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WHMCS Management Platform Integrates GlobalSign?s OneClickSSL Technology
WHMCS Management Platform Integrates GlobalSign’s OneClickSSL Technology
London, UK (PRWEB) September 26, 2011
GMO GlobalSign Ltd (http://www.globalsign.co.uk), one of the longest established Certification Authorities (CA) and specialist in SSL and Digital Certificate security, today announced that its revolutionary new OneClickSSL technology allowing the automation of SSL reselling, has been integrated into the latest version of WHMCS’s billing platform.
Since partnering with WHMCS and initially embedding GlobalSign’s SSL reselling module into its platform in 2010, hundreds of hosting providers around the world have benefited from the simplicity of controlling the billing cycle of all hosting products they chose to resell, including GlobalSign SSL Certificates. Over this time GlobalSign and WHMCS have worked closely together in developing the module to incorporate GlobalSign’s full range of SSL Certificates, including basic level Domain Validated SSL, to the most advanced Extended Validation (EV) SSL Certificates, opening up many new opportunities for GlobalSign SSL Resellers. Now OneClickSSL has been added, WHMCS offers the complete GlobalSign SSL portfolio.
With OneClickSSL, hosting customers purchase Secure Site Vouchers from their hosting provider. The customer goes on to redeem the voucher via any one of the OneClickSSL plug-ins, (including CPanel, Parallels, Plesk, IIS and Apache), by simply entering the voucher code and clicking “Activate SSL”. Customers have an SSL secured website in only seconds, reducing the support overhead and overall involvement of the hosting company, generating higher margins from the opportunity reselling SSL has to offer, enabling hosts to focus on their core business.
“Making OneClickSSL vouchers available through WHMCS further helps hosts offer SSL security to customers of all technical abilities”, said Steve Roylance, Business Development Director, GlobalSign. “The vouchers and plug-ins do all of the technical work, including key generation, creation of Certificate Signing Request, validation of control of domain and installation of SSL Certificate, all within 45 seconds”.
“We are always eager to keep up to date with the latest hosting and security technologies and we are proud to be the first billing platform to be able to offer GlobalSign’s new OneClickSSL service”, said Matthew Pugh, Lead Developer, WHMCS. “Putting WHMCS users ahead of the competition is a key strategy for us and we look forward to integrating future GlobalSign SSL developments in the near future”.
GlobalSign’s OneClickSSL module will be included in the next release of WHMCS V4.6 as standard. If users are running on version 4.5 or earlier, the module will need to be installed and can be found at http://www.whmcs.com/globalsignssl.php
For more information about OneClickSSL please visit http://www.globalsign.com/ssl/oneclickssl
Hosting companies interested in offering OneClickSSL via the WHMCS platform to their customer base can become a GlobalSign partner by contacting GlobalSign at http://www.globalsign.com/ssl/oneclickssl
About WHMCS
WHMCS, a private company based in the UK was established in 2005 as the first company to develop a system to combine billing and support solutions into a single package. Since then, WHMCS has developed an all-in-one client management, billing & support solution for online business in over 90 countries worldwide supporting everything from signup to termination, with automated billing, provisioning and management. WMCS has been able to provide one of the most popular billing and support solutions for web host by partnering with numerous strategic partners to provide its customers with the products and services to allow its end users to achieve success.
About GMO GlobalSign
Established in 1996 and as a WebTrust accredited public certificate authority, GlobalSign offers publicly trusted SSL Certificates, EV SSL, Managed SSL Services, Code Signing for use on all platforms including mobile devices. Its Trusted Root solution uses the widely embedded GlobalSign Root CA certificates to provide immediate PKI trust for Microsoft Certificate Services and internal PKI, eliminating the costs of using untrusted Root Certificates. Its partnership with Adobe to provide Certified Document Services (CDS) enables secure digitally signed PDF documents, certified transcripts and e-invoices. These core Digital Certificate solutions allow its thousands of authenticated customers to conduct secure online transactions, data transfer, distribution of tamper-proof code, and protection of online identities for secure email and access control. The company has a history of innovation within the online security industry and has offices in the US, UK, Belgium, Japan, and China.
