1.8V to 6V Input Voltage Serves Low Voltage Core and RF Circuit Power Supplies
FREMONT, Calif., Dec. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Exar Corporation (Nasdaq: EXAR) released today the XRP6272, a new low noise high performance LDO for up to 2 Amps point-of-loads.
Supporting a single 1.8V to 6V wide input voltage rail, the XRP6272 provides a 2 Amps point-of-load with an adjustable output voltage. It is equally capable of delivering power from as low as 0.7V for core voltage to a 5V for RF circuitry. Very low output noise combined with a high Power Supply Rejection Ratio (PSRR) makes it the ideal device for noise sensitive applications. The XRP6272's very low quiescent current provides enough versatility and performances to be used in portable equipment.
"The XRP6272 provides a unique point-of-load solution suitable for both low voltage core and 5V RF supplies," said Eric Pittana, director of marketing, Power Product Line. "It simplifies power management component selection to one single device for these architectures. The design flexibility of the XRP6272 will accelerate time-to-market for OEMs by reducing the complexity of their power designs. The XRP6272 joins an expansive family of market proven LDOs that are deployed successfully in varied applications and environments."
Key Product Features
Capable of a constant output current of up to 2 Amps, the XRP6272 supports a wide 1.8V to 6V input voltage range which allows for single supply operations from numerous industry standard power rails as well as the dedicated RF 5.8V rail. Better than +/-2% output voltage accuracy, low 24uV(RMS) output noise and 70dB PSRR make the XRP6272 perfectly suited for powering wireless RF circuitries. With an adjustable output voltage as low as 0.7V, this device is also capable of powering core processors and FPGAs. Allowing usage of small low cost ESR ceramic output capacitors and featuring a low 30uA quiescent current, the XRP6272 is optimized for use in battery powered portable equipments while an Enable function and Power Good flag complete the feature set. Built-in current limit and thermal protections provide the XRP6272 with fail-safe operations.
Power Management Products
Highly reliable, accurate, power management is a critical part of any technology system. Exar has a broad array of high-performance and industry-proven power management solutions including handset and lighting controls, power conversion, and standard linear devices.
Prices, Packages, Availability and Additional Information
The XRP6272 is available now in volume quantities and offered in a RoHS compliant, "green" halogen free 5-pin TO-252 package and 8-pin exposed pad HSOIC package. Pricing starts at $0.39 for 1K units.
Exar Corporation delivers highly differentiated silicon, software and subsystem solutions for data communication, storage, consumer and industrial applications. For over 40 years, Exar's comprehensive knowledge of end-user markets along with the underlying analog, mixed signal and digital technology has enabled innovative solutions that meet the needs of the evolving connected world. Exar's product portfolio includes power management and interface components, communications products, storage optimization solutions, network security and applied service processors. Exar has locations worldwide providing real-time customer support to drive rapid product development. For more information about Exar, visit http://www.exar.com.
Vantage Re-Invents Collaboration with Social Project and Task Management
HALIFAX, Dec. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - Upstart Industries aims to change the way
you work, with the latest release of their social project and work
management software, Vantage.
Vantage is an online, subscription-based project and task management
tool which also includes its own secure social media channel called
VantagePoint.
According to Upstart Industries President, Kelly Kazimer, "Clear
communication and efficient information flow is an absolute requirement
for the success of any project or business initiative. When we look
around us, we can see that the world we live in is experiencing an
amazing shift in communication mediums. Social platforms dominate -
across age groups, geographies, and economies. But businesses have yet
to truly capitalize on the power of this new platform".
The latest release of Vantage, available today, empowers teams to "work
like they play", by combining social collaboration, task management,
and file sharing ("VantageShare"), through a truly seamless
integration. The integration of VantagePoint and VantageShare on the
Tasks page creates one central hub for work, people, and content. The
updates and interactions from the Tasks page are broadcast to the rest
of Vantage - updating the content stream, the file storage area,
project summary metrics, and the projects registry, instantaneously.
According to Kazimer, it's an evolution that businesses need to embrace,
and soon. "Over 750,000,000 people use Facebook. In the US alone, over
90% of online adults between the ages of 18 and 54 use some form of
social media. If you managed people that used phones every day, would
you have a 'telegraph-only' policy within your corporate walls? If you
can't communicate effectively with your people, how do your achieve
your goals?"
With its latest release, Vantage is wrapping the power of project and
task management in a familiar, easy to use package that speaks directly
to users of social platforms. The design of Vantage is geared towards
making the experience of using a business application as engaging,
intuitive, and enjoyable as the consumer apps used every day.
Notes Kazimer, "I didn't need a three month change management strategy
and two weeks of training to use Facebook or Twitter or Google Plus.
Why should I expect less of my work software?"
Vantage offers a 30 day free trial at http://projectvantage.com, and you can follow Vantage on Twitter (@projectvantage) for the latest news..
ABOUT UPSTART INDUSTRIES
Upstart Industries produces cloud and mobility delivered software
applications for businesses and consumers. Powered by the imagination,
passion, and dedication of our employees, our mission is to impress our
customers and shareholders by relentlessly delivering intuitive,
elegant solutions that integrate with the way we work and play..
Education Needs - Talking Stories on iPhone and iPad With Pictello
MONS, Belgium, December 13, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
Pictello is a nice and easy application developed by AssistiveWare to share fun and
content. Teachers, parents and kids can use it to create talking picture books and develop
literacy and narrative skills. Kids with special needs can use it to communicate, teachers
and parents to facilitate comprehension or develop learning supports.
Pictello is a simple way to create talking books, photo albums, tutorials on iPhone
and iPad. To create a page, add an image, up to five lines of text, plus audio content,
and play the story! The audio part can be either a recorded voice or a text vocalized by
Acapela natural text to speech voices.
Share comments and memories with a photo album, present something you like, develop a
quick tutorial to help the kids using visual and audio support, tell your own story with
pictures and dialogue using Acapela's repertoire of natural voices, etc. The possibilities
are endless!
Pictello has been developed for all ages and skill levels and does not require reading
skills to locate and read stories. It offers an easy visual story creation wizard so
anyone can use pictures and sound to share important moments in their lives. An advanced
editor gives full control of the editing capabilities.
Acapela text to speech empowers Pictello with a wide range of voice persona to bring
any story imaginable to life. It perfectly converts any text into pleasant speech for a
pleasing audio result. North American English male and female voices are included, and up
to 50 voices and 21 languages and dialects available as free downloads! Pictello does not
require an active Internet connection for story creation or playback.
The current version of Pictello is localized in English, Spanish, French, German,
Dutch and Turkish. Stories can be shared using iTunes File Sharing or via WiFi with other
Pictello users through a free account on the Pictello Sharing Server.
- Stories to teach social skills or to recall events
- Photo albums to allow non-speaking people to share their news and interests
- Sharing important events and memories with family who live far away
- Talking books
- Teaching narrative skills as part of a literacy or language skills curriculum
- Schedules, task instructions, etc.
- Sharing stories or writing group stories using iPad on a VGA monitor or
interactive white board (VGA adapter required)
- Creating multilingual stories using text to speech or voice recordings
Acapela Group, the leading voice expert, invents text to speech solutions to give your
content a voice in up to 30 languages and helps its customers to build their 'Voice
strategy', to add audible value to their services and applications through the spoken
word. Acapela speech solutions enable any written text to be turned into natural speech
files, using any of the 60 High Quality standard voices or an organization's/company's own
synthesized voice talent - produced through Acapela Voice Factory - for improved market
recognition and audio-brand visibility. Over 1000 companies around the world have already
adopted Acapela high quality voices to voice-empower their products and services, in very
different markets. Check out http://www.acapela.tv, Acapela Group's sparkling
laboratory with over 75 million talking cards created and shared http://www.acapela-vaas.com, the Acapela on-line service for smart vocalization http://www.acapela-for-iphone.com and http://www.acapela-for-android.com to
develop talkative apps http://www.acapela-box.com, for easy all-rights-included,
on-demand, sound file production http://www.acapela-kiosk.com for audio publishing on
the cloud.
Source: Acapela Group
Contact: Caroline Houel, Telephone number : +33-562247104, E-mail : caroline.houel@acapela-group.com
Zeta Interactive Increases Search Marketing Efficiency With Kenshoo
Digital marketing agency moves $50 million in annual search spending to Kenshoo Enterprise
Source: Kenshoo
Contacts: Matt Rizzetta, North 6th Agency for Zeta Interactive, +1-212-334-9753, mrizzetta@n6a.com; Stacie Susens, Director of Corporate Marketing and PR, Kenshoo,
+1-877-536-7462, Stacie.Susens@Kenshoo.com
The Webroot® Social Media Sobriety Test Goes Mobile for the Holidays
TDA Launches the Holiday Party Sobriety Apps to Remind Revelers "Nothing Good Happens Online After 1 a.m."
BOULDER, Colo., Dec. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Just in time for holiday parties and those rollicking New Year's Eve celebrations, advertising and design agency TDA Boulder has teamed with Internet security company Webroot to take the company's tongue-in-cheek "bad idea protector" mobile. In a fresh take on the Social Media Sobriety Test, the marketing campaign features mobile apps and a holiday-themed website designed to make you think twice before tweeting, posting or following through on any poor decision you might make after a little too much holiday cheer. New this year, the mobile Holiday Party Sobriety Test apps take people through a number of coordination and cognition tests on their smartphones or tabs (compatible with iOS 5 and Android devices). If your scores are low, the app will advise you to think twice before your next move and serve you up search results for a nearby cab company based on your phone's geo-location capabilities. The apps are available for free download now at http://www.webroot.com/sobrietytest.
Revelers that are still tempted to post that tacky photo can turn to The Webroot Social Media Sobriety Test. Introduced last year, it is a browser plug-in that helps prevent "under-the-influence" posting on sites including Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube and Tumblr, as well as custom URLs (like blogs) and/or web-based email accounts such as Gmail or Hotmail. Users can customize which sites they wish to block and at which hours of the day or night are the most personally vulnerable. For access to their social media, users must pass one of a variety of randomly selected sobriety tests such as "drag your mouse in a straight line," "type the alphabet backwards," or "follow the finger." Browser compatibility includes Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Safari.
