A&M Supply Corporation Expands its Support of "Green" Building Products and Sustainable Forestry

A&M Supply Corporation Expands its Support of "Green" Building Products and Sustainable Forestry

Being a steward of healthier building environments and the ability to meet future demands for wood products, A&M Supply is committed to supplying our customers with environmentally friendly building products. One of the ways we are doing this is through supporting LEED®* qualifying programs and obtaining certification as a "Chain of Custody" building products distributor. * The U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design system is a third party certification program that promotes sustainable green planning, building and development.

Tampa Bay, Fla. (PRWEB) February 27, 2009 -- A&M Supply Corporation announced today it has received the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Chain of Custody Certification #SCS-COC-001868. FSC Chain of Custody Certification means the A&M Supply warehouses meet strict tracking requirements for ensuring the wood products the Company distributes as "FSC-certified" comes from well-managed forests.

The certification was awarded following a third-party review by Scientific Certification Systems (SCS), an independent organization accredited by the FSC to certify operations to its standards.

The A&M Supply warehouses that earned certification are in Alexandria, VA; Marshall, VA; Knoxville, TN; Charlotte, NC; Atlanta, GA; Jacksonville, FL; Orlando, FL; Pinellas Park, FL and Ft. Meyers, FL.

With the certification, A&M Supply will be better able to provide customers with FSC-certified products, which is a requirement for participating in LEED® and other green building projects.

"Demand for FSC-certified wood products is increasing every day and A&M Supply fully intends to be in a position to respond to customer's needs for this important new environmental initiative", said Chief Operating Officer - Raymond Prozzillo. "With a vested interest in a healthy environment in which trees and mankind can thrive, this certification demonstrates A&M's commitment towards practices that help sustain our limited natural resources".

A&M Supply - a privately-held, employee owned company - is a full line distributor of interior grade building material principally used in the cabinet, commercial, and industrial woodworking industries. The Company services the southeast United States with ten warehouse facilities from Washington, D.C. to Ft. Myers, FL. Also, A&M is a leading manufacture of custom hardwood moulding along with a kitchen design center.

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Contact Information Raymond Prozzillo, VP

A&M Supply Corporation

http://www.a-msupply.com

727-541-6632

Humanic Design Celebrates its One Year Anniversary with International Payroll Partner, Expaticore, by Unveiling New Innovation in Expatriate Self Service Technology

Humanic Design Celebrates its One Year Anniversary with International Payroll Partner, Expaticore, by Unveiling New Innovation in Expatriate Self Service Technology

Humanic Design, a leading provider of Human Resource Management Systems (HRMS), today announces its one year anniversary with International Payroll Partner, Expaticore Services LLC and concurrently unveils robust document upload functionality as part of the Expaticore system.

Mahwah, NJ (PRWEB) February 27, 2009 -- Humanic Design, a leading provider of Human Resource Management Systems (HRMS), today announces its one year anniversary with International Payroll Partner, Expaticore Services LLC and concurrently unveils robust document upload functionality as part of the Expaticore system. This enhancement, developed and maintained by Humanic Design for Expaticore, is in addition to standard features of the full featured expatriate payroll international software platform.

" Clients are thrilled by this latest improvement to our international payroll and expatriate service programs." said Expaticore founder and president, Dave Leboff. Mr. Leboff is known as an innovator in the industry and for his pursuit of optimal global mobility solutions for clients. "One critical cornerstone of our program is definitely the payroll and HR software developed by Humanic Design. Our drive for excellence is equally matched by Humanic Design's drive to continually meet clients' needs with the best possible HRMS solutions. This new feature is another successful demonstration of that pursuit of excellence. It also reinforces our decision to rely on Humanic Design's technology, to leverage their partnership mentality and unparalleled service ethic to continue to produce valuable solutions for our clients."

In addition to providing expatriates with real-time visibility of their pay slips in multiple currencies, the new upload feature allows Expaticore's clients to easily publish other assignment-related documents for employees to view via a personal portal. Documents may include assignment letters, payroll communications, policies, or any additional information the client wishes their employees to see.

"HUMANIC Design is pleased with the Expaticore partnership and their dedication to providing the best services & solutions to their clients." said Steve Brander, Vice President of Sales and Business Development for Humanic. "They offer the expertise to companies of all sizes that need to deploy or transfer resources worldwide without having to worry or understand the nature of foreign HR laws, customs, taxes, etc. In today's complex world, more companies are becoming global and very few have the expertise to launch an expatriate initiative. Expaticore's knowledge and experience coupled with Humanic's solid and robust HRIS / PR technology solutions can provide client companies with a partner to enable them to go global."

