AT&T Inc. today announced a three-year
contract with Insuresoft, a leading insurance
software vendor for the property and casualty
insurance industry. As its primary provider,
AT&T will deliver a portfolio of hosting
services that keeps Insuresoft connected and
"always on" for its customers.
This past week, the 3rd Coalition Against Domain
Name Abuse (CADNA) international domain abuse
forum was held in Paris to coincide with one of
the most contested ICANN meetings in years. Brands
from around the world gathered at the CADNA forum
with academic and business leaders to discuss the
future of the domain name space and what can be
done to improve the landscape for consumers and
brand owners alike.
SunGard has acquired Delphi Technologies Limited
(http://www.delphi.ie/ ), a Dublin-based provider
of consulting services and managed professional
services to Ireland's financial services,
insurance and telecommunications industries.
Delphi Technologies Limited (Delphi) will become
part of SunGard's European Consulting Services
business. The transaction, the terms of which were
not disclosed, is not expected to have a material
impact on SunGard's financial results.
Splash Media, LP, a leading video publisher and
innovator of online video training content and
corporate communication, has finalized agreements
with Mortgage Power Network (MPN) to create and
distribute a collaborative video training offering
to the mortgage industry via the newly formed
Mortgage Professional Training Network (MPTN).
The content will be delivered utilizing Splash
Media's proprietary technology via streaming video
over the Internet.
Citizant, one of the Washington region's leading
providers of government professional technical
solutions, today announced that Beverly Hacker,
former Chief Architect at the U.S. Departments of
Treasury and Housing and Urban Development (HUD),
has joined the company.
Allscripts, the leading provider of clinical
software, connectivity and information solutions
that physicians use to improve healthcare,
announced today that it will report its earnings
for the three and six months ended June 30, 2008
after the stock market closes on Tuesday, August
5, 2008. At 4:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time on the
same day, Allscripts management will host a
conference call and webcast to discuss the
company's earnings and other information.
CPI Card Group announces the following
organizational changes effective immediately.
CPI's leadership team wants to emphasize color
technology as a strategic initiative and core
competency of the company. This strategic
initiative requires an organizational change in
order to expediently manage and continue to
develop our color technology, along with other
technical advances.
Aveso, Inc. (http://www.avesodisplays.com/), the
leader in hot laminated flexible displays, and
Giesecke & Devrient (http://www.gi-de.com/), a
leading global supplier of smart cards, today
announced they have partnered to produce hot
laminated electronic display cards featuring
Aveso's rugged display technology. The companies
will introduce products to meet the global demand
for one-time password (OTP) authentication cards
used to protect online information in the
enterprise, banking and consumer markets. OTP
cards place one-time password authentication into
a convenient credit card form factor.
Zune Arts, a creative collective curated by Zune,
Microsoft Corp.'s integrated digital entertainment
brand, today released "The Lost Ones," a graphic
novel written by celebrated writer Steve Niles.
For the Zune-commissioned novel, Niles was paired
up with visual artists Dr. Revolt, Gary Panter,
Kime Buzzelli and Morning Breath to take the
reader on an epic journey through time and space.
Each artist illustrated a different chapter of the
novel, resulting in a blend of artistic styles
that is emblematic of the unique creative
collaborations for which Zune Arts has become
widely known.
Paramount Health Care Company, a leading senior
care organization headquartered in San Antonio,
Texas, has partnered with Silverchair Learning
Systems to implement a comprehensive Learning
Management System for their organization's
employee training.
MICROS Systems, Inc. , a leading provider of
information technology solutions for the
hospitality and retail industries, is pleased to
announce that Pestana Hotels and Resorts, owned
and operated by The Pestana Group, the largest
Portuguese tourism and leisure organization, will
commence the next phase of its I.T. strategy with
MICROS-Fidelio Portugal with the implementation of
the MICROS OPERA Reservations System (ORS) and
OPERA Web Services (OWS).
MerchantCircle, the largest online network of
local business owners in the nation, today
announces a partnership with Yahoo! that allows
MerchantCircle members exclusive access to Yahoo!
Local online marketing services. As a Yahoo!
'Local Ambassador', MerchantCircle will promote
Yahoo!-specific products to its ever-growing
online business network of more than 525,000 local
businesses. The program is set to begin at the end
of summer.
