SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwired – Mar 18, 2015) – Ripple Labs today announced that it has named Anja Manuel, Co-Founder and Partner at RiceHadleyGates LLC, and a former U.S. Department of State official, as an advisor to the company. “Ripple is one of the most innovative technologies I have seen,” said Manuel. “It has the potential to expand the global economy through increased trade, and enables better, more transparent regulatory oversight of payments. I am excited to help build on Ripple’s impressive momentum and help it to gain traction internationally.” Manuel is a Co-Founder and Partner along with former Secretary of…
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ARLINGTON, VA–(Marketwired – Mar 17, 2015) – Natoma Technologies, Inc. announced today that it successfully deployed a mission critical, US federal government application on Amazon Web Services GovCloud (US). Natoma holds a five-year prime contract with the US General Services Administration (GSA) to provide operations and maintenance services for Electronic Project Management (ePM), a complex and integrated suite of tools with 3500+ users across all 11 GSA regions to manage over $3B in annual construction projects for GSA’s Public Building Services (PBS) Office of Design & Construction (ODC). “We are excited to successfully achieve an authorization for ePM to go…
SCOTTSDALE, AZ–(Marketwired – March 17, 2015) – TrueShip (http://www.trueship.com) has just dropped a new guide that offers insight into how retailers in fashion ecommerce can reduce online returns, complete with a detailed infographic offering online product returns statistics for 2015. TrueShip makes a customer-facing online apparel returns processing system called ReadyReturns. It can plug into almost any ecommerce store in just a few simple steps, allowing customers to make product returns online and generate a return shipping label. Once the product has been shipped back to the merchant, ReadyReturns tracks what’s in the box, the progress of the package, and…
NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwired – Mar 17, 2015) – Prime Focus Technologies (PFT), the technology arm of Prime Focus, the world’s largest media services powerhouse, is expanding its post-production footprint and capabilities with the addition of Robert Morlano as Senior Vice President of Post-production. Beginning today, Morlano will be in charge of all post-production sales and operations out of the company’s New York office, bolstering its East Coast presence. Morlano previously served as the Senior Vice President, Broadcast Sales at Technicolor PostWorks, where he was immersed in production workflows for nine years. The addition of Morlano comes at a time when…
CLEVELAND, OH–(Marketwired – Mar 17, 2015) – OnShift, a leader in human capital management software for post-acute care and senior living, today announced the release of a market research report on workforce issues in senior care. The research, Workforce Insights: Get Ahead, identified that current provider practices are trailing in the path to improving workforce quality and improving their human capital management strategy is a top organizational priority. Over 600 participants in long-term care and senior living completed a survey with McKnight’s Long-Term Care News. The respondents shared their perspectives, priorities, and areas for improvement in workforce issues and practices.…
THOUSAND OAKS, CA–(Marketwired – Mar 17, 2015) – Xirrus, the leading provider of high-performance wireless networks, today announced that Hanson Enterprises has selected Xirrus Wi-Fi for seamless guest connectivity in their facilities. By deploying a Xirrus cloud-based Wi-Fi network, Hanson is now delivering unprecedented connectivity quality and speed for hotel guests within their lobbies, restaurants, outdoor facilities and almost 200 guest rooms throughout their property. “In the past, if a guest commented about the Wi-Fi, it was usually to complain about it,” said David Hanson, a partner in Hanson Enterprises. “Since installing Xirrus, we haven’t had any complaints from guests…
SAN JOSE, CA–(Marketwired – March 16, 2015) – The Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA) Foundation today announced a major milestone with its release of the 1.0 HSA specification, which brings the technology industry one step closer to true heterogeneous computing on platforms spanning mobile devices, desktops, high-performance computing (HPC) systems and servers. HSA is a standardized platform design supported by more than 40 technology companies and 17 universities that unlocks the performance and power efficiency of the parallel computing engines found in most modern electronic devices. It allows developers to easily and efficiently apply the hardware resources in today’s complex systems-on-chip (SOCs). “Through HSA,…
SILICON SLOPES, UT–(Marketwired – March 16, 2015) – Today InsideSales.com announced that “New York Times”-bestselling author and corporate strategist, Stan Slap, will join the world-class lineup of speakers presenting at IS Accelerate ’15. Slap, renowned speaker, writer and management leader, will discuss strategies to revolutionize employee performance through the business impact of a focused employee culture. He will share management best practices from his latest book, “Under the Hood: Fire Up and Fine-Tune Your Employee Culture.” IS Accelerate is the sales acceleration event of the year, featuring some of the most prominent industry leaders across a variety of professional arenas,…
BURNABY, BC–(Marketwired – March 16, 2015) – Icron Technologies Corporation, a leader in USB and video extension technology, announced today that Guntermann & Drunck GmbH (G&D), a leading manufacturer of digital and analogue KVM solutions, will be showcasing new DisplayPort modules for its ControlCenter-Digital KVM matrix switch enabled with ExtremeUSB® technology at two upcoming tradeshows: CeBit 2015 from March 16th – 20th (Hall 12, C38) and Hannover Messe Industrie (HMI) from April 13th – 17th (Hall 11, D50); both at the Hannover Messe Exhibition Grounds in Germany. CeBit 2015 will be examining the role of how digitalization has transformed business practices while…
SANTA ANA, CA–(Marketwired – Mar 16, 2015) – Enabling channel partners to better address the IT business needs of organizations and agencies within the federal, state, local and education (SLED) markets, Ingram Micro Inc. ( NYSE : IM ) today announced it has expanded Promark’s General Services Administration (GSA) schedule to include HP Enterprise Group (EG). As the technology solution provider of choice for channel partners working within the public sector, Ingram Micro is pleased to feature more than 30 vendors within its Promark GSA schedule, including HP EG and HP Printer and Systems Group (PSG). “The addition of the…