Wednesday, July 14, 2010

• Morphlabs Completes Series B Financing, Appoints President of Japan Operations --- EL SEGUNDO, Calif.
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  Morphlabs Inc. (http://www.mor.ph), the cloud platform company powering enterprises and service providers, today announced it has secured a $5.5 million Series B round of financing. The round is led by Global Gateway Investment Group (G2iG) with new investor, Frontera Group LLC, joining existing investors ... read more
• Storwize Real-time Data Compression Appliances Achieve VMware Ready™ Status --- MARLBOROUGH, Mass.
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  Storwize, the leader in online storage optimization solutions through real time data compression, today announced that its STN 6000 appliances have achieved VMware Ready™ status. This designation indicates that the Storwize products have passed a detailed evaluation and testing process ... read more
• FireScope Continues Its Rapid Growth --- HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., July 14
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  FireScope, Inc., (http://www.firescope.com), the leading innovator of IT Service Management solutions, today announced that Gary Staley has joined FireScope to lead its sales organization and to expand on the organization's 300% growth in license revenue for its latest fiscal year. This move is a critical element to FireScope's expanded investment strategy as it builds out additional regions throughout the U.S. and world. Gary comes with a wealth of experience within the software industry, having spent much of his career at ... read more
• Helix Bioscience Appointed DNA Drug Sensitivity Testing Distributor for Genelex Corporation --- SEATTLE and TULSA, Okla., July 14
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  Genelex and Helix have announced a personalized prescribing strategic alliance to increase the availability of important new DNA Drug Sensitivity Tests such as Plavitest(TM) and Tamoxitest(TM). These tests and the GeneMedRx medication management software can save lives and healthcare dollars by allowing doctors to personalize their prescribing practices in order to prevent adverse medication outcomes, including treatment failures and dangerous side effects. "Helix's knowledge and experience make them ideally suited to expand access to these products and contribute to improving ... read more
• Purdue University's Coates Cluster Achieves First Ever Top 500 Supercomputer Ranking for 10Gb Ethernet --- SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 14
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  Chelsio Communications, Inc., the leading provider of 10-Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) adapters, ASICs, and storage solutions, today announced that Purdue University's Coates Cluster, which ranked #103 in the recent mid-year Top500 supercomputer listing, is the first native 10Gb Ethernet cluster system to be ranked on the Top500 list. Nearly 1,000 Chelsio Unified Wire adapters were deployed as part of the Coates Cluster, which was touted as one of the world's largest 10Gb Ethernet clusters. Achieving such a high ranking within the ... read more
• Arbitrator Rules in Favor of Cooley Dickinson RNs, Says Hospital Violated Nurses Contract When it Unilaterally Froze the Nurses Defined Benefit Pension in January --- NORTHAMPTON, Mass., July 14
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  In a victory for registered nurses at Cooley Dickinson Hospital, an independent arbitrator has ruled that the hospital violated the nurses' union contract last January when it froze the Defined Benefit Pension Plan. The arbitrator has ordered the hospital to promptly unfreeze the defined benefit pension plan for the nurses, restore the contribution to the plan retroactive to the date on which the Hospital froze the plan, and to continue to fund the plan going forward. The arbitration ... read more
• NASA Sets Briefing to Preview Space Station Spacewalk --- HOUSTON, July 14
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  NASA officials will discuss an upcoming International Space Station spacewalk by two Russian cosmonauts during a news briefing at 2 p.m. CDT on Wednesday, July 21. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The briefing will take place at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston and be broadcast live on NASA Television and the agency's website. Questions will be taken from journalists at participating NASA locations. The briefers are: - Dan Hartman, Integration and Mission Operations manager, International Space Station Program - Chris Edelen, Expedition 24 spacewalk ... read more
• MarketAxess to Host Conference Call Announcing 2010 Second Quarter Results --- NEW YORK, July 14
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  MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: MKTX), the operator of a leading electronic trading platform for U.S. and European high-grade corporate bonds, emerging markets bonds and other types of fixed-income securities, will announce its 2010 second quarter results on Wednesday, July 28, 2010. Richard M. McVey, chairman and chief executive officer, T. Kelley Millet, president, and Antonio L. DeLise, chief financial officer, will host a conference call to discuss the Company's financial results and outlook on Wednesday, July 28, 2010, at ... read more
• Prestigious Innovation Award Given to Lockheed Martin and Sandia National Laboratories --- BETHESDA, Md., July 14
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  R&D Magazine has named Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Sandia National Laboratories' research on multifunctional optical coatings as one of the 100 greatest technologies introduced this year. The technology was developed as part of the Shared Vision cooperative program that fosters collaboration among top scientists and funds research in key technologies for both organizations. "We are proud of the Lockheed Martin-Sandia research team that developed this award-winning new chemical process. The method enables the improved design and fabrication of the affordable ... read more
• Infegy Expands Global Operations With New European Office --- KANSAS CITY, Mo. & BIRMINGHAM, England
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  Infegy, Inc., the developer of the Social Radar web analytics tool that provides insight into online chatter, today announced the expansion of its international operations with the opening of European sales and support offices in Birmingham, England and the appointment ... read more
• Boost Mobile Gets Customers Closer to the World by Enhancing Its International Connect Add-On for the Monthly Unlimited Offer --- IRVINE, Calif.
