News
November 30, 2011
Telefonica O2 Germany, Vodafone Spain, Telecom Italia, Du, Three UK and Bakrie Telecom to Discuss Strategies for Mobile Network Optimisation at Telecoms IQ's 2nd Mobile Network Optimisation Event
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 8:14:01 AM
Telefonica O2 Germany, Vodafone Spain, Telecom Italia, Du, Three UK and Bakrie Telecom to Discuss Strategies for Mobile Network Optimisation at Telecoms IQ's 2nd Mobile Network Optimisation Event
LONDON, November 30, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
The rapid increase in smartphone usage and the demand for data services has put
network optimisation back at the top of the agenda - so operators are facing the challenge
of ensuring the right amount of capacity to support the unprecedented demand for mobile
data services.
Mobile Network Optimisation (http://www.mobilenetworkoptimisation.com) will detail
the cost-effective strategies that operators are adopting to radically enhance network
performance and QoS. It will also detail the initiatives that are being used around the
World to increase network coverage and capacity in order to optimise both the customer
experience and network profitability.
At Mobile Network Optimisation (http://www.mobilenetworkoptimisation.com) Uwe
Lowenstein, Spectrum Technology Manager at Telefonica O2 Germany will present on future
spectrum usage for IMT and what comes next.
Mobile Network Optimisation [http://www.mobilenetworkoptimisation.com ] will bring
together CTOs and Heads and Directors of Network Planning and Performance from leading
operators across Europe to develop a cost-effective network optimisation strategy that
radically improves network performance and QoS, particularly for LTE, whilst delivering an
enhanced customer experience.
Elia Asensio, Head of Radio and Technology Planning, Vodafone Spain said, "This is the
must attend event to learn how to successfully optimise your networks to keep up with the
growing demand for mobile broadband."
Mobile Network Optimisation [http://www.mobilenetworkoptimisation.com ] will showcase
operator case studies from leaders in the field including:
- Giovanni Romano, Head of Radio Planning and Standards Co-ordination,
Telecom Italia
- Dr. Abhaya Sumanesena, CTO-Capacity Strategy Specialist, Three UK
- Elia Asensio, Head of Radio and Technology Planning, Vodafone Spain
- Rohit Kanwar, Head of Network Optimisation, Bakrie Telecom
- Hassan Rashed, CTO, Telecom Somaliland
The Mobile Network Optimisation (http://www.mobilenetworkoptimisation.com/download
) download centre features complimentary material on mobile network optimisation.
Notes to Editors:
Mobile Network Optimisation will be held from 30th January - 2nd February 2012 at
Steigenberger Hotel Metropolitan, Frankfurt, Germany - the conference programme is
available for download at http://www.mobilenetworkoptimisation.com/download
For further information on Mobile Network Optimisation
[http://www.mobilenetworkoptimisation.com ] contact Telecoms IQ on +44(0)20-7368-9737 or
email telecoms@iqpc.co.uk
Source: Telecoms IQ
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LONDON, November 30, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
The rapid increase in smartphone usage and the demand for data services has put
network optimisation back at the top of the agenda - so operators are facing the challenge
of ensuring the right amount of capacity to support the unprecedented demand for mobile
data services.
Mobile Network Optimisation (http://www.mobilenetworkoptimisation.com) will detail
the cost-effective strategies that operators are adopting to radically enhance network
performance and QoS. It will also detail the initiatives that are being used around the
World to increase network coverage and capacity in order to optimise both the customer
experience and network profitability.
At Mobile Network Optimisation (http://www.mobilenetworkoptimisation.com) Uwe
Lowenstein, Spectrum Technology Manager at Telefonica O2 Germany will present on future
spectrum usage for IMT and what comes next.
Mobile Network Optimisation [http://www.mobilenetworkoptimisation.com ] will bring
together CTOs and Heads and Directors of Network Planning and Performance from leading
operators across Europe to develop a cost-effective network optimisation strategy that
radically improves network performance and QoS, particularly for LTE, whilst delivering an
enhanced customer experience.
Elia Asensio, Head of Radio and Technology Planning, Vodafone Spain said, "This is the
must attend event to learn how to successfully optimise your networks to keep up with the
growing demand for mobile broadband."
Mobile Network Optimisation [http://www.mobilenetworkoptimisation.com ] will showcase
operator case studies from leaders in the field including:
- Giovanni Romano, Head of Radio Planning and Standards Co-ordination,
Telecom Italia
- Dr. Abhaya Sumanesena, CTO-Capacity Strategy Specialist, Three UK
- Elia Asensio, Head of Radio and Technology Planning, Vodafone Spain
- Rohit Kanwar, Head of Network Optimisation, Bakrie Telecom
- Hassan Rashed, CTO, Telecom Somaliland
The Mobile Network Optimisation (http://www.mobilenetworkoptimisation.com/download
) download centre features complimentary material on mobile network optimisation.
Notes to Editors:
Mobile Network Optimisation will be held from 30th January - 2nd February 2012 at
Steigenberger Hotel Metropolitan, Frankfurt, Germany - the conference programme is
available for download at http://www.mobilenetworkoptimisation.com/download
For further information on Mobile Network Optimisation
[http://www.mobilenetworkoptimisation.com ] contact Telecoms IQ on +44(0)20-7368-9737 or
email telecoms@iqpc.co.uk
Source: Telecoms IQ
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Kobojo Opens an Office in Berlin, Germany, and Will Further Grow in Europe
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 8:07:01 AM
Kobojo Opens an Office in Berlin, Germany, and Will Further Grow in Europe
PARIS, November 30, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
Following the opening of the office in Madrid, Spain, the number one
software publisher in France for social gaming on Facebook and mobile continues to develop
internationally and has named Lars Smidt Country Manager for Germany, Austria,
Switzerland, The Netherlands, Poland and Scandinavia.
Kobojo [http://www.kobojo.com ], number one publisher in France and one of the
European leaders in the social gaming industry for Facebook and mobile, is proud to
announce the opening of its new office in Berlin, Germany. After the successful opening of
the Spanish office in Madrid, Kobojo keeps on growing and implementing its
hyperlocalization strategy.
"After France and the Latin market, Kobojo is now looking to expand its localized
games and features into Germanic countries, Poland and Scandinavia. Germany is indeed one
of the strongest online games market in Europe, which offers incredible opportunities for
Kobojo, The new local team manages the languages of these countries and the codes of their
cultures, allowing us to fully answer the needs and to enrich the experience of gamers,"
says Vincent Vergonjeanne, Vice President of Strategy and Products of Kobojo.
"Kobojo Germany's main objectives are to adapt its games to the above mentioned
countries in the next months. We want to be very close to the players in these countries,
especially in the strong German games market," explains Lars Smidt, Country Manager of
Kobojo Germany.
Germany ranks number 10 of all Facebook statistics, and number 1 in Europe in terms of
social gaming revenues: it should indeed generate $250 Million ($173 Million in 2011),
promising an increase of the market possibilities. With several million active users each
month worldwide and already thousands in German speaking countries, Kobojo is planning to
increase the numbers of its localized missions and users significantly.
Lars Smidt, with a degree in Business Administration from the Westfalische
Wilhelms-Universitat in Muenster, began his career in 1997 at the Otto Group. In the year
2008, he joined Metaversum as Head of Online Marketing and became Head of Performance
Marketing at successful German gaming company Bigpoint in 2010.
With 14 years of experience in marketing, he joined the Kobojo team October 2011 as
Country Manager for Germany, Austria, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Poland and
Scandinavia.
Website: http://www.kobojo.com
Press Contacts:
Anthony Courtat - +33(0)1-42-22-97-42 - anthony@balloupr.com
Aurelien Sohet - +33(0)1-42-22-31-22 - aurelien@balloupr.com
Source: Kobojo
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PARIS, November 30, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
Following the opening of the office in Madrid, Spain, the number one
software publisher in France for social gaming on Facebook and mobile continues to develop
internationally and has named Lars Smidt Country Manager for Germany, Austria,
Switzerland, The Netherlands, Poland and Scandinavia.
Kobojo [http://www.kobojo.com ], number one publisher in France and one of the
European leaders in the social gaming industry for Facebook and mobile, is proud to
announce the opening of its new office in Berlin, Germany. After the successful opening of
the Spanish office in Madrid, Kobojo keeps on growing and implementing its
hyperlocalization strategy.
"After France and the Latin market, Kobojo is now looking to expand its localized
games and features into Germanic countries, Poland and Scandinavia. Germany is indeed one
of the strongest online games market in Europe, which offers incredible opportunities for
Kobojo, The new local team manages the languages of these countries and the codes of their
cultures, allowing us to fully answer the needs and to enrich the experience of gamers,"
says Vincent Vergonjeanne, Vice President of Strategy and Products of Kobojo.
"Kobojo Germany's main objectives are to adapt its games to the above mentioned
countries in the next months. We want to be very close to the players in these countries,
especially in the strong German games market," explains Lars Smidt, Country Manager of
Kobojo Germany.
Germany ranks number 10 of all Facebook statistics, and number 1 in Europe in terms of
social gaming revenues: it should indeed generate $250 Million ($173 Million in 2011),
promising an increase of the market possibilities. With several million active users each
month worldwide and already thousands in German speaking countries, Kobojo is planning to
increase the numbers of its localized missions and users significantly.
Lars Smidt, with a degree in Business Administration from the Westfalische
Wilhelms-Universitat in Muenster, began his career in 1997 at the Otto Group. In the year
2008, he joined Metaversum as Head of Online Marketing and became Head of Performance
Marketing at successful German gaming company Bigpoint in 2010.
With 14 years of experience in marketing, he joined the Kobojo team October 2011 as
Country Manager for Germany, Austria, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Poland and
Scandinavia.
Website: http://www.kobojo.com
Press Contacts:
Anthony Courtat - +33(0)1-42-22-97-42 - anthony@balloupr.com
Aurelien Sohet - +33(0)1-42-22-31-22 - aurelien@balloupr.com
Source: Kobojo
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Allot Proactive Analytics Goes Mobile
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 8:07:01 AM
Allot Proactive Analytics Goes Mobile
Designed to Enable Mobile Broadband Operators to Make Smarter Business Decisions
BOSTON, Massachusetts, November 30, 2011/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Allot Communications Ltd. (NASDAQ: ALLT), a leading supplier of service optimization
and revenue generation solutions for fixed and mobile broadband service providers
worldwide, announced today the expansion of its Proactive Analytics
[http://www.allot.com/Analytics.html ] suite to include mobile specific metrics. Allot
Proactive Analytics is a comprehensive suite of network analysis tools, designed to
deliver accurate and meaningful business intelligence to empower operator decision-makers
from engineering to marketing. Allot Proactive Analytics ensures mobile operators profit
from knowledge of the 'who, what, when, where and how' subscribers are utilizing their
network.
Proactive Analytics utilizes real-time data collected by Allot's inline platforms and
visually represents performance and activity metrics that are easy to interpret. Operators
can gain a clear understanding of network usage and subscriber behavior down to very
granular levels. The latest addition to the Proactive Analytics suite is a set of mobile
specific analytics that allows operators to assess both strategic and tactical
intelligence, such as most popular handset and usage patterns, which applications are most
popular on which type of device, and how much bandwidth they consume. This type of
analysis is designed to assist operators in taking the next step towards facilitating new
revenue streams, such as content partnerships, Value-based charging plans and
Application-based tiered services.
"We have been working closely with our customers to ensure their data revenue growth
outpaces their traffic growth. A successful data monetization strategy hinges on network
insights delivered at the right time," commented Andrei Elefant, Vice President of
Marketing and Product Management at Allot Communications. "We believe that the Proactive
Analytics suite combined with the performance of the Allot Service Gateway, best positions
operators to evolve their broadband networks into powerful revenue engines."
About Allot Communications
Allot Communications Ltd. (NASDAQ: ALLT) is a leading provider of intelligent IP
service optimization and revenue generation solutions for fixed and mobile broadband
operators and large enterprises. Allot's rich portfolio of solutions leverages Dynamic
Actionable Recognition Technology
[http://www.allot.com/Dynamic_Actionable_Recognition_Technology.html ] (DART) to transform
pipes into smart networks that can rapidly and efficiently deploy value added Internet
services. Allot's scalable, carrier-grade solutions provide the visibility, topology
awareness, security, application control and subscriber management that are vital to
managing Internet service delivery, enhancing user experience, containing operating costs,
and maximizing revenue in broadband networks.
Safe Harbor Statement
Information provided in this press release may contain statements relating to current
expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections about future events that are
"forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. These forward-looking statements generally relate to the company's plans, objectives
and expectations for future operations, including the successful deployment of the
Proactive Analytics suite in networks of mobile broadband operators. These forward-looking
statements are based upon management's current estimates and projections of future results
or trends. Actual future results may differ materially from those projected as a result of
certain risks and uncertainties. These factors include, but are not limited to: changes in
general economic and business conditions and, specifically, a decline in demand for the
company's products; the company's inability to develop and introduce new technologies,
products and applications; loss of market; and other factors discussed under the heading
"Risk Factors" in the company's annual report on Form 20-F filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements are made only as of the date hereof,
and the company undertakes no obligation to update or revise the forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Allot Communications Contacts:
Jonathon Gordon
Director of Marketing
Allot Communications
Tel: +972-9-7628423
jgordon@allot.com
PR Contact
Justine Schneider
Calysto Communications
Tel: +1-404-266-2060 x507
jschneider@calysto.com
Source: Allot Communications Ltd.
.
Designed to Enable Mobile Broadband Operators to Make Smarter Business Decisions
BOSTON, Massachusetts, November 30, 2011/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Allot Communications Ltd. (NASDAQ: ALLT), a leading supplier of service optimization
and revenue generation solutions for fixed and mobile broadband service providers
worldwide, announced today the expansion of its Proactive Analytics
[http://www.allot.com/Analytics.html ] suite to include mobile specific metrics. Allot
Proactive Analytics is a comprehensive suite of network analysis tools, designed to
deliver accurate and meaningful business intelligence to empower operator decision-makers
from engineering to marketing. Allot Proactive Analytics ensures mobile operators profit
from knowledge of the 'who, what, when, where and how' subscribers are utilizing their
network.
Proactive Analytics utilizes real-time data collected by Allot's inline platforms and
visually represents performance and activity metrics that are easy to interpret. Operators
can gain a clear understanding of network usage and subscriber behavior down to very
granular levels. The latest addition to the Proactive Analytics suite is a set of mobile
specific analytics that allows operators to assess both strategic and tactical
intelligence, such as most popular handset and usage patterns, which applications are most
popular on which type of device, and how much bandwidth they consume. This type of
analysis is designed to assist operators in taking the next step towards facilitating new
revenue streams, such as content partnerships, Value-based charging plans and
Application-based tiered services.
"We have been working closely with our customers to ensure their data revenue growth
outpaces their traffic growth. A successful data monetization strategy hinges on network
insights delivered at the right time," commented Andrei Elefant, Vice President of
Marketing and Product Management at Allot Communications. "We believe that the Proactive
Analytics suite combined with the performance of the Allot Service Gateway, best positions
operators to evolve their broadband networks into powerful revenue engines."
About Allot Communications
Allot Communications Ltd. (NASDAQ: ALLT) is a leading provider of intelligent IP
service optimization and revenue generation solutions for fixed and mobile broadband
operators and large enterprises. Allot's rich portfolio of solutions leverages Dynamic
Actionable Recognition Technology
[http://www.allot.com/Dynamic_Actionable_Recognition_Technology.html ] (DART) to transform
pipes into smart networks that can rapidly and efficiently deploy value added Internet
services. Allot's scalable, carrier-grade solutions provide the visibility, topology
awareness, security, application control and subscriber management that are vital to
managing Internet service delivery, enhancing user experience, containing operating costs,
and maximizing revenue in broadband networks.
Safe Harbor Statement
Information provided in this press release may contain statements relating to current
expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections about future events that are
"forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. These forward-looking statements generally relate to the company's plans, objectives
and expectations for future operations, including the successful deployment of the
Proactive Analytics suite in networks of mobile broadband operators. These forward-looking
statements are based upon management's current estimates and projections of future results
or trends. Actual future results may differ materially from those projected as a result of
certain risks and uncertainties. These factors include, but are not limited to: changes in
general economic and business conditions and, specifically, a decline in demand for the
company's products; the company's inability to develop and introduce new technologies,
products and applications; loss of market; and other factors discussed under the heading
"Risk Factors" in the company's annual report on Form 20-F filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements are made only as of the date hereof,
and the company undertakes no obligation to update or revise the forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Allot Communications Contacts:
Jonathon Gordon
Director of Marketing
Allot Communications
Tel: +972-9-7628423
jgordon@allot.com
PR Contact
Justine Schneider
Calysto Communications
Tel: +1-404-266-2060 x507
jschneider@calysto.com
Source: Allot Communications Ltd.
.
ICQ and Mamboo Develop API for New Collaboration-ICQ Love- to Allow One-Click Registration
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 8:07:01 AM
ICQ and Mamboo Develop API for New Collaboration-ICQ Love- to Allow One-Click Registration
LONDON, November 30, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
ICQ has joined forces with Mamboo.com [http://mamboo.com ]. The result is ICQ Love -
taking social dating to a new level.
With over 42m active users, ICQ is the world's largest online communications
community. They've now launched ICQ Love - thanks to a collaboration with Mamboo.com.
love.icq.com [http://love.icq.com ] offers opportunities to find that special someone
in a unique environment. Unlike traditional dating sites, ICQ Love promotes 'Social
Dating' - a concept coined by Mamboo.com.
It provides a chance to meet new people through existing online friends. Mamboo's
concept ensures users already share similar interests and have similar friends.
Mamboo have over 415,000 members in North America and Europe. Chief Operating Officer,
Gloria Diaz (Chief Matchmaker!), explains how the partnership works:
"ICQ Love is a white label project. Mamboo provides the technology, moderation,
support and design to ICQ for free and in return we have a generous revenue share. We've
developed a custom Mamboo-ICQ API, which registers users with one click. This also allows
ICQ Love members to connect with users registered through Mamboo.com's site" says Gloria.
This cross-platform integration allows ICQ users to chat directly with Mamboo users -
providing seamless integration. The partnership also includes the promotion of Mamboo on
ICQ.com and through their Desktop Messenger.
While this collaboration is a worlds-first in terms of user numbers, it's not the
'first date' for Mamboo. The company offers white label services to websites looking to
increase traffic and turnover.
In the mean time, ICQ and Mamboo look forward to many romantic strolls along virtual
beaches, snuggling up in secluded corners of the Web and perhaps even the odd bit of cyber
action.
About Mamboo.com
Mamboo (mamboo.com [http://mamboo.com ]) is a social dating service with more than
415,000 members throughout the U.S., the U.K. and Germany. With free registration, users
get unlimited access to search through profiles and communicate via instant messaging .
Mamboo gives its members the opportunity to find the love of their life, to flirt and hook
up, or just to make new friends. Private equity firm, FINAM Capital launched Mamboo.
Mamboo has many investors, including Digital Sky Technologies, who also invested in
successful projects such as Facebook, Zynga and Groupon. Mamboo belongs to a global dating
system, with agreements with other major global publishers that include MSN and Yahoo.
Contact:
Kunle Campbell
press@mamboo.com
World of Dating. Ltd
9 Devonshire Sq.
London EC2M 4YF
Tel. +44(0)20-300-20749
Source: Mamboo.com
Fuzz One Media
266 Banbury Road
Suite 213,
Oxford OX2 7DL
United Kingdom
website: http://www.fuzzone.com
LONDON, November 30, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
ICQ has joined forces with Mamboo.com [http://mamboo.com ]. The result is ICQ Love -
taking social dating to a new level.
With over 42m active users, ICQ is the world's largest online communications
community. They've now launched ICQ Love - thanks to a collaboration with Mamboo.com.
love.icq.com [http://love.icq.com ] offers opportunities to find that special someone
in a unique environment. Unlike traditional dating sites, ICQ Love promotes 'Social
Dating' - a concept coined by Mamboo.com.
It provides a chance to meet new people through existing online friends. Mamboo's
concept ensures users already share similar interests and have similar friends.
Mamboo have over 415,000 members in North America and Europe. Chief Operating Officer,
Gloria Diaz (Chief Matchmaker!), explains how the partnership works:
"ICQ Love is a white label project. Mamboo provides the technology, moderation,
support and design to ICQ for free and in return we have a generous revenue share. We've
developed a custom Mamboo-ICQ API, which registers users with one click. This also allows
ICQ Love members to connect with users registered through Mamboo.com's site" says Gloria.
This cross-platform integration allows ICQ users to chat directly with Mamboo users -
providing seamless integration. The partnership also includes the promotion of Mamboo on
ICQ.com and through their Desktop Messenger.
While this collaboration is a worlds-first in terms of user numbers, it's not the
'first date' for Mamboo. The company offers white label services to websites looking to
increase traffic and turnover.
In the mean time, ICQ and Mamboo look forward to many romantic strolls along virtual
beaches, snuggling up in secluded corners of the Web and perhaps even the odd bit of cyber
action.
About Mamboo.com
Mamboo (mamboo.com [http://mamboo.com ]) is a social dating service with more than
415,000 members throughout the U.S., the U.K. and Germany. With free registration, users
get unlimited access to search through profiles and communicate via instant messaging .
Mamboo gives its members the opportunity to find the love of their life, to flirt and hook
up, or just to make new friends. Private equity firm, FINAM Capital launched Mamboo.
Mamboo has many investors, including Digital Sky Technologies, who also invested in
successful projects such as Facebook, Zynga and Groupon. Mamboo belongs to a global dating
system, with agreements with other major global publishers that include MSN and Yahoo.
Contact:
Kunle Campbell
press@mamboo.com
World of Dating. Ltd
9 Devonshire Sq.
London EC2M 4YF
Tel. +44(0)20-300-20749
Source: Mamboo.com
Fuzz One Media
266 Banbury Road
Suite 213,
Oxford OX2 7DL
United Kingdom
website: http://www.fuzzone.com
SkySearch Launches Mobile Phone Application
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 7:56:01 AM
SkySearch Launches Mobile Phone Application
DUBAI, UAE, November 30, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
SkySearch has officially launched their mobile application earlier this week. Now
available for iPhone and Android, this easy to use, one of a kind online charter
application allows users to get instant charter prices straight from their mobile phone.
"This is truly a milestone for us," said Commercial Manager Claire Brugirard. "From
SkySearch's conceptual birth we have been working hard to provide this extra service to
our loyal customers."
The mobile application comes out just in time for the hefty holiday season where
executive and passenger travel will be in full swing. To avail of this amazing tool,
people that charter frequently, travel agents and other service providers can download the
application for free from their respective App stores.
"The SkySearch web and mobile phone application are both so unique because they give
the client instant charter prices on executive jet and passenger aircraft worldwide," said
Ms Brugirard.
The mobile applications for iPhone and Android are available for free on the SkySearch
website (http://www.skysearch.aero/mobile ) and the respective App stores of Apple and
Android.
Notes to Editor:
Air Charter International (ACI) a leading aircraft charter and leasing company based
in Dubai, UAE, has been in operation since 1994 and covers 4-A region, namely: Arabia,
Africa, Asia and Asia Pacific and services long and short term aircraft requirements. ACI
has also made a strategic move into Aircraft Management through its 100% owned subsidiary:
Jet Ops which operates and manages three Cessna 208A Amphibian seaplanes for a commercial
tourism operation named Seawings. Seawings provides seaplane operations within the United
Arab Emirates and is the only seaplane sightseeing service in the region, considered a
must-do for visitors to Dubai. The resource pool of ACI includes professionals from a wide
variety of backgrounds & nationalities with a strong focus on aviation related industry
and experience.
Contact: Dilukshi Thomas
Corporate Marketing and Communications Assistant
Company: Air Charter International (Arabia) Ltd
Phone: +97148070808
Email: corpcom@aircharter-international.com
Website: http://www.aircharter-international.com
Source: Air Charter International
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DUBAI, UAE, November 30, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
SkySearch has officially launched their mobile application earlier this week. Now
available for iPhone and Android, this easy to use, one of a kind online charter
application allows users to get instant charter prices straight from their mobile phone.
"This is truly a milestone for us," said Commercial Manager Claire Brugirard. "From
SkySearch's conceptual birth we have been working hard to provide this extra service to
our loyal customers."
The mobile application comes out just in time for the hefty holiday season where
executive and passenger travel will be in full swing. To avail of this amazing tool,
people that charter frequently, travel agents and other service providers can download the
application for free from their respective App stores.
"The SkySearch web and mobile phone application are both so unique because they give
the client instant charter prices on executive jet and passenger aircraft worldwide," said
Ms Brugirard.
The mobile applications for iPhone and Android are available for free on the SkySearch
website (http://www.skysearch.aero/mobile ) and the respective App stores of Apple and
Android.
Notes to Editor:
Air Charter International (ACI) a leading aircraft charter and leasing company based
in Dubai, UAE, has been in operation since 1994 and covers 4-A region, namely: Arabia,
Africa, Asia and Asia Pacific and services long and short term aircraft requirements. ACI
has also made a strategic move into Aircraft Management through its 100% owned subsidiary:
Jet Ops which operates and manages three Cessna 208A Amphibian seaplanes for a commercial
tourism operation named Seawings. Seawings provides seaplane operations within the United
Arab Emirates and is the only seaplane sightseeing service in the region, considered a
must-do for visitors to Dubai. The resource pool of ACI includes professionals from a wide
variety of backgrounds & nationalities with a strong focus on aviation related industry
and experience.
Contact: Dilukshi Thomas
Corporate Marketing and Communications Assistant
Company: Air Charter International (Arabia) Ltd
Phone: +97148070808
Email: corpcom@aircharter-international.com
Website: http://www.aircharter-international.com
Source: Air Charter International
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Qualcomm Atheros Announces the Availability of the Killer E2100 Game Networking Platform on GIGABYTE Motherboards
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 7:35:01 AM
Qualcomm Atheros Announces the Availability of the Killer E2100 Game Networking Platform on GIGABYTE Motherboards
- Killer E2100 Integration Provides Superior Networking Experience with Advanced Stream Detect, Visual Bandwidth Control and Application Priority -
SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Qualcomm Atheros Inc., the networking and connectivity subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM), today announced that the Qualcomm Atheros Killer(TM) E2100 game networking platform is integrated and available in new GIGABYTE G1.Assassin 2 motherboards based on the Intel® X79 Express Chipset. The Killer E2100 Network Processing Unit is a high-performance Gigabit Ethernet controller designed for faster game traffic and better networking for all online applications. The Killer E2100 provides superior networking for games, HD video and streaming audio through Advanced Stream Detect, Visual Bandwidth Control and Application Priority.
