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  • TubeMogul Launches Industry's First Automated Cross-Screen Planning Software

    Published: Friday, November 6, 2015 | By: GlobalNewswire

    EMERYVILLE, Calif., Nov. 6, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, TubeMogul (NASDAQ:TUBE), a leading enterprise software company for brand advertising, announced the launch of its new cross-screen planning technology. The first-of-its-kind software allows marketers to plan ad buys to deduplicate their target audience across both traditional TV as well as digital channels, drastically improving upon previous solutions that only accounted for audiences on digital-only desktop and mobile devices.

    The cross-screen planning software ingests a marketers' existing TV plan, and a combination of data sets, to determine optimal inventory mix and budget allocations, and provide the specific networks, sites and mobile applications necessary for a more efficient campaign. The planning software is integrated directly into TubeMogul's existing media buying platform, allowing seamless execution across all campaign phases. By unifying the planning technology with the media buying and reporting software, advertisers can find the most efficient media while retaining full transparency and control over exposure frequency, economics and performance.

    As a result, marketers will markedly improve operational efficiency through streamlined workflow in addition to potentially saving millions of dollars that would have otherwise been misallocated or entirely wasted. Marketers can also onboard their first-party CRM data into the cross-screen planning software to further amplify targeting.

    The planning software was developed in response to the increasing fragmentation in devices and consumption methods over the last five years. Many current cross-screen solutions address only desktop and mobile, and fail to incorporate the channel that occupies the biggest portion of brand advertising budgets: television. TubeMogul's new planning technology was built specifically to not only directly supplement marketers' existing TV plans, but also provide them the flexibility to create digital-only plans as well. The tool will become a primary pillar of the TubeMogul platform and act as the foundation upon which future product offerings are built; ad formats encompassed within the software include desktop video, mobile, linear TV, addressable TV and video-on-demand (VOD) TV.

    "Our new cross-screen planner is the natural progression of our mission to help marketers automate and simplify every facet of their brand advertising initiatives," said Brett Wilson, TubeMogul's CEO & co-founder. "By putting TV, which is still the centerpiece for many marketers' campaigns, at the software's core, we've built a solution that adds significant value to brand advertisers' most important medium."

    "The industry has been talking about the synergies between TV and online video for years. Finally, we have a tool that brings this long-awaited vision to life," said Vic Walia, Senior Director, Brand Marketing, Expedia. "Gone are the days of stitching together online and offline plans months after a campaign actually ran – TubeMogul's planning tool empowers us to create TV extension plans in real time."

    "Rather than touting out the cliché 'you're buying too much TV,' TubeMogul is taking a more constructive approach by taking a media plan as it is and then leveraging data to find unreached viewers across TV, tablets and smartphones. We're excited to leverage this product," said Eva Feger, Associate Communications Strategy Director, Generator Media.

    "TubeMogul's cross-screen planner is promising because it takes the common refrain -- you're missing part of your audience with your TV buy -- and turns it into action, with a data-driven plan to build additional reach," said Steve Parker Jr., CEO & co-founder, Levelwing.

    "The big challenge in the multi-screen world is understanding how your customers move between devices, and making sure you're speaking with them in a consistent way that minimizes waste," said Karel Wegert, Vice-President, Digital Media Systems, Media Experts. "This new cross-screen tool from TubeMogul promises to help identify hard to reach, high value audiences that might not watch TV, and delivers actionable insights that can help drive media efficiency."

    "Taking a screen-agnostic approach in advertising is crucial in a world where viewership is so fragmented, but realizing that vision is often easier said than done," said Matt Cote, Vice President Video Innovation, Eicoff. "TubeMogul's cross-screen planner helps by starting where we do -- TV -- and builds a plan to reach additional viewers in an automated, data-driven way."

    The cross-screen planner will initially be available to TubeMogul's U.S. clients. For more information, please contact sales@tubemogul.com or visit: https://www.tubemogul.com/cross-channel-advertising

    About TubeMogul

    TubeMogul (NASDAQ:TUBE) is an enterprise software company for brand advertising. By reducing complexity, improving transparency and leveraging real-time data, our platform enables advertisers to gain greater control of their global advertising spend and achieve their brand advertising objectives. TubeMogul was incorporated in 2007 and is based in Emeryville, California with operations in Kyiv, London, Mexico City, New York, Paris, Sao Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, Toronto and offices across the United States.

    TubeMogul and the TubeMogul logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of TubeMogul, Inc. in the United States and other countries.

    CONTACT: Media Contact: David Burch press@tubemogul.com Investor Relations Contact: Alex Wellins The Blueshirt Group investor@tubemogul.com

  • Eight new companies begin Innosphere's incubation program for technology startups

    Published: Friday, November 6, 2015 | By: GlobalNewswire

    FORT COLLINS, Colo., Nov. 6, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Innosphere is excited to announce that eight new client companies have been accepted into Innosphere's incubation program, and have just begun attending the initial exclusive training sessions. Innosphere client companies receive customized development plans, learn from other founders and experienced advisors, and receive ongoing support to ensure they have the know-how to raise the right kind of capital, and have all the resources to exponentially grow.

