CENTRI Technology Drives Smarter Mobile Networks with its New Connected Experience Platform
Only Comprehensive Solution That Retains Full Visibility to the Data Stream Across Mobile, Wi-Fi and Broadband
SEATTLE, Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- CENTRI Technology, a leading mobile network management and optimization solutions provider, today announced the availability of its Connected Experience Platform (CXP) for mobile operators. CXP enables operators to optimize and secure their data network, apply parental and corporate policies, as well as monetize new premium services for their subscribers. The platform is the market's first end-to-end mobile network management and optimization solution.
"With the incredible growth of data traffic, it is becoming increasingly important for operators to have an arsenal of tools to optimize their networks and help customers manage their usage," said Mark Lowenstein, managing director of Mobile Ecosystem. "CENTRI's end-to-end solution provides operators with full visibility across the data stream, with detailed reporting and analytics to tailor the user experience across any network and any connected device, which is critical in solving issues such as BYOD policy, monetization and optimization."
The Connected Experience Platform is comprised of three core product suites - including BitSmart CX, Premium CX and Insights CX - focused on driving network efficiency, management and monetization of new services, and real-time reporting and analytics, respectively. CENTRI's CXP also utilizes an intuitive cloud-based portal, CX Manager, which allows enterprise administrators and mobile service providers to apply policies and premium services, as well as manage bandwidth controls to the network and to specific devices.
Unique features of the platform consist of the following:
BitSmart CX:
-- SmartStream (QoS Framework): drives network efficiency by managing and
prioritizing bandwidth across the networks, as well as proactively
offloading network-intensive activities to available Wi-Fi networks.
-- End-to-End Data Protection: delivers advanced encryption technology and
security-based policies to minimize the fear of unwanted content or
malware attacks on the device.
-- Data Optimization: provides unmatched end-to-end network data efficiency
through advanced patented-compression of all network traffic, which can
significantly improve the user experience.
Premium CX:
-- Tailored User Experience: generates new operator revenues by providing
flexible usage plans based on their subscribers' needs, reducing churn
and increasing customer satisfaction.
-- Consumer and Enterprise Controls: sets always-on and always-active
parental and corporate controls to enforce Web protection for minors and
policies for employees.
-- Any Connected Device on Any Network: retains settings and policies
across all connected devices and networks.
Insights CX:
-- Full Data Visibility: delivers business intelligence to operators about
what content and services are being accessed across the network for both
BitSmart CX and Premium CX.
-- Real-Time Tracking: tracks data usage, performance, optimization and
malware for any device connected through any network.
"The increasing adoption of smartphones and tablets in the marketplace is indicative of consumers' and business professionals' growing reliance on mobile devices. As a result, mobile data is expected to continue its rapid growth as consumers are using connected devices for a variety of tasks and across a variety of networks," said Vaughan Emery, president and CEO of CENTRI Technology. "While this increased usage is positive for the wireless industry, it does not come without challenges in the form of security, monetization of services, network capacity and more. Our new Connected Experience Platform solves these issues by allowing operators to more efficiently manage their network resources, and tailor the end-user experience via a set of platform features capable of delivering more options for monetizing their networks."
To request a demo or receive more information about the Connected Experience Platform (CXP), please contact info@centritechnology.com.
About CENTRI Technology
CENTRI Technology provides intelligent mobile network management and optimization solutions. Through its Connected Experience Platform (CXP), CENTRI enables operators to securely manage and apply advanced premium services to the network. CENTRI delivers the only end-to-end solution to retain full visibility across the data stream giving operators detailed reporting and analytics to tailor the user experience on any connected device. For more information, please visit http://www.centritechnology.com.
XanEdu Announces 2.8 Version of Award-winning iPad App
Improvements Simplify and Enhance the Student Learning Experience
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- XanEdu, the leading innovator of custom course materials and textbooks, announces the release of its XanEdu iPad App version 2.8. The new version offers higher education students even greater time-saving functionality as it improves efficiency and engagement with professor-selected content. Available for free download at the iTunes App Store, its new features include:
-- Ability to add notes and highlights to images
-- Welcome tour for quick start
-- Navigation improvements to help students better identify which article
they are viewing in the Table of Contents, and where search terms appear
within their course materials.
Previous enhancements included:
-- Dropbox support for PDF export
-- Page number viewing
-- Underlining text capability
-- Ability to rearrange custom books or course packs in the library
-- Two- and three-finger swipe support.
"Our goal is to make students more efficient using digital technology that is intuitive and works with their study habits," says Nicole Pinard, Senior Vice President, XanEdu Publishing, Inc. "We're taking the complexity out of personalized content by supporting professors' desire to integrate publisher-neutral content such as journal articles, textbook chapters, video, cases, and more into a single, easy-to-use platform for students. It's a win-win for everyone - content chosen by professors in a digital form preferred by students. And, that's just the beginning... we are now piloting enhancements for professors."
The XanEdu iPad app is part of the XanEdu Folio-X digital learning platform.
About XanEdu
XanEdu is helping institutions change the course of learning and instruction with innovative solutions for creating, delivering and managing course materials. We help educators and learners save money, improve efficiency, collaborate, engage more with content and improve learning outcomes. XanEdu course materials, including CoursePacks, textbooks and lab manuals, are 100 percent copyright compliant and accessible on iPad and Android tablets. Visit http://www.xanedu.com.
Napatech Debuts Mobile Analytics Features at Mobile World Congress
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Napatech, the global leader in intelligent network adapters, today provided details on their exhibition at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, February 25 - 28. Napatech will debut tunneling protocol and onboard PTP support, as well as demonstrate 100G throughput and the DeepFlow Telecom probe with its partner, Qosmos. These features and demos will showcase how the power of Napatech adapters can address the monitoring and analysis needs of the telecom industry.
The proliferation of smart mobile devices has led to increasing speeds and exponential growth in data traffic. Carriers must react quickly and adapt effectively in order to assure service performance for their customers. As Ethernet and IP networks are highly dynamic, telecom equipment vendors need scalable solutions that can monitor and analyze high-speed mobile networks in real-time.
Napatech will debut two new features that will address these issues. New tunneling protocol support extracts information from GTP and IP-in-IP tunnels to allow efficient analysis of applications and services used on mobile networks. Napatech adapters perform flow identification and intelligent distribution to multiple server CPU cores based on the contents of the tunnels, rather than on the tunnel itself. This enables Napatech telecom equipment vendors and their customers to accelerate their mobile data analysis application. Napatech's existing features can also identify and distribute IP fragments that often result when tunneling in mobile networks.
Napatech will also debut onboard PTP support on 1G and 10G adapters, which have the advantage of being able to plug directly into the PTP network. These highly anticipated products make time synchronization implementation easier for OEM venders and end-users. The nanosecond precision time-stamping capabilities can precisely measure jitter and delay in mobile networks.
"Tunneling and onboard PTP support are powerful features for telecom equipment vendors who need to build mobile network monitoring products," stated Erik Norup, President and CMO, Napatech. "With these new features, we can off-load and accelerate data analysis, allowing our customers to focus on optimizing the processing resources in their standard servers. This is critical to carriers providing superior service at an affordable cost."
These new features will be revealed at Napatech's exhibition booth with several demos. One will present 100G throughput with zero packet loss using Napatech adapters in a Dell PowerEdge R720. A joint demo with vendor Qosmos will demonstrate how a high performance Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) analysis solution can be provided using a standard server, Napatech adapters and Qosmos software.
Visit Napatech at the Mobile World Congress in Hall 6, Booth 6G82 in Barcelona, Spain, February 25 - 28.
About Napatech
Napatech is the leading OEM supplier of 40 GbE, 10 GbE and 1 GbE intelligent adapters for real-time network analysis with over 100,000 Ethernet ports deployed. Napatech network adapters provide real-time packet capture and transmission with full line-rate throughput and zero packet loss no matter the packet size. Intelligent features enable off-load of data traffic processing and packet analysis normally performed in the CPU. This results in more processing power for the network monitoring, analysis, management, test, measurement, security or optimization application being supported. Napatech has sales, marketing and R&D offices in Mountain View (CA), Andover (MA), Washington D.C., Tokyo (Japan), Seoul (South Korea), Sao Paulo (Brazil) and Copenhagen (Denmark).
LINE Adds New Dimension to its Messaging Platform with LINE Play
Custom Avatars and Unique Virtual Environments Enable Users to Be More Creative with their Communications
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- LINE, the world's leading mobile messaging platform with social network service, today announced the global launch of LINE Play, an avatar creator and suite of virtual environments that users can customize and use to communicate creatively with their family and friends.
LINE Play avatars can be created in a variety of ways. Customers can use their own headshot to create an avatar that closely resembles them, or select from a wide range of eyes, noses, and mouths offered through LINE Play that can be combined to create an entirely different look. Avatars can then join the LINE Play virtual world where they can use LINE Play's new Action Stickers that enable avatars to become more animated and lifelike.
LINE Play also enables users to decorate their avatar characters and virtual environments with more than 2,000 fashion and interior items. Users can purchase these by using LINE Play's virtual currency, which can be earned by performing various tasks such as eating, taking baths, sleeping and watering the plants in both your friends' rooms as well as your own. LINE Play also features seasonal themes such as Christmas and Valentine's Day, among others. LINE Play includes tight privacy controls that enable the user to choose whether or not to allow avatars who are not friends to visit their rooms.
"LINE Play is a great example of how we're offering our customers a greater degree of interaction," Says Jeanie Han, LINE US CEO. "Through messaging, voice calling, stickers and the camera, our customers can interact with their friends and families in a number of ways. We're taking digital communications beyond words on a screen and leveraging more emotional drivers to make communications more meaningful and fun."
About LINE
LINE is a smartphone app which allows users to enjoy free calls and messages to one another, both nationally and internationally, regardless of which mobile network provider they are using. Launched in June 2011 by NHN, LINE has more than 100 million users worldwide. It has also been ranked no. 1 in 41 countries in the free app category including Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, Macau, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Jordan, Israel, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Cambodia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus and Latvia. LINE carries various unique features such as 'instant translation service,' 'Official Accounts' that enable users to interact with famous public figures, 'Timeline and Home' to share recent updates with friends, 'Shake it,' a fun way of exchanging ids and many 'Emoji/Stickers/Emoticons.'
About NHN Corporation
NHN Corporation is Korea's premier Internet company, operating the nation's top search portal, Naver (http://www.naver.com) the leading online game portal, Hangame (http://www.hangame.com) the nation's largest children's portal, Jr. Naver (jr.naver.com), Korea's first online donation portal, Happybean (happybean.naver.com) and microblog service Me2DAY (http://me2day.net/). Starting from the two business pillars of search and games, NHN has rolled out a wide range of innovative and convenient online services that enable people to enjoy their lives. NHN outgrew the confines of the national borders. Not only did we build a good reputation in Japan but it also set up NHN USA, forging toward becoming a world-class internet company. The key mission is to connect users with the best quality services. For more information:http://www.nhncorp.com/nhnen/index.nhn.
Dimension Data Announces Managed Services For Microsoft Lync
New service delivers comprehensive operational management of Lync unified communications infrastructure
NEW YORK, Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Dimension Data, the $5.8 billion global IT services and solutions provider, announced that it is extending its existing managed services portfolio for Unified Communications, to include managed services for Microsoft® Lync in response to increasing adoption of the Lync platform and client demand to manage the infrastructure. In addition to Lync application support - available for both Lync 2010 and 2013 environments - the service also includes hardware support and maintenance, patch notifications, service management and administration.
"With compelling enhancements, such as improved enterprise architecture and voice, HD video conferencing, and Skype federation, expected for Lync 2013, demand for Lync is set to grow within our client base," said Peter Menadue, Dimension Data's general manager for Microsoft Solutions. "In fact, we have already received great interest in the platform. Dimension Data has tremendous experience as a managed services provider, and we found more and more clients asking us to support and manage their Lync infrastructure. This service complements our existing Cloud Services for Lync, Managed Services for IPT and Managed Services for Visual Communications offerings."
For organizations today, Lync is becoming a critical part of their unified communications and collaboration environments, with users managing the breadth of internal and external communications on the platform. As such, they are realizing it is critical to ensure business continuity of their Lync investments. The complexities of managing a Lync environment can be daunting because there are diverse components requiring multi-vendor management. This new service helps organizations to ensure their environments are up and running and optimized so they can focus their energies on maximizing how they utilize, rather than manage Lync.
