Ontario-Based Electronics Retailer Expands Product Line for New Year
OTTAWA, Ontario, Feb. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Ontario-based consumer electronics retailer, Romack Ventures LTD, has announced an expansion in their product line found at http://www.RomackDigitalCameras.com.
Founder and CEO of Romack Ventures, Robert McBean, said, "We've increased the number of products available on our Web site due to our customers' demand for more than just digital cameras. With a variety of personal electronics in one location, it makes the shopping experience faster and easier."
RomackDigitalCameras.com operates as an electronic commerce (e-Commerce) retail business. The site launched in November of 2010 and offers a wide range of consumer electronics, including digital cameras, cell phones, camcorders, accessories and more.
The expansive selection of brand name products found on RomackDigitalCameras.com eliminates a customer's need to shop on multiple sites, therefore saving them time and money--especially around the holidays. With customer satisfaction in the forefront, Romack Ventures offers high quality electronics at competitive prices.
McBean added, "We have dedicated ourselves to providing you with excellent service. Purchased electronics will be shipped to you in a professional and timely manner and our site is 100% secure."
New products are added to the site periodically and items purchased on the site can be shipped anywhere, including international orders. In addition to online sales, a customer service team is available during normal business hours for customer support and can be contacted by calling (613) 749-4502.
Moontoast Impulse Brings Music Merchandise Sales to Facebook
Selling "Stuff" May be One of the Best Revenue Opportunities for Musicians
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Savvy artists know that merchandise sales can play a significant role in a band's success - bolstering the bottom line and giving fans the opportunity to express their support. While the music industry continues to evolve at the speed of sound, shrewd musicians are getting hip to maximizing merch opportunities. Much more than just T-shirts, hats, and hoodies-- today's swag collections often include signed lithographs, electronic items, and fashion accessories. The most pioneering artists are taking these products beyond the merch table and bringing them directly to their social fans on sites like Facebook.
Moontoast Impulse(TM) is a Facebook application that provides music artists with a social commerce storefront. The initial release of the application let fans play, share, and buy digital tracks and albums, right from their Facebook News Feed without ever leaving the site. In response to feedback from artists, Moontoast today released an update that allows bands to include merch products in their store inventory, including the ability to accommodate some ticket sales.
Marcus Whitney, CTO and co-founder for Moontoast, said, "We're working hard to give artists the products that give them control over their creative and commercial interests. The Moontoast Impulse product is on a fast-track development cycle so that we can keep responding to feedback from our customers."
Launching Moontoast Impulse(TM) as a Facebook app was no accident. According to a recent Experian HitWise report, the average Facebook user spends over 4 hours a month on the site. Multiply that by the network's 600 million+ users, and that's a lot of potential exposure for a band.
Beyond the numbers, social sites like Facebook make it easy for fans and artists to interact directly. With Moontoast Impulse(TM), musicians are able to connect with fans via "Shares," "Likes," and comments. This type of fan interaction is key to increasing sales, particularly of merchandise. A recent article from the CMA Close Up® News Service stated, "Artists who pay close attention to their fans, tend to sell the most merchandise." Social commerce tools like Moontoast Impulse(TM) help artists pay attention and build relationships that translate into revenue. With touring headliners routinely taking in tens and sometimes hundreds of thousands of dollars per day on merchandise sales, the effort is well worth it.
This kind of one-on-one fan nurturing is, perhaps, the future lynchpin of successful music careers. The inclusion of merch sales in the revenue plan is also key. In an interview with Chris Kornelis of Seattle Weekly, Dave Bakula, senior VP of analytics at Nielsen Entertainment, said, "...one of the biggest places where I think there's potential for more revenue is from fans buying more stuff."
With Moontoast Impulse(TM) any artist can now test Bakula's theory for themselves.
ABOUT MOONTOAST
Moontoast is a social commerce company based in Boston and Nashville. Today, our products, which include Facebook commerce, distributed stores, and commerce communities, empower artists, brands and individuals to open the doors to a world of new audience-building and revenue-generating opportunities. Moontoast Impulse(TM) is a Facebook application that lets artists and their fans interact and transact directly, eliminating the middlemen and increasing profits for the artist. For more information, visit us at http://www.moontoast.com, or check out Moontoast Impulse(TM) at http://www.fanimpulse.com.
AutoTrader.com Enhances Online Car Shopping Experience with Social Media Connections, Chat and More
New Connections Bundle Integrates Chat, Social Media, Dealer Ratings and Redesigned Site Link Placement to Foster Deeper Connections Between Dealers and Customers
ATLANTA, Feb. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- AutoTrader.com, the ultimate automotive marketplace, today announced the national launch of the Connections Bundle, which integrates social media, chat, dealer ratings and more to create more avenues for car shoppers to connect with dealers online. The complete bundle includes Chat, Social Connections, Dealer Ratings and Sitelink Advanced. With this launch, AutoTrader.com is the first automotive marketplace to enable direct connections from dealers' listings to their social networking pages and third-party ratings sites.
Tested extensively throughout the third and fourth quarters of 2010, the Connections Bundle proved to be a valuable addition to AutoTrader.com's current offerings and is now available to dealers across the nation.
-- Chat enables dealers to instantly connect with prospects online via
text-based conversations. When a dealer representative is available, a
link noting that availability appears on the vehicle listing and
encourages shoppers to start a chat session. Powered by auto dealer
chat software from Contact At Once!, the chat feature can also be
extended to the iPad and most smart phones, so dealers can chat with
prospects even when they're not at their desks. In prior tests conducted
by AutoTrader.com, shoppers used the chat feature three times more than
email to connect with dealers, resulting in a 20% lift in shopper
interactions.
-- Social Connections helps dealers connect with their prospects via social
networking by creating highly visible links to their Facebook and
Twitter pages. Over 25% of dealers use social media, and this feature
enables them to promote their presence on these sites and further
develop their relationships with prospective customers.
-- Dealer Ratings allows dealers to showcase independent reviews and
promote their online reputation. Dealers can select a third-party
review site from a range of options and have that site linked to their
presence across AutoTrader.com, extending the reach of their positive
feedback.
-- Sitelink Advanced is a graphic button that enhances the visibility of
the dealer's website link on a vehicle listing page, giving dealers'
websites more prominence and making it easier for prospective buyers to
learn more about the dealer.
"At AutoTrader.com, our goal is to connect buyers and sellers, and we're always working to enhance those connections," said AutoTrader.com President and CEO Chip Perry. "Dealers invest significant resources in telling their stories online -- from creating compelling websites and social media presences to ensuring that customers have positive experiences to share. The Connections Bundle offers dealers multiple ways to merge information from across the Web and interact with their prospects online, helping them forge more productive relationships and, ultimately, sell more cars."
Today more than ever before, buyers are using the Internet to research and compare not just cars, but dealers as well. By connecting a dealer's social media presences and online ratings to their AutoTrader.com listings, the Connections Bundle enables prospects to access this information more easily. The addition of chat and greater access to Facebook and Twitter pages also raises the bar on how prospects can interact with dealers online, helping to build trust and rapport during the car shopping process.
About AutoTrader.com
Atlanta-based AutoTrader.com, created in 1997, is the Internet's ultimate automotive marketplace and consumer information website. AutoTrader.com aggregates in a single location millions of new cars, used cars and certified pre-owned cars from thousands of auto dealers and private sellers and is a leading online resource for auto dealers, individuals and manufacturers to advertise and market their vehicles to in-market shoppers. The company also provides a robust suite of software tools for dealers and manufacturers to help them manage and market their vehicle inventory and display advertising on the Internet. AutoTrader.com continues to grow key business metrics, including revenue, profitability and site traffic. Today, AutoTrader.com attracts more than 15 million unique monthly visitors who utilize the site to review descriptions, photos and videos of vehicles for sale; research and compare vehicles; review pricing and specials; and read auto-related content like buying and selling tips and editorial coverage of major auto shows and automotive trends. AutoTrader.com operates two other auto marketing brands, AutoTraderClassics.com and AutoTraderLatino.com. AutoTrader.com also owns used vehicle management software company vAuto, Kelley Blue Book (Kbb.com) and HomeNet Automotive, a leading provider of online inventory management and merchandising solutions for the automotive retail industry. AutoTrader.com is a majority-owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises. Providence Equity Partners is a 25 percent owner of the company and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers is also an investor. For more information, please visit http://www.autotrader.com.
Fujitsu to Showcase Mobile Device Semiconductor Solutions at the 2011 Mobile World Congress, February 14-17, Barcelona
Transceiver, Image Processing and Converter Products Serve Mobile Device Manufacturers
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Fujitsu Semiconductor America, Inc. (FSA) will showcase the latest in its portfolio of mobile device semiconductor solutions at the Mobile World Congress (MWC, http://www.mobileworldcongress.com) held in Fira de Barcelona-Recinto Montjuic on February 14-17, at the Fujitsu booth in Hall 1.0, Stand No. 1F69.
2G/3G/4G RF Transceivers
Fujitsu will present reference designs of multi-mode transceivers that eliminate 3G and LTE TX and RX inter-stage SAW filters and low-noise amplifiers. The MB86L01A 2G/3G, the MB86L10A 2G/3G/LTE-FDD, and the MB86L10A 2G/3G/LTE-TDD RF transceiver reference designs will be on display. (See related press release, http://www.fujitsu.com/us/news/pr/fma_20100601.html.)
The Fujitsu RF transceivers are compatible with a wide range of industry basebands, and feature a high-level programming model for controlling the radio using open standard digital interfaces. The compact transceiver module enables cell phone manufacturers to reduce component count, board space and bill of materials. For DigRF 4G V1.0 and 2G/3G plus simultaneous LTE-FDD and dual-band LTE-TDD support (bands 38 and 40), Fujitsu offers the MB86L12A RF transceiver.
Image Signal Processor (ISP), Milbeaut® Mobile
Also at MWC will be the latest in the Fujitsu Milbeaut Mobile family of Image Signal Processors (ISP), which feature high-definition (HD) imagery and fast processing speeds with low power consumption. The product line provides vibrant video and still images, meeting the needs of widely used digital SLRs, compact DSCs, and mobile phone cameras.
The latest member of the Fujitsu Milbeaut series, the MBG041 M-7MO, incorporates significant performance-enhancing technologies that improve image quality and performance. This ISP's dual-core processing delivers HD functionality with full 1080@30p output for optimal images. One core provides full HD video, while the second enables object tracking, face/scene/smile detection, motion-blur correction, image stabilization, and other leading-edge capabilities. The MBG041 M-7MO also incorporates enhanced Bayer filtering, which reduces noise and signal-to-noise ratios, optimizing color resolution.
"The success of the Fujitsu Milbeaut series is based on the company's long history and experience in the digital camera market," said Yoshi Masuda, senior manager of marketing, Fujitsu Semiconductor America. "With the M-7MO, Fujitsu brings superior D-SLR-level image quality and DSC functionality to mobile devices. We have a well-established roadmap for future development, and upcoming products in the series will add more powerful imaging features for full-size digital cameras and mobile devices."
Fujitsu MB39C326 Power Management IC: Industry's Leading 6MHz Buck-Boost DC/DC Converter
The new Fujitsu MB39C326 (http://www.fujitsu.com/us/news/pr/fma_20110203.html) power management IC is designed to power the radio frequency power amplifiers in mobile handsets and other mobile products that use a single-cell Li-ion battery. The converter switches at 6MHz, enabling designers to use a smaller inductor. That can reduce the board space of the power management circuits by up to 50 percent. The optimized voltage-control mechanism for full-charge and discharged-battery states automatically switches between buck operation (stepping down the voltage) and boost operation (stepping up the voltage). This prolongs battery life and efficiency, resulting in longer operation on a single charge.
"The market for mobile and smart phones, e-book readers, and other handheld mobile devices is demanding higher application performance and higher data transfer rates in the smallest form factor possible," said Akio Nezu, senior manager of marketing, Fujitsu Semiconductor America. "To meet this demand, manufacturers are aggressively trying to miniaturize components and reduce board space without impacting performance. Typically, one of the largest components is the passive inductor. Because the new Fujitsu MB39C326 buck-boost DC/DC converter operates at an industry-leading 6MHz, manufacturers can use a much smaller inductor, thereby reducing the board space requirements for the power management circuits by as much as half while also increasing battery life and efficiency."
About Fujitsu Semiconductor America, Inc.
Fujitsu Semiconductor America, Inc. (FSA) is a leading designer and developer of innovative semiconductor products and solutions for new generations of consumer, communications, automotive and industrial products. FSA provides a comprehensive portfolio of high-quality, reliable semiconductor products and services throughout North and South America,
Founded in 1979 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Fujitsu Semiconductor America (formerly Fujitsu Microelectronics America) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited (FSL), Japan. FSL offers semiconductor products and services to its customers worldwide through its global sales and development network that includes sites in Japan and throughout Asia, Europe, and the Americas.
For product information, visit the company's website at http://us.fujitsu.com/micro/wireless/, e-mail FSA_inquiry@us.fujitsu.com or call 1-800-866-8608.
All product names mentioned herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
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Fujitsu Semiconductor America, Inc.
CONTACT: Emi Igarashi of Fujitsu Semiconductor America, Inc., +1-408-737-5647, emi.igarashi@us.fujitsu.com; or Dick Davies of IPRA, +1-415-652-7515, ipra@mindspring.com, for Fujitsu Semiconductor America, Inc.
Successful Product Enhancements, Increased Investor Interest and Strategic Partnerships Illustrate Market Need for Leading Patient Check-In Solution
NEW YORK, Feb. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Phreesia, the leader in patient check-in solutions, saw significant corporate developments on many fronts this past year, including substantial interest from the investment community, strategic partnerships with key organizations and important enhancements to the PhreesiaPad, the company's flagship product.
Payment Capabilities Empower Patients, Improve Practice Revenue
Used by physician practices in all 50 states, the PhreesiaPad is an easy-to-use wireless touchscreen tablet that replaces the clipboard. Patient self-pay capabilities were added in January 2010, allowing patients to conveniently pay their co-pays or make payments against outstanding balances using an integrated card swipe. Since adding this capability, clients using payment services have seen a 10 percent average increase in collections. As a result, Phreesia has helped collect nearly $5 million for clients using the Phreesia Payment Services.
Further strengthening its payments offering, Phreesia struck a five-year strategic alliance with Elavon, a leading global payments provider, who is now Phreesia's exclusive payments processing provider. Additionally, Elavon now offers Phreesia's automated patient check-in solution to its healthcare customers across the United States, further expending Phreesia's footprint.
In Q4 2010, Phreesia achieved certification status as a Level 1 Service Provider compliant with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). PCI compliance is critical for ensuring that service providers working with financial institutions, credit card issuers and merchants, including physician practices, maintain full integrity and security over customer data. According to the PCI Data Security Standard, service providers must demonstrate the controls, procedures and technology covering the 12 PCI DSS requirements, including categories related to building and maintaining a secure network, protecting cardholder data, maintaining a vulnerability management program and upholding an information security policy. The standard applies to all organizations that hold, process or exchange cardholder information from the major card brands.
With its ability to collect and update critical patient information, verify patient insurance and collect payments automatically during the check-in process, the PhreesiaPad was recognized as one of the "Coolest Products of 2010" by Health Management Technology.
PhreesiaPad Bridges Waiting Room with Exam Room
While the PhreesiaPad is designed as a standalone solution, it also integrates with a wide range of electronic health record (EHR) and practice management (PM) systems for even greater practice and clinical efficiencies. In 2010, the patient check-in solution was tuned to seamlessly work with several major PM solutions, including Allscripts® Professional PM, GE Healthcare's Centricity®Physician Office PM and NextGen® EPM. Integration with PM and EHR systems continues in 2011 to support Phreesia's commitment to practice satisfaction and ease of use.
VCs See Need for Patient Check-In Technology
Phreesia saw strong commitment by the venture capital community in 2010, with $20 million invested in the company. The Series D investment round, led by Ascension Health Ventures, included investors BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners, Sandbox Industries, Polaris Venture Partners, HLM Venture Partners, Long River Ventures and VantagePoint Venture Partners. As part of their investment, Ascension Health Ventures' Investment Manager Victor Kats joined Phreesia's board of directors.
