TORRANCE, CA–(Marketwired – Aug 11, 2014) – TRENDnet, a best-in-class wired and wireless networking hardware brand, today announces the availability of the WiFi Baby Cam, model TV-IP743SIC — which makes it easier than ever to monitor what you value most from around the corner or around the world. Video tour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaqMQjvyjzA After a brief installation using TRENDnet’s free Apple® or Android™ mobile app, simply open a web browser or the free app to view live video on your mobile, tablet, or computer. View video from home or from any internet connection with the help of TRENDnet’s free cloud service. The…
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA and MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA–(Marketwired – Aug 11, 2014) – Telstra, one of the largest telecommunications and information services companies in the world, and Ooyala, a leader in video streaming and analytics, today announced they have reached a definitive agreement for Telstra to acquire Ooyala. The US$270 million investment increases Telstra’s ownership in Ooyala from 23 per cent (fully diluted) to 98 per cent and is in addition to the US$61 million previously invested in Ooyala over the past two years. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to be completed in the next 60 days.…
LOS ANGELES, CA–(Marketwired – Aug 11, 2014) – Spark Networks, Inc. (NYSE MKT: LOV), a leader in creating niche-focused brands that build and strengthen the communities they serve, today announced the departure of President & Chief Executive Officer, Greg Liberman, effective today. The Company also announced that it will immediately begin the process to identify a successor and Michael McConnell, the Company’s Chairman of the Board, will serve as Executive Chairman during the transition period. “It has been an incredible ten years, and I am honored to have spent more than half of my professional career at such a special…
FREMONT, CA–(Marketwired – Aug 11, 2014) – AXT, Inc. (NASDAQ: AXTI), a leading manufacturer of compound semiconductor substrates, today announced that it has appointed Gary L. Fischer vice president and chief financial officer, effective Aug. 11, 2014. Fischer will have responsibility for AXT’s global finance and accounting organization and will report to chief executive officer, Morris Young. “Gary brings to the table a wealth of public-company experience in finance, strategic planning, global operations and investor relations,” said Young. “He has years of executive-level leadership, building technology businesses from early-stage to sustainable long-term profitability and revenue growth. This will be tremendously beneficial to…
SANTA CLARA, CA–(Marketwired – Aug 11, 2014) – Magellan, a leader of innovative GPS devices for vehicles, fitness, outdoor, and mobile navigation, announces the availability of its latest SmartGPS model at major eTailers. The new unit, SmartGPS 5390, is a powerful navigation device that keeps drivers informed, saves them time and money, and provides safer navigation. The SmartGPS 5390 also includes free companion apps for either iOS or Android smartphones. It is available now at BestBuy.com, Costco.com, Amazon.com, and magellangps.com for $229.99. “Our cloud-based SmartGPS Ecosystem and SmartGPS device combine the best of smartphone and GPS capabilities for consumers who…
NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwired – Aug 11, 2014) – NewBay Media, producer of the Next TV Summit & Expo and publisher of Multichannel News and Broadcasting & Cable, has announced that co-founders of Global Eagle Entertainment and Silver Eagle Acquisition Harry Sloan and Jeff Sagansky will be presenting the Opening Keynote at the Next TV Summit & Expo, taking place September 10-11, 2014 at the Santa Clara Marriott, Santa Clara, CA. The Next TV Summit & Expo is a high-level conference, expo and networking event that focuses on the growing digital content business, including broadcasting, technology, digital media and OTT. Sloan,…
MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – Aug. 11, 2014) – Baanto Inc. today announced that they have partnered with TSItouch, a US veteran owned touchscreen integrator headquartered in Pennsylvania.In business since 1989, TSItouch is dedicated to providing reliable, high-quality integrated touch screen monitor solutions. With a reputation for customer focus, and providing the right touch solution for each customer’s applications in the growing touch and digital signage technology sector. “We are very pleased to add Baanto to our portfolio of products,” said John Przybylinski, General Manager at TSItouch. “We believe that the Baanto ShadowSense touchscreen technology, developed with unique and proprietary intellectual property,…
