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Latest Absolute Process Partner QuantiQ Expands Coverage to the UK
Published: Thursday, October 29, 2015 | By: GlobalNewswireATHENS, Ala., Oct. 29, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Edgewater Fullscope, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Edgewater Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:EDGW) and one of the founding members of Absolute Process Partners (APP), announced the addition of QuantiQ to provide coverage in the United Kingdom.
QuantiQ is a leading Microsoft Dynamics partner, deploying industry leading AX, NAV and CRM solutions, and is skilled at simplifying business processes and enhancing performance to drive growth, profitability and efficiency. As part of APP, QuantiQ will build on its experience in the process manufacturing vertical across the UK, focusing on process manufacturers with international deployment needs.
Other members include Edgewater Fullscope for the United States and Canada, The Cegeka Group (formerly Edan Business Solutions) for Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Italy, Austria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia; EG for Denmark, Sweden and Norway; and Sable37 for Australia.
"QuantiQ is focused on making the business lives of our clients easier," said Candice Arnold, marketing director at QuantiQ. "As part of this elite circle of process specialist partners, we aim to extend our implementation prowess in this growing vertical across geographies."
"Part of our strategy is to grow APP by finding and adding local partners who are committed to providing value to process manufacturers and can help us evangelize our unified vision for worldwide Microsoft Dynamics AX deployments," said John Scandar, senior vice president of Edgewater Fullscope. "QuantiQ has a strong relationship with Microsoft and presence in the UK, and is a valuable addition to our group."
About Absolute Process Partners
Absolute Process Partners represents over 200 Microsoft Dynamics AX process manufacturing customers in food and beverage, chemicals and pharmaceuticals; over 1000 Dynamics AX and CRM consultants; and geographical coverage in over 15 countries across three continents. The virtual group offers combination of local resources, industry-specific solutions and implementation expertise, a common implementation framework based on Microsoft SureStep, and local legal and language knowledge. For more information, visit http://www.absoluteprocesspartners.com
About Edgewater Fullscope
Edgewater Fullscope delivers innovative Microsoft ERP, CRM and BI solutions and services to manufacturers. The award-winning company is one of the largest resellers of Microsoft Dynamics AX ERP in North America. With the acquisition of Microsoft Dynamics Cloud Partner of the Year Zero2Ten, Inc., Fullscope offers powerful yet flexible Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online implementation services and training programs to manufacturers of all sizes. For more information, visit www.fullscope.com
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CONTACT: Company Contact: Edgewater Fullscope, Inc. Timothy R. Oakes, Chief Financial Officer Russell Smith, Senior Vice President/Investor Relations Tel 1-781-246-3343
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SeaChange Appoints Video, Mobile and Cloud Services Veteran Rochus Schreiber to Lead EMEA Operations and Global Services
Published: Thursday, October 29, 2015 | By: GlobalNewswireACTON, Mass., Oct. 29, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Multiscreen innovator SeaChange International, Inc. (NASDAQ:SEAC) today announced the appointment of video, mobile and cloud services veteran Rochus Schreiber to Senior Vice President, Services and General Manager of Europe, Middle East & Africa Operations. Reporting to Chief Operating Officer Ed Terino, Mr. Schreiber oversees the company's award-winning global services organization, and its EMEA-based sales and administrative operations.
"I'm pleased that we continue to draw the industry's top talent to continuously enhance our offerings and accelerate our growth in emerging markets," said SeaChange COO Ed Terino. "With his track record in video and mobile service management and cloud product delivery, Rochus strengthens SeaChange's capacity for surpassing the expectations of our customer base across EMEA and globally."
Mr. Schreiber brings SeaChange several years of experience in cable television and mobile operations management in Europe and Latin America. Most recently, he was CEO of 4G mobile provider Digicel Anguilla and triple-play cable operator Caribbean Cable Communications, where he led major initiatives in customer acquisition, digital plant upgrades, and the introduction of advertising products across platforms. Previously, he founded U.K. mobile virtual network operator Globalcell Mobile. He also served as Vice President of Business Development at telecommunication cloud solutions provider Aepona. As a senior manager in Accenture's strategy practice, Mr. Schreiber's clients included several of Europe's largest cable, telco and mobile service providers.