    One entrepreneur who recently entered the program is Rod Nuss, founder and COO of ValidCare, a digital healthcare and services company focused on solving real problems for the healthcare industry around surgical episode management. A "surgical episode" starts when a patient elects surgery and concludes when they achieve total recovery. "ValidCare is more than just a cloud-based software solution. It also aligns hospital, surgeon, and patient incentives to improve the cost, quality, and patient experience outcomes associated with surgical care coordination," said Mike Freeman, Innosphere CEO. "The costs associated with readmissions from just knee and hip replacements alone is a huge problem in healthcare. ValidCare helps reduce readmissions through improved patient-caregiver communication in real time throughout the recovery process. We are excited to be supporting a company that is helping hospitals thrive with value-based care."

    "The Innosphere program has already been a great experience," said Nuss. "We want to link with the growing healthcare startup community in Colorado, and Innosphere is a leader in fostering that growth and building that community."

    Innosphere is currently supporting 40 Client Companies with another 2 companies in pre-client status, along with 3 Colorado State University student startup companies.

    The new eight Innosphere Client Companies include:

    • ValidCare (Centennial, CO) ValidCare is a digital healthcare company focused on improving the surgical episode of care. Their customers are network participants who are pioneering the transformation to value-based care, and ValidCare helps their customers improve their financial, operational, and patient health by: communicating via their HIPAA compliant, cloud-based communication platform; delivering real-time education, reminders, alerts and patient-reported outcomes; and Implementing ValidCare alignment services to facilitate the adoption of value-based care models. www.validcare.com
    • MyChoiceMD (Fort Collins) Whether it is because they are uninsured or are on a medical plan with a high-deductible, more and more people are paying cash for routine medical care. MyChoiceMD puts the power of choice back in the hands of the consumer. You will see up-front pricing that can save you as much as 40%. And you know the price of your visit before you go! Book and pay for your appointment in one easy process with the MyChoiceMD platform, which now also includes Associates in Family Medicine and Harmony Imaging. www.mychoicemd.co
    • Allergy Solutions (Erie, CO) Allergy Solutions brings long-term relief for allergy sufferers and improves financial health for our client doctors and companies through proven-safe and effective allergy-care services. www.allergysolutionsinc.com
    • FluoroFinder (Broomfield, CO) FluoroFinder is a cloud-based experiment design tool, that enables scientists to select the best fluorochromes for their medical research experiments, and the find who sells them. Trusted in over 160 US medical research institutions, FluoroFinder is accelerating their research initiatives in the field of Cancer, HIV, Multiple Sclerosis, and other diseases. FluoroFinder's technologies save thousands of days - and millions of dollars - for research institutions every year, by turning a manual task of hours or days to just minutes. https://fluorofinder.com/
    • Mother's Milk Is Best (Fort Collins, CO) MMIB was founded with the goal of improving feeding options for premature babies. They have developed a medical device for concentrating mother's milk and maximizing bioactive factors in it. MMIB exists because one in eight babies is born prematurely in the United States. These tiny babies must begin life fighting to survive, and have immature organs which cannot process the large volume of milk necessary for growth so they need their milk to be fortified or concentrated. www.mothersmilkisbest.com
    • SimpliOpus (Colorado Springs, CO) SimpliOpus solves a problem every sales leader faces: consistent sales execution by every seller.  With only 20% of sales teams reaching quota and close rates below 30%, it's a universal challenge. SimpliOpus is a cloud platform that simplifies and automates any Value Based Sales process. It integrates with Salesforce to provide consistent sales execution. It includes: Account Planning, Executive Sponsorship, Automated Discovery, Financial Modeling and Business Case creation. SimpliOpus enables sellers to show the business and financial impact of their offering. Taking mere mortal salespeople and turning them into sales rock stars.
    • ResourceX (Denver, CO) Resource Exploration (ResourceX) is a fiscal analytics software venture, providing advanced technology for resource allocation solutions. Our software provides comprehensive analytics to understand an organization's financial, human, and physical resources. Compared to competitors, ResourceX stands out for two things. First, its unique underlying processes of program inventory identification, program costing, and priority based budgeting. This process has a proven track record supported by our work with over 100 local governments across North America. Our second differentiator is we have combined that experience with the power of a user friendly interface. The software of ResourceX reaches well outside local governments and applies to private sector industries, including education, real estate and healthcare. www.ResourceX.net
    • The Food Corridor (Fort Collins, CO) Post your kitchen space. Find your cooking place. The Food Corridor is a food hub connecting commercial kitchen space with food businesses. They are the first online marketplace for food businesses to find and book commercial kitchens. Concurrently, commercial kitchen owners can more effectively utilize their assets, providing additional revenue streams to schools, food banks, churches, restaurants, and more. www.thefoodcorridor.com

    Applications now open for next cohort of startups

    High-tech small businesses and startups can apply now to join Innosphere's incubation program that will begin in January 2016. Innosphere reviews applicant companies three times a year. Once accepted into the program, Innosphere's exclusive onboarding process allows companies to attend valuable sessions to help scale their business. Please visit www.innosphere.org/apply to submit an application to be a part of the first company cohort of 2016. Deadline to apply is December 11.

