Press Release

New IBM Innovation Center to Fuel IT Growth in the Philippines

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:30:00 EST

New IT opportunities are being fueled by a $6.8B (US) Philippines Economic Recovery Program investing in infrastructure projects in areas including transportation, tourism, power, water and housing. Additionally, the Philippines is experiencing substantial IT growth backed by an estimated 24 million Filipino Internet users today, a 75 percent increase from 14 million in 2008. The Manila IBM Innovation Center will help support new opportunities by providing technical experts and customized hands-on support to test and validate users' software technologies before they go to market. The center also will offer training and access to open standards-based and emerging technologies such as cloud computing, Web 2.0 technologies, service oriented architecture (SOA), analytics, and computing designs with energy and environmental benefits.

Developers and End Users Benefit from Code-signing Certificates

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:03:02 EST

Code-signing certificates are like tamper-proof packaging for online software. With digital signatures on the software, the end user is confident in receiving software unaltered. Developers who sell their software or make it available as open source can be sure that the version the user installs has not been violated.

Convio Common Ground Named Force.com Forty Innovation Showcase Finalist

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:30:00 EST

As developers build on Force.com, salesforce.com’s custom application development platform, new kinds of innovative applications are being built every day. Judged on their ability to solve a real business challenge, visual design and level of customer adoption, the Force.com Forty recognizes the best applications from the salesforce.com partner community. The top overall application(s) will be announced at Dreamforce 2009, salesforce.com’s user and developer conference, held November 17-20, 2009 in San Francisco.

New England Biolabs Improves Quality of Life with Xsigo

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:28:00 EST

Xsigo Systems today announced that New England Biolabs (NEB) has successfully deployed Xsigo virtual I/O as part of an ongoing VMware integration project. By optimizing NEB's back-office computing needs with virtual servers managed with virtual I/O from Xsigo, NEB has been able to reduce operating expenses and deliver new levels of efficiency.

Logicstudio Announces Virtual Provisioning for Cloud Data Centers

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:15:00 EST

Information Technology infrastructure is being transformed by virtualization, and today Logicstudio announces the transformation of the service request system. Logicstudio is a leader in providing service and product catalogs to the Federal government through its Logicstudio Enterprise eXchange (LEX) service management system, and the LEX auto-provisioning module allows for an enterprise-facing service catalog to render requested services from the cloud automatically, creating efficiencies that will revolutionize the way large organizations procure, manage and employ technology and technology services.

Cloud Computing Expo 2010 East Will Take Place April 19-21 at Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:15:00 EDT

The International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo series is the world's leading Cloud-focused event and is held three times a year, in New York, Silicon Valley and in Europe. Over 200 corporate sponsors and 10,000 industry professionals have participated in Cloud Computing Expo since its inception, more than all other Cloud-related events put together. The three-day event will offer a rich array of sessions led by exceptional speakers about the business and technical value of cloud computing with more than 80 sponsors and exhibitors on the 70,000 sq. ft. show floor and over 5,000 estimated delegates from well over 48 different countries.

First Solar, Inc. Announces 2009 Third Quarter Financial Results

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:17:00 EDT

First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) today announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 26, 2009. Quarterly revenues were $480.9 million and excluded the Sarnia project, which was over 65% completed at quarter end. Revenues were $525.9 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2009 and $348.7 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2008.

Caterpillar Reports Third-Quarter Profit and Raises 2009 Profit Outlook

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:30:28 EDT

2010 Sales and Revenues Expected to be up 10 to 25 Percent from 2009

Comodo Innovations at SC World Congress October 13 and 14

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:45:00 EDT

Comodo Group, a leader in Internet security, will exhibit its products at SC World Congress, a trade show for Information Technology Professionals, in New York City on October 13 and 14. The Comodo companies are leading global providers of Identity and Trust Assurance services on the Internet. Comodo branded solutions include a comprehensive array of PKI Digital Certificates, eCommerce Acceleration and Infrastructure Security, and Network Vulnerability Scanning and PCI compliance services.

