PORTLAND, OR–(Marketwired – Jun 24, 2014) – Puppet Labs, the leading provider of IT automation software, today announced the Puppet Supported Program, a certification program that enables customers to extend the benefits of automation across their entire data center. Puppet Enterprise is already the leading server automation solution, and this new program enables customers to speed application delivery using a single solution to automate not only servers and software, but also network and storage devices. Together with launch partners Arista Networks, Brocade, Cisco, Cumulus Networks, Dell, EMC, F5, Huawei and NetApp, Puppet Labs is certifying Puppet Enterprise for platforms and…
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CUPERTINO, CA–(Marketwired – Jun 24, 2014) – Soundhawk today unveiled a Smart Listening System that will help millions of people hear more of what matters most. Beginning today, you can pre-order Soundhawk at Soundhawk.com for a limited time offer of $279. Soundhawk’s suggested retail price is $299. The company also announced an additional $5.5 million in funding through Foxconn, True Ventures and other investors, and has entered a new strategic partnership with Foxconn. Introducing Soundhawk’s Smart Listening System As the world grows noisier, more people are hearing less of what matters most. Soundhawk is a unique blend of intuitive consumer technology…
PALO ALTO, CA–(Marketwired – Jun 24, 2014) – Accellion, Inc., the pioneer in providing secure mobile solutions to enterprise organizations that enable increased business productivity, today announced AVL, the international leader in the development of powertrains, implemented Accellion’s secure mobile content sharing solution. AVL employees now have secure mobile access to files of any size, which can be shared securely with people inside and outside the organization, via their mobile device of choice. Part of AVL’s design and testing processes is to use engine simulators, which output models and video files as large as 60-70GB in size. This contributes to…
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS–(Marketwired – Jun 24, 2014) – Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR), the industry leader in network innovation, today announced that EE, the U.K.’s largest mobile network operator, has completed the migration to its new national IP/MPLS core network which underpins the delivery of 4G services built using Juniper Networks® MX Series 3D Universal Edge Routers. EE pioneered the U.K.’s first superfast 4G mobile services in October 2012 and also uses the network to provide 3G services to approximately 30 million connections on EE, T-Mobile and Orange plans, as well as through MVNOs (mobile virtual network operators). EE’s 4G coverage…
SEATTLE, WA–(Marketwired – Jun 24, 2014) – Global supercomputer leader Cray Inc. (NASDAQ: CRAY) today announced the Company has been awarded a $54 million contract to provide the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) with two next-generation Cray® XC™ supercomputers and a Cray Sonexion® storage system. Based in Seoul, Korea, KMA is one of the world’s leading operational weather forecasting and climate research centers. In support of its mission of realizing advanced meteorological services to be in-time, accurate and valuable, KMA will use the next-generation Cray XC supercomputers to provide more accurate weather forecasts through increased model resolution, new forecasting models, increased…
SANTA BARBARA, CA–(Marketwired – Jun 24, 2014) – Solar3D, Inc. (OTCQB: SLTD), a leading solar power company and the developer of a proprietary high efficiency solar cell, reported that its SUNworks division posted record sales, pre-tax profits and backlog in the month of May. Jim Nelson, CEO of Solar3D, commented, “As we expected when we acquired SUNworks, the company’s management team has done an outstanding job of driving sales and profits. Recognized revenue for the month of May alone exceeded $2.6MM. That means that between April and May, we have achieved sales of over $4MM, a level equal to nearly half the…
SEATTLE, WA and LEIPZIG, GERMANY–(Marketwired – Jun 24, 2014) – At the 2014 International Supercomputing Conference in Leipzig, Germany, global supercomputer leader Cray Inc. (NASDAQ: CRAY) today announced the Company has joined the OpenStack® Foundation as a Corporate Sponsor. Cray will contribute to OpenStack and work to integrate open source capabilities into future Cray products and services. The OpenStack Foundation promotes the development, distribution and adoption of the OpenStack cloud operating system. OpenStack has a goal of serving developers, users and the entire ecosystem by providing a set of shared resources to grow the footprint of public and private OpenStack…
