REDWOOD CITY, CA–(Marketwired – Jun 26, 2014) – Coraid®, a leading storage solutions vendor for public cloud service providers and large enterprise private clouds, today announced that Purity IT AS (Purity), a prominent Norwegian storage systems integrator specializing in storage, backup, disaster recovery (DR) and cloud storage, chose Coraid’s EtherDrive platform to power its SkyBackup service. SkyBackup is a Backup-as-a-Service (BaaS) offering that is a hybrid of local backup and cloud storage. Purity is known for delivering customized solutions tailored for midsize to enterprise clients across multiple verticals. To continue to provide that same level of service in the intensely…
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REDWOOD SHORES, CA–(Marketwired – June 26, 2014) – Avangate, the leading Digital Commerce solution provider trusted by thousands of Software and Online Services companies to grow their business worldwide, today announced that Phoenix Distribution, the leading value added distributor of software, accessories and peripherals across the African continent and the UK, has selected Avangate to power their eCommerce initiatives for the company’s ESD division, delivering download and SaaS content across channels, including B2B and B2C.Avangate powers the commerce engine for Phoenix’ white label stores as well as the distributor’s own portals across Africa and the UK, covering localized payments in…
VALENCIA, CA–(Marketwired – June 26, 2014) – PDC, the global leader of innovative identification solutions, announced today the installation of its Smart Band® RFID Wristband System at Great Wolf Lodge New England in Fitchburg, MA for electronic access control and cashless payments. The indoor waterpark is the latest of eight Great Wolf Lodge resorts to introduce PDC’s RFID wristband technology to enhance the guest experience.Designed for the specific needs of waterpark and resort guests, Smart Band® replaces traditional forms of identification, payment, and access credentials that are usually carried in a wallet, purse, or pocket. Upon check in, Great Wolf…
NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwired – June 26, 2014) – B&H Photo would like to share the announcement of the Nikon D810 with the photographic community. Building on the success of the D800/D800E, the D810 is a versatile offering that adds many upgrades to both form and function.Like the D800 and D800E, the Nikon D810 has a 36.3MP full-frame CMOS sensor; however, the D810 has removed the Optical Low Pass Filter, for increased image sharpness. Read more about the Nikon D810 DSLR camera here: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1062499-REG/nikon_d_810_digital_slr_body.html The new EXPEED 4 image processing engine is 30% faster than the EXPEED 3, for up to 1,200 shots and…
SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwired – Jun 25, 2014) – Joyent, the high-performance cloud infrastructure and data services company, today announced the appointment of Scott Hammond as Chief Executive Officer. Under Scott’s leadership, Joyent seeks to accelerate growth with a focus on hybrid cloud infrastructure, which is expected to become the largest segment of cloud computing in coming years. Gartner predicts 50 percent of all enterprises will have hybrid cloud deployments by 2017. With over two decades of senior leadership experience, Hammond joins Joyent from Cisco Systems, where he was Vice President of Strategy and Business Development for Cisco’s Cloud and Systems Management…
SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwired – Jun 25, 2014) – Joyent, the high-performance cloud infrastructure and data services company, today announced the appointment of Scott Hammond as Chief Executive Officer. Under Scott’s leadership, Joyent seeks to accelerate growth with a focus on hybrid cloud infrastructure, which is expected to become the largest segment of cloud computing in coming years. Gartner predicts 50 percent of all enterprises will have hybrid cloud deployments by 2017. With over two decades of senior leadership experience, Hammond joins Joyent from Cisco Systems, where he was Vice President of Strategy and Business Development for Cisco’s Cloud and Systems Management…
WASHINGTON, DC–(Marketwired – Jun 25, 2014) – Last week the Wall Street Journal reported on plans by Amaya Gaming Group Inc., a Montreal-based producer of gaming machines and systems, to buy PokerStars, the largest online poker operator in the world. According to the Wall Street Journal, Amaya Gaming will be paying $4.9 billion to take over privately held Oldford Group Ltd., parent company of Rational Group Ltd. that owns the PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker. Online gambling proponents hope that having PokerStars back in the game will mean an upswing for the industry in the U.S., which has been unexpectedly…
SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwired – Jun 25, 2014) – Business to Business communication is the heart and soul of what makes a company successful. Smaller companies and businesses that are just starting out need to hit the ground running and make sure that the telecommunication systems that they have in place will be able to lead them to that success. Business VoIP providers are becoming the main way that those relationships between businesses get built. Traditional landline services charge way too much for very little upside and nowadays business VoIP providers can set up an entire office with service for a…
PALO ALTO, CA–(Marketwired – Jun 25, 2014) – Cloudera, the leader in enterprise analytic data management powered by Apache Hadoop™, today opened submissions for the second annual Data Impact Awards. The program was launched last year to recognize the innovative ways that CDH users have implemented the open source software. The awards honor exemplary CDH deployments from organizations that are solving critical business and industry challenges and will celebrate the innovative applications of Hadoop that are driving major advancements across industry verticals. As Hadoop becomes increasingly enterprise-ready, organizations are implementing Cloudera technology at the core of their enterprise data hubs,…
NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwired – June 25, 2014) – ObjectRocket, the managed service for MongoDB from Rackspace (NYSE: RAX), will demonstrate Automated Online Compaction and its rapid-deployment API on stage at MongoDB World June 25 in New York City and extend its free backup service to MongoDB databases hosted with any provider.”Free backups should be table stakes for MongoDB as a service,” said Kenny Gorman, co-founder and chief architect at ObjectRocket. “We’re extending the free backups our customers already enjoy to MongoDB users anywhere. Simply add your instance to the ObjectRocket interface and get your data backed up.”In its MongoDB World…
SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwired – Jun 25, 2014) – Victorious, the mobile platform that powers the world’s most creative communities, officially launches today to help content creators chart their own destinies by controlling and deepening their relationships with fans. Creators like Michelle Phan, Boyce Avenue and Shay Carl have become global brands — they are the next generation of celebrities with massive fan followings. Like any brand, having their own directly-managed platform is critical to their longevity. Victorious is the first platform that is truly theirs. The millennial generation craves social engagement and mobile has become their first screen. Many digitally-born…
WASHINGTON, DC–(Marketwired – Jun 25, 2014) – Over the years, Realtors® have spent countless time and millions of dollars advancing real estate technologies and keeping up with the latest high-tech tools. The 2013-2014 Realtor® Technology Survey, conducted by NAR’s Center for REALTOR® Technology, found that Realtors® continued to invest in new technology for their businesses in 2013 and spent more than they did in previous years. According to the survey, brokers spent a median of $1,410 on technology for their real estate business, up from $1,122 in 2012, while agents spent a median of $848, up slightly from $822 in…
BOSTON, MA and SAN MATEO, CA–(Marketwired – Jun 25, 2014) – Brekeke Software, developer of SIP telephony software for enterprises and service providers, along with Grandstream Networks, the leading manufacturer of IP voice/video telephony and video surveillance solutions, announced today that Grandstream’s GXV3240 and GXV3275 IP Video Phones for Android™ have been tested and certified for use with Brekeke PBX. This interoperability allows Brekeke PBX users to take advantage of Grandstream’s revolutionary series of Android-based IP Video Phones in order to add video calling, multiplatform/multiparty video conferencing and the Android app ecosystem to their business communications platforms. “Grandstream’s GXV3240 and…
NEW YORK, NY and DES MOINES, IA–(Marketwired – Jun 25, 2014) – Hearst Magazines has promoted Debra Janssen to president and CEO of CDS Global, a leading provider of end-to-end business process outsourcing, with Malcolm Netburn continuing in his role as chairman. The announcement was made by David Carey, president of Hearst Magazines, and John Loughlin, executive vice president and general manager of Hearst Magazines, to whom CDS Global reports. Janssen’s new role is effective immediately. Janssen has more than 25 years of experience working with customer data, security and high-volume transaction processing. She was named chief operating officer of…
TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – June 25, 2014) – Editors note: There is a photo associated with this Press Release. TP-LINK Canada Inc. today announced the power wall-mountable Universal range extender: the TP-LINK® RE200 AC750 Universal Dual Band Wi-Fi Range Extender. The sleek miniature device is designed to conveniently extend the coverage and improve the signal strength of an existing wireless network. The next-gen 802.11ac wireless range extender is designed to work with any Wi-Fi router and is compatible with 802.11 b/g/n and 802.11ac devices. Users can now expand the total range of their 11ac networks and enjoy 802.11ac speeds of up…
DENVER, CO–(Marketwired – Jun 25, 2014) – T3Media — the leading provider of cloud-based video management, delivery and monetization services for media and entertainment clients worldwide — announced today that they have begun initial rounds of DPP file testing across UK broadcasters. “It is important that our clients’ content originating in North America is delivered compliant with the new UK DPP standard,” said Frank Cardello, COO at T3Media. While there is an October 1, 2014 deadline for DPP readiness, T3Media plans on delivering DPP compliant files ahead of the deadline to support the US fall TV season. “That’s why we are…
SANTA CLARA, CA–(Marketwired – Jun 25, 2014) – Ensim Corporation, a leading provider of automation and orchestration solutions to service providers and enterprises, today announced that Westcoast Limited, a leading UK distributor for vendors including HP, Microsoft, Apple, Toshiba, Lenovo, Samsung, and more, has deployed the Ensim Automation Suite (EAS) to support front and back-end business operations automation for its multi-tiered distribution business leveraging the cloud to deliver automated offerings to its extensive network of VARs in the UK. The Ensim Automation Suite enables service providers and enterprises to deploy a complete and turn-key solution for marketplace, service catalog, provisioning, and…
DALLAS, TX–(Marketwired – Jun 25, 2014) – Small percentage increases in uninterruptible power supply (UPS) efficiency have the potential to add up to millions of dollars in energy cost savings for data centers, according to Brad Thrash, product manager, global AC power systems, GE’s Critical Power business (NYSE: GE). That’s the case articulated in a newly released white paper from GE on the energy efficiency of multi-mode UPS systems used in data centers around the globe. According to Frost & Sullivan1, raising energy efficiency levels of UPS systems in data centers from 90 to 98 percent can save the United…
LOS ANGELES, CA–(Marketwired – Jun 25, 2014) – HITEC, Booth #1327 — Nomadix, Inc., the innovator and pioneer of public access gateways, has announced Nomadix Service Engine (NSE) version 8.3 for its AG 2400, AG 5600 and AG 5800 access gateways, which service Internet connections for guests in a variety of locations, from hotels to convention centers to sports stadiums. “How properties manage Internet access can make or break the guest experience,” said Fred Reeder, chief commercial and operating officer of Nomadix. “We are constantly enhancing our products to provide properties with additional tools to better control and monitor bandwidth management. With…
DETROIT, MI and ANN ARBOR, MI–(Marketwired – June 25, 2014) – Online Tech is close to completing the development of a major data center in Metro Detroit. It will provide pivotal support to companies leading the rebirth of Detroit’s economy. The 34,000 square foot data center in Westland, Michigan, will deliver critical infrastructure for Detroit-area businesses driving the city’s economic renaissance. It officially opens August 1, and data center tours are now available upon request.The new Westland data center gives Metro Detroit companies an enterprise class choice for IT infrastructure. It also meets the security and compliance demands of the…