Technology Press Release – Weekly Newsletter for March 15-22, 2010
Monday, March 22, 2010
How to get 50,000 First Time Internet Users Online in One Day
BRUSSELS, March 15, 2010 – Telecentre-Europe organized Get Online Day in 4 March 2010, a
pan-European event that was part of the eSkills Week 2010, (
eskills-week.ec.europa.eu/web/guest;jsessionid=FDB46E1DD6A82AAA87CF5FF
ABCFAE7C2) coordinated by Digital Europe (www.digitaleurope.org/) and
European SchoolNet, (
www.eun.org/web/guest;jsessionid=DE0C2AA9D4BC14F8C5CD570644DFE4AA) and
funded by the European Commission's DG Enterprise and Industry.
(ec.europa.eu/enterprise/index_en.htm) Get Online Day was supported by
national partners, (www.ebaltics.com/onlineday2010/) NGOs,
telecentres, libraries, schools, information [...]
European Banks Lack Document Security
LONDON, March 15, 2010 – New research from Ricoh (www.ricoh-europe.com/) reveals
that financial services companies across Europe are unintentionally putting
their confidential information at risk. At the heart of the issue is the lack
of a centralised document governance strategy.
The research (research.ricoh-europe.com/) also includes
business leaders from the professional services, public services,
telecommunications, utilities and [...]
HTC Legend and HTC Desire Coming Soon to Vodafone UK
Android Options Grow for Customers on the UK's Best Network
NEWBURY, England, March 15, 2010 – Vodafone UK customers can now register for the HTC Desire (
shop.vodafone.co.uk/shop/mobile-phone/htc-desire) and HTC Legend, (
shop.vodafone.co.uk/shop/mobile-phone/htc-legend) two of the most
eagerly anticipated smartphones of the year. The new handsets, both powered
by the Android operating system, are set to launch in April [...]
Coverity Calls a Halt to Unsafe Software
SAN FRANCISCO, March 15, 2010 – — Provides Coverity Software Integrity Audits to Qualified Global 2000
Companies
— Extends Offer to Select Suppliers of Global 2000 Companies to Audit
Software Integrity Supply Chain
Coverity, Inc., the software integrity market leader, today announced
that it will provide software integrity audits to qualified [...]
New Social Shopping Platform, ComeLetsBuy, Aims to Stand Out From eBay, Amazon, Price Comparison & Other Group Buy Business Models
LONDON, March 15, 2010 – Group buying or Mob Shopping has been forecasted as the new growth market
for 2010 and London-based www.ComeLetsBuy.com (www.comeletsbuy.com) is
already ahead of the game. With a model based around clear conscience to
strictly not have any copy cat approach of other group buy websites,
ComeLetsBuy(CLB) offers unique advantage to both shoppers and [...]
NAVTEQ Launches Intermediate Maps of Nigeria and Kenya
NAVTEQ expands African map coverage with the +200 000 kilometres and +23 000 Points of Interest
NAIROBI, Kenya, ABUJA, Nigeria, and LONDON, March 15, 2010 – NAVTEQ, the leading global provider of digital map, traffic and location
data for in-vehicle, portable, wireless and enterprise solutions, today
announces map coverage expansion with Intermediate Maps for Nigeria and
Kenya. Covering [...]
ACM and Infosys Foundation Honor Innovator of Scalable Web Technology That Underpins All Major Internet Services
UC Berkeley's Brewer to Receive US$150,000 Prize for Contemporary Contributions to Data-Intensive Computing and Bringing the Information Technology Revolution to the Developing World
NEW YORK and BANGALORE, India, March 15, 2010 – ACM (the Association for Computing Machinery) www.acm.org
announced today that Eric Brewer, a professor at the University of California
Berkeley, has been named the recipient [...]
ClearCube Technology Delivers Unprecedented Performance, Energy Efficiency and Security With the R3040S Blade Workstation for Traders, CAD Engineers and Command and Control Centers
AUSTIN, Texas, March 15, 2010 – ClearCube Technology, the leader in centralized computing, today
announced the launch of the R3040S blade workstation. Powered by Intel's
latest Xeon processors based on the Nehalem architecture, the R3040S delivers
industry leading performance in a highly dense form factor by fitting up to
48 cores in 3U of rack space in the [...]
Autonomy Delivers the First Meaning-Based Multichannel Customer Interaction Analytics Application
Autonomy Explore Identifies, Analyzes and Acts on Critical Patterns Across all Customer Touchpoints Including Contact Center, Web Sites, Mobile Phones and Social Media
LONDON, March 16, 2010 – GARTNER CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT SUMMIT — Autonomy Corporation
plc (LSE: AU. or AU.L), a global leader in infrastructure software for the
enterprise, today announced the availability of Autonomy Explore, [...]