    For more information contact Innosphere CEO, Mike Freeman, at Mike@innosphere.org or 970.818.7736.

    About Innosphere

    Innosphere is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that supports entrepreneurs building high-growth and high-tech companies in the industries of energy and advanced materials, digital health innovations, biosciences, and software/hardware. Innosphere works with these startups and small businesses through their validation, startup, and growth stages. Innosphere prides themselves on the work they do to understand each company's specific needs in order to better customize a high-performance plan for each company based on capital, talent and growth strategies. Companies learn from other founders and experienced advisors, and receive ongoing support to ensure they have the know-how to raise the right kind of capital, and have all the resources to exponentially grow. Headquartered in Fort Collins, CO, Innosphere has multiple office locations across the state to better serve entrepreneurs.

    CONTACT: Mike Freeman, Innosphere CEO (970) 818.7736 | Mike@innosphere.org

  • Concurrent Technologies Corporation's Dom Glavach to Participate on FABTECH Panel "Enterprise Security Risks: Is Your Company Protected?"

    Published: Friday, November 6, 2015 | By: GlobalNewswire

    JOHNSTOWN, Pa., Nov. 6, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Concurrent Technologies Corporation's (CTC's) Dom Glavach, Chief Information Security Officer and Senior Principal Information Systems Security Engineer, will be participating on a panel at FABTECH 2015, North America's largest metal forming, fabricating, welding and finishing event. Over 40,000 people attend the event to see the latest industry products and developments, discover new solutions, and find the tools to improve productivity. FABTECH 2015 will take place November 9-12, 2015, in Chicago, Illinois.

    Dom will be participating on the expert panel for the "Enterprise Security Risks: Is Your Company Protected?" session, which takes place on Tuesday, November 10. The threat of enterprise security breaches and compromises has become one of business' greatest – and most unpredictable – risk factors. An increasing number of companies are falling victim to internal and external threats, and the manufacturing industry is no exception. This session offers a comprehensive look at the current threats manufacturers face, the security vulnerabilities they exploit, and the potential impact on an organization. The panel will discuss the latest technologies available to protect a company's valuable information and how to develop a security strategy.

    Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC) is an independent, nonprofit, applied scientific research and development professional services organization. Together with our affiliates, we leverage research, development, test and evaluation work to provide transformative, full lifecycle solutions. To best serve our clients' needs, we offer the complete ability to fully design, develop, test, prototype, and build. We support our clients' core mission objectives with customized solutions and strive to exceed expectations. CTC has been named one of the World's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere Institute, the global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices. In addition, CTC has been named a Best for Vets Employer by Military Times. For more information about CTC, visit www.ctc.com.

    CONTACT: Media Contact: Mary Bevan 814-269-2490 or bevanm@ctc.com

  • Tracx Appoints Eric Berkowitz SVP Global Services and Adi Kleiman SVP Product

    Published: Friday, November 6, 2015 | By: GlobalNewswire

    NEW YORK, Nov. 6, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tracx Inc., the leading social business cloud for enterprises, today announced the appointment of Eric Berkowitz as Senior Vice President of Global Services, and Adi Kleiman as Senior Vice President of Product. Berkowitz will oversee the expansion of Tracx's global services team and efforts, while Kleiman will be managing the development and roadmap of Tracx's social business management platform. Both will report directly to Rick Rudman, Chief Executive Officer at Tracx.

    "The appointment of Eric Berkowitz and Adi Kleiman to their new roles represents Tracx's continued growth and maturation as we solidify ourselves as the leading social business solution on the market," said Rick Rudman. "As we continue to expand our global customer base and develop our software to better serve the needs of those customers, both Eric and Adi will act as critical members of the executive team that will assure Tracx is providing the most relevant and highest quality services and solutions possible."

    Eric Berkowitz brings with him extensive expertise in social technologies and how organizations can best benefit from working with social data. Prior to his arrival at Tracx in 2012 he served as Manager of Agency Partnerships at Visible Technologies where he worked directly with brands looking to get the most out of their social media efforts and investments. Since joining Tracx, Eric has applied his skills in various roles including Senior Product Manager, VP Sales Engineering, and VP Solutions Engineering.

    Adi Kleiman brings a proven track record of groundbreaking product and software development to her new role as SVP of Product, as she spent nearly five years as a Senior Product Manager at SAP before joining Tracx in 2012. Since 2014, Kleiman has served as VP of Product for Tracx, gaining familiarity with the intricacies of the platform and shaping the future of the solution and company by defining, directing and overseeing execution of the product roadmap.

    "I couldn't be more excited about what the future holds for Tracx," said Adi Kleiman. "I've witnessed firsthand the tremendous growth that we have gone through since opening our US headquarters, and now we are better positioned than ever to not only build the best social business solution on the market, but to foster a global company that services customers around the world as well."