Giovanni Mezgac, Microsoft general manager for Lync said, "Dimension Data has a long and successful track record architecting and deploying solutions for Microsoft Lync. The addition of Managed Services for Microsoft Lync alongside their licensing, support and cloud services for Lync helps ensure organizations have end-to-end professional care of their Lync environment. Dimension Data's expanding portfolio for Lync is great news for our customers."
Dimension Data offers a modular approach, allowing organizations to package the management of their Lync platform to suit their needs. This adds value to those that already have a Lync platform in place, as well as those migrating away from legacy systems.
Managed Services for Microsoft Lync are available today in the U.S. and UK and will be rolled out to additional countries during the calendar year. Also available in the U.S., UK, Belgium and Australia is Dimension Data's support offering Uptime for Microsoft Lync. Uptime for Lync will also be extended to additional countries throughout the calendar year. Both offerings leverage Microsoft's Premier Support for Lync Partners.
Dimension Data will be onsite at booth #12 during the 2013 Microsoft Lync conference taking place February 19-21. At this year's conference, Dimension Data's unified communications expert, Anthony Vitnell will present, "The Keys to Lync 2013 Voice Deployment Success," touching on topics like disaster recovery and availability scenarios, telephony integration requirements, and network planning and sizing. For more information, please visit: Dimension Data Microsoft Lync Conference Session Details.
About Dimension Data
Founded in 1983, Dimension Data plc is an ICT services and solutions provider that uses its technology expertise, global service delivery capability, and entrepreneurial spirit to accelerate the business ambitions of its clients. Dimension Data is a member of the NTT Group. Visit us at http://www.dimensiondata.com/na and http://www.facebook.com/DimensionDataAmericas or follow us on Twitter: @DimensionDataAM.
For further information
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Dimension Data Americas Davies Murphy Group
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LSI Introduces Axxia® 5500 Communication Processors with ARM Technology for High-Performance, Power-Efficient Networks
LSI scalable architecture with ARM multicore processors and interconnect to improve multi-radio base station and 4G/LTE-capable wireless network performance
SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- LSI Corporation (NASDAQ: LSI) today introduced its Axxia(®) 5500 product family of communication processors designed to accelerate performance and increase power efficiency for multi-radio base stations and 4G/LTE-capable wireless networks. The LSI(®) Axxia 5500 product family is first to combine 16 ARM cores with LSI specialized networking accelerators to optimize performance and power efficiency. The Axxia 5500 product family allows networking service providers enhanced intelligent wireless capabilities through base stations, cell site routers, gateways and mobile backhaul equipment.
-- Reliable, deterministic performance to contend with the massive data
deluge driven by smartphones, tablets and cloud-based services
-- Increased power efficiency that enables OEMs to widely deploy
high-performance macro and small cell base station solutions
-- Lower capital expenditure costs and optimized system design due to
integration of networking acceleration functions including up to 50Gb/s
packet processing, 20Gb/s security processing and 160Gbps of Ethernet
switching via 16 10Gb Ethernet interfaces
"Mobile broadband growth is outpacing infrastructure capability, and service providers need solutions that will meet traffic performance needs while also minimizing cost and power consumption," said Jim Anderson, senior vice president and general manager, Networking Solutions Group, LSI. "The Axxia 5500 product family addresses these needs with an exciting and very flexible architecture that delivers exceptionally high performance without sacrificing power efficiency."
The Axxia 5500 product family will include a range of communication processors with different core counts and throughput capabilities and are the first in the industry to deliver 16 ARM Cortex(TM)-A15 cores using ARM's CoreLink(TM) CCN-504 low-latency interconnect in 28nm process technology. The combination of LSI's networking expertise, specialized acceleration engines and Virtual Pipeline(TM) technology with ARM's power-efficient processors and interconnect IP delivers communication processors that are uniquely suited for building intelligent, heterogeneous networks.
"The combination of ARM's leading coherent interconnect, energy-efficient multicore processor technology and advanced physical IP in the LSI Axxia 5500 series delivers significant gains in performance density. This will enable highly efficient systems with new levels of software flexibility and scalability for heterogeneous networks," said Ian Ferguson, vice president of Segment Marketing, ARM. "LSI and ARM enjoy a strong relationship, and we are working to meet the needs of customers who are focusing on building next-generation network infrastructure."
LSI provides a comprehensive tool suite and production-quality wireless application enablement software. LSI's optimized, high-performance layer two through four software packages provide a complete wireless transport solution for networking OEMs, eliminating the need to invest in data plane software development. The LSI Axxia platform is ideal for OEMs to meet accelerated time-to-market goals and efficiently leverage their development resources for emerging heterogeneous network architectures.
"Growing users of smartphones, laptops and tablets are driving the need for more capacity and use of advanced mobile networks including 4G/LTE," said Joseph Byrne, senior analyst for The Linley Group. "The Axxia 5500 communication processor family, with its scalable architecture that combines LSI's proven accelerators, high-capacity Ethernet switching, and ARM processor and interconnect technologies, will help enable networking equipment OEMs to design next-generation equipment that can meet the demands of mobile networks."
LSI will showcase its portfolio of networking acceleration solutions at Hall 6 - Stand 6B60 at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, February 25-28.
About LSI
LSI Corporation (NASDAQ: LSI) designs semiconductors and software that accelerate storage and networking in datacenters, mobile networks and client computing. Our technology is the intelligence critical to enhanced application performance, and is applied in solutions created in collaboration with our partners. More information is available at http://www.lsi.com. Connect with LSI via Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
LSI, the LSI & Design logo, the Storage.Networking.Accelerated. tagline, Axxia and Virtual Pipeline are trademarks or registered trademarks of LSI Corporation.
All other brand or product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
Windows Remote Desktop for Google Chrome, in a Packaged RDP App from 2X Software
Positive Response to the Launch of 2X Software's Client for RDP / Remote Desktop, the First HTML5 Packaged Chrome App
DALLAS, Texas, February 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
Back by popular demand, 2X Software, a global leader in virtual desktop and
application delivery solutions, is proud to announce a positive response to the launch of
their free 2X Client for RDP / Remote Desktop packaged application for Google Chrome.
The 2X Client for RDP / Remote Desktop is specifically designed for Chrome, making it
compatible across different platforms such as Windows, Mac OS, Linux and Chrome OS. The 2X
Client for Chrome [http://www.2x.com/rdp-client/chrome ] provides a direct connection
without using a public gateway, making your computing experience secure and private. It's
the first fully installable, packaged Chrome application allowing RDP connections.
About 2X Client for RDP / Remote Desktop
The 2X Client for Chrome [http://www.2x.com/rdp-client/chrome ] provides users with
simple and secure remote access to your Microsoft Windows desktop using RDP (Remote
Desktop Protocol) whenever you want, wherever you are.
Key features include:
- Cross platform supported (Windows, Linux, MAC OS and Chrome OS)
- Provides secure direct RDP connection without using a public gateway, making
your computing experience secure and private
- Fully installable, self contained Chrome application
- Supports Google Chrome 24 onwards
- Unlimited connections running concurrently
- Offline mode functional even when an internet connection is unavailable
- Saves user settings to the Google Cloud for syncing across multiple systems
- Fully developed with JavaScript and HTML5 technologies
- Windows 2012 and Windows 8 compatible
2X Software is a global leader in virtual desktop and application delivery, remote
access and cloud computing solutions. Thousands of enterprises worldwide trust in the
reliability and scalability of 2X products [http://www.2x.com/products ]. 2X offers a
range of solutions to make every company's shift to cloud computing simple and affordable.
For additional information, visit http://www.2x.com or contact Charlie Williams by
email cw@2x.com, phone +356-2258-3800.
New podcast discusses the progress of the hopTo beta program and discusses market positioning and strategy for hopTo
CAMPBELL, Calif., Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- (OTCQB: GOJO) GraphOn Corporation today announced that a new podcast has been posted to the company's investor relations website.
In the podcast, President and Chief Executive Officer Eldad Eilam discusses the progress of the hopTo beta program, and reiterates the company's strategic direction and current market positioning for hopTo's new mobile software application expected to launch in Q2 of 2013. The podcast also provides an update on the company's intellectual property activities.
hopTo Inc., is a remote desktop solution offering a new kind of user-experience for interacting with and editing your documents with a simple touch, swipe or pinch. hopTo is based on and protected by a wide array of proprietary technology, including many issued and applied-for patents. hopTo will be marketed through the newly established, wholly-owned GraphOn(TM) subsidiary hopTo Inc. Those wishing to receive updates on hopTo developments, please visit http://www.hopTo.com.
About GraphOn Corporation
Founded in 1996, GraphOn Corporation is a publicly traded company headquartered in Campbell, California. The company is an innovator of cost-effective, advanced solutions that help customers retrieve applications from anywhere.
This press release contains statements that are forward looking as that term is defined by the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on management's current expectations and are subject to a number of uncertainties and risks that could cause actual results to differ significantly from those described in the forward looking statements. Factors that may cause such a difference include the following: the success of our new products depends on a number of factors including market acceptance and our ability to manage the risks associated with new product introduction and developing and marketing new versions of the product; our revenue could be adversely impacted if any of our significant customers reduces its order levels or fails to order during a reporting period; and other factors, including those set forth under Item 1A, "Risk Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012, and in other documents we have filed with the SEC.
GraphOn is a registered trademark of GraphOn Corp. hopTo is a trademark of hopTo Inc. All other trademarks belong to their respective owners.
Media Contact: Carrie Smith, hopTo Inc., 408.688.2674 x5073, press@hopto.com
Marvell Announces Industry's Most Advanced Single-chip Quad-core World Phone Processor to Power High-performance, Smartphones and Tablets with Worldwide Automatic Roaming on 3G Networks
Expecting commercial device production in 2013
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Marvell (Nasdaq: MRVL) today announced the Marvell(® )PXA1088, a highly integrated quad-core application and communications mobile System-on-Chip (SoC) that provides high performance, low-power mobile computing; support for all global broadband standards, enabling seamless global roaming; and the latest wireless connectivity technology. Marvell's PXA1088 is the industry's most advanced single-chip solution to feature a quad-core processor with support for 3G field-proven cellular modems including High Speed Packet Access Plus (HSPA+), Time division High Speed Packet Access Plus (TD-HSPA+) and Enhanced Data for GSM Environment (EDGE).
"Marvell is proud to deliver our single-chip quad-core world-mode mobile platform. This is a testament of our great technology innovation capabilities and engineering prowess to bring our unified platform from dual-core to quad-core to the smart device marketplace with multi-mode capabilities and automatic roaming on 3G networks around the world. We're very excited that global OEM/ODM partners have embraced and committed to this platform," said Weili Dai, Co-Founder of Marvell. "I believe our industry leading single-chip platform will drive mass market adoption of high-quality, high-performance, very affordable smartphone and tablet solutions worldwide to enrich people's connected lifestyle."
The Marvell PXA1088 solution incorporates the performance of a quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 with Marvell's mature and proven WCDMA and TD-SCDMA modem technology to provide a low-cost 3G platform for both smartphones and tablets. The advanced application processor technology of the PXA1088 enables a breakthrough end user experience for multimedia and gaming applications with universal connectivity. Marvell's complete mobile platform solution includes the Avastar® 88W8777 WLAN + Bluetooth 4.0 + FM single-chip SoC and the L2000 GNSS Hybrid Location Processor, and an integrated power management and audio codec IC.
Marvell's PXA1088 is backward pin-to-pin compatible with its dual-core single-chip Unified 3G Platform, the PXA988/PXA986, enabling device partners to upgrade their next-generation mobile devices to quad-core without additional design cost.
Marvell will showcase the PXA1088 alongside a range of mobile devices powering the Connected Lifestyle at booth 6C44 (in Hall 6) at Mobile World Congress, February 25-28, at the Fira Gran Via in Barcelona.
Additional PXA1088 Features:
-- Support for advanced WCDMA Release 7, TD-SCDMA HSPA+ Release 8, and
class 12 EDGE
-- 3G protocol stack certified on all major carrier networks and validated
via extensive IOT, GCF and field trail testing
-- Support for popular full-feature operating systems and industry-standard
development tools
-- Multi-radio platform capabilities with WLAN/Bluetooth solutions
-- Integrated power management and audio Codec IC
-- High-performance graphics engine for OpenGL ES 2.0 and 1.1, as well as
OpenVG 1.1
-- Hardware 1080p decoder and 1080p encoder
-- 12mm x 12mm JEDEC standard package-on-package stacked memory option or
discrete package option
-- Supports the latest Android OS
Currently, the PXA1088 platform is sampling with leading global customers. Products based on this platform are expected to be commercially available in 2013.
