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UNIFIED RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE FIRST MEMBERS OF THE INSTAGRAM PARTNER PROGRAM
Published: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 | By: GlobalNewswireNEW YORK, Nov. 10, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today Unified, an award-winning marketing and analytics technology company, announced that it was recognized as one of the initial members of the Instagram Partner Program, a new program that distinguishes companies and their capabilities to run effective advertising campaigns, manage communities, source and deliver content on Instagram.
Companies in the Instagram Partner Program have expertise in at least one of three specialties - ad tech, community management and content marketing - to help marketers meet their objectives. Unified has been badged in the United States for Ad Technology.
Unified was one of the first companies to integrate the Instagram Ads API in August 2015 to help advertisers throughout their planning, buying, optimizing, and measurement processes. Since then, top brand marketers and their agencies have been driving business success using image, video and carousel ads that support clicks to websites, video views, mobile app installs, and awareness. Fortune 500 leaders from the automotive, consumer packaged goods, electronics, and entertainment markets are using the Unified platform and powerful Instagram advertising to drive marketing success.
"The 400 million members of the Instagram community are passionate about sharing inspirational content, which creates unprecedented branding and conversion opportunities for advertisers," said Jason Beckerman, co-founder and Chief Product Officer, Unified. "Our customers have enthusiastically embraced the power of Instagram to exceed their business goals."
With a community of 400 million, Instagram is the place on mobile where marketers go to tell creative, visual stories to drive business results. The Instagram Partner Program will spur innovation to meet the diverse needs of marketers across the globe.
Go here to learn more about the Instagram Partner Program.
About Unified
Unified is an award-winning marketing and analytics technology company. Unified provides professional marketers with powerful advertising, data, and intelligence tools built on the industry's most advanced data platform. Unified serves Global 2000 enterprises and advertising agencies from its offices in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Chicago. For more information, visit www.UnifiedSocial.com.
CONTACT: Dave Donohue dave@unifiedsocial.com
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ReferenceUSA Expands Database to Include Social Media Information
Published: Wednesday, November 11, 2015 | By: GlobalNewswireOMAHA, Neb., Nov. 11, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ReferenceUSA, a SaaS research service by Infogroup, announces today the expansion of its platform to include the social media information of businesses in its database.
ReferenceUSA users can now access nearly 10 million unique social accounts within its business database, including Twitter, Facebook, Google+, and LinkedIn. Users are able to search for companies by their individual social media accounts. The portal's database selections and real-time access to more than 24 million businesses and 262 million consumers, in addition to its regularly updated information on new businesses and homeowners in the U.S., gives users a powerful tool to find the information they're searching for.
"Social media is a critical tool in today's world for understanding consumers and businesses more closely, so we knew it was imperative to integrate it into our offerings," said Michael Iaccarino, Chairman and CEO of Infogroup. "At Infogroup, we pride ourselves on offering unique and up-to-date sets of business and residential data, and with ReferenceUSA our users have access to a leading online research and reference tool."
ReferenceUSA is a premier reference and research database for business professionals, job seekers, students, and others, that helps users create marketing plans, conduct competitive analysis, raise funds, and locate people. A recommended resource for libraries, users can use the database for market research, to locate and research companies they want to work for, as well as find schools, childcare, churches, doctors and other services. Additionally, using historical business information dating back to 2003, users can identify business trends over time and understand the current landscape of prospects and competitors.
In addition to valuable company information like company address and employee size, ReferenceUSA's database includes unique details such as geo-codes for mapping, website addresses, franchise and brand information, headline news, liens, judgments and bankruptcies, email addresses and more.
ReferenceUSA is continuing to expand the social data coverage through its compilation efforts.
"The ability for ReferenceUSA to serve communities at large with unique business insights in this way is an incredible asset to the Infogroup suite of marketing services and analytics solutions," Iaccarino furthers. "This new set of social media information will continue to improve our users' ability to use the platform effectively."
For more information about ReferenceUSA, call 800.808.1113 or visit www.referenceusa.com.
