Wednesday, June 23, 2010

• Nimsoft Expands Unified Monitoring Coverage, Enhances Management Interface --- CAMPBELL, Calif., June 23
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  Nimsoft, a business unit of CA Technologies (Nasdaq: CA), today announced enhancements to the Nimsoft Unified Monitoring(TM) architecture that enable customers to better monitor and manage critical business applications across all types of infrastructure--from the data center to the cloud--including SaaS, hosted and virtualized environments. The main enhancements are: 1. A Unified Monitoring Portal that provides customizable Web 2.0 dashboards and reporting 2. Expanded resource coverage that enables the ... read more
• Study Demonstrates Pine Bark Naturally Reduces Hay Fever Symptoms --- HOBOKEN, N.J., June 23
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  An estimated 60 million people in the U.S. are affected by allergic rhinitis, commonly known as hay fever, according to the American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology. Hay fever is an allergic inflammation of the nasal airways that causes itching, swelling, mucus production, hives and rashes. A study published in the June 14, 2010 issue of Phytotherapy Research demonstrates Pycnogenol® (pic-noj-en-all), an antioxidant plant extract derived from the bark of the French maritime pine tree, substantially improves ... read more
• AT&T Launches New Short Code and Donates Thousands of Calling Cards to Support Military During 2010 AT&T National --- DALLAS, June 23
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  As players tee up for the 2010 AT&T National at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pa., AT&T* will help honor members of the military by providing prepaid calling cards to the men and women serving abroad. In addition, AT&T, the title sponsor of this exciting summer event for the fourth year, will provide a variety of activities for guests to enjoy while helping to raise funds for local nonprofit organizations. During the 2010 AT&T National - which runs Tuesday, ... read more
• Buy.com(R) Launches New 'Household Essentials' Store in Partnership With Alice.com --- ALISO VIEJO, Calif. and MIDDLETON, Wis., June 23
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  Buy.com, The Internet Superstore(TM), today launched its new "Household Essentials" store, giving shoppers a convenient, budget-friendly way to stock up on everyday basics. As part of the company's goal to deliver savings and eliminate trips to the store, Buy.com has partnered with leading consumer goods provider Alice.com, the latest partner to join the company's growing Marketplace of third-party sellers. Buy.com's "Household Essentials" store and the Alice.com service provide consumers with a convenient and cost-effective way to buy their household essentials online. ... read more
• DentSource® From P&R Dental Strategies Mines a Vast Cross Payor Database to Flag Potential Dental Insurance Fraud and Abuse --- NEW YORK, June 23
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  According to the American Dental Association, there are approximately 179,000 professionally active dentists in the United States*. Are some of them better at practicing dentistry than others? Could some dentists be submitting potentially fraudulent or abusive claims to dental benefit payors? How is a payor going to know? As the nation's leading dental claim review specialist for the past 20 years, such inquiries have long been demanded of the professionals at P&R Dental Strategies, who pride themselves on delivering the ultimate ... read more
• CompuPay Selects Certify and Travelocity Business to Deliver Full-Service Travel and Expense Solutions --- MIRAMAR, Fla., June 23
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  CompuPay, one of the country's leading providers of payroll and tax filing services, has selected Certify and Travelocity Business® to provide its clients with integrated online travel and expense management. The three companies will work together to provide CompuPay clients a solution for online travel booking, electronic receipt capture, expense management and employee reimbursement. The combined Certify and Travelocity Business solution will eliminate the hassles of trip planning and expense reporting for CompuPay clients. It offers companies both ... read more
• SD Association Defines New High-Speed Performance Options for SDXC and SDHC Memory Cards and Devices --- SAN RAMON, Calif., June 23
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  The SD Association announced today two new high-speed performance symbols for the fastest SDXC and SDHC devices and memory cards. The first symbol identifies products with bus-interface speeds up to 104 Megabytes per second for greater device performance. The second symbol identifies SD memory cards and products with a performance option allowing real-time video recording. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100623/SF25214-a) (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100623/SF25214-a) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100623/SF25214LOGO-b) (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100623/SF25214LOGO-b) The sheer variety of high-performing, feature-rich devices has dictated the need for a wide variety of SD ... read more
