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ERP Software Running on Windows Azure Cloud

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:00:00 EST

Acumatica, a provider of web-based accounting, ERP, and CRM software, today announced availability of its SaaS solution which runs on Windows Azure and includes the Acumatica software subscription, the operating environment, backups, upgrades, a service level agreement, and automatic updates. The SaaS solution allows mid-sized businesses to purchase customized ERP software and services without installing and maintaining software or investing in hardware.

Cast Iron's Cloud Integration Solution Wins Award

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:00:00 EST

Cast Iron Systems announced that it has won the Best of SaaS Showplace Award, presented by THINKstrategies, the leading strategic consulting company focused on the business implications of the on-demand services market. The Best of SaaS Showplace (BoSS) Award program recognizes the SaaS companies delivering solutions that produce measurable business benefits for their customers.

AT&T to Compete with Amazon Cloud

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:45:00 EST

AT&T today announced AT&T Synaptic Compute as a Service, its latest innovative global cloud-based service, designed to give companies of all sizes simple on-demand access to scalable computing capacity. Using technology from VMware and Sun Microsystems, AT&T's Synaptic Compute as a Service provides companies with a self-service approach for using IT solutions that are reliably delivered by AT&T over its highly-secure world-class network cloud. Customers can use the service to quickly address demands for variable computing processing power and expand capacity to scale with their business requirements. In turn, AT&T delivers computing processing capacity that can scale to meet a business's immediate demand, along with management of the network, server, hardware and storage.

Market Drivers for Virtualization and Cloud Computing

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:45:00 EST

Shavlik Technologies released findings of a comprehensive survey designed to gauge market drivers for new virtualization and cloud computing initiatives in corporate IT environments. The survey found that data, server and licensing consolidation and disaster recovery functionality are the leading drivers behind new investments in virtualization technology. The Shavlik survey also revealed that the dramatically reduced IT costs associated with cloud computing is the principal reason IT managers are turning to the cloud for the delivery of IT security and management services.

Fujitsu Announces Free Access to Its Enhanced Cloud BPM

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:00:00 EST

Fujitsu today announced in North America free hosting of BPM applications for up to ten users. Based on the newest release of its Interstage(R) Cloud BPM platform, solution providers and enterprise teams of up to ten users can quickly develop and use process-based applications at no charge and without any time limit by using the platform via the Internet. Registration is available through www.InterstageBPM.com.

Vodafone 360 Samsung M1 Expands Market Reach of LiMo Handset Portfolio

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST

LiMo Foundation, a global consortium of mobile industry leaders today announced the Vodafone 360 Samsung M1, the second LiMo compliant device built upon LiMo Platform Release 2 (R2). This latest handset developed by Samsung offers mobile consumers a unique mobile experience presented through Vodafone’s stunning feature-rich, highly customizable Vodafone 360 user interface (UI) – providing a new set of Internet services for the mobile and PC that gathers all of a customer’s friends, communities, entertainment and personal favorites in one place. Following in the footsteps of the Vodafone 360 Samsung H1, the Vodafone 360 Samsung M1 is designed in price and function for a larger segment of mobile consumers.

icloud Launches New Desktop, Sharing and Super Search in the Cloud

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:45:00 EST

icloud has announced the launch of its improved desktop with Super Search and a new innovative start menu. Super Search integrates many of the most popular services on the internet with simultaneous search of your private files in the cloud. It has never before been more convenient to find what you are looking for. This major release of icloud also introduces Universal Sharing. Decide what to share, who you want to share with, and icloud will find the easiest way to reach them.

Amazon Web Services Database in the Cloud

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:45:00 EDT

Amazon Web Services LLC, an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ: AMZN), today introduced Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), a new web service that makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale relational databases in the cloud. Amazon RDS provides cost-efficient and resizable capacity while automating time-consuming database administration tasks, freeing users to focus on their application and their business. As with all Amazon Web Services, there are no up-front investments required, and you pay only for the resources you use. Also announced today, AWS has lowered prices and introduced a new family of High-Memory instances for Amazon EC2. To get started using Amazon RDS, and other Amazon Web Services, visit http://aws.amazon.com.

Understanding the Relationship Between Workloads and the Cloud

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:15:00 EDT

The applications that support of an enterprise exhibit a wide range of operational characteristics. That diversity is the key to business success, but it has consequences. In his general session at Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, Tony Bishop, Founder and CEO of Adaptivity, discusses three different perspectives that must be accommodated. He will also discuss how Enterprise Cloud Computing enables IT as a service and is the next phase in data center evolution to solve this spiraling dilemma. How does business successfully operate this expensive investment? The solution lies with understanding workload characteristics fundamentals to tailor (but finite) solutions.