About Expaticore Services LLC

Expaticore Services LLC provides international assignment administration and expatriate and global payroll solutions. Established in 2002 to offer expert guidance and support to clients that transfer employees worldwide, Expaticore has organically grown into a leading service and consulting firm with solutions that cover a broad spectrum of global human resources. Our clients include corporations and private firms across every industry, as well as NGO's and non-profit organizations. We are sized to provide personal service to smaller firms, while also having the knowledge, experience and scalable resources to deliver extraordinary results and return on investment for the largest multinational corporations.

About Humanic Design Inc.

Humanic Design has been a leading provider of human resource management solutions since its inception in 1982. The company is committed to solving HR, Payroll, Time and Attendance and Talent Management challenges and has supported hundreds of organizations in moving to a cohesive HR strategy. Humanic's software applications are affordable and scalable; providing feature-rich, yet easy-to-use solutions for almost any size organization. With a solid understanding of today's HRIS professionals' needs and specific industry requirements, Humanic Design is certain to have solved human resource problems for an organization like yours. Humanic is designed using Oracle technology and offers both licensed software and software delivered on demand via Humanic's SAS 70 certified data center.

For more information on Humanic Design or registration for a demo on Expaticore visit: http://www.humanic.com/resources/news/Humanic-Expaticore_PR.htm

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Contact Information Kimberly Bedard

Humanic Design

http://www.humanic.com

603-473-0011

Virtualization Jobseekers Increase During VMWorld Europe

Virtualization Jobseekers Increase During VMWorld Europe

VM People, The Global Virtualization and Cloud Computing Job Board is reporting increased website traffic and job seeker registrations since the start of this years VMWorld Europe.

London, UK (PRWEB) February 27, 2009 -- VM People, The Global Virtualization and Cloud Computing Job Board is reporting increased website traffic and job seeker registrations since the start of this years VMWorld Europe.

Mike Hilton, one of the founders of VM People, said, "VMWorld events get a lot of media attention and subsequently increases market awareness for any business associated with the Virtualization Industry. We have seen a significant increase in job seekers registering with us since VMWorld Europe started. Virtualization is an exciting technology and one that is clearly a priority to both businesses and professionals even in the current economic climate."

More employers are now recognizing the need for a new class of IT professional skilled in these technologies. It's clear that VM People is the recognized Job Board for Virtualization and Cloud Computing professionals looking for work. Mike Hilton commented, "We have thousands of registered job seekers and both Employers and Recruitment Agencies are using VM People to enhance their search for talent."

Virtualization - Market Data Points:

Gartner says virtualisation will be the highest-impact trend changing infrastructure and operations through 2012.

Virtualisation will be a key infrastructure priority for chief information officers looking to reduce costs and increase energy efficiency over the next 12 months - Silicon.com's CIO Jury IT user panel

Forrester predicts that two thirds of IT organisations will be using virtualisation by 2009

IDC forecasts that the virtualisation services market will grow from its current annual level of $5.5 billion to a hefty $11.7 billion by 2011.

Forrester predicts IT departments already using virtualisation have virtualised 24% of servers, and that number is expected to grow to 45% by 2009.

About VM People:

VM People, The Global Virtualization & Cloud Computing Job Board.

Search the biggest selection of VMware Jobs (http://www.vmpeople.net), Virtualization Jobs and Cloud Jobs in the World. Fresh job listings posted daily. Search and apply today! Search for VMware Vacancies, Citrix Xen Jobs, Microsoft Hyper-V Jobs, Cloud Computing Jobs & more. VM People is a media sponsor for VM 09 and Cloud 09, two of the Industries most prestigious exhibitions.

For additional information on candidate registration or job advertisement, contact the VM People sales team.

Contact:

VM People

+44 (0) 203 303 02 39

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VM People

http://www.vmpeople.net

0203 303 02 39

Honored for EMR Sophistication, HIMSS Analytics Announces Stage 6 Hospitals

Honored for EMR Sophistication, HIMSS Analytics Announces Stage 6 Hospitals

Only 42 out of the more than 5,000 US hospitals tracked by HIMSS Analytics has achieved this recognition for implementation of the electronic medical record

Chicago (Vocus) February 26, 2009 -- As the country moves to transform healthcare with the passing of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, 42 US hospitals recognized as a Stage 6 by HIMSS Analytics serve as role models in healthcare IT adoption for other healthcare systems just beginning this process. Achieving electronic medical record sophistication, these hospitals have achieved significant advancement in their information technology capabilities as measured by the EMR Adoption Model (EMRAM).