About Infogroup
Infogroup is a marketing services and analytics provider that delivers best-in-class data-driven and customer-centric technology solutions. Our data and software-as-a-service (DaaS and SaaS) offerings help clients of all sizes—from small companies to FORTUNE 100TM enterprises—increase their sales and customer loyalty. Infogroup provides both digital and traditional marketing channel expertise enhanced by access to our proprietary data on 235 million individuals and 24 million businesses, which is distributed in real-time to our clients. For more information on Infogroup's marketing and data solutions, visit www.infogroup.com.
CONTACT: Malti Shukla 402.836.5541 corporate.communications@infogroup.com
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SingleHop Introduces AI; New Saas Tool Provides Unprecedented Control and Management Over Hybrid Server and OS Environments including AWS and Azure
Published: Wednesday, November 11, 2015 | By: GlobalNewswireCHICAGO, Nov. 11, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SingleHop today announced AI, a first-of-its-kind, free, SaaS platform for remotely monitoring, managing, and patching servers and operating systems no matter where they are hosted - any cloud and any provider. Using advanced automation and predictive intelligence technologies, AI aggregates data from disparate server environments into one, simple-to-use, unified portal and suggests next steps, enabling IT staff to take immediate action across their entire server ecosystem. This dramatically reduces time spent on routine and repetitive tasks and speeds completion of critical actions. Account registration is now open at http://try.ai.
AI overview video: https://youtu.be/ZcWpmmj6orI
With the execution of one line of code, SingleHop makes what is often a multi-month process of specifying and deploying expensive monitoring and management systems a less than 60-second process. The free solution is managing tens of thousands of servers at initial rollout and is designed to scale exponentially.
A Radically Different Approach
Forrester Research reports that only 27% of US enterprise IT tech spending in 2015 will go to new projects, while almost twice that (48%) will go to ongoing operations and maintenance (1). AI addresses this imbalance at both SMB and enterprise levels, allowing IT staff to increase efficiency without headcount and empowering them to move beyond operations to innovation.
"SingleHop's AI is a great equalizer for organizations that don't have the resources to conduct day-to-day operations and to innovate simultaneously," said Phil Shih, managing director, Structure Research. "Its ability to securely manage services unilaterally across server and cloud environments adds real business value, taking into account the exponential growth of hybrid IT and cloud strategies while addressing an area of the market that is currently underserved."
With AI, IT staff have a simple, secure, streamlined way to monitor, manage, respond, schedule, delegate, or take immediate action on alerts, triggers or routine maintenance across all their servers with less effort and before issues escalate.
The task of patching 100 servers by hand, for example, is automated and replaced by a few clicks of a mouse. The comprehensive system view provided through AI's unified portal and its path to immediate action improve systems operations and decrease time drain for IT staff.
Automation that Delivers Actionable Intelligence
AI constantly monitors and assesses the health of the servers and their applications. It uses a predictive intelligence engine to evaluate and recommend actions and next steps through an "Action Items" tab that incorporates data from across the entire server ecosystem, in contrast to monitoring systems that provide alerts but no recommended fix or ability to address an issue.
Real-time, business intelligence consolidated in a single dashboard gives IT administrators comprehensive oversight of their servers at all times. Historical performance metrics at OS and application levels allow users to both fine tune their environments by creating threshold triggers on specific metrics and to identify where configuration optimizations are necessary.
"AI is game changing," said Jordan Jacobs, VP of products SingleHop. "All of the research we've seen supports that the vast majority of IT time and budget is allocated to keeping the lights on. With one tool, we can break that cycle. Imagine the productivity gains and reduced downtime achieved by IT professionals who have actionable intelligence at their fingertips across their entire server ecosystem through a single portal. It's an incredible leap forward in efficiency and economics."
Beginning today IT professionals who register at http://try.ai will have early access to the AI beta. The beta will help SingleHop rapidly collect feedback, make fixes, extend features and improve the user experience for the powerful tool.
Any Cloud. Any Provider.
