OmniVision Announces 12.7-Megapixel OmniBSI-2(TM) Image Sensor for High-End Smartphones and Tablets
1/3.2-inch OV12830 Captures 1080p/60 HD Video and Full Resolution High-Speed Photography
SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- OmniVision Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: OVTI), a leading developer of advanced digital imaging solutions, today announced the OV12830, a 12.7-megapixel CameraChip(TM) sensor designed specifically to meet the high quality image and video recording standards of next generation high-end smartphones and tablets. The 1/3.2-inch OV12830 utilizes the OmniBSI-2 pixel architecture to capture 1080p high definition (HD) video at 60 frames per second (FPS), and full resolution 12-megapixel high-speed photography at 24 FPS to dramatically reduce shutter lag.
"We are bringing this sensor to market at a time when next-generation smartphone and tablet cameras are moving beyond the 8-megapixel threshold," said Devang Patel, senior product marketing manager at OmniVision. "The OV12830 marks OmniVision's highest resolution 1/3.2-inch optical format offering for mobile devices to date, and fits into the industry-standard module size of 8.5 x 8.5 mm. This combination allows manufacturers to design mobile devices with greatly improved video recording capabilities within the same space constraints required by current 8-megapixel camera modules."
Utilizing advanced 1.1-micron OmniBSI-2 pixel architecture, the OV12830 supports an active array of 4,224 x 3,000 pixels (12-megapixel) operating at 24 FPS, and 4,224 x 2,376 pixels (10-megapixel in a 16:9 aspect ratio) at 30 FPS, minimizing shutter lag from shot-to-shot. An on-chip RAW scaler allows the sensor to record video at 30 FPS while maintaining full field of view. Additionally, the OV12830 is capable of capturing full 1080p HD video with increased sensitivity for low-light recording, and at 60 FPS with additional pixels for EIS. The sensor provides alternate row output from full-resolution at two different exposures, enabling high-dynamic range (HDR) still or video recording.
The OV12830 comes in die format with industry standard 4-lane MIPI interface connectivity. It is currently available for sampling, and is expected to enter volume production in the fourth quarter of 2012.
About OmniVision
OmniVision Technologies (NASDAQ: OVTI) is a leading developer of advanced digital imaging solutions. Its award-winning CMOS imaging technology enables superior image quality in many of today's consumer and commercial applications, including mobile phones, notebooks, tablets and webcams, digital still and video cameras, security and surveillance, entertainment devices, automotive and medical imaging systems. Find out more at http://www.ovt.com.
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Certain statements in this press release, including statements regarding the expected benefits, performance, capabilities, and potential market appeal, as well as anticipated timing of mass production, of the OV12830 are forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties, which could cause the forward-looking statements and OmniVision's results to differ materially, include, without limitation: potential errors, design flaws or other problems with OV12830, customer acceptance, demand, and other risks detailed from time to time in OmniVision's Securities and Exchange Commission filings and reports, including, but not limited to, OmniVision's annual report filed on Form 10-K and quarterly reports filed on Form 10-Q. OmniVision expressly disclaims any obligation to update information contained in any forward-looking statement.
OmniVision® and the OmniVision logo are registered trademarks of OmniVision Technologies, Inc. CameraChip(TM) and OmniBSI-2(TM) are trademarks of OmniVision Technologies, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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Thrive World Wide, Inc. Signs Letter of Intent with INTECH Creative
LAKE GENEVA, Wis., May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Thrive World Wide, Inc. (OTCQB: TWWI.PK) (Pinksheets: TWWI.PK) announced today that it has entered into a Letter of Intent to acquire INTECH Creative, LLC. The terms have not been disclosed. INTECH Creative LLC is a software development company, with its software development studio located in Jayanagar, Bangalore INDIA, and its preferred third-party subcontract office located in West Bengal INDIA.
INTECH will develop, manage and support the overall IT requirements of Thrive Worldwide, provide all technology-related requirements for Thrive projects company-wide, and develop its own slate of newly-authored proprietary website/mobile software products: this will include a web/mobile application to enhance and integrate with the already vibrant online Events/Tickets marketplace, and followed by a web/mobile administration system to better serve the online publishing work-business cycle. Additional products are slated for the online smart radio, commercial ground freight, and third-party services marketplaces. The company will simultaneously expand its workshop -- and sales efforts -- to generate work-for-hire revenue from third-party clients worldwide.
Bruce Dugan, CEO of Thrive World Wide, Inc., noted that "This is the first of several planned moves intended to build a low-burn-rate-high-output model. We believe this will provide us with ability to aggressively compete in the marketplace and achieve our short-term goal of becoming self-sustaining by the end of the year."
About Thrive World Wide, Inc.
Thrive World Wide, Inc. ("Thrive") is a web-centric multimedia company. Through its wholly owned subsidiary DailyHotDeal, it has been engaged in the "Deal of the Day" business. For more information, visit http://thriveworldwide.com/.
This news release may contain certain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included in this release, including, without limitation, statements regarding potential mineralization and reserves, exploration results, and future plans and objectives of Thrive World Wide, Inc. are forward-looking statements that involve various risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate and actual results and future could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company's expectations are disclosed under the heading "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in documents filed from time to time with the United States Securities and ExchangeCommission and other regulatory authorities.
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Cariden Technologies Introduces Network Analytics Solution for Rapid Insight into Critical Operational Data
MATE Live extends widely used network planning, engineering and operations portfolio with real time network visibility for operators
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cariden Technologies, Inc., the leader in network planning, design, and traffic management solutions, announced today the availability of MATE Live, a solution that combines predictive network analytics with easy access to current and historical data for use in operational applications, such as health maintenance and congestion mitigation.
MATE Live extends Cariden's MATE portfolio of products, which includes MATE Design for planning and traffic management, and MATE Collector for automated and continuous discovery of network data for maintaining the world's most complex networks. MATE Live builds upon MATE Collector's proven efficiency at discovering and assimilating critical network information.
Cariden helps customers realize financial returns at many times the original investment by providing the most flexible and rapid solutions in the industry for planning, engineering, operations, peering, and business management. In particular, MATE Live sharply reduces outage times by providing greater insight into the root causes of network congestion.
"The introduction of MATE Live greatly improves our network visibility," said Dorian Kim, Vice President of IP Engineering at NTT America. "We have used the MATE portfolio extensively for planning, engineering, and operations tasks, and we'll now be able to monitor network utilization, improve uptime, perform future trending analysis, and ensure network health, all from a single application. MATE Live is so intuitive yet expansive in its functionality that NTT Communications plans to use it in multiple departments within our technical operations."
In addition to supporting these key operational requirements, MATE Live also provides the following groups with additional cost-saving services:
-- Planners--develops trending reports used by MATE Design for determining
future needs, such as site-to-site traffic trends per class of service
-- Designers and Engineers--determines whether MPLS paths are routed
optimally over time and which events cause them to reroute
-- Peering Coordinators--monitors priority peers and their growth, while
verifying traffic is balanced
-- Business Managers--determines the impact of new services per market or
per site
"The development of MATE Live was driven by our customers, who needed operational and business analytics. Cariden has a rich history of collecting in-depth network data, and we were pleased to develop MATE Live in conjunction with customers such as NTT Communications to provide easy and powerful access to that information," said Arman Maghbouleh, President of Cariden Technologies. "MATE Live allows our customers to interactively access current and historical data and to derive actionable intelligence from the network."
"Maintenance is a never-ending process--between backbone and service maintenance, the pressure on operations departments is very high," said Sarah Wallace, Analyst at Heavy Reading. "With telecom and cable customers demanding increasingly stringent service level agreements, and further profits at stake in inter-provider peering, service providers have to be more nimble with more complex data than ever before in order to stay competitive. Platforms such as the MATE portfolio, and applications such as MATE Live in particular, can play key roles in how providers address their time-critical management needs."
Along with MATE Live, Cariden announced--as of the 5.2 release of the MATE portfolio--new features for MATE Design and MATE Collector. All products are available now.
About Cariden
Cariden Technologies, Inc. is a software company serving large network operators worldwide. Founded in 2001, the company has maintained steady growth and profitability with its industry standard network planning and analytics software. Networks serving 85% of the U.S. broadband customers have adopted Cariden software, as have 9 of the 11 global Tier 1 ISPs. Cariden's success is fueled by its technical innovations in delivering visibility, efficiency, and automation to networks.
NETGEAR Introduces Enterprise Storage Under $10,000
Up to 180TB with Superior Affordability and Simplicity
SAN JOSE, Calif., May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- NETGEAR®, Inc. (NASDAQGM: NTGR), a global networking company that delivers innovative products to consumers, businesses and service providers, today announced the NETGEAR ReadyDATA(TM) unified storage family. ReadyDATA is an enterprise-class storage product that is significantly less expensive and dramatically easier to use than traditional enterprise offerings. These new products feature native de-duplication, thin provisioning and unlimited snapshots, with support for SATA, SAS and SSD disk drives. ReadyDATA scales to 180TB capacity (five times larger than the current flagship model), and is the first product of its kind to include data replication as a standard feature.
The ReadyDATA platform delivers tier-1 storage features with extraordinary simplicity. Users can leverage thin provisioning in virtual environments, replicate files and databases to offsite locations and recover data from unlimited point-in-time snapshots, all with just a few mouse clicks. And, every ReadyDATA includes the world's first cloud-managed replication, ensuring secure, high-performance disaster recovery without extra software, servers or network configuration. Now customers and partners can avoid complex licensing, expensive installation specialists and incremental maintenance agreements, as well as the intimidating prices associated with traditional "big IT" offerings.
ReadyDATA systems include a full set of datacenter-class storage capabilities, such as:
-- Thin provisioning, compression and de-duplication of block (SAN) and
file (NAS) data
-- Replication over 128-bit SSL connections for block and file data
-- Unlimited snapshots for block and file data
-- Scalability up to 60 drives and 180TB total capacity
-- Two 10Gb Ethernet ports and mixed configurations of SATA, SAS and SSD
drives
-- Instant capacity expansion support that eliminates RAID configuration
time
-- Backup software compatibility with major vendors like Symantec, Acronis,
CommVault, StorageCraft, Veeam and Quest
-- Virtual network interface support for powerful network traffic
management
-- Virtualization vendor certifications from VMware, Microsoft and Citrix
"SMBs favor IT solutions that are modular in design and provide the entry-level functionality that they may need initially, while providing the flexibility to scale to future needs," said Jim Browning, Gartner VP. "This modularity provides them with investment protection and enables them to make incremental investments as time, resources and budget permit. However, they want a complete feature set in their standard pricing. SMBs have cited frustration resulting from unexpected additional charges for key functionality after the initial deployment."
"We didn't think we could afford a storage solution with so many advanced features and still make sense of it ourselves. The ReadyDATA 5200 gave us all of the tools that we thought we couldn't afford, and we're especially pleased with the usability," said Dave DePillis at Kelly Kronenberg, a legal services firm in the southeastern United States. "I'm familiar with traditional enterprise vendors and this does just as much - but costs me a lot less."
