National Instruments Introduces Industrial Touch Panel Computers Based on Intel® Atom(TM) Processor
Engineers Can Program HMIs With NI LabVIEW for Flexible, Simplified Application Deployment
AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- National Instruments (Nasdaq: NATI) today announced a line of touch panel computers with an extended operating temperature range based on the 1.33 GHz Intel Atom processor. With Intel Atom processors, engineers can build high-performance human machine interfaces (HMIs) with a low-power, fanless device. The NI TPC-2206 and TPC-2212 feature a -20 to 60 degrees C operating temperature range for harsh industrial applications, 4 GB solid state drives for reliable operation in extended vibration environments and Windows Embedded OS for long-term deployment and support. They also feature 1 GB of RAM, two gigabit Ethernet ports and LED backlight technology to maintain screen brightness across the range of temperatures.
"The touch panel computers releasing today, combined with NI LabVIEW software, provide a rugged high-performance interface for monitoring and control applications," said Eric Starkloff, NI vice president of marketing for test and embedded.
The use of Intel Atom processors as the basis for these new touch panel computers facilitates not only their extended temperature range, but also their improved application performance.
"The new Intel Atom processors bring more intelligence than ever before to embedded connected devices such as touch panel HMI computers," said Staci Palmer, senior director of marketing for the Intel Low Power Embedded Processor Division. "Devices that integrate smart, connected services to monitor, sense, serve and control applications intelligently and interactively help our world operate more efficiently."
The new industrial touch panel computers work with a variety of hardware including NI CompactRIO, PXI, NI Smart Cameras, NI Embedded Vision Systems and other third-party industrial devices. Engineers can develop advanced and intuitive HMI applications with the LabVIEW graphical development environment, which they use to communicate with their hardware through standard communication methods such as TCP, OPC, USB, Modbus, Ethernet/IP and many more. LabVIEW provides easy network deployment, prebuilt template applications and navigation controls for building complex multiscreen interfaces. Engineers also gain programmatic control of advanced OS features such as Enhanced Write Filters and Hibernate Once/Resume Many (HORM).
Creating Distributed HMI Systems With LabVIEW Touch Panel Module
What Is LabVIEW Touch Panel Module?
Developing and Deploying HMI Applications Based on LabVIEW to Windows XP Embedded Touch Panels
About National Instruments
National Instruments (http://www.ni.com) is transforming the way engineers and scientists design, prototype and deploy systems for measurement, automation and embedded applications. NI empowers customers with off-the-shelf software such as NI LabVIEW and modular cost-effective hardware, and sells to a broad base of more than 30,000 different companies worldwide, with no one customer representing more than 4 percent of revenue and no one industry representing more than 15 percent of revenue. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, NI has more than 5,000 employees and direct operations in more than 40 countries. For the past 12 years, FORTUNE magazine has named NI one of the 100 best companies to work for in America. Readers can obtain investment information from the company's investor relations department by calling (512) 683-5090, e-mailing nati@ni.com or visiting http://www.ni.com/nati.
Pricing and Contact Information
11500 N Mopac Expwy, Austin, Texas
TPC-2206 78759-3504
Priced* from $1,399; euro Tel: (800) 258-7022, Fax: (512)
1,349; 168,000 yen 683-9300
TPC-2212 E-mail: info@ni.com
Priced* from $2,299; euro
2,249; 276,000 yen
Web: http://www.ni.com/
inteltouchpanel
*All prices are subject to change without notice.
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Editor Contact: Julia Betts, (512) 683-8165
Reader Contact: Ernest Martinez, (800) 258-7022
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WatchMouse Introduces Real Browser Monitoring in Over 30 Countries
New Monitoring Service Verifies Website Performance from a True End-User Perspective using Real Browsers
AMSTERDAM, Feb. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- WatchMouse, a global industry leader in self-service website and application performance monitoring, today announced Real Browser Monitoring, a new addition to their monitoring services. Real Browser Monitoring verifies a site's performance as perceived by an end-user using a real browser. Real Browser Monitoring verifies and benchmarks a website, and offers insight above and beyond regular website monitoring tools that synthetically emulate browsers to check a site's availability and performance. WatchMouse Real Browser Monitoring is the only real browser monitoring product on the market that currently supports Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, and Safari profiles, and monitors from 31 countries around the world.
"Monitoring the performance of web applications and websites globally is a must today, in order to ensure customers are having the best possible experience when interacting with sites that use JavaScript, CSS, AJAX, and media files extensively," stated Mark Pors, CTO and co-founder of WatchMouse. "As more sites rely on features in modern browsers, the methods used to benchmark their performance must adapt. Regular monitoring has its place, but Real Browser Monitoring is needed to get the complete picture of how today's complicated web pages load from various countries around the world."
WatchMouse Real Browser Monitoring features include:
-- Real browser performance metrics
-- Java script error reporting
-- Loading of third-party content
-- Timed screenshots of a website loading in the browser
-- Waterfall charts of timing of all embedded elements in a page
Previously, websites served mostly static content, and there was very little client-side code execution in the browser. Today, however, advanced features are found on even simple websites, and the most engaging web applications rely on the browser to download, render, redisplay content, and execute complex client side code.
A free 30-day trial including Real Browser Monitoring is available on the WatchMouse website.
CONTACT: Mindy M. Hull, +1-415-889-9977 (US), +31 62 504 7680 (NL), mindy@mercuryglobalpartners.com, twitter: @mmhull, or Ginny Cain, +1-925-426-0646 (US), ginny@mercuryglobalpartners.com, both of Mercury Global Partners for WatchMouse
Los Angeles Insurance Company, Master Insurance Services, Has Launched a New Website
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumers searching for information that explains the array of insurance coverage available can now use the new website of Master Insurance Services. Finding and purchasing the right health insurance plans does not have to be difficult. The helpful articles and information provided on the Master Insurance Services website is very useful when making important insurance decisions. Many people often think they have sufficient coverage when an accident or injury occurs only to find out later that there is insufficient coverage for medical care or rehabilitation expenses.
Finding the right personal health insurance plans are easy using this new website. Individuals and families searching for health insurance elsewhere online can be easily misinformed about the different types of coverage available and what is appropriate for each policy. Accurate information is useful for making important decisions about current and future insurance needs. After reviewing information about the different insurance coverage available, getting an online quote from Master Insurance Services is as simple as entering information in the secure quotation form.
Accidents can happen without a warning and having sufficient insurance coverage as an individual or for a family can help to provide needed medical care. The rising cost of medical treatments and procedures can be a financial strain on personal finances if a person has no insurance coverage. Individual health insurance plans are not only designed to protect an individual, but can extend coverage to family members like a spouse or child. Receiving an accurate quote can be completed quickly online after a determination has been made about the right insurance policy needed for current or future protection.
About Master Insurance Services
As one of the leading health insurance solution providers, Master Insurance Services offers affordable health insurance for individuals, families, groups, seniors, and children. With a strong passion for providing quality health care plans and information to the public, Master Insurance Services has quickly grown into one of the best online resources for insurance quotes and information.
For information about health insurance, life insurance, dental insurance, children insurance, and home insurance services provided, please visit http://www.lahealthcoverage.com. You can also call (800) 636-7707 or go to 16661 Ventura Blvd., Suite 523 in Encino, CA 91436.
Allrecipes.com Unveils Interactive Menu Planner; New Flexible Meal Planning Tool Allows Home Cooks to Plan Menus for Any Occasion
SEATTLE, Feb. 1, 2011/PRNewswire/ -- Home cooks asked. Allrecipes.com answered. Allrecipes.com, a Reader's Digest Association (RDA) brand and the world's #1 food site, is making meal planning even easier with the introduction of its interactive Menu Planner. The new web-based tool helps cooks save time, save money and eat healthier by allowing them to easily create, edit and save meal plans from an unlimited number of choices--including Allrecipes' massive recipe collection, pre-created menus, personal recipes and favorites saved in a personal Allrecipes Recipe Box.
"A meal planning tool is the most requested feature by our community of 25 million home cooks," said Lisa Sharples, president of Allrecipes.com. "We love getting feedback from our community, so it's exciting when we can deliver features on our site that home cooks have been asking for--features that will change their lives for the better. This sophisticated yet easy to use tool will help our community stay organized, save money and eat better."
With drag-and-drop functionality, the flexible tool allows cooks to create up to 10 days of meals at a time, making it ideal for everyday meal planning. Plus, Allrecipes' menu planner comes with more than 1,300 customizable menu ideas featuring the site's most popular recipes, as well as creative combinations perfect for Valentine's Day, Super Bowl parties and other special occasions. Home cooks can easily save pre-made menus into their collection including: "Three Courses in Thirty Minutes," "One Week - Six Dinners - Just $100," "Low Cal, and Loving It," and "Happily Ever After Couples Shower."
Unique features designed to help home cooks create meals while saving time, money and calories include:
-- Browse, create, edit, save and share meal plans with an unlimited number
of recipe choices.
-- Shopping lists that automatically populate from menus. Cooks can add or
delete items from the list based on their pantries, and search for
additional recipes based on ingredients already in the shopping
list--great for making use of fresh veggies and herbs.
-- On-the-fly nutrition--nutritional information tallies calories (and
other stats like cholesterol, fat, carbs, sodium and more) for the
entire menu, even as you add and remove recipes.
-- Every menu includes prep times, photos, and servings for each item
within the menu, plus, you can change the serving sizes for the entire
menu and all ingredients will update in your shopping list
automatically.
-- Drag-and-drop functionality--the Menu Planner tool is intuitive to use
and functions like an app.
-- Planning gets easier over time--saved meals can be mixed and matched
within the tool to create an unlimited number of menu plans.
-- Over 1,300 pre-made menus created by Allrecipes editors provide
inspiration.
-- Menu ideas combine recipes that go well together, utilize surplus
ingredients by incorporating the same items into multiple dishes,
include tips on timing, freezing, making ahead, using leftovers and
more.
-- Get new, healthy, delicious and time saving meal ideas delivered to your
inbox every week with the weekly Menu email.
The Menu Planner tool is an addition to Allrecipes' Supporting Membership suite of features that include Nutrition Search, Custom Recipes, Advanced Print, Personal Blogs and more. Menu Planner is available to try for free in the "Menus" tab on the Allrecipes.com homepage. For more information on Menu Planner or Allrecipes' Supporting Membership, visit http://www.allrecipes.com, or watch the video at http://allrecipes.tv/videos/menu-planner.aspx.
About Allrecipes
Allrecipes, the world's largest food site, receives 535 million annual visits from home cooks who discover and share food experiences through recipes, reviews, photos, profiles, and blog posts. For 14 years, the Seattle-based site has served as a dynamic, indispensable resource for cooks of all skill levels seeking trusted recipes, entertaining ideas, everyday and holiday meal solutions and practical cooking tips. Allrecipes has 16 international sites around the world providing insights into the kitchens and cooking passions of home cooks everywhere. Allrecipes is part of Lifestyle Communities @ RDA, a division of The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. For additional information regarding Allrecipes, please visit http://www.allrecipes.com.
About Reader's Digest Association
RDA is a global media and direct marketing company that connects more than 130 million consumers around the world with products and services from trusted brands. With offices in 43 countries, the company reaches customers in 78 countries, publishes 91 magazines, including 50 editions of Reader's Digest, the world's largest-circulation magazine, operates 78 branded websites and sells 40 million books, music and video products across the world each year. Further information about the company can be found at http://www.rda.com.
