SCOTTSDALE, AZ–(Marketwired – September 02, 2015) – TrueShip (http://www.trueship.com) — the leading provider of automated returns management solutions (ReadyReturns) — has issued a new white paper underscoring the prevalence of ecommerce returns statistics while educating retailers on a way to capitalize and actually profit from offering a lenient returns policy that’s favored by consumers. With projections estimating that over 33% of products will be returned this year, retailers are bracing for an influx in returned goods following the holiday shopping season rush. As consumers prepare to open their wallets for what experts are saying will be the most valuable shopping…
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REDWOOD CITY, CA–(Marketwired – Sep 2, 2015) – Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ: QLYS), a pioneer and leading provider of cloud security and compliance solutions, today announced that management will participate at the following upcoming investor conferences: Credit Suisse Small & Mid Cap Conference on Wednesday, September 16, 2015 in New York, NY. Don McCauley, CFO, will present at 2:30 p.m. EDT (11:30 a.m. PDT.) Imperial Capital Global Opportunities Conference on Thursday, September 17, 2015 in New York, NY. Don McCauley, CFO, will present at 10:30 a.m. EDT (7:30 a.m. PDT.) A live webcast, as well as a replay, of these presentations…
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, NM–(Marketwired – September 02, 2015) – Truth or Consequences Housing Authority announced today that it has joined the New Mexico Purchasing Group, a BidNet e-procurement system that provides vendors with an easier and more economical way to access and compete for local government bids. The New Mexico Purchasing Group connects 325 departments from 25 local government agencies and provides a bid notification system that gives vendors instant access to Bids, RFP’s, Quotes and Amendments online. Truth or Consequences Housing Authority joined the New Mexico Purchasing Group on September 1st, 2015, providing its vendors with convenient access to…
SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwired – Sep 2, 2015) – NewVoiceMedia, a leading global provider of cloud technology which helps businesses sell more, serve better and grow faster, announced today that it ranks among the world’s Top 100 Cloud Service Providers (CSPs), according to Penton’s fifth annual Talkin’ Cloud 100 report. The Top 100 CSPs generated more than $30 billion in combined cloud services revenues in 2014, up nearly 29 percent from the previous year. In addition to honoring NewVoiceMedia in 44th place, this year’s report profiles cloud service providers, cloud services brokerages, cloud services aggregators, managed service providers and value-added resellers.…
SEATTLE, WA and SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA and TOKYO, JAPAN–(Marketwired – Sep 1, 2015) – SkyKick (www.skykick.com), a global provider of cloud management software for information technology (IT) solution partners, today announced that it has expanded operations in the Asia Pacific region to support delivery of a new category of cloud software called cloud management. The company has secured an exclusive distribution agreement with SoftBank C&S in Japan, is launching its new cloud management products in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ), and is expanding operations into Hong Kong, Singapore, India and other Asia Pacific markets. SkyKick now has more than a thousand…
SAN CARLOS, CA–(Marketwired – Sep 1, 2015) – Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), the largest pure-play security vendor globally, today announced its decision to separate the position of Chairman and CEO and to appoint Marius Nacht as non-executive Chairman of the Board. Mr. Nacht, one of Check Point’s founders, has served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors since 2001 and as a director of Check Point since its incorporation in 1993. From 1999 through 2005, Mr. Nacht held Senior Vice President positions at Check Point. “Marius has been an instrumental part of Check Point’s success. I look forward…
NEW YORK, NY and LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM–(Marketwired – September 01, 2015) – ChartIQ, the leader in HTML5 financial charting, and Adaptive, an institutional front office software development consultancy, have launched a new integration via OpenFin, which demonstrates the future of seamlessly integrated HTML5 software for capital markets. As banks look to replace or enhance legacy systems they are turning to HTML5 for rapid development of front office systems. Unfortunately, these applications are too often locked inside a browser, and don’t offer the seamless experience users expect from integrated market data terminals or trading applications. OpenFin provides firms with a desktop…
SUNNYVALE, CA–(Marketwired – Sep 1, 2015) – Blue Coat Systems, Inc., a market leader in enterprise security, today revealed new research for consumers and businesses that shows the Top-Level Domains (TLDs), or “neighborhoods,” most associated with suspicious websites. Among the key findings in the report are that more than 95 percent of websites in 10 different TLDs are rated as suspicious, with that percentage increasing to 100 percent for the top two highest ranking TLDs, .zip and .review. Blue Coat analyzed hundreds of millions of Web requests from more than 15,000 businesses and 75 million users to create “The Web’s…
SINAGPORE–(Marketwired – Aug 31, 2015) – Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), a leading global technology distributor, announced the availability of the MicroZed™ Carrier Card Kit for Arduino™, a versatile Arduino-compatible carrier card for Avnet’s MicroZed system-on-module (SOM). The platform enables designers in markets including industrial control, remote sensing, embedded vision and many other IoT-centric applications, to quickly develop prototypes that combine the MicroZed SOM with the large ecosystem of Arduino shields. The kit is now selling for US$89 and is available in Asia. The MicroZed Carrier Card Kit for Arduino features an UNO R3 Arduino-compatible shield interface that connects to the…
RESTON, VA–(Marketwired – Aug 31, 2015) – Greensmith, a leading provider of grid-scale energy storage software and integration solutions, announced today that it has completed its $12.3 million Series C round of financing. The round was led with a $5 million dollar strategic investment from American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP), one of the largest electric utilities in the United States, serving nearly 5.4 million customers in 11 states. Securing a strategic investment from a premier utility is a key component in solidifying Greensmith’s leadership position in the energy storage industry. With an industry-leading technology platform, a track record of successful…