Through SingleHop's patent-pending technologies, AI works securely on any server running Windows or Linux (CentOS/Red Hat) including:
- servers within AWS, Azure, and other public clouds
- bare metal servers hosted at third-party providers in addition to SingleHop
- virtual machines inside of on-premise deployments running OpenStack, Hyper-V or VMware
- colocated servers in any facility worldwide
Sample Use Case
An IT admin is responsible for managing 90 VMs spread across two public cloud providers. He also has a number of on-premise, physical servers, as well as a private cloud hosted in a colocation facility. He learns that a new zero-day exploit threatens an application running in several of his servers at multiple locations.
Before AI, in order to determine if servers were affected, the admin would have faced the labor-intensive task of individually logging into every server and assessing its vulnerability. Once the affected servers were identified, he would then need to manually install the requisite security patch one-by-one.
With AI's automation engine, however, the tedium and repetition is eliminated. The admin instantly sees a patch notification in his Action Item list that identifies the affected servers. With one click, he can simultaneously apply the patch system-wide, schedule it for later, assign the task to a team member or to one of SingleHop's certified engineers.
About SingleHop
SingleHop, a leading global provider of hosted IT infrastructure and cloud computing, brings together a unique combination of enterprise-class technologies from industry-leading vendors, and a proprietary automation engine, to deliver a customized cloud infrastructure experience for enterprises of all sizes. The company's powerful portal and award-winning automation platform make it simple to design and support the optimal cloud environment. Their service includes full life-cycle, white-glove support, instantly-scalable solutions, and comprehensive integrated security. SingleHop serves more than 5,500 customers in more than 124 countries with data centers across the United States and Europe.
(1) Forrester Research, "Forrester's Data Can Help CIOs Defend And Improve Tech Budgets," by Andrew Bartels with Peter Burris, Amanda LeClair, January 23, 2015, Updated February 10, 2015
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CONTACT: Anastasia Bullinger Director of Communications, SingleHop +1 312-386-6224 (office) +1 312-780-9051 (mobile)
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Yes Lifecycle Marketing Named a Strong Performer in Leading Independent Research Firm's Customer Insights Services Providers Report
Published: Wednesday, November 11, 2015 | By: GlobalNewswireCHICAGO, Nov. 11, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Yes Lifecycle Marketing, an Infogroup company and multichannel marketing solutions provider, today announced they were named a Strong Performer in The Forrester Wave™: Customer Insights Services Providers, Q4 2015.
Yes Lifecycle Marketing, evaluted by Forrester Research, is a firm that provides, via professional services, the customer insights and support marketers, and their insights teams, need to stay competitive in the age of the customer. Yes Lifecycle Marketing is named a Strong Performer in support of both Marketing Database Operations and Customer Engagement Strategy buying scenarios for customer insights services.
"Yes Lifecycle Marketing is very pleased to be included in the Forrester Wave Customer Insights Services Providers Q4 2015 evaluation," said Michael Fisher, President, Yes Lifecycle Marketing. "I believe we were recognized for the range of offerings we bring to market and, most importantly, the results we deliver for our clients."
Yes Lifecycle Marketing was among the top ranked vendors in the following categories:- Data Assets
- Data Integration
- Reporting
- Client Satisfaction
- Account Management
- Strength of Management Team
"Propelled by the success of new database client acquisitions and with client satisfaction the number one priority, Yes Lifecycle Marketing continues to organically grow and expand their capabilities for marketing strategy and database technologies," said Mike Iaccarino, CEO and Chairman, Infogroup. "This current trajectory is led by innovation and driven by results that solve the needs of our clients."
About Yes Lifecycle Marketing
Yes Lifecycle Marketing provides solutions that orchestrate cross-channel marketing communications to drive results and revenue. This is accomplished by leveraging technology, data, analytics, creative, and strategy to activate and optimize insights-driven, real-time, relevant communications. This holistic approach gives marketers the ability to source a full-service offering of best-of-breed technology and solutions from a single vendor in order to achieve their desired outcomes across all on and offline channels. To learn more, call 1-877-937-6245, email sales@yeslifecyclemarketing.com or visit www.yeslifecyclemarketing.com.