Unisys Named “Platinum Sponsor” of Cloud Computing Expo

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:00:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that the leader in high-value technology and business solutions to global enterprises, Unisys, was named "Platinum Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo (www.cloudcomputingexpo.com), which will take place on November 2 - 4, 2009, Santa Clara, California. The event is expected to attract over 1,200 developers, engineers, architects, IT managers, and hardware and software professionals of every stripe.

Yahoo! Named “Platinum Sponsor” of Cloud Computing Expo

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:00:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that Yahoo!, a leading global Internet brand and one of the most trafficked Internet destinations worldwide, was named "Platinum Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo (www.CloudComputingExpo.com), which will take place on November 2 - 4, 2009, Santa Clara Convention Center, in Santa Clara, California.

Mezeo Cloud Storage Platform at Tier 1 Hosting Transformation Summit

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:00:00 EDT

Mezeo Software today announced the upcoming release of the Mezeo Cloud Storage Platform 3.0. The upgrade represents a significant enhancement that will offer users geographic options, and the industry’s broadest array of compatibility and access capabilities. Mezeo is a Gold Sponsor at the Hosting Transformation Summit North America, which runs September 14 to 16 at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mezeo will be exhibiting at the event in booth #4.

Likewise Releases Open Source Software for File Sharing Among Linux, Mac, Unix and Windows

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:38:00 EDT

Likewise-CIFS is available at www.likewiseopen.org and in Likewise Open 5.3 under GPLv2 licensing terms. Likewise will also license Likewise-CIFS under commercial licensing terms that allow original equipment manufacturers to embed Likewise-CIFS in a variety of network attached storage devices, including network appliances and clustered storage solutions. Likewise-CIFS supports both the SMB1 and SMB2 versions of the Server Message Block protocol. It is designed to be a high-performance, highly-scalable protocol stack. Its modular and extensible driver architecture lets OEMs, such as storage vendors, extend their systems with a scalable solution for sharing files.

Unisys President To Keynote Cloud Computing Expo

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:30:00 EDT

As a pioneer in large-scale computing, Unisys has tackled some of the toughest security challenges in the world for both public and private sector clients. The company brings a holistic approach to security that spans digital and physical environments, securing a client’s people, places, assets and data.

IXIASOFT DITA CMS Solution v2.6 Now Available

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:41:48 EDT

IXIASOFT, the XML content management market leader, announced the availability of version 2.6 of its DITA CMS solution. With this new version, organizations can further leverage the topic-oriented architecture of DITA and maintain their competitive advantages.

Marketing Company Helps Center for Advanced Legal Studies

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 06:00:00 EDT

The Center for Advanced Legal Studies is using an upgraded presence on the Web to help expand to serve aspiring paralegals across the country. Schipul – The Web Marketing Company designed the Center’s upgraded Web site, www.paralegal.edu, which is powered by Tendenci online management software. Despite the economic downturn, the Center for Advanced Legal Studies is serving a rapidly growing market. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, job growth for paralegals and legal assistants is expected to hit 22 percent between 2006 and 2016.

Litle & Co. Expands Sales-Business Development Team

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:49:00 EDT

Ryan Friel has joined Litle & Co. from ARPU Inc., a data-enabled advertising network, where he served as business development director for sourcing relationships with online services and software partners. Previously, Friel was a senior manager with AOL's Premium Services division. Prior to AOL, he spent several years working abroad with telecom, software and technology companies as assistant director of Deutsche Telekom's international M&A team. Friel will specialize in support of the Online Services (including dating, gaming, hosting, storage, security, downloadable content) and Non-Profit market segments. Rob Lyons has joined Litle & Co. from Chase Paymentech. A 20-year veteran there, Lyons managed a division that oversaw Global Strategic Alliances, Partnerships, Referral Process, more than 450 software/VAR relationships, as well as VAR certifications and management. Lyons will spearhead Litle & Co.'s work in Emerging Market segments and lead strategic support across all market segments and partner areas. Matt McDowell has joined Litle & Co. from CardinalCommerce, where he managed the company's merchant sales organization, as well as partner relationships with CyberSource, First Data, Chase Paymentech, PayPal, Amazon.com and GSI Commerce. Previously, he'd been with SIRVA, Inc., a publicly-traded employee relocation services firm based in Chicago. McDowell will specialize in the Internet Retail and Multichannel Retail market segments.