About Marvell
Marvell (NASDAQ: MRVL) is a global leader in providing complete silicon solutions enabling the digital connected lifestyle. From mobile communications to storage, cloud infrastructure, digital entertainment and in-home content delivery, Marvell's diverse product portfolio aligns complete platform designs with industry-leading performance, security, reliability and efficiency. At the core of the world's most powerful consumer, network and enterprise systems, Marvell empowers partners and their customers to always stand at the forefront of innovation, performance and mass appeal. By providing people around the world with mobility and ease of access to services adding value to their social, private and work lives, Marvell is committed to enhancing the human experience.
As used in this release, the term "Marvell" refers to Marvell Technology Group Ltd. and its subsidiaries. For more information, please visit http://www.Marvell.com.
Marvell and the M logo are registered trademarks of Marvell and/or its affiliates. Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.
Company Acquires Altior Inc. to Provide Additional Growth in Data Compression
FREMONT, Calif., Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Exar Corporation (Nasdaq: EXAR), a leading provider of high performance analog mixed-signal products and data management solutions, today announced that it will acquire the assets of Altior Inc., a privately held company in Eatontown, New Jersey.
The transaction, expected to close on March 22, 2013, includes $5.0 million in initial consideration to be paid in a combination of cash and stock and a three-year earn-out against net revenue contributed by Altior. The impact to the Company's guidance for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2013 is expected to be immaterial.
Altior Inc. designs, develops and markets hardware and software compression solutions for use in big data applications. The company provides FPGA based PCIe cards and compression software that is transparent to the application and enables compression through a plug-and-play lightweight layered file system in the Linux kernel and POSIX compliant File Systems. The Altior AltraFlex family of products with CeDeFS software solution requires minimal integration and enables real-time Hadoop compression and remote replication with hardware acceleration. Storage requirements on each Data Node in a Hadoop Cluster can be reduced by as much as 50%, significantly reducing the Cluster total cost of ownership without impacting Data Analytics performance.
"Altior brings new customers and new use cases to the leading position Exar has established in data compression. The success of our data compression business is evident in the growth and profitability we have generated in the first three quarters of fiscal year 2013. Our strength in database compression with the DX1845 series compression cards will be complemented by the addition of Altior's layered file system translation and plug-and-play operation. The AltraFlex cards and CeDeFS software will expand our opportunity in big data and is expected to increase our penetration and growth in this vibrant market," commented Exar President and CEO Louis DiNardo. "The competency of the Altior team, especially in the area of system software, coupled with the hardware and software competency that we have demonstrated will enhance Exar's position as a leader in data management solutions," concluded Mr. DiNardo.
Ramana Jampala, CEO of Altior noted, "Exar has built a strong position and a growth business in big data management. Our CeDeFS technology enables compression integration into current applications seamlessly. The solution, when combined with the state-of-the-art Exar hardware compression acceleration, will reduce the disk space, storage I/O barrier, power consumption and overall system cost significantly," remarked Mr. Jampala.
About Exar
Exar Corporation designs, develops and markets high performance, analog mixed-signal integrated circuits and advanced sub-system solutions for the Networking & Storage, Industrial & Embedded Systems, and Communications Infrastructure markets. Exar's product portfolio includes power management and connectivity components, communications products, and network security and storage optimization solutions. Exar has locations worldwide providing real-time customer support. For more information about Exar, visit http://www.exar.com.
About Altior
Altior(TM) offers a broad range of industry-leading hardware and software solutions for the networking and storage markets. Altior products deliver high performance for increased throughput, significant energy savings, and effective network and storage optimization. Altior's platform solutions deliver realizable value to customers by enhancing system performance, reducing development time, and achieving faster time to market. For more information about Altior, visit http://www.altior.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
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Cavium Introduces TurboDPI(TM) II for OCTEON® Processors -- Takes Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) To the Next Level
TurboDPI II Offers Nine Production-Ready DPI Modules Including Inspection, Extraction and Insertion for Enterprise, Cloud, Data Center, 3G/4G/LTE Wireless Equipment Manufacturers
SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Cavium, Inc. (NASDAQ: CAVM), a leading provider of highly integrated semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for networking, communications and the digital home, today introduced TurboDPI(TM) II, the next generation of its production-ready TurboDPI family of software, that now incorporates up to nine major DPI functional modules integrated into a holistic toolkit that have been optimized for OCTEON(®) II processors. TurboDPI II's Uniscan(TM) technology ensures that data is only scanned once by the OCTEON's built-in hardware HFA DPI engines, and then the results are passed to the appropriate module.
TurboDPI II enables market-leading DPI performance and speeds up time to market for Enterprise Cloud, Data Center and 3G/4G/LTE Wireless equipment manufacturers. TurboDPI II supports all of Cavium's OCTEON II family of processors, which is the industry's leading embedded multi-core processor line designed into enterprise, data center and service provider equipment including routers, switches, appliances, 3G/4G wireless base stations, RNCs, xGSNs, evolved packet core, services gateways, DPI equipment, storage switches and intelligent server adapters.
Time to market and the provision of rich services are top of mind for providers of Next-Generation Networks as they strive to handle the explosive increase in traffic because of the fast adoption of cloud technology and mobile broadband, as well as increased exchange of multimedia and video rich content. Higher traffic coupled with the need for intelligent application-aware and secure processing not only requires advanced multi-core processors and dedicated hardware acceleration, but also efficient, top class software to go along with it.
TurboDPI II is designed as a modular system with nine optional DPI modules, which include support for Application Recognition, Security and Performance monitoring.
"In the last two years, our TurboDPI product line has been taken up by a number of Tier 1 players in the 3G/4G infrastructure and Enterprise Markets," said YJ Kim, Vice President, Infrastructure Processor Division, Cavium. "Now with nine DPI modules, TurboDPI II provides new functionality for the Cloud and Data Center markets and will help service the ever growing demand for more fine grained network, application visibility and security."
TurboDPI II has already been ported and deployed on many OCTEON Platforms including Cavium Evaluation Boards (EVBs), Cavium small form factor (SFF) evaluation boards, Intelligent Network Interface Cards (NICs), AMC boards and high performance ATCA blades capable of up to 80Gbps of Application Recognition that utilize dual 32 core Cavium OCTEON CN6880 processors. Major vendors including Advantech, Emerson, Kontron and Radisys all offer equipment that supports TurboDPI II.
Cavium also offers Data Plane Acceleration Toolkits that utilize the features in our SDKs and the extensive range of OCTEON hardware acceleration capabilities to speed packet handling, TCP, IP, SSL and IPSEC processing.
Cavium offers a wide range of engineering services to assist customers with their projects and speed their time to market. Cavium's Architecture Plus service is designed to help customers integrate TurboDPI or other Cavium Software into their designs. Our Development Plus service provides additional development services to supplement the customers software engineering team to help execute on a particular architectural design.
Availability: Full TurboDPI User and Programmers documentation and Binary demonstrations of TurboDPI II are now available for Cavium's range of Evaluation boards (EVBs). For more information contact Cavium Sales.
About Cavium
Cavium is a leading provider of highly integrated semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing in networking, communications and the digital home. Cavium offers a broad portfolio of integrated, software compatible processors ranging in performance from 10 Mbps to over 100 Gbps that enable secure, intelligent functionality in enterprise, data-center, broadband/consumer and access & service provider equipment. Cavium's processors are supported by ecosystem partners that provide operating systems, tool support, reference designs and other services. Cavium's principal offices are in San Jose, California with design team locations in California, Massachusetts, India and China. For more information, please visit: http://www.cavium.com
NETGEAR And Global Wireless Technologies Collaborate To Strengthen Mobile Broadband Offerings With Breakthrough Technology
NETGEAR 4G LTE relay and small cell technologies address market challenges and demands
SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- NETGEAR®, Inc. (NASDAQGM: NTGR) (http://www.netgear.com), a global networking company that delivers innovative products to consumers, businesses and service providers, announced today that it has teamed up with Global Wireless Technologies (GWT) (http://www.globalwirelesstech.com), a global organization specializing in relay and small cell technology for 3G and 4G LTE. GWT will bolster NETGEAR's mobile broadband capabilities with the addition of enhanced relay and small cell technologies, enabling service providers to offer robust solutions to customers that rely on mobile broadband for voice and data services. NETGEAR will be showcasing its solutions for mobile operators in Hall 5, Stand 5102 of the Mobile World Congress trade show taking place February 25-28 in Barcelona, Spain.
"Mobile broadband will continue to grow; 4G and LTE solutions --whether VoLTE, cloud, or otherwise-- are critical technologies for service providers and their customers, and it will be vital to deliver highly integrated and cost-effective solutions," said Richard Webb, wireless analyst at Infonetics Research (http://www.infonetics.com/).
As the 4G LTE industry advances, so will the challenge of eliminating areas of shallow coverage. Mobile relays provide a simplified solution to coverage problems by using technology that boosts 3G/4G coverage and capacity. NETGEAR and GWT's highly competitive design avoids noise degradation to macro networks while increasing throughput and coverage. GWT's tiered approach provides home, small business and enterprise markets with a uniquely scalable and elegant relay solution than those currently available. NETGEAR's product platform with GWT's disruptive relay technology will create easy-to-install, reliable solutions with best-in-class performance that will improve mobile coverage for service providers' customers.
"Service providers have a challenge and an opportunity to provide their customers with better solutions that meet their usage needs. With NETGEAR and GWT's collaborative efforts, service providers will be able to offer their customers better, more reliable mobile broadband coverage and capacity than ever before. We're excited to team up with GWT and look forward to the roll out of enhanced solutions in 2013," said Robert Mackinnon, NETGEAR product line manager for mobile broadband.
"We are pleased to be working with NETGEAR to develop products that successfully address the technology challenges posed by the rapid migration to 4G LTE. NETGEAR's broad product portfolio, customer base, world class development and logistics capabilities will enable accelerated market adoption of GWT's disruptive relay technology," said David Gross, director of product marketing for Global Wireless Technology. "The offerings that arise from GWT and NETGEAR's combined endeavors will result in enhanced 4G LTE coverage."
About Global Wireless Technologies
Since early 2000, Global Wireless Technologies ("GWT") has been an innovator in the small cell market. Drawing upon its heritage as a designer and developer of flexible, multi-standard/user platforms for the wireless base station test industry, GWT is one of the only providers of production grade CDMA (1xRTT , EV-DO Rev. A), UMTS/HSPA and LTE (Long Term Evolution) solutions. GWT is headquartered in Morris Plains, New Jersey with satellite offices in Denver, Colorado and Bangalore, India.. Its team is comprised of hardware and software engineers with experience in PCB design/development, software protocol stacks and ancillary systems. More information is available at http://www.globalwirelesstech.com.
About NETGEAR, Inc.
NETGEAR (NASDAQGM: NTGR) is a global networking company that delivers innovative products to consumers, businesses and service providers. For consumers, the company makes high performance, dependable and easy to use home networking, storage and digital media products to connect people with the Internet and their content and devices. For businesses, NETGEAR provides networking, storage and security solutions without the cost and complexity of big IT. The company also supplies top service providers with retail proven, whole home solutions for their customers. NETGEAR products are built on a variety of proven technologies such as wireless, Ethernet and Powerline, with a focus on reliability and ease-of-use. NETGEAR products are sold in approximately 25,000 retail locations around the globe, and through approximately 40,000 value-added resellers. The company's headquarters are in San Jose, Calif., with additional offices in over 25 countries. NETGEAR is an ENERGY STAR® partner. More information is available at http://www.NETGEAR.com or by calling (408) 907-8000. Connect with NETGEAR at twitter.com/NETGEAR and http://www.facebook.com/NETGEAR.
Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 for NETGEAR, Inc.: This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Specifically, statements concerning NETGEAR's business and the expected performance characteristics, specifications, reliability, market acceptance, market growth, specific uses, user feedback and market position of NETGEAR's products and technology are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Safe Harbor. These statements are based on management's current expectations and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, the following: the actual price, performance and ease of use of NETGEAR's products may not meet the price, performance and ease of use requirements of customers; product performance may be adversely affected by real world operating conditions; failure of products may under certain circumstances cause permanent loss of end user data; new viruses or Internet threats may develop that challenge the effectiveness of security features in NETGEAR's products; the ability of NETGEAR to market and sell its products and technology; the impact and pricing of competing products; and the introduction of alternative technological solutions. Further information on potential risk factors that could affect NETGEAR and its business are detailed in the Company's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, those risks and uncertainties listed in the section entitled "Part II - Item 1A. Risk Factors," pages 46 through 65, in the Company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2012, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 6, 2012. NETGEAR undertakes no obligation to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
CONTACT: U.S. Media Contact, Jeff Norris, Weber Shandwick for NETGEAR, +1-408-530-8458, JNorris2@webershandwick.com, U.S. Sales Inquiries, +1-408-907-8000, sales@netgear.com, U.S. Customer Inquiries, +1-888-NETGEAR
Tarmin signs Tectrade to resell GridBank solutions for Big Data and storage management
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Tarmin, Inc., a leading provider of unstructured data management and storage technologies, today announced Tectrade, a worldwide IT specialist providing consulting, managed and cloud services and storage technology solutions, has joined the Tarmin OverDrive Program.
Tectrade, with nine offices in the U.S., U.K, Netherlands and Australia, serves mid-market and enterprise customers facing runaway data growth, helping them manage data more effectively, improve productivity and performance while lowering operating costs. Tectrade will offer Tarmin GridBank solutions for email, file and object storage; storage management; hybrid cloud storage; backup replacement; geographically distributed data; and Big Data Middleware.
"Tectrade's class-leading Storage Infrastructure skills with both software and hardware will complement the GridBank Data Management Platform's storage cost efficiencies, risk reduction,and insight from geographically dispersed unstructured data to create an unrivalled offering to clients across many different business sectors," said Paul Cameron, Tectrade sales director. "We look forward to the year ahead and are very pleased to be working with Tarmin in the pursuit of delivering positive Big Data outcomes for our clients."
"With the storage software market expected to grow to $25 billion in 2015, Tarmin GridBank offers unrivaled opportunity for storage specialists such as Tectrade who have the expertise to help clients optimize their storage, control their risks and better understand their information," said Shahbaz Ali, President and CEO of Tarmin. "Organizations are challenged to better manage and maintain their infrastructures as data volumes climb and information extends beyond the data center, and Tectrade's strength in international storage services makes them an ideal partner and evangelist."
The GridBank Data Management Platform addresses the key challenges faced by organizations seeking to better manage their existing mixed infrastructures or build their own modern multi-site, petabyte-scale, geographically distributed data repositories. GridBank empowers clients to lower costs and take benefit from its rich management capabilities for storing enterprise scale workloads, as well as its information governance framework for controlling risk and its big data analytic functionality for understanding information.
About Tarmin
Tarmin, Inc. is a leading provider of unstructured data management solutions designed for enterprise infrastructure and applications. Tarmin GridBank enables clients to meet the unprecedented challenges presented by big data as the costs associated with regulatory, legal and commercial risks of storing and maintaining this data escalate. Tarmin software removes the pain points of managing vast data flows and empowers organizations across industries to better store, control and understand their fast-growing, geographically dispersed unstructured data repositories. Tarmin's GridBank Data Management Platform is an integrated solution that blurs the line between infrastructure and applications to deliver the comprehensive scope, power and elasticity required to successfully address the challenges of unprecedented data growth,while achieving lower costs and improving the total management of vital business data and information.
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Dan Miller
JPR Communications
818-884-8282, ext. 13
danm@jprcom.com
NETGEAR's New Mobile Voice Gateway Enables Mobile Operators to Deliver High-Performance 4G LTE Fixed-Line Replacement Services
The MVBR1517 combines super-fast 4G LTE data, Voice over LTE and WiFi capabilities, giving end-users all-in-one access from anywhere
SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- NETGEAR®, Inc. (NASDAQGM: NTGR) (http://www.netgear.com), a global networking company that delivers innovative products to consumers, businesses and service providers, today announced that it will launch the MVBR1517 4G LTE Mobile Broadband Voice Gateway at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona, Spain. NETGEAR will demonstrate its solutions for mobile operators February 25-28 in Hall 5, Stand 5102.
Designed to support multiple FDD/TD-LTE band variants, the MVBR1517 is an LTE voice gateway that provides telephone services, WiFi and firewall security over a built-in 4G LTE modem.
By easily installing a MVBR1517 gateway anywhere in a home or business, residential and business end-users get both telephony service and instant, reliable and secure internet access over WiFi or wired Ethernet for all of their connected devices.
The MVBR1517 provides mobile operators with a competitive solution to displace legacy fixed line services. The integrated telephony ports on the MVBR1517 provide carrier-class voice services to attached analogue or DECT phones creating a complete fixed-line replacement service, especially helpful in areas where coverage from broadband services such as DSL and cable may be poor or non-existent. The built-in firewall along with wireless encryption offers added security and peace of mind to mobile operators' customers, who know their devices are protected from outside cyber-attacks. Additionally, as 4G LTE evolves, the MVBR1517 will help deliver services with higher bandwidth, lower latency and lower cost per gigabit of data.
"4G LTE has quickly become the industry standard amongst mobile operators, and is the mobile technology that is being adopted at the fastest rate. With the adoption of 4G LTE, mobile operators are able to experience network efficiencies with higher speeds, helping them to meet the continuing speed and bandwidth demands from customers and device manufacturers," said Julien Blin, directing analyst for consumer electronics and mobile broadband at Infonetics Research (http://www.infonetics.com/). "4G LTE's ability to act as a primary or back-up solution to wired services also offers mobile operators cost benefits when compared to 3G technology. The need for quality mobile broadband gateways with voice capabilities is only increasing."
"The MVBR1517 is the culmination of the experience NETGEAR has attained from delivering mobile broadband platforms over the past years," said Michael Clegg, senior vice president and general manager for Service Provider Business at NETGEAR. "Simplicity and ease-of-use are at the core of the MVBR1517's user experience and design, yet it's flexible enough to meet the needs and rigorous quality demands of mobile operators."
Key Features of the MBVR1517 Mobile Broadband Voice Gateway include:
-- 4G LTE 100Mbps (bands 1,3,7,8,20 or 800/900/1800/2100/2600 Mhz) with
fallback DCHSPA+ 3G 42Mbps (bands 1, 8)
-- High performance 802.11n WiFi
-- Preconfigured WPA/WPA2 and WPS
-- Multi-SSID support
-- USB 2.0 host port enabling USB ReadySHARE® Storage
-- Optional USB feature: DLNA® and Wireless Printing
More Information
To learn more about the MBVR1517 Mobile Broadband Voice Gateway, see http://www.netgear.com/service-provider/products/mobile-broadband/3g-4g-mobile-broadband/MVBR1517.aspx. For information on other NETGEAR solutions for service providers, please visit http://netgear.com/service-provider/.
About NETGEAR, Inc.
NETGEAR (NASDAQGM: NTGR) is a global networking company that delivers innovative products to consumers, businesses and service providers. For consumers, the company makes high performance, dependable and easy to use home networking, storage and digital media products to connect people with the Internet and their content and devices. For businesses, NETGEAR provides networking, storage and security solutions without the cost and complexity of big IT. The company also supplies top service providers with retail proven, whole home solutions for their customers. NETGEAR products are built on a variety of proven technologies such as wireless, Ethernet and Powerline, with a focus on reliability and ease-of-use. NETGEAR products are sold in approximately 25,000 retail locations around the globe, and through approximately 40,000 value-added resellers. The company's headquarters are in San Jose, Calif., with additional offices in over 25 countries. NETGEAR is an ENERGY STAR® partner. More information is available at http://www.NETGEAR.com or by calling (408) 907-8000. Connect with NETGEAR at twitter.com/NETGEAR and http://www.facebook.com/NETGEAR.
Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 for NETGEAR, Inc.: This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Specifically, statements concerning NETGEAR's business and the expected performance characteristics, specifications, reliability, market acceptance, market growth, specific uses, user feedback and market position of NETGEAR's products and technology are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Safe Harbor. These statements are based on management's current expectations and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, the following: the actual price, performance and ease of use of NETGEAR's products may not meet the price, performance and ease of use requirements of customers; product performance may be adversely affected by real world operating conditions; failure of products may under certain circumstances cause permanent loss of end user data; new viruses or Internet threats may develop that challenge the effectiveness of security features in NETGEAR's products; the ability of NETGEAR to market and sell its products and technology; the impact and pricing of competing products; and the introduction of alternative technological solutions. Further information on potential risk factors that could affect NETGEAR and its business are detailed in the Company's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, those risks and uncertainties listed in the section entitled "Part II - Item 1A. Risk Factors," pages 46 through 65, in the Company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2012, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 6, 2012. NETGEAR undertakes no obligation to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
CONTACT: Jeff Norris, Weber Shandwick for NETGEAR, +1-408-530-8458, JNorris2@webershandwick.com, OR U.S. Sales Inquiries, +1-408-907-8000, sales@netgear.com, OR U.S. Customer Inquiries, +1-888-NETGEAR
Top Agent Network, Inc. Launches Three More Boston Chapters to Serve Top 10% of Local Real Estate Agents
Entire rollout to include nine Boston Chapters including Metro West/I-495, Metro South and Boston North/I-93
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Top Agent Network (TAN), the private online business community for top real estate agents, will launch three more chapters in the Boston area, continuing TAN's rollout of nine local chapters planned for the region. TAN will follow the successful launch of its Metro Boston, Metro North and Metro West/Route 128 chapters begun in January with its next tier of outlying chapters: Metro West/I-495, Metro South and Boston North/I-93, all launching on Monday, March 25, 2013.
Top Agent Network is the nation's fastest growing online networking club for top agents. TAN connects members with all their top 10% local peers--across all brokerages--giving unparalleled ease, transparency and efficiency to the Pre- and Non-MLS networking top agents traditionally have done by phone and word-of-mouth.
"Sharing Pre- and Non-MLS real estate information with one another is something that top agents have been doing forever," says Top Agent Network Founder and CEO David Faudman. "Unfortunately, this sharing was very haphazard and inefficient. That's why I created Top Agent Network. As soon as agents become members, they start making connections that lead to more home sales and to happier clients."
Top Agent Network membership is restricted to the top 10 percent producing agents in any local chapter based on past two-year MLS sales. These top agents are typically involved in 3 out of 4 closed home sales in any given market area. Thus these relatively small, targeted communities effectively allow TAN to capture the bulk of real estate activity in each region.
TAN performs strict qualification analyses before inviting an agent to membership. The high degree of trust and professionalism on the network, therefore, allows for the sharing of far more than listing information. Members use TAN to circulate buyer needs, request service provider recommendations, seek out advice on pricing and share in industry discussion. This collaboration of the area's most esteemed peers also allows all of them to serve their clients better.
Members also use their TAN memberships to promote themselves to clients.
TAN's expansion into Boston will continue through April 2013 with the rollout of three more chapters: Boston North Shore, Boston South Shore and Cape & The Islands.
TAN's Boston presence will bring the company's total number of chapters to 27. After its formation in the San Francisco Bay area, TAN has attracted an enthusiastic member following in chapters spanning California, in Scottsdale, Arizona, and throughout the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. The company plans continued aggressive national expansion in 2013 and beyond.
Becoming a TAN member agent
To become a member of Top Agent Network, an agent must be in the top 10 percent of their TAN chapter geography based on past 24-month closed home sales. Real estate agents in the Boston area interested in becoming members of Top Agent Network may contact Membership Director Suzanne Crawford at 415.692.7877 or email Membership@TopAgentNetwork.com.
About Top Agent Network, Inc. and Founder/CEO David Faudman
Beginning in 1991, TAN Founder/CEO David Faudman spent more than a decade in the top 1 percent of his market and has emerged as an insightful innovator, resource and subject matter expert in the real estate industry. Mr. Faudman started Top Agent Network in 1995 as a private email list for premier agents in Marin County, California. The company re-launched TAN as a private online application in June 2009.
In addition to Top Agent Network, Mr. Faudman founded CleanOffer.com in 2002. CleanOffer allows homebuyers and sellers to have access to the same MLS data as their agent. Prior to his entrepreneurial pursuits, Mr. Faudman worked as a senior management consultant for Boston-based Bain & Company.
Mr. Faudman has an MBA from Stanford University and a BS in Engineering from Tufts University. He lives in Larkspur, California.