"We're working with Webroot to offer this as a humorous reminder to anyone who's likely to enjoy beer, wine or spirits this holiday season but wants to avoid the over-sharing that can occur when he's had one too many," says Jonathan Schoenberg, Creative Director at TDA_Boulder, commenting about the Sobriety Tests. "It's a whole new world with Androids, iPhones, Facebook and Twitter, as many have learned to their peril. The consequences of a stupid tweet or an ill-advised photo can be instantaneously spread around the globe. It's our hope the Sobriety Tests will come to the aid of all who are in need of its protection. Because we know nothing good happens online after 1 am."
For more information, interested consumers can visit http://www.webroot.com/sobrietytest. Remember, the stupidity you avoid this holiday season could be your own. Available now for Android and iPhones devices.
Webroot is a trademark or registered trademark of Webroot Software, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries.
New Campaign to Embed Information Permanently in Digital Media
LONDON, December 13, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
A picture may be worth 1,000 words, but permanently attached descriptions are worth a
lot more as photos travel through the digital world. A campaign has been launched now to
embed descriptive and rights information in digital media and to retain it during the
whole life cycle.
The initiative has been launched by the International Press Telecommunications Council
(IPTC), the American Association of Advertising Agencies (4A's), and the Association of
National Advertisers (ANA), with the support of trade organisations representing visual
arts and photo agencies. It aims to establish the practice of applying descriptions and
the copyright status of the content as metadata, and to embed it permanently during the
electronic exchange of digital photo, text, audio or video files.
This practice is based on the principles defined by the Embedded Metadata Manifesto on
the web site http://www.embeddedmetadata.org which invites organisations and
individuals to support the campaign.
The campaign is designed for producers and users of digital media and the hardware and
software vendors who play a key role in enabling interoperability in data exchange. The
business benefits for both producers and users include efficient delivery, successful
retrieval, and improved rights management.
"Metadata is an important driver for business productivity, so it should always be
retained. Too much data is currently lost," said Michael Steidl, managing director of
the IPTC which created the Embedded Metadata Manifesto. "It is time for content creators,
distributors and software vendors to work together to bring about conditions where
business can make use of metadata to track and preserve media files, copyright and other
rights, as this is critical for the creative industries that depend on that for their
existence."
"Embedding descriptive information into commercial files, removes manual steps, and
duplication of effort, which can save time and money, and forms the foundation for more
efficient operations, measurement, and monetization of advertising assets. These are the
core reasons why the 4A's and ANA partnered to create Ad-ID, the United States standard
for identifying Advertising assets across all media platforms," said Harold Geller, Senior
Vice President Cross Country-Industry Workflow for the 4A's.
The five key principles of the Embedded Metadata Manifesto are:
1. Metadata is essential to describe, identify and track digital media and should be
applied to all media items which are exchanged as files or by other means such as data
streams.
2. Media file formats should provide the means to embed metadata in ways that can be
read and handled by different software systems.
3. Metadata fields, their semantics (including labels on the user interface) and
values, should not be changed across metadata formats.
4. Copyright management information metadata must never be removed from the files.
5. Other metadata should only be removed from files by agreement with their copyright
holders.
About the IPTC:
The IPTC, based in London, is a consortium of the world's major news agencies, news
publishers and news industry vendors. It develops and maintains technical standards for
improved news exchange that are used by virtually every major news organisation in the
world. Its standards include the Photo Metadata standards IPTC Core and Extension, the
family of G2-Standards (NewsML-G2, EventsML-G2 and SportsML-G2), NITF, rNews, and the IPTC
NewsCodes. Visit the web site is http://www.iptc.org or follow @IPTC on Twitter.
About the 4A's:
The 4A's (American Association of Advertising Agencies) is the national trade
association of the advertising agency business and provides leadership, advocacy and
guidance to the industry. The management-oriented association founded in 1917 helps its
members build their businesses, and acts as the industry's spokesperson with government,
media, and the public sector. Its membership comprises virtually all of the large,
multinational agencies and hundreds of small and mid-sized agencies across the country.
More than 1,200 member agency offices served by the 4A's employ 65,000 people, offer a
wide range of marketing communications services, and place 80 percent of all national
advertising. For more information, visit http://www.aaaa.org.
About the ANA:
Founded in 1910, the ANA (Association of National Advertisers) leads the marketing
community by providing its members with insights, collaboration, and advocacy. ANA's
membership includes 400 companies with 10,000 brands that collectively spend over $250
billion in marketing communications and advertising. The ANA strives to communicate
marketing best practices, lead industry initiatives, influence industry practices, manage
industry affairs, and advance, promote, and protect all advertisers and marketers. For
more information, visit http://www.ana.net, follow @ANAmarketers on Twitter, join us
on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/ANA), or visit our YouTube channel ( http://www.youtube.com/user/ANAmarketers).
Media contact:
Michael Steidl, IPTC Managing director
Phone: +44-(20)-3178-4922
Email: office@iptc.org
Experian Automotive launches AutoCheck® Mobile for Consumer(SM) on Android and iPhone
New mobile application provides used car buyers with access to AutoCheck® vehicle history reports when and where they need it most
SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Dec. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Experian Automotive today launched AutoCheck® Mobile for Consumer(SM), a new application providing used car buyers with access to AutoCheck® vehicle history reports through Android and iPhone devices. Experian Automotive is the first major vehicle history provider to deliver direct report access to consumers through a mobile application across both leading smartphone operating systems.
According to a recent Nielsen study, 83 percent of U.S. app downloaders used either Android or iPhone smartphones. The Android operating system (OS) leads the market with 42.8 percent of share, and the Apple OS is second, with 28.3 percent.
"AutoCheck Mobile for Consumer is another way to provide used car buyers with convenient access to the same vehicle history reports relied upon by dealers and auction houses nationwide," said Scott Waldron, president of Experian Automotive. "When consumers go used car shopping, they typically consider a number of different vehicles before making their final purchase. By making AutoCheck reports available on both leading mobile operating systems, we are ensuring consumers can easily obtain the information they need when they need it most."
The application can be downloaded at no cost through online application stores for Android and iPhone mobile devices. After launching the application and entering AutoCheck® account log-in information, users enter a vehicle identification number (VIN) or simply use the device's camera to take a picture of the VIN to view the vehicle's history.
With AutoCheck, consumers can understand the history of a vehicle, compare it with similar models using AutoCheck Score® and have the confidence they are selecting the vehicle that best suits their needs.
Consumers also can purchase AutoCheck vehicle history reports online at http://www.autocheck.com. Single reports are available for $29.99, and a 30-day unlimited report package is available for $44.99. The unlimited package is unique to AutoCheck and allows consumers to freely run the reports they need to find the right vehicle for them.
About AutoCheck
AutoCheck vehicle history reports enable used car buyers to understand a vehicle's past, including reported accidents, odometer issues, title brands, frame-damage announcements and other important information, allowing them to make a confident used vehicle purchase. AutoCheck Score® allows consumers to quickly and easily compare a vehicle's history with others in the same class to further reduce the risk of buying a vehicle with potential problems.
Experian Automotive is a leader in providing information services and market intelligence to manufacturers, dealers, finance, insurance and aftermarket companies, helping them increase customer loyalty; target and win new business; and make better lending, purchasing and production decisions. Experian's AutoCheck reports provide customers with in-depth vehicle history information to confidently understand, compare and select the right vehicle. Its North American Vehicle Database(SM) houses more than 650 million vehicles and, when combined with Experian's credit, consumer and business information assets, meets the industry's growing demand for an integrated information source. Experian technology supports top automotive businesses, including eBay Motors, O'Reilly Auto Parts, Affinia, CarMax and NADAguides.com. For more information on Experian Automotive and its suite of services, visit our Website at http://www.experianautomotive.com.
About Experian
Experian® is the leading global information services company, providing data and analytical tools to clients in more than 80 countries. The company helps businesses to manage credit risk, prevent fraud, target marketing offers and automate decision making. Experian also helps individuals to check their credit report and credit score and protect against identity theft.
Experian plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange (EXPN) and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 index. Total revenue for the year ended 31 March 2011 was $4.2 billion. Experian employs approximately 15,000 people in 41 countries and has its corporate headquarters in Dublin, Ireland, with operational headquarters in Nottingham, UK; California, US; and Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Experian and the Experian marks used herein are service marks or registered trademarks of Experian Information Solutions, Inc. Other product and company names mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners.
MINNEAPOLIS and SAN MATEO, Calif., Dec. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- SuccessFactors, Inc. (NYSE: SFSF), the global leader in cloud-based business execution software, today announced it has completed its acquisition of Jobs2web.
With Jobs2web, companies can drive social and mobile recruiting programs across all potential recruiting channels like Bing, Facebook, Google, Indeed, Jigsaw, Juju, LinkedIn, Twitter, Yahoo, Zoominfo, and other communities. Jobs2web works with all major recruiting vendors and ATS systems and will be immediately integrated with SuccessFactors' Business Execution applications. Together the two companies will continue to innovate, market and support a "stand-alone" Recruiting Marketing product. In addition to that existing business, the companies will work together to combine SuccessFactors' world-class Recruiting Management with Jobs2web's Recruiting Marketing to deliver the first-of-its-kind Recruiting Execution System.
"It was important to have clients, shareholders and employees all benefit in this transaction and I am personally gratified to say that we have achieved that in this event," said Ken Holec, CEO of Jobs2web. "100 percent of our employees are being retained and we are looking to expand on many fronts in the coming months to increase our resources, focus and continued innovation in Recruiting Marketing. This truly is a win for everyone."
Beyond the new and innovative functional recruitment capabilities, customers will also benefit from the companies' shared vision for cloud-based technology. Both solutions are 100 percent SaaS deployed in the cloud.
Jobs2web's CFO/COO, Steve Shaffer, will lead the new Jobs2web business unit and the existing Jobs2web team will report to him. Ken Holec will continue to be involved with Jobs2web as a strategic advisor to the company while founder Doug Berg will stay on in a critical product strategy role.
"We are all very excited about this opportunity and the potential we have to raise our game to the next level," said Steve Shaffer, current CFO/COO and new general manager of the Jobs2web . "In addition to having Ken Holec's leadership and Doug Berg's innovation, a critical step in getting to this point was to have the backing and counsel of our investors at Updata Partners." Shaffer continued, "Rich Erickson, Ira Cohen and the team at Updata not only enabled us financially as early investors in the business, but throughout our growth by providing advice at key milestone events. This would not have been possible without their help and guidance."