"The people who purchase our motherboards demand the ability to play games, watch movies and stream content in HD how they want and when they want without any interruption," said Tim Handley, deputy director of motherboard marketing at GIGABYTE. "Killer E2100 is a perfect addition to our portfolio of motherboards based on the X79 chipset, as it delivers our customers the best in high-performance networking along with complete control of bandwidth allocation. This ensures a top-quality experience and faster-paced game play."
Killer E2100 is the only network processing unit available for high-performance networking that is specifically targeted to the gaming sector. Its Advanced Stream Detect feature automatically identifies online games, HD video and high-quality audio for a better experience and fewer interruptions. The Visual Bandwidth Control feature allows the user to see which applications are hogging bandwidth and tune performance for each application so they do not interfere with online game play. The Application Priority feature automatically puts high-priority, latency-sensitive network data such as gaming and real-time VoIP streams ahead of all other network traffic.
"GIGABYTE motherboards are known in the industry to provide excellent graphics, audio and networking capabilities and we are excited to be the network performance pick for these motherboards," said Todd Antes, vice president of product management at Qualcomm Atheros Inc. "At Qualcomm Atheros, we are focused on providing high-performance technology that empowers people to have full control over their home networks. The Killer Technology product line continues to be a noteworthy addition with its outstanding performance, unrivaled intelligence and superior control."
About Qualcomm Atheros Inc.
Qualcomm Atheros Inc., the networking and connectivity subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, is a leading provider of wireless and wired technologies for the mobile, networking, computing and consumer electronics markets. The organization is focused on inventing technologies that connect and empower people in ways that are elegant and accessible to all. With its broad connectivity portfolio, Qualcomm Atheros provides its global customer base with high-performance, end-to-end solutions featuring Wi-Fi®, GPS, Bluetooth®, Ethernet, HomePlug® powerline and passive optical networking technologies. Qualcomm Atheros leverages its substantial expertise in RF, signal processing, software and networking to deliver highly integrated, low-power, system-level solutions that enable customers to create high-performance, differentiated products. For more information, go to http://www.qca.qualcomm.com.
Qualcomm Atheros and Killer are trademarks of Qualcomm Atheros Inc. HomePlug is a registered trademark of the HomePlug Powerline Alliance. Wi-Fi is a registered trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance. All other trademarks are the sole property of their respective owners.
Qualcomm Atheros Contact:
Laurie Falconer
Phone: 1-408-616-3036
Email: laurief@qca.qualcomm.com
Qualcomm Contacts:
Tina Asmar, Corporate Communications
Phone: 1-858-845-5959
Email: corpcomm@qualcomm.com
Warren Kneeshaw, Investor Relations
Phone: 1-858-658-4813
Email: ir@qualcomm.com
SOURCE Qualcomm Atheros Inc.
Qualcomm Atheros Inc.
Web Site: http://www.qca.qualcomm.com
- Killer E2100 Integration Provides Superior Networking Experience with Advanced Stream Detect, Visual Bandwidth Control and Application Priority -
SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Qualcomm Atheros Inc., the networking and connectivity subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM), today announced that the Qualcomm Atheros Killer(TM) E2100 game networking platform is integrated and available in new GIGABYTE G1.Assassin 2 motherboards based on the Intel® X79 Express Chipset. The Killer E2100 Network Processing Unit is a high-performance Gigabit Ethernet controller designed for faster game traffic and better networking for all online applications. The Killer E2100 provides superior networking for games, HD video and streaming audio through Advanced Stream Detect, Visual Bandwidth Control and Application Priority.
"The people who purchase our motherboards demand the ability to play games, watch movies and stream content in HD how they want and when they want without any interruption," said Tim Handley, deputy director of motherboard marketing at GIGABYTE. "Killer E2100 is a perfect addition to our portfolio of motherboards based on the X79 chipset, as it delivers our customers the best in high-performance networking along with complete control of bandwidth allocation. This ensures a top-quality experience and faster-paced game play."
Killer E2100 is the only network processing unit available for high-performance networking that is specifically targeted to the gaming sector. Its Advanced Stream Detect feature automatically identifies online games, HD video and high-quality audio for a better experience and fewer interruptions. The Visual Bandwidth Control feature allows the user to see which applications are hogging bandwidth and tune performance for each application so they do not interfere with online game play. The Application Priority feature automatically puts high-priority, latency-sensitive network data such as gaming and real-time VoIP streams ahead of all other network traffic.
"GIGABYTE motherboards are known in the industry to provide excellent graphics, audio and networking capabilities and we are excited to be the network performance pick for these motherboards," said Todd Antes, vice president of product management at Qualcomm Atheros Inc. "At Qualcomm Atheros, we are focused on providing high-performance technology that empowers people to have full control over their home networks. The Killer Technology product line continues to be a noteworthy addition with its outstanding performance, unrivaled intelligence and superior control."
About Qualcomm Atheros Inc.
Qualcomm Atheros Inc., the networking and connectivity subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, is a leading provider of wireless and wired technologies for the mobile, networking, computing and consumer electronics markets. The organization is focused on inventing technologies that connect and empower people in ways that are elegant and accessible to all. With its broad connectivity portfolio, Qualcomm Atheros provides its global customer base with high-performance, end-to-end solutions featuring Wi-Fi®, GPS, Bluetooth®, Ethernet, HomePlug® powerline and passive optical networking technologies. Qualcomm Atheros leverages its substantial expertise in RF, signal processing, software and networking to deliver highly integrated, low-power, system-level solutions that enable customers to create high-performance, differentiated products. For more information, go to http://www.qca.qualcomm.com.
Qualcomm Atheros and Killer are trademarks of Qualcomm Atheros Inc. HomePlug is a registered trademark of the HomePlug Powerline Alliance. Wi-Fi is a registered trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance. All other trademarks are the sole property of their respective owners.
Qualcomm Atheros Contact:
Laurie Falconer
Phone: 1-408-616-3036
Email: laurief@qca.qualcomm.com
Qualcomm Contacts:
Tina Asmar, Corporate Communications
Phone: 1-858-845-5959
Email: corpcomm@qualcomm.com
Warren Kneeshaw, Investor Relations
Phone: 1-858-658-4813
Email: ir@qualcomm.com
SOURCE Qualcomm Atheros Inc.
Qualcomm Atheros Inc.
Web Site: http://www.qca.qualcomm.com
BonitaSoft Selected as Strategic OEM Partner to Augment Talend's Integration Platform
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 7:14:01 AM
BonitaSoft Selected as Strategic OEM Partner to Augment Talend's Integration Platform
Talend adds Open Source BPM to their Data Management and Application Integration products as part of the Talend Unified Platform
SAN FRANCISCO, November 30, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
BonitaSoft, the leader in open source Business Process Management (BPM), today
announced a new original equipment manufacturing (OEM) agreement with Talend, the leader
in open source integration software. With this agreement, Talend complements current
Application and Data Integration offerings with Process Integration capabilities. Talend
will resell Bonita Open Solution under the Talend Enterprise BPM label, within the Talend
Unified Platform. BonitaSoft's new agreement with Talend builds on the existing,
successful partnership in which Bonita Open Solution has been powering workflow management
in Talend's Master Data Management (MDM) offering.
"As pressure increases on IT organizations to provide a more coordinated approach to
integration projects, the addition of BPM to our solutions allows us to deliver a single,
unified platform to address all of our customers' integration needs," said Bertrand Diard,
Talend's CEO & co-founder. "Talend and BonitaSoft both share a vision of democratizing
integration by supplying the market with unique and highly differentiated open source
offerings. Our shared approach and common technology foundation has enabled us to
successfully collaborate in the past, making it an easy decision for us to choose
BonitaSoft as our provider of BPM technology."
"For many companies, process integration management is a complex and costly issue,"
said Miguel Valdes Faura, BonitaSoft CEO & co-founder. "With this important expansion of
our partnership, we are bringing significant value to Talend's customers by providing
access to flexible, modular architecture and innovative features that make process
management integration fast and easy."
The Bonita Open Solution is designed to meet the evolving demands of today's BPM
environment, which includes increased collaboration between business and IT users. It
combines three solutions in one: an innovative Studio for process modeling, a powerful BPM
& Workflow engine, and a breakthrough user interface, enabling users to create
process-based applications quickly and easily.
Interested users can try Bonita Open Solution for free
[http://www.bonitasoft.com/products/BPM_downloads ] by downloading it from BonitaSoft's
website.
Additional Resources
- Download [http://www.bonitasoft.com ] Bonita Open Solution & BonitaSoft
White Papers
- Follow [http://twitter.com/bonitasoft ] BonitaSoft on Twitter
- Read [http://www.bonitasoft.com/company/blog ] BonitaSoft's Blog
About BonitaSoft
BonitaSoft democratizes business process management (BPM) by bringing powerful,
easy-to-integrate, and user-friendly, open source BPM to organizations of all sizes and
industries. BonitaSoft and its open source community deliver an unmatched ecosystem of
connectors for nearly any application and system. With the BonitaSoft suite, organizations
can model, automate and optimize process workflows in Finance, Human Resources, Sales,
Marketing, Supply Chain, E-Government, and more, according to their respective business or
technical roles. The fastest-growing BPM provider, BonitaSoft has more than one million
downloads, more than 250 customers and more than 10,000 community members.
Source: BonitaSoft
Media Contact: Leslie Johnson, LEWIS Pulse for BonitaSoft, +1-415-875-7494, Leslie.johnson@lewispulse.com
Talend adds Open Source BPM to their Data Management and Application Integration products as part of the Talend Unified Platform
SAN FRANCISCO, November 30, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
BonitaSoft, the leader in open source Business Process Management (BPM), today
announced a new original equipment manufacturing (OEM) agreement with Talend, the leader
in open source integration software. With this agreement, Talend complements current
Application and Data Integration offerings with Process Integration capabilities. Talend
will resell Bonita Open Solution under the Talend Enterprise BPM label, within the Talend
Unified Platform. BonitaSoft's new agreement with Talend builds on the existing,
successful partnership in which Bonita Open Solution has been powering workflow management
in Talend's Master Data Management (MDM) offering.
"As pressure increases on IT organizations to provide a more coordinated approach to
integration projects, the addition of BPM to our solutions allows us to deliver a single,
unified platform to address all of our customers' integration needs," said Bertrand Diard,
Talend's CEO & co-founder. "Talend and BonitaSoft both share a vision of democratizing
integration by supplying the market with unique and highly differentiated open source
offerings. Our shared approach and common technology foundation has enabled us to
successfully collaborate in the past, making it an easy decision for us to choose
BonitaSoft as our provider of BPM technology."
"For many companies, process integration management is a complex and costly issue,"
said Miguel Valdes Faura, BonitaSoft CEO & co-founder. "With this important expansion of
our partnership, we are bringing significant value to Talend's customers by providing
access to flexible, modular architecture and innovative features that make process
management integration fast and easy."
The Bonita Open Solution is designed to meet the evolving demands of today's BPM
environment, which includes increased collaboration between business and IT users. It
combines three solutions in one: an innovative Studio for process modeling, a powerful BPM
& Workflow engine, and a breakthrough user interface, enabling users to create
process-based applications quickly and easily.
Interested users can try Bonita Open Solution for free
[http://www.bonitasoft.com/products/BPM_downloads ] by downloading it from BonitaSoft's
website.
Additional Resources
- Download [http://www.bonitasoft.com ] Bonita Open Solution & BonitaSoft
White Papers
- Follow [http://twitter.com/bonitasoft ] BonitaSoft on Twitter
- Read [http://www.bonitasoft.com/company/blog ] BonitaSoft's Blog
About BonitaSoft
BonitaSoft democratizes business process management (BPM) by bringing powerful,
easy-to-integrate, and user-friendly, open source BPM to organizations of all sizes and
industries. BonitaSoft and its open source community deliver an unmatched ecosystem of
connectors for nearly any application and system. With the BonitaSoft suite, organizations
can model, automate and optimize process workflows in Finance, Human Resources, Sales,
Marketing, Supply Chain, E-Government, and more, according to their respective business or
technical roles. The fastest-growing BPM provider, BonitaSoft has more than one million
downloads, more than 250 customers and more than 10,000 community members.
Source: BonitaSoft
Media Contact: Leslie Johnson, LEWIS Pulse for BonitaSoft, +1-415-875-7494, Leslie.johnson@lewispulse.com
Hail The GetTaxi Revolution
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 7:14:01 AM
Hail The GetTaxi Revolution
LONDON, November 30, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
Free new generation black taxi app launches
GetTaxi, which unveiled its revolutionary new way for businesses to order London black
taxis earlier this year, launched its free consumer mobile app today, enabling all
smartphone users (iPhone, Android, Blackberry and Nokia) to order a taxi at the tap of a
button on their mobile device or via a web interface.
GetTaxi solves many of the pain points associated with old fashioned taxi ordering -
putting an end to stroppy call centres, irritating hold music and the mysterious
whereabouts of the supposedly ordered taxi.
The GetTaxi mobile app automatically geographically locates the passenger via GPS and
issues their request to the closest available black taxis via GetTaxi's special TFL
approved driver units. A few seconds later, a confirmation is sent to the passenger
containing the driver's photo, personal and vehicle details, estimated time of arrival and
a GoogleMap showing the taxi's real-time progress to the pickup address.
The GetTaxi app brings easy, super safe and innovative taxi ordering to the masses,
just in time for Christmas, to eradicate traditional frustration and safety concerns
associated with trying to get a cab home.
Neal Fullman, CEO of GetTaxi, said: "We're making the process of taxi ordering an
enjoyable and interactive digital experience with the aim of eradicating taxi trauma -
that time when you frustratingly stand on a street corner (let's face it, usually in the
rain) desperately praying for a taxi. The GetTaxi service is the safest, securest and most
reliable way to ensure you are never stranded without a cab.
"And with the Christmas party season just around the corner, the added security of
knowing who your driver is and being able to trust how long it'll take him or her to reach
you are massively important for passengers."
The GetTaxi app is free to download and use, with no charges above the taxi meter.
GetTaxi customers will be able to pay by cash, credit card or by opening a personal
account. They will also be able to accumulate Taxi Miles - being rewarded with points for
journeys taken or each time they share the app with a friend. Points will be redeemable
against gifts and, of course, free taxi rides.
GetTaxi is on track to have 2,000 black taxi drivers signed up by early 2012, making
it among the largest fleets of black taxis in London.
To learn more about GetTaxi, visit the official UK website
http://www.gettaxi.co.uk or to download the app visit the iTunes store, Android Market
or Blackberry App World.
For high res images visit http://www.kaizo.net/newsroom/gettaxi/applaunch
Source: GetTaxi ? http://www.gettaxi.co.uk
For more information, please contact: Paula Figgett at Kaizo PR, +44(0)20-3176-4710 / paula.figgett@kaizo.net
LONDON, November 30, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
Free new generation black taxi app launches
GetTaxi, which unveiled its revolutionary new way for businesses to order London black
taxis earlier this year, launched its free consumer mobile app today, enabling all
smartphone users (iPhone, Android, Blackberry and Nokia) to order a taxi at the tap of a
button on their mobile device or via a web interface.
GetTaxi solves many of the pain points associated with old fashioned taxi ordering -
putting an end to stroppy call centres, irritating hold music and the mysterious
whereabouts of the supposedly ordered taxi.
The GetTaxi mobile app automatically geographically locates the passenger via GPS and
issues their request to the closest available black taxis via GetTaxi's special TFL
approved driver units. A few seconds later, a confirmation is sent to the passenger
containing the driver's photo, personal and vehicle details, estimated time of arrival and
a GoogleMap showing the taxi's real-time progress to the pickup address.
The GetTaxi app brings easy, super safe and innovative taxi ordering to the masses,
just in time for Christmas, to eradicate traditional frustration and safety concerns
associated with trying to get a cab home.
Neal Fullman, CEO of GetTaxi, said: "We're making the process of taxi ordering an
enjoyable and interactive digital experience with the aim of eradicating taxi trauma -
that time when you frustratingly stand on a street corner (let's face it, usually in the
rain) desperately praying for a taxi. The GetTaxi service is the safest, securest and most
reliable way to ensure you are never stranded without a cab.
"And with the Christmas party season just around the corner, the added security of
knowing who your driver is and being able to trust how long it'll take him or her to reach
you are massively important for passengers."
The GetTaxi app is free to download and use, with no charges above the taxi meter.
GetTaxi customers will be able to pay by cash, credit card or by opening a personal
account. They will also be able to accumulate Taxi Miles - being rewarded with points for
journeys taken or each time they share the app with a friend. Points will be redeemable
against gifts and, of course, free taxi rides.
GetTaxi is on track to have 2,000 black taxi drivers signed up by early 2012, making
it among the largest fleets of black taxis in London.
To learn more about GetTaxi, visit the official UK website
http://www.gettaxi.co.uk or to download the app visit the iTunes store, Android Market
or Blackberry App World.
For high res images visit http://www.kaizo.net/newsroom/gettaxi/applaunch
Source: GetTaxi ? http://www.gettaxi.co.uk
For more information, please contact: Paula Figgett at Kaizo PR, +44(0)20-3176-4710 / paula.figgett@kaizo.net
Concur Launches Its Apps on Salesforce.com's AppExchange Mobile
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 7:14:01 AM
Concur Launches Its Apps on Salesforce.com's AppExchange Mobile
Concur's mobile app is now available on the AppExchange, the world's most-popular marketplace for business apps
Concur is tapping into the social, mobile and open capabilities of cloud computing to transform customers into social enterprises
NEW YORK, Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- CLOUDFORCE NEW YORK Concur (Nasdaq: CNQR) today announced it has launched its mobile travel and expense management app on salesforce.com's AppExchange Mobile, extending the marketplace built for the social enterprise. Concur's app is among the first to leverage AppExchange Mobile, tapping into the power of the proven Force.com platform, salesforce.com's social enterprise platform for employee social apps. Concur is currently available for test drive on the AppExchange Mobile. Concur uniquely integrates travel and expense management through one powerful mobile app. Concur lets anyone with an Android(TM), BlackBerry(®) or iPhone/iPad device easily book air, trains, rental cars and hotels and have easy access to their travel itineraries. Cash expenses such as taxi fares can be quickly added to an expense report, receipt images can be captured with the phone's camera and credit card charges are automatically added, making it easy to manage and submit expenses in real time.
Concur's mobile app works with Concurforce - the travel and expense management offering designed for use within Salesforce. Concurforce is specifically tuned to meet the needs of the field sales and client service functions - employees who are the real drivers of revenue and client satisfaction in today's social enterprises. Comments on the News
-- "By their very nature, business travelers are inherently mobile," said
Tim FitzGerald, senior vice president, Business Development, Concur. "By
leveraging mobile capabilities and tightly integrating with
salesforce.com's services, Concur is helping road warriors become more
productive."
-- "Customers continue to look to our partners as they transform themselves
into social enterprises, and partners like Concur are helping them with
that shift," said Ron Huddleston, senior vice president, ISV Alliances,
salesforce.com. "Apps like these exemplify the extraordinary reach of
the AppExchange marketplace and continue to push the social, mobile open
and trusted capabilities customers expect from the salesforce.com
ecosystem."
Cloudforce New York Welcomes Attendees to the Social Enterprise
The number of social networking users has surpassed email 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 the social enterprise.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 and product social networks. Cloudforce New York attendees will be able to learn firsthand how to join this transformation.
Additional Resources
-- Salesforce.com's AppExchange Mobile Blog Post
About Concur
Concur® is a leading provider of integrated travel and expense management solutions for companies of all sizes. Concur's easy-to-use web-based and mobile solutions help companies and their employees control costs and save time. Learn more at http://www.concur.com.
About the Force.com Platform and AppExchange
Force.com is the trusted social enterprise platform for building and running any employee app in the cloud. Force.com powers the Salesforce CRM apps, the more than 250,000 custom apps used by salesforce.com customers such as Japan Post, Kaiser Permanente, KONE, and Sprint Nextel and the more than 1,300 ISV apps built by partners such as BMC, FinancialForce.com and Fujitsu. Enterprise apps built on the Force.com platform can be easily distributed and marketed through the salesforce.com AppExchange http://www.salesforce.com/appexchange/. The salesforce.com social enterprise platform delivers the most trusted and comprehensive cloud technologies for social, mobile and open apps. It includes Force.com, the cloud platform for employee apps, Heroku, the cloud platform for customer apps and Database.com, the cloud database to integrate the social enterprise. Salesforce, Dreamforce, Force.com, Heroku, AppExchange, Database.com and others are trademarks of salesforce.com, inc.
SOURCE Concur
Concur
CONTACT: CONTACT: Kristin Prigmore, WeberShandwick +1-206-576-5551, kprigmore@webershandwick.com, for Concur
Web Site: http://www.concur.com
Concur's mobile app is now available on the AppExchange, the world's most-popular marketplace for business apps
Concur is tapping into the social, mobile and open capabilities of cloud computing to transform customers into social enterprises
NEW YORK, Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- CLOUDFORCE NEW YORK Concur (Nasdaq: CNQR) today announced it has launched its mobile travel and expense management app on salesforce.com's AppExchange Mobile, extending the marketplace built for the social enterprise. Concur's app is among the first to leverage AppExchange Mobile, tapping into the power of the proven Force.com platform, salesforce.com's social enterprise platform for employee social apps. Concur is currently available for test drive on the AppExchange Mobile. Concur uniquely integrates travel and expense management through one powerful mobile app. Concur lets anyone with an Android(TM), BlackBerry(®) or iPhone/iPad device easily book air, trains, rental cars and hotels and have easy access to their travel itineraries. Cash expenses such as taxi fares can be quickly added to an expense report, receipt images can be captured with the phone's camera and credit card charges are automatically added, making it easy to manage and submit expenses in real time.
Concur's mobile app works with Concurforce - the travel and expense management offering designed for use within Salesforce. Concurforce is specifically tuned to meet the needs of the field sales and client service functions - employees who are the real drivers of revenue and client satisfaction in today's social enterprises. Comments on the News
-- "By their very nature, business travelers are inherently mobile," said
Tim FitzGerald, senior vice president, Business Development, Concur. "By
leveraging mobile capabilities and tightly integrating with
salesforce.com's services, Concur is helping road warriors become more
productive."
-- "Customers continue to look to our partners as they transform themselves
into social enterprises, and partners like Concur are helping them with
that shift," said Ron Huddleston, senior vice president, ISV Alliances,
salesforce.com. "Apps like these exemplify the extraordinary reach of
the AppExchange marketplace and continue to push the social, mobile open
and trusted capabilities customers expect from the salesforce.com
ecosystem."
Cloudforce New York Welcomes Attendees to the Social Enterprise
The number of social networking users has surpassed email 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 the social enterprise.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 and product social networks. Cloudforce New York attendees will be able to learn firsthand how to join this transformation.
Additional Resources
-- Salesforce.com's AppExchange Mobile Blog Post
About Concur
Concur® is a leading provider of integrated travel and expense management solutions for companies of all sizes. Concur's easy-to-use web-based and mobile solutions help companies and their employees control costs and save time. Learn more at http://www.concur.com.
About the Force.com Platform and AppExchange
Force.com is the trusted social enterprise platform for building and running any employee app in the cloud. Force.com powers the Salesforce CRM apps, the more than 250,000 custom apps used by salesforce.com customers such as Japan Post, Kaiser Permanente, KONE, and Sprint Nextel and the more than 1,300 ISV apps built by partners such as BMC, FinancialForce.com and Fujitsu. Enterprise apps built on the Force.com platform can be easily distributed and marketed through the salesforce.com AppExchange http://www.salesforce.com/appexchange/. The salesforce.com social enterprise platform delivers the most trusted and comprehensive cloud technologies for social, mobile and open apps. It includes Force.com, the cloud platform for employee apps, Heroku, the cloud platform for customer apps and Database.com, the cloud database to integrate the social enterprise. Salesforce, Dreamforce, Force.com, Heroku, AppExchange, Database.com and others are trademarks of salesforce.com, inc.
SOURCE Concur
Concur
CONTACT: CONTACT: Kristin Prigmore, WeberShandwick +1-206-576-5551, kprigmore@webershandwick.com, for Concur
Web Site: http://www.concur.com
Concurforce Now Available for Salesforce CRM Customers on the AppExchange, the Leading Marketplace for Business App
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 7:14:01 AM
Concurforce Now Available for Salesforce CRM Customers on the AppExchange, the Leading Marketplace for Business App
The next generation of fully integrated travel and expense management solutions now available within Salesforce
NEW YORK, Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --Cloudforce New York, Concur (Nasdaq: CNQR) today announced the release of Concurforce - a new travel and expense management solution built on Force.com, salesforce.com's social enterprise platform for employee facing apps. With Concurforce, customers now have a travel and expense management tool within Salesforce that's specifically tuned to the needs of field sales and client service employees - typically the heaviest business travelers and most frequent expense report filers. Concurforce is immediately available for test drive and deployment on the AppExchange at http://www.salesforce.com/appexchange/.
With Concurforce, users can quickly create accurate, in-policy expense reports right from a smartphone or from the web. Credit card spend is automatically reconciled with expense line items, and business trip details from TripIt Pro are automatically shared in Salesforce Chatter. Real-time dashboards help users quickly and easily understand the costs associated with sales opportunities and service engagements, giving them better visibility to the cost of sales.
Concur also announced the release of the new Concur Salesforce® Connector, designed for existing Concur and Salesforce customers interested in simplifying expense entry and gaining visibility into customer acquisition costs. Leveraging Concur Connect - the integration and interoperability platform that provides unique additional value for Concur clients - this new connector enables clients to quickly and easily integrate the two solutions. Contact records from Salesforce can be added to an expense report in real time, reducing the need to enter data manually. Clients can also leverage the Connector to enable employees to track expenses by sales opportunity for accurate cost-of-sales reporting. Colleagues can also share travel plans via Chatter for better collaboration within their social enterprise.