One-of-a-Kind Personality Packs Let Kids and Adults Customize the Rugged 7" Android Tablet for a Unique User Experience that Changes as the Family Grows
NEW YORK, Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- At NY Toy Fair earlier this month, Vivitar announced the debut of its new Camelio tablet, the first fully-customizable 7" Android tablet that lets families add fun, new Personality Packs to create their own unique user experience. The company demonstrated the new Camelio tablet at the 110(th) Annual International Toy Fair 2013 in New York.
The Camelio is the only tablet of its kind that lets children and adults can add fun new Personality Packs, to create their own unique user experience based on their age or interests with a wide range of licensed themes like Hot Wheels, Barbie, Monster High, Hello Kitty and more to suit virtually any age or preference. Personality Packs include a tablet case, as well as a special code that unlocks branded content such as videos, music, books, wallpapers and widgets designed around the theme pack. Up to five users can share the device with each customized theme displayed automatically upon sign in, and Personality Packs can be changed or updated as children grow and their interests change.
Designed for the whole family to share and built for durability, the Camelio features rounded edges and textured backing with a special 'grip-able' design to make it easier for little hands to keep a secure hold, while parental controls ensure a safe user experience for children. Featuring Android 4.1 (JellyBean) with automatic upgrades, and both front and rear-facing cameras, the Camelio offers an advanced tablet user experience in a kid-friendly device. More than 25 pre-installed productivity, utility, educational and game apps make the Camelio as much fun and useful for parents as it is for children.
"The Camelio grows with your family, from preschool to the teen years and beyond. The kids can have their own Personality Packs, and mom and dad can easily remove those and use the tablet for work or leisure," said Ralph Sasson, COO and Product Manager for the Camelio. "With its sturdy design and price at under $150, parents won't have to worry every time a child picks it up."
Personality Packs will be available at retail stores and online from retailer websites when the product hits store shelves this summer, just in time for back to school.
Vivitar is a leading provider of photographic, audio and optic devices and related accessories with a rich 75-year heritage of technology innovation and affordability dating back to 1938. Building off the success of its legendary Series-1 lenses and flashes, the company has steadily expanded its product portfolio to include cameras, camcorders, accessories and now tablets tailored to the needs of today's families. Vivitar is headquartered in Edison, New Jersey, with additional offices across the United Kingdom, Latin America, Canada and Hong Kong, and global retail distribution spanning more than 100,000 locations in both mass market and specialty channels. For more information, visit http://www.vivitar.com
Siemens Enterprise Communications and HTC Simplify Device Choice for Mobile UC
RESTON, Va. and FRANKFURT, Germany, Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In an ongoing effort to support today's increasingly mobile workforce, Siemens Enterprise Communications and HTC Corporation today announced a strategic global partnership to make it easier for enterprises to embrace mobile unified communications (UC) on HTC enterprise-enabled devices. This partnership makes it even simpler for enterprises to embrace a BYOD strategy for mobile UC, since HTC's popular consumer Android smartphones now fully support Siemens Enterprise Communications' OpenScape Mobile and OpenScape Web Collaboration solutions.
Key Facts:
-- Siemens Enterprise Communications OpenScape Mobile and OpenScape Web
Collaboration solutions will be validated on select HTC devices to
increase users' confidence that their chosen device will work seamlessly
with their mobile communication tools
-- Siemens Enterprise Communications customers will have a simplified
process to secure validated HTCpro devices supporting Siemens Enterprise
Communications solutions
-- Siemens Enterprise Communications and HTC will collaborate to simplify
deployment of mobile UC through joint marketing and fulfillment efforts
-- This collaboration will take place through HTCpro, a program that
provides mobile solutions for companies and their employees and ensures
that HTC's entire portfolio is business-ready
Executive Perspectives:
Rick Puskar, Senior Vice President of Portfolio Management, Siemens Enterprise Communications
"With BYOD, consumer choice is driving device selection in enterprises today so Siemens Enterprise Communications is partnering with HTC to validate our mobile UC solution on their industry-leading consumer devices. This partnership is another step in our mission to equip mobile workers with the most innovative collaboration tools available on a full range of Android and iOS devices."
Andre Loenne, Executive Director DACH at HTC
"Enabling our devices in order to be business-ready is a key objective within HTCpro. As communications is still the key application in an enterprise environment, enabling Unified Communication solutions and partnering with a leader like Siemens Enterprise Communications is an important step in this direction."
Additional Resources
Siemens Enterprise Communications on Twitter
Siemens Enterprise Communications on LinkedIn
Siemens Enterprise Communications on Facebook
Siemens Enterprise Communications on YouTube
About HTCpro
HTCpro was created to help businesses simplify the acceptance and integration of HTC devices in their environments. The HTCpro program is focused on delivering a reliable offering for businesses across the entire portfolio of HTC devices through enablement of key features and cooperation with industry-leading solution providers. For more information about the business side of HTC devices and the wide breadth of business possibilities realized through the HTCpro program, visit http://www.htcpro.com.
About HTC
Founded in 1997, HTC Corp. (HTC) is the creator of many award-winning mobile devices and industry firsts. By putting people at the center of everything it does, HTC pushes the boundaries of design and technology to create innovative and personal experiences for consumers around the globe. HTC's portfolio includes smartphones and tablets powered by HTC Sense(TM), a multilayered graphical user interface that vastly improves user experience. HTC is listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE: 2498). For more information, please visit http://www.htc.com.
About Siemens Enterprise Communications
Siemens Enterprise Communications is a leading global provider of unified communications (UC) solutions and network infrastructure for enterprises of all sizes. Leveraging 160 years of experience, we deliver innovation and quality to the world's most successful companies, backed by a world-class services portfolio which includes international multi-vendor managed and outsourcing capabilities.
Our OpenScape communications solutions provide a seamless and efficient collaboration experience - on any device - which amplifies collective effort and dramatically improves business performance.
Together, our global team of UC experts and service professionals set the standards for a rich communications experience that empowers teams to deliver better results.
Siemens Enterprise Communications is a joint venture of The Gores Group and Siemens AG, and includes Enterasys Networks, a provider of network infrastructure and security solutions, creating a complementary and complete enterprise communications solutions portfolio.
Siemens Enterprise Communications GmbH & Co. KG is a Trademark Licensee of Siemens AG.
This release contains forward-looking statements based on beliefs of Siemens Enterprise Communications' management. The words "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "forecast," "expect," "intend," "plan," "should," and "project" are used to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect the company's current views with respect to future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties. Many factors could cause the actual results to be materially different, including, among others, changes in general economic and business conditions, changes in currency exchange rates and interest rates, introduction of competing products, lack of acceptance of new products or services and changes in business strategy. Actual results may vary materially from those projected here. Siemens Enterprise Communications does not intend or assume any obligation to update these forward-looking statements.
Freeport Capital Inc. (CNSX:FAS) PiiComm Inc. and Hybrid Paytech Enhance Field Service Capabilities for CAA Contractors with Enterprise Mobile Applications and Payment Acceptance
OTTAWA, Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - PiiComm Inc., a Mobile Systems
Integrator and leader in Field Workforce Mobility Systems, has deployed
a new mobile workforce solution for the Canadian Automobile Association
(CAA) in South Central Ontario.
PiiComm worked closely with the Technology & Innovation team at CAASCO
to develop a new mobile application that allows their contractors and
field personnel access to real-time information including dispatch call
data needed to provide their club members with fast and exceptional
service in their time of need.
The fully integrated applications were developed to leverage 3G Wireless
and GPS technology available on the Motorola Solutions MC65 rugged
handheld mobile computer. Additionally, PiiComm's partnership with Hybrid Paytech (CNSX:FAS) has provided the opportunity to integrate mobile payments
into the solution using any existing merchant accounts, which can now
be accepted at the roadside.
Using Hybrid's payment services with the addition of the RW-220 Mobile
Printer from Zebra Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq: ZBRA), with an integrated Magnetic Stripe Reader and
EMV-certified smart card reader for credit cards provides CAASCO
contractors the ability to offer enhanced fee-based services to CAA
members and printed receipts at the point of activity.
About PiiComm
Specializing in Mobile Information Technology solutions that solve
business problems, PiiComm works with all levels of Government and
Canada's largest commercial companies to achieve their business goals
by optimizing their processes and mobile workforces leveraging wireless
technologies and applications. PiiComm partners with best in class
hardware manufacturers, offers unique services, mobile application
development and cellular expertise which has allowed them to become a
dominant player in this rapidly evolving technology sector. PiiComm was
recently recognized as one of Canada's HOT 50 for top new growth
companies in PROFIT Magazine's 12th Annual report.
About Hybrid Paytech
Part of First Equity Strategy LLC, a division of Freeport Capital Inc.
(CNSX: FAS) and based in Montreal, Canada, Hybrid Paytech is a
technology leader in the mobile payment space for credit and debit
acceptance. With a global footprint, Hybrid is an enabler of
easily-deployable payment systems focusing on authentication, approved
security and quick merchant adoption in fleet, delivery, logistics and
retail. With its current banking and fund-transferring partnerships,
Hybrid Paytech has market access to over 3 million merchants worldwide.
For more information on Hybrid Paytech, please visit hybridpaytech.com.
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accuracy. This news release does not constitute a solicitation to buy
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Jabra has gone above and beyond with the new headset, Jabra Motion - providing maximum mobility and the most superior user experience, whether on the road, in the office or at home. Jabra Motion is completely interoperable with all mobile devices and UC platforms. All it takes is a simple touch and Jabra Motion literally follows your every move, using the latest motion sensor technology for superior audio experience and full flexibility.
NASHUA, N.H., Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Jabra, the world's leading manufacturer of wireless audio solutions, announced a state-of-the-art headset, Jabra Motion(TM), designed to suit the rapidly growing group of mobile workers that are multi-tasking at the office, in the car and at home using smart phones, tablets or laptop with "presence everywhere" apps and Unified Communication (UC) solutions.
"We aim to help the mobile worker gain the full benefits from their mobile devices and UC solutions. It is our experience that one of the most important factors for users, embracing these communication platforms and devices, is the headset which bridges the gap between the users and the promise of efficiency and flexibility with sound," says Mogens Elsberg, CEO Jabra.
The intuitiveness of the Jabra Motion design features allow you to concentrate on the job at hand; not having to give second thought to the surroundings when picking up a call. With a combination of motion sensors and intelligent microphones, Jabra Motion automatically adapts to the sound environment and adjusts to ensure the optimal and clear sound throughout a conversation, whether in a noisy office or on the road. The headset registers any movement instantly; when you pick up the headset - the call is answered simultaneously; when you start walking, the speaker volume is automatically adjusted; just as it will turn off and takes a power nap when laid down.
"We are pleased to have Jabra onboard with the Jabra Motion for the new Microsoft Lync 2013," says Giovanni Mezgec, General Manager for Lync Product Marketing at Microsoft Corp. "Jabra's long history in UC and their knowledge about audio perfection and innovative design will add value to the end-user experience of Lync customers."
Jabra devices enable users to derive the full audio experience with all the flexibility- and efficiency benefits they expect from mobile devices and UC solutions through enhanced voice collaboration.
Jabra has had a continued collaboration with Microsoft and has been a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner since 2007, when Jabra launched its first optimized headset for Microsoft Office Communicator. Today, Jabra carries a broad portfolio of UC hands-free audio solutions - optimized and qualified for Microsoft Lync.
For the Jabra Motion, the Jabra design team opted for the 'behind-the-ear'circular shape; mimicking the back of the ears' semi-circle shape; a simplistic, yet aesthetic design element. The folding boom adds "pocketability" - the ability to carry it in a pocket without breaking the boom arm - a key feature in the new design. The folding boom is at the same time used to take and end calls with a simple flip of the boom arm.
The Jabra Motion 'behind the ear' Jabra design is the 8(th) generation of a legendary headset wearing style that has become a Jabra trademark. Since 2000, when Jabra launched the world's first Bluetooth® headset, the 'behind-the-ear' design has been setting industry standards with more than 4 million devices sold.
Jabra Motion will keep you up to speed and in touch, any time and everywhere - it intuitively follows your every move and with the latest Near Field Communication (NFC) technology for fast pairing, you simply tab the headset with your NFC enabled devices to connect.