"Jobs2web has been a great experience for us and I couldn't be more pleased at the outcome for our investors and shareholders. The team at Jobs2Web has done a phenomenal job at building a highly valuable asset in a capital efficient way with an enormous opportunity to continue to lead the market as part of SuccessFactors. It is a great business run by some of the brightest people we've ever worked with" said Rich Erickson, Updata General Partner. He continued, "Raymond James & Associates served as financial advisor and Dorsey & Whitney LLP was legal counsel to Jobs2web in this transaction and without their help this would have not been possible."
About Jobs2web
Jobs2web helps employers measure and optimize every aspect of their interactive recruiting strategy. Client's hire better people, faster and more cost effectively. By using Jobs2web's proven Recruit Better® system, employers know which online channels provide better return on investment, recruit better talent and deliver better candidate engagement. See how at http://www.jobs2web.com.
About SuccessFactors
SuccessFactors is the leading provider of cloud-based Business Execution Software, and delivers business alignment, team execution, people performance, and learning management solutions to organizations of all sizes across more than 60 industries. With approximately 15 million subscription seats globally, we strive to delight our customers by delivering innovative solutions, content and analytics, process expertise and best practices insights from serving our broad and diverse customer base. Today, we have more than 3,500 customers in more than 168 countries using our application suite in 35 languages.
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This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These forward-looking statements are SuccessFactors' current expectations and beliefs.
These forward-looking statements include statements about the benefits of the proposed acquisition. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by these forward-looking statements include: our ability to retain customers and to experience high customer renewal rates; integration risks, including risks related to integration of Jobs2web products, technologies and personnel and managing geographically-dispersed operations; assumption of liabilities; whether customers of Jobs2web will desire to continue as customers pricing pressures; the uncertain impact of the overall global economic conditions, including on customers, prospective customers and partners, renewal rates and length of sales cycles; the fact that the business execution market is at an early stage of development, and may not develop as rapidly as we anticipate; competitive factors; outages or security breaches; our ability to develop, and market acceptance of, new services; the impact of any discovered product defects or outages; our ability to continue to sell our services outside the HR area; our ability to manage our growth; our ability to successfully expand our sales force and its effectiveness; whether our resellers and other partners will be successful in marketing our products; our ability to continue to manage expenses; the impact of unforeseen expenses, including as a result of integrating acquisitions; and general economic conditions worldwide. If any such risks or uncertainties materialize or if any of the assumptions prove incorrect, our results could differ materially from the results expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements we make.
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Radient Pharmaceuticals Launches New Onko-Sure® Website, Facebook and Twitter Outreach
TUSTIN, Calif., Dec. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Radient Pharmaceuticals Corporation (OTCQX:RXPC) (OTCPK:RXPC), a developer and marketer of In Vitro Diagnostic (IVD) cancer tests, today announced the launch of a new Onko-Sure website http://www.onko-sure.com and a new Facebook page and Twitter account.
Radient's national marketing campaign currently involves a redesign and launch of a new Onko-Sure® website, and both online and social media marketing. Future planned phases will include mobile apps, print and online advertising in high-impact medical and scientific publications. These actions will be coordinated with product awareness efforts through public relations and patient advocacy groups.
"These new online tools will be a part of our 2012 national outreach program and marketing campaign to drive awareness and adoption of Onko-Sure® for its FDA cleared indication in treatment monitoring and recurrence monitoring of colorectal cancer. This comprehensive campaign includes online and print marketing, advertising, and public relations aimed at key constituencies including doctors, patients, and laboratories. The campaign will be supported by an expanded U.S. Sales force," says Radient Pharmaceuticals Chairman and CEO Douglas MacLellan.
"We believe that Onko-Sure® is a high-value, cost effective cancer test that can improve treatment outcomes for colorectal cancer patients. By launching this comprehensive national marketing campaign, we are targeting the key decision makers - physicians, labs, and patients, to make them aware of the importance of incorporating Onko-Sure® into colorectal cancer treatment plans," stated Mr. MacLellan.
For additional information on Radient Pharmaceuticals Corporation and its products visit: http://www.radient-pharma.com or e-mail info@radient-pharma.com. For Investor Relations contact Paul Knopick at: pknopick@eandecommunications.com or 949-707-5365.
About Radient Pharmaceuticals:
Headquartered in Tustin, California, Radient Pharmaceuticals Corporation is dedicated to saving lives and money for patients and global healthcare systems through the deployment of its FDA-cleared In Vitro Diagnostic Onko-Sure® cancer test kit for colorectal cancer treatment and recurrence monitoring. The Company's focus is on the discovery, development and commercialization of unique high-value diagnostic tests that will help physicians answer important clinical questions related to early disease state detection, treatment strategy, and the monitoring of disease progression or recurrence. To learn more about our company, products, and potentially life-saving cancer test, visit http://www.radient-pharma.com.
Forward-Looking Statements:
Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: The statements contained in this document include certain predictions and projections that may be considered forward-looking statements under securities law. These statements involve a number of important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially including, but not limited to, the performance of joint venture partners, as well as other economic, competitive and technological factors involving the Company's operations, markets, services, products, and prices. With respect to Radient Pharmaceuticals Corporation, except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this document are forward-looking statements involving risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements.
The Mobile Internet Usage & Pricing Worldwide - 2011 to 2016 report published by
Tariff Consultancy Ltd examines the development of Mobile Data services up to 2011 and
provides forecasts for future development until the end of 2016.
The report examines the growth of Mobile Data (mobile internet using the smartphone
device) and Mobile Broadband services (using the USB flash modem) for the period to the
end of 2011.
The report also seeks to evaluate whether Data ARPU overall is outweighing the decline
in Voice ARPU being experienced by the mobile network operators (MNOs) worldwide.
The report forecasts the increase in Mobile Data ARPU from the end of 2011 to the end
of 2016 per each region.
The report also covers pricing of Mobile Internet/Broadband for close to 100 operators
across 60 countries.
TOC
List of Figures
Methodology
Executive Summary
Highlights of the Mobile Internet Usage & Pricing Worldwide - 2011 to 2016
Chapter One - The changing expectations for mobile data services
Introduction
The definition of Mobile Broadband services
The growth in Mobile Broadband worldwide
The definition of Mobile Internet using the smartphone
The growth in the Mobile Internet worldwide
MNOs and the growth of internet usage worldwide
Key issues for the MNO and internet usage worldwide
The types of mobile data services
Key Point Summary
Chapter Two - Mobile Broadband data services and pricing worldwide
Introduction - a definition of Mobile Broadband
The growth of Mobile Broadband and multiple SIM ownership worldwide
The types of Pre Pay Mobile Broadband worldwide
The types of Postpaid Mobile Broadband worldwide
The pricing models for Mobile Broadband services worldwide
The key innovations for Mobile Broadband services worldwide
The introduction of Long Term Evolution (LTE) services worldwide
The introduction of Pre Pay and Postpaid Data Plans for Tablet PCs
A forecast for Mobile Broadband services worldwide
Key Point Summary
Chapter Three - Mobile Internet smartphone services and pricing
Introduction - a definition of the Mobile Internet
The growth of Mobile Internet and smartphones worldwide
The types of Pre Pay Mobile Internet smartphone services worldwide
The types of Postpaid Mobile Internet smartphone services worldwide
Other types of Mobile Internet services worldwide
Mobile TV services worldwide
Mobile Music services worldwide
Mobile social networking services worldwide
Mobile Instant Messaging (MIM) services worldwide
Mobile infotainment services worldwide
Mobile gaming services worldwide
Location based services worldwide
Key Point Summary
Chapter Four - Innovation in Mobile Data Services Worldwide
Introduction
Mobile Data Services in the European region
Data ARPU in the European region
Mobile Data Services in North America & Latin America regions
Data ARPU in North America & Latin America regions
Mobile Data Services in the Middle East & Africa regions
Data ARPU in the Middle East & Africa regions
Mobile Data Services in the Asia Pacific region
Data ARPU in the Asia Pacific region
Trends in Mobile Data Services ARPU worldwide
Key Point Summary
Chapter Five - Conclusions - The future for Mobile Data Services worldwide
Introduction
The forecast for Mobile Broadband & Mobile Internet services worldwide
The adoption of Pre Pay Mobile Data services worldwide
Key innovations for Mobile Data services worldwide
Is data ARPU outweighing the decline in overall ARPU worldwide?
The threat of commoditisation for Mobile Data services worldwide
Adding value to the MNO data service proposition worldwide
Key Point Summary
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AVOB(TM) Energy Saver 5 for McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator Platform 3 Billion Cash Savings Every Year Through McAfee & AVOB
BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT, France, December 13, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
AVOB, one of the most innovative power management solutions on the market,
is now integrated with the tool of reference for computer management and security.
Enables savings of up to 75% on the carbon footprint and energy costs of
computers
AVOB - Alternative Vision Of Business. The Green IT solutions provider announces that
it has become a Technology Partner in the McAfee(R) Security Innovation Alliance (SIA)
partner program. A new version of its flagship software, AVOB(TM) Energy Saver 5 for the
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator platform, has passed integration testing with McAfee(R)
ePolicy Orchestrator(R) software, and has achieved McAfee Compatible status. This
significant milestone brings power management into a world of simplicity and security.
The power management challenge: Necessity vs. Complexity
In the current economic and environmental context, the pressure to reduce operating
costs and the race for greater eco-efficiency are among the top priorities for businesses
of any size. IT and Sustainability decision makers are pressured to embark on the path to
power management to reduce the energy consumption of network PCs, which represent one of
the biggest IT energy consumption area for an enterprise.
Reduce costs and carbon footprint with confidence
AVOB meets these challenges through innovation with its new software solution AVOB(TM)
Energy Saver 5 for McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator platform, fully integrated with the latest
versions of ePolicy Orchestrator software. Thus, the installation of the solution requires
only a few minutes and deployment takes the form of a simple secure update, supported by
the ePolicy Orchestrator platform.
The ePolicy Orchestrator platform, perhaps the most advanced security management
software in the market, integrates with non-McAfee security applications. The joint
solution between AVOB and McAfee will help unify security and energy policies while
drastically reducing the effort to deploy the non-McAfee solutions.
"Thanks to the ergonomic interface of AVOB(TM) Energy Saver 5 for the McAfee ePolicy
Orcestrator platform, organizations can now implement the most relevant and efficient
policies on their network," says Pierre Duchesne, President and founder of AVOB. "Every
year, our customers save between $27 and $67 for each workstation without any impact on
employee productivity. The return on investment payback can be as short as a quarter."