"Not only are we excited by NETGEAR's growing leadership in the storage market, we're astonished by how simple this system was to quote, assemble and deliver to our customers," said Jeff Wilhelm, Director of Engineering with Envision Technology Advisors, LLC, a NETGEAR reseller partner in the northeastern United States.
"We've been quietly increasing momentum in the entry-level storage space and are now the leader, according to Gartner," said Drew Meyer, senior director of marketing for the NETGEAR commercial business unit. "We're breaking new ground for midmarket organizations with the ReadyDATA platform, serving the needs of a market that has long been neglected by traditional vendors."
Pricing and Availability
NETGEAR ReadyDATA products are available from authorized NETGEAR PowerShift® channel partners worldwide in late June:
-- The NETGEAR ReadyDATA 5200, with up to 12 drives in a 2U enclosure and
support for two expansion disk arrays. List pricing with 12 enterprise
SATA drives is $14,000 with a North American street price estimated
under $10,000 USD.
-- The NETGEAR ReadyDATA EDA4000, a 4U expansion disk array allowing up to
24 additional drives. List price is $3500, with a North American street
price estimated around $2500 USD (SATA, SAS and SSD drive packs sold
separately).
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About NETGEAR, Inc.
NETGEAR (NASDAQGM: NTGR) is a global networking company that delivers innovative products to consumers, businesses and service providers. For consumers, the company makes high performance, dependable and easy to use home networking, storage and digital media products to connect people with the Internet and their content and devices. For businesses, NETGEAR provides networking, storage and security solutions without the cost and complexity of big IT. The company also supplies top service providers with retail proven, whole home solutions for their customers. NETGEAR products are built on a variety of proven technologies such as wireless, Ethernet and Powerline, with a focus on reliability and ease-of-use. NETGEAR products are sold in approximately 29,000 retail locations around the globe, and through approximately 41,000 value-added resellers. The company's headquarters are in San Jose, Calif., with additional offices in 25 countries. NETGEAR is an ENERGY STAR® partner. More information is available at http://www.NETGEAR.com or by calling (408) 907-8000. Connect with NETGEAR at http://twitter.com/NETGEAR and http://www.facebook.com/NETGEAR.
Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 for NETGEAR, Inc.: This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Specifically, statements concerning NETGEAR's business and the expected performance characteristics, specifications, reliability, market acceptance, market growth, specific uses, user feedback and market position of NETGEAR's products and technology are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Safe Harbor. These statements are based on management's current expectations and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, the following: the actual price, performance and ease of use of NETGEAR's products may not meet the price, performance and ease of use requirements of customers; product performance may be adversely affected by real world operating conditions; failure of products may under certain circumstances cause permanent loss of end user data; new viruses or Internet threats may develop that challenge the effectiveness of security features in NETGEAR's products; the ability of NETGEAR to market and sell its products and technology; the impact and pricing of competing products; and the introduction of alternative technological solutions. Further information on potential risk factors that could affect NETGEAR and its business are detailed in the Company's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, those risks and uncertainties listed in the section entitled "Part II - Item 1A. Risk Factors," pages 40 through 58, in the Company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended April 1, 2012, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 8, 2012. NETGEAR undertakes no obligation to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
CONTACT: U.S. Media Contact: Jeff Norris, Weber Shandwick for NETGEAR, (408) 530-8458, JNorris2@webershandwick.com, U.S. Sales Inquiries: (408) 907-8000, sales@netgear.com, U.S. Customer Inquiries: (888) NETGEAR
Tipard's Newly Updated DVD to iPad Converter Lets You Enjoy DVD Movies on iPad
BEIJING, May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Due to its convenient operation, amazing outward appearance and portable feature, the iPad has become an essential part of our daily lives. You can take photos, read e-books and watch movies as you like. In reference to watching movies on iPad, DVD movies have always been the first choice of movie enjoyment. With recent updates, Tipard DVD to iPad Converter can help you rip any DVD movie to your iPad with much faster converting speed.
Tipard DVD to iPad Converter is designed to rip any DVD file to iPad compatible video formats (like MPEG-4, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, MOV, M4V) and audio formats (like AAC, MP3, WAV, AIFF, M4A .etc). Thus, you can enjoy your favorite movies on your iPad, iPad 2, iPad 3 (The New iPad), iPhone, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod and so forth. Moreover, the adoption of NVIDIA® CUDA(TM) technology assures you 6X converting speed and the AMD APP Acceleration provides you with another converting acceleration choice.
Apart from ripping DVD movies to iPad, numerous editing functions are provided for you to make personalized output video, like merging video clips as a single one, adjusting video effects, adding images or texts, cropping video frames and so on. Plus, there is a built-in player inside the DVD to iPad Converter, and you can preview the input and output video effect through the player to have full control of the output video.
Tipard DVD to iPad Converter makes the converting operation quite easy with just the click of your mouse. It is available only for $29. For more details and to get the free trial version, please visit: http://www.tipard.com/dvd-to-ipad-converter.html
System Requirement for Windows Products:
OS Supported: Windows NT4/2000/2003/XP and Windows Vista, Windows 7
CPU: 800MHz Intel or AMD CPU, or above
RAM: 512MB RAM or more
About Tipard Studio
As a leading player in the multimedia software field, Tipard Studio always takes bringing multimedia users best software as its responsibility and keeps being innovative and competitive. With advanced technologies and a first-class R&D team, it has constantly developed many excellent multimedia desktop applications, which are very popular among Windows and Mac users. For more details about Tipard Studio, please visit: http://www.tipard.com
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NetMotion Wireless Delivers Industry's First Cellular Network Performance Management Software
With a View Into the Cellular Networks Mobile Field Workers use Every Day, Organizations Can Troubleshoot Issues and Optimize Wireless Investments
SEATTLE, May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- NetMotion Wireless, provider of software to secure, manage and optimize an organization's mobile data deployment, announced today the general availability of Locality, the industry's first and only cellular network performance management software. Locality gives organizations the visibility and insight needed to optimize their mobile data deployments. It is the only cellular counterpart to a wired network performance management offering, providing the detailed device, network and application reporting organizations need to proactively identify coverage issues, troubleshoot helpdesk tickets, make performance-based buying decisions, effectively track and manage all deployed devices, and more.
"When one of our field agents tells us they're having a connection or coverage issue in the field, we need to be able to quickly fix the situation," said Greg Saugy, Sr. Network Operations Specialist at Amica Insurance. "Locality's performance information helps us get to the root of the problem fast. Minimizing an employee's downtime is essential to keeping our customers happy."
Many organizations have come to rely heavily on public cellular networks to connect their mobile field workers to mission-critical applications and information. These same organizations have made significant investments in devices, applications and monthly service fees in order to make these cellular deployments a reality. Yet, these same organizations have no tools with which to evaluate how those deployments are working for them, or to proactively and methodically identify problems that are causing connectivity related issues. They have to rely on anecdotal information collected from their mobile field workers to make important decisions about their deployment.
Locality changes all of that by providing detailed business intelligence reports based on an organization's unique deployment. For the first time, organizations can make fact-based decisions on how best to optimize their investment in cellular. Locality delivers:
Unmatched Mobile Visibility and Insights - Locality offers real-world data coverage maps based on field worker experiences. It generates detailed device, network and application reports and exposes poor network performance and chronic connectivity problems related to signal strength, location, network saturation, older network technologies, devices, drivers, and other factors.
Enhanced Wireless Control and Management - Organizations can reduce wireless deployment expenditures by identifying under-utilized or unused mobile assets. IT staff can compare and select carriers based on real performance data from their field users and choose the computing devices and data networking cards that provide the highest productivity. A recent 13-city 3G and 4G wireless speed study covered in PC World illustrates the performance inconsistency and variability of today's most popular carriers.
Increased Mobile Worker Productivity - Field staff are more productive when they have access to the best coverage, fastest network technologies and best performing modems. IT staff spend less time troubleshooting with access to real user data. In addition, customers receive better service when mobile employees are more productive.
"Any organization with a mobile workforce is becoming highly reliant on cellular networks," said Bob Hunsberger, president and CEO of NetMotion Wireless. "Their field employees rely on these networks to be productive in their jobs. Yet an enormous barrier exists between IT staff and the cellular networks their employees use every day: the staff can't analyze and monitor the performance of deployed devices and applications on these networks. Locality delivers this insight so organizations can optimize mobile data deployments to increase employee productivity, make the right business decisions, and maximize their return on investment."
NetMotion Wireless introduced Locality to a select group of its existing customers beginning late last year - and now, having seen many successful deployments, is introducing the product to the broader market.
To learn more about how Locality can maximize your cellular network performance and mobile technology investments, contact sales at (866) 262-7626. Technology providers interested in NetMotion Wireless' certified Network Adapter Partner program can contact partners@netmotionwireless.com.
About NetMotion Wireless
NetMotion Wireless develops software to manage, secure and optimize wireless data deployments for organizations with mobile field workers. The company's products address the unique challenges introduced by the use of wireless. Mobility XE, the market's most deployed mobile VPN, increases mobile worker productivity by keeping them connected as they move in and out of wireless coverage and roam between networks. And Locality, the first and only cellular network performance management software, provides the detailed device, network and application information organizations need to maximize their wireless investments. More than 2,000 of the world's most respected enterprise, government, utility, healthcare, public safety, insurance and other organizations rely on NetMotion Wireless to improve their mobile productivity. The company is headquartered in Seattle, Washington. Visit http://www.netmotionwireless.com
NetMotion and NetMotion Mobility are registered trademarks of NetMotion Wireless, Inc. Mobility XE and Locality are trademarks of NetMotion Wireless, Inc. All other trade names, trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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AMETEK Programmable Power Publishes New Short Form Product Catalog
Catalog includes new products, hot products by industry, Complete product listing and a voltage/current selector guide for quick search
SAN DIEGO, May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- AMETEK Programmable Power (http://www.programmablepower.com), the global leader in programmable AC and DC power test solutions, has published a new short form product catalog with new products, updated performance specifications and a DC voltage and current selector guide to save time for the busy engineer. The content has been organized to help electronic engineers find the ideal AC or DC power supply solution for their specific applications.
AMETEK Programmable Power's new short form catalog offers easy access to engineers' most trusted power brands: AMREL, California Instruments, Elgar and Sorensen. AMETEK's strong brands combined with a broad product portfolio and deep application expertise across a wide array of industries have made AMETEK the industry's trusted "power partner" for more than 40 years.
The catalog highlights new and featured products for a variety of applications, including test and measurement, ATE, R&D, process control, and power conditioning. The catalog includes information regarding AMETEK's custom engineered solutions and product/application support.
For More Information
To learn more about any of the company's programmable power supplies and programmable loads, contact AMETEK Programmable Power Sales toll free at 800-733-5427, or 858-458-0223, or by email at sales.ppd@ametek.com. You can also contact your authorized AMETEK Programmable Power sales representative, which can be located by visiting http://www.programmablepower.com/contact/.