"Managing travel and expenses is the last thing road warriors feel like doing. Concurforce and the Concur Salesforce Connector provide full integration with Salesforce CRM so users can manage T&E the same way they manage their sales opportunities - anytime, anywhere," said Michael Hilton, EVP worldwide marketing at Concur. "Concur is excited to deliver new social and mobile employee applications in the cloud with Force.com."
"Concurforce exemplifies how ISVs can use Force.com to develop solutions that are social, mobile and open to drive more value for their customers," said Ron Huddleston, senior vice president, ISV Alliances, salesforce.com. "By using Concurforce, companies will be able to realize the power of the social enterprise within their travel and expense management experience by delivering a more seamless, connected and collaborative experience and better aligning costs with sales."
About Concur
Concur® is a leading provider of integrated travel and expense management solutions for companies of all sizes. Concur's easy-to-use web-based and mobile solutions help companies and their employees control costs and save time. Learn more at http://www.concur.com.
Cloudforce New York Welcomes Attendees to the Social Enterprise
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 the social enterprise. 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 and product social networks. Cloudforce New York attendees will be able to learn firsthand how to join this transformation.
About the Force.com Platform and AppExchange
Force.com is the trusted social enterprise platform for building and running any employee app in the cloud. Force.com powers the Salesforce CRM apps, the more than 250,000 custom apps used by salesforce.com customers such as Japan Post, Kaiser Permanente, KONE, and Sprint Nextel and the more than 1,300 ISV apps built by partners such as BMC, FinancialForce.com and Fujitsu.
Enterprise apps built on the Force.com platform can be easily distributed and marketed through the salesforce.com AppExchange http://www.salesforce.com/appexchange/.
The salesforce.com social enterprise platform delivers the most trusted and comprehensive cloud technologies for social, mobile and open apps. It includes Force.com, the cloud platform for employee apps, Heroku, the cloud platform for customer apps and Database.com, the cloud database to integrate the social enterprise.
Salesforce, Dreamforce, Force.com, Heroku, AppExchange, Database.com and others are trademarks of salesforce.com, inc.
SOURCE Concur
Concur
CONTACT: Kristin Prigmore, Weber Shandwick for Concur, +1-206-576-5551, kprigmore@webershandwick.com
Web Site: http://www.concur.com
The next generation of fully integrated travel and expense management solutions now available within Salesforce
NEW YORK, Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --Cloudforce New York, Concur (Nasdaq: CNQR) today announced the release of Concurforce - a new travel and expense management solution built on Force.com, salesforce.com's social enterprise platform for employee facing apps. With Concurforce, customers now have a travel and expense management tool within Salesforce that's specifically tuned to the needs of field sales and client service employees - typically the heaviest business travelers and most frequent expense report filers. Concurforce is immediately available for test drive and deployment on the AppExchange at http://www.salesforce.com/appexchange/.
With Concurforce, users can quickly create accurate, in-policy expense reports right from a smartphone or from the web. Credit card spend is automatically reconciled with expense line items, and business trip details from TripIt Pro are automatically shared in Salesforce Chatter. Real-time dashboards help users quickly and easily understand the costs associated with sales opportunities and service engagements, giving them better visibility to the cost of sales.
Concur also announced the release of the new Concur Salesforce® Connector, designed for existing Concur and Salesforce customers interested in simplifying expense entry and gaining visibility into customer acquisition costs. Leveraging Concur Connect - the integration and interoperability platform that provides unique additional value for Concur clients - this new connector enables clients to quickly and easily integrate the two solutions. Contact records from Salesforce can be added to an expense report in real time, reducing the need to enter data manually. Clients can also leverage the Connector to enable employees to track expenses by sales opportunity for accurate cost-of-sales reporting. Colleagues can also share travel plans via Chatter for better collaboration within their social enterprise.
"Managing travel and expenses is the last thing road warriors feel like doing. Concurforce and the Concur Salesforce Connector provide full integration with Salesforce CRM so users can manage T&E the same way they manage their sales opportunities - anytime, anywhere," said Michael Hilton, EVP worldwide marketing at Concur. "Concur is excited to deliver new social and mobile employee applications in the cloud with Force.com."
"Concurforce exemplifies how ISVs can use Force.com to develop solutions that are social, mobile and open to drive more value for their customers," said Ron Huddleston, senior vice president, ISV Alliances, salesforce.com. "By using Concurforce, companies will be able to realize the power of the social enterprise within their travel and expense management experience by delivering a more seamless, connected and collaborative experience and better aligning costs with sales."
About Concur
Concur® is a leading provider of integrated travel and expense management solutions for companies of all sizes. Concur's easy-to-use web-based and mobile solutions help companies and their employees control costs and save time. Learn more at http://www.concur.com.
Cloudforce New York Welcomes Attendees to the Social Enterprise
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 the social enterprise. 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 and product social networks. Cloudforce New York attendees will be able to learn firsthand how to join this transformation.
About the Force.com Platform and AppExchange
Force.com is the trusted social enterprise platform for building and running any employee app in the cloud. Force.com powers the Salesforce CRM apps, the more than 250,000 custom apps used by salesforce.com customers such as Japan Post, Kaiser Permanente, KONE, and Sprint Nextel and the more than 1,300 ISV apps built by partners such as BMC, FinancialForce.com and Fujitsu.
Enterprise apps built on the Force.com platform can be easily distributed and marketed through the salesforce.com AppExchange http://www.salesforce.com/appexchange/.
The salesforce.com social enterprise platform delivers the most trusted and comprehensive cloud technologies for social, mobile and open apps. It includes Force.com, the cloud platform for employee apps, Heroku, the cloud platform for customer apps and Database.com, the cloud database to integrate the social enterprise.
Salesforce, Dreamforce, Force.com, Heroku, AppExchange, Database.com and others are trademarks of salesforce.com, inc.
SOURCE Concur
Concur
CONTACT: Kristin Prigmore, Weber Shandwick for Concur, +1-206-576-5551, kprigmore@webershandwick.com
Web Site: http://www.concur.com
Cool Mojito Launches Drag-and-Drop Facebook Page Creator
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 6:28:01 AM
Cool Mojito Launches Drag-and-Drop Facebook Page Creator
You can create a custom Facebook page with professionally designed templates. The page can be completely customized with drag-and-drop apps for just about anything including photos, videos, ecommerce store, and campaigns.
DAVENPORT, Fla., Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- On November 30th, Cool Mojito (http://www.coolmojito.com) will be going live with its drag-and-drop Facebook page creator. The tool uses a variety of apps to allow anyone to create fan pages with just about any kind of content you can think of without writing even a single line of code.
You can start off by selecting from several professionally designed templates. The templates are completely customizable to allow you to change their content including menu, background, banners, photos, etc.
There are also a variety of drag-and-drop apps that allow you to change the page layout and design, add video, audio, maps, games, campaigns, and even ecommerce stores. The Campaign app allows you to build a downloadable database of leads that responds to your campaign or contest. The ecommerce store is already integrated with PayPal and allows you to collect payment in any currency. This creates completely interactive Facebook pages that allow you to capture leads and monetize your page on Facebook.
The software includes analytics to allow you to see who is visiting your page and lets you drill down to more details. It's also completely multilingual with English, Spanish, and French available when it launches. Other languages will be added regularly to the software.
Cool Mojito is Free and has been in beta for some months now. When it goes live on November 30th it will be releasing paid plans in addition to its free plan.
Businesses use Cool Mojito to create custom Facebook Fanpages with no coding. Entrepreneurs, entertainers, and brands use Cool Mojito to build and market their brands on Facebook and other leading social media sites like Twitter and LinkedIn. The product is also used to build storefronts and campaigns on Facebook Fan pages. The company has offices in Orlando, Florida and Barcelona, Spain.
For further information, please contact us:
sales@coolmojito.com
http://www.coolmojito.com
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SOURCE Cool Mojito
Cool Mojito
CONTACT: Sylvie Hall, +1-786-206-7284, http://www.coolmojito.com, sylvie@coolmojito.com
Web Site: http://www.coolmojito.com
You can create a custom Facebook page with professionally designed templates. The page can be completely customized with drag-and-drop apps for just about anything including photos, videos, ecommerce store, and campaigns.
DAVENPORT, Fla., Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- On November 30th, Cool Mojito (http://www.coolmojito.com) will be going live with its drag-and-drop Facebook page creator. The tool uses a variety of apps to allow anyone to create fan pages with just about any kind of content you can think of without writing even a single line of code.
You can start off by selecting from several professionally designed templates. The templates are completely customizable to allow you to change their content including menu, background, banners, photos, etc.
There are also a variety of drag-and-drop apps that allow you to change the page layout and design, add video, audio, maps, games, campaigns, and even ecommerce stores. The Campaign app allows you to build a downloadable database of leads that responds to your campaign or contest. The ecommerce store is already integrated with PayPal and allows you to collect payment in any currency. This creates completely interactive Facebook pages that allow you to capture leads and monetize your page on Facebook.
The software includes analytics to allow you to see who is visiting your page and lets you drill down to more details. It's also completely multilingual with English, Spanish, and French available when it launches. Other languages will be added regularly to the software.
Cool Mojito is Free and has been in beta for some months now. When it goes live on November 30th it will be releasing paid plans in addition to its free plan.
Businesses use Cool Mojito to create custom Facebook Fanpages with no coding. Entrepreneurs, entertainers, and brands use Cool Mojito to build and market their brands on Facebook and other leading social media sites like Twitter and LinkedIn. The product is also used to build storefronts and campaigns on Facebook Fan pages. The company has offices in Orlando, Florida and Barcelona, Spain.
For further information, please contact us:
sales@coolmojito.com
http://www.coolmojito.com
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SOURCE Cool Mojito
Cool Mojito
CONTACT: Sylvie Hall, +1-786-206-7284, http://www.coolmojito.com, sylvie@coolmojito.com
Web Site: http://www.coolmojito.com
Fusion SEO Goes Live With SeoMaryland.org, Bringing a Fresh, Results-Based Search Engine Optimization Consulting Business Model to Maryland and Beyond
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 6:21:01 AM
Fusion SEO Goes Live With SeoMaryland.org, Bringing a Fresh, Results-Based Search Engine Optimization Consulting Business Model to Maryland and Beyond
Evan Featherstone, long-time search engine optimization consultant, and entrepreneur, has launched Fusion SEO, with the vision of having SeoMaryland.org be the future benchmark of local, results-based web marketing consulting
BALTIMORE, Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Evan Featherstone, President and Owner of Fusion SEO, has been designing, optimizing, and monetizing websites for over 10 years. A long-time freelance consultant and web-based entrepreneur, Featherstone began planning the launch of Fusion SEO in early 2009. This planning was born of his observing the lack of solid, results-based Search Engine Marketing solutions for companies. Featherstone's contention is that the vast majority of SEO companies operate under the guise of being knowledgeable, while really their services are more smoke and mirrors than anything else--expensive ones.
The above in mind, Featherstone set out to refine honest, white-label SEO best practices, that would achieve real, measurable results for businesses, without breaking the bank. One central tenet of FUSION SEO's business model is to custom-tailor SEO packages for each client. A second tenet is to never charge such things as "set-up" fees. This is a common practice among SEO firms, where companies routinely charge clients up to $800, just for what they call set-up. A third tenet of Fusion SEO's business approach is to always deliver real, measurable results to its clients.
Featherstone envisions Fusion SEO as the future benchmark of local, results-based Search Engine Optimization Consulting. He strives to realize this vision by becoming the SEO company that will meet you in person, shake your hand, and put a face to a name, so to speak. With Fusion SEO rapidly growing, he maintains the need to not lose sight of that vision, adhering closely to its results-based approach, and growing the business, one state at a time.
Fusion SEO has been in business since 2009, and specializes in providing businesses with cutting- edge Search Engine Optimization solutions, with each SEO plan custom-tailored for each client's goals, needs, and budget.
Website: http://www.seomaryland.org
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SOURCE Fusion SEO
Fusion SEO
CONTACT: CONTACT: Evan Featherstone, Fusion SEO, 1-866-349-9099, http://www.seomaryland.org, info@fusionseo.org
Web Site: http://www.seomaryland.org
Evan Featherstone, long-time search engine optimization consultant, and entrepreneur, has launched Fusion SEO, with the vision of having SeoMaryland.org be the future benchmark of local, results-based web marketing consulting
BALTIMORE, Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Evan Featherstone, President and Owner of Fusion SEO, has been designing, optimizing, and monetizing websites for over 10 years. A long-time freelance consultant and web-based entrepreneur, Featherstone began planning the launch of Fusion SEO in early 2009. This planning was born of his observing the lack of solid, results-based Search Engine Marketing solutions for companies. Featherstone's contention is that the vast majority of SEO companies operate under the guise of being knowledgeable, while really their services are more smoke and mirrors than anything else--expensive ones.
The above in mind, Featherstone set out to refine honest, white-label SEO best practices, that would achieve real, measurable results for businesses, without breaking the bank. One central tenet of FUSION SEO's business model is to custom-tailor SEO packages for each client. A second tenet is to never charge such things as "set-up" fees. This is a common practice among SEO firms, where companies routinely charge clients up to $800, just for what they call set-up. A third tenet of Fusion SEO's business approach is to always deliver real, measurable results to its clients.
Featherstone envisions Fusion SEO as the future benchmark of local, results-based Search Engine Optimization Consulting. He strives to realize this vision by becoming the SEO company that will meet you in person, shake your hand, and put a face to a name, so to speak. With Fusion SEO rapidly growing, he maintains the need to not lose sight of that vision, adhering closely to its results-based approach, and growing the business, one state at a time.
Fusion SEO has been in business since 2009, and specializes in providing businesses with cutting- edge Search Engine Optimization solutions, with each SEO plan custom-tailored for each client's goals, needs, and budget.
Website: http://www.seomaryland.org
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SOURCE Fusion SEO
Fusion SEO
CONTACT: CONTACT: Evan Featherstone, Fusion SEO, 1-866-349-9099, http://www.seomaryland.org, info@fusionseo.org
Web Site: http://www.seomaryland.org
SpotOption Opens Branch in Asia
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 6:14:02 AM
SpotOption Opens Branch in Asia
NICOSIA, Cyprus, November 30, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
- Leading Binary Options platform provider, SpotOption Ltd., has emphasized world-wide
presence by opening another office in Tokyo, Japan.
As a response to the huge success of SpotOption Ltd's Binary Options platform in Asia,
SpotOption has localized themselves to be even more available and accessible to Asian
online operators looking to start their own Binary Options business.
SpotOption's first Japanese label, Option-Game, has become one of the most successful
brands, due to the overwhelming interest of Asian traders and gamers who have finally
found a Japanese outlet to trade Binary Options. As Japan has surpassed expectations for
the demand by its people to invest in Binary Options, the next logical step was to open an
office with Japanese representatives to expand operations efficiently.
As a global platform provider, SpotOption has added clients from all over the world,
and numerous, localized Binary Option websites powered by the SpotOption engine
(SpotOpt01.2) can be seen in Eastern and Western Europe, Asia, North and South America,
South Africa, and the Middle East.
"Binary Options has made such a dramatic entrance world-wide, but Japan really
surprised us by it's eagerness to join," says Pini Peter, founder of SpotOption. "Online
operators should strike while the iron is hot, and take advantage of this opportunity
while competition is still relatively low, and demand so high."
Contact:
Tammy Levy
Director of Marketing
T: +357-24-022455
E:tammyl@spotoption.com
http://www.spotoption.com
Source: SpotOption Ltd.
.
NICOSIA, Cyprus, November 30, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
- Leading Binary Options platform provider, SpotOption Ltd., has emphasized world-wide
presence by opening another office in Tokyo, Japan.
As a response to the huge success of SpotOption Ltd's Binary Options platform in Asia,
SpotOption has localized themselves to be even more available and accessible to Asian
online operators looking to start their own Binary Options business.
SpotOption's first Japanese label, Option-Game, has become one of the most successful
brands, due to the overwhelming interest of Asian traders and gamers who have finally
found a Japanese outlet to trade Binary Options. As Japan has surpassed expectations for
the demand by its people to invest in Binary Options, the next logical step was to open an
office with Japanese representatives to expand operations efficiently.
As a global platform provider, SpotOption has added clients from all over the world,
and numerous, localized Binary Option websites powered by the SpotOption engine
(SpotOpt01.2) can be seen in Eastern and Western Europe, Asia, North and South America,
South Africa, and the Middle East.
"Binary Options has made such a dramatic entrance world-wide, but Japan really
surprised us by it's eagerness to join," says Pini Peter, founder of SpotOption. "Online
operators should strike while the iron is hot, and take advantage of this opportunity
while competition is still relatively low, and demand so high."
Contact:
Tammy Levy
Director of Marketing
T: +357-24-022455
E:tammyl@spotoption.com
http://www.spotoption.com
Source: SpotOption Ltd.
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Lexon Technologies Acquired by Liveplex Co. Ltd.
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 6:14:02 AM
Lexon Technologies Acquired by Liveplex Co. Ltd.
- $2,500,000 Subscription Completed -
- Social Networking, Online Games Business Plan to be Implemented -
LA MIRADA, Calif., Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Lexon Technologies, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board LEXO) today announced the completion of the acquisition of the Company by Liveplex Co. Ltd. (a South Korean based online game developer and publisher). Deal terms include an initial investment of $2,500,000 for 6,000,000 new restricted shares of the Company. Further details can be found in the 8-K Filing of November 25, 2011. In addition, the company name will be changed to Social Planet Inc. as soon as practicable.
James Park, now the former CEO of Lexon Technologies stated, "In the best interests of our shareholders, we found what we believe to be the best candidate to acquire our company. Liveplex is a publicly traded company in Korea, has a global presence with their online games, is well funded and has the infrastructure both operationally and financially to execute ambitious growth plans in the United States."
Kali Kim, the CEO of Liveplex stated, "We are excited to implement a business strategy based on social networking, online games launching our proprietary games in the United States, and acquiring companies throughout the world through this public vehicle."
Subject to the deal terms mentioned, the current Directors have resigned from the Board and current management has also resigned as officers of the Company. More details will be provided in subsequent 8-K disclosures.
ABOUT LIVEPLEX CO. LTD.
Liveplex is an online game developer and publisher and is a publicly traded company on the South Korean KOSDAQ market (050120.KQ). Current games include The Invincible, Genghis Khan, Dragona, Grand Fantasia and Weapons of War. In addition, Liveplex owns a leading online game site (Gameclub.com) in the Philippines which to date has approximately 25,000,000 registered users.
SOURCE Lexon Technologies, Inc.
Lexon Technologies, Inc.
CONTACT: Lexon Technologies, Inc., info@lexontech.com
- $2,500,000 Subscription Completed -
- Social Networking, Online Games Business Plan to be Implemented -
LA MIRADA, Calif., Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Lexon Technologies, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board LEXO) today announced the completion of the acquisition of the Company by Liveplex Co. Ltd. (a South Korean based online game developer and publisher). Deal terms include an initial investment of $2,500,000 for 6,000,000 new restricted shares of the Company. Further details can be found in the 8-K Filing of November 25, 2011. In addition, the company name will be changed to Social Planet Inc. as soon as practicable.
James Park, now the former CEO of Lexon Technologies stated, "In the best interests of our shareholders, we found what we believe to be the best candidate to acquire our company. Liveplex is a publicly traded company in Korea, has a global presence with their online games, is well funded and has the infrastructure both operationally and financially to execute ambitious growth plans in the United States."
Kali Kim, the CEO of Liveplex stated, "We are excited to implement a business strategy based on social networking, online games launching our proprietary games in the United States, and acquiring companies throughout the world through this public vehicle."
Subject to the deal terms mentioned, the current Directors have resigned from the Board and current management has also resigned as officers of the Company. More details will be provided in subsequent 8-K disclosures.
ABOUT LIVEPLEX CO. LTD.
Liveplex is an online game developer and publisher and is a publicly traded company on the South Korean KOSDAQ market (050120.KQ). Current games include The Invincible, Genghis Khan, Dragona, Grand Fantasia and Weapons of War. In addition, Liveplex owns a leading online game site (Gameclub.com) in the Philippines which to date has approximately 25,000,000 registered users.
SOURCE Lexon Technologies, Inc.
Lexon Technologies, Inc.
CONTACT: Lexon Technologies, Inc., info@lexontech.com
MobileIron 4.5: The Most Complete Android Security Platform
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 6:14:02 AM
MobileIron 4.5: The Most Complete Android Security Platform
MobileIron Also Announces Integrations with Samsung and Cisco
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- MobileIron (http://www.mobileiron.com), the innovator in enterprise management and security for mobile devices and apps, today announced global availability of MobileIron 4.5, which provides the deepest security on the broadest set of Android devices. With support for Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and technology partnerships with Android leaders Samsung and Cisco, MobileIron gives enterprise IT departments the most complete Android security platform.
"In 2012, there will be a massive influx of Android devices into the enterprise and, as companies are planning their mobile strategies, it is important for them to know that they can count on enterprise-grade security across those devices," said Ojas Rege, VP of Products, MobileIron. "Android adoption is accelerating, but IT has been worried about data loss and the cost of fragmentation. With MobileIron 4.5, we are unifying the Android enterprise ecosystem for IT by securing data at rest and data in motion. Now, IT can deploy Android with confidence."
MobileIron 4.5 features include:
-- Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) security: MobileIron is the first MDM
vendor to support the latest Android enterprise functionality.
-- Encryption enforcement for data at rest: With MobileIron, IT can set
encryption policies for Samsung GALAXY devices as well as those devices
running Android 3.0 and above.
-- Secure SSL VPN connectivity for data in motion: MobileIron is the first
MDM vendor to deliver an enterprise VPN experience for Android. Via
integration with Cisco AnyConnect, IT can centrally provision the
AnyConnect VPN client through MobileIron, including certificates for
authentication and security.
-- Exchange account configuration with certificates: For Samsung GALAXY S
II, GALAXY Tab 8.9 / 10.1 and GALAXY Note, IT can authenticate device
posture and user identity using certificates with MobileIron. This
allows end-users to utilize the native e-mail, contacts, calendar, and
tasks apps, thereby preserving the user experience.
-- Single MobileIron client for all Android devices: MobileIron simplifies
deployment by having a single Android client for all devices. Users do
not have to choose from multiple versions of the client to determine the
right one for their device.
-- Notification upon removal of Android administrative privileges:
MobileIron notifications are triggered if a user removes administrative
privileges. As a result, IT can detect devices that are no longer
managed and remediate accordingly.
-- Hardware lockdown: IT can disable hardware capabilities through
MobileIron by restricting camera, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth functions in high
security environments.
Android Ecosystem Partnerships
Samsung: Integration for greater security
Together with Samsung, the MobileIron solution bridges the gap between the security and control IT needs and the experience end-users demand. MobileIron has integrated with the Enterprise SDK provided by Samsung to deliver key security features for Android, including setting encryption policies, Exchange account configurations with certificates, and restrictions for camera, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. These capabilities are available on Samsung GALAXY S II, GALAXY Tab 8.9 / 10.1, and GALAXY Note.
Cisco AnyConnect: First VPN experience for Android
The technology integration with Cisco AnyConnect makes MobileIron the first MDM and security vendor to deliver an enterprise VPN experience for Android. MobiIeIron is fully integrated with Cisco AnyConnect, which allows IT to centrally provision the AnyConnect client, including the use of certificates for authentication and security. The Cisco AnyConnect integration currently supports Samsung GALAXY S II, GALAXY Tab 8.9 / 10.1, and GALAXY Note devices. Integration with HTC is coming soon.
Cisco Cius(TM): Tested and certified
MobileIron has tested and certified the Cisco Cius, an Android-based mobile collaboration platform built for business. With MobileIron's Cius support, enterprise IT departments can now integrate Cius into their fleet of mobile devices, unifying security, email access and app distribution.
About MobileIron
Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of Gartner, Inc.'s Magic Quadrant for Mobile Device Management Software 2011, MobileIron is solving the problems CIOs face as business data and applications move to smartphones and tablets. The MobileIron Virtual Smartphone Platform and the MobileIron Connected Cloud are the first solutions to give IT and users real-time intelligence and control over mobile content, activity, and apps in order to secure the enterprise, reduce wireless cost, and improve the mobile user experience. For more information, please visit http://www.mobileiron.com.
SOURCE MobileIron
MobileIron
CONTACT: Clarissa Horowitz, Director of Communications, MobileIron, +1-415-608-6825, http://www.mobileiron.com
Web Site: http://www.mobileiron.com
MobileIron Also Announces Integrations with Samsung and Cisco
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- MobileIron (http://www.mobileiron.com), the innovator in enterprise management and security for mobile devices and apps, today announced global availability of MobileIron 4.5, which provides the deepest security on the broadest set of Android devices. With support for Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and technology partnerships with Android leaders Samsung and Cisco, MobileIron gives enterprise IT departments the most complete Android security platform.
"In 2012, there will be a massive influx of Android devices into the enterprise and, as companies are planning their mobile strategies, it is important for them to know that they can count on enterprise-grade security across those devices," said Ojas Rege, VP of Products, MobileIron. "Android adoption is accelerating, but IT has been worried about data loss and the cost of fragmentation. With MobileIron 4.5, we are unifying the Android enterprise ecosystem for IT by securing data at rest and data in motion. Now, IT can deploy Android with confidence."
MobileIron 4.5 features include:
-- Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) security: MobileIron is the first MDM
vendor to support the latest Android enterprise functionality.
-- Encryption enforcement for data at rest: With MobileIron, IT can set
encryption policies for Samsung GALAXY devices as well as those devices
running Android 3.0 and above.
-- Secure SSL VPN connectivity for data in motion: MobileIron is the first
MDM vendor to deliver an enterprise VPN experience for Android. Via
integration with Cisco AnyConnect, IT can centrally provision the
AnyConnect VPN client through MobileIron, including certificates for
authentication and security.
-- Exchange account configuration with certificates: For Samsung GALAXY S
II, GALAXY Tab 8.9 / 10.1 and GALAXY Note, IT can authenticate device
posture and user identity using certificates with MobileIron. This
allows end-users to utilize the native e-mail, contacts, calendar, and
tasks apps, thereby preserving the user experience.
-- Single MobileIron client for all Android devices: MobileIron simplifies
deployment by having a single Android client for all devices. Users do
not have to choose from multiple versions of the client to determine the
right one for their device.