Competitive strengths to remember
- Smart Sleep(TM) Technology
Intelligent Sleep activation of PCs, monitors and hard drives
- Efficient Power(TM) Technology
Throttle processor power in real time, depending on user needs
- Wake Up Technology
Highly reliable, guaranteeing effective IT maintenance
- Your mobility partner
Boost laptop battery usage without affecting performance
- Free PC monitoring tool
Powerful monitoring tools help communicate energy savings and sustainability results
A massive potential impact
McAfee, the leading dedicated provider of security in the world, has an installed base
of over 60 million endpoints that are managed by the ePolicy Orcestrator platform.
Deploying AVOB Energy Saver 5 on these endpoints can potentially save billions of dollars
each year.
AVOB(TM) Energy Saver 5 for the McAfee ePolicy Orcestrator platform is easy to use and
allows IT managers to run their security and energy policies on a single platform,
generating maximum savings.
Download now your FREE Enterprise class AVOB Energy Saver 5 for ePO add-on and start
monitoring and analyzing the energy consumption of your networked PCs instantly.
AVOB(TM) - Alternative Vision Of Business is a leading provider of Power Management
solutions. Established in 20 countries, with over 100 satisfied corporate customers,
AVOB(TM) offers Energy Saver(TM) its flagship enterprise solution, which reduces networked
PCs energy consumption by up to 75%.
Leading edge technologies designed by AVOB(TM) won special awards at CeBIT, the
largest electronics tradeshow in the world.
Aviva First to Replace Industry Standard Pen and Paper Based on-Site Notetaking With Tablet Technology
LONDON, December 13, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
Aviva Risk Management Solutions embarks on 'industry first' digitisation
programme with Formicary Collaboration Group and Floatto bring new efficiencies to risk
management processes
Aviva Risk Management Solutions is piloting a new digitisation programme to streamline
its risk assessment processes. The SOLAR PlayBook project - which is the first of its kind
in the industry - will see Aviva's risk assessment team replace pen and paper assessment
processes with Blackberry PlayBooks pre-loaded with a bespoke risk assessment application.
Developed by Formicary Collaboration Group, a leading provider of real-time team
collaboration solutions, and Float, a digital ideas company, the programme aims to bring
new efficiencies to its risk assessment teams, improve reporting to underwriters and
reduce customer resolution times.
The SOLAR PlayBook App enables Aviva's 120 risk advisers, who make technical risk
assessments of commercial premises across the UK, to process this information on site.
This removes the need for the adviser to return to their desk before assessments can be
processed, leaving them free to move on to the next customer.
Aviva drew up the specification for a bespoke risk assessment digital application app
in recognition of the time-saving benefits that processing and submitting reports while on
site could bring. It was required to operate on Aviva's tablet of choice, the Blackberry
PlayBook; work off-line in commercial properties where online connectivity is not always
available; accommodate the entire assessment process end-to-end and allow images to be
embedded in the report. It also needed to be attractive to risk assessors accustomed to
using paper-based reporting methods and easy to use to encourage its adoption.
Aviva reviewed a number of solution providers before selecting Formicary Collaboration
Group and Float to provide the content processing and user interface elements of the app
respectively. Formicary and Float worked with Aviva's risk advisers to understand their
level of IT competency; how they conduct surveys and interact with customers; and identify
areas where improvements could be made.
The resulting app makes the process of recording survey data easy through a layout
that is intuitive to navigate and complete. Forms consisting of text entry, selectable
options and sliders are used to enter the core data. There are additional options to make
free-form notes and take photos that can be embedded in the final report to underwriters.
Paul Heybourne, senior project manager with Aviva, comments,
"Of the solution providers we considered, Formicary and Float were the only ones with
Blackberry PlayBook expertise. Additionally, the two companies have proven expertise
working together on other similar projects. By taking the time to understand how our
assessors operate, Formicary and Float have created an app which doesn't just meet the
original IT specification but which will positively impact the bottom line of Aviva's risk
assessment business. It brings improved workload management to our advisers, faster
resolution times to our customers and higher calibre reporting for our underwriters.
Additionally, the sophistication of the app is raising our customers' perception of Aviva,
helping strengthen our positioning as a market leading, innovative company."
"Aviva is continually assessing how emerging technology can make the business more
efficient and effective. This new app will bring substantial time savings to the
organisation as completing assessments digitally on site eliminates the duplication of
effort needed when transferring hand-written site notes onto computer for processing.
Customer service times improve and our team can focus on helping customers reduce the
risks to their business."
A select number of Aviva risk advisers are piloting the programme in Winter 2011 ahead
of an evaluation and expected full roll-out in early 2012.
Notes to editors
About Formicary Collaboration Group
Formicary Collaboration Group (FCG) is a leading provider of team-based collaboration
solutions [http://www.fcg.im ]. FCG's MindLink platform leverages existing knowledge and
communication assets to enable users to consume and share information and ideas, delivered
through a next generation user experience providing best of breed Enterprise 2.0 and
Social features, and accessible on any device for today's increasingly mobile workforce.
The company has more than ten years' experience working with many medium to large sized
businesses, facilitating better collaboration for both internal and external users.
FCG is a Microsoft Gold Partner and RIM Alliance Member. FCG solutions are fully
compatible with Microsoft Lync 2010 and Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2.
Fishman Acoustic Amplification [http://www.fishman.com ] works with the world's top
instrument builders, artists and retailers. Using its Objet desktop 3D printer
[http://www.objet.com/3D-Printer/Objet_Desktop_Family ], Fishman can print mechanically
accurate guitar amplification device prototypes that customers can't tell apart from real
production parts. In-house 3D printing allows Fishman to go through multiple design
iterations in a single day, enabling the company to rapidly perfect its designs without
compromising on quality or missing sales cycles.
Previously, outsourced prototyping had been expensive and slow. Now, with in-house
prototyping using the Objet desktop 3D printer, Fishman can get to market faster and its
production process is more predictable.
"Kula, our new onboard ukulele system, is an example of where we really got a chance
to use the Objet desktop 3D printer to its fullest advantage," says Robert Ketch, Vice
President of OEM Sales at Fishman Acoustic Amplification. "The prototypes of the Objet
desktop are of such good quality that our customers think they are production parts. We're
going to be making many more pieces with the Objet desktop 3D printer to repeat the
success we had with this product. The impact on the timeline and the impression that Objet
makes have been really valuable."
In addition to being impressed with the quality, flexibility and structural integrity
of the models created on the Objet desktop 3D printer, the development team at Fishman is
enjoying far easier and faster prototyping.
Ian Popken, Director, Product Development at Fishman Acoustic Amplification, says:
"It's a very smooth process and the Objet 3D printer is easy to use. Just recently we had
one part that went through three revisions in a single day. It's pretty remarkable to get
a perfect prototype so quickly without compromising on design quality."
Fishman is dedicated to helping acoustic musicians achieve the truest sound possible
whenever they plug in. Our ongoing commitment and wide range of innovative products has
helped our company grow to become the industry standard for acoustic amplification. From
the largest arena to your own living room, wherever you hear an acoustic instrument, you
can bet you'll hear a Fishman. Fishman users are passionate about their brand of choice,
for one simple reason: we put the needs of the acoustic musician first. With exciting new
products in development and the ongoing growth of Aura Acoustic Imaging technology,
Fishman continues to lead the way in acoustic amplification. The loyalty from our extended
family of players, technicians, repair professionals and instrument manufacturers is
really a result of our loyalty toward them, as evidenced by our innovative, reliable
products, over-the-top customer support, and unwavering goal of amplified acoustic
excellence. For more information, see http://www.fishman.com.
About Objet
Objet Ltd. [http://www.objet.com ], is a leading provider of high quality, cost
effective inkjet-based 3D printing systems and materials. A global company, Objet has
offices in North America, Europe, Japan, China, Hong Kong, and India.
Objet's 3D printing systems and 3D printing materials are ideal for any company
involved in the manufacture or design of physical products using 3D software or other 3D
content. Companies using Objet's solutions can be typically found in sectors
[http://www.objet.com/INDUSTRIES ] such as consumer goods & electronics, aerospace &
defense, automotive, education, dental, medical and medical devices, architecture,
industrial machinery, footwear, sporting goods, toys and service bureaus.
Founded in 1998, the company has thousands of customers
[http://www.objet.com/RESOURCES/Case_Studies ] worldwide including a substantial share of
the relevant Fortune 100 and Fortune 500. Its award-winning technology (12 awards in 5
years) is based upon over 110 patents and patent pending inventions.
Objet's 3D printers [http://www.objet.com/3D-Printer/Products_Overview ] are available
in a range of form-factors, from cost-effective desktop 3D printers ideal for entry-level
professionals all the way to industrial-scale multi-material machines for front-line
designers and top manufacturers. Objet's 3D printers feature the industry's
highest-resolution 3D printing quality, based on 16-micron (0.0006 in.) super-thin
layering, wide material versatility, office friendliness and ease of operation.
For more information, visit us at http://www.objet.com, and for more about 3D
printing industry-related news, business issues and trends, read the Objet blog
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AAR partners with City Colleges of Chicago to fill skills gaps in aviation
Trainers will help design, teach curriculum to create pathways to jobs
CHICAGO, Dec. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- AAR (NYSE: AIR) has been selected by Mayor Rahm Emanuel's Office as aviation industry partner for a new education to careers engagement strategy between the City Colleges of Chicago and private business to prepare residents for jobs in high-growth sectors.
AAR Chairman and CEO David P. Storch joined Mayor Emanuel for the announcement of the "Colleges to Careers" initiative, which will focus on building industry partnerships for careers in aviation, healthcare, logistics, hospitality and information technology. These high-growth sectors are in need of skilled workers to fill open positions today and to build a pipeline of talent for the future. The initiative will draw on its partners' knowledge and expertise to develop the definitive standard in industry credentials, drive job creation and help increase the competitiveness of Chicago-area companies.
"This initiative will have long-term benefits for the viability of Chicago's future workforce," Storch said. "It also will help to reduce employer costs for education and skills training on the job so that the people we hire are properly trained from Day One."
