NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwired – Jan 22, 2014) – SmartMetric, Inc. (OTCQB: SMME), a developer of patented payment card technology and in-card biometric products, announced today that it has created a sub-micro operating system for nano-computers. The SmartMetric Intelligent Card OS™ is an operating system that unlocks new possibilities for software and app development for a payment card-sized device that has broad functionality, comparable to a smartphone or tablet. “We’ve seen the evolution of computing move from mainframe, to PC, to tablets, and then to smartphones. Now, SmartMetric is leading the next wave of miniaturization with our SmartMetric intelligent card. Combining…
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AUSTIN, TX–(Marketwired – Jan 22, 2014) – SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI), a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT management software, today released the results of its New IT Survey*, which sheds light on the evolving role of the modern IT professional in today’s technology-driven business environment. Specifically, the survey results reveal increasing infrastructure complexity has affected the role of nearly all IT professionals, creating the need for new skillsets, including the ability to help companies make informed, strategic business decisions. While most IT professionals are at least some degree confident in their ability to provide such advice, more preparation is…
SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwired – Jan 22, 2014) – POPSUGAR (www.popsugar.com), a global media, technology, and women’s lifestyle company at the intersection of content and commerce, today launched POPSUGAR Insights, a new research unit and online platform focused on providing marketers, ad agencies, and media with a unique and holistic perspective toward the attitudes and behaviors of today’s female millennials. All the research and information will be displayed in an online platform at insights.popsugar.com and will be free to access. POPSUGAR Insights combines content consumption and social data from POPSUGAR, retail product data from ShopStyle.com, expert opinions from industry experts, and…
SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwired – Jan 22, 2014) – Intercom, the simple, personal messaging service for businesses and their customers, today announced it has raised $23 million in its Series B financing round, bringing its total funding to $30 million. This comes just six months after Intercom announced its Series A. Bessemer Venture Partners led the round with participation from Series A investor The Social+Capital Partnership. Bessemer partner Ethan Kurzweil will join the company’s board. Intercom is a brand new way for web and mobile businesses to connect with their customers. It provides a single, integrated platform for the whole company…
ATLANTA, GA–(Marketwired – Jan 22, 2014) – PayGo, a leading utility consumer engagement and integrated payments provider, announced today an agreement to provide its core application services to Georgia Power. Both companies are headquartered in Atlanta with Georgia Power providing electricity to 2.4 million customers in the state of Georgia. The PayGo solution will leverage existing Georgia Power investments in smart grid and consumer technologies to provide consumers with additional payment flexibility and convenience through an integrated prepay program. Prepay programs have demonstrated that customer satisfaction increases significantly while decreasing utility operational costs. The program will commence with an initial…
APEX, NC–(Marketwired – Jan 22, 2014) – InspectionXpert Corporation, (http://www.inspectionxpert.com) announced today record breaking results for 2013. InspectionXpert reported its fifth year of double digit growth, with over a 75% increase in gross revenues over the prior year. InspectionXpert has rapidly become a recognized leading innovator of quality process automation across an expanding, global client base of manufacturing industry segments including aerospace, defense, medical device, alternative energy, heavy manufacturing/construction equipment, oil and gas and machine/job shops. “Our growth in 2013 reflects the increasing demands on quality processes and the growing demand for quality automation solutions that are powerful yet also…
SCOTTSDALE, AZ–(Marketwired – Jan 22, 2014) – Beamz Interactive, Inc. (OTCQB: BZIC), a leading developer of state-of-the-art interactive music products, today announced that it will be exhibiting its latest Beamz Education and Healthcare controller at this year’s BETT Show January 22 – 25, 2014 at the ExCeL Centre in London, UK (Booth B461). Celebrating its 30th year, the BETT Show (formerly known as the British Educational Training and Technology Show) is the global meeting place for the education technology community and is one of the world’s leading learning technology events, bringing together 35,000 educators and learning professionals every January. BETT attracts…