-- Notification upon removal of Android administrative privileges:
MobileIron notifications are triggered if a user removes administrative
privileges. As a result, IT can detect devices that are no longer
managed and remediate accordingly.
-- Hardware lockdown: IT can disable hardware capabilities through
MobileIron by restricting camera, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth functions in high
security environments.
Android Ecosystem Partnerships
Samsung: Integration for greater security
Together with Samsung, the MobileIron solution bridges the gap between the security and control IT needs and the experience end-users demand. MobileIron has integrated with the Enterprise SDK provided by Samsung to deliver key security features for Android, including setting encryption policies, Exchange account configurations with certificates, and restrictions for camera, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. These capabilities are available on Samsung GALAXY S II, GALAXY Tab 8.9 / 10.1, and GALAXY Note.
Cisco AnyConnect: First VPN experience for Android
The technology integration with Cisco AnyConnect makes MobileIron the first MDM and security vendor to deliver an enterprise VPN experience for Android. MobiIeIron is fully integrated with Cisco AnyConnect, which allows IT to centrally provision the AnyConnect client, including the use of certificates for authentication and security. The Cisco AnyConnect integration currently supports Samsung GALAXY S II, GALAXY Tab 8.9 / 10.1, and GALAXY Note devices. Integration with HTC is coming soon.
Cisco Cius(TM): Tested and certified
MobileIron has tested and certified the Cisco Cius, an Android-based mobile collaboration platform built for business. With MobileIron's Cius support, enterprise IT departments can now integrate Cius into their fleet of mobile devices, unifying security, email access and app distribution.
About MobileIron
Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of Gartner, Inc.'s Magic Quadrant for Mobile Device Management Software 2011, MobileIron is solving the problems CIOs face as business data and applications move to smartphones and tablets. The MobileIron Virtual Smartphone Platform and the MobileIron Connected Cloud are the first solutions to give IT and users real-time intelligence and control over mobile content, activity, and apps in order to secure the enterprise, reduce wireless cost, and improve the mobile user experience. For more information, please visit http://www.mobileiron.com.
SOURCE MobileIron
MobileIron
CONTACT: Clarissa Horowitz, Director of Communications, MobileIron, +1-415-608-6825, http://www.mobileiron.com
Web Site: http://www.mobileiron.com
AdvisorOne Partners With BROKERHUNTER.com on Online Recruiting Tool, News for Advisors
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 6:14:02 AM
AdvisorOne Partners With BROKERHUNTER.com on Online Recruiting Tool, News for Advisors
NEW YORK, Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- AdvisorOne.com, the premier online destination for financial advisors of all kinds published by Summit Business Media, and BROKERHUNTER.com, the industry-leading job board provider, have launched a partnership under which AdvisorOne readers have gained access to BROKERHUNTER's geographically driven job search tool. In addition, BROKERHUNTER.com users now have direct access to AdvisorOne.com and its Summit Business Media sister publications -- including LifeHealthPro.com and BenefitsPro.com -- for constantly updated news and analysis for advisors.
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BROKERHUNTER.com President Steve Testerman says that the partnership "will add to the already rich sources of information provided by the Summit Business Media websites. It is designed for busy financial services professionals in banking, insurance and securities who don't have time to surf multiple sites to obtain the information they need to manage their business and their careers."
Jamie Green, editor of AdvisorOne.com and editorial director of SBM's Investment Advisor Group, added that "the BROKERHUNTER.com tool, called the Job Center on AdvisorOne, is a significant addition to AdvisorOne's rich set of news, analysis and applications that help advisors be more efficient and informed. We're very pleased to offer to our readers BROKERHUNTER's leading-edge job search tool for the financial services community."
With some 35% of all Internet traffic related to careers and job searches, providing easy access to BROKERHUNTER.com's tools will provide immediate and ongoing benefits to AdvisorOne's and all of Summit Business Media's professional advisor readers.
The multifaceted tool matches BROKERHUNTER's knowledge of candidates' behavior and needs with its unparalleled access to those firms looking to recruit qualified professionals, providing ease of use for both those firms and advisors. AdvisorOne's news, commentary and analysis will provide the added benefit of keeping BROKERHUNTER's users up to date with actionable practice management and business-building advice.
About Summit Business Media
AdvisorOne.com is a Summit Business Media property. Summit Business Media is the leading B2B media and information company serving the insurance, financial services, legal and investment advisory markets. Summit strives to be "The Next Generation of Business Information" for executives and practitioners by providing breaking news and analysis, in-depth practice management strategies, business-building techniques and actionable data. Summit services the information needs of its customers through numerous channels, including digital, print, and live events. For more information, please visit summitbusinessmedia.com.
About BROKERHUNTER.com
BROKERHUNTER.com was founded in 1999 by a team with experience in information technology, securities, and recruiting who saw a need for an Internet-based recruiting solution in the rapidly changing financial services industry. BROKERHUNTER is a leading employment website serving the securities, insurance and banking sectors. Within these sectors BROKERHUNTER addresses the career needs of a wide range of financial services disciplines and job types. For more information, please visit brokerhunter.com.
Available Topic Expert(s): For information on the listed expert(s), click appropriate link.
James J Green
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Summit Business Media
CONTACT: Jeff Testerman, BROKERHUNTER.com, +1-888-955-6795 x202, jeff@brokerhunter.com; or James J. Green, AdvisorOne/Summit Business Media, +1-201-526-2344, jgreen@sbmedia.com
Web Site: http://www.summitbusinessmedia.com
NEW YORK, Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- AdvisorOne.com, the premier online destination for financial advisors of all kinds published by Summit Business Media, and BROKERHUNTER.com, the industry-leading job board provider, have launched a partnership under which AdvisorOne readers have gained access to BROKERHUNTER's geographically driven job search tool. In addition, BROKERHUNTER.com users now have direct access to AdvisorOne.com and its Summit Business Media sister publications -- including LifeHealthPro.com and BenefitsPro.com -- for constantly updated news and analysis for advisors.
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BROKERHUNTER.com President Steve Testerman says that the partnership "will add to the already rich sources of information provided by the Summit Business Media websites. It is designed for busy financial services professionals in banking, insurance and securities who don't have time to surf multiple sites to obtain the information they need to manage their business and their careers."
Jamie Green, editor of AdvisorOne.com and editorial director of SBM's Investment Advisor Group, added that "the BROKERHUNTER.com tool, called the Job Center on AdvisorOne, is a significant addition to AdvisorOne's rich set of news, analysis and applications that help advisors be more efficient and informed. We're very pleased to offer to our readers BROKERHUNTER's leading-edge job search tool for the financial services community."
With some 35% of all Internet traffic related to careers and job searches, providing easy access to BROKERHUNTER.com's tools will provide immediate and ongoing benefits to AdvisorOne's and all of Summit Business Media's professional advisor readers.
The multifaceted tool matches BROKERHUNTER's knowledge of candidates' behavior and needs with its unparalleled access to those firms looking to recruit qualified professionals, providing ease of use for both those firms and advisors. AdvisorOne's news, commentary and analysis will provide the added benefit of keeping BROKERHUNTER's users up to date with actionable practice management and business-building advice.
About Summit Business Media
AdvisorOne.com is a Summit Business Media property. Summit Business Media is the leading B2B media and information company serving the insurance, financial services, legal and investment advisory markets. Summit strives to be "The Next Generation of Business Information" for executives and practitioners by providing breaking news and analysis, in-depth practice management strategies, business-building techniques and actionable data. Summit services the information needs of its customers through numerous channels, including digital, print, and live events. For more information, please visit summitbusinessmedia.com.
About BROKERHUNTER.com
BROKERHUNTER.com was founded in 1999 by a team with experience in information technology, securities, and recruiting who saw a need for an Internet-based recruiting solution in the rapidly changing financial services industry. BROKERHUNTER is a leading employment website serving the securities, insurance and banking sectors. Within these sectors BROKERHUNTER addresses the career needs of a wide range of financial services disciplines and job types. For more information, please visit brokerhunter.com.
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James J Green
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Summit Business Media
CONTACT: Jeff Testerman, BROKERHUNTER.com, +1-888-955-6795 x202, jeff@brokerhunter.com; or James J. Green, AdvisorOne/Summit Business Media, +1-201-526-2344, jgreen@sbmedia.com
Web Site: http://www.summitbusinessmedia.com
Tagetik Opens Up in Australia
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 4:07:01 AM
Tagetik Opens Up in Australia
SYDNEY and LUCCA, Italy, November 30, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
Tagetik's Performance Management software goes eastwards
reaching Australia with a new exclusive distribution channel
Tagetik, a global provider of enterprise software solutions for Performance
Management, Governance, Risk & Compliance and Business Intelligence, today announced the
opening of a new operation in Australia, establishing its global reach in more than 80% of
the industrialized world and confirming its rapid business growth internationally.
The brand-new 'Tagetik Australia' (http://www.tagetik.com.au) will provide medium
to large organisations across all industries with the support and expertise they require
to implement, manage and improve their planning, budgeting, forecasting, reporting,
consolidation and corporate performance processes. Heading the new operation and based in
Sydney is Geoff Noble, veteran of the corporate performance management industry in
Australia with a reputation for solving problems and streamlining complex business
processes for customers. As Country Manager, Geoff will report directly to Tagetik's Chief
Operating Officer, Manuel Vellutini, and will be responsible for the development of the
Tagetik brand, products and partnerships within the Australian market.
"Australia is a very mature market for corporate performance management software with
highly sophisticated needs," says Geoff Noble, Country Manager at Tagetik Australia.
"Customers are ready for a new generation product and we chose Tagetik for its exciting
vision, strong unified product and a reputation for high customer satisfaction. We will be
bringing Tagetik to Australian customers directly and through partnerships with leading
consulting companies and 'boutique' performance management specialists."
"Geoff and I have worked together with large organisations including Lion Nathan,
Macquarie Bank, Boral, Nufarm, Sony, and Mirvac," adds Brendan Aspery, Consulting Manager
at Tagetik Australia. "Our goal has always been to simplify the complex in budgeting and
financial consolidation processes and the Tagetik software embodies that perfectly. The
built-in functionality in a single product will help us and our partners bring a whole new
level of capability, reliability and governance to Australian customers."
"At Tagetik, we are consolidating our global scope in the European and North-American
markets all while starting to expand market presence eastwards in Asia and Australia,"
explains Manuel Vellutini, Chief Operating Officer at Tagetik. "Our selected channel
distributors are giving us the right scalability to implement the software worldwide,
seamlessly supporting customers anywhere they do business. And Tagetik's brand-new
Australian operation will bring a deep, tremendous expertise in Finance and Performance
Management allowing us to serve customers with the best solutions, implementations and
support services as well as improve our network skills with specialized competences and
product enhancements."
About Tagetik
Tagetik is 100% dedicated to simplifying and streamlining business processes for the
Office of Finance to accelerate informed decisions that achieve strategic goals. Our
award-winning Tagetik 4.0 Performance Management software is the ideal solution for global
companies that seek a clearly superior level of financial expertise in a single unified
solution for planning, forecasting, consolidation, close, reporting, profitability
management, disclosure, governance, risk, compliance, and analysis.
Tagetik is a rapidly growing global company with operations in more than 20 countries
and 500 customers yet provides a "boutique" experience by focusing solely on the needs of
finance and doing it better than anyone else. To learn more: http://www.tagetik.com
Follow @Tagetik [http://twitter.com/#!/tagetik ] on Twitter, join the Tagetik
Experience [http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid4466 ] group on LinkedIn
and/or watch Tagetik's Channel [http://www.youtube.com/TagetikCorporate ] on YouTube.
Tagetik Corporate Press Contacts:
Elisabetta Pierallini
Luca Pieretti
+39(0)583-96811
press@tagetik.com
Australia Press Contact:
Geoff Noble
Country Manager
+61(0)400-508-414
geoffnoble@int.tagetik.com
Tagetik UK Press Contact:
Paul Burtenshaw
+44(0)203-1784526
paulburtenshaw@tagetik.com
Tagetik US Press Contact:
Alessandra Gamba
+1-203-391-7520
alessandragamba@tagetik.com
Source: Tagetik
.
SYDNEY and LUCCA, Italy, November 30, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
Tagetik's Performance Management software goes eastwards
reaching Australia with a new exclusive distribution channel
Tagetik, a global provider of enterprise software solutions for Performance
Management, Governance, Risk & Compliance and Business Intelligence, today announced the
opening of a new operation in Australia, establishing its global reach in more than 80% of
the industrialized world and confirming its rapid business growth internationally.
The brand-new 'Tagetik Australia' (http://www.tagetik.com.au) will provide medium
to large organisations across all industries with the support and expertise they require
to implement, manage and improve their planning, budgeting, forecasting, reporting,
consolidation and corporate performance processes. Heading the new operation and based in
Sydney is Geoff Noble, veteran of the corporate performance management industry in
Australia with a reputation for solving problems and streamlining complex business
processes for customers. As Country Manager, Geoff will report directly to Tagetik's Chief
Operating Officer, Manuel Vellutini, and will be responsible for the development of the
Tagetik brand, products and partnerships within the Australian market.
"Australia is a very mature market for corporate performance management software with
highly sophisticated needs," says Geoff Noble, Country Manager at Tagetik Australia.
"Customers are ready for a new generation product and we chose Tagetik for its exciting
vision, strong unified product and a reputation for high customer satisfaction. We will be
bringing Tagetik to Australian customers directly and through partnerships with leading
consulting companies and 'boutique' performance management specialists."
"Geoff and I have worked together with large organisations including Lion Nathan,
Macquarie Bank, Boral, Nufarm, Sony, and Mirvac," adds Brendan Aspery, Consulting Manager
at Tagetik Australia. "Our goal has always been to simplify the complex in budgeting and
financial consolidation processes and the Tagetik software embodies that perfectly. The
built-in functionality in a single product will help us and our partners bring a whole new
level of capability, reliability and governance to Australian customers."
"At Tagetik, we are consolidating our global scope in the European and North-American
markets all while starting to expand market presence eastwards in Asia and Australia,"
explains Manuel Vellutini, Chief Operating Officer at Tagetik. "Our selected channel
distributors are giving us the right scalability to implement the software worldwide,
seamlessly supporting customers anywhere they do business. And Tagetik's brand-new
Australian operation will bring a deep, tremendous expertise in Finance and Performance
Management allowing us to serve customers with the best solutions, implementations and
support services as well as improve our network skills with specialized competences and
product enhancements."
About Tagetik
Tagetik is 100% dedicated to simplifying and streamlining business processes for the
Office of Finance to accelerate informed decisions that achieve strategic goals. Our
award-winning Tagetik 4.0 Performance Management software is the ideal solution for global
companies that seek a clearly superior level of financial expertise in a single unified
solution for planning, forecasting, consolidation, close, reporting, profitability
management, disclosure, governance, risk, compliance, and analysis.
Tagetik is a rapidly growing global company with operations in more than 20 countries
and 500 customers yet provides a "boutique" experience by focusing solely on the needs of
finance and doing it better than anyone else. To learn more: http://www.tagetik.com
Follow @Tagetik [http://twitter.com/#!/tagetik ] on Twitter, join the Tagetik
Experience [http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid4466 ] group on LinkedIn
and/or watch Tagetik's Channel [http://www.youtube.com/TagetikCorporate ] on YouTube.
Tagetik Corporate Press Contacts:
Elisabetta Pierallini
Luca Pieretti
+39(0)583-96811
press@tagetik.com
Australia Press Contact:
Geoff Noble
Country Manager
+61(0)400-508-414
geoffnoble@int.tagetik.com
Tagetik UK Press Contact:
Paul Burtenshaw
+44(0)203-1784526
paulburtenshaw@tagetik.com
Tagetik US Press Contact:
Alessandra Gamba
+1-203-391-7520
alessandragamba@tagetik.com
Source: Tagetik
.
ReportsnReports - Analysis of The Enterprise Voice and Unified Messaging Platform Markets
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 3:28:01 AM
ReportsnReports - Analysis of The Enterprise Voice and Unified Messaging Platform Markets
DALLAS, November 30, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
ReportsnReports adds new market research report 'Analysis of The Enterprise Voice and
Unified Messaging Platform Markets' to its store. This analysis provides an insight into
voice messaging (VM) and unified messaging (UM) markets, with an emphasis on the latter.
With a specific focus on customer premises equipment (CPE)-based unified messaging and
voice messaging solutions, the analysis highlights key technology and market trends and
provides profiles and competitive analysis of selected vendors. It also provides current
and forecasted revenues for the VM/UM market, current and forecasted shipment information
for the UM market, and market share analysis of the messaging vendors. The study can help
vendors and channel partners develop sustainable business strategies and position their
products and solutions more competitively.
During the last two to three years, the total enterprise voice and unified messaging
markets have been changing considerably due to continuous shifting market dynamics. There
has been important industry consolidation and portfolio alignment activities among
communication and messaging vendors. Avaya bought Nortel and released a well-organized
messaging roadmap; Avaya also bought Adomo to leverage the acquired technology to develop
Avaya Aura Messaging; AVST acquired Active Voice from NEC and established a long-term OEM
agreement with the aforementioned. Finally, almost all communication vendors included the
UM piece of their solutions as a component of larger UC architectures and bundles.
Request A Sample or Inquire Before Buying this report @
http://www.reportsnreports.com/reports/140376-analysis-of-the-enterprise-voice-and-unified-messaging-platform-markets.html
Table of Contents
- Executive Summary
Executive Summary
Market Engineering Measurements
CEO's Perspective
- Market Overview
Research Scope and Methodology
Definitions
Key Questions This Study Will Answer
State of the Market
Segmentation
- Trends Affecting Voice and Unified Messaging
- External Challenges: Drivers and Restraints - Enterprise Voice and Unified
Messaging Platform Market Drivers - Impact and Duration
Drivers Explained
Restraints - Impact and Duration
Restraints Explained
- Forecasts and Trends - Enterprise Voice and Unified Messaging Platform Market
Market Engineering Measurements
Forecast Assumptions
Seat Shipment and Revenue Forecast
- Pricing Trends
Pricing Trends
- Demand Analysis
Demand Analysis
- Market Share and Competitive Analysis - Enterprise Voice and Unified Messaging
Platform Market Competitive Analysis - Market Share
Market Share Evolution
Competitive Environment
Competitive Factors and Assesment
- Enterprise Messaging Vendor Profiles
Alcatel-Lucent
Avaya
AVST
Cisco
IBM
Interactive Intelligence
Microsoft
Mitel
Siemens Enterprise Communications
Toshiba
- Strategic Recommendations
Strategic Recommendations
The Last Word
- Appendix
Get your copy of the report 'Analysis of The Enterprise Voice and Unified Messaging
Platform Markets' @
http://www.reportsnreports.com/reports/140376-analysis-of-the-enterprise-voice-and-unified-messaging-platform-markets.html
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.
DALLAS, November 30, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
ReportsnReports adds new market research report 'Analysis of The Enterprise Voice and
Unified Messaging Platform Markets' to its store. This analysis provides an insight into
voice messaging (VM) and unified messaging (UM) markets, with an emphasis on the latter.
With a specific focus on customer premises equipment (CPE)-based unified messaging and
voice messaging solutions, the analysis highlights key technology and market trends and
provides profiles and competitive analysis of selected vendors. It also provides current
and forecasted revenues for the VM/UM market, current and forecasted shipment information
for the UM market, and market share analysis of the messaging vendors. The study can help
vendors and channel partners develop sustainable business strategies and position their
products and solutions more competitively.
During the last two to three years, the total enterprise voice and unified messaging
markets have been changing considerably due to continuous shifting market dynamics. There
has been important industry consolidation and portfolio alignment activities among
communication and messaging vendors. Avaya bought Nortel and released a well-organized
messaging roadmap; Avaya also bought Adomo to leverage the acquired technology to develop
Avaya Aura Messaging; AVST acquired Active Voice from NEC and established a long-term OEM
agreement with the aforementioned. Finally, almost all communication vendors included the
UM piece of their solutions as a component of larger UC architectures and bundles.
Request A Sample or Inquire Before Buying this report @
http://www.reportsnreports.com/reports/140376-analysis-of-the-enterprise-voice-and-unified-messaging-platform-markets.html
Table of Contents
- Executive Summary
Executive Summary
Market Engineering Measurements
CEO's Perspective
- Market Overview
Research Scope and Methodology
Definitions
Key Questions This Study Will Answer
State of the Market
Segmentation
- Trends Affecting Voice and Unified Messaging
- External Challenges: Drivers and Restraints - Enterprise Voice and Unified
Messaging Platform Market Drivers - Impact and Duration
Drivers Explained
Restraints - Impact and Duration
Restraints Explained
- Forecasts and Trends - Enterprise Voice and Unified Messaging Platform Market
Market Engineering Measurements
Forecast Assumptions
Seat Shipment and Revenue Forecast
- Pricing Trends
Pricing Trends
- Demand Analysis
Demand Analysis
- Market Share and Competitive Analysis - Enterprise Voice and Unified Messaging
Platform Market Competitive Analysis - Market Share
Market Share Evolution
Competitive Environment
Competitive Factors and Assesment
- Enterprise Messaging Vendor Profiles
Alcatel-Lucent
Avaya
AVST
Cisco
IBM
Interactive Intelligence
Microsoft
Mitel
Siemens Enterprise Communications
Toshiba
- Strategic Recommendations
Strategic Recommendations
The Last Word
- Appendix
Get your copy of the report 'Analysis of The Enterprise Voice and Unified Messaging
Platform Markets' @
http://www.reportsnreports.com/reports/140376-analysis-of-the-enterprise-voice-and-unified-messaging-platform-markets.html
Other New Reports available on following with ReportsnReports.com:
- Mobile Commerce in Public Service: Expanding Beyond Consumer Services
- Strategic Analysis of the U.S. Next-Generation Sequencing Services Market
- Animation & Gaming Market Size and Global Forecast (2011-2016)
- Fraud in Insurance 2011
- Demand Analysis of U.S. Cancer Sample Prep Market
- And more @ http://www.reportsnreports.com/latest-market-research.aspx
About Us:
ReportsnReports.com is an online market research library of 135,000+ reports and
in-depth studies of over 5000 micro markets. Our database includes reports by leading
publishers from across the globe. We provide 24/7 online and offline support service to
our customers. Visit http://www.reportsnreports.com for more details.
Contact:
Priyank Tiwari
7557 Rambler road,
Suite 727, Dallas, TX 75231
Tel: +1-888-391-5441
sales@reportsandreports.com
Visit our Market Research Blog @ http://www.reportsnreportsblog.com
Connect with us on:
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Sonos Adds More Control and More Music to Wireless HiFi System
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 3:21:01 AM
Sonos Adds More Control and More Music to Wireless HiFi System
Sonos Now Offering Android Tablet Support, Slacker Radio in US and Canada, and New Spotify Features
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Sonos, Inc., the leading manufacturer of wireless music systems, today announced Sonos System Software 3.6, an innovative update that adds more control and more music to the Sonos Wireless HiFi experience. This free software is available to all Sonos customers via a one button update to their system.
"Today's feature update reaffirms our commitment to persistently innovate so that Sonos users have the ultimate music experience in every room of the home," said John MacFarlane, founder and CEO, Sonos, Inc. "Endless music and effortless control are what will keep us as the gold standard for listening out loud in the home."
The free Sonos Controller for Android now supports Android® tablets as well as smartphones, letting you control Sonos from any Android device. With Sonos, you can stream all the music on earth wirelessly in every room, and now control it wirelessly on a larger screen with any Android tablet running 2.2 or higher, including the Kindle Fire, HTC Flyer(TM), Motorola Xoom(TM), Samsung Galaxy Tab(TM), Sony Tablet S(TM), and many others. Plus, Sonos Controller for Android includes new enhancements such as alarms, music library management and Twitter support for Android smartphones and tablets alike. Download it from Android Market.
Slacker® Radio is now available as a free music service on Sonos in the United States and Canada. With Slacker on Sonos you can tune in for free to over 150 expert-programmed stations and create unlimited custom stations from a library of millions of songs. You can even read artist biographies as you listen in every room. Upgrade to Slacker Radio Plus for an ad-free experience or Slacker Premium Radio for even more features like on-demand access to millions of songs, albums and artists and the ability to create custom playlists. Subscribers can also fully personalize their ESPN Radio stations with their favorite shows, plus team and sports updates. To register or learn more about Slacker on Sonos, please visit slacker.com/Sonos.
With Sonos 3.6 software, Sonos is also introducing Sonos Labs, a new Beta environment where customers will be able to test out music services before they're officially launched on Sonos. New music services will be added to Sonos Labs on an ongoing basis. Media and music service developers can learn more about becoming a Sonos Labs music partner at http://musicpartners.sonos.com.
Sonos 3.6 also includes improved Spotify® integration on Sonos, giving Spotify fans on Sonos access to their Spotify Inbox and ability to play music from Spotify's new releases and top tracks.
Other features of Sonos 3.6 include:
-- More local language support with Danish and Norwegian
-- AAC+ codec support
Full details of Sonos 3.6 software can be found here: http://www.sonos.com/support/software_updates/.
The Sonos Wireless HiFi System makes it extremely simple to bring a world of music to any room of any home. Forbes recently said "it really is the best way I've ever found to play music." The Boston Herald recently claimed "If you're ready to completely make the switch to digital music, the new Sonos PLAY:3 may be the answer for a home stereo system in the age of streaming." For more information about Sonos or to demo it at an authorized Sonos dealer near you, please visit sonos.com/storelocator or call 877.80.SONOS.
About Sonos, Inc.
Founded in 2002, Sonos is the leading manufacturer of wireless music systems, With Sonos you can stream all the music on earth, wirelessly, in any room and control it with your Android® smartphone or tablet, iPhone®, or iPad®. In addition to playing your personal digital music collection, The Sonos Wireless HiFi System gives you access to millions of songs and thousands of radio stations by partnering with AUPEO!, Deezer(TM), iheartradio(TM), JUKE, Last.fm(TM), MOG, Pandora®, Rdio®, Rhapsody®, SiriusXM® Internet Radio, Slacker® Radio, Spotify®, Stitcher SmartRadio(TM), TuneIn®, Wolfgang's Vault®, and more. The award-winning system is available at more than 11,000 retailers in over 65 countries worldwide; or direct from Sonos at http://www.sonos.com. Sonos is a privately-held company, headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA with offices in Cambridge, MA, Hilversum, Netherlands, Beijing and Shenzen, China, and Penang, Malaysia.