About AMETEK Programmable Power
AMETEK Programmable Power is a unit of AMETEK Electronic Instruments Group, a leader in advanced instruments for the process, aerospace, power and industrial markets and a division of AMETEK, Inc., a leading global manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanical devices with annual sales of $3.0 billion.
Socialbakers Launches YouTube Analytics; Helps Companies Optimize Social Media Presence, Increases Engagement Rates Across All Three Major Social Networks
Global Leader In Social Media Analytics Expands Its State-Of-The Art Analytics PRO Technology, Unifying Metrics And Bolstering Customer Social Media Performance
SAN FRANCISCO, May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Socialbakers today announced that its Analytics PRO technology, which tracks Facebook and Twitter campaign performance on the industry's most powerful social media engagement platform, beginning today will also support YouTube. Socialbakers' Analytics PRO enables all companies, from enterprise to small business, to identify, engage and track their most important social influencers, while monitoring dozens of industry competitors.
News Highlights Include:
-- Cohesive Social Media Analytics: Socialbakers' Analytics PRO technology
now helps companies improve social media performance across all three
major social networks (Facebook, Twitter and YouTube).
-- YouTube Analytics: The ability to track social media performance on
YouTube enables social media managers to monitor online content, monitor
competitors, find key influencers and track the daily growth of YouTube
views to improve social media marketing.
-- Channel Engagement Rate: Quickly identify how many users are engaged
with a specific YouTube channel.
-- YouTube Like and Dislike Analysis: Monitor the number of Total
Like/Dislike Rate for YouTube videos as well as the Total Like/Dislike
Growth.
-- Key Performance Indicators: Analytics PRO now provides social media
managers with influential metrics including; Total amount of time
viewed; Subscribers; Uploaded Video Views; View Rate; and, Number of
Videos.
Socialbakers CEO Jan Rezab said the addition of YouTube to Analytics PRO is unlike any other social media analytics platform because it helps their clients successfully measure social media engagement across all three channels.
"By adding the YouTube option to Socialbakers' Analytics PRO technology, we've created a cohesive platform with engagement metrics consistently across all three networks," Rezab said. "Everyone can measure across these various platforms, however the key difference in what we offer is that our technology is scientifically measuring this data in a completely valid manner."
Socialbakers' proprietary social analytics platform helps social marketers uncover actionable insights to measure the effectiveness and drive campaign ROI across all major social networks, including Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn and Google+.
Socialbakers launched in 2008 and is now the social analytics provider of choice for customers in more than 75 countries. With more than 750 customers and 275,000 registered marketing users, Socialbakers is the leading source for Facebook and social analytics throughout Europe. More than 60 U.S. brands are already using the technology, with an accelerated U.S. demand from brands, consumers and even politicians.
Socialbakers is a social media analytics company, and the most cited source for global Facebook data with more than 10 million Facebook pages and places indexed. Launched in 2008, Socialbakers tools include its easy-to-use Engagement Analytics and Engagement Builder. The company is the only solution that allows brands such as Lufthansa, L'Oreal, Danone, Vodafone, Samsung, GE Money, Ogilvy, Kraft and Peugeot to measure, compare and contrast the success of their social media campaigns with competitive intelligence. For more information, visit http://www.socialbakers.com.
OmniVision Announces High-Performance 1/9-Inch VGA CameraCubeChip(TM) for Ultra-Compact Mobile Applications
OVM7675 Facilitates Front-Facing Camera Applications for Smartphones, Tablets and Notebooks
SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- OmniVision Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: OVTI), a leading developer of advanced digital imaging solutions, today announced the latest addition to its CameraCubeChip family of ultra-compact, reflowable camera modules: the OVM7675. Boasting a module size of 2.9 x 2.9 x 2.3 mm, the CameraCubeChip's easy-to-use, drop-in compatibility and excellent low-light performance make it a leading solution for front-facing camera applications in smartphones, tablets and notebooks.
"The OVM7675 demonstrates OmniVision's prowess in designing highly efficient yet compact cameras," said Aaron Chiang, senior technical marketing manager at OmniVision. "More and more mobile consumer electronics are designed to include front-facing cameras for video calls. These cameras are typically required to have exceptional image quality and low-light performance, and to fit into extremely compact spaces. The OVM7675 provides manufacturers of next-generation smartphones, tablets and notebooks a drop-in solution tailored to these stringent requirements."
The OVM7675 is built on OmniVision's powerful OmniPixel3-HS(TM) technology. This technology delivers excellent low-light sensitivity of 1800 mV/(Lux-sec), making it ideal for operating in challenging lighting conditions. The OVM7675 delivers high quality VGA video at 30 frames per second, and full-frame sub-sampled or windowed 8-bit images in a wide range of formats. It can be controlled through the Serial Camera Control Bus (SCCB) interface.
The OVM7675 CameraCubeChip is currently sampling and is expected to enter volume production in the fourth quarter of 2012.
About OmniVision
OmniVision Technologies (NASDAQ: OVTI) is a leading developer of advanced digital imaging solutions. Its award-winning CMOS imaging technology enables superior image quality in many of today's consumer and commercial applications, including mobile phones, notebooks, tablets and webcams, digital still and video cameras, security and surveillance, entertainment devices, automotive and medical imaging systems. Find out more at http://www.ovt.com.
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Certain statements in this press release, including statements regarding the expected benefits, performance, capabilities, and potential market appeal, as well as anticipated timing of mass production, of the OVM7675 are forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties, which could cause the forward-looking statements and OmniVision's results to differ materially, include, without limitation: potential errors, design flaws or other problems with OVM7675, customer acceptance, demand, and other risks detailed from time to time in OmniVision's Securities and Exchange Commission filings and reports, including, but not limited to, OmniVision's annual report filed on Form 10-K and quarterly reports filed on Form 10-Q. OmniVision expressly disclaims any obligation to update information contained in any forward-looking statement.
OmniVision® and the OmniVision logo are registered trademarks of OmniVision Technologies, Inc. OmniPixel3-HS(TM) and CameraCubeChip(TM) are trademarks of OmniVision Technologies, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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CONTACT: Media, Martijn Pierik, Impress Labs, +1-602-366-5599, martijn@impresslabs.com; or Company Contact, Scott Foster, OmniVision Technologies, +1-408-567-3077, sfoster@ovt.com; or Investor Relations, Mary McGowan, Blackburn Communications, +1-408-653-3263, invest@ovt.com
Photoshop and other applications within Adobe's latest Creative Suite receive an intuitive and energizing boost with Wacom's professional pen input devices
VANCOUVER, Wash., May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Wacom® product support for Adobe® CS6, officially launched last month, promises to give users an excellent creative experience. When combined with a Wacom Intuos®5 professional pen tablet or Cintiq® interactive pen display, Creative Suite 6 users, especially those employing Photoshop® CS6 and Illustrator® CS6, can gain significant advantages in precision, accuracy and expression, all due to the integration of Wacom pen pressure sensitivity in the software and the performance of the Wacom tablet. Whether retouching a photo in Adobe Photoshop CS6, completing a new drawing in Adobe Illustrator CS6 or constructing an interactive document with Adobe InDesign® CS6, a Wacom pen offers the control and natural-feel that professional photographers, designers and artists need to express their creativity.
In addition to its obvious artistic capabilities, the Wacom pen offers ergonomic and navigational benefits to the CS6 user. For example, while editing a video within Adobe Premiere® Pro CS6 users might find that manipulating sliders with a pen offers greater precision and control during a long and repetitive editing session. And because the pen is positioned in the hand in a natural manner and provides exceptional freedom of movement, many professionals report that this type of input, especially when used with creative applications, offers superior physical comfort. Even for Web designers who work in Dreamweaver® CS6 and move between multiple applications such as Photoshop or Illustrator, the pen delivers a precise and multi-faceted experience that other input devices have a difficult time matching.
Expand Photoshop CS6 Experience with Wacom
The Creative Suite's new version of Photoshop will appeal to photographers, designers and artists alike. Anyone thinking about diving into the new Photoshop CS6 will appreciate the additional benefits of working in the software with a Wacom pen tablet. Several new features within Photoshop CS6 elegantly embrace pen input and provide wonderful brush control and performance for drawing and painting:
Erodible Tips digitally simulate the natural wear of charcoals or pastel brushes. The Wacom professional pen's pressure-sensitivity and tilt recognition provide a traditional media-like feel, just like one would experience when drawing or painting on paper or canvas. Find an erosion point that you like? Simply pick that setting and the pen tip will continue to function in that manner. If a tip needs sharpening, access the Brush Tip pane within the Brush Panel and make the change.
Airbrush Tips take on the characteristics of a traditional airbrush. The tilt and pressure sensitivity functions found on a Wacom Intuos or Cintiq pen allow users to naturally "throw" paint in the direction, consistency and spread they desire. Whether employing a light or hard touch, the pen's 2048 levels of pressure provide some cool effects to painters and illustrators.
Brush Pose enables Wacom users to set pen parameters for tilt (X and Y axis), rotation and pressure. This "override" feature gives pen users options to customize pen control. For example, an artist may want to lock the angle of a brush while painting to obtain a repeated effect.
All of Photoshop CS6's new tips and brushes are also enhanced with Wacom's Art Pen, which recognizes tilt and barrel rotation or the "twist" of an artists brush.
Non-dominant Hand Features Add to CS6 Workflow
Wacom's Intuos5 pen tablets and Cintiq interactive pen displays, the Cintiq 24HD, Cintiq 21UX and Cintiq 12WX, feature bezel-mounted customizable ExpressKeys(TM) and Touch Rings to create and offer quick access to frequently used keyboard shortcuts and modifiers. These non-dominant hand features greatly enhance productivity by allowing the user to concentrate on pen input and the creative process. Since the customized settings are application specific, CS6 users can create personalized settings for one or all of the Creative Suite applications.
About Wacom
Founded in 1983, Wacom's vision to bring people and technology closer together through natural interface technologies has made it the world's leading manufacturer of pen tablets, interactive pen displays and digital interface solutions. The advanced technology of Wacom's intuitive input devices has been used to create some of the most exciting digital art, films, special effects, fashions and designs around the world and provides business and home users with the ability to express themselves in a natural way. Today, millions of customers use Wacom's cordless, pressure-sensitive and battery-free pen technology to express their creativity.
For more information, please contact:
Douglas A. Little
Sr. Public Relations Manager
Wacom Technology Services, Corp.
360-896-9833 x174
douglas.little@wacom.com
Mensa, Barnstorm Games and Square Enix Partner to Stretch Grey Matter this July!
Square Enix Ltd. [http://www.square-enix.com/eu/en ], the publisher of SQUARE ENIX(R)
interactive entertainment products and Barnstorm Games, today announce Mensa Academy, a
new brain training game that will give players the ultimate grey matter workout. Mensa
Academy will be available from July 27th 2012 in the United Kingdom, Scandinavia and PAL
regions for Nintendo(R) Wii(TM) and 3DS(TM), Windows PC platforms, Smartphones and in the
near future for HD consoles, Android and iOS.