MoreMagic Certified by Western Union as a Mobile Money Transfer Vendor
WALTHAM, Mass., Feb. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- MoreMagic Solutions, a leading global mobile commerce and financial services solutions provider, today announced that it has completed the certification process in the Western Union Mobile Vendor Program. Consequently, mobile operators who partner with MoreMagic and Western Union will be able to offer their subscribers the option to send or receive money through the global Western Union money-transfer system.
Western Union has certified MoreMagic's mobile banking and payments solution m:Wallet, which enables mobile customers to receive funds directly into their mobile wallet. Those funds can then be used to pay for utilities, goods and services without the need for a bank account. m:Wallet also enables mobile operators to maximise the revenue potential of the mobile money system, while increasing customer loyalty through a comprehensive mobile money offering and significantly reducing churn.
By certifying MoreMagic, Western Union aims to reduce integration costs and accelerate go-to-market activities for banks and mobile operators by creating standard technical deployments. Once a bank or mobile operator using the MoreMagic m:Wallet contracts with Western Union to activate the Western Union® Mobile Money Transfer service, its consumers will be integrated with Western Union's core transaction processing system. This system supports Western Union's global network of more than 386,000 Agent locations in over 200 countries and territories.
Pankaj Gulati, CEO and Chairman, MoreMagic, commented: "Here at MoreMagic, we are proud to offer our customers a wide range of innovative mobile money services. The Western Union Vendor certification is a great acknowledgement of our commitment to the mobile financial services industry, and we are delighted that our customers will be able to benefit from Western Union's global agent network."
MoreMagic's m:Wallet enables a broad portfolio of services that simplify the exchange and management of funds among consumers, merchants, content providers, and clearing channels. Consumers are able to make secure electronic payments in real time for mobile applications such as electronic top up, bill payment, micro-lending, salary payments, ticketing, parking, and vending.
About MoreMagic Solutions
With deployments in more than 60 countries worldwide, MoreMagic Solutions offers transaction platforms for mobile operators, financial institutions, content providers, and distributors, enabling consumers to purchase goods and services on demand using a mobile phone, POS, or web. The MoreMagic Solutions high-throughput mobile commerce and services platform (m:Broker(TM)) and pre-packaged applications in the MagicSuite(TM) portfolio enable revenue-generating services, including mobile recharge (m:TopUp) and mobile money transfer (m:Wallet), both domestic and international; mobile banking; bill payment; and mobile commerce; with integration into diverse network environments, languages, and currencies. Through MoreMagic Solutions' worldwide distribution network connected to the MoreMagic Global Financial Services Hub (MagicHub), mobile operator branded services are available for out-of-country customers, enabling communications with relatives back home, and increased usage on mobile networks worldwide.
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MoreMagic Solutions, Inc.
CONTACT: Elizabeth Chadwick, Account Executive, +0207-751-4444, echadwick@miliberty.com
Top Canadian dating site offers new members free access to online dating
TORONTO, Feb. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Calling all singles! This February, Lavalife.com, the online dating site, is offering a 30-day free trial to all new members with Free Love February. That's 100% free access to the entire Lavalife site.
Never before in Lavalife's history has a 30-day free trial been offered. "We wanted to celebrate Valentine's Day with a bang and show anyone that might not have experienced our site before what we have to offer - no restrictions, no credit cards, no strings attached," explains Kim Hughes, Lavalife's Singles and Dating Expert. "Lavalife has been known as a trusted, safe and reliable online dating site for over a decade now and we're very proud of that."
Lavalife offers a safe and secure environment where you can browse other singles and communicate without giving away any of your personal information until you are ready. And it brings together those with a common purpose: finding like-minded singles.
"With its three unique communities - Dating, Relationship and Intimate Encounters - singles can interact with others who are looking for the same relationship goal, whether it's a fling, a casual date or their soul mate," explains Hughes.
During the 30-day free trial, new members can send unlimited mail and instant messages and even see who has checked them out. Members will also get to experience the all-new Virtual Dating feature on Lavalife - bound to be a hit with Valentine's Day fast approaching. Members can get to know other singles and go on a Virtual Date (or two or three) by simply creating a personalized avatar and selecting a fun destination. No need to be dateless on February 14th!
So, why is Lavalife offering a 30-day free trial? "For some, it can take up to 30 days to really explore the site, connect with potential singles and get in the online dating groove," explains Hughes. "What better way to celebrate being single then to give our members a free venue to chat, flirt and date? Lavalife is, after all, where singles click."
Lavalife is ranked the #1 dating brand in Canada and is a leading provider of multi-channel dating products. Lavalife connects, engages and entertains through a variety of web, voice and mobile offerings. Founded in 1987, Lavalife Ltd. markets its products and services across the United States, Canada and Australia. Lavalife's open-minded approach to online dating allows singles to choose how they want to "click" by offering three unique and distinctive communities: dating, relationships and intimate encounters. Lavalife has attracted millions of unique members who exchange 1.3 million messages every day. For more information, visit http://www.lavalife.com.
Top Canadian dating site offers new members free access to online dating
TORONTO, Feb. 1, 2011/PRNewswire/ --Calling all singles! This February, Lavalife.com, Canada's most successful dating site, is offering a 30-day free trial to all new members with Free Love February. That's 100% free access to the entire Lavalife site.
Never before in Lavalife's history has a 30-day free trial been offered. "We wanted to celebrate Valentine's Day with a bang and show anyone that might not have experienced our site before what we have to offer - no restrictions, no credit cards, no strings attached," explains Kim Hughes, Lavalife's Singles and Dating Expert. "Lavalife has been known as a trusted, safe and reliable online dating site for over a decade now and we're very proud of that."
Lavalife offers a safe and secure environment where you can browse other singles and communicate without giving away any of your personal information until you are ready. And it brings together those with a common purpose: finding like-minded singles.
"With its three unique communities - Dating, Relationship and Intimate Encounters - singles can interact with others who are looking for the same relationship goal, whether it's a fling, a casual date or their soul mate," explains Hughes.
During the 30-day free trial, new members can send unlimited mail and instant messages and even see who has checked them out. Members will also get to experience the all-new Virtual Dating feature on Lavalife - bound to be a hit with Valentine's Day fast approaching. Members can get to know other singles and go on a Virtual Date (or two or three) by simply creating a personalized avatar and selecting a fun destination. No need to be dateless on February 14th!
So, why is Lavalife offering a 30-day free trial? "For some, it can take up to 30 days to really explore the site, connect with potential singles and get in the online dating groove," explains Hughes. "What better way to celebrate being single then to give our members a free venue to chat, flirt and date? Lavalife is, after all, where singles click."
Lavalife is ranked the #1 dating brand in Canada and is a leading provider of multi-channel dating products. Lavalife connects, engages and entertains through a variety of web, voice and mobile offerings. Founded in 1987, Lavalife Ltd. markets its products and services across the United States, Canada and Australia. Lavalife's open-minded approach to online dating allows singles to choose how they want to "click" by offering three unique and distinctive communities: dating, relationships and intimate encounters. Lavalife has attracted millions of unique members who exchange 1.3 million messages every day. For more information, visit http://www.lavalife.com.
New WaveRunner 6 Zi Family Tops Industry Benchmarks for Performance and Price
Company launches 6 Models from 400 MHz to 4 GHz Bandwidth
Also Announces Industry's First 12-bit High-Resolution Oscilloscopes (HRO(TM))
CHESTNUT RIDGE, N.Y., Feb. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- LeCroy Corporation (Nasdaq: LCRY), a leading supplier of oscilloscopes, protocol analyzers and serial data test solutions, today announced the launch of WaveRunner 6 Zi, its newest mid-range oscilloscope series. The new platform is the latest design in a comprehensive rollout of technology-leading products that LeCroy initiated in the fall of 2010.
"LeCroy's first WaveRunner oscilloscopes originated more than a decade ago and represent the most important business contributor in our product portfolio," said President and Chief Executive Officer Tom Reslewic. "WaveRunners are designed to deliver exceptional value to our mid-range customers and, as a result, make up the largest single component of our oscilloscope sales. Each new WaveRunner 6 Zi promises unexpectedly high performance at a reasonable price."
The new flagship WaveRunner features 4 GHz bandwidth and 40GS/s per channel sample rates with an innovative new industrial design, comprehensive serial-data and probing solutions for less than $30,000 USD. Prior to this introduction, these capabilities could only be found at significantly higher prices. LeCroy is able to achieve this breakthrough performance and pricing by leveraging the advanced silicon-based technologies deployed in our industry leading high-end WaveMaster oscilloscopes.
"We are also announcing today, two new WaveRunner HRO (High-Resolution-Oscilloscope) models at 400 MHz and 600 MHz bandwidths with an unprecedented resolution of 12 bits of vertical resolution," said Reslewic. "These WaveRunner HROs provide industry-first high-resolution tools for customers requiring high dynamic range and precision measurements and will be available for demonstration and customer shipment in May 2011."
"We have assembled our world-wide sales force in Silicon Valley for the launch and training on the new products," said Reslewic. "We are ready to begin customer shipments in volume within the next couple of weeks. We will feature the WaveRunner 6 Zi at DesignCon 2011 held this week in Santa Clara, California."
The WaveRunner 6 Zi oscilloscopes feature a pristine signal path that offers unmatched signal fidelity with low electronic noise. In addition, LeCroy has designed the WaveRunner 6 Zi with an industry-first pivoting display that permits viewing signals vertically as well as horizontally to obtain more detail for optimum analysis. The comprehensive toolset includes everything engineers need to productively validate and thoroughly debug their designs.
About LeCroy Corporation
LeCroy Corporation is a worldwide leader in serial data test solutions, creating advanced instruments that drive product innovation by quickly measuring, analyzing and verifying complex electronic signals. The Company offers high-performance oscilloscopes, serial data analyzers and global communications protocol test solutions used by design engineers in the computer, semiconductor and consumer electronics, data storage, automotive and industrial, and military and aerospace markets. LeCroy's 45-year heritage of technical innovation is the foundation for its recognized leadership in "WaveShape Analysis" - capturing, viewing and measuring the high-speed signals that drive today's information and communications technologies. LeCroy is headquartered in Chestnut Ridge, New York. Company information is available at http://www.LeCroy.com.
Safe Harbor
This release contains forward-looking statements, including those pertaining to LeCroy's WaveRunner 6 Zi oscilloscope, its characteristics, capacities, technology, design, performance, effectiveness and usefulness, the size of the market for such products, the likely cost range and whether that is competitively priced, and the effectiveness of third-party distribution channels. There can be no assurance that actual results will not materially differ from expectations. Actual performance and results of operations may differ materially from those projected or suggested in the forward-looking statements due to certain risks and uncertainties including, without limitation, volume and timing of orders received, changes in the mix of products sold, competitive pricing pressure, the Company's ability to anticipate changes in the market, the availability and timing of funding for the Company's current products, the development of future products and the Company's ability to use intellectual property and protect its patent portfolio. LeCroy undertakes no obligation to publicly update forward-looking statements, whether because of new information, future events or otherwise. Further information on potential factors that could affect LeCroy Corporation's business is described in the Company's reports on file with the SEC.