Esha News Monitoring Services Private Limited, the
largest television news monitoring agency in India
launches web page service, a service where
television reports and clips can be accessed from
your desktop 24X7 through Esha News website
http://www.eshanews.com/ .
Sony Electronics today announced that it will
launch an integrated marketing campaign in the
United States on July 15 touting how its new VAIO
all-in-one HD PC/TV and HD Blu-ray Disc enabled
notebook are "Born out of" other high-definition
products.
Microsoft Corp. today unveiled Microsoft Equipt,
an all-in-one security and productivity software
subscription service for consumers. In one easy
installation, the service delivers award-winning
anti-malware protection technology and features to
simplify PC management and help improve
performance, the productivity tools people use to
organize their lives, and online services that
help make it easy to keep in touch with friends
and family.
Yoono, a leader in developing solutions to
simplify your Internet life and save you time, and
Assurances Generales de France (AGF) announced
today AGF has extended the Series A with an
additional $4 million investment. AGF originally
invested $2.5 million in Yoono in 2007. Yoono also
announced the opening of its beta product to the
public and support for the release of Firefox 3.
Yoono socializes your browser by becoming "a
platform of widgets" that helps users manage all
of their social networks, discover and share new
contents in a single interface. With the
additional funding the company will continue to
integrate some of the world's most leveraged
applications, expand its marketing programs, and
continue to grow its engineering teams, scale its
platform and enhance its whole ecosystem.
The third annual Future of Media Summit will be
held simultaneously in Sydney and Silicon Valley
on 15 July, 2008. The Summit is organized by
Future Exploration Network, a global strategy and
events firm.
In a continuing effort to provide the best
wireless service for local residents in Barnstable
County, Verizon Wireless has activated a new cell
site. The new site increases high-speed wireless
data coverage and capacity along Route 28 in the
western part of Yarmouth, Massachusetts, as well
as the surrounding area.
Convera Corporation , http://www.convera.com/, a
leading provider of vertical search services for
publishers, today announced that it has signed a
contract with specialized news and information
publisher BNA to build a vertical search engine
for Human Resources professionals.
A new study finds that product reviews in Walter
Mossberg's long-running Personal Technology column
in The Wall Street Journal translate into seismic
shifts in stock price for the firms responsible
for the new technologies.
Nimbuzz (http://www.nimbuzz.com/), the
comprehensive mobile VoIP and IM provider that
also brings IM and voice to social networks, has
raised $15 million Second Round funding. The new
round of funding was led by Naspers/MIH
(http://www.naspers.com/) with Nimbuzz's other
major existing investor Mangrove Capital Partners
(http://www.mangrove-vc.com/) also participating.
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) today
introduced its second-generation, 15-W, stereo
analog-input Class-D amplifiers with single-ended
outputs. These highly-efficient devices eliminate
components to reduce total solution size and cost
in HDTVs and other consumer audio electronics.
Innovative features address single-ended design
challenges to ensure robust and reliable audio
performance in LCD, plasma and DLP(R) TVs and
other home audio products. (For more information
see http://www.ti.com/tpa3121d2-pr.)
Two days after CBS Corporation announced its
completion of its acquisition of CNET Networks,
Inc., CBS News content is being featured on
CNET.com for the very first time. Video of EARLY
SHOW anchor Harry Smith's Tuesday interview with
CNET senior editor Natali Del Conti is now
available for viewing on the consumer electronics
website, the first of more synergies to be
expected between CBS News and the CNET web
properties.
Buzzwire, Inc., today announced that it has added
22 new content partners for its mobile streaming
media service. New partners include some of the
top brands in original Web content and Internet
TV, including Next New Networks, 60Frames, Rooftop
Comedy, Goodnight Burbank, Abigail's Teen Diary,
Comedytime.tv, Tubemogul, National Banana, Ocean's
7-11.com, Gagfilms.com, Crossroad Mobile,
LoftCity, Cinemarv, Headzup.tv, 5Min.com, The
Classic Wines Minute, Political Lunch, 20 Minute
Yoga, Somagirls, For Your Imagination, Young
Hollywood, and Versaly Entertainment, which
operates Vmbc.tv, a mobile video distribution
network that will provide Fast Lane and Hollywood
Insider programming.