LSI to Exhibit at Cloud Computing Conference & Expo

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:15:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced that LSI, a leading provider of innovative silicon, systems and software technologies, will exhibit at 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. The event is expected to attract over 1,500 developers, engineers, architects, IT managers, and hardware and software professionals of every stripe.

Virtualization Solutions for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:15:00 EDT

Day One Support Covers Wyse’s All Hardware and Software Portfolios

LONDON, UK. – 22 October 09 - Wyse Technology, the global leader in thin computing and client virtualization, today announced Day One support for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7, the latest version of Microsoft Windows which was made available today.

Wyse thin client hardware and virtualization software now supports Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7.  This level of support allows users of Windows to immediately embrace Microsoft’s extended virtualization technologies from the datacenter to the desktop.

In fact, there are seven compelling reasons for businesses to look to Wyse to deploy their virtual environments on Windows Server 2008 R2.

SplendidCRM for Microsoft Windows Azure

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:45:00 EDT

SplendidCRM continues to evolve with the incorporation of the Silverlight 3 Toolkit to replace the previous flash-based and hand-made charts. “We continue to pioneer the use of XAML-only graphics as a means to promote rapid application development”, noted Paul Rony, President and Founder of SplendidCRM. “Implementation of a dashlets model will allow each user to customize their home page experience with the new Silverlight charts.”

Top Tech Talent Flock to The Rackspace Cloud

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:30:00 EDT

The Rackspace Cloud, the cloud computing division of Rackspace Hosting (NYSE:RAX), announced that six new key personnel have joined the company to spearhead strategic technology efforts aimed to position the company for continued growth and technology leadership. The new “Rackers” (as employees are called at Rackspace) bring significant product development experience from Microsoft, Yahoo, and Canonical where they held leadership roles in high growth phases in their companies, driving the development of Microsoft Exchange, Yahoo! Media, and the fastest growing Linux operating system, Ubuntu.

Apple Approves First Official Porn Star App for iPhone

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 06:01:00 EDT

Adult super star Sunny Leone's first app, the free "lite version" that offers exclusive pictures, a blog and video clips, is now available. Version 2.0, a premium version with more features, photo sets and videos is currently awaiting approval. Version 2.0 is packed with all new interactive features, games, blogs and ways to contact Sunny right from your phone, plus tons of additional high quality exclusive content. When asked about her new App, Sunny Leone commented: "I'm so excited about the future of my iPhone® App. This provides an entire new way for me to communicate with my fans and give them a new and unique content experience!"

Dell News on Ulitzer: Dell to Acquire Perot Systems for $3.9 Billion

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:15:00 EDT

Dell and Perot Systems have entered a definitive agreement for Dell to acquire Perot Systems in a transaction valued at approximately $3.9 billion. Terms of the agreement were approved yesterday by the boards of directors of both companies. The acquisition will result in a compelling combination of two iconic information-technology brands. The expanded Dell will be even better positioned for immediate and long-term growth and efficiency driven.

Alfresco Launches Cloud Content Application Developer Program

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:15:00 EDT

Managing content effectively at a low cost while adhering to regulatory controls has become an indispensible part of running an efficient business. According to the study “Above the Clouds: a Berkley View of Cloud Computing,” the cost is one-fifth to one-seventh of that offered to a medium sized data center. Alfresco is designed to take full advantage of a cloud service architecture and deliver cost-effective high availability and scalability. Alfresco is portable across internal and external clouds through the use of the Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) specification. Those organizations wishing to use secure, but shared data models also have the option of deploying multi-tenant solutions, offering compliant access between multiple legal entities.

Service-now.com New SaaS for ITSM Upgrade

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:00:00 EDT

Service-now.com EMEA Executive Briefing and User Conference -- Service-now.com, the pioneer of modern SaaS for IT service automation, today announced details of the Service-now.com Fall 2009 release scheduled for Sept. 25, 2009. The new features are designed to help IT service management (ITSM) organizations improve IT service quality based on immediate customer feedback gained through interactive knowledge management and customer satisfaction surveys.

Adobe to Acquire Omniture

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:05:00 EDT

The combination of the two companies will increase the value Adobe delivers to customers. For designers, developers and online marketers, an integrated workflow — with optimization capabilities embedded in the creation tools — will streamline the creation and delivery of relevant content and applications. This optimization will enable advertisers, advertising agencies, publishers and e-tailers to achieve greater ROI from their digital media investments and improve their end users’ experiences.