Enomaly Offers Web Hosts Turnkey Cloud App Storefront

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:49:00 EDT

Enomaly has announced plans to offer cloud service providers and web hosts a path to increased revenue by offering a turnkey cloud app store platform. The enhanced offering is part of Enomaly's Elastic Computing platform a private cloud computing product aimed at enterprises, carriers and hosting providers, that want to benefit from the power, flexibility, and economies of cloud computing. The App Center enables service providers the ability to quickly monitize their cloud and hosting environments by publish pre-built cloud applications directly to customers, either for free or with an additional cost. Cloud customers can directly provision VMs on the cloud from a library of pre-existing virtual application images through an easy to use web dashboard.

Saint Arnold Brewing Company Reports 23 Percent Growth in First Half

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:45:00 EDT

Saint Arnold Brewing Company today reported record production of nearly 13,000 barrels during the first half of 2009. The increase reflected growth of market share for the brewery within the Texas market. Saint Arnold had a major distributor switch in February of this year that gave the brewery access to more retailers within existing markets.

All Things In Business and Life - 12 Ways to Effectively Reduce Stress in the 21st Century

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:22:00 EDT

Every Friday, I’m going to try to find time to write about more universal themes. There are many ways to change your life of course, but I try to practice the following with sincerity.

1. Be forgiving. You’re going to fall down and you’re going to make mistakes. Allow the same for others. Life can really feel like a playground and we’re going to run into each other every now and then. Forgiving will lower your stress and keep your heart open.

2. Be compassionate. “But for the gra…

Layered Technologies Named to the 2009 Tech Titans Fast Tech List

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:15:00 EDT

Each year the Metroplex Technology Business Council (MTBC), the largest technology trade organization in Texas, compiles a list of the fastest-growing technology companies in the DFW Metroplex based on percentage of revenue growth during five-year or one-year periods. Global hosting provider, Layered Technologies, has been named to the 2009 Tech Titans Fast Tech Five Year Listing alongside powerhouses such as AT&T and emerging leaders like MetroPCS. Layered Tech secured a spot on the list because of its double-digit growth rate and innovative proprietary technology, called Astro. Astro is Layered Tech’s fully automated Web hosting platform that dramatically accelerates the availability and provisioning of servers for customers and channel partners alike. As a finalist on the Tech Titans Fast Tech list, Layered Tech is automatically eligible for the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 listing.

Red Herring Asia: Call for Submission for Top 100 Asian Companies

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:15:00 EDT

From November 4-6, 2009, experts in venture capital and representatives from cutting-edge private technology companies in China, India, Japan, Singapore, Korea, Australia and Vietnam will gather in Shanghai, China to discover an exceptional array of entrepreneurs and executive leaders from innovative technology firms in the Asian marketplace. In addition, Red Herring Asia will present the winners of the Red Herring 100 Asia award, selected by Red Herring editors. The program will offer a platform for a global launch, insights into what investors in Silicon Valley and Asia want and offer the opportunity to meet top entrepreneurial disruptors. By bringing together an elite roster of entrepreneurial and global venture investment firms and top CEOs sharing their winning strategies in special keynote presentations, this event will be a premier opportunity to network with peers and create new partnerships. Red Herring 100 Asia will also offer entertaining social networking events in a setting that fosters personal encounters and exchanges.