"As healthcare IT initiatives continue, Phreesia is well-positioned to benefit from the industry-wide interest in using technology to enhance the quality of clinical care, increase practice revenue and improve office productivity," said Chaim Indig, Phreesia's CEO and co-founder. "We look forward to an even more successful 2011, with continued technology innovation and making further in-roads towards our goal of replacing the clipboard with the PhreesiaPad in every physician practice in the U.S."
About Phreesia
Phreesia is the nationally recognized leader in simplifying the patient check-in experience for medical practices and their patients. By automating patient intake, the PhreesiaPad allows practices to effortlessly collect patient information, verify insurance and collect payments at the point of care. Phreesia delivers fully interactive content direct to patients, and is designed to interface with clinicians' existing and future technology. Phreesia is committed to enhancing the patient experience and enabling clinicians to stay at the forefront of patient care. For more information, visit http://www.phreesia.com.
All trademarks are properties of their respective owners.
Media Contacts:
Julie Goldman or Paul DiPerna
Schwartz Communications
781-684-0770
phreesia@schwartzcomm.com
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CONTACT: Julie Goldman or Paul DiPerna, Schwartz Communications, +1-781-684-0770, phreesia@schwartzcomm.com
Synaptics Introduces World's First Capacitive Multi-Touch Interface Solutions for Use with Integrated Displays in Mobile Devices
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Synaptics Incorporated (Nasdaq: SYNA), announced today the world's first line of capacitive multi-touch interface solutions for use with integrated displays, the ClearPad(TM) Series 3 and Series 4. With on-cell and in-cell integrated displays, Synaptics makes it possible to seamlessly enable capacitive multi-touch sensing in mobile devices. Both ClearPad Series 3 and Series 4 are on-cell and in-cell display ready.
The ClearPad Series 4's revolutionary approach combines Synaptics state-of-the-art ClearPad multi-touch technology with the display driver (DDI) into a single-chip solution that delivers the most advanced display noise management and best-in-class capacitive sensing performance. Synaptics' display integration solutions provide cost effective capacitive multi-touch interfaces for mobile devices and provide the thinnest form factor with the complete elimination of a discrete sensor.
"Display-integrated touch is a whole new paradigm for touch sensor design, enabling our customers to deliver a thinner, higher-performing, multi-touch experience to the end user. ClearPad Series 3 and our new Series 4 solution are the only products on the market that can offer this" said Kevin Barber, senior vice president and general manager of the Handheld Division at Synaptics. "Series 4 further expands the design options with touch-enabled DDI, enabling display manufacturers to develop their display product offerings with Synaptics touch interfaces."
"Integrating touch into display is the best way to lower cost, reduce components, reduce weight/thickness, and improve performance." said Dr. Jennifer Colegrove, vice president, Emerging Display Technologies at DisplaySearch. "The worldwide market value of touch screen modules will reach about $14 billion in 2016, from $4.3 billion in 2009."
Synaptics is actively working with leading display companies to serve major OEMs worldwide. ClearPad Series 3 and Series 4 for display integration solutions will be available in the first half of 2011. For more detailed information contact visit http://www.synaptics.com.
About Synaptics
Synaptics (NASDAQ: SYNA) is a leading developer of human interface solutions for the mobile computing, communications, and entertainment industries. The company creates interface solutions for a variety of devices including notebook PCs, PC peripherals, digital music players, and mobile phones. The TouchPad(TM), Synaptics' flagship product, is integrated into a majority of today's notebook computers. Consumer electronics and computing manufacturers use Synaptics' solutions to enrich the interaction between humans and intelligent devices through improved usability, functionality, and industrial design. The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif. http://www.synaptics.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking" statements about Synaptics, as that term is defined under the federal securities laws. Synaptics intends such forward-looking statements to be subject to the safe harbor created by those laws. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the Company's statements regarding its ClearPad Series 3 and Series 4 to seamlessly enable capacitive multi-touch sensing in mobile devices with on-cell and in-cell integrated displays; its revolutionary approach to delivering a single chip that delivers the most advanced display noise management and best-in-class capacitive sensing performance; and its display integration solutions providing cost effective capacitive multi-touch interfaces for mobile devices in the thinnest form factor with the complete elimination of a discrete sensor. Synaptics cautions that these statements are qualified by important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected by the forward-looking statements contained herein. Such factors include, but are not limited to, (a) demand for Synaptics' products, (b) market demand for OEMs' products using Synaptics' solutions, (c) changing market demand trends in the markets Synaptics serves, (d) the success of customers' products that utilize Synaptics' product solutions, (e) the development and launch cycles of customers' products, (f) market pressures on selling prices, (g) changes in product mix, (h) the market acceptance of Synaptics' product solutions compared with competitors solutions, (i) general economic conditions, including consumer confidence and demand, and (j) other risks as identified from time to time in Synaptics' reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010. All forward-looking statements are based on information available to Synaptics on the date hereof, and Synaptics assumes no obligation to update such statements
Synaptics, ClearPad, TouchPad, and the Synaptics logo are trademarks of Synaptics in the United States and/or other countries. All other marks are the property of their respective owners.
For further information, please contact:
Nick Rottler
Synaptics
408-454-5388
nrottler@synaptics.com
Greg Wood
Edelman for Synaptics
650-762-2838
greg.wood@edelman.com
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CONTACT: Nick Rottler of Synaptics, +1-408-454-5388, nrottler@synaptics.com; Greg Wood of Edelman for Synaptics, +1-650-762-2838, greg.wood@edelman.com
Exclusive news and analysis now integrated with Pike & Fischer's comprehensive legal content
ARLINGTON, Va., Feb. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --Continuing on its quest to provide one-stop online solutions for legal and business professionals, BNA today unveiled its Internet Law Resource Center(TM). The fourth of BNA's recently introduced online information and research hubs, this Resource Center provides a comprehensive resource for case law, news, research, and analysis on Internet and e-commerce law all in one place.
"The hallmark of our Resource Centers is a clean layout, with information organized by topic tabs to make navigation easy," said Michael Eisenstein, Vice President and Group Publisher of BNA's Legal & Business Publishing Group. "With activity on the Internet growing by leaps and bounds every day, cyberlaw professionals don't just need cutting-edge information in an easily-accessible format; they need it now. That's what our Resource Center gives them."
The Internet Law Resource Center provides cyberlaw practitioners access to exclusive case digests of court actions and full text decisions by state and federal courts, the Federal Communications Commission, the U.S. Copyright Office, foreign courts, and other bodies regulating the Internet. Notable pleadings, motions, and appellate briefs are also available in PDF format. It also provides access to reporting--much of it proprietary--from BNA's Electronic Commerce & Law Report(TM).
"What makes our Resource Centers unique is the ability to search several different types of data," said Eisenstein. "You can find a case by citation, keyword, or BNA's exclusive Headnote Finder. In the Internet Law Resource Center, you can search comprehensively across all content--cases, news, analysis, and primary sources--or you can zero in on just the resources relevant to a particular area of Internet law, such as privacy or intellectual property. The time savings alone is a great asset."
In addition, the Internet Law Resource Center, to which you can get a 15-day free trial, includes access to BNA Insights, cutting-edge articles by thought leaders in the cyberlaw field.
Launched in August 2010, BNA's Resource Center portfolio is growing and will soon provide even broader legal coverage. Current offerings cover labor and employment law, intellectual property law, telecommunications law, and, now, Internet law. Each Resource Center employs an intuitive interface to gathercutting-edge legal reporting and news analysis; comprehensive collections of cases, laws, and regulations; exclusive expert analysis from leading practitioners in BNA Insights; practice tools and more. In addition, they feature a suite of search and browsing options that allows for efficient and effective use by BNA customers. Additional Resource Centers are slated for release throughout the coming year.
For more information or a demonstration of BNA's new Internet Law Resource Center(TM), please call Kent Frankstone at 800-372-1033 or visit http://www.bna.com/ilrc2.
BNA (http://www.bna.com) is the leading independent publisher of print and electronic news, analysis, and reference products for professionals. Delivering specialized information to business, legal, and government professionals at every level of expertise, BNA produces more than 300 news and information services, including the highly respected Daily Labor Report, U.S. Law Week, and Daily Report for Executives.
The Mobile Operator's 'Elite' business plans offer savings of more than 80 percent on voice and data bills
NEW YORK, Feb. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Tru, the world's first global mobile network, today announced its Tru for Business Elite voice and data plans for U.S.-based business travelers. The new intercontinental bundles of minutes, data and texts can be used across all Tru countries(1), saving businesses over 80 percent on their international roaming bills(2).
The innovative Tru for Business Elite plans include:
-- Data, minutes and text bundles which can be used across all Tru
Countries providing over 80 percent savings compared to other carrier's
published business roaming rates
-- European minutes which can be used across 30 countries offering savings
of between 30 percent and 60 percent on calls between Europe and Tru
Countries
-- Local numbers for any or all Tru Countries, making it easy for contacts
to stay in touch without footing international call charges
With two thirds of U.S. organizations saying they have lost business through not staying in touch with colleagues or clients when abroad(3), the new Elite plans enable businesses to strike a balance between cost cutting and staying connected.
Geraldine Wilson, CEO of Tru, said: "Our mission is to help businesses around the world to thrive by removing the high charges associated with using mobile devices abroad. We're always asked how a carrier can remove roaming rates across the globe, and whether using us requires a change in behaviour. With Tru there are no codes to dial, no SIMs to swap or complex call back systems. We are a full GSM service which doesn't punish you for doing business abroad - it's as simple as that."
Tru Countries are currently United Kingdom, Australia and the U.S., with Hong Kong, Spain and Netherlands coming soon. Outside of Tru Countries, customers can purchase additional bundles of European voice minutes spanning 30 countries and data only bundles usable across the entire Tru Network. Elsewhere, Tru offers competitive international calling and roaming rates in over 220 countries worldwide.
Tru will expand to over 24 countries in 2012.
Tru for Business Elite tariff table
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Euro
Plan Price Voice SMS Tru Data Voice
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minutes*1 (MB)*2 minutes*
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Essential $35 0 0 0 0
Elite 450 $74 450 250 40 100
Elite 800 $137 800 400 75 200
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Elite 1500 $210 1500 750 500 500
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*1&2: Usable across the Tru Network (UK, U.S. and
Australia), and expanding to over 24 countries
by mid 2012.
*2: Usable across 30 European countries
(1) As of January 2011: Australia, UK, USA. Hong Kong, Netherlands, Spain coming soon.
(2) Compared with published standard operator business rates.
(3) Survey by Vanson Bourne for Tru, July 2010.
About Tru
Tru is the world's first global mobile network, helping people and businesses around the world thrive. We provide communications services that save them money and simplify their lives.
Founded in 2006, the company uses innovation to drive convenience up and costs down. The company's flagship GSM service, Tru, helps international business by charging local rates instead of roaming rates, and low cost international calls, in a growing number of countries throughout the world. Tru offers multiple local numbers on one SIM card, allowing customers and contacts to reach each other without footing the bill of high international call charges.
The company is also a pioneer in the mobile VoIP space. It launched the first downloadable mobile VoIP app for Nokia in 2006 and has since been the first on the iPhone, iPod and iPad devices. Tru supports all leading mobile platforms and devices including BlackBerry, iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, Nokia E and N series, and Android.
CONTACT: Chloe Graf, Head of PR of Tru, UK, +44 7408 839 764, US, +1-203-502-7977, Chloe.graf@truphone.com, in the UK / Europe, Catherine Jones of Hill & Knowlton, +44 (0)20 7413 3725, catherine.jones@hillandknowlton.com, or in North America, Sue Huss of Comunicano Inc., +1-619-379-4396, sue.huss@comunicano.com, both for Tru
Novell Makes it Easier to Run Business-Critical Linux Workloads on HP ProLiant and BladeSystem Servers
Customers to benefit from exclusive offers, support options and more
WALTHAM, Mass., Feb. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Novell today announced it has made it easier and more affordable for customers to run business-critical applications in a Linux* environment on HP ProLiant* and BladeSystem* servers. Available immediately, Novell has bundled SUSE® Linux Enterprise High Availability (HA) Extension for no additional cost with select SUSE Linux Enterprise Server subscriptions sold through HP and authorized resellers for a limited time.( )
"SUSE Linux Enterprise Server HA combined with HP servers delivers everything needed for customers to support mission-critical Linux workloads," said Joe Wagner, senior vice president and general manager of Global Alliances at Novell. "We are giving our joint customers the flexibility to run more virtual workloads, ensure continuity of service and reduce total cost of ownership. This bundled offer from Novell and HP makes it easier for customers to purchase our solutions and provides them with a single point of support."
SUSE Linux Enterprise HA Extensions are an affordable, integrated suite of robust open source clustering technologies that enable enterprises to implement highly available physical and virtual Linux clusters. SUSE Linux Enterprise HA Extensions are tested and supported with HP ProLiant servers and HP StorageWorks systems with Cluster Extensions. For a limited time, SUSE Linux Enterprise HA Extensions are available at no additional cost with select SUSE Linux Enterprise Server subscriptions along with HP technical support. Novell's ongoing support for multiple hypervisors and unlimited virtual machine licensing makes it simple and affordable to run business critical workloads in a virtualized environment.
"Enterprises must maintain business continuity, protect data integrity and reduce unplanned downtime of their business-critical Linux workloads," said Scott Farrand, vice president, Industry Standard Servers and Software, HP. "SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and SUSE Linux Enterprise HA Extension running on HP BladeSystem and HP ProLiant servers ensures system uptime while reducing total cost of ownership."
Availability
The exclusive High Availability Extension offer is only available through HP and HP authorized resellers now through June 2011. For details, click here.
About Novell
Novell, Inc. (Nasdaq: NOVL), a leader in intelligent workload management, helps organizations securely deliver and manage computing services across physical, virtual and cloud computing environments. We help customers reduce the cost, complexity and risk associated with their IT systems through our solutions for identity and security, systems management, collaboration and Linux-based operating platforms. With our infrastructure software and ecosystem of partnerships, Novell integrates mixed IT environments, allowing people and technology to work as one. For more information, visit http://www.novell.com.
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CONTACT: Charlotte Betterley of Novell, +1-781-464-8059, cbetterley@novell.com; or Erica Burns of PAN Communications, +1-978-474-1900, novell@pancomm.com, for Novell
Join Thousands of Players Online, Race the Worlds Most Coveted Cars, and Live the Ultimate Luxury Lifestyle
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Atari, one of the world's most recognized publishers and producers of interactive entertainment, and Eden Games announced today the release of the highly anticipated multiplayer racing game Test Drive® Unlimited 2 for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, Windows PC and Windows PC Download.
Media have rallied around Test Drive® Unlimited 2's untouchable qualities in the racing genre:
"Racing across this island is only part of the fun. Test Drive Unlimited 2 celebrates the luxury lifestyle..." - IGN
"In TDU2, the islands of Ibiza and Maui are ludicrously detailed sandboxes on a scope that few games ever approach..." - Ten Ton Hammer
"Test Drive Unlimited 2 might be the Xbox 360's ultimate form of escapism. Heck, who wouldn't want to spend all day racing and cruising around the Spanish island paradise of Ibiza behind the wheel of their choice of exotic supercars?" - Official Xbox Magazine
Test Drive Unlimited 2 expands on the traditional racing experience providing gamers with M.O.O.R.®: Massively Open Online Racing®; immersing drivers in a persistent online environment and revolutionizing multiplayer racing communities as players compete, team up, and share their achievements and creations online while putting the world's most desirable vehicles in the players' hands. Test Drive Unlimited 2 blends the single player and multiplayer experiences, creating a vibrant world of unique content and challenges. Test Drive Unlimited 2 is "always live," with automatic updates and seamless online/offline integrated gameplay.
"Test Drive Unlimited 2 continues to redefine the racing genre with massively open world online racing," said Jim Wilson, CEO of Atari, SA. "We're proud to unleash this game to our loyal community as they experience a dynamic environment filled with highly detailed limited edition automobiles, skill and luxury."
Test Drive Unlimited 2 carries a suggested retail price of $49.99. For more information on Test Drive Unlimited 2, please log onto http://www.TDU2.com/buy.