Rochus Schreiber added, "SeaChange has broken new ground with a number of exciting customer initiatives including mobile OTT, and has established a new generation of products in the market. It's an exciting time to join a global team showing tremendous momentum and great potential in an increasingly multiscreen world."
Mr. Schreiber earned his MBA at the University of Michigan, Masters Degree in Physics at Wayne State University, and Bachelors Degree in Physics at Ludwig Maximilian University. This year he participated in The Wharton Business School's Future Leaders executive education program. He is fluent in English, German, Slovak, Russian and Czech.
About SeaChange International
Enabling our customers to deliver billions of premium video streams across a matrix of pay-TV, OTT and mobile platforms, SeaChange (Nasdaq:SEAC) empowers service providers, content owners and brand advertisers to entertain audiences, engage consumers and expand business opportunities. As a three-time Emmy award-winning organization with over 20 years of experience, we give media businesses the content management, delivery, measurement and analytics capabilities they need to craft an individualized branded experience for every viewer that sets the pace for quality and value worldwide. For more information, please visit www.schange.com.
CONTACT: Press Jim Sheehan SeaChange 1-978-897-0100 x3064 jim.sheehan@schange.com Investors Monica Gould The Blueshirt Group 1-212-871-3927 monica@blueshirtgroup.com
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Facebook Welcomes Bit9 + Carbon Black into ThreatExchange Community
Published: Thursday, October 29, 2015 | By: GlobalNewswireWALTHAM, Mass., Oct. 29, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bit9® + Carbon Black® the leader in Next-Generation Endpoint Security (NGES), today announced it has joined Facebook's ThreatExchange, a community of leading organizations dedicated to sharing threat data using a structured, easy-to-use API. Bit9 + Carbon Black is the first organization to integrate ThreatExchange data into a product and user interface.
In joining Facebook's ThreatExchange, Bit9 + Carbon Black is part of a community comprising more than 100 top companies, including Facebook, Dropbox, Pinterest, PayPal and Microsoft.Starting today, Carbon Black customers may choose to enable receipt of threat intelligence from the Facebook ThreatExchange and, optionally, integrate that intelligence into their alerting infrastructures. When combined with Carbon Black's continuous endpoint recording and real-time threat intelligence, Facebook's ThreatExchange data further empowers security teams to correlate data to improve detection capabilities and dramatically reduce incident response times.
Mark Hammell, manager of the Threat Infrastructure team at Facebook, summarized the benefits of the integration with Carbon Black in a Facebook post today. The full post is below.
"We are stronger together," said Ben Johnson, Bit9 + Carbon Black's chief security strategist. "The Facebook ThreatExchange continues the industry movement toward unified defense. Through sharing intelligence and other cyber-defense knowledge, especially through automated means, our community as a whole is much stronger and better able to protect vital information."
Industry-first Access
All customers using Carbon Black, the industry's leading endpoint detection and response solution, now have access to the "Traffic Light Protocol White" (TLP White) data in the ThreatExchange. This information is provided to Carbon Black customers via the Bit9 + Carbon Black Threat Intelligence Cloud. TLP White threat indicators include domain names, IPs and hashes.
Additional Access via Connector
Carbon Black customers already active in the Facebook ThreatExchange may install a "connector" to access additional ThreatExchange data using their own member credentials. This connector enables members of the Facebook Threat Exchange to import threat indicators from the ThreatExchange, including domain names, IPs, hashes, and behavioral indicators, into Carbon Black. The Facebook ThreatExchange and its members provide and maintain this data. This connector requires an access token to the Facebook ThreatExchange API. Facebook ThreatExchange members may click here to download the Carbon Black connector for Facebook ThreatExchange.
Carbon Black customers interested in gaining access to this additional threat intelligence are encouraged to apply for the Facebook ThreatExchange beta program. For more information on how to apply, click here.
Full Text of Facebook Post by Mark Hammell:
Scaling ThreatExchange with Product Integration
ThreatExchange has grown quickly since we opened up the application process in August. We now have over 130 companies on the platform and more than 2.5 million daily API calls.
From the start, scale has been an ongoing objective for ThreatExchange to maximize the value of the information shared by the community. As an API-based platform, ThreatExchange was intentionally built to support a wide distribution of available threat intelligence and easily fit within existing workflows. Product integration will continue to play an important role in making it easier for more people to share and use threat intelligence.