The game will be packed with a series of fun and stimulating mini-games and
challenges, filled with questions endorsed by Mensa, the renowned global high IQ society
"Mensa Academy brings something unique to the brain training game market," stated
Roger Cheung, Head of Acquisitions, Square Enix Europe. "We have teamed up with Barnstorm
Games to bring this title, developed in cooperation with Mensa, to market in the UK and
PAL regions. Mensa Academy is the most credible game of its kind to date from the
definitive experts in the field of measuring and fostering intelligence. The power of the
mind is fascinating, the real challenge is how to best maximise its potential. Mensa
Academy tangibly tackles this in a user-friendly way, whilst providing hours of
entertainment."
"We are delighted to be partnering with Square Enix for the release of our Mensa
Academy title in the UK and PAL regions," stated Simon Jeffrey, CEO of Barnstorm Games.
"It was important for us to produce a product that exudes the authority of the Mensa
brand, whilst providing a vibrant and entertaining environment in which players can train,
take the test and challenge their friends."
Created in collaboration with Mensa, Mensa Academy offers players the ability to
determine and improve their score in Play, Coach and Test modes. Play mode challenges
players to take on 100+ replayable levels in five disciplines- Numeracy, Language, Logic,
Memory, and Visual, packed with questions. For further training, players can use Coach
mode to hone their abilities and assess their progress in key disciplines before taking
their skills to the next level in taking the Test and discovering their Mensa Academy
score; will all that brain training have paid off?
"It's fantastic to be working with Barnstorm Games and Square Enix to bring Mensa
Academy to the market. Said John Stevenage Chief Executive, British Mensa Ltd. Not only
does the game encourage brain training and challenge the mind it is a great deal of fun
for all age groups."
For more information about MensaAcademy, visit http://www.mensaacademy.com. Mensa
Academy is developed by Silverball Studios and Barnstorm Games and published by Square
Enix Europe.
Mensa is the worldwide organisation for people with IQs in the top two percent of the
population. You can take a supervised IQ Test from any one of our centres throughout the
UK, Channel Islands and Ireland to find out if you qualify for membership. Tests are
scored by Mensa and results are kept confidential
To find out where and how to test in your region visit-http://www.mensa.org.uk
[http://%C2%A0www.mensa.org.uk ]-in the United Kingdom and Ireland or http://www.mensa.org to find Mensa in your country.
MENSA and the Mensa logo are registered around the world as trademarks/service marks
of Mensa International Limited and/or other affiliated Mensa organisations.
About Square Enix Ltd.
Square Enix Ltd., a part of the Square Enix Europe business unit, develops, publishes,
distributes and licenses SQUARE ENIX(R), EIDOS(R) and TAITO(R) branded entertainment
content in Europe and other PAL territories as part of the Square Enix Group. Square Enix
Ltd. also has a global network of leading development studios such as IO Interactive(TM),
Crystal Dynamics(R) and Eidos Montréal. The Square Enix Group boasts a valuable portfolio
of intellectual property including: FINAL FANTASY, which has sold over 100 million units
worldwide, DRAGON QUEST(R) which has sold over 59 million units worldwide and TOMB
RAIDER(R) which has sold over 35 million units worldwide; and the legendary SPACE
INVADERS(R). Square Enix Ltd. is a London-based, wholly-owned subsidiary of Square Enix
Holdings Co., Ltd. More information on Square Enix Ltd. can be found at http://www.square-enix.com/eu/en.
DEUS EX-: HUMAN REVOLUTION, CRYSTAL DYNAMICS, DRAGON QUEST, EIDOS, FINAL FANTASY, IO
INTERACTIVE, SPACE INVADERS, SQUARE ENIX, the SQUARE ENIX logo, TAITO and TOMB RAIDER are
registered trademarks or trademarks of the Square Enix Group. All other trademarks are the
property of their respective owners.
About Barnstorm Games
Nomisian Ltd t/a Barnstorm Games publishes, distributes and develops interactive
entertainment products on multiple formats, available throughout the world. Titles
include: Mensa Brain test, the No.1 iOS Entertainment App in 17 countries; Let's Draw, the
UK No.1 DS title; Thomas the Tank Engine and Hello Kitty Party.
Silverball Studios specialises in high-quality, family-friendly games and applications
for a wide variety of platforms. Silverball has worked with some of the world's biggest
publishers, including Nintendo, Konami and Square Enix and are experts in the sensitive
treatment of global brands and IP such as Mario, Thomas the Tank Engine, Frogger and
Mensa.
Source: Square Enix Ltd
Contact: Johanna Hatch, +44(0)208-636-3325, JohannaH@square-enix.com.
Elbit Systems Awarded a Follow-On Contract by the IMOD Valued at Approximately $30 Million to Integrate F-15 Training Capabilities into the Israel Air Force's Mission Training Center
Integration of the F-15 into the Mission Training Center, established by Elbit Systems for the F-16 aircraft array, will enable the Israeli Air Force to train its entire fighter aircraft array
HAIFA, Israel, May 30, 2012/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ and TASE: ESLT) ("Elbit Systems") announced today that it
was awarded a follow-on contract by the Israel Ministry of Defense ("IMOD") Procurement
Administration, valued at approximately $30 million, to integrate the F-15 array into the
Mission Training Center ("MTC") Elbit Systems is establishing for the Israeli Air Force
("IAF"). The contract will be performed over fifteen years.
Elbit Systems was previously awarded a contract by the IMOD to establish the F-16
training center for the IAF, through a PFI (Private Finance Initiative) program. The new
follow-on contract for the integration of the F-15 array will enable the IAF fighter
aircraft array to perform joint mission training in operational flights and formation, as
well as to perform joint training with other armed forces.
The MTC marks a significant breakthrough in the operational training sector as it
enables training in various mission scenarios, in varying war zones and in the relevant
threat environment of each war zone, providing a new training capability which has not yet
been available to the IAF.
Yoram Shmueli, Co-General Manager of Elbit Systems' Aerospace Division, noted: "The
inclusion of the F-15 array in the MTC attests to the IMOD and the IAF's satisfaction with
the significant progress achieved in the establishment of the center. The Mission Training
System was developed based upon an understanding of the modern combat doctrines, operating
multiple forces, therefore requiring joint-force training of the various forces. We are
proud to have been selected by the IMOD and we trust that our extensive experience in the
training field for air, land and sea, as well as our systemic understanding and vast
experience in operating PFI projects, will provide the IMOD and the IDF with the ultimate
solution for training fighter pilots."
About Elbit Systems
Elbit Systems Ltd. is an international defense electronics company engaged in a wide
range of programs throughout the world. The Company, which includes Elbit Systems and its
subsidiaries, operates in the areas of aerospace, land and naval systems, command,
control, communications, computers, intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance
("C4ISR"), unmanned aircraft systems ("UAS"), advanced electro-optics, electro-optic space
systems, EW suites, airborne warning systems, ELINT systems, data links and military
communications systems and radios.-The Company also focuses on the upgrading of existing
military platforms, developing new technologies for defense, homeland security and
commercial aviation applications and providing a range of support services.
This press release contains forward-looking statements (within the meaning of Section
27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended) regarding Elbit Systems Ltd. and/or its subsidiaries
(collectively the Company), to the extent such statements do not relate to historical or
current fact. Forward Looking Statements are based on management's expectations,
estimates, projections and assumptions. Forward-looking statements are made pursuant to
the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as
amended. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain
risks and uncertainties, which are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual future results,
performance and trends may differ materially from these forward-looking statements due to
a variety of factors, including, without limitation: scope and length of customer
contracts; governmental regulations and approvals; changes in governmental budgeting
priorities; general market, political and economic conditions in the countries in which
the Company operates or sells, including Israel and the United States among others;
differences in anticipated and actual program performance, including the ability to
perform under long-term fixed-price contracts; and the outcome of legal and/or regulatory
proceedings. The factors listed above are not all-inclusive, and further information is
contained in Elbit Systems Ltd.'s latest annual report on Form 20-F, which is on file with
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements speak only as
of the date of this release. The Company does not undertake to update its forward-looking
statements.
Company Contact:
Joseph Gaspar, Executive VP & CFO
Tel: +972-4-8316663
j.gaspar@elbitsystems.com
Dalia Rosen, VP, Head of Corporate Communications
Tel: +972-4-8316784
dalia.rosen@elbitsystems.com
Elbit Systems Ltd.
IR Contact:
Ehud Helft
Kenny Green
CCG Investor Relations
Tel: 1-646-201-9246
elbitsystems@ccgisrael.com
Aegis Launches Suite of Business Intelligence Services - Aegis Pi
MUMBAI, May 30,2012/PRNewswire/ --
Real Time and Historic Data Analytics to Enable Proactive Management,
Maximising Outputs
Aegis, a global business services and experience management company, today launched
Aegis Proactive Intelligence (Pi), a suite of business intelligence services. Aegis Pi is
a revolutionary, state-of-the-art-solution with capabilities of delivering unparalleled
business management experience, utilising knowledge from historic and real time data.
Aegis Pi enables organisations to gain insights into data streams, dive into operations
metrics, zoom out to get a global perspective and be mobile through an interface that is
wholly intuitive, interactive and informative.
Aparup Sengupta, MD and Global CEO, Aegis said, "Aegis Pi empowers organisations to
predict business challenges before they arise and act pre-emptively to mitigate their
impact. This solution will enable clients to have access to real time information across
the globe on a single window. With Aegis Pi, we hope to provide value addition to our
clientele and add another feather in the cap under our innovative service offerings."
Aegis Pi is a comprehensive real time holistic solution. Its ability to correlate
multiple events and identify patterns helps in an efficient decision making process.
Aegis' team of highly qualified domain experts collaborate with clients to re-engineer or
innovate on new processes on the basis of insights gathered from various data sources.
With customized results, clients benefit from a comprehensive understanding of the
organization and its internal operations to help steer its direction towards optimal
growth.
Sandeep Gulati, Executive Vice President, Aegis Pi commented, "Aegis Pi is a business
intelligence tool each organisation can benefit from. From real time updates to visually
interactive dashboards to actionable intelligence, the product covers all corners in
successful business management. A combination of intelligent experts and state-of-the-art
technology are constantly churning data aimed at impacting profit margins of businesses."
Key features of Aegis Pi
- Intelligence Command Centres
The intelligence command centres produce real-time business summaries from multiple
data streams, intelligent analysis and interpretation. It empowers management teams to
make rational and actionable decision on the go.
- Business Activity Monitoring(BAM)
Aegis Pi provides access to real-time, around-the-clock information about the status
and results of various operations, processes, and transactions. This aids managers in
extracting intelligent, ready-to-use, real-time summary of business activities,
anticipating challenges or problem areas, and acting promptly to prevent or mitigate them
in order to sustain continued growth and performance.
- Business Optimisation
Aegis Pi acts as a Decision Support System for the organisation. It helps businesses
optimise both costs and resources by transforming data into actionable information. It
leverages business rules to identify and act upon patterns that may otherwise go
unnoticed. This helps businesses establish a proactive approach to enhance performance and
improve operational efficiency.
The solution gives pertinent information that is compatible with all mobile devices
and is truly platform agnostic.