Videos, screens, and additional assets are available at the Atari press vault. Log onto: http://www.atari-press.com.
About ATARI, SA
Atari group is a global creator, producer and publisher of interactive entertainment. Atari's brands and content are available across all key traditional and digital distribution touch points, including browser-based and social online platforms, PC, consoles from Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony, and advanced smart phones (i.e. iPhone, Android and RIM devices).
Divisions of Atari, SA include Cryptic Studios, Eden Games, Atari Interactive, Inc. and Atari, Inc. Atari benefits from the strength of its worldwide brand and its extensive catalogue of contemporary classic game franchises (Asteroids®, Centipede®, Missile Command®, Lunar Lander®), original owned franchises (Test Drive®, Backyard Sports®, Deer Hunter®), MMO games from Cryptic Studios (Star Trek(TM) Online, Champions(TM)) and third party franchises (Ghostbusters®, Rollercoaster Tycoon®, Dungeons and Dragons®). Atari also leverages the power of its franchises to deliver movies and merchandise to consumers around the world.
Atari word mark and logo are trademarks owned by Atari Interactive, Inc.
About Eden Games
The second largest game development studio in France, Eden Games has achieved international recognition through the creation of games including V-Rally 1, 2 and 3, Need For Speed: Porsche, Kya: Dark Lineage, Titeuf, Test Drive Unlimited and Alone in the Dark. Base in Lyon, France, Eden Games is a wholly owned subsidiary of Atari SA. For more information, please visit http://www.edengames.com
VideoIQ and IPVision Software Announce 4G Video Surveillance Solution
Partnership delivers live and recorded video across leading 4G networks
BEDFORD, Mass., Feb. 8, 2011/PRNewswire/ --VideoIQ, the leader in video surveillance innovation, today announced that they have partnered with IPVision Software to develop a joint cellular 4G solution. The partnership allows joint customers to access live and recorded video across leading 4G networks.
The joint VideoIQ and IPVision Software solution includes VideoIQ's award winning iCVR line of high definition and D1 cameras and encoders with up to half a terabyte of full onboard NVR storage for months worth of recording and IPVision Software's Virtual Video Recorder(TM) (VVR(TM)). By taking advantage of VideoIQ's onboard storage, video is indexed and stored directly on the cameras and encoders, eliminating the need for expensive centralized storage and the need to backhaul video for recording. IPVision Software's VVR provides immediate access to live and recorded video from any camera on-demand and when real-time alerts are received - providing customers with access any time and from any location. Finally, with 4G network access, customers can now rapidly deploy a comprehensive surveillance solution without having to install an on-site wired or wireless network, dramatically reducing costs and installation time.
VideoIQ iCVR-HD high definition cameras, iCVR dome cameras, iCVR encoders and iCVR traditional box cameras each include up to half a terabyte of f intelligent, onboard NVR storage for months' worth of recording. With full onboard NVR storage, VideoIQ iCVR cameras and encoders eliminate the need to back-haul video to centralized storage - reducing bandwidth consumption by more than 90 percent compared to traditional surveillance systems and the external servers to store the video. And with VideoIQ's award winning iCVR-HD high definition camera, customers can record and retrieve full 1080p/30 frame per second video without being constrained by network capacity.
"With VideoIQ's category leading onboard storage, our joint customers can install a proven, intelligent surveillance solution even more rapidly than ever before," said Mark Felberg, founder and CEO of IPVision Software. "And with access to leading 4G networks, customers can now deploy with virtually no on-site infrastructure and access their surveillance system whenever and wherever they are."
The IPVision Software Virtual Video Recorder is an easy to deploy and use video management platform that delivers camera and storage scalability while significantly reducing initial and ongoing system costs. These benefits are achieved by leveraging an open, but inherently different architecture from the 50 year old CCTV technology used by DVR and NVR products. IPVision Software's VVR can save customers from 25 percent to 66 percent. The VVR is a complete software-only video management solution that centrally configures and manages third party cameras and encoders, video recordings, event messages and storage devices.
"Through our partnership with IPVision Software, we are continuing to reduce system costs for our joint customers by eliminating system infrastructure while expanding deployment flexibility," said Scott Schnell, president and CEO of VideoIQ. "With superior network speed and coverage, customers can deploy virtually anywhere over a 4G network - whether it's a temporary site or permanent installation."
About IPVision Software
IPVision Software provides an easy to deploy and use video surveillance platform that delivers unparalleled camera and storage scalability while significantly reducing initial and ongoing system costs. These benefits are achieved by leveraging an open, but inherently different architecture from the 50 year old CCTV technology used by all DVR and NVR products.
IPVision Software's Virtual Video Recorder(TM) architecture and software solutions can save customers 25% to 66%, including commercial and enterprise-size organizations with distributed site challenges. The Virtual Video Recorder(TM) (VVR(TM)) is a complete software-only video management solution that centrally configures, indexes and manages network-distributed third party cameras or video encoders, video recordings, event messages and storage devices.
VideoIQ is the leading innovator in intelligent video surveillance. VideoIQ's award-winning IP surveillance cameras and encoders include the most advanced, adaptive analytics in the industry, onboard NVR storage and enterprise class video management. Now, VideoIQ is delivering a new standard in megapixel surveillance, with zero bandwidth recording and full megapixel analytics. VideoIQ's simple and powerful surveillance solutions allow customers to pro-actively secure their most important assets across commercial, education, industrial, transportation, telecommunications and government markets. Learn more at http://www.videoiq.com today.
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VideoIQ
CONTACT: Lisa Mokaba, InkHouse for VideoIQ, +1-781-791-4560, videoiqpr@inkhouse.net, or Mark Felberg, President and CEO, IPVision Software, +1-813-527-9420 X101, mark@ipvisionsoftware.com
GHX to Sponsor Feb. 16 HFMA Webinar on Transforming the Healthcare Supply Chain Into a Strategic Asset
Featuring Dale Locklair of McLeod Health, the event will explore how healthcare providers can improve business and clinical performance by aligning supply chain strategy to corporate vision
LOUISVILLE, Colo., Feb. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- In today's financially turbulent environment, healthcare supply chain and finance executives are focusing on ways to optimize supply chain operations to reduce costs. Dale Locklair, vice president, procurement and construction at McLeod Health, will offer insights about advancing these efforts during a Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) webinar sponsored by GHX, which delivers software and services to improve efficiency in healthcare. The webinar is scheduled for Feb. 16 from 2-3:30 p.m. Central Time.
During the webinar, "Transforming the Supply Chain into a Strategic Asset to Improve Business and Clinical Performance," Locklair will share how McLeod Health converted its supply chain from a tactical to a strategic asset and the benefits that have been achieved as a result. He will cover topics such as:
-- Determining the corporate mission, vision and values needed to develop a
strategic and effective supply chain strategy
-- Understanding how an organization can develop a customer-facing supply
chain that will serve the competitive goals of the organization, and the
operational cost/benefit tradeoffs that must be considered
-- Creating or redesigning a supply chain that reduces costs while
supporting teams that deliver care
-- Knowing how to collect and share strategic information to drive
organizational change and enable continuous, seamless access to an
updated knowledge base, in turn reducing errors, driving down costs and
enhancing communications
To learn more and register for the webinar, go to:
Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC (GHX) makes healthcare more efficient by delivering software and services that enable both healthcare providers and suppliers to increase efficiency, lower costs and deliver better patient care. With the largest footprint in healthcare supply chain management, GHX connects more than 80 percent of licensed hospital beds at U.S. hospitals, as well as providers in Canada and Europe, with the suppliers from which they purchase the majority of their medical-surgical supplies. GHX is transforming today's linear healthcare supply chain into the industry's only healthcare supply cloud, providing 360-degree visibility into areas affecting both clinical and financial performance. Working with GHX, organizations can improve business processes, automate supply chain systems and collaborate to solve the tough challenges facing healthcare today. GHX is owned by members of the healthcare industry, including Abbott Exchange, Inc.; AmerisourceBergen Corp.; Baxter Healthcare Corp.; B. Braun Medical Inc.; BD; Boston Scientific Corp.; Cardinal Health, Inc.; Covidien; C.R. Bard, Inc.; Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.; GE Healthcare; HCA; Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems Inc.; McKesson Corp.; Medtronic USA, Inc.; Owens & Minor; Premier, Inc.; Siemens; University HealthSystem Consortium; and VHA Inc. For more information, visit http://www.ghx.com.
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Feb. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Gamer Doc®, the retail video game store franchise that delivers a new and interactive customer experience, today announced that the first Gamer Doc store in Texas will be located in Katy, at 931 Mason Road. Franchise owner Leo Bernard plans to open in mid-March.
"We are very excited to be starting out 2011 with the expansion of Gamer Doc into Texas," said Jim Belanger, president of Gamer Doc. "Leo is a great addition to our team, and we look forward to working with him as we bring the innovative Gamer Doc experience to all of the video game fans in the area."
Gamer Doc features Xbox® 360, PlayStation® and Wii® Gamer Centers, making it easy to find games, consoles and accessories for each platform. Customers can buy, rent, sell, play, pick-up, pre-order or trade-in a game, or drop a disc or console off for repair. HD flat-panel monitors and cables are also available, and the knowledgeable staff is happy to show customers how to hook-up their systems, share tips on how to improve their scores, try out new games, and answer any questions they might have.
"Gamer Doc is much more than just a place to buy video games," Belanger said." It is an entertainment destination. The store will be available for birthday parties and other celebrations, and will also host tournaments where local gamers can meet and compete for great prizes."
Gamer Doc is an innovative franchise concept that offers the opportunity to own, develop and operate a retail video game emporium. Launched in December 2007, Gamer Doc delivers a new and interactive experience to all customers. From dedicated gamers to Mom or Dad who want to try out a game, trade-in some old games or check out the latest titles and consoles from Microsoft®, Nintendo®, and Sony®, all customers will enjoy the ultimate gaming experience. Gamer Doc offices are located in Newport Beach, Calif. For more information, please visit http://www.gamerdoc.com or call 888-426-5576.
Xbox 360 is a trademark of Microsoft Corp. PlayStation is a registered trademark of Sony Corp. Wii is a registered trademark of Nintendo Corp.
Contact:
Pat Harriman
Gamer Doc
949.370.2075
pharriman@gamerdoc.com
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Gamer Doc
CONTACT: Pat Harriman of Gamer Doc, +1-949-370-2075, pharriman@gamerdoc.com
Ajaline Debuts Fine Jewelry & Watches: Next-Generation E-Commerce Platform
First Luxury Fine Jewelry & Watches Flash-Sales Website Launches
NEW YORK, Feb. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Today marks the official launch of ajaline.com, the members-only flash-sales website devoted exclusively to luxury fine jewelry and watches. Conceived by jewelry and e-commerce industry veterans Meeling Wong and Jim Conte, Ajaline opens the "vault" to a wide array of luxury brands of fine jewelry and watches, providing a unique shopping experience to online consumers.
Ajaline's launch week will feature world-renowned brands Buccellati (an Ajaline exclusive), Paolo Costagli, and Lagos, followed by new brands every week. Items on the site include everything from silver and 18K gold classic pieces to diamond jewelry and rings set with precious gemstones. Sale prices range from $200 to $40,000+.
Members can preview the complete product offering for each sale on Ajaline 24 hours before the sale starts so that people can get a clear idea of what will be available. Each brand will be on sale for three days with an average of 35 styles per brand.
"Ajaline was created to be the online destination where people can easily shop for the authentic brands that they covet -- all at saving of 30-70% off of their recommend retail prices. The shopping experience is simple and intuitive. People will not only find the brands they already know and want, but will also be able to discover new brands and designers who've been carefully selected by jewelry-industry insiders," noted Ajaline Founder Meeling Wong.
In addition to offering a dynamic online environment where people can securely shop for fine jewelry and watches, Ajaline also connects Members to Personal Shoppers who are knowledgeable about these categories.
The site offers free shipping and all items can be easily returned for refund or store credit up to two business days after receipt.
Members can also benefit from Ajaline's generous ReferralRewards Program. They simply invite friends and family to join Ajaline; once they join, the Member starts receiving 5% of their friends and family's total purchases for the first year as credits towards the Member's own future purchases on the site.
Luxury is central to the Ajaline experience and is present in every aspect of the site, from the exquisitely detailed original product photography of each piece offered for sale to the Japanese-inspired furoshiki in which all purchases are gift-wrapped by hand. Starting with the beautiful fine arts photography by renowned photographer Douglas Dubler on the landing page, Ajaline provides a rich shopping environment for its Members.
"Our careers have been all about luxury and the fine jewelry market, but we understand and appreciate technology and what it can (and can't!) do," explains Ajaline Founder Jim Conte. "We definitely weren't technology gurus who were looking for a category to exploit and hit upon the jewelry business. Meeling and I have the luxury background and experience, and we sought out the best technology experts so that we could leverage their expertise and our knowledge to create an exceptional online luxury shopping platform."
Luxury brands of fine jewelry and watches are partnering with Ajaline based on Wong and Conte's reputations and experience. Customers can be assured about the authenticity of the products they are buying on Ajaline and the security of shopping on the site. Ajaline serves as an authorized dealer for all brands sold on the site. Membership is free and instantaneous; to join, please visit http://www.ajaline.com.
ABOUT AJALINE
Ajaline is a members-only e-commerce platform for limited-time "flash" sales of the leading brands of fine jewelry and watches. As an authorized dealer for many of the most coveted brands in these categories, Ajaline offers its Members the opportunity to safely and securely acquire beautiful fine jewelry and watches at a savings of 30-70% off recommended retail prices. The site also features a blog dedicated to trend forecasting, commentary and news from leading industry experts.
PRESS CONTACT:
Dania Shiblaq
Brand Building Communications
(212) 343-8917
ajaline@brandbuildingnyc.com
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Ajaline
CONTACT: Dania Shiblaq, Brand Building Communications, +1-212-343-8917, ajaline@brandbuildingnyc.com
Aviat Networks Introduces First Complete Outdoor Networked Radio
New All-Packet Wireless Transmission Platform for 4G/LTE Backhaul Networks
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Aviat Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: AVNW), a leader in wireless transmission solutions, today introduced the Aviat WTM 3000 outdoor networked radio, a new class of product for wireless transmission applications. For the first time in a single radio, the WTM 3000 combines full IP/Ethernet aggregation and switching, along with the very latest in advanced radio transmission features to maximize frequency efficiency and throughput. The WTM 3000 will debut at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, Feb. 14-17, 2011.
The WTM 3000 is a fully functional Carrier Ethernet transport node in a true zero-footprint package. Unlike other "all-outdoor" packet radios that require an indoor unit or a separate switch/router to provide important networking features and advanced radio functionality, such as Adaptive Modulation, the WTM 3000 for the first time includes all advanced radio, modem and Ethernet networking functions all in a compact, environmentally hardened outdoor unit.
WTM 3000 represents a breakthrough in converged networking and transmission solutions. Incorporating the latest in carrier-class Ethernet switch technology and three Gigabit Ethernet ports, it supports nodal functions with aggregation, Carrier Ethernet Quality of Service (QoS) controls, Ethernet Operations, Administration and Maintenance (OAM) and IP/MPLS awareness. The WTM 3000 also provides superior radio transmission features, such as 256QAM Adaptive Coding and Modulation, excellent RF system gain performance, and support for link capacity-doubling, through co-channel operation with XPIC.
The WTM 3000 is designed to support the widest frequency range of any comparable solution in the industry, spanning licensed frequency bands from 6 to 38 GHz -- all with a common, fully outdoor architecture. This solution can operate as a standalone device for Carrier Ethernet/IP transmission wireless connections or extend the Aviat Packet Node platform for all-IP and zero-footprint applications. With standardized Gigabit Ethernet and Power over Ethernet (PoE) interfaces, the WTM 3000 can also be used in conjunction with third-party Ethernet switches and cell-site gateways.
"The Aviat WTM 3000 outdoor networked radio represents the very latest in IP wireless transmission," says Shaun McFall, chief marketing officer and senior vice president of Aviat Networks. "The WTM 3000 is ideal for operators who are expanding capacity and coverage by deploying new compact 4G base stations, where a zero-footprint all-packet backhaul solution is required. In conjunction with our latest Packet Node solutions WTM 3000 enables rapid expansion of the backhaul network."