EDS today announced that the U.S. Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has awarded
its subsidiary, NHIC, Corp., a $148 million
contract to administer Part A and Part B Medicare
claims payments to health care providers in four
northwestern states. The contract is for one year
with four 1-year options and will serve
approximately 54,000 physicians and practitioners
and 233 Medicare hospitals within Alaska, Idaho,
Oregon and Washington.
Diversinet Corp. (OTCBB: DVNTF), a leading
provider of wireless data security infrastructure
products and services, today announced that Albert
E. Wahbe, CEO and Chairman has exercised 2,300,000
share purchase warrants for gross proceeds of
US$1,725,000. The share purchase warrants had an
exercise price of US$0.75 per common share.
Wegener Corporation , a leading provider of
equipment for television, audio and data
distribution networks worldwide, today announced
that it plans to report its third quarter of
fiscal 2008 operating results prior to the market
open on Thursday, July 10, 2008.
Wishpot, the popular online social shopping
community, announces the launch of Wishpot Baby.
Wishpot offers parents the ability to shop
anywhere, maintain one shopping space and, with
the help of experienced and savvy Mom Experts,
simplify what many parents consider the most
challenging task: shopping for their children.
"Wishpot removes the uncertainty around choosing
the safest and best products for baby. We do this
by making it easy to shop at any baby store, to
get feedback and recommendations, and to keep
everything you need for baby in one place!"
explains Max Ciccotosto, CEO of Wishpot.
SI International, Inc. , an information technology
and network solutions (IT) company, announced
today that the Company has been awarded two prime
contract orders with the U.S. Census Bureau. The
Company will provide the LAN Technology Support
Office (LTSO) with local area network and desktop
management services. Each task order has a one
year base period with two one-year option periods
and a combined approximate value of $14.1 million,
inclusive of all options.
Tower Semiconductor Ltd. , an independent
specialty foundry, today announced that Mr.
Russell Ellwanger, Chief Executive Officer, will
present at the Tenth Annual Collins Stewart LLC
Growth Conference in New York, New York at the
Mandarin Oriental Hotel.
Entrust, Inc. , a respected provider of solutions
that secure digital identities and information, is
now listed on the broad-market Russell 3000 Index
after reconstitution on June 27. The addition to
the Russell 3000 Index, which remains in place for
one fiscal year, also includes Entrust in
additional Russell indexes. The index is a
trusted, proven barometer for businesses success,
stock growth and investment forecasting for
U.S.-based companies.
Educators, students and lifelong learners alike
can now access free content from INTELECOM
Intelligent Telecommunications, as INTELECOM joins
a growing number of educational institutions and
content providers on iTunes U
(http://www.apple.com/itunesu/).
IntercontinentalExchange , a leading operator of
regulated global futures exchanges and
over-the-counter (OTC) markets, today reported
solid growth in volume and commissions for the
month of June. Futures average daily volume (ADV)
in June rose 15%, and OTC commissions increased
48% over June 2007. For the second quarter of
2008, ICE achieved its second-highest futures ADV
and second-highest quarter of OTC commissions at
$1.2 million.
GPS Industries, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: GPSN) the
only provider of Wi-Fi powered,
advertising-enhanced global positioning systems
for golf facilities, resorts and residential
communities, announced today that its Asian
distributor, GPSi Asia Pte. Ltd., has entered into
an exclusive distribution agreement for China with
the Shanghai Hangying Culture Media Ltd. dba GPS
Media. GPS Media, based in Shanghai and with
offices in Beijing and Shanghai, is a GPS provider
to golf courses in China with a unique business
model that includes advertising on the GPS units.
FTI Consulting, Inc. , the global business
advisory firm dedicated to helping organizations
protect and enhance their enterprise value, today
announced that it has completed its acquisition of
Attenex Corporation, a leading eDiscovery software
provider, for $88 million in cash, as previously
announced.
SRA International, Inc. , a leading provider of
technology and strategic consulting services and
solutions to government organizations, today
announced it has acquired Interface & Control
Systems, Inc., (ICS) a product development and
engineering services firm specializing in
real-time, embedded and autonomous command and
control software systems for space applications.