About Aegis
Aegis is a global consulting, technology, outsourcing and training & education company
committed to impacting clients' business outcomes by focusing on enhancing customer
experience across all touch points and channels. Aegis was founded 30 years ago in the US
and now has operations in 53 locations across 12 countries with more than 55,000
employees. Aegis services over 300 clients from verticals such as banking, financial
services & insurance, technology, telecom, healthcare, travel & hospitality, consumer
goods, retail, and energy & utilities. The company is wholly owned by the Essar Group, a
USD 27 billion conglomerate.
Epson Expands Line of Professional Sheet-Fed Document Scanners
Epson WorkForce Pro GT-S55 and GT-S85 Scanners Increase Productivity with Superior Features Including Document Capture Pro Software and Scan-to-Cloud Capabilities
COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- (Cranel Imaging North American Executive Partner Event) Epson America, a leading provider of exceptional performing business solutions, expands its line of professional sheet-fed scanning solutions with the EPSON® WorkForce® Pro GT-S55 and WorkForce Pro GT-S85 document scanners. Epson's new scanners offer exceptional image quality for minimized post-scan processing and added features such as scan-to-cloud capabilities and Epson's robust Document Capture Pro software. The WorkForce Pro scanners are a convenient and affordable solution for managing document scanning in office, workgroup and departmental environments.
"EPSON document imaging solutions have always offered extremely high image quality and a robust feature set, and the WorkForce GT-S55 and GT-S85 are a welcomed expansion to the breadth of high quality products we can offer our network of value added resellers," said Scott Slack, vice president of Cranel, Inc. "By integrating EPSON scanners provided through Cranel into larger document management solutions, we are confident that VARs will experience an uptake in both profitability and customer satisfaction."
Flexible Solutions for Increased Productivity
As more businesses offer employees remote access to network files, automated workflow and increased access to records management systems is becoming vital to productivity. Epson's new Document Capture Pro software facilitates complex image routing and storage - including to FTP sites, folders on PCs, email, and directly to popular cloud services such as SharePoint, Google Docs and Evernote - all with one touch. The scanners also include a two-line LCD screen for simple selection of up to 10 user-defined profiles, as well as both TWAIN and ISIS drivers, allowing businesses to customize scanner applications for maximum functionality and increase efficiency.
"Epson's new sheet-fed document scanners underscore our commitment to providing partners with exceptional products and features they request, such as scan-to-cloud functionality and both TWAIN and ISIS drivers," said Mark Pickard, senior product manager, Document Scanners, Epson America, Inc. "Epson's reputation for delivering solutions with impressive image quality and ease-of-use are demonstrated in the WorkForce Pro GT-S55 and GT-S85, and our distributors and partners can rest assured that their customers will receive proven, robust digital imaging products that meet evolving business demands."
The WorkForce Pro GT-S55 and GT-S85 are versatile workgroup or departmental sheet-fed scanners with the ability to scan everything from business cards to rigid ID cards to documents up to 8.5" x 36". The scanners also offer blazingly fast scan speeds: 40 ppm (pages per minute) and 80 ipm(1) (images per minute) for the GT-S85 and 25 ppm and 50 ipm for the GT-S55. The sheet-fed scanners feature dual-color CCD for fast two-sided duplex scanning, automatic paper size detection, and mercury-free ReadyScan® LED technology for fast scans with no warm-up time. They also offer robust duty cycles - up to 2,000 pages per day for the GT-S55 and up to 3,000 pages per day for the GT-S85 - for increased productivity and reliable performance.
The WorkForce Pro GT-S55 and GT-S85 can easily scan both sides of a sheet in one pass - color, grayscale or bi-tonal - making it easier than ever to electronically capture important documents, comply with government mandates, and improve business processes and customer service. Both scanners provide a host of innovative functions including automatic de-skewing and automatic background color removal. In addition, the WorkForce Pro GT-S85 includes ultrasonic double-feed detection to greatly improve throughput and productivity. The scanners offer Hi-Speed USB 2.0 connectivity to any PC and are compatible with Windows® and Macintosh®. Additional features include:
-- Media Flexibility - Offers robust paper handling capabilities, ranging
from letter, legal, A4, A5, A6, B5, B6, and business card to custom
sizes
-- Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Software - Converts scanned
documents to editable text
-- Document Management Software - Includes TWAIN and EMC ISIS drivers plus
PDF, OCR, document management and business card management software;
Kofax certified roller
Availability and Support
The EPSON WorkForce Pro GT-S55 ($499.99 MSRP) and WorkForce Pro GT-S85 ($999.99 MSRP) will be available in August through Cranel Imaging and additional distributors. The scanners feature a one-year limited warranty, along with optional extended warranties and overnight exchange programs. For more information about Epson scanners visit http://www.epson.com.
About Epson
Epson is a global imaging and innovation leader whose product lineup ranges from inkjet printers and 3LCD projectors to sensors and other microdevices. Dedicated to exceeding the vision of its customers worldwide, Epson delivers customer value based on compact, energy-saving, and high-precision technologies in markets spanning enterprise and the home to commerce and industry. Led by the Japan-based Seiko Epson Corporation, the Epson Group comprises more than 75,000 employees in 97 companies around the world, and is proud of its ongoing contributions to the global environment and the communities in which it operates. To learn more about Epson, please visit http://global.epson.com.
Note: EPSON, ReadyScan and WorkForce are registered trademarks of Seiko Epson Corporation. All other product brand names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Epson disclaims any and all rights in these marks.
(1) Pages per minute (ppm)/images per minute (ipm). An image is defined as one side of one page.
SOURCE Epson America
Epson America
CONTACT: Duane Brozek, Epson America, Inc., +1-562-290-5683, duane_brozek@ea.epson.com; or Becki Gervin, Walt & Company, +1-408-369-7200, ext. 1070, bgervin@walt.com
CSC Signs SAP Implementation Contract With Leading Middle East-based Construction Company, Combined Group Contracting
NOIDA, India, May 30, 2012/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
CSC [http://www.csc.com ] (NYSE: CSC) today announced that it has been selected by
Combined Group Contracting [http://www.cgc-kw.com/Pages/default.aspx ] (KSE: CGC), a
leading Kuwait-based engineering and construction company, as the company's SAP
implementation partner. Work will be delivered by CSC India, with a team of SAP
consultants from CGC's offices in Kuwait and the CSC India offshore delivery centre. The
contract was signed in the fourth quarter of CSC fiscal year 2012.
CSC will leverage its partnership with SAP as a global services partner and its domain
expertise in the engineering and construction industry to help CGC implement these core
modules of SAP: Finance, Project Systems, Materials Management, Sales & Distribution,
Customer Services, Plant Maintenance, Quality Management, Human Resource and Payroll,
Production Planning and Document Management System along with Business Analytics
Reporting.
Commenting on the announcement, Alok Bapna, general manager, regional sales, Middle
East, CSC, said: "We are extremely proud of this partnership with CGC, a credible and
established player in the region. Together with SAP we will help CGC seamlessly transition
to a more efficient, flexible organization that is poised for future growth."
Commenting on the partnership, Tarif Al-Bitar, deputy chief executive officer, systems
development and projects support, CGC, said: "We selected CSC as our SAP implementation
partner based on their ability to deliver SAP solutions not only in Kuwait but on a global
scale. Their longstanding experience with the engineering and construction industry was
also a major factor in our decision. Alongside CSC, we are looking at creating real value,
gaining significant efficiencies and achieving enhanced profitability for our business."
Commenting on the conclusion of the deal, Mazen Jabri, head of ecosystem and channels,
SAP MENA, said: "Kuwait is full of promise for SAP and the reference of a client like CGC
is a testament to the impact our solutions can bring to the market. The credibility CGC
gives to our go to market in collaboration with CSC, one of the largest systems
integrators in the world, will be of significant value moving forward."
With more than 6,000 dedicated SAP consultants in 50 countries, CSC has successfully
completed more than 2,000 SAP implementations worldwide.
About CSC
CSC is a global leader in providing technology-enabled business solutions and
services. Headquartered in Falls Church, Va., CSC has approximately 98,000 employees and
reported revenue of $15.9 billion for the 12 months ended March 30, 2012. For more
information, visit the company's website at http://www.csc.com.
About SAP
As market leader in enterprise application software, SAP (NYSE: SAP) helps companies
of all sizes and industries run better. From back office to boardroom, warehouse to
storefront, desktop to mobile device - SAP empowers people and organizations to work
together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively to stay ahead of the
competition. SAP applications and services enable more than 190,000 customers (includes
customers from the acquisition of SuccessFactors) to operate profitably, adapt
continuously, and grow sustainably. For more information, visit http://www.sap.com.
Altran Accompanies Solar Impulse on its First Trans-Mediterranean Flight
PARIS, May 30, 2012/PRNewswire/ --
Actively involved in the Solar Impulse project since 2003, Altran, global leader in
innovation and high-tech engineering consulting, now accompanies the solar plane in its
first trans-Mediterranean flight from Spain to Morocco.
The aim of the Solar Impulse project is to continually go beyond the threshold and
draw attention to the immense potential of renewable energies. For more than a decade,
Altran's team of experts has been striving to meet this challenge and transform this dream
into a reality.
After the first day and night fuel-free flight in 2010 and the first European flight
in 2011, the solar plane is now preparing for a 2,500 km, round trip voyage between
Switzerland and Morocco. Carried out in several stages, this exclusively solar-powered
flight will bring Solar Impulse closer to reaching its goal of achieving the world tour
planned in 2014. The plane's mission in 2012 is therefore essential for testing and
improving the organisation of future flights.
Carrying out a successful solar flight is extremely complex and raises three types of
challenges for the teams involved, namely:
- Technical challenges, since the teams must be able to manage a series of
consecutive flights sometimes exceeding 20 hours, as well as the plane's entry into
multiple air-traffic control zones.
- Meteorological challenges, because the plane will be required to fly through
complex zones, such as the Pyrenees mountain range and making its first-ever
trans-Mediterranean crossing.
- Logistical and operational challenges, requiring the monitoring of the plane
for around two months. This will be carried out by a mobile on-the-ground logistics
team which will follow the plane's flight path with support provided by a Mission
Control Centre (MCC) based in Payerne, Switzerland.
Within the MCC, two of Altran's experts, Christophe Béesau and Stéphane Yong, are
playing a key role to assure the success of the mission. Throughout the flight, their
expertise will be called upon to determine the choice of flight path based on a set of
complex criteria such as weather conditions and air-traffic control, as well as energy and
pilot management. To ensure that the team is ready for all eventualities, Christophe and
Stéphane have designed a simulator that recalculates the different possible flight paths
at regular intervals. This is a crucial challenge as the solar plane prepares for its
first-ever trans-Mediterranean flight.
Commenting on the development of Altran in India, "this event is a continuing
testimony of the commitment of the Altran group to continue to develop cutting edge
technology solutions for the Aerospace Industry. Altran India is already seen as India's
foremost Aerospace Engineering consulting company and the expansion plans of the company
will involve leveraging the groups capabilities to drive growth in the identified domain",
said Mr. Sanjay Kumar, CEO of Altran India.
