Thursday, June 10, 2010

• Pentaho Delivers Major Advancement in Agile BI --- ORLANDO, FL
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  ORLANDO, FL -- (Marketwire) -- 06/10/10 -- Pentaho Corporation, the open source business intelligence (BI) leader, today announced the worldwide general availability (GA) of Pentaho Data Integration Enterprise Edition 4.0 and Pentaho BI Suite Enterprise Edition 3.6. These major releases include enhancements for reporting, analysis and dashboards as well as the new Agile BI integrated ETL, modeling and data visualization environment. The new releases support the company's Agile BI initiative, which enables organizations to build BI applications more quickly, ... read more
• Aetna, Intel Effort Signals Importance of Early Intervention, Remote Health Management --- HARTFORD, Conn. & SANTA CLARA, Calif.
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  Chronic heart failure (CHF) is one of the most common causes of hospitalization for elderly Americans, and is also one of the nation’s most costly conditions to treat. Aetna and Intel Corporation have announced preliminary study results demonstrating how ... read more
• Crowdcast Unveils Social BI Vision, Secures $6 Million From Menlo Ventures and Alsop-Louie Partners --- SAN FRANCISCO, CA
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  SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 06/10/10 -- Crowdcast, the leading provider of Social BI (SBI) solutions, today announced the closing of a $6 million round of Series A financing led by Menlo Ventures, with a follow-on investment from Alsop-Louie Partners. This round of funding will accelerate sales and marketing efforts for Crowdcast's Social BI platform and expand integration programs with complementary enterprise solutions and channel partners. Crowdcast's vision for the emergent Social BI space is based on three key ... read more
• Cavium Networks to Demonstrate Its Whole-Home Wireless Gaming Solution Using Standard WiFi at the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2010 --- MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA
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  MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 06/10/10 -- Cavium Networks (NASDAQ: CAVM), a leading provider of semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for networking, communications and the digital home, today announced that it will demonstrate its whole-home wireless gaming solution using standard WiFi based upon Cavium's latest PureVu processors in booth number 4221 at the E3 Expo 2010 taking place June 15-17 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Cavium's industry leading Super Low Latency (SLL™) H.264 compression ... read more
• Infor Promotes Soma Somasundaram to Head Global Product Development --- ATLANTA, GA
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  ATLANTA, GA -- (Marketwire) -- 06/10/10 -- Infor, the leading provider of business software for mid-market companies, today announced that Soma Somasundaram has been named senior vice president, Global Product Development, reporting to CEO Jim Schaper. Somasundaram is now the company's highest-ranking R&D executive, responsible for defining overall software and technology strategies, as well as managing the design and rollout of the company's full suite of business applications and interfaces. News Somasundaram, who has been with Infor since 2002 and ... read more
• Aria Systems Unveils Aria Certified Systems Integrator Program --- SAN MATEO, CA
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  SAN MATEO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 06/10/10 -- Aria Systems, Inc. (http://www.AriaSystems.com), the leading provider of on demand billing and subscription management solutions, today announced the Aria Certified Systems Integrator Program. The program provides training, certification, and go-to-market support for systems integrators looking to capitalize on the increasing popularity and value of recurring revenue models and subscription services. Recurring revenue streams are a strategic priority for organizations large and small across nearly every industry. The Aria Billing and Subscription ... read more
• Symantec Extends Agreement With HP to Distribute Norton Internet Security on Consumer PCs Worldwide --- MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA
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  MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 06/10/10 -- Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC) today announced the signing of a multi-year extension to its existing contract with HP, the world's largest PC manufacturer. Under the terms of the agreement, HP consumer desktop, laptop and netbook PCs will ship worldwide with a full-featured, complimentary 60-day subscription of Norton Internet Security, the industry's fastest, lightest security suite. Norton Internet Security detects and eliminates online threats and prevents cybercriminals from stealing consumers' identity and ... read more
• Daptiv PPM Positioned in the Visionaries Quadrant of the '2009 PPM for IT Magic Quadrant' --- SEATTLE, WA
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  SEATTLE, WA -- (Marketwire) -- 06/10/10 -- Daptiv PPM, the on-demand leader in project management and collaborative business software, today announced that it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the visionaries quadrant in the "Magic Quadrant for IT Project and Portfolio Management"i report. Daptiv's Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution for PPM enables IT project management leaders to manage software projects around the globe and across departments and industries. Daptiv PPM is used by more than 500 mid- to large-sized ... read more
• ZirMed(R) Celebrates Fourth Consecutive Year in Healthcare Informatics Magazine's Top 100 Rankings --- LOUISVILLE, KY
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  LOUISVILLE, KY -- (Marketwire) -- 06/10/10 -- ZirMed®, a leading national provider of revenue cycle management solutions, announced today that it has been ranked as America's 68th largest Healthcare Information Technology (HIT) company by revenue in Healthcare Informatics magazine's 2010 Top 100 listing. The ranking marks the fourth consecutive year ZirMed has been included in the prestigious listing, fueled by a 30% year-over-year increase in revenue to $44 million for calendar year 2009. "ZirMed's impressive 2009 growth, amid one of ... read more
• CompTIA Welcomes MSP University Boot Camp to Breakaway 2010 --- OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill.