CARMEL, IN–(Marketwired – Aug 11, 2014) – Blue Horseshoe, a privately held solution services and software development firm in Carmel, Indiana, has added 13 new employees to the Enterprise team since the start of this year. Brandon Busby, Ryan Higaki, Trevor Horn, Nicholas Neidig and Jane Lockshin will be joining the Colorado office. Samuel Gilmore, Valdis Kremers, Amanda Ogden, Michael Rogers, Quankun Gu, Matthew Reisdorf and Casey Thompson will be joining the Indiana office, and David Holmes joins the Ohio office. Blue Horseshoe’s Enterprise practice focuses on selling and implementing tier one software applications that enable companies to become more…
PALO ALTO, CA–(Marketwired – August 11, 2014) – King & Spalding has recruited intellectual property partner Thomas J. Gray, who for many years was co-leader of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe’s trade secrets sub-group, to enhance the firm’s patent and trade secret litigation team in Silicon Valley. Gray focuses on complex intellectual property litigation and counseling with an emphasis on patent litigation, internet-related matters and trade secret litigation. He joins West Coast IP partners Michael F. Heafey (patent litigation) and Emma Maconick (transactions) in King & Spalding’s Palo Alto office and Kenneth L. Steinthal (media litigation) in the firm’s San Francisco office.…
SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwired – Aug 11, 2014) – Piston Cloud Computing, Inc., the enterprise OpenStack® company, today announced that its CTO and Co-founder, Joshua McKenty, has been named to the prestigious 2014 CRN Top 100 list. These 100 leaders, hand-picked by the CRN Editorial staff, represent the top influencers, sales leaders, innovators, and disruptors in the IT channel. McKenty was included in the “Disruptors” category, which CRN defines as someone who is “bucking the established order, driving changes in industry dynamics and leading to more opportunities for partners with higher service revenues.” McKenty has more than two decades of experience…
AUSTIN, TX–(Marketwired – Aug 11, 2014) – Zenoss Inc., the leading provider of unified monitoring and analytics solutions for physical, virtual, and cloud-based IT infrastructure and applications, today announced a number of significant achievements at the midpoint of 2014. “We are extremely pleased with our progress in the first half of this year,” said Greg Stock, president and CEO of Zenoss. “As I meet with our customers, it is personally rewarding to hear how reliant they are upon Zenoss as a mission critical application. Many of our customers have a complex IT infrastructure — a mixture of both legacy client-server and…
CHICAGO, IL–(Marketwired – Aug 11, 2014) – Mu Sigma (www.mu-sigma.com), the world’s largest pure-play provider of decision sciences and analytics solutions, has expanded its Mu Sigma University (MSU) initiative to include an advanced program called “Decision Sciences at Scale,” designed to help clients better leverage analytics for business advantage. Mu Sigma’s intensive MSU program is required for all new Mu Sigma hires both in India and US. In the US, the firm conducts the program out of its Austin, Texas office, which serves as a training and innovation labs center. Now it is expanding the curriculum to meet the needs of…
ATLANTA, GA–(Marketwired – August 11, 2014) – On July 17, 2014, co-hosts Mike Sammond and Steven Julian welcomed to Gwinnett Business Radio Peter Oliver and Shaun Golden of Green4Solutions.Peter Oliver and Shaun Golden are Customer Relationship Management Experts at Green4Solutions, a software company focused on developing solutions for the sports and leisure market. Golden runs the North American operations. “Our focus at Green4 is on customer engagement,” explained Oliver, Owner and Co-Founder of Green4Solutions. “We use a number of successful techniques to provide functionality for our organizations (sports teams, for example) to engage with fans.”Green4Solutions is the largest Microsoft Dynamic Customer Relationship…