As global leader in innovation and high-tech engineering consulting, Altran supports
companies in the creation and development of their new products and services. For thirty
years, the Group has been providing services to key players in the fields of Aerospace,
Automotive, Energy, Railways, Finance, Healthcare, Telecoms...
Present at every stage of project development from new-technology strategic planning
through to manufacturing, Altran is able to capitalise on its expertise in four key
domains: Product Lifecycle Management, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering &
Embedded Systems and IT Systems.
With a global network of 17,000 collaborators (including 15,000 consultants),
throughout more than 20 countries, and 500 major clients, the Group reported sales of
EUR1,420m in 2011.
Getaroom.com Offers Summer Travel Tips for Individuals Who Want to Save Time and Money on Hotel Rooms and Flights
Getaroom.com's Summer Sales Feature Limited-Time Discounts of up to 60 Percent
MIAMI, May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Getaroom.com, a leading online discount hotel stay company, announced today 10 moneysaving tips for individuals looking to travel in the U.S. and abroad during the popular summer months.
-- Book in advance for the best rates on airfare and hotel stays.
Getaroom.com features discounts for advanced bookings of 14 to 21 days.
-- Travel on the slower days of the week including Saturday, Tuesday, or
Wednesday for lower airfare and less headaches.
-- Look for properties offering free food for kids - many properties are
luring in families with freebies this summer.
-- Take advantage of lower July and August rates in New York, Washington
DC, Miami and New Orleans. Business travel is lighter which means more
bargains for leisure travelers.
-- Unless you simply have to travel, try to avoid the Memorial Day or
Independence Day holidays. Book a trip the week before or after a
holiday for a smoother time.
-- Consider Las Vegas or Palm Springs for two destinations that are very
warm but offer outstanding hotel and golf deals for the summer.
-- Find unpublished rates through Getaroom.com for discounts of 10 to 20
percent off the listed rates.
-- Look carefully at the cost benefits of flying versus driving, especially
for shorter or mid-distance trips. Driving costs money through high gas
prices and it also costs precious time. Don't spend half of the trip
driving in misery.
-- Use technology! Various apps can help you find the cheapest gas and the
best places to eat on a budget. Navigation apps can take you off the
highway to experience a slower pace.
-- Pack lightly when flying to avoid checked baggage fees. Unless you are
going to a remote jungle, you can always pick up clothing or essentials
at your destination.
-- Research European destinations to find less crowded areas such as
Croatia, Scandinavia, and Poland.
"Summer travel will always be busy, but it doesn't have to be hectic," said Robert B. Diener, President and Co-Founder of Getaroom.com. "We encourage travelers to thoroughly plan ahead and travel on certain days to enjoy smaller crowds and a better experience. Our call center features experienced staff that are available 24/7 to help with summer excursions."
For more information about Getaroom.com's hotel stay summer bargains, visit http://www.getaroom.com.
About Getaroom.com:
Getaroom.com provides travelers a state-of-the-art lodging website (http://www.getaroom.com) which offers travelers the lowest hotel rates on the Internet. Clients calling its toll-free call center at 800-HOTELS-8 (800-468-3578) can also receive the benefits of unpublished pricing, with hotel rates typically 10 to 20 percent less than published rates on its site and other internet sites and as much as 50 percent less. There is full disclosure about the property at time of booking including the hotel name and exact location. Getaroom.com offers accommodations at national chain and independent boutique properties in major destinations in the U.S. and Europe.
City of Alexandria Property Auctions Go Online at PropertyRoom.com
FREDERICK, Md., May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Property Room (http://www.PropertyRoom.com), the police auction site known for making police auctions available to a nationwide audience, recently announced an agreement with The City of Alexandria to conduct online auctions of the city's found or surplus property and fleet/impound vehicles.The City of Alexandria joins more than 25local Virginia municipalities and other clients in adopting the services of PropertyRoom.com.
Founded by former police officers, Property Room provides an auction platform for products from over 2,800 law enforcement agencies and municipalities nationwide. Generally, in the past, police departments and municipalities had offered these unclaimed items in a live public auction. Now, all Alexandria residents can conveniently access hundreds of bargains with the speed of an online auction from the comfort of their home.
"Property Room looks forward to working with The City of Alexandria," said PJ Bellomo, CEO for Property Room. "We expect that our customer base and online expertise will prove to be a great fit for Alexandria."
The auctions, Property Room helps facilitate, relieve the city from the time and expense of holding their own auctions and generate proceeds that are later returned to the community. To date, these communities across the United States have benefitted with more than $41 million in returned proceeds. Items up for bid cover every category of consumer goods, from watches, jewelry and coins, to laptops, power tools and cars. Unique and offbeat items on the website have included eight-person bikes, coffins, Persian rugs, kayaks and most recently a state-of-the-art, unused X-ray machine.
"We offer tremendous value and streamlined solution to law enforcement and municipal partners, as well as online shoppers looking for great deals," said Bellomo. "It's a win for everyone involved, because Property Room manages the entire process, offers fantastic bargains to consumers, and returns a percentage of proceeds back to the community."
With a team of trained inventory experts, Property Room rigorously evaluates all merchandise listed on the site, and destroys all counterfeit merchandise. Property Room works with many of the largest law enforcement agencies in the country, including New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, among others.
Hershey's Ignites Camp Bondfire, Encouraging Families To Gather 'Round The Fire And Create S'mores Memories All Summer Long
Interactive Facebook App Invites Consumers to Camp Bondfire and Offers Weekly Themes, Tips and Activities to Create Lasting S'mores Memories
HERSHEY, Pa., May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- This summer, Hershey's®( )is encouraging families to gather 'round the bonfire to make lasting memories with the help of everyone's favorite summertime treat: S'mores! Made from a delicious combination of pure Hershey's®( )Milk Chocolate, crisp graham crackers and toasted marshmallows, S'mores have helped bring families together around the campfire since the recipe was first published in the Girl Scouts handbook in 1927. Eighty-five years later, Hershey's is giving families a new reason to enjoy the summertime staple by inviting consumers to gather 'round the virtual fire at Camp Bondfire(TM).
Now through September 7, S'mores fans nationwide can visit Camp Bondfire at the Hershey's Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/hersheys), an interactive Facebook application where families will discover new ways to "bond" around the campfire and create S'mores-inspired memories all summer long. Camp Bondfire will also offer weekly tips, stories and activities focused on a variety of themes and encourage fans to join the fun by registering to be a "Camper of the Week" for a chance to win outdoor prizes like a backyard fire pit. Campers can also capture their own memories and share their photos in the Fireside Memory Book at Camp Bondfire.
"Families have been bonding over S'mores as a classic summertime treat for generations," said Anna Lingeris, spokesperson for The Hershey Company."Now with Camp Bondfire, families can discover and share new ways to enjoy S'mores and create lasting summer memories around the fire."
Join Hershey's Around Camp Bondfire
To sweeten the Camp Bondfire experience, Hershey's is partnering with The Motherhood, an award-winning web community of influential bloggers, with a select group serving as camp counselors, offering tips and memories around a different weekly theme at Camp Bondfire. Starting today, this enthusiastic troupe of camp counselors will share their own activities, memories, Pinterest boards, videos and photos around their theme. The first weekly Camp Bondfire theme will be "Ignite Summer Memories(TM)" and feature expert tips and activities from Heather Solos of Home Ec 101 and Emily McKhann of The Motherhood.
Fans can join the summer fun at Camp Bondfire by participating in several activities, including signing up to be a camper. Beginning June 11, each week, one lucky fan will be selected and featured on Camp Bondfire as "Camper of the Week," and win an outdoor fire pit. To enter, visit Camp Bondfire at http://www.facebook.com/hersheys. Campers are invited to visit Camp Bondfire often during the summer for inspiring tips and activities around the weekly themes including:
-- First Fire of S'mores Season(TM) (Week of June 3)
-- Fire it up, Dad!(TM) (Week of June 10)
-- Red, White & S'mores(TM) (Week of July 1)
-- National S'mores Day(TM) (Week of August 5)
-- Back to School Bondfire(TM) (Week of August 12)
Campers are also encouraged to share their own S'mores memories at Camp Bondfire by uploading photos to the Fireside Memory Book. In addition, starting June 11, S'mores lovers can download a $1 off coupon toward their next purchase of two standard six-packs of Hershey's Milk Chocolate bars on the Hershey's Facebook page while supplies last.
To learn more about Camp Bondfire, get weekly tips and activities, and join the summer fun, visit Hershey's brand Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/hersheys.
About The Hershey Company
The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) is the largest producer of quality chocolate in North America and a global leader in chocolate and sugar confectionery. Headquartered in Hershey, Pa., The Hershey Company has operations throughout the world and more than 12,000 employees. With revenues of nearly $6 billion, Hershey offers confectionery products under more than 25 brand names, including such iconic brands as Hershey's, Reese's, Hershey'sKisses, Hershey'sBliss, Hershey's Special Dark, Kit Kat, Twizzlers, and Ice Breakers. Hershey also offers premium and artisan chocolate products under such brands as Scharffen Berger and Dagoba through the Artisan Confections Company, a wholly owned subsidiary. The company is focused on growing its presence in key international markets such as China and Mexico while continuing to build its competitive advantage in the United States and Canada.
For more than 100 years, The Hershey Company has been a leader in making a positive difference in the communities where its employees live, work and do business. Corporate Social Responsibility is an integral part of the company's global business strategy, which includes goals and priorities focused on fair and ethical business dealings, environmental stewardship, fostering a desirable workplace for employees, and positively impacting society and local communities. Milton Hershey School, established in 1909 by the company's founder and administered by Hershey Trust Company, provides a quality education, housing, and medical care at no cost to children in social and financial need. Students of Milton Hershey School are direct beneficiaries of The Hershey Company's success.
About The Motherhood
The Motherhood is an award-winning community and platform for women, with a network of more than 13,000 top-tier social media moms across the country. The Motherhood connects brands with mothers in authentic, creative ways that enable productive engagement, quality coverage and broad reach.
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The Hershey Company
CONTACT: Anna Lingeris, The Hershey Company, +1-717-534-4874, alingeris@hersheys.com, Jaclyn Cole, JSH&A Public Relations, +1-630-932-5545, jaclyn@jsha.com
Widbook.com: First Social Network of Authors and Books is Launched on the Internet
Widbook.com comes to market on the conveyor belt of growth in the number of readers of digital media and the widespread acceptance of reading devices such as Kindle and iPad.
NEW YORK, May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- According to Bowker's statistics, more than one million books are published each year throughout the world. How many would there be if there were a digital platform that enabled anyone to write, issue and share the contents of a book?
It was with this question in mind that a group of young developers created Widbook.com, a social network that enables members to write, read and share what they have written.
In contrast to a site that is only for the publication of books, Widbook makes it possible for people, alone or in groups, to write books of their own that can include resources such as photos, videos and animations, or submit contributions to the works of other authors.