Grupo Credito Agricola Selects Tagetik 3.0 as a Tool for Group Consolidation and Reporting
LISBON, Portugal, March 16, 2010 – Tagetik, a global provider of Corporate Performance Management (CPM) and
Financial Governance software solutions, today announced that Grupo Credito
Agricola is implementing Tagetik 3.0 as their main Consolidation and
Financial Reporting tool.
"After a thorough evaluation process, we selected Tagetik 3.0," says Joao
Paulo Pedro, Director of CA Servicos. [...]
GoldenSource Releases Market Data Solution for end-to-end Data Transparency
GoldenSource Reveals Centralised Market and Reference Data on Single Platform Unified Market and Reference Data Delivers end-to-end Data Transparency
LONDON and NEW YORK, March 16, 2010 – The ability of Risk Managers to adapt to changing regulatory environments
and achieve more up to date and accessible views of immediate risk positions,
has long been held back by [...]
NCP Engineering Solves ‘IPsec-Hostile’ Remote Access Environments
Path Finder Technology Guarantees Network Connectivity and Policy Enforcement
NUERNBERG, Germany, March 16, 2010 – NCP engineering (www.ncp-e.com) today announced a breakthrough in
remote access, with a solution to the complex network connectivity issues
created by firewall settings that prevent IPsec communication. The company's
Path Finder technology ensures users are able to establish a secure
connection to the corporate [...]
SPiDCOM Powers Chinese Ethernet-Over-Coax (EoC) Market
PARIS, March 16, 2010 -
China Content Broadcasting Network Expo 2010 (CCBN)
[...]
DivX Releases New DivX Plus(TM) Software Package for Easy Playback of HD Video
Free Download Offers Comprehensive Playback of Popular Internet Video Formats; New DivX To Go(TM) Feature Enables Easy Transfer of Content to Millions of Consumer Electronics Devices
SAN DIEGO, March 16, 2010 – DivX, Inc. (Nasdaq: DIVX), a leading digital media company, today
announced that the latest version of the Company's flagship video software
package, DivX Plus(TM) Software, [...]
Allot Launches CellWise: Groundbreaking Mobile Broadband Traffic Management
CellWise Alleviates Cell Backhaul Congestion and Increases User Experience by Applying Policy Control on a per Cell Basis
BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 16, 2010 – Allot Communications Ltd. (www.allot.com/) (NASDAQ: ALLT), a
leader in IP service optimization and revenue generation solutions based on
Dynamic Actionable Recognition Technology (DART) (
www.allot.com/Dynamic_Actionable_Recognition_Technology.html),
announced today the launch of Allot CellWise (
www.allot.com/Cell_Wise.html#products), an innovative [...]
UK Company Confirmed as World’s Largest New Domain Name Supplier
LONDON, March 16, 2010 – According to public data available at ICANN.org, the controller of Global
Top Level Domain Names (gTLDs), Domainmonster.com has been confirmed as the
largest domain name supplier worldwide for new generic (gTLD) domain launches
in the past two years.[1,2]
Measured by the largest number of domains registered in the first [...]
Version 2.0: All-in-One-PC From Shuttle Gets a Huge Makeover
Power Consumption Reduced by Almost 50% / Fanless Design Means Low Maintenance
ELMSHORN, Germany, March 16, 2010 – Shuttle Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of multi-form-factor
solutions, such as the world-famous XPC Mini-PC Barebones, is announcing the
sales launch of a new All-in-One-PC. The second version of the X50 promises
impressive, improved features and additional functions.
[...]
Supermicro Delivers Application-Optimized Servers for Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor 5600/3600 Series
Over 70 Server, Workstation & Blade Systems plus 55 Serverboards Available to Boost Performance, Density and Performance-per-Watt
SAN JOSE, California, March 16, 2010 – Super Micro Computer, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMCI), a global leader in
application-optimized, high-performance server solutions, today announced
that it has launched a complete, optimized selection of server, workstation
and blade solutions to support the new [...]
IntraLinks Attains Gold Certified Partner Status in Microsoft Partner Program
IntraLinks Further Distinguishes Itself by Earning Microsoft Competencies in ISV/Software Solutions and SOA and Business Process
NEW YORK, March 16, 2010 – IntraLinks, the leading provider of critical information exchange
solutions, today announced it has attained Gold Certified Partner status in
the Microsoft Partner Program with Competencies in ISV/Software Solutions and
SOA and Business Process, recognizing IntraLinks' expertise [...]