© 2004-2011 Sonos Inc. All rights reserved. SONOS and all other Sonos product names and slogans are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sonos, Inc. SONOS Reg. U.S. Pat. & Tm. Off. iPhone®, iPod touch®, iPad® and iTunes® are trademarks of Apple Inc. Android® is a trademark of Google Inc. All other products and services may be trademarks or service marks of their respective owners.
SOURCE Sonos, Inc.
Sonos, Inc.
CONTACT: Eric Nielsen, for Sonos AMPAC, Eric.Nielsen@sonos.com, http://pr.sonos.com
Web Site: http://www.sonos.com
Sonos Now Offering Android Tablet Support, Slacker Radio in US and Canada, and New Spotify Features
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Sonos, Inc., the leading manufacturer of wireless music systems, today announced Sonos System Software 3.6, an innovative update that adds more control and more music to the Sonos Wireless HiFi experience. This free software is available to all Sonos customers via a one button update to their system.
"Today's feature update reaffirms our commitment to persistently innovate so that Sonos users have the ultimate music experience in every room of the home," said John MacFarlane, founder and CEO, Sonos, Inc. "Endless music and effortless control are what will keep us as the gold standard for listening out loud in the home."
The free Sonos Controller for Android now supports Android® tablets as well as smartphones, letting you control Sonos from any Android device. With Sonos, you can stream all the music on earth wirelessly in every room, and now control it wirelessly on a larger screen with any Android tablet running 2.2 or higher, including the Kindle Fire, HTC Flyer(TM), Motorola Xoom(TM), Samsung Galaxy Tab(TM), Sony Tablet S(TM), and many others. Plus, Sonos Controller for Android includes new enhancements such as alarms, music library management and Twitter support for Android smartphones and tablets alike. Download it from Android Market.
Slacker® Radio is now available as a free music service on Sonos in the United States and Canada. With Slacker on Sonos you can tune in for free to over 150 expert-programmed stations and create unlimited custom stations from a library of millions of songs. You can even read artist biographies as you listen in every room. Upgrade to Slacker Radio Plus for an ad-free experience or Slacker Premium Radio for even more features like on-demand access to millions of songs, albums and artists and the ability to create custom playlists. Subscribers can also fully personalize their ESPN Radio stations with their favorite shows, plus team and sports updates. To register or learn more about Slacker on Sonos, please visit slacker.com/Sonos.
With Sonos 3.6 software, Sonos is also introducing Sonos Labs, a new Beta environment where customers will be able to test out music services before they're officially launched on Sonos. New music services will be added to Sonos Labs on an ongoing basis. Media and music service developers can learn more about becoming a Sonos Labs music partner at http://musicpartners.sonos.com.
Sonos 3.6 also includes improved Spotify® integration on Sonos, giving Spotify fans on Sonos access to their Spotify Inbox and ability to play music from Spotify's new releases and top tracks.
Other features of Sonos 3.6 include:
-- More local language support with Danish and Norwegian
-- AAC+ codec support
Full details of Sonos 3.6 software can be found here: http://www.sonos.com/support/software_updates/.
The Sonos Wireless HiFi System makes it extremely simple to bring a world of music to any room of any home. Forbes recently said "it really is the best way I've ever found to play music." The Boston Herald recently claimed "If you're ready to completely make the switch to digital music, the new Sonos PLAY:3 may be the answer for a home stereo system in the age of streaming." For more information about Sonos or to demo it at an authorized Sonos dealer near you, please visit sonos.com/storelocator or call 877.80.SONOS.
About Sonos, Inc.
Founded in 2002, Sonos is the leading manufacturer of wireless music systems, With Sonos you can stream all the music on earth, wirelessly, in any room and control it with your Android® smartphone or tablet, iPhone®, or iPad®. In addition to playing your personal digital music collection, The Sonos Wireless HiFi System gives you access to millions of songs and thousands of radio stations by partnering with AUPEO!, Deezer(TM), iheartradio(TM), JUKE, Last.fm(TM), MOG, Pandora®, Rdio®, Rhapsody®, SiriusXM® Internet Radio, Slacker® Radio, Spotify®, Stitcher SmartRadio(TM), TuneIn®, Wolfgang's Vault®, and more. The award-winning system is available at more than 11,000 retailers in over 65 countries worldwide; or direct from Sonos at http://www.sonos.com. Sonos is a privately-held company, headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA with offices in Cambridge, MA, Hilversum, Netherlands, Beijing and Shenzen, China, and Penang, Malaysia.
© 2004-2011 Sonos Inc. All rights reserved. SONOS and all other Sonos product names and slogans are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sonos, Inc. SONOS Reg. U.S. Pat. & Tm. Off. iPhone®, iPod touch®, iPad® and iTunes® are trademarks of Apple Inc. Android® is a trademark of Google Inc. All other products and services may be trademarks or service marks of their respective owners.
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CONTACT: Eric Nielsen, for Sonos AMPAC, Eric.Nielsen@sonos.com, http://pr.sonos.com
Web Site: http://www.sonos.com
D-Link Introduces New Energy Efficient Gigabit and Fast Ethernet Metal Switches for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 3:07:01 AM
D-Link Introduces New Energy Efficient Gigabit and Fast Ethernet Metal Switches for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses
D-Link® Five- and Eight-Port Unmanaged Switches Deliver High Speed, High Reliability and Intelligent Data Streaming in a Compact Form Factor
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- D-Link, the cost-effective, standards-based unified networking solutions provider for small business and medium enterprise IT environments, today expanded its award-winning line of network switches with the D-Link® DGS-105 and DGS-108 Gigabit Ethernet; and DES-105 and DES-108 Fast Ethernet metal switches. Available in five- and eight-port form factors, these reliable unmanaged switches deliver small and medium-sized businesses with high-speed networking and intelligent data streaming with Quality of Service (QoS) prioritization, and leverages D-Link's Green Technology saving up to 85 percent on power consumption(1).
(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110706/SF30992LOGO)
Effortless Gigabit Networking in a Rugged Enclosure
Increasing in popularity, metal switches are one of the fastest growing categories of unmanaged switches. The D-Link( )DGS-105 and DGS-108 Gigabit metal switches allow small and medium-sized businesses to benefit from the increased bandwidth inherent with Gigabit Ethernet, and enable them to cost-effectively expand and upgrade their networks. The switches deliver ease-of-use installation features with a simple plug-and-play design and built-in cable diagnostics for easy network troubleshooting. In addition, the switches are packaged in a rugged metal enclosure providing security and reliability, and can be mounted on the desktop or walls via a built-in mount.
"D-Link understands that small and medium-sized businesses rely on easy-to-use network technology that provide high-end features, reliability and performance without breaking the bank," said Mark Prowten, director of product marketing, Business Networking Solutions, D-Link Systems, Inc. "The DGS-105/108 and DES-105/108 unmanaged network switches are self-managed rugged switches, combining the latest intelligent switch technology with cost saving Energy Efficient Ethernet enabling businesses to work smarter, faster and be more productive."
DGS-105 and DGS-108 Gigabit Ethernet Metal Switch Features
The DGS-105 and DGS-108 Gigabit Ethernet metal switches are in five and eight port configurations, and provide data transfer speeds of up to 2,000 Mbps and up to 10x faster performance than Fast Ethernet switches. The switches support IEEE 802.1p QoS, which organizes and prioritizes time-sensitive and important data for efficient delivery for smooth streaming media, VoIP calling and online gaming. The switches are also 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet Compliant and can detect when a computer is shut down or when there is no Ethernet traffic, automatically shutting down the port saving up to 85 percent on power consumption. D-Link also offers the DES-105 and DES-108 Fast Ethernet metal switches with the similar features.
D-Link Delivers on Flexibility and Affordability
D-Link unified networking solutions offer small and medium-sized businesses scalability, reliability, and performance at lower initial and ongoing costs. Through D-Link's superior economic model, businesses can take advantage of these affordable networking solutions in multi-vendor IT infrastructures without being locked into proprietary hardware, software or service requirements.
Pricing & Availability
The DGS-105 ($55*) and DGS-108 ($69*) Gigabit Ethernet metal switches and DES-105 ($30*) and DES-108 ($45*) Fast Ethernet metal switches are now shipping through D-Link's vast network of channel partners, including value-added resellers, solution providers and distributors. In addition, D-Link's network switch products can be purchased at North America e-tail and retail outlets, including Fry's, Micro Center, and at the company's online store (http://www.dlinkshop.com).
Detailed specifications for the DGS-105/DGS-108 and the DES-105/DES-108 metal switch are available at http://www.dlink.com.
About D-Link
Celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2011, D-Link is the global leader in connectivity for home, small business, mid- to large-sized enterprise environments, and service providers. An award-winning designer, developer, and manufacturer, D-Link implements and supports unified network solutions that integrate capabilities in switching, wireless, broadband, storage, IP Surveillance, and cloud-based network management. For more information visit http://www.dlink.com, http://www.dlink.ca or connect with D-Link on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/dlink) and Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/dlink).
D-Link and the D-Link logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of D-Link Corporation or its subsidiaries. All other third-party marks mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. Copyright © 2011.D-Link. All Rights Reserved.
*estimated street price
(1) Power consumption measured against a conventional non D-Link Green Switch. Power consumption may vary depending on device EEE support, power meter, input voltage and Ultra-quiet, compact design power adapter used. Actual data throughput will vary. Network conditions and environment factors, including volume of network traffic and network overhead, lower actual data throughput rate. The attached devices must have a NIC that supports 802.1p queuing to allow QoS functionality. Reduced energy consumption when compared to a D-Link conventional switch.
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D-Link
CONTACT: Denise Keddy, D-Link Systems, Inc., +1-714-885-6318, denise.keddy@dlink.com, or Cyndi Babasa, Walt & Company, +1-408-369-7200, ext. 1062, cbabasa@walt.com
Web Site: http://www.dlink.com
D-Link® Five- and Eight-Port Unmanaged Switches Deliver High Speed, High Reliability and Intelligent Data Streaming in a Compact Form Factor
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- D-Link, the cost-effective, standards-based unified networking solutions provider for small business and medium enterprise IT environments, today expanded its award-winning line of network switches with the D-Link® DGS-105 and DGS-108 Gigabit Ethernet; and DES-105 and DES-108 Fast Ethernet metal switches. Available in five- and eight-port form factors, these reliable unmanaged switches deliver small and medium-sized businesses with high-speed networking and intelligent data streaming with Quality of Service (QoS) prioritization, and leverages D-Link's Green Technology saving up to 85 percent on power consumption(1).
(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110706/SF30992LOGO)
Effortless Gigabit Networking in a Rugged Enclosure
Increasing in popularity, metal switches are one of the fastest growing categories of unmanaged switches. The D-Link( )DGS-105 and DGS-108 Gigabit metal switches allow small and medium-sized businesses to benefit from the increased bandwidth inherent with Gigabit Ethernet, and enable them to cost-effectively expand and upgrade their networks. The switches deliver ease-of-use installation features with a simple plug-and-play design and built-in cable diagnostics for easy network troubleshooting. In addition, the switches are packaged in a rugged metal enclosure providing security and reliability, and can be mounted on the desktop or walls via a built-in mount.
"D-Link understands that small and medium-sized businesses rely on easy-to-use network technology that provide high-end features, reliability and performance without breaking the bank," said Mark Prowten, director of product marketing, Business Networking Solutions, D-Link Systems, Inc. "The DGS-105/108 and DES-105/108 unmanaged network switches are self-managed rugged switches, combining the latest intelligent switch technology with cost saving Energy Efficient Ethernet enabling businesses to work smarter, faster and be more productive."
DGS-105 and DGS-108 Gigabit Ethernet Metal Switch Features
The DGS-105 and DGS-108 Gigabit Ethernet metal switches are in five and eight port configurations, and provide data transfer speeds of up to 2,000 Mbps and up to 10x faster performance than Fast Ethernet switches. The switches support IEEE 802.1p QoS, which organizes and prioritizes time-sensitive and important data for efficient delivery for smooth streaming media, VoIP calling and online gaming. The switches are also 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet Compliant and can detect when a computer is shut down or when there is no Ethernet traffic, automatically shutting down the port saving up to 85 percent on power consumption. D-Link also offers the DES-105 and DES-108 Fast Ethernet metal switches with the similar features.
D-Link Delivers on Flexibility and Affordability
D-Link unified networking solutions offer small and medium-sized businesses scalability, reliability, and performance at lower initial and ongoing costs. Through D-Link's superior economic model, businesses can take advantage of these affordable networking solutions in multi-vendor IT infrastructures without being locked into proprietary hardware, software or service requirements.
Pricing & Availability
The DGS-105 ($55*) and DGS-108 ($69*) Gigabit Ethernet metal switches and DES-105 ($30*) and DES-108 ($45*) Fast Ethernet metal switches are now shipping through D-Link's vast network of channel partners, including value-added resellers, solution providers and distributors. In addition, D-Link's network switch products can be purchased at North America e-tail and retail outlets, including Fry's, Micro Center, and at the company's online store (http://www.dlinkshop.com).
Detailed specifications for the DGS-105/DGS-108 and the DES-105/DES-108 metal switch are available at http://www.dlink.com.
About D-Link
Celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2011, D-Link is the global leader in connectivity for home, small business, mid- to large-sized enterprise environments, and service providers. An award-winning designer, developer, and manufacturer, D-Link implements and supports unified network solutions that integrate capabilities in switching, wireless, broadband, storage, IP Surveillance, and cloud-based network management. For more information visit http://www.dlink.com, http://www.dlink.ca or connect with D-Link on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/dlink) and Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/dlink).
D-Link and the D-Link logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of D-Link Corporation or its subsidiaries. All other third-party marks mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. Copyright © 2011.D-Link. All Rights Reserved.
*estimated street price
(1) Power consumption measured against a conventional non D-Link Green Switch. Power consumption may vary depending on device EEE support, power meter, input voltage and Ultra-quiet, compact design power adapter used. Actual data throughput will vary. Network conditions and environment factors, including volume of network traffic and network overhead, lower actual data throughput rate. The attached devices must have a NIC that supports 802.1p queuing to allow QoS functionality. Reduced energy consumption when compared to a D-Link conventional switch.
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D-Link
CONTACT: Denise Keddy, D-Link Systems, Inc., +1-714-885-6318, denise.keddy@dlink.com, or Cyndi Babasa, Walt & Company, +1-408-369-7200, ext. 1062, cbabasa@walt.com
Web Site: http://www.dlink.com
D-Link Introduces New Energy Efficient Gigabit and Fast Ethernet Metal Switches for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 3:07:01 AM
D-Link Introduces New Energy Efficient Gigabit and Fast Ethernet Metal Switches for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses
D-Link® Five- and Eight-Port Unmanaged Switches Deliver High Speed, High Reliability and Intelligent Data Streaming in a Compact Form Factor
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- D-Link, the cost-effective, standards-based unified networking solutions provider for small business and medium enterprise IT environments, today expanded its award-winning line of network switches with the D-Link® DGS-105 and DGS-108 Gigabit Ethernet; and DES-105 and DES-108 Fast Ethernet metal switches. Available in five- and eight-port form factors, these reliable unmanaged switches deliver small and medium-sized businesses with high-speed networking and intelligent data streaming with Quality of Service (QoS) prioritization, and leverages D-Link's Green Technology saving up to 85 percent on power consumption(1).
(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110706/SF30992LOGO)
Effortless Gigabit Networking in a Rugged Enclosure
Increasing in popularity, metal switches are one of the fastest growing categories of unmanaged switches. The D-Link( )DGS-105 and DGS-108 Gigabit metal switches allow small and medium-sized businesses to benefit from the increased bandwidth inherent with Gigabit Ethernet, and enable them to cost-effectively expand and upgrade their networks. The switches deliver ease-of-use installation features with a simple plug-and-play design and built-in cable diagnostics for easy network troubleshooting. In addition, the switches are packaged in a rugged metal enclosure providing security and reliability, and can be mounted on the desktop or walls via a built-in mount.
"D-Link understands that small and medium-sized businesses rely on easy-to-use network technology that provide high-end features, reliability and performance without breaking the bank," said Mark Prowten, director of product marketing, Business Networking Solutions, D-Link Systems, Inc. "The DGS-105/108 and DES-105/108 unmanaged network switches are self-managed rugged switches, combining the latest intelligent switch technology with cost saving Energy Efficient Ethernet enabling businesses to work smarter, faster and be more productive."
DGS-105 and DGS-108 Gigabit Ethernet Metal Switch Features
The DGS-105 and DGS-108 Gigabit Ethernet metal switches are in five and eight port configurations, and provide data transfer speeds of up to 2,000 Mbps and up to 10x faster performance than Fast Ethernet switches. The switches support IEEE 802.1p QoS, which organizes and prioritizes time-sensitive and important data for efficient delivery for smooth streaming media, VoIP calling and online gaming. The switches are also 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet Compliant and can detect when a computer is shut down or when there is no Ethernet traffic, automatically shutting down the port saving up to 85 percent on power consumption. D-Link also offers the DES-105 and DES-108 Fast Ethernet metal switches with the similar features.
D-Link Delivers on Flexibility and Affordability
D-Link unified networking solutions offer small and medium-sized businesses scalability, reliability, and performance at lower initial and ongoing costs. Through D-Link's superior economic model, businesses can take advantage of these affordable networking solutions in multi-vendor IT infrastructures without being locked into proprietary hardware, software or service requirements.
Pricing & Availability
The DGS-105 ($70*) and DGS-108 ($99*) Gigabit Ethernet metal switches and DES-105 ($39*) and DES-108 ($61*) Fast Ethernet metal switches are now shipping through D-Link's vast network of channel partners, including value-added resellers, solution providers and distributors. In addition, D-Link's network switch products can be purchased at North America e-tail and retail outlets, including Fry's, Micro Center, and at the company's online store (http://www.dlinkshop.com).
Detailed specifications for the DGS-105/DGS-108 and the DES-105/DES-108 metal switch are available at http://www.dlink.ca.
About D-Link
Celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2011, D-Link is the global leader in connectivity for home, small business, mid- to large-sized enterprise environments, and service providers. An award-winning designer, developer, and manufacturer, D-Link implements and supports unified network solutions that integrate capabilities in switching, wireless, broadband, storage, IP Surveillance, and cloud-based network management. For more information visit http://www.dlink.com, http://www.dlink.ca or connect with D-Link on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/dlink) and Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/dlink).
D-Link and the D-Link logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of D-Link Corporation or its subsidiaries. All other third-party marks mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. Copyright © 2011.D-Link. All Rights Reserved.
*MSRP
(1) Power consumption measured against a conventional non D-Link Green Switch. Power consumption may vary depending on device EEE support, power meter, input voltage and Ultra-quiet, compact design power adapter used. Actual data throughput will vary. Network conditions and environment factors, including volume of network traffic and network overhead, lower actual data throughput rate. The attached devices must have a NIC that supports 802.1p queuing to allow QoS functionality. Reduced energy consumption when compared to a D-Link conventional switch.
SOURCE D-Link
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D-Link
CONTACT: Denise Keddy, D-Link Systems, Inc., +1-714-885-6318, denise.keddy@dlink.com, or Cyndi Babasa, Walt & Company, +1-408.369.7200, ext. 1062, cbabasa@walt.com
Web Site: http://www.dlink.com
D-Link® Five- and Eight-Port Unmanaged Switches Deliver High Speed, High Reliability and Intelligent Data Streaming in a Compact Form Factor
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- D-Link, the cost-effective, standards-based unified networking solutions provider for small business and medium enterprise IT environments, today expanded its award-winning line of network switches with the D-Link® DGS-105 and DGS-108 Gigabit Ethernet; and DES-105 and DES-108 Fast Ethernet metal switches. Available in five- and eight-port form factors, these reliable unmanaged switches deliver small and medium-sized businesses with high-speed networking and intelligent data streaming with Quality of Service (QoS) prioritization, and leverages D-Link's Green Technology saving up to 85 percent on power consumption(1).
(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110706/SF30992LOGO)
Effortless Gigabit Networking in a Rugged Enclosure
Increasing in popularity, metal switches are one of the fastest growing categories of unmanaged switches. The D-Link( )DGS-105 and DGS-108 Gigabit metal switches allow small and medium-sized businesses to benefit from the increased bandwidth inherent with Gigabit Ethernet, and enable them to cost-effectively expand and upgrade their networks. The switches deliver ease-of-use installation features with a simple plug-and-play design and built-in cable diagnostics for easy network troubleshooting. In addition, the switches are packaged in a rugged metal enclosure providing security and reliability, and can be mounted on the desktop or walls via a built-in mount.
"D-Link understands that small and medium-sized businesses rely on easy-to-use network technology that provide high-end features, reliability and performance without breaking the bank," said Mark Prowten, director of product marketing, Business Networking Solutions, D-Link Systems, Inc. "The DGS-105/108 and DES-105/108 unmanaged network switches are self-managed rugged switches, combining the latest intelligent switch technology with cost saving Energy Efficient Ethernet enabling businesses to work smarter, faster and be more productive."
DGS-105 and DGS-108 Gigabit Ethernet Metal Switch Features
The DGS-105 and DGS-108 Gigabit Ethernet metal switches are in five and eight port configurations, and provide data transfer speeds of up to 2,000 Mbps and up to 10x faster performance than Fast Ethernet switches. The switches support IEEE 802.1p QoS, which organizes and prioritizes time-sensitive and important data for efficient delivery for smooth streaming media, VoIP calling and online gaming. The switches are also 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet Compliant and can detect when a computer is shut down or when there is no Ethernet traffic, automatically shutting down the port saving up to 85 percent on power consumption. D-Link also offers the DES-105 and DES-108 Fast Ethernet metal switches with the similar features.
D-Link Delivers on Flexibility and Affordability
D-Link unified networking solutions offer small and medium-sized businesses scalability, reliability, and performance at lower initial and ongoing costs. Through D-Link's superior economic model, businesses can take advantage of these affordable networking solutions in multi-vendor IT infrastructures without being locked into proprietary hardware, software or service requirements.
Pricing & Availability
The DGS-105 ($70*) and DGS-108 ($99*) Gigabit Ethernet metal switches and DES-105 ($39*) and DES-108 ($61*) Fast Ethernet metal switches are now shipping through D-Link's vast network of channel partners, including value-added resellers, solution providers and distributors. In addition, D-Link's network switch products can be purchased at North America e-tail and retail outlets, including Fry's, Micro Center, and at the company's online store (http://www.dlinkshop.com).
Detailed specifications for the DGS-105/DGS-108 and the DES-105/DES-108 metal switch are available at http://www.dlink.ca.
About D-Link
Celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2011, D-Link is the global leader in connectivity for home, small business, mid- to large-sized enterprise environments, and service providers. An award-winning designer, developer, and manufacturer, D-Link implements and supports unified network solutions that integrate capabilities in switching, wireless, broadband, storage, IP Surveillance, and cloud-based network management. For more information visit http://www.dlink.com, http://www.dlink.ca or connect with D-Link on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/dlink) and Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/dlink).
D-Link and the D-Link logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of D-Link Corporation or its subsidiaries. All other third-party marks mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. Copyright © 2011.D-Link. All Rights Reserved.
*MSRP
(1) Power consumption measured against a conventional non D-Link Green Switch. Power consumption may vary depending on device EEE support, power meter, input voltage and Ultra-quiet, compact design power adapter used. Actual data throughput will vary. Network conditions and environment factors, including volume of network traffic and network overhead, lower actual data throughput rate. The attached devices must have a NIC that supports 802.1p queuing to allow QoS functionality. Reduced energy consumption when compared to a D-Link conventional switch.
SOURCE D-Link
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D-Link
CONTACT: Denise Keddy, D-Link Systems, Inc., +1-714-885-6318, denise.keddy@dlink.com, or Cyndi Babasa, Walt & Company, +1-408.369.7200, ext. 1062, cbabasa@walt.com
Web Site: http://www.dlink.com
November 29, 2011
Changyou.com to Acquire Leading Game Information Portal 17173.com from Sohu.com and Kick Off its Platform Strategy
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 10:35:01 PM
Changyou.com to Acquire Leading Game Information Portal 17173.com from Sohu.com and Kick Off its Platform Strategy
NEW YORK, Nov. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Changyou.com Limited ("Changyou") (NASDAQ: CYOU), a leading online game developer and operator in China, and its majority shareholder, Sohu.com Inc. ("Sohu") (NASDAQ: SOHU), China's leading online media, search, gaming, community and mobile service group, today jointly announced that on November 29, 2011 they entered into a definitive agreement (the "Transaction Agreement") for Changyou to acquire from Sohu the business of 17173.com ("17173"), a leading game information portal in China (the "17173 Business"). 17173.com is widely regarded as an authoritative source of news for a wide variety of games.
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Under the Transaction Agreement, Changyou will acquire from Sohu all assets associated with the 17173 Business for fixed cash consideration of US$162.5 million. The transaction is expected to close in December 2011, subject to customary closing conditions specified in the Transaction Agreement. In connection with the Transaction Agreement, Sohu and Changyou have revised their existing non-competition agreement to provide Sohu's agreement not to compete with Changyou in the 17173 Business for a period of five years after the closing under the Transaction Agreement.
Mr. Tao Wang, Changyou's chief executive officer, said, "Changyou's acquisition of the 17173 business provides us with a powerful base to jumpstart our services and platform initiative. As a leading online destination for gamers in China, 17173 has strong media presence in the games sector and a vast base of users for which we can develop services and tools to grow 17173 into a leading platform and one-stop-shop service-provider for gamers. Aside from news services, gamers today have needs for downloading, sharing, and trading services, as well as online community, and more. This acquisition will further drive our efforts to serve gamers not only on the product side, but also on the service side."
Mr. Tao Wang further commented, "We look forward to building on the brand strength 17173 has developed over the past 10 years and enhancing its services to make it an even more powerful and effective marketing medium for advertising clients. Our leading position in Web-based games and our mobile game initiatives give us advanced market knowledge that 17173 can leverage to plan and grow its news channels more effectively. In addition, our offline promotion workforce and our network of overseas game companies can also be used to promote 17173 and further increase its penetration in domestic market and accelerate its expansion into new markets."