About GMO Internet Group
GMO Internet Group is one of the most comprehensive providers of industry-leading Internet services worldwide. As well as domain registration, web hosting, ecommerce, and payment processing businesses that each hold the top share in their respective markets in Japan, services operated by the group include Internet advertising, search engine marketing and research. Global online security brand GlobalSign and major Japanese online securities brokerage, GMO CLICK Securities are also group members. In 2011 a new Social Media & Smartphone Platform segment was established bringing together group initiatives in social apps development, flash marketing and Android apps distribution. GMO Internet, Inc. is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Please visit http://www.gmo.jp/en for more information.
For further details please contact:
Steve Waite
GMO GlobalSign Ltd
01622 766 766
press(at)globalsign(dot)com
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Government Technology Officials Name MaaS360 Best Security Solution
Government Technology Officials Name MaaS360 Best Security Solution
Blue Bell, PA (PRWEB) December 13, 2011
Fiberlink®, the leader in software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions for secure mobile device and application management, today announced that its MaaS360 mobile device management platform has been selected “Best Security Solution” by the Government Technology Research Alliance (GTRA). GTRA is a non-profit organization comprised of public and private sector leaders dedicated to the development and success of the government IT community. Cloud-based MaaS360 provides a number of federal agencies with mobility intelligence and control over mobile devices, applications and content to keep sensitive government data secure across smartphones, tablets and laptops.
MaaS360 was selected Best Security Solution after helping public sector officials at several agencies enable and secure government-issued and personally owned devices for their mobile workforce. MaaS360 earned the distinction as an invaluable resource to government IT through rapid deployments and the ability to instantly block, quarantine, configure, manage applications and documents. MaaS360 is also recognized as the first and only mobile device management (MDM) solution to receive an authority to operate (ATO) in accordance with the U.S. Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) by the U. S. General Services Administration (GSA).
“Continuous monitoring of laptops and smart devices is one of the top government concerns government security executives are facing this year,” said Kelly Yocum, co-founder GTRA. “MaaS360′s solutions presented at the GTRA SecureGOV Council Meeting were definitely on point so we are excited the attendees voted them as the Best Security Solution Award winner!”
Fiberlink helps federal CIOs get a cloud service up and running in less than an hour, and MaaS360 already has FedRAMP controls included in its audited System Security Plan. Fiberlink was also recognized by GTRA members for its work with government agencies to quickly and cost effectively meet the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) “Cloud First” policy – the government’s cloud migration initiative – for its ability to increase efficiency and reduce federal operating costs. Agencies use MaaS360 to meet OMB goals for Telework, GreenIT, COOP and Continuous Monitoring.
“It’s an honor to be recognized by GTRA’s membership of government technology officials as the Best Security Solution at this prestigious event,” said Fiberlink’s vice president of Federal, Jeff Ward. “MaaS360’s reputation for excellence in safeguarding sensitive government data on iOS, Androids, BlackBerry, Windows Phone and laptop devices comes from our work across multiple agencies. We look forward to helping additional branches meet OMB goals for Cloud First, GreenIT, Continuous Monitoring and Telework with MaaS360.”
About Fiberlink
Fiberlink is the recognized leader in software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions for secure enterprise mobile device and application management. Its cloud-based MaaS360 platform provides IT organizations with mobility intelligence and control over mobile devices, applications and content to enhance the mobile user experience and keep corporate data secure across smartphones, tablets, and laptops. MaaS360 helps companies monitor the expanding suite of mobile operating systems, including Apple iOS, Android, BlackBerry, and Windows Phone. Named by Network World as the Clear Choice Test winner for mobile device management solutions, MaaS360 is used to manage and secure more than one million endpoints globally. For more information, please visit http://www.maas360.com.
About the GTRA
The Government Technology Research Alliance (GTRA) is a 510c(3) non-profit organization comprised of public and private sector leaders dedicated to the development and success of the government IT community. With over 10,000 members, GTRA provides multiple forum to collaborate, strategize and create innovative solutions for the common challenges facing the civilian, defense, and intelligence communities in areas including Infrastructure, Cyber Security, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Architecture, IT Reform, Sustainability, Health IT, Acquisition and Leadership. By sharing best practices and lessons-learned, knowledge at the executive-level is exchanged among peers and results in actionable government-wide strategic plans to meet OMB, White House, DoD and agency-specific objectives/mandates. More information can be found at http://gtra.org.