The launch of Jabra Motion follows the recent announcement of another new Jabra innovation - the Bluetooth® enabled speakerphone; Jabra Speak(TM) 510. Together these two devices offer a powerful package of connectivity for both personal and group conversations, turning any space into a conference room. With the increased mobility of the global workforce the Jabra Speak 510 was the natural next step from the award-winning Jabra Speak(TM)( )410 that won best in test in a 2011 Sound & Design survey.
To highlight Jabra Motion's importance to the mobile worker target audience, its launch coincides with the launch of Microsoft Lync 2013 (February 19-21, Hotel Del Coronado, San Diego, CA). Jabra is excited to be a Gold Sponsor at the Lync Conference 2013. Partner and Customer attendees may visit Jabra at Booth #7 to view and test the full range of Lync Optimized Audio Solutions for the mobile worker, home and corporate office and contact centers.
About Jabra
Jabra is the brand of GN Netcom, a subsidiary of GN Store Nord A/S (GN) - listed on NASDAQ OMX. Jabra employs approximately 850 people worldwide and in 2011 produced an annual revenue which amounted to DKK 2,106 million. Jabra is a world leader in the development, manufacturing, and marketing of a broad range of hands-free communications solutions. With a reputation for innovation, reliability, and ease of use that goes back more than two decades, Jabra's consumer and business divisions produce corded and wireless headsets, plus mobile and in-office speakerphones that empower individuals and businesses through increased freedom of movement, comfort, and functionality.
2013 GN Netcom A/S. All rights reserved. Jabra® is a registered trademark of GN Netcom A/S. All other trademarks included herein are the property of their respective owners. (Design and specifications subject to change without notice)
CONTACT: Stacey Clement, 360 Public Relations for Jabra, +1-617-585-5774, sclement@360pr.com; OR John LeRoy, 360 Public Relations for Jabra, +1-617-585-5791, jleroy@360pr.com; OR Bruce Tripido, Jabra, VP of Sales, North America, Mobile Division, +1-603-864-6593, btripido@jabra.com
Electric Cloud Introduces Industry-first Software Delivery Solution for Android®
Proven solution helps Android device makers reduce software delivery cycle times by up to 75 percent
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Electric Cloud®, the leading provider of Software Delivery Acceleration solutions, today announced an industry-first solution optimized for Android that dramatically reduces delivery times by up to 75 percent. Introduced at the 2013 Android Builders Summit, the solution helps Android device manufacturers succeed in today's highly competitive and fast-paced mobile and embedded devices marketplace by accelerating end-to-end Android software build, test, and release cycles.
Today's Android device vendors face many challenges. With new versions of the Android operating system being released at a rapid pace, the delivery of new devices is largely based on how quickly device makers can build, test, and release their devices for each version of Android OS.
"Since MIPS is a key architecture used extensively throughout the Android ecosystem, we are constantly seeking ways to help our OEM partners bring high quality Android-based products to market in the shortest possible timescale. Thanks to the solution that Electric Cloud has developed, we've been able to significantly reduce Android build and test cycles while improving quality," said Tony King-Smith, vice president of marketing, Imagination Technologies. Imagination has recently acquired MIPS Technologies, Inc.--and with it the industry-standard MIPS® microprocessor architecture.
"Android device manufacturers face an enormous challenge, namely how to speed time-to-market for Android devices without sacrificing quality," said Steve Brodie, CEO of Electric Cloud. "Market share capture depends in large part on how quickly Android device makers can build, test, and release innovative, high-quality software that differentiates their devices. Our new software delivery solution for Android helps customers such as Imagination Technologies automate and greatly accelerate processes across the entire product lifecycle, enabling them to gain the first-mover advantage."
A January 2013 survey conducted by Electric Cloud of over 175 Android software device delivery professionals indicates that slow time-to-market, growing complexity of software release processes, and poor software quality are the key challenges confronting most organizations today. More than 70 percent of the respondents reported long release builds (20 minutes to 4 hours) and testing cycles (1-8 hours), demonstrating that slow, unreliable builds and tests were major bottlenecks for device delivery release cycles.
"Over the past year, the Android device market has exploded. In this highly competitive market, value-added software is the key differentiator," said Christopher Rommel, Vice President of M2M & Embedded Technology at VDC Research. "However, releasing quality software on the Android OS is a non-trivial and time consuming task. Having an integrated software delivery solution that simplifies, automates, and accelerates the entire software development lifecycle -- from development through build, test, and release -- can give Android device manufacturers a distinct competitive advantage by helping them deliver high-quality devices much faster."
The new Android workflow-based solution is integrated with Electric Cloud's award-winning ElectricCommander and ElectricAccelerator platforms, providing end-to-end application delivery automation. Key components include:
-- Build Acceleration - The fastest build acceleration solution for Android
on the market, ElectricAccelerator's patented dependency management
technology provides up to 40 percent improvement for incremental
developer builds.
-- Android workflow solution and test acceleration - ElectricCommander
provides an out-of-the-box workflow template for Android and test
parallelization capabilities to accelerate testing cycles including
Android Compatibility Test Suite (CTS) by up to 75 percent.
-- Professional Services Package - Service offering to get customers up and
running quickly on the new solution for Android.
The integrated solution for Android is available at the end of March; interested parties should contact Electric Cloud for pricing.
About Electric Cloud
Electric Cloud delivers solutions that automate and accelerate the software delivery process. The company's award-winning products help development organizations to speed time-to-market, boost developer productivity, and improve software quality while leveraging the operational efficiencies provided by virtual cloud infrastructures. Leading companies across a variety of industries, including financial services, ISVs, mobile devices, semiconductors, and transactional websites, rely on Electric Cloud's software delivery solutions. For more information, visit http://www.electric-cloud.com.
Omaha Steaks Makes Mobile Shopping Easy with StarStar Technology
OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Omaha Steaks announced today that is has selected the StarStar mobile engagement platform, securing **OMAHA (**66242) and **STEAK (**78325), to make it quick and easy for customers to receive offers and place orders for gourmet products via their mobile device.
Omaha Steaks will begin promoting **OMAHA at the Food Network South Beach Wine and Food Festival February 21-24. **OMAHA will be promoted on signs, through photo activation, online ads and promotional appearances to drive customers to special offers and recipes from the event.
"As a fifth-generation family-owned company, Omaha Steaks is honored to be on the cutting edge of this new technology that makes placing an order even easier," said Senior Vice President Todd Simon. "**STEAK and **OMAHA offer customers a simple, easy-to-remember way to order our gourmet products on their mobile device anywhere and at any time."
StarStar enables speedy access to apps, mobile websites, video, music, one-click purchasing, special deals, promotions, and social networking capabilities. Experiences can be customized in real-time to deliver relevant, local and engaging content, with an unprecedented level of performance data. The StarStar approach has generated positive engagement results for more than 100 brands including MTV, Unilever, UPS, L'Oreal, NFL, The Home Depot, Capital One, Dunkin Donuts, Intuit, American Idol, ABC News, ESPN, Ford and many others. Omaha Steaks is the first direct response company to own a vertical brand category like Steak and Omaha.
"Throughout our nearly 100 year history, Omaha Steaks has been recognized nationwide for our premium-quality beef and gourmet foods, so using the **OMAHA and **STEAK mobile numbers is a perfect fit," Simon said.
StarStar calls are treated like local calls. After the initial phone call (starting with ** on the keypad, followed by S-T-E-A-K or O-M-A-H-A), users instantly receive a text message or audio greeting prompting them to engage further, and at that point they can opt in, based on their phone's capabilities, to place an order by phone, or receive a text message with a special offer and link to OmahaSteaks.com. Standard voice, data and/or text charges based on the user's plan apply at that time.
"We're delighted to see a category defining brand like Omaha Steaks put StarStar to use in their marketing campaigns to reach on-the-go customers in the moment and drive business," said Joe Gillespie, President and CEO of Zoove, the company behind StarStar.
About Omaha Steaks
Omaha Steaks, founded in 1917, is an Omaha, Nebraska-based, fifth-generation, family-owned company that markets and distributes a wide variety of the finest quality USDA-approved, grain fed beef and other gourmet foods including seafood, pork, poultry, side dishes, appetizers, complete meals and desserts. Today, Omaha Steaks is recognized as the nation's largest direct response marketer of premium beef and gourmet foods, available to customers by calling 1-800-228-9055, online at http://www.OmahaSteaks.com or at retail stores nationwide.
About StarStar & Zoove
StarStar is a registry of easy to remember vanity mobile phone numbers that lets brands easily connect with people - anytime, anywhere, on any mobile phone. Zoove is the exclusive provider of StarStar for the largest wireless operators in the United States, reaching more than 250 million people. With StarStar numbers, consumers can dial in their mobile phone the brand they see being promoted. Instantly, they can be pushed to that brand's mobile app, Web page, coupon, videos or more, directly to their mobile phones - without the need to use bar code readers or disjointed text message short codes. StarStar numbers are designed to be promoted as part of any marketing campaign, such as: billboards, print ads, TV and radio commercials, online ads and more. StarStar provides the mobile connection brands are seeking, and the ability to measure the results instantly. Based in Palo Alto, Calif., additional information about StarStar is available at http://www.getstarstar.com or by simply calling **SALES (**72537) from a mobile phone.
KineticCloud Supports Apple's Mac OS for Hybrid Cloud Backup
KineticD Provides Complete Protection from Data Loss
TORONTO, Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- KineticD(TM), known for its cloud backup and data recovery services for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs), today announced that KineticCloud Backup® for Mac supports end users who are looking for a reliable, easy solution for backing up files continuously and automatically, but more importantly restoring data lost from a total system crash.
More than 66 million users have chosen Apple's Mac today and while it's true that Apple has developed sophisticated backup mechanisms into its software, TimeMachine and iCloud were designed for the consumer market. As the Mac user base continues to grow, SMBs are looking for a business class Cloud backup solution for both Mac and PC systems that supports and protects ongoing data entry and file versioning that occurs throughout a normal business day.
When systems integrator, Colin Doll, president of Vast-IT, Inc. in Pickering, Ontario received an emergency call from his customer, a Mac user, he learned that their accounting program had crashed, taking with it several hundred invoices. Not only was the entire network down but employees were unable to utilize the system until it was repaired and the data was restored.
"Many of our customers use PCs and Macs within their environment, so one of the key elements in choosing a Cloud backup provider was to support Mac and PC users equally," said Doll. "Four years ago, we conducted extensive research before we chose KineticD as our backup vendor of choice. Since then, this partnership has allowed us to extend our services without the cost of installing and maintaining our own Cloud. They are in one word, amazing."
In a matter of 45 minutes, Doll had walked his customer through the steps to log in to the KineticD cloud and download the latest backup set from the server. After a short 90 minutes, not only was the application restored, the customer was thrilled to find that all but three invoices had been restored as well. More importantly for Doll and his team was the ease of use in supporting his customer from his office, without the need for a site visit.
"With the proliferation of Mac devices in the corporate world today, it is important to provide our customers with a well rounded solution for their data protection initiatives," said Jamie Brenzel, CEO, KineticD. "We know that our clients have multiple devices at their disposal and our goal is to make sure that every laptop, workstation and server is protected, regardless of the operating system."
KineticCloud Backup for Mac provides the option of backing up and restoring corporate data from the KineticD Cloud, using the KineticD centralized web portal. With this technology, SMBs are able to restore any combination of files, folders and backup sets across any number of Macs, including a complete system restore of application and data files. To further support users, KineticD's KineticMobile iOS app is compatible with iPhones, iPads and iPods, providing complete control over access to corporate data whenever and wherever it is needed.
Social Media Destinations:
-- Twitter: https://twitter.com/KineticD
-- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/kineticd
-- Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/company/kineticd
About KineticD
KineticD(TM), an early pioneer of cloud backup technology, has set a new industry standard by providing small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) with the same level of security and protection that is available to large enterprises. KineticD's patented KineticCloud(TM) Backup technology, known for its scalability, advanced data reduction capabilities and ease-of-use, has won prestigious industry awards and has been featured in many key industry publications. Founded in 2002, KineticD technologies and solutions are currently used daily by over 60,000 customers, 1,000 resellers, 100 MSPs and private label partners for online backup and recovery, archiving, disaster readiness, secure file sharing and remote access. For a free trial or to request more information, visit http://www.kineticd.com.
