Tech News

  • Meet the people pushing their PCs to the limit @ PCGamer

    Published: Wednesday, November 4, 2015 | By: Dennis

    I caught a link to this story on my FB stream and thought it would be a good thing to share.  Vivi is an Extreme overclocker from South Africa, very humble and extremely good at overclocking.  Sure some of that can be attributed to quality of hardware but only if you know how to use it. 

    Frames per second are an afterthought for Goddy ‘Vivi’ Roodt, South Africa’s champion overclocker who placed second in June’s G.SKILL OC World Cup and once coaxed 6.7 GHz from an i7 4770K—almost twice its base clock speed. He is one of a breed of elite overclockers who scour component lines for perfect specimens and cool them using dry ice or liquid nitrogen for an edge on competitive benchmarking leaderboards. 



    “That 4770K was a cool story,” Roodt says. “Some guy used it 24/7, and the box price is about $270. When I saw how well it performed, I messaged that guy and said, ‘I’ll give you $1,000 for your CPU.’ He was quite happy about that!”

    I remember that story and is one overclockers tell all the time.  Funny thing is that grand he spent on the CPU paid for numerous trips around the world (Las Vegas, Taiwan, etc), won him prize money and even landed some sponsorships.  Of course now everyone has moved to Skylake and thus the clock has been reset.

    Full ArticleVisit Website

  • Tech Data Honors Vendor Partners of the Year

    Published: Wednesday, November 4, 2015 | By: GlobalNewswire

    CLEARWATER, Fla., Nov. 4, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tech Data Corporation (NASDAQ:TECD) announced the winners of its Vendor Partner of the Year awards, presented today during the company's eleventh annual Americas Vendor Partner Summit in Tampa, Florida.

    Tech Data's Vendor Partner award recipients are recognized annually for their collaboration, enablement programs, strong partnerships, and commitment to Tech Data, its solution providers and the IT channel. The 2015 Tech Data Vendor Partner award winners are:

    • Advanced Infrastructure Solutions (AIS) Partner of the Year: Cisco
    • Core Partner of the Year: Lenovo
    • Majors & Nationals Partner of the Year: VMware
    • VAR Partner of the Year: HP Inc. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise
    • SMB Partner of the Year: Dell
    • Retail Vendor Partner of the Year: Apple
    • Public Sector Partner of the Year: HP Inc. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise
    • Growth Partner of the Year: EMC
    • Marketing & Sales Innovator of the Year: Brocade
    • Cloud Partner of the Year: Carbonite
    • Mobile Solutions Vendor Partner of the Year: JAMF Software
    • Vendor Partner Representative of the Year: Emily David, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
    • Latin America Vendor Partner of the Year: Cisco
    • Latin America Vendor Representative of the Year: Domingo Alonso, Lenovo

    "We are pleased to recognize the commitment, dedication and achievements of our 2015 Vendor Partners award winners," said Brian Davis, senior vice president, Product Marketing and Purchasing at Tech Data. "The awards recognize our partners that are committed to channel growth, enablement and the success of our resellers. This award is a reflection of their focus and drive, and we thank them for their continued partnership."  

    More than 400 channel partners were in attendance at Vendor Partner Summit, which featured interactive breakout session presentations on Tech Data's key verticals and initiatives, as well as presentations on the company's overall sales and marketing strategies by Tech Data Chief Executive Officer Bob Dutkowsky, President of the Americas Joe Quaglia, Senior Vice President of U.S. Sales Marty Bauerlein, Senior Vice President of AIS Chuck Bartlett, and Davis. Tech Data's Vendor Summit is produced by Tech Data's in-house full-cycle marketing services agency.  