© 2011 MaaS360 and the MaaS360 logo are trademarks of Fiberlink Communications and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. All other brand names are trademarks of their respective partners.
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‘Red Bird’ Flight Simulator Enhances Learning Experience at Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology
‘Red Bird’ Flight Simulator Enhances Learning Experience at Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology
Tulsa, OK (PRWEB) November 01, 2011
Almost a year has passed since Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology introduced advanced flight simulation technology into its curriculum. And in that time, school administrators have found that the full-motion flight simulation training device called the Redbird has enriched student learning and improved general flight skills for its students.
The Redbird is an Advanced Aviation Training Device (AATD), which is a superior-quality, feature-rich simulator that includes wraparound visuals and a fully enclosed, reconfigurable cockpit. The flight simulator provides a number of training features, including:
Scenario-based training compatibility
200-degree wraparound visuals
Portable instructor panel software
A user-defined missions database
Quick-change cockpit configurations
A unique pilot key system
A complete terrain and airport database
“The Red Bird has been an exciting addition to our program that had truly expanded our students’ learning opportunities because it ‘flies’ like the real thing,” said Jeremy D. Gibson, CEO/president of Spartan College. “This simulator allows students to experience endless hands-on training scenarios that prepare them for a career in aviation with increased confidence and knowledge.”
Spartan is proud of this much needed addition to its ground training flight program. The cockpit has the capability to be configured as a 172 airplane with conventional gauges and, by removing and adding a panel, it can be flown as a 172 with the latest Garmin FMX1000 package. There is also a quick change panel and throttle quadrant to configure the simulator as a Piper PA-44 twin-engine airplane.
Through a laptop computer, instructors have the ability to simulate all types of weather and aircraft problems while students fly the Redbird. With a maximum 60 degree yaw, 50 degree pitch and 40 degree roll, students become immersed in the movement and soon forget that it is only a simulation.
To find out what Spartan College graduates think, visit http://www.spartan.edu/reviews.
About Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology
Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology has a learn-by-doing philosophy with experienced instructors committed to providing students with the skills and knowledge needed to become more competitive in their chosen profession. Accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Careers Schools and Colleges, Spartan offers several training programs for aviation technicians and pilots. With a unique legacy of aircraft manufacturing, Spartan is one of the best flight schools and aviation facilities in the country offering diploma programs, Associate of Applied Science and Bachelor’s degrees. The school has affordable housing options and financial aid for those who qualify. Spartan is located at 8820 E. Pine Street, Tulsa, OK 74158. For more information on the school, call 1-800-331-1204 or visit http://www.Spartan.edu.
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Rehearsal Technology Launches Partners Program
Rehearsal Technology Launches Partners Program
Framingham, MA (PRWEB) November 10, 2011
Rehearsal Technology now has a program that lets business partners promote its award-winning software, English Extras® In Business with A, An, and The.
In Business with A, An, and The is a self-study English grammar software product for adults and young adults who are learning English. It focuses on the English articles “a”, “an”, and “the”. The articles are one of the hardest topics in English grammar for most English as a Second/Foreign Language students. In Business with A, An, and The won the 2011 ComputEd Gazette Best Educational Software (BESSIE) competition.
“We welcome partners who want to promote our ESL software,” said Catherine Wadelton, President and Founder of Rehearsal Technology. “Our new partners program is a win-win for us and for our partners. It expands our market and lets our partners share in the revenue from sales.”
Rehearsal Technology has teamed up with ShareASale, a leading affiliate network, to support the program. Qualified partners join the program through the ShareASale network. They place Rehearsal Technology’s links on their web sites or in their newsletters. They receive commissions when their visitors click the links and make purchases in the Rehearsal Technology online store. Partners are paid directly by ShareASale.
About Rehearsal Technology
Rehearsal Technology creates software for adult and young adult students. Its English Extras software lets students learn and practice English on their own without a textbook or teacher. Where most textbooks and software programs only scratch the surface, it provides in-depth information and extensive practice. It takes advantage of proven classroom methods, research in the field of applied linguistics, and the latest e-learning theories. Rehearsal Technology is a privately owned company in the United States. For more information visit http://www.englishextras.com.
