News
November 1, 2011
oneDrum Enables Real-Time Collaboration on Microsoft Office Files With its P2P Desktop Application
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 7:07:01 AM
oneDrum Enables Real-Time Collaboration on Microsoft Office Files With its P2P Desktop Application
STIRLING, Scotland, November 1, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
The only application that allows users to securely co-author, file share
and interact in real time on Microsoft Office documents
oneDrum [http://www.onedrum.com ], a UK-based software development
company, today launched its intuitive peer-to-peer (P2P) desktop application
that lets users securely co-author, file-share and interact in real time on
Microsoft Office applications.
Inspired by the concept of a networked application that could reduce the
cost and friction associated with true collaboration, oneDrum was developed
to respond to the needs of the modern, mobile information worker. The
application brings Google Docs functionality and more to Microsoft Office
documents, with edits appearing in real time when working online, while
offline edits synchronize effortlessly when connectivity is re-established.
Allowing users to work in their native Microsoft Office application
environment, oneDrum takes the compromise out of collaboration and is the
only application that lets users have shared documents on hand, and up to
date, at every moment. This all takes place using a simple and complete
security model that combines user authentication, network security and data
encryption to ensure that all aspects of the collaboration process are
secure.
"Our goal has always been to reset people's understanding both of what a
networked application is, and how it should be built," said Jasper Westaway,
chief executive officer and founder. "We designed oneDrum to be insanely
powerful and with as few compromises as possible. Users want files to be
accessible and editable offline whilst co-authoring, file sharing and chat
messaging are all experiences that people have become accustomed to and need
for productivity."
oneDrum is written in Java, allowing the application to support multiple
operating systems. The software supports all versions of Microsoft Office in
a Windows environment. Mac for oneDrum will launch in beta in Q4 2011. File
system integration for Mac will arrive this year, while integration with Mac
Office will arrive in the first half of 2012.
The next phase of cloud computing will need to adopt a hybrid model that
straddles data centers and user devices and applications more effectively,
and oneDrum offers this. oneDrum's peer-to-peer technology is resilient,
totally secure, and scalable to any size of business. Its advantage over
cloud-based solutions is its immediate scalability and inherent resilience.
Vectored transformation is the technology underpinning oneDrum and the
key to its unique approach. It is the mechanism that ensures that when
multiple people or devices are changing data, everyone has access to and can
edit that data, and that the data eventually becomes consistent across all
nodes.
Up until this point, most collaboration has been done using email and
attachments. oneDrum offers dramatic efficiency over email attachments
because the latest version of the document is always accessible to all
collaborators, changes occur in real time, users can see what edits are
happening and when, and it offers the ability to chat within the oneDrum
platform with others working on a file.
"In general, email looks like it helps collaboration, because it helps
people communicate and pass files around," said Westaway. "In fact, it's a
huge problem. Email results in proliferating legacy copies of files and
users are generally operating outside of any kind of structured workflow.
Receiving five versions of a document and having to merge, edit, assess and
audit everyone's input is classic document collaboration hell."
Product availability
oneDrum can be accessed through http://www.onedrum.com. The software
supports all versions of Microsoft Office in a Windows environment and a Mac
version will be launched in beta in Q4 2011. Future plans include the
development of an application programming interface (API) and software
development kit (SDK) to allow users to customize any application they are
developing or upgrading to enable it to become collaborative. In February
2012, a premium, subscription-based version will be released providing a
variety of extra features such as backup to the cloud and a self-hosted
enterprise option.
About oneDrum
oneDrum is a software-development company that is creating a unique
collaboration engine that at present includes an intuitive peer-to-peer
desktop application that brings Google Docs functionality and more to
Microsoft Office applications. oneDrum is a simple yet highly effective tool
that boosts workplace productivity by enabling seamless social collaboration
on documents between colleagues. Allowing users to work in their native
Microsoft Office application environment, oneDrum takes the compromise out
of collaboration and is the only application that lets users have shared
documents on-hand, and up-to-date, at every moment. For more information,
please visit: http://www.onedrum.com.
oneDrum and its associated logo are trademarks of Quolos Limited and are
the subject of trademark applications or registrations in various countries
around the world. All other trademarks are the property of their respective
owners. Some features available only in the Enterprise Edition. Speak to our
sales team on +44(0)845-018-1002 for more information
Media and analysts contact:
Linda Forrest
inmedia Public Relations [http://www.inmedia.com ]
Phone: +1-613-983-3300
lforrest@inmedia.com
@lindaforrest [http://www.twitter.com/lindaforrest ]
Alayne Martell
inmedia Public Relations [http://www.inmedia.com ]
Mobile: +1-902-308-1067
amartell@inmedia.com
@alaynemartell [http://www.twitter.com/alaynemartell ]
Source: oneDrum
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STIRLING, Scotland, November 1, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
The only application that allows users to securely co-author, file share
and interact in real time on Microsoft Office documents
oneDrum [http://www.onedrum.com ], a UK-based software development
company, today launched its intuitive peer-to-peer (P2P) desktop application
that lets users securely co-author, file-share and interact in real time on
Microsoft Office applications.
Inspired by the concept of a networked application that could reduce the
cost and friction associated with true collaboration, oneDrum was developed
to respond to the needs of the modern, mobile information worker. The
application brings Google Docs functionality and more to Microsoft Office
documents, with edits appearing in real time when working online, while
offline edits synchronize effortlessly when connectivity is re-established.
Allowing users to work in their native Microsoft Office application
environment, oneDrum takes the compromise out of collaboration and is the
only application that lets users have shared documents on hand, and up to
date, at every moment. This all takes place using a simple and complete
security model that combines user authentication, network security and data
encryption to ensure that all aspects of the collaboration process are
secure.
"Our goal has always been to reset people's understanding both of what a
networked application is, and how it should be built," said Jasper Westaway,
chief executive officer and founder. "We designed oneDrum to be insanely
powerful and with as few compromises as possible. Users want files to be
accessible and editable offline whilst co-authoring, file sharing and chat
messaging are all experiences that people have become accustomed to and need
for productivity."
oneDrum is written in Java, allowing the application to support multiple
operating systems. The software supports all versions of Microsoft Office in
a Windows environment. Mac for oneDrum will launch in beta in Q4 2011. File
system integration for Mac will arrive this year, while integration with Mac
Office will arrive in the first half of 2012.
The next phase of cloud computing will need to adopt a hybrid model that
straddles data centers and user devices and applications more effectively,
and oneDrum offers this. oneDrum's peer-to-peer technology is resilient,
totally secure, and scalable to any size of business. Its advantage over
cloud-based solutions is its immediate scalability and inherent resilience.
Vectored transformation is the technology underpinning oneDrum and the
key to its unique approach. It is the mechanism that ensures that when
multiple people or devices are changing data, everyone has access to and can
edit that data, and that the data eventually becomes consistent across all
nodes.
Up until this point, most collaboration has been done using email and
attachments. oneDrum offers dramatic efficiency over email attachments
because the latest version of the document is always accessible to all
collaborators, changes occur in real time, users can see what edits are
happening and when, and it offers the ability to chat within the oneDrum
platform with others working on a file.
"In general, email looks like it helps collaboration, because it helps
people communicate and pass files around," said Westaway. "In fact, it's a
huge problem. Email results in proliferating legacy copies of files and
users are generally operating outside of any kind of structured workflow.
Receiving five versions of a document and having to merge, edit, assess and
audit everyone's input is classic document collaboration hell."
Product availability
oneDrum can be accessed through http://www.onedrum.com. The software
supports all versions of Microsoft Office in a Windows environment and a Mac
version will be launched in beta in Q4 2011. Future plans include the
development of an application programming interface (API) and software
development kit (SDK) to allow users to customize any application they are
developing or upgrading to enable it to become collaborative. In February
2012, a premium, subscription-based version will be released providing a
variety of extra features such as backup to the cloud and a self-hosted
enterprise option.
About oneDrum
oneDrum is a software-development company that is creating a unique
collaboration engine that at present includes an intuitive peer-to-peer
desktop application that brings Google Docs functionality and more to
Microsoft Office applications. oneDrum is a simple yet highly effective tool
that boosts workplace productivity by enabling seamless social collaboration
on documents between colleagues. Allowing users to work in their native
Microsoft Office application environment, oneDrum takes the compromise out
of collaboration and is the only application that lets users have shared
documents on-hand, and up-to-date, at every moment. For more information,
please visit: http://www.onedrum.com.
oneDrum and its associated logo are trademarks of Quolos Limited and are
the subject of trademark applications or registrations in various countries
around the world. All other trademarks are the property of their respective
owners. Some features available only in the Enterprise Edition. Speak to our
sales team on +44(0)845-018-1002 for more information
Media and analysts contact:
Linda Forrest
inmedia Public Relations [http://www.inmedia.com ]
Phone: +1-613-983-3300
lforrest@inmedia.com
@lindaforrest [http://www.twitter.com/lindaforrest ]
Alayne Martell
inmedia Public Relations [http://www.inmedia.com ]
Mobile: +1-902-308-1067
amartell@inmedia.com
@alaynemartell [http://www.twitter.com/alaynemartell ]
Source: oneDrum
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Wayfair.co.uk Launches As New, Large Online Home Goods Shopping Site
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 7:07:01 AM
Wayfair.co.uk Launches As New, Large Online Home Goods Shopping Site
LONDON, November 1, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
- With Photo
- Web Destination To Combine Thriving CSN Sites:
FurnitureByCSN.co.uk, LightingByCSN.co.uk, TVStands.co.uk And More
For three years, several sites have launched and grown here under CSN
Stores, the No. 2 online retailer of home goods in the U.S. These Web-only
shops include: FurnitureByCSN.co.uk, TVStands.co.uk and LightingByCSN.co.uk,
which have nearly tripled their revenues this year. Today, these virtual
shopping venues will be rebranded under one much larger site, Wayfair.co.uk
[http://www.wayfair.co.uk ], to be part of a more memorable and robust
global brand.
(Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111101/NE97034 )
This U.K. site consolidation brings over 500,000 product choices from
more than 800 manufacturers under the new Wayfair.co.uk site.
AllModern.co.uk also will remain as a site created to satisfy the particular
style preferences of modern decor aficionados.
"After growing successfully here in the U.K. with sites that reflected
specific product categories, we're simplifying and streamlining the shopping
process for a huge variety of home goods," said Wayfair.co.uk Managing
Director John Kennedy. "We also have a more consumer-friendly name, an
attractive logo and layout, and a technically advanced site platform -
upgrades that will give customers faster, more enjoyable, and more memorable
shopping experiences all in one place."
Sporting a new tagline, "a zillion things home," Wayfair.co.uk will
expedite searches for specific items while also giving customers broader
browsing ability to view other home-related categories, including furniture,
decor, cookware, lighting and more. Wayfair.co.uk offers all styles to
satisfy any budget, because when it comes to home products, everyone is
looking for something slightly different.
"Our mission is to become the favorite place to buy anything for your
home," said Wayfair's CEO Niraj Shah. "Based on our selection, strong
service and competitive pricing, we think this is achievable. We also keep
our selection fresh by adding thousands of new items each month."
The rebranding follows the company's first round of institutional
funding - June's $165 million investment from four U.S. firms - Battery
Ventures, Great Hill Partners, HarbourVest Partners and Spark Capital.
According to The MoneyTree Report, it was the largest round of funding in
the U.S. during Q2, 2011. This funding supports the Wayfair transition,
appropriate acquisitions, and other plans for corporate expansion globally.
To both accelerate and manage its growth, the company's London staff has
nearly tripled, from eight people earlier this year to 22 now, with
additional plans to hire in line with future revenue growth. To monitor job
openings in Wayfair's London office, consult:
http://www.Wayfair.com/careers.
Across the globe, Wayfair now has more than 900 staffers and estimates
it will surpass 1,000 employees and total global sales of more than $500
million (USD) by year's end.
About Wayfair:
Formerly CSN Stores, Wayfair LLC is the parent company for Wayfair.co.uk
and AllModern.co.uk; the new German site, Wayfair.de; U.S. sites
Wayfair.com, AllModern.com and JossAndMain.com, and Australia's
Buyster.com.au.
Wayfair's international offices are in London, Galway, Munich and
Sydney. The Galway Operations Centre handles all consumer and supplier
requests for the Wayfair sites in the U.K. and Germany.
Beyond its Boston, MA headquarters, Wayfair also has an operations and
distribution center in Ogden, UT, and another distribution center in Hebron,
KY.
Note to Editors:
A picture accompanying this release is available through the PA
Photowire. It can be downloaded from http://www.pa-mediapoint.press.net
or viewed at http://www.mediapoint.press.net or
http://www.prnewswire.co.uk.
Source: Wayfair
John Kennedy, Managing Director, Wayfair.co.uk, +20-7268-9899, Mobile, +771-218-5642, jkennedy@wayfair.com; or Chuck Casto, VP-Head of Communications, Wayfair, Mobile, +001-508-314-3284, ccasto@wayfair.com
LONDON, November 1, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
- With Photo
- Web Destination To Combine Thriving CSN Sites:
FurnitureByCSN.co.uk, LightingByCSN.co.uk, TVStands.co.uk And More
For three years, several sites have launched and grown here under CSN
Stores, the No. 2 online retailer of home goods in the U.S. These Web-only
shops include: FurnitureByCSN.co.uk, TVStands.co.uk and LightingByCSN.co.uk,
which have nearly tripled their revenues this year. Today, these virtual
shopping venues will be rebranded under one much larger site, Wayfair.co.uk
[http://www.wayfair.co.uk ], to be part of a more memorable and robust
global brand.
(Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111101/NE97034 )
This U.K. site consolidation brings over 500,000 product choices from
more than 800 manufacturers under the new Wayfair.co.uk site.
AllModern.co.uk also will remain as a site created to satisfy the particular
style preferences of modern decor aficionados.
"After growing successfully here in the U.K. with sites that reflected
specific product categories, we're simplifying and streamlining the shopping
process for a huge variety of home goods," said Wayfair.co.uk Managing
Director John Kennedy. "We also have a more consumer-friendly name, an
attractive logo and layout, and a technically advanced site platform -
upgrades that will give customers faster, more enjoyable, and more memorable
shopping experiences all in one place."
Sporting a new tagline, "a zillion things home," Wayfair.co.uk will
expedite searches for specific items while also giving customers broader
browsing ability to view other home-related categories, including furniture,
decor, cookware, lighting and more. Wayfair.co.uk offers all styles to
satisfy any budget, because when it comes to home products, everyone is
looking for something slightly different.
"Our mission is to become the favorite place to buy anything for your
home," said Wayfair's CEO Niraj Shah. "Based on our selection, strong
service and competitive pricing, we think this is achievable. We also keep
our selection fresh by adding thousands of new items each month."
The rebranding follows the company's first round of institutional
funding - June's $165 million investment from four U.S. firms - Battery
Ventures, Great Hill Partners, HarbourVest Partners and Spark Capital.
According to The MoneyTree Report, it was the largest round of funding in
the U.S. during Q2, 2011. This funding supports the Wayfair transition,
appropriate acquisitions, and other plans for corporate expansion globally.
To both accelerate and manage its growth, the company's London staff has
nearly tripled, from eight people earlier this year to 22 now, with
additional plans to hire in line with future revenue growth. To monitor job
openings in Wayfair's London office, consult:
http://www.Wayfair.com/careers.
Across the globe, Wayfair now has more than 900 staffers and estimates
it will surpass 1,000 employees and total global sales of more than $500
million (USD) by year's end.
About Wayfair:
Formerly CSN Stores, Wayfair LLC is the parent company for Wayfair.co.uk
and AllModern.co.uk; the new German site, Wayfair.de; U.S. sites
Wayfair.com, AllModern.com and JossAndMain.com, and Australia's
Buyster.com.au.
Wayfair's international offices are in London, Galway, Munich and
Sydney. The Galway Operations Centre handles all consumer and supplier
requests for the Wayfair sites in the U.K. and Germany.
Beyond its Boston, MA headquarters, Wayfair also has an operations and
distribution center in Ogden, UT, and another distribution center in Hebron,
KY.
Note to Editors:
A picture accompanying this release is available through the PA
Photowire. It can be downloaded from http://www.pa-mediapoint.press.net
or viewed at http://www.mediapoint.press.net or
http://www.prnewswire.co.uk.
Source: Wayfair
John Kennedy, Managing Director, Wayfair.co.uk, +20-7268-9899, Mobile, +771-218-5642, jkennedy@wayfair.com; or Chuck Casto, VP-Head of Communications, Wayfair, Mobile, +001-508-314-3284, ccasto@wayfair.com
Safe Eats NYC iOS App Provides Location Aware Restaurant Inspections
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 6:28:01 AM
Safe Eats NYC iOS App Provides Location Aware Restaurant Inspections
NEW YORK, Nov. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Toughturtle LLC is excited to announce the launch of Safe Eats NYC, an iOS application that gives users a quick and intuitive way to view the sanitation and inspection records of restaurants, or eateries, nearby. With a constantly updated database of all the 24,000 New York City eateries throughout the five boroughs, Safe Eats NYC gives the user invaluable information about which establishments to steer clear of when they are looking for a place to eat.
"This is not another 'find a restaurant near me' App. Safe Eats NYC is all about knowing which restaurants should be avoided," said Todd Barnes, Lead Developer, Toughturtle LLC. "The idea came to me as I passed by my regular Chinese restaurant and saw the very low grade they had received from the city. This made me question all the restaurants that I frequent. I now wanted to know the grades and ratings of every restaurant."
The user interface of the App couldn't be simpler. Upon launch, the user is presented with a full screen map. Once the device has been located, via GPS or the Wifi/Cellular Signal, the nearest zip code is generated and nearby results are loaded onto the map, and into a list accessible on the Nearby screen, with a specific letter grade pin. Scrolling the map, moving it around, pinching and zooming will cause the map pins to update, showing the restaurants nearby and their inspection grades. Tapping on a pin will open up detailed information of the establishment including all past inspections, logistical data, and even Yelp reviews and rankings. Any detailed information that is viewed by the user will be saved into a database and will be accessible on the Recently Viewed screen. Safe Eat's search function is robust and easy to use too. The added search filters let the user search by restaurant name or by street, with partial or exact matching. An added feature is the ability to limit the search to a specific borough or near the device's current location, giving more accurate and relevant results.
Pricing and Availability:
Safe Eats NYC 1.0 is FREE and available worldwide exclusively through the iTunes App Store.
SOURCE Toughturtle LLC
Toughturtle LLC
CONTACT: Todd Barnes, +1-919-259-8451, pr@toughturtle.com
NEW YORK, Nov. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Toughturtle LLC is excited to announce the launch of Safe Eats NYC, an iOS application that gives users a quick and intuitive way to view the sanitation and inspection records of restaurants, or eateries, nearby. With a constantly updated database of all the 24,000 New York City eateries throughout the five boroughs, Safe Eats NYC gives the user invaluable information about which establishments to steer clear of when they are looking for a place to eat.
"This is not another 'find a restaurant near me' App. Safe Eats NYC is all about knowing which restaurants should be avoided," said Todd Barnes, Lead Developer, Toughturtle LLC. "The idea came to me as I passed by my regular Chinese restaurant and saw the very low grade they had received from the city. This made me question all the restaurants that I frequent. I now wanted to know the grades and ratings of every restaurant."
The user interface of the App couldn't be simpler. Upon launch, the user is presented with a full screen map. Once the device has been located, via GPS or the Wifi/Cellular Signal, the nearest zip code is generated and nearby results are loaded onto the map, and into a list accessible on the Nearby screen, with a specific letter grade pin. Scrolling the map, moving it around, pinching and zooming will cause the map pins to update, showing the restaurants nearby and their inspection grades. Tapping on a pin will open up detailed information of the establishment including all past inspections, logistical data, and even Yelp reviews and rankings. Any detailed information that is viewed by the user will be saved into a database and will be accessible on the Recently Viewed screen. Safe Eat's search function is robust and easy to use too. The added search filters let the user search by restaurant name or by street, with partial or exact matching. An added feature is the ability to limit the search to a specific borough or near the device's current location, giving more accurate and relevant results.
Pricing and Availability:
Safe Eats NYC 1.0 is FREE and available worldwide exclusively through the iTunes App Store.
SOURCE Toughturtle LLC
Toughturtle LLC
CONTACT: Todd Barnes, +1-919-259-8451, pr@toughturtle.com
Refer Friends and Win Prizes at City Bingo
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 6:28:01 AM
Refer Friends and Win Prizes at City Bingo
Source: City Bingo
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Source: City Bingo
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EMC OnDemand Brings Captiva, Document Sciences and Documentum to the Hybrid Cloud
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 5:42:01 AM
EMC OnDemand Brings Captiva, Document Sciences and Documentum to the Hybrid Cloud
Hybrid Cloud Model Increases IT Efficiency and Business Agility
BERLIN, Nov. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --
News Highlights:
-- New EMC OnDemand offering is a hybrid cloud deployment model for
enterprise-class applications, designed to help customers accelerate
journey to the cloud.
-- OnDemand is available for EMC® Captiva®, EMC® Document Sciences® and
EMC® Documentum®, enabling customers to stay current on the latest
software releases, simplify management of highly-complex applications,
and lower IT maintenance spend.
-- Combining best-in-class technologies from VMware, RSA, and EMC, OnDemand
increases business agility, saves time and costs, and improves IT
efficiency. Customers can be online with system acquisition,
installation and setup within hours instead of months.
BERLIN - November 1, 2011-- At Momentum, the EMC Information Intelligence Group's EMEA user conference,EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) today announced the availability of EMC OnDemand for EMC® Captiva®, EMC® Document Sciences® and EMC® Documentum®. EMC OnDemand enables customers to save time and money, simplify their operations and transform their business by focusing on driving business value.
OnDemand enables customers to stay current on the latest software releases, simplify management of highly-complex applications and lower overall IT maintenance spend, as the IT stack required to run the applications and solutions are managed in data centers, securely connected to the customers' local area networks.
The initial solutions for OnDemand include:
-- EMC Captiva: an intelligent enterprise capture solution for reducing
costs and improving paper-intensive processes through automatic
classification, indexing, extraction and routing of business content.
-- EMC Document Sciences: an intelligent customer communications solution
for automating the creation, production and multi-channel delivery
(output for print, email, SMS, and Web channels) of personalized
information.
-- EMC Documentum: Documentum clients including Webtop, CenterStage, Mobile
and the My Documentum for Desktop applications, along with Documentum
admin and developer tools and core services, including Documentum
Content Server, Retention Policy Services, xPlore, Content
Transformation Services and Content Intelligent Services.
The underlying technology of OnDemand is a new hybrid cloud deployment model for enterprise-class applications, designed to help customers accelerate their journey to the cloud. Developed using a range of best-in-class technologies from VMware, RSA and EMC, the infrastructure can contain one or many EMC and EMC partner products and can be completely portable from one data center to another. It also enables customers to provision and configure the system for rapid deployment.
Customer Quote:
Lahey Clinic, a teaching hospital of Tufts University School of Medicine, is a physician-led, nonprofit group practice with nearly 450 physicians and more than 4,000 nurses, therapists and other support staff working together to provide compassionate care and superior patient outcomes. As a participant in the OnDemand Early Adopter program, Lahey recognizes the value of the offering.
Paul Reed, ECM Manager at Lahey
"EMC OnDemand is a compelling approach to managing business-critical information. Simply put, EMC offers the expertise to install, configure and manage key components of our infrastructure, enabling us to focus on other areas."
Analyst Quote:
Melissa Webster, Program Vice President, IDC, EMC Announces EMC OnDemand: Hybrid Cloud Deployment Model with Managed Service for Content and Case Management, Capture, Customer Communications, and Governance, Doc lcUS22825711, May 2011
"EMC OnDemand offers tremendous benefits to customers in speed of deployment, ease of management, cost savings, and flexibility. OnDemand should dramatically accelerate new application delivery and reduce implementation costs for EMC's customers. We think this could significantly change the total cost of ownership (TCO) equation for EMC's Information Intelligence Group products, and give EMC an important competitive advantage."
EMC Executive Quote:
Paul O'Brien, Vice President of EMC OnDemand for the Information Intelligence Group at EMC
"EMC is thrilled to deliver revolutionary technology to accelerate our customers' journey to the cloud. Taking industry-leading solutions like Captiva, Document Sciences and Documentum to the cloud is an exciting next step in information management. The initial interest and feedback from customers and partners has been overwhelming; the overall ease of on-boarding, combined with the time-to-market and continuous cost savings benefits simply jump off the page."
Additional Resources:
-- Learn more about EMC OnDemand
-- Watch the OnDemand special session live streaming video at Momentum
today at 5:30 p.m. CET.
-- Stay connected with Momentum on Facebook, YouTube, and LinkedIn.
-- Follow the @EMC_Momentum account and join the #mmtm11 conversation on
Twitter.
-- Join the EMC Documentum communities on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube,
SlideShare, the EMC Community Network.
About EMC
EMC Corporation is a global leader in enabling businesses and service providers to transform their operations and deliver IT as a service. Fundamental to this transformation is cloud computing. Through innovative products and services, EMC accelerates the journey to cloud computing, helping IT departments to store, manage, protect and analyze their most valuable asset -- information -- in a more agile, trusted and cost-efficient way. Additional information about EMC can be found at http://www.EMC.com.
EMC, Documentum, Captiva and Document Sciences are registered trademarks or trademarks of EMC Corporation in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks herein are the property of their respective holders.
SOURCE EMC Corporation
EMC Corporation
CONTACT: David De Jear, +1-925-600-6790, david.dejear@emc.com
Web Site: http://www.emc.com
Hybrid Cloud Model Increases IT Efficiency and Business Agility
BERLIN, Nov. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --
News Highlights:
-- New EMC OnDemand offering is a hybrid cloud deployment model for
enterprise-class applications, designed to help customers accelerate
journey to the cloud.
-- OnDemand is available for EMC® Captiva®, EMC® Document Sciences® and
EMC® Documentum®, enabling customers to stay current on the latest
software releases, simplify management of highly-complex applications,
and lower IT maintenance spend.
-- Combining best-in-class technologies from VMware, RSA, and EMC, OnDemand
increases business agility, saves time and costs, and improves IT
efficiency. Customers can be online with system acquisition,
installation and setup within hours instead of months.
BERLIN - November 1, 2011-- At Momentum, the EMC Information Intelligence Group's EMEA user conference,EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) today announced the availability of EMC OnDemand for EMC® Captiva®, EMC® Document Sciences® and EMC® Documentum®. EMC OnDemand enables customers to save time and money, simplify their operations and transform their business by focusing on driving business value.
OnDemand enables customers to stay current on the latest software releases, simplify management of highly-complex applications and lower overall IT maintenance spend, as the IT stack required to run the applications and solutions are managed in data centers, securely connected to the customers' local area networks.
The initial solutions for OnDemand include:
-- EMC Captiva: an intelligent enterprise capture solution for reducing
costs and improving paper-intensive processes through automatic
classification, indexing, extraction and routing of business content.
-- EMC Document Sciences: an intelligent customer communications solution
for automating the creation, production and multi-channel delivery
(output for print, email, SMS, and Web channels) of personalized
information.
-- EMC Documentum: Documentum clients including Webtop, CenterStage, Mobile
and the My Documentum for Desktop applications, along with Documentum
admin and developer tools and core services, including Documentum
Content Server, Retention Policy Services, xPlore, Content
Transformation Services and Content Intelligent Services.
The underlying technology of OnDemand is a new hybrid cloud deployment model for enterprise-class applications, designed to help customers accelerate their journey to the cloud. Developed using a range of best-in-class technologies from VMware, RSA and EMC, the infrastructure can contain one or many EMC and EMC partner products and can be completely portable from one data center to another. It also enables customers to provision and configure the system for rapid deployment.
Customer Quote:
Lahey Clinic, a teaching hospital of Tufts University School of Medicine, is a physician-led, nonprofit group practice with nearly 450 physicians and more than 4,000 nurses, therapists and other support staff working together to provide compassionate care and superior patient outcomes. As a participant in the OnDemand Early Adopter program, Lahey recognizes the value of the offering.
Paul Reed, ECM Manager at Lahey
"EMC OnDemand is a compelling approach to managing business-critical information. Simply put, EMC offers the expertise to install, configure and manage key components of our infrastructure, enabling us to focus on other areas."
Analyst Quote:
Melissa Webster, Program Vice President, IDC, EMC Announces EMC OnDemand: Hybrid Cloud Deployment Model with Managed Service for Content and Case Management, Capture, Customer Communications, and Governance, Doc lcUS22825711, May 2011
"EMC OnDemand offers tremendous benefits to customers in speed of deployment, ease of management, cost savings, and flexibility. OnDemand should dramatically accelerate new application delivery and reduce implementation costs for EMC's customers. We think this could significantly change the total cost of ownership (TCO) equation for EMC's Information Intelligence Group products, and give EMC an important competitive advantage."
EMC Executive Quote:
Paul O'Brien, Vice President of EMC OnDemand for the Information Intelligence Group at EMC
"EMC is thrilled to deliver revolutionary technology to accelerate our customers' journey to the cloud. Taking industry-leading solutions like Captiva, Document Sciences and Documentum to the cloud is an exciting next step in information management. The initial interest and feedback from customers and partners has been overwhelming; the overall ease of on-boarding, combined with the time-to-market and continuous cost savings benefits simply jump off the page."
Additional Resources:
-- Learn more about EMC OnDemand
-- Watch the OnDemand special session live streaming video at Momentum
today at 5:30 p.m. CET.
-- Stay connected with Momentum on Facebook, YouTube, and LinkedIn.
-- Follow the @EMC_Momentum account and join the #mmtm11 conversation on
Twitter.
-- Join the EMC Documentum communities on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube,
SlideShare, the EMC Community Network.