HIMSS Analytics developed the EMRAM in 2005 as a methodology for evaluating the progress and impact of electronic medical record (EMR) systems for acute care delivery environments. With an almost paperless environment, Stage 6 hospitals are positioned to successfully address many of the expected industry transformations, such as HIPAA Claims Attachment, pay for performance, and government quality reporting programs. There are a total of 8 stages (0-7) on the EMRAM with the goal of reaching Stage 7 - operating in an environment where paper charts are not used to manage the delivery of patient care, and clinical data is used for performance improvement and analytics of care delivery.

"Only 0.5 percent of hospitals (tracked through the HIMSS Analytics Database) have achieved Stage 6 capabilities," said Mike Davis, executive vice president, HIMSS Analytics. "The hospitals we rank as Stage 6 have implemented advanced clinical applications that improve patient safety and care delivery outcomes." The list includes hospital systems and single hospitals with a total of 42 hospitals at the Stage 6 level.

The hospitals will be honored at HIMSS09 at the first ever Stage 7 Awards reception on Monday, April 6 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago. The awards ceremony will celebrate both Stage 6 and 7 hospitals in their efforts for leading the way in EMR implementation.

A link to the complete list of Stage 6 (http://www.himssanalytics.org/hc_providers/stage6Hospitals.asp) hospitals appears on the HIMSS Analytics Web site.

The Stage 6 hospital systems appear below.

Stage 6 Hospitals - Validated by HIMSS Analytics - January 2009

(Integrated delivery system, or IDS, organizations have multiple hospitals.)

1. Midland Memorial Hospital (320 Beds)/ Midland, Texas

2. Clarian Health (1,688 Licensed Beds for the system)/ Indianapolis, Ind.

3. Newport Hospital (148 Beds)/ Newport, RI

4. NorthShore University HealthSystem, (858 Licensed Beds for the system)/Evanston, Ill.

5. Citizens Memorial Healthcare (74 Beds)/Bolivar, Mo.

6. Memorial Health University Medical Center (580 Beds)/Savannah, Ga.

7. Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center (763 Beds)/Baton Route, La.

8. St. Clair Memorial Hospital (329 Beds)/Pittsburgh, Penn.

9. St. Agnes Hospital (322 Beds)/Baltimore, Md.

10 University Health System (597 Beds)/San Antonio, Texas

11. Carle Foundation Hospital (535 Beds)/Urbana, Ill.

12. HCA - Lewis Gale Medical Center (521 Beds)/Salem, Va.

13. UC San Diego Medical Center/San Diego, Calif.

14. Vanderbilt University Medical Center/Nashville, Tenn.

15. SSM Health Care (5,000 beds)/St. Louis, Mo.

16. Watertown Memorial Hospital (95 licensed beds)/Watertown, Wis.

17. UPMC (3,762 Licensed Beds for the System)/Pittsburgh, Penn.

18. Parkview Adventist Medical Center (55 Beds)/Brunswick, Maine

19. Swedish Covenant Hospital (334 licensed beds)/Chicago, Ill.

20. Sacred Heart Medical Center (623 licensed beds)/Spokane, Wash.

21. Stellaris Health Network (1056 beds for the system)/Armonk, NY

22. Mercy Hospital & Medical Center (473 licensed beds)/Chicago, Ill.

23. Baystate Medical Center (746 licensed beds)/Springfield, Mass.

24. Kaiser Permanente Health Foundation (7,654 beds for the system)/Oakland, Calif.

About HIMSS Analytics

HIMSS Analytics is a wholly owned not-for-profit subsidiary of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). The company collects and analyzes healthcare data related to IT processes and environments, products, IS department composition and costs, IS department management metrics, healthcare trends and purchase-related decisions. HIMSS Analytics delivers high quality data and analytical expertise to healthcare delivery organizations, healthcare IT companies, state governments, financial companies, pharmaceutical companies, and consulting firms. Visit www.himssanalytics.org/ for more information.

