Thursday, July 22, 2010

• Vishay's New SMD Wraparound Thin-Film Chip Resistors Feature 215 Deg. C Maximum Operating Temperature, 25 ppm/Deg. C TCR, and Tolerances Down to 0.05 % --- MALVERN, PA
  Posted at 9:00 AM
  

  MALVERN, PA -- (Marketwire) -- 07/22/10 -- Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) is adding to its passive component portfolio for extreme high-temperature environments with a new series of SMD wraparound thin-film chip resistors optimized for use in multichip modules for down-hole drilling and aerospace applications. The new Vishay Sfernice PHT high-precision wraparound chip resistors feature an operating temperature range from - 55 to + 215 deg. C, with a maximum storage temperature up to + 230 deg. C, an ... read more
• California Small Business Confidence Slightly Higher Than National Average --- MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA
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  MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 07/22/10 -- MerchantCircle, the social network for local business owners, today issued the California-specific results of its quarterly "Merchant Confidence Index," the most expansive national survey of its kind with nearly 10,000 local merchants sharing their confidence levels in the current economy. 1,096 California merchants responded to the Q2 survey, and indicated that their confidence levels are slightly higher than the national average, that social networking is now their number one marketing ... read more
• ConvergEx's Eze OMS(TM) and Crossing Networks Receive Best-in-Class Waters Rankings Awards --- NEW YORK, July 22
  Posted at 8:59 AM
  ConvergEx Group, a leading technology company, today announced that it has won two best-in-class awards in the 2010 Waters Rankings, the annual readers' choice awards of Waters magazine. The eighth annual Rankings recognize technological excellence provided by vendors to users at banks, brokerages and investment management firms worldwide. Waters polled over 1,200 of its subscribers to determine the winners. ConvergEx was named Best Buy-Side OMS Provider for its pioneering order management system, the Eze OMS(TM). ConvergEx was also named Best ... read more
• AIA Urges Senate to Ratify U.S.-UK Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty --- ARLINGTON, Va., July 22
  Posted at 8:58 AM
  AIA welcomes President Obama's remarks urging ratification of the U.S.-UK Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty in a press conference with the British Prime Minister David Cameron this week. As the president stated, this treaty "will be good for our workers and our troops in both our countries." The U.S.-UK and U.S.-Australia Defense Trade Cooperation Treaties were negotiated and signed in 2007. As made clear by U.K. Defence Secretary Liam Fox, our closest allies are running out of patience on this ... read more
• ThoughtWorks Named One of the Year's 101 Best Companies to Work for in Chicago --- CHICAGO, July 22
  Posted at 8:55 AM
  ThoughtWorks, Inc., a global IT consultancy focused on enterprise Agile software development, announced it was named one of "Chicago's 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For," by the National Association of Business Resources (NABR). ThoughtWorks has more than 250 employees working from its Chicago headquarters, with over 1,000 additional employees located at offices around the globe. "At ThoughtWorks we strive to provide an environment and culture that leads to both technical innovation and personal growth," said Craig Gorsline, managing ... read more
• OGGIFINOGI Names Michael Rosen as President --- BELLEVUE, Wash. and NEW YORK, July 22
  Posted at 8:53 AM
  OGGIFINOGI, the fastest growing new provider of advanced rich media marketing solutions, today announced the hiring of Michael Rosen as President in the wake of the company's growth and expansion. Rosen will oversee the company's operations including sales and marketing, reporting to CEO Michael Hyman. Most recently, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer at Babelgum, where he was responsible for launching the global web and mobile TV platform to the worldwide advertising community. Prior ... read more
• PT Schedules Second Quarter 2010 Earnings Release and Conference Call --- ROCHESTER, N.Y., July 22
  Posted at 8:47 AM
  PT (Nasdaq: PTIX), the recently rebranded Performance Technologies, a leading global provider of advanced network communications solutions, will announce its financial results for the second quarter 2010 after the market closes on Thursday, July 29, 2010. A conference call will be held on Friday, July 30, at 10:00 a.m., New York time, to discuss the results. All institutional investors can participate in the conference by dialing (866) 250-5144 or (416) 849-6163. The call will be available simultaneously for all other investors ... read more
• Federal-State Cooperation Can Remove Delays, Obstacles to Achieving Smart Grid Benefits, Regulators Are Told --- SACRAMENTO, Calif.
  Posted at 8:47 AM
  

  In their first face-to-face meeting, the leaders of the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) and utility regulators explored options for increasing state-level participation in developing the standards needed to modernize nation's electric power system with two-way communication and control capabilities. Such capabilities will be needed ... read more
• X-BODY Biosciences and SRU Biosystems Announce Success in Development and Validation of a Novel High-Throughput Label-Free Screening System for Antibody Discovery --- WALTHAM, Mass. and WOBURN, Mass.
  Posted at 8:44 AM
  

  X-BODY Biosciences and SRU Biosystems today announced a major collaborative advance in the application of the SRU BIND® label-free protein detection platform for high-throughput label-free screening of high affinity antibodies. The two companies have developed and validated a novel BIND® Biosensor design for use with the ... read more
• West Interactive Acquires TuVox --- OMAHA, Neb.
  Posted at 8:40 AM
  

