SANTA CLARA, CA–(Marketwired – Jan 8, 2014) – AccelOps’ analytics-driven IT operations management software for cloud and virtualized infrastructures has been shortlisted for the 2013-14 Cloud Awards as a finalist in the Security Innovation of the Year category. The Cloud Awards celebrate excellence and support organizational innovation in the cloud. These global awards recognize achievements in cloud computing in categories that include security, big data and mobile. The Cloud Awards were founded in 2011 by a group of technical engineers, business leaders and marketers. AccelOps delivers the industry’s only integrated software platform to monitor security, performance, compliance and availability across…
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ATLANTA, GA–(Marketwired – Jan 8, 2014) – First Advantage, a Symphony Technology Group (STG) company and the leading global provider of screening analytics and identity solutions, today announced that is has been recognized by TopHR, a leading Human Resources media company in China, as the Best Background Screening Service Provider in the 2013 China HR Pioneer Awards. TopHR launched this inaugural award in 2013 to recognize the growing focus among employers in China to conduct background screenings on their job candidates. During the Sixth Annual China HR Strategic Management Annual Conference, Kevin Zhang, China Country Manager of First Advantage, received…
SAN DIEGO, CA–(Marketwired – January 08, 2014) – ACTIVE Network™ Business Solutions , the leader in SMART EVENTS™ technology, today announced it sees event technology becoming an essential piece of the Chief Marketing Officer’s (CMO’s) toolkit in 2014. The Company says that leading organizations are using the intelligence gathered throughout their Meetings and Events portfolio to get a complete, 360-degree view of their customers. “As organizations look to get a holistic view of their customers, the valuable intelligence gathered through Meetings and Events is a critical addition to well-established CRM and marketing automation tools,” said JR Sherman, Senior General Manager and…
AUSTIN, TX–(Marketwired – Jan 8, 2014) – Spiceworks, the vertical network for IT, today announced a series of updates that simplify how more than 4 million IT professionals manage their technology environments. The new features are designed to give IT professionals access to the security and help desk tools they need to get their jobs done more efficiently, all from a single management interface. “More than 4 million IT professionals rely on Spiceworks for the tools, information and connections they need to do their jobs,” said Jay Hallberg, co-founder and COO of Spiceworks. “As the platform expands, Spiceworks is reshaping…
SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwired – Jan 8, 2014) – New Relic today announced that Sarah Friar, Chief Financial Officer and Operations Lead at Square, has joined the software analytics company’s Board of Directors. As CFO of Square and having held roles at salesforce.com, Goldman Sachs and McKinsey & Company, Friar brings her depth of experience in financial and technology leadership to a board that includes New Relic CEO Lew Cirne, Peter Fenton of Benchmark Capital (chairman), Dan Scholnick of Trinity Ventures and Peter Currie of Currie Capital. As the pioneer in the Software Analytics category and recognized market leader in Application…
OXFORD, UNITED KINGDOM–(Marketwired – Jan 8, 2014) – Sophos today announced the opening of a new office in Silicon Valley, California. As a global leader in IT security, expanding to the Bay Area is a key corporate initiative for Sophos, as the company looks to enter its next phase of growth. The new office strengthens the company’s ability to support its growing network of value added resellers, distributors and strategic partners across North America, and particularly on the west coast. Sophos President and CEO Kris Hagerman said, “Sophos is thrilled to join the many other technology leaders that call Silicon…
BEIJING, CHINA–(Marketwired – Jan 8, 2014) – ChinaCache the leading total solutions provider of internet content and application delivery services in China is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Wang Jiang as the company’s CTO with immediate effect. Mr. Wang will be responsible for planning, development and implementation of the company’s overall technology infrastructure. He will spearhead the establishment of a new technology platform to support future technology innovation and development of the company. The founder, chairman and CEO of ChinaCache, Mr. Wang Song expressed a warm welcome for Mr. Wang Jiang’s joining, and said that Wang Jiang not…
IRVINE, CA–(Marketwired – Jan 8, 2014) – In-store analytics — solutions to leverage Big Data in the retail store environment — will be among latest and greatest technology innovations showcased next week as the retail elite gather at the National Retail Federation’s 103rd Annual Convention and Expo — Retail’s Big Show in New York City, taking place Jan. 12-15. However many of these solutions will come with a steep price tag that many retailers — challenged by a slow economy — can ill afford. Enter NexVisionIX, who will be introducing an innovative 60-day trial program aimed at breaking the cost…
SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwired – Jan 8, 2014) – Today, Zephyr Health, a fast-growing big data analytics platform for companies in the life sciences industry, announced a $15 million funding round co-led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Jafco Ventures. In addition to the company’s funding, Zephyr Health also announced the addition of Brook Byers, general partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), and Joe Horowitz, managing general partner at Jafco Ventures, to its Board of Directors. “A key problem today for life science companies of all sizes is the enormous scale and variety of data they must deal…
SAN JOSE, CA–(Marketwired – Jan 8, 2014) – Apigee, the digital business company, today announced that it has acquired InsightsOne, a technology company that provides big data predictive intelligence to help businesses understand consumer preferences. InsightsOne expands Apigee’s big data analytics portfolio to deliver the only platform that integrates the power of APIs with the agility of predictive big data analytics, enabling digital business leaders to anticipate and quickly adapt to business changes. InsightsOne will be offered as a stand-alone product today and part of Apigee’s integrated digital business platform for mobile apps, APIs and data analytics by mid-2014. “Success…
NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwired – Jan 8, 2014) – MediaMath, the creator of the TerminalOne Marketing Operating System™ for digital marketers, today announced the appointment of Co-Founder Erich Wasserman as Global Chief Revenue Officer to lead the company’s sales and account management business units across North America, LatAm, EMEA and APAC. Wasserman, whose appointment is part of a larger effort to capitalize on MediaMath’s terrific momentum by nearly doubling the investment in sales and marketing globally, comes to this role after three years as GM EMEA & APAC. As the leader of the EMEA & APAC organization, he established and expanded…
REDWOOD SHORES, CA–(Marketwired – January 08, 2014) – Avangate, the leading Digital Commerce solution provider trusted by thousands of Software and Online Services companies to grow their business worldwide, today announced its participation at Affiliate Summit West 2014 from January 12-14 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Avangate will be speaking at the conference, as well as showcasing its industry leading Digital Affiliate Network and Commerce Platform at the Meet Market session, table #940 on January 12th. “Affiliate Summit is the premier event and conference in the affiliate marketing industry and we’re thrilled to support the show once again this year,” said Michael…
NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwired – Jan 8, 2014) – Integral Ad Science (www.integralads.com), the leading global provider of actionable advertising intelligence for buyers and sellers of digital media, today announced that it has received an infusion of $30 million led by August Capital that will be used to support technology and data science innovation as well as Integral’s international growth. The company surpassed its goals for growth over the last year, reporting that it has doubled its revenue in 2013. Since the company’s rebranding in November 2012, Integral’s media valuation solutions, which help brands, agencies and publishers eliminate online advertising fraud and optimize…
WEST KINGSTON, RI–(Marketwired – Jan 8, 2014) – Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, today announced the availability of three robust data center Operation Services offerings designed to optimize and simplify data center operations throughout each step of the data center life cycle. Leveraging expertise from the Data Center Lifecycle Services portfolio, Vendor Management, Managed Maintenance and Facility Operations are a group of strategic, vendor-agnostic services that will use trained specialists to ensure critical facilities meet their design objectives, allowing managers to avoid costly downtime and focus on core business goals. “Once thought of as necessary but expensive…
WELLESLEY HILLS, MA–(Marketwired – Jan 8, 2014) – RedPoint Global Inc. (www.redpoint.net), a leading provider of customer engagement solutions, today expanded its marketing ecosystem by adding support for new social media platforms, email service provider (ESP) software and content management systems. This extends the capabilities of RedPoint Global’s Convergent Marketing Platform™ and gives marketers more flexibility for creating cost-effective multi-channel customer engagement programs from one operating platform where all data, content and rules reside. The new plug-ins provide more options for marketers to dynamically create email campaigns, social postings, and landing pages by pulling content directly from outside asset management…
CAMBRIDGE, MA–(Marketwired – Jan 8, 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 Whole Foods delivery in Boston. Beginning today, customers can order from both Shaw’s and Whole Foods, and combine items from both stores into one order for delivery in as little as one hour. Instacart has also expanded its service area to encompass 10 additional zip codes: 02135 (Brighton), 02130 (Jamaica Plain), 02125 (North Dorchester), 02120 (Mission Hill), 02119 (Roxbury), 02446/02445 (Brookline), 02163 (Soldier’s Field/Lower Allston) and 02144/02140 (Davis Square). Originally launched…
ATLANTA, GA–(Marketwired – Jan 8, 2014) – QASymphony (www.qasymphony.com) today announced a record 120% year over year growth in 2013 based on a high pace of innovative development that brought practical solutions to software testers and the QA community. The company credits high demand for its SaaS-based test management platform qTest, to a forward focus on creating tools ideally suited to the demands of today’s agile development environments. Every QASymphony product brought to market in 2013 was designed for testers and by testers. “Reflecting back on the year, I’m proud of the incredible pace of innovation and development that our…
NEW YORK, NEW YORK–(Marketwired – Jan. 8, 2014) – Yappn Corp (OTCQB:YPPN) (“Yappn or “Company”) (www.yappn.com) is pleased to announce that as part of Yappn’s commitment to develop new and engaging programs to create global social engagement and revenue opportunities, it is launching a new tool set and service program that enables stock photos, graphic images and other “still” media with the ability to engage or “talk” in almost 70 languages. Traditionally, still images are single dimension for display only and limit the social content or engagement factors. Yappn’s new social imaging technology allows stock images to be directly “connected”…
EATONTOWN, NJ–(Marketwired – Jan 8, 2014) – Yorktel (@Yorktelcorp), the worldwide leader in video managed services, unified communications (UC) and collaboration, today announced the appointment of Jim DeBlasio as Executive Vice President (EVP) of Operations. Yorktel works with Fortune 500 enterprises and government agencies worldwide, and empowers its customers to realize the full potential of next-generation video conferencing, media services and visual communications. In his new position, Mr. DeBlasio will oversee the delivery and continued optimization of Yorktel’s services to both its corporate and federal clientele, in addition to shared internal services. He brings more than 30 years of experience…
NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwired – Jan 8, 2014) – TELEHOUSE, the global leader for data centers, international Internet exchanges, and managed IT services, announced today that it has formed a strategic relationship with tw telecom Manhattan. tw telecom is expanding its reach into the Manhattan area by connecting its Ethernet network into TELEHOUSE’s New York Chelsea data center, located at 85 10th Avenue. “Connecting our network and services to customers located in TELEHOUSE’s New York Chelsea data center affirms our on-going commitment to bringing high-capacity bandwidth services to the New York City metro area,” said Robert Bianco, Vice President and General Manager for…