Contact:
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LeCroy Corporation
Tel: 845-425-2000
Call of Duty®: Black Ops 'First Strike' Downloadable Content Now Available on Xbox LIVE
Five All New Maps Launch Today - Berlin Wall, Stadium, Kowloon, Discovery and the New Zombie Level, Ascension;
Activision and Microsoft to Host celebrity "Grudge Match" with Arian Foster and Maurice Jones-Drew on 2/1 for the Launch of "First Strike"
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The first new multiplayer downloadable content (DLC) from the record-setting, best-selling blockbuster title Call of Duty®: Black Ops is now available worldwide on Xbox LIVE®. Released today by Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI), Treyarch's Call of Duty: Black Ops - First Strike adds five all new action-packed maps that span the globe. "Berlin Wall," a new map surrounding the iconic barrier, gives players access to both sides of Cold War Berlin; "Stadium" delivers plenty of fast-paced, close-quarters combat set in the backdrop of a sports complex; "Discovery" is an abandoned German outpost set along the coast of Antarctica; "Kowloon" spans the tiered levels of high-rises and rooftops of Kowloon City, Hong Kong. "First Strike" also features an all new experience for the fan-favorite Zombies mode. The new level, "Ascension" pits players against hoards of vicious, perk-stealing zombie monkeys, flesh-eating Soviet Zombies and more in a trap-filled, Cold War era cosmodrome.
The Call of Duty: Black Ops - First Strike DLC is available first on Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft for 1,200 Microsoft Points. To celebrate the launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops - First Strike, Activision, Treyarch and Microsoft today are hosting a "Grudge Match" on Xbox LIVE for ultimate bragging rights. Football superstars Arian Foster of the Houston Texans and Maurice Jones-Drew of the Jacksonville Jaguars will lead teams featuring Treyarch studio members, online personalities and Black Ops fans in the head-to-head match-up on Xbox LIVE.
"Our fans mean everything to us," said Mark Lamia, Studio Head, Treyarch, "so we are thrilled to be able to provide the Black Ops community with exciting new gameplay that will extend their multiplayer and Zombies experiences. The team has given it their all, as we crafted the maps in "First Strike" while taking into account our community to make sure that this content delivers compelling and unique experiences that will appeal to all different play styles."
Created by Treyarch and published by Activision, Call of Duty: Black Ops madeentertainment history this November when it shattered theatrical box office, book and video game sales records for five-day opening worldwide sell through in dollars, selling more than $650 million.
Call of Duty: Black Ops is rated "M" (Mature) by the ESRB for Blood and Gore, Intense Violence and Strong Language. For additional Call of Duty updates, visit http://www.callofduty.com/blackops and also via Twitter @Treyarch.
About Activision Publishing, Inc.
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.
Call of Duty and Activision are registered trademarks of Activision Publishing, Inc. All other trademarks and trade names are the properties of their respective owners.
Xbox 360 and Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of the Microsoft Corporation.
Strategic Talent Optimization Leader SourceRight Solutions Launches New Website
-New Destination Provides Educational Content, Career Networking Hub-
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Feb. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- SourceRight Solutions today announced the launch of its newly designed website. Specifically created to address the needs of visitors such as HR professionals, prospects and SourceRight's partners, the new site underscores the Company's position as an innovator and leading provider of outsourced talent acquisition and management capabilities.
SourceRight's President Rebecca Callahan shared, "As the market leader, visitors to our website expect access to educational content and thought leadership. Additionally, it's important that our online presence be the go-to destination for our vast network of clients, prospects, candidates, free agents and preferred suppliers. I'm confident that our new site meets these objectives."
Some of the highlights of the new site include:
-- Details of SourceRight's unique Strategic Talent Optimization
capabilities, particularly the integration of RPO, MSP and CWS to manage
blended workforces
-- Workforce Innovations such as SourcingEdge, SourceRight Advisor, Talent
2.0 (social, digital and mobile media for active and passive candidates)
and Talent Reporting & Analytics
-- Integration of SourceRight's Career Networking Hub to increase
interactivity with candidates
-- Interaction with suppliers via SupplierEdge
-- Access to exclusive thought leadership such as SourceRight's latest
white paper titled The Blended Workforce: Ensuring Compliance as well as
Emerging Workforce Study tools, the SFN U.S. Employment Reports,
SourceRight Advisor Quarterly Newsletter
-- Access to SourceRight thought leadership and subject matter experts via
the SourceRight Insights Blog
Callahan concluded, "Our website reflects the contributions of our expert team as well as the tools that help leading organizations make the best decisions about their blended workforce requirements."
SourceRight Solutions manages outsourced talent acquisition functions, whether for full-time, contingent or contract staff. Building upon our 60-year heritage in recruitment and staffing innovations, our solutions provide the workforce insight needed to drive strategic talent decisions by leveraging embedded technologies, a scalable global service model and the best recruitment talent in the industry today.
SourceRight Solutions specializes in improving and managing workforce-related processes through a comprehensive spectrum of offerings that can be deployed singularly or in combination and include: Strategic Talent Optimization, our integrated approach to managing flexible, alternative workforce strategies; Recruitment Process Outsourcing for improved speed and quality of full-time hires; Contingent Workforce Services that enhance the acquisition and management of "free agent" contractors and consultants while mitigating associated risk; and, Managed Services Programs to improve the procurement of an organization's contingent workforce, increasing quality while reducing supplier costs.
SourceRight Solutions is a division of SFN Group, Inc. SFN operates a family of specialty businesses providing strategic workforce solutions in professional services and general staffing.
Panasonic Announces Pricing for LUMIX Point-and-Shoot Models Introduced at 2011 CES
SECAUCUS, N.J., Feb. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Panasonic today announces pricing for the eight LUMIX digital camera models the company introduced last month at the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show, which includes the LUMIX DMC-PF7, LUMIX DMC-FP5, the LUMIX DMC-FH27, LUMIX DMC-FH25, LUMIX DMC-FH5, LUMIX DMC-FH2, LUMIX DMC-S3, and the LUMIX DMC-S1. All eight digital camera models, available in March 2011, feature Optical Image Stabilization, High Definition video recording capabilities and Panasonic's iA mode, which makes them extremely easy-to-use to help take high-quality photos.
Panasonic's ultra-slim LUMIX and fashionable FP-Series will have a suggested retail price (SRP) of $229.99 for the LUMIX FP7 and $199.99 for the LUMIX FP5. Both models maintain their slim profiles by incorporating an ultra-thin 4x optical zoom lens with folded optics. The LUMIX FP7 features a new 3.5-inch 16:9 touch-screen LCD.
The Panasonic LUMIX FH-Series are sleek and stylish digital cameras that feature a 28mm-wide-angle lenses. The LUMIX FH27 has a 3-inch touch-screen LCD with an SRP of $229.99 while the LUMIX FH25 has an SRP of $199.99. Both the LUMIX FH27 and LUMIX FH25 also feature an 8x optical zoom. The 16.1-megapixel LUMIX FH5 (SRP: $149.99) and the 14.1-megapixel LUMIX FH2 (SRP $139.99) feature a 4x optical zoom with a new retractable lens.
Finally, the company's entry-level digital camera models, the LUMIX S-Series, are extremely easy to use, making them ideal for consumers wanting an extremely intuitive experience. The 14.1-megapixel LUMIX S3 has an SRP of $129.99 and the 12.1-megapixel LUMIX S1 has an SRP of $119.99. Both models have a 28mm* wide-angle 4x optical zoom lens.
Based in Secaucus, N.J., Panasonic Consumer Electronics Company, is a Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America, the principal North American subsidiary of Panasonic Corporation (NYSE: PC) and the hub of Panasonic's U.S. marketing, sales, service and R&D operations. Panasonic is pledged to practice prudent, sustainable use of the earth's natural resources and protect our environment through the company's Eco Ideas programs. Company information for journalists is available at http://www.panasonic.com/pressroom.
AOL Partners with TouchStorm to Deliver Howdini Videos to Viewers
AOL.com to Feature Howdini Videos for Consumers on a Variety of Topics
NEW YORK, Feb. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --TouchStorm, a pioneer in online digital video distribution and creation, today announced that it has partnered with AOL, Inc. (NYSE: AOL) to begin distributing TouchStorm-created Howdini videos across the AOL Network. The TouchStorm Editorial Network is comprised of hundreds of publishers that license TouchStorm premium videos on their sites and with the addition of AOL, it is now the largest syndicator of editorial video on the Internet.
In the second half of 2010 alone, AOL has closed deals with more than 20 premium content partners and digital studios to deliver a mix of high quality programming to AOL's audiences. Within that mix, AOL has announced several new video franchises not seen anywhere else on the Web, including partnerships with Vuguru, Ben Silverman's Electus, Next New Networks, Telepictures Productions and the Ellen DeGeneres Show Web site and MarloThomas.com.
Other video franchises across AOL's owned and operated properties include, You've Got, AOL Sessions; The Engadget Show; Translogic on AOL Autos; a number of shows on Cambio.com - Cambio Connect, Cambio Style, Cambio Goes Home, Cambio Cares; and The Secret Millionaire's Club on AOL Kids.
The partnership with TouchStorm enables AOL to syndicate the company's Howdinieditorial videos across AOL's family of online brands, including: AOL.com, AOLHealth.com, Parentdish.com, among others. The videos will feature content on a variety of topics, including Food & Celebrations, Health & Beauty, Home & Garden and Friends & Family, as well as Jobs, Money & Travel.
"We are excited that TouchStorm's Howdini videos will be a central part of the new, highly visual AOL.com," said Alison Provost, chairman and CEO of TouchStorm. "AOL understands that video is a fundamental part of the consumer online experience and their best-in-class distribution strength, coupled with the high-quality content delivered by Howdini, will make for a great partnership."
TouchStorm's Howdini videos are known for their HD-quality production and journalistic style featuring top expert advice. Howdini videos are popular on online destinations such as AOL because of the caliber of experts that are leveraged to provide educational advice and helpful information on numerous topics. The Howdini Guru team includes Rachel Maddow, host of the "Rachel Maddow Show," Barbara Corcoran, real estate contributor for "The Today Show," Carley Roney, editor-in-chief of The Knot and Ray Isle, senior wine editor of Food & Wine, among others.
TouchStorm distributes Howdini videos through its TouchStorm Editorial Network to a variety of sites across the Web as well as other digital media. These channels include top tier destinations such as iVillage; vertical-oriented properties, such as iFood.tv and Disney Family; video sharing sites, including YouTube; digital TV mediums, such as Hulu; as well as targeted blogs, like Glam Media.
AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) is a leading global Web services company with an extensive suite of brands and offerings and a substantial worldwide audience. AOL's business spans online content, products and services that the company offers to consumers, publishers and advertisers. AOL is focused on attracting and engaging consumers and providing valuable online advertising services on both AOL's owned and operated properties and third-party websites. In addition, AOL operates one of the largest Internet subscription access services in the United States, which serves as a valuable distribution channel for AOL's consumer offerings.
About TouchStorm
TouchStorm (http://www.touchstorm.com) is a digital media distribution company and a pioneer in online editorial video creation. The company distributes and optimizes online editorial video for a wide range of clients using proprietary marketing tools and the TouchStorm Editorial Network. The company also works with today's leading brands and experts to create HD-quality, journalistic-style videos.
Through the TouchStorm Editorial Network, the company works with brands to syndicate videos into the editorial well of top-tier publishers around the web resulting in engagement scores significantly above industry benchmarks. With headquarters in New York and offices in 17 cities throughout the U.S., TouchStorm is an independent and employee-owned company.
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Panasonic Announces Pricing For New LUMIX GF2, the Company's Smallest and Lightest Digital Interchangeable Lens System Camera With Flash
Panasonic LUMIX GF2 Digital Camera Available in Mid- February 2011
SECAUCUS, N.J., Feb. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Panasonic today announces pricing for the LUMIX GF2 - the latest addition to the company's compact system camera (CSC) lineup. The LUMIX DMC-GF2 will be available in mid-February 2011 and will come in black, silver, red, and white models. The LUMIX GF2 (body-only) will have a suggested retail price (SRP) of $499.95.
The Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GF2 is Panasonic's smallest and lightest interchangeable lens system camera - complete with a built-in flash. The LUMIX GF2 is compatible with lenses from the Micro Four Thirds standard, meaning the system is small and compact, while not compromising ease of operation or image quality. The LUMIX GF2 is also compatible with Panasonic's new 3D interchangeable lens, the LUMIX G 12.5mm / F12, so users can take their own 3D photos anywhere.
The LUMIX GF2K (14-42mm) lens will have an SRP of $599.95 while the GF2C (14mm) lens will have an SRP of $699.95. Also available is Panasonic's new 3D interchangeable lens, the LUMIX G 12.5mm/F12, which will have an SRP of $249.95.
Based in Secaucus, N.J., Panasonic Consumer Electronics Company (PCEC), is a Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America, the principal North American subsidiary of Panasonic Corporation (NYSE: PC) and the hub of Panasonic's U.S. marketing, sales, service and R&D operations. Panasonic is pledged to practice prudent, sustainable use of the earth's natural resources and protect our environment through the company's Eco Ideas programs. Company information for journalists is available at http://www.panasonic.com/pressroom.
Scene It?® Romance App Now Available on the App Store Just In Time for Valentine's Day
Immerse yourself in the most romantic love stories...hankies not included!
SEATTLE, Feb. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Screenlife®, the creators of Scene It?®, the number-one entertainment trivia game worldwide, today announced its new Scene It? Romance App for iPhone and iPod touch and HD version for iPad are available on the App Store just in time for Valentine's Day.
She could see him in the darkness, lit only by the soft glow of the iPad. She watched, as he gently caressed the device, deftly answering trivia questions and scoring points in Scene It? ® Romance, a new app dedicated to all the movies she loved, those that he had once carelessly defined as "chick flicks" during one of their heated arguments. She longed to run to him, to put aside their "Lover's Quarrel," hear him whisper "Sweet Nothings", and play together once again. Yet she stood, unable to move, terrified that they were not destined to live happily ever after...
Setting hearts racing all over the world, Scene It? Romance features new and enhanced puzzles and mini-games like "Love Triangle" and a "Love Meter" test, and boasts trivia from the most celebrated love stories and romantic comedies in the history of cinema.
Scene It? Romance uses the latest features of iPhone, iPod touch and iPad to enhance gameplay, and offers multiple game modes that allow for a customized player experience. Enjoy hours of trivia in the single-player mode, or play with your sweetie using "Lover's Quarrel", one of the multiplayer modes available in the app. Players can also post their scores to Facebook and challenge their friends to find out who knows the most about classic boy-meets-girl tales.
"We're thrilled to be release the Scene It? Romance App in time for Valentine's Day," said Steve Banfield, SVP of Digital Strategy at Screenlife smiling mysteriously as he ran his fingers through his hair. "Whether you're playing with a partner, or president of the Lonely Hearts club, this game will make your heart go pitter patter."
To be continued...
The Scene It? Romance App is available for $1.99 from the App Store on iPhone and iPod touch or at http://bit.ly/romanceiphone
The Scene It? Romance HD App is available for $4.99 from the App Store on iPad or at http://bit.ly/romanceipad
For more information on Scene It? Romance for the iPhone, iPad and the iPod touch, or for all other Scene It? games, please visit http://www.screenlifegames.com.
About Screenlife
Screenlife, a leader in licensed entertainment games, is transforming the way the world has fun through its pop culture-based games, including Scene It?, the number-one selling entertainment trivia game worldwide. Located in Seattle, WA, Screenlife's socially interactive and immersive games are now available on multiple platforms including board games, video game consoles, social networks and mobile phones.
Since its 2002 launch, Scene It? has grown into an international, award-winning brand with trivia game editions that include Twilight, The Simpsons, Star Trek, Seinfeld, Movie, TV, Sports, Music, Friends, Harry Potter and Disney. Scene It? DVD games have been translated into twelve languages and distributed across 29 countries.
A leader in entertainment licensing, Screenlife has struck hundreds of deals with major Hollywood studios, sports leagues and recording labels, as well as top actors, athletes and musicians. Other companies, including Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment, Namco and Comcast, have worked with Screenlife to deliver custom Scene It? games across multiple platforms including the Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, mobile phones, and video on demand. Screenlife is a subsidiary of Paramount Pictures Corporation.
For more information about Scene It? and other Screenlife games, visit http://www.screenlifegames.com or call (866) DVD-GAME.
MGM Resorts International Expands Mobile App Services to Google's Android & RIM's BlackBerry Operating Systems
Twelve Free Las Vegas Resort & Entertainment Apps Now Available on Additional Smartphones
LAS VEGAS, Feb. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) (http://www.mgmresorts.com) recently launched 12 free applications on Google's Android and is set to launch them on Research In Motion's BlackBerry OS in March. Previously only available on iTunes, the expansion into additional operating systems allows MGM Resorts International to deliver new ways to explore its Las Vegas hotels and attractions for a broader customer base.
"We've created a dynamic new way to engage our guests with a convenient information and reservation system and the response on iTunes so far has been incredible with more than 200,000 downloads," said Scott Voeller, Vice President of Brand Strategy and Advertising for MGM Resorts. "The overwhelming popularity of Smartphones initially motivated us to create the apps for iPhones, but the opportunity to reach more guests with exclusive offers and content and also receive their direct feedback encouraged us to expand to Android and BlackBerry users."
Feature-rich resort applications for ARIA, Bellagio, MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay, The Mirage, Monte Carlo, New York-New York, Luxor, Excalibur, and Circus Circus in Las Vegas and Beau Rivage in Biloxi, Mississippi deliver some of the world's most immersive interactive resort experiences currently available.
In addition to the resort apps, MGM Resorts and MacroView Labs developed "Entertainment of Las Vegas," an app expressly designed to deliver video previews, show times, event calendars, directions and the ability to purchase tickets to all of MGM Resorts' Las Vegas entertainment and attractions.
RESORT APPS: ARIA, Bellagio, MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay, The Mirage, Monte Carlo, New York-New York, Luxor, Excalibur, Circus Circus and Beau Rivage
Developed by MacroView Labs
-- Click here for more in-depth app info.
Key Features: Using your resort app, you can access photos, videos and information to help you decide what to do during your Las Vegas adventure, and book it all with one-touch functionality.
-- Preview videos of shows, grab last-minute tickets, even check seating
charts
-- Bookmark your favorite activities to create itineraries for your trip
-- Use GPS maps and indoor casino maps to quickly get you where you want to
go
-- Order room service, browse restaurant menus and make reservations from
anywhere
-- Review rules for casino games or join the M life Players Club
-- Email any page or offer to a friend
-- Enjoy targeted content and deals based on your location
-- Check local weather
-- Preview and reserve rooms at the hotels
-- For special events, work with your host property to load
passcode-protected content viewable only to your attendees, including
program schedules, party photos and more
-- Preview event space
-- Check out the clubs, bars and nightlife
-- Rate any of the featured services at the resort
-- See information in French, German, Italian, Japanese or Spanish
-- View the resort's live Twitter feed for deals, special events and more
ENTERTAINMENT OF LAS VEGAS
Developed by MacroView Labs and MGM Resorts International
-- Click here for more in-depth app info.
Key Features: Explore shows, nightclubs and attractions at Bellagio, ARIA Resort & Casino, MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay, Monte Carlo, New York-New York, Excalibur, Circus Circus, Luxor and The Mirage.
-- Enjoy location-specific content that changes depending on where you are
-- Find top stand-up comedy acts, Cirque du Soleil shows, the Lion Habitat,
the Shark Reef Aquarium, and all the best activities and shows right
here
-- Access overhead custom GPS maps of The Strip and get exact directions to
where you want to go
-- Use the embedded smart-search bar to find content by keyword
-- Bookmark any page to create your own entertainment favorites
-- Let your voice be heard - comment about your trip or rate any of the
featured services
-- Check out the live entertainment Twitter feed right from the app or send
any page in the app to a friend
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CONTACT: Amanda Polyak of Kirvin Doak Communications, +1-702-737-3100, apolyak@kirvindoak.com, for MGM Resorts International
FreeWave Technologies Introduces First Licensed Spectrum Data Radio for International Markets
New LRS radios designed for customers in Europe, Canada, Latin America and New Zealand
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- DISTRIBUTECH 2011 -- Booth #1344 -- FreeWave Technologies, (http://www.freewave.com), manufacturer of the most reliable, high-performance spread spectrum and licensed spectrum radios for mission critical data transmission, today introduced its new LRS data radios for robust industrial wireless data connectivity using licensed spectrum outside the USA. The new data radios expand and complement the already existing licensed spectrum product offerings from FreeWave, demonstrating its global leadership. FreeWave's family of licensed radio offerings includes the narrow band licensed frequencies of 400 MHz, 455 MHz, 700 MHz and 1.4 GHz, and is an ideal solution for SCADA applications in oil and gas, water/wastewater, Smart Grid, precision agriculture and similar industrial markets.
The new LRS radios are designed to meet the communication standards in international markets and support the respective licensed spectrum frequencies. Already European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) certified for use in more than 27 European countries, plus Canada, Mexico and New Zealand, the LRS Series radios offer superior RF link budgets through higher RF receive sensitivity, rather than increased RF output power. The resulting lower power consumption of the LRS radios not only makes them more suitable for remote installations and solar power than other licensed spectrum products on the market, it also allows for significant cost savings.
As true serial data radios, the LRS series radios provide optimum use of the available bandwidth in narrow-band UHF channels without the protocol overhead of native-IP radios. The LRS series, including the new ETSI approved radios, operates in licensed UHF frequencies (406 - 430 MHz and 435 MHz to 470 MHz) for exclusive, non-shared use of the RF spectrum, decreasing the likelihood of congestion or interference. The radios are housed inside an industrial-grade, small and rugged enclosure that offers mounting and installation versatility, including a DIN rail mounting option, with all connectors conveniently located on one side of the enclosure.
"The LRS series radios are an ideal solution for mission critical data transmission in narrow-band licensed spectrum and offer both superior performance and the proven reliability and quality that our customers have come to know and expect in our products," said Matthias van Doorn, product manager, Ethernet & licensed radio systems at FreeWave.
"Customers who deploy these radios in remote locations that depend on battery power and solar charging will appreciate the industry-leading RF receive sensitivity and performance to support longer links even without high RF output power and associated high current draw that other products in the market require," van Doorn explained. "And unlike native-IP radios, the LRS Series does not get burdened with protocol overhead for its serial data communication, resulting in better throughput, faster polling cycles and an increased number of remote radios that can be polled from the same master site. This results in significant savings for our customers and may help explain why FreeWave LRS radios will fast become the preferred choice for narrow-band licensed spectrum applications worldwide."
Availability, Configurations, and Pricing
The LRS-455 EU Series is available now and can be purchased in multiple configurations, including point-to-point and point-to-multipoint, slave or repeater.
Pricing varies, depending upon customer configuration.
About FreeWave Technologies
Founded in 1993, FreeWave Technologies manufactures the most reliable, high performing, lowest power consumption, spread spectrum and licensed radios for mission-critical data transmission. Through engineering excellence and a relentless commitment to best-in-class manufacturing, FreeWave customers enjoy superior radio up-time, range and the lowest cost of ownership available. Based in Boulder, Colorado, FreeWave designs and manufactures radios that are the leading choice for oil and gas, utility, military and numerous other industrial applications. Organizations that count on radio data communications for operational success - where failure and down-time are not an option - trust FreeWave for custom network design, system engineering and customer support that is unparalleled in the market. For additional information, contact FreeWave directly at 866.399.4930 or at newsinfo@freewave.com. Visit the company's website at http://www.freewave.com.
