PHOENIX, AZ–(Marketwired – Jan 14, 2014) – Intesource — the go-to e-sourcing provider in the retail, grocery, and restaurant industries — has released its first mobile app for sourcing professionals. The app provides Intesource customers with instant access to sourcing event information from anywhere, at anytime. While forty percent of the U.S. workforce is expected to be mobile by 2016, according to Gartner, most sourcing and procurement technologies still require local or traditional web-based connections — which limit information access and hurt overall productivity. In fact, with today’s launch, Intesource becomes one of the first and only e-sourcing providers to offer…
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LES ULIS, FRANCE–(Marketwired – Jan 14, 2014) – HP (NYSE: HPQ) today announced that Air France has automated and increased the reliability of its 1,500 Linux servers by deploying a private cloud solution based on HP Cloud Service Automation (CSA) software to accelerate deployment times for physical and virtual infrastructures. Air France operates 1,500 flights daily in France and across the world. Together with KLM, Air France is part of one of the leading European air transport groups, offering customers access to a network covering 230 destinations in 113 countries from hubs at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport and Amsterdam…
MIAMI, FL–(Marketwired – Jan 14, 2014) – ColoHouse, a leading provider of data center colocation and IT infrastructure solutions announces the formal opening of MIA II, the company’s multi-million dollar Miami data center expansion project. Centrally located in the heart of downtown Miami, ColoHouse benefits from a highly stable power grid, resilient priority turn-up zoning and unparalleled proximity to critical global internet exchange points. Capitalizing on this localized opportunity, ColoHouse delivers high-performance colocation and data center solutions; backed by the facility’s redundant, high-density power infrastructure and carrier-neutral network connectivity. MIA II, designed by an Uptime Institute certified architect, features redundant…
BOSTON, MA–(Marketwired – January 14, 2014) – uTest, the in-the-wild app testing leader, today announced it has closed a $43 Million Series E round of funding, led by Goldman Sachs. The funding comes ahead of the company’s previously announced plans to expand its offering and change its name to Applause, and brings its funding-to-date to more than $80 Million. As the company rolls out its expanded Applause vision in the coming months, it will use this funding to: Expand in-the-wild testing services. The company will invest heavily in its real-world software testing services, including significant commitments to further advancing its…
ENGLEWOOD, CO–(Marketwired – Jan 14, 2014) – Evolving Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVOL) Over 600 Million DSA Licensed Connections Worldwide as Company Adds Four New DSA Customers for the Year More Than 4 Million DSA-Enabled SIM Cards Activated During Recent Holiday Season New One-Day Record for DSA Activations by a Single Carrier Evolving Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVOL), a leader in activation, enablement and management of services for connected mobile devices, today announced that 2013 was a record-setting year for the Company’s Dynamic SIM Allocation™ (DSA) solution. The Company won four new DSA accounts and saw new records established for the activation of…
DALLAS, TX–(Marketwired – Jan 14, 2014) – Digital Generation, Inc. (NASDAQ: DGIT), the world’s leading ad management and distribution platform, today announced that it has filed a definitive proxy statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regarding the merger transaction with Extreme Reach, Inc. and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Extreme Reach and has set the date for a special meeting of stockholders to approve the transaction. The Company’s special meeting of stockholders will be held on Monday, February 3, 2014, at 10 a.m. local time. The meeting will be held at the Four Seasons Resort and Club Dallas at…
HONG KONG, CHINA–(Marketwired – Jan 14, 2014) – OTCQX: NETDY 14 January 2014 NetDimensions (Holdings) Limited (“NetDimensions” or “the Company”) Director Shareholding and Total Voting Rights NetDimensions (AIM: NETD), a global provider of performance, knowledge and learning management systems, announces that on 10 January 2014 the Board issued and allotted 50,000 ordinary shares of US$0.001 each in the Company (“Ordinary Shares”) to the following Non-Executive Directors of the Company. These awards have been made to them as part of their remuneration package. No. of Following Admission Following shares total holding of Admission total allotted ordinary shares holding as % of…
HONG KONG, CHINA–(Marketwired – Jan 14, 2014) – January 14 2014 NetDimensions (Holdings) Limited (“NetDimensions” or the “Company”) NetDimensions selected by Thales Training & Consultancy to manage the compliance and learning needs of leading training organisations across Europe NetDimensions (AIM: NETD; OTCQX: NETDY), a global provider of performance, knowledge, and learning management systems, announces that it has been selected by Thales Training & Consultancy to manage the compliance and learning needs of employees and clients across Europe. Thales Training & Consultancy ispart of the Thales Group, which has over 68,000 employees globally. Thales Training & Consultancy is renowned for being…
SAN JOSE, CA–(Marketwired – Jan 14, 2014) – A10 Networks, a technology leader in application networking, today announced the A10 Thunder TPS™ Series, designed to provide high-performance, network-wide protection against a variety of volumetric, protocol, resource and more sophisticated Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks and improve service availability for critical Internet infrastructures and public-facing websites. Building on the existing DDoS feature set in the company’s popular application delivery controllers (ADCs), A10 today expands its offerings with the introduction of a standalone line of DDoS products for network-wide protection. The Thunder TPS product line is built upon A10’s Advanced Core…
TEMPE, AZ–(Marketwired – Jan 14, 2014) – enChoice®, Inc. announced today that its CYA Extender tool for CYA SmartRecovery™ now supports EMC® Documentum® customers using IBM® Tivoli® Storage Manager (TSM). CYA Extender reduces storage costs by enabling content backups performed by CYA SmartRecovery to bypass expensive disk storage and be streamed directly to TSM or Symantec NetBackup™. CYA SmartRecovery performs hot, consistent backups of repository content and metadata. It is the only solution enabling organizations to quickly recover from operational incidents such as user errors, programmatic errors, and metadata corruption by quickly recovering just the affected information to its original…
NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwired – Jan 14, 2014) – Reality Crowd TV, a new reality TV program hosted by Manolis Sfinarolakis and Jessica Sun, announced today that the program is now accepting two-minute pitch videos to discover crowdfunding campaigns that will be featured on the company’s upcoming crowdfunding campaign to produce a professional movie pitch trailer that will be launched in February 2014. Each video should begin by stating the entrepreneur’s name, location, and the phrase “and I want to be on Reality Crowd TV.” The videos should be no longer than two-minutes in length and explain to the American public…
SINGAPORE–(Marketwired – Jan 13, 2014) – Pacnet, a leading provider of integrated network and technology solutions in the Asia-Pacific region, today officially opened Cloudspace II (SGCS2), the first data center design in Singapore to be recognized with Uptime Institute’s Tier Certification of Design Documents. The US$90 million facility is one of Pacnet’s flagship data centers built to help meet the rapidly growing demand for interconnected, advanced data and managed services in the Asia-Pacific region. Leading multinational companies and local enterprises such as Acclivis Technologies and Solutions (Acclivis) have already committed to deploying in SGCS2 to expand their business. The eight-storey,…
MONTRÉAL, QUÉBEC–(Marketwired – Jan. 13, 2014) – Today, COGECO Inc. (TSX:CGO) (“COGECO” or the “Corporation”) announced its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2014, ended November 30, 2013, in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”). For the first quarter of fiscal 2014: Revenue increased by 41.0% to reach $517.0 million compared to the same period of the prior year; Operating income before depreciation and amortization(1) increased by 42.8% compared to the first quarter of fiscal 2013, reaching $224.0 million. The rapid progression for the period is mainly attributable to the acquisitions of Atlantic Broadband and Peer 1…
SUNNYVALE, CA–(Marketwired – Jan 13, 2014) – Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR) the industry leader in network innovation, today commented on the filing of a Schedule 13D made by Elliott Management Corp. (“Elliott”) stating that Elliott-related funds beneficially own 6.2% of Juniper in stock and options. The Company issued the following statement: Juniper welcomes open communications with its shareholders and values their input. Juniper continues to deliver improved financial and operational performance as evidenced by five consecutive quarters of year-over-year revenue growth and our continued efforts to streamline the Company’s cost base. We have a proven record of generating and returning…
PALO ALTO, CA–(Marketwired – Jan 13, 2014) – Frequentz released a new version of its Information Repository & Intelligence Server (IRIS), its first major product upgrade since taking over the platform from IBM. IRIS 3.2 is an event-driven traceability server that provides organizations, including manufacturers, wholesalers, and government agencies, with end-to-end product visibility and transaction security throughout the supply chain. The upgraded platform allows for faster product querying and provides improved integration with Frequentz’s ePedigree offering. IRIS 3.2 also offers new serial number management capabilities and enhanced compliance features, and supports GS1 guidance for improved interoperability between trading partners. “Our…
SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwired – Jan 13, 2014) – InsideView®, the CRM Intelligence™ leader, today announced the appointment of Will Spendlove as Vice President of Product Marketing. An accomplished marketing veteran, Spendlove will drive strategic product marketing initiatives and sales enablement for all InsideView solutions, scaling to keep pace with high demand for InsideView CRM Intelligence worldwide. An innovative thinker with two decades of experience, Spendlove joins InsideView from Salesforce.com, where he led product marketing for the Remedyforce product group. Spendlove led programs that doubled revenues in a three-year time span, and grew the customer base by a factor of six.…
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA–(Marketwired – Jan 13, 2014) – TaxACT®, a leading provider of tax preparation solutions, is now submitting small business returns e-filed through its download and new online programs to the IRS. TaxACT has been accepting e-filed partnership, corporate and multi-member LLC returns since January 6 and began submitting returns as soon as the IRS opened its doors. Online versions of federal 1065, 1120S and 1120 programs debuted in October when TaxACT released Preview versions of online and download solutions for small businesses, professional preparers and individuals. TaxACT Online returns can be accessed from any browser, allowing users to…
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwired – Jan. 13, 2014) – eMedia Networks International Corporation (TSX VENTURE:EMM) (“eMedia” or the “Company”) announces the Plan of Arrangement was approved by the shareholders at the Special Meeting held today. The Arrangement remains subject to, among other things, the final approval of the Supreme Court of British Columbia. The hearing for the final court order to approve the Arrangement is scheduled to take place on or about January 23, 2014, with the effective date of the Arrangement expected to occur on or about January 30, 2014. Details regarding the terms of the Arrangement are set out…
AUSTIN, TX–(Marketwired – Jan 13, 2014) – SolarWinds® (NYSE: SWI), a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT management software, today announced that it will report its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2013 on Wednesday, February 5, 2014. The company also plans to present at one investor conference this quarter. FOURTH QUARTER EARNINGS CALL SolarWinds will host a conference call to discuss its financial results and its business for the fourth quarter and full year 2013 at 4:00 p.m. CT (5:00 p.m. ET/2:00 p.m. PT) on Wednesday, February 5, 2014. A live webcast of the call will…
LOS ANGELES, CA–(Marketwired – Jan 13, 2014) – Newegg.com is pleased to announce that the United States Supreme Court categorically denied notorious patent troll Soverain Software’s petition for writ of certiorari to rehear a January 2013 decision of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that completely invalidated as obvious Soverain patents purporting to cover basic online functionalities, such as the online shopping cart. There is no further appeal to this decision. “Patents held by organizations like Soverain are like vampires — unproductive, undead, unholy and intent on sucking economic and entrepreneurial lifeblood out of society,” said Lee Cheng,…