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA–(Marketwired – Jun 24, 2014) – CloudPhysics, who provides predictive analytics for virtual datacenter management, today announced the general availability of Storage Analytics, new capabilities in the company’s flagship product that make it now possible for IT teams to pinpoint and preempt storage-induced capacity and performance problems with data-driven, actionable insight. As a part of today’s release, CloudPhysics is introducing Smart Alerts, a groundbreaking new feature that shifts the focus of alerting from reactive to predictive. Using Big Data analytics, CloudPhysics leverages insights from its global dataset to predict capacity or performance problems in a customer’s datacenter, triggering…
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA–(Marketwired – Jun 24, 2014) – CloudPhysics, who provides predictive analytics for virtual datacenter management, today announced it has secured $15 million in a Series C round of funding, led by venture capital firm Jafco Ventures with participation from the company’s existing investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Mayfield. CloudPhysics, who has raised $27.5 million to date, will use the funding to invest further in developing its groundbreaking SaaS solution, which leverages Big Data analytics to enable IT to uncover hidden operational hazards before problems emerge and identifies radical efficiency improvements in virtualized IT operations management. The…
LOS ANGELES, CA–(Marketwired – June 23, 2014) – Los Angeles based e-commerce startup Clearance.co, a subsidiary of Development Capital Group, Inc. (OTCQB: DLPM) is pleased to announce today it will be launching a new and improved site design in July 2014. VP of Technology, John Long said: “We are always working to improve our members’ shopping experience, and we feel a new, more customer friendly platform design, will provide a big step towards that cause.”The ecommerce flash-sales site sells personal goods such as clothing, accessories, electronics and home furnishings at discounted prices. The company recently announced it reached 550,000 users…
REDWOOD SHORES, CA–(Marketwired – Jun 23, 2014) – Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) News Facts Today, the White House announced that Ryan M. Pitts, a former active duty Army Staff Sergeant and current Oracle employee, will be awarded the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry. The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration award from the United States government. Former Staff Sergeant Pitts will be awarded the Medal of Honor for his courageous actions while serving as a Forward Observer during combat operations in Afghanistan on July 13, 2008. Pitts will be the ninth living recipient to be awarded the Medal…
TAMPA, FL–(Marketwired – Jun 23, 2014) – Swiftpage, a leading provider of integrated marketing and CRM solutions for individuals, growing businesses and mobile sales teams, today announced a complimentary Lunch-and-Learn event to be held on June 26th at The Capital Grille in the International Plaza. Those interested in attending can sign up now at www.saleslogix.com/steakinar. The event will be hosted by Saleslogix Business Partner SyncSite and feature executives from Saleslogix and Salesfusion, including Lorcan Malone, senior vice president and general manager of Saleslogix. Presentations and demonstrations will showcase the power of the two companies’ integrated solution, which closes the sales…
REDWOOD SHORES, CA–(Marketwired – Jun 23, 2014) – Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) today announced that it will host the Oracle Cloud Forum Meeting on Wednesday, June 25, 2014. The Oracle Cloud Forum will be webcast live beginning at 8:15 a.m. Pacific Time via the Investor Relations homepage at www.oracle.com/investor. About OracleOracle engineers hardware and software to work together in the cloud and in your data center. For more information about Oracle (NYSE: ORCL), visit www.oracle.com or contact Investor Relations at investor_us@oracle.com or (650) 506-4073. TrademarksOracle and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates. Contact: Ken Bond Oracle Investor Relations 1.650.607.0349…
