Wednesday, July 7, 2010

• Nimsoft On Demand Displaces SilverBack at American Integration --- CAMPBELL, Calif., July 7
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  Nimsoft, a business unit of CA Technologies (Nasdaq: CA), today announced that American Integration, an IT solutions and management provider, is replacing its existing SilverBack monitoring tools with Nimsoft On Demand--a full-featured unified monitoring solution that delivers broad visibility into business services running in hosted, remote and cloud-based infrastructures. Nimsoft On Demand provides real-time monitoring capabilities under a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) delivery model. This delivery model can be more cost-effective and more rapidly deployed than SilverBack--which often requires on-premise administration and ... read more
• ATK Completes Installation of World's Largest Solid Rocket Motor for Ground Test --- PROMONTORY, Utah, July 7
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  Engineers and technicians at Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK) and NASA have completed installation work on the second Ares I First Stage five-segment Development Motor (DM-2), in preparation for its static-fire, which is currently scheduled for early September. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100707/CG31370) (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100707/CG31370) The Ares I First Stage is the largest solid rocket motor ever built. It was designed to maximize astronaut safety while providing the nation with a reliable launch capability for both crew and cargo missions. As the prime ... read more
• Company Lowers Energy Bills With Wireless HVAC Home Automation --- GRAPEVINE, Texas, July 7
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  Advector Systems LLC, an advanced technology manufacturer of energy efficient building products, announced its product launch plans for a new brand of HVAC zone control that will utilize wireless technology to provide significant reductions in energy bills. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100707/DA29801) (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100707/DA29801) "Due to the devaluation in the housing market, and the general consent that a home is not as safe of an investment as it use to be, home buyers and home owners are becoming more selective about the ... read more
• Offerpal Media to Deliver Monetization Services for Social Game Developers on the Yahoo! Application Platform --- FREMONT, Calif., July 7
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  Offerpal Media (http://www.offerpalmedia.com) today announced that its alternative payment solutions will now be available to developers of social games and other applications distributed through the Yahoo! Application Platform (Y!AP). Y!AP, which is part of Yahoo!'s Open Strategy, is an open application platform globally available to enable developers to build and deploy applications on leading Yahoo! properties, such as the Yahoo! homepage, MyYahoo!, Yahoo! Toolbar, and Yahoo! Pulse. Yahoo! reaches more than 600 million users every month. Offerpal Media's alternative payment engine ... read more
• 35 Percent of U.S. Businesses Have Used Social Media to Win New Business --- DALLAS, July 7
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  Social networking has become a mainstream business tool. A new global survey commissioned by global workplace solutions provider Regus revealed that 35 percent of U.S. businesses have successfully used social networks to win new business, reinforcing the impact that social media has had on corporations. However the U.S. lags slightly behind the global average in this regard, with 40 percent of businesses globally having successfully leveraged social media tools for business development. Up to now, relatively little analysis has been available ... read more
• B2B Marketing Veteran David Karel Joins Bizo to Lead Global Marketing Efforts --- SAN FRANCISCO, July 7
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  Bizo (www.bizo.com), the world's largest online B2B audience targeting platform and advertising network, today announced David Karel has joined the company as vice president of marketing. With more than 15 years of B2B marketing, business development and sales experience, Karel will lead Bizo's global marketing efforts as it begins to cater to a wider variety of B2B marketers with a range of budget sizes. "Over the past two years, we've built our reputation as the go-to resource for marketers needing to ... read more
• New EMC Documentum Media WorkSpace Provides Advanced Capabilities for Brand Management --- HOPKINTON, Mass., July 7
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  EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC), the world leader in information infrastructure solutions, today announced the latest version of the EMC(®) Documentum(®) Media WorkSpace, a digital asset management product that provides a highly dynamic, rich Internet application experience for marketing professionals. As the primary user interface for the EMC Documentum Brand Management Solution, Media WorkSpace provides an interactive experience for accessing marketing repositories to enable greater control and visibility over digital media. Media WorkSpace is a configurable, Web-based interface that is built ... read more