Aviat Networks will be displaying the WTM 3000 at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, courtyard pavilion CY08.
About Aviat Networks
Aviat Networks, Inc. is a leader in wireless transmission solutions. We apply innovation and IP networking expertise toward building a carrier class foundation for future mobile and fixed broadband networks. With more than 750,000 systems installed around the world, Aviat Networks has built a reputation as a leader in offering best-of-breed solutions including LTE-ready microwave backhaul and a complete portfolio of service and support options to public and private telecommunications operators worldwide. With a global reach and local presence in more than 46 countries, Aviat Networks works by the side of its customers allowing them to quickly and cost effectively seize new market and service opportunities. Aviat Networks, formerly Harris Stratex Networks Inc., is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and listed on NASDAQ (AVNW). For more information or to join the dialogue, please visit:
Guitar Hero®: Warriors of Rock Unleashes 10 Explosive New Tracks from Marilyn Manson, Children of Bodom, Black Label Society and More for the Guitar Hero® Music Library Today
Experience Children of Bodom's "Was it Worth It" - The First Single Off The Band's Soon-to-be Released New Album, Relentless Reckless Forever - Exclusively in Guitar Hero®
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Love is in the air, but rock is definitely in the living room this February with news of a shredtastic new ten song mega pack for the Guitar Hero® music library care of Guitar Hero®: Warriors of Rock, Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) today announced. Available now and featuring hits from metal legends Black Label Society and rock icon Marilyn Manson, a track from Children Of Bodom's soon-to-be released studio album, Relentless Reckless Forever, the Guitar Hero debut of international sensation Firewind, and more, this month's track pack is poised to strike the right chord with Guitar Hero aficionados around the globe.
In anticipation of the upcoming March 8 release of Relentless Reckless Forever, Finnish heavy metal gods Children of Bodom will rock fans with three tracks for the Guitar Hero Music Library this month, including early, exclusive access to "Was It Worth It," the first single off their forthcoming album.
Rounding out the February Mega Pack's offerings from Children of Bodom are "Living Dead Beat," from their fifth studio album, Are You Dead Yet?,and "Blooddrunk," off their similarly titled 2008 album, Blooddrunk.
Returning to the Guitar Hero music library for a second encore with three tracks in the February Mega Pack is industrial metal band and multiple GRAMMY® Award nominee Marilyn Manson. Known for their uniquely theatrical performances, the pack contains "Get Your Gunn," the first official single off the band's debut album, Portrait of an American Family, "Tourniquet" from their second full length studio record, Antichrist Superstar and "Coma White," off their 1998 disc, Mechanical Animals.
For the first time since their on-disc appearance in Guitar Hero® World Tour, legendary guitarist Zakk Wylde's band Black Label Society make their triumphant return to the Guitar Hero music library in the February Mega Pack with a trio of new downloadable songs. Players can now shred along to "Black Sunday," "Crazy Horse," and "Parade Of The Dead," three tracks from their eighth studio album Order of the Black.
Last but not least, international power metal sensations, Firewind, make their Guitar Hero debut with the inclusion of "World On Fire" from their Days of Defiance album exclusively in the February Mega Pack.
The February Mega Pack is available on Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft for 1440 Microsoft Points, on the PlayStation®Store for PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system for $17.99 and for Wii(TM) for 1800 Wii Points(TM). All songs in the February Mega Pack are also available as downloadable singles for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft for 160 Microsoft Points, PlayStation 3 system for $1.99 and Wii for 200 Wii Points each. In addition to the in-game music store and Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Xbox 360, Xbox 360 owners can expand their Guitar Hero music library using the Guitar Hero VIP Pass Music Store, available exclusively on Xbox LIVE® online entertainment network.
Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision Publishing, Inc. is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and leisure products.
Activision maintains operations in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Australia, South Korea, China and the region of Taiwan. More information about Activision and its products can be found on the company's website, http://www.activision.com.
Guitar Hero and Activision are registered trademarks of Activision Publishing, Inc. All other trademarks and trade names are the properties of their respective owners. All rights reserved.
"PlayStation" is a registered trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Microsoft, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox LIVE, and the Xbox logos are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies. Wii is a trademark of Nintendo. All rights reserved.
Visible Vote Launches Live Mobile Video Town Halls, User Forums and Push Notification
Rep. John Garamendi (CA-10) to Debut Visible Vote Video Town Hall Technology
CHICAGO, Feb. 8, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Visible Vote LLC, creator of a free, non-partisan web app that connects voters to their elected officials, announced today the release of Visible Vote 2.2. The application's newest version enables members of the U.S. Congress to instantly connect with constituents through live mobile video town halls that subscribers can join and watch at http://www.visiblevote.us, through Facebook, or on their Blackberry, iPhone and Android smartphones.
Today at 6:15 PM PST/9:15 PM EST, Rep. John Garamendi (D) will become the first elected official to tap Visible Vote's new technology by hosting a live mobile video town hall for his constituents from California's 10th District.
"As a member of Congress, I owe it to residents in my district to use the latest technologies available to create an open dialogue," said Congressman Garamendi. "Visible Vote's innovative and free video town hall software - combined with our existing telephone town hall outreach - will enable thousands of people to reach me - even through their smartphones."
A free application for smartphones, Facebook and the Web, Visible Vote connects voters to lawmakers and empowers users with the information to elect officials that best represent their interests. Through the app, users can participate in the political process by voting on past and pending legislation, accessing and comparing their votes to their legislators' records, and submitting their preferences and messages directly to their representatives' offices. Forums offer users a place to debate and discuss politics, legislation and their representatives. In turn, Congressional offices can use the application to communicate directly with constituents, share information and polls, collect voter feedback, and host live video town halls.
The first mobile application scalable enough to serve any number of participants on all three devices, Visible Vote is breaking new ground by utilizing a unique combination of cloud computing, video and push technologies.
"Attempts at live video for mobile devices have flopped in the past because people don't remember when to watch," said Visible Vote CEO Paul Everton. "Push notification changes all of that. Hosts are now able to send a message notifying subscribers about a town hall or alerting them about a future event that can be automatically added to their calendars."
Visible Vote 2.2 is available to users operating on Blackberry 5.0, iPhone 3.1 and Android 2.2 or newer platforms. To view Rep. John Garamendi's debut town hall, download the free application from your smartphone marketplace, click the "live events" icon on the apps menu and add the event to your calendar. For more information, visit http://www.visiblevote.us.
About Visible Vote
Founded by Paul Everton and Jason Pritzker, Visible Vote is a first-of-its-kind software application to educate voters, personalize politics and connect congressional leaders and campaigns to their constituents. Available free for Facebook, Blackberry, iPhone and Android smartphones, Visible Vote makes it fun and easy to participate in the country's political process. Since its release, more than 200,000 Americans have downloaded the application to stay informed and in touch with their elected officials. Visible Vote, LLC was founded in 2009 and is based in Chicago, IL.
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Visible Vote
CONTACT: Matt Dornic, Quinn Gillespie & Associates, +1-202-429-6879, mdornic@qga.com
Announcing StoryMarket, the New Network for Finding, Buying, Selling and Sharing Media Content
LAWRENCE, Kan., Feb. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- StoryMarket, a new content network for syndicators, publishers, freelancers and bloggers, is being launched later this month by The World Company. Media organizations and individuals interested in developing new opportunities to buy, sell or share content are invited to register for the public beta at storymarket.com.
The Associated Press and Universal Uclick have signed agreements to contribute content to StoryMarket.
StoryMarket, the latest development of Lawrence, Kan.-based World Company, provides a new model for the licensing and circulation of content. Along with offering quality a la carte content from well-known syndicators, StoryMarket gives each user tools to easily sell or share their own text stories, photographs, videos, audio clips and story packages to other StoryMarket members. StoryMarket handles the credit card transactions and authenticated downloads of content to purchasers. StoryMarket is free to join, supports both a la carte and monthly subscription models and takes a percentage of each transaction.
"We created StoryMarket to help publishers develop with more cost-effective content options, and to help creators of content, including major syndicators, to find more opportunities to have their work widely licensed and published," said David Ryan, Chief Architect and Product Manager for StoryMarket.
"In StoryMarket, you can you make your content available to other StoryMarket users in any way you like," Ryan continued, "for sale, for free, in trade with other organizations in public or private content-sharing groups. Each user has full control over their content's pricing, availability and licensing rights. Buy, sell or share -- StoryMarket means content syndication on your terms."
A social network solution to developing content relationships
StoryMarket members can follow other users, organizations and topics to customize their own personal feed of content choices, giving users complete control over the content StoryMarket presents to them. Publishers can be as open or restrictive as they like in terms of who can see their content and can set pricing for specific users, organizations, or groups within StoryMarket.
"In StoryMarket, you get a customized feed of content matching your topic interests based on the organizations and users you follow," explained Frank Wiles, Chief Technology Officer. "We see the social network model as a great solution for helping people develop new content relationships that meet their specific needs. It's the heart of the StoryMarket network."
For new media, traditional media and emergent media
StoryMarket is for media companies of all kinds, from freelancers to major news organizations, community newspapers, magazines, syndicators, radio stations, TV stations, bloggers and niche websites -- anyone seeking new sources of content and/or new content revenue possibilities.
"We'd love to see first-rate bloggers establish relationships with print publications or magazines or radio stations looking for new sources of content," said Ryan. "StoryMarket gives everyone the opportunity not only to find new sources of content, but to create new revenue selling content they're already producing on topics they specialize in."
The World Company is a leader in digital journalism practices and new media tools, as well as the birthplace of Django, the open source web framework.
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StoryMarket
CONTACT: David Ryan, Chief Architect - Product Manager, +1-785-371-4616, david@storymarket.com, or Frank Wiles, Chief Technology Officer, +1-785-550-4638, frank@storymarket.com, both of StoryMarket
OpenX Launches Breakthrough Ad Technology Platform
Major digital businesses globally - including Groupon in the U.S., Orange-France Telecom Group in Europe and Excite Japan - are adopting the revenue maximizing functionality of OpenX Enterprise
PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- OpenX Technologies, Inc. (OpenX), the world's leading independent provider of ad technology for web publishers, today announced the launch of a new, breakthrough version of OpenX Enterprise. The new platform, the company's Software as a Service ad serving product for large publishers, combines the totally updated capabilities of a true premium ad server with new, advanced technology that enables publishers to maximize yield across all their ad revenue channels in real-time. The company also announced that several major digital businesses around the world are adopting OpenX Enterprise. These customers include Groupon in the United States, Orange-France Telecom Group in Europe and Excite Japan in Japan. The platform becomes available to all publishers today.
OpenX Enterprise's innovative technology now empowers leading publishers to more efficiently and effectively maximize revenue in the increasingly sophisticated ad landscape. Today many publishers find revenue management inefficient and complex because they have to utilize different tools to manage different demand channels. For example, some publishers today use their old ad server for exclusive and guaranteed campaigns and then use a separate and unintegrated service to attempt to optimize non-guaranteed and real-time bidded demand.
In contrast, OpenX's new platform maximizes publisher revenue by optimizing all ad revenue channels in one place. This includes inventory sold through a direct sales force as well as inventory sold indirectly through the rapidly increasing number of demand sources such as ad networks and Demand Side Platforms (DSPs). Another vital component of the OpenX Enterprise platform is an integrated and comprehensive data collection and targeting system that allows publishers to use both proprietary and third-party data to enable audience-based media buying across their inventory.
"We're extremely excited to launch the brand new version of OpenX Enterprise because it really attacks some of the most fundamental challenges facing publishers today," said Tim Cadogan, chief executive officer, OpenX. "Specifically, we think it's vital for all of a publisher's ad revenue streams to compete in a way the publisher can understand and control in a consistent way. OpenX Enterprise now allows a publisher to manage and optimize exclusive, guaranteed, non-guaranteed and real-time revenue sources all in one unified platform. Furthermore, we have created powerful audience segmentation tools combined with seamless third-party integration capabilities so that all of a publisher's data - first- and third-party - resides right within the ad server. We think this is essential for publishers to level the playing field with sophisticated buyers in order to extract full and fair economic value from their inventory. Finally, we have incorporated a very robust set of APIs to make OpenX Enterprise the most flexible and extensible platform in the market. We believe this unique combination of capabilities makes OpenX Enterprise a platform many publishers can truly build their businesses on for the long-term."
"For a business growing as rapidly as Groupon, OpenX Enterprise has already been a great solution," said Rob Solomon, president and chief operating officer, Groupon. "OpenX's revenue serving vision is both extremely innovative and very logical and the flexibility of the technology has worked extremely well for our business. It's an intuitive and easily scalable product that has made our team more efficient. We're very excited to keep building our ad business on top of the OpenX ad platform."
"OpenX Enterprise provides important new features that solve the complex problems facing publishers today," said Toshio Kawauchi, director of media sales, Excite Japan. "We believe the platform's unique technology is essential to the next generation of ad serving."
"Serving targeted, relevant advertising to the visitors of Orange Advertising Networks(TM) is foundational to how we run our digital business and we're excited to have launched the platform initially in our Spanish market," said Luc Tran Thang, vice president, Orange Advertising. "OpenX Enterprise is both more revenue intelligent and business oriented."
OpenX Enterprise features a number of key and unique benefits:
1. Significantly increases revenue across all demand channels:
a. Manage all ad revenue channels - exclusive, guaranteed,
non-guaranteed, real-time bidding - through one unified ad revenue
platform
b. Unified real-time ad decisions maximize value of every ad impression
c. Retain complete sales channel control to protect premium exclusive
and guaranteed revenue streams
2. Bundled tier-one DSP and agency trading desk buyers: Real-Time Bidding
(RTB) buyers pre-integrated within the ad server:
a. Unique monetization functionality built directly into the ad server
allows publishers to take full advantage of RTB demand sources
b. Industry's leading RTB buyers all enabled directly within the ad
server so publishers have seamless, controllable access to the
rapidly growing universe of RTB revenue from DSPs and agency trading
desks
c. Publisher control over economics (reserve pricing), buyer access
(e.g. buyer white and black lists) and quality
3. Faster, more effective tools for ad operations:
a. Fundamentally redesigned ad operations workflow removes layers of
translation and spreadsheets that traditional ad servers require
b. Simplifies trafficking by eliminating unnecessary repetition and
reduces human errors
c. New features like ad products enable ad operations teams to be less
reactive and task driven and become more proactive about driving ad
revenue
4. Advanced data capabilities:
a. Publishers actually own their own data with OpenX Enterprise
b. Enables publishers to develop audience segments utilizing their
proprietary user activity data with every ad impression
c. Enables publishers to blend proprietary data with third-party data to
create differentiated hybrid segments
d. All audience data is seamlessly actionable for ad targeting,
forecasting and reporting because it is stored natively within the ad
server
5. Massively flexible:
a. Complete API framework and object-based design throughout the
platform makes it simple to integrate with other components of the
publisher's enterprise stack (e.g. financial, business intelligence
and CRM systems)
b. Easy access to impression-level data allows publishers to understand
and control their business
c. Flexible architecture powers advertising innovation
About OpenX
OpenX is the world's leading independent provider of digital advertising technology that enables businesses to manage and maximize their ad revenue. OpenX products, including OpenX Enterprise and OpenX Market, provide a comprehensive revenue generation platform by combining ad serving with a unique ad exchange. OpenX ad serving products are used by more than 200,000 websites in more than 100 countries and serve more than 350 billion ads monthly. OpenX Market reaches more than 400 million monthly unique users worldwide.
OpenX Technologies, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of OpenX Limited, is based in Los Angeles and is backed by leading investors including Accel Partners, Index Ventures and O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures. For more information, please visit: http://www.openx.org
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Be Our Valentine: LivingSocial Announces FlirtFest 2011
Leading Social Shopping Site Continues Long-standing Love With Deep Discounts, Bringing Bargains to the Romantically-Inclined Through Valentine's Day
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Casanovas looking for swoon-worthy deals, rejoice! Beginning today and running daily through February 14 in eleven markets nationwide, LivingSocial's annual FlirtFest will present a series of Valentine's Day-themed deals designed to soothe aching hearts and empty wallets. This year's deals include flower delivery services, chocolatiers, couples massages and dining experiences at romantic restaurants discounted by at least 50 percent.