HOUSTON, TX–(Marketwired – Jun 23, 2014) – Intergraph is hosting a CADWorx E&I V2014 webinar on July 8, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. CT that will demonstrate the software’s new capability to receive data from CADWorx P&ID to create new loops, instruments, process lines, and associated process data in CADWorx E&I for electrical and instrumentation. Once the new loops and instruments are in the E&I project, you can create new loop diagrams, loop, and instrument data sheets; revise the design; import new loops from a Microsoft Excel source file; and view core project documentation such as connection diagrams, the instrument index,…
OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – June 23, 2014) – CANARIE, a vital component of Canada’s digital infrastructure supporting research, education and innovation, today announced a further $2.4M in investment in eight new Software Platforms and Services. These new projects enable Canadian scientists to analyze, visualize and share immense volumes of research data, transforming data into knowledge and insight that contribute to Canada’s economic and social development. CANARIE’s Research Software Program invests in and supports two types of projects: Research Platforms are software for research within a specific discipline Research Services are software components that perform specific data management functions (i.e. storage, visualization,…
CHICAGO, IL–(Marketwired – June 23, 2014) – kCura, developers of Relativity-web-based software for the collection, processing, review, analysis, and production of electronic evidence during litigation and investigations-were recently positioned in the ‘Leaders’ quadrant of the Gartner 2014 Magic Quadrant for E-Discovery Software report.*Gartner’s report represents an analysis of 22 e-discovery providers. All providers were evaluated based on their completeness of vision and ability to execute. According to the report, “Gartner used market adoption, customer experience, and the frequency of appearance on shortlists to validate the strength of an offering. Adjacent technologies, such as information management, analytics, archiving, and the functionality…
PETALUMA, CA–(Marketwired – Jun 23, 2014) – According to the American Small Business League, the renewal of a 25-year-old fraudulent Pentagon program has been hidden in the House version of the 2015 National Defense Reauthorization Bill. The renewal of the Comprehensive Subcontracting Plan Test Program (CSPTP) into its 28th year of testing is covered in section 811 of the FY 15 National Defense Authorization Bill (H.R. 4435). To try and hide the renewal of the controversial and fraudulent program section 811 has been obscured from the bill. The language renewing the Test Program is hidden under the section titled, “Subtitle…
COLUMBUS, OH–(Marketwired – Jun 23, 2014) – Bruce Schneier, one of the world’s leading experts on computer security and privacy issues, will deliver the keynote at the July Battelle CyberAuto Challenge, a practicum-based camp designed to address cybersecurity in automobiles for students, engineers, scientists, policy leaders and white hat “hackers.” Schneier, a cryptographer, security technologist and author of a dozen books and countless articles, will discuss the emerging field of vehicular cyber security at the third annual event, which takes place July 13 -18 at the Troy, Mich., offices of Delphi Automotive PLC. Battelle, the world’s largest nonprofit research and development organization…
FREDERICK, MD–(Marketwired – Jun 23, 2014) – Welocalize, global leader in translation and localization solutions, is proud to participate in North American’s premier mobile learning event, mLearnCon 2014, taking place at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina, June 24 – 26. As exhibitors, Welocalize will meet with mobile and learning professionals at booth #506 to discuss global market language strategies. Welocalize helps multinational organizations maximize the value of their learning content by providing translation and localization services in 125 languages, for all types of learning content, mediums, LMS programs and learning platforms, delivered across various devices. “As billions of…
SUNNYVALE, CA and LEIPZIG, GERMANY–(Marketwired – Jun 23, 2014) – Finisar Corporation (NASDAQ: FNSR) today announced that it will display its market-leading product portfolio of optical interconnects, optimized for demanding High-Performance Computing (HPC) applications, at the International Supercomputing Conference 2014 (ISC’14). These optical interconnects, based on 10G, 14G, and 25G per channel solutions, leverage Finisar’s patented fiber optic technology for the transmission of high-speed data with enhanced signal integrity, higher density, lower power consumption, smaller bend radius and longer reach than traditional copper solutions. Finisar will also feature a live demonstration of its next generation 100 Gb/s Quadwire ® Active…