• Changing Threats and New Technologies Trigger Innovation in the World Firewall Products Market, Finds Frost & Sullivan --- MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 7
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  The world firewall products market has witnessed slowing growth rates in recent years due to market saturation, economic pressures, and mature technology. However, vendors are improving their firewall solutions to meet customer needs and address the constantly changing threats. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081117/FSLOGO) (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081117/FSLOGO) Enterprise network environments have continued to evolve due to the proliferation of mobile computing devices, increased interconnectivity with Web 2.0 technologies, convergence trends, and emerging technologies such as voice over Internet protocol (VoIP), virtualization, and cloud computing. ... read more
• More Americans Want to Call Themselves Texans, According to Relocation.com Moving Survey --- NEW YORK, July 7
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  NEW YORK, July 7 /PRNewswire/ --Attracted by its relatively stable real estate prices and lower unemployment rate--8.5 percent in June--more Americans decided to head to the Lone Star State, according to a new consumer survey conducted by Relocation.com. This shift to Texas represents a 50 percent increase from Relocation.com's February 2010 findings, which had California topping the list of desirable destination states. In the current survey, California falls to third with Florida coming in second and North Carolina and ... read more
• Cardium Regains Listing Compliance With NYSE Amex --- SAN DIEGO, July 7
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  Cardium Therapeutics (NYSE Amex: CXM) today reported that the Company has received a letter from the NYSE Amex LLC informing Cardium that it has now resolved matters relating to the Company's exchange listing compliance. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20051018/CARDIUMLOGO) (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20051018/CARDIUMLOGO) In the communication from NYSE Amex LLC, Cardium was informed that based upon a review of publicly available information, including the Company's Form 8-K filed on June 24, 2010, the Company has resolved the continued listing deficiencies referenced in the NYSE Amex ... read more
• ActiveCare, Inc. and The AmeriLife Group Join Forces to Offer Concierge and Emergency Services to Senior Citizens --- SALT LAKE CITY, July 7
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  ActiveCare, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ACAR) and The AmeriLife Group today announced a strategic agreement whereby The AmeriLife Group will distribute ActiveCare's product and concierge-like services to the nearly 1 million customers The AmeriLife Group services through its national sales force of over 1,000 representatives. ActiveCare offers aging individuals and their caregivers many services similar to those provided by in-home care or assisted living, only at the touch of a button and at a fraction of the cost, whenever and ... read more
• Bunt Software and Merchant Link Extend Life of Panasonic POS System with SMPLink --- SILVER SPRING, Md., July 7
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  When Panasonic decided to stop supporting the Panasonic System Manager Pro (SMP), it left approximately 3,500 merchants and Quick Service Restaurants (QSRs) needing to scramble for an alternative point-of-sale (POS) credit interface -- potentially leading to a unnecessary and expensive investment in a new POS. For SMP dealers and resellers, this change meant that any investment into the SMP would have been wasted. Merchant Link and Bunt Software have announced the development of a next generation point-of-sale ... read more
• Leading Proxy Advisory Firm RiskMetrics Group Recommends SonicWALL Shareholders Vote 'FOR' Proposed Merger With Affiliates of Thoma Bravo and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan --- SAN JOSE, Calif., July 7
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  SonicWALL, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNWL) today announced that RiskMetrics Group's ISS Proxy Advisory Services ("ISS") recommends that SonicWALL's shareholders vote "FOR" the proposed merger between SonicWALL and affiliates of an investor group led by Thoma Bravo, LLC, which includes the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan through its private investor department, Teachers' Private Capital at the Company's upcoming July 23, 2010 Special Meeting of Shareholders. ISS is a leading independent proxy voting and corporate governance advisory firm. The recommendations of ISS ... read more
• Freight Carrier Implements XATA Speed Management for Enhanced Safety and Speed Visibility --- MINNEAPOLIS, July 7