    About Tracx

    Tracx is the leading social business cloud empowering enterprises to build their brand, attract new customers, service existing ones and connect with other key audiences in the social-enabled world. The solution analyzes and refines mass amounts of geographic, demographic and psychographic data from across the social web to deliver deep insights into customers, competitors and influencers. It then makes those insights actionable through its contextually driven Social Recommendation Engine, enabling smarter interactions that deliver meaningful business results. The world's most respected and leading brands such as BMW, Kraft Foods, and Rolex rely on Tracx to identify and target audiences, improve planning, enhance monitoring and effectively engage consumers. Tracx is headquartered in New York City with offices in Tel Aviv and London. For more information, visit http://www.tracx.com.
     
     

    CONTACT: Amy Inlow 203-829-5652 amy@tracx.com

  • PROLIM has been selected as a winner of the 2015 Dallas 100™ Awards

    Published: Friday, November 6, 2015 | By: GlobalNewswire

    Plano, TX, Nov. 06, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PROLIM is recognized in Dallas-100 List of fastest growing privately held companies in Dallas Area.  PROLIM is ranked 12 among the top 100 list of fastest growing, most dynamic privately held companies in the Dallas Area.

    The announcement came at the annual SMU Cox Dallas 100™ Awards Ceremony and Banquet Wednesday, Nov. 4, at the Omni Hotel, Dallas Convention Center, 555 South Lamar Street, Dallas, Texas.

    Dallas 100™, co-founded by the Caruth Institute, honors the ingenuity, commitment and perseverance of the fastest-growing privately held entrepreneurial businesses in the Dallas area. According to Caruth Institute data, this year’s winning companies collectively generated $3.6 billion in sales in 2014, and grew at an average annual growth rate of 91 percent per year for each of the last three years. 

    The Dallas 100™, presented by the Caruth Institute at SMU Cox, was sponsored this year by  Avison Young; BKD LLP; CARR Intellectual Property Law; The CFO Suite; The Dallas Business Journal; Evos Financial; Executive Press; KRLD 1080 News Radio; and Texas Capital Bank. The event recognizes privately held corporations, proprietorships or partnerships headquartered in the Dallas area that often don’t get attention, but which have created jobs and generated wealth for their founders and employees and enhanced the area economy.

    “We have an exciting year,” Prabhu Patil, CEO of PROLIM said. “We have successfully expanded our reach from east coast to west coast market. Given PROLIM’s focus on enabling innovation through IT and PLM technology with high performing deep industry knowledgeable PLM software teams, we are able to consistently help our clients quickly scale their PLM needs reducing their time-to-market, while cutting their development costs in half, and improving quality. For each client, we serve as a seamless extension to their current development efforts, with our development center globally.”

    About PROLIM

    PROLIM is a leading provider to industries like Automotive, Aerospace, Manufacturing Supplier and Life Sciences. Providing these services has helped the clients to enhance efficiency and top-line growth As one of the fastest growing private Companies in America recognized by Inc 500, PROLIM being customer focused rather than product focused, the company envisions harnessing customer requisites by adding more satellite offices over the next few years in major metropolitan centers PROLIM envisages reaching customers beyond borders to deliver effective services in the west and east coasts of the US Canada and Europe and Asia.

    CONTACT: Esther VillalobosClient PartnerPROLIM Corporation2805 N. Dallas Parkway, Suite 610, Plano, TX 75093Office: 214-924-2667 Fax: 800-515-6821E-mail: esther.villalobos@prolim.com

  • MISTRAS Brands Its Latest Bridge Monitoring and Inspection Solution Into New StructurAlert(TM) Name

    Published: Friday, November 6, 2015 | By: GlobalNewswire

    PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J., Nov. 6, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MISTRAS Group, Inc. (NYSE:MG) is pleased to introduce StructurAlert™ as the new brand for its advanced line of structural health monitoring and asset protection solutions for bridges. StructurAlert™ encompasses MISTRAS Group's entire family of structural health monitoring solutions, which have globally monitored bridges and other important public and privately owned infrastructure assets for over 25 years. StructurAlert™ uses proprietary technology to continually assess, alert, and report on the structural and operational integrity of bridges in real-time, to ensure public safety, extend useful life, minimize downtime, and reduce the need for physical inspections and capital expenditures.       

    Physical changes and deterioration occurring within aging infrastructure assets can typically be measured and "heard" before they can be seen. StructurAlert™ deploys world class acoustic emission (AE) technology using strategically placed sensors that "listen" for signs of deterioration before it is identified through visual inspections. Additional system sensors are installed to detect and measure vibration, strain, tilt, displacement, and temperature. Collectively, each active sensor transmits data into StructurAlert's™ expert system software for the early detection of damage. StructurAlert's™ software also provides user-mandated alarms, notifying designated personnel on their mobile devices of any occurring trouble.

