GLENVIEW, IL–(Marketwired – August 25, 2014) – Small businesses with primarily 1-10 employees, often referred to as micro businesses, saw a month-over-month increase in hiring (0.1 percent) for the first time in 2014, according to the August 2014 SurePayroll Small Business Scorecard®. SurePayroll Inc. is a leader in providing online payroll to small businesses nationwide since 2000. The increase, though seemingly small, is significant considering that the Scorecard has reported small business hiring as flat to down month-over-month for a year. Year-over-year hiring is down 0.7 percent nationwide. Optimism among small business owners is also high at 70 percent. By…
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SUNNYVALE, CA–(Marketwired – Aug 23, 2014) – AMD ( NYSE : AMD ) today announced a new technology partnership with Creative Assembly, developer behind the highly-anticipated “Alien: Isolation™.” Developed in conjunction with the AMD Gaming Evolved program, “Alien: Isolation” is fully optimized for a premium PC gaming experience, including native support for: AMD Eyefinity technology, 4K UltraHD, AMD CrossFire™ multi-GPU technology, and a wide range of DirectX® 11 effects tuned for the Graphics Core Next architecture in recent AMD Radeon™ GPUs and AMD Accelerated Processing Units. “The AMD Gaming Evolved program is committed to making games look great and run…
SEATTLE, WA–(Marketwired – Aug 22, 2014) – Unity Technologies, the creator of Unity, a flexible and high-performance development platform used to make creative and intelligent interactive 3D and 2D experiences, announced the winners of the 2014 Unity Awards at the 2014 Unite Conference in Seattle, WA. Unity Technologies began the Unity Awards to honor the developers creating the best video games and interactive 3D and 2D applications using the Unity development platform. This year’s winners were chosen by a combined vote between Unity Technologies and the Unity community of developers. The winners are: Best Student Project – The Rift: U.R.I.D.I.S.…
SUNNYVALE, CA–(Marketwired – August 22, 2014) – Fonemine Inc., a leading provider of cloud-based enterprise mobile application solutions, today announced that the company has changed its name to MobileForce Software Inc. (www.mobileforcesoftware.com). This change is being made to allow the company to leverage the strength of the MobileForce product lines and to align its corporate and product brand identities. “MobileForce Software will continue to be the leading provider of enterprise mobility solutions to our established customer base,” said Jagadish Bandhole, CEO of MobileForce Software. “With our solution deployed to thousands of users at G2000 companies driving greater efficiency, productivity and…
OMAHA, NE–(Marketwired – Aug 21, 2014) – Inc. magazine today ranked Cosentry, the leading Midwest provider of Data Center Services, to its 500|5000 list of the nation’s fastest growing privately held companies for a sixth year in a row. The Inc. 500|5000 list represents the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy — America’s independent entrepreneurs. Companies such as Yelp, Pandora, Timberland, Dell, Domino’s Pizza, LinkedIn, Zillow, and many other well-known names gained early exposure as members of the Inc. 500|5000. Cosentry continues to grow and capture market share within the Midwest. Recently, the company announced…
NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwired – Aug 20, 2014) – Inc. magazine today ranked Integral Ad Science No. 115 on its 33rd annual Inc. 500|5000, an exclusive ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. The list represents the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy — America’s independent entrepreneurs. Companies such as Yelp, Pandora, Timberland, Dell, Domino’s Pizza, LinkedIn, Zillow and many other well-known names gained early exposure as members of the Inc. 500|5000. “It is a remarkable honor to be featured in the top three percent of Inc. 5000’s for 2014,” said Integral Ad Science CEO, Scott…
SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwired – Aug 20, 2014) – Typesafe, provider of the world’s leading Reactive platform and the company behind Play Framework, Akka, and Scala, today announced new initiatives to accelerate developer productivity in Reactive application development leveraging the power of Spark, the Big Data event-streaming (real-time) compute engine. Typesafe is launching training and workshops for developers who want to apply Spark in creating Reactive Big Data applications. “We’re excited to be working with Typesafe as the leading experts in Scala and Akka, key technologies powering Spark,” said Matei Zaharia, CTO at Databricks. “They enjoy a strong reputation within the…
AUSTIN, TX–(Marketwired – August 20, 2014) – SolarWinds ( NYSE : SWI ), a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT management software, today announced the launch of its deep packet inspection (DPI) free tool SolarWinds Response Time Viewer for Wireshark, the latest to join more than 30 free tools from SolarWinds’ comprehensive IT management product family. The SolarWinds Response Time Viewer for Wireshark free tool enhances the user experience for Wireshark, one of the most widely used free tools for DPI, by seamlessly providing automatic analysis and calculation of application and network response time as well as data and…
PLANO, TX–(Marketwired – August 19, 2014) – Optimal Blue, based in Plano, Texas, is a cloud-based provider of managed-content, product eligibility and pricing (PPE), secondary marketing, point-of-sale and compliance technology and services for the mortgage industry, today announced the launch of a new integration relationship with Arch Mortgage Insurance Company. Arch MI customers who use Optimal Blue’s eligibility and pricing services will now have real-time access to Arch MI’s competitive pricing and Rate Quote workflow within Optimal Blue. Arch Mortgage Insurance Company (“Arch MI”), is a leading provider of private mortgage insurance and wholly owned subsidiary of Arch Capital Group Ltd.The…
SINGAPORE–(Marketwired – Aug 19, 2014) – Aurionpro ( NSE : AURIONPRO ) ( BSE : 532668 ), an award-winning provider of industry-tailored solutions and services, today announced that it has entered into a distributor and implementation partner agreement with Middle East industry leader and tracking technology innovator TrackIT Solutions, LLC. Under the terms of the agreement, TrackIT will provide sales support and implementation services of select Aurionpro offerings, including Aurionpro’s SCMProFit suite, a leading supply chain management platform. Based in Dubai, TrackIT Solutions is the most successful Motorola partner in the Middle East and a recognized developer of tracking solutions,…
