MCLEAN, VA–(Marketwired – Jan 21, 2014) – Building on a successful 2013 inaugural campaign, the Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) today announced year two for the NVTC Data Center and Cloud Infrastructure Committee (DCCIC) including details about the Committee’s first meeting in 2014. The Committee’s mission is to provide a clear, collective and compelling voice for the region’s data center and cloud and critical infrastructure community in an effort to contribute to the long term growth and prosperity of the industry. It examines a variety of issues and measures the impact of the data center ecosystem on regional business and…
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NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwired – January 21, 2014) – FlashStock Inc. completes seed stage round of financing to continue development of its on-demand stock photography platform. FlashStock provides brands a steady stream of customized, on-brand images sourced from a growing global network of consumer photographers in real time via smartphones. The service provides simple, safe and easy to understand rights management, helping to reduce legal and ethical risks associated with the use of social media images in marketing campaigns. Different from other stock photography services, the FlashStock model allows brands to co-create authentic online and traditional marketing campaigns using on-brand…
NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwired – Jan 21, 2014) – World Moto, Inc. (OTCBB: FARE) (OTCQB: FARE) (BERLIN: WM7) (BERLIN: A1J8SY) (“World Moto” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce today that the Mexican Patent Office (IMPI) has issued an official communication that the Company’s Moto-Meter™ patent has successfully overcome the formal examination stage. Changing the way the world goes around, World Moto is a global authority on the $500 billion dollar a year motorcycle taxi industry and inventor of the Moto-Meter™, Wheelies™, and Yes™. On Jan 10, 2014, the Instituto Mexicano de la Propiedad Industrial (IMPI), or the Mexican Patent Office, issued…
PLAINVIEW, NY–(Marketwired – Jan 21, 2014) – NeuLion, Inc. (TSX: NLN), the leading Internet video technology provider for delivering live and on-demand content to any Internet-enabled device, is excited to bring viewers the next installment of their web series, Digital Dudes. The Internet broadcast will feature industry leaders from MLS, Univision, Rogers and FreeWheel as they discuss real examples and successes in each of their digital businesses, providing viewers of the show with great insight into TV Everywhere and the interactive fan experience. On January 23, 2014, Digital Dudes host Chris Wagner, EVP of NeuLion, will bring up key topics…
SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwired – Jan 21, 2014) – Clustrix, provider of the leading scale-out SQL database engineered for the cloud, today announced the expansion of its executive team with the appointments of Vice President of Marketing, Tony Barbagallo and Vice President of Engineering, Rao Yendluri. Barbagallo and Yendluri each bring more than twenty-five years of technology experience to Clustrix. The new executives complement the hiring of Sales Vice President, Mike Azevedo last quarter and will help drive the company’s software business model and growing market presence. Barbagallo brings a range of product, corporate and channel marketing to Clustrix. He previously…
SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwired – Jan 21, 2014) – Nexmo, the company that enables enterprises and developers to communicate simply and seamlessly with any phone globally by eliminating the need to interface with or adapt to intermediate telecom hardware and providers, announced today that it has closed $18 million in its Series C round of funding led by Sorenson Capital, with participation from its existing investors, Intel Capital and NHN Investment. Fraser Bullock, managing director of Sorenson Capital, has joined the Nexmo board of directors. Profitable with increasing revenue growth, Nexmo will use the funds to expand its suite of communication APIs…
SEATTLE, WA–(Marketwired – January 21, 2014) – Simply Measured, the industry leader in social media analytics and reporting platform, today announced that 98 percent of the world’s largest brands were active on Twitter during Q4 of 2013, and 64 percent of successful, growing US companies are utilizing the network as well. The full study is available to download for free at: http://get.simplymeasured.com/twitter-study-pm.html. The Simply Measured study leveraged the company’s comprehensive Twitter reports, which allow brands to measure full campaigns. Reports include account reporting, keyword monitoring, multi-account monitoring, competitive monitoring and a complete social media snapshot. Simply Measured’s Twitter study found…