    StructurAlert™ is designed to monitor multiple bridge types, including cable-stay, post-tensioned, concrete, and steel bridges, ranging from brand new to "structurally deficient." By actively monitoring a bridge's health status and structural inconsistencies, StructurAlert™ generates quantifiable cause and effect data from critical locations, pinpointing the exact location of internal and/or external damage, allowing bridge engineers to apply immediate corrective action.

    StructurAlert™ is currently installed on many of the world's important bridges in California, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, and Virginia, plus several bridges throughout Europe. StructurAlert™ was developed by MISTRAS Group, incorporating over 25 years of bridge monitoring experience to enhance key bridge performance factors and accurately identify corrosion, weld cracking, wire breaks, and bolt snapping.

    An explainer video is available detailing how the StructurAlert™ system works and how it can help bring bridge owners piece of mind. Watch StructurAlert™ in action at www.structuralert.com

    About MISTRAS Group, Inc.

    MISTRAS is a leading "one source" global provider of technology-enabled asset protection solutions used to evaluate the structural integrity of critical energy, industrial and public infrastructure. Mission critical services and solutions are delivered globally and provide customers with asset life extension, improved productivity and profitability, compliance with government safety and environmental regulations, and enhanced risk management operational decisions.

    MISTRAS uniquely combines its industry-leading products and technologies - 24/7 on-line monitoring of critical assets; mechanical integrity (MI) and non-destructive testing (NDT) services; destructive testing (DT) services; process and fixed asset engineering and consulting services; and its world class enterprise inspection data management and analysis software (PCMS™) to provide comprehensive and competitive products, systems and services solutions from a single source provider.

    For more information about this press release, please visit the company's website at http://www.mistrasgroup.com or contact Nestor S. Makarigakis, Group Director, Marketing Communications at marcom@mistrasgroup.com.

    CONTACT: Media Contact: Nestor S. Makarigakis, Group Director of Marketing Communications marcom@mistrasgroup.com, 1(609)716-4000

  • EHNAC Accredits First Two Organizations for Data Registry Accreditation Program (DRAP)

    Published: Monday, November 9, 2015 | By: GlobalNewswire

    FARMINGTON, Conn., Nov. 09, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC), a non-profit, federally recognized standards development organization and accrediting body for organizations that electronically exchange healthcare data, announced today that two organizations – Alpha II, LLC and FIGmd, Inc. – have completed the accreditation process for its Data Registry Accreditation Program (DRAP).

    In response to the privacy and security challenges of healthcare data submission of this kind, the comprehensive third-party review provides an additional level of confidence for organizations that are under industry competitive pressures to demonstrate the rigor and structure of the registry database as envisioned and supported by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The program is designed for data registries that provide these services to their stakeholders which can include health information exchanges (HIEs), regional extension centers (RECs) as well as other healthcare providers, healthcare payers, CMS and other government and state entities.

    “We’re confident that the need for registries by institutional and professional providers, specialists and their trade associations, healthcare payers, federal and state governments will explode in the years ahead,” said Lee Barrett, executive director of EHNAC. “To coincide with that, it is imperative to determine that the registries that are being chosen to use have the necessary protections in place to handle the many privacy and security challenges that they will face. When it comes to health data privacy and security, the risks are much too high to assume that everything is up to par – it is much better to ensure it is on the frontend by using an accredited entity that has been reviewed by a third-party.”

    As beta participants throughout the consultative and consensus-driven process of program development, Alpha II, LLC and FIGmd, Inc. were the first to undergo evaluation on their compliance with the criteria and receive full accreditation status for the two-year timeframe.

    “Being one of the first organizations to become accredited for EHNAC’s Data Registry program and participating on the development committee was an important experience for Alpha II, as it allowed us to play an integral role in not only shaping of the program itself but also preparing the initial criteria,” said Jan Powell, CEO of Alpha II. “We’ve already been EHNAC accredited for HNAP-EHN, so it made perfect sense that we demonstrate our continued commitment to the highest standards in data privacy, security and compliance with our newest product – Alpha II PQRS Registry.”

    “As an increasing number of customers rely on our registry platform as their solution of choice for launching and scaling clinical registries, it was important to us that we showcase our commitment to the highest levels of data security and protection,” said Sanket Baralay, president and CEO of FIGmd. “This EHNAC accreditation was a tremendous accomplishment for our organization, and we see it as a way to ensure trust in the marketplace.”

    EHNAC’s Data Registry Accreditation Program includes the criteria, standards and framework for creating a core set of requirements for compliance. In addition, DRAP:

    • Ensures stakeholder trust for managing the registry credentials used between exchange users;

    • Reviews the key functions of structure, portability, interoperability, clinical integration, compliance monitoring, reporting and industry certification/accreditation; and

    • Serves as a baseline standard for stakeholders to assure compliance with CMS requirements and guidelines.

    Visit www.ehnac.org for more details on DRAP and the many other EHNAC accreditation programs.