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UMD Brain Cap Technology Turns Thought into Motion
UMD Brain Cap Technology Turns Thought into Motion
College Park, MD (PRWEB) July 27, 2011
“Brain cap” technology being developed at the University of Maryland allows users to turn their thoughts into motion. Associate Professor of Kinesiology José ‘Pepe’ L. Contreras-Vidal and his team have created a non-invasive, sensor-lined cap with neural interface software that soon could be used to control computers, robotic prosthetic limbs, motorized wheelchairs and even digital avatars.
“We are on track to develop, test and make available to the public—within the next few years—a safe, reliable, noninvasive brain computer interface that can bring life-changing technology to millions of people whose ability to move has been diminished due to paralysis, stroke or other injury or illness,” said Contreras-Vidal of the university’s School of Public Health.
The potential and rapid progression of the UMD brain cap technology can be seen in a host of recent developments, including a just published study in the “Journal of Neurophysiology,” new grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Institutes of Health (NIH), and a growing list of partners that includes the University of Maryland School of Medicine, the Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System, the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Rice University and Walter Reed Army Medical Center’s Integrated Department of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation.
“We are doing something that few previously thought was possible,” said Contreras-Vidal, who is also an affiliate professor in Maryland’s Fischell Department of Bioengineering and the university’s Neuroscience and Cognitive Science Program. “We use EEG (electroencephalography) to non-invasively read brain waves and translate them into movement commands for computers and other devices.
Peer Reviewed
Contreras-Vidal and his team have published three major papers on their technology over the past 18 months, the latest a just released study in the “Journal of Neurophysiology” in which they successfully used EEG brain signals to reconstruct the complex 3-D movements of the ankle, knee and hip joints during human treadmill walking. In two earlier studies they showed (1) similar results for 3-D hand movement and (2) that subjects wearing the brain cap could control a computer cursor with their thoughts.
Alessandro Presacco, a second-year doctoral student in Contreras-Vidal’s Neural Engineering and Smart Prosthetics Lab, Contreras-Vidal and co-authors write that their “Journal of Neurophysiology” study indicated “that EEG signals can be used to study the cortical dynamics of walking and to develop brain-machine interfaces aimed at restoring human gait function.”
There are other brain computer interface technologies under development, but Contreras-Vidal notes that these competing technologies are either very invasive, requiring electrodes to be implanted directly in the brain, or, if noninvasive, require much more training to use than does UMD’s EEG-based, brain cap technology.
Partnering to Help Sufferers of Injury and Stroke
Contreras-Vidal and his team are collaborating on a rapidly growing cadre of projects with researchers at other institutions to develop thought-controlled robotic prosthetics that can assist victims of injury and stroke.
Their latest partnership is supported by a new $ 1.2 million NSF grant. Under this grant, Contreras-Vidal’s Maryland team is embarking on a four-year project with researchers at Rice University, the University of Michigan and Drexel University to design a prosthetic arm that amputees can control directly with their brains, and which will allow users to feel what their robotic arm touches.
“There’s nothing fictional about this,” said Rice University co-principal investigator Marcia O’Malley, an associate professor of mechanical engineering. “The investigators on this grant have already demonstrated that much of this is possible. What remains is to bring all of it — non-invasive neural decoding, direct brain control and (touch) sensory feedback — together into one device.”
In a NIH-supported project now underway, Contreras-Vidal and his colleagues are pairing their brain cap’s EEG-based technology with a DARPA-funded next-generation robotic arm designed by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory to function like a normal limb. And the UMD team is developing a new collaboration with the New Zealand’s start-up Rexbionics, the developer of a powered lower-limb exoskeleton called Rex that could be used to restore gait after spinal cord injury.
Two of the earliest partnerships formed by Contreras-Vidal and his team are with the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Baltimore. A particular focus of this research is the use of the brain cap technology to help stroke victims whose brain injuries affect their motor-sensory control. Originally funded by a seed grant from the University of Maryland, College Park and the University of Maryland, Baltimore, the work now also is supported by a VA merit grant (anklebot BMI) and an NIH grant (Stroke).