    About Tech Data

    Tech Data Corporation is one of the world's largest wholesale distributors of technology products, services and solutions. Its advanced logistics capabilities and value added services enable 115,000 resellers to efficiently and cost effectively support the diverse technology needs of end users in more than 100 countries. Tech Data generated $27.7 billion in net sales for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2015. It is ranked No. 107 on the Fortune 500® and one of Fortune's "World's Most Admired Companies."  To learn more, visit www.techdata.com, or follow us on Facebook and Twitter. 

    CONTACT: MEDIA CONTACT Amanda Lee Public Relations Manager (727) 538-5803 amanda.lee@techdata.com

    Full ArticleVisit Website

  • Haivision Brings Cloud-Based Video Solutions to Microsoft Azure Marketplace

    Published: Wednesday, November 4, 2015 | By: GlobalNewswire

    MONTREAL, Nov. 4, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Haivision, a market leader in video streaming and media management solutions, today announced the availability of the Haivision Media Gateway on Microsoft Azure, giving enterprises and broadcasters a flexible and cost-effective solution for transporting high quality video for live events, broadcast backhaul and distribution.

    With Haivision Media Gateway on Azure, organizations can utilize the benefits of the cloud to scale their live video workflows with minimal IT intervention. The solution provides ease of set-up and commissioning, without putting a strain on the network at the source location, bringing a welcome alternative to the long lead times, prohibitive costs and scheduling challenges associated with satellite and MPLS networks.

    Broadcast and enterprise customers can use Haivision Media Gateway in the cloud for:

    • Transporting high quality live video using Internet connections: Powered by Haivision's fundamental video transport technology – SRT – the Haivision Media Gateway enables customers to use low cost, readily available public Internet connections to transport secure, live, HD video to and from multiple locations around the world. The Haivision Media Gateway with SRT also features different options to easily manage firewall traversal.
    • Enterprise video distribution: With Haivision Media Gateway, organizations can now easily distribute live events from remote sites like hotels and satellite offices, by sending a single stream to the cloud before being distributed to multiple facilities or redistribution points with low latency.
    • Broadcast backhaul and distribution: Organizations can use the Haivision Media Gateway as a video network bridge to transport video between studio environments. For broadcasters, this means an easier way to backhaul video to a centralized production venue before being distributed to remote affiliates.

    "Cloud-based video workflows are revolutionizing the potential of live video within the enterprise and broadcast markets," said Peter Maag, Haivision's CMO. "These industries are becoming very comfortable with the simple provisioning of cloud resources in contrast to the complexity of contracting satellite or custom networks."

    "With Haivision's inclusion in the Azure Marketplace, we're extending our platform to support customers with enterprise video and broadcast solutions – bringing a more flexible and scalable solution for video transport using the cloud," said Venkat Gattamneni, Group Product Marketing Manager, Microsoft Azure.

    For more information about Haivision Media Gateway in the cloud, visit Haivision on Azure Marketplace.

    About Haivision

    Haivision provides media management and video streaming solutions that help the world's leading organizations communicate, collaborate and educate. Recognized as one of the most influential companies in video by Streaming Media, Haivision's mission is to help people work better with video. Haivision is headquartered in Montreal and Chicago, with regional offices located throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and South America. Learn more about Haivision at haivision.com, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and on our Video Wall.

    A photo accompanying this release is available at: http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=37384

    CONTACT: Jennifer Gazin PR and Communications Manager 514.334.5445 x8309 jgazin@haivision.com

    Full ArticleVisit Website

  • UBIC Subsidiary RAPPA Launches Kenkojiman.com

    Published: Wednesday, November 4, 2015 | By: GlobalNewswire

    To become a valuable, integrated and interactive website connecting users and matching them with their desired information through AI technology

    NEW YORK, Nov. 4, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rappa, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of UBIC, Inc. (Nasdaq:UBIC) (TSE:2158) ("UBIC" or "the Company"), a leading provider of artificial intelligence (AI)-based big data analysis services, announced today that on November 4, 2015, it launched Kenkojiman.com, a community website where users can consume and provide information concerning medicine, healthcare and beauty care.