About Infogroup
Infogroup is a marketing services and analytics provider that delivers best in class data-driven customer-centric technology solutions. Our data and software-as-a-service (DaaS & SaaS) offerings help clients of all sizes, from small companies to FORTUNE 100TM enterprises, increase their sales and customer loyalty. Infogroup provides both digital and traditional marketing channel expertise that is enhanced by access to our proprietary data on 235MM individuals and 24MM businesses, which is distributed real-time to our clients. For more information, visit: www.infogroup.com.CONTACT: Sarah Dietze Phone: 312-241-1471 E-mail: sarah.dietze@walkersands.com
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Bit9 + Carbon Black and SANS Name Experts to Board of Advisors for Industry's First Threat Hunting & Incident Response Summit
Published: Wednesday, November 11, 2015 | By: GlobalNewswireWALTHAM, Mass., Nov. 11, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bit9® + Carbon Black®, the leader in Next-Generation Endpoint Security, today announced the appointment of five members to the board advisors for the industry's first Threat Hunting & Incident Response (THIR) Summit, Bit9 + Carbon Black and SANS co-founded.
The inaugural event will be held April 12-13, 2016, in New Orleans, with SANS training available from April 14-19. CPE credits are available. Bit9 + Carbon Black is an advisory partner to SANS for the development of the curriculum.
The Board of Advisors for the Summit represents a new generation of cyber-security thought leaders from major organizations who have established their credentials as visionaries in the fight against cyber attackers. The board is composed of:
Heather Adkins – Information Security Manager, Google
Ben Johnson – Chief Security Strategist, Bit9 + Carbon Black
Jesse Kornblum – Network Security Engineer, Facebook
Rob Lee – Digital Forensics and Incident Response Lead, SANS Institute
Bamm Visscher – Manager, CIRT, General Motors
"We've assembled a 'dream team' of security professionals for the THIR board of advisors, and I'm honored to be a member," said Johnson. "This is a must-attend event for every IR professional who is eager to learn how to go on the offensive and start hunting down and destroying threats, before the damage is done."
The Threat Hunting & Incident Response Summit will focus on specific hunting and incident response techniques and capabilities that security professionals can use to identify, contain, and eliminate adversaries targeting their organizations. Topics will include:- Adversary hunting
- Threat containment
- Effective remediation and threat elimination planning
- Proactive digital forensics
- Enterprise network and host monitoring
- Threat intelligence utilization and usefulness
- Incident response team operations and management
Click here for more information and to register for the summit.
About Bit9 + Carbon Black
Bit9 + Carbon Black is the market leader in Next-Generation Endpoint Security. We have sold more licenses, have more experience, and more customers than any other NGES company because our solution is the most effective way to prevent, detect and respond to advanced threats that target users, servers, and fixed-function devices. That's why more than 60 MSSP and IR leaders, including Dell SecureWorks, EY, Optiv and Solutionary, have chosen our technology as a key component of their security offerings, and 25 of the Fortune 100 rely on us as a critical element of their advanced threat defense and compliance strategies. By the end of 2015, we expect to achieve 7 million+ software licenses sold, and almost 2,000 customers worldwide. We were voted Best Endpoint Protection by security professionals in the SANS Institute's Best of 2014 Awards, and a 2015 SANS survey found that 68 percent of IR professionals are using or evaluating Carbon Black.
Bit9 and Carbon Black are registered trademarks of Bit9, Inc. All other company or product names may be the trademarks of their respective owners.CONTACT: Kevin Flanagan Bit9 + Carbon Black +1 781-856-2589 kflanagan@bit9.com
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Western Municipal Water District - CA Selects Sedaru Enterprise:
Published: Wednesday, November 11, 2015 | By: GlobalNewswireARCADIA, Calif., Nov. 11, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IDModeling, Inc., the leading global provider of smart water network software and services, has deployed its flagship smart water enterprise software, Sedaru, for Western Municipal Water District (WMWD, or District) of Riverside County, California. The industry's real-time analytics platform to connect organizational data, systems, and users across the water/wastewater enterprise, Sedaru creates and distributes hydraulic, asset and operational intelligence so utilities can anticipate operations, understand impacts, and solve problems for outage, energy, quality, water resource and asset management initiatives.