“There is a big push in brain science to understand what exercise does in terms of motor learning or motor retraining of the human brain,” says Larry Forrester, an associate professor of physical therapy and rehabilitation science at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
For more than a year, Forrester and the UMD team have tracked the neural activity of people on a treadmill doing precise tasks like stepping over dotted lines. The researchers are matching specific brain activity recorded in real time with exact lower-limb movements. They just received a new NIH grant of almost 1 million dollars to support this work, which was originally funded by a small “seed” grant from the University of Maryland, College Park and the University of Maryland, Baltimore.
This data could help stroke victims in several ways, Forrester says. One is a prosthetic device, called an “anklebot,” or ankle robot, that stores data from a normal human gait and assists partially paralyzed people. People who are less mobile commonly suffer from other health issues such as obesity, diabetes or cardiovascular problems, Forrester says, “so we want to get (stroke survivors) up and moving by whatever means possible.”
The second use of the EEG data in stroke victims is more complex, yet offers exciting possibilities. “By decoding the motion of a normal gait,” Contreras-Vidal says, “we can then try and teach stroke victims to think in certain ways and match their own EEG signals with the normal signals.” This could “retrain” healthy areas of the brain in what is known as neuroplasticity.
One potential method for retraining comes from one of the Maryland research team’s newest members, Steve Graff, a first-year bioengineering doctoral student. He envisions a virtual reality game that matches real EEG data with on-screen characters. “It gives us a way to train someone to think the right thoughts to generate movement from digital avatars. If they can do that, then they can generate thoughts to move a device,” says Graff, who brings a unique personal perspective to the work. He has congenital muscular dystrophy and uses a motorized wheelchair. The advances he’s working on could allow him to use both hands – to put on a jacket, dial his cell phone or throw a football while operating his chair with his mind.
No Surgery Required
During the past two decades a great deal of progress has been made in the study of direct brain to computer interfaces, most of it through studies using monkeys with electrodes implanted in their brains. However, for use in humans such an invasive approach poses many problems, not the least of which is that most people don’t’ want holes in their heads and wires attached to their brains.
“EEG monitoring of the brain, which has a long, safe history for other applications, has been largely ignored by those working on brain-machine interfaces, because it was thought that the human skull blocked too much of the detailed information on brain activity needed to read thoughts about movement and turn those readings into movement commands for multi-functional high-degree of freedom prosthetics,” said Contreras-Vidal. He is among the few who have used EEG, MEG or other sensing technologies to develop non-invasive neural interfaces, and the only one to have demonstrated decoding results comparable to those achieved by researchers using implanted electrodes.
A paper Contreras-Vidal and colleagues published in the “Journal of Neuroscience” in March 2010 showed the feasibility of Maryland’s EEG-based technology to infer multidimensional natural movement from noninvasive measurements of brain activity. In their two latest studies, Contreras-Vidal and his team have further advanced the development of their EEG brain interface technology, and provided powerful new evidence that it can yield brain computer interface results as good as or better than those from invasive studies, while also requiring minimal training to use.
In a paper published in April in the “Journal of Neural Engineering,” the Maryland team demonstrated that people wearing the EEG brain cap, could after minimal training control a computer cursor with their thoughts and achieve performance levels comparable to those by subjects using invasive implanted electrode brain computer interface systems. Contreras-Vidal and his co-authors write that this study also shows that compared to studies of other noninvasive brain control interface systems, training time with their system was substantially shorter, requiring only a single 40-minute session.
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BB Direct Taps Entech Computer Services as Primary IT Support and Business Technology Solutions Provider
BB Direct Taps Entech Computer Services as Primary IT Support and Business Technology Solutions Provider
Cape Coral, FL (PRWEB) July 15, 2011
BB Direct, a database sales organization, tapped Entech Computer Services because of their ability to customize a fixed fee service package that focuses on ensuring business uptime through a combination of guaranteed support, proactive maintenance, and technology strategy planning. This provides BB Direct with a stable IT budget to have financial and technical flexibility for their dynamic business growth. With several remote office work stations, online data delivery requirements, and the need for secure data transmission, speed and redundancy, Entech Computer Services was selected over all competing business technology solution providers.