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  XATA Corporation (Nasdaq: XATA), a leader in fleet optimization software and services, today announced that Van Kam Freightways is now using the XATA Speed Management solution, which hit the market in early June. Van Kam is a Canadian-based freight carrier that provides transportation services to locations in Canada and the continental United States. XATA Speed Management empowers fleet managers to create and enforce a freight environment that promotes safe driving through monitoring driver speeding patterns and analyzing other unsafe driver behaviors. ... read more
• Amdocs Teams Up with OpTier --- LONDON and NEW YORK, July 7
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  OpTier has announced today that Amdocs will resell the OpTier Business Transaction Management (BTM) system, to offer its customers visibility into all end-user transactions. To compete effectively in today's market, service providers are undertaking transformation and consolidation projects across their Business Support Systems (BSS) and Operational Support Systems (OSS) in order to lower costs; reduce time-to-market and improve customer service. By partnering with OpTier, Amdocs will enable service providers to proactively manage the end-user transactions that run through critical business and ... read more
• DigitalGlobe Selects Internap to Deliver Global, High-Performance Access to Geospatial Imagery --- ATLANTA, July 7
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  Internap Network Services Corporation (Nasdaq: INAP), a leading provider of end-to-end internet business products and services, today announced that DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI), a leading content provider of high-resolution earth imagery, is using Internap's Managed Hosting and route-optimized Performance IP network to power DigitalGlobe's web services offering. This solution enables rapid web access to DigitalGlobe's collection of earth imagery delivered through three content distribution nodes in Colorado, Hong Kong and London. DigitalGlobe's constellation of industry-leading commercial high-resolution satellites and aerial ... read more
• BillingTree Expands Agentless Online Debt Negotiation and Settlement Solution 'Collect' --- PHOENIX, July 7
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  BillingTree, Inc, one of the nation's leading on-demand payment processors, today announced the expansion of its Collect online debt negotiation solution. For the first time, organizations in additional industries (such as healthcare and utilities sectors) can fully integrate immediate payment processing with the ability to submit a counter-offer on outstanding balances or set up an automated repayment schedule into their overall processing of accounts receivable. The BillingTree Collect solution minimizes the need for an agent or rep to negotiate payments or ... read more
• ForeclosureRadar Releases iPhone App, Makes Professional-Quality Foreclosure Information and Services Available in the Field --- DISCOVERY BAY, Calif., July 7
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  ForeclosureRadar (http://www.foreclosureradar.com), an online service that provides accurate, up-to-date information on the foreclosure market in California, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon and Washington, announced today that it has released an iPhone application. The application makes information on properties in all stages of foreclosure - including daily auction schedules - available to users anywhere, at any time. ForeclosureRadar counts thousands of professional investors, Realtors, government agencies and financial institutions among its subscribers. The iPhone application is available free to ForeclosureRadar subscribers at the ... read more
• Raytheon BBN Technologies Awarded Defense Funding to Advance Automatic Translation --- CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 7, 2010
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  Raytheon Company's (NYSE: RTN) BBN Technologies has been awarded an additional $6.14 million in funding by DARPA (the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) under the Multilingual Automatic Document Classification, Analysis and Translation (MADCAT) program. This award follows Raytheon BBN's success in meeting required milestones during the first two years of the MADCAT program. The MADCAT program's goal is to create a prototype system that quickly provides accurate, relevant, distilled, actionable information to military commands and personnel. It does this by ... read more
• NTN Buzztime, Inc. Appoints Steve Mitgang to Its Board of Directors --- CARLSBAD, Calif., July 7
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  NTN Buzztime, Inc. (NYSE Amex: NTN) today announced that Steve Mitgang has been appointed to its Board of Directors effective August 1, 2010. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100204/LA48830LOGO ) (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100204/LA48830LOGO ) "The Board of Directors and the Company are very fortunate to welcome an accomplished executive like Steve Mitgang to our Board. His experience in technology and marketing along with his passion for our business will make him an invaluable resource for the Board and management," said Jeff Berg, NTN Buzztime's Chairman ... read more