Author: Brian Johnson

ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS–(Marketwired – Feb. 11, 2014) – CGI (NYSE:GIB)(TSX:GIB.A) has been selected as a strategic partner by the largest Dutch pension provider, APG, for the delivery of various application services. The new contract has an initial term of three years and a minimum annual value of 10 million euros. CGI will provide extensive IT experience in the areas of pensions and insurance to support the achievement of APG’s business objectives. This strategic partnership follows a long and successful partnership between the two companies covering, for example, sourcing and IT modernization projects. With assets of some 340 billion euros, APG…

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HAMPSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM–(Marketwired – Feb 11, 2014) – A new report from Juniper Research forecasts that revenues generated from Smart Home services are set to reach a global market value of $71 billion by 2018, rising from $33 billion last year. The new report — ‘Smart Home Ecosystems & the Internet of Things’ — found that nearly 80% of total Smart Home service revenues will come from entertainment services by the end of the forecast period. As connection speeds have increased, service providers are able to offer greater volumes of content, delivered with increasing convenience. According to the report, growth…

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SANTA ANA, CA–(Marketwired – Feb 11, 2014) – Spotlighting its global cloud services leadership, Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM), the world’s largest wholesale technology distributor and a global leader in supply-chain and mobile device lifecycle services, today announced registration for its Cloud Summit 2014 is now open to channel partners and prospects worldwide. The annual event will take place in Hollywood, Fla., April 7 – 9, 2014 at the Westin Diplomat. More event details, including registration, are available here. A discounted early-bird registration is open until Feb. 23, 2014 and event registration closes April 4, 2014. Themed “Rise Above,” the…

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwired – Feb 10, 2014) – Advent Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADVS), a leading provider of software and services for the global investment management industry, today announced a new agreement to deepen the integration of its Black Diamond platform and other Advent products with Veo®, TD Ameritrade Institutional’s powerful account management and trading platform. The new agreement will build on Advent’s existing relationship with TD Ameritrade Institutional and will be focused on enhancing the experience for their more than 600 shared clients. The integrations between the Black Diamond platform and other Advent products and Veo® will allow for greater automation…

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HOUSTON, TX–(Marketwired – Feb 10, 2014) – The Board of Directors of Houston Wire & Cable Company (NASDAQ: HWCC) today declared a cash dividend of $0.11 per share on the Common Stock, payable February 28, 2014, to shareholders of record of Common Stock at the close of business on February 20, 2014. The Company continues sharing its success with shareholders as this first quarter dividend marks the twenty-seventh payment since the dividend initiation in August 2007. About the Company With over 35 years experience in the industry, Houston Wire & Cable Company is one of the largest providers of wire…

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PLEASANTON, CA–(Marketwired – Feb 10, 2014) – YarcData, a Cray (NASDAQ: CRAY) company dedicated to providing a Big Data appliance for real-time data discovery, today announced that Arvind Parthasarathi, president of YarcData, will speak at O’Reilly’s Strata Conference at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA on Wednesday, February 12, 2014, at 2:20 p.m. (PST) in Ballroom F. Mr. Parthasarathi’s presentation, “Delivering on the Promise of Big Data,” will discuss the need to evolve analytics from tactical objectives toward strategic data discovery that heightens business performance, insights and protection by identifying previously undiscovered relationships and patterns in data.…

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WASHINGTON, DC–(Marketwired – Feb 10, 2014) – ePals Corporation (TSX VENTURE: SLN) (“ePals” or the “Company”) announces that it has entered into an agreement with an arm’s length party to satisfy certain earnout payments payable by ePals pursuant to an agreement and plan of merger entered into in connection with the Company’s November 2011 acquisition of Carus Publishing Company. The Company will pay US$253,135.74 in cash and issue an aggregate of 3,166,336 restricted voting common shares at a deemed price of C$0.05244 per share to satisfy an aggregate earnout payment of approximately US$403,136. The issuance of the restricted voting common shares is…

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SEATTLE, WA–(Marketwired – Feb 10, 2014) – CreditCardChaser.com, a leading website on credit cards, announced their ranking of the best low interest credit cards of 2014 today. Low interest credit cards are cards with either a low introductory interest rate or a low fixed interest rate. These cards offer minimal rates on purchases and balance transfers so consumers can save money. Some low interest cards even offer introductory periods of 0% APR. To create their ranking of the best low interest credit cards, Credit Card Chaser experts looked at introductory offers, balance transfer terms, annual fees, rewards programs, customer reviews,…

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MIAMI, FL–(Marketwired – Feb 10, 2014) – Alternet Systems, Inc. (OTCQB: ALYI) invites shareholders and interested investors, to participate in a series of webinars, where Mr. Henryk Dabrowski, CEO of the Company, will expand on the details of the asset sale of Utiba Americas and exciting business opportunities that lie ahead. The Company will host two sessions. The first one will be on Thursday, February 13, 2014, at 1 pm (EST) and the second will be on Tuesday, February 18, 2014, at 1 pm. The webinar will include a preselected Q&A session, with questions submitted by any interested party or shareholder.…

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FREDERICK, MD–(Marketwired – Feb 10, 2014) – Welocalize, a global leader in translation and localization solutions, will share expertise in how to best define the value of localization content by the impact it has in achieving business goals at the 2014 Localization World event in Bangkok, Thailand, February 24-26. Olga Beregovaya, Welocalize’s business leader of language tools, will be presenting “Beyond Disruption: Make Way for Return on Content” on day two of the main conference at 11.30AM local time. “My presentation at LocWorld Bangkok will focus on the explosion in global content,” said Olga Beregovaya, vice president of language tools…