About EMC
EMC Corporation is a global leader in enabling businesses and service providers to transform their operations and deliver IT as a service. Fundamental to this transformation is cloud computing. Through innovative products and services, EMC accelerates the journey to cloud computing, helping IT departments to store, manage, protect and analyze their most valuable asset -- information -- in a more agile, trusted and cost-efficient way. Additional information about EMC can be found at http://www.EMC.com.
EMC, Documentum, Captiva and Document Sciences are registered trademarks or trademarks of EMC Corporation in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks herein are the property of their respective holders.
SOURCE EMC Corporation
EMC Corporation
CONTACT: David De Jear, +1-925-600-6790, david.dejear@emc.com
Web Site: http://www.emc.com
BMF Wheels Launches New Designs, Sizes and Products at SEMA 2011
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 5:28:01 AM
BMF Wheels Launches New Designs, Sizes and Products at SEMA 2011
BMF Wheels launches new designs, sizes and products at SEMA 2011, Booth #38028; announces new partnership with No Limit Wheels and an all-new BMF Wheels website
ORANGE, Calif., Nov. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- BMF Wheels, a leader in the aftermarket wheel industry specializing wheels for lifted and leveled trucks, will be releasing a new design at the 2011 SEMA show in Las Vegas, NV, November 1 - 4, 2011, in booth number 38028 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. BMF Wheels will be offering the all-new R.E.P.R. design in STEALTH, "Death Metal" Black and PVD (Chrome) finishes. The R.E.P.R. is TPMS sensor compatible and features the company's most intricate machining process to date. The R.E.P.R. is the latest addition to a growing offering of products from BMF Wheels. It will be available in 20x9, 20x10 sizes in 6-Lug and 8-Lug applications.
BMF Wheels is also excited to re-release the REHAB design at the 2011 SEMA Show. This new version of the design features a more detailed machining process, custom tooled CNC simulated bead lock ring and is now available in our new PVD finish. The REHAB will continue to be TPMS sensor compatible.
BMF Wheels is excited to announce a partnership with No Limit Wheels to bring a new wheel design to the UTV & Side-by-Side Powersports market. The new design is called the "Kane," and will feature custom CNC simulated bead lock ring, multi-axis CNC milling. The BMF Wheels "Kane" will be finished in our "Death Metal" Black finish and will be available in 12x6, 12x8, 14x6 and 14x8 sizes.
The best-selling BMF Novakane wheel will now be offered in more sizes, including Jeep fitments. New sizes will include 17x9 in five lug applications only, and 18x9 in six and eight-lug applications.
BMF Grilles are also now being offered for the perfect match to BMF Wheels. The grilles feature stainless steel hardware and use factory mounting points. BMF Grilles come in our signature "Death Metal" Black finish and are made in the U.S.A. Please visit BMFwheels.com for more information.
In addition to these new products, BMF Wheels is also proud to announce a new PVD finish available on all BMF Wheels. PVD (Chrome) is a breakthrough process by which a chrome-like finish is achieved through "Physical Vapor Deposition." This gives our wheels a very bright luster and THREE-YEAR WARRANTY! All PVD wheels are machined using a FULL CNC milling process on the rim lip, face of the wheel and sides of the spokes. The PVD process is then applied over the wheel and machined surfaces to give our wheels a sharp, clean look.
Finally, BMF Wheels will be launching a new and improved Web site on November 1, 2011. BMFwheels.com will allow customers to find the perfect wheel to fit their individual application, and check stock availability at the same time.
BMF Wheels will feature its entire lineup of wheels, leveling kits and grilles at the 2011 SEMA Show. Booth number 38028 in the Upper South Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center. For more information, please visit http://www.BMFwheels.com or call (888) 313-2580.
Company Info:
BMF Wheels has created a truly unique and performance-driven line of wheels for the off-road and lifted truck enthusiast featuring an innovative fusion of forged wheel styling with cast wheel technology. All BMF wheels feature aggressive and bold designs with STEALTH, "Death Metal" Black and PVD finishes. Every BMF wheel is manufactured using a proprietary multi-axis CNC machining process. This process is so unique that BMF has a utility patent pending. These ground-breaking innovations produce a true three-dimensional look that is second to none. All BMF wheels are engineered to exploit the longest and straightest rim lip possible, and are all TPMS sensor compatible to meet OE specifications.
BMF Wheels, Inc is an aftermarket wheel company specializing in automotive wheel applications for off-road and lifted trucks & SUV's. For further information, please contact us at (714)639-0398 or http://www.BMFwheels.com.
This press release was issued through 24-7PressRelease.com. For further information, visit http://www.24-7pressrelease.com.
SOURCE BMF Wheels, Inc.
BMF Wheels, Inc.
CONTACT: Brock Weld of BMF Wheels, Inc., +1-714-639-0398, bweld@bmfwheels.com
Web Site: http://www.bmfwheels.com
BMF Wheels launches new designs, sizes and products at SEMA 2011, Booth #38028; announces new partnership with No Limit Wheels and an all-new BMF Wheels website
ORANGE, Calif., Nov. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- BMF Wheels, a leader in the aftermarket wheel industry specializing wheels for lifted and leveled trucks, will be releasing a new design at the 2011 SEMA show in Las Vegas, NV, November 1 - 4, 2011, in booth number 38028 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. BMF Wheels will be offering the all-new R.E.P.R. design in STEALTH, "Death Metal" Black and PVD (Chrome) finishes. The R.E.P.R. is TPMS sensor compatible and features the company's most intricate machining process to date. The R.E.P.R. is the latest addition to a growing offering of products from BMF Wheels. It will be available in 20x9, 20x10 sizes in 6-Lug and 8-Lug applications.
BMF Wheels is also excited to re-release the REHAB design at the 2011 SEMA Show. This new version of the design features a more detailed machining process, custom tooled CNC simulated bead lock ring and is now available in our new PVD finish. The REHAB will continue to be TPMS sensor compatible.
BMF Wheels is excited to announce a partnership with No Limit Wheels to bring a new wheel design to the UTV & Side-by-Side Powersports market. The new design is called the "Kane," and will feature custom CNC simulated bead lock ring, multi-axis CNC milling. The BMF Wheels "Kane" will be finished in our "Death Metal" Black finish and will be available in 12x6, 12x8, 14x6 and 14x8 sizes.
The best-selling BMF Novakane wheel will now be offered in more sizes, including Jeep fitments. New sizes will include 17x9 in five lug applications only, and 18x9 in six and eight-lug applications.
BMF Grilles are also now being offered for the perfect match to BMF Wheels. The grilles feature stainless steel hardware and use factory mounting points. BMF Grilles come in our signature "Death Metal" Black finish and are made in the U.S.A. Please visit BMFwheels.com for more information.
In addition to these new products, BMF Wheels is also proud to announce a new PVD finish available on all BMF Wheels. PVD (Chrome) is a breakthrough process by which a chrome-like finish is achieved through "Physical Vapor Deposition." This gives our wheels a very bright luster and THREE-YEAR WARRANTY! All PVD wheels are machined using a FULL CNC milling process on the rim lip, face of the wheel and sides of the spokes. The PVD process is then applied over the wheel and machined surfaces to give our wheels a sharp, clean look.
Finally, BMF Wheels will be launching a new and improved Web site on November 1, 2011. BMFwheels.com will allow customers to find the perfect wheel to fit their individual application, and check stock availability at the same time.
BMF Wheels will feature its entire lineup of wheels, leveling kits and grilles at the 2011 SEMA Show. Booth number 38028 in the Upper South Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center. For more information, please visit http://www.BMFwheels.com or call (888) 313-2580.
Company Info:
BMF Wheels has created a truly unique and performance-driven line of wheels for the off-road and lifted truck enthusiast featuring an innovative fusion of forged wheel styling with cast wheel technology. All BMF wheels feature aggressive and bold designs with STEALTH, "Death Metal" Black and PVD finishes. Every BMF wheel is manufactured using a proprietary multi-axis CNC machining process. This process is so unique that BMF has a utility patent pending. These ground-breaking innovations produce a true three-dimensional look that is second to none. All BMF wheels are engineered to exploit the longest and straightest rim lip possible, and are all TPMS sensor compatible to meet OE specifications.
BMF Wheels, Inc is an aftermarket wheel company specializing in automotive wheel applications for off-road and lifted trucks & SUV's. For further information, please contact us at (714)639-0398 or http://www.BMFwheels.com.
This press release was issued through 24-7PressRelease.com. For further information, visit http://www.24-7pressrelease.com.
SOURCE BMF Wheels, Inc.
BMF Wheels, Inc.
CONTACT: Brock Weld of BMF Wheels, Inc., +1-714-639-0398, bweld@bmfwheels.com
Web Site: http://www.bmfwheels.com
Connecticut Community Care, Inc. Secures Business Information Exchange Throughout Partner Ecosystem with Attunity
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 5:07:01 AM
Connecticut Community Care, Inc. Secures Business Information Exchange Throughout Partner Ecosystem with Attunity
Attunity's Managed File Transfer Platform Provides HIPAA-Compliant Means to Securely Exchange Billing Information and Service Requests with Partners
BURLINGTON, Massachusetts, November 1, 2011/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Attunity Ltd. (OTC BB: ATTUF.OB), a leading provider of real-time data
integration software, announced today that Connecticut Community Care, Inc.
(CCCI), the largest care management service for the elderly and individuals
with disabilities in Connecticut, has selected Attunity's Managed File
Transfer platform (RepliWeb-MFT) to secure and automate the delivery of
service orders, electronic billing, and payer information throughout their
partner ecosystem of Health Care Providers and Servicers.
In search of a better means to manage the exchange of information
between several hundred external entities and internal business groups,
applications, and legacy mainframe infrastructure, CCCI set forth a wide
range of integration, security, and usability requirements. Specific
requirements included HIPAA compliant security policy enforcement, the
ability to route and process files based on customer and payer profiles, a
scalable architecture that supports anticipated growth in file transfer
volumes, and a "simple" Web experience interface for end users.
RepliWeb-MFT became the logical choice as it supports an extensive
portfolio of encryption policies, user authentication, audited delivery
options, and secure transfer protocols. From a usability perspective,
RepliWeb-MFT offers a combination of User, System, and Application
Interfaces that allow for tight integration with CCCI existing business
processes and IT workflows.
"Information Exchange is a critical aspect of business operations, and
providing a secure, reliable means to manage daily exchanges with hundreds
of partners is a strategic business initiative," explained Charlie Forish,
Director of Information Systems at CCCI. "Out of the box, RepliWeb-MFT
offers an intuitive, friendly web experience, and its Web Services API
allows us to incorporate a secure 'drop box' into our existing web
infrastructure. In both cases we have the flexibility to invoke various
security or inspection policies. The resulting solution helped us achieve
rapid adoption by our Partners and internal business groups, and meet our
information security requirements."
Aside from delivering on the essential security and usability
requirements, RepliWeb-MFT also provides powerful back-end automation
capabilities that allow CCCI to effectively process and route files
throughout their internal systems, ultimately improving their ability to
analyze and access business-critical data.
"We didn't expect a single solution to accommodate such a wide variety
of needs," commented Mr. Forish. "In fact, we feared having to build
something from scratch. However, Attunity's Systems Integration Team quickly
made sense of our requirements, assisting throughout the planning and
implementation phases; what could have natively taken months, the Attunity
Team reduced to a matter of weeks. From a product perspective, RepliWeb-MFT
immediately provides us with a highly stable solution that keeps everyone
happy, including our partners, budget officers, and compliance managers."
"Our data integration and managed file transfer solutions continue to
gain traction as essential application infrastructure for organizations,"
commented Garrick Herrmann, Vice President of Sales for Attunity. "More
specifically, our RepliWeb-MFT product is unique in its ability to meet the
needs of Business Users who simply want a secure way to exchange files,
while at the same time, meeting the needs of IT Operations who need to
tightly integrate file transfer with existing business applications. Helping
organizations like CCCI improve their IT and business processes is extremely
rewarding to the entire Attunity Team."
About Attunity
Attunity is a leading provider of real-time data integration software that
enables access, sharing and distribution of data across heterogeneous
enterprise platforms, organizations, and the cloud. Our offering includes
software solutions such as data replication
[http://www.attunity.com/attunity_replicate ], real-time change-data-capture
[http://www.attunity.com/attunity_stream ] (CDC) and real-time data
connectivity [http://www.attunity.com/attunity_connect ], as well as
enterprise file replication
[http://www.repliweb.com/products/r1-r/index.php ] and managed-file-transfer
[http://www.repliweb.com/products/rmft/index.php ] (MFT) offered through our
RepliWeb division. Using Attunity's software solutions, our customers enjoy
dramatic business benefits by enabling real-time access and availability of
data and files where and when needed, across the maze of heterogeneous
systems making up today's IT environment.
Attunity has supplied innovative software solutions to its
enterprise-class customers for nearly 20 years and has successful
deployments at thousands of organizations worldwide. Attunity provides
software directly and indirectly through a number of partners such as
Microsoft, Oracle, IBM and HP. Headquartered in Boston, Attunity serves its
customers via offices in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific and through
a network of local partners. For more information, visit
http://www.attunity.com and join our community on Twitter
[http://www.twitter.com/attunity ], Facebook
[http://www.facebook.com/attunity ] and LinkedIn [http://linkd.in/attunity ].
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of
the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995 and other Federal Securities laws. Statements preceded by, followed
by, or that otherwise include the words "believes", "expects",
"anticipates", "intends", "estimates", "plans", and similar expressions or
future or conditional verbs such as "will", "should", "would", "may" and
"could" are generally forward-looking in nature and not historical facts.
For example, when we discuss the potential benefits of the joint alliance,
we are using a forward-looking statement. Because such statements deal with
future events, they are subject to various risks and uncertainties and
actual results could differ materially from Attunity's current expectations.
Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but
are not limited to: risks and uncertainties relating to the acquisition of
RepliWeb, including costs and difficulties related to integration of
acquired businesses, the combined companies' financial results and
performance, and ability to repay debt and timing thereof; our liquidity
challenges and the need to raise additional capital in the future; market
acceptance of the Attunity Replicate and the development of a market for
such product; timely availability and customer acceptance of Attunity's new
and existing products; any unforeseen developmental or technological
difficulties with regard to Attunity's products; changes in the competitive
landscape, including new competitors or the impact of competitive pricing
and products; a shift in demand for products such as Attunity's products;
unknown factors affecting third parties with which Attunity has formed
business alliances; the impact on revenues of economic and political
uncertainties and weaknesses in various regions of the world, including the
commencement or escalation of hostilities or acts of terrorism; and other
factors and risks on which Attunity may have little or no control. This list
is intended to identify only certain of the principal factors that could
cause actual results to differ.
For a more detailed description of the risks and uncertainties affecting
Attunity, reference is made to Attunity's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the
year ended December 31, 2010, which is on file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC) and the other risk factors discussed from time to
time by Attunity in reports filed or furnished to the SEC. Except as
otherwise required by law, Attunity undertakes no obligation to publicly
release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events
or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of
unanticipated events.
(c) Attunity 2011. All Rights Reserved. Attunity is a registered
trademark of Attunity Inc. All other product and company names herein may be
trademarks of their respective owners.
Press contact:
Melissa Kolodziej
Marketing Communications Manager, Attunity
+1-781-730-4073
melissa.kolodziej@attunity.com
Source: Attunity Ltd
.
Attunity's Managed File Transfer Platform Provides HIPAA-Compliant Means to Securely Exchange Billing Information and Service Requests with Partners
BURLINGTON, Massachusetts, November 1, 2011/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Attunity Ltd. (OTC BB: ATTUF.OB), a leading provider of real-time data
integration software, announced today that Connecticut Community Care, Inc.
(CCCI), the largest care management service for the elderly and individuals
with disabilities in Connecticut, has selected Attunity's Managed File
Transfer platform (RepliWeb-MFT) to secure and automate the delivery of
service orders, electronic billing, and payer information throughout their
partner ecosystem of Health Care Providers and Servicers.
In search of a better means to manage the exchange of information
between several hundred external entities and internal business groups,
applications, and legacy mainframe infrastructure, CCCI set forth a wide
range of integration, security, and usability requirements. Specific
requirements included HIPAA compliant security policy enforcement, the
ability to route and process files based on customer and payer profiles, a
scalable architecture that supports anticipated growth in file transfer
volumes, and a "simple" Web experience interface for end users.
RepliWeb-MFT became the logical choice as it supports an extensive
portfolio of encryption policies, user authentication, audited delivery
options, and secure transfer protocols. From a usability perspective,
RepliWeb-MFT offers a combination of User, System, and Application
Interfaces that allow for tight integration with CCCI existing business
processes and IT workflows.
"Information Exchange is a critical aspect of business operations, and
providing a secure, reliable means to manage daily exchanges with hundreds
of partners is a strategic business initiative," explained Charlie Forish,
Director of Information Systems at CCCI. "Out of the box, RepliWeb-MFT
offers an intuitive, friendly web experience, and its Web Services API
allows us to incorporate a secure 'drop box' into our existing web
infrastructure. In both cases we have the flexibility to invoke various
security or inspection policies. The resulting solution helped us achieve
rapid adoption by our Partners and internal business groups, and meet our
information security requirements."
Aside from delivering on the essential security and usability
requirements, RepliWeb-MFT also provides powerful back-end automation
capabilities that allow CCCI to effectively process and route files
throughout their internal systems, ultimately improving their ability to
analyze and access business-critical data.
"We didn't expect a single solution to accommodate such a wide variety
of needs," commented Mr. Forish. "In fact, we feared having to build
something from scratch. However, Attunity's Systems Integration Team quickly
made sense of our requirements, assisting throughout the planning and
implementation phases; what could have natively taken months, the Attunity
Team reduced to a matter of weeks. From a product perspective, RepliWeb-MFT
immediately provides us with a highly stable solution that keeps everyone
happy, including our partners, budget officers, and compliance managers."
"Our data integration and managed file transfer solutions continue to
gain traction as essential application infrastructure for organizations,"
commented Garrick Herrmann, Vice President of Sales for Attunity. "More
specifically, our RepliWeb-MFT product is unique in its ability to meet the
needs of Business Users who simply want a secure way to exchange files,
while at the same time, meeting the needs of IT Operations who need to
tightly integrate file transfer with existing business applications. Helping
organizations like CCCI improve their IT and business processes is extremely
rewarding to the entire Attunity Team."
About Attunity
Attunity is a leading provider of real-time data integration software that
enables access, sharing and distribution of data across heterogeneous
enterprise platforms, organizations, and the cloud. Our offering includes
software solutions such as data replication
[http://www.attunity.com/attunity_replicate ], real-time change-data-capture
[http://www.attunity.com/attunity_stream ] (CDC) and real-time data
connectivity [http://www.attunity.com/attunity_connect ], as well as
enterprise file replication
[http://www.repliweb.com/products/r1-r/index.php ] and managed-file-transfer
[http://www.repliweb.com/products/rmft/index.php ] (MFT) offered through our
RepliWeb division. Using Attunity's software solutions, our customers enjoy
dramatic business benefits by enabling real-time access and availability of
data and files where and when needed, across the maze of heterogeneous
systems making up today's IT environment.
Attunity has supplied innovative software solutions to its
enterprise-class customers for nearly 20 years and has successful
deployments at thousands of organizations worldwide. Attunity provides
software directly and indirectly through a number of partners such as
Microsoft, Oracle, IBM and HP. Headquartered in Boston, Attunity serves its
customers via offices in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific and through
a network of local partners. For more information, visit
http://www.attunity.com and join our community on Twitter
[http://www.twitter.com/attunity ], Facebook
[http://www.facebook.com/attunity ] and LinkedIn [http://linkd.in/attunity ].
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of
the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995 and other Federal Securities laws. Statements preceded by, followed
by, or that otherwise include the words "believes", "expects",
"anticipates", "intends", "estimates", "plans", and similar expressions or
future or conditional verbs such as "will", "should", "would", "may" and
"could" are generally forward-looking in nature and not historical facts.
For example, when we discuss the potential benefits of the joint alliance,
we are using a forward-looking statement. Because such statements deal with
future events, they are subject to various risks and uncertainties and
actual results could differ materially from Attunity's current expectations.
Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but
are not limited to: risks and uncertainties relating to the acquisition of
RepliWeb, including costs and difficulties related to integration of
acquired businesses, the combined companies' financial results and
performance, and ability to repay debt and timing thereof; our liquidity
challenges and the need to raise additional capital in the future; market
acceptance of the Attunity Replicate and the development of a market for
such product; timely availability and customer acceptance of Attunity's new
and existing products; any unforeseen developmental or technological
difficulties with regard to Attunity's products; changes in the competitive
landscape, including new competitors or the impact of competitive pricing
and products; a shift in demand for products such as Attunity's products;
unknown factors affecting third parties with which Attunity has formed
business alliances; the impact on revenues of economic and political
uncertainties and weaknesses in various regions of the world, including the
commencement or escalation of hostilities or acts of terrorism; and other
factors and risks on which Attunity may have little or no control. This list
is intended to identify only certain of the principal factors that could
cause actual results to differ.
For a more detailed description of the risks and uncertainties affecting
Attunity, reference is made to Attunity's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the
year ended December 31, 2010, which is on file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC) and the other risk factors discussed from time to
time by Attunity in reports filed or furnished to the SEC. Except as
otherwise required by law, Attunity undertakes no obligation to publicly
release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events
or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of
unanticipated events.
(c) Attunity 2011. All Rights Reserved. Attunity is a registered
trademark of Attunity Inc. All other product and company names herein may be
trademarks of their respective owners.
Press contact:
Melissa Kolodziej
Marketing Communications Manager, Attunity
+1-781-730-4073
melissa.kolodziej@attunity.com
Source: Attunity Ltd
.
Kelway Extends Cloud Services With Digital Realty Lease
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 4:14:01 AM
Kelway Extends Cloud Services With Digital Realty Lease
New 720kW Turn-Key Datacentre Facility to Host Kelway's Cloud Services and Premium Hosting Offering
LONDON, Nov. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: DLR), a leading global provider of data centre solutions, announced today that it has signed a ten-year Turn-Key Datacentre lease with Kelway, the UK's leading mid-market IT solutions and services provider. The new Turn-Key Datacentre is located in Digital Realty's Redhill facility and will extend Kelway's data centre operations. The 720 kilowatts of IT capacity enables London-based Kelway to fully support its expanded cloud service offering and provide premium hosting space for new clients. A recent Deloitte Technology Fast 50 named Kelway as 16th in the U.K.'s 50 fastest growing technology companies.
"We are seeing continued growth in demand for our solution portfolio. As we extend our services, our data centre capacity requirements increase," says Phil Doye, CEO and founder of Kelway. "We are pleased to establish the foundation for the next evolution of our cloud services in Digital Realty's Redhill facility. The facility's location, security and the technical capabilities, combined with Digital Realty's outstanding operations, make it ideal for our requirements. The economy is presenting the IT sector with significant challenges. By delivering truly transformational services to our customers, Kelway is demonstrating a path to growth and success."
"As shown by Kelway's decision to partner with Digital Realty, data centre facilities are critical to core business operations," says Adam Levine, Vice President Sales at Digital Realty. "Despite the turbulence of the global economy, innovative service providers within the data centre industry, such as Kelway, are creating exciting growth stories." Recently, Kelway was named in the Telegraph as one of the top 1,000 British companies leading the UK's recovery from the economic storm.
"Many companies, such as Kelway, are seeking the control and flexibility afforded them by acquiring wholesale colocation space with scalable increments of less than 1MW. In this fashion, such companies are able to optimize their data centre space as their businesses expand," Levine concludes. Each Digital Realty Turn-Key Datacentre facility is physically secure and features a state-of-the-art power and cooling architecture that has been optimized for green operation. Every Turn-Key Datacentre is built using the Company's proprietary POD Architecture® and uses metered power to ensure that clients pay only for the power that they use. The facility also comes standard with Digital Realty's PowerVU software, which enables centralized monitoring and management of data centre power consumption, energy efficiency and load analysis.
About Digital Realty
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. focuses on delivering customer driven data centre solutions by providing secure, reliable and cost effective facilities that meet each customer's unique needs. Digital Realty's customers include domestic and international companies across multiple industry verticals ranging from information technology and Internet enterprises, to manufacturing and financial services. Digital Realty's 98 properties, excluding two properties held as investments in unconsolidated joint ventures, comprise approximately 17.3 million square feet (1.6 million square meters) as of 27 October 2011, including 2.1 million square feet (204,000 square meters) of space held for redevelopment. Digital Realty's portfolio is located in 31 markets throughout Europe, North America, Singapore and Australia. Additional information about Digital Realty is included in the Company Overview, which is available on the Investors page of Digital Realty's website at http://www.digitalrealty.com.
About Kelway
IT solutions and services provider, Kelway, is the UK's market leader with revenues exceeding pounds Sterling 260 million and a network of 800 staff nationwide. Kelway has achieved double digit revenue growth every year since 2003, and organic growth of pounds Sterling 55 million during the 2010/2011 Financial Year.
Kelway has achieved the highest standard of accreditation with all major infrastructure vendors, supporting clients to review and develop ICT strategy. Clients benefit from improved performance, cost efficiencies and strategic advantages over competitors.
Key to Kelway's success is its standing as a trusted partner providing unparalleled expert service to a range of clients across public and private sectors. Over one third of FTSE 100 companies are Kelway clients.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements which are based on Digital Realty Trust, Inc.'s current expectations, forecasts and assumptions that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially, including statements related to its new lease with Kelway. These risks and uncertainties include, among others, the following: the impact of the recent deterioration in global economic, credit and market conditions including the downgrading of the U.S. government's credit rating; current local economic conditions in its geographic markets; decreases in information technology spending, including as a result of economic slowdowns or recession; adverse economic or real estate developments in its industry or the industry sectors that it sells to (including risks relating to decreasing real estate valuations and impairment charges); its dependence upon significant tenants; bankruptcy or insolvency of a major tenant or a significant number of smaller tenants; defaults on or non-renewal of leases by tenants; its failure to obtain necessary debt and equity financing; increased interest rates and operating costs; risks associated with using debt to fund its business activities, including re-financing and interest rate risks, its failure to repay debt when due, adverse changes in its credit ratings or its breach of covenants or other terms contained in its loan facilities and agreements; financial market fluctuations; changes in foreign currency exchange rates; its inability to manage its growth effectively; difficulty acquiring or operating properties in foreign jurisdictions; its failure to successfully integrate and operate acquired or redeveloped properties; risks related to joint venture investments, including as a result of its lack of control of such investments; delays or unexpected costs in development or redevelopment of properties; decreased rental rates or increased vacancy rates; increased competition or available supply of data center space; its inability to successfully develop and lease new properties and space held for redevelopment; difficulties in identifying properties to acquire and completing acquisitions; its inability to acquire off-market properties; its inability to comply with the rules and regulations applicable to reporting companies; its failure to maintain its status as a REIT; possible adverse changes to tax laws; restrictions on its ability to engage in certain business activities; environmental uncertainties and risks related to natural disasters; losses in excess of its insurance coverage; changes in foreign laws and regulations, including those related to taxation and real estate ownership and operation; and changes in local, state and federal regulatory requirements, including changes in real estate and zoning laws and increases in real property tax rates. For a further list and description of such risks and uncertainties, see the reports and other filings by Digital Realty Trust, Inc. with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including Digital Realty Trust, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2011 and June 30, 2011. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
A. William Stein Pamela M. Garibaldi Adam Levine
Chief Financial Vice President, Investor
Officer and Relations Vice President, Sales
Chief Investment Digital Realty Trust,
Officer and Corporate Marketing Inc.
Digital Realty Trust, Digital Realty Trust,
Inc. Inc. +44 (20) 7954 9120
+1 (415) 738-6500 +1 (415) 738-6500
SOURCE Digital Realty Trust, Inc.
Digital Realty Trust, Inc.
Web Site: http://www.digitalrealtytrust.com
New 720kW Turn-Key Datacentre Facility to Host Kelway's Cloud Services and Premium Hosting Offering
LONDON, Nov. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: DLR), a leading global provider of data centre solutions, announced today that it has signed a ten-year Turn-Key Datacentre lease with Kelway, the UK's leading mid-market IT solutions and services provider. The new Turn-Key Datacentre is located in Digital Realty's Redhill facility and will extend Kelway's data centre operations. The 720 kilowatts of IT capacity enables London-based Kelway to fully support its expanded cloud service offering and provide premium hosting space for new clients. A recent Deloitte Technology Fast 50 named Kelway as 16th in the U.K.'s 50 fastest growing technology companies.
"We are seeing continued growth in demand for our solution portfolio. As we extend our services, our data centre capacity requirements increase," says Phil Doye, CEO and founder of Kelway. "We are pleased to establish the foundation for the next evolution of our cloud services in Digital Realty's Redhill facility. The facility's location, security and the technical capabilities, combined with Digital Realty's outstanding operations, make it ideal for our requirements. The economy is presenting the IT sector with significant challenges. By delivering truly transformational services to our customers, Kelway is demonstrating a path to growth and success."
"As shown by Kelway's decision to partner with Digital Realty, data centre facilities are critical to core business operations," says Adam Levine, Vice President Sales at Digital Realty. "Despite the turbulence of the global economy, innovative service providers within the data centre industry, such as Kelway, are creating exciting growth stories." Recently, Kelway was named in the Telegraph as one of the top 1,000 British companies leading the UK's recovery from the economic storm.
"Many companies, such as Kelway, are seeking the control and flexibility afforded them by acquiring wholesale colocation space with scalable increments of less than 1MW. In this fashion, such companies are able to optimize their data centre space as their businesses expand," Levine concludes. Each Digital Realty Turn-Key Datacentre facility is physically secure and features a state-of-the-art power and cooling architecture that has been optimized for green operation. Every Turn-Key Datacentre is built using the Company's proprietary POD Architecture® and uses metered power to ensure that clients pay only for the power that they use. The facility also comes standard with Digital Realty's PowerVU software, which enables centralized monitoring and management of data centre power consumption, energy efficiency and load analysis.