BOSTON, MA–(Marketwired – Aug 11, 2014) – Signaling continued growth and high demand for its software for Continuous Delivery and Devops, XebiaLabs (www.xebialabs.com), today announced the opening of a new office in Menlo Park, CA. In addition to staffing this office, the company also said it is boosting headcount in its Boston headquarters as well as in Austin, New York City and Chicago. Open positions are in sales, channel, marketing and sales engineering. Most recently the company reported revenue growth in Q1 and Q2 of 185 percent after doubling revenues in 2013. “Moving into the heart of Silicon Valley will…
COLOGNE, GERMANY–(Marketwired – Aug 11, 2014) – GAME DEVELOPERS CONFERENCE EUROPE — YoYo Games today announces GameMaker: Studio support for Xbox One, enhanced support for current Microsoft platforms including Windows RT, Windows 8.1, and Windows Phone 8.1, as well as support for future operating system releases. The GameMaker: Studio export for Xbox One will be available in the fourth quarter of 2014 to members of Microsoft’s licensed Xbox developer programs, including ID@Xbox. “This is a great day for GameMaker: Studio developers,” said Sandy Duncan, Chief Executive Officer at YoYo Games. “We’re absolutely thrilled to strengthen our partnership with Microsoft and…
PUNE, INDIA–(Marketwired – Aug 10, 2014) – EnterpriseDB (EDB), the leading worldwide provider of enterprise-class Postgres products and Oracle database compatibility solutions, today announced that Newgen Software Technologies has joined EDB’s global independent software vendor (ISV) program. Working with EDB, Newgen has certified Newgen OmniDocs – Enterprise Content Management Suite and OmniFlow – Business Process Management Suite with EDB’s flagship Postgres Plus Advanced Server. The two companies are also embarking upon joint marketing and sales engagements with enterprises across the globe. The recent certification is an expansion of EDB’s relationship with Newgen, which has seen some of the largest implementations…
NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwired – August 08, 2014) – VGTel, Inc. – 360entertainmentandproductions.com (OTCQB: VGTL) announced the launch of its wholly owned subsidiary Motion Picture Scanning Services (MPSS) in the moviemaker-friendly community of Austin, Texas. The launch of MPSS is part of a planned series of strategic moves to help solidify VGTel’s position as an industry front-runner in the development and distribution of cinematic content for the 4K Ultra High Definition broadcast market.The MPSS studio is a world-wide resource for digital scanning of theatrical content from its original film format. The studio is a specially equipped laboratory capable of scanning giant screen 65/70mm…
SEATTLE, WA–(Marketwired – Aug 8, 2014) – For consumers that consistently spend close to their credit limit, increasing that limit can be an easy solution. Getting a higher credit limit not only lets the person spend more, but it can actually improve a person’s credit score. Lenders take a look at how much a user spends compared to the amount of credit available to them when determining their credit score. This is called the utilization ratio. When the utilization ratio is low, lenders see it favorably, as the user is financially responsible with his or her money. As a result,…
TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – Aug. 8, 2014) – Constellation Software Inc. (TSX:CSU) (the “Company”) has announced that it has filed a final short form prospectus (the “Final Prospectus”) in relation to its previously announced rights offering (the “Rights Offering”) pursuant to which the Company will distribute rights (the “Rights”) that will entitle holders of common shares (“Common Shares”) of the Company (the “Shareholders”) as of the close of business on August 21, 2014 (the “Record Date”) to purchase up to C$100 million aggregate principal amount of unsecured subordinated floating rate debentures of the Company (the “Debentures”). There is no minimum principal…
IRVINE, CA–(Marketwired – August 08, 2014) – Founder and President of Project Insight, project and portfolio management software, Steve West, member of the Irvine NOVA Masters and the oldest man to qualify for the US Olympic trials in 2012, participated in The English Channel and Open Water Relay Tuesday morning. The relay is approximately 21 miles and one of the longest held channel swimming records: 6 hours and 52 minutes by the 1990 USA Swimming National Open Water Team. West joined the 6-member 40+ year-old relay team, Total Immersion, in the English Channel (or the EC6), in an attempt to…