The Mayor's Office highlighted AAR's recent report The Mid-skills Gap in Middle America: Building Today's Workforce and the company's need to fill 600 positions requiring a high degree of specialization and FAA certification. (The report is available at http://www.aarcorp.com/mid-skills.) The mismatch between available jobs and employee qualifications has delayed hiring at companies poised to participate in the economic and jobs recovery, according to the findings.
Under the partnership, AAR will assist with designing curriculum at Olive-Harvey College for A&P mechanic and avionics careers; provide AAR professionals to help teach curriculum and introduce real-world knowledge of the industry; and offer internships, facility tours and interviews for jobs at its facilities in Indianapolis, IN, and Wood Dale, IL.
The aerospace mechanics certificate program will be offered at Olive-Harvey starting in the fall of 2012.
"The Colleges to Careers initiative is an excellent opportunity for AAR to introduce exciting careers in aviation to the next-generation workforce," Storch said. "It is imperative today that private industry work closely with academic institutions to develop industry-specific curriculum that is in line with business needs so we can put people to work faster. I commend the leadership that Mayor Emanuel and the City Colleges have shown in this effort."
There is no precedent for an initiative of this scale between private industry and an academic institution, according to Mayor Emanuel's Office. Other industry partners include BNSF Railway, UPS, Northwestern University Hospital, Walgreens, Baxter and the Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council.
About AAR
AAR is a leading provider of value-added products and services to the worldwide aerospace and government and defense industries. With facilities and sales locations around the world, AAR uses its close-to-the-customer business model to serve aviation and government and defense customers through four operating segments: Aviation Supply Chain; Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul; Structures and Systems; and Government and Defense Services. More information can be found at http://www.aarcorp.com.
AAR - Named One of The Most Trustworthy Companies by Forbes magazine.
SOURCE AAR
AAR
CONTACT: Chris Mason, Communications Director, +1-630-227-2062, chris.mason@aarcorp.com
GREE Deploys Global Partner Social Network Built on the Force.com Social Enterprise Platform
Leading Japanese mobile social gaming company creates private partner social network in just one month to enable collaboration among 2,500 development partners worldwide
TOKYO and SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM), the enterprise cloud computing (http://www.salesforce.com/cloudcomputing/) company, today announced that GREE has deployed a private partner social network to manage its global game development process and enable collaboration among 2,500 partners worldwide. The global network was developed on salesforce.com's social enterprise platform, Force.com, in just one month.
"We chose the global standard in social enterprise platforms to grow our business worldwide," said Yosuke Nakamura, Global Developer Relations Global DR Management Office, GREE Marketing. "In addition to the advantages of speed, low cost, and flexibility, Force.com incorporates the latest social and mobile technology. Leveraging Force.com as the platform for our global development initiative, we will enable our partners to collaborate and develop a variety of great gaming and entertainment applications all over the world."
Global Expansion on the Force.com Social Enterprise Platform
-- GREE kicked off its business globalization plan in 2011. As part of the
plan, GREE built a private partner social network on the Force.com
platform to manage information on 2,500 partners, their applications,
and the development process from start to finish. Key to the
collaboration process has been Salesforce Chatter, salesforce.com's
private social network. Salesforce Chatter enables GREE employees to
collaborate with partners and other employees across geographies, teams,
and hierarchies. They can get real-time feeds on applications and
development schedules as well as find experts in any subject.
-- In the first half of 2012, GREE plans to integrate its social platform
and develop a billing system for partner applications, further
strengthening its global operations.
-- GREE closely evaluated solutions from 10 companies and chose Force.com
for its flexibility and extensive global track record. The partner
social network was developed in just one month and has been live since
October of this year.
The Social Enterprise Revolution
A social revolution is taking place today. The number of social networking users has surpassed e-mail users, and people access the Internet more from mobile devices than from desktops. Salesforce.com is helping companies meet the challenge of this social revolution with its social enterprise strategy. Today, companies must change the way they collaborate, communicate and share information with customers and employees to stay competitive. By leveraging salesforce.com's social, mobile and open cloud technologies, companies can transform themselves into social enterprises by developing social profiles of customers, creating employee social networks and building customer, partner and product social networks.
About GREE, Inc.
GREE provides Japan's leading mobile social network, and is at the forefront of mobile technology. GREE was ranked as Japan's fastest-growing tech company by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu in 2010. GREE, following its acquisition of OpenFeint in April 2011, is expanding globally and will soon offer a single, worldwide mobile social gaming platform. Combined, GREE reaches over 150 million players and offers over 7,500 game applications for smartphones. GREE aims to build the leading mobile social gaming ecosystem for users and developers worldwide.
About Salesforce.com
With 100,000+ customers, salesforce.com is the enterprise cloud computing company that is leading the shift to the social enterprise. Social enterprises leverage social, mobile and open cloud technologies to put customers at the heart of their business. Based on salesforce.com's real-time, multitenant architecture, the company's platform and application services include:
-- Salesforce Chatter, a private social network for your business
-- Salesforce Sales Cloud, for sales force automation and contact
management
-- Salesforce Service Cloud, for customer service and support solutions
-- Salesforce Radian6, for social media monitoring and engagement
-- Salesforce Data.com, the most complete source of accurate business data
-- AppExchange, the leading marketplace for enterprise cloud computing
applications
-- Force.com, for custom application development
-- Heroku, for building social and mobile apps
-- Database.com, the world's first enterprise cloud database
Any unreleased services or features referenced in this or other press releases or public statements are not currently available and may not be delivered on time or at all. Customers who purchase salesforce.com applications should make their purchase decisions based upon features that are currently available. Salesforce.com has headquarters in San Francisco, with offices in Europe and Asia, and trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "CRM." For more information please visit http://www.salesforce.com, or call 1-800-NO-SOFTWARE.
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Nexicore Services Announces Agreement to Sell to Avnet, Inc.
SIMI VALLEY, Calif., Dec. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Nexicore Services, LLC announced today that it has entered into an agreement to sell substantially all the assets of Nexicore Services, LLC and its parent company Hartford Computer Group, Inc. ("Nexicore") to Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT). Nexicore is one of the leading providers of repair and installation services in North America for consumer electronics and computers, operating in three complementary business lines of depot repair, onsite repair and installation, and parts distribution. The assets acquired from Nexicore will be deployed in Avnet Integrated Resources, which provides reverse logistics and after-market services to the global technology industry, and Nexicore's approximately 500 employees will be offered positions within Avnet Integrated Resources.
In connection with the transaction, Nexicore voluntarily initiated Chapter 11 proceedings in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Chicago today and will seek Bankruptcy Court approval of the asset sale to Avnet under Section 363 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.
In announcing this agreement, Brian Mittman, President and CEO of Nexicore Services, said: "For the last five years, Nexicore has had strong financial performance and has operated profitably, despite being constrained by an over-leveraged capital structure. We believe a transaction with Avnet will be highly strategic to both companies, enabling us to expand the services we provide to our top-tier customer base, while pursuing significant growth opportunities with Avnet. It is important to emphasize that Nexicore's customers and operations will not be adversely affected by the bankruptcy process, and we do not envision any changes to our senior management. Upon completion of a transaction, Nexicore will become part of a much stronger and better capitalized company."
Nexicore is being advised by investment banking firm Paragon Capital Partners, LLC and law firm Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP.
About Nexicore
Nexicore is a leading provider of repair and installation services in North America for consumer electronics and computers in three complementary business lines: parts distribution and repair, depot repair and onsite repair and installation. Products serviced include laptop and desktop computers, commercial computer systems, flat-screen televisions, consumer gaming units, printers, interactive whiteboards, peripherals, servers, POS devices and other electronic devices. For more information, visit http://www.nexicore.com.
SOURCE Nexicore Services, LLC
Nexicore Services, LLC
CONTACT: CONTACT: Jo Lamoreaux, Chief Financial Officer, +1-805-306-2513, jlamoreaux@nexicore.com
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Dec. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ABC Financial (ABC) is pleased to announce the release of their new and improved Facebook page. Steve Ayers, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing announced the news today.
ABC's Facebook page has been redesigned to be more informative and interactive. The Home Tab has been designed to allow non-ABC clubs the ability to easily find out more about ABC's services and request a demo. "I am excited ABC will finally get to utilize this massive social media outlet to the benefit of our existing and future customers," said Ayers. "ABC is always trying to find new ways to inform and educate the public about our products and services."
With the average American spending almost eight hours per month browsing 900 million pages, groups, events and community pages, ABC is enroute to becoming the industry's social media business hub. ABC's Facebook page's central portal facilitates the delivery of B2B information exchange - providing greater value to their partnering health clubs on the world's largest social media platform. Future plans include the addition of their partner's applications - delivering a true one-stop shop for all of your club management, billing and software solutions.
Visit ABC's Facebook Home Page and check them out. "Like" ABC before December 23, 2011, and be entered to win one of many prizes.
About ABC Financial
Launched in 1981, ABC Financial has revolutionized software and payment processing for the health and fitness industry. Headquartered in the Little Rock, Ark. area, ABC Financial serves approximately 3,000 clubs with approximately two million members throughout the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. The company's innovative club management software, DataTrak, is the most complete web-based software in the health and fitness industry.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Steve Ayers
Senior Vice President Sales & Marketing
ABC Financial
501-515-5066
steve.ayers@abcfinancial.com
Interactive Features Include a Fitness Challenge and Social Media Integration
REDLANDS, Calif., Dec. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Southern California teen who made headlines last year when he became the youngest person to summit Mount Everest has set his sights on the South Pole. Fifteen-year-old Jordan Romero will leave his home in Big Bear, California, on December 12, 2011, and journey to Vinson Massif, Antarctica's tallest mountain. During the climb, Romero and his team will use an Esri application to provide updates that include their GPS location, weather, and elevation. The app integrates with social media sites and supports the 7 Summits Challenge, in which Romero encourages others to participate in his climb by logging their own miles running, walking, cycling, or swimming.
"This app will let my friends and family and fans come along on the climb," Romero said. "Thanks to the social media integration Esri developed, we can send our location and text messages from the satellite phone directly to Facebook. We will be able to keep the world updated every step along the way."
Those who sign up for the 7 Summits Challenge will use the app to record daily activities and miles covered. People who finish the challenge will be rewarded by having their own avatar virtually join Romero at the top of Vinson Massif.
"The 7 Summits Challenge aspect of the application lets our team share our message of setting goals and living healthier lifestyles," Romero said. "It's easy. You just sign up, set a goal, choose a summit, enter daily workouts, and view your development along with our journey."
