PLEASANTON, CA–(Marketwired – Jan 15, 2014) – Workday, Inc. (NYSE: WDAY), a leader in enterprise cloud applications for human resources and finance, today announced that in connection with its underwritten registered public offering, the underwriters have provided notice that they will exercise in full their option to purchase an additional 900,000 shares of its Class A common stock. Closing of the offering is expected to occur on January 21, 2014, subject to customary closing conditions. Workday expects to use the net proceeds from the offering for working capital and other general corporate purposes, including potential acquisitions of businesses, technologies, or…
Author: Brian Johnson
REDWOOD SHORES, CA–(Marketwired – Jan 15, 2014) – iPass Inc. (NASDAQ: IPAS), the global Wi-Fi roaming leader for enterprises and telecom service providers, today announced that it will release its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal 2013 on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 following the close of regular market trading. The company will host a live conference call that same day to discuss its financial results, outlook and business activities at 2 p.m. Pacific time (5 p.m. Eastern time). The conference call will be accessible by telephone, toll-free at 888-359-3627 or direct dial at 719-457-2727 with a participant confirmation…
CHICAGO, IL–(Marketwired – Jan 15, 2014) – TechNexus, a venture collaborative, is the entrepreneurial partner for the inaugural Forbes Reinventing America Summit, scheduled for March 26-28, 2014, at Chicago’s JW Marriott. This invitation-only event will bring together leaders of the next industrial revolution for a non-partisan discussion about the role of heartland innovation in the U.S. economy’s recovery. “We’re happy to partner with Forbes as part of our national engagement, and help bring its inaugural Reinventing America Summit to Chicago,” said Terry Howerton, Co-Founder and CEO of TechNexus. “We believe that the best way to reinvent America is to empower…
SAN JOSE, CA–(Marketwired – Jan 15, 2014) – Quantum Corp. (NYSE: QTM) today announced that four of its products have been named finalists in Storage magazine/SearchStorage.com’s 2013 Product of the Year Awards, more than any other storage provider. Spanning a cross section of its scale-out storage and data protection solutions, the products were recognized for innovation and value in three categories: Lattus Object Storage systems in the Storage Systems category; DXi6800 backup and deduplication appliances and Scalar i6000 HD tape libraries in the Backup Hardware category; and DXi V4000 virtual backup and deduplication appliances in the Backup and Disaster Recovery…
SAN DIEGO, CA–(Marketwired – Jan 15, 2014) – Parametric Sound Corporation (NASDAQ: PAMT), a leading innovator of audio products and solutions, today announced that it has completed its merger with privately-held Turtle Beach, the market leader in video game audio. In connection with the merger, Parametric Sound issued shares of common stock to the former Turtle Beach stockholders which, together with options to purchase shares of Turtle Beach common stock that were converted into options to purchase shares of Parametric Sound common stock, represents approximately 80% of the outstanding Parametric Sound common stock on a fully-diluted basis immediately following the…
NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwired – Jan 15, 2014) – Usablenet, a global leader in mobile and multichannel technology, today introduced Usablenet API Service, which uses the technology platform’s capabilities to convert any internet content to RESTful-based API. Based on the company’s Agile Web Services technology, Usablenet API Service enables businesses to become more agile in creating native apps and expanding to other multi-channel projects. Designed to facilitate organizations’ transition into a services-based architecture and keep up with today’s rapidly evolving multi-channel business environment, Usablenet API Service allows front-end developers to focus on creating native or web user experiences based on the…
PALO ALTO, CA and SEATTLE, WA–(Marketwired – Jan 15, 2014) – Cloudera, the leader in enterprise analytic data management powered by Apache Hadoop™ and Koverse, the company that separates signal from noise for data-driven organizations, today announced a partnership that includes joint development, solution collaboration with customers and certification against Cloudera’s upcoming release — Cloudera Enterprise 5. Deploying Cloudera Enterprise 5 with the Koverse platform as a core element of an enterprise data hub brings customers analytic capabilities not possible with traditional, purpose built solutions. An enterprise data hub is one place to store and work with all data, with…
SAN DIEGO, CA–(Marketwired – Jan 15, 2014) – Covario, a leading independent search marketing firm, today issued its Global Paid Search Spend Analysis for the fourth quarter of 2013, reporting that spending on pay-per-click (PPC) advertising by its global technology, consumer electronics, and retail clients rose 13 percent from the third quarter and 7 percent year-over-year. Paid search advertising on mobile devices continued strong as spending grew 23 percent over the third quarter and 55 percent over the fourth quarter of 2012. And while fourth quarter keyword pricing declined compared to the previous quarter, the average cost-per-click (CPC) increased 10…
QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC–(Marketwired – Jan. 15, 2014) – De Marque, a leader in the field of digital publishing, has taken yet another step forward in its international development by exporting to France an expertise developed in Quebec, with the goal of creating a unique, e-book lending project for all public libraries in Grenoble. “This is an incredible opportunity for De Marque, who this spring will start offering the some 41,000 users of Grenoble’s public libraries a customized solution based on a model similar to the Quebec platform pretnumerique.ca,” De Marque president and cofounder Marc Boutet explains. Already solidly established in…
CHICAGO, IL–(Marketwired – Jan 15, 2014) – Instacart (www.Instacart.com), the only service that can deliver groceries from multiple local stores within an hour, announced today that it has added four North Shore neighborhoods to its coverage area in Chicago, upping the number of vicinities it serves to 27. The expansion was expedited due to a high volume of requests from this area, most likely due to inclement weather. Instacart’s Chicago service started in September 2013 and is growing at double the rate of San Francisco, where it was initially launched in May 2012. “The reception to Instacart’s same-day grocery delivery…
NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwired – Jan 15, 2014) – MongoDB today announced that RMS, the leader in catastrophe risk modeling, has selected MongoDB as the data store for RMS(one)™, the insurance industry’s first cloud-based, open, real-time risk management platform. Developed by RMS, RMS(one) securely centralizes all the data and analytics insurance companies need to evaluate the risk from global catastrophes. The high-resolution, single-source of risk analytics will enable insurance companies to plan new growth strategies and manage their capital more effectively. The MongoDB-based platform currently stores in excess of 100 billion documents per year and will scale to support trillions of…
BOSTON, MA–(Marketwired – Jan 15, 2014) – Wolf & Company, P.C. announced that Tracy Hall has joined the firm to lead its Business Continuity Planning practice. Ms. Hall provides guidance and oversight to clients in areas of planning; auditing and assessing; business impact analysis; business continuity plan development and maintenance; training and awareness; disaster simulation exercises and pandemic planning across all the industries Wolf currently serves. She has more than 15 years of experience in business continuity planning and holds a Masters Certification in Business Continuity from the Disaster Recovery Institute. “Adding one of the top people in the Business…
AUSTIN, TX–(Marketwired – Jan 15, 2014) – Socialware, the leading social business solution provider for regulated industries, announced today that high demand from financial services professionals seeking a reliable social media solution fueled record growth in 2013. Socialware sales and services exceeded targets significantly, further solidifying the company’s leadership position in the social media middleware market for regulated businesses. The financial services and banking industries saw many firms piloting social media with a small group of users during the last two years. Throughout 2013, many large financial services firms recognized that social media projects need to be rolled out and…
MONTREAL, QUEBEC–(Marketwired – Jan. 15, 2014) – Tender Retail, a division of Canadian IT leader ACCEO Solutions, has announced that it will be hosting the second annual edition of the Payment Landscape conference on April 10 and 11, 2014, in Las Vegas. At the event, several well-known experts, chosen for their in-depth knowledge of the payment and retail industry, will be discussing the major challenges which are set to shape the new face of the payment industry, both in the United States and internationally. Authorities from key companies in the payment industry, the conference’s speakers will be sharing their expertise…
REDWOOD CITY, CA–(Marketwired – Jan 15, 2014) – People in the U.K. can now sharpen their cooking skills with Yummly, (http://www.yummly.com), the leading digital kitchen and recipe discovery platform. Today, the food technology company announced its robust recipe tool will be available in the U.K., via web and an iOS app. This is the first step in Yummly’s path to create a global index for food and ingredients, marking the company’s entrance into the international market and extending its audience beyond the more than 15 million monthly unique visitors in the U.S. “Yummly already has incredible traction in the U.S.…
PALO ALTO, CA–(Marketwired – Jan 15, 2014) – The Anita Borg Institute (ABI), a non-profit organization focused on the advancement of women in computer science and engineering, announced today the Call for Participation for the 2014 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing (GHC) which takes place October 8-11, 2014 at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. “Everywhere. Everyone.” is the theme for the 2014 Grace Hopper Celebration, an annual event where women technologists from all over the world gather to network, collaborate, and explore the latest technologies and celebrate the influence of women in computing. The event provides attendees with sessions…
PLEASANTON, CA–(Marketwired – Jan 15, 2014) – Callidus Software Inc. (NASDAQ: CALD), a leading provider of sales and marketing effectiveness software, announced today that Vivint, a leader in home security, home automation and energy conservation services, has selected CallidusCloud Commissions to improve sales execution and accelerate growth. The agreement was signed in the fourth quarter of 2013. CallidusCloud Commissions enables companies to deploy targeted incentives and commission programs to drive sales execution. It provides businesses with the ability to automate the calculation and payment of commissions across internal and external sales. With extensive modeling and analytics capabilities, the solution provides…
SASKATOON, SASKATCHEWAN–(Marketwired – Jan. 15, 2014) – Shaw Communications (TSX:SJR.B) (NYSE:SJR) today announced a multi-year partnership with Canada’s top-ranked PGA TOUR pro and Presidents Cup breakout star Graham DeLaet. As part of the agreement, DeLaet will sport the Shaw logo on the front of his hat and golf bag in golf tournaments around the world. DeLaet hits the field for the first time with Shaw branded gear at the 2014 Farmers Insurance Open, January 23-26 at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego, CA. “Graham is a highly accomplished athlete, a proud Canadian and a great ambassador for the game…
AUSTIN, TX–(Marketwired – Jan 15, 2014) – Spiceworks, the vertical network for IT, today announced its 2014 schedule of Unplugged events in cities across the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Additional tour dates and locations will be announced on the Spiceworks Unplugged website. Spiceworks Unplugged events feature a live panel of IT decision makers who share their experiences, purchasing behavior, and ways marketers and sales professionals can reach and influence them more effectively. Sessions also highlight marketing tactics that work, key technology trends IT professionals are following, and the resources they use throughout the purchase process. Unplugged sessions…
SAN MATEO, CA–(Marketwired – Jan 15, 2014) – Space‐Time Insight, the market-leading provider of situational intelligence solutions, has opened a new office in the United Kingdom to serve business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The establishment of a market presence in Europe follows a successful $20 million Series C financing in September 2013 led by London-based private equity fund, Zouk Capital. Leading the new office is Mike Lewis who has joined the Space-Time Insight team as Vice President and General Manager, EMEA. Lewis has 28 years of enterprise software applications experience, 15 years of which were spent with global…