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA–(Marketwired – Jan 22, 2014) – Faced with the prospect of increased competition with the rollout of the country’s National Broadband Network (NBN), Australian fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) and wholesale service provider, OptiComm Co Pty Ltd, has future-proofed its core network with the deployment of advanced Brocade® NetIron® MLX®, CER and CES routers. The platform, implemented for OptiComm by Brocade (NASDAQ: BRCD) local partner ASI Solutions, has enabled OptiComm to utilize multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) as a key technology for increasing network flexibility, scalability and manageability. OptiComm’s business model is based on partnering with residential, commercial and industrial property developers to…
HONG KONG, CHINA–(Marketwired – Jan 22, 2014) – Pacnet today announced its Wavelength Premium International Private Line (Wave Premium) service has been enhanced now that its 100G Asia-Pacific network upgrade has been completed. The expanded network capacity provides carriers and service providers higher availability and priority restoration capabilities through unparalleled route diversity. The enhanced Wave Premium service offers customers industry-leading Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with service credits up to 100 percent of monthly service charges, and will significantly decrease restoration time when a subsea outage occurs. With multiple subsea cables connecting major markets in the region, Pacnet has the ability to…
LEEDS, UNITED KINGDOM–(Marketwired – Jan. 22, 2014) – Callcredit Software, Analytics & Fraud Division are delighted to announce their latest product development resulting from a strategic relationship with Royal Mail. Callcredit have developed a real time anti-fraud solution using Royal Mail’s National Change of Address (NCOA) Alert service, a development that further cements Callcredit as the market leader for Identity and Fraud Solutions. NCOA Alert will be available to Callcredit’s customers and will initially form an integral part of its CallValidate product, the UK’s leading Identity Verification and Fraud Prevention Solution, enabling customers to include daily updates of Royal Mail’s…
NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwired – Jan 22, 2014) – To promote the benefits of the crowdfunding industry for entrepreneurs, startups, small businesses and equity investors, the NYC Crowdfunding Meetup Group will be hosting a free Crowdfunding Networking Event on January 28, 2014 at 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm at EVR located at 54 West 39th Street in Midtown West Manhattan. Alex Feldman, the NYC Crowdfunding Networking Meetup Organizer, has put together this networking event to allow interaction between crowdfunding advocates and seven subject matter experts who will provide short introductions to their areas of expertise. The event will provide subject matter…
BURBANK, CA–(Marketwired – January 22, 2014) – Condusiv™ Technologies, the leader in high-performance software optimizing technology, people and businesses, announces today that its V-locity® VM acceleration software has been selected as a finalist in the Systems Software category of Storage magazine/SearchStorage.com 2013 Products Of The Year. V-locity VM software optimizes I/O at the virtual machine (VM) layer to reduce I/O traffic and accelerate storage performance without requiring new hardware. Product enhancements include server-side DRAM read caching, which uses available memory to boost performance, a re-architected write optimization engine and an embedded benchmark tool to audit performance. “We see an in…
SAN JOSE, CA–(Marketwired – January 21, 2014) – Toshiba Corporation, a global technology leader and manufacturer of NAND flash memory, today announced that the Company has finalized the purchase of substantially all assets of OCZ Technology Group (PINKSHEETS: OCZTQ), making it a wholly owned subsidiary and Toshiba Group Company. Effective immediately, the Group company will operate independently as OCZ Storage Solutions, a leading provider of high-performance solid state drives (SSDs) for computing devices and systems. The acquisition provides Toshiba with OCZ’s enterprise and client SSD businesses and enables the established OCZ brand to continue in full force with a current…
NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwired – Jan 21, 2014) – Joe Zawadzki, co-founder and chief executive officer of MediaMath, will join the panel discussion — Crossing the Acquisition Divide: Automation Meets Programmatic — at AdExchanger’s Industry Preview on Wednesday, January 22, at 9:30 a.m. ET at The Times Center in New York, New York. For more information or to attend, please visit: http://industrypreview.com. Moderated by Ken Sena, managing director and Internet analyst with Evercore Partners, Zawadzki will be joined by Wes Moore, vice president of IMM and digital marketing solutions with Teradata, as well as Jed Nahum, senior director of global programmatic…
MILPITAS, CA–(Marketwired – Jan 21, 2014) – SGI (NASDAQ: SGI), the trusted leader in high performance computing and Big Data, today announced the introduction of SGI® InfiniteStorage™ 5100, SGI InfiniteStorage 5600 FC16, SGI® InfiniteStorage 5500-F, and SGI® InfiniteStorage 5600-F, supported by the InfiniteStorage Storage Management (ISSM) 11.10. These enhancements to the SGI InfiniteStorage 5000 series will enable customers to tackle their Big Data challenges with enhanced computing, performance and scalability, accelerating the discovery of actionable insights and innovation. The following new SGI Storage solutions include: SGI InfiniteStorage 5100This Raid platform offers the best in scalability and performance per dollar. Available in three enclosures…
SUNNYVALE, CA–(Marketwired – Jan 21, 2014) – AMD (NYSE: AMD) Q4 2013 Results AMD revenue of $1.59 billion, increased 9 percent sequentially and 38 percent year-over-year Gross margin of 35 percent Operating income of $135 million and non-GAAP(1) operating income of $91 million Net income of $89 million, earnings per share of $0.12 and non-GAAP(1) net income of $45 million, earnings per share of $0.06 2013 Annual Results AMD revenue of $5.3 billion, down 2 percent year-over-year Gross margin of 37 percent Operating income of $103 million Net loss of $83 million and loss per share of $0.11 AMD (NYSE:…
BEAVERTON, OR–(Marketwired – Jan 21, 2014) – Act-On Software, a leading provider of cloud-based integrated marketing automation software, today announced that it has been named a “Leader” among lead-to-revenue management platform vendors in the January 2014 Forrester Research, Inc. report: “The Forrester Wave™ Lead-To-Revenue Management Platform Vendors, Q1 2014” for small marketing teams and large enterprises. Act-On is the only vendor to be classified a Leader in both Forrester Wave™ market categories — Small Marketing Teams and Large Enterprises, and is one of two companies noted for its admirable job delivering functionality for nearly every criterion in the evaluation. Its…
REDWOOD SHORES, CA–(Marketwired – Jan 21, 2014) – Saba (OTC Pink: SABA), a global leader in next-generation cloud solutions for talent management, today provided an update on its business momentum and its progress on the restatement of historical financial results. “I am extremely pleased with our strong business momentum and the pace of our product innovation,” said Shawn Farshchi, President and CEO, Saba. “Cloud bookings during the first half of fiscal year 2014 hit a record high, as new Cloud bookings grew 63% in the second quarter of fiscal year 2014 over the same quarter in the prior year. Enterprises continued…
REDWOOD SHORES, CA–(Marketwired – Jan 21, 2014) – Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) News Summary The quantity of data generated by customer engagement applications can be overwhelming for lean sales and marketing teams, leading to lost sales leads, missed opportunities and human error. To better target, engage and convert trial customers into paid users, Semantria, a leader in cloud-based text and sentiment analysis, implemented Oracle Eloqua. With the flexible and scalable marketing platform provided by Oracle Eloqua, Semantria has dramatically increased sales conversation rates, significantly improved sales staff efficiency and achieved revenue growth of 600 percent. News Facts Semantria, a leader in…
SHELTON, CT–(Marketwired – Jan 21, 2014) – NXT-ID, Inc, (OTCQB: NXTD), a biometrics company focused on the growing m-commerce market, announces it will be doing a joint project with students at the John F. Welch College of Business at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, CT to assist with the marketing roll out of its next generation smart wallet, the Wocket™. The Wocket™ is a new biometrically secure smart wallet designed to replace the traditional wallet and the number of cards consumers carry. Its dynamically programmable magnetic stripe, NXTCard can replace more than 100 cards and can include medical records, ID,…