SUNNYVALE, CA–(Marketwired – Aug 18, 2014) – Real-Time Innovations (RTI), the real-time Industrial Internet of Things communications platform company, today announced it is hosting a complimentary webinar titled “How to Leverage Open Architectures for Existing Systems.” Today, economic realities dictate that “new” distributed systems are almost never entirely new creations. Existing capabilities, which cannot be readily duplicated at minimal cost, are often necessary and even critical components of otherwise new systems. How we address achieving interoperability with these legacy systems, whose data and interfaces are often less than completely defined, can be a critical cost and scheduled risk item. In…
CHICAGO, IL–(Marketwired – Aug 18, 2014) – Cobra Electronics Corporation ( NASDAQ : COBR ), a leading designer and marketer of award-winning automotive, mobile and consumer electronics, today announced that it has been recognized with a 2014 TWICE VIP Award for its Drive HD™ Dash Cam by Cobra product line. TWICE, the number one business publication serving the consumer electronics industry, recently announced the winners of its second annual TWICE VIP (Very Important Product) Awards, honoring the Drive HD Dash Cams by Cobra in the “Car: General Products” category. The TWICE VIP Awards give retailers and distributors the opportunity to…
DOVER, DE–(Marketwired – Aug 15, 2014) – METATRON, Inc. ( PINKSHEETS : MRNJ ), and its mobile app division i-Mobilize, a top digital media developer and distributor of transformative content for release in digital form, announces its operating results for its second quarter 2014, ending June 30, 2014. 2014 Q2 Revenue was $142,010, a 25.9% decrease from 2013 Q2 Revenue of $191,668. 2014 Q2 Net Income was $26,416, an approximate 108% increase from 2013 Q2 Net Income, which was $12,695. Total Expenses for the second quarter were $115,582, a 35% decrease from $178,973, the Total Expenses for the same time…
SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwired – Aug 15, 2014) – Business owners and individual consumers face a great deal of challenges when they are trying to expand their profits. The price of VoIP service can affect a company’s profits drastically. Therefore, choosing the most affordable deals is paramount to success. Voip-Catalog.com has just released its list of the most affordable wholesale VoIP providers. The experts at Voip-Catalog.com used an extensive ranking process that included user reviews, pricing, features, expert opinions and more. A person who is looking to match company budgets with reliable service can select from one of these top five…
SEATTLE, WA–(Marketwired – Aug 15, 2014) – Glympse, the pioneer of temporary location sharing technology, has just announced the availability of their award-winning application on Pebble smartwatch for both iOS and Android. With this latest integration, Pebble wearers can share their real-time location and ETA with anyone directly from their watch. With the Pebble smartwatch, iOS and Android users who have the Glympse companion app on their phone can easily access and share their location with friends with a few quick taps. They can view their active Glympse messages and quickly expire or add additional time in 15-minute increments. Pebble…
TEMPE, AZ–(Marketwired – Aug 15, 2014) – VirTra Systems ( PINKSHEETS : VTSI ), a leading provider of firearms simulators to military, law enforcement agencies and other organizations, today announced the release of its 2014 second quarter financial statements. The financial statements are available on VirTra’s website and here. Financial Summary: Net Sales were $2.1 million for the quarter ending June 30, 2014, an increase of $0.5 million, or 34%, compared to the previous year’s second quarter sales of $1.6 million. Gross margin for the second quarter 2014 was 54% of Net Sales, compared to 68% last year. The drivers…
MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – Aug. 14, 2014) – NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN THE UNITED STATES OR OVER UNITED STATES WIRE SERVICES DataWind Inc. (“DataWind” or the “Company”) (TSX:DW), a leader in the delivery of internet access in emerging markets, today announced the financial results for Datawind UK Plc (“Datawind UK”), its predecessor and now its wholly-owned subsidiary, for the three-month period ended June, 30, 2014. DataWind UK became a wholly-owned subsidiary of DataWind on July 8, 2014, immediately prior to the closing of the initial public offering of DataWind (the “IPO”) in connection with a pre-IPO reorganization. These financials results will…
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA–(Marketwired – Aug 13, 2014) – SolarWinds ( NYSE : SWI ), a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT management software, today announced new Australian findings which showed that while applications are now the heart of businesses of all sizes, IT is struggling to ensure their availability and performance. The SolarWinds report found that 68 percent of employees expect IT to solve an application performance or availability issue in sixty minutes or less, yet only one-third of users said IT could meet this demand. Thanks to the proliferation of BYOD, cloud, SaaS and consumer technologies in the workplace,…
NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwired – Aug 13, 2014) – SmartMetric, Inc. ( OTCQB : SMME ) SmartMetric, while disappointed with the ruling of the Federal Circuit Court in denying its motions in a ruling handed down today, is focused on moving forward into production of its world’s first fingerprint activated EMV credit and debit cards targeted at the current 1.65 billion issued chip payments card market. “The opportunity the company’s biometric payments card technology represents to SmartMetric is enormous and in a short period of time can even be greater for the company than the one off value of its patent…
CORK, IRELAND–(Marketwired – Aug 13, 2014) – SolarWinds ( NYSE : SWI ), a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT management software, today announced UK survey results highlighting the impact of application performance and availability on business end users, and their experiences with and expectations of IT when problems arise. Chief among the findings is that while the application is now the heart of businesses of all sizes and its performance is the lifeblood of success, IT continues to struggle to ensure its performance and availability. The proliferation of BYOD, cloud, SaaS and consumer technologies in the workplace have…