Dr. Charles Zhang, Sohu's chairman and chief executive officer said, "This transaction helps to re-align our business activities, and brings together Sohu's two leading game-related businesses, and their respective management teams. We share Changyou's vision for 17173 and support their strategy to scale its portal and services to deliver more content, tools and services to an even larger audience. The combination of Changyou and 17173 is expected to bring about synergies that will increase the shareholder value of both businesses over the long term, and Sohu will enjoy the benefit of any such increase as a majority shareholder in Changyou."
17173.com is a well-established news provider and advertising medium for games in China and a leading online destination for gamers. Highly regarded by gamers for its authoritative reporting of game-related news, it has captured the top spot in the "Game Media" category at the Annual Game Industry Awards Gala for the past six years. 17173 currently provides its vast user base with rich content channels that tap into the wide span of gamers' interests, covering everything from "Massively Multiplayer Online Games" to "eSports" to "Game Unions", plus over 650 dedicated game zones for popular games.
Separately, Changyou and Sohu have entered into a services agreement and an online links and advertising agreement (collectively, the "Services and Advertising Agreements"), pursuant to which Sohu will provide specified technical support and links and advertising space to Changyou, including the provision and maintenance of the user log-in system, information management system and virtual currency payment system. The Services and Advertising Agreements will provide for a term of twenty-five years for the virtual current payment system services, and an initial term of three years for all the other relevant services and links and advertising space and will involve aggregate fees to Sohu of approximately US$30 million. Under the Services and Advertising Agreements, Changyou may renew certain rights for a subsequent term of twenty-two years, and may obtain a perpetual software license in respect of the information management system and user log-in system following the expiration of the three-year term, subject to Changyou's payment to Sohu of additional fees of up to approximately US$5 million in aggregate.
The Boards of Directors of both Changyou and Sohu have approved the Transaction Agreement, and the transactions and related agreements contemplated thereby, and the Services and Advertising Agreements. Because the Transaction Agreement is a quite significant transaction for both Changyou and Sohu and the transactions and related agreements contemplated thereby and the Services and Advertising Agreements are related-party transactions between Changyou and Sohu, the Audit Committees of both companies independently reviewed and approved such agreements and transactions, both companies received third-party fairness opinions as to the fairness, from a financial point of view, of the consideration under the Transaction Agreement and each of their Audit Committees recommended approval of such agreements and transactions to their respective full Boards of Directors. In addition, in view of Dr. Charles Zhang's positions as the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Sohu and Chairman of the Board of Changyou, Dr. Zhang recused himself from participation in the negotiation of such agreements, did not participate in discussion of such agreements and transactions by Changyou's Board of Directors and abstained from voting on such agreements and transactions on Changyou's Board of Directors.
Conference Call Information
Changyou's management team, together with Sohu's management team, will host a joint conference call today at 8:30 a.m. U.S. Eastern Standard Time, November 30, 2011 (9:30 p.m. Beijing/Hong Kong, November 30, 2011).
The dial-in details for the live conference call are:
US: +1-866-519-4004
Hong Kong: +852-2475-0994
International: +1-718-354-1231
Passcode: CYOU
Please dial in 10 minutes before the call is scheduled to begin and provide the passcode to join the call.
A telephone replay of the call will be available after the conclusion of the conference call at 3:30 a.m. U.S. Eastern Standard Time on December 1 through December 7, 2011. The dial-in details for the telephone replay are:
International: +1-718-354-1232
Passcode: 31748427
The live webcast and archive of the conference call will be available on the Investor Relations section of Changyou's website at http://www.changyou.com/ir/ and Sohu's website at http://corp.sohu.com/.
About Changyou
Changyou.com Limited (NASDAQ: CYOU) is a leading developer and operator of online games in China with a diverse portfolio of online games that includes Tian Long Ba Bu, one of the most popular massively multi-player online ("MMO") games in China, and DDTank, one of the top-ranking Web-based games in China. It began operations as a business unit within Sohu.com Inc. (NASDAQ: SOHU) in 2003, and was carved out as a separate, stand-alone company in December 2007. It completed an initial public offering on April 7, 2009. Changyou has an advanced technology platform that includes advanced 2.5D and 3D graphics engines, a uniform game development platform, effective anti-cheating and anti-hacking technologies, proprietary cross-networking technology and advanced data protection technology. For more information, please visit http://www.changyou.com/ir/.
About Sohu.com
Sohu.com Inc. (NASDAQ: SOHU) is China's premier online brand and indispensable to the daily life of millions of Chinese, providing a network of web properties and community based/web 2.0 products which offer the vast Sohu user community a broad array of choices regarding information, entertainment and communication. Sohu has built one of the most comprehensive matrices of Chinese language web properties and proprietary search engines, consisting of the mass portal and leading online media destination http://www.sohu.com; interactive search engine http://www.sogou.com; games information portal http://www.17173.com; the top real estate website http://www.focus.cn; #1 online alumni club http://www.chinaren.com; wireless value-added services provider http://www.goodfeel.com.cn; leading online mapping service provider http://www.go2map.com; and developer and operator of online games http://www.changyou.com/en/.
Sohu corporate services consist of online brand advertising on its matrix of websites as well as bid listing and home page on its in-house developed search directory and engine. Sohu also offers wireless value-added services such as news, information, music, ringtone and picture content sent over mobile phones. Sohu's online game subsidiary, Changyou.com (NASDAQ: CYOU) and its subsidiaries currently operates over 10 online games that includes in-house developed MMORPGs, such as Tian Long Ba Bu, one of the most popular online games in China, as well as Web-based games such as DDTank. Sohu.com, established by Dr. Charles Zhang, one of China's internet pioneers, is in its fifteenth year of operation.
Safe Harbor Statement
This announcement contains forward-looking statements by either or both of Changyou and Sohu. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about either company's beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. These statements are based on current plans, estimates and projections, and therefore you should not place undue reliance on them. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Each company cautions that a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the continuing global financial and credit markets crisis and its potential impact on the Chinese economy, the uncertain regulatory landscape in the People's Republic of China, fluctuations in Changyou's, Sohu's and the 17173 Business's operating results and Changyou's, Sohu's and the 17173 Business's historical and possible future losses and limited operating history, and Changyou's reliance on Tian Long Ba Bu as its major revenue source. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in Changyou's Annual Report on Form 20-F filed on February 28, 2011, Sohu's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 28, 2011, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2011 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2011, and other filings by Changyou and Sohu with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
For investor and media inquiries, please contact:
In China:
Ms. Angie Chang
Changyou.com Limited
Tel: +86 (10) 6861-3688
E-mail: ir@cyou-inc.com
Mr. James Deng
Sohu.com Inc.
Tel: +86 (10) 6272-6596
E-mail: ir@contact.sohu.com
In the United States:
Mr. Jeff Bloker
Christensen
Tel: +1 (480) 614-3003
E-mail: jbloker@ChristensenIR.com
SOURCE Changyou.com Limited
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Changyou.com Limited
Web Site: http://corp.sohu.com
NEW YORK, Nov. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Changyou.com Limited ("Changyou") (NASDAQ: CYOU), a leading online game developer and operator in China, and its majority shareholder, Sohu.com Inc. ("Sohu") (NASDAQ: SOHU), China's leading online media, search, gaming, community and mobile service group, today jointly announced that on November 29, 2011 they entered into a definitive agreement (the "Transaction Agreement") for Changyou to acquire from Sohu the business of 17173.com ("17173"), a leading game information portal in China (the "17173 Business"). 17173.com is widely regarded as an authoritative source of news for a wide variety of games.
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Under the Transaction Agreement, Changyou will acquire from Sohu all assets associated with the 17173 Business for fixed cash consideration of US$162.5 million. The transaction is expected to close in December 2011, subject to customary closing conditions specified in the Transaction Agreement. In connection with the Transaction Agreement, Sohu and Changyou have revised their existing non-competition agreement to provide Sohu's agreement not to compete with Changyou in the 17173 Business for a period of five years after the closing under the Transaction Agreement.
Mr. Tao Wang, Changyou's chief executive officer, said, "Changyou's acquisition of the 17173 business provides us with a powerful base to jumpstart our services and platform initiative. As a leading online destination for gamers in China, 17173 has strong media presence in the games sector and a vast base of users for which we can develop services and tools to grow 17173 into a leading platform and one-stop-shop service-provider for gamers. Aside from news services, gamers today have needs for downloading, sharing, and trading services, as well as online community, and more. This acquisition will further drive our efforts to serve gamers not only on the product side, but also on the service side."
Mr. Tao Wang further commented, "We look forward to building on the brand strength 17173 has developed over the past 10 years and enhancing its services to make it an even more powerful and effective marketing medium for advertising clients. Our leading position in Web-based games and our mobile game initiatives give us advanced market knowledge that 17173 can leverage to plan and grow its news channels more effectively. In addition, our offline promotion workforce and our network of overseas game companies can also be used to promote 17173 and further increase its penetration in domestic market and accelerate its expansion into new markets."
Dr. Charles Zhang, Sohu's chairman and chief executive officer said, "This transaction helps to re-align our business activities, and brings together Sohu's two leading game-related businesses, and their respective management teams. We share Changyou's vision for 17173 and support their strategy to scale its portal and services to deliver more content, tools and services to an even larger audience. The combination of Changyou and 17173 is expected to bring about synergies that will increase the shareholder value of both businesses over the long term, and Sohu will enjoy the benefit of any such increase as a majority shareholder in Changyou."
17173.com is a well-established news provider and advertising medium for games in China and a leading online destination for gamers. Highly regarded by gamers for its authoritative reporting of game-related news, it has captured the top spot in the "Game Media" category at the Annual Game Industry Awards Gala for the past six years. 17173 currently provides its vast user base with rich content channels that tap into the wide span of gamers' interests, covering everything from "Massively Multiplayer Online Games" to "eSports" to "Game Unions", plus over 650 dedicated game zones for popular games.
Separately, Changyou and Sohu have entered into a services agreement and an online links and advertising agreement (collectively, the "Services and Advertising Agreements"), pursuant to which Sohu will provide specified technical support and links and advertising space to Changyou, including the provision and maintenance of the user log-in system, information management system and virtual currency payment system. The Services and Advertising Agreements will provide for a term of twenty-five years for the virtual current payment system services, and an initial term of three years for all the other relevant services and links and advertising space and will involve aggregate fees to Sohu of approximately US$30 million. Under the Services and Advertising Agreements, Changyou may renew certain rights for a subsequent term of twenty-two years, and may obtain a perpetual software license in respect of the information management system and user log-in system following the expiration of the three-year term, subject to Changyou's payment to Sohu of additional fees of up to approximately US$5 million in aggregate.
The Boards of Directors of both Changyou and Sohu have approved the Transaction Agreement, and the transactions and related agreements contemplated thereby, and the Services and Advertising Agreements. Because the Transaction Agreement is a quite significant transaction for both Changyou and Sohu and the transactions and related agreements contemplated thereby and the Services and Advertising Agreements are related-party transactions between Changyou and Sohu, the Audit Committees of both companies independently reviewed and approved such agreements and transactions, both companies received third-party fairness opinions as to the fairness, from a financial point of view, of the consideration under the Transaction Agreement and each of their Audit Committees recommended approval of such agreements and transactions to their respective full Boards of Directors. In addition, in view of Dr. Charles Zhang's positions as the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Sohu and Chairman of the Board of Changyou, Dr. Zhang recused himself from participation in the negotiation of such agreements, did not participate in discussion of such agreements and transactions by Changyou's Board of Directors and abstained from voting on such agreements and transactions on Changyou's Board of Directors.
Conference Call Information
Changyou's management team, together with Sohu's management team, will host a joint conference call today at 8:30 a.m. U.S. Eastern Standard Time, November 30, 2011 (9:30 p.m. Beijing/Hong Kong, November 30, 2011).
The dial-in details for the live conference call are:
US: +1-866-519-4004
Hong Kong: +852-2475-0994
International: +1-718-354-1231
Passcode: CYOU
Please dial in 10 minutes before the call is scheduled to begin and provide the passcode to join the call.
A telephone replay of the call will be available after the conclusion of the conference call at 3:30 a.m. U.S. Eastern Standard Time on December 1 through December 7, 2011. The dial-in details for the telephone replay are:
International: +1-718-354-1232
Passcode: 31748427
The live webcast and archive of the conference call will be available on the Investor Relations section of Changyou's website at http://www.changyou.com/ir/ and Sohu's website at http://corp.sohu.com/.
About Changyou
Changyou.com Limited (NASDAQ: CYOU) is a leading developer and operator of online games in China with a diverse portfolio of online games that includes Tian Long Ba Bu, one of the most popular massively multi-player online ("MMO") games in China, and DDTank, one of the top-ranking Web-based games in China. It began operations as a business unit within Sohu.com Inc. (NASDAQ: SOHU) in 2003, and was carved out as a separate, stand-alone company in December 2007. It completed an initial public offering on April 7, 2009. Changyou has an advanced technology platform that includes advanced 2.5D and 3D graphics engines, a uniform game development platform, effective anti-cheating and anti-hacking technologies, proprietary cross-networking technology and advanced data protection technology. For more information, please visit http://www.changyou.com/ir/.
About Sohu.com
Sohu.com Inc. (NASDAQ: SOHU) is China's premier online brand and indispensable to the daily life of millions of Chinese, providing a network of web properties and community based/web 2.0 products which offer the vast Sohu user community a broad array of choices regarding information, entertainment and communication. Sohu has built one of the most comprehensive matrices of Chinese language web properties and proprietary search engines, consisting of the mass portal and leading online media destination http://www.sohu.com; interactive search engine http://www.sogou.com; games information portal http://www.17173.com; the top real estate website http://www.focus.cn; #1 online alumni club http://www.chinaren.com; wireless value-added services provider http://www.goodfeel.com.cn; leading online mapping service provider http://www.go2map.com; and developer and operator of online games http://www.changyou.com/en/.
Sohu corporate services consist of online brand advertising on its matrix of websites as well as bid listing and home page on its in-house developed search directory and engine. Sohu also offers wireless value-added services such as news, information, music, ringtone and picture content sent over mobile phones. Sohu's online game subsidiary, Changyou.com (NASDAQ: CYOU) and its subsidiaries currently operates over 10 online games that includes in-house developed MMORPGs, such as Tian Long Ba Bu, one of the most popular online games in China, as well as Web-based games such as DDTank. Sohu.com, established by Dr. Charles Zhang, one of China's internet pioneers, is in its fifteenth year of operation.
Safe Harbor Statement
This announcement contains forward-looking statements by either or both of Changyou and Sohu. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about either company's beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. These statements are based on current plans, estimates and projections, and therefore you should not place undue reliance on them. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Each company cautions that a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the continuing global financial and credit markets crisis and its potential impact on the Chinese economy, the uncertain regulatory landscape in the People's Republic of China, fluctuations in Changyou's, Sohu's and the 17173 Business's operating results and Changyou's, Sohu's and the 17173 Business's historical and possible future losses and limited operating history, and Changyou's reliance on Tian Long Ba Bu as its major revenue source. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in Changyou's Annual Report on Form 20-F filed on February 28, 2011, Sohu's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 28, 2011, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2011 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2011, and other filings by Changyou and Sohu with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
For investor and media inquiries, please contact:
In China:
Ms. Angie Chang
Changyou.com Limited
Tel: +86 (10) 6861-3688
E-mail: ir@cyou-inc.com
Mr. James Deng
Sohu.com Inc.
Tel: +86 (10) 6272-6596
E-mail: ir@contact.sohu.com
In the United States:
Mr. Jeff Bloker
Christensen
Tel: +1 (480) 614-3003
E-mail: jbloker@ChristensenIR.com
SOURCE Changyou.com Limited
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Changyou.com Limited
Web Site: http://corp.sohu.com
CareerBecause.Asia Brings an Exciting New Mix of Careers, Hiring News and Networking to Professionals Across Asia!
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 6:07:01 PM
CareerBecause.Asia Brings an Exciting New Mix of Careers, Hiring News and Networking to Professionals Across Asia!
TOKYO, November 29, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
CareerBecause.Asia [http://careerbecause.asia ] is set to make careers and recruiting
in Asia simple and fun by bringing together career opportunities, hiring news and
networking for professionals and recruiters across the region, all in one place.
If you are a professional seeking exciting career opportunities, CareerBecause.Asia is
free to join. On the site you can:
- Search and apply for career opportunities posted by top firms across Asia
- Build a slick, interactive resume that you can send as a link to potential
employers
- Find and message recruiters in a friendly, participative environment
- Connect to and message other professionals in your city and across Asia
- Read daily interviews and stories about recruiters, young professionals and
business leaders in Asia
- Publish your own stories and blogs about the Asian job market, business and
economy.
CareerBecause.Asia [http://careerbecause.asia ] uses a tried and tested interface that
includes a powerful search tool, ease of interaction and accessible, useful information.
The site makes it easier for recruiters and talent to find and connect with each other
across Asia.
CareerBecause.Asia [http://careerbecause.asia ] is a partnership between Tokyo-based
Ajisai [http://ajisai-corporate.com ] and London-based BusinessBecause,com
[http://www.businessbecause.com ], bringing together Ajisai's expertise in Asian
recruitment with BusinessBecause.com [http://businessbecause.com ]'s track record in
online networking, news and jobs for busy young professionals.
About Ajisai
Based in Tokyo, with offices in Shanghai, Pune and Kuala Lumpur, Ajisai is the owner
of established careers site The Asia Career Times [http://theasiacareertimes.com ]. Ajisai
k.k. was established to provide a comprehensive careers grid for Asia, matching multiple
hiring needs with multiple talent pools across the region. Ajisai's mission is to help
individuals, firms, and professional and educational institutions to match hiring needs
with the best talent. To learn more visit Ajisai's corporate site
[http://ajisai-corporate.com ]
About BusinessBecause.com [http://businessbecause.com ]
BusinessBecause.com [http://www.businessbecause.com ] is a news, networking and jobs
site for the business school world, helping applicants choose a business school and
business students find a job. It's the first ever specialist networking site for the
business school world, launched in 2009. The site is fast approaching 15,000 registered
members from 150 countries. Companies including Google, KPMG and Virgin Group have used
BusinessBecause to find candidates.
Olivier LeLann, CEO, Ajisai: "The job market in Asia is booming but matching up talent
with recruiters is still a lengthy, old-fashioned process. It's a great moment to build on
our existing products to create a unique solution for employers and professionals in
Asia."
Contact
Maria Ahmed, maria@businessbecause.com, +44 (0)20-3176-0181.
Source: CareerBecause.Asia
.
TOKYO, November 29, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
CareerBecause.Asia [http://careerbecause.asia ] is set to make careers and recruiting
in Asia simple and fun by bringing together career opportunities, hiring news and
networking for professionals and recruiters across the region, all in one place.
If you are a professional seeking exciting career opportunities, CareerBecause.Asia is
free to join. On the site you can:
- Search and apply for career opportunities posted by top firms across Asia
- Build a slick, interactive resume that you can send as a link to potential
employers
- Find and message recruiters in a friendly, participative environment
- Connect to and message other professionals in your city and across Asia
- Read daily interviews and stories about recruiters, young professionals and
business leaders in Asia
- Publish your own stories and blogs about the Asian job market, business and
economy.
CareerBecause.Asia [http://careerbecause.asia ] uses a tried and tested interface that
includes a powerful search tool, ease of interaction and accessible, useful information.
The site makes it easier for recruiters and talent to find and connect with each other
across Asia.
CareerBecause.Asia [http://careerbecause.asia ] is a partnership between Tokyo-based
Ajisai [http://ajisai-corporate.com ] and London-based BusinessBecause,com
[http://www.businessbecause.com ], bringing together Ajisai's expertise in Asian
recruitment with BusinessBecause.com [http://businessbecause.com ]'s track record in
online networking, news and jobs for busy young professionals.
About Ajisai
Based in Tokyo, with offices in Shanghai, Pune and Kuala Lumpur, Ajisai is the owner
of established careers site The Asia Career Times [http://theasiacareertimes.com ]. Ajisai
k.k. was established to provide a comprehensive careers grid for Asia, matching multiple
hiring needs with multiple talent pools across the region. Ajisai's mission is to help
individuals, firms, and professional and educational institutions to match hiring needs
with the best talent. To learn more visit Ajisai's corporate site
[http://ajisai-corporate.com ]
About BusinessBecause.com [http://businessbecause.com ]
BusinessBecause.com [http://www.businessbecause.com ] is a news, networking and jobs
site for the business school world, helping applicants choose a business school and
business students find a job. It's the first ever specialist networking site for the
business school world, launched in 2009. The site is fast approaching 15,000 registered
members from 150 countries. Companies including Google, KPMG and Virgin Group have used
BusinessBecause to find candidates.
Olivier LeLann, CEO, Ajisai: "The job market in Asia is booming but matching up talent
with recruiters is still a lengthy, old-fashioned process. It's a great moment to build on
our existing products to create a unique solution for employers and professionals in
Asia."
Contact
Maria Ahmed, maria@businessbecause.com, +44 (0)20-3176-0181.
Source: CareerBecause.Asia
.
Anti-Sexting Application Enables Parents to Monitor Sexting & Other Inappropriate Behavior by Their Children
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 3:07:01 PM
Anti-Sexting Application Enables Parents to Monitor Sexting & Other Inappropriate Behavior by Their Children
PicsChecker Launched by Chicago-area Firm, Wyd Eye Software
CHICAGO, Nov. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Wyd Eye Software, a family-owned business in northern Illinois, has launched a new anti-sexting application that allows parents to monitor the texts and photos their children transmit on their mobile phones.
For more information about PicsChecker, please visit http://www.picschecker.com.
PicsChecker delivers parents a daily report on their children's mobile phone transmissions, giving parents a tool to monitor objectionable content and, if necessary, to intervene to deter inappropriate use of a child's mobile phone.
"PicsChecker is based on the simple premise that if a child knows that mom or dad will get a copy, too, the child will be a lot less likely to send something inappropriate," said Wyd Eye Software President Jeremy Witkins of Algonquin, Illinois. "It also gives the child a tool to combat peer pressure to engage in inappropriate behavior."
Sexting is becoming an increasingly common occurrence, Witkins said.
-- A recent University of Michigan poll showed that parents now consider
sexting one of their top ten concerns about the health and well-being of
their children.
-- Surveys show that 39 percent of teens are sending or posting sexually
suggestive messages and that one in five teens admit to having sent nude
or semi-nude photos.
PicsChecker, developed for Android phones, is the first application to deliver content in a daily email to parents, eliminating the need for parents to go to a server and sift though pages of reports. It has a market potential of 27 million underage users, a number that is only growing, as smart phones are being marketed to underage users.
"We know that today's parents don't have 20 minutes a night to look through reports and logs, to see if their child sent an inappropriate photo or message," continues Witkins. "So we designed PicsChecker to deliver the content the parent wants in a simple, easy-to-read email."
How PicsChecker Works :
-- Parents then have the information they need to evaluate transmissions
and decide if it is necessary to intervene to stop the sending of
inappropriate content.
-- Once a day, the events the parents have chosen to monitor are emailed to
the parents. PicsChecker also reports the phone numbers or emails
messages were sent to, with a time stamp.
-- Once installed, PicsChecker records all outbound SMS and MMS, as well as
all photos taken on a phone. The recorded events are then periodically
sent to the Wyd Eye server and logged.
PicsChecker does not view or use received content in any way other than to transmit to parents, and content received by the server is regularly purged after 10 days. Parents have the legal right to monitor use of their children's phones because the parents own the phones used by their children.
The phone's user is reminded that PicsChecker is installed on the phone by an icon on the phone's display.
Wyd Eye Software
Wyd Eye Software was founded by Jeremy Witkins in the fall of 2009. Jeremy and his wife, Cary, had recently become licensed foster parents. They began to ask family members, several of whom are teachers, about issues that cause parents concern. Sexting by young people was often mentioned by the teachers, who had noticed the harmful effects it could have on their students.
Looking for solutions, Witkins found none. So he decided to develop a smart phone application that allowed parents and children to work together to make sure the child did not get caught up in the sexting epidemic.
In 2010, Witkins partnered with his parents, Joseph and Janie Witkins. Together, Jeremy and Joe Witkins have more than 30 years of experience in the telecommunications business.
After months of development work, PicsChecker was launched. It is now available on the Wyd Eye and PicsChecker websites and through the Android application store for $3.99 per month, without a contract.
PicsChecker will soon be available through other telephone carriers' application websites.
SOURCE Wyd Eye Software
Wyd Eye Software
CONTACT: Doug Richardson, R&R Partners, +1-202-414-6178, Douglas.richardson@rrpartners.com
Web Site: http://www.picschecker.com
PicsChecker Launched by Chicago-area Firm, Wyd Eye Software
CHICAGO, Nov. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Wyd Eye Software, a family-owned business in northern Illinois, has launched a new anti-sexting application that allows parents to monitor the texts and photos their children transmit on their mobile phones.
For more information about PicsChecker, please visit http://www.picschecker.com.
PicsChecker delivers parents a daily report on their children's mobile phone transmissions, giving parents a tool to monitor objectionable content and, if necessary, to intervene to deter inappropriate use of a child's mobile phone.
"PicsChecker is based on the simple premise that if a child knows that mom or dad will get a copy, too, the child will be a lot less likely to send something inappropriate," said Wyd Eye Software President Jeremy Witkins of Algonquin, Illinois. "It also gives the child a tool to combat peer pressure to engage in inappropriate behavior."
Sexting is becoming an increasingly common occurrence, Witkins said.
-- A recent University of Michigan poll showed that parents now consider
sexting one of their top ten concerns about the health and well-being of
their children.
-- Surveys show that 39 percent of teens are sending or posting sexually
suggestive messages and that one in five teens admit to having sent nude
or semi-nude photos.
PicsChecker, developed for Android phones, is the first application to deliver content in a daily email to parents, eliminating the need for parents to go to a server and sift though pages of reports. It has a market potential of 27 million underage users, a number that is only growing, as smart phones are being marketed to underage users.
"We know that today's parents don't have 20 minutes a night to look through reports and logs, to see if their child sent an inappropriate photo or message," continues Witkins. "So we designed PicsChecker to deliver the content the parent wants in a simple, easy-to-read email."