RealWire News Distribution on Ulitzer

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:30:00 EDT

RealWire News Distribution started its news syndication on Ulitzer. RealWire is a global news release distribution service specialising in the online media. The RealWire approach focuses on delivering relevant content to the receivers of our client's news releases. As we know that it is only through delivering relevance, that influence can ever be achieved.

Apple Introduces New iPod touch Lineup

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:15:00 EDT

iPod touch is a great iPod for enjoying music, television shows, movies and podcasts. iPod touch has incredible features for music fans such as Cover Flow(R), Shake to Shuffle(TM), and access to the legendary iTunes(R) Store. And now, the new iPod touch supports Genius Mixes, which automatically creates up to 12 endless mixes of songs from your iTunes library that go great together. Movies and television shows look great on the gorgeous 3.5-inch widescreen display. iPod touch customers have the entire iTunes Store catalog at their fingertips, giving them instant access to the world's largest catalog of over 11 million songs, TV shows and Hollywood movies to purchase and download directly to their iPod touch.

Apple Introduces New iPod nano With Built-in Video Camera

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:00:00 EDT

Apple introduced the new iPod nano(R), adding a video camera, mic and speaker to the world's most popular music player. Music lovers can now shoot video wherever they are, view it on their iPod nano and use their computers to easily transfer their videos to YouTube. The new iPod nano features an ultra-thin and sleek design with a larger 2.2-inch color display and gorgeous polished aluminum and glass enclosure. iPod nano also features a built-in FM radio with live pause and iTunes(R) Tagging, as well as a built-in pedometer. The new iPod nano is available today in an 8GB model for $149 and a 16GB model for $179, and comes in nine brilliant colors including silver, black, purple, blue, green, orange, yellow, (PRODUCT) RED and pink.

Kaazing Adds Networking Industry Executive and Startup Veteran

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:00:00 EDT

Kaazing Corporation, developers of real-time Web communications software that connect web-based applications to high-volume, real-time message traffic, today announced the appointment of Vito Palermo, a 23-year veteran of the technology industry with extensive executive level operating and financial experience in the computing, networking and communications and digital media industries, to its Board of Directors.

Terremark Cloud Hosting for SAP

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 05:00:00 EDT

Terremark announced it is the first service provider to offer hosting services for SAP solutions on its cloud computing platform. Through its innovative Enterprise Cloud infrastructure, Terremark will be able to leverage its secure, top-tier data centers with access to massive and diverse network connectivity to provide customers a new, cost-effective model for hosting their SAP solutions in a live production environment. “Terremark’s hosting services will offer several benefits to both small and large SAP customers," said Michael Ressemann, global head of BPO Solution Delivery and Partner Enablement at SAP. "Our partnership with Terremark will provide customers the ability to experience significant cost savings, while not having to sacrifice the reliability of their hosted SAP applications."

Social Networks & Blogs Now 4th Most Popular Online Activity

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:30:00 EDT

Now visited by over two-thirds (67 percent) of the global online population, "Member Communities," which includes both social networks and blogs, has become the fourth most popular category online - ahead of personal email. It is growing twice as fast as any of the other four largest sectors (search, portals, PC software and email), according to The Nielsen Company's "Global Faces and Networked Places," a comprehensive report published today revealing the new global footprint of social networking.

Rackspace Wins Joint Server Farm Tender To Support MOD Websites

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:15:00 EDT

Rackspace Hosting cloud computing company announced it has won a three-year, competitive deal to provide fully managed support to the Joint Server Farm (JSF), a secure hosting environment for Ministry of Defence (MOD) websites. The relationship will see MOD, Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force websites consolidated onto a single, virtualised infrastructure to enable easier management, greater efficiencies and scalability. Rackspace beat 18 other companies to win the contract to support the JSF following a European Journal Competition and tender for contract. Through the deal Rackspace will provide MOD partners with the flexibility to manage and change websites quickly to meet user demand. It will also provide enhanced security from firewalls and intrusion detection devices, which constantly monitor for threats, round-the-clock access to certified engineers and a 100% network uptime guarantee, backed by its service level agreement.