Brian Berg, CEO of BB Direct, says, “As a wholesale list provider to many of the largest direct mail service businesses within the U.S., we move a lot of data. Our systems must be fast, and they must always be working. We lined up other business technology providers and then listed their capabilities as they relate to our business model. On each and every item, Entech Computer Services was the clear winner.”
Mr. Berg adds, “What’s better is that my previously computer issues have been minimized or completely eliminated, allowing my employees to focus on doing what we do best, supporting our customers. We no longer worry about our computers.”
Entech Computer Services, a Fort Myers FL based computer and IT support business, serves both regional and national clientele. Through the use of state-of-the-art proactive maintenance techniques and tools and industry best practices gathered from 14 years in business, their unique approach to supporting a business’ technology allows them to offer unlimited Help Desk and Onsite Support. The companies they support view Entech as their own IT department. In addition, they specialize in business technology solutions and offer IT consulting, network administration and management, offsite data storage, remote Help Desk support, Cloud solutions, backup and disaster recovery, and onsite computer repair.
BB Direct is a provider of data, usually in the form of either a postal or email list to the reseller industry. Their products and services include consumer & business acquisition lists, online access technology, database cleaning and enhancement services, and database analytics.
For further information, BB Direct can be reached by visiting their website at http://www.bbdirect.com, emailing them at info(at)bbdirect(dot)com, or by calling them at (866) 501-6273.
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Investment Technology Partners? Clients Unscathed by Hurricane Irene – Data Center Operations Entirely Unaffected
Investment Technology Partners’ Clients Unscathed by Hurricane Irene – Data Center Operations Entirely Unaffected
New York, NY (PRWEB) September 02, 2011
“We communicated with all of our clients well ahead of the storm in preparation for what Irene might bring.” said Kieran Higgins, a managing partner at ITP. “From there, the precautions taken really varied client by client based on their locations around the affected area. We had some declare a formal emergency on Friday and put their disaster recovery plan in motion, and we had others simply unplugging hardware before leaving the office.” he continued.
But in all cases, ITP clients knew that their data, their applications and their email systems were safely housed in secure, redundant data centers and out of harm’s way. “We’ve engineered our client’s “Private Cloud” environments in such a way that we knew returning to productivity on Monday morning was only a matter of them accessing the nearest WiFi connection.” Higgins said confidently.
Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Plans are front and center this week and everyone should be taking the opportunity to review how their business will react to future events. For the investment advisory market that Investment Technology Partners serves, these issues are heightened because advisors have a fiduciary responsibility to perform for their customers. “Look at Monday, the Dow was up some 255 points after closing up 135 on Friday. If you are a Financial Advisor, RIA etc….you had to be connected to your client accounts, your models and to the markets,” said Christopher Anderson, ITP’s head of business development. “We’ve heard of guys in Berwyn, PA who are sitting idle because their office, their servers and their terminal access is without power. That’s unacceptable,” he said.
Hosted IT and Private Cloud Computing are certainly here to stay and IBM has written a compelling broad market overview entitield “Cloud Computing Payback: An Explanation of Where the ROI Comes From” that discusses the expected ROI achieved by moving from local, in-house computing to a hosted environment. Between an earthquake and a landfalling hurricane just this past week, the reasons are compelling enough to go hosted regardless of any immediate ROI.
For Investment Technology Partners, they offer not only expertise in delivering that hosted IT, but also two decades of familiarly with the investment management industry. They understand the added requirements SEC compliance puts on an IT infrastructure. This experience unquestionably sets them apart in their market and to their clients.
For more information contact Investment Technology Partners at 212-587-8700 or info(at)investtechpartners(dot)com. Visit http://www.investtechpartners.com
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Free Internet calls for IP to IP Phones Using Howdy’s unique VoIP and IP Telephony Technology for Unlimited International Phone Calls Overseas – Can Use With Normal Mobile Phones and IP Phones Too
Free Internet calls for IP to IP Phones Using Howdy’s unique VoIP and IP Telephony Technology for Unlimited International Phone Calls Overseas – Can Use With Normal Mobile Phones and IP Phones Too
Singapore (PRWEB) October 24, 2004
Howdy Corporation has helped thousands of businesses and individuals saved on phone bills through their firewall friendly unique IP call switching technology. This technology enables international phone calls at almost local rates, providing one of the cheapest toll rates in the world.