    Features of the community website Kenkojiman.com

    Provides useful healthcare information mainly authored by in-house editorial staff

    Kenkojiman.com provides current information primarily through original articles concerning medicine, healthcare and beauty care that is useful for everyday life. Information collected from around the world is classified into seven categories: beauty, body, exercise, food, mind, medicine and unhealthy behavior.

    Facilitates exchanges and consultation through user contributions

    Kenkojiman.com provides users with a platform to contribute information and communicate with one another about posted articles and personal experiences concerning health and beauty care. Users can deepen exchanges with each other by posting comments on their own experiences, or by starting new topics. (Note: In order to post comments and add articles to "Favorites," free user registration is required).

    User-friendly interface promotes exchanges between users of various age groups

    The intuitive website design enables people of various age groups, from those in their 20s to seniors, to use it with ease. This site provides a community forum for consulting with others, giving and receiving advice and exchanging information concerning healthcare among people with similar interests or problems across age groups. Moreover, in February, this site will evolve into a new healthcare community site that matches users with similar interests and preferences by using UBIC's cutting-edge AI technology, thereby making it easy for users to find information best suited to their needs.

    Soon to become an AI-enabled website that offers personalized recommendations

    In February 2016, Kenkojiman.com will be equipped with UBIC's proprietary AI system that can learn and reproduce human intuition and thinking based on a limited amount of data. It will recommend articles suited to users' preferences or related to their problems as well as to website visitors who may be able to share their thought. Kenkojiman.com will be a new type of site that can help to address individual users' healthcare problems.

    By reviewing comments from ordinary users through Kenkojiman.com and by analyzing the opinions and behavior of a broad range of people, UBIC and Rappa aim to develop an AI system capable of offering the best possible user-to-content, matching and enhancing user-to-user relationships. In the future, the two companies will extend the application of the AI system beyond the healthcare field and accelerate its business expansion in the marketing field.

    About Rappa, Inc.   URL: http://www.rappa.com/

    Rappa, Inc. applies UBIC's proprietary AI technology to digital marketing and engages in such businesses as providing digital curation service and operating community sites. It uses AI technology to identify people's interests and preferences and find necessary information from among the mass of data available on the Internet. Through such activity, Rappa aims to contribute to social development by providing people with opportunities to find information valuable for themselves and helping to unlock their creative potential. Rappa was founded on September 1, 2015, as a wholly-owned subsidiary of UBIC with capital of 10 million yen (as of September 2015).

    About UBIC, Inc.                                                                                                         

    UBIC, Inc. (Nasdaq:UBIC) (TSE:2158) supports the analysis of big data based on behavior informatics by utilizing its proprietary AI-based software program, "VIRTUAL DATA SCIENTIST" or VDS. Developed by UBIC based on knowledge acquired through its litigation support services, the VDS program incorporates experts' tacit knowledge, including their experiences and intuitions, and utilizes that knowledge for big data analysis. UBIC continues to expand its business operations by applying VDS to new fields such as healthcare and marketing.

    UBIC was founded in 2003 as a provider of e-discovery and international litigation support services. These services include the preservation, investigation and analysis of evidence materials contained in electronic data, and computer forensic investigation. UBIC provides e-discovery and litigation support by making full use of its data analysis platform, "Lit i View®", and its Predictive Coding technology adapted to Asian languages.

    For more information about UBIC, contact u-contact@ubic.co.jp or visit http://www.ubicna.com.