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  Continuing to add value to its simple and affordable pricing options for customers who are taking advantage of no contract wireless services, Boost Mobile announces new enhancements to its International Connect add-on. The feature is available as an add-on to the Monthly Unlimited and BlackBerry Monthly ... read more
• WellAWARE Systems to Support the Good Samaritan Society in First, Large Scale Study of Its Kind --- RICHMOND, Va.
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  The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society, the nation’s largest not-for-profit provider of senior care and services, will study the effectiveness of using WellAWARE Systems monitoring technology in providing care to seniors living at home or in assisted living centers. The LivingWell@Home ... read more
• Telerik Unveils New Developer Productivity Tool, Additional Portfolio Enhancements --- WALTHAM, Mass.
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  Telerik, a leading vendor of development tools and user interface components for .NET, today unveiled details of its Q2 2010 milestone release. Fresh from its recent “Best of TechEd Award” win, the company launched its latest developer productivity product, and new tools and controls. The company ... read more
• Landec Announces $10 Million Stock Repurchase Program --- MENLO PARK, Calif.
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  Landec Corporation (Nasdaq:LNDC), a polymer science company that develops and markets patented polymer products for food, agricultural, medical device and licensed partner applications, today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase program under which the Company may repurchase up to $10 million ... read more
• Storwize Joins the VMware Technology Alliance Partner Program --- MARLBOROUGH, Mass.
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  Storwize, the leader in online storage optimization solutions through real time data compression, today announced it has joined the VMware Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) program. The VMware TAP program helps technology vendors integrate their products with VMware virtualization software and ... read more
• Day & Zimmermann Announces Formation of Newly Integrated Engineering, Construction and Maintenance Business --- PHILADELPHIA
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  Day & Zimmermann, a nationally recognized provider of industrial, defense and workforce solutions for government and commercial customers, announced it has realigned its offerings to the power, process and industrial markets to form a new Engineering, Construction and Maintenance (ECM) ... read more
• Assurance Wireless to Aid Eligible Floridians with Free Cell Phone and Wireless Service --- WARREN, N.J.
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  Today, Assurance Wireless, a cell phone service from Virgin Mobile that provides a free wireless phone and 200 free minutes of wireless voice service monthly to eligible customers, launches in Florida. More than one million Florida residents are currently ... read more
• Hilton Worldwide Enters into Strategic Agreement with AT&T to Enhance Internet Services Across Portfolio of Hotels --- MCLEAN, Va.
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  Hilton Worldwide today announced that it has entered into a strategic agreement with AT&T* for a fully-managed suite of Wi-Fi and Internet services. AT&T, one of the largest providers of hosted Internet access in the hospitality industry, will provide Hilton Worldwide’s ten brands with a high-quality ... read more
• PULSE Introduces PIN Debit for E-commerce Transactions --- HOUSTON
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  PULSE, one of the nation’s leading debit/ATM networks, is bringing the security, reliability and convenience of PIN debit to online shopping with the introduction of PULSE® Internet PIN debit. Financial institutions using PULSE Internet PIN Debit can deliver convenient ... read more
• XStreamHD(TM) Signs Distribution Agreement With Lionsgate® to Digitally Deliver the Latest Full HD Movies to Consumers --- MCLEAN, Va. and SANTA MONICA, Calif., July 14
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  XStreamHD, an emerging leader in the delivery and distribution of Full HD entertainment directly to the home, announced that it has entered into a long-term Electronic Sell-Thru and Video-on-Demand home entertainment distribution agreement with Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF), the leading next generation studio and distributor of motion pictures. The agreement will enable XStreamHD to offer its customers the ability to digitally purchase or rent, the latest HD releases from Lionsgate, as well as provide access to Lionsgate's content library of ... read more