds of vStoreIO Corporation. “Being part of this highly selective network of value-added resellers and service providers gives us the opportunity…
AUSTIN, TX–(Marketwired – Feb 19, 2014) – SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI), a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT management software, today announced its centralized IP address management solution, SolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM), added support for ISC DHCP servers and for DHCP options, further enabling IT Pros to overlay the software on their existing systems and eliminating the need to “rip and replace” the multitude of servers that are often added as networks grow and as trends like BYOD and Internet of Things create a management burden. IP Address Management a “Must Have” for IT ProsIn a recent SolarWinds survey*,…