    Safe Harbor Statement

    This announcement contains forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements can be identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates" and similar statements. Among other things, the amount of data that UBIC expects to manage this year and the potential uses for UBIC's new service in intellectual property-related litigation, contain forward-looking statements. UBIC may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in its reports filed with, or furnished to, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, in its annual reports to shareholders, in press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by its officers, directors or employees to third parties. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about UBIC's beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement, including but not limited to the following: UBIC's goals and strategies; UBIC's expansion plans; the expected growth of the data center services market; expectations regarding demand for, and market acceptance of, UBIC's services; UBIC's expectations regarding keeping and strengthening its relationships with customers; UBIC's plans to invest in research and development to enhance its solution and service offerings; and general economic and business conditions in the regions where UBIC provides solutions and services. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in UBIC's reports filed with, or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission. UBIC does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required under applicable law. All information provided in this press release and in the attachments is as of the date of this press release, and UBIC undertakes no duty to update such information, except as required under applicable law.

    CONTACT: UBIC Global PR UBIC North America, Inc. Tel: (212) 924-8242 global_pr@ubic.co.jp

    Full ArticleVisit Website

  • TubeMogul Launches Select Access to Automate Private Inventory Management for Brands and Agencies

    Published: Wednesday, November 4, 2015 | By: GlobalNewswire

    EMERYVILLE, Calif., Nov. 4, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, TubeMogul (NASDAQ:TUBE), a leading enterprise software company for brand advertising, announced the launch of Select Access, a transparent and controlled programmatic reservation interface that streamlines direct deals between marketers and leading publishers. Select Access enables brands and agencies to express their demand for premium inventory to a select group of publishers and use software to automate the access to that inventory.  

    Select Access is comprised of two solutions, On Demand and Direct Sales Reservation. On Demand simplifies the non-reserved private deal process for both advertisers and publishers by enabling access to programmatic inventory from premium publishers while ensuring those publishers have full control over the terms of the transaction.

    Direct Sales Reservation enables TubeMogul clients to automate their reserved inventory requests to the sales team of a select group of premium publishers and operationalize deals through the TubeMogul platform. In this way, the software brings increased automation to new agreements between brands, agencies and premium publishers.      

    At launch, over 50 top TV networks and media companies are integrated with Select Access, including A+E Networks, Discovery Communications and Univision. Approximately 2.4 billion video impressions will be available via Select Access in 2015.

    "A+E Networks has consistently led the way in delivering television content via A+E digital platforms. Select Access helps us highlight our premium inventory to agency buyers while automating and streamlining many of the direct and ongoing deals we have with top marketers," said Sarah Shriver, VP Digital Ad Sales at A+E Networks.

    "With a strong portfolio of powerful brands and premium video offerings, Discovery Communications partners with advertisers to reach highly engaged audiences with impactful solutions," said Harold Morgenstern, Senior Vice President of Digital Ad Sales at Discovery Communications. "TubeMogul's Select Access is a welcome addition, allowing us to deepen existing partnerships with brand advertisers and facilitate new, direct deals."

    Over 10 clients have already tested or committed to use Select Access, including Lenovo, Empower MediaMarketing and Trilia Media.

    "At Empower it's our constant quest to push the media status quo for our clients," Jim Price, Empower MediaMarketing CEO and president, said. "With Select Access we can deliver premium content to audiences through an agile automated platform that is cost-efficient for our clients."

    "While programmatic has indelibly altered the media buying landscape, the reality is that some direct and private deals are still negotiated manually," said Katie Thompson, VP of Platform Media / Group Media at Trilia Media. "This product shows promise because it extends the benefits of automation -- like streamlined buying, optimization and reporting -- to many of these deals."   

    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.

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

    Full ArticleVisit Website

  • Reflexion Health Digital Medicine Therapy Tool, Vera(TM), Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance

    Published: Wednesday, November 4, 2015 | By: GlobalNewswire

    SAN DIEGO, Nov. 4, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- San Diego based Reflexion Health, a digital medicine company using Microsoft Kinect motion-tracking technology to reimagine rehabilitation medicine; today announced the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared its motion-tracking based physical therapy tool, Vera™.