Mellanox and Intalio Win "Cloud Computing" Gold Award

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:30:00 EDT

Mellanox announced that the Intalio Cloud Appliance accelerated by Mellanox 40Gb/s InfiniBand, has received a Best of VMworld 2009 award in the Cloud Computing Technologies category. An independent team of judges consisting of experts and editors from SearchServerVirtualization.com reviewed and evaluated the products according to innovation, value, performance, reliability and ease of use.

VMware Extends Virtual Desktop Technology

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:00:00 EDT

Today at VMworld 2009, VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in virtualization solutions from the desktop through the datacenter and to the cloud, announced it has signed an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) agreement with RTO Software to integrate its industry-leading Virtual Profiles technology with VMware View(TM), the industry-leading enterprise desktop virtualization solution. The integrated offering will provide comprehensive user personality management and will enable VMware View customers to dynamically provision users, together with their profile, applications and data, across networks and devices. (See related press release also announced today: "VMware Leads in Virtual Desktops with VMware View(TM) -- Simplifying Desktop Management, Lowering Costs and Enriching User Experience.")

OpenAir Strengthens Its Cloud Footprint in Australia

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:00:00 EDT

OpenAir announced that it has partnered with AIPEX to resell and support OpenAir solutions in Australia. This partnership is expected to help bring the industry's leading PSA and SRP solution to Australian companies, enabling them to manage their projects, resources, time and expense tracking, and billing and invoicing processes in the cloud. Recently OpenAir announced a number of customer wins in Asia Pacific that included AIPEX, Waugh Infrastructure Management, Fronde, and Matsco Solutions.

Red Hat Executives Live from Red Hat Summit on September 2

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:15:00 EDT

Red Hat announced that members of Red Hat’s executive team will host a press conference that will be broadcast live via webcast from the Red Hat Summit in Chicago on September 2, 2009 at 12pm EST. To view the webcast, please visit here.

IBM BladeCenter Virtual Fabric Design

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:00:00 EDT

Emulex Corporation announced that it is providing a Virtual Fabric Adapter based on its OneConnect Universal Converged Network Adapter (UCNA) architecture for flexible Ethernet network connectivity in IBM BladeCenter HS22 blade servers. This marks Emulex’s first announced 10Gb/s Ethernet Network Interface Card (NIC) design win based on its industry-leading OneConnect UCNA technology. This solution will be demonstrated along with BLADE Network Technologies’ convergence-ready BNT 10-port 10G Ethernet Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter at IBM’s booth, #1624 during VMworld in San Francisco, Calif., August 31-September 3, 2009.

Facebook Announces Privacy Improvements

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:30:00 EDT

Facebook today announced plans to further improve people's control over their information and enable them to make more informed choices about their privacy. These improvements will include new notifications, additions to Facebook's Privacy Policy, and technical changes designed to give people more transparency and control over the information they provide to third-party applications.

Twitter Marketing Platform Launched

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:00:00 EDT

Linked Media Group to develop a customized version of their Social Media Platform, which will be marketed and sold under the Linked Media Group brand name. Enabling Linked Media Group to generate two new revenue streams via SaaS ("Software as a Service") Subscription and as a Services offering for the millions of Corporations and Small to Medium Sized Businesses rapidly embracing Twitter and other Social Media Platforms for Advertising, Lead Generation and Customer Engagement.

Whidbey Island to Host Fusionspark's New Media Conference

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:00:00 EDT

For many, Facebook barely existed three years ago and for most, Twitter didn't exist three months ago. Today, they are part of the common lexicon. As technology, social networking and the way we communicate via the Web continue to transform at a rate that challenges Moore's Law, consumers and businesses alike ask: What does the future of New Media hold for us? With this question as the guiding premise, Fusionspark Media is pleased to announce it will produce and host a New Media communications event for the North Puget Sound region on September 19, 2009 in Langley on beautiful Whidbey Island.

Amazon Web Services Announces Amazon Virtual Private Cloud

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:15:00 EDT

Amazon Web Services LLC, an Amazon.com company announced Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC), a secure and seamless bridge between a company’s existing IT infrastructure and the AWS cloud. Amazon VPC enables enterprises to connect their existing infrastructure to a set of isolated AWS compute resources via a Virtual Private Network (VPN) connection, and to extend their existing management capabilities such as security services, firewalls, and intrusion detection systems to include their AWS resources. Amazon VPC integrates today with Amazon EC2 compute resources, and will integrate with other AWS services in the future.

Sybase to Enable Deployment on the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:30:00 EDT

Sybase, Inc. announced the availability of its leading data management and analytics servers including Sybase SQL Anywhere, Sybase IQ, and Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise for the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) environment. With these products, customers will have the ability to quickly develop and deploy on-demand data systems for mobile, analytics and transactional applications.