About Digital Realty
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. focuses on delivering customer driven data centre solutions by providing secure, reliable and cost effective facilities that meet each customer's unique needs. Digital Realty's customers include domestic and international companies across multiple industry verticals ranging from information technology and Internet enterprises, to manufacturing and financial services. Digital Realty's 98 properties, excluding two properties held as investments in unconsolidated joint ventures, comprise approximately 17.3 million square feet (1.6 million square meters) as of 27 October 2011, including 2.1 million square feet (204,000 square meters) of space held for redevelopment. Digital Realty's portfolio is located in 31 markets throughout Europe, North America, Singapore and Australia. Additional information about Digital Realty is included in the Company Overview, which is available on the Investors page of Digital Realty's website at http://www.digitalrealty.com.
About Kelway
IT solutions and services provider, Kelway, is the UK's market leader with revenues exceeding pounds Sterling 260 million and a network of 800 staff nationwide. Kelway has achieved double digit revenue growth every year since 2003, and organic growth of pounds Sterling 55 million during the 2010/2011 Financial Year.
Kelway has achieved the highest standard of accreditation with all major infrastructure vendors, supporting clients to review and develop ICT strategy. Clients benefit from improved performance, cost efficiencies and strategic advantages over competitors.
Key to Kelway's success is its standing as a trusted partner providing unparalleled expert service to a range of clients across public and private sectors. Over one third of FTSE 100 companies are Kelway clients.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements which are based on Digital Realty Trust, Inc.'s current expectations, forecasts and assumptions that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially, including statements related to its new lease with Kelway. These risks and uncertainties include, among others, the following: the impact of the recent deterioration in global economic, credit and market conditions including the downgrading of the U.S. government's credit rating; current local economic conditions in its geographic markets; decreases in information technology spending, including as a result of economic slowdowns or recession; adverse economic or real estate developments in its industry or the industry sectors that it sells to (including risks relating to decreasing real estate valuations and impairment charges); its dependence upon significant tenants; bankruptcy or insolvency of a major tenant or a significant number of smaller tenants; defaults on or non-renewal of leases by tenants; its failure to obtain necessary debt and equity financing; increased interest rates and operating costs; risks associated with using debt to fund its business activities, including re-financing and interest rate risks, its failure to repay debt when due, adverse changes in its credit ratings or its breach of covenants or other terms contained in its loan facilities and agreements; financial market fluctuations; changes in foreign currency exchange rates; its inability to manage its growth effectively; difficulty acquiring or operating properties in foreign jurisdictions; its failure to successfully integrate and operate acquired or redeveloped properties; risks related to joint venture investments, including as a result of its lack of control of such investments; delays or unexpected costs in development or redevelopment of properties; decreased rental rates or increased vacancy rates; increased competition or available supply of data center space; its inability to successfully develop and lease new properties and space held for redevelopment; difficulties in identifying properties to acquire and completing acquisitions; its inability to acquire off-market properties; its inability to comply with the rules and regulations applicable to reporting companies; its failure to maintain its status as a REIT; possible adverse changes to tax laws; restrictions on its ability to engage in certain business activities; environmental uncertainties and risks related to natural disasters; losses in excess of its insurance coverage; changes in foreign laws and regulations, including those related to taxation and real estate ownership and operation; and changes in local, state and federal regulatory requirements, including changes in real estate and zoning laws and increases in real property tax rates. For a further list and description of such risks and uncertainties, see the reports and other filings by Digital Realty Trust, Inc. with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including Digital Realty Trust, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2011 and June 30, 2011. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
A. William Stein Pamela M. Garibaldi Adam Levine
Chief Financial Vice President, Investor
Officer and Relations Vice President, Sales
Chief Investment Digital Realty Trust,
Officer and Corporate Marketing Inc.
Digital Realty Trust, Digital Realty Trust,
Inc. Inc. +44 (20) 7954 9120
+1 (415) 738-6500 +1 (415) 738-6500
SOURCE Digital Realty Trust, Inc.
Digital Realty Trust, Inc.
Web Site: http://www.digitalrealtytrust.com
Ninetowns Announces Investment in a Partnership to Acquire Real Estate Project in Binzhou, China
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 4:14:01 AM
Ninetowns Announces Investment in a Partnership to Acquire Real Estate Project in Binzhou, China
BEIJING, Nov. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Ninetowns Internet Technology Group Company Limited (NASDAQ: NINE) ("Ninetowns" or the "Company"), one of China's leading providers of online solutions for international trade,today announced that Beijing Ninetowns Ronghe Zhihui Network Software Services Co., Ltd. ("Ninetowns Ronghe Zhihui"), an indirect subsidiary of the Company, has entered into a partnership agreement with Shouchuang Huaxia (Tianjin) Equity Investment Fund Management Co., Ltd. ("Shouchuang Huaxia") and Shouchuang Caifu Gengyin (Tianjin) Equity Investment Fund Limited Partnership ("Shouchuang Gengyin"). Pursuant to the partnership agreement, Ninetowns Ronghe Zhihui and Shouchuang Gengyin, as the limited partners, and Shouchuang Huaxia, as the general partner, will establish Shouchuang Caifu Ninetowns (Tianjin) Equity Investment Fund Limited Partnership (the "Fund"), which is a limited partnership to be based in Tianjin, China.
The Fund's total initial subscription amount is expected to be RMB110 million. Shouchuang Gengyin is expected to subscribe for RMB10 million. Shouchuang Huaxia is expected to subscribe for RMB10 million. Ninetowns Ronghe Zhihui is expected to subscribe for a total of RMB90 million, of which RMB53 million, as per Ninetowns Ronghe Zhihui's obligation, is expected to be contributed to by October 31, 2011 and the remaining RMB37 million, as Ninetowns Ronghe Zhihui's option but not obligation, is expected to be contributed by Ninetowns Ronghe Zhihui and/or one or more than one of its affiliates designated by Ninetowns Ronghe Zhihui by October 31, 2013.
The Fund intends to acquire 100% of the equity interest in Binzhou Ruichen Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. (the "Project Company"), a limited liability company established in Binzhou, Shandong Province, China. The Fund will provide loans to the Project Company. The Project Company intends to develop a piece of land consisting of approximately 79,139 square meters for residential use located in Binzhou, Shandong Province, China (the "Project"). The land use rights will expire in 70 years. The funding of the Project will be mainly secured by the Project Company through commercial bank loans. The Fund has the right, but not the obligation, to provide further funding to the Project Company.
The Fund intends to grant one of the current shareholders of the Project Company the right to repurchase 100% of the equity interest of the Project Company. This right is exercisable in the next two years.
The Project Company has signed the land grant contract and paid the associated land premium. The land use right certificate is expected to be issued by January 2012.
About Ninetowns Internet Technology Group Company Limited
Ninetowns (Nasdaq: NINE) is a leading provider of online solutions for international trade, with its key services in automating import/export e-filing. Ninetowns has been listed on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange since December 2004 under the symbol "NINE". More information can be found at http://www.ninetowns.com/english.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release include forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, such as "may," "will," "expect," "intend," "estimate," "anticipate," "believe," "project" or "continue" or the negative thereof or other similar words. All forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, customer acceptance and market share gains; competition from companies that have greater financial resources; introduction of new products into the marketplace by competitors; successful product development; dependence on significant customers; the ability to recruit and retain quality employees as the Company grows; and economic and political conditions globally. Actual results may differ materially from those discussed in, or implied by, the forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this release and the Company assumes no duty to update them to reflect new, changing or unanticipated events or circumstances.
Contacts:
Investor Relations (Beijing)
Daisy Wang | IR Manager
daisywang@ninetowns.com
+86-10-65899904
Adam Chaw | Corporate Vice President
Ninetowns Internet Technology Group Company Limited
+86-10-6589-9294
adamchaw@ninetowns.com
Investor Relations (HongKong)
Mahmoud Siddig | Managing Director
Taylor Rafferty
+852-3196-3712
ninetowns@taylor-rafferty.com
SOURCE Ninetowns Internet Technology Group Company Limited
Ninetowns Internet Technology Group Company Limited
Web Site: http://www.ninetowns.com/english
BEIJING, Nov. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Ninetowns Internet Technology Group Company Limited (NASDAQ: NINE) ("Ninetowns" or the "Company"), one of China's leading providers of online solutions for international trade,today announced that Beijing Ninetowns Ronghe Zhihui Network Software Services Co., Ltd. ("Ninetowns Ronghe Zhihui"), an indirect subsidiary of the Company, has entered into a partnership agreement with Shouchuang Huaxia (Tianjin) Equity Investment Fund Management Co., Ltd. ("Shouchuang Huaxia") and Shouchuang Caifu Gengyin (Tianjin) Equity Investment Fund Limited Partnership ("Shouchuang Gengyin"). Pursuant to the partnership agreement, Ninetowns Ronghe Zhihui and Shouchuang Gengyin, as the limited partners, and Shouchuang Huaxia, as the general partner, will establish Shouchuang Caifu Ninetowns (Tianjin) Equity Investment Fund Limited Partnership (the "Fund"), which is a limited partnership to be based in Tianjin, China.
The Fund's total initial subscription amount is expected to be RMB110 million. Shouchuang Gengyin is expected to subscribe for RMB10 million. Shouchuang Huaxia is expected to subscribe for RMB10 million. Ninetowns Ronghe Zhihui is expected to subscribe for a total of RMB90 million, of which RMB53 million, as per Ninetowns Ronghe Zhihui's obligation, is expected to be contributed to by October 31, 2011 and the remaining RMB37 million, as Ninetowns Ronghe Zhihui's option but not obligation, is expected to be contributed by Ninetowns Ronghe Zhihui and/or one or more than one of its affiliates designated by Ninetowns Ronghe Zhihui by October 31, 2013.
The Fund intends to acquire 100% of the equity interest in Binzhou Ruichen Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. (the "Project Company"), a limited liability company established in Binzhou, Shandong Province, China. The Fund will provide loans to the Project Company. The Project Company intends to develop a piece of land consisting of approximately 79,139 square meters for residential use located in Binzhou, Shandong Province, China (the "Project"). The land use rights will expire in 70 years. The funding of the Project will be mainly secured by the Project Company through commercial bank loans. The Fund has the right, but not the obligation, to provide further funding to the Project Company.
The Fund intends to grant one of the current shareholders of the Project Company the right to repurchase 100% of the equity interest of the Project Company. This right is exercisable in the next two years.
The Project Company has signed the land grant contract and paid the associated land premium. The land use right certificate is expected to be issued by January 2012.
About Ninetowns Internet Technology Group Company Limited
Ninetowns (Nasdaq: NINE) is a leading provider of online solutions for international trade, with its key services in automating import/export e-filing. Ninetowns has been listed on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange since December 2004 under the symbol "NINE". More information can be found at http://www.ninetowns.com/english.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release include forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, such as "may," "will," "expect," "intend," "estimate," "anticipate," "believe," "project" or "continue" or the negative thereof or other similar words. All forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, customer acceptance and market share gains; competition from companies that have greater financial resources; introduction of new products into the marketplace by competitors; successful product development; dependence on significant customers; the ability to recruit and retain quality employees as the Company grows; and economic and political conditions globally. Actual results may differ materially from those discussed in, or implied by, the forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this release and the Company assumes no duty to update them to reflect new, changing or unanticipated events or circumstances.
Contacts:
Investor Relations (Beijing)
Daisy Wang | IR Manager
daisywang@ninetowns.com
+86-10-65899904
Adam Chaw | Corporate Vice President
Ninetowns Internet Technology Group Company Limited
+86-10-6589-9294
adamchaw@ninetowns.com
Investor Relations (HongKong)
Mahmoud Siddig | Managing Director
Taylor Rafferty
+852-3196-3712
ninetowns@taylor-rafferty.com
SOURCE Ninetowns Internet Technology Group Company Limited
Ninetowns Internet Technology Group Company Limited
Web Site: http://www.ninetowns.com/english
T?V S?D Acquires South African Market Leader Pro-Tec
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 4:14:01 AM
TÜV SÜD Acquires South African Market Leader Pro-Tec
MUNICH, Germany and MIDDELBURG, South Africa, November 1, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
- Non-Destructive Testing and Inspection of Power Stations
The international provider of testing and certification services TÜV
SÜD acquired the South African company Pro-Tec Boiler Inspection & NDT
Services (Pty) Ltd, with its headquarters situated in Middelburg, Mpumalanga
Province. Pro-Tec is the number one provider of non-destructive material
testing and inspection services for the power generation industry in South
Africa. In 2011 the company and its 160 staff are expected to generate
revenue of EUR 8 million. This latest acquisition marks a further step in
TÜV SÜD's international expansion strategy and underlines its focus on the
energy sector.
Pro-Tec is headquartered in Middelburg near Johannesburg, the hub of the
South African energy industry. The service provider focuses on
non-destructive testing and inspections of pressure and other equipment
carried out mainly for the power generation industry. Pro-Tec's capabilities
also support other industries like Chemical, Oil & Gas and Minerals. In
recent years Pro-Tec has succeeded in massively expanding its business in
South Africa.
"The acquisition of Pro-Tec is a perfect fit for our international
expansion strategy", says Karsten Xander, Member of the Board of Management
of TÜV SÜD AG. "It enables us to strengthen our presence on the South
African market and make full use of our group's expertise in the energy
sector." TÜV SÜD established TUV SUD South Africa Holding (Pty) Ltd in May
2010 and successfully entered the South African vehicle inspection market in
summer 2010, acquiring a shareholding in AVTS Roadworthy Stations. Through
Pro-Tec the group is now paving the way for the rollout of a broader service
portfolio. "This applies to expansion in the energy sector and other
industrial services which we intend to offer in South Africa and, starting
from there, also in other African states", adds Dr Boris Gehring, CEO of the
Industry Services division of TÜV SÜD.
"The further expansion of industry in South Africa and its neighbouring
states will result in a clear rise in the demand of energy", forecasts Leon
Nel, Managing Director and Spokesperson of Pro-Tec Boiler Inspection & NDT
Services (Pty) Ltd. "We expect energy generation to double by 2026."
According to Nel, the modernization and expansion of the complete energy
sector offers excellent growth opportunities for his company which, under
the umbrella of TÜV SÜD, can also offer a broader service portfolio for
the power station sector and the energy industry as a whole.
Note for editorial staff: The photo of Karsten Xander is available for
download in printable resolution at http://www.tuev-sued.de/pressefotos
under the "Current Press Photos" category
TÜV SÜD is a leading international service organization catering to
the strategic business segments INDUSTRY, MOBILITY and CERTIFICATION. Over
16,000 employees are represented at more than 600 locations throughout the
world. Optimizing technology, systems and know-how, the interdisciplinary
specialist teams act as process partners to strengthen their customers'
competitiveness.
Media Relations:
Matthias Andreesen Viegas
TÜV SÜD AG
Corporate Communications
Westendstr. 199, 80686 Munich
Tel: +49(0)89-57-91-1613
Fax: +49(0)89-57-91-2224
E-Mail: matthias.andreesen@tuev-sued.de
Internet: http://www.tuev-sued.de
Source: TÜV SÜD AG
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MUNICH, Germany and MIDDELBURG, South Africa, November 1, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
- Non-Destructive Testing and Inspection of Power Stations
The international provider of testing and certification services TÜV
SÜD acquired the South African company Pro-Tec Boiler Inspection & NDT
Services (Pty) Ltd, with its headquarters situated in Middelburg, Mpumalanga
Province. Pro-Tec is the number one provider of non-destructive material
testing and inspection services for the power generation industry in South
Africa. In 2011 the company and its 160 staff are expected to generate
revenue of EUR 8 million. This latest acquisition marks a further step in
TÜV SÜD's international expansion strategy and underlines its focus on the
energy sector.
Pro-Tec is headquartered in Middelburg near Johannesburg, the hub of the
South African energy industry. The service provider focuses on
non-destructive testing and inspections of pressure and other equipment
carried out mainly for the power generation industry. Pro-Tec's capabilities
also support other industries like Chemical, Oil & Gas and Minerals. In
recent years Pro-Tec has succeeded in massively expanding its business in
South Africa.
"The acquisition of Pro-Tec is a perfect fit for our international
expansion strategy", says Karsten Xander, Member of the Board of Management
of TÜV SÜD AG. "It enables us to strengthen our presence on the South
African market and make full use of our group's expertise in the energy
sector." TÜV SÜD established TUV SUD South Africa Holding (Pty) Ltd in May
2010 and successfully entered the South African vehicle inspection market in
summer 2010, acquiring a shareholding in AVTS Roadworthy Stations. Through
Pro-Tec the group is now paving the way for the rollout of a broader service
portfolio. "This applies to expansion in the energy sector and other
industrial services which we intend to offer in South Africa and, starting
from there, also in other African states", adds Dr Boris Gehring, CEO of the
Industry Services division of TÜV SÜD.
"The further expansion of industry in South Africa and its neighbouring
states will result in a clear rise in the demand of energy", forecasts Leon
Nel, Managing Director and Spokesperson of Pro-Tec Boiler Inspection & NDT
Services (Pty) Ltd. "We expect energy generation to double by 2026."
According to Nel, the modernization and expansion of the complete energy
sector offers excellent growth opportunities for his company which, under
the umbrella of TÜV SÜD, can also offer a broader service portfolio for
the power station sector and the energy industry as a whole.
Note for editorial staff: The photo of Karsten Xander is available for
download in printable resolution at http://www.tuev-sued.de/pressefotos
under the "Current Press Photos" category
TÜV SÜD is a leading international service organization catering to
the strategic business segments INDUSTRY, MOBILITY and CERTIFICATION. Over
16,000 employees are represented at more than 600 locations throughout the
world. Optimizing technology, systems and know-how, the interdisciplinary
specialist teams act as process partners to strengthen their customers'
competitiveness.
Media Relations:
Matthias Andreesen Viegas
TÜV SÜD AG
Corporate Communications
Westendstr. 199, 80686 Munich
Tel: +49(0)89-57-91-1613
Fax: +49(0)89-57-91-2224
E-Mail: matthias.andreesen@tuev-sued.de
Internet: http://www.tuev-sued.de
Source: TÜV SÜD AG
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'Your Office Anywhere' Launches Comprehensive Cloud Computing Service for Small Businesses at $10 per Month
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 4:14:01 AM
'Your Office Anywhere' Launches Comprehensive Cloud Computing Service for Small Businesses at $10 per Month
Site's Mobility, Simplicity and Affordability Makes it a Technology Solution for 21st Century Small Businesses
TUCSON, Ariz.,Nov. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- In a mobile world "Your Office Anywhere" puts your office at your fingertips no matter where you are. It eliminates most technology costs for small businesses, and connects co-workers through online meetings and collaboration. And it leads the cloud computing software as a service industry in affordability at only $10 per month.
For small businesses running on small margins, keeping pace with technology can eat into precious profits and balloon operating expenses. And even after investing in server space, software and IT, a small business is often left with a product that doesn't meet the demands of a mobile, 21st Century office.
"Your Office Anywhere" has launched a comprehensive cloud computing solution for small businesses that leads the industry in affordability, versatility and ease of use.
The service is an online office melding the functions of several programs into a single service that delivers online meetings for up to 200 people at a time, unlimited collaboration spaces and 100 gigabytes of file storage. The service is accessible from anywhere with a single click, and no downloading or set-up is required.
"Your Office Anywhere" was developed with an eye for the needs of small businesses. During his decade of working as an international small business consultant, "Your Office Anywhere" Founder Leif Hartwig learned that business owners are not looking for gadgetry or high-tech bells and whistles -- they want dependable technology that meets their needs without introducing unnecessary complexity to their work life.
With that in mind, Hartwig developed "Your Office Anywhere" to be simple, mobile and affordable. Accessible from mobile devices, tablets and any computer, the service allows you to interact with you office wherever you go, and replaces software or single-solution services that cost much more.
"Your Office Anywhere is a site for the masses," said Leif Hartwig, founder and CEO of "Your Office Anywhere." "It delivers an all-in-one technology solution for small businesses in a simple and effective service."
Small business owners can use the service to conduct almost every facet of their jobs -- meet online, organize client and team communication, chat, share documents, exchange files, and organize calendars. All of this can be done without a business's clients ever having to sign up for the service.
The site's flexibility and app-friendly mobility, make it the perfect tool for businesses adapting to a more flexible, mobile and online workplace.
"We are seeing a decentralization of companies and businesses all over the planet and our product gives them an office that fits the needs of this new workplace," said Hartwig.
"Your Office Anywhere" launches November 1. To take a tour of the service's offering, visit: http://www.yourofficeanywhere.com
FACTS
-- The Public Cloud Computing industry is expected to nearly triple in the
next 4 years, from $21.5 billion to $72.9 billion, according to
International Data Corporation.
-- Unlike competitors DropBox or BaseCamp, Your Office Anywhere delivers
much more than a data storage service or document sharing product -- it
rolls all of a business's or individual's technology needs into one,
affordable package.
-- During the first 30 days of the "Your Office Anywhere" launch, the
company will offer a lifetime, $10-a-month price guarantee for
continuous Your Office Anywhere users.
-- Services include: video conferencing, data storage and sharing,
collaboration workspaces, contact management, calendar organization,
mobile application.
LINKS
Like us on Facebook.
Find more information at http://www.yourofficeanywhere.com/
Watch a video explaining Your Office Anywhere.
Or catch up with us on Twitter.
ABOUT
Your Office Anywhere is led by a team of proven business veterans. Founder Leif Hartwig previously launched TruQuest and grew it into an international business consulting company, and was a senior investment officer at RBC Wealth Management. Chief Technology Officer Shane McMurray has experience in systems development for a Fortune 100 company, and held positions with HealthTrio and Intuit. And Chief Operation Officer Karen Connors has over 20 years of experience in technology sales, marketing and management.
SOURCE Your Office Anywhere
Your Office Anywhere
CONTACT: Constance Aguilar of Abbi Public Relations, +1-775-323-2977, constance@abbipr.com, for Your Office Anywhere
Web Site: http://www.yourofficeanywhere.com
Site's Mobility, Simplicity and Affordability Makes it a Technology Solution for 21st Century Small Businesses
TUCSON, Ariz.,Nov. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- In a mobile world "Your Office Anywhere" puts your office at your fingertips no matter where you are. It eliminates most technology costs for small businesses, and connects co-workers through online meetings and collaboration. And it leads the cloud computing software as a service industry in affordability at only $10 per month.
For small businesses running on small margins, keeping pace with technology can eat into precious profits and balloon operating expenses. And even after investing in server space, software and IT, a small business is often left with a product that doesn't meet the demands of a mobile, 21st Century office.
"Your Office Anywhere" has launched a comprehensive cloud computing solution for small businesses that leads the industry in affordability, versatility and ease of use.
The service is an online office melding the functions of several programs into a single service that delivers online meetings for up to 200 people at a time, unlimited collaboration spaces and 100 gigabytes of file storage. The service is accessible from anywhere with a single click, and no downloading or set-up is required.
"Your Office Anywhere" was developed with an eye for the needs of small businesses. During his decade of working as an international small business consultant, "Your Office Anywhere" Founder Leif Hartwig learned that business owners are not looking for gadgetry or high-tech bells and whistles -- they want dependable technology that meets their needs without introducing unnecessary complexity to their work life.
With that in mind, Hartwig developed "Your Office Anywhere" to be simple, mobile and affordable. Accessible from mobile devices, tablets and any computer, the service allows you to interact with you office wherever you go, and replaces software or single-solution services that cost much more.
"Your Office Anywhere is a site for the masses," said Leif Hartwig, founder and CEO of "Your Office Anywhere." "It delivers an all-in-one technology solution for small businesses in a simple and effective service."
Small business owners can use the service to conduct almost every facet of their jobs -- meet online, organize client and team communication, chat, share documents, exchange files, and organize calendars. All of this can be done without a business's clients ever having to sign up for the service.
The site's flexibility and app-friendly mobility, make it the perfect tool for businesses adapting to a more flexible, mobile and online workplace.
"We are seeing a decentralization of companies and businesses all over the planet and our product gives them an office that fits the needs of this new workplace," said Hartwig.
"Your Office Anywhere" launches November 1. To take a tour of the service's offering, visit: http://www.yourofficeanywhere.com
FACTS
-- The Public Cloud Computing industry is expected to nearly triple in the
next 4 years, from $21.5 billion to $72.9 billion, according to
International Data Corporation.
-- Unlike competitors DropBox or BaseCamp, Your Office Anywhere delivers
much more than a data storage service or document sharing product -- it
rolls all of a business's or individual's technology needs into one,
affordable package.
-- During the first 30 days of the "Your Office Anywhere" launch, the
company will offer a lifetime, $10-a-month price guarantee for
continuous Your Office Anywhere users.
-- Services include: video conferencing, data storage and sharing,
collaboration workspaces, contact management, calendar organization,
mobile application.
LINKS
Like us on Facebook.
Find more information at http://www.yourofficeanywhere.com/
Watch a video explaining Your Office Anywhere.
Or catch up with us on Twitter.
ABOUT
Your Office Anywhere is led by a team of proven business veterans. Founder Leif Hartwig previously launched TruQuest and grew it into an international business consulting company, and was a senior investment officer at RBC Wealth Management. Chief Technology Officer Shane McMurray has experience in systems development for a Fortune 100 company, and held positions with HealthTrio and Intuit. And Chief Operation Officer Karen Connors has over 20 years of experience in technology sales, marketing and management.
SOURCE Your Office Anywhere
Your Office Anywhere
CONTACT: Constance Aguilar of Abbi Public Relations, +1-775-323-2977, constance@abbipr.com, for Your Office Anywhere
Web Site: http://www.yourofficeanywhere.com
Turkcell Teknoloji Receives Best Contactless Mobile Transaction (NFC) Award for Cep-T C?zdan
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 2:56:01 AM
Turkcell Teknoloji Receives Best Contactless Mobile Transaction (NFC) Award for Cep-T Cüzdan
ISTANBUL, November 1, 2011/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Turkcell (NYSE: TKC, ISE: TCELL), the leading communications and
technology company's 100% subsidiary; R&D and innovation base Turkcell
Teknoloji has won the SIMagine award in the Best Contactless Mobile
Transaction (NFC) Awards category.
Turkcell Cep-T Cuezdan, a mobile wallet application that enables the
secure installation of more than one credit card application on a single SIM
card, was a world first developed by Turkcell Teknoloji. The Cep-T Cuezdan
service, which relies on NFC (Near Field Communication), eliminates the need
for conventional plastic credit cards. Instead, the NFC supported terminals
in themselves become credit cards with the introduction of this application.
Through Cep-T Cuezdan, customers can load their MasterCard branded credit
cards to their mobile phones and make contact-free transactions for onetime
payment of up to TRY35 with no pin or signature. Having been approved by
MasterCard, Cep-T Cuezdan currently offers huge convenience to Yapi Kredi
and Garanti Bank users. Further Turkish banks and other service providers
are expected to become available to mobile wallet service subscribers,
thereby enabling them to experience real wallet concept with the convenience
of their mobile equivalent.
Turkcell Teknoloji's General Manager, Semih Incedayi commented that,
"Through our competency, which is backed by Turkcell's pioneering vision in
technology and communications, Turkey is now considered one of the leading
countries in this arena. Over the past 2 years, we have accumulated solid
know-how and experience in the field of contactless technologies, having now
achieved another global first. The fact that Cep-T Cuezdan won the SIMagine
award in the Best Contactless Mobile Transaction (NFC) Awards category
confirms the level of technical competency Turkish engineers have now
reached, which is very meaningful."
About SIMagine
The SIMagine awards are organized by an association that consists of key
sector representatives, known as SIM Alliance. SIM Alliance has been
supporting the creation, usage and management of secure mobile services
worldwide for more than ten years. The alliance conducts studies to estimate
and detect security, identity and mobility related problems on the internet,
where convergence is gradually gaining importance.
About Turkcell
Turkcell is the leading communications and technology company in Turkey
with 34.1 million subscribers and a market share of approximately 54% as of
June 30, 2011 (Source: Operator's announcements and excluding the impact of
the change in prepaid churn periods in Q2 2011). Turkcell is a leading
regional player, with market leadership in five of the nine countries in
which it operates with its approximately 61.7 million subscribers as of June
30, 2011. The company covers approximately 85% of the Turkish population
through its 3G and 99.07% through its 2G technology supported network. It
has become one of the first among the global operators to have implemented
HSDPA+ and achieved a 42.2 Mbps speed using the HSPA multi carrier solution.
Turkcell reported a TRY2.3 billion (US$1.5 billion) net revenue with total
assets of TRY15.5 billion (US$9.5 billion) as of June 30, 2011. It has been
listed on the NYSE and the ISE since July 2000, and is the only NYSE-listed
company in Turkey. Read more at http://www.turkcell.com.tr
For further information please contact Turkcell
Nihat Narin, Investor and International Media Relations
Tel: +90-212-313-1244
Email: nihat.narin@turkcell.com.tr
investor.relations@turkcell.com.tr
http://www.turkcell.com.tr
You can now follow the most up-to-date Turkcell developments on twitter
by clicking on the link below.
http://twitter.com/TurkcellNews
Source: Turkcell
.
ISTANBUL, November 1, 2011/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Turkcell (NYSE: TKC, ISE: TCELL), the leading communications and
technology company's 100% subsidiary; R&D and innovation base Turkcell
Teknoloji has won the SIMagine award in the Best Contactless Mobile
Transaction (NFC) Awards category.
Turkcell Cep-T Cuezdan, a mobile wallet application that enables the
secure installation of more than one credit card application on a single SIM
card, was a world first developed by Turkcell Teknoloji. The Cep-T Cuezdan
service, which relies on NFC (Near Field Communication), eliminates the need
for conventional plastic credit cards. Instead, the NFC supported terminals
in themselves become credit cards with the introduction of this application.