"Valentine's Day is our time to show the love to our subscribers with deep discounts on the most romantic date and gift options our top markets have to offer," says Tim O'Shaughnessy, CEO of LivingSocial. "Our annual FlirtFest provides opportunities to indulge in great deals on all the Valentine's Day staples: fine dining, flowers, chocolates and more."
FlirtFest deals will be available in participating markets: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Washington DC, Houston, Los Angeles, Minneapolis-St. Paul, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Seattle.
LivingSocial is the online source for people to find handpicked experiences at a great value. The company currently operates in 174 markets in the U.S. and abroad, helping more than 20 million subscribers find restaurants, shops, activities and services popular in their area, at significant savings. The company has dedicated area experts on the ground in every market working directly with business owners, constantly unearthing the best in local attractions to bring a savings of at least 50 percent to consumers.
For ideas on romantic travel getaways, LivingSocial offers curated packages through LivingSocial Escapes, ranging from historic bed and breakfast retreats to ski trips at popular resorts and getaways in the California wine country.
LivingSocial adds surprise to every calendar with handpicked daily deals you can share with friends. Members enjoy at least 50% off on the coolest, local experiences. Local business owners get an easy and cost effective marketing tool to attract new, loyal customers. In 2010, one of the fastest growing companies in the space expanded with LivingSocial Escapes offering a "vacation in a box" for easy weekend trips at great value. Based in Washington, DC, the international brand and has saved nearly 20 million subscribers more than $230 million in more than 174 markets worldwide. Please visit http://www.livingsocial.com for additional information.
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CONTACT: Maire Griffin of LivingSocial, +1-202-503-2506, maire.griffin@livingsocial.com; or Brittany Pass of Atomic PR, +1-415-593-1400, brittany@atomicpr.com, for LivingSocial
CA Technologies and Capgemini Announce BPO Partnership to Offer Global Energy, Carbon and Sustainability Outsourced Managed Service
MORGES, Switzerland, and PARIS, Feb. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- CA Technologies (Nasdaq: CA) and Capgemini, one of the world's foremost providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing services, today announced a partnership to establish a global Energy, Carbon and Sustainability Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) service. The partnership, which brings together the expertise of Capgemini's rapidly growing and successful Business Process Outsourcing Business Unit and CA Technologies leading CA ecoSoftware solution, will help customers better manage complex sustainability data collection and increasingly challenging reporting demands, enabling them to focus on sustainability strategy and carbon reduction activities.
"The global alliance between CA Technologies and Capgemini is among the first of its type for energy, carbon and sustainability management services," said Stuart Neumann, senior manager at Verdantix. "Capgemini's reputation for business process outsourcing is well-suited to complement CA ecoSoftware, which Verdantix recently identified as a leading solution in the carbon and energy management software market. This alliance between CA Technologies and Capgemini delivers a strong sustainability management capability to the market."
The managed service will provide customers with 'actionable insight' into their level of sustainability, which will help support and accelerate achieving their environmental objectives. Internally, Capgemini UK already is benefitting from this new BPO service to manage its energy and sustainability data. Historically, spreadsheets were used to collect and manage data. But the increasing complexity of data requirements, multiple reporting and the need to provide different levels of user access meant that a new auditable software solution was required. The new managed service - powered by CA ecoSoftware - captures all energy and carbon data and provides web-based reports to the UK Sustainability Board and operational dashboards to the Environmental team. It is estimated that this service will reduce sustainability operating costs by 30 percent while providing improved data quality.
Tony Kelly, New Business Services Director at Capgemini BPO said, "Capgemini has always embraced innovation in its BPO services development and we are finding our clients' back office needs increasingly include Sustainability Data Management and Reporting. So a new managed service is a logical extension of our strength in Finance and Accounting and Supply Chain Services BPO. Capgemini selected the CA ecoSoftware solution because it can meet the needs and scale of our global enterprise clients."
"Forward thinking organisations like Capgemini not only demand smart, efficient solutions for measuring and reporting energy and carbon data, but also realize they can benefit from significant cost savings and focus more on improving their sustainability performance and less on managing data," said Terrence Clark, general manager, CA ecoSoftware, CA Technologies. "Together with Capgemini, we are delivering this new energy, carbon and sustainability outsourced managed service to give customers the freedom to clearly focus on their sustainability strategy and carbon reduction."
CA ecoSoftware works by providing accurate, auditable sustainability data to meet the needs of global client operations. By providing insight into sustainability operations data, organizations are better equipped to comply with regional regulation and to increase operational efficiency. This helps enterprises reduce carbon emissions, manage natural resource consumption, cut energy costs and deliver on environmental goals. Through bundling the CA ecoSoftware solution with Capgemini's managed BPO service, customers gain an informed position on their sustainability via a cost effective managed business process delivery model.
About Capgemini
Capgemini, one of the world's foremost providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing services, enables its clients to transform and perform through technologies. Capgemini provides its clients with insights and capabilities that boost their freedom to achieve superior results through a unique way of working, the Collaborative Business Experience(TM). The Group relies on its global delivery model called Rightshore®, which aims to get the right balance of the best talent from multiple locations, working as one team to create and deliver the optimum solution for clients. Present in more than 35 countries, Capgemini reported 2009 global revenues of EUR 8.4 billion and employs over 100,000 people worldwide.
CA Technologies (Nasdaq: CA) is an IT management software and solutions company with expertise across all IT environments - from mainframe and distributed, to virtual and cloud. CA Technologies manages and secures IT environments and enables customers to deliver more flexible IT services. CA Technologies innovative products and services provide the insight and control essential for IT organizations to power business agility. The majority of the Global Fortune 500 relies on CA Technologies to manage evolving IT ecosystems. For additional information, visit CA Technologies at http://www.ca.com.
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Explore Anywhere Enters Beta Testing with CyberBullyPro
Company Anticipates Commercially Launching New Product by End of Second Quarter 2011
WABASH, Ind., Feb. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Explore Anywhere Holding Corp. (Pink Sheets: PFVR), a longtime presence in the computer monitoring market, specializing in offering computer monitoring solutions for parents, corporations, and educational facilities, today announced that CyberBullyPro, the Company's new software solution for computer monitoring, has entered beta testing. This milestone indicates that Explore Anywhere is on pace to commercially launch CyberBullyPro by the end of the second quarter of 2011, meeting the increasing need for protecting children online.
CyberBullyPro includes several key enhancements, designed to simplify the ability of parents to protect children and provide users with expanded capabilities. Benefits include:
-- Passive monitoring capabilities, which automatically search for
dangerous terms (such as "stay home from school"), so parents can
monitor children without feeling like they are spying on them.
-- Built-in keywords, garnered from significant research into social
networking sites and cyber bullying reports, helping parents to quickly
and easily identify dangerous phrases for passive monitoring.
-- The ability to monitor online activity from any web browser, enabling
parents to install the software once on their PC, and monitor remotely
from any Internet connection.
Bryan Hammond, Founder, President and Chairman of the Board of Explore Anywhere Holding Corp., commented, "We are confident we have developed, and will soon launch, a compelling offering for the passive and active monitoring of computers. This new product offering will help us capture market share in the rapidly expanding computer monitoring market. CyberBullyPro provides important safeguards to protect children on the Internet and proactively target cyber bullying, a growing problem facing children in today's technology-driven environment."
CyberBullyPro is expected to retail at $69.95. More information is available at http://www.exploreanywhere.com by signing up to Explore Anywhere's newsletter.
About Explore Anywhere Holding Corp.
Explore Anywhere is a longtime presence in the rapidly growing, computer monitoring market, specializing in offering computer monitoring solutions for parents, corporations, and educational facilities. Explore Anywhere's mission is to provide effective and useful computer monitoring products at affordable prices in an effort to cut down on the dangers of the Internet and the greater community at large. Its solutions implement leading technologies designed to address a range of emerging online threats.
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Qualcomm to Demonstrate New Peer-to-Peer Technology at Mobile World Congress
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Reflecting its continuing research and development into new connectivity models, Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM) will demonstrate its newest advancement in peer-to-peer wireless technology at the GSMA Mobile World Congress, Feb. 14-17 in Barcelona. The Company's technology innovation, called FlashLinq(TM), enables devices to discover each other automatically and continuously, and to communicate, peer-to-peer, at broadband speeds without the need for intermediary infrastructure.
FlashLinq advances a concept known as proximal communications, whereby users can continuously connect, disconnect and communicate directly with other mobile users at broadband speeds based on their physical proximity. The technology is designed to complement traditional cellular-based services and serve as a scalable platform for new types of applications.
"By expanding the operator model of managed services to the frontier of proximal communications, Qualcomm continues to demonstrate its leadership in wireless technology and innovation," said Ed Knapp, senior vice president of business development and engineering for Qualcomm. "FlashLinq's direct discovery and distributed communications allows operators to naturally extend their cellular networks. The technology can efficiently support new and enhanced services in areas such as direct local advertising, geo-social networking and machine-to-machine communications."
FlashLinq is a synchronous TDD OFDMA technology operating on dedicated licensed spectrum and is distinguished by its high discovery range (up to a kilometer), discovery capacity (thousands of nearby devices) and distributed interference management. By enabling the simultaneous discovery and communication of thousands of proximal devices, FlashLinq can effectively create a "neighborhood-area network," where fixed and mobile peer applications can interact directly.
Qualcomm plans to collaborate with SK Telecom to trial FlashLinq in South Korea and explore potential commercial uses.
"Throughout its 27-year history, SK Telecom has always embraced cutting-edge technologies because we are committed to giving our customers the most advanced capabilities and user experiences," said Dr. Jong Tae Ihm, SK Telecom's senior vice president and head of the Institute of Network Technology. "We see Qualcomm's FlashLinq technology as a key enabler to a range of new and innovative services based on proximal networking."
Qualcomm's FlashLinq P2P technology will be demonstrated at Barcelona's Fira Convention Center in the Company's exhibit, located in Exhibit Hall 8, #8B53.
About SK Telecom
SK Telecom (NYSE: SKM, KSE: 017670) is Korea's leading telecommunications provider with more than 25 million subscribers, which accounts for more than 50% of the total market. The company, established in 1984, reached KRW 12.46 trillion in revenue in 2010. SK Telecom was the first to launch and commercialize CDMA, CDMA2000 1x, CDMA EV-DO and HSDPA networks, and it currently provides cellular, wireless Internet, mobile media, global roaming service and more. For more information, please visit http://www.sktelecom.com or email press@sktelecom.com.
About Qualcomm
Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) is a world leader in 3G and next-generation mobile technologies. For 25 years, Qualcomm ideas and inventions have driven the evolution of wireless communications, connecting people more closely to information, entertainment and each other. Today, Qualcomm technologies are powering the convergence of mobile communications and consumer electronics, making wireless devices and services more personal, affordable and accessible to people everywhere. For more information, visit Qualcomm around the Web:
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EarthLink Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2010 Results
ATLANTA, Feb. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- EarthLink, Inc. (Nasdaq: ELNK) today announced financial results for its fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2010. EarthLink's fourth quarter results include the transaction-related expenses associated with the December 8, 2010 closing of the acquisition of ITC^Deltacom as well as the financial impact of 24 days of Deltacom's operations. EarthLink's fourth quarter results also include transaction-related expenses associated with the December 20, 2010 announcement of the agreement to acquire One Communications, which is expected to close in the second quarter, and therefore does not include any transaction closing expenses or operating results.
Highlights for the fourth quarter include:
-- Record low consumer churn
-- Net income of $5.3 million or $0.05 per share; $0.19 per share excluding
acquisition-related costs (a non-GAAP measure)
-- Adjusted EBITDA (a non-GAAP measure) of $54.2 million
-- Free cash flow (a non-GAAP measure) of $38.9 million
-- Dividend payments to shareholders of $17.4 million
-- Ending cash and marketable securities balance of $563.1 million
-- Announced full year 2011 Adjusted EBITDA guidance of $250 million to
$260 million
"These results are indicative of the long-term thought process and diligent approach with which EarthLink operates its business. We believe this business discipline and operational rigor will allow us to create value for our shareholders and position us to continue to invest in the future of EarthLink as an IP managed services company with a path for growth," stated EarthLink Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Rolla P. Huff.
"With the acquisition of Deltacom complete and the One Communications acquisition on track to close in the second quarter of this year, we will have dense fiber network across the eastern half of the United States and a ubiquitous IP footprint that makes us unique in terms of the value proposition we can offer multi-location enterprise customers," added Huff.
Financial and Operating Results
EarthLink reported revenue of $166.8 million in the fourth quarter and $622.2 million for the full year 2010, representing a 1 percent increase from the fourth quarter of 2009 and down 14 percent from the full year 2009. Business services segment revenue comprised 36% of EarthLink's revenue in the fourth quarter of 2010, up from 21% in the year-ago quarter due to the inclusion of Deltacom's revenue. Broadband comprised 63% of EarthLink's consumer access revenue in the fourth quarter of 2010, up from 59% in the year-ago quarter.
For the company's consumer segment, net subscriber losses were 79,000 in the fourth quarter, an improvement from 93,000 in the third quarter of 2010 and 132,000 in the year-ago quarter. As EarthLink's subscriber base continues to increase in tenure, the company reported record performance in consumer customer churn. Consumer subscriber churn improved to 2.8% in the fourth quarter of 2010, down from 3.1% in the third quarter of 2010 and 3.2% in the year-ago quarter. In the fourth quarter of 2010, 90% of EarthLink's consumer narrowband and DSL customers had two or more years of tenure with the company and 58% had five or more years of tenure, with churn rates of 2.6% and 2.0%, respectively.
The company continues to aggressively manage expenses to keep costs in line with revenue trends. Total sales and marketing, operations, customer support, and general and administrative expenses were $50.9 million for the fourth quarter of 2010 and $178.4 million for the full year 2010, a 10% reduction from fourth quarter 2009 expenses and a 20% reduction from full year 2009 expenses.
Profitability and Other Financial Measures
Net income was $5.3 million, or $0.05 per share, in the fourth quarter of 2010 and $81.5 million, or $0.74 per share, for the full year 2010. Net income excluding acquisition-related costs (a non-GAAP measure, see definition in "Non-GAAP Measures" below) was $21.6 million, or $0.19 per share, in the fourth quarter of 2010 and $98.9 million, or $0.90 per share, for the full year 2010. These compared to net income of $193.3 million, or $1.79 per share, in the fourth quarter of 2009, and $287.1 million, or $2.66 per share, for the full year 2009.
The fourth quarter and full year 2009 results included a $24.1 million non-cash impairment charge for goodwill and intangible assets and included an income tax benefit of $181.8 million and $126.1 million, respectively, primarily due to releases of EarthLink's valuation allowance related to its deferred tax assets. The fourth quarter and full year 2010 results included a $1.7 million non-cash impairment charge for intangible assets and included an income tax provision of $7.7 million and $56.8 million, respectively.
EarthLink's strong results in customer retention, combined with its ability to aggressively manage costs ahead of revenue declines, resulted in the company generating Adjusted EBITDA (a non-GAAP measure, see definition in "Non-GAAP Measures" below) of $54.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2010 and $219.1 million for the full year 2010. This compares to Adjusted EBITDA of $50.9 million for the fourth quarter 2009 and $249.1 million for the full year 2009.
Balance Sheet and Cash Flow
EarthLink generated free cash flow (a non-GAAP measure, see definition in "Non-GAAP Measures" below) of $38.9 million during the fourth quarter of 2010 and $195.1 million for the full year 2010, compared to $48.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2009 and $236.0 million in the full year 2009.
EarthLink ended 2010 with $563.1 million in cash and marketable securities, reflecting a decrease of $207.5 million from the prior quarter ended September 30, 2010. The company used $215.0 million of cash during the fourth quarter of 2010 in connection with its acquisition of Deltacom and pending acquisition of One Communications, which included the net cash to acquire Deltacom as well as one-time payments for banker fees, severance and stock award payouts. Capital expenditures for the company were $15.3 million in the fourth quarter and $24.0 million for the full year. EarthLink made $17.4 million of dividend payments in the fourth quarter, for a total of $67.5 million of dividend payments to shareholders during the full year 2010.
