NAPLES, FL–(Marketwired – November 29, 2014) – The independent authority on web services, bestwebdesignagencies.com, has announced the one hundred top website development companies in the November 2014 edition of the rankings released online. Businesses searching for prominent website development companies access the rankings at bestwebdesignagencies.com. Each firm featured within the rankings has been put through a thorough examination to identify how well they perform compared to industry standards and competitors. The bestwebdesignagencies.com independent research team spends time investigating professional website development firms by taking a rigorous look at key strengths and competitive advantages of competing web design firms. The rankings…
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SAN JOSE, CA–(Marketwired – November 28, 2014) – “Helping Others Succeed,” a business consulting practice operated by Gary L. Fischer, announced today that Mr. Fischer helped raise venture debt for a startup company in Silicon Valley. Mr. Fischer was engaged as the company’s part time CFO and the founder and CEO asked that he take the lead in securing a working capital loan from the venture debt community. Venture debt is not available for early stage startups but is a financing tool used by mid stage and late stage startups. Typically the startup must have completed the initial product development and have beta…
TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – Nov. 28, 2014) – Lingo Media Corporation (TSX VENTURE:LM)(OTCBB:LMDCF) (“Lingo Media” or the “Company”), an ESL industry acquisition company that is ‘Changing the way the world learns English’, announces its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2014. All figures are reported in Canadian Dollars and are in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards unless otherwise noted. During the quarter, the Company earned revenues of $222,468 and total comprehensive loss of $255,659. The operating expenses increased from $ 256,643 to $272,871 for the comparable period, an overall increase of 6%. Lingo Media also reduced loss…
SAN DIEGO, CA–(Marketwired – Nov 28, 2014) – Overland Storage®, Inc. ( NASDAQ : OVRL ), a trusted global provider of unified data management and data protection solutions across the data lifecycle today announced that the proposed merger between Overland and Sphere 3D Corporation ( NASDAQ : ANY ) ( TSX VENTURE : ANY ), a virtualization technology solution provider, has been approved by the shareholders of Overland at the special meeting of Overland’s shareholders held on November 28, 2014. Over 99% of Overland’s shares voted at the meeting were voted in favor of approving the merger. Overland and Sphere…
REDWOOD SHORES, CA–(Marketwired – Nov 28, 2014) – iPass Inc. ( NASDAQ : IPAS ), the global Wi-Fi roaming leader for enterprises and telecom service providers, today announced Evan Kaplan, chief executive officer, and Karen Willem, chief financial officer, will present at the LD Micro Conference on Tuesday, December 2nd at the Luxe Sunset Hotel in Los Angeles, Ca. The iPass presentation is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. PST (4:30 p.m. EST) and will be webcast live. Interested parties can access the webcast on the iPass investor relations website at http://investor.ipass.com. The archived webcast will be available for at least 30 days. About iPass…
BANGKOK, THAILAND–(Marketwired – Nov 27, 2014) – Cisco ( NASDAQ : CSCO ), the worldwide leader in IT, celebrates 20 years of operations in Thailand, having played a key role in digitizing the economy and transforming Thailand. Cisco technologies, expertise and solutions have been embraced by business and organizations in, changing the way Thais’ work, live, play and learn. For example, Cisco played a crucial role in building the first Internet PoPs (Points of Presence) with a commercial service provider, Internet Thailand Co. Ltd (now known as “Internet Thailand Public Company Limited or INET) which went “live” on 1st March,…
TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – Nov. 27, 2014) – Engagement Labs Inc. (TSX VENTURE:EL) released results for its nine-month period ended September 30, 2014. As previously announced, Engagement Labs changed the Company’s fiscal year end to December 31. Therefore, it should be noted that this nine-month period ended September 30, 2014 will be compared to the nine-month period ended August 31, 2013. Revenue has increased by 5% from $1,774,665 for the nine-month period ended August 31, 2013 to $1,859,004 for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014. Revenue for the quarter ended September 30, 2014 was $809,584, an increase of 49% compared…
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM–(Marketwired – Nov 27, 2014) – In an initiative to improve the experiences of Cystic Fibrosis patients both during hospital stays and beyond, Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust has announced a state of the art facility utilising technology from leading partners including Cisco ( NASDAQ : CSCO ). George Jenkins OBE, Chairman of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust Trustees, said: “People with Cystic Fibrosis regularly spend weeks at a time in hospital meaning their units become a second home. The personalised service offered by this unit, such as dedicated chefs and gym pods in comfortable surroundings, will support people’s…
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwired – Nov. 27, 2014) – Paul Reinhart, President and CEO of Sora Capital Corp. (CSE:SOR) (“Sora” or “the Company”), reports investee company RosterBot Inc. has initiated the next component of their fall marketing campaign that includes radio advertisements to air on Sportsnet 590 The Fan which bills itself as “the unanimous radio home to Toronto sports fans”. This campaign follows the successful campaign launched earlier this fall on The Sports Network’s newest affiliates TSN Radio 1040 and TSN Radio 1410 (formerly team 1040 and team 1410 respectively), the sports radio leaders in Western Canada. The campaign is…
RAMSEY, NJ–(Marketwired – November 26, 2014) – Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta) announces that the bizhub vCare system for its multifunction printers has been certified green by Miercom. vCare is remote diagnostic software that enables the monitoring, managing, and servicing of intelligent devices over the Internet. The bizhub vCare solution is designed to offer enhanced customer care through efficient management of Konica Minolta’s line of bizhub, bizhub PRO, and bizhub PRESS multifunction products (MFP) and printers. bizhub vCare is embedded technology within each MFP that monitors the overall function of each device, allowing service personnel direct access to…
TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – Nov. 26, 2014) – DealNet Capital Corp. (the “Company”) (CSE:DLS) is excited to report that this week it officially launched technical service desk support for a leading Canadian insurance provider. The Company announced the win on August 26th, 2013, and has since undertaken the significant process documentation, workflow development and agent training required to successfully launch the opportunity. “OCCGI has a long history of providing complex service desk support as part of our overall suite of BPO offerings. This launch represents a major milestone that has come about as a result of the master service agreement we…
BILLERICA, MA–(Marketwired – Nov 26, 2014) – Playrific, Inc., publishers of popular kids’ apps for leading and emerging brands, today introduced Playrific 2.0. The patent-pending platform launches mobile strategies and apps in a fraction of the time and costs of competitive approaches, with analytics and features to drive engagement and inform strategies. With $4.2M invested in the company, Playrific and its partner brands can leverage real-time COPPA-compliant intelligence to engage more immediately and fully with target consumer communities. Playrific also today announced agreements with 23 North American and global brands. New partners include K’NEX, the Orb Factory’s Pixel Pops, puzzle and game…
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA–(Marketwired – Nov 25, 2014) – WaveMaker, Inc., a leading enterprise application Platform-as-a-Service (aPaaS) software company, today announced API Designer, a powerful component for architecting modern applications under the API-driven development (ADD) methodology, enabling Microservices Architecture (MSA), and the first tool to integrate API publishing into a RAD integrated development environment (IDE). The newest entry in WaveMaker’s platform of tools that have disrupted staid, legacy approaches to application development, API Designer streamlines rapid app development by enabling API creation as a barrier to MSA. With API Designer, professional and non-professional developers alike can create API-based apps and substantially…
OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – Nov. 25, 2014) – The Shaw Rocket Fund is pleased to announce the winners of the tenth-annual Shaw Rocket Prize, with three independently-produced Canadian children’s programs capturing top honours at a gala event held this evening at the Chateau Laurier in Ottawa. Presented each year to the best independently-produced Canadian children’s, youth, and family programs and their associated digital content, the $25,000 Shaw Rocket Prize was given out to each of the three winners in their respective age categories: Justin Time by Toronto production company Guru Studio, Rocket Monkeys by Toronto’s Breakthrough Entertainment and If I Had…
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA–(Marketwired – Nov 25, 2014) – TaxACT®, the critically acclaimed leader of affordable tax preparation solutions, empowers Americans to confidently navigate Affordable Care Act open enrollment and taxes. TaxACT Free Edition and Deluxe are updated with the latest tax law changes and 2015 ACA calculations. After consumers answer simple questions about their 2014 taxes and health insurance, TaxACT generates a personalized HealthWatch report with calculations and information for marketplace applications, including: A detailed breakdown of 2014 income for a more accurate estimate of 2015 income to help recipients of the Advanced Premium Tax Credit avoid a large bill…
TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – Nov. 25, 2014) – NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO U.S. NEWS WIRE SERVICES OR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES. HarbourVest International Private Equity Partners III – Direct Fund L.P. (“HarbourVest”), TechnoCap I, L.P. (“TechnoCap”) and Kinaxis Inc. (TSX:KXS) (the “Company”) have announced today that HarbourVest, TechnoCap and the Company have entered into an agreement with a syndicate of underwriters co-led by BMO Capital Markets and Canaccord Genuity Corp. (collectively the “Underwriters”) to complete a secondary offering. Under the agreement, the Underwriters have agreed to purchase on bought deal basis 2.5 million common shares (the “Offered Shares”), at a…
NEW YORK, NY and TORONTO, ON–(Marketwired – November 24, 2014) – Keek Inc. ( TSX VENTURE : KEK ) ( OTCQX : KEEKF ) (Keek or the Company) is pleased to announce that further to its press releases dated October 28, 2014, November 6, 2014, and November 13, 2014, it has closed the second tranche of the issuance of secured notes of up to $7 million (collectively, the Notes). The Company issued $2,165,000 principal amount of Notes in this second tranche including $270,000 to certain directors and officers of the Company. The Company intends to use the proceeds from the Notes for general…
CHICAGO, IL–(Marketwired – Nov 24, 2014) – Trustwave today announced the company was named a Leader in the latest Forrester Research, Inc. evaluation of managed security services providers. The report, “The Forrester Wave™: Managed Security Services: North America, Q4 2014,” identifies the “most significant vendors in the North American market that security and risk professionals can turn to for solving some of their most important security challenges.” “Businesses use Trustwave Managed Security Services to face critical security concerns like advanced malware and data breaches when they need additional capabilities to better manage their security operations,” said Robert J. McCullen, chairman…
ATLANTA, GA–(Marketwired – Nov 24, 2014) – Salesfusion, the SMB-focused marketing automation solutions company, announces a monthly email deliverability monitoring and analysis service. Many SMB marketing departments struggle with email deliverability in marketing campaigns. In fact, even for permissioned email from legitimate senders, 1 in 6 commercial email messages sent worldwide never reaches the subscriber’s inbox, according to a 2014 report by Return Path. Emails may get caught by spam filters, or a sender may get blacklisted altogether. To help clients improve their email deliverability rates, Salesfusion customers can now sign up for a monthly email deliverability monitoring service that provides…
HONG KONG, CHINA–(Marketwired – Nov 23, 2014) – KuangChi Science ( HKSE : 00439 ) is collaborating with Airways New Zealand and Pengxin International to launch a ‘near space ship’ called Traveller in New Zealand. KuangChi Science is a Hong Kong listed company specializing in novel space service. A MOU to launch the Traveller was included in the Witnessed Exchange of Commercial Documents, before President Xi Jinping of China and Prime Minister John Key, which featured at the Agri-tech Innovation Showcase at Auckland on Nov.21, 2014. The MOU will see KuangChi Science collaborate with Airways and Pengxin in the refinement…