Notify Technology Announces Availability of Its New Mobile Device Management Solution - NotifyMDM On-Demand
Full Featured Product Now Available for Free Trial to IT Administrators Wanting Centralized Management and Control of all their Mobile Devices.
SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Notify Technology Corporation(OTC Bulletin Board: NTFY), a leading mobility solutions provider, today announced it has launched its new hosted mobile device management (MDM) solution called NotifyMDM On-Demand. Users can now click here, NotifyMDM Free Trial to sign-up for a free trial. NotifyMDM On-Demand will provide organizations and enterprises of any size with unprecedented simplicity in centralized management and control of an array of wireless device platforms, such as iPhone/iPad, Android, BlackBerry, webOS, and Windows Mobile, Windows Phone 7 and select Symbian wireless devices, to help address their needs for security, visibility, and device management.
"Since announcing our new NotifyMDM product in mid-December, we have had overwhelming interest in the product from organizations all over the world who have signed up for the free trial offer." said Paul DePond, President and founder of Notify Technology. "We are very excited to get feedback from these early NotifyMDM users since they represent a global interest for mobile device management."
Growing Mobile Device Management Issues
Notify is committed to addressing today's mobile device management issues and one key issue is the proliferation of individuals purchasing wireless devices for personal as well as business use. Notify has recognized the dilemma that exists within organizations and enterprises trying to manage their ever increasing number and type of mobile devices being used in their environments. These same organizations and enterprises are now concerned that they are in need of more security, visibility, and control of these wireless devices. Since many of these devices are personally owned the issue of control over business information versus personal information stored on the wireless device has become one of the top concerns to address. NotifyMDM provides IT administrators with the tools to manage and differentiate personally owned devices as well as corporate owned devices within the same enterprise or organization.
Highly Experienced in the Mobility Market
Notify has leveraged its ten years of experience in enterprise mobility and developed NotifyMDM to focus entirely on the security, compliance, management, supportability, and monitoring of any mobile device being used by organizations and enterprises of all sizes. The key design objectives of NotifyMDM have been focused on making it simple, effective, affordable, and reliable. Notify has been recognized in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for wireless email synchronization market for the past six years. In addition, Notify has been offering On Demand solutions for over six years and has demonstrated an average SLA of over 99.9% uptime.
NotifyMDM Free Trial
Users can now click here, NotifyMDM Free Trial to sign-up for the free trial with up to 50 devices. NotifyMDM On-Demand is a hosted solution provided by Notify and designed for organizations or enterprises of all sizes. After the free trial period is over, organizations will have the option to purchase an annual subscription for NotifyMDM On-Demand. NotifyMDM will work with any email platform that supports ActiveSync including Novell GroupWise Data Synchronizer, Microsoft Exchange 2003/2007/2010, Live@EDU, Microsoft On-Line BPOS, Lotus Domino Traveler 8.5.2, Axigen, Kerio, CommuniGate, Google Premier Apps, IceWarp, Ipswitch, Open-Xchange, Scalix, Zarafa, and Zimbra.
For More Information
For more information about any Notify products, please contact Notify directly at (408) 777-7930 or send an email to sales@notifycorp.com or visit our website at http://www.notifycorp.com.
About Notify Technology Corporation
Founded in 1994, Notify Technology Corporation (OTC BB: NTFY) is an independent software vendor (ISV) who has specialized in wireless mobility solutions and services for the past 10 years. Notify's products support all major smartphone platforms independent of wireless carrier or network. Notify sells its mobility products directly and through authorized resellers internationally. Notify is an official Apple iPhone Enterprise Development Partner, Android Development Partner, BlackBerry Development Partner, Symbian Alliance Member, and HP/Palm Select Partner. The Company is headquartered in San Jose, California.
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SecPod Technologies Announces the Release of OVAL Definitions Professional Feed
BANGALORE, India, February 1, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
- A Source for Vulnerability, Inventory, Patch Detection and Compliance
Verification Modules Served Through SecPod OVAL Repository
SecPod Technologies, a Bangalore, India based Information Security
company announces the release of OVAL Definitions Professional Feed.
(http://oval.secpod.com/) OVAL, (http://oval.mitre.org/) an Open
Vulnerability and Assessment Language, is an information security standard to
assess and report upon the machine state of computer systems, for the purpose
of vulnerability assessment, configuration management, patch management and
policy compliance.
The feed is available on a subscription model for both vendors
(Redistributable License) and end users (EULA). The feed covers majority of
the CVEs, including vulnerability and patch definitions, with daily updates
and enables automatic synchronization with product's repository.
"Security product vendors have a challenge to keep their products updated
with the checks necessary to detect the latest vulnerabilities, patches,
manage assets and their compliance to security policies", said
Chandrashekhar, CEO and Founder of SecPod Technologies. "This feed, backed
with professional support and driven through SLA will address the problem by
offering high quality security content in a standard format for easy
integration with vendor products. Additionally, end users who use freely
available OVAL Interpreter (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ovaldi/) can also
subscribe to the feed."
SecPod supports open source projects and standards as is also evident in
OpenVAS (http://www.openvas.net/) and pledges the support for OVAL in the
form of contribution to the publicly available OVAL Repository
(http://oval.mitre.org/repository/) and to the OVAL Interpreter, mainly
helping to evolve OVAL as a language. The public repository is a community
driven effort to promote OVAL standard and SecPod being one of the Top
Contributor (http://oval.mitre.org/repository/awards.html) to the repository
intends to continue the support going forward in tandem with the professional
feed.
About SecPod Technologies
SecPod is an information security Research and Development Company based
out of Bangalore, India, offering services in the area of threat detection
and management. The company is serving major security product and consulting
vendors providing research services, developing vulnerability assessment
checks, IDS/IPS signatures, product enhancements and testing and tools for
security assessment purposes.
Wingnut Announces Free Public Beta of Lo-Fi Photo App for the Mac and Windows Desktop
RALEIGH, N. C., Feb. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Wingnut, LLC today announces the immediate availability of a free public beta test version of Lo-Fi, a retro photo effect application for the Macintosh and Windows desktop. Lo-Fi easily gives pictures the funky look of low end toy cameras.
The public is invited to download Lo-Fi from http://www.lofiapp.com. To monitor progress on Lo-Fi, connect on Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, or sign up for the e-mail list at http://www.lofiapp.com. When Lo-Fi ships, three followers from each of these social networks will be randomly chosen to receive free copies. Lo-Fi will be released later in February 2011.
"We made Lo-Fi look and feel just like a physical gadget so it would be fun and intuitive to play with," said Terence Tay, one of the creators of Lo-Fi. The other creator Asdiel Echevarria added, "If you can use a camera then you can use Lo-Fi!"
Lo-Fi turns digital photos into retro handmade snapshots. You can mix a wide range of effects from the film world, such as grain, colorful cross processing, lens blur, light leaks, and frames. All these happy accidents of film photography combine to give each photo its own quirky personality.
Lo-Fi looks and behaves like a gizmo you are holding and playing with. Anyone can immediately use it because it feels like a camera, not software. Drag a bunch of photos onto Lo-Fi, hit randomize, and you end up with a surprising variety of cool old snapshots. Then with the click of an analog button, you have shared your creations with friends through Flickr or Facebook.
Lo-Fi sells for $29 USD through the website http://www.lofiapp.com. Lo-Fi is a stand-alone application for Macintosh OS-X 10.5 and Windows XP or later operating systems.
About Wingnut
Wingnut, LLC specializes in simple products for photography enthusiasts. For more information, visit the web site http://www.lofiapp.com. Wingnut is a studio within Alien Skin Software.
For marketing or product review information, e-mail press@wingnutapps.com or call 888-921-7546.
DataXu Announces General Availability of Industry's First Mobile Demand-Side Platform
DX Mobile Simplifies Mobile Advertising: Delivers Relevant Audiences at Scale
BOSTON, Feb. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- DataXu (http://www.dataxu.com), the leading media management platform for digital advertisers, today announced the general availability of DX Mobile, the industry's first mobile Demand-Side Platform (DSP). This advanced mobile media management solution raises the bar above traditional mobile ad networks by enabling advertisers to dynamically measure, value, buy and optimize ad placements on a real-time, impression-by-impression basis.
According to market researcher eMarketer, spending on mobile advertising will grow by 50 percent to top $1 billion in 2011. With more than 30 percent of digital display advertising predicted to flow through advanced DSPs in 2011, DX Mobile is strongly positioned to make mobile advertising as efficient as online advertising.
The powerful capabilities delivered with DX Mobile include:
-- Largest reach across all exchange-traded mobile inventory sources from a
single point of control.
-- Advanced targeting including demographics, geographic, context,
creative, day-parting, handset and operator.
-- Optimization that automatically allocates spend-to-highest-performing ad
placements.
-- Advanced analytical insights into consumer behavior across both mobile
internet and applications.
-- Improved attribution metrics, including post-click engagement.
-- Rich media units designed to drive deeper engagement.
Part of the company's three screen DX2 platform launch, DX Mobile combines traditional targeting methods with advanced algorithms to discover new audiences at a value and scale that ensures maximum campaign performance. The system makes millions of real-time decisions to automatically serve ads where they are proven to drive the best performance. DX Mobile offers deep actionable insights about how consumers engage with ads, optimizing performance on the fly for better results.
"Consumers have already adopted mobile devices as a way of life but advertisers are behind the curve because it's just too hard to run effective campaigns," stated Mike Baker, CEO of DataXu. "Agencies and advertisers are beginning to understand the need to re-engineer their metrics, relationships, processes and people to thrive in an always-on, always-connected world and DX Mobile provides an innovative solution to help find and engage relevant audiences at scale."
"Mobile is one of the most widespread and fastest-growing media channels in the world," said Andrew Frank, vice president research, Media IAS for Gartner Group. "Demand side platforms are empowering agencies and marketers to achieve an unprecedented degree of efficiency and precision in their media operations, and the application of these technologies to mobile advertising is a natural next step in their rapid evolution toward indispensability."
"We are giving advertisers a simple yet powerful way to connect with the right mobile audience and exceed their campaign objectives," added Baker. "Early test campaigns demonstrate a 4x performance improvement over ad network buys and an 8x improvement over direct publisher buys. DX Mobile analytics also give advertisers interesting insights into consumer behavior."
For more information on the platform, contact sales@dataxu.com.
About DataXu
DataXu, headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, provides the leading real-time media management platform for online display advertisers. This powerful technology increases digital campaign performance, improves operational efficiencies and delivers unique consumer insights to advertisers. DataXu's executive team unites leading executives in digital media with MIT technologists. The private company is backed by Atlas Venture, Flybridge Capital Partners and Menlo Ventures. For more information, visit http://www.dataxu.com or follow us on Twitter at @dataxu.
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CONTACT: Valerie Christopherson or Daniel Rhodes, both of Global Results Comms (GRC), +1-949-608-0276, dataxu@globalresultspr.com, for DataXu; or Julie Ginches of DataXu, +1-617-460-2330, jginches@dataxu.com
Panasonic Announces Pricing for 2011 Line of Camcorders, Including 3D-Capable, Full HD Models
SECAUCUS, N.J., Feb. 1, 2011/PRNewswire/ -- Panasonic today announces pricing for its 2011 line of full-High Definition (HD) 3MOS models, the HDC-TM900, HDC-HS900 and HDC-SD800; as well as its Full-High Definition 1MOS models, the HDC-TM90, HDC-SD90, HDC-TM80, HDC-HS80, HDC-SD80, HDC-SD40 and HDC-TM40; and the standard definition models, HDC-H100, HDC-T70 and HDC-S70. All 13 models, in addition to a new optional 3D conversion lens (VW-CLT1), will be available in March 2011.
