Author: Brian Johnson

TORONTO, ON–(Marketwired – Jan 23, 2015) – iHeart Radio’s Health Tech Talk Live announced today that league CEO and Founder, Michael Serbinis, will be interviewed by host Ben Chodor. Serbinis previously founded global digital eReading company Kobo which sold to Rakuten for $315M and DocSpace which sold to Critical Path for $568M. Serbinis will talk about why the healthcare industry is ripe for change, how consumers will disrupt institutionally-driven care, and how his world-class team will transform our approach to preventative health. The interview will be broadcasted nationwide on iHeart Radio/Clear Channel Atlanta Studios — 640 WGST AM this Saturday…

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REDWOOD SHORES, CA–(Marketwired – Jan 22, 2015) – Oracle ( NYSE : ORCL ) News SummaryOn the heels of strong quarterly earnings driven by cloud revenue, Oracle further boosts its position with new offices in San Francisco for public cloud product development. Drawing from the area’s renowned talent, the company aims to hire creative engineers to inspire and lead next-generation platforms and infrastructure. This week, Oracle is hosting HackerX events in San Francisco and Santa Clara to offer interview and networking opportunities with key Oracle recruiters and top Oracle executives. “As the only vendor who can give customers capabilities across…

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CUPERTINO, CA–(Marketwired – Jan 22, 2015) – ParStream, the Internet of Things (IoT) analytics company, announced today that it has been selected by Cisco® into the Cisco Entrepreneurs in Residence (Cisco EIR) program. Cisco EIR is a startup incubation program that recognizes and supports early-stage entrepreneurs focusing on the Internet of Everything (IoE), Smart Cities, Big Data/analytics and other transformational opportunities strategic to Cisco. The program includes resources and opportunities to work with Cisco product and engineer teams, co-working space in Silicon Valley, financial support and potential strategic funding. ParStream provides the first analytics platform for the IoT. The platform helps companies…

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SCOTTSDALE, AZ–(Marketwired – January 21, 2015) – TrueShip Reviews (http://www.trueshipreview.com) has just launched its new website. The goal is to feature the stories of real and active users of ReadyShipper shipping software and ReadyReturns returns management software. Over the past decade, TrueShip has helped thousands of e-retailers streamline order processing and fulfillment with its flagship software, ReadyShipper. Designed to integrate into the most popular shopping carts and online marketplaces, ReadyShipper lets users instantly import orders, sort, edit and manage them, generate digital postage and shipping labels, and send updates to their customers.TrueShip’s online product returns management software, ReadyReturns, is a…

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LA JOLLA, CA–(Marketwired – Jan 21, 2015) – AV1 Group, Inc. ( OTC PINK : AVOP ) is pleased to announce that the Company has filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office‏ for the Trademark on Lawster.com; an internally created division which will be providing an online platform‏, robust with resources, for the facilitation of a plethora of legal services‏. The website is designed to assist consumers and small businesses with the discovery of viable solutions for a wide spectrum of legal facets. Ultimately the site will be developed into a comprehensive resource facilitating a nationwide database of legal…

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BOSTON, MA–(Marketwired – Jan 21, 2015) – Jibo, Inc., the company behind Jibo — the first family robot — today announced $25.3M in Series A financing, led by RRE Ventures. Participating existing investor CRV, also the lead seed investor, and existing investors Fairhaven and Osage University Partners join new investors RRE, Flybridge Capital Partners, Two Sigma Ventures, Formation 8, Samsung Ventures and original angel investor, the Pagliuca Family Group, in the round. “Jibo is a natural fit for RRE Ventures,” said RRE Ventures Co-founder and Managing Partner Stuart Ellman. “RRE has a long history of discovering category-defining companies in emerging…

