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EHNAC Accredits First Two Organizations for Data Registry Accreditation Program (DRAP)
Published: Monday, November 9, 2015 | By: GlobalNewswireFARMINGTON, 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
- Ensures stakeholder trust for managing the registry credentials used between exchange users;
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Fuisz Announces Intention to Divest Key E-Commerce Patents Addressing E-Commerce Integration With Product Suppliers
Published: Monday, November 9, 2015 | By: GlobalNewswireMiami, FL, Nov. 09, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fuisz LLC today announced its intention to divest certain e-commerce patents addressing e-commerce integration with product suppliers.
These comprise a family of three issued patents, including: US 7,962,367 (the “‘367”): US 8,255,379 and US 8,620,756 (each titled, “Method and apparatus for permitting stage-door access to on-line vendor information”) (the “756”). The underlying application was filed in March 1999.
Joseph Fuisz, member Fuisz LLC, commented: “ The ‘756 is directed, inter alia, to a product supplier system obtaining information about consumer preferences and product purchase trends from an on-line vendor system. In an era of increased importance of on-line sales, the system described in the ‘756 is a needed tool for product suppliers.
The ‘367 is directed towards the on-line vendor system itself where the on-line system is dynamically linked to a product supplier database. These brief descriptions are of course qualified with reference to the patents themselves. These patents are subject to certain license obligations.”
Richard Fuisz, member Fuisz LLC, stated: “The prescience of the systems described in these patents together with the subsequent growth of e-commerce make particularly valuable intellectual property. We invite interested parties to make a statement of interest.”
Fuisz LLC is a private technology company originated by the Fuiszes. The Fuiszes have made substantial contributions in drug delivery including orally dissolving tablets and novel particle coating systems at Fuisz Technologies; inventing and developing thin film drug delivery technologies at Kosmos Pharma and MonoSol Rx, as well as independently developing extruded sheet technology and diagnostic applications. Fuisz has extensive experience working with big and specialty pharma, as well as large consumer products companies. Fuisz has its headquarters in Miami. www.fuisz.com
CONTACT: Joseph Fuisz202 669 5097jfuisz@fuisz.com
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Gemalto research reveals rigid software licensing and delivery options are frustrating today's enterprise users
Published: Sunday, November 8, 2015 | By: GlobalNewswireAMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, Nov. 9, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653), the world leader in digital security, today announced the publication of its State of Software Monetization report. Survey results reveal that enterprise software customer demands are evolving and software vendors and intelligent device manufacturers need to adopt flexible and adaptable licensing and packaging techniques in order to meet these needs and generate more revenue opportunities.
"The way that software is consumed is changing – whether users only want certain features, to use it on the device of their choice, or only want to pay for what they use," said Shlomo Weiss, Senior Vice President, Software Monetization at Gemalto. "Independent software vendors (ISVs) have to keep up with the changing demands of their customers. We see that piracy, reverse engineering, and deliberate and unintentional misuse are all still monetization concerns for ISVs. However, now more than ever, delivering software in ways that customers want to consume it is critical for creating a user experience that sells."
Expectations from ISVs are high
The research reveals that the vast majority of respondents (85%) think software vendors need to constantly adapt to evolving market needs. More specifically, 83% of enterprise respondents said that flexible software packaging and accessibility across multiple devices are extremely important to them. In addition, four out of five respondents believe that software needs to be future-proof to be successful.
ISVs face software monetization challenges
ISVs – including intelligent device manufacturers – are still finding monetizing their software challenging, especially including back office tasks and licensing enforcement. Only one in ten ISVs reported no licensing operations challenges. Top back office issues included:
- Cost of renewing and managing licenses (87%);
- Time spent renewing and managing licenses (83%);
- Time and cost spent on non-product-related development (82%); and
- Limited visibility into how products are being used (68%).
Enterprise software users are frustrated
Enterprise software consumers expressed their frustration with traditional, rigid software licensing, packaging and delivery options. They are increasingly looking for online software delivery, metered usage and device-agnostic licensing. Only 10% of enterprise respondents claimed that their organization is not experiencing challenges with their software licenses. Among the remaining respondents, top licensing challenges included inflexible license agreements, long customer on-boarding and lost licensing keys. Top software license preferences included:
- Enterprise licenses (59%);
- Site licenses (45%); and
- Concurrent-user licenses (40%).