4th Screen Taps Vertica for Real-Time Ad Campaign Analytics
SAN FRANCISCO, March 16, 2010 – Customers of 4th Screen Advertising, a global mobile advertising network
, can now see and improve how well their mobile ad campaigns perform by
divining massive amounts of campaign data in near real time, thanks to the
help of the ultra-fast Vertica Analytic Database. Vertica announced its
latest customer success story at [...]
Scan Optics Chooses Brainware Distiller to Help Process Millions of Pages Daily
Classification and Extraction Capabilities Added to Document Management and Scanning Solutions
ASHBURN, Virginia, March 16, 2010 – Brainware, Inc., the leading provider of intelligent data capture and
enterprise search solutions, announced that it has entered into a multi-year
OEM agreement with Scan Optics Limited, a global manufacturer of high-speed,
high-volume document management and scanning solutions. As part of [...]
Luxury Leader Rob Hersov Joins JamesList.com
LONDON, March 17, 2010 – JamesList, the world's largest online luxury marketplace, has appointed
Rob Hersov as Chairman of its new advisory Board. He will be joined by
leading figures from the private aviation, yachting, luxury automotive and
watch industries to create the world's foremost team of specialists in the
luxury arena. The JamesList advisory board will help [...]
Volas Entertainment & Investro Group Sign Agreement to Develop & Promote Mobile Content Portals in Central and South America
Volas & Investro are Scheduled to Launch the First Portal Called Mago Movil in Guatemala, Q2 of 2010
HERZLIAH, Israel, March 17, 2010 – Volas Entertainment Ltd, a leading mobile content service
provider today announces that it has signed a managed services deal with
Investro Group, a leading High-Tech solution provider Group in Latin America.
Under the deal, [...]
Polish News Bulletin Services get a Makeover
New Web Page https://www.pnb.pl With Free Trial, Archive and Much More – PNB's Offer Includes Now Also Translation Services
WARZAW, Poland and VIENNA, Austria, March 17, 2010 – Polish News Bulletin (PNB), the English language information
service for general and economic news in Poland, is going online with its
brand-new web page www.pnb.pl and is introducing several [...]
Poland and Hungary Drive Unified Communications Adoption in CEE, Says Frost & Sullivan
LONDON, March 17, 2010 – Telecommunications is one of the most rapidly developing sectors in
Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). This is also one of the industries that has
attracted the largest amount of foreign direct investment (FDI). The industry
is rapidly adopting Western European standards, therefore world-class service
and high-quality telecommunication products need to be offered to [...]
Black Book of Outsourcing Survey 2009 Ranks Aditi Technologies as a Top 15 Indian Offshore Application Development and Management Outsourcing Vendor
BANGALORE, India, March 17, 2010 – Aditi Technologies, a leading provider of software product and
application development services, has been ranked as top 15 Indian offshore
Application Development and Management Outsourcing Vendors by Black Book of
Outsourcing survey 2009.
Customization, interfaces, reliability and deployment were the
most important attributes influencing Application Development Management
(ADM) clients' satisfaction [...]
ZigBee and Wi-Fi Alliances to Collaborate on Smart Grid Wireless Networking
Joint effort will extend the opportunity for interoperable wireless technology in the smart home
SAN RAMON, California and AUSTIN, Texas, March 17, 2010 – The ZigBee(R) Alliance and the Wi-Fi Alliance(R) announced today an
agreement to collaborate on wireless home area networks (HAN) for Smart Grid
applications. The initial focus of the collaboration will be ZigBee Smart
Energy [...]
Samsung Star TV Handset Ships with Telegent Analog Mobile TV
Samsung Star TV (model: S5233T) brings live, free-to-air mobile TV to Southeast Asia consumers
SUNNYVALE, California, March 17, 2010 – Telegent Systems, the company that makes television mobile, today
announced that Telegent's analog mobile TV receiver is shipping in Samsung's
Star TV S5233T handset, recently launched in Southeast Asia. With this
handset, Samsung adds free-to-air TV to one [...]
Capital Support for IT Support Company of the Year
LONDON, March 18, 2010 – For the second year running, IT Solutions Provider Capital Support is
announced in the Microscope Aces Awards shortlist for 'IT Support Provider of
the Year 2010". This is one of many independent industry accolades for the IT
support company who were recently announced in the Top 100 MSPs worldwide by
Nine Lives Media. [...]
London Prepares to Host Europe’s Largest Gathering of CE & IT Manufacturers & Buyers
LONDON, March 18, 2010 – Consumer Electronics and IT manufacturers are in great anticipation for
this year's RetailVision Europe, a three day event looking to capitalise on
the growing CE and IT retail market. UBM, a leading global media and events
company, will once again bring together Europe's leading retailers,
e-tailers and distributors for one of this year's [...]