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Contact Information Joyce Lofstrom

HIMSS Analytics

http://www.himssanalytics.org/

312-915-9237

New Forrester Research Vendor Snapshot: Boardwalktech Applies Collaboration and Controls to Spreadsheets

New Forrester Research Vendor Snapshot: Boardwalktech Applies Collaboration and Controls to Spreadsheets

Newly released Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) vendor snapshot on Boardwalktech discussing collaboration and controls for spreadsheets for information & knowledge management professionals

Palo Alto, California (PRWEB) February 26, 2009 -- Boardwalktech, Inc, a leader in Enterprise 2.0 technology and developer of the patented Boardwalk Collaboration Platform (BCP), has been profiled by Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) for information & knowledge management professionals who are involved in enterprise collaboration, financial management, information & knowledge management, office productivity, and packaged applications.

Quoting Forrester "as collaboration and enterprise 2.0 vendors promote the latest must-have innovations to improve information worker productivity, Silicon Valley startup Boardwalktech turned its focus to something a little more commonplace: spreadsheets. Boardwalktech's founders felt there was a big gap in how people work with spreadsheets and the collaboration capabilities provided by vendors like Microsoft. By creating its own platform for spreadsheet collaboration, Boardwalktech enables cell-level sharing and access control, change management, and integration with enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), and legacy databases. This additional level of collaboration functionality lets people work with their familiar spreadsheets and processes while improving spreadsheet controls."

Using the Boardwalk Collaboration Platform, companies have quickly deployed applications including sales forecasting, supply chain planning, S&OP, project & portfolio management, product road mapping, development resource planning, pricing, and commission management--all on the same universal platform.

"Roughly 80% of the work done in most companies is done on the desktop," states Andrew T. Duncan, CEO of Boardwalktech. "Until now, if you wanted to enterprise enable a desktop process, you would consider deploying a new module from your ERP system, purchasing a new point solution, or creating your own application. With all these options, users always seem to return to the flexible and easy-to-use environment of a desktop spreadsheet. BCP gives companies the best of both worlds--the flexible business process modeling capabilities of a spreadsheet coupled with an enterprise quality, cell-level data sharing capability enabled through a newly patented database application."

The vendor snapshot is available for download from the Boardwalktech website at: Forrester Vendor Snapshot - Boardwalktech (http://www.boardwalktech.com/newsevents/Forrester_Boardwalktech.pdf)

About Boardwalktech:

Boardwalktech is a leader in Enterprise 2.0 Technology for business data and process management solutions. We help companies improve business results and shareholder value by providing a patented, next-generation database-driven technology platform that enables companies to automate existing and build new processes using spreadsheets as the user interface and the Boardwalk Collaboration Platform (BCP) as the back-end.

Contact

J.B. Kuppe, VP of Marketing

650-965-2404

Boardwalktech Website (http://www.boardwalktech.com)

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Boardwalktech, Inc

http://www.boardwalktech.com

650-965-2404

Astaro 7.4 Defeats UltraSurf

Astaro 7.4 Defeats UltraSurf

Latest version of Astaro balances multiple Internet connections and scans encrypted content.

Wilmington, MA (Vocus) February 26, 2009 -- Astaro (http://www.astaro.com), leading vendor of network security appliances, today announced the availability of version 7.4 of its Astaro Gateway product offering, including Astaro Security Gateway, Astaro Web Gateway and Astaro Mail Gateway. Including HTTPS URL Filtering, WAN link balancing and site-to-site SSL VPN capabilities, version 7.4 boasts more than 200 new security features and upgrades.

Competitors like SonicWall have been unable to manage popular SSL tunneling programs like Ultrasurf -- portable, adaptive software applications which are used to bypass web security policies. Astaro’s Web Security engine has been enhanced to block programs which are used to evade security policies by abusing HTTPS, a common port used for secure web surfing. Scanning HTTPS provides the ability to deny such applications and ensure that network policy will remain intact. Blocking these applications also stops malware that can infect the network via the encrypted protocol, which gives many vendors problems.

“SSL tunneling applications are used to surf to sites that would otherwise be blocked, and we are seeing increased use in environments like schools. Students physically bring in programs like UltraSurf on USB sticks and use it to circumvent Web Security measures,” explains Jan Hichert, Astaro CEO. “The portability of such programs, combined with their use of HTTPS—which often cannot be scanned—introduces a serious security risk. Students are accessing inappropriate material, and teachers are even using these programs to surf freely on their breaks. The HTTPS URL Filtering provided by Astaro’s 7.4 Web Security engine is now a necessity for a secure network.”