The Panasonic Full-HD camcorders will be available for suggested retail prices (SRP) of $1,399.95 for the HDC-HS900; $1099.99 for the HDC-TM900 and $849.99 for the HDC-SD800. The new Full-HD camcorders feature 1920 x 1080 resolution with 1080/60p recording to create crisp, detailed videos, and can also shoot 3D videos when used with Panasonic's optional 3D conversion lens (VW-CLT1). The 3D conversion lens has an SRP of $349.99 and can capture vivid 3D imagery, which can be played back on a Panasonic VIERA 3D TV* or AVCHD-compatible player/recorder. The HDC-TM900 and HDC-HS900 both feature a manual ring for increased creativity, a 20x zoom and an intuitive 3.5" touch-screen LCD. All three models can record to SDXC/SDHC/SD Memory Cards, while the HDC-TM900 has 32GB** of internal memory and the HDC-HS900 has a hard disk drive that holds up to 220GB.
Panasonic's Full-HD camcorders with a 1MOS sensor will have SRPs of $599.99 for the HDC-TM90 and HDC-HS80; $549.99 for the HDC-SD90; $499.99 for the HDC-TM80; $449.95 for the HDC-SD80; $399.99 for the HDC-TM40 and $349.99 for the HDC-SD40. These camcorders have 1920 x 1080 resolution with wide-angle lenses. The HDC-TM90 and HDC-SD90 are capable of shooting Full-HD video with 1080/60p recording and can also record 3D video with the optional 3D conversion lens. The HDC-TM80 and HDC-HS80 both feature exceptional zooming power with a 42x Intelligent Zoom. The HDC-TM40 and HDC-SD40 are Panasonic's lightest Full-HD camcorders, weighing approximately 0.39lbs. All seven models can record to SDXC/SDHC/SD Memory Cards, while the HDC-TM90, HDC-TM80 and HDC-TM50 also have 16GB of internal memory, and the HDC-HS80 has a 120GB hard disk drive.
Panasonic's standard definition cameras will have SRPs of $349.99 for the SDR-H100; $269.99 for the SDR-T70 and $249.99 for the SDR-S70. These camcorders pack advanced features including a 33mm wide-angle*** and a powerful Enhanced Optical Zoom of 78x. Like the HD camcorder models, all three models can record to SDXC/SDHC/SD Memory Cards, while the SDR-H100 has an 80GB hard disk drive and the SDR-T70 has 4GB of built-in memory.
Based in Secaucus, N.J., Panasonic Consumer Electronics Company, is a Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America, the principal North American subsidiary of Panasonic Corporation (NYSE: PC) and the hub of Panasonic's U.S. marketing, sales, service and R&D operations. Panasonic is pledged to practice prudent, sustainable use of the earth's natural resources and protect our environment through the company's Eco Ideas programs. Company information for journalists is available at http://www.panasonic.com/pressroom.
* Some VIERA 3DTV models may require a firmware update to play 3D images from an SD card.
** GB = 1,073,741,824 bytes. Usable capacity will be less.
New Carbon-Neutral Packaging is Music to Your Ears
~Oasis Disc Manufacturing Pioneers Premier Eco-Friendly CD and DVD Packaging~
DELAIR, N.J., Feb. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Music has long affected our lives in immeasurable ways and now it can have a positive impact on the environment. Oasis Disc Manufacturing, the leader in CD & DVD manufacturing and packaging for independent musicians and filmmakers, is the first disc manufacturer to offer a 100% carbon neutral CD (including its packaging) to its clients.
The new Oasis Zero Carbon Footprint Digipak(TM) features the Oasis BottleTray: a flexible clear tray for CDs made 100% from water bottles which would otherwise be destined for a landfill or the incinerator, made to Oasis specifications by Sunlyte Packaging in Biddeford, Maine. It reduces carbon emissions by 88% overall compared to a jewel case (65% compared to a conventionally-trayed Digipak).
Just as importantly, the entire CD manufacturing, package, assembly and UPS shipping are now rendered 100% carbon neutral, thanks to carefully sourced carbon offset credits certified by Carbonfund.org. (Carbonfund was named the 2010 Reader's Choice Best Carbon Offset Provider by TreeHugger.)
Oasis Disc Manufacturing has long been a leader in the music industry for promoting sustainable practices, while continuing to offer musicians a unique and quality presentation of their work.
"I'm especially excited because The Oasis Zero Carbon Footprint Digipak(TM) has a triple value of reducing landfill use, plastic consumption, and harm to the earth's atmosphere!" says Oasis President and Founder Micah Solomon, adding, "As always, we're very passionate about putting out great independent content by our clients while finding new, earth-friendly ways to manufacture it."
Oasis customers are already getting on the Zero Carbon Footprint Digipak(TM) bandwagon, including top-selling children's musicians and four-time Grammy® nominees Trout Fishing In America. Group manager, Dick Renko says this long-time Oasis client is interested in "migrating our catalog and new titles to the Oasis Zero Carbon Footprint Digipak format. It's very much in keeping with Trout Fishing In America's long-running commitment to the environment."
The Oasis Zero Carbon Footprint Digipak is now offered in 4, 6, and 8 panel configurations.
About Oasis Disc Manufacturing
Oasis Disc Manufacturing is a replicator of CDs and DVDs for independent musicians, filmmakers, software developers and other content providers. Oasis has offices in Manhattan and in the Washington, DC area (Springfield, VA), and one of the most-visited websites in the industry, oasisCD.com. It has long been an innovator in "green" CD and DVD packaging, including the Oasis Soft-Spot® hub packaging, The Oasis Secret Envelope(TM) self-closing package, and extensive lines of Digipak and wallet configurations.
LeCroy Introduces 90 Degree Server Interposer for PCI Express 3.0 Protocol Analysis
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- DesignCon -- LeCroy Corporation, a leading supplier of serial data test solutions, today introduced a 90 Degree Server Interposer for the Summit(TM) PCI Express line of Protocol Analyzers. This new interposer solves the problem of tapping PCI Express 3.0 signals that are transmitted between an add-in card and the riser card mounted in the narrow I/O compartment of 1U and 2U rack servers.
The 90 Degree G3 Server Interposer card is based on LeCroy's T.A.P.3 (Transparent Acquisition Probing) technology for PCIe 3.0, which was introduced on the Summit T3-16 product line last year. The new interposer is ideal for 1U and 2U server testing in that the PCI Express connector is mounted perpendicular to the surface of the interposer, instead of attached at the top of the interposer. Add-in cards can now easily connect to the interposer without interference by the internal structure of the chassis. The new 90 Degree Server interposer supports connectivity to full height or standard size add-in cards.
"For the last two server product generations, server developers have struggled with probing in a tight, confined space. LeCroy worked with these developers to understand how to meet these challenges with the net result of an interposer ideal for server testing," said John Wiedemeier, Product Marketing Manager for PCI Express Protocol Solutions, LeCroy. "Today LeCroy has the widest selection of application-specific PCI Express protocol interposers and probes in the PCI Express industry."
LeCroy protocol analyzers have been at the forefront of PCI Express development tools. All LeCroy protocol analyzers feature a hierarchical display, real-time statistics, protocol traffic summaries, detailed error reports, powerful scripting, and the ability to create user-defined test reports, which allow developers to troubleshoot intricate problems and finish their projects on time.
Availability
The 90 Degree Server Interposer for PCIe 3.0 is now available to order. For additional information, contact LeCroy at 1-800-5LeCroy (1-800-553-2769) or visit LeCroy's web site at http://www.lecroy.com.
About LeCroy
LeCroy Corporation is a worldwide leader in serial data test solutions, creating advanced instruments that drive product innovation by quickly measuring, analyzing, and verifying complex electronic signals. The Company offers high-performance oscilloscopes, serial data analyzers, and global communications protocol test solutions used by design engineers in the computer and semiconductor, data storage device, automotive and industrial, and military and aerospace markets. LeCroy's 45-year heritage of technical innovation is the foundation for its recognized leadership in "WaveShape Analysis" -- capturing, viewing, and measuring the high-speed signals that drive today's information and communications technologies. LeCroy is headquartered in Chestnut Ridge, New York. Company information is available at http://www.lecroy.com.
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New Mexico Software Releases Picture Archiving and Communications Telemedicine Software for Android Devices
XR-EXpress now available in Android Marketplace
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Feb. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- New Mexico Software, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: NMXC), a developer of medical IT services and solutions that enable improved and faster communication within the healthcare community announced today that it has released its Picture Archiving and Communications Software (PACS) Teleradiology System for all Google(TM) Android(TM) smartphones and the Samsung GALAXY(TM) Tablet. The application requires Android operating system higher than 2.2. The app can be downloaded free on the Android Marketplace.
The company earlier announced the company's XR-EXpress service is available on the iPad(TM), iPhone(TM) and iPod touch(TM) and is downloadable for free at the Apple App Store(TM).
New Mexico Software's XR-EXpress system allows doctors to examine medical images (X-rays, CT scans, ultrasounds, EKGs, etc.) over the Internet. XR-EXpress captures medical images as high resolution dicom digital files, streams the images, tags them with patient information and stores them for easy retrieval.
CEO Dick Govatski said, "We've now released our XR-EXpress PACS system for the most popular smartphones and tablets. The marketplace is exploding with this new technology and we are pleased to be taking a participating position. Features of the PACS include the ability to quickly check total number of cases or orders, to easily search, view, edit and dispatch patients/cases/orders and to preview and zoom CT/Echo/EKG/ MRI/Ultrasound/X-Ray images along with PDF diagnostic reports."
The company said key additional features support the roles and functions of management, client services, technicians, external customers, medical management and radiologists. New Mexico Software maintains that the images are NOT to be used for diagnostics due to FDA regulations. However, the radiologists can use them for case review and quick access to patient reports.
Samsung(TM), Google(TM) and Android(TM) are all trademarks of their respective manufacturers registered in the U.S. and other countries. iPhone(TM), iPod touch(TM), iPad(TM) and the Apple App Store(TM) are all trademarks of Apple, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.
About New Mexico Software, Inc.
New Mexico Software, Inc. develops and provides medical IT services and solutions that enable improved and faster communication within the preventative, comprehensive and critical healthcare segments. New Mexico Software also provides software and hardware that streamlines administrative processes for a more efficient working environment. For more information, visit http://www.nmxc.net or http://www.nmxs.com or contact Dick Govatski, president and CEO, at 505-255-1999 or ceo@nmxs.com.
For more investor-related questions contact Frank Hawkins, Hawk Associates, at 305-451-1888 or ceo@nmxs.com.
This press release may contain forward-looking information within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), including all statements that are not statements of historical fact regarding the intent, belief or current expectations of the company, its directors or its officers with respect to, among other things: (i) the company's financing plans; (ii) trends affecting the company's financial condition or results of operations; (iii) the company's growth strategy and operating strategy; and (iv) the declaration and payment of dividends. The words "may," "would," "will," "expect," "estimate," "anticipate," "believe," "intend" and similar expressions and variations thereof are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the company's ability to control, and that actual results may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors including the risk disclosed in the company's Forms 10-K and 10-Q filed with the SEC.
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New Mexico Software, Inc.
CONTACT: Frank Hawkins of Hawk Associates, +1-305-451-1888, ceo@nmxs.com, for New Mexico Software, Inc.