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  CompTIA, the non-profit trade association for the information technology (IT) industry, announced today it will host an MSP University Boot Camp during Breakaway 2010, North America’s premier event for the IT channel. Breakaway ... read more
• SEMATECH Achieves Submicron 3D IC Bond Alignment Results in Integrated Bonding Tool Platform at UAlbany NanoCollege --- ALBANY, N.Y. & SAN FRANCISCO
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  Researchers from SEMATECH’s 3D Interconnect program based at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering’s (CNSE) Albany NanoTech Complex have reported advances in wafer-to-wafer bonding alignment accuracies through a series of tool and process hardening improvements. At the same time, the SEMATECH team has explored unique ... read more
• DotNetNuke Named "Cool Vendor" in Content Management by Leading Analyst Firm --- SAN MATEO, CA
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  SAN MATEO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 06/10/10 -- DotNetNuke Corp. (http://www.dotnetnuke.com), the company behind the most widely adopted Web Content Management Platform for Microsoft® .NET, today announced that it has been named a "Cool Vendor" in the Content Management, 2010 report published by Gartner, Inc. on April 22, 2010. Gartner defines "cool vendors" in content management as companies that "appeal to IT and business buyers by addressing their needs to help people relate better to information by making ... read more
• World's Top Panel Companies Join Forces with Imperium to Advance Data Quality Across the Market Research Industry --- WESTPORT, Conn., June 10
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  The world's major panel companies--collectively accounting for more than 50% of global online sample--have come together with Imperium, a leading technology development firm, to create Imperium Category Exclusion (ICE(TM)), the first broad-based category exclusion program for the market research industry. Authentic Response, e-Rewards/Research Now, Global Market Insite, Inc. (GMI), Survey Sampling International, Toluna and uSamp have formed an industry-wide ICE User Group--which is open to any panel services company--with the goal of driving optimal sample quality. The ... read more
• Earnings-Driven Story Should Drive Dramatic Stock Appreciation for ActiveCare --- LOS ANGELES, CA
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  LOS ANGELES, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 06/10/10 -- BioMedReports is reporting that, within days, ActiveCare (OTCBB: ACAR) is expecting to be able to announce some strategic partnerships that should have major revenue and earning implications. The news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors is alerting its readers to this development because the growing use of personal emergency-alert systems, devices of potential benefit to millions of older ... read more
• HP Helps Organizations Dramatically Reduce Security Vulnerabilities and Compliance Costs --- PALO ALTO, Calif.
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  HP (NYSE:HPQ) today announced a new security service to help companies reduce vulnerabilities at the onset of the application development life cycle, thereby reducing the risk of millions of dollars in penalties and patches. The HP ... read more
• ARIAD Announces Webcast of Its Annual Stockholders Meeting --- CAMBRIDGE, Mass.
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  ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARIA) today announced that its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on June 24, 2010 will be webcast live and can be accessed by visiting the investor relations section of the Company's website at http://investor.ariad.com. ... read more
• VimpelCom Ltd. Announces Changes to Corporate Structure and Business Unit Management Team --- AMSTERDAM and NEW YORK, June 10
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  VimpelCom Ltd. (or the "Company") (NYSE: VIP) today announced that its Board approved changes to the reporting structure of the Company. The reporting structure will be divided into four business units--Russia, Ukraine, CIS and International--that will report to the Company's headquarters in Amsterdam. In connection with the restructuring, Elena Shmatova has been appointed the General Director of OJSC "VimpelCom" and will lead the Russia business unit. The Ukraine business unit will continue to be led by Igor Lytovchenko, President of ... read more
• Access Pharma Presents at the California NanoSystems Institute Conference Focused on Targeted Delivery of RNAi Therapeutics --- DALLAS, June 10
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  ACCESS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (OTC Bulletin Board: ACCP), a biopharmaceutical company specializing in products for cancer and supportive care, announced that its Senior VP of R&D, David Nowotnik, Ph.D., will give two presentations today on the Company's Cobalamin siRNA program at the Novel Nanodelivery of siRNA and miRNA Symposium, hosted by the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) of UCLA. Access Pharma's invited oral presentation and its poster presentation will highlight the cell targeting aspects of the Company's proprietary Cobalamin technology and the ... read more
• Quark Pharmaceuticals Closes $10 Million Financing --- FREMONT, Calif., June 10
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  Quark Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a world leader in the discovery and development of RNAi-based therapeutics, today announced the closing of a private financing by the existing investors of Quark totaling an aggregate of $10 million. The investors are funds of the prestigious SBI Holdings Group in Japan. In connection with the financing, Mr. Yoshitaka Kitao, CEO of SBI Holdings, Inc. and Mr. Robert Takeuchi, Director of SBI Investment Co., Ltd. will become members of the Quark board of directors. Mr. ... read more
• Boston Scientific Announces European Launch and First Implants of Platinum Chromium TAXUS® Element(TM) Stent System --- NATICK, Mass., June 10
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  Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) today announced the market launch and first implants of its TAXUS(®) Element(TM) Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent System in the European Union and other CE Mark countries. The TAXUS Element Stent System is the Company's third-generation drug-eluting stent (DES) technology and incorporates a platinum chromium alloy with an innovative stent design and an advanced catheter delivery system. It received CE Mark approval last month, which included a specific indication for the treatment of diabetic patients. ... read more