Abdulhayoglu: Avoiding Porn and Gambling Not Enough to Avoid Infection

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:45:00 EDT

"People who should know better think that by avoiding porn and gambling sites, they can avoid getting malware on their computers," said Melih Abdulhayoglu, CEO and President of Comodo. "Not today." All Internet users should protect their computers and other users by installing and maintaining antivirus and firewall software such as Comodo Internet Security.

CHS Eliminates Blind Spots, Protects Virtual Infrastructure with Altor Networks

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:15:00 EDT

Altor Networks is pioneering best-in-class virtualization security solutions to secure production-oriented virtualized data centers and internal clouds. The company's initial product line includes the industry's first-ever purpose-built virtual firewall with integrated intrusion detection, a software security appliance that runs in a virtualized environment. Data center administrators can pinpoint a broad range of virtual network security compromises and easily create roles-based security policies. Security policies can be continuously enforced on individual virtual machines, even as they move throughout the virtualized data center. Founded by security and networking experts from Check Point Software, Cisco, NetApp and Oracle, Altor Networks is funded by Accel Partners and Foundation Capital and is headquartered in Redwood City, California. For more information, visit www.altornetworks.com.

infoUSA Data Included in Bing

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:45:00 EDT

infoGROUP a provider of data driven and interactive resources for targeted sales, marketing and research solutions today announced a license renewal agreement that includes infoUSA premium local search content to be used in Bing, Microsoft Corp.’s new decision engine. Content will surface as part of Bing Local and Bing 411 (1-800-BING-411), Microsoft’s free service for local search and more.

Adobe Flash Media Server on iPhone

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:15:00 EDT

Modulation Index, LLC announced that the Tuner2 Hi-Fi Radio app for Apple iPhone is the first ever iPhone application to natively support the true RTMP protocol for streaming audio via Adobe Flash Media Server. Radio stations can now use a single standard streaming format to serve MPEG-4 HE AAC v2 audio to listeners on Windows, Mac, and Apple iPhone. In addition, Modulation Index announced that this functionality is also available immediately to all station customers taking delivery of customized versions of its iPhone radio app.

Cloud Computing Expo 2009 West: Call for Papers Now Closed

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:00:00 EDT

Now held three times a year, in New York, Prague, and Silicon Valley, the organizing principle of each International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo remains the same: our aim is to ensure, through an intense and carefully chosen program of technical and strategic breakout sessions, that attending delegates leave each Conference with abundant resources, ideas and examples they can apply immediately to leveraging the Cloud, helping them to maximize performance, minimize cost and improve the scalability of their Enterprise IT endeavors.

Memopal Online Backup Ranked as the best Online Backup Service in Europe according to BackupReview.info

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:19:00 EDT

Memopal Online Backup Ranked as the best Online Backup Service in Europe according to BackupReview.info Selected from 25 Online Backup services throughout the world in the Consumer category. Rome, July 10, 2009. Memopal is the number 1 Online Backup provider in Europe according to BackupReview. Just in one year time, the European start-up has conquered BackupReview's “Top 25” ranking, which includes the 25 best Online Backup services throughout the world, awarding it first place in Europe and second place worldwide. “We are proud that a small European start-up is able to produce technology and win global recognition” said Marco Trombetti, Memopal's CEO.

byCelebrity.com, The Online Celebrity Fashion Store Launches into Beta

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:49:00 EDT

ByCelebrity.com, the online celebrity fashion store has now just launched in Beta and will be the first place to shop for celebrity fashion, clothes, own lines of fragrances, clothing lines, autobiographies and for real as seen on celebrity fashion.