VirtenSys Announces General Availability of I/O Virtualization Switches

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 05:00:00 EDT

VirtenSys, Ltd has announced the general availability of its flagship I/O virtualization switches, the VirtenSys VIO 4000 Series based on its Virtual Connectivity Cloud platform. With this announcement, VirtenSys became the first company to release production units of I/O virtualization switches based on PCI Express standards. The VIO 4000 switches are the first products on the market to consolidate, virtualize and share the major types of server networking and storage connectivity, including Ethernet, Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), SAS/SATA, and Fibre Channel, without requiring any changes be made to the servers, networks, or I/O adapters.

SAP Reports Expansion and Improvements for Its Partner Program

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:00:00 EDT

SAP AG announced that it has successfully transitioned all software solution partners to the SAP(R) PartnerEdge(TM) program, and is now leveraging the company's partner program framework to provide an array of innovative business services and tools to additional partner types that make up the SAP partner ecosystem. Launched in May 2005 (see "SAP Introduces World-Class Channel Program for Global Partner Network Serving Small and Midsize Businesses"), the award-winning SAP PartnerEdge program is a comprehensive business framework that provides exceptional business-enabling tools, resources and program benefits to help ensure a productive partnership and consistent service quality for a broad array of SAP partner types. Following the successful transition of the SAP software solution partners into SAP PartnerEdge (see "SAP Unifies Global Partner Programs Under SAP(R) PartnerEdge(TM)"), the program is now also being extended to SAP BusinessObjects solution resellers that are authorized to resell software from the SAP(R) BusinessObjects(TM) portfolio.

Embarcadero Extends Upcoming Delphi 2010 Release with Firebird SQL

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:00:00 EDT

Embarcadero Technologies announced the last of three sneak previews into Delphi 2010 and C++Builder 2010, part of the Embarcadero® RAD Studio 2010 family. The latest sneak preview showcases expanded database connectivity for more than a dozen platforms including Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, Sybase, MySQL, InterBase, IBM DB2, and more, plus new support for the popular Firebird SQL database. Firebird is a community-supported open source database based on Embarcadero’s InterBase platform. RAD Studio’s DataSnap multi-tier data access framework has also been enhanced to support an array of industry-standard data communication protocols such as JSON, SOAP, XML and REST enabling interoperability with virtually any data source.

RIM Announces Next Generation BlackBerry Smart Card Reader

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:45:00 EDT

Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM)(TSX: RIM) announced a new model of the BlackBerry Smart Card Reader -- a lightweight, wearable, ISO 7816 compliant card reader that enables proximity controlled access to a user's BlackBerry smartphone and computer. The BlackBerry Smart Card Reader uses Bluetooth® 2.0 technology with advanced AES-256 encryption to enable secure pairing and communications between the reader, the BlackBerry smartphone, the computer and PKI applications.

Virtual Infrastructure Performance For the Private Cloud

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:30:00 EDT

Akorri in virtual infrastructure performance and capacity management for the dynamic data center, announced the availability of BalancePoint 3.0 -- the latest version of the company's award-winning virtual infrastructure management software. BalancePoint 3.0 allows IT organizations to optimize virtual and physical server and storage infrastructure resources to reduce costs. As companies advance through the stages of server virtualization adoption, they need an infrastructure-wide analytical systems management solution like BalancePoint that provides visibility and control to troubleshoot and assure performance, plan server and storage capacity, and manage service levels.

Driving Greater ROI From Server Virtualization

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:30:00 EDT

While many organizations have adopted server virtualization, their return on investment has varied dramatically. Marathon Technologies is explaining three straightforward steps best practice organizations are taking to achieve aggressive cost savings with its live webcast, "How to Get at least 2x Greater Cost Savings from Server Virtualization.

Xignite Financial Web Services To Help Wolfram|Alpha Engine

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:06:00 EDT

Cloud services provider Xignite announced it is working with Wolfram|Alpha, the world’s first computational knowledge engine. Under the agreement, Wolfram|Alpha has integrated Xignite Web services to provide powerful on-demand financial market data calculations for its users. Xignite Web services enabled Wolfram|Alpha to meet a tight development schedule and minimize infrastructure costs prior to its May 2009 launch.