    About EHNAC                                                    

    The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC) is a voluntary, self-governing standards development organization (SDO) established to develop standard criteria and accredit organizations that electronically exchange healthcare data. These entities include accountable care organizations, data registries, electronic health networks, EPCS vendors, eprescribing solution providers, financial services firms, health information exchanges, health information service providers, management service organizations, medical billers, outsourced service providers, payers, practice management system vendors and third-party administrators.

    EHNAC was founded in 1993 and is a tax-exempt 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization. Guided by peer evaluation, the EHNAC accreditation process promotes quality service, innovation, cooperation and open competition in healthcare. To learn more, visit www.ehnac.org, contact info@ehnac.org, or follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube.

    CONTACT: Press contact information:Dave Anderson, Anderson Interactive, 678-401-2991dave@andersoni.comDebra Hopkinson, EHNAC, 860-408-1620dhopkinson@ehnac.org

  • Wyoming purchases Spillman as statewide sharing initiative

    Published: Monday, November 9, 2015 | By: GlobalNewswire

    CHEYENNE, Wyo., Nov. 9, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Public safety agencies across Wyoming that use Spillman Technologies' software solutions gained access to three new products after a statewide purchase proposed by the Wyoming Association of Sheriffs and Chiefs of Police (WASCOP). Agencies will streamline data entry processes using Spillman's Report Beam Crash and XML Citations interfaces, while also increasing data-sharing capabilities through Spillman's InSight data sharing module.

    The governing board of WASCOP elected to make the statewide purchase after reviewing a proposal created by Spillman to improve collaboration and efficiency among current Spillman customers. The board will fund the initial installation and first year costs while providing each agency with the individual product licenses. The agencies will then be responsible for maintenance fees on the three products after the first year.

    The InSight module will benefit Wyoming public safety agencies by allowing them to share data across jurisdictional lines. Information entered by one agency into the InSight product syncs to other agencies' databases in real time, increasing agency productivity while also strengthening alliances within the region. Uinta County Sheriff's Office Dispatch Supervisor and Spillman System Administrator Chris Lamb also highlighted increased officer safety as an advantage of statewide Insight usage.

    "I think it's great," Lamb said. "I know not every agency in the state is using Spillman, but I think more and more are starting to work toward that. I think it's great that we can connect and be able to share information because, especially in a more rural state like ours, being able to have that information from other agencies at our fingertips is certainly beneficial for officer safety."

    Lt. Rick Hooper, of Rawlins Police Department, explained that multi-jurisdictional data sharing through InSight is beneficial in Wyoming because personnel in different agencies often see the same criminals committing the same crimes in multiple jurisdictions. The lieutenant gave an example of using InSight while dealing with an individual who had turned up in multiple areas around the state.

    "We found that, looking in the InSight database, we could see his history and reports of dealing with him in other jurisdictions," Hooper said. "Now I've tracked him through three different cities doing essentially the same things in each jurisdiction. It helps out when you go to meet this individual for the first time… maybe it's not an instance where I'm going to let him off with a warning. No, this time I'm going to take action."

    In addition to the InSight module, the purchased Report Beam Crash and XML Citations interfaces will help agencies throughout the state efficiently maintain accurate records in their Spillman databases, while also complying with state-mandated reporting procedures. Using the two Spillman interfaces, accident and citation data entered into the Report Beam Crash and XML Citations platforms can be transferred seamlessly into the reporting agency's Spillman system.
    Lamb explained that the addition of the two interfaces will increase efficiency by eliminating the need to manually enter the same information into multiple databases.

    "It will cut down on our patrol guys' time in the office," Lamb said. "With the way the state has us report through Report Beam, they were actually having to enter data twice."

    Previously, Uinta County personnel needed to enter their reports into the Report Beam platform and the Spillman database separately, Lamb said. Utilizing the two interfaces will allow the agency to efficiently maintain accurate and accessible records in their own database while also providing the state with required information.

    "It will be a great help for us to keep all of that information locally and not actually have to go back out to the state to find the data again," she said.

    Wyoming boasts 37 public safety agencies using Spillman systems, with 35 using the on-premises product, Flex, and two using the web-based product, Nova. The state also includes several of Spillman's most long-standing customer relationships, including those with Hot Springs County Sheriff's Office, Thermopolis Police Department, and Uinta County Sheriff's Office. Each of these agencies will celebrate 30-year anniversaries with the company before the end of 2015.

    Spillman Technologies serves more than 1,500 sheriff's offices, police departments, fire departments, communication centers, and correctional facilities nationwide. Spillman specializes in integrated on-premises and cloud software solutions, including Computer-Aided Dispatch, Records Management Systems, Mobile Data & Field Reporting, Mapping & GIS, Jail Management Systems, Fire, Data Sharing, Personnel & Resources, and Analytics & Intelligence-Led Policing. For more information about Spillman, visit www.spillman.com.