    Vera is an easily operated, digital medicine software system using the Microsoft Kinect technology to aid patients with musculoskeletal rehabilitation. Vera projects an avatar onto a screen, coaches and motivates patients to perform exercises at home, all the while tracking and reporting back data to the physical therapist who monitors progress and optimizes therapy in real time. Vera provides next generation therapy for patients in an engaging, affordable and convenient platform.

    "We are thrilled to be one of a growing number of digital medicine companies to receive FDA clearance to use innovative tools and methods, such as Vera, to deliver care in a more engaging and efficient way," said Spencer Hutchins, CEO and co-founder of Reflexion Health. "We look forward to continuing to demonstrate Vera's positive impact on patients, doctors, and therapists."

    Reflexion is currently partnering with the Cleveland Clinic and the Brooks Rehabilitation Center in Jacksonville, Florida to deliver Vera to patients recovering from joint replacement surgery. Reflexion has also received a $1 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control to use Vera in fall prevention for seniors. As part of this grant the technology is currently employed in two senior populations in San Diego, California and Fearrington, North Carolina.

    About Reflexion Health

    Reflexion Health is a digital medicine company using motion-tracking technologies to reimagine rehabilitation medicine. The first product, Vera™, is an FDA cleared, easily operated digital medicine software system using the Microsoft Kinect technology to project the avatar onto a screen, help patients perform exercises at home and report the results back to the physical therapist so the therapy can be adjusted to patient needs. Vera provides 21st century therapy for patients by improving rehab affordability, convenience, data driven evidence and an engaging platform. Vera is currently used by patients preparing for, and recovering from, joint replacement surgery and used as a preventative therapy to reduce falls. For more information, visit www.reflexionhealth.com.

    CONTACT: Holly Hitchcock Holly@CruxPartners.com 805.801.9798

    Full ArticleVisit Website

  • PCG Software Releases Primer on the Coding Modifier 59 Subset: XE, XP, XS and XU

    Published: Tuesday, November 3, 2015 | By: GlobalNewswire

    LAS VEGAS, Nov. 03, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PCG Software (PCG), a leading provider of software solutions designed to slow the escalating costs of healthcare, today announced the public release of a new primer document designed to provide guidance on the four new Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) modifiers to define subsets of modifier 59 that The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) established.

    The educational resource, “A Primer on the Coding Modifier 59 Subset: XE, XP, XS and XU,” offers insight and tips into how to use each of the new modifiers that became effective January 1, 2015 and were developed to provide greater reporting specificity in situations where modifier 59 was previously reported and may be utilized in lieu of modifier 59 whenever possible.

    “Modifier 59 is the most commonly used and abused modifier for Medicare reimbursement of CPT codes in acupuncture, breast biopsies, physical therapy, radiology, surgery and other medical practices. It often causes incorrect payments – triggering audits, fraud, waste and abuse (FWA) cases and escalating costs for everyone,” said Andria Jacobs, RN, MS, CEN, CPHQ, chief operating officer of PCG Software. “The new codes were designed to be more descriptive, precise and reduce errors, but because there hasn't been clear guidance issued on how to use the new modifiers, the change has caused denied claims, increased costs and frustrated the industry more than necessary. So we felt it incredibly necessary to develop and release this primer document to the industry, as we continue on our mission of reducing the cost of healthcare.”

    Modifier 59 has been used to identify procedures/services that are commonly bundled together but are appropriate to report separately under some circumstances, whereas the XE (Separate Encounter), XP (Separate Practitioner), XS (Separate Structure) and XU (Unusual Non-Overlapping Service) may now be used, together with National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) edits, to identify distinct services in the same encounter warranting separate reimbursement. While it encourages migration to the new modifiers, CMS currently allows providers to submit either modifier 59 or the appropriate X modifier to override Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) edits and get paid.

    About PCG Software
    Established in 1984, PCG Software is a leading provider of innovative software solutions designed to slow the escalating costs of healthcare. The company works with healthcare payer organizations to increase profitability and maximize financial recoveries, while assisting their provider partners to improve the accuracy of billing processes.