Integration with Carbon Black
Today, we're excited to share that not only is Bit9 + Carbon Black already contributing valuable threat intelligence to ThreatExchange, but Carbon Black customers can now choose to receive data from ThreatExchange through the Carbon Black interface. They also have the option to integrate ThreatExchange data into their existing alerting infrastructures.
This means you can leverage the indicators of compromise (IOC) from ThreatExchange against the rich endpoint data available from Carbon Black. It's a powerful combination of IOCs from ThreatExchange with free and easy malware hunting!
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 70 percent growth, 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 Kristina LeBlanc MediaLink Group +1 508-930-5636 kristinawleblanc@gmail.com
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Rapid7 Honored with STAR Award for Services Excellence at TSW 2015 Service Transformations Conference
Published: Thursday, October 29, 2015 | By: GlobalNewswireBOSTON, Oct. 29, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rapid7, Inc. (NASDAQ:RPD), a leading provider of security data and analytics solutions, has been named the winner of the Fall 2015 Technology Services Industry Association (TSIA) STAR Award for Innovation in Enabling Customer Outcomes/Customer Success & Support, SMB Level. The award was announced on October 21 at the Technology Services World (TSW) 2015 Service Transformations conference in Las Vegas.
The TSIA STAR Award for Innovation in Enabling Customer Outcomes/Customer Success & Support recognizes the company that demonstrates the most innovative approach, through customer success and support services, to assisting customers in realizing the maximum business value from the use of its products.
Rapid7 provides security data and analytics solutions and services to help organizations reduce the risk of breach, detect and investigate cyber attacks, and build effective security programs. The Company was recognized for its unified Customer Success organization, which includes Sales Engineering, Global Services, Customer Success Management, and Learning & Support functions. Working together across these functions, the collective team helps align priorities to drive adoption, promote learning, and value realization, which enables customers to improve their overall security posture.
"Helping our customers mitigate risk is the driving principle behind everything we do. We know that constantly innovating, adapting to the threat landscape, and giving customers the support and knowledge they need is critical to their success," said Mike McKee, senior vice president of Services and Customer Support. "Building meaningful customer partnerships is at the center of our core values and has always been key to Rapid7's business growth."
"Now in its 25th year, the STAR Awards program has become a long-standing honor in the technology services industry, recognizing organizations that set the standard for leadership and dedication to this important market space," said J.B. Wood, president and CEO of TSIA. "Rapid7 has clearly demonstrated its high-level commitment to delivering world-class results, and it is truly an honor to recognize them for their dedication to excellence."
Companies seeking the STAR Award undergo a rigorous evaluation process, with the winners selected by TSIA's service discipline advisory board members. Since its inception in 1990, the STAR Awards have become one of the highest honors in the technology services industry, acknowledging the contribution of companies of all sizes to the continual improvement of technology services delivery industry-wide. For information on the STAR Awards, go to www.tsia.com/awards_and_certifications/star_awards.html
About Rapid7
Rapid7 is a leading provider of security data and analytics solutions that enable organizations to implement an active, analytics-driven approach to cyber security. We combine our extensive experience in security data and analytics and deep insight into attacker behaviors and techniques to make sense of the wealth of data available to organizations about their IT environments and users. Our solutions empower organizations to prevent attacks by providing visibility into vulnerabilities and to rapidly detect compromises, respond to breaches, and correct the underlying causes of attacks. Rapid7 is trusted by more than 4,150 organizations across 90 countries, including 34% of the Fortune 1000. To learn more about Rapid7 or get involved in our threat research, visit www.rapid7.com.
About TSIA
The Technology Services Industry Association (TSIA) is the world's leading organization dedicated to advancing the business of technology services. Technology services organizations large and small look to TSIA for world-class business frameworks, best practices based on real-world results, detailed performance benchmarking, exceptional peer networking opportunities, and high-profile certification and awards programs. TSIA corporate members represent the world's top technology companies as well as scores of innovative small and mid-size businesses in four major markets: enterprise IT and telecom, consumer technology, healthcare and healthcare IT, and industrial equipment and technology. TSIA's editorial blog, Inside Technology Services, is widely recognized by technology service professionals for providing thought leadership and insights into industry trends and best practices. Visit us at www.tsia.com, follow us on Twitter @TSIACommunity, or connect with us on LinkedIn and Google+.