Through Howdy Corporation IP telephony technology, subscribers can use their computers to make phone calls to overseas destinations easily through the softphone software. It makes accessibility for everyone, anywhere in the world.
Even without the softphone software, subscribers can still use their mobile phones or conventional desktop phones to make cheap international calls. Howdy enables any IP phones to call local and overseas mobile phones and land lines through their call forwarding technology. Howdy also allows existing mobile phones and conventional desktop phones to call an IP phone anywhere in the world. In short, Howdy provides seamless calling between land, mobile and IP phones.
For more information and business opportunities with Howdy Corporation, simply visit their website at http://www.hcs.com.sg/ or visit the business opportunity page located at http://www.hcs.com.sg/BusinessOpportunities.asp
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Alberta Jumpstarts Technology Innovation
Alberta Jumpstarts Technology Innovation
Calgary, Canada (PRWEB) June 3, 2009
The Alberta Innovation Voucher Pilot program has awarded Calgary based Shopster e-Commerce funding to support the launch of the new Shopster merchant network.
“Alberta is a very supportive environment for innovation in technology and it’s exciting for us to grow our global business out of this province. Shopster’s next product release, launching in late June, revolutionizes our current eCommerce offering and creates a new more efficient world of commerce. The Shopster merchant network will make eCommerce accessible to every online seller, allowing them to create and nurture their business at a fraction of the cost of traditional commerce”, says Sarath Samarasekera, founder and CEO of Shopster.
Shopster has selected Calgary Technologies Inc. (CTI) to connect them to the services they require to develop the go-to-market strategy for their latest innovation. Calgary Technologies Inc. is an approved service provider for the Alberta Innovation Voucher program.
“CTI is looking forward to assisting Shopster find the resources they need to develop a strong go-to-market plan”, said Laura Sullivan, Program Manager with CTI.
The Alberta Innovation Voucher Pilot Program is an initiative of the department of Alberta Advanced Education and Technology within the Government of Alberta. Vouchers are awarded to help Alberta companies develop their technology-based ideas into marketable products or services.
“We designed this program to boost innovation in Alberta, and to help companies like Shopster prepare their products or services for world markets” says Doug Horner, Alberta’s Minister of Advanced Education and Technology. “Vouchers are one of the ways we are creating the right conditions for success, even in today’s economic climate.”
The first round of innovation vouchers totaling more than $ 5 million have been awarded to 179 companies from 24 communities across the province. The vouchers will help Alberta companies in various industries including research labs, fabrication centers, business development services, and other organizations supporting innovation.
About Shopster
Founded in 2004, Shopster Inc. provides solutions that enable small businesses to start and grow a successful online retail business. By connecting retailers to Shopster’s Merchant Network warehouse of over 1 million plus dropship products, Shopster removes one of the main crutches of retail, which is storing and managing inventory. New and small e-Commerce businesses can now compete by focusing on growth and not on costs. Shopster is one of only 30 official eBay Certified Solution Providers.
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Summer Youth Culture Study 2011?Back-to-School Preps Brands with Fresh Insight on Digital Lifestyles, Technology, Changes in Spending, Retail, Shopping, Fashion and Music
Summer Youth Culture Study 2011—Back-to-School Preps Brands with Fresh Insight on Digital Lifestyles, Technology, Changes in Spending, Retail, Shopping, Fashion and Music
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) July 27, 2011
Fresh research from Label Networks’ 11th Summer Youth Culture Study—“Back-to-School” reveals key findings of how 13-25-year-olds have changed their spending patterns and why, plus what they consider to be key influences based on new technology, changes in the economy, social networking, and various trends.
“The [Study] will cause many brands and agencies to re-examine how they plan to reach the savvy marketplace of today’s youth culture, particularly for back-to-school season, as there have been many changes in the last 6 months,” explains Kathleen Gasperini, Senior Vice President and Editor of Label Networks, a leading global youth culture intelligence and brand strategy company and producers of the Study. “Their generational ease with technology, computers, social media, smart phones, apps and now, tablet PC’s, have made them inherent leaders when it comes to digital lifestyles.”