Through Cep-T Cuezdan, customers can load their MasterCard branded credit
cards to their mobile phones and make contact-free transactions for onetime
payment of up to TRY35 with no pin or signature. Having been approved by
MasterCard, Cep-T Cuezdan currently offers huge convenience to Yapi Kredi
and Garanti Bank users. Further Turkish banks and other service providers
are expected to become available to mobile wallet service subscribers,
thereby enabling them to experience real wallet concept with the convenience
of their mobile equivalent.
Turkcell Teknoloji's General Manager, Semih Incedayi commented that,
"Through our competency, which is backed by Turkcell's pioneering vision in
technology and communications, Turkey is now considered one of the leading
countries in this arena. Over the past 2 years, we have accumulated solid
know-how and experience in the field of contactless technologies, having now
achieved another global first. The fact that Cep-T Cuezdan won the SIMagine
award in the Best Contactless Mobile Transaction (NFC) Awards category
confirms the level of technical competency Turkish engineers have now
reached, which is very meaningful."
About SIMagine
The SIMagine awards are organized by an association that consists of key
sector representatives, known as SIM Alliance. SIM Alliance has been
supporting the creation, usage and management of secure mobile services
worldwide for more than ten years. The alliance conducts studies to estimate
and detect security, identity and mobility related problems on the internet,
where convergence is gradually gaining importance.
About Turkcell
Turkcell is the leading communications and technology company in Turkey
with 34.1 million subscribers and a market share of approximately 54% as of
June 30, 2011 (Source: Operator's announcements and excluding the impact of
the change in prepaid churn periods in Q2 2011). Turkcell is a leading
regional player, with market leadership in five of the nine countries in
which it operates with its approximately 61.7 million subscribers as of June
30, 2011. The company covers approximately 85% of the Turkish population
through its 3G and 99.07% through its 2G technology supported network. It
has become one of the first among the global operators to have implemented
HSDPA+ and achieved a 42.2 Mbps speed using the HSPA multi carrier solution.
Turkcell reported a TRY2.3 billion (US$1.5 billion) net revenue with total
assets of TRY15.5 billion (US$9.5 billion) as of June 30, 2011. It has been
listed on the NYSE and the ISE since July 2000, and is the only NYSE-listed
company in Turkey. Read more at http://www.turkcell.com.tr
For further information please contact Turkcell
Nihat Narin, Investor and International Media Relations
Tel: +90-212-313-1244
Email: nihat.narin@turkcell.com.tr
investor.relations@turkcell.com.tr
http://www.turkcell.com.tr
You can now follow the most up-to-date Turkcell developments on twitter
by clicking on the link below.
http://twitter.com/TurkcellNews
Source: Turkcell
.
Azimuth Supports Anite's New Turn-Key LTE Performance Test Solution
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 2:07:01 AM
Azimuth Supports Anite's New Turn-Key LTE Performance Test Solution
Source: Anite Telecoms Ltd
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Source: Anite Telecoms Ltd
.
October 31, 2011
MyInfoGuardian Provides Easy Online Removal of Your Personal Information
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 11:35:01 PM
MyInfoGuardian Provides Easy Online Removal of Your Personal Information
Only MyInfoGuardian finds and removes your personal information that is being sold online.
CARSON CITY, Nev., Nov. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- MyInfoGuardian (http://www.myinfoguardian.com), the most complete online privacy protection service, announced today the nationwide launch of its online service that tracks down sites that sell personal information and then removes that information. Starting now, consumers across the country can take advantage of this new level of privacy protection that removes the risk to themselves and their families.
On MyInfoGuardian, users can search for free to see if they are at risk because their personal information is being sold on sites online, and then subscribe to the service to remove their personal information from those sites. Personal information being legally sold online includes home address, children's names and information, personal finances, telephone numbers - home, mobile and work, divorce records, court records, traffic offenses and work information.
What makes this even more ominous is that all this is completely legal with no federal, state or local laws to prevent a complete stranger from knowing more about you than even your closest friends. People search sites expose your personal life online to anyone willing to pay a few dollars. MyInfoGuardian was created to change that and let people take back control of their personal information.
MyInfoGuardian never shares personal information with any third parties. Other so-called privacy protection services form partnerships with people search sites, which can actually encourage exposure of you and your family's personal information.
Those interested in joining MyInfoGuardian's online privacy protection service can visit http://www.MyInfoGuardian.com and within seconds MyInfoGuardian's patent-pending technology will tell them how many sites are selling their personal information online.
About MyInfoGuardian.com, Inc.
MyInfoGuardian (http://www.MyInfoGuardian.com) is an online privacy protection services company. Based in Carson City, Nevada, MyInfoGuardian was founded in 2010 by Internet, Security and High Tech veterans who have spent their careers creating solutions that provide people with a safe and secure environment to interact with others.
SOURCE MyInfoGuardian
MyInfoGuardian
CONTACT: Jessica Carvalho, +1-775-629-5460, jcarvalho@myinfoguardian.com
Web Site: http://www.myinfoguardian.com
Only MyInfoGuardian finds and removes your personal information that is being sold online.
CARSON CITY, Nev., Nov. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- MyInfoGuardian (http://www.myinfoguardian.com), the most complete online privacy protection service, announced today the nationwide launch of its online service that tracks down sites that sell personal information and then removes that information. Starting now, consumers across the country can take advantage of this new level of privacy protection that removes the risk to themselves and their families.
On MyInfoGuardian, users can search for free to see if they are at risk because their personal information is being sold on sites online, and then subscribe to the service to remove their personal information from those sites. Personal information being legally sold online includes home address, children's names and information, personal finances, telephone numbers - home, mobile and work, divorce records, court records, traffic offenses and work information.
What makes this even more ominous is that all this is completely legal with no federal, state or local laws to prevent a complete stranger from knowing more about you than even your closest friends. People search sites expose your personal life online to anyone willing to pay a few dollars. MyInfoGuardian was created to change that and let people take back control of their personal information.
MyInfoGuardian never shares personal information with any third parties. Other so-called privacy protection services form partnerships with people search sites, which can actually encourage exposure of you and your family's personal information.
Those interested in joining MyInfoGuardian's online privacy protection service can visit http://www.MyInfoGuardian.com and within seconds MyInfoGuardian's patent-pending technology will tell them how many sites are selling their personal information online.
About MyInfoGuardian.com, Inc.
MyInfoGuardian (http://www.MyInfoGuardian.com) is an online privacy protection services company. Based in Carson City, Nevada, MyInfoGuardian was founded in 2010 by Internet, Security and High Tech veterans who have spent their careers creating solutions that provide people with a safe and secure environment to interact with others.
SOURCE MyInfoGuardian
MyInfoGuardian
CONTACT: Jessica Carvalho, +1-775-629-5460, jcarvalho@myinfoguardian.com
Web Site: http://www.myinfoguardian.com
NetDragon Launches New EP for Eudemons Online: "Trumpet of the Legionaire"
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 9:07:01 PM
NetDragon Launches New EP for Eudemons Online: "Trumpet of the Legionaire"
HONG KONG, Oct. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- NetDragon Websoft Inc. ("NetDragon", Stock Code: 777), a leading online game and mobile Internet platform developer and operator in China, launched the "Trumpet of the Legionaire" EP for its flagship online game Eudemons Online on Oct. 30, 2011 in China. "Trumpet" follows on this past April's release of the "Edge of Night" EP, which lead to Eudemons Online hitting a four-year high in concurrent players this past spring.
"Trumpet" features "Legion Eudemons", a full-scale upgrade to Eudemons Online's "Legion System". After getting "Multiple Legion riders on a Legion Mount", players can invite members from their own legion to ride them, to build team spirit among players and further enhance the "stickiness" of the game. Furthermore, the addition of a variety of Legion Eudemons makes the battle scenes even more spectacular.
As Eudemons Online approaches its 6th Anniversary, NetDragon's flagship title remains hugely popular with players. The launch of "Legion" is expected to once again stir up enthusiasm of both new players and veterans, and continue to drive the game's outstanding recent performance. In addition, the English version of "Trumpet" is expected to be launched this December.
About NetDragon
NetDragon Websoft Inc. is a leading innovator and creative force in China's online gaming and mobile internet industries. Established in 1999, we are a vertically integrated developer & operator of MMORPGs and a cutting-edge R&D powerhouse. We launched our first self-made online game Monster & Me in 2002, followed by multiple titles including Eudemons Online, Conquer Online, Heroes of Might & Magic Online and Disney Fantasy Online. We are also China's pioneer in overseas expansion, directly operating titles in overseas markets since 2004 in English, Spanish, Arabic and other languages. Our online games currently in development include Dungeon Keeper Online (previously named as World of Dungeon Keeper), TRANSFORMERS Online, icombo (previously named as Cross Gate), and a new version of Ultima Online. In the mobile Internet industry, we provide China's leading marketplace for smartphone users, offering applications and content for the most popular mobile operating systems. NetDragon owns many well-known mobile Internet products, including 91 Panda Reader, 91 PC Suite, 91 Panda Space, 91 mobile portal and hiapk.com.
SOURCE NetDragon Websoft Inc.
NetDragon Websoft Inc.
CONTACT: NetDragon Websoft Inc., Ms. Maggie Zhou, IR Director, +86-591-8754-3120 / +86-591-8390-2825, maggie@nd.com.cn / ir@nd.com.cn, http://www.nd.com.cn/ir
Web Site: http://www.nd.com.cn/ir
HONG KONG, Oct. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- NetDragon Websoft Inc. ("NetDragon", Stock Code: 777), a leading online game and mobile Internet platform developer and operator in China, launched the "Trumpet of the Legionaire" EP for its flagship online game Eudemons Online on Oct. 30, 2011 in China. "Trumpet" follows on this past April's release of the "Edge of Night" EP, which lead to Eudemons Online hitting a four-year high in concurrent players this past spring.
"Trumpet" features "Legion Eudemons", a full-scale upgrade to Eudemons Online's "Legion System". After getting "Multiple Legion riders on a Legion Mount", players can invite members from their own legion to ride them, to build team spirit among players and further enhance the "stickiness" of the game. Furthermore, the addition of a variety of Legion Eudemons makes the battle scenes even more spectacular.
As Eudemons Online approaches its 6th Anniversary, NetDragon's flagship title remains hugely popular with players. The launch of "Legion" is expected to once again stir up enthusiasm of both new players and veterans, and continue to drive the game's outstanding recent performance. In addition, the English version of "Trumpet" is expected to be launched this December.
About NetDragon
NetDragon Websoft Inc. is a leading innovator and creative force in China's online gaming and mobile internet industries. Established in 1999, we are a vertically integrated developer & operator of MMORPGs and a cutting-edge R&D powerhouse. We launched our first self-made online game Monster & Me in 2002, followed by multiple titles including Eudemons Online, Conquer Online, Heroes of Might & Magic Online and Disney Fantasy Online. We are also China's pioneer in overseas expansion, directly operating titles in overseas markets since 2004 in English, Spanish, Arabic and other languages. Our online games currently in development include Dungeon Keeper Online (previously named as World of Dungeon Keeper), TRANSFORMERS Online, icombo (previously named as Cross Gate), and a new version of Ultima Online. In the mobile Internet industry, we provide China's leading marketplace for smartphone users, offering applications and content for the most popular mobile operating systems. NetDragon owns many well-known mobile Internet products, including 91 Panda Reader, 91 PC Suite, 91 Panda Space, 91 mobile portal and hiapk.com.
SOURCE NetDragon Websoft Inc.
NetDragon Websoft Inc.
CONTACT: NetDragon Websoft Inc., Ms. Maggie Zhou, IR Director, +86-591-8754-3120 / +86-591-8390-2825, maggie@nd.com.cn / ir@nd.com.cn, http://www.nd.com.cn/ir
Web Site: http://www.nd.com.cn/ir
Paul's TV Will Carry New JVC BlackCrystal(TM) HDTVs
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 7:42:01 PM
Paul's TV Will Carry New JVC BlackCrystal(TM) HDTVs
Renowned Electronics Retailer Will Sell New LCD BlackCrystal(TM) 3000 Series and Edge-lit LED BlackCrystal(TM) 3001 Series HDTVs
Paul's TV Will Carry New JVC BlackCrystal(TM) HDTVs
Renowned Electronics Retailer Will Sell New LCD BlackCrystal(TM) 3000 Series and Edge-lit LED BlackCrystal(TM) 3001 Series HDTVs
IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- AmTRAN Video Corporation (AVC), a subsidiary of AmTRAN Technology Co., Ltd. (AmTRAN), a top manufacturer of flat-panel TVs globally, today announced an agreement to sell the new JVC BlackCrystal(TM) 3000 series and new JVC BlackCrystal(TM) 3001 series high-definition televisions (HDTVs) through Paul's TV, the electronics retailer renowned as the "King of Big Screen."
(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111031/CG96817LOGO)
The BlackCrystal line will be available immediately at Paul's TV stores and online at http://www.paulstv.com.
"The BlackCrystal line represents a visible upgrade in picture quality from most HDTV models in the typical retail product mix, with a distinct point of differentiation - superior sound quality with XinemaSound(TM), a unique audio design," said Tom Paterniti, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for AVC.
Paterniti added that both the JVC BlackCrystal(TM) 3000 and JVC BlackCrystal(TM) 3001 series feature models in four sizes - 32", 37", 42" and 47". Each model will provide an unequalled user experience with the price-performance value today's consumers demand. In July, AVC launched the JVC BlackCrystal(TM) 3000 series; AVC unveiled the JVC BlackCrystal(TM) 3001 series in September at the CEDIA Expo.
AVC plans to introduce additional models under the JVC brand to the U.S. market next year in larger sizes with connected features.
"We look forward to making the JVC BlackCrystal series of HDTVs 'The Center of Your Entertainment,'" Paterniti said.
To celebrate the introduction of the BlackCrystal(TM) line, Paul's TV will give away 10 free LED light bulbs from AVC's LED Lighting product line. This $299 retail value allows customers of Paul's TV to significantly reduce their overall power consumption. This offer will be good on 42" and 47" JVC BlackCrystal LED TVs as an exclusive introductory offer.
"We are thrilled to be the first retailer in the U.S. to debut JVC's BlackCrystal line of LED HDTVs in our stores with a unique environmentally conscious consumer offering. This addition further helps differentiate Paul's TV as a retailer committed to bringing consumers premium HDTV and Home Theater products," said Babak Ghaznavi, President & CEO of Paul's TV.
Learn more about the JVC BlackCrystal(TM) HDTVs at http://tv.jvc.com/index.jsp.
About AmTRAN Video Corporation
AmTRAN Video Corporation (AVC) is a subsidiary of AmTRAN Technology Co., Ltd., a top LCD TV manufacturer specializing in design and production of high quality LCD monitors and LCD/LED TVs, audio products and LED lighting. AVC is located in Irvine, California, and is licensed by JVC Kenwood Corporation for the manufacturing, sales, distribution and marketing of JVC High Definition Televisions for the North America market.
Paul's TV, The King of Big Screen
Paul's TV is America's fastest-growing HDTV retailer with 53 locations in 5 states. In addition to free-standing stores, Paul's TV is located inside furniture retailers Living Spaces in California, Art Van in Michigan, Jordan's in New England and Furniture Row in Colorado.
Founded in 1964 by Paul Goldenberg with a $1000 loan from a relative, Paul's TV changed the way people bought TV's in Southern California. Today, Paul's TV operates by the same principles as it did then: exceptional customer service, great selection of the best brands, guaranteed low prices and free delivery.
Contact: Lawren Markle
Tech Image (for AVC)
626.345.9746
Lawren.Markle@techimage.com
SOURCE AmTRAN Video Corporation
Photo:http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111031/CG96817LOGO
http://photoarchive.ap.org/
AmTRAN Video Corporation
Renowned Electronics Retailer Will Sell New LCD BlackCrystal(TM) 3000 Series and Edge-lit LED BlackCrystal(TM) 3001 Series HDTVs
Paul's TV Will Carry New JVC BlackCrystal(TM) HDTVs
Renowned Electronics Retailer Will Sell New LCD BlackCrystal(TM) 3000 Series and Edge-lit LED BlackCrystal(TM) 3001 Series HDTVs
IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- AmTRAN Video Corporation (AVC), a subsidiary of AmTRAN Technology Co., Ltd. (AmTRAN), a top manufacturer of flat-panel TVs globally, today announced an agreement to sell the new JVC BlackCrystal(TM) 3000 series and new JVC BlackCrystal(TM) 3001 series high-definition televisions (HDTVs) through Paul's TV, the electronics retailer renowned as the "King of Big Screen."
(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111031/CG96817LOGO)
The BlackCrystal line will be available immediately at Paul's TV stores and online at http://www.paulstv.com.
"The BlackCrystal line represents a visible upgrade in picture quality from most HDTV models in the typical retail product mix, with a distinct point of differentiation - superior sound quality with XinemaSound(TM), a unique audio design," said Tom Paterniti, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for AVC.
Paterniti added that both the JVC BlackCrystal(TM) 3000 and JVC BlackCrystal(TM) 3001 series feature models in four sizes - 32", 37", 42" and 47". Each model will provide an unequalled user experience with the price-performance value today's consumers demand. In July, AVC launched the JVC BlackCrystal(TM) 3000 series; AVC unveiled the JVC BlackCrystal(TM) 3001 series in September at the CEDIA Expo.
AVC plans to introduce additional models under the JVC brand to the U.S. market next year in larger sizes with connected features.
"We look forward to making the JVC BlackCrystal series of HDTVs 'The Center of Your Entertainment,'" Paterniti said.
To celebrate the introduction of the BlackCrystal(TM) line, Paul's TV will give away 10 free LED light bulbs from AVC's LED Lighting product line. This $299 retail value allows customers of Paul's TV to significantly reduce their overall power consumption. This offer will be good on 42" and 47" JVC BlackCrystal LED TVs as an exclusive introductory offer.
"We are thrilled to be the first retailer in the U.S. to debut JVC's BlackCrystal line of LED HDTVs in our stores with a unique environmentally conscious consumer offering. This addition further helps differentiate Paul's TV as a retailer committed to bringing consumers premium HDTV and Home Theater products," said Babak Ghaznavi, President & CEO of Paul's TV.
Learn more about the JVC BlackCrystal(TM) HDTVs at http://tv.jvc.com/index.jsp.
About AmTRAN Video Corporation
AmTRAN Video Corporation (AVC) is a subsidiary of AmTRAN Technology Co., Ltd., a top LCD TV manufacturer specializing in design and production of high quality LCD monitors and LCD/LED TVs, audio products and LED lighting. AVC is located in Irvine, California, and is licensed by JVC Kenwood Corporation for the manufacturing, sales, distribution and marketing of JVC High Definition Televisions for the North America market.
Paul's TV, The King of Big Screen
Paul's TV is America's fastest-growing HDTV retailer with 53 locations in 5 states. In addition to free-standing stores, Paul's TV is located inside furniture retailers Living Spaces in California, Art Van in Michigan, Jordan's in New England and Furniture Row in Colorado.
Founded in 1964 by Paul Goldenberg with a $1000 loan from a relative, Paul's TV changed the way people bought TV's in Southern California. Today, Paul's TV operates by the same principles as it did then: exceptional customer service, great selection of the best brands, guaranteed low prices and free delivery.
Contact: Lawren Markle
Tech Image (for AVC)
626.345.9746
Lawren.Markle@techimage.com
SOURCE AmTRAN Video Corporation
Photo:http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111031/CG96817LOGO
http://photoarchive.ap.org/
AmTRAN Video Corporation
MicroStrategy Announces Third Quarter 2011 Financial Results
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 7:14:01 PM
MicroStrategy Announces Third Quarter 2011 Financial Results
Record $141.7 Million in Total Revenues
TYSONS CORNER, Va., Oct. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced financial results for the three-month period ended September 30, 2011 (the third quarter of its 2011 fiscal year).
Third quarter 2011 revenues were $141.7 million, the highest quarterly total revenues in Company history, versus $114.5 million for the third quarter of 2010, a 24% increase. Product licenses revenues for the third quarter of 2011 were $39.3 million versus $32.2 million for the third quarter of 2010, a 22% increase. Product support and other services revenues for MicroStrategy's core business intelligence (BI) business in the third quarter of 2011 were $96.6 million versus $77.8 million for the third quarter of 2010, a 24% increase.
Operating expenses for the third quarter of 2011 were $103.5 million versus $77.5 million for the third quarter of 2010, a 34% increase. The increase in operating expenses was primarily due to increased headcount and related expenses, particularly for engineering and sales personnel.
Net income for the third quarter of 2011 was $4.9 million, or $0.44 per share on a diluted basis, compared to $7.4 million, or $0.63 per share on a diluted basis, for the third quarter of 2010. Third quarter 2011 net income included a $3.4 million pre-tax gain on the sale of an equity investment.
For the third quarter of 2011, MicroStrategy's effective tax rate was 17% compared to 10% for the third quarter of 2010. The higher effective tax rate in the third quarter of 2011 was primarily attributable to certain discrete adjustments that were recorded in the third quarter of 2010, partially offset by stronger results outside the U.S. in the third quarter of 2011 compared to the same period in 2010.
As of September 30, 2011, MicroStrategy had cash and cash equivalents of $186.3 million versus $174.1 million as of December 31, 2010, an increase of $12.2 million. As of September 30, 2011, MicroStrategy had 8,268,079 shares of class A common stock and 2,492,830 shares of class B common stock outstanding.
MicroStrategy Expands Launch of New Mobile, Cloud and Social Media Technologies:
In September 2011, MicroStrategy unveiled several new technologies.
-- MicroStrategy announced the release of Cloud Personal(TM), a free
cloud-based business intelligence service. Cloud Personal combines the
Company's latest technology innovations - MicroStrategy Cloud(TM),
MicroStrategy Visual Insight(TM), and MicroStrategy Mobile(TM) -
enabling users to easily upload data to the MicroStrategy Cloud, analyze
it via rich visualizations, and share powerful insights with colleagues
or friends as a mobile application or web browser dashboard.
-- MicroStrategy introduced Wisdom(TM) for Facebook, a free application
that is now available worldwide for both the iPhone® and iPad® on the
Apple® iTunes® App Store, as well as in a web-based Facebook app
format. Wisdom organizes your Facebook content and provides insights
into your network of Facebook friends, so you do not have to contend
with information overload and can easily learn from the collective
experience of your friends.
-- MicroStrategy also introduced MicroStrategy Wisdom(TM), a cloud-based
application that injects social intelligence into the Facebook
applications of corporations.
-- MicroStrategy additionally announced Emma(TM), a new marketplace for
Facebook users. Emma enhances the concept of free classifieds by
attaching Facebook credentials to classified listings. Because everyone
in the Emma community has a Facebook profile, they can trade with more
confidence, whether they are buying or selling products and services or
engaging in social transactions such as finding a roommate or rideshare.
The launch of these new offerings followed the release in July 2011 of several other innovative MicroStrategy technologies designed to enable companies to capitalize on the big data, mobile, cloud, and social media trends that are transforming the way commerce is conducted.
-- The Company announced the general availability of MicroStrategy 9.2.1.
This latest release of the MicroStrategy Business Intelligence
Platform(TM) features a new product, MicroStrategy Transaction
Services(TM), which allows users to initiate actions and transactions
from a mobile device. MicroStrategy Transaction Services helps
companies increase the speed and productivity of their businesses by
building mobile apps that connect to back-end transactional systems and
databases.
-- MicroStrategy also announced the general availability of MicroStrategy
Cloud(TM), a cloud-based platform-as-a-service. MicroStrategy Cloud
enables rapid, cost-effective development of business intelligence and
mobile and social apps. Compared to traditional on-premises BI
approaches, MicroStrategy Cloud is faster to deploy, delivers
world-class performance, and offers significant financial advantages.
-- The Company introduced Gateway for Facebook, a new cloud-based service
that can interconnect enterprise IT environments and enterprise
applications with the Facebook social graph. Gateway for Facebook
converts the Facebook social graph data structure into a tabular data
structure, making it easier for enterprise applications like CRM,
marketing, service, sales, loyalty, and mobile applications to be
personalized using data from Facebook.
-- In connection with the Gateway for Facebook launch, MicroStrategy also
introduced Alert, a mobile Facebook application that gives Facebook
users a new way to follow all of their favorite celebrity and brand
Facebook pages. Alert presents users with a consolidated view of the
news, events, photos, and videos from their favorite pages, while
allowing users to organize those pages into customized groups.
New Customers and New Deals with Existing Customers in Q3 2011 Included:
Activision; Aeropostale; AIG Global Asset Management Holdings Corp.; Banco Espirito Santo; Bank Of America; Belgacom Group; CareSource Management Group Co.; Comcast Entertainment Group; CSC Holdings; Dana Farber Cancer Institute; Dell Computer Corporation; Deutsche Bank Securities; Diageo North America; Electronic Arts; Endo Pharmaceuticals; ESPN; Google; Grange Insurance; Groupon.com; Hannover Ruckversicherung AG; Kassenarztliche Bundesvereinigung; Kohl's Department Stores; MacIntosh Retail Group NV; McDonald's Corporation; MedStar Health; Mercer (US) Inc.; Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.; Navteq; Nedbank Ltd; Netflix; Olympus Corporation; Pacific Sunwear; PF Chang's China Bistro; Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation; Radio Shack Corporation; Rogers Communications Partnership; Salesforce.com; Securitas Direct AB; Shionogi & Co., Ltd.; Social Security Administration; Speedway SuperAmerica LLC; Standard & Poor's Corporation; Staples, Inc.; Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.; TARP Worldwide; and US Capitol Police.
Examples of Customer Deals from Q3 2011:
Pacific Sunwear
Pacific Sunwear, with headquarters in Anaheim, California, is a leading specialty retailer with more than 800 stores in 50 states and Puerto Rico. Pacific Sunwear employees, including executives, merchants and planners, rely on MicroStrategy dashboards to analyze key merchandise sales and inventory metrics, and make real-time business decisions. A recent expansion of MicroStrategy licenses will allow Pacific Sunwear to upgrade to 64-bit functionality to improve performance, scalability, and capacity to support their growing BI environment. Ad-hoc capabilities will also enable end-users to perform drill-down analyses, eliminating the reliance on IT to support the end-user community with reporting needs. Pacific Sunwear selected MicroStrategy for its ease-of-use, superior visualizations and analytical reporting capabilities, as well as its outstanding scalability for big data.
CareSource Management Group Co.
CareSource, based in Dayton, Ohio, is a major not-for-profit, public-sector managed healthcare company that offers services to roughly 870,000 members in Ohio and Michigan. A new MicroStrategy customer, CareSource has chosen the MicroStrategy platform to measure service quality within its provider network. CareSource plans to develop a reporting iPhone app built on the MicroStrategy Mobile platform that will allow employees to remotely access key Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) quality measures in a visual, intuitive way. The mobile app will leverage HEDIS measures, which are used by more than 90 percent of America's health plans to measure performance on important dimensions of care and service. MicroStrategy was chosen following an extensive analysis of competitive business intelligence products.
About MicroStrategy Incorporated
Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a leading provider of enterprise software platforms for business intelligence (BI), mobile intelligence, and social intelligence applications. MicroStrategy's BI platform enables leading organizations worldwide to analyze the vast amounts of data stored across their enterprises to make better business decisions. Companies choose MicroStrategy BI for its ease-of-use, sophisticated analytics, and superior data and user scalability. The MicroStrategy BI platform delivers actionable information to business users via the web and mobile devices. MicroStrategy's mobile intelligence platform helps companies and organizations build, deploy, and maintain mobile apps across a range of solutions by embedding intelligence, transactions, and multimedia into apps. MicroStrategy's social intelligence platform includes a number of applications that help enterprises harness the power of social networks for marketing and e-commerce, as well as a suite of free "friendly" consumer apps that use MicroStrategy's enterprise technologies. MicroStrategy's social intelligence platform helps companies leverage the value of social networks to better understand and engage their customers and fans. The MicroStrategy Cloud offering combines MicroStrategy and third-party software, hardware, and services to enable rapid, cost-effective development of hosted BI, mobile, and social applications. To learn more about MicroStrategy (Nasdaq: MSTR), visit http://www.microstrategy.com and follow us on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/microstrategy) and Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/microstrategy).
MicroStrategy, MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform, MicroStrategy Cloud, MicroStrategy Mobile, Cloud Personal, MicroStrategy Transaction Services, Wisdom, MicroStrategy Wisdom and Emma are either trademarks or registered trademarks of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
This press release may include statements that may constitute "forward-looking statements," including estimates of future business prospects or financial results and statements containing the words "believe," "estimate," "project," "expect" or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results of MicroStrategy Incorporated and its subsidiaries (collectively, the "Company") to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that could contribute to such differences include: the extent and timing of market acceptance of MicroStrategy's new offerings, including MicroStrategy 9.2.1, MicroStrategy Cloud, Gateway for Facebook, Alert, Cloud Personal, Wisdom for Facebook, MicroStrategy Wisdom, and Emma; the Company's ability to recognize revenue or deferred revenue through delivery of products or satisfactory performance of services; continued acceptance of the Company's other products in the marketplace; the timing of significant orders; delays in the Company's ability to develop or ship new products; competitive factors; general economic conditions, including significant downturns in industries, including the financial services and retail industries, in which we have a significant number of customers; currency fluctuations; impairment charges that may be required with respect to the Company's damaged corporate aircraft; and other risks detailed in the Company's registration statements and periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release.