How PicsChecker Works :
-- Parents then have the information they need to evaluate transmissions
and decide if it is necessary to intervene to stop the sending of
inappropriate content.
-- Once a day, the events the parents have chosen to monitor are emailed to
the parents. PicsChecker also reports the phone numbers or emails
messages were sent to, with a time stamp.
-- Once installed, PicsChecker records all outbound SMS and MMS, as well as
all photos taken on a phone. The recorded events are then periodically
sent to the Wyd Eye server and logged.
PicsChecker does not view or use received content in any way other than to transmit to parents, and content received by the server is regularly purged after 10 days. Parents have the legal right to monitor use of their children's phones because the parents own the phones used by their children.
The phone's user is reminded that PicsChecker is installed on the phone by an icon on the phone's display.
Wyd Eye Software
Wyd Eye Software was founded by Jeremy Witkins in the fall of 2009. Jeremy and his wife, Cary, had recently become licensed foster parents. They began to ask family members, several of whom are teachers, about issues that cause parents concern. Sexting by young people was often mentioned by the teachers, who had noticed the harmful effects it could have on their students.
Looking for solutions, Witkins found none. So he decided to develop a smart phone application that allowed parents and children to work together to make sure the child did not get caught up in the sexting epidemic.
In 2010, Witkins partnered with his parents, Joseph and Janie Witkins. Together, Jeremy and Joe Witkins have more than 30 years of experience in the telecommunications business.
After months of development work, PicsChecker was launched. It is now available on the Wyd Eye and PicsChecker websites and through the Android application store for $3.99 per month, without a contract.
PicsChecker will soon be available through other telephone carriers' application websites.
SOURCE Wyd Eye Software
Wyd Eye Software
CONTACT: Doug Richardson, R&R Partners, +1-202-414-6178, Douglas.richardson@rrpartners.com
Web Site: http://www.picschecker.com
Sears Offers Convenient Delivery of Fresh-cut, Hand-picked Christmas Trees, as Well as Full Line of Holiday Home Decor at Great Prices
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 3:00:01 PM
Sears Offers Convenient Delivery of Fresh-cut, Hand-picked Christmas Trees, as Well as Full Line of Holiday Home Decor at Great Prices
Premium-Grade Fraser Firs are Available for Home Decorating, Just in Time for December Tree-Trimming
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill., Nov. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- As families begin their holiday decorating following Thanksgiving and the biggest shopping days of the year, Sears announces it is bringing online shoppers a convenient way to enjoy a fresh-cut, hand-picked Christmas tree for the holidays.
Now through Dec. 15, customers can go to Sears.com to order their own Fraser fir from the North Carolina Blue Ridge Mountains and have it delivered for free[1] directly to their home, apartment or office just in time to decorate with the latest Sears holiday decor. For the homeowner looking to celebrate the Christmas season in style, Sears provides great value and selection on key Christmas items in-store, as well as a complete collection online.
In a recent survey, 56 percent of respondents who decorate a Christmas tree for the holidays indicated that they decorate in December,[2] meaning that Sears' home delivery of Fraser firs is timed just right for the majority of its customers. The survey also found that 90 percent of those who decorate a tree said they use lights,[3] and 73 percent buy at least one new ornament a year.[4] Sears is the perfect one-stop destination for everyone's holiday home decor needs, with a full range of ornaments, lights (including energy-efficient and environmentally friendly LED models), garland, tinsel, ribbon and giftwrap, and many special deals and offers that help make the holidays more joyful for families everywhere.
"This holiday season, we wanted to offer our customers an easy solution to finding the perfect Christmas tree," said James Alt, vice president, Seasonal and Outdoor Living, Sears Holdings. "At Sears, we understand that this time of year can be busy, but with a convenient, home-delivered tree, families can dedicate more time to enjoying the magic of the holiday season."
All fresh-cut Christmas trees are hand-picked and thoroughly inspected, to provide Sears customers with only premium-grade, dense trees ideal for decorating, with everything from garland to lights to heavy holiday ornaments. The Fraser fir Christmas trees can range from 4.5- to nine-feet tall and are available with free shipping at Sears.com.
The freshly harvested Christmas tree will ship within 24 hours of cutting to help ensure freshness and longevity. The holiday team also prunes, shakes and packages the tree in a sturdy, moisture-resistant carton for optimal protection. Additionally, customers will receive a complimentary tree removal bag along with the delivery that can serve as a bag for a tidy and easy disposal or recycling following the holidays, which will come in handy for the 38 percent of tree decorators who take down their trees immediately after Christmas or before the New Year.[5]
For customers shopping online or in-store, Sears has a wide selection of Christmas trees, lights and all the trimming to make this Christmas a merry one. Sears makes it easy to shop for holiday trim this year with an expanded online assortment that includes chic holiday trim programs and brands like Country Living, Ty Pennington and Trim A Home. Plus, shoppers can take advantage of services such as Buy Online, Pick Up In-Store, ship-to-store and free shipping options.
Additionally, for all Sears credit card holders, Sears is offering five times the Shop Your Way Rewards points on qualifying purchases, equal to five percent back, through Jan. 28, 2012. Customers can apply for a Sears card online, at Sears.com, or in their local Sears store; if approved, the offer is instantly available on qualified purchases at both stores.
Visit Sears.com for more information and to find a location near you or shop online for the best deals of the holiday season. For additional media materials and information please visit the Sears holiday electronic press kit, or contact the Sears and Kmart holiday hotline at (212) 884-1140 to arrange an interview or in-store filming.
About Sears, Roebuck and Co.
Sears, Roebuck and Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: SHLD), is a leading broadline retailer providing merchandise and related services. Sears, Roebuck offers its wide range of home merchandise, apparel and automotive products and services through more than 2,700 Sears-branded and affiliated stores in the United States and Canada, which includes over 890 Full-line and more than 1,350 specialty stores in the U.S. Sears, Roebuck also offers a variety of merchandise and services through sears.com, landsend.com, and specialty catalogs. Sears, Roebuck offers consumers leading proprietary brands including Kenmore, Craftsman, DieHard and Lands' End -- among the most trusted and preferred brands in the U.S. Sears, Roebuck is the 2011 ENERGY STAR® Retail Partner of the Year. The company is the nation's largest provider of home services, with more than 11 million service calls made annually. For more information, visit the Sears, Roebuck website at http://www.sears.com or the Sears Holdings Corporation website at http://www.searsholdings.com.
[1] All Christmas Tree Company orders are delivered in 3-8 business days via FedEx Ground service. Shipping costs are included in the purchase price of your order. Please provide a street address for shipping purposes. FedEx does not deliver to P.O. Boxes. The Christmas Tree Company offers free shipping within the contiguous United States (lower 48 states) only*. Please allow a maximum of 8 business days for your package to arrive. All of our live Christmas trees, fresh wreaths, natural greenery and live Christmas tree stands are shipped in sturdy moisture resistant cartons from our Sparta, North Carolina farm location. Please add 1-2 business days depending on day/time of your order. Last day to ship is 12/15/11.
[2] The study, commissioned by ERWW PR on behalf of Sears Holdings Corp., is based on a survey of 1,036 U.S. consumers, ages 18 and older. The data is representative of the U.S. census population, with a margin of error of +/- 3.0 percentage points and a 95 percent level of confidence.
[3] Ibid.
[4] Ibid.
[5] Ibid.
MEDIA CONTACT:
Shannelle Armstrong Rory Swikle
Sears Holdings Euro RSCG Worldwide PR
847-286-0715 312-532-0220
shannelle.armstrong@searshc.com rory.swikle@eurorscg.com
SOURCE Sears, Roebuck and Co.
Sears, Roebuck and Co.
Web Site: http://www.sears.com
Premium-Grade Fraser Firs are Available for Home Decorating, Just in Time for December Tree-Trimming
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill., Nov. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- As families begin their holiday decorating following Thanksgiving and the biggest shopping days of the year, Sears announces it is bringing online shoppers a convenient way to enjoy a fresh-cut, hand-picked Christmas tree for the holidays.
Now through Dec. 15, customers can go to Sears.com to order their own Fraser fir from the North Carolina Blue Ridge Mountains and have it delivered for free[1] directly to their home, apartment or office just in time to decorate with the latest Sears holiday decor. For the homeowner looking to celebrate the Christmas season in style, Sears provides great value and selection on key Christmas items in-store, as well as a complete collection online.
In a recent survey, 56 percent of respondents who decorate a Christmas tree for the holidays indicated that they decorate in December,[2] meaning that Sears' home delivery of Fraser firs is timed just right for the majority of its customers. The survey also found that 90 percent of those who decorate a tree said they use lights,[3] and 73 percent buy at least one new ornament a year.[4] Sears is the perfect one-stop destination for everyone's holiday home decor needs, with a full range of ornaments, lights (including energy-efficient and environmentally friendly LED models), garland, tinsel, ribbon and giftwrap, and many special deals and offers that help make the holidays more joyful for families everywhere.
"This holiday season, we wanted to offer our customers an easy solution to finding the perfect Christmas tree," said James Alt, vice president, Seasonal and Outdoor Living, Sears Holdings. "At Sears, we understand that this time of year can be busy, but with a convenient, home-delivered tree, families can dedicate more time to enjoying the magic of the holiday season."
All fresh-cut Christmas trees are hand-picked and thoroughly inspected, to provide Sears customers with only premium-grade, dense trees ideal for decorating, with everything from garland to lights to heavy holiday ornaments. The Fraser fir Christmas trees can range from 4.5- to nine-feet tall and are available with free shipping at Sears.com.
The freshly harvested Christmas tree will ship within 24 hours of cutting to help ensure freshness and longevity. The holiday team also prunes, shakes and packages the tree in a sturdy, moisture-resistant carton for optimal protection. Additionally, customers will receive a complimentary tree removal bag along with the delivery that can serve as a bag for a tidy and easy disposal or recycling following the holidays, which will come in handy for the 38 percent of tree decorators who take down their trees immediately after Christmas or before the New Year.[5]
For customers shopping online or in-store, Sears has a wide selection of Christmas trees, lights and all the trimming to make this Christmas a merry one. Sears makes it easy to shop for holiday trim this year with an expanded online assortment that includes chic holiday trim programs and brands like Country Living, Ty Pennington and Trim A Home. Plus, shoppers can take advantage of services such as Buy Online, Pick Up In-Store, ship-to-store and free shipping options.
Additionally, for all Sears credit card holders, Sears is offering five times the Shop Your Way Rewards points on qualifying purchases, equal to five percent back, through Jan. 28, 2012. Customers can apply for a Sears card online, at Sears.com, or in their local Sears store; if approved, the offer is instantly available on qualified purchases at both stores.
Visit Sears.com for more information and to find a location near you or shop online for the best deals of the holiday season. For additional media materials and information please visit the Sears holiday electronic press kit, or contact the Sears and Kmart holiday hotline at (212) 884-1140 to arrange an interview or in-store filming.
About Sears, Roebuck and Co.
Sears, Roebuck and Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: SHLD), is a leading broadline retailer providing merchandise and related services. Sears, Roebuck offers its wide range of home merchandise, apparel and automotive products and services through more than 2,700 Sears-branded and affiliated stores in the United States and Canada, which includes over 890 Full-line and more than 1,350 specialty stores in the U.S. Sears, Roebuck also offers a variety of merchandise and services through sears.com, landsend.com, and specialty catalogs. Sears, Roebuck offers consumers leading proprietary brands including Kenmore, Craftsman, DieHard and Lands' End -- among the most trusted and preferred brands in the U.S. Sears, Roebuck is the 2011 ENERGY STAR® Retail Partner of the Year. The company is the nation's largest provider of home services, with more than 11 million service calls made annually. For more information, visit the Sears, Roebuck website at http://www.sears.com or the Sears Holdings Corporation website at http://www.searsholdings.com.
[1] All Christmas Tree Company orders are delivered in 3-8 business days via FedEx Ground service. Shipping costs are included in the purchase price of your order. Please provide a street address for shipping purposes. FedEx does not deliver to P.O. Boxes. The Christmas Tree Company offers free shipping within the contiguous United States (lower 48 states) only*. Please allow a maximum of 8 business days for your package to arrive. All of our live Christmas trees, fresh wreaths, natural greenery and live Christmas tree stands are shipped in sturdy moisture resistant cartons from our Sparta, North Carolina farm location. Please add 1-2 business days depending on day/time of your order. Last day to ship is 12/15/11.
[2] The study, commissioned by ERWW PR on behalf of Sears Holdings Corp., is based on a survey of 1,036 U.S. consumers, ages 18 and older. The data is representative of the U.S. census population, with a margin of error of +/- 3.0 percentage points and a 95 percent level of confidence.
[3] Ibid.
[4] Ibid.
[5] Ibid.
MEDIA CONTACT:
Shannelle Armstrong Rory Swikle
Sears Holdings Euro RSCG Worldwide PR
847-286-0715 312-532-0220
shannelle.armstrong@searshc.com rory.swikle@eurorscg.com
SOURCE Sears, Roebuck and Co.
Sears, Roebuck and Co.
Web Site: http://www.sears.com
mophie (RED)EFINES Portable Power by Joining Forces With (RED)(TM)
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 3:00:01 PM
mophie (RED)EFINES Portable Power by Joining Forces With (RED)(TM)
Special Edition Battery Solutions Now Available as (PRODUCT)RED(TM)
SANTA ANA, Calif., Nov. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- mophie(TM), trailblazer in the portable power category, today announced its partnership with (RED)(TM) and the launch of a Special Edition line of flagship products--juice pack air, juice pack plus and the complete juice pack universal line (reserve, boost and powerstation)--to raise awareness and funds to fight AIDS. Five percent of profits from the sales of (MOPHIE)RED products will go to the Global Fund to help reach the goal of an AIDS free generation by 2015. To kick off the program, the (MOPHIE)RED universal line will be available for sale online beginning December 1 in conjunction with the internationally recognized World AIDS Day. Special (PRODUCT)RED versions of the juice pack air and juice pack plus will be available in January 2012.
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"We are honored to partner with (RED) on the noble cause of helping to eliminate AIDS and humbled to join the company of the global brands, celebrities and influencers who support the (RED) organization," said mophie's Ross Howe, vice president of marketing. "Function and style are built into the DNA of each mophie portable power solution and developing the (PRODUCT)RED collection has been an exciting way to combine our passion for design with an opportunity to contribute to a powerful and important cause."
The (PRODUCT)RED Special Edition line includes:
-- powerstation ($79.95)--The most powerful charger in the mophie family,
the external battery with a 4000 mAh capacity can charge virtually any
USB-enabled device including the iPad
-- boost ($49.95)--The sleek, pocket-sized backup battery also functions as
a stand for the device. Utilizing its 2000 mAh battery capacity, the
boost has the ability to fully charge an iPhone
-- reserve ($34.95)--The zippo design-inspired reserve is the perfect
solution for a quick charge on-the-go. Featuring a 700 mAh battery, the
reserve is lightweight, compact in design, and comes with a convenient
key ring and integrated USB cable for easy charging
-- juice pack plus for iPhone 4/4S ($99.95)--Big brother to the juice pack
air, the plus more than doubles the life of the iPhone 4/4S with a 2000
mAh battery capacity
-- juice pack air for iPhone 4/4S ($79.95)--Known for catapulting the brand
within the portable power category, the juice pack air doubles the life
of the iPhone 4/4S, while also protecting from drops, slips and bangs
"In order to reach a large audience, (RED) looks to collaborate with brands that have a positive and well-known presence globally, and mophie is a company we are very excited to add to our outstanding group of partners," said Deborah Dugan, CEO, (RED). "Purchasing (MOPHIE)RED products gives tech savvy consumers a way to make a real contribution to the fight against AIDS while staying powered up for all of their communications."
The (MOPHIE)RED reserve, boost and powerstation will be available for sale on http://www.mophie.com beginning December 1. The (MOPHIE)RED( )juice pack air and juice pack plus will be sold online beginning in January 2012 with expansion into other online retail and brick-and-mortar stores anticipated in early 2012.
About mophie
mophie is a California-based, award-winning designer and manufacturer of mobile intelligent devices and accessories. It is widely recognized and highly acclaimed for its creative designs and innovative solutions. mophie is the proud developer of the juice pack, the first "Works With iPhone" portable battery solution certified by Apple Inc. All of mophie's products are developed to address real consumer and business needs and are seamless integrations of industrial, electronic, software and artistic designs. Its products are available in Apple stores, AT&T stores, Best Buy stores, Verizon stores, and on http://www.mophie.com and http://www.amazon.com. Follow mophie on Twitter at twitter.com/mophie or on Facebook at facebook.com/mophielovesyou.
About (RED)(TM) and (PRODUCT)RED(TM)
(RED) engages business and consumer power in the fight against AIDS. To date, (RED) partners and events have generated over $180 million for The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. This money has supported HIV/AIDS programs that have reached more than 7.5 million people affected by AIDS in Africa. Current (PRODUCT)RED Proud Partners include: American Express (UK only), Apple, Beats by Dr. Dre, Belvedere, Bugaboo, Converse, Dell, Gap, Nike, Penfolds and Starbucks and Special Edition partners include: FEED, Girl Skateboards, Mophie, Nanda Home, Shazam and Solange Azagury-Partridge. Companies whose products take on the (PRODUCT)RED mark contribute a significant percentage of the sales or portion of the profits from that product to the Global Fund. On World AIDS Day 2010, (RED) launched "The AIDS Free Generation is Due in 2015" campaign. (RED) is joining the global health community in raising funds and awareness to help eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV by 2015 and helping to realize the first AIDS-free generation in nearly thirty years. Learn more at http://www.joinred.com.
About The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
The Global Fund is a unique, public-private partnership and international financing institution dedicated to attracting and disbursing additional resources to prevent and treat HIV and AIDS, TB and malaria. This partnership between governments, civil society, the private sector and affected communities represents an innovative approach to international health financing. Since its creation in 2002, the Global Fund has become the main financier of programs to fight AIDS, TB and malaria, with approved funding of US$ 22.4 billion for more than 1,000 programs in 150 countries (as of 30 June 2011). To date, programs supported by the Global Fund have saved 7.7 million lives by providing AIDS treatment for 3.2 million people, anti-tuberculosis treatment for 8.2 million people and 190 million insecticide-treated nets for the prevention of malaria. The Global Fund works in close collaboration with other bilateral and multilateral organizations to supplement existing efforts in dealing with the three diseases. (RED)(TM) is the largest business initiative supporting the Global Fund. For more information visit http://www.theglobalfund.org.
SOURCE mophie
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mophie
CONTACT: Formula, +1-619-234-0345, mophie@formulapr.com
Web Site: http://www.theglobalfund.org
Special Edition Battery Solutions Now Available as (PRODUCT)RED(TM)
SANTA ANA, Calif., Nov. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- mophie(TM), trailblazer in the portable power category, today announced its partnership with (RED)(TM) and the launch of a Special Edition line of flagship products--juice pack air, juice pack plus and the complete juice pack universal line (reserve, boost and powerstation)--to raise awareness and funds to fight AIDS. Five percent of profits from the sales of (MOPHIE)RED products will go to the Global Fund to help reach the goal of an AIDS free generation by 2015. To kick off the program, the (MOPHIE)RED universal line will be available for sale online beginning December 1 in conjunction with the internationally recognized World AIDS Day. Special (PRODUCT)RED versions of the juice pack air and juice pack plus will be available in January 2012.
(Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111129/AQ13897)(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110209/LA44927LOGO-b)
"We are honored to partner with (RED) on the noble cause of helping to eliminate AIDS and humbled to join the company of the global brands, celebrities and influencers who support the (RED) organization," said mophie's Ross Howe, vice president of marketing. "Function and style are built into the DNA of each mophie portable power solution and developing the (PRODUCT)RED collection has been an exciting way to combine our passion for design with an opportunity to contribute to a powerful and important cause."
The (PRODUCT)RED Special Edition line includes:
-- powerstation ($79.95)--The most powerful charger in the mophie family,
the external battery with a 4000 mAh capacity can charge virtually any
USB-enabled device including the iPad
-- boost ($49.95)--The sleek, pocket-sized backup battery also functions as
a stand for the device. Utilizing its 2000 mAh battery capacity, the
boost has the ability to fully charge an iPhone
-- reserve ($34.95)--The zippo design-inspired reserve is the perfect
solution for a quick charge on-the-go. Featuring a 700 mAh battery, the
reserve is lightweight, compact in design, and comes with a convenient
key ring and integrated USB cable for easy charging
-- juice pack plus for iPhone 4/4S ($99.95)--Big brother to the juice pack
air, the plus more than doubles the life of the iPhone 4/4S with a 2000
mAh battery capacity
-- juice pack air for iPhone 4/4S ($79.95)--Known for catapulting the brand
within the portable power category, the juice pack air doubles the life
of the iPhone 4/4S, while also protecting from drops, slips and bangs
"In order to reach a large audience, (RED) looks to collaborate with brands that have a positive and well-known presence globally, and mophie is a company we are very excited to add to our outstanding group of partners," said Deborah Dugan, CEO, (RED). "Purchasing (MOPHIE)RED products gives tech savvy consumers a way to make a real contribution to the fight against AIDS while staying powered up for all of their communications."
The (MOPHIE)RED reserve, boost and powerstation will be available for sale on http://www.mophie.com beginning December 1. The (MOPHIE)RED( )juice pack air and juice pack plus will be sold online beginning in January 2012 with expansion into other online retail and brick-and-mortar stores anticipated in early 2012.
About mophie
mophie is a California-based, award-winning designer and manufacturer of mobile intelligent devices and accessories. It is widely recognized and highly acclaimed for its creative designs and innovative solutions. mophie is the proud developer of the juice pack, the first "Works With iPhone" portable battery solution certified by Apple Inc. All of mophie's products are developed to address real consumer and business needs and are seamless integrations of industrial, electronic, software and artistic designs. Its products are available in Apple stores, AT&T stores, Best Buy stores, Verizon stores, and on http://www.mophie.com and http://www.amazon.com. Follow mophie on Twitter at twitter.com/mophie or on Facebook at facebook.com/mophielovesyou.
About (RED)(TM) and (PRODUCT)RED(TM)
(RED) engages business and consumer power in the fight against AIDS. To date, (RED) partners and events have generated over $180 million for The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. This money has supported HIV/AIDS programs that have reached more than 7.5 million people affected by AIDS in Africa. Current (PRODUCT)RED Proud Partners include: American Express (UK only), Apple, Beats by Dr. Dre, Belvedere, Bugaboo, Converse, Dell, Gap, Nike, Penfolds and Starbucks and Special Edition partners include: FEED, Girl Skateboards, Mophie, Nanda Home, Shazam and Solange Azagury-Partridge. Companies whose products take on the (PRODUCT)RED mark contribute a significant percentage of the sales or portion of the profits from that product to the Global Fund. On World AIDS Day 2010, (RED) launched "The AIDS Free Generation is Due in 2015" campaign. (RED) is joining the global health community in raising funds and awareness to help eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV by 2015 and helping to realize the first AIDS-free generation in nearly thirty years. Learn more at http://www.joinred.com.
About The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
The Global Fund is a unique, public-private partnership and international financing institution dedicated to attracting and disbursing additional resources to prevent and treat HIV and AIDS, TB and malaria. This partnership between governments, civil society, the private sector and affected communities represents an innovative approach to international health financing. Since its creation in 2002, the Global Fund has become the main financier of programs to fight AIDS, TB and malaria, with approved funding of US$ 22.4 billion for more than 1,000 programs in 150 countries (as of 30 June 2011). To date, programs supported by the Global Fund have saved 7.7 million lives by providing AIDS treatment for 3.2 million people, anti-tuberculosis treatment for 8.2 million people and 190 million insecticide-treated nets for the prevention of malaria. The Global Fund works in close collaboration with other bilateral and multilateral organizations to supplement existing efforts in dealing with the three diseases. (RED)(TM) is the largest business initiative supporting the Global Fund. For more information visit http://www.theglobalfund.org.
SOURCE mophie
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mophie
CONTACT: Formula, +1-619-234-0345, mophie@formulapr.com
Web Site: http://www.theglobalfund.org
Yelp Launches in Australia
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 2:07:01 PM
Yelp Launches in Australia
Company Seeks to Connect With "Yelp-minded" Consumers in Melbourne and Sydney
SYDNEY, Nov. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Yelp (http://www.yelp.com), the community led local search site, today announced the availability of Yelp Australia (http://www.yelp.com.au).
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Aussies are now able to create accounts on Yelp to share their opinions about local businesses and services in their neighborhoods. Yelp's free iPhone and Android mobile applications are available, as is Yelp for Business Owners, the company's free suite of business owner tools.
"It's easy to forget how much of an impact local businesses have on our day-to-day lives. Be it an auto mechanic, dentist, hair stylist or dry cleaner, we rely on them to help make life easier and more colorful," said Jeremy Stoppelman, cofounder and chief executive officer of Yelp. "The most interesting finding for us has been that, regardless of geographic boundaries, people seem to have this altruistic desire to share their great local business experiences with others. We look forward to seeing what Aussies think of the site."
Yelp will be available throughout Australia; however, the company will focus its initial community-growth efforts in Melbourne and Sydney. This city-by-city expansion strategy has proven to be an effective one for the company, which has increased its global footprint to 12 countries.
To learn more and see pictures of Yelp.com.au and our iPhone and Android applications, visit our Official Yelp Blog (http://officialblog.yelp.com/).
About Yelp:
Yelp (http://www.yelp.com) is a website that connects people with great local businesses. Yelp was founded in San Francisco in July 2004. Since then, Yelp communities have taken root in major metros in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Switzerland and Belgium. In Q3 2011, Yelp saw an average of approximately 61 million monthly unique visitors to its website and our mobile app was used on an average of more than 5 million monthly mobile devices. Since Yelp's inception, yelpers have written more than 22 million local reviews. These reviews are written by people using Yelp to share their everyday local business experiences, giving voice to consumers and bringing "word of mouth" online on everything from restaurants, boutiques and salons to dentists, mechanics, plumbers and more. Yelp.com.au's basic business listing information and sales effort will be driven by Australia-based Sensis, a relationship which was announced earlier this year. For more information, please visit yelp.com.au or send an email to press@yelp.com.