Texas Memory Systems’ Solid State Disk Certified

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:15:00 EDT

Texas Memory Systems, maker of the World's Fastest Storage®, today announced its RamSan-500 solid state disk system has been certified as interoperable with Microsoft’s Windows Server 2008. The RamSan-500 is an enterprise-class cached Flash storage system that delivers high performance, large capacity storage more economically than adding a similar capacity high-end hard disk-based RAID system. The RamSan-500 can deliver more than sixteen times the performance while using 50% less power. Solid state storage devices like the RamSan-500 are deployed in enterprise data centers to accelerate software applications such as online applications and SQL Server databases running on Windows Server 2008.

Pulsic Granted Patent

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:05:00 EDT

Optimal Net Widths Achieved Through Automatic Routing Leads to Lower IR losses, Elimination of Electro-Migration Issues, and Smaller Designs

Virtualization Conference & Expo 2009 West: Call for Papers Closing

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:00:00 EDT

Now held three times a year, in New York, Prague, and Silicon Valley, the organizing principle of each International Virtualization Conference & Expo remains the same: our aim is to ensure, through an intense and carefully chosen program of technical and strategic breakout sessions, that attending delegates leave each Conference with abundant resources, ideas and examples they can apply immediately to leveraging Virtualization, helping them to maximize performance, minimize cost and improve the efficiency and flexibility of their Enterprise IT endeavors.

Four Days to SYS-CON's iPhone Developer Summit

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:30:00 EDT

We now have just 4 days until SYS-CON's iPhone Developer Summit in New York's Roosevelt Hotel. During the two-day event, there will be nine presenters as well as exhibitors, such as Sybase. Here are another two presenters to wet your appetite

WebSphere Guru to Keynote at SOA World

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:00:00 EDT

With IBM taking major initiatives in the cloud computing arena this week, it is timely that SYS-CON Events recently announced that IBM WebSphere Director of Product Management Dr. Kareem Yusuf will be delivering a keynote on cloud computing and Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) at the upcoming SOA World Conference & Expo 2009 East (www.soaworld2009.com) June 22-23 in New York City.

Five Days to SYS-CON's iPhone Developer Summit

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:15:00 EDT

We now have 5 days until the SYS-CON iPhone Developer Summit in New York's Roosevelt Hotel. During the now TWO day event, there will be NINE presenters as well as exhibitors, such as Sybase. Today I give the spotlight to two more of our presenters

Six Days to SYS-CON's iPhone Developer Summit

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:00:00 EDT

We now have just 6 days until the start of SYS-CON's iPhone Developer Summit in New York's Roosevelt Hotel. During the now two day event, there will be nine presenters as well as exhibitors, such as Sybase. Now for the next two presenters on my list...

Seven Days to SYS-CON's iPhone Developer Summit

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 06:20:00 EDT

We now have 7 days until the SYS-CON iPhone Developer Summit in New York's Roosevelt Hotel. During the now TWO-day event, there will be NINE presenters as well as exhibitors, such as Sybase.

An A to Z of Rich-Content RIA Web Development

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:45:00 EDT

A round-up of Themes & Topics shortly to be discussed at the 7th International AJAXWorld RIA Conference & Expo being held in New York City, 22-23 June 2009.

Virtualization and the Streamlining of Traditional Software Testing

Fri, 15 May 2009 11:00:00 EDT

Todd Kuczaj of Accenture will be presenting atVirtualization Conference Europe 2009 in Prague next week (May 18-19, 2009). Virtualization is quickly spreading throughout every area of IT, causing many of us to rethink the way we work. The software testing space is no different. Virtualization has caused a shift in this area, allowing traditional software testing to occur faster, with fewer resources, for a lower cost while also improving the quality of code released into production.

Cloud Computing Expo Europe 2009 in Prague: Themes & Topics

Fri, 15 May 2009 06:03:00 EDT

The overall conference theme of Cloud Computing Conference & Expo Europe, which will take place, May 18-19, 2009, in Prague, Czech Republic is "Deploying Cloud Computing in the Enterprise." Here we present a round-up of Themes & Topics that will be covered in the rich array of breakout sessions, General Sessions, and Power Panel dicussions at the 2-day event.