    The company’s flagship software solution, Virtual Examiner®, enhances claims adjudication systems with more than 30 million edits per claim and uses investigative profiling reports to graphically indicate patterns of fraud and abuse. Through more accurate and efficient claims adjudication, this fraud and abuse prevention software acts as an automated cost containment system for national and regional health insurance plans, independent practice associations and third-party administrators. For more information, visit www.pcgsoftware.com, or follow us on Twitter.

    CONTACT: Press Contact Information:Dave Anderson678-401-2991dave@andersoni.com

    Full ArticleVisit Website

  • Centage Corporation Continues Rapid Growth Driven by Demand for Cloud-Based Budgeting Solutions

    Published: Tuesday, November 3, 2015 | By: GlobalNewswire

    NATICK, Mass., Nov. 3, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Centage™ Corporation, a leading provider of budgeting and forecasting software (Budget Maestro™) for small and medium sized businesses, today announced the company has continued its double digit growth, as market demand for innovative cloud-based budgeting solutions expands. The company's cloud-based Budget Maestro solution has generated five times more revenue in Q3 of this year than for the same period last year. The extraordinary adoption of the cloud platform has also driven a 130% increase in cloud software sales year to date.

    Centage remains committed to delivering the financial and operational insight organizations need to improve business performance, and has also garnered independent industry recognition for its efforts.

    Notable industry recognition for 2015 include:

    "Top performing organizations look for solutions that can provide the essential information and process flows needed to effectively and efficiently plan, budget, and forecast", noted Nick Castellina, Senior Research Director, Aberdeen Group. "Part of the solution selection equation is deployment method. Due to cost concerns, easy implementation, and recurring updates, cloud technology has been an attractive alternative to spreadsheets, for organizations that are looking to improve their FP &A processes."

    "We have more 7,000 users worldwide across industries including manufacturing, healthcare and non-profit", said Barry Clapp, President & CEO of Centage. "While Budget Maestro's growth has been nearly 30% per year of late, we were constrained by not offering the alternative of cloud access to the product. Since we offered it, adoption and growth has wildly exceeded our expectations. Our customers and market face challenges that demand timely, agile, flexible budgeting, planning and forecasting, and that also enable involvement of a broader number of managers in the process. The budget itself, and financial reports, need to be easily modifiable and should be accessible on whatever technology platform that the customers desire. Adding cloud access continues our mission to make our best in class tool affordable and easy to deploy."

    As part of the company's ongoing commitment to ensuring customer success, Centage also introduced a new cloud-based training portal. The Training Center is an extension of the company's "Center of Excellence" program and complements existing educational resources. The complimentary resource for Budget Maestro users is designed to serve as, a study guide for new users, to reinforce what was learned during initial implementation, and as an independent resource for on-demand training.
    For more information on Centage follow us on Twitter @Centage or visit our blog http://centage.com/Blog/.

    About Centage

    Budget Maestro® by Centage is an easy-to-use, scalable, automated budgeting, planning, and forecasting application. It is designed for small to mid-market companies and automates many of the time-consuming and error-prone activities associated with using spreadsheets to generate accurate budgets and forecasts. It features built in financial and business logic that allow users to build and update their budgets and forecasts and never worry about formulas, functions, links or any custom programming. It is the only solution in the market that offers synchronized P &L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow reporting that generate automatically and seamlessly update. Budget Maestro serves more than 7,000 users worldwide. Visit us at www.centage.com. For more information follow us on Twitter @Centage or visit our blog http://blog.centage.com/ for the latest insights on budgeting and forecasting strategies.

    Centage and Budget Maestro are registered trademarks of Centage.