Telcordia's Advanced Service Delivery and Charging Solutions Help Operators Grow Prepaid Service Market Share
Enables Operators to Increase Brand Reach and Deploy Innovative, Value-Added Services
PISCATAWAY, N.J., Feb. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- According to industry analyst firm Ovum, the prepaid segment in the U.S. wireless market grew 17 percent in 4Q09 to 54.4 million subscribers, and -- by 2014 -- 24 percent of all U.S. wireless connections is expected to be prepaid. As more North American communications service providers (CSPs) offer prepaid products, Telcordia's advanced Service Delivery and Charging solutions will play a key role by providing them with integrated applications that handle real-time session control, real-time policy, real-time charging, and converged and interactive services, and will help them increase prepaid market share and brand reach.
A key example of Telcordia's Service Delivery and Charging solutions is the success that Sprint and its branded service providers have garnered with their prepaid offerings. Already one of the largest prepaid service providers in North America, Sprint can write and apply session control, rating, charging, usage and policy rules for every customer, every call and every transaction or interaction. The result is greater flexibility that improves personalization and the customer experience, and -- in Sprint's case -- helped to facilitate the multi-brand strategy behind its prepaid service providers, including Boost Mobile(TM), Virgin Mobile USA and payLo by Virgin Mobile®.
According to Mike Wojcik, President, Service Delivery Solutions, Telcordia, the company's solutions enable communication service providers like Sprint to target specific audiences with highly personalized bundles and services without compromising its premium brands. A key implementation of these solutions is payLo(TM) by Virgin Mobile, which allows customers to choose from three no annual contract plan options that include a full set of features to fit a subscriber's individual needs and budget.
"Mobile customers in North America are beginning to mirror other parts of the world in wanting more control over their service, and [they are] turning to prepaid to fit their specific needs," Wojcik said. "With our Service Delivery and Charging solutions, CSPs like Sprint are ideally positioned to capitalize on this growth and expand its portfolio with real-time, value-added services in the future."
"As the market moves toward greater personalization to find the right offers and services that appeal to customers, Telcordia's Service Delivery and Charging solutions provide us with the flexibility and scalability in real-time to very quickly respond to any business opportunity and deploy innovative offerings," said Scott Rice, vice president, Care and Billing Services for Sprint. "Rapid, value-driven service rollouts will enable Sprint to drive revenue growth and ensure a much stronger customer experience."
Telcordia's expertise stems from its work with global CSPs, including those in hyper-growth markets such as India and Brazil, and enabling them to differentiate their brand, increase APRU and grow customer-satisfaction levels through innovative services, such as prepaid. "As Sprint evolves its prepaid strategy, we will continue to bring that expertise to bear on its behalf," added Wojcik.
Telcordia is the industry's go-to expert for solving the most complex communications challenges. As the global leader in mobile, broadband, and enterprise communications software and services, Telcordia is known for getting it right the first time and for having the depth of expertise to fully understand our customers' situation, respond appropriately, and deliver as promised. Telcordia enables communications service providers, suppliers and governments, to achieve brand differentiation, drive revenue, and deploy innovative, advanced services through its consulting, next-generation OSS, network and application interconnection, service delivery and charging, industry research, and new technology development solutions. Telcordia is headquartered in Piscataway, N.J., with offices throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Central and Latin America. (http://www.telcordia.com)
CONTACT: Sharon Oddy, Telcordia Technologies, Inc., +1-732-699-4203, oddys@telcordia.com; or Daniel Rhodes or Kyle Loomis, GRC for Telcordia, +1-949-608-0276, telcordia@globalresultspr.com
DataStax Injects Scale into Real-Time Web and Enterprise Applications with Apache Cassandra(TM)
Releases DataStax OpsCenter - the First Platform for Managing, Monitoring and Operating Web and Enterprise Cassandra Applications
BURLINGAME, Calif., Feb. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- DataStax (formerly Riptano - http://www.datastax.com), the commercial leader in Apache Cassandra(TM), today announced DataStax OpsCenter for Apache Cassandra. DataStax OpsCenter is the first platform for managing, monitoring and operating enterprise Cassandra applications. With the new product, Cassandra users now have the most advanced operations environment bundled with expert support for their real-time, high-volume, and low-latency applications.
"Cassandra has quickly evolved as a key infrastructure component for the next generation of scalable applications and services. Our customers are finding that anywhere that scale of data and real-time responsiveness are a challenge, Cassandra is proving to be the answer," said Matt Pfeil, CEO and co-founder, DataStax. "With DataStax OpsCenter we're giving these customers the confidence and control they need to deploy Cassandra for their most important applications."
DataStax OpsCenter provides users with sophisticated visualizations of their cluster, comprehensive management and configuration, and health and performance monitoring. Historical event and metric tracking allows administrators to perform capacity planning and analyze performance and usage trends. The product bundles DataStax's tiered Cassandra support services. Additionally, DataStax will also offer a fully featured free edition of OpsCenter for development and non-production usage.
"Our production applications and data services are required to handle extremely high-loads, massive customer growth, and stringent real-time demands," said Kevin McEntee, VP of Systems & ECommerce Engineering at Netflix. "We looked at many competing solutions, and Apache Cassandra was the logical choice. Working with the leaders at DataStax gives us what we need to deploy Cassandra in our global cloud infrastructure."
DataStax's products and services focus on making it easy for customers to build and operate high-volume real-time applications that are powered by Cassandra. Cassandra is unique in its ability to perform low-latency data operations at extremely high rates, automatically maintain fault-tolerant replicas within and across datacenters, and support near-unlimited incremental scaling of capacity and performance by adding nodes. DataStax OpsCenter is the first of a series of innovative products that the company will be introducing in 2011.
About DataStax
DataStax (formerly Riptano) is the commercial leader in Apache Cassandra(TM), and is leveraging this next-generation data platform that evolved from work at Google, Amazon and Facebook to make it easy for customers to build, deploy and operate elastically scalable and cloud-optimized applications and data services. The company's products and services make it easy for customers to build and operate high-volume real-time applications. DataStax is based in Burlingame, CA with offices in Austin, TX and Stamford, CT. DataStax has over 50 customers, spanning verticals including web, financial services, telecommunications, logistics and government and is backed by industry leading investors, including Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital and Rackspace Hosting. For more information, visit http://www.datastax.com.
About Apache Cassandra(TM)
Apache Cassandra(TM) is an open source distributed database management system. It is an Apache Software Foundation top-level project designed to handle very large amounts of data spread out across many commodity servers while providing a highly available service with no single point of failure.
Cassandra evolved from work at Google, Amazon and Facebook, and is in use at leading companies such as Twitter, Netflix, Rackspace and Cisco.
Ancestry.com Marks Black History Month With 250,000 New African American Records
Nearly 35 Million Americans Can Find an Ancestor in the World's Largest Online Collection of African American Family History Records
PROVO, Utah, Feb. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- In honor of Black History Month, Ancestry.com, the world's largest online family history resource, today launched more than 250,000 new historical records documenting early African American family history. The five new collections span more than a century and contain important details about the lives of African Americans who bravely fought in the U.S. Civil War, document the transportation of slaves to and from the prominent slave ports of New Orleans and Savannah, GA, and include poignant first-person accounts from former slaves.
Ancestry.com's historical record collection now contains more than 3.2 million African American slave records. As 88 percent of the United States' black population in 1850 was comprised of slaves, when extrapolated to its current population, nearly 35 million Americans may find a slave ancestor in Ancestry.com's African American collections.
The Ancestry.com African American Historical Record Collection includes thousands of poignant stories that bring this part of American history to life. One story outlines how Solomon Northup was lured from New York to Washington, D.C with the promise of a job in a circus. Instead he was kidnapped, put on a boat to New Orleans and sold into slavery. His liberation in 1853 prompted him to write "Twelve Years a Slave, 1841-1853," which became both a popular seller at the time and an important historical document. The ship record of his transfer to New Orleans, which also lists most of the cast of characters from his book, can be found in Ancestry.com's Slave Ship Manifests from New Orleans, 1807-1860.(original record images available)
The five new collections form part of the 60 million records already included in Ancestry.com's African American Historical Record collection--the largest online collection of African American family history records available. These new collections are:
-- US Colored Troops Service Records, 1861-1867: Approximately 178,000
African American troops served the Union in the final two years of the
US Civil War. Their compiled service records include enlistment papers,
casualty sheets, death reports and correspondence.
-- Slave Ship Manifests from Savannah, 1789-1859: Although the
transatlantic slave trade was banned in 1807, the internal
transportation of slaves remained, especially as the tobacco industry
diminished in the North while the cotton industry boomed in the South.
These port records document the arrival and departure of more than
10,000 slaves through the port of Savannah, GA.
-- Slave Ship Manifests from New Orleans, 1807-1860: Another important
Southern port, this collection includes records for more than 100,000
slaves who arrived or departed through the port of New Orleans.
-- Freedmen's Bureau Records, 1865-1878: The Freedmen's Bureau was formed
after the Civil War to aid in Reconstruction efforts. This collection
contains hundreds of thousands of records relating to former slaves the
Bureau helped find work, to establish schools, negotiate contracts, seek
medical care, legalize marriages and more.
-- Slave Narratives, 1936-1938 (updated): In the early 1930s, an effort
began to document the life stories of 3,500 former slaves. The result is
a series of moving, individual accounts of their lives, as told in their
own words.
With collections such as these now online and searchable for the first time, exploring African American roots is becoming increasingly accessible and popular. For example, leading African American actress and singer Vanessa Williams' own family journey will be showcased during the second-season premiere of the hit NBC series "Who Do You Think You Are?" on Friday, February 4. Ancestry.com is the official sponsor for the NBC series and worked closely with the producers to provide the family history research for those celebrities featured. Lionel Richie's family history will also be showcased this season, building on the compelling African American stories of Spike Lee and Emmitt Smith, who were featured last season.
"As we continue to expand our collection of African American family history records, more Americans than ever can make exciting breakthroughs when researching their early heritage," said Josh Hanna, Head of Global Marketing at Ancestry.com. "According to independent statistical analysis, one in nine Americans has early African roots and so may have ancestors just waiting to be discovered in our collections."
These inspiring collections can help millions of African Americans uncover their own family stories. To search the African American Historical Record Collection, visit http://www.ancestry.com/aahistory. For further stories and updates related to African American family history research, you can also follow Ancestry.com on Facebook and Twitter.
About Ancestry.com
Ancestry.com Inc. (Nasdaq: ACOM) is the world's largest online family history resource, with nearly 1.4 million paying subscribers. More than 6 billion records have been added to the site in the past 14 years. Ancestry users have created more than 20 million family trees containing over 2 billion profiles. Ancestry.com has local Web sites directed at nine countries that help people discover, preserve and share their family history, including its flagship Web site at http://www.ancestry.com.
CONTACT: Catherine Topping of MSL Group, +1-415-293-2806, catherine.topping@mslgroup.com, for ; Sean Pate of Ancestry.com, +1-415-744-1756, spate@ancestry.com
International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery Launches Educational Website to Raise Awareness of Treatment Options for Coronary Artery Disease
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery (ISMICS) today announced the launch of DecisionsoftheHeart.com, a comprehensive resource to help patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) better understand their condition and be more prepared, educated and active participants in their treatment decisions. The first phase of the website focuses on coronary artery disease (CAD), a type of CVD that affects approximately 17.6 million Americans and is the leading cause of death in the United States.