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PALATINE, IL–(Marketwired – Jan 20, 2015) – Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, and PlanetEcosystems, a leader in customer engagement solutions, today announced a partnership to provide an integrated suite of Software as a Service (SaaS) customer management offerings to utility service providers, called Efficiency Advisor. Combining Schneider Electric’s Wiser Home Management system with PlanetEcosystems’ P-ECOSYS customer engagement platform, Efficiency Advisor will increase the scope of value utilities offer their customers, boosting customer satisfaction, reducing costs and enhancing energy efficiency program performance. “The automation and data analysis capabilities of the Wiser Home Management platform combined with the extensive…

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SCOTTSDALE, AZ–(Marketwired – January 20, 2015) – TrueShip (http://www.trueship.com) has issued an in-depth publication that details eight simple updates e-retailers can make to their online store to drive more sales than ever before.TrueShip is the maker of ReadyShipper ecommerce shipping software, one of the leading ecommerce fulfillment solutions. The company places a strong focus on helping its users realize greater successes with their online store, while helping them streamline the fulfillment process to save time and money. The goal of this guide is to help users of ReadyShipper prepare their online store for success. The guide covers elements that include:…

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwired – Jan 20, 2015) – SmartRecruiters, the company that drives hiring success, today announced two key additions to its leadership team in Michael Johnson as chief sales officer and Jason Buss as recruitment innovation officer. These appointments follow a series of high-talent hires as SmartRecruiters makes an aggressive move into the enterprise space. Formerly senior vice president of sales and U.S. lead at Avature, Johnson will serve as SmartRecruiters’ chief sales officer to bring the all-in-one hiring and recruiting platform to enterprises looking to abandon their outdated ATS software and drive their hiring success. “Adding Michael to…

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EDISON, NJ–(Marketwired – Jan 20, 2015) – Cyberoam, a leading global network security provider, has announced a new firmware — CyberoamOS 10.6.2 for its UTM and NGFW security appliances. Among many updates included in the new firmware are the increase in Firewall throughputs by up to 430%, IPS throughputs by up to 210% and UTM throughputs by up to 190%; inclusion of User Threat Quotient (UTQ) offering security intelligence to spot risky users in network; availability of Cyberoam in Discover mode (popularly known as TAP mode) to help partners and customers evaluate Cyberoam security; and Application Visibility & Controls for…

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SINGAPORE–(Marketwired – Jan 20, 2015) – Buyers Laboratory LLC, the world’s leading independent tester of document imaging products, today awarded Outstanding Achievement accolades to the most energy-efficient devices tested in the past six months, with honours going to Konica Minolta bizhub C3350 and bizhub 4750. Both the bizhub C3350 and bizhub 4750 exhibited significantly lower than average energy consumption for their respective product categories and offer a variety of environmentally friendly features to help users reduce their overall environmental impact. BLI, the world’s leading provider of intelligence on the document imaging and solutions industry, has generated tens of millions of…

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PLANO, TX–(Marketwired – January 19, 2015) – Often referred to as the most influential voice for real estate finance, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) is known for leading the charge to create a sustainable and vibrant future for the mortgage industry. In an effort to keep industry professionals cognizant of recent trends, the February 2015 issue of Mortgage Banking Magazine will highlight the ‘Top Origination Markets by Loan Volume’ for Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas (CMSAs), as well as Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs). Optimal Blue, the premier cloud-based provider of enterprise lending solutions to the mortgage industry, was able to assist…

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OXFORD, UNITED KINGDOM–(Marketwired – Jan 19, 2015) – Sophos today announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc., in the “Leaders” quadrant of Gartner’s “Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms” for the eighth consecutive year.1 Gartner identifies four primary stages in the security lifecycle: setting policy, prevention, detection and remediation, and evaluated EPP vendors based on whether the features their solutions offer address these four stages. According to the report, “The rise of the targeted attack is shredding what is left of the anti-malware market’s stubborn commitment to reactive protection techniques. Improving the malware signature distribution system or adapting behavior…