A First-of-its-Kind Online Library for Jewish Schools in the United States
Israel's Center for Educational Technology (CET) to Launch Online Library for Jewish Schools in the United States in Partnership With Behrman House
TEL-AVIV, Israel, February 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
Behrman House [http://www.behrmanhouse.com ], the leading publisher of textbooks and
digital learning materials for Jewish religious schools in North America, has entered a
collaborative agreement with Israel's Center for Educational Technology
[http://cet.org.il/pages/Home.aspx ] (CET). The partnership will bring a first-of-its-kind
online library to Jewish schools in the United States, giving students and educators
access to both companies' vast repository of educational offerings.
"This is a giant step forward in our mission to reshape Hebrew education for a younger
generation," said David Behrman, Behrman House president and publisher. "The array of
learning materials CET brings to us from Israel is endless, and its Kotar online platform
provides that content in an immediate, easy to access format."
In April 2010, CET launched its Kotar [http://www.kotar.co.il/Default.aspx ] digital
platform, to enable Jewish schools, institutions and communities abroad to access English
and Hebrew resources fast, simply and in a user-friendly manner. The Kotar platform allows
students to comment and share their ideas with teachers, other students and at home with
their families. Today it receives a hundreds of thousands hits per month, with tens of
thousands of Israeli pupils using its textbooks on a daily basis. In addition to licensing
the Kotar platform for North American religious schools, Behrman House will also develop
curricular materials using the resources of CET's Lexicon of Jewish Culture
[http://lexicon.cet.ac.il/wf/wfindex.aspx ] and Judaism, a vast repository of text
materials, videos, and other educational materials, which CET will translate and Behrman
House will adapt for the North American market.
CET CEO Gila Ben-Har commented, "As part of CET's expansion strategy into markets
outside Israel, we welcome the partnership with Behrman House and are proud to bring the
innovation of digital books to Jewish schools, educators, and ]students throughout North
America."
About Behrman House
Founded in 1921, Behrman House is a family company with a long and rich history of
developing and providing educational materials for Jewish supplementary schools in North
America. Behrman House is the leader in providing the education community traditional and
digital tools and support to make Jewish history, language, culture and religious
practices accessible and relevant to a younger generation of students. The company was the
first to introduce online Hebrew teaching materials, exercises and educational gaming with
its groundbreaking Shalom Uvrachah primer and Hineni: The New Hebrew Through Prayer over a
decade ago.
About Israel's Center for Educational Technology (CET)
Founded in 1971 Israel's Center for Educational Technology is a non-profit
organization that has promoted education in Israel for 40 years. CET develops and
assimilates digital teaching models, amasses and adapts high quality textbooks and
websites and provides professional development for education, including measurement and
evaluation tools.
For more information contact CET: sherut@cet.ac.il or Sharon Blum, Stern-Ariely
PR, Sharon@sapr.co.il, +972-52-4588955
Numerex Expands its Capabilities in Critical Remote Monitoring
ATLANTA, Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Numerex Corp (Nasdaq: NMRX), a leading provider of on-demand and interactive machine-to-machine (M2M) enterprise solutions, announced the acquisition of certain assets, technology, and intellectual property - including a portfolio of patents - that will support and widen its M2M platform capabilities in real-time monitoring of critical assets and events.
This acquisition consists of certain revenue-generating assets, including technology in IP and satellite communications, video services, and customer portal services that enhance interactive platform capabilities. It is expected that these added capabilities will rapidly expand Numerex's range of critical monitoring services, addressing the needs of several vertical sectors including remote monitoring and access control, alarm security, and emergency services.
Although the acquisition of assets includes an active base of customers that currently generate recurring revenue, its financial impact will be modest during 2013. Total consideration for the purchase, as previously disclosed, was $3.9 million that was allocated about evenly between goodwill and intangible assets. As a result, amortization charges will approximate $90,000 in the fourth quarter 2012 and $400,000 for the full year 2013. Fourth quarter 2012 general and administration expense will include an estimated $50,000 of acquisition-related costs. In addition, there will be $15,000 in interest charges included in the fourth quarter of last year and it is expected that $60,000 in annual interest charges will be incurred in 2013, as a result of the transaction structure that included approximately $2 million in seller-financing.
"We believe that these new assets and additional expertise will give Numerex customers a wider array of critical remote monitoring choices, and contribute to strengthening our leadership position in the M2M industry," said Mike Boyle, EVP of Operations at Numerex. "We will continue to target technology and talent-rich opportunities that will provide us with new capabilities to meet our customers' requirements and exceed their expectations."
With the newly acquired patented technology, Numerex's customers will gain access to a complementary set of options and technical support in broadband-based M2M application management, which leverages the pervasiveness of the Internet and Numerex's efficient solution development and deployment capabilities.
The technology enhancements, as they are incorporated into Numerex's M2M Service Delivery Platform, are designed to be sold by broadband service providers and others that plan to offer next generation M2M solutions to their customers. Users of Numerex M2M platforms will be able to remotely control their applications, view live video or event-driven video clips, and more from their iPhone, iPad, Android device, PC or Mac.
About Numerex
Numerex Corp (NASDAQ: NMRX) is a leading provider of interactive and on-demand machine-to-machine (M2M) technology and services, offered on a subscription basis, used in the development and support of M2M solutions for the enterprise and government markets worldwide. The Company offers Numerex DNA® that may include hardware and smart Devices, cellular and satellite Network services, and software Applications that are delivered through Numerex FAST® (Foundation Application Software Technology). In addition, business services are offered to enable the development of efficient, reliable, and secure solutions while accelerating deployment. Numerex is ISO 27001 information security-certified, highlighting the Company's focus on M2M data security, service reliability, and round-the-clock support of its customers' M2M solutions. For additional information, please visit http://www.numerex.com.
Statements contained in this press release concerning Numerex that are not historical fact are "forward-looking" statements and involve important risks and uncertainties. Such risks and uncertainties, which are detailed in Numerex's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, could cause Numerex's results to differ materially from current expectations as expressed in this press release. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release, and Numerex assumes no duty to update forward-looking statements.
Numerex Corp Contact:
Alan Catherall
770-485-2527
Investor Relations Contact:
Seth Potter
646-277-1230
NetWorth Services Introduces New Web Application to Enable Financial Advisors to Manage Clients' Entire Portfolio Online
ePortfolio Manager only Aggregator to Support After-Tax Return Advice
PHOENIX, Feb.19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- NetWorth Services has introduced a powerful new web application that will allow financial planners and advisors to easily manage their clients' entire portfolio online. It is called ePortfolio Manager, and it is the only aggregator that supports after-tax return advice.
With ePortfolio, financial advisors can download the multiple accounts a client has at various online brokerage firms or other types of investment accounts, including bank CDs, real estate, commodities, etc.
"In this sense, ePortfolio Manager provides a true digital overview of a client's entire portfolio," said Nico Willis, president and CEO of NetWorth Services. "ePortfolio also assesses trends, as well as runs alternative investing scenarios based on risk tolerance and investing attitudes," he added. Holdings can be arranged in an asset-class arrangement such as fixed-income instruments, real estate, commodities, and cash income. Other major features of ePortfolio Manager include:
-- Spread sheet with easy-to-visualize asset distribution. Colorful icons
show holdings distributed in various asset categories
-- The asset rebalancing feature quickly aids calculations on how to
redistribute through asset classes
-- The tax-optimization function helps determine the best tax strategies
-- Quick links to tools for figuring the adjusted cost basis for capital
gains accounting on equity sales
-- Portfolio-view options allow users to see equity positions displayed on
an open or closed basis
-- Calculates adjusted cost basis using a direct line to NetWorth Services'
Netbasis tool and then downloads results to the Schedule D
NetWorth Services, a financial web application and database software company, is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, and has offices in Philadelphia and New York. Its flagship product, Netbasis, is an award-winning application that quickly and accurately determines the adjusted cost basis for securities. Financial solutions developed by NetWorth have been adopted by many leading financial institutions, transfer agencies, tax preparation software companies, accounting firms, money managers, government agencies, Fortune 500 companies, universities, endowments and individual investors. For more information: http://www.netbasis.com and http://www.networthservices.com.
For media inquiries, please contact Barry Cohen at Networth Services at (602) 222-6380 or at bcohen@networthservices.com
Innocoll Announces Launch of its New CollaCare® Website
ASHBURN, Va., Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Innocoll, Inc. announced the launch of its new CollaCare website, http://www.collacareproducts.com. The new, standalone website is designed to be the primary source of information on the full range of products in the CollaCare family for patients, practitioners and marketing partners. All key information on the product family has been incorporated onto the website in a readily accessible and user friendly manner.
Innocoll's CollaCare portfolio of products consists of sterile, biodegradable, advanced wound management devices, wound dressings, topical anesthetics, dental and skin care products that cover a broad range of indications.
Commenting on the announcements, Dr. Michael Myers, Innocoll's President and CEO said, "We are very pleased to announce the launch of this new website. Given the broad range of products within the CollaCare family, we believe that a standalone website is merited." Dr. Myers further commented, "We have seen how valuable a resource our CollaGUARD adhesion barrier website has become and look forward to a similar outcome for CollaCare."
About CollaCare
The CollaCare products were developed using Innocoll's proprietary collagen based technologies. The products are versatile, easy to handle, fully resorbable and cover a broad range of indications and therapeutic areas.
The CollaCare portfolio of wound management products include regenerative dressings to treat chronic and acute wounds; pressure ulcers, venous stasis ulcers, diabetic ulcers and burns; topical powders that absorb wound exudate, and dental sponges for use during oral and maxillofacial surgeries.
-- CollaCare Sponge
-- Collexa
-- ProColl
-- CollaCare Powder
-- CollaCare Dental
About Innocoll, Inc.
Innocoll is a privately held, biopharmaceutical company focused on biodegradable surgical implants and topically applied healthcare products. The company develops and manufactures a range of pharmaceutical products and medical devices using its proprietary collagen-based technologies, CollaRx(®), CollaFilm, DermaSil(TM), CollaPress(TM) and Liquicoll(®).
Approved products based on the Company's technologies include: Collatamp(®) G, Septocoll(®), CollaGUARD(®), Collieva(®), CollaCare(®), Collexa(®), Zorpreva(TM), and LidoColl(®).
Products in clinical and regulatory development include: Cogenzia(®) in phase 3 for the adjuvant treatment of infected diabetic foot ulcers, XaraColl(®) in phase 3 development for the management of post-operative pain and Durieva(TM), a dura on-lay/ dura replacement product. For more information, please visit http://www.innocollinc.com.
BERN, Switzerland, February 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
OECD suggests nearly every second person in the developed world is overweight or
obese. Existing weight loss methods bring short-term results, are reactive and
symptomatic, with side effects or with costly or painful surgical complications. ERIB, a
Swiss startup from Bern, wants to address obesity in a revolutionary manner with its
WeLoxx, a personal wrist-worn device enabling proactive personal weight loss.
ERIB employs scientific evidence linking reduced speed of eating with good metabolism,
weight-loss, and better health. The WeLoxx device, with its LED traffic lights system,
suggests a predefined healthy interval between our bites during meals resulting in
extended chewing time. Consequently, with fewer bites, we consume less food during the
first 20 minutes of the meal. 20 minutes has been scientifically proven to be the time
needed for the human body to send a satiety confirmation to the brain.
WeLoxx is unique in its proactive approach to changing behaviors. Using a sensor,
WeLoxx records and recognizes your hand's plate-to-mouth movements and counts down to
indicate with its 'traffic lights system' showing how long you still have to chew until
your next bite.
In addition to its device, WeLoxx has an online platform in the pipeline where users
can upload and compare achievements and receive an incentive currency for sustained eating
habits improvement.
Schools, companies and resellers are welcome to preorder a WeLoxx device until March
6th at:
Openwave Messaging Adds Commtouch as New Messaging Security Partner
Openwave Messaging to integrate Commtouch Anti-Spam and Virus Outbreak Detection into Openwave Messaging's Universal Messaging Suite(TM)
MCLEAN, Virginia and REDWOOD CITY, California, February 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
Commtouch(R) (NASDAQ: CTCH), a leading provider of Internet security technology and
cloud-based services, today announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership
with Openwave Messaging Inc., a leading global provider of innovative messaging software
solutions. Under the terms of the agreement, Commtouch's high-performance security
capabilities will be integrated with Openwave Messaging's Universal Messaging Suite(TM)
[http://owmessaging.com/universal-messaging-suite ] for carriers and service providers.