    CONTACT: Ben Hale 800.860.8026 x. 1643 bhale@spillman.com Twitter: @SpillmanTech

  • Lexmark Exhibit at RSNA15 to Benefit Camp Invention's STEM Programs for Children Across the United States

    Published: Monday, November 9, 2015 | By: GlobalNewswire

    LEXINGTON, Ky., Nov. 9, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- News Facts

    • Lexmark today announced it will host a special benefit activity in its exhibit booth at the Radiological Society of North America's RSNA15 conference in Chicago to support Camp Invention's science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programs for children across the United States.
    • RSNA attendees are invited to have a photo taken at the Lexmark Healthcare exhibit or to tag a photo on Twitter or Instagram with #innovationwall. These images will come together on an Innovation Wall in the Lexmark Healthcare exhibit booth to create a real-time, collaborative mosaic depicting the future of healthcare.
    • For each photo tagged and posted on the mosaic, Lexmark Healthcare will make a contribution toward Camp Invention student scholarships. RSNA attendees are invited to stop by the Lexmark Healthcare exhibit booth throughout the conference to check the progress of the composite image.
    • RSNA attendees can find Lexmark Healthcare in North-Hall B of Chicago's McCormick Place, exhibit space 8117, from November 29 through December 3.
    • Camp Invention is a nationally recognized summer enrichment program for children in grades one through six that helps them develop critical thinking skills. In partnership with the National Inventors Hall of Fame, the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Collegiate Inventors Competition, Camp Invention programs at more than 1,500 locations across 49 states have encouraged nearly two million children with immersive, hands-on challenges that teach STEM concepts, including robotics, solar energy, ecological diversity, modeling, mechanical prototyping and others.
    • In hospitals and health systems, Lexmark healthcare and medical imaging solutions connect healthcare staff with the business and clinical information they need to provide better patient service levels. Both clinical and non-clinical content that normally resides outside of core patient care and business systems becomes accessible and actionable. The result is a more complete and accessible patient record.
    • One hundred percent of U.S.-based HIMSS Stage 7 healthcare systems use Lexmark products and solutions. Lexmark's enterprise image connectivity solutions are used by half of all U.S. hospitals.

    Supporting Quotes

    "For over 25 years, we have encouraged our Camp Invention students to think outside the box and embrace the inquisitive nature of their minds to explore, create and invent," said Invent Now, Inc. CEO Michael Oister, which coordinates Camp Invention. "We are honored to work with Lexmark Healthcare to offer scholarships to future innovators. Together with our extraordinary partners, Camp Invention will set a precedent that inspiration and innovation are not limited by age or generation so that we can continue to help drive the progression of our nation."

    "Today's children are tomorrow's healthcare and technology problem solvers," said Reynolds C. Bish, vice president, Lexmark and president, Lexmark Enterprise Software. "Experiences that foster innovation, creativity, self-esteem, teamwork, persistence and goal-setting will better equip them to make a difference in their communities and workplaces. Many of the children at Camp Invention could not participate without the generosity of individuals and companies. We are pleased to invite RSNA attendees to join us in supporting Camp Invention enrichment programs."

    Supporting Resources

    About Lexmark

    Lexmark (NYSE:LXK) creates enterprise software, hardware and services that remove the inefficiencies of information silos and disconnected processes, connecting people to the information they need at the moment they need it. Open the possibilities at www.Lexmark.com.

    Lexmark, the Lexmark logo and Open the possibilities are trademarks of Lexmark International, Inc., registered in the U.S. and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

    About Camp Invention

    Camp Invention is the only nationally recognized summer program focused on creativity, innovation, real-world problem solving and the spirit of invention. Through hands-on programming, Camp Invention encourages children in grades one through six to explore science, technology, engineering and mathematics curriculum inspired by some the world's great inventors. Camp Invention, the National Inventors Hall of Fame and the Collegiate Inventors Competition serve as the authority on inspiring invention and compose Invent Now. This nationwide nonprofit organization is committed to the curious minds and innovative spirits of the past, present and future. Since 1990, our education programs have served over 1 MILLION children and 125,000 teachers and Leadership Interns.
    For further information: Investor Contact: John Morgan, (859) 232-5568, jmorgan@lexmark.com Media Contact: Mark Bowen, (205) 447-3115, mark.bowen@lexmark.com

    CONTACT: Jeremy McNeive (859) 232-5568 jmorgan@lexmark.com

  • KeyedIn Introduces All-New KeyedIn Manufacturing Cloud ERP Software

    Published: Monday, November 9, 2015 | By: GlobalNewswire

    MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 9, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- KeyedIn® Solutions, an innovator in aPaaS and SaaS-based business solutions, today announced version 5 of its KeyedIn Manufacturing Cloud ERP solution. This dynamically configurable and extensible Cloud ERP software has a powerful production engine that puts the planning back into ERP for the modern production and fabricating manufacturer.