DALLAS, TX–(Marketwired – Jan 21, 2014) – Paragon Software Systems, Inc., a leader in vehicle routing and scheduling optimization solutions, announces that Goody Goody Liquors Inc. is using Paragon Single Depot transportation planning software to develop and implement efficient and practical transportation schedules for its fleet of over 35 trucks located at three individual distribution centers. Using the routing and scheduling solution, Goody Goody Liquors has improved customer service and reached its resource utilization goals. “Goody Goody Liquors is focused on customer service, reducing miles, improving resource utilization and cost savings,” said William Salter, President & CEO of Paragon Software…
CHICAGO, IL–(Marketwired – January 21, 2014) – GlobalView, a premier provider of enterprise-wide market data solutions for the energy and commodity industries, proudly announces the release of their next generation charting and analytics tool, MarketView® Desktop™ 6.0. GlobalView specializes in developing and supplying the energy and commodity industries with data management solutions that aggregate real-time and historical market data from exchanges, pricing services, brokers, emerging markets, and more using the Internet and enterprise network systems. “We are beyond excited about the release of MarketView Desktop 6.0,” said Chris Harrison, Executive Vice President of Product Development. “It features an exceptional new design…
NEW YORK, NEW YORK–(Marketwired – Jan. 21, 2014) – Infusion, a global creative and technology solutions leader, unveiled a new Experience Showcase at their global headquarters in New York last week to coincide with NRF’s The BIG Show. Infusion delivered over 30 one-on-one guided tours and hosted three cocktail parties, exposing hundreds of visitors to the innovative technology solutions Infusion has implemented for clients including RadioShack, L’Oreal, Richtree Natural Market Restaurants, Royal Bank of Canada, and Build-A-Bear Workshop (15 deployed case studies in total). The Infusion Experience Showcase will remain open for tours for the next few months for those…
PALO ALTO, CA–(Marketwired – Jan 21, 2014) – The HP (NYSE: HPQ) board of directors has declared a regular cash dividend of 14.52 cents per share on the company’s common stock. The dividend, the second in HP’s fiscal year 2014, is payable on April 2, 2014, to stockholders of record as of the close of business on March 12, 2014. HP has approximately 1.9 billion shares of common stock outstanding. About HPHP creates new possibilities for technology to have a meaningful impact on people, businesses, governments and society. With the broadest technology portfolio spanning printing, personal systems, software, services and IT…
CAMBRIDGE, MA–(Marketwired – Jan 21, 2014) – The erosion of the traditional health insurance business model, along with rapidly evolving digital consumer technologies, are compelling payers to seek out digital consumer technologies for both population health management and member engagement & loyalty, according to Chilmark Research’s newly released report: 2013 Payer Benchmark Report: Payer Adoption of Emerging Consumer Tech. The report describes a rapidly shifting payer world. Over the past 12 months, the ACA/Obamacare has come to be seen as inevitable, and Health Insurance Exchanges (HIX) are forcing payers to seek out new places in the minds of consumers and…
ALAMEDA, CA–(Marketwired – Jan 21, 2014) – Verific Design Automation, provider of SystemVerilog, Verilog and VHDL parsers, closed 2013 with a double-digit increase in revenue and 56 active user companies, many of whom are longstanding customers. 2013 also marked the year that Verific shipped its 100th license since its inception in 1999. “We attribute our success to a few basic principles,” remarks Michiel Ligthart, Verific’s president and chief operating officer, who notes that the corporate goal is to provide the best architected and implemented front-ends in the industry. “We encourage our R&D and customer support teams to operate as a…