The District has selected Sedaru enterprise across its water, sewer, and recycled water systems; unifying people and data across disparate infrastructure and information systems. WMWD will use Sedaru to connect, automate, and enable field crew field data collection, while expanding the District's access to Hansen/Infor asset management system data. The District will now be able to track, trend, monitor, and report on critical institutional knowledge in real-time, within Sedaru's turnkey, integrated operating platform for maintenance and operational decision support.
WMWD delivers water on both a wholesale and retail basis to a total population of approximately 880,000 people, and will use Sedaru's real-time analytics to instantly collect and apply analyzed, role-based data to prioritize asset management and system maintenance programs while enhancing operations and customer service. With Sedaru, the District will benefit from streamlined asset management, improved communication, real-time incident response & tracking, and optimization strategies through integrated operational & situational awareness.
"We are impressed with the power and flexibility of Sedaru, the value of the insights it has provided us during our pilot project, the adoption rate of Sedaru by our office and field staff, and the excitement it has generated in our team to improve our business processes", said Robert Conrad, Application Specialist for WMWD, "The Sedaru team's service, expertise, and thoroughness give us a high degree of comfort that we are in good hands as we expand across our enterprise."
"The WMWD team completed a thorough due diligence process to evaluate Sedaru, and confirmed that it was the smart water platform that best met their needs to connect and unlock their critical systems within one unified, connected experience," said Paul Hauffen, IDModeling's President and CEO. "We're very excited to support the District by deploying Sedaru to help optimize their distribution system and to intelligently connect their entire enterprise."
About IDModeling, Inc.: Sedaru is the leading smart water enterprise software and provider of predictive analytics content for the smart water industry. Sedaru propels the internet of things to prepare water/wastewater utilities for their mission critical tasks and to take control of what happens next™. Sedaru saves failing infrastructure, reduces water loss and energy costs, enables compliance, and powers informed decisions across the utility enterprise. To learn more, please call (626) 244-0700, email: info@idmodeling.com, or visit: www.sedaru.com.A photo accompanying this release is available at: http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=37534
CONTACT: Paul Haffen: (626) 244-0700
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Paladin Data Systems announces City of Hialeah Garden, Florida as newest SMARTGov customer
Published: Thursday, November 12, 2015 | By: GlobalNewswirePOULSBO, Wash., Nov. 12, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Paladin Data Systems announced today that the City of Hialeah Gardens, Florida is its newest SMARTGov customer. SMARTGov, Paladin's community development software solution, manages the full lifecycle of permits, inspections, licenses, and code enforcement activities for jurisdictions.
Paladin will implement its cloud-based technology at Hialeah Gardens to track all aspects of zoning and codes, including permit issuance, inspections, code enforcement, and all recurring licenses.
"The City of Hialeah Gardens is looking forward to working with Paladin Data System to streamline our permitting process through the implementation of SMARTGov software," said Mirtha Gonzales, the city's chief zoning official. "We were very impressed by the system's ease of use, and we look forward to an improved permitting process that comes with outstanding training and technical support. We think our citizens and business owners will embrace SMARTGov as well."
Hialeah Gardens officials decided upon SMARTGov in part after a 30-day free trial of the SMARTGov product. The move to SMARTGov is an upgrade from the city's current community development software, CRW Systems, Inc.. In June, CRW was acquired by SunGuard, one of the world's leading financial software companies.
"Naturally, we're pleased that Hialeah Gardens, Fla., has selected SMARTGov to meet its permitting needs," said Jeff Pavey, Paladin business development executive. "SMARTGov's cloud delivery model will minimize IT requirements, while supporting robust features designed to reduce processing time and support public engagement. It's a win for the city and its citizens."
Hialeah Gardens is yet another SMARTGov customer to convert from the 30-Day Trial Program. With the trial, organizations have a fully-functioning system using pre-developed data that can be manipulated to experience the robust feature set of SMARTGov software at no charge to help jurisdictions more easily evaluate how this technology can create value for their city or county.
Hialeah Gardens is a city in Miami-Dade County at the southern tip of Florida. With a population of more than 20,000, the municipality is located close to Okeechobee Road (U.S. Route 27/State Road 25) and the Palmetto Expressway (State Road 826), affording Hialeah Gardens the opportunity to become one of the fastest growing cities in the county.