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Contact:MicroStrategy IncorporatedInvestor Relationsir@microstrategy.com(703) 848-8600
MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands, except per share data)
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
September 30, September 30,
------------- -------------
2011 2010 2011 2010
---- ---- ---- ----
(unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited)
Revenues
Product licenses $39,262 $32,180 $100,072 $79,064
Product support and other services 102,442 82,350 301,812 236,393
Total revenues 141,704 114,530 401,884 315,457
------- ------- ------- -------
Cost of Revenues
Product licenses 2,284 1,966 6,514 5,741
Product support and other services 34,380 25,274 97,854 67,472
Total cost of revenues 36,664 27,240 104,368 73,213
------ ------ ------- ------
Gross profit 105,040 87,290 297,516 242,244
------- ------ ------- -------
Operating Expenses
Sales and marketing 61,451 42,002 173,904 114,750
Research and development 20,434 13,675 50,306 36,818
General and administrative 21,618 21,816 67,218 58,950
Total operating expenses 103,503 77,493 291,428 210,518
------- ------ ------- -------
Income from operations before
financing and other income and income taxes 1,537 9,797 6,088 31,726
----- ----- ----- ------
Financing and Other Income (Expense)
Interest income, net 18 192 139 309
Gain on sale of investment 3,371 - 3,371 -
Other income (expense), net 969 (1,817) 22 3,176
Total financing and other income (expense) 4,358 (1,625) 3,532 3,485
----- ------ ----- -----
Income from operations before income taxes 5,895 8,172 9,620 35,211
Provision for income taxes 974 821 680 9,341
--- --- --- -----
Net income $4,921 $7,351 $8,940 $25,870
====== ====== ====== =======
Basic earnings per share (1) $0.46 $0.66 $0.84 $2.24
===== ===== ===== =====
Weighted average shares outstanding used in
computing basic earnings per share 10,729 11,206 10,703 11,572
====== ====== ====== ======
Diluted earnings per share (1) $0.44 $0.63 $0.81 $2.16
===== ===== ===== =====
Weighted average shares outstanding used in
computing diluted earnings per share 11,072 11,603 11,061 11,976
====== ====== ====== ======
(1) Basic and fully diluted earnings per share for class A and class B common stock
are the same.
MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)
Core BI Business Angel.com Consolidated
---------------- --------- ------------
Three Months Three Months Three Months
Ended Ended Ended
September 30, September 30, September 30,
------------- ------------- -------------
2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
Revenues
Product licenses $39,262 $32,180 $- $- $39,262 $32,180
Product support and other services 96,561 77,753 - - 96,561 77,753
Angel.com services - - 5,881 4,597 5,881 4,597
Total revenues 135,823 109,933 5,881 4,597 141,704 114,530
------- ------- ----- ----- ------- -------
Cost of Revenues
Product licenses 2,284 1,966 - - 2,284 1,966
Product support and other services 31,478 23,162 - - 31,478 23,162
Angel.com services - - 2,902 2,112 2,902 2,112
Total cost of revenues 33,762 25,128 2,902 2,112 36,664 27,240
------ ------ ----- ----- ------ ------
Gross profit 102,061 84,805 2,979 2,485 105,040 87,290
------- ------ ----- ----- ------- ------
Operating Expenses
Sales and marketing 58,494 39,979 2,957 2,023 61,451 42,002
Research and development 19,144 12,773 1,290 902 20,434 13,675
General and administrative 20,793 21,223 825 593 21,618 21,816
Total operating expenses 98,431 73,975 5,072 3,518 103,503 77,493
------ ------ ----- ----- ------- ------
Income (loss) from operations before
financing and other income and income
taxes 3,630 10,830 (2,093) (1,033) 1,537 9,797
----- ------ ------ ------ ----- -----
Financing and Other Income (Expense)
Interest income, net 18 192 - - 18 192
Gain on sale of investment 3,371 - - - 3,371 -
Other income (expense), net 925 (1,785) 44 (32) 969 (1,817)
Total financing and other income
(expense) 4,314 (1,593) 44 (32) 4,358 (1,625)
----- ------ --- --- ----- ------
Income (loss) from operations before
income taxes $7,944 $9,237 $(2,049) $(1,065) $5,895 $8,172
Provision for income taxes 974 821
--- ---
Net income $4,921 $7,351
====== ======
Basic earnings per share $0.46 $0.66
===== =====
Weighted average shares outstanding
used in computing basic earnings per
share 10,729 11,206
====== ======
Diluted earnings per share $0.44 $0.63
===== =====
Weighted average shares outstanding
used in computing diluted earnings
per share 11,072 11,603
====== ======
MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)
Core BI Business Angel.com Consolidated
---------------- --------- ------------
Nine Months Nine Months
Ended Ended Nine Months Ended
September 30, September 30, September 30,
------------- ------------- -------------
2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
Revenues
Product licenses $100,072 $79,064 $- $- $100,072 $79,064
Product support and other services 283,127 223,618 - - 283,127 223,618
Angel.com services - - 18,685 12,775 18,685 12,775
Total revenues 383,199 302,682 18,685 12,775 401,884 315,457
------- ------- ------ ------ ------- -------
Cost of Revenues
Product licenses 6,514 5,741 - - 6,514 5,741
Product support and other services 89,385 61,716 - - 89,385 61,716
Angel.com services - - 8,469 5,756 8,469 5,756
Total cost of revenues 95,899 67,457 8,469 5,756 104,368 73,213
------ ------ ----- ----- ------- ------
Gross profit 287,300 235,225 10,216 7,019 297,516 242,244
------- ------- ------ ----- ------- -------
Operating Expenses
Sales and marketing 164,876 109,642 9,028 5,108 173,904 114,750
Research and development 46,917 34,416 3,389 2,402 50,306 36,818
General and administrative 64,949 57,415 2,269 1,535 67,218 58,950
Total operating expenses 276,742 201,473 14,686 9,045 291,428 210,518
------- ------- ------ ----- ------- -------
Income (loss) from operations before
financing and other income and income
taxes 10,558 33,752 (4,470) (2,026) 6,088 31,726
------ ------ ------ ------ ----- ------
Financing and Other Income (Expense)
Interest income, net 139 309 - - 139 309
Gain on sale of investment 3,371 - - - 3,371 -
Other income (expense), net 55 3,186 (33) (10) 22 3,176
Total financing and other income
(expense) 3,565 3,495 (33) (10) 3,532 3,485
----- ----- --- --- ----- -----
Income (loss) from operations before
income taxes $14,123 $37,247 $(4,503) $(2,036) $9,620 $35,211
Provision for income taxes 680 9,341
--- -----
Net income $8,940 $25,870
====== =======
Basic earnings per share $0.84 $2.24
===== =====
Weighted average shares outstanding
used in computing basic earnings per
share 10,703 11,572
====== ======
Diluted earnings per share $0.81 $2.16
===== =====
Weighted average shares outstanding
used in computing diluted earnings
per share 11,061 11,976
====== ======
MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands, except per share data)
September December
30, 31,
2011 2010
---- ----
Assets (unaudited) (audited)
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents $186,300 $174,097
Restricted cash and short-term
investments 413 284
Accounts receivable, net 77,084 82,056
Prepaid expenses and other current
assets 19,956 26,751
Deferred tax assets, net 26,640 13,670
------ ------
Total current assets 310,393 296,858
Property and equipment, net 87,497 65,033
Capitalized software development costs,
net 9,188 9,059
Deposits and other assets 5,807 5,587
Deferred tax assets, net 2,309 5,029
----- -----
Total Assets $415,194 $381,566
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Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Current liabilities
Accounts payable and accrued expenses $40,754 $36,683
Accrued compensation and employee
benefits 54,875 60,201
Deferred revenue and advance payments 97,452 89,331
Deferred tax liabilities 371 355
--- ---
Total current liabilities 193,452 186,570
Deferred revenue and advance payments 11,039 7,878
Other long-term liabilities 42,992 37,946
Deferred tax liabilities 3,733 -
----- ---
Total Liabilities 251,216 232,394
------- -------
Stockholders' Equity
Preferred stock undesignated, $0.001
par value; 5,000 shares authorized;
no shares issued or outstanding - -
Class A common stock, $0.001 par value;
330,000 shares authorized;
14,673 shares issued and 8,268 shares
outstanding, and 14,351 shares
issued and 7,947 shares outstanding,
respectively 15 14
Class B common stock, $0.001 par value;
165,000 shares authorized;
2,493 and 2,694 shares issued and
outstanding, respectively 2 3
Additional paid-in capital 461,469 455,374
Treasury stock, at cost; 6,405 shares (475,184) (475,184)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (1,684) (1,455)
Retained earnings 179,360 170,420
Total Stockholders' Equity 163,978 149,172
------- -------
Total Liabilities and Stockholders'
Equity $415,194 $381,566
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MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)
(unaudited)
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
-------------
2011 2010
---- ----
Operating activities:
Net income $8,940 $25,870
Adjustments to reconcile net income
to net cash provided by operating
activities:
Depreciation and amortization 12,905 9,313
Bad debt expense 941 2,429
Deferred taxes (2,734) (509)
Excess tax benefits from share-
based compensation arrangements (3,791) (115)
Gain on sale of investment (3,371) -
Other, net - 26
Changes in operating assets and
liabilities:
Accounts receivable 4,389 (4,180)
Prepaid expenses and other current
assets 4,960 (2,615)
Deposits and other assets (316) (707)
Accounts payable and accrued
expenses (762) 1,462
Accrued compensation and employee
benefits (5,261) 1,243
Deferred revenue and advance
payments 11,411 12,922
Other long-term liabilities 5,065 10,799
----- ------
Net cash provided by operating activities 32,376 55,938
Investing activities:
Proceeds from sale of investment 3,371 -
Purchases of property and equipment (29,128) (11,817)
Capitalized software development
costs (5,907) (2,185)
Insurance proceeds 5,675 -
(Increase) decrease in restricted
cash and investments (161) 248
---- ---
Net cash used in investing activities (26,150) (13,754)
Financing activities:
Proceeds from sale of class A
common stock under exercise of
employee stock options 2,207 240
Excess tax benefits from share-
based compensation arrangements 3,791 115
Purchases of treasury stock - (81,618)
--- -------
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities 5,998 (81,263)
Effect of foreign exchange rate
changes on cash and cash
equivalents (21) (1,388)
--- ------
Net increase (decrease) in cash and
cash equivalents 12,203 (40,467)
Cash and cash equivalents,
beginning of period 174,097 224,769
------- -------
Cash and cash equivalents, end of
period $186,300 $184,302
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SOURCE MicroStrategy Incorporated
MicroStrategy Incorporated
Web Site: http://www.microstrategy.com
Record $141.7 Million in Total Revenues
TYSONS CORNER, Va., Oct. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced financial results for the three-month period ended September 30, 2011 (the third quarter of its 2011 fiscal year).
Third quarter 2011 revenues were $141.7 million, the highest quarterly total revenues in Company history, versus $114.5 million for the third quarter of 2010, a 24% increase. Product licenses revenues for the third quarter of 2011 were $39.3 million versus $32.2 million for the third quarter of 2010, a 22% increase. Product support and other services revenues for MicroStrategy's core business intelligence (BI) business in the third quarter of 2011 were $96.6 million versus $77.8 million for the third quarter of 2010, a 24% increase.
Operating expenses for the third quarter of 2011 were $103.5 million versus $77.5 million for the third quarter of 2010, a 34% increase. The increase in operating expenses was primarily due to increased headcount and related expenses, particularly for engineering and sales personnel.
Net income for the third quarter of 2011 was $4.9 million, or $0.44 per share on a diluted basis, compared to $7.4 million, or $0.63 per share on a diluted basis, for the third quarter of 2010. Third quarter 2011 net income included a $3.4 million pre-tax gain on the sale of an equity investment.
For the third quarter of 2011, MicroStrategy's effective tax rate was 17% compared to 10% for the third quarter of 2010. The higher effective tax rate in the third quarter of 2011 was primarily attributable to certain discrete adjustments that were recorded in the third quarter of 2010, partially offset by stronger results outside the U.S. in the third quarter of 2011 compared to the same period in 2010.
As of September 30, 2011, MicroStrategy had cash and cash equivalents of $186.3 million versus $174.1 million as of December 31, 2010, an increase of $12.2 million. As of September 30, 2011, MicroStrategy had 8,268,079 shares of class A common stock and 2,492,830 shares of class B common stock outstanding.
MicroStrategy Expands Launch of New Mobile, Cloud and Social Media Technologies:
In September 2011, MicroStrategy unveiled several new technologies.
-- MicroStrategy announced the release of Cloud Personal(TM), a free
cloud-based business intelligence service. Cloud Personal combines the
Company's latest technology innovations - MicroStrategy Cloud(TM),
MicroStrategy Visual Insight(TM), and MicroStrategy Mobile(TM) -
enabling users to easily upload data to the MicroStrategy Cloud, analyze
it via rich visualizations, and share powerful insights with colleagues
or friends as a mobile application or web browser dashboard.
-- MicroStrategy introduced Wisdom(TM) for Facebook, a free application
that is now available worldwide for both the iPhone® and iPad® on the
Apple® iTunes® App Store, as well as in a web-based Facebook app
format. Wisdom organizes your Facebook content and provides insights
into your network of Facebook friends, so you do not have to contend
with information overload and can easily learn from the collective
experience of your friends.
-- MicroStrategy also introduced MicroStrategy Wisdom(TM), a cloud-based
application that injects social intelligence into the Facebook
applications of corporations.
-- MicroStrategy additionally announced Emma(TM), a new marketplace for
Facebook users. Emma enhances the concept of free classifieds by
attaching Facebook credentials to classified listings. Because everyone
in the Emma community has a Facebook profile, they can trade with more
confidence, whether they are buying or selling products and services or
engaging in social transactions such as finding a roommate or rideshare.
The launch of these new offerings followed the release in July 2011 of several other innovative MicroStrategy technologies designed to enable companies to capitalize on the big data, mobile, cloud, and social media trends that are transforming the way commerce is conducted.
-- The Company announced the general availability of MicroStrategy 9.2.1.
This latest release of the MicroStrategy Business Intelligence
Platform(TM) features a new product, MicroStrategy Transaction
Services(TM), which allows users to initiate actions and transactions
from a mobile device. MicroStrategy Transaction Services helps
companies increase the speed and productivity of their businesses by
building mobile apps that connect to back-end transactional systems and
databases.
-- MicroStrategy also announced the general availability of MicroStrategy
Cloud(TM), a cloud-based platform-as-a-service. MicroStrategy Cloud
enables rapid, cost-effective development of business intelligence and
mobile and social apps. Compared to traditional on-premises BI
approaches, MicroStrategy Cloud is faster to deploy, delivers
world-class performance, and offers significant financial advantages.
-- The Company introduced Gateway for Facebook, a new cloud-based service
that can interconnect enterprise IT environments and enterprise
applications with the Facebook social graph. Gateway for Facebook
converts the Facebook social graph data structure into a tabular data
structure, making it easier for enterprise applications like CRM,
marketing, service, sales, loyalty, and mobile applications to be
personalized using data from Facebook.
-- In connection with the Gateway for Facebook launch, MicroStrategy also
introduced Alert, a mobile Facebook application that gives Facebook
users a new way to follow all of their favorite celebrity and brand
Facebook pages. Alert presents users with a consolidated view of the
news, events, photos, and videos from their favorite pages, while
allowing users to organize those pages into customized groups.
New Customers and New Deals with Existing Customers in Q3 2011 Included:
Activision; Aeropostale; AIG Global Asset Management Holdings Corp.; Banco Espirito Santo; Bank Of America; Belgacom Group; CareSource Management Group Co.; Comcast Entertainment Group; CSC Holdings; Dana Farber Cancer Institute; Dell Computer Corporation; Deutsche Bank Securities; Diageo North America; Electronic Arts; Endo Pharmaceuticals; ESPN; Google; Grange Insurance; Groupon.com; Hannover Ruckversicherung AG; Kassenarztliche Bundesvereinigung; Kohl's Department Stores; MacIntosh Retail Group NV; McDonald's Corporation; MedStar Health; Mercer (US) Inc.; Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.; Navteq; Nedbank Ltd; Netflix; Olympus Corporation; Pacific Sunwear; PF Chang's China Bistro; Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation; Radio Shack Corporation; Rogers Communications Partnership; Salesforce.com; Securitas Direct AB; Shionogi & Co., Ltd.; Social Security Administration; Speedway SuperAmerica LLC; Standard & Poor's Corporation; Staples, Inc.; Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.; TARP Worldwide; and US Capitol Police.
Examples of Customer Deals from Q3 2011:
Pacific Sunwear
Pacific Sunwear, with headquarters in Anaheim, California, is a leading specialty retailer with more than 800 stores in 50 states and Puerto Rico. Pacific Sunwear employees, including executives, merchants and planners, rely on MicroStrategy dashboards to analyze key merchandise sales and inventory metrics, and make real-time business decisions. A recent expansion of MicroStrategy licenses will allow Pacific Sunwear to upgrade to 64-bit functionality to improve performance, scalability, and capacity to support their growing BI environment. Ad-hoc capabilities will also enable end-users to perform drill-down analyses, eliminating the reliance on IT to support the end-user community with reporting needs. Pacific Sunwear selected MicroStrategy for its ease-of-use, superior visualizations and analytical reporting capabilities, as well as its outstanding scalability for big data.
CareSource Management Group Co.
CareSource, based in Dayton, Ohio, is a major not-for-profit, public-sector managed healthcare company that offers services to roughly 870,000 members in Ohio and Michigan. A new MicroStrategy customer, CareSource has chosen the MicroStrategy platform to measure service quality within its provider network. CareSource plans to develop a reporting iPhone app built on the MicroStrategy Mobile platform that will allow employees to remotely access key Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) quality measures in a visual, intuitive way. The mobile app will leverage HEDIS measures, which are used by more than 90 percent of America's health plans to measure performance on important dimensions of care and service. MicroStrategy was chosen following an extensive analysis of competitive business intelligence products.
About MicroStrategy Incorporated
Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a leading provider of enterprise software platforms for business intelligence (BI), mobile intelligence, and social intelligence applications. MicroStrategy's BI platform enables leading organizations worldwide to analyze the vast amounts of data stored across their enterprises to make better business decisions. Companies choose MicroStrategy BI for its ease-of-use, sophisticated analytics, and superior data and user scalability. The MicroStrategy BI platform delivers actionable information to business users via the web and mobile devices. MicroStrategy's mobile intelligence platform helps companies and organizations build, deploy, and maintain mobile apps across a range of solutions by embedding intelligence, transactions, and multimedia into apps. MicroStrategy's social intelligence platform includes a number of applications that help enterprises harness the power of social networks for marketing and e-commerce, as well as a suite of free "friendly" consumer apps that use MicroStrategy's enterprise technologies. MicroStrategy's social intelligence platform helps companies leverage the value of social networks to better understand and engage their customers and fans. The MicroStrategy Cloud offering combines MicroStrategy and third-party software, hardware, and services to enable rapid, cost-effective development of hosted BI, mobile, and social applications. To learn more about MicroStrategy (Nasdaq: MSTR), visit http://www.microstrategy.com and follow us on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/microstrategy) and Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/microstrategy).
MicroStrategy, MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform, MicroStrategy Cloud, MicroStrategy Mobile, Cloud Personal, MicroStrategy Transaction Services, Wisdom, MicroStrategy Wisdom and Emma are either trademarks or registered trademarks of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
This press release may include statements that may constitute "forward-looking statements," including estimates of future business prospects or financial results and statements containing the words "believe," "estimate," "project," "expect" or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results of MicroStrategy Incorporated and its subsidiaries (collectively, the "Company") to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that could contribute to such differences include: the extent and timing of market acceptance of MicroStrategy's new offerings, including MicroStrategy 9.2.1, MicroStrategy Cloud, Gateway for Facebook, Alert, Cloud Personal, Wisdom for Facebook, MicroStrategy Wisdom, and Emma; the Company's ability to recognize revenue or deferred revenue through delivery of products or satisfactory performance of services; continued acceptance of the Company's other products in the marketplace; the timing of significant orders; delays in the Company's ability to develop or ship new products; competitive factors; general economic conditions, including significant downturns in industries, including the financial services and retail industries, in which we have a significant number of customers; currency fluctuations; impairment charges that may be required with respect to the Company's damaged corporate aircraft; and other risks detailed in the Company's registration statements and periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release.
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Contact:MicroStrategy IncorporatedInvestor Relationsir@microstrategy.com(703) 848-8600
MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands, except per share data)
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
September 30, September 30,
------------- -------------
2011 2010 2011 2010
---- ---- ---- ----
(unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited)
Revenues
Product licenses $39,262 $32,180 $100,072 $79,064
Product support and other services 102,442 82,350 301,812 236,393
Total revenues 141,704 114,530 401,884 315,457
------- ------- ------- -------
Cost of Revenues
Product licenses 2,284 1,966 6,514 5,741
Product support and other services 34,380 25,274 97,854 67,472
Total cost of revenues 36,664 27,240 104,368 73,213
------ ------ ------- ------
Gross profit 105,040 87,290 297,516 242,244
------- ------ ------- -------
Operating Expenses
Sales and marketing 61,451 42,002 173,904 114,750
Research and development 20,434 13,675 50,306 36,818
General and administrative 21,618 21,816 67,218 58,950
Total operating expenses 103,503 77,493 291,428 210,518
------- ------ ------- -------
Income from operations before
financing and other income and income taxes 1,537 9,797 6,088 31,726
----- ----- ----- ------
Financing and Other Income (Expense)
Interest income, net 18 192 139 309
Gain on sale of investment 3,371 - 3,371 -
Other income (expense), net 969 (1,817) 22 3,176
Total financing and other income (expense) 4,358 (1,625) 3,532 3,485
----- ------ ----- -----
Income from operations before income taxes 5,895 8,172 9,620 35,211
Provision for income taxes 974 821 680 9,341
--- --- --- -----
Net income $4,921 $7,351 $8,940 $25,870
====== ====== ====== =======
Basic earnings per share (1) $0.46 $0.66 $0.84 $2.24
===== ===== ===== =====
Weighted average shares outstanding used in
computing basic earnings per share 10,729 11,206 10,703 11,572
====== ====== ====== ======
Diluted earnings per share (1) $0.44 $0.63 $0.81 $2.16
===== ===== ===== =====
Weighted average shares outstanding used in
computing diluted earnings per share 11,072 11,603 11,061 11,976
====== ====== ====== ======
(1) Basic and fully diluted earnings per share for class A and class B common stock
are the same.
MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)
Core BI Business Angel.com Consolidated
---------------- --------- ------------
Three Months Three Months Three Months
Ended Ended Ended
September 30, September 30, September 30,
------------- ------------- -------------
2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
Revenues
Product licenses $39,262 $32,180 $- $- $39,262 $32,180
Product support and other services 96,561 77,753 - - 96,561 77,753
Angel.com services - - 5,881 4,597 5,881 4,597
Total revenues 135,823 109,933 5,881 4,597 141,704 114,530
------- ------- ----- ----- ------- -------
Cost of Revenues
Product licenses 2,284 1,966 - - 2,284 1,966
Product support and other services 31,478 23,162 - - 31,478 23,162
Angel.com services - - 2,902 2,112 2,902 2,112
Total cost of revenues 33,762 25,128 2,902 2,112 36,664 27,240
------ ------ ----- ----- ------ ------
Gross profit 102,061 84,805 2,979 2,485 105,040 87,290
------- ------ ----- ----- ------- ------
Operating Expenses
Sales and marketing 58,494 39,979 2,957 2,023 61,451 42,002
Research and development 19,144 12,773 1,290 902 20,434 13,675
General and administrative 20,793 21,223 825 593 21,618 21,816
Total operating expenses 98,431 73,975 5,072 3,518 103,503 77,493
------ ------ ----- ----- ------- ------
Income (loss) from operations before
financing and other income and income
taxes 3,630 10,830 (2,093) (1,033) 1,537 9,797
----- ------ ------ ------ ----- -----
Financing and Other Income (Expense)
Interest income, net 18 192 - - 18 192
Gain on sale of investment 3,371 - - - 3,371 -
Other income (expense), net 925 (1,785) 44 (32) 969 (1,817)
Total financing and other income
(expense) 4,314 (1,593) 44 (32) 4,358 (1,625)
----- ------ --- --- ----- ------
Income (loss) from operations before
income taxes $7,944 $9,237 $(2,049) $(1,065) $5,895 $8,172
Provision for income taxes 974 821
--- ---
Net income $4,921 $7,351
====== ======
Basic earnings per share $0.46 $0.66
===== =====
Weighted average shares outstanding
used in computing basic earnings per
share 10,729 11,206
====== ======
Diluted earnings per share $0.44 $0.63
===== =====
Weighted average shares outstanding
used in computing diluted earnings
per share 11,072 11,603
====== ======
MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)
Core BI Business Angel.com Consolidated
---------------- --------- ------------
Nine Months Nine Months
Ended Ended Nine Months Ended
September 30, September 30, September 30,
------------- ------------- -------------
2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
Revenues
Product licenses $100,072 $79,064 $- $- $100,072 $79,064
Product support and other services 283,127 223,618 - - 283,127 223,618
Angel.com services - - 18,685 12,775 18,685 12,775
Total revenues 383,199 302,682 18,685 12,775 401,884 315,457
------- ------- ------ ------ ------- -------
Cost of Revenues
Product licenses 6,514 5,741 - - 6,514 5,741
Product support and other services 89,385 61,716 - - 89,385 61,716
Angel.com services - - 8,469 5,756 8,469 5,756
Total cost of revenues 95,899 67,457 8,469 5,756 104,368 73,213
------ ------ ----- ----- ------- ------
Gross profit 287,300 235,225 10,216 7,019 297,516 242,244
------- ------- ------ ----- ------- -------
Operating Expenses
Sales and marketing 164,876 109,642 9,028 5,108 173,904 114,750
Research and development 46,917 34,416 3,389 2,402 50,306 36,818
General and administrative 64,949 57,415 2,269 1,535 67,218 58,950
Total operating expenses 276,742 201,473 14,686 9,045 291,428 210,518
------- ------- ------ ----- ------- -------
Income (loss) from operations before
financing and other income and income
taxes 10,558 33,752 (4,470) (2,026) 6,088 31,726
------ ------ ------ ------ ----- ------
Financing and Other Income (Expense)
Interest income, net 139 309 - - 139 309
Gain on sale of investment 3,371 - - - 3,371 -
Other income (expense), net 55 3,186 (33) (10) 22 3,176
Total financing and other income
(expense) 3,565 3,495 (33) (10) 3,532 3,485
----- ----- --- --- ----- -----
Income (loss) from operations before
income taxes $14,123 $37,247 $(4,503) $(2,036) $9,620 $35,211
Provision for income taxes 680 9,341
--- -----
Net income $8,940 $25,870
====== =======
Basic earnings per share $0.84 $2.24
===== =====
Weighted average shares outstanding
used in computing basic earnings per
share 10,703 11,572
====== ======
Diluted earnings per share $0.81 $2.16
===== =====
Weighted average shares outstanding
used in computing diluted earnings
per share 11,061 11,976
====== ======
MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands, except per share data)
September December
30, 31,
2011 2010
---- ----
Assets (unaudited) (audited)
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents $186,300 $174,097
Restricted cash and short-term
investments 413 284
Accounts receivable, net 77,084 82,056
Prepaid expenses and other current
assets 19,956 26,751
Deferred tax assets, net 26,640 13,670
------ ------
Total current assets 310,393 296,858
Property and equipment, net 87,497 65,033
Capitalized software development costs,
net 9,188 9,059
Deposits and other assets 5,807 5,587
Deferred tax assets, net 2,309 5,029
----- -----
Total Assets $415,194 $381,566
======== ========
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Current liabilities
Accounts payable and accrued expenses $40,754 $36,683
Accrued compensation and employee
benefits 54,875 60,201
Deferred revenue and advance payments 97,452 89,331
Deferred tax liabilities 371 355
--- ---
Total current liabilities 193,452 186,570
Deferred revenue and advance payments 11,039 7,878
Other long-term liabilities 42,992 37,946
Deferred tax liabilities 3,733 -
----- ---
Total Liabilities 251,216 232,394
------- -------
Stockholders' Equity
Preferred stock undesignated, $0.001
par value; 5,000 shares authorized;
no shares issued or outstanding - -
Class A common stock, $0.001 par value;
330,000 shares authorized;
14,673 shares issued and 8,268 shares
outstanding, and 14,351 shares
issued and 7,947 shares outstanding,
respectively 15 14
Class B common stock, $0.001 par value;
165,000 shares authorized;
2,493 and 2,694 shares issued and
outstanding, respectively 2 3
Additional paid-in capital 461,469 455,374
Treasury stock, at cost; 6,405 shares (475,184) (475,184)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (1,684) (1,455)
Retained earnings 179,360 170,420
Total Stockholders' Equity 163,978 149,172
------- -------
Total Liabilities and Stockholders'
Equity $415,194 $381,566
======== ========
MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)
(unaudited)
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
-------------
2011 2010
---- ----
Operating activities:
Net income $8,940 $25,870
Adjustments to reconcile net income
to net cash provided by operating
activities:
Depreciation and amortization 12,905 9,313
Bad debt expense 941 2,429
Deferred taxes (2,734) (509)
Excess tax benefits from share-
based compensation arrangements (3,791) (115)
Gain on sale of investment (3,371) -
Other, net - 26
Changes in operating assets and
liabilities:
Accounts receivable 4,389 (4,180)
Prepaid expenses and other current
assets 4,960 (2,615)
Deposits and other assets (316) (707)
Accounts payable and accrued
expenses (762) 1,462
Accrued compensation and employee
benefits (5,261) 1,243
Deferred revenue and advance
payments 11,411 12,922
Other long-term liabilities 5,065 10,799
----- ------
Net cash provided by operating activities 32,376 55,938
Investing activities:
Proceeds from sale of investment 3,371 -
Purchases of property and equipment (29,128) (11,817)
Capitalized software development
costs (5,907) (2,185)
Insurance proceeds 5,675 -
(Increase) decrease in restricted
cash and investments (161) 248
---- ---
Net cash used in investing activities (26,150) (13,754)
Financing activities:
Proceeds from sale of class A
common stock under exercise of
employee stock options 2,207 240
Excess tax benefits from share-
based compensation arrangements 3,791 115
Purchases of treasury stock - (81,618)
--- -------
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities 5,998 (81,263)
Effect of foreign exchange rate
changes on cash and cash
equivalents (21) (1,388)
--- ------
Net increase (decrease) in cash and
cash equivalents 12,203 (40,467)
Cash and cash equivalents,
beginning of period 174,097 224,769
------- -------
Cash and cash equivalents, end of
period $186,300 $184,302
======== ========
SOURCE MicroStrategy Incorporated
MicroStrategy Incorporated
Web Site: http://www.microstrategy.com
Urban Airship Creates Mobile Infrastructure Juggernaut Through Acquisition of SimpleGeo
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 5:35:01 PM
Urban Airship Creates Mobile Infrastructure Juggernaut Through Acquisition of SimpleGeo
SAN FRANCISCO and PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Urban Airship, maker of the leading platform used by brands to engage their consumers on mobile, announced that it has agreed to acquire SimpleGeo, the real-time services platform company that lets developers build location-aware features into their web and mobile apps.
