Wednesday, June 19, 2013

• Granite Loan Management and ISGN Form Strategic Alliance to Streamline Construction Lending, Mitigate Risk --- PALM BAY, Fla.
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  ISGN Corporation™ (“ISGN”), a leading provider of end-to-end technology solutions and services to the U.S. mortgage industry, today announced a construction lending services and technology solution alliance between ISGN’s TCLTM product and Granite Loan ... read more
• Geoscape and Environics Analytics Introduce Market Intelligence Platform to Reach Multicultural Consumers in Canada --- MIAMI
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  Geoscape, a leading provider of business intelligence technology, data and analytics, and Environics Analytics, the premier marketing services and data analytics company in Canada, today announced the launch of the Geoscape Intelligence System (GIS)™ for Canada. The product offers the most comprehensive geographic and demographic consumer ... read more
• CEO of ANCILE Solutions Named Maryland Finalist for 2013 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year® --- ELKRIDGE, Md., June 19, 2013
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  ANCILE Solutions, Inc., a global provider of best-in-class learning and performance software solutions to more than half of the Fortune 100, announced today that CEO Frank Lonergan has been named a finalist for the 2013 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year® Award in Maryland. The regional award recognizes entrepreneurs for their extraordinary success in innovation, financial performance, and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. Finalists automatically qualify and compete for the national Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year® ... read more
• NetSuite Announces New Pro Bono Program - SuiteVolunteers --- SAN MATEO, Calif., June 19, 2013
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  NetSuite Inc. (NYSE: N), the industry's leading provider of cloud-based financials / ERP software suites, today announced a pro bono service offering, SuiteVolunteers - a program run by its corporate citizenship arm, NetSuite.org. SuiteVolunteers brings together NetSuite's leading cloud-based business management suite with the industry expertise of its employees, offering their services to qualifying charities or social enterprises. NetSuite's cloud-based solution spares NetSuite.org grantees the expense and overhead that legacy, on-premise software requires, while NetSuite employees provide not only their ... read more
• Channel Veteran Alex Thurber Joins WatchGuard Technologies as Vice President of Sales --- SEATTLE, June 19, 2013
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  WatchGuard® Technologies, a global leader in manageable business security solutions, announced today that Alex Thurber has joined the executive team as vice president of sales for the Americas and EMEA regions. In this role, Thurber will lead teams across the United States, Canada, Europe and Latin America for the company, which recently reported its highest quarterly billings in history. Thurber brings a wealth of sales expertise and channel experience to WatchGuard. Most recently, Thurber served as vice president of worldwide ... read more
• SilverSky Joins North Bridge Venture Partners, GigaOM Research And Industry Collaborators To Unveil Results Of 2013 Future Of Cloud Computing Survey --- MILFORD, Conn., June 19, 2013
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  SilverSky, the expert provider of cloud security solutions, today announced its role as a collaborator in releasing the results of the third annual Future of Cloud Computing Survey, conducted by North Bridge Venture Partners, GigaOM Research and supported by 56 other collaborating organizations. This year's survey is the largest to date, examining viewpoints on drivers, inhibitors and opportunities in cloud computing across a sample of 855 respondents, including business users, IT decision makers and cloud vendors. More than a third ... read more
• Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium Uses IBM Big Data Analytics to Better Engage the Millennial Visitor --- ARMONK, N.Y. and TACOMA, Wash., June 19, 2013
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  IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced a collaboration with Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium to use IBM Big Data analytics to engage visitors with a more enriching zoo experience based on data generated from mobile devices and social channels. To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/point-defiance-zoo--aquarium-uses-ibm-big-data-analytics-to-better-engage-the-millennial-visitor-212085981.html Using IBM Big Data analytics, PDZA's online ticket sales have grown more than 700 percent with online sales expected to increase by up to 25 percent by the end of this year. Point ... read more
• OCZ Technology Group Achieves First-Pass Silicon Success with DesignWare IP and Synopsys Professional Services --- MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 19, 2013
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  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Highlights: -- OCZ achieved first-pass silicon success for its NAND flash Vector SSD with Synopsys' DesignWare DDR2/3-Lite PHY, Embedded Memories and STAR Memory System -- Met performance and time-to-market goals with IP integration and physical design assistance from Synopsys' experienced design consultants ... read more
• RedBrick Health and ClearCost Health Announce Integrated Wellness and Transparency Platform --- MINNEAPOLIS and SAN FRANCISCO, June 19, 2013
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  RedBrick Health, a fast-growing leader in consumer health engagement and behavior change technology, and ClearCost Health, an innovator in health care price transparency, today announced a collaboration to create the first integrated offering designed to address two of the biggest barriers to controlling health care costs: unhealthy behaviors and the inability to shop for medical care based on price, quality, and convenience. The resulting platform will be the industry's first comprehensive service that empowers consumers to be healthy and to ... read more
• RAMP and BlueMetal Architects Announce Strategic Partnership to Bring Video to the Enterprise --- BOSTON & WATERTOWN, Mass.