About SMARTGov
SMARTGov is a Web-based software application developed by Paladin Data Systems to support community development functions including permitting, planning, inspections, code enforcement, licenses, fees, parcels, contractors and many others. SMARTGov is configurable, flexible, and interactive. It allows community development users the ability to prioritize projects, manage workflow, communicate with other departments, and work more efficiently. While typically deployed as a cloud-based service, SMARTGov can be deployed on-premise and gives both citizens and jurisdiction staff access to project data on the web 24/7. Paladin offers a 30-day trial of SMARTGov software at no cost or obligation.
About Paladin Data Systems Corporation
Winner of numerous prestigious awards that include Top DoD Program Award, Paladin Data Systems has developed a suite of cloud-based software products serving a wide-range of government agencies across all 50 states and six territories. Paladin's national presence spans a diverse customer base including U.S. federal, state and local governments, state departments, regional transportation agencies, defense contractors and police departments. Paladin also provides software services such as interface development, implementation, database administration, and project management for numerous industries in both the public and private sector. For more information about Paladin Data Systems and the full suite of products available, please visit http://www.PaladinData.com.
CONTACT: Chris Andersen Marketing Manager Paladin Data Systems 19362 Powder Hill Place NE Poulsbo, WA 98370 360.394.3233
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Videotel’s Maritime Training Programs Now Deployed on More Than 12,000 Vessels Worldwide
Published: Wednesday, November 11, 2015 | By: GlobalNewswireThe e-Learning maritime training pacesetter reaches several new milestones as vessel operators continue to invest in crew training despite a tough economic climate
MIDDLETOWN, R.I. and LONDON, Nov. 11, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- VideotelTM, the leading international provider of e-Learning maritime training and software solutions and a company of KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq:KVHI), announced today that its training solutions are now in use on more than 12,000 vessels worldwide, with more than 300 new vessels having joined in the third quarter of 2015 alone. A further milestone reached by the award-winning training-program producer is that Videotel has recorded more than 10 million training events in recent years.
In addition, Videotel has recently secured the business of a fleet of 24 vessels from a new offshore vessel client based in the Far East who, despite the current economic downturn, believes good training is absolutely essential for the safe operation of its fleet.
“We are truly pleased that our company is continuing to grow despite very tough market conditions out there today,” says Nigel Cleave, CEO of Videotel. “It once again reaffirms that by producing quality products that meet the training needs of the maritime market, responsible ship owners and ship management companies will invest in their staff to ensure they are properly trained to carry out their duties safely.”
Videotel’s success over the years is due in part to its efforts to continually expand its delivery platforms to meet the needs of the maritime industry. For example, Videotel’s Basic Training Package of 20 essential maritime training programs is now available with the IP-MobileCastTM content delivery service, and through an agreement with Inmarsat.
Videotel is showcasing its comprehensive range of training solutions for the maritime industry at the CrewConnect Global Manning & Training Conference, at the Hotel Sofitel in Manila, through November 13.
Earlier this year, Videotel received the highly acclaimed Golden Reel Award from the Media Communications Association-International (MCA-I) in recognition of a training video that Videotel created for ExxonMobil Marine. Videotel has received nearly 100 awards for its training programs and software in recent years.
Videotel recently launched the new print edition of its training catalogue, STCW Maritime Training Catalogue 2015-2017, detailing the complete Videotel selection of 950 new and updated titles available in a range of formats. Videotel’s computer-based training (CBT) programmes are included, an area that boasts an impressive 500+ e-Learning courses, more than twice the number of CBTs offered by competitors. Also launched at the same time was the latest Videotel on Demand (VOD) release, which includes a total of 59 e-Learning courses – 37 new, 22 updated – to meet current seafarer training needs.
Note to Editors: Please visit the Videotel website, www.videotel.com, for more information about Videotel’s training packages. Please visit the IP-MobileCast website, www.ipmobilecast.com, for more information about KVH’s content delivery services.
About KVH Industries, Inc.