CONTACT: Media Contact for Rapid7: Rachel Adam Rapid7, Senior PR Manager +1 (857) 415-4443 press@rapid7.com Media Contact for TSIA: Trisha Bright 858-674-5491 trisha.bright@tsia.com
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Edgewater Retains Financial Advisor to Evaluate AMERI and Lone Star Proposals
Published: Monday, November 2, 2015 | By: GlobalNewswireWAKEFIELD, Mass., Nov. 2, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Edgewater Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:EDGW), a leading consulting firm that helps business leaders drive transformational change through its unique selection of business and technology services and specialized product-based solutions, today announced that its Board of Directors has retained Signal Hill Capital Group LLC to serve as financial advisor to the Company.
Signal Hill, along with legal advisors, Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP and Jones Day, will assist Edgewater's Board of Directors in evaluating the unsolicited all-stock proposal received from AMERI Holdings, Inc. The Board of Directors is reviewing the AMERI Holdings proposal to determine the course of action that it believes is in the best interests of the Company and all of its stockholders.
The Board of Directors is also aware of the effort by a Company stockholder, Lone Star Value Investors, LP, and others to solicit stockholder consents to remove certain directors from the Board and to implement certain other proposals regarding the Company. The Board and Company management value input from all of the Company's stockholders. The Board, with advice from its financial and legal advisors, will evaluate the Lone Star proposals and provide recommendations to stockholders regarding the associated consent solicitation based on the best interests of the Company and all of its stockholders.
The Board of Directors will complete its evaluation of these matters in due course and will advise stockholders of the outcome of its review at that time.
Additional Information
In connection with the consent solicitation initiated by Lone Star Value Investors, LP, the Company may file a consent revocation statement and other documents regarding the Lone Star proposals with the SEC and may mail a consent revocation statement and a consent revocation card to each stockholder of record entitled to deliver a written consent with respect to the Lone Star proposals. STOCKHOLDERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO READ ANY CONSENT REVOCATION STATEMENT AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE, BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. The final consent revocation statement, if any, may be mailed to stockholders. Investors and security holders will be able to obtain the documents free of charge at the SEC's website, www.sec.gov, from Edgewater at its website, www.edgewater.com, or 200 Harvard Mill Square, Suite 210, Wakefield, Massachusetts 01880, Attention: Corporate Secretary.
Participants in Solicitation
The Company and its directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of consent revocations in connection with the Lone Star proposals. Information concerning the Company's participants is set forth in the proxy statement, dated April 22, 2015, for its 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders as filed with the SEC on Schedule 14A. Additional information regarding the interests of participants of the Company in any solicitation of consent revocations in connection with the Lone Star proposals and other relevant materials, if any, will be filed with the SEC when they become available.
About Edgewater
Edgewater (NASDAQ:EDGW) helps business leaders drive transformational change through its unique selection of business and technology services and specialized product-based solutions.
Classic consulting disciplines (such as business advisory, process improvement, organizational change management, M&A due diligence, and domain expertise) are blended with technical services (such as digital transformation, technical roadmaps, data and analytics services, custom development, and system integration) to help organizations get the most out of their existing IT assets while creating new digital business models.
Delivering both on premise and in the cloud, Edgewater partners with Oracle and Microsoft to offer Business Analytics, BI, ERP, and CRM solutions. Edgewater Ranzal, an Oracle Platinum Consulting Partner, provides Business Analytics solutions leveraging Oracle EPM, BI, and Big Data technologies. As an award-winning Microsoft partner, Edgewater Fullscope delivers Dynamics AX ERP, Business Intelligence, and CRM solutions, with a specialty in manufacturing.