The internet already has networks for sharing videos, such as YouTube, but so far there is nothing similar for the world of writing, which shows its full force in the success of blogs and Twitter, the social network of micro-blogs.
Key characteristics of Widbook include the following:
-- As you write your book you are already visualizing how it will appear
when published for reading
-- Imports books you have written in other formats
-- Highlights: all important passages of books in one single place
-- Favorite authors can be followed
-- Users can send suggestions and become co-authors of other books
-- My Shelf: an area for organizing and classifying favorite books
-- Users can find and read books by friends or by any author in the world
Internet Retailer Announces New Online Shopping Mall: JLPmarketingllc.com
AURORA, Colo., May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Colorado-based internet retailer, JLP Marketing LLC, has brought its products to the shelf through the launch of its new online store at http://www.JLPmarketingllc.com.
"If you've been browsing around the internet lately, you'll notice there are a variety of online stores to buy consumer products from. Everyone is promoting convenience through online shopping - but when you have to look at various Web sites and various products to compare everything, it no longer becomes convenient," explains a representative of JLP Marketing LLC.
The online store at JLPmarketingllc.com was founded on the premise that great internet deals should come alongside customer convenience, and that high quality products sold over the internet should be lower than big-box stores. JLPmarketingllc.com offers a vast array of consumer products within its online shopping mall, at the lowest prices possible.
The company representative continues, "We want our customers to feel good about shopping with us, and that includes giving them the best products, the best prices, and the best service without having to spend hours on the internet."
Product categories found at JLPmarketingllc.com include sporting goods, outdoors, apparel, shoes, jewelry, tools, electronics, computers, games, movies, music, home, garden and more.
Items purchased through the Web site can be shipped anywhere within the United States and all major credit cards, including PayPal, are accepted. In addition to online sales, a customer service team is available during normal business hours and can be contacted by emailing support@jlpmarketingllc.com.
Jemez Mountain School District announces new digital initiative beginning this fall using the VSCHOOLZ eLearning solutions
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla., May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Jemez Mountain School District announced today that they will be launching a new digital initiative within their school using the South Florida based e-Learning solutions company VSCHOOLZ. Jemez Mountain School District's selection of the VSCHOOLZ model demonstrates their commitment to providing all students a 21st century education.
"The decision to develop a new program is to provide students with a more flexible learning environment and to offer students who have dropped out or who do not do well in a regular school setting another option in getting an education. I believe that VSCHOOLZ virtual program offers the curriculum needed in particular for rural schools students to excel in this high tech-global system. We want our students to be prepared to go on to the next level of education and be able to compete. We are very proud to partner with VSCHOOLZ," said Dr. Manuel Medrano, Superintendent for Jemez Mountain School District.
"Digital learning and online content is more than a canned course or an e-reader. The VSCHOOLZ partnership with Jemez Mountain School District provides the school administration with technology, customizable digital curriculum, and ongoing support so that students and teachers are able to experience the highest quality blended learning environment. By incorporating multiple publishers and partnerships with technology leaders, it means we are able to deliver a wide variety of digital courseware and resources to meet each learner's needs," said Trina Trimm, VSCHOOLZ Chief Operating Officer.
About Jemez Mountain School District
Located in Gallina, New Mexico, Jemez Mountain School District's mission is to have all students possess problem solving skills, analytical skills, critical thinking skills, and synthesizing skills before graduation.
VSCHOOLZ was founded by a team of educators to provide e-learning solutions for schools or districts that want to support a blended digital learning environment in traditional schools or that want to launch their own virtual programs. As a member of the H. Education family, a H. Wayne Huizenga Holdings company, VSCHOOLZ is able to provide strong levels of support in the depth and breadth of site implementation for schools and districts. Powered by VSCHOOLZ gives schools or districts a fully integrated, customizable classroom management platform that allows teachers to edit, change, remove or adapt high quality content provided to fit their individualized classroom and school needs. All courses come complete with fully customizable interactive and engaging student activities, as well as, supplemental online resources. The lessons are delivered in a safe and user-friendly online environment, which incorporates collaborative tools, message boards, digital drop boxes, chat rooms and teacher-to-teacher file sharing. This new approach to education caters to the digital learner of all ages.
FanCake Unveils Rewards Program and Upgraded App to Bay Area Sports Fans at FanCake Sports Bar
Launch Event Features App Demos, Rewards, Free Drinks and More
SAN FRANCISCO, May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- FanCake, the live social game that rewards fans for watching sports on TV, today kicks off its weeklong FanCake Sports Bar launch event, inviting Bay Area sports fans to join the FanCake team and demo the newest version of the app, win prizes, hang out with fans, and learn more about the local startup that is changing the way fans watch televised sports.
FanCake, the first game from Kwarter, a mobile application factory building apps at the intersection of the social, mobile and TV spaces, officially launched on March 14th. On May 8th, the company announced the FanCake Rewards Program, becoming the first app to reward sports fans for their loyalty with sports tickets, merchandise, gift cards and more. Rewards are featured from an inaugural list of partners that includes Fanatics.com, Kiip, Oracle Arena & O.co Coliseum in Oakland (managed by SMG), ScoreBig and Total Hockey, with more partners being added on an ongoing basis.
"We are so thrilled at the response we've received from sports fans with the FanCake Rewards Program, and we wanted to do something special in our hometown to share our excitement with the fans," said Kwarter CEO Carlos Diaz. "The Bay has some of the best fans in the U.S., and we want to celebrate that camaraderie together and make watching sports even more fun, social, and rewarding - which is the essence of FanCake."
The FanCake team is welcoming fans tonight at NorthStar Cafe from 8-10pm. The schedule for the week is as follows:
-- Tuesday, May 29, 8-10pm PDT: NorthStar Cafe (1560 Powell St., San
Francisco)
-- Wednesday, May 30,( )8-10pm PDT: Shanghai Kelly's (2064 Polk St., San
Francisco)
-- Friday, June 1, 8-10pm PDT: Bus Stop Bar (1901 Union St, San Francisco)
The FanCake Street Team will also be around San Francisco all week handing out FanCake Scratch Cards, which contain instant win prizes like tickets, T-shirts, FanCake Credits, and other goodies.
The latest version of the FanCake app makes for a more personalized experience for the user. A new "play-by play-window" keeps users updated on what medals they have caught and the predictions answered correctly for a particular game. There is also a new reminder feature that notifies the user when a game they would like to play along with is about to start. These added features will be further developed in future updates, creating an even more personalized, relevant, and rewarding experience for sports fans.
About FanCake
FanCake is the first live social game that rewards fans for watching sports on TV. Users play along with live sporting events and earn FanCake Credits by checking into games, catching FanCake Medals, and answering predictive challenges correctly. FanCake Credits get redeemed within the app's catalogue for tickets, sports merchandise, equipment, and more. The free FanCake app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch is the first game from mobile application factory, Kwarter. For more information, visit http://www.kwarter.com, Facebook.com/fancake, or follow @FanCakeApp on Twitter.
About Kwarter
Kwarter is a mobile application factory building rich, immersive apps at the intersection of the social engagement, mobile and television spaces. Headquartered in San Francisco, Calif., Kwarter was founded in 2011 and launched its first app, FanCake, in March 2012. For more information, visit http://www.kwarter.com.
SOURCE FanCake
FanCake
CONTACT: Jonathan Gluskin of SS|PR, +1-847-415-9319, jgluskin@sspr.com, for FanCake
RT's Occupy W@ll Street Facebook App Receives Excellence Recognition From PromaxBDA
MOSCOW, May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- RT's Occupy W@ll Street Application is in the finals of the PromaxBDA Global Excellence Awards 2012 - the most prestigious award in television design and marketing.
The app is nominated in the Interactive Media: Online/Interactive Games/Immerging Platforms category. Within the category, RT is competing with such media giants as Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., Universal Networks International Germany and Warner Bros. Television Marketing- Digital Media.
The Facebook application (http://apps.facebook.com/occupyws) is based on the global Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement and is available to everyone on Facebook. It was inspired by the global social and political phenomenon which began in the US in 2011. RT was one of the first channels to extensively cover the OWS movement, before it gained serious attention from the mainstream media.
Occupy W@ll Street is the first Facebook app by RT. The app enables visitors to leave their mark and comments on the global stage through a virtual map of the New York financial market. The game is designed so that any user can occupy his or her piece of real estate near Wall Street and downtown New York. App players can take a stand, leave comments, chat with others across the globe, share their Facebook profiles, invite friends, read news, and join the Occupy community from the comfort of their own homes.
RT's Facebook page has already gained more than 500,000 subscribers - more than any other Russian media outlet, and ahead of many of its international competitors including CNBC, Sky News, Bloomberg, Deutsche Welle and Reuters.
"This is the first game inspired by the Occupy Wall Street Movement it serves as a platform for frustrated 99% out there longing for a voice and ability to impact the future. Facebook friends now have their voices heard!" said Margarita Simonyan, RT editor-in-chief, in a statement.
This is one of RT's four overall PromaxBDA nominations, the others being for excellence in Promotion Marketing in the News/Information Program Campaign category for Noticias No Tienen Fronteras, where RT is competing against CNN and Al Jazeera, and two nominations in the Design competition.
RT, an international news network available in English, Arabic and Spanish to more than 530 million viewers worldwide, has garnered four overall nominations for the marketing and design of its programs in 2012. The network has won multiple PromaxBDA awards since 2008. PromaxBDA is recognized as the industry standard for excellence in television marketing, advertisement and design.
For further information please contact
Anna Belkina at aibelkina@rttv.ru
+7 495 645 89 89
New PCI Express DAQ Board from Measurement Computing
NORTON, Mass., May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Measurement Computing Corporation, the value leader in data acquisition, today announced the release of the PCIe-DAS1602/16 multifunction DAQ board for the PCI Express bus. The 16-bit PCIe-DAS1602/16 offers 16 analog inputs, a 100 kS/sec sample rate, 32 digital I/O, 2 analog outputs, and 3 counter inputs.
The PCIe-DAS1602/16 is also connector and software compatible with the MCC PCIM-DAS1602/16 for existing customers with the need to migrate to PCI Express.
The PCIe-DAS1602/16 is priced at only $799 and includes a variety of software options to meet any skill level or application requirement. Support includes out-of-the-box TracerDAQ® along with comprehensive drivers for Visual Studio® and Visual Studio® .NET, DASYLab®, and NI LabVIEW(TM).
And, like all Measurement Computing DAQ products, free technical support and a limited lifetime warranty are included.
About Measurement Computing
Measurement Computing is the market leader in the design, manufacture, and distribution of value-priced data acquisition hardware, and test and measurement software solutions for both programmers and non-programmers. More information about Measurement Computing is available on the Web at http://www.mccdaq.com.
NI and JSOL Help Electric Motor Engineers Save Time, Money With HIL Modeling
News Highlights
- The JMAG-RT add-on for NI VeriStand real-time test software is the result of NI's collaboration with JSOL, a leading electric motor modeling provider.
- The add-on makes it possible for automotive engineers to perform high-fidelity, real-time simulations of electric motor prototypes without testing costly physical motors.