Media Contacts:
US
Yelp Inc
Stephanie Ichinose
Stephanie@yelp.com
415-908-3679
Australia
Howorth Communications
Graham White
graham@howorth.com.au
0404 840 533
Rudolf Wagenaar
Rudolf@howorth.com.au
0439 082 550
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Yelp
Web Site: http://www.yelp.com
Company Seeks to Connect With "Yelp-minded" Consumers in Melbourne and Sydney
SYDNEY, Nov. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Yelp (http://www.yelp.com), the community led local search site, today announced the availability of Yelp Australia (http://www.yelp.com.au).
(Logo: <font size="2" face="Arial">http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20050511/SFW134LOGO</font>)
Aussies are now able to create accounts on Yelp to share their opinions about local businesses and services in their neighborhoods. Yelp's free iPhone and Android mobile applications are available, as is Yelp for Business Owners, the company's free suite of business owner tools.
"It's easy to forget how much of an impact local businesses have on our day-to-day lives. Be it an auto mechanic, dentist, hair stylist or dry cleaner, we rely on them to help make life easier and more colorful," said Jeremy Stoppelman, cofounder and chief executive officer of Yelp. "The most interesting finding for us has been that, regardless of geographic boundaries, people seem to have this altruistic desire to share their great local business experiences with others. We look forward to seeing what Aussies think of the site."
Yelp will be available throughout Australia; however, the company will focus its initial community-growth efforts in Melbourne and Sydney. This city-by-city expansion strategy has proven to be an effective one for the company, which has increased its global footprint to 12 countries.
To learn more and see pictures of Yelp.com.au and our iPhone and Android applications, visit our Official Yelp Blog (http://officialblog.yelp.com/).
About Yelp:
Yelp (http://www.yelp.com) is a website that connects people with great local businesses. Yelp was founded in San Francisco in July 2004. Since then, Yelp communities have taken root in major metros in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Switzerland and Belgium. In Q3 2011, Yelp saw an average of approximately 61 million monthly unique visitors to its website and our mobile app was used on an average of more than 5 million monthly mobile devices. Since Yelp's inception, yelpers have written more than 22 million local reviews. These reviews are written by people using Yelp to share their everyday local business experiences, giving voice to consumers and bringing "word of mouth" online on everything from restaurants, boutiques and salons to dentists, mechanics, plumbers and more. Yelp.com.au's basic business listing information and sales effort will be driven by Australia-based Sensis, a relationship which was announced earlier this year. For more information, please visit yelp.com.au or send an email to press@yelp.com.
Media Contacts:
US
Yelp Inc
Stephanie Ichinose
Stephanie@yelp.com
415-908-3679
Australia
Howorth Communications
Graham White
graham@howorth.com.au
0404 840 533
Rudolf Wagenaar
Rudolf@howorth.com.au
0439 082 550
SOURCE Yelp
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Yelp
Web Site: http://www.yelp.com
Oce Solutions Showcased at Autodesk University 2011 Help AEC Users Streamline Operations, Improve Workflow
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 2:07:01 PM
Oce Solutions Showcased at Autodesk University 2011 Help AEC Users Streamline Operations, Improve Workflow
TRUMBULL, Conn., Nov. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Oce, a Canon Group Company and an international leader in digital document management, will display its large format print solutions designed to meet the wide format technical document print needs of architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) users during Autodesk University 2011, November 29 - December 1 in Las Vegas, NV. Attendees who visit the Oce booth (#123) will see first-hand the Oce ColorWave® 300 system, the world's first integrated large format, single-footprint system for color and monochrome printing, copying and scanning; the Oce ColorWave® 600 solid toner mid-volume printer; and Oce PlotWave® 300 monochrome, single footprint system.
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"The AEC industry is constantly looking to improve productivity while reducing operational costs, and there is tremendous opportunity to do so with today's advanced wide format printing solutions," said Sal Sheikh, Vice President, Marketing, Oce Wide Format Printing division of Oce North America. "The Oce solutions on display at Autodesk University deliver economical wide format monochrome and color CAD printing for AEC firms in order to improve accuracy and workflow, better enabling them to finish projects on time and under budget."
Large Format Solutions Streamline Operations, Leverage the Value of Color
The use of color in CAD documents encourages faster, more accurate decision-making and helps reduce the risk of misinterpretation, lowering the potential for mistakes in both the early approval phases and throughout the entire project lifecycle. Color can improve communications between AEC team members, reduce mistakes and rework, speed project completion and reduce construction delays. The Oce large format printing systems on display at Autodesk University are designed to make it easy and economical for AEC companies to incorporate advanced, multifunction printing solutions into their operations.
All-in-One Innovation to Leverage the Power of Color
The Oce ColorWave 300 multifunction printer system is an integrated large format, single-footprint system for color and monochrome printing, copying and scanning. Now, AEC firms no longer have to invest in separate systems for printing large format color and monochrome documents, making the jump to color more economical. This all-in-one color printing system fits into small, compact spaces and is designed to handle customer requirements in low- to mid-volume technical applications, both decentralized and departmental. The system also features a Top Delivery Tray that stacks many types of inkjet media on top of the printer, reducing space requirements to a minimum.
The Oce ColorWave 600 printer uses unique Oce CrystalPoint® technology to produce high-quality prints on lower cost plain and recycled paper. This technology combines the best of both toner and inkjet printing in one device for high speed, high production color toner printing on uncoated paper, matte film, and even Tyvek® for waterproof outdoor use. Blending the best of both technologies allows AEC professionals to re-think the way they approach color printing. The Oce ColorWave 600 printer enables users to produce color prints quickly and easily with zero drying time for instantly usable prints.
Compact, Durable All-in-One Monochrome System
The Oce PlotWave300 all-in-one, large format monochrome print system is ideal for firms that need a print/copy/scan system that fits into small spaces plus is intuitive and economical to operate. The system incorporates Oce Radiant Fusing technology, the most efficient way to fuse toner onto paper, with benefits such as no warm-up time, half the energy use of comparable systems, and virtually no ozone emissions - all while maintaining superior image quality for even the most complex documents. It also includes features such as a built-in USB flash drive for printing and scanning at the system, an output delivery tray on the top of the machine, air separation to prevent prints from curling, and a scroll and click panel and smart buttons that make it easy to use for both experienced and new walk-up users.
Product Availability
All of the systems on display during Autodesk University are available now. For more information, call Oce at 800-714-4427 or visit http://www.oceusa.com.
About Oce
Oce is one of the leading providers of document management and printing for professionals. The Oce offering includes office printing and copying systems, high speed digital production printers and wide format printing systems for both technical documentation and color display graphics. Oce is also a foremost supplier of document management outsourcing. Many of the Fortune Global 500 companies and leading commercial printers are Oce customers. The company was founded in 1877. With headquarters in Venlo, The Netherlands, Oce is active in over 100 countries and employs more than 20,000 people worldwide. Total revenues in financial 2010 amounted to approximately euro 2.7 billion. Oce is listed on Euronext in Amsterdam. For more information visit http://www.oce.com.
Oce North America is headquartered in Trumbull, CT, with additional business units in Chicago, IL and Boca Raton, FL. North America represents 34% of Oce's worldwide revenues, and employment is over 8,000. For more information about Oce North America, visit http://www.oceusa.com. Outside the U.S., consult http://global.oce.com.
Oce and Canon: Stronger together
In 2010, Oce joined the Canon Group of companies with headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, to create the global leader in the printing industry. Canon develops, manufactures and markets a growing line-up of copying machines, printers, cameras, optical and other products that meet a diverse range of customer needs. The Canon Group comprises over 197,000 people worldwide. Global net sales in 2010 were more than US $45 billion. For more information visit http://www.canon.com.
About Canon U.S.A., Inc.
Canon U.S.A., Inc., is a leading provider of consumer, business-to-business, and industrial digital imaging solutions. With more than $45 billion in global revenue, its parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE: CAJ), ranks fourth overall in patent holdings in the U.S. in 2010* and is one of Fortune Magazine's World's Most Admired Companies in 2011. Canon U.S.A. is committed to the highest levels of customer satisfaction and loyalty, providing 100 percent U.S.-based consumer service and support for all of the products it distributes. Canon U.S.A. is dedicated to its Kyosei philosophy of social and environmental responsibility. To keep apprised of the latest news from Canon U.S.A., sign up for the Company's RSS news feed by visiting http://www.usa.canon.com/rss.
* Based on weekly patent counts issued by United States Patent and Trademark Office.
All referenced product names, and other marks, are trademarks of their respective owners.
SOURCE Oce
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Oce
CONTACT: Karen Fitt of Oce North America, Corporate Communications, +1-773-714-4664, ONA.CorpComm@oce.com; or Stephen Dye, Outlook Marketing Services, +1-312-873-3422, stephen@outlookmarketingsrv.com
Web Site: http://www.oceusa.com
TRUMBULL, Conn., Nov. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Oce, a Canon Group Company and an international leader in digital document management, will display its large format print solutions designed to meet the wide format technical document print needs of architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) users during Autodesk University 2011, November 29 - December 1 in Las Vegas, NV. Attendees who visit the Oce booth (#123) will see first-hand the Oce ColorWave® 300 system, the world's first integrated large format, single-footprint system for color and monochrome printing, copying and scanning; the Oce ColorWave® 600 solid toner mid-volume printer; and Oce PlotWave® 300 monochrome, single footprint system.
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"The AEC industry is constantly looking to improve productivity while reducing operational costs, and there is tremendous opportunity to do so with today's advanced wide format printing solutions," said Sal Sheikh, Vice President, Marketing, Oce Wide Format Printing division of Oce North America. "The Oce solutions on display at Autodesk University deliver economical wide format monochrome and color CAD printing for AEC firms in order to improve accuracy and workflow, better enabling them to finish projects on time and under budget."
Large Format Solutions Streamline Operations, Leverage the Value of Color
The use of color in CAD documents encourages faster, more accurate decision-making and helps reduce the risk of misinterpretation, lowering the potential for mistakes in both the early approval phases and throughout the entire project lifecycle. Color can improve communications between AEC team members, reduce mistakes and rework, speed project completion and reduce construction delays. The Oce large format printing systems on display at Autodesk University are designed to make it easy and economical for AEC companies to incorporate advanced, multifunction printing solutions into their operations.
All-in-One Innovation to Leverage the Power of Color
The Oce ColorWave 300 multifunction printer system is an integrated large format, single-footprint system for color and monochrome printing, copying and scanning. Now, AEC firms no longer have to invest in separate systems for printing large format color and monochrome documents, making the jump to color more economical. This all-in-one color printing system fits into small, compact spaces and is designed to handle customer requirements in low- to mid-volume technical applications, both decentralized and departmental. The system also features a Top Delivery Tray that stacks many types of inkjet media on top of the printer, reducing space requirements to a minimum.
The Oce ColorWave 600 printer uses unique Oce CrystalPoint® technology to produce high-quality prints on lower cost plain and recycled paper. This technology combines the best of both toner and inkjet printing in one device for high speed, high production color toner printing on uncoated paper, matte film, and even Tyvek® for waterproof outdoor use. Blending the best of both technologies allows AEC professionals to re-think the way they approach color printing. The Oce ColorWave 600 printer enables users to produce color prints quickly and easily with zero drying time for instantly usable prints.
Compact, Durable All-in-One Monochrome System
The Oce PlotWave300 all-in-one, large format monochrome print system is ideal for firms that need a print/copy/scan system that fits into small spaces plus is intuitive and economical to operate. The system incorporates Oce Radiant Fusing technology, the most efficient way to fuse toner onto paper, with benefits such as no warm-up time, half the energy use of comparable systems, and virtually no ozone emissions - all while maintaining superior image quality for even the most complex documents. It also includes features such as a built-in USB flash drive for printing and scanning at the system, an output delivery tray on the top of the machine, air separation to prevent prints from curling, and a scroll and click panel and smart buttons that make it easy to use for both experienced and new walk-up users.
Product Availability
All of the systems on display during Autodesk University are available now. For more information, call Oce at 800-714-4427 or visit http://www.oceusa.com.
About Oce
Oce is one of the leading providers of document management and printing for professionals. The Oce offering includes office printing and copying systems, high speed digital production printers and wide format printing systems for both technical documentation and color display graphics. Oce is also a foremost supplier of document management outsourcing. Many of the Fortune Global 500 companies and leading commercial printers are Oce customers. The company was founded in 1877. With headquarters in Venlo, The Netherlands, Oce is active in over 100 countries and employs more than 20,000 people worldwide. Total revenues in financial 2010 amounted to approximately euro 2.7 billion. Oce is listed on Euronext in Amsterdam. For more information visit http://www.oce.com.
Oce North America is headquartered in Trumbull, CT, with additional business units in Chicago, IL and Boca Raton, FL. North America represents 34% of Oce's worldwide revenues, and employment is over 8,000. For more information about Oce North America, visit http://www.oceusa.com. Outside the U.S., consult http://global.oce.com.
Oce and Canon: Stronger together
In 2010, Oce joined the Canon Group of companies with headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, to create the global leader in the printing industry. Canon develops, manufactures and markets a growing line-up of copying machines, printers, cameras, optical and other products that meet a diverse range of customer needs. The Canon Group comprises over 197,000 people worldwide. Global net sales in 2010 were more than US $45 billion. For more information visit http://www.canon.com.
About Canon U.S.A., Inc.
Canon U.S.A., Inc., is a leading provider of consumer, business-to-business, and industrial digital imaging solutions. With more than $45 billion in global revenue, its parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE: CAJ), ranks fourth overall in patent holdings in the U.S. in 2010* and is one of Fortune Magazine's World's Most Admired Companies in 2011. Canon U.S.A. is committed to the highest levels of customer satisfaction and loyalty, providing 100 percent U.S.-based consumer service and support for all of the products it distributes. Canon U.S.A. is dedicated to its Kyosei philosophy of social and environmental responsibility. To keep apprised of the latest news from Canon U.S.A., sign up for the Company's RSS news feed by visiting http://www.usa.canon.com/rss.
* Based on weekly patent counts issued by United States Patent and Trademark Office.
All referenced product names, and other marks, are trademarks of their respective owners.
SOURCE Oce
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Oce
CONTACT: Karen Fitt of Oce North America, Corporate Communications, +1-773-714-4664, ONA.CorpComm@oce.com; or Stephen Dye, Outlook Marketing Services, +1-312-873-3422, stephen@outlookmarketingsrv.com
Web Site: http://www.oceusa.com
BAM! Now Open in Pennsdale
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 2:07:01 PM
BAM! Now Open in Pennsdale
PENNSDALE, Pa., Nov. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- (NASDAQ/NM:BAMM) Residents in Pennsdale now have a Books-A-Million (BAM!) to experience an expansive selection of books, toys, tech and more. The new store recently opened in Lycoming Mall located at 300 Lycoming Mall Circle, Pennsdale, PA 17556.
"BAM! is now open at the Lycoming Mall, and we're so excited to have the opportunity to serve in Pennsdale," said Mark Welker, General Manager. "With our impeccable customer service and incredible product offerings, we will certainly meet the needs of the community."
The Lycoming Mall BAM! provides a unique selection of books, magazines, bargain books and gifts, as well as unique sections within the store. There's a special "Kids-A-Million" section featuring children's books, learning resources, toys and games along with a myriad of literature for children and products from Lego, Skip Hop, LeapFrog, Hasbro and more. And for the coffee lovers, BAM! has a Joe Muggs Café featuring coffee, espresso and tea drinks along with an assortment of decadent snacks.
For the tech savvy reader, there's an array of electronics, featuring the NOOK Simple Touch, NOOK Color and the new NOOK Tablet; iPhone, iPod and eReader accessories and DVDs in addition to electronic accessories by brands such as Skullcandy, JVC, Built and Protect It.
All new customers are invited to sign up for the Millionaire's Club, where members save 40 percent off bestsellers, 20 percent off hundreds of items throughout the store and 10 percent off everything, every day. Millionaire's Club members also experience special sale events and receive exclusive promotions and coupons through weekly emails.
From quality customer service to convenient access to superior merchandise, BAM! has so much to offer, including discount programs for teachers and community organizations as well as community fundraising opportunities. The new location is open just in time for the holiday season. At BAM!, books are just the beginning.
About Books-A-Million, Inc.
Books-A-Million, Inc. is one of the nation's leading book retailers and sells on the Internet at http://www.booksamillion.com. The Company presently operates 251 stores in 30 states and the District of Columbia. The Company operates large superstores under the names Books-A-Million, BAM!, Books & Co. and 2nd & Charles and traditional bookstores operating under the names Bookland and Books-A-Million. The common stock of Books-A-Million, Inc. is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol BAMM. For more information, visit the Company's corporate website at http://www.booksamillioninc.com.
Follow Books-A-Million on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/booksamillion) and like us on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/booksamillion).
SOURCE Books-A-Million, Inc.
Books-A-Million, Inc.
CONTACT: Jane Hoerner, +1-205-909-3512
Web Site: http://www.booksamillion.com
PENNSDALE, Pa., Nov. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- (NASDAQ/NM:BAMM) Residents in Pennsdale now have a Books-A-Million (BAM!) to experience an expansive selection of books, toys, tech and more. The new store recently opened in Lycoming Mall located at 300 Lycoming Mall Circle, Pennsdale, PA 17556.
"BAM! is now open at the Lycoming Mall, and we're so excited to have the opportunity to serve in Pennsdale," said Mark Welker, General Manager. "With our impeccable customer service and incredible product offerings, we will certainly meet the needs of the community."
The Lycoming Mall BAM! provides a unique selection of books, magazines, bargain books and gifts, as well as unique sections within the store. There's a special "Kids-A-Million" section featuring children's books, learning resources, toys and games along with a myriad of literature for children and products from Lego, Skip Hop, LeapFrog, Hasbro and more. And for the coffee lovers, BAM! has a Joe Muggs Café featuring coffee, espresso and tea drinks along with an assortment of decadent snacks.
For the tech savvy reader, there's an array of electronics, featuring the NOOK Simple Touch, NOOK Color and the new NOOK Tablet; iPhone, iPod and eReader accessories and DVDs in addition to electronic accessories by brands such as Skullcandy, JVC, Built and Protect It.
All new customers are invited to sign up for the Millionaire's Club, where members save 40 percent off bestsellers, 20 percent off hundreds of items throughout the store and 10 percent off everything, every day. Millionaire's Club members also experience special sale events and receive exclusive promotions and coupons through weekly emails.
From quality customer service to convenient access to superior merchandise, BAM! has so much to offer, including discount programs for teachers and community organizations as well as community fundraising opportunities. The new location is open just in time for the holiday season. At BAM!, books are just the beginning.
About Books-A-Million, Inc.
Books-A-Million, Inc. is one of the nation's leading book retailers and sells on the Internet at http://www.booksamillion.com. The Company presently operates 251 stores in 30 states and the District of Columbia. The Company operates large superstores under the names Books-A-Million, BAM!, Books & Co. and 2nd & Charles and traditional bookstores operating under the names Bookland and Books-A-Million. The common stock of Books-A-Million, Inc. is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol BAMM. For more information, visit the Company's corporate website at http://www.booksamillioninc.com.
Follow Books-A-Million on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/booksamillion) and like us on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/booksamillion).
SOURCE Books-A-Million, Inc.
Books-A-Million, Inc.
CONTACT: Jane Hoerner, +1-205-909-3512
Web Site: http://www.booksamillion.com
Black Ocean Partners with APPNATION to Create App Incubator
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 2:07:01 PM
Black Ocean Partners with APPNATION to Create App Incubator
Black Ocean makes strategic investment in APPNATION to support entrepreneurs and developers, bring to market promising new apps
NEW YORK, Nov. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Black Ocean, the digital media company that invests in, builds and operates technology businesses around the world, today announced a strategic investment in APPNATION, the leading independent global conference and expo focusing on the burgeoning app economy, to create an app incubator at APPNATION. The APPNATION - Black Ocean Incubator will support mobile app development by innovative, early-stage companies. The incubator today begins accepting app submissions for consideration across a range of categories - from mobile commerce to augmented reality.
Under the terms of the partnership, Black Ocean will work with APPNATION to identify talented entrepreneurs and developers at APPNATION events and create a dedicated incubator to fund, seed and bring to market the most promising new apps. The APPNATION - Black Ocean Incubator will launch in early 2012, and plans to identify inaugural entrepreneurs at APPNATION III this week.
"Our partnership with APPNATION will create extraordinary opportunities for entrepreneurs and app developers," said Oliver Ripley, co-founder and CEO of Black Ocean. "APPNATION is unmatched as a forum for the best and brightest in the app space. By bringing Black Ocean's resources and operational expertise to APPNATION's rising stars, we will ensure that promising ideas emerge as successful businesses. In the process, we'll build a strong network of companies poised to meet growing consumer demand for mobile content."
"As the first conference dedicated entirely to the business of apps, it was important to find a partner that shared our focus and long-term vision," said Drew Ianni, founder, president and event chairman at APPNATION. "Black Ocean's 'collective entrepreneurship' approach - working closely with sector experts to grow successful businesses together - makes them an ideal partner for APPNATION and an invaluable resource to our entrepreneurs and developers."
Entrepreneurs and developers can submit their apps to the APPNATION - Black Ocean Incubator by completing the online form at https://appnationconference.wufoo.com/forms/appnation-black-ocean-incubator-inquiry-form/.
Black Ocean's intensified focus on apps builds on its announcement earlier this month that it acquired a majority stake in LMK - a free, topic-driven mobile app currently in beta - from Hearst Entertainment & Syndication. Black Ocean plans to relaunch LMK in early 2012.
Black Ocean CEO Oliver Ripley will attend APPNATION III and CMO Michael Kelley will moderate the event's Keynote Executive Roundtable on Thursday, December 1.
Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed.
About Black Ocean
Black Ocean is a digital media company that invests in, builds and operates technology businesses around the world. Through its strategic holding division, Black Ocean actively manages a complementary network of businesses across video, social, mobile and e-commerce. Through its incubator, it turns smart ideas into successful businesses. Black Ocean is a new kind of company on the front line of innovation, creating value, efficiency, engagement, and revenue for its customers and shareholders. Black Ocean has offices in New York City, London, Luxembourg, Singapore, and Moscow.
About APPNATION
APPNATION is a new executive conference and exposition focusing on the burgeoning consumer applications industry. APPNATION is a unit of M2 Events, LLC, a new conference and thought leadership production company founded by Drew Ianni, a 15-year digital media and marketing industry veteran and former Programming Chairman and Senior Global Analyst for ad:tech, a leading digital media and marketing conference and exposition. Mr. Ianni has also held senior analyst and executive positions at firms such as Jupiter Communications, Lazard Freres & Co, and BBDO.
SOURCE Rubenstein Communications
Rubenstein Communications
CONTACT: CONTACT: Heather Resnicoff, Rubenstein Communications for Black Ocean, +1-212-843-8497, hresnicoff@rubenstein.com
Web Site: http://www.blackocean.com
Black Ocean makes strategic investment in APPNATION to support entrepreneurs and developers, bring to market promising new apps
NEW YORK, Nov. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Black Ocean, the digital media company that invests in, builds and operates technology businesses around the world, today announced a strategic investment in APPNATION, the leading independent global conference and expo focusing on the burgeoning app economy, to create an app incubator at APPNATION. The APPNATION - Black Ocean Incubator will support mobile app development by innovative, early-stage companies. The incubator today begins accepting app submissions for consideration across a range of categories - from mobile commerce to augmented reality.
Under the terms of the partnership, Black Ocean will work with APPNATION to identify talented entrepreneurs and developers at APPNATION events and create a dedicated incubator to fund, seed and bring to market the most promising new apps. The APPNATION - Black Ocean Incubator will launch in early 2012, and plans to identify inaugural entrepreneurs at APPNATION III this week.
"Our partnership with APPNATION will create extraordinary opportunities for entrepreneurs and app developers," said Oliver Ripley, co-founder and CEO of Black Ocean. "APPNATION is unmatched as a forum for the best and brightest in the app space. By bringing Black Ocean's resources and operational expertise to APPNATION's rising stars, we will ensure that promising ideas emerge as successful businesses. In the process, we'll build a strong network of companies poised to meet growing consumer demand for mobile content."
"As the first conference dedicated entirely to the business of apps, it was important to find a partner that shared our focus and long-term vision," said Drew Ianni, founder, president and event chairman at APPNATION. "Black Ocean's 'collective entrepreneurship' approach - working closely with sector experts to grow successful businesses together - makes them an ideal partner for APPNATION and an invaluable resource to our entrepreneurs and developers."
Entrepreneurs and developers can submit their apps to the APPNATION - Black Ocean Incubator by completing the online form at https://appnationconference.wufoo.com/forms/appnation-black-ocean-incubator-inquiry-form/.
Black Ocean's intensified focus on apps builds on its announcement earlier this month that it acquired a majority stake in LMK - a free, topic-driven mobile app currently in beta - from Hearst Entertainment & Syndication. Black Ocean plans to relaunch LMK in early 2012.
Black Ocean CEO Oliver Ripley will attend APPNATION III and CMO Michael Kelley will moderate the event's Keynote Executive Roundtable on Thursday, December 1.
Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed.
About Black Ocean
Black Ocean is a digital media company that invests in, builds and operates technology businesses around the world. Through its strategic holding division, Black Ocean actively manages a complementary network of businesses across video, social, mobile and e-commerce. Through its incubator, it turns smart ideas into successful businesses. Black Ocean is a new kind of company on the front line of innovation, creating value, efficiency, engagement, and revenue for its customers and shareholders. Black Ocean has offices in New York City, London, Luxembourg, Singapore, and Moscow.
About APPNATION
APPNATION is a new executive conference and exposition focusing on the burgeoning consumer applications industry. APPNATION is a unit of M2 Events, LLC, a new conference and thought leadership production company founded by Drew Ianni, a 15-year digital media and marketing industry veteran and former Programming Chairman and Senior Global Analyst for ad:tech, a leading digital media and marketing conference and exposition. Mr. Ianni has also held senior analyst and executive positions at firms such as Jupiter Communications, Lazard Freres & Co, and BBDO.
SOURCE Rubenstein Communications
Rubenstein Communications
CONTACT: CONTACT: Heather Resnicoff, Rubenstein Communications for Black Ocean, +1-212-843-8497, hresnicoff@rubenstein.com
Web Site: http://www.blackocean.com