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  RAMP, the industry’s leading provider of next generation video and search experiences for enterprises, and BlueMetal Architects, an interactive design and technology architecture firm, today announced that they have formed a strategic relationship. The companies will partner to deliver video ... read more
• WSO2 Launches WSO2 Stratos 2.0, the Industry’s Most Complete, Open Enterprise-Grade PaaS Available Today --- SAN FRANCISCO
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  Just as enterprises have achieved flexibility and innovation from implementing heterogeneous environments on-premises, they now seek to extend these benefits into the cloud. Today, WSO2 debuted its answer to this growing demand with the launch of WSO2 Stratos 2.0, the industry’s most complete, open enterprise-grade ... read more
• Ellie Mae Releases May 2013 Origination Insight Report --- PLEASANTON, Calif.
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  Ellie Mae® (NYSE: ELLI), a leading provider of enterprise-level, on-demand automated solutions for the residential mortgage industry, today released its Origination Insight Report for May 2013. The report draws its data and insights from a robust sampling of the significant volume of loan ... read more
• Mentor Graphics Accelerates Verification with Emulation-Ready Verification IP for MIPI Products --- WILSONVILLE, Ore.
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  Mentor Graphics Corp. (NASDAQ:MENT) today announced MIPI-protocol verification IP (VIP) for use with their latest-generation Veloce® hardware emulation platform. This allows engineers to exhaustively stress test a device-under-test (DUT) that includes one or more MIPI protocol ... read more
• Baldwin County Public Schools Automates Workforce Management with Kronos --- CHELMSFORD, Mass.
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  To further control costs and increase efficiencies, Baldwin County Public Schools in Alabama has selected next generation workforce management solutions from Kronos Incorporated. News Facts ... read more
• Belkin to Showcase Solutions for Optimizing Mobile Technology Use in the Classroom at ISTE 2013 --- PLAYA VISTA, Calif.
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  Belkin, a trusted leader of technology solutions for office, classroom, IT infrastructure and mobile environments, announced today that it will showcase its portfolio of products designed to optimize the use of mobile technology in education at ISTE 2013 in San ... read more
• Sprint Velocity Receives Pipeline Award For Innovation In Connectivity --- OVERLAND PARK, Kan.
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  Sprint VelocitySM, an end-to-end mobile integration solution developed specifically for auto manufacturers by Sprint (NYSE: S), has received two prestigious rewards from Pipeline magazine’s 2013 COMET Innovations Awards program. COMET awards call attention to technology advancements that shape the way ... read more
• Infographic: The Dawn of a New Era for Airborne Infection Control Technology --- TAMPA, Fla.
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  There has not been one significant development in infection control since the late nineteenth century. As airborne viruses and bacteria become more resistant to traditional medicines and procedures, the technology sector must play a role in their eradication. That is the position NOVAERUS, ... read more
• InvenSense® Named By Forbes’ “America’s Fastest Growing Tech Companies 2013” --- SUNNYVALE, Calif.
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  InvenSense, Inc. (NYSE: INVN), the leading provider of MotionTracking™ devices, was recently named on Forbes’ annual list of America’s 25 Fastest Growing Tech Companies in 2013. InvenSense secured the #8 ranking, and is the #1 Semiconductor company. ... read more
• Turner Selects 2013 Class for Media Camp in San Francisco --- SAN FRANCISCO
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  Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS, Inc.) today announced the companies selected for its Media Camp 12-week accelerator program held this summer in San Francisco. ChannelMeter, Cinemacraft, Meograph, Plumzi and Tomorrowish will work one-on-one with digital, television and film executives, participate in a comprehensive curriculum on ... read more
• Strategic Analytics Leader Alteryx Appoints Former Quest Software CEO Doug Garn to Board of Directors --- IRVINE, Calif., June 19, 2013
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  Alteryx, Inc., the leading provider of Strategic Analytics, today announced the appointment of Doug Garn to its corporate board as the appointed representative of Toba Capital. Garn's more than 15 years of experience guiding senior management teams, including while CEO of Quest Software, focused on sales strategy, business operations and management will be valuable to Alteryx as the company accelerates its growth and continues to Humanize Big Data. "We believe a big disruption in the analytics space is currently in motion, ... read more