Business Outlook
The following statements are forward-looking, and actual results may differ materially. See comments under "Cautionary Information Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" below. EarthLink undertakes no obligation to update these statements.
Today EarthLink announced guidance for the full year 2011, inclusive of the acquisition of Deltacom, but not including the pending acquisition of One Communications. Management expects 2011 Adjusted EBITDA of $250 million to $260 million; free cash flow of $160 million to $185 million; capital expenditures of $75 million to $90 million; and net income of $48 million to $53 million for the full year 2011. Subsequent to the closing of the One Communications acquisition, EarthLink will update its full year guidance.
Non-GAAP Measures
Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net income before interest expense and other, net, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation expense, gain (loss) on investments, net, impairment of goodwill and intangible assets, and restructuring and acquisition-related costs. Free cash flow is defined as net income before interest expense and other, net, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation expense, gain (loss) on investments, net, impairment of goodwill and intangible assets, and restructuring and acquisition-related costs, less cash used for purchases of property and equipment and purchases of subscriber bases. Net income per share excluding acquisition-related costs is defined as net income before acquisition-related costs, including an estimated tax impact.
Adjusted EBITDA, free cash flow and net income per share excluding acquisition-related costs are non-GAAP financial performance measures. They should not be considered in isolation or as an alternative to measures determined in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Please refer to the Consolidated Financial Highlights for a reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial performance measures to the most comparable measures reported in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and Footnote 5 of the Consolidated Financial Highlights for a discussion of the presentation, comparability and use of such financial performance measures.
Conference Call for Analysts and Investors
Conference Call Details
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Tuesday, February 8, 2011, at 8:30 a.m. ET hosted by EarthLink's
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Rolla P. Huff and Chief
Financial Officer, Bradley A. Ferguson.
U.S. and Canada Dial-in Number 800-706-0730
International Dial-in Number 706-634-5173
Participants should reference "EarthLink's 4th Quarter 2010
Conference Call" and dial in 10 minutes prior to scheduled start
time.
Webcast
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A live Webcast of the conference call will be available at: http://
ir.earthlink.net/index.cfm
Replay
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Replay available from 11:30 a.m. ET on February 8 through 12:00
midnight on February 15.
Dial 800-642-1687 from US and Canada, International callers dial
706-645-9291.
The replay confirmation code is 40269024.
The Webcast will be archived on the company's website at: http://
ir.earthlink.net/events.cfm
About EarthLink
EarthLink, Inc. (NASDAQ: ELNK) is a leading provider of Internet Protocol (IP) infrastructure and services to medium-sized and large businesses, enterprise organizations and over 1.5 million consumers across the United States. The company has been providing Internet access and communications services for decades and has earned an award-winning reputation for both outstanding customer service and product innovation. For consumers, EarthLink is a leading Internet Service Provider connecting people to the power and possibilities of the Internet. EarthLink Business(TM) provides voice, data, mobile and equipment services over a Southeast fiber network and MPLS-based services nationwide. For more information, visit EarthLink's website http://www.earthlink.net.
Cautionary Information Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes "forward-looking" statements (rather than historical facts) that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described. Although we believe that the expectations expressed in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot promise that our expectations will turn out to be correct. Our actual results could be materially different from and worse than our expectations. With respect to such forward-looking statements, we seek the protections afforded by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These risks include, without limitation, the successful completion of the pending acquisition of One Communications Corp., including the receipt of required regulatory approvals; the ability to realize expected synergies, cost savings and growth opportunities; the possibility that the anticipated benefits from the acquisition cannot be fully realized or may take longer or present greater cost to realize than expected; our ability to successfully integrate the operations of One Communications Corp. upon its acquisition without detracting from our current operations; and other unforeseen difficulties that may occur. These risks and uncertainties also include (1) that we may not be able to execute our business strategy to transition to a leading IP infrastructure and managed services provider, which could adversely impact our results of operations and cash flows; (2) that we may be unsuccessful in making and integrating acquisitions into our business, including integrating ITC^Deltacom, which could result in operating difficulties, losses and other adverse consequences; (3) that we are exposed to additional risks specific to ITC^DeltaCom's business and industry, which could adversely affect our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows; (4) that the continued decline of our consumer access subscribers, combined with the change in mix of our consumer access subscriber base from narrowband to broadband, will adversely affect our results of operations; (5) that we will have less ability in the future to implement cost reductions to offset our revenue declines, which will adversely affect our results of operations; (6) that we face significant competition which could reduce our profitability; (7) that adverse economic conditions may harm our business; (8) that our commercial and alliance arrangements may not be renewed or may not generate expected benefits, which could adversely affect our results of operations; (9) that our business is dependent on the availability of third-party telecommunications service providers; (10) that we may be unable to retain sufficient qualified personnel, particularly in light of recent workforce and cost reduction initiatives and in a recovering economy, and the loss of any of our key executive officers could adversely affect us; (11) that if we do not continue to innovate and provide products and services that are useful to subscribers, we may not remain competitive, and our revenues and operating results could suffer; (12) that our business may suffer if third parties used for customer service and technical support and certain billing services are unable to provide these services or terminate their relationships with us; (13) that interruption or failure of our network and information systems and other technologies could impair our ability to provide our services, which could damage our reputation and harm our operating results; (14) that government regulations could adversely affect our business or force us to change our business practices; (15) that privacy concerns relating to our business could damage our reputation and deter current and potential users from using our services; (16) that we may not be able to protect our intellectual property; (17) that we may be accused of infringing upon the intellectual property rights of third parties, which is costly to defend and could limit our ability to use certain technologies in the future; (18) that if we are unable to successfully defend against legal actions we could face substantial liabilities; (19) that our business depends on effective business support systems, processes and personnel; (20) that as a result of our continuing review of our business, we may have to undertake further restructuring plans that would require additional charges, including incurring facility exit and restructuring charges; (21) that we may be required to recognize additional impairment charges on our goodwill and intangible assets, which would adversely affect our results of operations and financial position; (22) that we may have exposure to greater than anticipated tax liabilities and the use of our net operating losses and certain other tax attributes could be limited in the future; (23) that we may reduce, or cease payment of, quarterly dividends; (24) that our stock price may be volatile; (25) that our indebtedness could adversely affect our financial health and limit our ability to react to changes in our industry; and (26) that provisions of our second restated certificate of incorporation, amended and restated bylaws and other elements of our capital structure could limit our share price and delay a change of management. These risks and uncertainties, as well as other risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ significantly from management's expectations, are not intended to represent a complete list of all risks and uncertainties inherent in our business, and should be read in conjunction with the more detailed cautionary statements and risk factors included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 and our Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2010.
EARTHLINK, INC.
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Operations
(in thousands, except per share data)
Three Months Ended
December 31,
------------------
2009 2010
---- ----
Revenues $164,548 $166,789
Operating costs and
expenses (1):
Cost of revenues
(exclusive of
operating items shown
below) 59,741 64,600
Selling, general and
administrative
(exclusive of
operating items shown
below) 56,611 50,900
Depreciation and
amortization 5,352 9,738
Impairment of goodwill
and intangible assets
(2) 24,145 1,711
Restructuring and
acquisition-related
costs (3) 297 19,101
--- ------
Total operating costs
and expenses 146,146 146,050
Income from operations 18,402 20,739
Gain (loss) on
investments, net (1,626) -
Interest expense and
other, net (5,346) (7,740)
------ ------
Income before income
taxes 11,430 12,999
Income tax benefit
(provision) 181,839 (7,691)
------- ------
Net income $193,269 $5,308
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Net income per share
Basic $1.80 $0.05
===== =====
Diluted $1.79 $0.05
===== =====
Weighted average common
shares outstanding
Basic 107,075 108,320
======= =======
Diluted 108,178 111,317
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Twelve Months Ended December
31,
----------------------------
2009 2010
---- ----
Revenues $723,729 $622,212
Operating costs and
expenses (1):
Cost of revenues
(exclusive of
operating items shown
below) 265,668 234,633
Selling, general and
administrative
(exclusive of
operating items shown
below) 222,181 178,417
Depreciation and
amortization 23,962 23,390
Impairment of goodwill
and intangible assets
(2) 24,145 1,711
Restructuring and
acquisition-related
costs (3) 5,615 22,368
----- ------
Total operating costs
and expenses 541,571 460,519
Income from operations 182,158 161,693
Gain (loss) on
investments, net (1,321) 572
Interest expense and
other, net (19,804) (23,981)
------- -------
Income before income
taxes 161,033 138,284
Income tax benefit
(provision) 126,085 (56,804)
------- -------
Net income $287,118 $81,480
======== =======
Net income per share
Basic $2.69 $0.75
===== =====
Diluted $2.66 $0.74
===== =====
Weighted average common
shares outstanding
Basic 106,909 108,057
======= =======
Diluted 108,084 109,468
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EARTHLINK, INC.
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Operations (4)
(in thousands, except per share data)
Three Months Ended
December 31, 2010
-----------------
EarthLink DeltaCom Consolidated
--------- -------- ------------
Revenues $140,186 $26,603 166,789
Operating costs and
expenses (1):
Cost of revenues
(exclusive of
operating items shown
below) 51,626 12,974 64,600
Selling, general and
administrative
(exclusive of
operating items shown
below) 40,640 10,260 50,900
Depreciation and
amortization 4,853 4,885 9,738
Impairment of goodwill
and intangible assets
(2) 1,711 - 1,711
Restructuring and
acquisition-related
costs (3) 12,336 6,765 19,101
------ ----- ------
Total operating costs
and expenses 111,166 34,884 146,050
Income (loss) from
operations 29,020 (8,281) 20,739
Gain on investments,
net - - -
Interest expense and
other, net (5,651) (2,089) (7,740)
------ ------ ------
Income before income
taxes 23,369 (10,370) 12,999
Income tax (provision)
benefit (11,842) 4,151 (7,691)
------- ----- ------
Net income (loss) $11,527 $(6,219) $5,308
======= ======= ======
Operating costs and
expenses (1):
Cost of revenues
(exclusive of
operating items shown
below) 221,659 12,974 234,633
Selling, general and
administrative
(exclusive of
operating items shown
below) 168,157 10,260 178,417
Depreciation and
amortization 18,505 4,885 23,390
Impairment of goodwill
and intangible assets
(2) 1,711 - 1,711
Restructuring and
acquisition-related
costs (3) 15,603 6,765 22,368
------ ----- ------
Total operating costs
and expenses 425,635 34,884 460,519
Income (loss) from
operations 169,974 (8,281) 161,693
Gain on investments,
net 572 - 572
Interest expense and
other, net (21,892) (2,089) (23,981)
------- ------ -------
Income before income
taxes 148,654 (10,370) 138,284
Income tax (provision)
benefit (60,955) 4,151 (56,804)
------- ----- -------
Net income (loss) $87,699 $(6,219) $81,480
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EARTHLINK, INC.
Reconciliation of Net Income (Loss) to Adjusted EBITDA (5)
(in thousands, except per share data)
Three Months Ended
December 31, 2010
-----------------
EarthLink DeltaCom Consolidated
--------- -------- ------------
Net income (loss) $11,527 $(6,219) $5,308
Interest expense and
other, net 5,651 2,089 7,740
Income tax (provision)
benefit 11,842 (4,151) 7,691
Depreciation and
amortization 4,853 4,885 9,738
Stock-based
compensation expense 2,773 109 2,882
Gain on investments,
net - - -
Impairment of goodwill
and intangible assets
(2) 1,711 - 1,711
Restructuring and
acquisition-related
costs (3) 12,336 6,765 19,101
------ ----- ------
Adjusted EBITDA (5) $50,693 $3,478 $54,171
======= ====== =======
Net income (loss) $87,699 $(6,219) $81,480
Interest expense and
other, net 21,892 2,089 23,981
Income tax (provision)
benefit 60,955 (4,151) 56,804
Depreciation and
amortization 18,505 4,885 23,390
Stock-based
compensation expense 9,850 109 9,959
Gain on investments,
net (572) - (572)
Impairment of goodwill
and intangible assets
(2) 1,711 - 1,711
Restructuring and
acquisition-related
costs (3) 15,603 6,765 22,368
Purchases of property
and equipment (13,510) (10,515) (24,025)
------- ------- -------
Free cash flow (5) $202,133 $(7,037) $195,096
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EARTHLINK, INC.
Reconciliation of Net Income to Adjusted EBITDA (5)
(in thousands)
Three Months Ended
December 31,
------------------
2009 2010
---- ----
Net income $193,269 $5,308
Interest expense
and other, net 5,346 7,740
Income tax
(benefit)
provision (181,839) 7,691
Depreciation and
amortization 5,352 9,738
Stock-based
compensation
expense 2,679 2,882
Gain (loss) on
investments, net 1,626 -
Impairment of
goodwill and
intangible assets
(2) 24,145 1,711
Restructuring and
acquisition-
related costs (3) 297 19,101
--- ------
Adjusted
EBITDA (5) $50,875 $54,171
========
Twelve Months Ended December
31,
----------------------------
2009 2010
---- ----
Net income $287,118 $81,480
Interest expense
and other, net 19,804 23,981
Income tax
(benefit)
provision (126,085) 56,804
Depreciation and
amortization 23,962 23,390
Stock-based
compensation
expense 13,231 9,959
Gain (loss) on
investments, net 1,321 (572)
Impairment of
goodwill and
intangible assets
(2) 24,145 1,711
Restructuring and
acquisition-
related costs (3) 5,615 22,368
----- ------
Adjusted
EBITDA (5) $249,111 $219,121
=========
EARTHLINK, INC.
Reconciliation of Net Income to Free Cash Flow (5)
(in thousands)
Three Months Ended
December 31,
------------------
2009 2010
---- ----
Net income $193,269 $5,308
Interest expense
and other, net 5,346 7,740
Income tax
(benefit)
provision (181,839) 7,691
Depreciation and
amortization 5,352 9,738
Stock-based
compensation
expense 2,679 2,882
Gain (loss) on
investments,
net 1,626 -
Impairment of
goodwill and
intangible
assets (2) 24,145 1,711
Restructuring
and
acquisition-
related costs
(3) 297 19,101
Purchases of
property and
equipment (2,471) (15,277)
------ -------
Free cash flow
(5) $48,404 $38,894
======= =======
Twelve Months Ended
December 31,
-------------------
2009 2010
---- ----
Net income $287,118 $81,480
Interest expense
and other, net 19,804 23,981
Income tax
(benefit)
provision (126,085) 56,804
Depreciation and
amortization 23,962 23,390
Stock-based
compensation
expense 13,231 9,959
Gain (loss) on
investments,
net 1,321 (572)
Impairment of
goodwill and
intangible
assets (2) 24,145 1,711
Restructuring
and
acquisition-
related costs
(3) 5,615 22,368
Purchases of
property and
equipment (13,119) (24,025)
------- -------
Free cash flow
(5) $235,992 $195,096
======== ========
EARTHLINK, INC.
Reconciliation of Net Income to Net Income Per Share Excluding
Acquisition-Related Costs (5)
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
Three
Months Twelve Months
Ended Ended
December
31, December 31,
2010 2010
---- ----
Net income $5,308 $81,480
Acquisition-related
costs (3) 18,953 20,953
Estimated tax impact
* (2,686) (3,565)
Net income excluding
acquisition-
related costs (5) $21,575 $98,868
======= =======
Diluted per share
amount $0.19 $0.90
===== =====
* Acquisition-related costs for purposes of this reconciliation have
been reduced by an estimated tax impact. The tax impact does not
necessarily reflect the actual amount that would have resulted had
EarthLink not incurred these costs during the periods presented.
EARTHLINK, INC.
Reconciliation of Guidance Provided in Non-GAAP Measures (5)
(in millions)
Year
Ending
December
31,
2011
----
Net income $48 - $53
Interest expense
and other, net 48
Income tax
provision 31 - 36
Depreciation and
amortization 93
Stock-based
compensation
expense 16
Restructuring and
acquisition-
related costs (3) 14
---
Adjusted EBITDA (5) $250 - $260
===========
Year
Ending
December
31,
2011
----
Net income $48 - $53
Interest expense
and other, net 48
Income tax
provision 31 - 36
Depreciation and
amortization 93
Stock-based
compensation
expense 16
Restructuring and
acquisition-
related costs (3) 14
Purchases of
property and
equipment (90) - (75)
-----------
Free cash flow (5) $160 - $185
===========
EARTHLINK, INC.