CARY, NC–(Marketwired – August 31, 2015) – Chartis has named SAS a category leader in its 2015 RiskTech Quadrant for enterprise stress testing systems. To capture this top ranking, SAS not only showcased the necessary depth of domain knowledge and technology, it also proved capable of capturing significant market share, both by volume and value.Stress testing has been a part of risk management for years. But the systems, processes and controls firms were using leading up to the financial crisis clearly fell short, leaving them unprepared and, in many cases, undercapitalized. New regulatory requirements and standards now have financial institutions…
SAN JOSE, CA–(Marketwired – Aug 31, 2015) – SPYRUS® today announced the world’s first 512 GB high-capacity Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows® 10 certified Windows To Go SSD live drives. The Portable Workplace™, Secure Portable Workplace™, WorkSafe™, and WorkSafe Pro™ devices extend the SPYRUS family of 32, 64, 128, and 256 GB versions to address a rapidly developing need for large memory capacity to address local data analytics processing and on-demand data mining among a mobile workforce. The value of this data requires a solution that transforms almost any laptop or desktop into a trustworthy workspace to protect this valued content…
SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwired – Aug 30, 2015) – VMworld — NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) today launched NVIDIA® GRID™ 2.0 with broad industry support for its ability to deliver even the most graphics-intensive applications to any connected device virtually. Nearly a dozen Fortune 500 companies are completing trials of the NVIDIA GRID 2.0 beta. Major server vendors, including Cisco, Dell, HP and Lenovo, have qualified the GRID solution to run on 125 server models, including new blade servers. NVIDIA has worked closely with Citrix and VMware to bring a rich graphics experience to end-users on the industry’s leading virtualization platforms. NVIDIA GRID 2.0 delivers unprecedented performance,…
ATLANTA, GA–(Marketwired – August 30, 2015) – Aegex Technologies, LLC, developer of intrinsically safe mobility solutions, has opened an office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to provide Windows 10 universally certified industrial tablets for hazardous locations in the Middle East and Africa.Aegex 10.1-inch tablets are to be certified intrinsically safe for ATEX Zone 1, IECEx Zone 1 and UL C1D1, as well as enterprise-class rugged, for global use in the world’s most explosive environments. Oil and gas, petrochemical, public safety and utilities markets are common sites of hazardous location environments, where standard telecommunications equipment cannot be used because it presents…
NAPLES, FL–(Marketwired – August 29, 2015) – The independent authority on payment processors, topcreditcardprocessors.com, has named their ratings of the 30 top mobile processing services in the credit card processing industry for the month of August 2015. Each year thousands of credit card processing services are put to the test by an independent research team dedicated to identifying exceptional vendors. The ratings are divided based on the type of solution being provided.To most adequately support customers of payment processing solutions the independent research team at topcreditcardprocessors.com performs a meticulous investigation of experienced and reputable mobile processing services. The investigation involves…
MONTREAL, QUEBEC–(Marketwired – Aug. 28, 2015) – AtmanCo inc. (“AtmanCo” or the “Company”) (TSX VENTURE:ATW), a leader and innovator in web psychometric test solutions for the corporate market and the consumer market, announces its results for the quarter ending June 30th, 2015. Highlights: The Company announces revenues in the amount of $254,476 for the quarter ending June 30 2015, compared to revenues in the amount of $209,935 for the comparable 2014 quarter; an increase of 21%. For the six months ending June 30 2015 and 2014, the revenues were $475,308 and $378,928; an increase of 25%. As of June 30,…
MONTREAL, QUEBEC–(Marketwired – Aug. 28, 2015) – NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO U.S. NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES Urbanimmersive Technologies Inc. (TSX VENTURE:UI) (“Urbanimmersive Technologies”), today presented its unaudited consolidated financial results, including those of Urbanimmersive Inc. (“Urbanimmersive” and, collectively with Urbanimmersive Technologies, the “Corporation”), its wholly owned subsidiary, for the third quarter ended June 30, 2015. HIGHLIGHTS : Signature of a two year agreement with one of the largest Canadian real estate brokerage websites RE/MAX Québec, for the use of Urbanimmersive’s blog platform; Signature of a Memorandum of Understanding with Centris for the establishment of a…
ATLANTA, GA–(Marketwired – August 28, 2015) – On August 18, 2015, Let’s Talk Small Business welcomed to the studio Ralph Moore with Ralph G. Moore & Associates and Karmetria Burton with Delta Air Lines. Host Stacey Key spoke with these individuals about the economic impact of Supplier Diversity and why Tier II is important for Suppliers.Ralph Moore, CPA, is president of Ralph G. Moore & Associates (RGMA) and is recognized as one of the world’s foremost thought-leaders in the area of supplier diversity and minority business development. Moore has been the lead trainer for the National Minority Supplier Development Council…
SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwired – Aug 28, 2015) – New research from leading contact center magazine, Call Centre Helper, run in partnership with NewVoiceMedia, reveals that nearly half of industry professionals (44 percent) name “IT issues” as a key barrier to running an effective contact center. The survey, which asked over 600 members of the contact center industry, “What barriers stop you from running your dream contact center?” also found that budget (67 percent), the need for new technology (40 percent) and technology not being integrated (35 percent), are all responsible for restricting progress in the contact center. When asked what…
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA–(Marketwired – Aug 27, 2015) – SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI), a leading provider of powerful and affordable hybrid IT infrastructure management software, today announced it has established the third Tuesday of every September, beginning September 15, 2015, as IT Professionals Day to honour all IT professionals as the unsung heroes of modern business. In connection to IT Professionals Day, SolarWinds also released the findings of its IT Pro Value Surveys*, which not only demonstrate the value Australian IT professionals provide, but also reveals opportunities for business leaders and end users to show greater appreciation towards IT professionals. The surveys, conducted…