Once a patient is diagnosed with CAD, a treatment decision must be made quickly. Receiving the right treatment the first time means patients may live longer, have fewer heart attacks and need fewer repeat procedures. To aid patients in this decision, DecisionsoftheHeart.com provides tools and information such as:
-- A "Decision Tree" to help determine whether they may be a better
candidate for bypass surgery or stenting;
-- A fact sheet that encourages patients to speak with a Cardiac Care Team
of heart specialists before receiving a diagnostic angiogram and
includes five key questions for patients to ask this team to ensure they
are part of the decision-making process; and
-- A section about "beating heart" or OPCAB surgery, which has been shown
to reduce the need for blood transfusions, neurologic complications and
has enhanced outcomes in women.
"ISMICS was formed to organize and centralize medical breakthroughs and developments concerned with patient outcomes, techniques, and progressive development of less invasive forms of heart surgery," said Francis D. Ferdinand, M.D., Cardiovascular Surgeon and Treasurer of ISMICS. "As the treatment landscape for CAD evolves, we are pleased to provide this resource, which can educate and empower patients and help ISMICS further fulfill our mission to improve patient care."
Since the 1970s, the mainstay for treating moderate CAD has been stenting because of its short recovery time, while traditional, more invasive bypass surgery has been reserved for patients with severe disease. However, long-term data presented in September 2010 at an international medical conference put these practices into question. These data showed that patients with moderate or severe CAD who were treated with stents were 28 percent more likely to suffer a stroke or heart attack, 46 percent more likely to require additional procedures (e.g., more stents and eventually bypass surgery) and 22 percent more likely to die than CAD patients treated with bypass surgery.(1)
The "Decisions of the Heart" website will allow patients to benefit from a direct link to the ISMICS website for professionals so that the latest information, ISMICS Consensus Statements, and professional society guidelines become available in a straightforward, easy to understand format that patients and their families can use to better understand their treatment options. ISMICS will also develop a "Surgeon Locator" so that patients and their families can readily identify leading surgeons at the forefront of minimally invasive surgery from a trusted source.
For more information, please visit: DecisionsoftheHeart.com.
(1) Optimal revascularization strategy in patients with three-vessel disease and/or left main disease: The 3-year Outcomes of the SYNTAX Trial. Presented September 12, 2010, at the 24th European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) Annual Meeting in Geneva, Switzerland.
About ISMICS
The International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery (ISMICS) was formed on May 31, 1997, by the participants of the World Congress of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery at the Palais Des Congres in Paris, France, to organize and centralize the various surgical centers concerned with patient outcomes, techniques, and progressive development of less invasive forms of heart surgery. ISMICS has the only peer-reviewed Annual Scientific Meeting dedicated to the minimally invasive cardiothoracic surgery techniques and technology and is taking a leadership role on a global basis in shaping the direction of less invasive cardiac surgery.
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FiberTower and BridgeWave Communications Develop Gigabit Wireless Solution for 24 GHz
SAN FRANCISCO and SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- FiberTower Corporation (Nasdaq: FTWR), a wireless backhaul services provider, and BridgeWave Communications, a leading supplier of 4G backhaul equipment solutions, have collaborated to develop an ultra-high capacity multi-channel reconfigurable radio (MCRR) designed to operate in FiberTower's unique 24 GHz licensed spectrum holdings.
Based on BridgeWave'sFlexPort microwave platform, the MCRR is a single, all-outdoor radio capable of delivering full-duplex gigabit Ethernet transport with very low latency at standard and jumbo packet sizes, while providing advanced carrier-Ethernet features such as Quality of Service, VLAN and Ethernet OAM support. The launch of this product follows extensive field trials in FiberTower's network with the solution exceeding all expectations for ease of installation, high performance and robustness. This advanced, high-capacity solution is designed to seamlessly integrate within FiberTower's infrastructure and extend full-rate gigabit connectivity quickly and cost effectively.
"Utilizing one gigabit-per-second radios in place of traditional OC3 or lower capacity Ethernet radios enables us to deploy our backhaul solutions more cost-efficiently, mitigating initial capital expenditures and reducing the need for future upgrades," stated Kurt Van Wagenen, FiberTower's president and CEO. "This jointly developed state-of-the-art MCRR provides a fiber-quality solution for further capitalizing on our exclusive 24 GHz spectrum licenses which cover the top 75 markets across the US."
Amir Makleff, president and CEO of BridgeWave said, "Full gigabit wireless solutions continue to close the gap between fiber and microwave capacities required to meet the needs of 4G backhaul. We are excited to collaborate with FiberTower on the development of the MCCR solution and look forward to providing them with solutions that meet the growing demands of their customers."
FiberTower and BridgeWave are also working to develop and market a packaged solution that combines BridgeWave's MCRR with FiberTower's 24 GHz spectrum on a link-specific basis for customers seeking to deploy gigabit wireless solutions for high-capacity broadband backhaul and transport. This product will provide an additional source of revenue from FiberTower's broad 24 GHz spectrum holdings.
About FiberTower
FiberTower is a backhaul and access services provider focused primarily on the wireless carrier market. With its extensive spectrum footprint in 24 GHz and 39 GHz bands, carrier-class fiber and microwave networks in 13 major markets and master service agreements with nine U.S. wireless carriers, FiberTower is considered to be a leading alternative carrier for wireless backhaul. FiberTower also provides backhaul and access service to government and enterprise markets. For more information, please visit our website at http://www.fibertower.com.
About BridgeWave Communications
BridgeWave Communications is the leading supplier of high capacity 4G backhaul and gigabit wireless connectivity solutions. BridgeWave's carrier-grade, point-to-point wireless FlexPort® links provide a future-proof mobile backhaul solution for carriers and mobile operators looking to support 4G/LTE/WiMAX adoption. The company's 60 GHz and 80 GHz millimeter wave links offer up to ten times the bandwidth of license-free wireless links with the benefit of added interference immunity, while their microwave products are the first to enable full-rate gigabit connectivity in a cost-effective, single all-outdoor solution. Founded in 1999, BridgeWave is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. With the largest installed base of GigE radios worldwide, BridgeWave delivers the highest levels of product quality and reliability. For more information, visit http://www.bridgewave.com.
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CONTACT: Investors, Cathy Mattison, cmattison@lhai.com, or Carolyn Capaccio, both of Lippert/Heilshorn & Associates, Inc. for FiberTower, +1-415-433-3777; or Ornella Napolitano, VP and Treasurer of FiberTower Corporation, +1-415-659-3580, onapolitano@fibertower.com; or Joe Schraml, VP of Marketing of BridgeWave Communications, +1-408-567-6927, joe.schraml@bridgewave.com; or Jennifer Usher of SHIFT Communications, +1-415-591-8456, jusher@shiftcomm.com, for BridgeWave Communications
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J. and TRAVERSE CITY, Mich., Feb. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --The Yellow Pages industry today launched an upgraded website at http://www.yellowpagesoptout.com that allows consumers nationwide to easily manage the delivery of phone directories. The website, developed by the Yellow Pages Association (YPA) and the Association of Directory Publishers (ADP), gives consumers a single location to select which phone directories they receive, or to stop directory delivery altogether.
When it was originally launched in 2009, the site provided visitors with information on how to participate in consumer choice programs directly with individual publishers. The upgraded and redesigned interface increases consumer convenience and reduces confusion about the options available to manage phone book delivery by eliminating the need to contact multiple publishers.
"Our industry is taking a giant leap forward today by launching a clearinghouse site for consumers to control the delivery of directories," said Neg Norton, president, YPA. "The site, supported by directory publishers across the country, illustrates our ongoing commitment to not delivering a directory to someone who doesn't want one."
"We continue to believe, and research supports, that directories remain an important tool for consumers searching for local information," said Larry Angove, president and CEO, Association of Directory Publishers. "That said, we believe it is equally important to provide a simple solution for consumers who only want a certain directory or feel they can do without a directory."
Easy Interface Gives Consumers Greater, More Reliable Choice
Giving consumers control over delivery to their homes is the primary goal of the industry's consumer choice initiative. The completely redesigned http://www.yellowpagesoptout.com includes a visually pleasing format that offers:
-- A simple mechanism allowing consumers to stop the delivery of one,
several, or all directories to their homes directly from the site
-- Images of directory front covers and information on scheduled
deliveries, making it easy for consumers to identify which directories
to include in their opt-out request
-- Email confirmation of participants' selections
This centralized site is a significant industry effort that includes participation of directory publishers around the country cooperating to make sure that delivery requests are honored and updated on a timely basis.
Providing Valuable & Sustainable Local Search Options
Research shows that approximately 75 percent of U.S. adults use print Yellow Pages to find local businesses every year( )and that the salesreturn on the investment for local displaydirectory advertising is $15 for every $1 spent.
"Consumers continue turning to print Yellow Pages, both to help find local businesses, driving valuable new leads for our advertisers, and also to quickly access community and government information," said Norton. "We believe print remains a central component of our industry's growing portfolio, which today includes digital and mobile platforms. We're constantly working to transform and innovate so that we can continue supporting local businesses and consumers in the most environmentally friendly way."
Yellow Pages companies have made dramatic improvements with regard to sustainable phone book production, reducing the amount of directory paper used by 29 percent since 2006. Directories today are printed on paper that is either recycled or made from leftover woodchips from the lumber industry so no new trees are necessary to make directory paper. Publishers have also turned to soy-based inks and have repaginated and redesigned their phone book layouts to minimize paper usage. Yellow Pages companies encourage consumers who chose to receive print directories to recycle them at the end of their useful life.
About the Yellow Pages Association
Originally founded in 1975 as the National Yellow Pages Service Association (NYPSA), the Yellow Pages Association® (YPA®) is the largest trade organization of a print and digital media industry valued at more than $27 billion worldwide. Association members include Yellow Pages publishers, who produce products that account for over 95 percent of the Yellow Pages revenue generated in the U.S. and Canada. Members also include the industry's international, national and local sales forces, certified marketing representatives (CMRs) and associate members, a group of industry stakeholders that include Yellow Pages advertisers, vendors and suppliers. The Association has members in 29 countries.
Neg Norton is president of the Association. Christopher Cummings, CEO of Marquette Group, is the chairman of the board of directors. YPA board member companies include Super Media, Local Insight Media, Dex One, DAC Group, AT&T Advertising Solutions, Telmetrics, Inc, Yellow Pages Group and Yellowbook.
The Yellow Pages medium provides a powerful return on investment for advertisers and can serve as the cornerstone of an integrated advertising media mix. For more information, please visit the YPA website at http://www.ypassociation.org or call (908) 286-2380. To learn more about Yellow Pages advertising, visit http://www.buyyellow.com. For a Who's Who of Internet Yellow Pages and search engines, visit http://www.localsearchguide.org.
The Yellow Pages Integrated Media Association is a Delaware not-for-profit corporation, dba Yellow Pages Association.
About the Association of Directory Publishers
The Association of Directory Publishers (ADP) (http://www.adp.org), founded in 1898, is the oldest trade association in North America representing the interests of directory publishers and the companies whose products and service support the industry.
Larry Angove is president and chief executive officer of ADP. Danny Bills, owner of ATD - Austin, is chairman of its Board of Directors. ADP Board member companies include Bridgerland Phone Book, Brown Owl Publishing, Downey Publishing, Hagadone Directories, Lakeview Publishing, Names and Numbers, SunShine Pages, Tahoe Telephone Directories, Texas Publishing, Valley Yellow Pages, Yellowbook, and the National Marketing Division of YPA.
The Association of Directory Publishers is a Massachusetts not-for-profit corporation.
CONTACT: Doug McGraw, +1-212-453-2202, doug.mcgraw@fleishman.com; or Sophia Hitti, +1-212-453-2159, sophia.hitti@fleishman.com, both of Fleishman-Hillard