Romero's father and stepmother, both experienced mountaineers, will accompany him up Vinson Massif, as they have done with his previous endeavors.
Updates from Romero and his team will be displayed live at http://www.jordanromero.com, sent via satellite phone provided by Network Innovations. Esri has partnered with GeoPro LBS Inc. to develop a service layer to capture text, e-mail, and GPS coordinates from the satellite phone every five minutes and store the data on Esri ArcGIS software. Information collected during the expedition will be published by ArcGIS for Server and consumed by a web application built with ArcGIS API for Flex. The service layer integrates with http://www.meteoexploration.com to deliver current weather reports and with Facebook to publish the team's messages.
About Esri
Since 1969, Esri has been giving customers around the world the power to think and plan geographically. The market leader in GIS technology, Esri software is used in more than 300,000 organizations worldwide including each of the 200 largest cities in the United States, most national governments, more than two-thirds of Fortune 500 companies, and more than 7,000 colleges and universities. Esri applications, running on more than one million desktops and thousands of web and enterprise servers, provide the backbone for the world's mapping and spatial analysis. Esri is the only vendor that provides complete technical solutions for desktop, mobile, server, and Internet platforms. Visit us at esri.com/news.
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About GeoPro LBS Inc.
GeoPro LBS Inc. (http://www.geoprosolutions.com) is a developer and manufacturer of enterprise remote work force solutions and presence technologies. The company's products address a wide range of enterprise and government safety and productivity requirements and are distributed through a network of authorized partners. GeoPro LBS Inc. is headquartered in Canada.
Global Telecom Testing makes international research affordable
<font size="2" face="Arial">WESTON, Fla.</font>, Dec. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Telecom Testing (GTT) announces the launch of Professional Services, an international 'reach and response' market research service that spans over 160 countries using direct, in-country data collection. GTT's Professional Services offers a unique competitive advantage that minimizes costs associated with international research.
GTT's Professional Services eliminate the need for companies to engage marketing and consulting firms at astronomical costs for international research and data collection. With a full-spectrum service that includes everything from business to business research, qualitative research, logistics information, data collection, surveys, and even local personnel tasks - GTT can help you get a targeted local perspective on a global scale.
With a workforce that spans 160 countries, GTT can uniquely address business challenges related to entering new local, regional, and global markets. Customers can find out if the new market or country of interest is receptive to their products or services via reliable, qualitative research; customers can learn about local economies & trends; gather virtually any information relative to a city or region, any time, via local connections. The local perspective helps to pre-emptively solve problems that companies new to foreign markets often experience.
Understanding a foreign market is an important first step before making informed business decisions that will affect success and profitability. Whether your company is considering expanding business internationally, or needs an updated profile on a foreign market already invested in, GTT enables your company to make informed business decisions based on qualitative research, helping companies to avoid costly mistakes due to lack of reliable market research data.
The recent expansion into international 'reach and response' marketing services marks a milestone for Global Telecom Testing LLC, which was established in 2007. GTT built its reputation specializing in testing & monitoring telephone services worldwide to ensure that companies receive the highest quality communications service possible. Now, GTT continues to grow by delivering reliable business to business research on the international stage.
Please contact Global Telecom Testing Professional Services to learn more:
Stephen Levenson, VP
Global Telecom Testing, LLC
954-358-6292
steve@globaltelecomtesting.com http://www.globaltelecomtesting.com
Global Telecom Testing LLC just announced an exciting new service called Global Telecom Testing Professional Services that helps companies minimize the costs associated with international research in foreign countries. This new service offers international business to business research that spans over 160 countries via direct, in-country data collection.
New AT&T Interactive Reseller Program Extends Channel Reach -- SuperMedia is the First Premier Channel Partner to Join
SuperMedia's marketing consultants to offer YP.com ad products to local businesses
GLENDALE, Calif. and DALLAS, Dec. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T Interactive and SuperMedia announced today an agreement for SuperMedia media consultants to offer YP subscription-based advertising products nationwide to small businesses beginning in the first quarter of 2012.
SuperMedia is the first premier channel partner to join the new YP Authorized Reseller Program from AT&T Interactive. The reseller program will also be available to other premium resellers in the near future, who will supplement the coverage of AT&T's local advertising sales force - which is the largest in the industry.
"Teaming up with a world-class team of local media consultants at SuperMedia supports our commitment to put the reach and effectiveness of YP advertising products in the hands of every small business," said David Krantz, President and CEO of AT&T Interactive. "This relationship moves us closer to achieving that goal by enabling SuperMedia to provide our premier portfolio of YP digital advertising products to its clients across the United States."
"We are pleased to join AT&T Interactive as its initial premier channel partner," said Peter J. McDonald, CEO of SuperMedia. "This agreement supports our strategy to be the trusted advisor to help small and medium-sized businesses grow through effective marketing solutions. AT&T Interactive's subscription-based products complement our existing local media presence and promotion solutions, and will enhance our ability to combine the best solutions in the marketplace to help businesses achieve their growth objectives."
Broader Coverage Will Benefit Small Businesses Nationwide
The YP(SM) Authorized Reseller Program expands the availability of AT&T Interactive's local advertising platform, a comprehensive set of YP(SM) ad products supported by a proprietary ad- serving technology that meets the evolving needs of local businesses. A single YP.com ad buy creates the potential for advertisers to connect with consumers wherever and whenever they search for local businesses. YP.com listings are distributed across AT&T Interactive's flagship owned and operated properties, including Top 35-ranked YP.com[1] and leading YPmobile® application. YP.com listings also have the opportunity to be distributed across the industry leading YP(SM) Local Ad Network, which has a potential reach of over 77M monthly online unique visitors[2] and includes over 300 third party publishers across online, mobile, IPTV, and directory assistance.
About AT&T Interactive
AT&T Interactive, a subsidiary of AT&T Inc., is an industry leader in creating local search products that encourage consumers to discover and engage with local businesses across three screens - online, mobile, and IPTV. YP.com, AT&T Interactive's flagship web property, attracts over 30 million monthly online unique visitors[i]. YP.com is also accessed by millions of users each month via the mobile web. AT&T Interactive consumer apps have a pre-activation presence or have been downloaded through digital app stores on over 40 million mobile phones[ii]. AT&T Interactive local search also offers people search through their YP.com and AnyWho.com properties which, through a third party provider, feature both reverse phone lookup and white pages search.
The YP Local Ad Network helps advertisers grow their business and distributes ads to a distinguished list of top publishers whose presence spans online, mobile and IPTV. AT&T Interactive's wide range of local ad products such as premium listings, performance-based advertising, and search engine marketing provides advertisers an opportunity to increase their presence among consumers who are looking for a local business.
AT&T Interactive products are supported by a sales force of more than 5,000 from AT&T Advertising Solutions and other resellers. To learn more visit http://www.adsolutions.att.com.
Keep tabs on YP products by liking YP on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/YP or following @YP on Twitter.
[i] Source: AT&T Interactive internal data, 2011 YTD average through October
[ii] Source: AT&T Mobility and AT&T Interactive internal data
About AT&T
AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) is a premier communications holding company and one of the most honored companies in the world. Its subsidiaries and affiliates - AT&T operating companies - are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and around the world. With a powerful array of network resources that includes the nation's fastest mobile broadband network, AT&T is a leading provider of wireless, Wi-Fi, high speed Internet, voice and cloud-based services. A leader in mobile broadband and emerging 4G capabilities, AT&T also offers the best wireless coverage worldwide of any U.S. carrier, offering the most wireless phones that work in the most countries. It also offers advanced TV services under the AT&T U-verse® and AT&T | DIRECTV brands. The company's suite of IP-based business communications services is one of the most advanced in the world. In domestic markets, AT&T Advertising Solutions and AT&T Interactive are known for their leadership in local search and advertising.
Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at http://www.att.com. This AT&T news release and other announcements are available at http://www.att.com/newsroom and as part of an RSS feed at http://www.att.com/rss. Or follow our news on Twitter at @ATT.
About SuperMedia
SuperMedia Inc. (NASDAQ: SPMD) helps small and medium-sized businesses grow through effective local marketing solutions across print, online, mobile and social media. SuperMedia solutions include: the award-winning SuperGuarantee® program, Superpages® directories, published for Verizon®, FairPoint® and Frontier®, Superpages.com®, EveryCarListed.com®, Superpages for your mobile and Superpages direct mail products.
[1] YELLOWPAGES.COM, comScore Media Metrix Top 2000 Web Domains Report, October 2011
[2] comScore Media Metrix, AT&T Interactive Network (Online Search), October 2011
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CONTACT: CONTACT: Dawn Benton of AT&T, +1-404-986-1824, Dawn.benton@att.com; or Media, Andrew Shane, +1-972-453-6473, andrew.shane@supermedia.com, or Investors, Cliff Wilson, +1-972-453-6188, cliff.wilson@supermedia.com, both of SuperMedia
Upstream Gamifies its HR with Online Challenge for Marketing Campaign Manager Recruits
Company's Expertise in Gamification Extended to Recruitment Drive
SAN FRANCISCO and LONDON, Dec. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- For most of 2011, Upstream has touted the value of gamifying consumers' mobile marketing experiences to make them more rewarding and to drive better response rates. In the vein of 'practicing what you preach,' the company has now turned the expertise it normally deploys for some of the world's largest carriers and brands to design an online challenge to help recruit candidates for its open Marketing Campaign Manager positions.
"The Upstream Challenge is a great tool to attract and really engage the right kind of candidates for this role," said Guy Krief, Senior Vice?President, Innovation, Upstream. "We're trying an innovative approach to recruitment - not just looking at hiring the most impressive resume, but people who are up for a challenge and demonstrate an ease with languages, can creatively think and innovate and who understand basic statistics, because that's what they'll face every day in this position."
The challenge is designed to take a maximum of 60 minutes and leads candidates through a series of seven timed missions that relate to specific aspects of the Marketing Campaign Manager positions. After providing personal contact details, candidates begin with exercises such as 'decrypting' anagrams, word usage questions, elementary mathematic questions, matching an emotion to a hypothetical scenario, and more.
According to Krief, these missions test fundamental marketing knowledge and analytical skills, and may uncover candidates who would never have otherwise applied for the position but actually demonstrate that they have the skills to do the job successfully. "Our hope is that this type of engagement will attract a wide range of talent, and will prove more fun and compelling than the typical recruitment process," said Krief. "It's been said that you can learn more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation, so it's going to be fascinating to see the results."