Licensing compliance remains a concern
Compliance – whether intentional or unintentional – is still a primary concern among ISVs. Four-fifths of ISV respondents worry about unlicensed software use, up from about three-quarters in 2012. Among unlicensed software usage, ISV respondents said that their top concerns were:
- Competitive theft of intellectual property (59%);
- Intentional licensing agreement violations (56%); and
- Software piracy (48%)
At the same time, almost half of enterprise respondents admit to being non-compliant with a software agreement. When asked about how ISVs could improve their services:
- 80% think software vendors could provide more clarity around processes/audits; and
- 72% think software vendors could improve usage tracking/audits.
Commercial software monetization solutions are worth implementing
Of the enterprise users who had implemented a commercial software monetization solution, two-thirds were up and running in less than six months.
Resources:
- Download the State of Software Monetization report
- Access the regional data
- Download the infographic
- For additional information about software monetization solutions, click: http://www.safenet-inc.com/software-monetization-solutions/.
Demographics of the state of software monetization report
The State of Software Monetization Report includes the opinions of 600 enterprise software users and 180 independent software vendors (ISVs) about the needs and challenges related to software licensing and packaging. Gemalto worked closely with technology market research specialists at Vanson Bourne to develop and conduct the survey, which targeted ISVs with at least 10 employees and enterprise organizations with 500 or more employees from DACH (Germany, Austria and Switzerland), France, Japan, U.K. and the U.S
Background on Gemalto's Sentinel Software Monetization solutions
Gemalto, through its acquisition of SafeNet, is the market-leading provider of software licensing and entitlement management solutions for on-premises, embedded and cloud-based software vendors. Gemalto's Sentinel is the most trusted brand in the software industry for secure, flexible, and future-proof software monetization solutions.
About Gemalto
Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO) is the world leader in digital security, with 2014 annual revenues of €2.5 billion and blue-chip customers in over 180 countries.
Gemalto helps people trust one another in an increasingly connected digital world. Billions of people want better lifestyles, smarter living environments, and the freedom to communicate, shop, travel, bank, entertain and work – anytime, everywhere – in ways that are enjoyable and safe. In this fast moving mobile and digital environment, we enable companies and administrations to offer a wide range of trusted and convenient services by securing financial transactions, mobile services, public and private clouds, eHealthcare systems, access to eGovernment services, the Internet and internet-of-things and transport ticketing systems.
Gemalto's unique technology portfolio - from advanced cryptographic software embedded in a variety of familiar objects, to highly robust and scalable back-office platforms for authentication, encryption and digital credential management - is delivered by our world-class service teams. Our 14,000 employees operate out of 99 offices, 34 personalization and data centers, and 24 research and software development centers located in 46 countries.
For more information visit www.gemalto.com, www.justaskgemalto.com, blog.gemalto.com, or follow @gemalto on Twitter.
Gemalto media contacts:
Philippe Benitez
North America
+1 512 257 3869
philippe.benitez@gemalto.comPeggy Edoire
Europe & CIS
+33 4 42 36 45 40
peggy.edoire@gemalto.comVivian Liang
(Greater China)
+86 1059373046
vivian.liang@gemalto.com
Ernesto Haikewitsch
Latin America
+55 11 5105 9220
ernesto.haikewitsch@gemalto.com
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Middle East & Africa
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MISTRAS Brands Its Latest Bridge Monitoring and Inspection Solution Into New StructurAlert(TM) Name
Published: Friday, November 6, 2015 | By: GlobalNewswirePRINCETON 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
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PROLIM has been selected as a winner of the 2015 Dallas 100™ Awards
Published: Friday, November 6, 2015 | By: GlobalNewswirePlano, 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.”
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
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Concurrent Technologies Corporation's Dom Glavach to Participate on FABTECH Panel "Enterprise Security Risks: Is Your Company Protected?"