The all-stock deal will allow Urban Airship to offer a complete mobile engagement platform - including a scalable infrastructure and range of tools and services - so that brands and developers can create cutting edge mobile apps. It brings push notifications, in-app purchasing, subscriptions, context and geo-location together on a single platform, enabling developers to build a new class of apps that are smarter, more context-rich and more valuable to consumers.
Urban Airship will give brands and developers the ability to create new mobile experiences that are immediate, simple and relevant, along with the data needed to understand behavior so those experiences can improve over time. For example:
-- A retailer could push coupons to someone who is in the parking lot, or
walking down a particular aisle in the store.
-- A major league supports team could send different messages to fans based
on whether they are at the stadium, on their couch, or at the pub.
-- A reservations service could send recipes for top-rated dishes at the
restaurant a customer just sat down at.
"Companies should not have to rely on a fragmented and unwieldy mix of tools that only deliver part of what is needed to understand how people are interacting with their brand on mobile," said Urban Airship CEO Scott Kveton. "We've been working with SimpleGeo for months now and knew that putting the two companies together would create a powerhouse as a one-stop-shop for developers and marketers to build, monetize and measure the success of their apps in the ecosystem."
"Since we announced our partnership with Urban Airship last summer, we quickly realized that our two companies have the opportunity to build something much larger together," said SimpleGeo CEO Jay Adelson. "This combined services platform provides not only strong value in the current mobile app ecosystem, but also will redefine the future of engagement and monetization."
Urban Airship has more than 20,000 customers using its tools and services to power their mobile applications. The data across hundreds of thousands of apps, millions of consumers and billions of notifications puts the company in a unique position to understand how people interact with their mobile devices. Through powerful analytics tools, this insight is served back to their customers in order to improve the app experience, which is every developer's aim.
Urban will retain the SimpleGeo office in San Francisco, and invest heavily in adding to the team there, as well as the company's headquarters in Portland, Oregon. SimpleGeo executives Jay Adelson, Matt Galligan, Rob Bailey and Joe Stump will continue as strategic advisors.
About Urban Airship
Urban Airship powers the world's most successful mobile apps. Providing breakthrough technology, Urban Airship makes mobile marketing far more engaging, effective, and efficient. Top brands depend on Urban Airship to ensure their mobile app initiatives are scalable and profitable. Dictionary.com, Groupon, Yahoo, Weather Channel and Warner Bros. are just a few of the thousands of companies that utilize Urban Airship's innovative platform to reach and engage target audiences and increase app revenue streams through push notification, rich messaging, in-app purchase, subscriptions and data tracking. The company's investors include True Ventures and Foundry Group. Urban Airship is headquartered in Portland, Oregon with offices in San Francisco. For more information, visit http://www.urbanairship.com and follow us on Twitter @urbanairship.com.
SOURCE Urban Airship
Urban Airship
CONTACT: Rebecca Fuller, rebecca@mightypr.com, +1-415-298-0416
Web Site: http://www.urbanairship.com
SAN FRANCISCO and PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Urban Airship, maker of the leading platform used by brands to engage their consumers on mobile, announced that it has agreed to acquire SimpleGeo, the real-time services platform company that lets developers build location-aware features into their web and mobile apps.
The all-stock deal will allow Urban Airship to offer a complete mobile engagement platform - including a scalable infrastructure and range of tools and services - so that brands and developers can create cutting edge mobile apps. It brings push notifications, in-app purchasing, subscriptions, context and geo-location together on a single platform, enabling developers to build a new class of apps that are smarter, more context-rich and more valuable to consumers.
Urban Airship will give brands and developers the ability to create new mobile experiences that are immediate, simple and relevant, along with the data needed to understand behavior so those experiences can improve over time. For example:
-- A retailer could push coupons to someone who is in the parking lot, or
walking down a particular aisle in the store.
-- A major league supports team could send different messages to fans based
on whether they are at the stadium, on their couch, or at the pub.
-- A reservations service could send recipes for top-rated dishes at the
restaurant a customer just sat down at.
"Companies should not have to rely on a fragmented and unwieldy mix of tools that only deliver part of what is needed to understand how people are interacting with their brand on mobile," said Urban Airship CEO Scott Kveton. "We've been working with SimpleGeo for months now and knew that putting the two companies together would create a powerhouse as a one-stop-shop for developers and marketers to build, monetize and measure the success of their apps in the ecosystem."
"Since we announced our partnership with Urban Airship last summer, we quickly realized that our two companies have the opportunity to build something much larger together," said SimpleGeo CEO Jay Adelson. "This combined services platform provides not only strong value in the current mobile app ecosystem, but also will redefine the future of engagement and monetization."
Urban Airship has more than 20,000 customers using its tools and services to power their mobile applications. The data across hundreds of thousands of apps, millions of consumers and billions of notifications puts the company in a unique position to understand how people interact with their mobile devices. Through powerful analytics tools, this insight is served back to their customers in order to improve the app experience, which is every developer's aim.
Urban will retain the SimpleGeo office in San Francisco, and invest heavily in adding to the team there, as well as the company's headquarters in Portland, Oregon. SimpleGeo executives Jay Adelson, Matt Galligan, Rob Bailey and Joe Stump will continue as strategic advisors.
About Urban Airship
Urban Airship powers the world's most successful mobile apps. Providing breakthrough technology, Urban Airship makes mobile marketing far more engaging, effective, and efficient. Top brands depend on Urban Airship to ensure their mobile app initiatives are scalable and profitable. Dictionary.com, Groupon, Yahoo, Weather Channel and Warner Bros. are just a few of the thousands of companies that utilize Urban Airship's innovative platform to reach and engage target audiences and increase app revenue streams through push notification, rich messaging, in-app purchase, subscriptions and data tracking. The company's investors include True Ventures and Foundry Group. Urban Airship is headquartered in Portland, Oregon with offices in San Francisco. For more information, visit http://www.urbanairship.com and follow us on Twitter @urbanairship.com.
SOURCE Urban Airship
Urban Airship
CONTACT: Rebecca Fuller, rebecca@mightypr.com, +1-415-298-0416
Web Site: http://www.urbanairship.com
4G LTE From AT&T Available in Washington, D.C. on November 6
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 3:00:01 PM
4G LTE From AT&T Available in Washington, D.C. on November 6
Customers to benefit from ultra-fast mobile broadband on new LTE compatible devices
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --This Sunday, Nov. 6, AT&T* will turn on its 4G LTE network in Washington, D.C., bringing customers the latest generation of wireless network technology. AT&T 4G LTE provides several benefits, including:
-- Faster speeds. LTE technology is capable of delivering mobile broadband
speeds up to 10 times faster than 3G. Customers can stream, download,
upload and game faster than ever before.
-- Faster response time. LTE technology offers lower latency, or the
processing time it takes to move data through a network, such as how
long it takes to start downloading a webpage or file once you've sent
the request. Lower latency helps to improve services like mobile gaming,
two-way video calling and telemedicine.
-- More efficient use of spectrum. Wireless spectrum is a finite resource,
and LTE uses spectrum more efficiently than 3G, creating more space to
carry data traffic and services and to deliver a better network
experience.
-- Cool new devices. AT&T offers several LTE-compatible devices, including
new AT&T 4G LTE smartphones on sale Nov. 6.
"We continue to see demand for mobile broadband skyrocket, and our 4G LTE network in Washington, D.C. responds to what customers want from their mobile experience -- more, faster, on the best devices," said Rob Forsyth, vice president and general manager for AT&T in the greater Washington/Baltimore area.
4G LTE Devices
AT&T offers six 4G LTE-compatible devices:
-- HTC Vivid, available beginning Nov. 6
-- Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket, available beginning Nov. 6
-- HTC Jetstream tablet
-- AT&T USBConnect Momentum 4G
-- AT&T Mobile Hotspot Elevate 4G
-- AT&T USBConnect Adrenaline
AT&T's 4G LTE Network
AT&T will continue to expand its 4G LTE footprint in Washington, D.C. over the coming months. AT&T has already launched 4G LTE in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio, and will launch in four more markets on Nov. 6, including Athens, Ga., Baltimore, Boston, and Washington D.C. AT&T plans to offer 4G LTE in at least 15 markets total and to 70 million Americans by the end of 2011.
Even as AT&T's 4G LTE network expands, customers will be able to enjoy more consistent 4G speeds as they move in and out of LTE areas. Not only is AT&T deploying 4G LTE, it has also deployed fast HSPA+ technology throughout its mobile broadband network. HSPA+, when combined with enhanced backhaul, provides customers with 4G speeds. Customers of competitors who have transitioned to LTE without further speed upgrades to their existing networks are likely to see a jarring drop-off in speeds when they move out of LTE areas.
AT&T plans to deliver 4G LTE over 700 MHz, as well as 1700/2100 MHz AWS spectrum, which enables strong coverage and excellent capacity.
*AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc.
Limited 4G LTE availability in select markets. Deployment ongoing. 4G LTE device and data plan required. Up to 10x claim compares 4G LTE download speeds to industry average 3G download speeds. LTE is a trademark of ETSI. Learn more about 4G LTE at att.com/network.
About AT&T
AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) is a premier communications holding company and one of the most honored companies in the world. Its subsidiaries and affiliates - AT&T operating companies - are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and around the world. With a powerful array of network resources that includes the nation's fastest mobile broadband network, AT&T is a leading provider of wireless, Wi-Fi, high speed Internet, voice and cloud-based services. A leader in mobile broadband and emerging 4G capabilities, AT&T also offers the best wireless coverage worldwide of any U.S. carrier, offering the most wireless phones that work in the most countries. It also offers advanced TV services under the AT&T U-verse® and AT&T | DIRECTV brands. The company's suite of IP-based business communications services is one of the most advanced in the world. In domestic markets, AT&T Advertising Solutions and AT&T Interactive are known for their leadership in local search and advertising.
Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at http://www.att.com. This AT&T news release and other announcements are available at http://www.att.com/newsroom and as part of an RSS feed at http://www.att.com/rss. Or follow our news on Twitter at @ATT.
© 2011 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. Mobile broadband not available in all areas. AT&T, the AT&T logo and all other marks contained herein are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property and/or AT&T affiliated companies.
Cautionary Language Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
Information set forth in this press release contains financial estimates and other forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties, and actual results might differ materially. A discussion of factors that may affect future results is contained in AT&T's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. AT&T disclaims any obligation to update and revise statements contained in this news release based on new information or otherwise.
SOURCE AT&T Inc.
AT&T Inc.
CONTACT: Audrey Chang, +1-202-295-8779, Audrey.Chang@harbourgrp.com, On Behalf of AT&T
Web Site: http://www.att.com
Customers to benefit from ultra-fast mobile broadband on new LTE compatible devices
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --This Sunday, Nov. 6, AT&T* will turn on its 4G LTE network in Washington, D.C., bringing customers the latest generation of wireless network technology. AT&T 4G LTE provides several benefits, including:
-- Faster speeds. LTE technology is capable of delivering mobile broadband
speeds up to 10 times faster than 3G. Customers can stream, download,
upload and game faster than ever before.
-- Faster response time. LTE technology offers lower latency, or the
processing time it takes to move data through a network, such as how
long it takes to start downloading a webpage or file once you've sent
the request. Lower latency helps to improve services like mobile gaming,
two-way video calling and telemedicine.
-- More efficient use of spectrum. Wireless spectrum is a finite resource,
and LTE uses spectrum more efficiently than 3G, creating more space to
carry data traffic and services and to deliver a better network
experience.
-- Cool new devices. AT&T offers several LTE-compatible devices, including
new AT&T 4G LTE smartphones on sale Nov. 6.
"We continue to see demand for mobile broadband skyrocket, and our 4G LTE network in Washington, D.C. responds to what customers want from their mobile experience -- more, faster, on the best devices," said Rob Forsyth, vice president and general manager for AT&T in the greater Washington/Baltimore area.
4G LTE Devices
AT&T offers six 4G LTE-compatible devices:
-- HTC Vivid, available beginning Nov. 6
-- Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket, available beginning Nov. 6
-- HTC Jetstream tablet
-- AT&T USBConnect Momentum 4G
-- AT&T Mobile Hotspot Elevate 4G
-- AT&T USBConnect Adrenaline
AT&T's 4G LTE Network
AT&T will continue to expand its 4G LTE footprint in Washington, D.C. over the coming months. AT&T has already launched 4G LTE in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio, and will launch in four more markets on Nov. 6, including Athens, Ga., Baltimore, Boston, and Washington D.C. AT&T plans to offer 4G LTE in at least 15 markets total and to 70 million Americans by the end of 2011.
Even as AT&T's 4G LTE network expands, customers will be able to enjoy more consistent 4G speeds as they move in and out of LTE areas. Not only is AT&T deploying 4G LTE, it has also deployed fast HSPA+ technology throughout its mobile broadband network. HSPA+, when combined with enhanced backhaul, provides customers with 4G speeds. Customers of competitors who have transitioned to LTE without further speed upgrades to their existing networks are likely to see a jarring drop-off in speeds when they move out of LTE areas.
AT&T plans to deliver 4G LTE over 700 MHz, as well as 1700/2100 MHz AWS spectrum, which enables strong coverage and excellent capacity.
*AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc.
Limited 4G LTE availability in select markets. Deployment ongoing. 4G LTE device and data plan required. Up to 10x claim compares 4G LTE download speeds to industry average 3G download speeds. LTE is a trademark of ETSI. Learn more about 4G LTE at att.com/network.
About AT&T
AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) is a premier communications holding company and one of the most honored companies in the world. Its subsidiaries and affiliates - AT&T operating companies - are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and around the world. With a powerful array of network resources that includes the nation's fastest mobile broadband network, AT&T is a leading provider of wireless, Wi-Fi, high speed Internet, voice and cloud-based services. A leader in mobile broadband and emerging 4G capabilities, AT&T also offers the best wireless coverage worldwide of any U.S. carrier, offering the most wireless phones that work in the most countries. It also offers advanced TV services under the AT&T U-verse® and AT&T | DIRECTV brands. The company's suite of IP-based business communications services is one of the most advanced in the world. In domestic markets, AT&T Advertising Solutions and AT&T Interactive are known for their leadership in local search and advertising.
Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at http://www.att.com. This AT&T news release and other announcements are available at http://www.att.com/newsroom and as part of an RSS feed at http://www.att.com/rss. Or follow our news on Twitter at @ATT.
© 2011 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. Mobile broadband not available in all areas. AT&T, the AT&T logo and all other marks contained herein are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property and/or AT&T affiliated companies.
Cautionary Language Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
Information set forth in this press release contains financial estimates and other forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties, and actual results might differ materially. A discussion of factors that may affect future results is contained in AT&T's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. AT&T disclaims any obligation to update and revise statements contained in this news release based on new information or otherwise.
SOURCE AT&T Inc.
AT&T Inc.
CONTACT: Audrey Chang, +1-202-295-8779, Audrey.Chang@harbourgrp.com, On Behalf of AT&T
Web Site: http://www.att.com
Paul's TV Will Carry New JVC BlackCrystal(TM) HDTVs
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 2:35:01 PM
Paul's TV Will Carry New JVC BlackCrystal(TM) HDTVs
Renowned Electronics Retailer Will Sell New LCD BlackCrystal(TM) 3000 Series and Edge-lit LED BlackCrystal(TM) 3001 Series HDTVs
IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- AmTRAN Video Corporation (AVC), a subsidiary of AmTRAN Technology Co., Ltd. (AmTRAN), a top manufacturer of flat-panel TVs globally, today announced an agreement to sell the new JVC BlackCrystal(TM) 3000 series and new JVC BlackCrystal(TM) 3001 series high-definition televisions (HDTVs) through Paul's TV, the electronics retailer renowned as the "King of Big Screen."
(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111031/CG96817LOGO)
The BlackCrystal line will be available immediately at Paul's TV stores and online at http://www.paulstv.com.
"The BlackCrystal line represents a visible upgrade in picture quality from most HDTV models in the typical retail product mix, with a distinct point of differentiation - superior sound quality with XinemaSound(TM), a unique audio design," said Tom Paterniti, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for AVC.
Paterniti added that both the JVC BlackCrystal(TM) 3000 and JVC BlackCrystal(TM) 3001 series feature models in four sizes - 32", 37", 42" and 47". Each model will provide an unequalled user experience with the price-performance value today's consumers demand. In July, AVC launched the JVC BlackCrystal(TM) 3000 series; AVC unveiled the JVC BlackCrystal(TM) 3001 series in September at the CEDIA Expo.
AVC plans to introduce additional models under the JVC brand to the U.S. market next year in larger sizes with connected features.
"We look forward to making the JVC BlackCrystal series of HDTVs 'The Center of Your Entertainment,'" Paterniti said.
To celebrate the introduction of the BlackCrystal(TM) line, Paul's TV will give away 10 free LED light bulbs from AVC's LED Lighting product line. This $299 retail value allows customers of Paul's TV to significantly reduce their overall power consumption. This offer will be good on 42" and 47" JVC BlackCrystal LED TVs as an exclusive introductory offer.
"We are thrilled to be the first retailer in the U.S. to debut JVC's BlackCrystal line of LED HDTVs in our stores with a unique environmentally conscious consumer offering. This addition further helps differentiate Paul's TV as a retailer committed to bringing consumers premium HDTV and Home Theater products," said Babak Ghaznavi, President & CEO of Paul's TV.
Learn more about the JVC BlackCrystal(TM) HDTVs at http://tv.jvc.com/index.jsp.
About AmTRAN Video Corporation
AmTRAN Video Corporation (AVC) is a subsidiary of AmTRAN Technology Co., Ltd., a top LCD TV manufacturer specializing in design and production of high quality LCD monitors and LCD/LED TVs, audio products and LED lighting. AVC is located in Irvine, California, and is licensed by Victor Company of Japan, Limited (JVC), for the manufacturing, sales, distribution and marketing of JVC High Definition Televisions for the North America market.
Paul's TV, The King of Big Screen
Paul's TV is America's fastest-growing HDTV retailer with 53 locations in 5 states. In addition to free-standing stores, Paul's TV is located inside furniture retailers Living Spaces in California, Art Van in Michigan, Jordan's in New England and Furniture Row in Colorado.
Founded in 1964 by Paul Goldenberg with a $1000 loan from a relative, Paul's TV changed the way people bought TV's in Southern California. Today, Paul's TV operates by the same principles as it did then: exceptional customer service, great selection of the best brands, guaranteed low prices and free delivery.
Contact: Lawren Markle
Tech Image (for AVC)
626.345.9746
Lawren.Markle@techimage.com
SOURCE AmTRAN Video Corporation
Photo:http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111031/CG96817LOGO
http://photoarchive.ap.org/
AmTRAN Video Corporation
Renowned Electronics Retailer Will Sell New LCD BlackCrystal(TM) 3000 Series and Edge-lit LED BlackCrystal(TM) 3001 Series HDTVs
IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- AmTRAN Video Corporation (AVC), a subsidiary of AmTRAN Technology Co., Ltd. (AmTRAN), a top manufacturer of flat-panel TVs globally, today announced an agreement to sell the new JVC BlackCrystal(TM) 3000 series and new JVC BlackCrystal(TM) 3001 series high-definition televisions (HDTVs) through Paul's TV, the electronics retailer renowned as the "King of Big Screen."
(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111031/CG96817LOGO)
The BlackCrystal line will be available immediately at Paul's TV stores and online at http://www.paulstv.com.
"The BlackCrystal line represents a visible upgrade in picture quality from most HDTV models in the typical retail product mix, with a distinct point of differentiation - superior sound quality with XinemaSound(TM), a unique audio design," said Tom Paterniti, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for AVC.
Paterniti added that both the JVC BlackCrystal(TM) 3000 and JVC BlackCrystal(TM) 3001 series feature models in four sizes - 32", 37", 42" and 47". Each model will provide an unequalled user experience with the price-performance value today's consumers demand. In July, AVC launched the JVC BlackCrystal(TM) 3000 series; AVC unveiled the JVC BlackCrystal(TM) 3001 series in September at the CEDIA Expo.
AVC plans to introduce additional models under the JVC brand to the U.S. market next year in larger sizes with connected features.
"We look forward to making the JVC BlackCrystal series of HDTVs 'The Center of Your Entertainment,'" Paterniti said.
To celebrate the introduction of the BlackCrystal(TM) line, Paul's TV will give away 10 free LED light bulbs from AVC's LED Lighting product line. This $299 retail value allows customers of Paul's TV to significantly reduce their overall power consumption. This offer will be good on 42" and 47" JVC BlackCrystal LED TVs as an exclusive introductory offer.
"We are thrilled to be the first retailer in the U.S. to debut JVC's BlackCrystal line of LED HDTVs in our stores with a unique environmentally conscious consumer offering. This addition further helps differentiate Paul's TV as a retailer committed to bringing consumers premium HDTV and Home Theater products," said Babak Ghaznavi, President & CEO of Paul's TV.
Learn more about the JVC BlackCrystal(TM) HDTVs at http://tv.jvc.com/index.jsp.
About AmTRAN Video Corporation
AmTRAN Video Corporation (AVC) is a subsidiary of AmTRAN Technology Co., Ltd., a top LCD TV manufacturer specializing in design and production of high quality LCD monitors and LCD/LED TVs, audio products and LED lighting. AVC is located in Irvine, California, and is licensed by Victor Company of Japan, Limited (JVC), for the manufacturing, sales, distribution and marketing of JVC High Definition Televisions for the North America market.
Paul's TV, The King of Big Screen
Paul's TV is America's fastest-growing HDTV retailer with 53 locations in 5 states. In addition to free-standing stores, Paul's TV is located inside furniture retailers Living Spaces in California, Art Van in Michigan, Jordan's in New England and Furniture Row in Colorado.
Founded in 1964 by Paul Goldenberg with a $1000 loan from a relative, Paul's TV changed the way people bought TV's in Southern California. Today, Paul's TV operates by the same principles as it did then: exceptional customer service, great selection of the best brands, guaranteed low prices and free delivery.
Contact: Lawren Markle
Tech Image (for AVC)
626.345.9746
Lawren.Markle@techimage.com
SOURCE AmTRAN Video Corporation
Photo:http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111031/CG96817LOGO
http://photoarchive.ap.org/
AmTRAN Video Corporation
Zillow Mortgage Marketplace to Launch on AOL Real Estate and DailyFinance
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 2:07:01 PM
Zillow Mortgage Marketplace to Launch on AOL Real Estate and DailyFinance
Partnership to provide visitors tools to research, shop for and compare mortgages
SEATTLE, Oct. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Zillow® (NASDAQ: Z), the leading real estate information marketplace, today announced a partnership with AOL to bring the Zillow Mortgage Marketplace shopping experience to AOL Real Estate andDailyFinance(TM) users, providing tools to research, shop for and compare mortgages.
The sites' visitors will have easy access to important home financial information, such as mortgage calculators, real-time mortgage rates, and Zillow's innovative mortgage shopping experience, which allows users to compare personalized loan quotes and lender reviews, and connect directly with lenders.
"AOL Real Estate has many thousands of users who are either home owners or interested in buying a home, so we're excited to be able to offer them important financial tools and personalized loan quotes from Zillow Mortgage Marketplace," said Jay Kirsch, VP & GM, AOL Marketplace. "We'll be offering the kind of useful financial information our readers want and need, including the ability to find out how much they can afford when purchasing a home as well as the ability to track historical mortgage rates and more."
"With historically low mortgage rates, it's more important than ever for home shoppers and homeowners to understand their mortgage options and to shop around for the best rates," said Spencer Rascoff, Zillow CEO. "We're excited to bring our innovative and award-winning loan shopping experience to AOL sites. In addition to the consumer benefits, this partnership also will extend the reach of Zillow Mortgage Marketplace's network of lenders, providing them with a new, cost-effective customer acquisition channel to connect with home shoppers."
Zillow Mortgage Marketplace on AOL Real Estate and DailyFinance is expected to launch in 2012.
About Zillow, Inc.
Zillow (NASDAQ: Z) is the leading real estate information marketplace, providing vital information about homes, real estate listings and mortgages through its website and mobile applications, enabling homeowners, buyers, sellers and renters to connect with real estate and mortgage professionals best suited to meet their needs. More than 24 million unique users visited Zillow's websites and mobile applications in September 2011. Zillow, Inc. operates Zillow.com®, Zillow Mortgage Marketplace, Zillow Mobile and Postlets®. The company is headquartered in Seattle.
The Zillow logo is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=10012
Zillow.com, Zillow, Zestimate and Postlets are registered trademarks of Zillow, Inc.
AOL is a registered trademark of AOL, Inc. DailyFinance is a trademark of AOL, Inc.
SOURCE Zillow, Inc.
Zillow, Inc.
CONTACT: Cynthia Nowak of Zillow, +1-206-757-2701, press@zillow.com
Web Site: http://www.zillow.com
Partnership to provide visitors tools to research, shop for and compare mortgages
SEATTLE, Oct. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Zillow® (NASDAQ: Z), the leading real estate information marketplace, today announced a partnership with AOL to bring the Zillow Mortgage Marketplace shopping experience to AOL Real Estate andDailyFinance(TM) users, providing tools to research, shop for and compare mortgages.
The sites' visitors will have easy access to important home financial information, such as mortgage calculators, real-time mortgage rates, and Zillow's innovative mortgage shopping experience, which allows users to compare personalized loan quotes and lender reviews, and connect directly with lenders.
"AOL Real Estate has many thousands of users who are either home owners or interested in buying a home, so we're excited to be able to offer them important financial tools and personalized loan quotes from Zillow Mortgage Marketplace," said Jay Kirsch, VP & GM, AOL Marketplace. "We'll be offering the kind of useful financial information our readers want and need, including the ability to find out how much they can afford when purchasing a home as well as the ability to track historical mortgage rates and more."
"With historically low mortgage rates, it's more important than ever for home shoppers and homeowners to understand their mortgage options and to shop around for the best rates," said Spencer Rascoff, Zillow CEO. "We're excited to bring our innovative and award-winning loan shopping experience to AOL sites. In addition to the consumer benefits, this partnership also will extend the reach of Zillow Mortgage Marketplace's network of lenders, providing them with a new, cost-effective customer acquisition channel to connect with home shoppers."
Zillow Mortgage Marketplace on AOL Real Estate and DailyFinance is expected to launch in 2012.
About Zillow, Inc.
Zillow (NASDAQ: Z) is the leading real estate information marketplace, providing vital information about homes, real estate listings and mortgages through its website and mobile applications, enabling homeowners, buyers, sellers and renters to connect with real estate and mortgage professionals best suited to meet their needs. More than 24 million unique users visited Zillow's websites and mobile applications in September 2011. Zillow, Inc. operates Zillow.com®, Zillow Mortgage Marketplace, Zillow Mobile and Postlets®. The company is headquartered in Seattle.
The Zillow logo is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=10012
Zillow.com, Zillow, Zestimate and Postlets are registered trademarks of Zillow, Inc.
AOL is a registered trademark of AOL, Inc. DailyFinance is a trademark of AOL, Inc.
SOURCE Zillow, Inc.
Zillow, Inc.
CONTACT: Cynthia Nowak of Zillow, +1-206-757-2701, press@zillow.com
Web Site: http://www.zillow.com
MBC Group Picks Eutelsat's Atlantic Bird? 7 Satellite to Support HDTV Roll-Out Across the Middle East and North Africa
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 12:42:01 PM
MBC Group Picks Eutelsat's Atlantic Bird(TM) 7 Satellite to Support HDTV Roll-Out Across the Middle East and North Africa
PARIS, October 31, 2011/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) and MBC Group announce the
signature of a multiyear contract for capacity on Eutelsat's new ATLANTIC
BIRD(TM) 7 satellite at 7 degrees West. The lease of a full transponder will
enable MBC to expand its platform of channels addressing viewers in the
Middle East and North Africa, particularly new HD content which the Group is
preparing to launch in January 2012. The announcement was made at Digital TV
Middle East, the broadcast and broadband conference taking place in Dubai
from November 1 to 2.
The new contract cements a 20-year relationship between Eutelsat and MBC
Group which began in 1991 with the launch of MBC1, the first pan-Arab
free-to-air satellite station. Over the past 18 years, MBC has developed a
network comprising ten TV channels, two radio stations and a production
house to forge a leading media and broadcasting group in the Middle East,
among other media platforms such as VOD (shahid.net), SMS and MMS services.
The move into HDTV reflects the Group's commitment to delivering the latest
technology and superior television content.
Launched on September 24, ATLANTIC BIRD(TM) 7 brings first-class
resources to 7 degrees West, an established video neighbourhood delivering
Arab and international channels into almost 30 million satellite homes. The
satellite's significant Ku-band resources enable broadcasters to launch new
Standard Digital and HD content. Its broad footprint expands reach of
satellite TV homes located from the North African Atlantic coastline across
to the Gulf States.