PENNSAUKEN, NJ–(Marketwired – Jan 21, 2014) – Lattice Incorporated (OTCQB: LTTC) (“Lattice” or the “Company”), a cloud-solutions provider of inmate management network systems for correction facilities, completed the installation of a 200-station video visitation system at the Adelanto Detention Center in San Bernardino, CA. A result of Lattice’s 2013 acquisition of InnoVisit’s advanced video conferencing technology, this latest installation expands the Company’s service footprint into the lucrative California market, the largest corrections market in the U.S. According to the Washington Post, in an effort to reduce significant overcrowding in California’s prisons, Gov. Jerry Brown has proposed spending $500 million on…
TORONTO, ON–(Marketwired – Jan 21, 2014) – Dr. Andreas Veneris, president and chief executive officer of Vennsa Technologies Inc., will be the recipient of the 10-year Retrospective Most Influential Paper Award at the 19th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC). The ASP-DAC 2014 Technical Program Committee selected the 2004 ASP-DAC paper, “Design Diagnosis Using Boolean Satisfiability,” co-authored by Dr. Veneris as the most influential paper from among those selected that year. ASP-DAC will be held January 20-23 in Suntec, Singapore. The award ceremony will be held Wednesday, January 22. According to Dr. Veneris, “This 2004 paper described the…
NEWBURY, UNITED KINGDOM–(Marketwired – Jan 21, 2014) – Micro Focus (LSE: MCRO.L), a leading provider of enterprise application modernization, testing and management solutions, has confirmed two additional customers have achieved fast, cost-effective business application modernization using its Rumba technology. Allianz UK and Cooperative Communication have implemented Rumba to deliver efficiencies through streamlined business processes and improve the accessibility of core business applications through web, desktop and mobile interfaces. Allianz UK – Improving productivity and efficiency Allianz UK, part of Allianz SE Group and one of the largest general insurers in the UK, wanted to maintain its core mainframe-based policy administration…
HAMPSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM–(Marketwired – Jan 21, 2014) – New findings from leading hi-tech analysts, Juniper Research, reveal that the Phablet, once perceived to have limited potential, will ship over 120 million units by 2018, rising from an estimated 20 million in 2013. The device will find particularly receptive markets in East Asian territories such as South Korea — with gamers who desire a larger surface to play on, and China — where content streamers will benefit from a higher quality screen. Range Expansion The new report, Tablets, Phablets, Hybrids & eReaders: Market Strategies & Forecasts 2014-2018 notes that the Phablet…
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA–(Marketwired – Jan 21, 2014) – Shape Security today launched a revolutionary new product to protect websites against the most dangerous cyber attacks. The ShapeShifter™ is a network security appliance that prevents website breaches by immediately disabling the capability of malware, bots and other scripted attacks to interact with your web application. “For years, attackers have used automated malware to conduct huge numbers of attacks on computer systems quickly and cheaply,” said Bob Blakley, director of security innovation at Citigroup. “By taking a technique — polymorphic code — out of the attackers’ own playbook, Shape turns the cost…
SINGAPORE–(Marketwired – Jan 21, 2014) – Brocade (NASDAQ: BRCD) today announced the appointment of Adam Judd to the role of vice president for Asia Pacific (APAC). Judd will be responsible for the strategic direction and management of all sales and business development across the region, delivering aggressive growth targets for the Brocade® Ethernet/IP business and further strengthening the company’s partner and channel strategies. Judd will be based in Singapore and will report directly to senior vice president of Worldwide Sales and Field Operations, Jeff Lindholm. According to IDC, ICT spending in the APAC region, excluding Japan (APEJ), is expected to…
SAN JOSE, CA–(Marketwired – Jan 20, 2014) – Nimble Storage (NYSE: NMBL), a leading provider of flash-optimized hybrid storage solutions, today announced that it signed an exclusive master distribution agreement with Toshiba. As a result of the agreement, Toshiba Cloud and Solutions Company will distribute Nimble Storage hybrid arrays through its value-added distributor and reseller partner community in Japan. In addition, Toshiba IT-Services Corporation will provide local language 24×7 on-site support for all Nimble hybrid storage products throughout Japan. Nimble Storage has developed a hybrid storage architecture engineered to address the industry’s most pressing storage issues: delivering better performance and capacity…