Published: Friday, November 6, 2015 | By: GlobalNewswireJOHNSTOWN, 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
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Tracx Appoints Eric Berkowitz SVP Global Services and Adi Kleiman SVP Product
Published: Friday, November 6, 2015 | By: GlobalNewswireNEW 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 TracxTracx 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
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Eight new companies begin Innosphere's incubation program for technology startups
Published: Friday, November 6, 2015 | By: GlobalNewswireFORT 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 InnosphereInnosphere 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
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TubeMogul Launches Industry's First Automated Cross-Screen Planning Software
Published: Friday, November 6, 2015 | By: GlobalNewswireEMERYVILLE, 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
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Alarm.com Announces Strategic Partnership with Securitas
Published: Thursday, November 5, 2015 | By: GlobalNewswireVIENNA, Va. and STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Nov. 5, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Alarm.com (Nasdaq:ALRM) and Securitas AB announced a strategic partnership to launch Alarm.com's cloud-based security and automation services in Europe.
The two companies will collaborate to bring a wide range of state of the art residential and commercial security applications to market. Supported by the Securitas brand, Alarm.com's smart home solutions will be offered through partner sales channels. With a focus on delivering an exceptional customer experience, Securitas AB and Alarm.com are aligning product and processes and plan for a phased European launch during 2016.
"Security services are driving the adoption of smart home technology today and partnering with a global brand like Securitas is a strong fit for our international strategy," said Reed Grothe, Alarm.com Senior Vice President of Global Business Development. "Our proven platform and commitment to innovation will help Securitas to introduce the latest in security technology to consumer sales channels."
"The business partnership with Alarm.com gives Securitas a new sales channel in Europe to generate monitoring and mobile patrol sales growth." says Olle Lindskog, Director Business Development Alarm Services, Securitas Security Services Europe.
Alarm.com's award winning services and top-rated mobile app deliver a seamless user experience across a broad ecosystem of security, energy, video and automation devices. Alarm.com's services are sold exclusively through authorized partners. Leading security and smart home service providers choose Alarm.com's technology for its advanced smart home features, proven cloud platform and professional services to create an exceptional customer experience.
About Alarm.com
Alarm.com is the leading cloud-based platform for the smart home. Every day, millions of people depend on Alarm.com's technology to help protect and manage the things that matter most – their homes, families, and small businesses. A broad ecosystem of IoT devices are easily controlled through a single, intuitive app and automated through intelligent analytics to help keep homes safer, smarter, and more efficient. Our innovative smarter home security, video, and energy management solutions are available through our network of thousands of professional service providers. Alarm.com is traded on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol ALRM. For more information, please visit www.alarm.com.
About Securitas AB
Securitas is a global knowledge leader in security. From a broad range of services of specialized guarding, technology solutions and consulting and investigations, we customize offerings that are suited to the individual customer's needs, in order to deliver the most effective security solutions. Everywhere from small stores to airports, our 320,000 employees are making a difference.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements relate to the plans of Securitas AB and Alarm.com to implement pilot programs later this year in preparation for a for a phased European launch during 2016 and to Alarm.com's ability to help Securitas introduce the latest in security technology to consumer sales channels. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results anticipated by these forward-looking statements, including our ability to collaborate successfully with Securitas to align our product and processes to achieve a phased European launch during 2016, the risk of unexpected delays due to regulatory and technical factors, uncertainties regarding legal restrictions on data-sharing, and other factors discussed in the "Risk Factors" section of Alarm.com's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 14, 2015 and other filings Alarm.com will make with the SEC from time to time. In addition, the forward-looking statements included in this press release represent Alarm.com's views as of the date of this press release. Subsequent events and developments may cause its views to change. However, while Alarm.com may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, the company specifically disclaims any obligation to do so except as required by law. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing Alarm.com's views as of any date after the date of this press release.
CONTACT:
Investor Relations:
Jonathan Schaffer/ Taylor Krafchik
The Blueshirt Group
ir@alarm.com
212.871.3953/ 212.871.3938
Media Relations:
Matthew Zartman
Alarm.com
mzartman@alarm.com
571.356.9158