Combined with recent shifts in influences from the economy, spending patterns have changed for many reasons. There are new inspirations in shopping and a “savings” culture emerging which has shifted retail patterns and youth preferences in fashion and footwear. It has also affected the reasons they buy what they buy.
Key Topics Include:
-Digital Lifestyle information ranging from Spending Patterns, Online Retail, Cell Phones, Features, Smart Phones and Apps
Communication Patterns and Grassroots Marketing, and New Media Effectiveness and What Works Now
-Shopping and Retail Shifts in Fashion and Footwear, Influences from Discounts, Fast-Fashion, Vintage, Thrift, Online, and M-Commerce
-Changes in Spending Habits and Key Influences in Household Goods, Ranging from Cell Phones to Entertainment Devices to Automobiles and More
-Effects of the Economy on Attitudes, Spending, Savings
-Key Apps, Cell Phone Features, Usage Patterns
-Social Networks as Communication, Information Source, plus Viral Effectiveness
-Music Patterns and Influences, Plus Opportunities via Sponsorship
-Effectiveness of Band Merch on Fashion and Spending within Youth Culture
-Entertainment Platform Preferences and Usage Patterns—New Results on Tablet PC’s, EReaders, Internet TV
-Effectiveness of Word-of-Mouth, Personal Profiles, Email, IM-ing, Texting, Links
This Study also delivers in-depth and colorful, actionable, data, charts, graphs, analysis, and forecast regarding changes in spending patterns and feelings about the economy and recession, particularly in the last 3 to 6 months. It also includes an entire series on where youth markets are cutting back the most and where they are spending the most and why, plus what would make it easier for them to buy the things that they like the most.
As with all of Label Networks’ Youth Culture Studies, there is fresh insight on fashion and footwear. Here, results concentrate on shopping patterns, retail changes in favorite types of stores and online buying patterns. Based on youth culture trends, there are also insights into shopping thrift or vintage, the effects of discounts, fast-fashion, and online retailing, and M-commerce.
The final section is devoted to entertainment patterns via technology and new media, including the latest trends in music—favorite sites, purchasing patterns, importance of band merch, music video watching patterns, concerts, tours, tickets, and the effects that music and musicians have on youth culture today. This section is not specifically intended for people in the music industry, but for all youth market industries as it provides insight and ideas for marketing and advertising based on how the youth marketplace responds to various music-related lifestyle questions.
Overall, the Summer Youth Culture Study 2011—“Back-to-School” provides the necessary quantitative and qualitative insight to see what’s going on and where things are headed next in youth culture lifestyles, making it a crucial tool for companies interested in making the most savvy, important business decisions in the future.
The margin of error for the data in the Summer Youth Culture Study 2011—“Back-to-School” is less than 2.5% at a confidence level of 95%.
For Subscription Information, Contact: Label Networks; info(at)labelnetworks(dot)com; (323) 630-4000.
About Label Networks:
Label Networks, Inc. is a leading global youth culture marketing intelligence and brand strategy company that measures the most trendsetting subcultures in the world.
Since 2000, Label Networks has created Global Youth Culture Studies and topical Profile Reports based on Label’s proprietary methods to gain constantly fresh quantitative and qualitative data utilizing a combination of remote data-acquisition and analysis systems, and a unique network of Global Youth Culture Experts and Analysts. The results offer scientific and intuitive information (our their own primary data), which Label Networks uses as the basis for brand strategies to connect today’s original thinkers in branding, marketing, and sponsorship to the youth marketplace. Among Label Networks’ clients: Apple Computer, Timberland, Adidas, Dickies, Bauer, Airwalk, Kia, LogiTech, Dr. Pepper, Sunkist, RedBull, Coca-Cola, The North Face, Vans Warped Tour, Keep-a-Breast, the truth.
Contact: Label Networks, Inc., 13101 Washington Blvd., Suite 411, Los Angeles, CA 90066; (323) 630-4000; info(at)labelnetworks(dot)com; http://www.labelnetworks.com.
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