Commenting on the new contract, MBC Group's COO Sam Barnett said: "We
are enthusiastic about this additional capacity on the ATLANTIC BIRD(TM) 7
satellite that will allow us to further expand in the future and meet the
expectations of our loyal viewers across the MENA region."
Andrew Wallace, Eutelsat Chief Commercial Officer, added: "With MBC
Group's selection of ATLANTIC BIRD(TM) 7 as their chosen platform to move
into HDTV we are even more excited about the potential of our new satellite
to partner broadcasters in the Middle East and North Africa. This is a great
start for ATLANTIC BIRD(TM) 7 and we look forward to furthering our
longstanding presence and strong partnerships across the region and playing
our part in the ongoing roll-out of HDTV."
Eutelsat's ATLANTIC BIRD(TM) 7 satellite has replaced ATLANTIC BIRD(TM)
4A at 7 degrees West. The transfer of 400 TV channels onto the new satellite
took place on October 23. Click on the link below for ATLANTIC BIRD(TM) 7's
frequencies for TV reception:
http://www.eutelsat.com/satellites/7w-ab7.html
About MBC Group
MBC Group is the first private free-to-air satellite broadcasting
company in the Arab World. It was launched in London in 1991 and later moved
to its headquarters in Dubai in 2002. Over the past 20 years, MBC Group has
grown to become a well-established media group that enriches people's lives
through information, interaction and entertainment. Based in Dubai, in the
United Arab Emirates, MBC Group includes 10 television channels: MBC1
(general family entertainment), MBC2 and MBC MAX (24-hour movies), MBC3
(children's entertainment), MBC4 (entertainment for new Arab women), MBC
Action (action series and movies), MBC Persia (24-hour movie channel dubbed
in Farsi) , Al Arabiya (the 24-hour Arabic language news channel); Wanasah
(24-hour Arabic music channel) and MBC Drama (24 hour Arabic drama on Paid
TV) and two radio stations: MBC FM (Gulf music), and Panorama FM
(contemporary Arabic hit music); as well as O3 productions, a specialized
documentary production unit. It has also several online platforms:
http://www.mbc.net, http://www.alarabiya.net, and
http://www.shahid.net.
Website: http://www.mbc.net
About Eutelsat Communications
Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL, ISIN code: FR0010221234)
is the holding company of Eutelsat S.A.. With capacity commercialised on 29
satellites that provide coverage over the entire European continent, as well
as the Middle East, Africa, India and significant parts of Asia and the
Americas, Eutelsat is one of the world's three leading satellite operators
in terms of revenues. As of 30 June 2011, Eutelsat's satellites were
broadcasting more than 3,800 television channels. More than 1,100 channels
are broadcast via its HOT BIRD(TM) video neighbourhood at 13 degrees East
alone which serves over 120 million cable and satellite homes in Europe, the
Middle East and North Africa. The Group's satellites also serve a wide range
of fixed and mobile telecommunications services, TV contribution markets,
corporate networks, and broadband markets for Internet Service Providers and
for transport, maritime and in-flight markets. Eutelsat's broadband
subsidiary, Skylogic, markets and operates access to high speed internet
services through teleports in France and Italy that serve enterprises, local
communities, government agencies and aid organisations in Europe, Africa,
Asia and the Americas. Headquartered in Paris, Eutelsat and its subsidiaries
employ just over 700 commercial, technical and operational professionals
from 30 countries.
http://www.eutelsat.com
Source: Eutelsat Communications
MBC Group: Ruba Al Ayed, Group PR Manager, Tel: +971-4-391-999 ext 9825, Mobile: +971-56-6038358, Email: ruba.alayed@mbc.net; For further information Press: Vanessa O'Connor, Tel. : + 33-1-53-98-37-91, voconnor@eutelsat.fr; Frédérique Gautier, Tel. : + 33 1 53 98 37 91, fgautier@eutelsat.fr; Analysts and Investors: Lisa Finas, Tel. : +33-1-53-98-35-30, investors@eutelsat-communications.com; Léonard Wapler, Tel. : +33-1-53-98-31-07, investors@eutelsat-communications.com
PARIS, October 31, 2011/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) and MBC Group announce the
signature of a multiyear contract for capacity on Eutelsat's new ATLANTIC
BIRD(TM) 7 satellite at 7 degrees West. The lease of a full transponder will
enable MBC to expand its platform of channels addressing viewers in the
Middle East and North Africa, particularly new HD content which the Group is
preparing to launch in January 2012. The announcement was made at Digital TV
Middle East, the broadcast and broadband conference taking place in Dubai
from November 1 to 2.
The new contract cements a 20-year relationship between Eutelsat and MBC
Group which began in 1991 with the launch of MBC1, the first pan-Arab
free-to-air satellite station. Over the past 18 years, MBC has developed a
network comprising ten TV channels, two radio stations and a production
house to forge a leading media and broadcasting group in the Middle East,
among other media platforms such as VOD (shahid.net), SMS and MMS services.
The move into HDTV reflects the Group's commitment to delivering the latest
technology and superior television content.
Launched on September 24, ATLANTIC BIRD(TM) 7 brings first-class
resources to 7 degrees West, an established video neighbourhood delivering
Arab and international channels into almost 30 million satellite homes. The
satellite's significant Ku-band resources enable broadcasters to launch new
Standard Digital and HD content. Its broad footprint expands reach of
satellite TV homes located from the North African Atlantic coastline across
to the Gulf States.
Commenting on the new contract, MBC Group's COO Sam Barnett said: "We
are enthusiastic about this additional capacity on the ATLANTIC BIRD(TM) 7
satellite that will allow us to further expand in the future and meet the
expectations of our loyal viewers across the MENA region."
Andrew Wallace, Eutelsat Chief Commercial Officer, added: "With MBC
Group's selection of ATLANTIC BIRD(TM) 7 as their chosen platform to move
into HDTV we are even more excited about the potential of our new satellite
to partner broadcasters in the Middle East and North Africa. This is a great
start for ATLANTIC BIRD(TM) 7 and we look forward to furthering our
longstanding presence and strong partnerships across the region and playing
our part in the ongoing roll-out of HDTV."
Eutelsat's ATLANTIC BIRD(TM) 7 satellite has replaced ATLANTIC BIRD(TM)
4A at 7 degrees West. The transfer of 400 TV channels onto the new satellite
took place on October 23. Click on the link below for ATLANTIC BIRD(TM) 7's
frequencies for TV reception:
http://www.eutelsat.com/satellites/7w-ab7.html
About MBC Group
MBC Group is the first private free-to-air satellite broadcasting
company in the Arab World. It was launched in London in 1991 and later moved
to its headquarters in Dubai in 2002. Over the past 20 years, MBC Group has
grown to become a well-established media group that enriches people's lives
through information, interaction and entertainment. Based in Dubai, in the
United Arab Emirates, MBC Group includes 10 television channels: MBC1
(general family entertainment), MBC2 and MBC MAX (24-hour movies), MBC3
(children's entertainment), MBC4 (entertainment for new Arab women), MBC
Action (action series and movies), MBC Persia (24-hour movie channel dubbed
in Farsi) , Al Arabiya (the 24-hour Arabic language news channel); Wanasah
(24-hour Arabic music channel) and MBC Drama (24 hour Arabic drama on Paid
TV) and two radio stations: MBC FM (Gulf music), and Panorama FM
(contemporary Arabic hit music); as well as O3 productions, a specialized
documentary production unit. It has also several online platforms:
http://www.mbc.net, http://www.alarabiya.net, and
http://www.shahid.net.
Website: http://www.mbc.net
About Eutelsat Communications
Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL, ISIN code: FR0010221234)
is the holding company of Eutelsat S.A.. With capacity commercialised on 29
satellites that provide coverage over the entire European continent, as well
as the Middle East, Africa, India and significant parts of Asia and the
Americas, Eutelsat is one of the world's three leading satellite operators
in terms of revenues. As of 30 June 2011, Eutelsat's satellites were
broadcasting more than 3,800 television channels. More than 1,100 channels
are broadcast via its HOT BIRD(TM) video neighbourhood at 13 degrees East
alone which serves over 120 million cable and satellite homes in Europe, the
Middle East and North Africa. The Group's satellites also serve a wide range
of fixed and mobile telecommunications services, TV contribution markets,
corporate networks, and broadband markets for Internet Service Providers and
for transport, maritime and in-flight markets. Eutelsat's broadband
subsidiary, Skylogic, markets and operates access to high speed internet
services through teleports in France and Italy that serve enterprises, local
communities, government agencies and aid organisations in Europe, Africa,
Asia and the Americas. Headquartered in Paris, Eutelsat and its subsidiaries
employ just over 700 commercial, technical and operational professionals
from 30 countries.
http://www.eutelsat.com
Source: Eutelsat Communications
MBC Group: Ruba Al Ayed, Group PR Manager, Tel: +971-4-391-999 ext 9825, Mobile: +971-56-6038358, Email: ruba.alayed@mbc.net; For further information Press: Vanessa O'Connor, Tel. : + 33-1-53-98-37-91, voconnor@eutelsat.fr; Frédérique Gautier, Tel. : + 33 1 53 98 37 91, fgautier@eutelsat.fr; Analysts and Investors: Lisa Finas, Tel. : +33-1-53-98-35-30, investors@eutelsat-communications.com; Léonard Wapler, Tel. : +33-1-53-98-31-07, investors@eutelsat-communications.com
Get set for the First Ever UK Online Poker Series on Sky Poker!
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 12:28:01 PM
Get set for the First Ever UK Online Poker Series on Sky Poker!
LONDON, October 31, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
The poker experts reveal a week full of guaranteed jackpots
and further prizes
From renowned poker firm, Sky Poker, comes the first ever UK Online
Poker Series. Setting the benchmark for all future online poker
[http://www.skypoker.com ] events, this poker fest takes place between 31
October - 6 November 2011. With eight events to be played over just one
week, the UKOPS is set to become one of the most popular online poker
circuits on the British poker scene. With a GBP140,000 GTD prize fund, visit
SkyPoker.com and start winning!
The first event, starting today 31 October, is an incredibly tantalising
GBP20,000 Bounty Hunter. This first of eight further consecutive events, all
with huge jackpots, promises to get Sky Poker's UK Online Poker Series off
to a great start. Starting at 8pm, players can buy in for GBP110 and start
with 4,000 chips.
The other events include; Tuesday's GBP10,000 Omaha, Wednesday's
GBP10,000 Double Stack, Thursday's GBP25,000 High Roller, Friday's GBP15,000
Rebuy, Saturday's GBP15,000 Turbo Rebuy & GBP10,000 No Limit Hold'em and
Sunday's GBP40,000 Main Event.
As if that wasn't enough, Sky Poker players will be able to win a small
fortune for a small buy-in thanks to UKOPS Satellites. The Satellites run
throughout the week and players can qualify for as little as GBP1.20. Sky
Poker will also be running Micro Satellites throughout the day for micro
prices - as little as GBP2.40.
For more information on everything UKOPS, visit Sky Poker UK
Online Poker Series
[http://www.skypoker.com/poker/sky_lobby/poker-promotions/uk-online-poker-series ]
on SkyPoker.com
About SkyPoker.com.
Sky Poker [http://www.skypoker.com ] is the British Sky Broadcasting's
online poker division, which allows users to play poker online on their
website and screens selected hands from various tournaments and cash games
on Sky Poker TV, allowing players on the site to become the stars of the TV
channel. Sky Poker focuses on UK poker players, with all play at the tables
in pounds rather than dollars, as well as its own Sky Poker Tour around the
country.
Sky Poker is licensed and regulated by the Alderney Gambling Control
Commission (AGCC).
Source: Sky Poker
Dave Bland, Poker Content Manager, Sky Betting & Gaming, 3rd Floor, West Cross House, 2 West Cross Way, Brentford, TW8 9DE, T: +44(0)207-032-4108, E: david.bland3@bskyb.com
LONDON, October 31, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
The poker experts reveal a week full of guaranteed jackpots
and further prizes
From renowned poker firm, Sky Poker, comes the first ever UK Online
Poker Series. Setting the benchmark for all future online poker
[http://www.skypoker.com ] events, this poker fest takes place between 31
October - 6 November 2011. With eight events to be played over just one
week, the UKOPS is set to become one of the most popular online poker
circuits on the British poker scene. With a GBP140,000 GTD prize fund, visit
SkyPoker.com and start winning!
The first event, starting today 31 October, is an incredibly tantalising
GBP20,000 Bounty Hunter. This first of eight further consecutive events, all
with huge jackpots, promises to get Sky Poker's UK Online Poker Series off
to a great start. Starting at 8pm, players can buy in for GBP110 and start
with 4,000 chips.
The other events include; Tuesday's GBP10,000 Omaha, Wednesday's
GBP10,000 Double Stack, Thursday's GBP25,000 High Roller, Friday's GBP15,000
Rebuy, Saturday's GBP15,000 Turbo Rebuy & GBP10,000 No Limit Hold'em and
Sunday's GBP40,000 Main Event.
As if that wasn't enough, Sky Poker players will be able to win a small
fortune for a small buy-in thanks to UKOPS Satellites. The Satellites run
throughout the week and players can qualify for as little as GBP1.20. Sky
Poker will also be running Micro Satellites throughout the day for micro
prices - as little as GBP2.40.
For more information on everything UKOPS, visit Sky Poker UK
Online Poker Series
[http://www.skypoker.com/poker/sky_lobby/poker-promotions/uk-online-poker-series ]
on SkyPoker.com
About SkyPoker.com.
Sky Poker [http://www.skypoker.com ] is the British Sky Broadcasting's
online poker division, which allows users to play poker online on their
website and screens selected hands from various tournaments and cash games
on Sky Poker TV, allowing players on the site to become the stars of the TV
channel. Sky Poker focuses on UK poker players, with all play at the tables
in pounds rather than dollars, as well as its own Sky Poker Tour around the
country.
Sky Poker is licensed and regulated by the Alderney Gambling Control
Commission (AGCC).
Source: Sky Poker
Dave Bland, Poker Content Manager, Sky Betting & Gaming, 3rd Floor, West Cross House, 2 West Cross Way, Brentford, TW8 9DE, T: +44(0)207-032-4108, E: david.bland3@bskyb.com
One Page, One Account, Over 60 Games: the new Bigpoint.com
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 11:35:01 AM
One Page, One Account, Over 60 Games: the new Bigpoint.com
HAMBURG, Germany, October 31, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
Bigpoint, a leading international provider of online games, has
concluded several months of intense development on its game portal at
Bigpoint.com ( http://www.bigpoint.com): one central hub offering access
numerous online game highlights in a clear, modern layout. The site's 225
million registered users - and all new users as well - will appreciate the
major improvements to the design and in some cases completely reworked
functionality.
"Even during the first phase of its relaunch, Bigpoint.com promises an
outstanding framework for our gaming universes - there's something to draw
in every kind of gamer and make them feel at home!" says Heiko Hubertz, CEO
and Founder of Bigpoint.
The new Bigpoint.com will be launched in several phases: After the
initial start phase, a number of new functions will be introduced to the
site in the coming weeks and months, including additional social content.
With its accessible, user-friendly design and simple navigation, a visit to
check out the new portal at http://www.bigpoint.com as always time well
spent.
Additional online links:
- http://www.bigpoint.com
- http://www.bigpoint.net
Please address all inquiries to:
Bigpoint GmbH
Matthias Mirlach
Lead Public Relations
T : +49-(0)40-881413-207
E-mail: m.mirlach@bigpoint.net
Source: Bigpoint GmbH
.
HAMBURG, Germany, October 31, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
Bigpoint, a leading international provider of online games, has
concluded several months of intense development on its game portal at
Bigpoint.com ( http://www.bigpoint.com): one central hub offering access
numerous online game highlights in a clear, modern layout. The site's 225
million registered users - and all new users as well - will appreciate the
major improvements to the design and in some cases completely reworked
functionality.
"Even during the first phase of its relaunch, Bigpoint.com promises an
outstanding framework for our gaming universes - there's something to draw
in every kind of gamer and make them feel at home!" says Heiko Hubertz, CEO
and Founder of Bigpoint.
The new Bigpoint.com will be launched in several phases: After the
initial start phase, a number of new functions will be introduced to the
site in the coming weeks and months, including additional social content.
With its accessible, user-friendly design and simple navigation, a visit to
check out the new portal at http://www.bigpoint.com as always time well
spent.
Additional online links:
- http://www.bigpoint.com
- http://www.bigpoint.net
Please address all inquiries to:
Bigpoint GmbH
Matthias Mirlach
Lead Public Relations
T : +49-(0)40-881413-207
E-mail: m.mirlach@bigpoint.net
Source: Bigpoint GmbH
.
The Grocery Game Announces The Kitchen(TM): A Social Media Hub For Savings-Conscious Cooks.
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 11:07:01 AM
The Grocery Game Announces The Kitchen(TM): A Social Media Hub For Savings-Conscious Cooks.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Grocery Game, the world's largest savings website, announces their groundbreaking development aimed at taking the social media experience from the computer into the kitchen. The Kitchen(TM) (http://www.ggkitchen.com) targets savings-conscious grocery shoppers and provides a hub where they can exchange healthy and budget-friendly menus for free.
Teri Gault, founder of The Grocery Game, says "The Kitchen(TM) has been a dream of mine for some time. It fits perfectly with The Grocery Game and our customers. With this economy, The Kitchen(TM) will help families make healthy choices when planning family meals and save during checkout."
By tapping into the resources of The Grocery Game's world's biggest database of localized grocery savings, The Kitchen(TM), uniquely provides instantaneous, nutritious and incredible money-saving recipes.
Just like in your home, The Kitchen(TM) is a place to keep and share your tastiest and most economical recipes. Simple to use for an amateur or seasoned home cook, and with no sign-in process, The Kitchen's(TM) catalog holds invaluable information that allows cooks to browse or search or share recipes. The Kitchen's mission is to engage all cooks through an incredible social experience allowing them to rate and/or like and comment on recipes. Cooks can also follow the seasoned and influential authors of their favorites so they stay up-to-date with the newest creations in The Kitchen.
In a natural progression for The Grocery Game, The Kitchen(TM) easily compliments the nationwide savings found on thegrocerygame.com. Through The Kitchen(TM), cooks now have a place where one-stop clicking will save time and money by finding recipes AND savings in one location.
In the coming weeks, The Grocery Game, through The Kitchen(TM) will be hosting various sweepstakes, with contestants having the chance to win cash prizes.
For more information about The Grocery Game, visit http://www.thegrocerygame.com.
About The Grocery Game:
The Grocery Game was founded by Teri Gault, who turned her hobby of collecting coupons and matching them to grocery store sales into a passion. Teri shared her money saving ideas with family and friends who were impressed by her attention to detail and her ability to predict sales trends. The Grocery Game offers savings with as well as grocery manufacturer coupons in all 50 states and internationally. Tens of thousands of members log on each week and save hundreds of dollars a month on their groceries.
SOURCE The Grocery Game
The Grocery Game
CONTACT: Dawn Wickwire, PublicRelations@thegrocerygame.com
Web Site: http://www.thegrocerygame.com
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Grocery Game, the world's largest savings website, announces their groundbreaking development aimed at taking the social media experience from the computer into the kitchen. The Kitchen(TM) (http://www.ggkitchen.com) targets savings-conscious grocery shoppers and provides a hub where they can exchange healthy and budget-friendly menus for free.
Teri Gault, founder of The Grocery Game, says "The Kitchen(TM) has been a dream of mine for some time. It fits perfectly with The Grocery Game and our customers. With this economy, The Kitchen(TM) will help families make healthy choices when planning family meals and save during checkout."
By tapping into the resources of The Grocery Game's world's biggest database of localized grocery savings, The Kitchen(TM), uniquely provides instantaneous, nutritious and incredible money-saving recipes.
Just like in your home, The Kitchen(TM) is a place to keep and share your tastiest and most economical recipes. Simple to use for an amateur or seasoned home cook, and with no sign-in process, The Kitchen's(TM) catalog holds invaluable information that allows cooks to browse or search or share recipes. The Kitchen's mission is to engage all cooks through an incredible social experience allowing them to rate and/or like and comment on recipes. Cooks can also follow the seasoned and influential authors of their favorites so they stay up-to-date with the newest creations in The Kitchen.
In a natural progression for The Grocery Game, The Kitchen(TM) easily compliments the nationwide savings found on thegrocerygame.com. Through The Kitchen(TM), cooks now have a place where one-stop clicking will save time and money by finding recipes AND savings in one location.
In the coming weeks, The Grocery Game, through The Kitchen(TM) will be hosting various sweepstakes, with contestants having the chance to win cash prizes.
For more information about The Grocery Game, visit http://www.thegrocerygame.com.
About The Grocery Game:
The Grocery Game was founded by Teri Gault, who turned her hobby of collecting coupons and matching them to grocery store sales into a passion. Teri shared her money saving ideas with family and friends who were impressed by her attention to detail and her ability to predict sales trends. The Grocery Game offers savings with as well as grocery manufacturer coupons in all 50 states and internationally. Tens of thousands of members log on each week and save hundreds of dollars a month on their groceries.
SOURCE The Grocery Game
The Grocery Game
CONTACT: Dawn Wickwire, PublicRelations@thegrocerygame.com
Web Site: http://www.thegrocerygame.com
Verizon Wireless Expands 3G Wireless Network in Brown County, Ohio
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 10:56:01 AM
Verizon Wireless Expands 3G Wireless Network in Brown County, Ohio
CHICKEN HOLLOW, Ohio, Oct. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- To continue to stay ahead of rising demand for wireless voice, 3G multimedia and Internet access, Verizon Wireless has expanded its local network in portions of Brown County.
Consumer Advantages
The new cell site provides increased wireless voice and 3G data between Dover, Ky. and Russellville, Ohio, providing additional coverage on State Route 62/68 between U.S. Route 52 and State Route 353.
Expanded 3G data capacity in the area enables more customers using notebook computers or smartphones to:
-- Download and use apps, ranging from social networking platforms to
GPS-enabled maps to Hollywood news;
-- Rapidly browse the Web to keep up with news, sports, stock quotes,
entertainment news and more;
-- Work remotely with file sharing;
-- Quickly download and play music favorites from Top 40 to Classical;
-- Send emails to friends, family and co-workers with picture and video
attachments;
-- Download and play 3D games, and;
-- Stream video and customized radio stations.
"People across Ohio are increasingly relying on smartphones and 3G applications to manage their busy lives and stay connected at home or on-the-go," said Mark Frazier, president-Ohio/Pennsylvania/West Virginia Region, Verizon Wireless. "The nearly $2 billion we've invested into our Ohio network has kept us ahead of consumer trends, provided our customers a 3G advantage and underscored our belief that any mobile device is only as good as the network it runs on. Proactive and sustained investment has made Verizon Wireless the 3G leader in Ohio and nationwide."
Harnessing the Capabilities of a Robust 3G Network
Verizon Wireless' 3G network powers many leading mobile multimedia services, including:
-- Mobile Broadband Internet Access: Notebook computer users can access
e-mail, download files and browse the Internet at broadband speed,
downloading a one megabyte e-mail attachment -- the equivalent of a
small PowerPoint® presentation or a large PDF file -- in about eight
seconds and uploading it in less than 13 seconds.
-- V CAST Video: V CAST multimedia services offer customers the ability to
play cutting-edge 3D games and stream video clips straight to their
phones, as well as to watch dozens of on-demand videos, including
breaking news, weather, sports highlights and entertainment clips.
In addition to enhancing its 3G network, Verizon Wireless has deployed its 4G LTE Network in 165 metropolitan areas across the country, covering more than 186 million Americans from coast to coast and surpassing the company's goal of 185 million Americans by year-end. With two months still left in 2011, Verizon Wireless has no plans to slow down. Verizon Wireless' 4G LTE wireless network is the fastest and most advanced 4G network in America and offers speeds up to 10 times faster than the current 3G network.
Sustained Wireless Investment
The company has invested more than $65 billion -- $6 billion on average every year -- since its inception to increase the wireless voice and data coverage of its national network and to add new 3G services like Mobile Broadband and V CAST. As the carrier with America's largest and most reliable wireless network, Verizon Wireless cell sites in Ohio provide 3G wireless data connectivity.
Engineering America's Most Reliable Wireless Network
The company's 'America's most reliable wireless network' reputation is based on network studies performed by test men and test women throughout the country. By traversing more than one million miles annually on Interstate, U.S. and state highways, as well as major roads and surface streets in high-population areas -- the equivalent of two roundtrips to the moon or 40 trips around the world -- the test men and women confirm that voice calls and data connections are successful on the first attempt and stay connected. Vehicles are equipped with computers that automatically make more than 3.5 million voice call attempts and more than 19 million data tests annually on Verizon Wireless' network and the networks of other carriers.
For Verizon Wireless Updates on Twitter
Stay in the know about Verizon Wireless news in Ohio by following @VZWlaura on Twitter at http://twitter.com/vzwlaura. For the latest network-related news, information and upgrades, follow @VZWNetwork on Twitter at http://twitter.com/VZWNetwork.
About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless operates the nation's largest 4G LTE network and largest, most reliable 3G network. The company serves 107.7 million total wireless connections, including 90.7 million retail customers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with nearly 83,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ) and Vodafone (LSE, NASDAQ: VOD). For more information, visit http://www.verizonwireless.com. To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at http://www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.
SOURCE Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless
CONTACT: Laura Merritt, Verizon Wireless, +1-614-345-3210, laura.merritt@verizonwireless.com, http://twitter.com/VZWlaura; or Chris Demeropolis, for Verizon Wireless, +1-513-271-7222 ext. 25, cdemeropolis@wordsworthweb.com
Web Site: http://www.verizonwireless.com
CHICKEN HOLLOW, Ohio, Oct. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- To continue to stay ahead of rising demand for wireless voice, 3G multimedia and Internet access, Verizon Wireless has expanded its local network in portions of Brown County.
Consumer Advantages
The new cell site provides increased wireless voice and 3G data between Dover, Ky. and Russellville, Ohio, providing additional coverage on State Route 62/68 between U.S. Route 52 and State Route 353.
Expanded 3G data capacity in the area enables more customers using notebook computers or smartphones to:
-- Download and use apps, ranging from social networking platforms to
GPS-enabled maps to Hollywood news;
-- Rapidly browse the Web to keep up with news, sports, stock quotes,
entertainment news and more;
-- Work remotely with file sharing;
-- Quickly download and play music favorites from Top 40 to Classical;
-- Send emails to friends, family and co-workers with picture and video
attachments;
-- Download and play 3D games, and;
-- Stream video and customized radio stations.
"People across Ohio are increasingly relying on smartphones and 3G applications to manage their busy lives and stay connected at home or on-the-go," said Mark Frazier, president-Ohio/Pennsylvania/West Virginia Region, Verizon Wireless. "The nearly $2 billion we've invested into our Ohio network has kept us ahead of consumer trends, provided our customers a 3G advantage and underscored our belief that any mobile device is only as good as the network it runs on. Proactive and sustained investment has made Verizon Wireless the 3G leader in Ohio and nationwide."
Harnessing the Capabilities of a Robust 3G Network
Verizon Wireless' 3G network powers many leading mobile multimedia services, including:
-- Mobile Broadband Internet Access: Notebook computer users can access
e-mail, download files and browse the Internet at broadband speed,
downloading a one megabyte e-mail attachment -- the equivalent of a
small PowerPoint® presentation or a large PDF file -- in about eight
seconds and uploading it in less than 13 seconds.
-- V CAST Video: V CAST multimedia services offer customers the ability to
play cutting-edge 3D games and stream video clips straight to their
phones, as well as to watch dozens of on-demand videos, including
breaking news, weather, sports highlights and entertainment clips.
In addition to enhancing its 3G network, Verizon Wireless has deployed its 4G LTE Network in 165 metropolitan areas across the country, covering more than 186 million Americans from coast to coast and surpassing the company's goal of 185 million Americans by year-end. With two months still left in 2011, Verizon Wireless has no plans to slow down. Verizon Wireless' 4G LTE wireless network is the fastest and most advanced 4G network in America and offers speeds up to 10 times faster than the current 3G network.
Sustained Wireless Investment
The company has invested more than $65 billion -- $6 billion on average every year -- since its inception to increase the wireless voice and data coverage of its national network and to add new 3G services like Mobile Broadband and V CAST. As the carrier with America's largest and most reliable wireless network, Verizon Wireless cell sites in Ohio provide 3G wireless data connectivity.
Engineering America's Most Reliable Wireless Network
The company's 'America's most reliable wireless network' reputation is based on network studies performed by test men and test women throughout the country. By traversing more than one million miles annually on Interstate, U.S. and state highways, as well as major roads and surface streets in high-population areas -- the equivalent of two roundtrips to the moon or 40 trips around the world -- the test men and women confirm that voice calls and data connections are successful on the first attempt and stay connected. Vehicles are equipped with computers that automatically make more than 3.5 million voice call attempts and more than 19 million data tests annually on Verizon Wireless' network and the networks of other carriers.
For Verizon Wireless Updates on Twitter
Stay in the know about Verizon Wireless news in Ohio by following @VZWlaura on Twitter at http://twitter.com/vzwlaura. For the latest network-related news, information and upgrades, follow @VZWNetwork on Twitter at http://twitter.com/VZWNetwork.
About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless operates the nation's largest 4G LTE network and largest, most reliable 3G network. The company serves 107.7 million total wireless connections, including 90.7 million retail customers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with nearly 83,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ) and Vodafone (LSE, NASDAQ: VOD). For more information, visit http://www.verizonwireless.com. To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at http://www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.