Videocall Deploy State-Of-The-Art Telepresence and Videoconferencing Service Management Environment
Videocall's Eagle Delivers Connectivity for Users, Networks and Platforms Brought Together in a Combined, High Quality, Seamless Environment
CAMBERLEY, England, March 18, 2010 – Videocall, a leading telepresence and video collaboration managed
services provider today announced it has successfully designed, developed and
implemented a next generation telepresence and videoconferencing service
management environment to called Eagle.
[...]
MobileIron Opens European Headquarters
Kees van Veenendaal Joins as Vice President and General Manager
HILVERSUM, Netherlands, March 18, 2010 – MobileIron, the first company to deliver virtualised smartphone
management for business, today announced the opening of its European
headquarters. The explosion of smartphones such as iPhone, Blackberry,
Symbian, Windows Mobile and Android inside business customers is
accelerating demand for the MobileIron solution in [...]
VUANCE Ltd. Announces Significant Restructuring: Refocuses on Proprietary and Profitable RFID Business
Sale of Unprofitable CSMS and Electronic Access Control Businesses Strengthens Balance Sheet and Positions VUANCE for Enhanced Profitability
QADIMA, Israel and OAK CREEK Wisconsin, March 18, 2010 – VUANCE Ltd. (Pink Sheets: VUNCF), a leading provider of innovative Radio
Frequency Verification Solutions focused on long-range active RFID, today
announced the completion of a significant restructuring initiative designed
to [...]
Brazil and Mexico Pay Suppliers Faster Than Many EU Countries
Council Working Party on Competitiveness and Growth Debate Late Payments Directive
BRUSSELS, March 18, 2010 – Brazil and Mexico are putting many European countries to shame by paying
their suppliers within 55 days. The data obtained from a Eucomed member
company comes as the Council Working Party on Competitiveness and Growth is
having another round of discussions on [...]
EB Embraces the Unification in the Mobile Open Source Market, Brought By MeeGo
With Expertise in Open Source Integration and Capabilities in MeeGo, Symbian and Android, EB is Well Positioned to Design and Develop Winning Devices and Software Solutions for the Wireless Value Chain
OULU, Finland, March 18, 2010 – Leveraging more than 20-years of expertise in the wireless industry, EB
(Elektrobit Corporation OMX: EBC1V), a leading developer of [...]
Stonebranch Expands European Reach with New Hire
New personnel and reorganization strengthens sales, marketing and technical services organizations
HANNOVER, Germany, March 18, 2010 – Stonebranch, the industry leader in Managed File Transfer software for
businesses and Job Scheduling technology, announced today the appointment of
Detlev Riecke as sales director for its European operations, heading up all
European sales and marketing initiatives. Additionally, Christine Hensel has
been [...]
IPC Drives Expansion of Its Global Financial Connectivity Infrastructure
With 4,000 market participants, connectivity to IPC's on-net financial community has grown fourfold since 2007, affirms the financial services sector's growing requirement for secure, dedicated global network services connectivity
JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, March 18, 2010 – IPC Systems, Inc., a leading provider of indispensable trading
communications solutions to the world's top financial services firms and
global [...]
Brainshark Announces 2010 Sharkie Award Winners, Recognizing Excellence in the Use of Multimedia for Business Communications
Winners Use On-Demand, Multimedia Presentations to Improve Communications and Deliver Value to Their Audience
WALTHAM, Massachusetts, March 18, 2010 – Brainshark, Inc., the leader in on-demand presentations, today announced
the winners of the second annual Sharkie Awards. These awards honor
individuals and organizations that demonstrated excellence in their use of
multimedia for business communications – thereby engaging and [...]
Call Center Workforce Management Practices and Strategies Survey Launched Today by the International Customer Management Institute
Survey examines call center industry's best practices and greatest forecasting, scheduling and staffing strategy challenges, as well as workforce management technology selection, implementation and utilization.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, March 18, 2010 – The International Customer Management Institute (ICMI), now in its 25th
year, today launched its 2010 Call Center Workforce Management Practices
(www.surveymonkey.com/s/ZVRKSPP) survey in an email [...]
8000inc Launches Brand8000 Online Boutique and SkyVillas Realty Website
Double Launch for 8000inc for two of its Companies – Brand8000 and SkyVillas Realty
MANASSAS, Virginia, March 18, 2010 – After the phenomenal sell out of all products at the National Stadium
in Barbados of the Amateur Athletics Association of Barbados (AAAB), designed
by Brand8000, part of the 8000inc Group, 8000inc (EIGH.pk) has brought
forward the launch date [...]