CONTACT: INVESTOR CONTACT: Edgewater Technology, Inc. Timothy R. Oakes Phone: 781-246-6984 E-mail: toakes@edgewater.com MEDIA CONTACT: Sard Verbinnen & Co Bryan Locke / Debbie Miller Phone: (312) 895-4700 E-mail: blocke@sardverb.com / dmiller@sardverb.com
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3D Systems Launches 3D Printing Lab With U.S. Army
Published: Friday, October 30, 2015 | By: GlobalNewswire- Army lab acquires wide range of 3DS technology for joint materials and applications research
- Army and 3DS scientists to work together on-site at Aberdeen Proving Ground to develop, evaluate, and qualify new materials
- Army 'Open Campus' effort catalyzes innovations for American soldiers and industry through public/private partnership
ROCK HILL, S.C., Oct. 30, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 3D Systems (NYSE:DDD) announced today a partnership with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL), the nation's premier research center for land forces, to jointly develop 3D printing technology and materials for automotive, medical, wearable, aerospace, and other commercial and defense applications at the Army's Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland.
As part of this agreement, 3DS personnel will serve as guest researchers on-site at Aberdeen Proving Ground to collaborate with the Army's material scientists. Together, Army and 3DS researchers will tap ARL's expansive high-tech materials characterization toolset, as well as bring together scores of leading polymer and metals scientists from the government and industry. 3DS will also work with the Army on hybridized manufacturing applications using 3D printing to allow for logistics innovations such as in-field manufacturing and efficient depot-level repair.
"Additive manufacturing is redefining what is possible. Novel materials research will enable areas like 3D printed electronics and multi-functional structures. The development of hybridized manufacturing technologies will allow in-field manufacturing, efficient depot-level repair and a reduction of the Army's overall logistics burden," said Larry (LJ) Holmes, the Army Research Laboratory's Principal Investigator in this effort. "Equipping our soldiers with the most cutting edge technology requires innovations throughout our supply chain. We are pleased to embark on this cooperative R&D agreement, which will undoubtedly unlock new scientific discoveries and industrial innovation."
Additionally, under the lab's new Open Campus initiative, various companies, universities, and government agencies can apply to access the ARL's newly acquired inventory of 3D printer technologies from 3DS, including a host of the latest state-of-the-art Stereolithography, Direct Metal Printing, and MultiJet Printing machines.
"The United States Army is both a leader and innovator in adopting 3D printing technology," said Neal Orringer, 3DS' Vice President of Alliances and Partnerships. "Through its Open Campus initiative, the ARL is not only advancing high-tech collaboration, but also—more importantly— breaking new ground in fielding new materials and systems that support American soldiers, and we are proud to be the Army's partner."
Development and qualification of new materials and printer technologies under this agreement will enable adoption of this technology within the Army, its industrial base and that of other industries.
ARL will showcase its 3D printing research facilities at its Open Campus Open House on November 3 – 4, 2015 at its Aberdeen Proving Ground campus in Maryland. The event will introduce members of the international science and technology community to the ARL's research scientists and engineers and its specialized laboratory facilities that are available to support joint research. More information can be found here.
Learn more about 3DS' commitment to manufacturing the future today at www.3dsystems.com.
About 3D Systems
3D Systems provides the most advanced and comprehensive 3D digital design and fabrication solutions available today, including 3D printers, print materials and cloud-sourced custom parts. Its powerful ecosystem transforms entire industries by empowering professionals and consumers everywhere to bring their ideas to life using its vast material selection, including plastics, metals, ceramics and edibles. 3DS' leading personalized medicine capabilities include end-to-end simulation, training and planning, and printing of surgical instruments and devices for personalized surgery and patient specific medical and dental devices. Its democratized 3D digital design, fabrication and inspection products provide seamless interoperability and incorporate the latest immersive computing technologies. 3DS' products and services disrupt traditional methods, deliver improved results and empower its customers to manufacture the future now.
Leadership through Innovation and Technology
- 3DS invented 3D printing with its Stereolithography (SLA) printer and was the first to commercialize it in 1989.
- 3DS invented Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) printing and was the first to commercialize it in 1992.
- 3DS invented and commercialized its patented, ground-breaking force-feedback haptic devices in 1993.
- 3DS invented the ColorJet Printing (CJP) class of 3D printers and was the first to commercialize 3D powder-based systems in 1994.
- 3DS invented MultiJet Printing (MJP) printers and was the first to commercialize it in 1996.
- 3DS pioneered virtual surgical simulation (VSSTM) and virtual surgical planning (VSP®) as part of its portfolio of leading 3D healthcare products and services.
- 3DS pioneered scan-based design with the release of the patented Geomagic Design X (XOR) software in 2006.