SOURCE Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless
CONTACT: Laura Merritt, Verizon Wireless, +1-614-345-3210, laura.merritt@verizonwireless.com, http://twitter.com/VZWlaura; or Chris Demeropolis, for Verizon Wireless, +1-513-271-7222 ext. 25, cdemeropolis@wordsworthweb.com
Web Site: http://www.verizonwireless.com
Common Sense Tactics and Vigilance Are Key to Protecting Consumer Identities and Financial Assets Against Identity Thieves
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 10:21:02 AM
Common Sense Tactics and Vigilance Are Key to Protecting Consumer Identities and Financial Assets Against Identity Thieves
Intersections Inc., a Sixteen Year Veteran of Consumer Identity Theft Protection Services, Issues Second Edition of Identity Guard® eBook to Help Educate Consumers About Identity Theft During National Cyber Security Awareness Month
CHANTILLY, Va., Oct. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Intersections Inc. (Nasdaq: INTX), a leading provider of consumer and corporate identity theft risk management services that has protected 33 million consumers, today announced the release of its second edition IDENTITY GUARD® eBook, "Double Trouble," that provides consumers with an in-depth guide to identity theft prevention, including real-world scenarios where identity theft is common.
"Breaches continue to be a regular occurrence, and with that more consumers are exposed to the threats of identity theft. The best way to address this and any threat is through education, information and proactive vigilance. That has been a main focus of Intersections for well over a decade. The IDENTITY GUARD® eBook is a free resource available to consumers interested in learning more about how identity theft occurs and what can be done to proactively protect themselves," said Steve Schwartz, Intersections' Executive Vice President of Consumer Services.
"We need to use every opportunity to educate the general public about the potential risks and threats associated with identity theft," said Neal O'Farrell, the eBook author, and Consumer Security Advisor for Intersections Inc. "Consumers need to be aware and vigilant about their risks and how their actions can make them more vulnerable to identity theft."
As a sequel to the first "Double Trouble," the second edition of the eBook aims to update consumers on the current threats and methods criminals are using to steal personal information. With the onslaught of social media networks and platforms, consumers are finding themselves caught between a world where sharing personal information online is both necessary and detrimental. In the IDENTITY GUARD® eBook, consumers will learn important tips and tools to safely interact online.
Excerpt from Chapter 3:
"We're now more than a decade into the epidemic of identity theft and while we've won a lot of battles, the bad guys are still winning the war. Identity theft is not only the fastest growing crime in America, it's also one of the most lucrative, and has attracted criminal elements from across the globe hoping to make a quick buck from unsuspecting victims."
The statistics paint a pretty grim picture:
-- An average of 30,000 Americans fall victim to identity theft every
single day. (1)
-- 8.5 billion phishing emails are sent across the Internet every month,
tricking millions of victims out of billions of dollars (2).
-- More than 90 percent of all email sent every day is spam and most of it
fraudulent. (3)
-- There are more than 10 million different types of computer viruses,
spyware, Trojans and other malware in circulation, most of it focused on
identity theft and fraud." (4)
To receive your copy today of "Double Trouble," please visit http://www.identityguard.com/downloads/ebook-double-trouble.pdf
About Intersections
Intersections Inc. (Nasdaq: INTX) is a leading provider of consumer and corporate identity risk management services. Intersections provides various levels of service to more than 9.6 million consumers. Those services are offered through North America's leading financial institutions, directly to consumers under Intersections' award-winning IDENTITY GUARD® brand (http://www.identityguard.com/), and through the company's exclusive partnership with ITAC, the Identity Theft Assistance Center. Since 1996, Intersections has protected the identities of more than 33 million consumers.
For advice, opinions, and the latest news on identity theft for consumers, visit http://www.IDGuardian.com. Twitter handle: IDGuardian.
SOURCE Intersections Inc.
Intersections Inc.
CONTACT: Joyce Carcaise, Intersections Inc., +1-703-488-6100, jcarcaise@intersections.com, or Michelle Schafer, Merritt Group, +1-703-390-1525, schafer@merrittgrp.com
Web Site: http://www.intersections.com
Intersections Inc., a Sixteen Year Veteran of Consumer Identity Theft Protection Services, Issues Second Edition of Identity Guard® eBook to Help Educate Consumers About Identity Theft During National Cyber Security Awareness Month
CHANTILLY, Va., Oct. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Intersections Inc. (Nasdaq: INTX), a leading provider of consumer and corporate identity theft risk management services that has protected 33 million consumers, today announced the release of its second edition IDENTITY GUARD® eBook, "Double Trouble," that provides consumers with an in-depth guide to identity theft prevention, including real-world scenarios where identity theft is common.
"Breaches continue to be a regular occurrence, and with that more consumers are exposed to the threats of identity theft. The best way to address this and any threat is through education, information and proactive vigilance. That has been a main focus of Intersections for well over a decade. The IDENTITY GUARD® eBook is a free resource available to consumers interested in learning more about how identity theft occurs and what can be done to proactively protect themselves," said Steve Schwartz, Intersections' Executive Vice President of Consumer Services.
"We need to use every opportunity to educate the general public about the potential risks and threats associated with identity theft," said Neal O'Farrell, the eBook author, and Consumer Security Advisor for Intersections Inc. "Consumers need to be aware and vigilant about their risks and how their actions can make them more vulnerable to identity theft."
As a sequel to the first "Double Trouble," the second edition of the eBook aims to update consumers on the current threats and methods criminals are using to steal personal information. With the onslaught of social media networks and platforms, consumers are finding themselves caught between a world where sharing personal information online is both necessary and detrimental. In the IDENTITY GUARD® eBook, consumers will learn important tips and tools to safely interact online.
Excerpt from Chapter 3:
"We're now more than a decade into the epidemic of identity theft and while we've won a lot of battles, the bad guys are still winning the war. Identity theft is not only the fastest growing crime in America, it's also one of the most lucrative, and has attracted criminal elements from across the globe hoping to make a quick buck from unsuspecting victims."
The statistics paint a pretty grim picture:
-- An average of 30,000 Americans fall victim to identity theft every
single day. (1)
-- 8.5 billion phishing emails are sent across the Internet every month,
tricking millions of victims out of billions of dollars (2).
-- More than 90 percent of all email sent every day is spam and most of it
fraudulent. (3)
-- There are more than 10 million different types of computer viruses,
spyware, Trojans and other malware in circulation, most of it focused on
identity theft and fraud." (4)
To receive your copy today of "Double Trouble," please visit http://www.identityguard.com/downloads/ebook-double-trouble.pdf
About Intersections
Intersections Inc. (Nasdaq: INTX) is a leading provider of consumer and corporate identity risk management services. Intersections provides various levels of service to more than 9.6 million consumers. Those services are offered through North America's leading financial institutions, directly to consumers under Intersections' award-winning IDENTITY GUARD® brand (http://www.identityguard.com/), and through the company's exclusive partnership with ITAC, the Identity Theft Assistance Center. Since 1996, Intersections has protected the identities of more than 33 million consumers.
For advice, opinions, and the latest news on identity theft for consumers, visit http://www.IDGuardian.com. Twitter handle: IDGuardian.
SOURCE Intersections Inc.
Intersections Inc.
CONTACT: Joyce Carcaise, Intersections Inc., +1-703-488-6100, jcarcaise@intersections.com, or Michelle Schafer, Merritt Group, +1-703-390-1525, schafer@merrittgrp.com
Web Site: http://www.intersections.com
Titan Poker Launches Online Poker Satellites for Irish Open
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 10:21:02 AM
Titan Poker Launches Online Poker Satellites for Irish Open
LONDON, October 31, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
Winning players at the weekly Super Satellite tournaments will play on
Titan Poker's behalf at the longest running live poker event in Europe.
Titanpoker.com, leader online poker room in Europe
[http://www.titanpoker.com ], has launched a series of poker satellite
tournaments to determine the players that will participate on its behalf at
the Irish Open 2012 poker tournament
[http://www.titanpoker.com/tournaments/irish-open/2012.html ] in Ireland.
Winning players at Titanpoker.com's weekly Super Satellite tournaments
will be awarded with EUR4,600 Prize Packages, including the EUR3,200 +
EUR300 buy-in to the Irish Open 2012 Main Event tournament, which will be
staged in Dublin starting April 6, 2012.
Titan Poker's winning players will be treated royally with five nights
of luxurious accommodation at the Burlington Hotel in Dublin, and will
receive EUR655 for flights and spending money.
To qualify for an Irish Open seat, online poker players are invited to
enter one of Titan Poker's many qualifier satellite tournaments, with
buy-ins starting as low as EUR0.33 + EUR0.03. The weekly Irish Open 2012
Super Satellite, staged every Sunday night, has a buy-in of EUR200 + EUR15.
The Irish Poker Open is the longest running No Limit Texas Hold'em poker
tournament in Europe. It is traditionally held over Easter weekend each year
in Dublin, a city renowned for a welcoming and friendly atmosphere.
Poker novices and veteran poker players alike are invited to try out the
free poker download [http://www.titanpoker.com/download.html ] at Titan
Poker and win their way to Europe's most exciting poker tournament.
About Titanpoker.com:
Titanpoker.com is the number one online poker room in Europe and part of
the iPoker [http://www.titanpoker.com/ipoker.html ] Network. Titan Poker's
software is developed and maintained by Playtech, a public company and
leading gaming software developer. With tens of thousands of online players
at peak hours, Titan Poker guarantees millions of dollars in monthly prizes,
features special sit 'n' go tournaments with progressive jackpots as high as
$300,000, and awards players with entries to major worldwide poker
tournaments [http://www.titanpoker.com/tournaments ]. The Titan Poker brand
is promoted exclusively by Euro Partners [http://www.europartners.com ].
Source: Titanpoker.com
For more information, please contact: Euro Partners, Robin Becker, Public Relations, robecker @ europartners.com, Tel. +972-3-764-6200 ext. 2637
LONDON, October 31, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
Winning players at the weekly Super Satellite tournaments will play on
Titan Poker's behalf at the longest running live poker event in Europe.
Titanpoker.com, leader online poker room in Europe
[http://www.titanpoker.com ], has launched a series of poker satellite
tournaments to determine the players that will participate on its behalf at
the Irish Open 2012 poker tournament
[http://www.titanpoker.com/tournaments/irish-open/2012.html ] in Ireland.
Winning players at Titanpoker.com's weekly Super Satellite tournaments
will be awarded with EUR4,600 Prize Packages, including the EUR3,200 +
EUR300 buy-in to the Irish Open 2012 Main Event tournament, which will be
staged in Dublin starting April 6, 2012.
Titan Poker's winning players will be treated royally with five nights
of luxurious accommodation at the Burlington Hotel in Dublin, and will
receive EUR655 for flights and spending money.
To qualify for an Irish Open seat, online poker players are invited to
enter one of Titan Poker's many qualifier satellite tournaments, with
buy-ins starting as low as EUR0.33 + EUR0.03. The weekly Irish Open 2012
Super Satellite, staged every Sunday night, has a buy-in of EUR200 + EUR15.
The Irish Poker Open is the longest running No Limit Texas Hold'em poker
tournament in Europe. It is traditionally held over Easter weekend each year
in Dublin, a city renowned for a welcoming and friendly atmosphere.
Poker novices and veteran poker players alike are invited to try out the
free poker download [http://www.titanpoker.com/download.html ] at Titan
Poker and win their way to Europe's most exciting poker tournament.
About Titanpoker.com:
Titanpoker.com is the number one online poker room in Europe and part of
the iPoker [http://www.titanpoker.com/ipoker.html ] Network. Titan Poker's
software is developed and maintained by Playtech, a public company and
leading gaming software developer. With tens of thousands of online players
at peak hours, Titan Poker guarantees millions of dollars in monthly prizes,
features special sit 'n' go tournaments with progressive jackpots as high as
$300,000, and awards players with entries to major worldwide poker
tournaments [http://www.titanpoker.com/tournaments ]. The Titan Poker brand
is promoted exclusively by Euro Partners [http://www.europartners.com ].
Source: Titanpoker.com
For more information, please contact: Euro Partners, Robin Becker, Public Relations, robecker @ europartners.com, Tel. +972-3-764-6200 ext. 2637
Attivio Introduces AIE 3.0; Drives Breakthrough Results in Commercial, Government and Non-Profit Organizations
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 10:07:01 AM
Attivio Introduces AIE 3.0; Drives Breakthrough Results in Commercial, Government and Non-Profit Organizations
Unified information access platform with full SQL and ODBC connectivity seamlessly adds context from unstructured content to big data, business intelligence and analytics
NEWTON, Mass., Oct. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Responding to increasing demand for an advanced unified information access platform that complements and extends existing BI and big data technologies, providing access to diverse information, Attivio today announced its Active Intelligence Engine(TM) (AIE) 3.0. AIE is the industry's most powerful UIA platform for rethinking business challenges, reframing approaches and solving problems previously thought to be impossible.
Attivio's Active Intelligence Engine seamlessly unifies disparate content and data, so companies across a wide range of industries can address their most daunting "imagine-if" business challenges.
Examples of Attivio's organizational impact across multiple vertical industries include:
-- Helping a leading global bank mitigate risk and reduce exposure to fines
and penalties, reducing cash reserve requirements by $50 million
-- Working with a government agency and predictive analytics partner to
identify individuals who might be inclined toward high-risk behavior
-- Providing an institutional investment firm with a
multi-channel/multi-device application for accessing proprietary
research anytime, anywhere
-- Enabling analysts at a leading investment firm to quickly access the
company's entire research and time-series data library, identifying new
market correlations and lucrative investment opportunities
-- Powering a nationally recognized charity's donor dashboard, integrating
donation data, demographics, emails, and charity profile documents, to
identify level of engagement and specific charitable interests for
highly personalized donor communications with significantly increased
response
-- Cutting a life sciences research firm's time to market from 12 months to
just 3
-- Providing a full UIA platform for a global manufacturer with hundreds of
millions of documents, terabytes of data and more than 400,000 staff and
partners
Despite BI's advances, companies continue to struggle with responding quickly to a continuously evolving information landscape and the need for ease of information access business users require. Big data technologies address sheer volume, but not the variety, velocity and complexity now referred to as extreme information. Attivio AIE 3.0 gets to the heart of these problems by supporting the right information access method for every user in the enterprise - search queries and role-based dashboards for mainstream business users, existing BI investments for power users, and new applications that blur the lines between these worlds. AIE 3.0 delivers insight and access into the business activity that is most important to each user's particular function and corporate directive.
"Attivio AIE 3.0 takes unified information access to a more personalized level by supporting the right access method for every enterprise user. We are thrilled when we see our customers achieve results that improve financial performance, reduce overhead, drive new product innovations, and reduce time to market," said Sid Probstein, Attivio Chief Technology Officer. "AIE gives forward-thinking business managers the personalized and hands-on access they need to make quicker decisions and deliver meaningful value."
AIE 3.0 now offers the most accessible and standards-based approach to analytics of any UIA platform. Through its JDBC and newly announced ODBC drivers and full SQL support, AIE seamlessly integrates with virtually any BI tool. Customers can now leverage the powerful capabilities of tools like Tableau, MicroStrategy, QlikView, Jaspersoft, Cognos, Business Objects and many more - bringing the rich context of unstructured content to users of the most cutting-edge BI, visualization and analysis tools.
Attivio AIE 3.0 provides:
-- SQL via ODBC and JDBC to seamlessly add unstructured content and text
analytics to any existing BI infrastructure
-- Active Dashboard Tookit for rapid creation of unified discovery-enabled
analytic dashboards
-- Dynamic integration of sources like SharePoint, Documentum, Exchange,
etc.
-- Google-like searchability, as well as SQL-powered dashboards
-- Schema-less design that dramatically reduces the time to onboard new
sources
For a full list of Attivio AIE 3.0 features, please click here. To view a video demo of AIE 3.0, please click here.
"The challenges emerging from the growth of 'big data,' as well as business demand for more flexible, timely and well governed information in support of new use cases, is causing existing approaches to information infrastructure to break," according to Mark Beyer, Gartner Research VP. "Organizations that establish a road map toward a cohesive, application-independent and information source-independent set of information management technology capabilities are best positioned to support long-term enterprise information management (EIM) goals. Look for common ways to normalize and extract meaning from all types of content so that it can be exchanged across the organization."
"Achieving relevant and timely insight from disparate enterprise information can be a challenge using traditional stand-alone approaches such as BI, search tools and data analytics," said Fahim Siddiqui, Chief Product Officer, IntraLinks. "Attivio removes the obstacles to achieving this, allowing customers like IntraLinks to evolve our thinking on how to address information challenges. AIE 3.0 will help IntraLinks continue to deliver on our promise of providing fast, flexible and direct access to the right types of results that business users need."
About Attivio
On-demand insight is critical to the success of any business, but the information that decisions and processes depend on is created and stored in many formats - databases, spreadsheets, documents, emails, blogs and more. Attivio solves this long-standing problem of information isolation by integrating search, business intelligence and process automation capabilities to provide answers and intelligence - not just data. With Attivio's Active Intelligence Engine(TM) (AIE), users retrieve and analyze all types of content and data with simple, search-style queries and via reports and executive dashboards.
AIE's dynamic approach to unified information access (UIA) features rapid development, true incremental scalability and a small footprint that can be easily embedded in other products and applications. Business and IT leaders, system integrators and independent software vendors partner with Attivio to address today's global business imperatives - uncovering insights that drive innovation and reveal new opportunities, mitigating risk and containing cost. Please visit http://www.attivio.com for more information.
Attivio and Active Intelligence Engine are trademarks of Attivio, Inc. All other names are trademarks of their respective companies.
Media Contact:Steve BrownellHB Attivio@hbagency.com781-893-0053
Attivio Contact:MaryAnne SinvilleMaryanne@attivio.com857-226-5037
SOURCE Attivio
Attivio
Web Site: http://www.attivio.com
Unified information access platform with full SQL and ODBC connectivity seamlessly adds context from unstructured content to big data, business intelligence and analytics
NEWTON, Mass., Oct. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Responding to increasing demand for an advanced unified information access platform that complements and extends existing BI and big data technologies, providing access to diverse information, Attivio today announced its Active Intelligence Engine(TM) (AIE) 3.0. AIE is the industry's most powerful UIA platform for rethinking business challenges, reframing approaches and solving problems previously thought to be impossible.
Attivio's Active Intelligence Engine seamlessly unifies disparate content and data, so companies across a wide range of industries can address their most daunting "imagine-if" business challenges.
Examples of Attivio's organizational impact across multiple vertical industries include:
-- Helping a leading global bank mitigate risk and reduce exposure to fines
and penalties, reducing cash reserve requirements by $50 million
-- Working with a government agency and predictive analytics partner to
identify individuals who might be inclined toward high-risk behavior
-- Providing an institutional investment firm with a
multi-channel/multi-device application for accessing proprietary
research anytime, anywhere
-- Enabling analysts at a leading investment firm to quickly access the
company's entire research and time-series data library, identifying new
market correlations and lucrative investment opportunities
-- Powering a nationally recognized charity's donor dashboard, integrating
donation data, demographics, emails, and charity profile documents, to
identify level of engagement and specific charitable interests for
highly personalized donor communications with significantly increased
response
-- Cutting a life sciences research firm's time to market from 12 months to
just 3
-- Providing a full UIA platform for a global manufacturer with hundreds of
millions of documents, terabytes of data and more than 400,000 staff and
partners
Despite BI's advances, companies continue to struggle with responding quickly to a continuously evolving information landscape and the need for ease of information access business users require. Big data technologies address sheer volume, but not the variety, velocity and complexity now referred to as extreme information. Attivio AIE 3.0 gets to the heart of these problems by supporting the right information access method for every user in the enterprise - search queries and role-based dashboards for mainstream business users, existing BI investments for power users, and new applications that blur the lines between these worlds. AIE 3.0 delivers insight and access into the business activity that is most important to each user's particular function and corporate directive.
"Attivio AIE 3.0 takes unified information access to a more personalized level by supporting the right access method for every enterprise user. We are thrilled when we see our customers achieve results that improve financial performance, reduce overhead, drive new product innovations, and reduce time to market," said Sid Probstein, Attivio Chief Technology Officer. "AIE gives forward-thinking business managers the personalized and hands-on access they need to make quicker decisions and deliver meaningful value."
AIE 3.0 now offers the most accessible and standards-based approach to analytics of any UIA platform. Through its JDBC and newly announced ODBC drivers and full SQL support, AIE seamlessly integrates with virtually any BI tool. Customers can now leverage the powerful capabilities of tools like Tableau, MicroStrategy, QlikView, Jaspersoft, Cognos, Business Objects and many more - bringing the rich context of unstructured content to users of the most cutting-edge BI, visualization and analysis tools.
Attivio AIE 3.0 provides:
-- SQL via ODBC and JDBC to seamlessly add unstructured content and text
analytics to any existing BI infrastructure
-- Active Dashboard Tookit for rapid creation of unified discovery-enabled
analytic dashboards
-- Dynamic integration of sources like SharePoint, Documentum, Exchange,
etc.
-- Google-like searchability, as well as SQL-powered dashboards
-- Schema-less design that dramatically reduces the time to onboard new
sources
For a full list of Attivio AIE 3.0 features, please click here. To view a video demo of AIE 3.0, please click here.
"The challenges emerging from the growth of 'big data,' as well as business demand for more flexible, timely and well governed information in support of new use cases, is causing existing approaches to information infrastructure to break," according to Mark Beyer, Gartner Research VP. "Organizations that establish a road map toward a cohesive, application-independent and information source-independent set of information management technology capabilities are best positioned to support long-term enterprise information management (EIM) goals. Look for common ways to normalize and extract meaning from all types of content so that it can be exchanged across the organization."
"Achieving relevant and timely insight from disparate enterprise information can be a challenge using traditional stand-alone approaches such as BI, search tools and data analytics," said Fahim Siddiqui, Chief Product Officer, IntraLinks. "Attivio removes the obstacles to achieving this, allowing customers like IntraLinks to evolve our thinking on how to address information challenges. AIE 3.0 will help IntraLinks continue to deliver on our promise of providing fast, flexible and direct access to the right types of results that business users need."
About Attivio
On-demand insight is critical to the success of any business, but the information that decisions and processes depend on is created and stored in many formats - databases, spreadsheets, documents, emails, blogs and more. Attivio solves this long-standing problem of information isolation by integrating search, business intelligence and process automation capabilities to provide answers and intelligence - not just data. With Attivio's Active Intelligence Engine(TM) (AIE), users retrieve and analyze all types of content and data with simple, search-style queries and via reports and executive dashboards.
AIE's dynamic approach to unified information access (UIA) features rapid development, true incremental scalability and a small footprint that can be easily embedded in other products and applications. Business and IT leaders, system integrators and independent software vendors partner with Attivio to address today's global business imperatives - uncovering insights that drive innovation and reveal new opportunities, mitigating risk and containing cost. Please visit http://www.attivio.com for more information.
Attivio and Active Intelligence Engine are trademarks of Attivio, Inc. All other names are trademarks of their respective companies.
Media Contact:Steve BrownellHB Attivio@hbagency.com781-893-0053
Attivio Contact:MaryAnne SinvilleMaryanne@attivio.com857-226-5037
SOURCE Attivio
Attivio
Web Site: http://www.attivio.com
LG Electronics Improves Patient Experience with 42-inch Hospital-grade HDTV
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Posted on October 31, 2011 at 10:07:01 AM
LG Electronics Improves Patient Experience with 42-inch Hospital-grade HDTV
Largest Screen Size in Industry for Hospital Patient Rooms
LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill., Oct. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- LG Electronics, the long-time leader in the hospital TV market, is further improving the in-patient experience with the introduction of a new 42-inch class (42.0 inches measured diagonally) hospital-grade HDTV, the industry's largest screen size for patient rooms. LG's 42LD6DDH LCD hospital TV will allow for larger-sized text and on-screen menus to better educate and entertain patients. The new display will begin shipments in November 2011.
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"LG's new 42-inch class health-care HDTV will provide hospitals with a large format display solution for patients who read and navigate on-screen menus and text from near their hospital bed, which can be anywhere from 12 to 15 feet from the footwall-mounted TV," said Ron Snaidauf, vice president, Commercial Displays, LG Electronics USA. "A screen this large allows patients to read text and navigate menus easier than before. It will significantly improve the overall in-patient experience."
LG's advanced setup options allow for establishing a default start channel and volume level as well as minimum and maximum audio levels for a positive, comfortable experience in semi-private patient rooms. The 42LD6DDH boasts a wide viewing angle to offer patients, family and visitors a detailed, clear picture from virtually anywhere in the room.
Committed to energy efficiency, LG built the 42LD6DDH with "EcoSmart" technology which can reduce power consumption in various ways that lead to cost savings for hospitals. LG's Dynamic Power Savings technology will automatically reduce the power consumption based on varying brightness of video programming. Hospitals can also set a static backlighting value, which can reduce power consumption to increase energy savings overall. LG's Power Management feature enables the 42LD6DDH to auto-power off if there has been no interaction for a pre-selected period of time.
Snaidauf explained that the 42LD6DDH comes equipped with LG's innovative Pro:Idiom digital rights management (DRM) system for delivery of premium HDTV content to commercial displays from cable, satellite and video-on-demand services. The de facto industry DRM standard, Pro:Idiom provides a simple, easy-to-use user experience while still offering high-quality security and content delivery capabilities for providers.
LG expanded its support of Pillow Speaker compatibility to support multiple codes to offer hospitals a wide range of compatibility with existing nurse-call systems. The television is compliant with UL 60065 Annex Q safety requirements; FCC Part 15 Class-B, ICES-003; RoHS; and CEC (California Energy Commission) standards. It also includes key features such as USB Cloning capabilities, MPI interface port and LG's two-year limited warranty.
For more information on the 42LD6DDH hospital patient room TV, please visit http://www.lgsolutions.com/solutions/healthcare.
About LG Electronics USA Commercial Displays
The LG Electronics USA Commercial Display division serves customers in the lodging and hospitality, digital signage, systems integration, healthcare, education, government and industrial markets. Based in Lincolnshire, Ill., with its dedicated engineering and customer support team, LG Electronics USA Commercial Displays delivers business-to-business technology solutions tailored to the particular needs of business environments. LG Electronics USA, Inc., based in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., is the North American subsidiary of LG Electronics, Inc., a $48 billion global force in consumer electronics, home appliances and mobile communications. For more information, please visit http://www.LG.com and http://www.LGSolutions.com.
Designs, features and specifications subject to change without notice.
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CONTACT: John I. Taylor, +1-847-941-8181, john.taylor@lge.com, or Cathleen Cronin, +1-908-334-3209, cathleen.cronin@lg-one.com
Web Site: http://www.lg.com
Largest Screen Size in Industry for Hospital Patient Rooms
LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill., Oct. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- LG Electronics, the long-time leader in the hospital TV market, is further improving the in-patient experience with the introduction of a new 42-inch class (42.0 inches measured diagonally) hospital-grade HDTV, the industry's largest screen size for patient rooms. LG's 42LD6DDH LCD hospital TV will allow for larger-sized text and on-screen menus to better educate and entertain patients. The new display will begin shipments in November 2011.
(Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111031/CG96420)
(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110203/CG42292LOGO-d)
"LG's new 42-inch class health-care HDTV will provide hospitals with a large format display solution for patients who read and navigate on-screen menus and text from near their hospital bed, which can be anywhere from 12 to 15 feet from the footwall-mounted TV," said Ron Snaidauf, vice president, Commercial Displays, LG Electronics USA. "A screen this large allows patients to read text and navigate menus easier than before. It will significantly improve the overall in-patient experience."
LG's advanced setup options allow for establishing a default start channel and volume level as well as minimum and maximum audio levels for a positive, comfortable experience in semi-private patient rooms. The 42LD6DDH boasts a wide viewing angle to offer patients, family and visitors a detailed, clear picture from virtually anywhere in the room.
Committed to energy efficiency, LG built the 42LD6DDH with "EcoSmart" technology which can reduce power consumption in various ways that lead to cost savings for hospitals. LG's Dynamic Power Savings technology will automatically reduce the power consumption based on varying brightness of video programming. Hospitals can also set a static backlighting value, which can reduce power consumption to increase energy savings overall. LG's Power Management feature enables the 42LD6DDH to auto-power off if there has been no interaction for a pre-selected period of time.
Snaidauf explained that the 42LD6DDH comes equipped with LG's innovative Pro:Idiom digital rights management (DRM) system for delivery of premium HDTV content to commercial displays from cable, satellite and video-on-demand services. The de facto industry DRM standard, Pro:Idiom provides a simple, easy-to-use user experience while still offering high-quality security and content delivery capabilities for providers.
LG expanded its support of Pillow Speaker compatibility to support multiple codes to offer hospitals a wide range of compatibility with existing nurse-call systems. The television is compliant with UL 60065 Annex Q safety requirements; FCC Part 15 Class-B, ICES-003; RoHS; and CEC (California Energy Commission) standards. It also includes key features such as USB Cloning capabilities, MPI interface port and LG's two-year limited warranty.
For more information on the 42LD6DDH hospital patient room TV, please visit http://www.lgsolutions.com/solutions/healthcare.
About LG Electronics USA Commercial Displays
The LG Electronics USA Commercial Display division serves customers in the lodging and hospitality, digital signage, systems integration, healthcare, education, government and industrial markets. Based in Lincolnshire, Ill., with its dedicated engineering and customer support team, LG Electronics USA Commercial Displays delivers business-to-business technology solutions tailored to the particular needs of business environments. LG Electronics USA, Inc., based in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., is the North American subsidiary of LG Electronics, Inc., a $48 billion global force in consumer electronics, home appliances and mobile communications. For more information, please visit http://www.LG.com and http://www.LGSolutions.com.
Designs, features and specifications subject to change without notice.
SOURCE LG Electronics USA
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LG Electronics USA
CONTACT: John I. Taylor, +1-847-941-8181, john.taylor@lge.com, or Cathleen Cronin, +1-908-334-3209, cathleen.cronin@lg-one.com
Web Site: http://www.lg.com