KVH Industries is a leading provider of in-motion satellite TV and communications systems, having designed, manufactured, and sold more than 175,000 mobile satellite antennas for applications on vessels, vehicles, and aircraft. KVH is also a leading news, music, and entertainment content provider to many industries including maritime, retail, and leisure. Videotel, a KVH company, is the market-leading provider of training films, computer-based training, e-Learning and software solutions. KVH is based in Middletown, RI, with research, development, and manufacturing operations in Middletown, RI, and Tinley Park, IL. The company’s global presence includes offices in Belgium, Brazil, Cyprus, Denmark, Hong Kong, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, and the United Kingdom.
KVH, Videotel, and IP-MobileCast are trademarks of KVH Industries, Inc.
CONTACT: Jill Connors, Media & Communications ManagerKVH Industries, Inc.Tel: +1 401-851-3824jconnors@kvh.comorPhil Page, Elaborate CommunicationsTel: +44 (0) 1296 682104ppage@elabor8.co.uk
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Mad Catz(R) Announces The TRITTON(TM) Katana(TM) HD 7.1 Wireless Headset for Gaming Consoles, PC, Smart Devices and HDMI(TM) Audio Sources
Published: Thursday, November 12, 2015 | By: GlobalNewswireSAN DIEGO, Nov. 12, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. ("Mad Catz") (NYSE MKT:MCZ) (TSX:MCZ) announced today the TRITTON™ Katana™ HD 7.1 Wireless Headset, a revolutionary new gaming headset and the world's first to draw its audio signal directly through HDMI to deliver eight channels of uncompressed sound for pure high definition audio quality. With near-universal compatibility across today's gaming consoles, PCs and smart devices, the Katana HD features state-of-the-art DTS Headphone:X™ audio technology that faithfully recreates the spatially accurate immersive sound experience from your favorite game. Whether your enemies are flanking or surrounding, you will hear them before you see them. Headphone:X technology allows gamers to immerse themselves in games, movies and music, as if they were actually there.
The Company also announced today that the TRITTON™ Katana™ HD 7.1 Wireless Headset received the distinguished CES 2016 Innovations Award Honoree for outstanding design and engineering in Gaming and Virtual Reality and will be featured during CES 2016 at Innovation Awards Showcase.
Designed as the new flagship in the TRITTON high performance gaming audio range, the Katana HD provides gamers with unparalleled audio immersion via oversized 50 mm drivers and crystal clear interference-free chat through an omnidirectional boom mic. Featuring Selectable Voice Monitoring (SVM), the removable and adjustable mic is designed to pick up only the designated audio sources and either delete or enhance the gamer's voice. Fully wireless chat is a reality on Katana HD if playing on PS4™, PS3™, or PC, and when playing on Xbox One, a pass-through port is ready to accept the included 3.5mm to 3.5mm chat cable.
"Providing gamers with first-to-market audio technology and an immersive sound experience via DTS Headphone:X technology, the wireless Katana HD delivers unrivaled sound quality to today's passionate gamer," said Darren Richardson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Mad Catz. "With a focus on multiplatform accessibility, personalization and chat options, we feel that Katana HD has the ideal combination of new technology and high-end features to stand out from the competition and make a significant contribution to our audio category sales."
For additional information on the TRITTON Katana 7.1 HD Wireless Headset please visit:
http://store.madcatz.com/Tritton-Katana-7-1-HD-Wireless-Surround-Headset-for-Consoles
About Mad Catz
Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. ("Mad Catz") (NYSE MKT:MCZ) (TSX: MCZ) is a global provider of innovative interactive entertainment products marketed under its Mad Catz® (gaming), Tritton® (audio), and Saitek® (simulation) brands. Mad Catz products cater to passionate gamers across multiple platforms including in-home gaming consoles, handheld gaming consoles, Windows® PC and Mac® computers, smart phones, tablets and other mobile devices. Mad Catz distributes its products through its online store as well as distribution via many leading retailers around the globe. Headquartered in San Diego, California, Mad Catz maintains offices in Europe and Asia. For additional information about Mad Catz and its products, please visit the Company's website at www.madcatz.com
About DTS, Inc.