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MONTREAL, QUEBEC–(Marketwired – Feb. 10, 2014) – Peak Positioning Technologies Inc. (“Peak” or the “Company”) (TSX VENTURE:PKK) announces a non-brokered private placement offering of secured convertible debentures (the “Debentures”) for a total amount of up to CAD$1 million (the “Offering”). The Debentures will pay an annual interest rate of 10%, will mature 24 months from the date of their issuance, will be secured by the aggregate assets of the Company, and will allow their subscribers to convert them into Common Shares of Peak at any time prior to maturity, subject to certain terms and conditions, at a price of CAD$0.05…

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FAIRFAX, VA–(Marketwired – Feb 10, 2014) – Today at the Esri Federal GIS Conference, InfoReliance and Esri launched the new AWS Test Drive for Esri. This provides users with their own private IT data center sandbox, pre-configured and integrated with Esri ArcGIS online services and Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013, optimized for the cloud, along with sample data to illustrate the full Esri features and functionality. The Esri Test Drive is available now at no charge at http://aws.amazon.com/testdrive/Esri Users can launch, login, and explore how this enterprise Geographical Information System (GIS) solution works in under a single hour — following a guided tour…

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MIAMI BEACH, FL–(Marketwired – Feb 10, 2014) – Mindpix Corporation (OTC Pink: MPIX); (“Mindpix” or the “Company”), a technology driven media services and entertainment company focused on owning, creating or managing multi-platform music/entertainment, sports and U.S. Hispanic media properties, today is pleased to announce that it has formed an Advisory Board and that Steven Marrs has joined as its first appointed member. Advisory Board members will add significant strategic and creative expertise to enhance the Company’s knowledge base and expand the Company’s media service and event capabilities at the top levels of targeted media, entertainment and sports industry sectors. Steven…

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwired – Feb 10, 2014) – Talent Board, a non-profit organization focused on the promotion and elevation of the candidate experience, today announced that registration for the 2014 Candidate Experience (CandE) Awards is now open. The CandE Awards is an annual benchmarking and recognition program designed to acknowledge employers that meet, and exceed, the standard set for candidate experience excellence. The competition and benchmarking program works to assess current recruiting practices, in order to identify and celebrate those outstanding strategies that provide job candidates with a consistent and positive experience. Companies headquartered in North America can begin the…

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BANGALORE, INDIA–(Marketwired – Feb 10, 2014) – Donato Tramuto, the Chairman and CEO of Physicians Interactive and the Founder of Health eVillages, Friday presented two awards for healthcare programs in India and announced that Health eVillages is committed to expanding its efforts in India from Physicians Interactive’s Mumbai office. The awards were made during Health 2.0 India’s “Simply Lead” conference at Bangalore’s CMR Institute of Technology, where Tramuto was also asked to provide closing remarks. Tramuto announced two grants from Health eVillages during the conference, which focuses on rebooting and reframing leadership in India for the needs of 21st Century…

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HERNDON, VA–(Marketwired – Feb 10, 2014) – iDirect Government Technologies (iGT), a wholly owned subsidiary of VT iDirect, Inc. (iDirect), today announced the availability of its new Remote Access Training that brings an accelerated version of its popular classroom-based training and support onsite to customers via a secure remote access connection. The accelerated courses focus on the operations and management of iGT satellite networks. An iGT certified trainer teaches both the classroom and “hands-on” portion of the course to a class size limited to four students. Remote access courses allow the students to visually see the hub configuration and monitor…

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA–(Marketwired – Feb 10, 2014) – Gridstore, a leader in software-defined storage (SDS) optimized for Windows Servers with Hyper-V that accelerates application I/O, announced it is launching in the UK as part of its expansion into the EMEA markets. As a 100% channel-driven company, Gridstore will sell their products exclusively through a highly selective network of value-added resellers and managed service providers that have the virtualization, Windows and technical skills necessary to deliver IT solutions for the modern datacenter to mid-size enterprise organizations. Gridstore CEO, George Symons explains: “As an established leading US provider of software-defined storage, bringing…

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SAN RAFAEL, CA–(Marketwired – February 10, 2014) – SafetyChain Software — the leader in realtime Food Safety Chain Management Systems (FSCMS) that help customers save time, save money and increase efficiencies for food safety and quality compliance — is pleased to announce the publication of a new whitepaper designed to help food safety and quality assurance teams, from all types of food and beverage companies, better understand how to leverage FSQA technology to meet the demands of responding to ever-increasing food safety audits, and to ensure compliance with the food safety programs on which they are audited. The paper, titled,…

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwired – Feb 10, 2014) – Nitro, a leading provider of document productivity and workflow solutions, today announced the appointment of a new VP, EMEA, John O’Keeffe, who will lead European expansion from the company’s recently established EMEA headquarters in Dublin. O’Keeffe comes to Nitro from Salesforce.com where he spent over 12 years in a variety of senior sales roles, most recently as VP, SMB Sales for Europe. Australian-founded with a global headquarters in San Francisco, Nitro simplifies the way people create, edit, sign, and share digital documents. Best known for its award-winning Adobe® Acrobat® replacement, Nitro Pro,…

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SANTA CLARA, CA–(Marketwired – Feb 10, 2014) – Strata — Paxata, the first Adaptive Data Preparation™ platform that rapidly connects, explores, transforms and combines data, today announced advances to its patent pending IntelliFusion™ engine that puts Big Data in its place. Data preparation has been a burden for business of all sizes and sectors, and a barrier to fast and impactful business intelligence. Paxata has solved this challenge. Paxata enables business analysts of all technical levels and from companies of all sizes to get to more complete and accurate pre-analytic Answer Sets faster. By drastically reducing the complex and labor-intensive…

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