    CONTACT: David Winterhalter dwinterhalter@centage.com (508) 948-0088

    Full ArticleVisit Website

  • Next Generation Crucial BX200 SSD is an Ideal Hard Drive Replacement

    Published: Tuesday, November 3, 2015 | By: GlobalNewswire

    Key Messages:

    • BX200 SSD allows users to load applications in seconds
    • Compared to hard drives, computers will boot up almost instantly
    • Applications will accelerate in speed

    Multimedia Elements:

    BOISE, Idaho and GLASGOW, United Kingdom, Nov. 3, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Crucial, a leading global brand of memory and storage upgrades, today announced the new Crucial® BX200 solid state drive (SSD), which offers substantial yet affordable performance gains compared to a standard hard drive. The drive, designed for consumers and SMBs, allows users to load applications in seconds, boot up almost instantly, and accelerate every day applications.

    The new BX200 provides sequential read and write speeds up to 540 MB/s and 490 MB/s respectively on all types of data, as well as random read and write speeds up to 66k and 78k IOPS respectively. Additionally, when compared to a typical hard drive, the new BX200 is more than 13 times fasteri and 40 times more energy efficientii for almost instantaneous access to data, resulting in longer battery life and a cooler, quieter system. The new drive utilizes a Silicon Motion SM2256 Controller and is coupled with Micron verified firmware, allowing users to upgrade their existing infrastructure at an affordable price, which is a great alternative to buying a whole new system.

    "The new Crucial BX200 SSD is an ideal solution for consumers whose computers are slowed down by an old or inadequate hard drive," said Jonathan Weech, senior worldwide product manager, Crucial. "This SSD is the perfect blend of performance and value, allowing a user to get more done and have more fun. Installing a BX200 will help users enjoy their computers again."

    Robert Fan, vice president and general manager of Silicon Motion U.S.A., said, "We are excited about our latest partnership with Crucial on the new BX200 SSD. Our high-performance and low power consumption SM2256 controller combined with Micron 16nm TLC NAND helps make the BX200 reliable, fast, energy efficient and affordable."

    Available now in a 2.5-inch form factor, the Crucial BX200 SSD is offered in 240GB, 480GB and 960GBiii with MSRPs of $84.99, $149.99 and $299.99, respectively, and is available at crucial.com. The new drive is supported by the Crucial Storage Executive tool, is backed by a limited three-year warranty, and is compatible with both PC and Mac® systems. The BX200 also comes standard with Acronis® True Image™ HD data migration software that moves all files, operating systems, settings and programs from an existing hard drive to the newly installed SSD. For more information about Crucial SSDs, please visit www.crucial.com/bx200.

    Follow us online!

    Facebook: www.facebook.com/crucialmemory 
    Twitter: www.twitter.com/crucialmemory 
    YouTube™: www.youtube.com/crucialmemory

    About Crucial

    Crucial is a global brand of Micron Technology, Inc. Crucial products include award-winning solid state drives (SSDs) and DRAM for more than 50,000 desktops, laptops, servers, workstations, and other systems. Crucial products are available worldwide at leading retail and e-tail stores, commercial resellers, and system integrators. For more information or support, visit www.crucial.com.

    About Micron

    Micron Technology, Inc. is one of the world's leading providers of advanced semiconductor solutions. Through its worldwide operations, Micron manufactures and markets a full range of DRAM, NAND and NOR flash memory, as well as other innovative memory technologies, packaging solutions and semiconductor systems for use in leading-edge computing, consumer, networking, embedded and mobile products. Micron's common stock is traded on the NASDAQ under the MU symbol. To learn more about Micron Technology, Inc., visit www.micron.com.

