Amkor Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMKR), a leading provider of semiconductor packaging and test services, today announced financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2011, with net sales of $684 million, net income of $25 million, and earnings per diluted share of $0.11. For the full year ... read more

Virtuon announced today it has expanded its virtual application service to support MAC, iPad and Android devices. The software distribution platform allows software publishers to put their applications immediately in the cloud as a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offering with no development or rewrite effort. ... read more

OCEG, a nonprofit think tank, has released version 2.1 of its GRC Capability Model (“the Red Book”), which contains open source standards that organizations may use to improve governance, management and assurance of performance, risk and compliance plans and actions. ... read more

Best Western International is reversing the guilty feelings of being away from friends and family while traveling on business by rewarding travelers this spring with its new "Be a Travel Hero" Promotion on its Facebook page. The contest, which runs in tandem with Best Western's® "Stay Three, Stay Free" Spring Promotion from February 6 to April 8, 2012, allows Best Western Rewards (BWR)® members to build a vacation for their family and friends as a reward for their patience ... read more

Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT), a leading global technology distributor, today announced that the company is a recipient of the 2011 Showcase in Excellence Award from the Arizona Quality Alliance for its Avnet Global Solutions Center 5S processes. Avnet implemented these ... read more

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A new white paper released by iT1 Consulting outlines the ways in which organizations that store and safeguard electronic data can generate major cost savings by securely decommissioning aging or underused servers. Many physical servers use around 60% of their full power when switched on, even if they aren't performing useful work. Unused or under-used servers waste electricity, plant cooling, and space as well as internal capability such as CPU cycles, memory and storage. Securely decommissioning these machines can yield ... read more

STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications and a leading supplier of MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) sensors and automotive ICs, has introduced the market's first 3-axis digital-output gyroscope that meets the industry-standard qualification for automotive integrated circuits (AEC-Q100). ST's newest angular-rate sensor aims to add positioning accuracy and stability to a wide range of automotive applications, including in-dash navigation, telematics and vehicle tolling systems. Accurate measurements of angular-motion detection with ST's automotive-qualified gyroscopes will ... read more

Unicorn Media, a mobile monetization technology provider, today announced that it has formed a strategic partnership with Nexeven, one of Europe's leading online video solutions providers. Nexeven is a Series A investor in Unicorn Media and will market the company's patented suite of mobile monetization and workflow optimization solutions across more than 60 countries. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110112/DC28908LOGO) Founded in Stockholm, Nexeven currently markets to Western Europe, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Russia and Scandinavia, with plans to expand to Asia ... read more

The Apothecary Shops Specialty Pharmacies has received distribution rights from pharmaceutical manufacturer Pfizer for its new drug Inlyta(TM) (axitinib), and will begin to provide this new drug to patients immediately. On January 27, 2012, Inlyta(TM) (axitinib) was approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) after failure of one systemic therapy, and throughout its development was recognized as one of Pfizer's most important experimental medicines. An oral drug, Inlyta(TM) inhibits certain receptors that ... read more

Go Daddy, the world's largest provider of Web hosting, domain names and new SSL Certificates, helped more customers secure online data transactions than any other certificate authority last month, according to the latest Netcraft Secure Server Survey. ... read more

Continuing a 15-year legacy of innovation, Avnet Electronics Marketing, an operating group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), and Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) today announce that registration is now open for X-fest 2012. For more information or to view full course ... read more

While unemployment rates continue to be at an all-time high, America is not getting back to work fast enough. Arizona leads the country in unemployment numbers and a lack of aggressive job creation initiatives has left rural areas of the state with staggering unemployment numbers. Coupled with the lack of competitive access to local talent, the community is poised for snail-paced growth. Many existing online recruitment and employment sites leave a void in response to employer and job seeker demand for ... read more

Prismic Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Scottsdale, Arizona-based, emerging pharmaceutical company, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of the assets of Scarista Limited. In particular, Prismic has acquired Scarista's exclusive license from Amarin Neuroscience Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Amarin Corporation, to develop, market, and out-license products based on a portfolio of issued U.S. and foreign composition and use patents covering highly purified forms of Omega-3 fatty acids alone or in combination with other molecules for the treatment of ... read more

IO, the leading provider of next-generation modular data center technology and services, announced today that they have been awarded a contract with BTI Communications Group, Ltd., a leader in providing on premise and private cloud based managed voice and data communications systems for multi-site businesses. As part of the agreement, IO will provide BTI Communications with Data Center as a Service (DCaaS(TM)) delivered in Phoenix through its modular data center technology platform IO.Anywhere®. This approach provides BTI Communications a high performance, ... read more

Microchip Technology Incorporated (NASDAQ:MCHP), a leading provider of microcontroller, analog and Flash-IP solutions, announced today that the Company will present at the Stifel Nicolaus Technology & Telecom Conference on Tuesday, February 7, 2012, at 2:05 p.m. (Pacific Time). Presenting for the Company will be Mr. Eric ... read more

Tranzbyte Corporation (ERBB (OTC:PK) announced today that it has purchased ProximaRF Technology Holding Corp. (www.proximarf.com). 6-Year-Old ProximaRF produces a versatile and leading-edge portfolio of RFID readers, tags, sensor tags, sensor probes, and RFID-enabled data logging tags based on the ISO 15693 standard of high frequency (13.56 Mhz) RFID. HF RFID is ideally suited for applications requiring a secure 1-to-1 device write and read. ProximaRF joins Altitude Organic Corporation as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tranzbyte. According to Tranzbyte's president, ... read more

Technology, Internet traffic and cash … Go Daddy’s 2012 Super Bowl campaign delivered all three. Still from GoDaddy.com 2012 Super Bowl commercial "Cloud" (Photo: Business Wire) Go Daddy’s “Body Paint” ad accounted for a tremendous Internet spike during the ... read more

Economic activity in the non-manufacturing sector grew in January for the 25th consecutive month, say the nation’s purchasing and supply executives in the latest Non-Manufacturing ISM Report On Business®. The report was issued today by Anthony Nieves, C.P.M., CFPM, chair of ... read more

Multifamily technology entrepreneur, Mike Mueller, has acquired CallSource Inc.'s multifamily vertical and plans to relocate the company's operations to Scottsdale. Terms of the deal, which closed Thursday, were not disclosed. Mueller said the acquisition positions CallSource Multifamily for its next phase of innovation and growth which includes the subsequent move to Scottsdale and the creation of 40 local jobs. Westlake Village, Calif.-based CallSource Multifamily provides key strategic services to enhance an apartment community's ability to track marketing spend, increase lead conversion ... read more