    "We recognize that ERP solutions are missing the key ingredients that production manufacturers need to achieve production control – which is their key to efficiency, profitability and competitive advantage," states Lauri Klaus, KeyedIn CEO and Co-Founder. "KeyedIn Manufacturing is a native Cloud ERP solution that transforms an organization with a powerful production engine that delivers real-time, comprehensive production control." Integration with other software systems is easily enabled through open APIs (application program interfaces) resulting in greater visibility of priorities, easier access to decision-driving information and the agility to instantly adjust to changes in demand. The new release includes capabilities to address needs across the production manufacturing enterprise; from the business and operations, to production and the supply chain. Notable attributes of KeyedIn Manufacturing Cloud ERP software include:

    Powerful Production Engine – KeyedIn put the planning back into ERP, with a powerful Cloud-based production and manufacturing resource planning engine that provides real-time visibility of both supply and demand so priorities are clear and customer promise dates are achieved. Designed specifically for the production and fabricating manufacturer, this engine gives the manufacturer computing power and speed only available with KeyedIn Manufacturing Cloud ERP.

    Native Cloud – KeyedIn Manufacturing ERP was developed in the Cloud, for the Cloud using the most advanced architecture that includes both KeyedIn Konfigure™ and Microsoft® Azure Cloud services. This means KeyedIn Manufacturing is multi-tenant SaaS Cloud that enables unprecedented performance speed and up/down scalability. Most important to the production manufacturer, however, is the fact that KeyedIn Manufacturing's Cloud delivery shifts the majority of the software burden to KeyedIn (see illustration below), enables mobility with access through any mobile device, and the manufacturer is always using the very latest version of the software technology.

    Dynamically Configurable – The software's unique platform gives manufacturers the ability to configure KeyedIn Manufacturing ERP to their environment – without the cost of coding and upgrade concerns of traditional customized software. This means the business logic within the software can be configured to fit their unique process – a requirement not previously available to the production manufacturer. This dynamic configurability also extends to the item masters, which are different in every facility and previously a difficult to manage part of the manufacturer's ERP software. This adaptation to the uniqueness of the production manufacturer's business process makes the software more user-friendly and subsequently improves user adoption within the organization.

    Feature-Rich – This software provides the production manufacturer with all the key functionality needed to connect the people, processes and most importantly critical business data throughout the facility. In turn, the benefit is immediate and real-time visibility of inventory, production, customer orders, profit margins, and most critically, potential production issues that need to be addressed quickly.

    Integration – KeyedIn Manufacturing Cloud ERP easily integrates with other software systems with open APIs to become the single source for accurate data and information for the enterprise. This also extends to the Internet of Things (IoT) in that the flow of data can be exchanged across devices, systems, and software. The primary benefit to the production manufacturer is a single source of the truth for all their critical business data, eliminating the inefficiency and opportunity for error of re-entry.

    Secure – KeyedIn Manufacturing partners with a world-class data security provider, Dimension Data, a $6.7B company who serves 72% of the Fortune 100 and 60% of the Fortune 500 companies around the globe and whose core competency is protecting data. This is a vast improvement for manufacturers large and small who comparatively may face security risk with outdated processes and servers within their facility.
       
    "We worked with our KeyedIn Manufacturing Customer Advisory Board and put powerful manufacturing resource planning tools into this release of KeyedIn Manufacturing ERP. With KeyedIn Manufacturing Cloud ERP, manufacturers can run and visualize the Production Planning Board with the outstanding computing power enabled by the Cloud. In turn they gain comprehensive visibility into supply and demand and progress towards on time delivery," adds Kevin Hurley, KeyedIn EVP of Technology. Ultimately, production manufacturers become more agile in responding to production changes to optimize their facility, improve efficiency and gain competitive advantage.

    For more information or to request a software demonstration of KeyedIn Manufacturing Cloud ERP visit http://www.keyedin.com/manufacturing/. The software is sold on an affordable monthly SaaS subscription model.

    KeyedIn Manufacturing can also be seen through November 13 at FABTECH Expo in Chicago, Booth S2186.

    About KeyedIn® Solutions

    KeyedIn Solutions helps organizations simplify business processes, improve performance and drive results through an innovative combination of aPaaS and SaaS business solutions. These applications were developed in the Cloud for the Cloud, to capitalize on the exclusive benefits only the Cloud can offer.

    The company's SaaS-based business systems include KeyedIn Manufacturing, a configurable Cloud ERP software that drives operational excellence for manufacturers, and is designed exclusively for production manufacturing. KeyedIn Projects is a strategy-led and execution-driven project management solution that aligns organizations with complete visibility for effective Project Portfolio Management (PPM) as well as drives utilization, profitability and performance to achieve growth with Professional Services Automation (PSA). KeyedIn Konfigure™ aPaaS is transforming custom enterprise-level application development, building new business systems and system components with greater speed, agility, and innovation.

    When businesses need results fast, they look to the Cloud – and turn to KeyedIn Solutions. You should too. Keep up with us at KeyedIn Manufacturing, Twitter @KeyedInMFG, Facebook; or LinkedIn: KeyedIn Solutions, Inc.   

    A photo accompanying this release is available at: http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=37478

    CONTACT: Debbie Breemeersch Sr. Director of Marketing 952-835-1041 dbreemeersch@keyedin.com