Today its comprehensive range of 3D printers is the industry's benchmark for production-grade manufacturing in aerospace, automotive, patient specific medical device and a variety of consumer, electronic and fashion accessories.
More information on the company is available at www.3dsystems.com.
CONTACT: Investor Contact: Stacey Witten Email: investor.relations@3dsystems.com Media Contact: Timothy Miller Email: Press@3dsystems.com
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Prime Numbers Technology Releases Contract Monitoring
Published: Monday, November 2, 2015 | By: GlobalNewswireMILFORD, Mass., Nov. 2, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Prime Numbers Technology (PNT), long-standing provider of data analysis solutions, and the independent development force behind industry-leading travel reporting and benchmarking platform, Prime Analytics, has today announced the release of its latest data analysis tool: Contract Monitoring. This release marks the second phase of PNT's contract and vendor analysis software, Prime Sourcing, which was unveiled late 2014.
Contract Monitoring is a contract definition tool which builds upon the analytic framework established in Prime Sourcing's first module, Dynamic Analysis. Within the tool, users are guided through an intuitive configuration and contract data loading interface, which provides real-time feedback and validates entries against historical data and PNT's proprietary rules engine. Once contract data and discounts are loaded into Contract Monitoring, they become fully functional components within Dynamic Analysis, offering further dissection and benchmarking of contract performance.
"At its core, Contract Monitoring is an agreement optimization tool," explained Doug Vasquez, Vice President, Software Development at Prime Numbers Technology. "On a corporate direct level, businesses can explore the performance of their current and historical contracts, which can assist in discount negotiation and preferred vendor analysis. Through the interface, corporations can further visualize the 'Where?' and 'Why?' of their current contract performance, and learn exactly which factors can help their company improve, or stay on track."
Travel management companies (TMCs) can also leverage Contract Monitoring to gain new perspective into agency-wide contracts and supplier agreements. By defining targets for their contract and discount goals, TMCs can track the effectiveness of their negotiated agreements to reveal hidden potential for greater ROI, as well as supplier discounts.
"This new module of Prime Sourcing is a powerful tool for corporations and TMCs alike, and we're looking forward to seeing how users interact with the tool," added Vasquez. "We'll be utilizing user feedback to fine-tune the last module of Prime Sourcing – Contract Modeling – which is planned for release in 2016."
Prime Sourcing's first modules, Contract Monitoring and Dynamic Analysis, are available for TMC and corporate commercial licensing now. For more information, including demonstration and licensing inquiries, please visit www.primenumberstechnology.com.
About Prime Numbers Technology
Prime Numbers Technology (PNT) is dedicated to helping clients drive significant savings in business spend through industry-recognized data analytics and benchmarking solutions. PNT is in continuous development for a comprehensive suite of solutions including data analytics and benchmarking, dashboards, policy management, best practices and ROI maximization. PNT technology is licensed by some of the most recognized names in business travel, with global representation by many Fortune 250 corporations and top 10 travel management companies. PNT is a division of Atlas Travel & Technology Group Inc., based in Milford, MA. For more information on Prime Numbers Technology, please visit www.primenumberstechnology.com.CONTACT: Andrew Carriere Marketing & Communications Coordinator Atlas Travel & Technology Group Inc. +1 (508) 488-1260 Andrew.Carriere@atlastravel.com
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Next Generation Crucial BX200 SSD is an Ideal Hard Drive Replacement
Published: Tuesday, November 3, 2015 | By: GlobalNewswireKey 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
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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.
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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.
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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
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BMC Named Mobby Award Winner for Best Collaboration and Teamwork App
Published: Tuesday, November 3, 2015 | By: GlobalNewswireHOUSTON, 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/.
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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
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Centage Corporation Continues Rapid Growth Driven by Demand for Cloud-Based Budgeting Solutions
Published: Tuesday, November 3, 2015 | By: GlobalNewswireNATICK, 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:- Awarded Microsoft Gold Competency for application development;
- Designated a Core Vendor in BPM Partners 2015 BPM Pulse report;
- Selected as a 2015 Golden Bridge Awards finalist for "Innovation in Business Process Management" with Analytics Maestro and "Best Deployment", based on a successful customer case study with M3 Midstream; and,
- Named a finalist nominee in CPA Practice Advisor's annual Innovation Awards.
"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