The Marketing Campaign Manager will work on Upstream's global, multi-channel client campaigns to extend the award-winning work of this fast-growing company. Upstream has added more than 45 full?time employees and opened new offices in Silicon Valley, Rio de Janeiro and Dubai in the past year alone.
There are five open Marketing Campaign Manager positions, which will be located in the UK, U.S., Greece and Brazil. A full job description can be found here.
With gamification, Upstream dramatically increases levels of responsiveness, engagement and enjoyment of marketing campaigns, transforming the experience to benefit both the consumer and marketer. The gamification engine that forms an integral part of Upstream's Marketing Communications Suite (MCS) technology platform delivers key insights into interactions as they happen, enabling the platform to tailor campaigns so that their frequency, progress and content are informed by the behavior of highly targeted consumer segments, making it ultimately more rewarding and enjoyable for individuals.
Media Contacts - Americas:
Daniel Rhodes / Valerie Christopherson
Global Results Communications (GRC)
+1 949 608 0276
upstream@globalresultspr.com
About Upstream
Upstream is one of the largest marketing technology and solutions providers in the world and a pioneer and innovator in the industry. For further information, go to http://www.upstreamsystems.com.
Sea Fibre Networks Commences CeltixConnect - a $15m Subsea Network Investment for the Most Data Driven Island in Europe
DUBLIN, December 12, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
Today marked a major watershed for international connectivity between Ireland and the
UK as Sea Fibre Networks [http://www.seafibre.com ] (SFN), owner and operator of Europe's
most advanced sub-sea telecoms network CeltixConnect launched the first major European
sub-sea cable for eleven years.
The 450 foot Cable Innovator has arrived in Dublin, Ireland to commence the much
awaited subsea lay. 98% of Internet traffic is carried on sub-sea cables. The critical
infrastructure will support the infinite growth of data driven by cloud computing, online
gaming, social media and mobile data devices.
CeltixConnect, as the shortest route will accelerate the growth of the latency
sensitive digital services Industry, addressing many of the issues that have been facing
FDI technology and financial organisations as well as providing the infrastructure to
drive Ireland and the Welsh smart economy.
Diane Hodnett, CEO, Sea Fibre Networks, said, "CeltixConnect delivers connectivity
that is a game changer not only for business and industry but for everyday life on the
net. Smartphones, Facebook, Online gaming and cloud based services, all of which didn't
exist ten years ago when the last cables were laid into and out of Ireland and the UK.
Demand and traffic volumes related to the Internet double every two years and legacy
networks globally are straining to accommodate the ever-increasing demand. This is
evidenced by the massive customer interest we have experienced."
Irish Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Mr. Pat Rabbitte T.D.
said: "Ireland's continued success in attracting digital services foreign direct
investment is dependent on its ability to deliver on the fundamentals of high capacity
communications infrastructure - the most critical of which is a modern sub-sea cable
capable of transporting content and data in and out of the country securely and at the
highest speeds."
Welsh Assembly Minister for Business, Enterprise, Technology and Science, Edwina Hart
described the European sub-sea cable connection as great news for North Wales stating:
"This investment in such critically important infrastructure can only bring benefits to
businesses in the region providing access to international network connectivity. It is
welcomed by the Welsh Government and will help make businesses more competitive while such
connectivity is always an attraction for inward investment projects. It has the potential
to support the development of the Energy Island project on Anglesey which is also the
preferred location for an Enterprise Zone."
Demand for high-speed fibre
Demand in the corporate sector is being driven by the mounting adoption of cloud
computing, including online business applications, video and online storage and back up.
These demand drivers are pushing the expansion of a digital world, founded on a fibre
infrastructure of secure, high-capacity communications and highly available data centres.
In addition, video-on-demand, IPTV peer-to-peer video and internet video is forecast to
represent nearly 90pc of all consumer traffic by 2012.
Gabe Ruhan, CEO of the Global Marine Group said, "Global Marine is pleased to be
installing this important new telecommunications link. As a global leader of installing
telecommunications systems offshore and in particular being a UK headquartered company,
we, via our vessel Cable Innovator are looking forward to installing CeltixConnect next
week. We congratulate Sea Fibre Networks on its vision to bring this new high speed
connectivity between Ireland and the UK.
About CeltixConnect:
CeltixConnect is owned and operated by Sea Fibre Networks Limited, a privately held
Irish Company, founded by an experienced team of executives with a track record of owning
and operating sub-sea and terrestrial telecoms networks.
Source: Sea Fibre Networks
Contact: Sarah Cunningham, +35387-2502954, sarah@seafibre.com
Life's Good at 888poker With the LG Massive Giveaway Campaign
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worth of LG 3D TVs and other LG home entertainment products every week from December 11th
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New Family Channel Launches on YouTube for Hispanic Moms
MIAMI, Dec. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Todobebe, Inc. the leading producer of family friendly parenting and entertainment content for the Hispanic market, announced today the launch of a new family channel on YouTube, providing content moms, dads, kids and the whole family can enjoy. The new channel can be found at http://www.youtube.com/todofamilia.
The channel draws from over 1,000 original video shorts across parenting, kids, dads, humor, reality, celebrity interviews, funniest home videos, and more.
The new channel brings the best of inspiration, humor, education and entertainment, to YouTube's active audience of Hispanic moms. It also provides a new opportunity for consumer brands and marketers to collaborate in content development in order to reach this important consumer segment.
YouTube's innovative platform and Todobebe's decade of experience in branded entertainment with top companies such as Walmart, P+G, Fisher Price, Disney, and Clorox, make the Todofamilia channel http://www.youtube.com/todofamilia an ideal place for brands and marketers.
To find out more about Todofamilia, Todobebe, Viva la Familia and Blogs de Mamas, contact Lucy Levy, llevy@todobebe.com, or visit our corporate site <font size="2" face="Arial">http://www.globalfamilymedia.com/what-we-do/tv</font>.
<font size="2" face="Arial">About Todobebe, Inc.
</font><font size="2" face="Arial">Todobebe, Inc is a leading mom and family media company founded in 1999. Its properties provide the best in family entertainment and expert advice through TV formats, radio, digital community and content websites, promotions, mobile applications, consumer research, events, licensing, and more. In 2010 it was named the #1 Digital Content Provider to Hispanic Markets (Portada Awards). Its history of production and distribution of Emmy nominated TV shows include Univision Network, Telemundo Network, Televisa, and more. Its digital website properties include "Todobebé®, "Viva La Familia®" , "Blogs de Mamás", "Todofamilia®" and "Embarazo". Apps in English, Spanish & Portuguese available on iTunes by searching keyword "Todobebé" and include "PhotoMoments", "FirstABC123", "FirstColors", and "FirstSounds."</font>
MobileBits Introduces Pringo Connect, a Single End-to-End Enterprise Solution With Robust Social Networking, Rich Media and Mobile Capabilities
Seamlessly connects to Android, iOS and BlackBerry devices, broadening the user experience across mobile and tablets
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- MobileBits Holdings Corp., (OTCBB: MBIT), a premium provider of end-to-end content delivery solutions, today announced its next generation platform, Pringo Connect.
Pringo Connect combines superior social and rich media capabilities with targeted advertising features into one user-friendly solution, accessible through a wider variety of devices including mobile and tablets.
Pringo Connect features an open-architecture, cross-platform management and delivery system, with full development and user management capabilities, to rapidly deliver highly scalable solutions for publishers, media, sports, entertainment and enterprises. The Pringo Connect product builds upon years of successfully delivering social media solutions and enterprise portals to clients including Comcast, Scripps, eHarmony.com and many others.
Pringo Connect will now offer the following capabilities:
-- Multi-Lingual Capabilities allow the platform to operate in numerous
languages and help businesses grow internationally.
-- Commerce enables organizations to leverage any third party mCommerce or
eCommerce solutions to further strengthen user engagement and increase
revenue opportunities.
-- Target advertising incorporates display and video ads based on relevant
content, increasing the advertising ROI for any company.
-- Rich media and streaming mobile video capabilities now come in a unique
universal wrapper; companies can play a single piece of video content on
any device, without requiring Adobe Flash or multiple file formats.
-- Mobile search capabilities have been upgraded to include the ability to
deliver direct answers and solutions, not just search links.
-- Social collaboration suite now includes the ability for users to
seamlessly connect and manage their internal networks with external
third party social experiences including Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and
more.
-- Mobile content deployment includes support for HTML5 mobile browser and
mobile apps for Android, iOS and BlackBerry devices.
-- Rich development environment offers organizations an open architecture
environment to build and scale their own unique applications from within
Pringo Connect to further extend their digital footprint.
"We have been very pleased with our experience to date and have relied extensively on the technology for our project," says Jonas Neilson, Managing Director & COO at First Wives World. "We're excited about the opportunities Pringo Connect offers to further expand and strengthen our digital footprint, especially in the mobile space."
"With the launch of Pringo Connect, we are strengthening our ability to capitalize on the growth in the digital world," said Majid Abai, CEO of MobileBits. "According to Yankee Group's latest Mobile Money Forecast, the value of global mobile transactions will grow from $241 billion in 2011 to more than $1 trillion by 2015. Any enterprises looking to capitalize on the enormous growth of mobile devices can now leverage our cloud or enterprise platform to deliver rich content to any device, anytime, anywhere."
Now any enterprise can scale their entire digital presence using Pringo Connect. The flexibility of the product also provides a company the ability to integrate any of their existing platforms and/or applications.
About MobileBitsMobileBits Holdings Corp. is a global technology company that provides premium end-to-end solutions that enable any enterprise to manage its entire digital presence from a single platform. Through its Pringo product, MobileBits delivers social, search, rich media, commerce and targeted advertising solutions to any device. To learn more, visit http://www.mobilebits.com. For more information contact:
This press release contains forward-looking statements that are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. By their nature, forward-looking statements and forecasts involve risks and uncertainties because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that will occur in the near future. There are a number of factors that could cause actual results and developments to differ materially from forecasted results. These risks and uncertainties include our ability to: attract end users; attract advertisers; our ability to successfully implement our current long-term growth strategy; as well as product demand, market competition, fluctuations in advertising payouts, delays in website & application development, technical issues beyond our control, reliance on the various platforms that we build applications on, and risks inherent in our operations. For a discussion of these risks and uncertainties, please see our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Our public filings with the SEC are available from commercial document retrieval services and at the website maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov.