IBM Faces Pensions Backlash, Warns Unite

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:01:00 EDT

Unite, the UK's largest union, is warning IBM to brace itself for a backlash from thousands of employees against the company's plans to close the final salary pension schemes to future accrual and to alter the terms of its early retirement scheme. Whilst Unite is in the midst of an industrial action consultative ballot at Fujitsu, the fight back at IBM has been gathering pace as hundreds of angry workers have been joining the union. The union calculates that typically people in their mid 50's could lose up to GBP200,000 as a result of these changes from the retirement pension they had expected to draw before the company's announcement in July.

TechTarget to Release First Half 2009 Results on August 17

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:03:00 EDT

Technology media company TechTarget, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTGT) today announced that it plans to release its first quarter and second quarter 2009 financial results after the market close on Monday, August 17, 2009. The Company's management team will host a live conference call and Webcast at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on that day to discuss the company’s financial results. In conjunction with the announcement and the call, the Company will distribute an update on the business, current market conditions, operational and financial results for the applicable periods, and other matters customarily detailed on the call, with the call being reserved for a summary of financial highlights by management and Q&A.

Twitter Profile Backgrounds Are Clickable Now

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:45:00 EDT

SHIFT Communications and Whitley Media today transformed static Twitter profile pages into powerful personal branding tools with the launch of www.clickablenow.com Until today, the background pages on Twitter profiles were largely useless from a marketing standpoint, since urls, email addresses and images were static and could not be clicked -- or even copied and pasted with a mouse. ClickableNow.com enables Twitter users to add working links -- to personal blogs, corporate websites, e-mail addresses, images and popular social media platforms -- right on their customized Twitter profile backgrounds.

Cars.com Highlights Great Deals for Cash for Clunkers Shoppers

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:30:00 EDT

The Cash for Clunkers program that's gotten so much attention in recent months is scheduled to launch by the end of July. In addition to providing a comprehensive guide to help explain to consumers how the program will work and which new cars are eligible, Cars.com now offers its picks for the new cars that will give consumers the best bang for their buck. "The list of new cars eligible for the Cash for Clunkers program is a dizzying array of choices," said Cars.com editor in chief Patrick Olsen. "We've helped consumers out by listing five new cars and five new trucks/crossovers/minivans that would make the most of your Cash for Clunkers credit. Many have significant incentives on top of the thousands the government is handing out, but we've also listed a few hot models that rarely get cash-back offers of their own, as this may be the one time to get them at any type of discount." Below are Cars.com's picks, along with any available incentives currently offered. The adjusted price listed assumes the "clunker" being traded in will qualify for the biggest credit available, $4,500.

Baidu Announces Second Quarter 2009 Results

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:45:00 EDT

Baidu, Inc. (Nasdaq: BIDU), the leading Chinese language Internet search provider, today announced its unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2009(1). "Our focus on execution drove another strong quarter for Baidu," said Robin Li, Baidu's chairman and CEO. "Our ongoing initiatives to improve user and customer experience further solidified Baidu's leading market position as both large companies and SMEs are increasingly drawn to the superior ROI offered by Baidu's P4P platform." Mr. Li noted that the recently introduced Baidu Online Marketing Professional Edition, branded as "Phoenix Nest," while still in its early stages, is already seeing encouraging customer acceptance.

Mobile Money Application on Apple App Store

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:15:00 EDT

Monitise Americas announced the launch of its Mobile Money application on the App Store. Mobile Money gives iPhone and iPod touch users simple access to their account information using a dynamic application that is easy to navigate and safe to use. Mobile Money is a leading global solution for mobile banking and payment services. It is the world's first mobile banking ecosystem, empowering consumers to perform banking and payment transactions using a single consistent interface -- regardless of choice of mobile operator.

How Is Kindle "Killing" Cloud Computing?

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:45:00 EDT

Kindle of course has nothing to do with whether Clod Computing will change the IT world once and forever or not, but stupid posts with stupid titles like this one can damage the credibility of authors and the sites posting those stories. What a moronic headline! What is next? HP selling ink as their Cloud Computing strategy? How about this for a comparable headline. Will HP's Online Ink Store Crisis Kill Cloud Computing?

Zoho CRM Integrates Zoho Mail

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:15:00 EDT

Zoho today announced the Zoho Mail Add-on for Zoho CRM. For small and medium businesses (SMBs) and others using Zoho CRM, the new module provides affordable, full-featured integration of Zoho CRM and Zoho Mail. A video tour of the Zoho Mail Add-on is available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJ2Ou-2bGkQ. In related news, Zoho also announced the Zwitch program for Salesforce.com (please see “Zoho Invites Salesforce.com Users to Zwitch”).