  West Interactive, a leading provider of hosted and managed automated customer contact solutions, today announced it has acquired TuVox, a premier provider of on-demand speech and IVR applications. TuVox has pioneered a unique agile development methodology for speech applications ... read more
• Chaos Group to Show New Developments at SIGGRAPH 2010 --- SOFIA, Bulgaria
  Posted at 8:37 AM
  

  Sofia, July 12, 2010 - Chaos Group will be in full force at SIGGRAPH 2010 in L.A., July 27-29. The company is going to the exhibition with a bigger team and partners to show the fresh new additions for 2010. It would be located at booth ... read more
• CE Industry to Surpass $174 Billion in 2010, Reach Record High by 2011 --- ARLINGTON, Va.
  Posted at 8:36 AM
  

  The consumer electronics industry will exceed initial revenue projections for 2010, with growth of three percent over 2009 and overall shipment revenues of $174.9 billion in the United States, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® announced today. The semi-annual U.S. Consumer Electronics Sales and Forecast (July 2010) ... read more
• AirTight Security Researcher Uncovers Wi-Fi Vulnerability in WPA2; 'Hole196' Demos Planned at Black Hat and DEFCON --- MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA
  Posted at 8:35 AM
  

  MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 07/22/10 -- AirTight Networks, the leading provider of wireless intrusion prevention systems and services (WIPS) announced today that senior wireless security researcher, Md Sohail Ahmad has uncovered just how easy it is to hack into an encrypted wireless network without breaking the encryption key. A documented, yet little known, vulnerability of the Wi-Fi WPA2 security protocol, which AirTight has named 'Hole 196,' exposes secured wireless networks to a key "loophole" that allows ... read more
• Four Rivers Software Systems Announces TMS Anywhere --- PITTSBURGH, July 22
  Posted at 8:34 AM
  Four Rivers Software, a leading computerized maintenance management software (CMMS) provider for the healthcare industry announces TMS Anywhere, its mobile solution that works in both connected and disconnected environments. TMS Anywhere from Four Rivers is designed to allow your technicians to remain mobile regardless of their environment. Technicians are able to access all of the data in real-time. When they enter an area that is no longer connected, the application saves your data and allows the technician to continue ... read more
• WS-I Transitions to OASIS --- WAKEFIELD, Mass.
  Posted at 8:30 AM
  

  Today the Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I; http://www.ws-i.org) announced its decision to transition its assets, operations, and mission into a Member Section of OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards; http://www.oasis-open.org/), The transition is expected to take place over the next few months. ... read more
• On Center Software Releases On-Screen Takeoff® Version 3.8 and Quick Bid Version 4.91 --- THE WOODLANDS, Texas, July 22
  Posted at 8:28 AM
  On Center Software proudly announces the release of On-Screen Takeoff® Version 3.8 and Quick Bid Version 4.91. Using customer feedback and user requests to further improve On Center Software's program capabilities, On-Screen Takeoff and Quick Bid have added enhancements to their award-winning estimating and bidding technology. For years, estimators and contractors have been using the Overlay tool within On-Screen Takeoff to efficiently compare plan revisions and spot unmarked changes. With the overlay tool, deleted items are clearly marked in red, while ... read more
• Electronic Security Industry Veteran Lisa Ciappetta Joins Protection One Team --- LAWRENCE, Kan.
  Posted at 8:28 AM
  

  Protection One, the second-largest electronic security company in the United States, announced today that 20-plus-year security industry veteran Lisa Ciappetta has been named senior director of marketing. Ciappetta comes to Protection One from ADT Security Services, where she most ... read more
• Invitel Holdings A/S Announces Investor Call on the Financial Results of Magyar Telecom B.V. for the Quarter and Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 --- NEW YORK
  Posted at 8:16 AM
  Invitel Holdings A/S (“Invitel Holdings” or the “Company”) announced today that on July 28, 2010 (at 14:00 UK time, 15:00 CET, 9:00 AM ET), the CEO and CFO of Invitel Holdings will host a conference call to discuss the Second Quarter 2010 financial results of Magyar Telecom B.V. ... read more
• LodgeNet, TriDENSA Announce Agreement to Extend LodgeNet Solutions Into Middle East and India --- SIOUX FALLS, S.D. and DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, July 22
  Posted at 8:13 AM
  LodgeNet Interactive Corporation (Nasdaq: LNET) and TriDENSA FZ LLC announced today that they have signed a licensing agreement that will make LodgeNet's advanced IP-based interactive TV (iTV) solutions available for the first time to hotels in the Middle East, the Indian Sub Continent, and Africa. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080115/AQTU120LOGO) (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080115/AQTU120LOGO) The new agreement designates TriDENSA as a re-seller of LodgeNet iTV solutions and authorizes TriDENSA to market LodgeNet solutions across its territorial base, which includes Bahrain, Egypt, India, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, ... read more
• Kontera Introduces Its New Relevance and Audience Engagement Engine, Kontera Synapse, along with Engagement Pricing and PerformancePLUS Service --- SAN FRANCISCO
  Posted at 8:13 AM
  

  Kontera, the leading provider of In-Text Advertising and Related Information solutions, today announced Kontera Synapse, its next-generation In-Text relevance engine. Kontera Synapse makes the most relevant associations for end users, by identifying their topics of interest and predicting intent. For advertisers, Kontera Synapse ... read more