Nonin Medical Announces the European Launch of EQUANOX Advance(TM) Neonatal/Pediatric Sensor for Regional Oximetry at PGA Conference
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Nonin Medical, Inc., the inventor of finger pulse oximeters and a 25-year leader in noninvasive medical monitoring, announced the European launch of an innovative pediatric sensor for use with the company's EQUANOX(TM) Regional Oximetry System. Nonin made the announcement at the 65th Annual Post Graduate Assembly in New York.
The EQUANOX Advance(TM) Model 8004CB Sensor* is the first and only single-sensor solution on the market for patients under 40kg, The 8004CB sensor is designed for use across neonatal and pediatric populations who require accurate oxygen saturation monitoring of cerebral and other tissues in diverse treatment settings. Nonin Medical's complete EQUANOX Advance sensor line, which also includes the Model 8004CA sensor for adults, provides inherent absolute accuracy, reducing the need for complex and time-consuming patient-specific setup.
"Nonin Medical is pleased to release another elegantly simple solution, designed with the clinician in mind, which allows customers to spend more time on care and less time on operating the technology," said Chris Holland, Vice President-Regional Oximetry, Nonin Medical.
<font size="2" face="Arial">Highly portable and versatile, the EQUANOX Model 7600 Regional Oximetry System and the EQUANOX Advance Model 8004CB Neonatal/Pediatric Sensor provide comprehensive four-channel monitoring in cerebral and somatic positions. Nonin Medical's exclusive dual-emitter, spatially resolved sensor design isolates target tissue with consistent repeatability, and four-wavelength optics deliver rSO2 with absolute accuracy. Advanced signal processing ensures stability and responsiveness. The complete EQUANOX system provides key advantages, including:</font>
-- Sensor Optimization for the Patient -- Unique optical spacing to isolate
and target key tissues for neonatal and pediatric populations
-- Portability and Versatility -- Lightweight and durable, with long
battery life, allowing ease of continuous monitoring during patient
transport within the hospital
-- Consistency and Reliability -- Rapid, reliable, response to
physiological change without signal instability and interruptions from
ambient electrical and optical interferences
-- Industry-Leading Accuracy** -- Absolute accuracy that aligns to true
patient physiology, indicating adequacy of perfusion
About Nonin Medical, Inc.
Nonin Medical, Inc. invented finger pulse oximetry and specializes in the design and manufacturing of noninvasive physiological monitoring solutions. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn. with an additional distribution and service center in Hudiksvall, Sweden, Nonin Medical distributes its pulse and regional oximeters, capnographs, sensors and software to health professionals and consumers in more than 125 countries and has more than 100 OEM partners worldwide. For more information, visit http://www.noninequanox.com.
* 510(k) pending** Accuracy data based on 8004CA clinical results
Trend Micro 2012 Threat Predictions: Attacks Take on More Sophistication in the Post-PC, BYOD Era
CUPERTINO, Calif., Dec. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The upcoming new year will see cybercriminals act with even more persistency and sophistication, as the world shifts from the PC-centric desktop toward mobile and cloud computing. The repercussion for IT administrators will be an imperative to approach security with a data-centric framework - protecting the data, not just the systems -- according to Trend Micro's global network of threat researchers and analysts. The company has just released its "12 Threat Predictions for 2012" report that spans four primary areas: Big IT trends, mobile landscape, threat landscape, and data leaks and breaches.
Trend Micro's "12 Threat Predictions for 2012" include:
The real challenge for data center owners will be the increasing complexities of securing physical, virtual, and cloud-based systems.
While attacks specifically targeting virtual machines (VMs) and cloud computing services remain a possibility, attackers will find no immediate need to resort to these because conventional attacks will remain effective in these new environments. Virtual and cloud platforms are just as easy to attack but more difficult to protect. The burden will thus fall on IT administrators who will have to secure their company's critical data as they adopt these technologies.
Security and data breach incidents in 2012 will force companies worldwide to face BYOD-related challenges.
The Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) Consumerization Era is here to stay. With more corporate data stored or accessed by devices that are not fully controlled by IT administrators, the likelihood of data loss incidents caused by improperly secured personal devices will rise.
Security vulnerabilities will be found in legitimate mobile apps, making data extraction easier for cybercriminals.
Mobile platform threats usually come in the form of malicious apps, but moving forward, Trend Micro expects cybercriminals to go after legitimate apps, finding vulnerabilities or coding errors that can lead to data exposure or theft.
More hacker groups will pose a bigger threat to organizations that protect highly sensitive data.
Online groups such as Anonymous and LulzSec rose to prominence in 2011, targeting companies and individuals for various political reasons. These groups are likely to become even more motivated in 2012. They will become more skilled both at penetrating organizations and at avoiding detection by IT professionals and law enforcement agencies.
The new social networking generation will redefine "privacy."
Young social networkers have a different attitude toward protecting and sharing information: They are more likely to reveal personal information online to a wider audience beyond their friends. In time, privacy-conscious people will become the minority--an ideal prospect for attackers.
Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704) a global cloud security leader, creates a world safe for exchanging digital information with its Internet content security and threat management solutions for businesses and consumers. A pioneer in server security with over 20 years' experience, we deliver top-ranked client, server and cloud-based security that fits our customers' and partners' needs, stops new threats faster, and protects data in physical, virtualized and cloud environments. Powered by the industry-leading Trend Micro(TM) Smart Protection Network(TM) cloud computing security infrastructure, our products and services stop threats where they emerge - from the Internet. They are supported by 1,000+ threat intelligence experts around the globe.
Additional information about Trend Micro Incorporated and the products and services are available at Trend Micro.com. This Trend Micro news release and other announcements are available at http://trendmicro.mediaroom.com and as part of an RSS feed at http://www.trendmicro.com/rss. Or follow our news on Twitter at @TrendMicro.
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Global Telecom Testing makes international research affordable
WESTON, Fla., Dec. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Telecom Testing (GTT) announces the launch of Professional Services, an international 'reach and response' market research service that spans over 160 countries using direct, in-country data collection. GTT's Professional Services offers a unique competitive advantage that minimizes costs associated with international research.
GTT's Professional Services eliminate the need for companies to engage marketing and consulting firms at astronomical costs for international research and data collection. With a full-spectrum service that includes everything from business to business research, qualitative research, logistics information, data collection, surveys, and even local personnel tasks - GTT can help you get a targeted local perspective on a global scale.
With a workforce that spans 160 countries, GTT can uniquely address business challenges related to entering new local, regional, and global markets. Customers can find out if the new market or country of interest is receptive to their products or services via reliable, qualitative research; customers can learn about local economies & trends; gather virtually any information relative to a city or region, any time, via local connections. The local perspective helps to pre-emptively solve problems that companies new to foreign markets often experience.
Understanding a foreign market is an important first step before making informed business decisions that will affect success and profitability. Whether your company is considering expanding business internationally, or needs an updated profile on a foreign market already invested in, GTT enables your company to make informed business decisions based on qualitative research, helping companies to avoid costly mistakes due to lack of reliable market research data.
The recent expansion into international 'reach and response' marketing services marks a milestone for Global Telecom Testing LLC, which was established in 2007. GTT built its reputation specializing in testing & monitoring telephone services worldwide to ensure that companies receive the highest quality communications service possible. Now, GTT continues to grow by delivering reliable business to business research on the international stage.
Please contact Global Telecom Testing Professional Services to learn more:
Stephen Levenson, VP
Global Telecom Testing, LLC
2645 Executive Park Drive, #502
Weston, FL 33331
954-358-6292
steve@globaltelecomtesting.com http://www.globaltelecomtesting.com
Global Telecom Testing LLC just announced an exciting new service called Global Telecom Testing Professional Services that helps companies minimize the costs associated with international research in foreign countries. This new service offers international business to business research that spans over 160 countries via direct, in-country data collection.
Latest Release of ProtectedSMS(TM) from Protected Mobility(TM) Includes Carrier IQ Detection
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Protected Mobility(TM), a leading mobile application security provider, announced today that its latest release of ProtectedSMS(TM) for Android includes a spyware detection function that enables users to determine if Carrier IQ or other possible malware is present on the device. ProtectedSMS enables users to exchange encrypted SMS messages with any other ProtectedSMS user.
The cryptographic module used in ProtectedSMS(TM) is certified by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2 validation program. This program ensures that cryptographic modules meet appropriate government and military standards for data encryption. ProtectedSMS is the first mobile application to achieve FIPS Certification for cross-platform, encryption for both Apple and Android devices.
Controversy continues to surround the discovery of Carrier IQ software last month by security researcher Trevor Eckhart. Carrier IQ is a third-party metrics service that provides smartphone manufactures and carriers with user data to help them study performance, make business decisions and improve products. Smartphone manufacturers and network providers have confirmed that phones using Carrier IQ tracking software include Apple, AT&T, Sprint, HTC, and Samsung. Eckhart has demonstrated that the software can log virtually anything you do on your phone: calls, location, even keystrokes.
"We have added Carrier IQ to our existing spyware and malware detection function because our clients have a 'need to know' what is operating at the firmware level on their devices that may be collecting, disseminating or attempting to modify confidential information," said William J. Marlow, security expert and founder of Protected Mobility. The latest version of ProtectedSMS can be downloaded at http://www.protectedmobility.com/purchase. For enterprise users of ProtectedSMS, the Protected Mobility Enterprise Center provides centralized control over provisioning, administration and policy enforcement.
Protected Mobility has more than 120,000 customers around the globe. Its clients, whose identities the company keeps private, include military, law enforcement, first responders as well as executives in the banking, energy and healthcare fields.
ABOUT PROTECTED MOBILITY(TM)
Protected Mobility(TM) is a privately held mobile security technology company based in Virginia. The company develops highly reliable and scalable security solutions for protecting mobile communications that are easy to install, use and manage. Protected Mobility's FIPS 140-2 certified products include ProtectedSMS(TM) for secure, encrypted text messaging on BlackBerry, Android, iPhone and iPad; Protected Mobility Encryption Libraries with APIs to integrate into enterprise mobile applications; and Protected Mobility Enterprise Center, which provides centralized control over provisioning, administration and policy enforcement for ProtectedSMS. To learn more, visit http://www.protectedmobility.com.
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