Supplemental Financial Data
December
31, June 30,
2009 2010
---- ----
(in thousands)
Balance Sheet
Data
Cash and
marketable
securities $695,961 $740,100
Debt (6) 258,750 255,791
Stockholders'
equity 734,024 757,899
Employee Data
Number of
employees at
end of period
(7) 623 576
September 30, December 31,
2010 2010
---- ----
(in thousands)
Balance Sheet
Data
Cash and
marketable
securities $770,555 $563,070
Debt (6) 255,791 580,791
Stockholders'
equity 764,922 757,868
Employee Data
Number of
employees at
end of period
(7) 560 1,870
EARTHLINK, INC.
Consumer Services Operating Metrics
December 31, June 30,
2009 2010
---- ----
Consumer Subscriber
Detail
Narrowband access
subscribers 1,225,000 1,060,000
Broadband access
subscribers 804,000 748,000
------- -------
Total consumer
subscribers 2,029,000 1,808,000
========= =========
September 30, December 31,
2010 2010
---- ----
Consumer Subscriber
Detail
Narrowband access
subscribers 988,000 932,000
Broadband access
subscribers 727,000 704,000
------- -------
Total consumer
subscribers 1,715,000 1,636,000
========= =========
Three Months Ended
December 31,
------------------
2009 2010
---- ----
Consumer Subscriber
Activity
Subscribers at
beginning of period 2,161,000 1,715,000
Gross organic
subscriber additions 71,000 59,000
Adjustment (8) - -
Churn (203,000) (138,000)
Subscribers at end of
period 2,029,000 1,636,000
========= =========
EARTHLINK, INC.
Supplemental Schedule of Segment Information (12)
(in thousands)
Three Months Ended December 31,
-------------------------------
2009 2010
---- ----
Consumer Services
Revenues
Access and service $113,565 $92,025
Value-added services 16,503 14,027
------ ------
Total revenues 130,068 106,052
Cost of revenues 40,517 33,500
------ ------
Gross margin 89,551 72,552
Segment operating expenses 27,577 21,382
Segment income from
operations $61,974 $51,170
======= =======
Business Services
Revenues
Access and service $33,944 $60,219
Value-added services 536 518
--- ---
Total revenues 34,480 60,737
Cost of revenues 19,224 31,100
------ ------
Gross margin 15,256 29,637
Segment operating expenses 10,336 19,821
Segment income from
operations $4,920 $9,816
====== ======
Consolidated
Revenues
Access and service $147,509 $152,244
Value-added services 17,039 14,545
------ ------
Total revenues 164,548 166,789
Cost of revenues 59,741 64,600
------ ------
Gross margin 104,807 102,189
Direct segment operating
expenses 37,913 41,203
------ ------
Segment income from
operations 66,894 60,986
Stock-based compensation
expense 2,679 2,882
Depreciation and amortization 5,352 9,738
Impairment of goodwill and
intangible assets (2) 24,145 1,711
Restructuring and
acquisition-related costs
(3) 297 19,101
Other operating expenses 16,019 6,815
Income from operations $18,402 $20,739
======= =======
Twelve Months Ended December 31,
--------------------------------
2009 2010
---- ----
Consumer Services
Revenues
Access and service $503,769 $403,174
Value-added services 71,643 58,274
------ ------
Total revenues 575,412 461,448
Cost of revenues 183,248 143,956
------- -------
Gross margin 392,164 317,492
Segment operating expenses 122,575 87,660
Segment income from
operations $269,589 $229,832
======== ========
Business Services
Revenues
Access and service $146,087 $158,677
Value-added services 2,230 2,087
----- -----
Total revenues 148,317 160,764
Cost of revenues 82,420 90,677
------ ------
Gross margin 65,897 70,087
Segment operating expenses 40,249 50,096
Segment income from
operations $25,648 $19,991
======= =======
Consolidated
Revenues
Access and service $649,856 $561,851
Value-added services 73,873 60,361
------ ------
Total revenues 723,729 622,212
Cost of revenues 265,668 234,633
------- -------
Gross margin 458,061 387,579
Direct segment operating
expenses 162,824 137,756
------- -------
Segment income from
operations 295,237 249,823
Stock-based compensation
expense 13,231 9,959
Depreciation and amortization 23,962 23,390
Impairment of goodwill and
intangible assets (2) 24,145 1,711
Restructuring and
acquisition-related costs
(3) 5,615 22,368
Other operating expenses 46,126 30,702
Income from operations $182,158 $161,693
======== ========
EARTHLINK, INC.
Footnotes to Consolidated Financial Highlights
Certain amounts in prior periods have been
reclassified to conform to the current period.
Specifically, EarthLink reclassified
1. depreciation
expense from cost of revenues and selling, general
and administrative expenses to depreciation and
amortization expense. In addition,
EarthLink combined sales and marketing, operations
and customer support and general and administrative
into selling, general and
administrative expense. EarthLink's results of
operations were not impacted by these
reclassifications.
During the fourth quarter of 2009, EarthLink
concluded that the goodwill and certain of the
intangible assets recorded as a result of its
2. April 2006
acquisition of New Edge Networks were impaired and
recorded non-cash impairment charges of $24.1
million. EarthLink concluded the carrying
value of its goodwill and certain of the intangible
assets related to the New Edge acquisition were
impaired in conjunction with its annual test of
goodwill and intangible assets deemed to have
indefinite lives as well as updating its long-term
outlook. During the fourth quarter of 2010,
EarthLink recorded a non-cash impairment charge of
$1.7 million to write-down its New Edge trade name
as a result of a strategic decision to
re-brand New Edge as EarthLink Business.
3. Restructuring and acquisition-related costs consisted of the
following for the periods presented:
Three Months
Ended
December 31,
------------
2009 2010
---- ----
(in thousands)
Transaction-
related costs $- $8,164
Stock-based
compensation - 5,742
Severance and
retention - 5,047
--- -----
Acquisition-
related costs - 18,953
Facility exit and
restructuring
costs 297 148
--- ---
Total restructuring
and acquisition-
related $297 $19,101
==== =======
Twelve Months
Ended
December 31,
------------
2009 2010
---- ----
(in thousands)
Transaction-
related costs $- $10,164
Stock-based
compensation - 5,742
Severance and
retention - 5,047
--- -----
Acquisition-
related costs - 20,953
Facility exit and
restructuring
costs 5,615 1,415
----- -----
Total restructuring
and acquisition-
related $5,615 $22,368
====== =======
Acquisition-related costs consist of external costs directly related
to EarthLink's acquisitions, such as advisory, legal, accounting,
valuation and
other professional fees. Acquisition-related costs during the year
ended December 31, 2010 also include stock-based compensation
expenses
and employee severance and benefit costs associated with EarthLink's
acquisition of ITC^DeltaCom. Stock-based compensation expense
included in acquisition-related costs resulted from cash paid to
settle stock-based awards attributable to postcombination service
in connection
with the ITC^DeltaCom acquisition. EarthLink expects to incur
approximately $5.0 million of acquisition-related costs in the
first quarter of 2011.
Facility exit and restructuring costs consist of costs incurred for
EarthLink's restructuring plans. In August 2007, EarthLink adopted a
restructuring plan (the "2007 Plan") to reduce costs and improve the
efficiency of the Company's operations. The 2007 Plan was the result
of a comprehensive review of operations within and across the
Company's functions and businesses. Under the 2007 Plan, the Company
reduced its workforce by approximately 900 employees, closed office
facilities in Orlando, Florida; Knoxville, Tennessee; Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania; and San Francisco, California and consolidated its
office facilities in Atlanta, Georgia and Pasadena, California. The
2007
Plan was primarily implemented during 2007 and 2008. However, since
management continues to evaluate EarthLink's businesses,
there have been and may continue to be supplemental provisions for
new plan initiatives as well as changes in estimates to amounts
previously recorded.
On December 8, 2010, EarthLink completed its
acquisition of ITC^DeltaCom, a provider of
integrated communications services to
4. customers
in the southeastern U.S., in an all-cash
transaction for $3.00 per share. Under the terms
of the merger agreement, EarthLink acquired 100%
of
ITC^DeltaCom in a merger transaction with
ITC^DeltaCom surviving as a wholly-owned
subsidiary of EarthLink. The results of
operations of
ITC^DeltaCom have been included in EarthLink's
consolidated financial statements since the
acquisition date. These condensed consolidating
statements of operations are being presented for
informational purposes.
Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net income
before interest expense and other, net,
income taxes, depreciation and amortization,
5. stock-based
compensation, gain (loss) on investments, net,
impairment of goodwill and intangible assets, and
restructuring and acquisition-related costs.
Free cash flow is defined as net income before
interest expense and other, net, income taxes,
depreciation and amortization, stock-based
compensation, gain (loss) on investments, net,
impairment of goodwill and intangible assets, and
restructuring and acquisition-related costs,
less purchases cash used for of property and
equipment and purchases of subscriber bases. Net
income per share excluding acquisition-related
costs is defined as net income before acquisition-
related costs, including an estimated tax impact.
Adjusted EBITDA, free cash flow and net income per
share excluding acquisition-related costs are
non-GAAP measures and are
not determined in accordance with U.S. generally
accepted accounting principles. These financial
performance measures are not indicative of
cash provided or used by operating activities and
may differ from comparable information provided
by other companies, and they should not be
considered in isolation, as an alternative to, or
more meaningful than measures of financial
performance determined in accordance with U.S.
generally accepted accounting principles. These
financial performance measures are commonly used
in the industry and are presented because
EarthLink believes they provide relevant and
useful information to investors. EarthLink
utilizes these financial performance measures to
assess
its ability to meet future capital expenditures
and working capital requirements. EarthLink also
uses these financial performance measures to
evaluate the performance of its business, for
budget planning purposes and as factors in its
employee compensation programs. Management
believes that excluding the effects of the items
noted above enables investors to better
understand and analyze the current period's
results
and provides a better measure of comparability.
Debt includes the principal amount of
EarthLink's Convertible Senior Notes and
ITC^DeltaCom's Senior Secured Notes. The
6. principal amount of the
Convertible Senior Notes was $258.8 million,
$255.8 million, $255.8 million and $255.8 million
as of December 31, 2009, June 30, 2010, September
30, 2010 and December 31, 2010, respectively. The
unamortized discount was $26.5 million, $19.6
million, $16.2 million and $12.7 million as of
December 31, 2009, June 30, 2010, September 30,
2010 and December 31, 2010, respectively. The net
carrying value was $232.2 million, $236.2
million, $239.6 million and $243.1 million as of
December 31, 2009, June 30, 2010, September 30,
2010 and December 31, 2010, respectively. The
principal amount of the DeltaCom notes was $325.0
million and the carrying value was $351.3
million.
7. Represents full-time equivalents.
During the twelve months ended December 31,
2009, EarthLink removed approximately 7,000
satellite subscribers from its broadband
8. subscriber
count and total subscriber count as a result of
the sale of these subscriber accounts.
Average subscribers for the three month
periods is calculated by averaging the ending
monthly subscribers or accounts for the four
9. months
preceding and including the end of the quarterly
period. Average subscribers for the twelve month
periods is calculated by averaging the ending
monthly subscribers or accounts for the thirteen
months preceding and including the end of the
period.
ARPU represents the average monthly revenue
per user (subscriber). ARPU is computed by
dividing average monthly revenue for the
10. period by the
average number of subscribers for the period.
Average monthly revenue used to calculate ARPU
includes recurring service revenue as well as
nonrecurring revenues associated with equipment
and other one-time charges associated with
initiating or discontinuing services.
Churn rate is used to measure the rate at
which subscribers discontinue service on a
voluntary or involuntary basis. Churn rate
11. is computed by
dividing the average monthly number of subscribers
that discontinued service during the period by
the average subscribers for the period.
The Company reports segment information along
the same lines that its chief executive
officer reviews its operating results in
12. assessing
performance and allocating resources. The Company
operates two reportable segments, Consumer
Services and Business Services.
The Company's Consumer Services segment provides
Internet access services and related value-added
services to individual customers.
These services include dial-up and high-speed
Internet access and voice-over-Internet
protocol services, among others. The Company's
Business Services segment provides integrated
communications services and related value-added
services to businesses and communications
carriers. These services include data services,
including managed IP-based network services and
broadband Internet access services; voice
services, including local exchange, long-distance
and conference calling; mobile data and voice
services; and web hosting.
EarthLink evaluates performance of its operating
segments based on segment income from operations.
Segment income from operations
includes revenues from external customers, related
cost of revenues and operating expenses directly
attributable to the segment, which include
expenses over which segment managers have direct
discretionary control, such as advertising and
marketing programs, customer support
expenses, site operations expenses, product
development expenses, certain technology and
facilities expenses, billing operation and
provisions
for doubtful accounts. Segment income from
operations excludes other income and expense
items and certain expenses that segment
managers do not have discretionary control over.
Costs excluded from segment income from
operations include various corporate expenses
(consisting of certain costs such as corporate
management, human resources, finance and legal),
depreciation and amortization, stock-
based compensation expense, impairment of goodwill
and intangible assets and restructuring and
acquisition-related costs, as they are not
evaluated in the measurement of segment
performance.
Dawn Westerberg Consulting LLC to Present Webcast on Social Media Strategy to Nonprofit Customers of JMT Consulting Group
AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Dawn Westerberg Consulting LLC (http://www.dawnwesterberg.com),an integrated marketing and public relations services firm based in Austin, Texas, was selected by JMT Consulting Group to develop and present a webcast on social media for the firm's customers and prospects.
The webcast, entitled "Taking the Fear and Hype Out of Social Media: Advice for Nonprofits," is the first presentation of its kind offered by JMT Consulting, which is a national provider of consulting and software solutions to nonprofits.
Dawn Westerberg Consulting was founded in 2010 by Dawn Westerberg following a successful career in marketing and sales at Sage, the 3rd largest seller of business software in the world. Westerberg, who is also an Authorized Duct Tape Marketing Consultant, says of the social media presentation: "I am excited JMT Consulting asked me to give this presentation. There are a lot of myths concerning social media, and we hope to shed more light on how it can be an effective way for nonprofits to effectively communicate with their members."
Westerberg has been working with JMT on a variety of strategic marketing, public relations and online marketing initiatives. "Dawn has been instrumental in increasing the impact of JMT Consulting Group's online presence through our website, blog, and social media," says Jacqueline M. Tiso, CEO of JMT Consulting. "We asked Dawn to share the same best practices her guidance has helped us enjoy with our nonprofit community."
The webcast, scheduled for Thursday, February 17, at 3 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, will cover a variety of social media topics including:
-- general definition of, and introduction to, social media;
-- social media best practices; and
-- examples of nonprofits successfully using social media.
Headquartered in Patterson, New York, JMT Consulting Group( http://www.jmtconsulting.com) is a leading provider of software and consulting services to nonprofits.
About Dawn Westerberg Consulting LLC
Based in Austin, Texas, Dawn Westerberg Consulting LLC serves companies from coast to coast and border to border. Dawn Westerberg ( http://dawnwesterberg.com )is the president of Dawn Westerberg Consulting LLC. An Authorized Duct Tape Marketing Consultant, she invites business owners to "Fall in Love with Your Business Again" through sound marketing strategy, creative collaboration and inspired performance.
Mindspeed and CEVA Collaborate to Bring Software-Defined Radio Technology to LTE Wireless Infrastructure Market
Mindspeed Incorporates CEVA-XC323 Communication Processor into its Next-Generation Transcede(TM) eNodeB Solutions for Wireless Base Stations
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- CEVA, Inc. [(Nasdaq: CEVA); (LSE: CVA)], the leading licensor of silicon intellectual property (SIP) platform solutions and DSP cores, and Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: MSPD), a leading supplier of semiconductor solutions for network infrastructure applications, announced today that the two companies are collaborating to bring the benefits of software-defined radio (SDR) technology to wireless infrastructure equipment. Mindspeed has selected the CEVA-XC323 communication processor to further improve the performance and flexibility of its Transcede(TM) 4G wireless baseband solutions.