Since 1993, DTS, Inc. (Nasdaq: DTSI) has been dedicated to making the world sound better. Through its pioneering audio solutions for mobile devices, home theater systems, cinema and beyond, DTS provides incredibly high-quality, immersive and engaging audio experiences to listeners everywhere. DTS technology is integrated in more than two billion devices globally, and the world's leading video and music streaming services are increasingly choosing DTS to deliver premium sound to their listeners' network-connected devices. For more information, please visit www.dts.com.
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Texas School District, West Orange-Cove Selects Quadrant 4's Education Exchange -- Empowered Solutions for Its Analytics, Instructional Improvement and Intervention Pilot Program
Published: Thursday, November 12, 2015 | By: GlobalNewswireSCHAUMBURG, Ill., Nov. 12, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Quadrant 4 System Corporation (QFOR) ("Quadrant 4" or the "Company") a leading technology company offering state-of-the art SaaS (Software as a Service) and PaaS (Platform as a Service) based Exchange Solutions today announces it has been selected by West Orange-Cove CISD, TX, www.woccisd.net to participate in a pilot program deploying Quadrant 4's Empowered Solutions Education Exchange. The Exchange is powered by QEDIX (Quadrant Ed Info Exchange) and utilizes Quadrant 4's Social, Mobile, Analytics, and Cloud (SMAC) architecture.
Under the leadership of Superintendent Mr. Rickie Harris, West Orange-Cove CISD is located in Southeast Texas, and serves five campuses and a population of approximately 2,400 students. The district will partner with Quadrant 4 in deploying the Empowered Solutions Exchange to build an integrated solution that bridges the many data sources used by the school district. The pilot of the Empowered Solution Exchange will go through numerous phases and is scheduled to commence Nov 2nd, 2015. Quadrant 4 will be engaged in the pilot program through the end of the current school year ending in 2016.
Mr. Harris, Superintendent West Orange-Cove explained "We were looking for the most efficient and effective way to review information from our many data sources. The Empowered Solution Exchange's unique approach will let our staff make informed decisions, utilizing the system's dashboards on numerous aspects of administration and instructional improvements."
Dr. Silvia Martinez, Asst. Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction continued, "We believe that The Empowered Solution's instructional improvement platform and deep analytics will provide significant improvement to instruction and Intervention. Combined with Quadrant 4's Brainchild Achiever program, we will have the potential to provide students with tailored intervention exercises that we believe will help them show consistent improvement in their understanding of the subjects they are studying."
Quadrant 4 Chief Executive Officer Dr. Nandu Thondavadi explained, "The Education Exchange is a cloud based scalable platform that provides connected tools to deliver a personalized and adaptive educational experience to individuals of all ages. We are happy to be working with the West Orange-Cove and believe that the results will significantly aide our sales and marketing teams who are already selling into thirteen southern states including Texas, Florida, Georgia and North Carolina."
About West Orange-Cove:
West Orange - Cove CISD is located in Orange, Texas and educates the children in the communities of Orange, Pinehurst, and West Orange. Approximately 2,400 students attend our five campuses. In partnership with our community, our mission is to transform lives through an exceptional educational experience. We believe:
- That families are an integral part of the education process.
- In our tradition of excellence.
- That diversity is valued.
- That learning should be our highest priority.
- That faith is the foundation of our community.
- That teachers are foundational to student success.
WOCCISD offers open enrollment and is rated met standard by the Texas Education. "Empowering lives through excellence every day!"
About Quadrant 4 System Corporation Quadrant 4 System Corporation is a SMAC (Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud) technology company offering state-of-the art SaaS (Software as a Service) and PaaS (Platform as a Service) based Exchange Solutions in Healthcare (QHIX), Education (QEDIX) and Media (QBLITZ). Quadrant 4's highly scalable vertical cloud platforms coupled with our Global Professional Services organization provide our clients with a competitive advantage in the marketplace. Please visit www.qfor.com for more information.
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CONTACT: Raymond A. Catroppa, CFA raymond.catroppa@qfor.com Quadrant 4 System Corporation +1 (917) 363-1448