Commtouch Anti-Spam leverages its patented technology and the power of its unique
cloud infrastructure that allows for real-time spam detection. As part of this agreement,
Commtouch's Anti-Spam service is now a pre-integrated option for future deployments of
Openwave Messaging's Universal Messaging Suite(TM). Openwave Messaging can now offer
messaging solutions complete with a leading anti-spam technology, allowing real-time
blocking of spam and phishing in any language or format with almost no false positives.
The Company will also include Commtouch's Virus Outbreak Detection that protects users
from email-borne malware in real-time.
"With the addition of Anti-Spam protection from an industry-leading partner like
Commtouch, Openwave Messaging has a new option for our customers for comprehensive
protection against spam and other email-based threats," said Dave Ratner, president and
CEO, Openwave Messaging. "Email security is a critical part of the service package that
our customers expect. With spam still dominating email traffic, anti-spam solutions remain
a key part of any email security solution and now with Commtouch's solution, we have a new
partner for delivering worry-free email communication to service providers and their
subscribers."
"Commtouch's Anti-Spam delivers maximum spam protection which combines
top-of-the-class detection rates, nearly no false positives, and real-time detection
through Commtouch's cloud infrastructure," said Shlomi Yanai, CEO at Commtouch.
"Commtouch's Anti-Spam allows easy and flexible integration and enables fast and
resource-friendly detection no matter how high the email traffic is. It is the perfect fit
for a provider of comprehensive and high-performance messaging solutions and services."
The integrated offering is available immediately from Openwave Messaging as part of
the Openwave Messaging's Universal Messaging Suite(TM).
About Openwave Messaging
Openwave Messaging is the leading global provider of innovative messaging software
solutions. Openwave Messaging's Universal Messaging Suite(TM) provides a powerful, open
and flexible, complete messaging environment optimized for today's most complex messaging
requirements, including millions of mailboxes, security controls, identity management, and
ease of integration with internal systems and external partners. Leveraging its strong
history of messaging "firsts," Openwave Messaging is dedicated to helping its customers
maintain business continuity and lower their business risk. Customers include
industry-leading communications service providers, including several of the largest global
broadband providers. For more information, please visit http://www.owmessaging.com or
follow us on Facebook [http://www.facebook.com/owmessaging ] or Twitter @owMessaging
[https://twitter.com/owMessaging ].
About Commtouch
Commtouch(R) (NASDAQ: CTCH) is a leading provider of Internet security technology and
cloud-based services for vendors and service providers, increasing the value and
profitability of customers' solutions by protecting billions of Internet transactions on a
daily basis. With six global data centers and renowned technology, Commtouch's email, Web,
and antivirus capabilities easily integrate into customers' products and solutions,
keeping more than 350 million end users safe. To learn more, visit http://www.commtouch.com.
Recurrent Pattern Detection, RPD, Zero-Hour and GlobalView are trademarks, and
Commtouch is a registered trademark of Commtouch. U.S. Patent No. 6,330,590 is owned by
Commtouch. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Commtouch Company Contact:
Brian Briggs, Chief Financial Officer
Commtouch
+1-703-760-3444
brian.briggs@commtouch.com
Commtouch Israel Investor Relations Contact:
Iris Lubitch
EffectiveIR
+972-54-252-8007
Iris@EffectiveIR.co.il
Commtouch U.S. Investor Contact:
Christopher Chu
Grayling
+1-646-284-9400
commtouch@grayling.com
Commtouch Media Contact:
Matthew Zintel
Zintel Public Relations
+1-281-444-1590
matthew.zintel@zintelpr.com
Openwave Messaging Media Contact:
Kate Carey
New Venture Communications
kcarey@newventurecom.com
+1-650-814-3088
PubMatic Appoints Former Google and InMobi Exec Rob Jonas as Vice President and Managing Director, EMEA and APAC
LONDON, February 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
Latest Hire Will Support Worldwide RTB-Based Ad Spend Increase to $13.9
Billion by 2016
PubMatic (http://www.PubMatic.com), the digital media platform company for
publishers, today announced the appointment of digital advertising platform and technology
expert Rob Jonas as its new Vice President and Managing Director for EMEA and APAC.
Jonas will join PubMatic in mid-March to head up its operations in the EMEA and APAC
markets and will be reporting into the President of PubMatic, Kirk McDonald.
His primary responsibility will be to lead international sales and help drive
continued global expansion of the company's Strategic Selling Platform which enables
programmatic ad sales. Worldwide, IDC projects that Real-Time Bidding (RTB)-based ad
spending will grow from $1.4 billion in 2011 to $13.9 billion in 2016.
"As programmatic buying grows and PubMatic continues to expand, having an
international managing director with Rob's level of experience at selling ad platforms for
media and technology companies is an undeniable asset," says President of PubMatic, Kirk
McDonald.
"In a short time, he has contributed to the material success and international
expansion of some of the most successful interactive companies. He understands and
consistently builds upon a culture of innovation at every turn, from start-ups like InMobi
to large corporations like Google."
Jonas comes with over 15 years' experience developing high-growth technology companies
in the EMEA, North America and the Asia-Pacific regions. He spent three years as Vice
President and Managing Director, EMEA at InMobi where he grew the business to become a
market leading, multi-million dollar company employing over 100 people across seven
offices.
Rob joined InMobi from Google's London office, where he was Director, Strategic
Partnerships in EMEA. At Google, he managed some of their largest regional customer
relationships with companies such as AOL and eBay. Rob also worked at Yahoo! Europe, which
he joined through their acquisition of Overture Services Limited (previously Goto.com).
During his time at Overture, he contributed to its global expansion across 10 countries.
"Rob will bring his experience and passion to lead our efforts internationally,"
continues McDonald. "PubMatic helps its clients optimise revenue across their entire
inventory portfolio and we know that RTB will occur across channels."
"Coming from a mobile-focused company, I have seen two undeniable trends over the last
three years," says Rob Jonas. "First, the rise of mobile computing and the eventual
convergence across mobile, tablet and PC platforms in the minds of consumers, publishers
and advertisers.
"Second is the increasing importance of unified, cross-platform solutions to address
monetisation, increasingly through the inclusion of programmatic and real-time bidding.
PubMatic is one of the very few companies at the nexus of these trends and fantastically
well positioned to capitalise."
Today's news comes during a period of sustained growth for PubMatic as it consolidates
its position as the leading digital media platform for publishers across all media. An
October 2012 Total Economic Impact Study, commissioned by PubMatic and conducted by
Forrester Consulting that looked at select PubMatic clients, reported a three-year
risk-adjusted ROI of 334% for publishers using the company's Strategic Selling Platform.
Additionally, in November, PubMatic was ranked the Fastest Growing Online Advertising
Company in US Internet Sector, 20th Fastest Overall in North America, on Deloitte's 2012
Technology Fast 500(TM). PubMatic currently works with leading publishers across Europe
including IDG, National Rail Enquiries and Monster.
Rob Jonas will be attending Mobile World Congress from the 25.02.13 to the 28.02.13
and will be available for interview.
About PubMatic
Since 2006, PubMatic has been at the forefront of developing innovative technology to
help publishers automate the process of evaluating and selling their advertising
inventory. PubMatic (http://www.PubMatic.com) gives premium publishers a real-time
media selling platform for managing revenue and brand strategy. PubMatic's platform
combines real-time bidding (RTB), the most comprehensive brand protection tools, unified
optimization and audience insights as well as hands-on support to serve the world's
leading publishers. PubMatic is privately held, backed by funding from August Capital,
Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Nexus Venture Partners, and Helion Ventures, and has offices
around the world in the U.S., Europe and Asia.
CONTACT: For more information or to arrange interviews with Rob Jonas please contact: Vaishali Patel, Marketing Manager, vaishali.patel@pubmatic.com, T: +44 (0)20 3427 6090 / +447950603037, http://www.PubMatic.com ; Nick Jones , Propeller Group , nick.jones@propellergroup.com, T: +44 (0)20 3301 1340 / +44 7908 445 781 , http://www.propellergroup.com ; Helen Nassey, Propeller Group, Helen.hassey@propellergroup.com, T: +44 (0)20 3301 5341, http://www.propellergroup.com
NICE Mobile Reach Selected by Telefónica to Provide Exceptional Customer Service
The mobile customer care solution will enable Telefonica to engage its customers in real time by seamlessly bridging between the company's mobile app and contact center
RA'ANANA, Israel, February 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
NICE Systems (NASDAQ: NICE) today announced that NICE Mobile Reach, a solution for
mobile customer service [http://www.nice.com/mobile-customer-service ], was selected for
initial deployment by Movistar, Spain's largest telecommunications operator and a brand of
Telefonica Spain, one of the world's foremost international communications companies. The
solution will serve as a bridge between Movistar's self-service mobile app and the contact
center, engaging customers based on their intent, profile, and the context of the
interaction. With NICE Mobile Reach, Movistar will increase customer engagement, improve
customer satisfaction, and provide efficient and effective assisted service across
channels.
NICE Mobile Reach [http://www.nice.com/mobile-customer-service ] enables Movistar
customers to seamlessly transition from the mobile app to assisted service with an agent.
When a customer selects this option, all information about the customer's activities in
the mobile application will be automatically transferred to the contact center and
immediately displayed on the agent desktop. The Movistar agent will be able to use the
interaction context to immediately start helping the customer in a highly personalized
way. Multimedia collaboration options, such as image exchange, will further boost the
quick and efficient resolution of the customer's issue, improving first contact resolution
rates and increasing customer satisfaction.
"We believe that our outstanding customer service is a key differentiator in our
market, and one way to strengthen our position is to make sure that our mobile application
delivers a complete customer experience and resolution," said Mario Soro, Director of CRM
Technology at Movistar. "NICE Mobile Reach offers a unique, real-time connection between
the self-service channel and the contact center, and will enable us to provide
personalized and effective service to our mobile customers."
NICE's innovative offering will reduce the operator's service costs by lowering the
average handle times (AHT) of assisted-service interactions and by reducing the volume of
assisted interactions through increased first contact resolution (FCR). Improvement in
these areas further enhances the overall customer experience. This is expected to help
Movistar promote its mobile app since customers will view it as a highly attractive and
relevant channel for addressing all of their service needs - whether this is fulfilled
through self-service or assisted service.
"Movistar's selection of NICE Mobile Reach affirms our vision for the evolution of
customer service," said Benny Einhorn, President of NICE EMEA and Chief Marketing Officer.
"More and more consumers are using their smartphones and tablets to interact with service
providers, and the service they receive over these devices should reflect the lifestyle
and expectations of such customers. Movistar's customers will enjoy quicker, more
effective, and highly personalized service."
Movistar's selection of the NICE Mobile Reach solution was facilitated by NICE partner
IZO.
About NICE Systems
NICE Systems (NASDAQ: NICE) is the worldwide leading provider of software solutions
that enable organizations to take the next best action in order to improve customer
experience and business results, ensure compliance, fight financial crime, and safeguard
people and assets. NICE's solutions empower organizations to capture, analyze, and apply,
in real time, insights from both structured and unstructured Big Data. This data comes
from multiple sources, including phone calls, mobile apps, emails, chat, social media,
video, and transactions. NICE solutions are used by over 25,000 organizations in more than
150 countries, including over 80 of the Fortune 100 companies. http://www.nice.com.
Trademark Note: NICE and the NICE logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of NICE
Systems. All other marks are trademarks of their respective owners. For a full list of
NICE Systems' marks, please see: http://www.nice.com/nice-trademarks.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements,
including those of Messer Einhorn, are based on the current expectations of the management
of NICE-Systems Ltd. (the Company) only, and are subject to a number of risks and
uncertainties that could cause the actual results or performance of the Company to differ
materially from those described herein, including but not limited to the impact of the
global economic environment on the Company's customer base (particularly financial
services firms) and the resulting uncertainties; changes in technology and market
requirements; decline in demand for the Company's products; inability to timely develop
and introduce new technologies, products and applications; difficulties or delays in
absorbing and integrating acquired operations, products, technologies and personnel; loss
of market share; pressure on pricing resulting from competition; and inability to maintain
certain marketing and distribution arrangements. For a more detailed description of the
risk factors and uncertainties affecting the company, refer to the Company's reports filed
from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's
Annual Report on Form 20-F. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release
are made as of the date of this press release, and the Company undertakes no obligation to
update or revise them, except as required by law.
Corporate Media Contact
Erik Snider, +1-877-245-7448, erik.snider@nice.com
Investors
Marty Cohen, +1-212-574-3635, ir@nice.com, ET
Anat Earon-Heilborn, +972-9-775-3798, ir@nice.com, CET