    ©2015 Micron Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. Information, products, and/or specifications are subject to change without notice. Neither Crucial nor Micron Technology, Inc. is responsible for omissions or errors in typography or photography. Micron, the Micron logo, Crucial, and the Crucial logo are trademarks of Micron Technology, Inc. Acronis® and True Image™ are registered trademarks or trademarks of Acronis International GmbH or its affiliates in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

    __________________________

    i  Performance level based on comparative benchmark scores of the Crucial BX200 SSD and the Western Digital® Caviar Blue™ WD10EZEX internal hard drive. Actual performance level may vary based on benchmark used and individual system configuration. Test setup: 256GB Crucial m4 SSD as the primary storage drive, paired with a 960GB Crucial BX200 SSD and a 1TB Western Digital Caviar Blue internal hard drive as secondary drives (each secondary drive tested separately). All tests conducted on an Asus® Maximus VII Gene motherboard, Intel® i7-4790K 4.0GHz processor, SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 3870 video card, BIOS Rev. 2801, and Windows® 7 Pro 64-bit operating system using PCMark Vantage HDD test suite. Benchmark testing conducted September 2015. 
    ii  Active average power use comparison based on published specs of the 960GB Crucial BX200 SSD and the 1TB Western Digital Caviar Blue internal hard drive. 
    iii  1 GB equals 1 billion bytes. Actual usable capacity may vary.

    CONTACT: Media Contact: US Contact: Brittany Hendrickson InkHouse Media + Marketing +1 (415) 299-6370 crucial@inkhouse.com www.crucial.com

    Full ArticleVisit Website

  • BMC Named Mobby Award Winner for Best Collaboration and Teamwork App

    Published: Tuesday, November 3, 2015 | By: GlobalNewswire

    HOUSTON, Nov. 3, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BMC, the global leader in software solutions for IT, has been named the winner of the Best Collaboration and Teamwork App in the 2015 Mobby Awards. Selected from a pool of more than 150 nominated apps, the award honors BMC MyEBC, a mobile application designed to deliver an exceptional customer experience for those visiting the company's executive briefing center in Houston.

    The MyEBC app provides a holistic approach to the customer's visit with BMC including personalized access to all logistical and content details associated with the visit such as agendas, speaker bios, travel information, presentations and related post briefing collateral.

    "At BMC we strive to create intuitive solutions, centered on specific needs that enable our customers to be more productive. MyEBC does just that, and we are excited to be recognized by the industry," said Karen Bintz, area vice president, customer experience, BMC. "The BMC MyEBC app redefines how executive briefing centers can bring digital transformation to life and sets the standard for customer-facing enterprise apps."

    MyEBC was developed in collaboration with Appirio's top coder community. "Appirio's developer community is comprised of some of the most talented programming and design experts in the world," says Tom Scott, vice president at Appirio. "We are proud to be a trusted BMC partner and are excited to have been given the opportunity to help build an innovative business application that delivers exceptional customer experiences and interactions."

    The Mobby Awards celebrate the best mobile apps for work and productivity across the world. For a list of winners, visit http://tabbyawards.com/business/2015-winners/.

    About BMC
    BMC is a global leader in software solutions that help IT transform traditional businesses into digital enterprises for the ultimate competitive advantage. Our Digital Enterprise Management set of IT solutions is designed to make digital business fast, seamless, and optimized. From mainframe to mobile to cloud and beyond, we pair high-speed digital innovation with robust IT industrialization—allowing our customers to provide intuitive user experiences with optimized performance, cost, compliance, and productivity. BMC solutions serve more than 15,000 customers worldwide including 82 percent of the Fortune 500.

    BMC – Bring IT to Life

    BMC, BMC Software, the BMC logo, and the BMC Software logo are the exclusive properties of BMC Software Inc., are registered or pending registration with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and may be registered or pending registration in other countries. All other BMC trademarks, service marks, and logos may be registered or pending registration in the U.S. or in other countries. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. © Copyright 2015 BMC Software, Inc.

    CONTACT: Editorial contacts: Tami Casey BMC D: 408.571.7131 M: 650.293.7219 Tami_Casey@bmc.com Jenn Zimmer Eastwick Communications D: 415.820.4175 bmc@eastwick.com

    Full ArticleVisit Website
<< Previous Home1 ...176 177 178 ... 879 880 Next >>
Read more from Ninjalane
Hardware Reviews, News and More...