• BMW Group Financial Services Partners With Open Dealer Exchange to Create Industry-First for eContracting Within Its Dealerships --- WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., June 23
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  BMW Group Financial Services has announced an agreement with Troy, Michigan-based Open Dealer Exchange, LLC, enabling the captive finance arm of BMW Group to provide contract data integration services, including paperless eContracting and contract data validation, directly through Open Dealer Exchange to BMW retailers in North America. The fully functional solution for electronic contract validation is an industry-first, as it provides one single process for the sale of retail and lease vehicles for new as well as pre-owned and ... read more
• Hotels.com Hotels Price Index Reveals Now Is the Time to Book Your Five Star Room and Pay a Three Star Price --- DALLAS, June 23
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  Hotels.com®, a leading provider of lodging worldwide, has unveiled its Star Ratings prices, comparing three, four and five star room prices at the world's best properties and for the best possible rates. These price comparisons have been gleaned from the Hotels.com 2009 Hotel Price Index(TM), the definitive annual report on hotel prices paid around the world. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100623/NY25024) (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100623/NY25024) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20050415/LAFRU1LOGO) (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050415/LAFRU1LOGO) "Higher quality rooms in four and five star properties are now within the reach of more travelers who previously ... read more
• Pharmaceutical Industry Heavyweights All to Converge, Discuss Future of Pharma Market, Pharmaceutical Competitive Intelligence --- PARSIPPANY, N.J., June 23
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  Today pharmaceutical industry heavyweights scramble to make their mark in an unsure economy and an evolving pharmaceutical marketplace. Pharmaceutical insiders want to get ahead of everyone else, while others just want a chance to break into some of the vast opportunities available in the pharmaceutical industry. Demand is strong for the most accurate and up-to-date information about the pharmaceutical industry, especially pharmaceutical competitive intelligence. One of the biggest challenges in understanding pharma competitive intelligence is finding the right experts. Fortunately, ... read more
• Anthera Enrolls First Patients in Pivotal Varespladib Phase 3 Clinical Study --- HAYWARD, Calif., June 23
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  Anthera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ANTH), a biopharmaceutical company developing drugs to treat serious diseases associated with inflammation and autoimmune disorders, today announced patient enrollment has commenced in the Company's pivotal VISTA-16 (Vascular Inflammation Suppression to Treat Acute Coronary Syndrome for 16 Weeks) Phase 3 clinical study of varespladib (A-002). High-risk patients are defined as those who have additional disease characteristics that increase their likelihood of experiencing another coronary event; these characteristics include a history of previous cardiovascular disease, age, ... read more
• Microsoft Announces 2010 Partner of the Year Awards Finalists and Winners --- REDMOND, Wash., June 23
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  Microsoft Corp. today announced the winners and finalists of its 2010 Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards. The annual awards honor Microsoft Registered, Certified and Gold Certified partners for delivering exemplary solutions for their customers during the past year. Award winners and finalists were chosen from nominations from around the world. Winners and finalists will be recognized at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2010, the company's premier annual event for industry partners, July 12-15 in Washington, D.C. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20000822/MSFTLOGO) (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20000822/MSFTLOGO) Nearly 3,000 ... read more
• JAGTAG Teams With AXE Deodorant for Breakthrough Multichannel 2D Mobile Barcode Program --- NEW YORK, June 23
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  JAGTAG announced today that it will drive a new mobile marketing campaign for AXE, the leader in men's grooming excluding shaving hardware, as part of the launch of the newest addition to the AXE fragrance portfolio - AXE Twist. The collaboration between the two companies marks the largest multichannel advertising program in the U.S. market using a mobile 2D barcode. JAGTAG mobile barcodes appear in AXE Twist marketing efforts promoting exclusive content from the AXE Twisted Humor Tour, presented by ... read more
• Scanbuy Releases Tool Which Allows Developers to Launch a Mobile Barcode Scanner From a Wide Variety of Apps --- NEW YORK, June 23