- It is ideal for helping automotive manufacturers developing electric and hybrid motors and engine control units (ECUs) to get their products to market more quickly and with less cost.
AUSTIN, Texas, May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- National Instruments (Nasdaq: NATI) today introduced the JMAG-RT add-on for NI VeriStand, which gives engineers the same fidelity provided by proven JMAG models, but in real-time for hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing of electric motors. To reduce spending on field-testing physical motors, engineers can use NI VeriStand with the JMAG-RT add-on in the lab to easily create stimulus profiles and perform data logging and automated HIL testing with real-time electric motor simulation.
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"When engineers use the JMAG-RT add-on for NI VeriStand, which combines NI VeriStand software and NI RIO hardware with our JMAG-RT modeling, they get the world's most advanced platform for real-time electric motor simulation," said Dr. Takashi Yamada, manager of electromagnetic engineering at JSOL. "The system helps expand engineers' test coverage while saving time and money because they now can perform ECU testing without risking damage to expensive prototype motors."
Product Features
-- Xilinx FPGA-based hardware/software integration delivers high-fidelity
simulations with approximately 1 microsecond step times to increase
measurement speed and accuracy.
-- JMAG finite element analysis (FEA) electric motor models from JSOL
integrate with NI VeriStand and NI reconfigurable I/O (RIO) hardware.
-- NI's complete HIL systems can be configured for most real-time motor or
ECU test scenarios.
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About National Instruments
Since 1976, National Instruments (http://www.ni.com) has equipped engineers and scientists with tools that accelerate productivity, innovation and discovery. NI's graphical system design approach to engineering provides an integrated software and hardware platform that speeds the development of any system needing measurement and control. The company's long-term vision and focus on improving society through its technology supports the success of its customers, employees, suppliers and shareholders.
National Instruments, NI, ni.com and NI VeriStand are trademarks of National Instruments. Other products or company names are trademarks or trade names of their respective companies.
Editor Contact: Sarah Beck, (512) 683-5126
Reader Contact: Ernest Martinez, (800) 258-7022
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VacationList.com Expands Global Presence into South American Vacation Rental Market
Company Growth Strategy in Sync with Key Market Drivers for Premier Online Vacation Site
DALLAS, May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- YELLOW7, Inc. (OTCQB: YLLC) ("the Company"), a rapidly evolving internet media company and a provider of online vacation rental properties, announced today that its premier online vacation listing site, VacationList.com, will continue its expansion to now include South America, contributing to the Company's rapidly growing vacation rental site options.
Recent industry studies indicate that South America vacation rental markets are experiencing growth and attracting new travelers. A much higher consumer awareness of the value offered is a key driver in the continuing growth of the market in this emerging sector. Rental properties are on their way to becoming mainstream options.
Visiting fabled Machu Picchu, floating on Lake Titicaca, sailing past the islands and fjords of southern Chile, celebrating carnaval in Rio, or traveling the wine roads of Mendoza are just a few of the South American attractions that vacationers now include on their "bucket list."
"VacationList.com brings a powerful dynamic to the vacation rental marketplace that is helping to drive growth. We have recently added the Caribbean, Europe and now South America to our offering, and are fully expecting the popularity of the vacation rental market to grow even more rapidly than it has in the past several years," commented Jason Burgess, CEO of YELLOW7, Inc.
About YELLOW7, Inc.
YELLOW7, Inc. (OTCQB:YLLC) is a rapidly evolving internet media company bringing over thirteen years of innovation and creativity to the online industry, having developed memorable media and technologies for brand leaders such as DATCU Credit Union, MetlSpan, TIGI and more. The company's multiple divisions help them take full advantage of customized and effective online technologies. For more information on YELLOW7, visit the company's website at http://www.yellowseven.com.
Forward-Looking Statement
This press release may contain certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, which include among others, the inherent uncertainties associated with smaller reporting companies, including without limitation, other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Corporate Contacts:
YELLOW7, Inc.
Jason Burgess, 877.700.9938
information@yellow7.com
Agency Contact:
Lagano & Associates, Inc.
Pam Lagano, 877.700.9938
plagano@yellowseven.com
LonoCloud Launches, Named a Finalist for the 2012 Red Herring Top 100 Americas Award
-New cloud PaaS+ offers enterprises an easy way to migrate to private, public, or hybrid clouds-
SAN DIEGO, May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- LonoCloud, a new cloud operating system (PaaS+) enabling greater control of security, fault tolerance, cloud scale, and performance for migrating mission-critical enterprise applications to the cloud, has launched with a bang! It has been chosen by Red Herring as a finalist in the 2012 Top 100 Americas competition for leading technologies. This prestigious list honors the year's most promising private technology companies from the North American business community.
The Red Herring editorial team selected the top 100 companies from a pool of hundreds across North America. The nominees are evaluated on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, technology innovation, quality of management, IP creation, CAGR, execution of strategy, and disruption in their respective industries. This unique assessment of potential is complemented by a review of the actual company, helping Red Herring make the list a valuable tool for discovering and advocating exciting business opportunities.
According to LonoCloud management, Fortune 500 companies are focused on a cloud CIO/CTO strategy of reducing their internal data center infrastructure costs by enabling business continuity across multiple federated private cloud data centers. LonoCloud allows them to migrate quickly and easily to private, public or hybrid cloud topologies while ensuring automated policy control over high availability, scalability, security and a premium user experience. This cloud Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS+) layer offers additional value to enterprise IT organizations by reducing cycle times, improving quality, enabling advanced mobility features, and adding business analytics/security monitoring.
"Enterprises are looking for transformational technologies to provide maximum benefit from cloud computing across both their development and operational IT groups," says President of LonoCloud Tom Caldwell. "Developers require a private cloud application development platform to enable innovation in migrating distributed mission-critical applications to the cloud. This must include a set of automated policies to provide high degrees of fault tolerance and with the ability to scale up as the business scales. The goal is to enable end-to-end traceability of their user activity with full audits across multiple cloud data centers. The platform needs to not only make it faster and easier to add functions, make changes, and improve software quality, it must create a self-healing cloud to automatically recognize and respond to threats or opportunities. Security and privacy are critical, and especially so in cases where any compliance regulations are involved. We took all of those ideas into consideration when developing the LonoCloud platform." He adds, "We also made it future-proof - so that when the companies are ready, they will also be able to take advantage of hybrid private/public cloud strategies, seamlessly moving workloads across the world of many geographically dispersed clouds."
The LonoCloud PaaS+ operates at a higher layer in the stack, enabling ease of workload mobility across private, public, and hybrid clouds including other PaaS layers like Cloud Foundry or OpenStack. The LonoCloud mesh fabric architecture, coupled with an automated policy system, federates a set of distributed application nodes and accelerates the migration of SOA (service-oriented architecture) to the cloud.
LonoCloud has been developed by a think tank of cloud and cyber-security innovators with decades of combined experience in cloud computing. These include CTO/founder Dr. Ingolf Krueger, Professor in the Computer Science and Engineering department at UC San Diego, VP of Engineering Dr. Markus Kaltenbach who recently joined from Google, and Chief Technology Advisor Dr. Hossein Eslambolchi, former CTO of AT&T. In addition, the management team, including CEO Neil Senturia, has experience in successful startups and Fortune 500 companies. More information on the company can be found at http://www.lonocloud.com/.
Hammacher Schlemmer Introduces The Canine Hawaiian Shirt.
NEW YORK, May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Continuing its 164-year history of offering the Best, the Only and the Unexpected, Hammacher Schlemmer introduces The Canine Hawaiian Shirt, a genuine aloha shirt that compliments a dog's relaxed demeanor.
Made from lightweight 100% cotton fabric, The Canine Hawaiian Shirt has the classic short-sleeve, collared design with authentic Hawaiian quilt motifs that are favored by Hawaiians.
Just like the aloha shirts worn by Hawaiian businessmen and guests at semi-formal gatherings, your dog can wear The Canine Hawaiian Shirt while lounging at home or on strolls to the local dog park without compromising its social status.
"The Canine Hawaiian Shirt extends the comfort of casual beach attire to the domestic dog and reflects an owner's laid-back attitude," explained Hammacher Schlemmer's General Manager Fred Berns.
Tailored to comfortably fit a canine's frame, The Canine Hawaiian Shirt has a front pocket, genuine coconut shell buttons, and it's machine washable and dryable.
The Canine Hawaiian Shirt is available from Hammacher Schlemmer for $29.95. For more information about this product, please visit http://www.hammacher.com/81798 or contact Trish Hammond at (847) 581-8987 or via e-mail at pr@hammacher.com.
About Hammacher Schlemmer
Hammacher Schlemmer is America's longest running catalog, offering the Best, the Only and the Unexpected since 1848. The company provides unique products that solve problems or represent the only one of their kind, backing all products with The Hammacher Schlemmer Lifetime Guarantee. Hammacher Schlemmer's innovative offerings are available through its catalog, website, and its famed landmark store on East 57th Street in New York City.
Data Conversion Laboratory's New 'Convert On Demand' Reclaims Dormant Content and Fuels New Revenue
FRESH MEADOWS, N.Y., May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Data Conversion Laboratory (DCL), a leading provider of electronic document conversion services, introduces a new online publishing portal that re-energizes previously dormant content into highly accurate digital knowledge that can be searched, reorganized, ported to eBooks, and published in virtually any format; all leading to new revenue streams.
Convert On Demand, DCL's new Web portal is the second in a series of On Demand portals backed by 30 years of excellence in providing document conversion and digital publishing-related services.
"Silos of content lying dormant within an organization can now be tapped and turned into revenue streams," said Mark Gross, CEO of DCL. "Older document collections, backlists, newspaper archives are all treasure troves which can be turned into searchable collections, offered much more widely than ever before, and monetized in many new ways," said Gross.
The new service streamlines the conversion process to give organizations of all sizes an easy way to convert paper, Word, PDF, HTML or SGML documents into more powerful digital storehouses of content using XML, ASCII, Word, HTML and most other formats.
DCL's proven automated conversion method produces the highest quality data, consistently tagged with a 99.99 percent error-free guarantee. Its experienced US-based project management team, 24 / 7 client tracking system, and multi-level quality assurance means converted materials are delivered on-time, are 'ready to go' and need no additional fixing.
Providing the capacity for high-volume and expert service, even with multi-lingual content, Convert On Demand offers its customers the benefits of the same powerful resources dedicated to more complex, larger projects. EPUB On Demand, which was the first of the On Demand services, is a book-at-a-time conversion service to EPUB, MOBI and HTML5, supporting all popular eReader devices.
About Data Conversion Laboratory, Inc. DCL is a leader in organizing, converting, and moving content to modern formats for wide access and new revenue streams. With expertise across many industries, DCL's proprietary technology matched with US-based project management teams solve clients' complex conversion challenges securely, accurately and on-time. Serving the full range of businesses, government, nonprofits and individuals by future-proofing their content, DCL started in 1981 and is a 100 Top Company in the Digital Content Industry for 2011-2012.
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