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SINGAPORE–(Marketwired – Jan 19, 2015) – For its stellar performance, intuitive design, strong feature set and the value it delivers, the Konica Minolta bizhub C3350 was awarded the BLI Winter 2015 Pick for Outstanding A4 Color MFP for Mid-Size Workgroups. BLI, the world’s leading provider of intelligence on the document imaging and solutions industry, has generated tens of millions of impressions by putting devices from leading vendors to the test for more than 50 years. Its Pick awards, presented twice annually, acknowledge the hardware and software offerings that measure up as the best in BLI’s rigorous and comprehensive lab testing,…

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LOS ANGELES, CA–(Marketwired – Jan 18, 2015) – MIDsource is pleased to announce the launch of MIDsource Automated Chargeback Management (ACM). Chargebacks are a painful cost of doing business with a direct negative impact on profit. Adding to this, merchants also employ additional personnel to process chargebacks as they come in. Every month individual merchants lose thousands of dollars or more due to chargebacks. MIDsource ACM is here to alleviate the pain of chargeback management once and for all. We offer a managed, turnkey, affordable solution that integrates DIRECTLY to the merchant’s GATEWAY, CRM and USPS. Our State of the…

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NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwired – Jan 17, 2015) – eCaring, Inc., a company that helps keep people out of the hospital by generating essential real time health care data from the home, announced today that Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Robert M. Herzog will be interviewed live on iHeart Radio’s HealthTech Talk Live hosted by Ben Chodor and broadcasted nationwide on iHeart Radio/Clear Channel Atlanta Studios – 640 WGST AM this Saturday at 3:30pm ET. In this exclusive double-segment interview, Mr. Herzog will discuss the company’s unique cloud-based system which integrates significant behavioral, clinical and medication adherence data to manage and monitor…

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NAPLES, FL–(Marketwired – January 17, 2015) – The January 2015 edition of the rankings of top cleaning franchises has been revealed by the independent research team at franchiserankings.com. The rankings consist of the absolute best cleaning franchises based on a thorough analysis of their offerings to business owners. Those searching for reputable franchises when starting a business access the rankings online in order to find those which have been evaluated by an independent third party.The ten best cleaning franchises for January 2015 are:1) Servpro2) JAN-PRO Cleaning Systems3) Vanguard Cleaning Systems4) ServiceMaster Clean5) Maids, The6) CleanNet USA7) Merry Maids8) Coverall Health…

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SCOTTSDALE, AZ–(Marketwired – January 16, 2015) – TrueShip (http://www.trueship.com) has released the newest update to ReadyShipper shipping software. It now includes the popular 3dcart module preinstalled. It can be included with the active subscription as the one free included module for new users. Existing users can add-on the 3dcart module to their subscription for just $9.95 per month.Over the past 15 years, 3dcart has grown from a vision into a reality. The service now boasts an expanding base of over 15,000 online stores. 3dcart takes the guesswork out of getting a beautiful-looking online store up and running. With a variety…

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SANTA CLARA, CA–(Marketwired – Jan 16, 2015) – Magellan, a leader of innovative GPS devices and content services for vehicles, fitness, outdoor, and mobile navigation, is featuring its Echo Fit Smart Sports Watch at the PGA Merchandise Show* (Booth #3716). The Echo Fit is the latest addition to the company’s Echo Series of smart sports watches that utilize smartphone apps to their full potential by wirelessly sending real-time app data to the user’s wrist; serves as a remote control for apps and music; and is an activity tracker. Echo Fit’s light weight and long battery life make it perfect for golfers…

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CALGARY, ALBERTA and PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA–(Marketwired – Jan. 16, 2015) – Cryptocurrency payment processing and fraud mitigation specialist Vogogo Inc. (TSX VENTURE:VGO) today announced that, following high demand, they will be offering their fraud and risk mitigation services as a stand alone service. To promote the offering Vogogo will provide the services to crypto based businesses, worldwide, with no cost for integration. The demand and offering is in response to the broader challenges that have affected the cryptocurrency industry recently. Over the last month a combination of exchanges being compromised and third party processors being hacked has created a flurry…

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