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  Scanbuy, Inc., the global leader in mobile barcode solutions, today announced that it has released a Software Development Kit (SDK) which allows mobile application developers to launch the ScanLife mobile barcode reader from any third party application. The tool will be immediately available at no cost to work with Google's Android operating system, and others will be added in the coming weeks. ScanLife is a complete, all-in-one code scanner which can quickly launch mobile content by scanning any number of ... read more
• DC Comics Titles Coming to PlayStation(R)Network for PSP(TM) (PlayStation(R)Portable) --- FOSTER CITY, Calif., June 23
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  Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) today announced the availability of DC Comics on the PlayStation Network digital comics service for PSP(TM) (PlayStation®Portable). An initial selection of over 80 DC titles can be downloaded from PlayStation®Store immediately priced from $0.99 to $2.99 per issue that include Batman: Hush, Green Lantern: Rebirth, Fables: Legends in Exiles and Planetary: All Over the World and Other Stories, as well as comics that are exclusive to PlayStation Network such as Free Realms, God of War, ... read more
• Philips HeartStart Defibrillators Adopted by Law Enforcement Agencies Nationwide to Help Protect Communities from Sudden Cardiac Arrest --- ANDOVER, Mass., June 23
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  Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) announced today that six U.S. law enforcement agencies have acquired its HeartStart FRx Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) for their officers to use in vehicles, enabling them to assist victims of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). SCA is one of the leading causes of death in the United States, claiming approximately 295,000(i) lives each year. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20091129/NY17600LOGO ) (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20091129/NY17600LOGO ) Since officers are often first to arrive at the scene of a cardiac ... read more
• Cephalon Partners with American Chronic Pain Association and the American Pharmacists Association to Expand National Initiative On the Safe and Appropriate Use of Prescription Medicines --- FRAZER, Pa., June 23
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  Cephalon, Inc. (Nasdaq: CEPH) today announced that it has partnered with the American Chronic Pain Association (ACPA) and the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) to broaden the company's When Good Medicines Become Bad Drugs(SM) program. This national education campaign provides patients, caregivers and the public with information about the abuse of prescription medications that affects as many as six million Americans and now surpasses the national use of most illegal "street drugs." The expanded program provides educational tools in ... read more
• Cardium Reports on Compliance of NYSE Amex Exchange Listing Guidelines --- SAN DIEGO, June 23
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  Cardium Therapeutics (NYSE Amex: CXM) today reported on its exchange listing compliance with NYSE Amex LLC (formerly the American Stock Exchange). The Company reports that its estimated stockholders equity is now in excess of the threshold requirements under Section 1003(a)(i-iii) of the exchange's listing guide, as described below. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20051018/CARDIUMLOGO) (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20051018/CARDIUMLOGO) Cardium's common stock is currently listed on the NYSE Amex (the "Exchange"). To maintain that listing, we must continue to comply with various listing standards of the Exchange, ... read more
• Sunridge Adds Veteran to South American Distribution Team --- FOUNTAIN HILLS, Ariz., June 23
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  Sunridge International (OTC Bulletin Board: SNDZ), announced today the addition of Luis Villar to our Latin America representative team. Mr. Villar has over 30 years experience distributing ophthalmic products throughout Latin America and has agreed to represent Sunridge in this area. Luis has close, long time relationships with most of the major distributors and Ophthalmologists on the continent. His focus will initially be on the high volume markets such as Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia and Venezuela. Sunridge International believes that ... read more
• Eagle Offers Data Integration Services to Further Streamline Clients' Implementation --- BOSTON, June 23
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  Eagle Investment Systems LLC, a leading provider of financial services technology and a subsidiary of BNY Mellon, announced today that it now offers data integration services, a new service option within its hosted offering, Eagle ACCESS(SM). This provides clients with reduced risk and shortened implementation timeframes by including data integration to support deployments of Eagle's accounting and performance solutions, as well as providing ongoing updates and support. Clients benefit by having a higher service level, including the maintenance of data ... read more