Mindspeed's current generation of Transcede 3G/4G wireless solutions utilizes the CEVA-X1641 DSP to deliver a high-performance, multi-core platform that offers the wireless industry a superior, cost-efficient processor alternative to incumbent infrastructure VLIW DSPs, such as those offered by Texas Instruments. By upgrading to the CEVA-XC323 DSP, Mindspeed enables Transcede customers to apply software-defined radio technologies to improve performance, flexibility and time-to-market for their infrastructure processor designs, while maintaining full software compatibility with previous Transcede designs.
The CEVA-XC323 is scalable to address the complete range of cell site solutions required by network operators, including femtocells, picocells, microcells and macrocells. Its flexible architecture provides efficient support for both legacy and next-generation wireless standards such as WCDMA, HSPA, WiMAX, LTE and LTE-A. In addition, the core incorporates extensive support for wireless infrastructure control plane processing, typically handled by separate processors.
"The CEVA-XC323 delivers a new level of performance, flexibility and scalability for our wireless infrastructure SoC designs, while maintaining software compatibility with our current generation Transcede product line," said Alan Taylor, director of marketing for the communications convergence processing business unit at Mindspeed. "Leveraging additional features, including dynamic power scaling, control plane processing and extensive multi-core support further enhances our ability to deliver truly innovative solutions for our next generation of CEVA-powered solutions."
Eran Briman, vice president of marketing at CEVA commented, "As one of our lead customers for our state-of-the-art CEVA-XC323 communication processor, Mindspeed continues its leadership by embracing the benefits that it offers for wireless baseband SoC design. The software-defined radio capabilities will improve performance, flexibility and time-to-market for their infrastructure solutions, while C-level programming, backward compatibility to previous Transcede designs and full support for TI's intrinsic functions will reduce overall investment in software development and maintenance. We are pleased to continue our collaboration with them to deliver more powerful, cost-efficient 4G processor solutions for the wireless industry."
A new class of high-performance silicon, Mindspeed®'s Transcede family of SoCs can deliver three sectors of LTE processing in a single device and enables the first 64-user "picocell on a chip." At the same time, it provides substantial processing headroom using a modular software approach that allows manufacturers to incorporate their own proprietary, value-added features to a standard eNodeB implementation, such as network listening for base station self-optimization and auto-configuration. The solution uses an innovative, task-based hardware architecture model that enables software developed on one Transcede device to be ported to other products within the Transcede family across the full range of system platforms, including enterprise femtocell, picocell (indoor and outdoor), microcell and macrocell base stations.
The Transcede 4000 processor was named 2010's "Best Mobile Technology Breakthrough" at the Mobile Excellence Awards (MEA) in December 2010. Mindspeed will be hosting meetings and demonstrations for service providers, customers, press and analysts at the 2011 Mobile World Congress in booth 2H57 ( Hall 2) of the Fira de Barcelona-Montjuic in Barcelona, Spain February 14-17, 2011. CEVA's booth is located at 1F33 in Hall 1.
CEVA's industry-leading DSP cores power many of the world's leading wireless semiconductors, enabling unrivalled power consumption, performance and cost efficiencies in 2G / 3G / 4G solutions. The Company's wireless customer base includes Mindspeed, Broadcom, Intel, Samsung, Spreadtrum, ST-Ericsson and VIA Telecom. CEVA has more than 35 design wins for cellular baseband processors targeting a wide range of handset, mobile broadband and wireless infrastructure applications. To date, more than 1 billion CEVA-powered cellular baseband processors have shipped.
Microprocessor Report Analysis of CEVA-XC323
The Microprocessor Report, widely recognized as an authority in processor technologies, recently published an in-depth technical analysis of the CEVA-XC323 communication processor. To download this report, please visit http://www.ceva-dsp.com/mpr.
About Mindspeed Technologies
Mindspeed designs, develops and sells semiconductor solutions for communications applications in the wireline and wireless network infrastructure, which includes enterprise networks, broadband access networks (fixed and mobile), and metropolitan and wide area networks. We have organized our solutions for these interrelated and rapidly converging networks into three families. Our communications convergence processing (CCP) products include ultra-low-power, multi-core digital signal processor (DSP) system-on-chip (SoC) products for the fixed and mobile (3G/4G/LTE) carrier infrastructure and residential and enterprise service platforms. Our high-performance analog (HPA) products solve difficult switching, timing and synchronization challenges in next-generation optical networking, enterprise storage and broadcast video transmission applications. Our wide area networking (WAN) communications portfolio helps optimize today's circuit-switched networks. Mindspeed's products are sold to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) for use in a variety of network infrastructure equipment which serves these markets. To learn more, please visit http://www.mindspeed.com. Company updates are available at http://www.twitter.com/mindspeed.
About CEVA
CEVA is the world's leading licensor of silicon intellectual property (SIP) DSP cores and platform solutions for the mobile handset, portable and consumer electronics markets. CEVA's IP portfolio includes comprehensive technologies for cellular baseband (2G / 3G / 4G), multimedia, HD video and audio, voice over packet (VoP), Bluetooth, Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and Serial ATA (SATA). In 2010, CEVA's IP was shipped in over 600 million devices, powering handsets from 7 out of the top 8 handset OEMs, including Nokia, Samsung, LG, Motorola, Sony Ericsson and ZTE. Today, more than one in every three handsets shipped worldwide is powered by a CEVA DSP core. For more information, visit http://www.ceva-dsp.com.
CONTACT: Richard Kingston of CEVA, Inc., +1-650-417-7976, richard.kingston@ceva-dsp.com, or Mike Sottak of Wired Island, Ltd., +1-408-876-4418, mike@wiredislandpr.com, for CEVA, Inc.
As part of the ongoing process to bring the fun back into
playing poker and being more attractive to the leisure player, Bodog's poker
product is implementing a series of blocking systems to stop the likes of
Poker Site Scout, PokerDB and Shark Scope from garnering information that
(once again) mainly serve professional players.
Patrik Selin explains: "These poker operator information
portals are another example of how online poker is assisting in its own
demise. I have commented previously on how the operators are doing this to
themselves with hand histories, HUDs and rake back, all of which we will be
cutting out. The next tier in the process is the operator information sites.
Nobody who is playing poker for fun visits these sites, or, probably even
knows they exist. They primarily exist to serve the needs of the professional
players and therefore we will be implementing online protection against these
sites to further aid the crucial leisure poker player."
Bodog have also recently released a new lobby with a much more
user-friendly interface making navigation easier, again keeping the player
new to the game or playing for fun, firmly at the forefront of everything
they do.
For more information please call:
Ed Pownall, BodogBrand.com's International Press Office (London), on
+44(0)78325-064776
Source: BodogNetwork.com
For more information please call: Ed Pownall, BodogBrand.com's International Press Office (London), on +44(0)78325-064776
USSelfStorageLocator.com Today Announced it Will Give Access to All of Its Features to Self Storage Facilities Who Activate Their Accounts Prior to ISS World Expo Show on March 16, 2011
New user-friendly locator and rental search engine is offering free premium listing for a limited time only
NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla., Feb. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- USSelfStorageLocator.com (http://usselfstoragelocator.com) announced it will be offering its premium listing free of cost to any self storage facility that activates its account prior to March 16, 2011 and this free opportunity will be in effect for 90 days. In addition, USSelfStorageLocator.com will enter all the facilities activated in a drawing to win a 16GB, Wi-Fi and 3G iPad. The drawing will be held the last day of the Inside Self Storage World Expo in Las Vegas on March 16, 2011. Activated members will not need to be present to win.
All the features that USSelfStorageLocator.com offers to its paid premium network members will be available for 90 days to anyone that activates their account during this period. The amount of features is impressive. Facility logo, address, request info button, a facility profile page which includes unit sizes, unit prices, unit types, amenities, specials/discounts, pictures, reviews, activity reports, a compare feature, a feature facility banner, top results positioning, all the tabs on the results page, and much more. Self storage facilities will have the ability to accept online rentals to maximize their income and take advantage of USSelfStorageLocator.com's unique rental widget as well as getting a unique tracking phone number with call recording for quality control and training purposes.
Something not seen in the industry is their "Compare Facilities Feature," which allows renters to compare several facilities at once and next to each other. Amenities, prices, discounts, specials, and how much you will pay for a unit are displayed in plain and easy to understand terms. If you like what you see, just click the rent button and the unit chosen will be waiting for you on your move-in day.
All activated facilities will have the opportunity to appear as a "Featured Facility Banner" on the left side of the website. This feature will select randomly a facility from its database and display it for consumers to see and choose.
All in all, there is no greater and more effective way to capitalize in today's marketplace. The online industry is reaching astronomical proportions and USSelfStorageLocator.com is bridging the gap between self storage facilities who want to increase their occupancy and their customers who like and want to get self storage rentals online.
USSelfStorageLocator.com's team is comprised of self storage and technology veterans that all conclude that the fastest and easiest way to locate and rent self storage online is through their website (http://usselfstoragelocator.com). For more information you can contact them at 305-945-7561.
2X VirtualDesktopServer 9 Opens the Door for iPhone, iPad and Android Integration With any Windows IT Infrastructure
DALLAS, February 8, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
- With the Release of the 2X VirtualDesktopServer 9, the Seamless
Delivery of Enterprise Windows Applications and Desktops to iPhones, iPads
and Android Devices is Now a Reality
2X Software Ltd., (http://www.2x.com/) the international
developer of virtualization and server based computing software, today
announced the release of the 2X VirtualDesktopServer ( http://www.2x.com/virtualdesktop/) v9, offering application and virtual
desktop delivery to PCs, workstations and mobile devices, including iPhone,
iPad and Android connectivity. The release also continues to improve upon the
implementation and management of virtualized IT infrastructures, such as
Microsoft Terminal Server, Hyper-V or VMware ESX, while also improving
environment performance and scalability, making the product ideal for IT
infrastructures of all sizes.
"Mobile and flexible connectivity for smart devices and thin
clients will play a critical role in tomorrow's business IT infrastructure,"
explains Nikolaos Makris, CEO of 2X Software. "Eventually, remote
applications and desktops will replace the conventional local desktop on fat
clients. With 2X VirtualDesktopServer 9, we released a connection broker
solution that seamlessly integrates with the existing enterprise IT
infrastructures, providing remote applications and desktop delivery to most
of today's client devices."
The 2X VirtualDesktopServer (http://www.2x.com/virtualdesktop/ )
delivers secure, centrally-managed access to virtual desktops (VDI) and
applications hosted on Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware vSphere, ESX and ESXi,
Parallels Virtuozzo Containers, Citrix XenServer, Oracle VirtualBox, Windows
Remote Desktop Services/Windows Terminal Services and other leading
virtualization platforms.
Pools offer administrators more flexibility when managing an
extensive number of guests, especially when they are implemented in large
company infrastructures.
Templates
Administrators can automatically create desktops from a single
template, making it easier to distribute desktops to users.
VDI Guest/PC Agent Installation
VDI guests and PC agents can be remotely installed and support
templates, seamless applications, universal printing and universal scanning.
The new agents allow users to deploy applications to the local desktop
directly from remote servers.
2nd Level Authentication
2X VirtualDesktopServer 9 now additionally supports SafeNet and Aladdin
two-factor authentication solutions.
Additional New Features
Wyse Desktop Broker support, Parallels Server v4 support and
settings replication for the 2X Web Access Portal.
2X Software offers tailor-made, easy-to-implement and
cost-effective server based and virtual computing solutions, including the
award-winning 2X VirtualDesktopServer (http://www.2x.com/virtualdesktop/) and
2X ApplicationServer, (http://www.2x.com/applicationserver/) as well as the
2X ThinClientServer (http://www.2x.com/thinclientserver/) and 2X
LoadBalancer. (http://www.2x.com/thinclientserver/) With their trademark
affordability and simplicity, as well as the unique 2X per-server licensing
model, 2X products unlock the full potential of virtualization platforms by
improving desktop manageability, security and performance. For more
information, please visit: http://www.2x.com.
For more information, please visit: http://www.2x.com or contact Ryan
Pope on +1-866-970-6262 or at rp@2x.com.
Source: 2X Software Ltd
For more information, please visit: http://www.2x.com or contact Ryan Pope on +1-866-970-6262 or at rp@2x.com.
Path to Gigabit Multipoint Microwave Backhaul Announced
CAMBRIDGE, England, February 8, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
- VectaStar Radio Controller Launched to Deliver Ultra-high
Capacity and Low Latency Performance
Cambridge Broadband Networks Limited
today launched its 10Gb/s multipoint microwave backhaul platform. VectaStar
Radio Controller (RC), the latest development of the company's VectaStar
microwave backhaul and access solution, is designed to meet the growing
capacity requirements of mobile operators around the world.
The RC is a native Ethernet VectaStar hub that currently
supports doubling of sector performance to 300Mb/s, with planned upgrades
this year to deliver 600Mb/s and 1Gb/s. The small footprint RC can control up
to 8 VectaStar sectors and aggregate traffic from up to 240 Remote Terminals
in a single 1U hub. Those features exceed the requirements of network
planners designing the dense backhaul networks required to support
exponential growth in demand for mobile data services.
"According to Cisco, mobile data traffic nearly tripled in
2010 but until now operators have been stuck between a rock and a hard place
when it comes to backhauling that traffic," said Graham Peel, CEO of
Cambridge Broadband Networks. "They tell us that, for a significant
proportion of cell sites, fibre isn't practical for cost or operational
reasons and we know that traditional microwave technologies don't have the
flexibility to manage peak traffic demands efficiently.
"The VectaStar Radio Controller solves the problem with
300Mb/s sector performance immediately available, and an upgrade path to
1Gb/s before year end. Additionally our point-to-multipoint platform
architecture is inherently efficient, both in the way it manages mobile data,
and in its use of human and capital resources. Those elements combine to
create the industry's most cost effective mobile backhaul and access
platform."
The RC is based on a Gigabit Ethernet backplane supporting up
to 10Gb/s sustained operation and is a software upgradable platform to allow
for planned performance enhancements and new network standards.
John Naylon, Head of Development at Cambridge Broadband
Networks, commented: "Higher capacities and latencies well under 1ms are a
must for both HSPA and LTE backhaul. So is the ability to support IP traffic
and all-IP architectures. VectaStar Radio Controller gives network designers
all of these things in a small, efficient platform; the flexibility and
performance of the radio controller gives our existing and future customers a
backhaul platform for the future."
With the introduction of the Radio Controller, designers can
plan their high speed data networks with backhaul performance measured in
100's of Mb/s aggregated seamlessly to 1Gb/s or 10Gb/s network interface
ports, confident in the knowledge that they have a system to support their
needs into the future.
Notes to editors:
All VectaStar Radio Controller traffic interfaces are Small
Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) based to provide maximum interface flexibility.
Eight Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) ports are used to connect VectaStar Gigabit
Access Points and two more for core network interconnections. Two SFP+ 10
Gigabit Ethernet (10GE) ports are also provided for core network
interconnection since the total aggregate rate from a full set of sectors may
exceed 1 Gb/s.
Features available at launch include a novel protected
sector capability that permits the simultaneous operation of two access
points in a sector - thereby increasing the sector capacity of a VectaStar
system to 300Mb/s. The platform is software upgradable and a roadmap of
future features is available on request.
VectaStar Radio Controller is compatible with VectaStar
Gigabit and VectaStar 2 Multipoint Radios.
About Cambridge Broadband Networks Limited
Cambridge Broadband Networks Limited provides telecommunications
operators with carrier-class wireless point-to-multipoint transmission
equipment. The company's unique approach to backhaul means that its
technology provides operators with a highly compelling business case,
reducing backhaul costs by up to 60%.
To date, Cambridge Broadband Networks products have been commercially
deployed and technically proven in more than 30 countries, and the company
continues to expand into new geographical markets as wireless networks become
more widespread throughout the world. Privately-held, Cambridge Broadband
Networks has headquarters in Cambridge, UK, with offices in Malaysia, Nigeria
and South Africa and manufacturing facilities in China.
Media contacts: For more information about any of the issues in this press release, please contact: Sam Tring, Babel PR, cbn@babelpr.com, +44(0)20-7434-5550