The new filtering engine of Astaro’s version 7.4 also allows users to filter and control secure web traffic (HTTPS). With inferior web security solutions, users can circumvent the security policy simply by accessing sites over HTTPS, which encrypts the session between the client browser and the target destination. Astaro’s version 7.4 intercepts encrypted HTTPS traffic and examines the content for malware, stops spyware infections, and controls what types of sites can be accessed.

The 7.4 release also features new WAN link balancing, which combines the use of multiple Internet connections. Astaro succeeds in this area against competitors by providing the ability to balance up to eight individual connections with a single click which automatically balances all connections. Administrators can also set specific rules for how traffic will use the connections, and the entire system provides intelligent, automatic fail over in the event any of them experiences an outage. As companies seek to cut down on operating costs in a struggling economy, using multiple smaller Internet connections can grant large savings vs. corporate lines, while providing redundancy.

Astaro’s 7.4 release also extends its popular road warrior SSL VPN technology to site-to-site, allowing users to create permanent tunnels between Astaro Gateways. Astaro’s site-to-site SSL VPN provides a simple means of permanently connecting two gateways while supplying the security level of an IPsec VPN tunnel. Version 7.4 includes many other new features and improvements that have been requested by partners and users over the past few months, such as report exports in PDF and CSV format and support for Cisco’s IPsec VPN client.

For more information, see the datasheet here. (http://www.astaro.com/content/download/2903/23691/file/Astaro_Security_Gateway_Overview_us.pdf)

Pricing and Availability

Astaro Security Gateway V7.4 is available immediately via Astaro's global partner network. Astaro customers can download the latest version at www.astaro.com. The latest release of Astaro Security Gateway V7.4 is available as a virtual appliance or software ISO starting at a list price of $345, or pre-installed on Astaro’s hardware appliances. Astaro Web Gateway and Astaro Mail Gateway are available on the hardware models 1000, 2000, 3000, and 4000 starting at a list price of $995. The web and mail filter solutions are also available as a virtual appliance.

About Astaro

Astaro offers the most complete and easy to use Internet security appliances available. Combining best of breed applications, the proven quality of Linux and enterprise level performance, Astaro’s award-winning products provide the latest protection with the best total cost of ownership. Software, hardware and virtual appliance offerings provide users the flexibility to meet a wide variety of deployment scenarios. Distributed by a growing worldwide network of more than 3,000 resellers, Astaro products protect over 100,000 networks for 47,000 customers across 60 countries. Astaro, headquartered in Wilmington, Massachusetts, USA and Karlsruhe, Germany, offers free downloads of its products at www.astaro.com.

Press Contact

Nicole Eckert

Astaro Corporation

+1 (978) 974-2645

neckert (at) astaro.com

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Astaro Corporation

http://www.astaro.com

1-978-974-2645

LPB Energy Management Secures Integrated Services Contract with Ocean State Job Lot Stores

LPB Energy Management Secures Integrated Services Contract with Ocean State Job Lot Stores

LPB Energy Management secured a contract with Ocean State Job Lot Stores. Ocean State, headquartered in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, is a leading retailer that provides brand name, first quality products at closeout prices. LPB will help Ocean State reduce energy costs and usage by performing utility bill processing, verification, payment and comprehensive reporting services for the company's nearly 100 locations in the Northeast United States.

Dallas, TX (PRWEB) February 26, 2009 -- LPB Energy Management (http://www.lpbenergy.com/) announced today that it has secured a contract with Ocean State Job Lot Stores. LPB will help reduce energy costs and usage by performing utility bill processing, verification, payment and comprehensive reporting services for nearly 100 locations in the Northeast United States. Headquartered in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, Ocean State Job Lot Stores is a leading retailer dedicated to providing brand name, first quality products at closeout prices.

Under terms of the contract, all monthly utility invoices, including electricity, natural gas, water, and wastewater, will be redirected to LPB's Service Bureau in Olympia, Washington. Each invoice is scanned and then entered into LPB's innovative Utility Manager™ software application. Utility Manager verifies the accuracy of the utility bills and identifies out-of-norm data that requires further investigation with the utility provider. After verification, LPB pays each bill on behalf of the client.

LPB's importing tools seamlessly transitioned Ocean State Job Lot Stores' historical utility bill information, previously managed by another service provider, into its Utility Manager software to maintain benchmarks and reporting continuity. Online reports enable the client to view a variety of information from total utility spend and store-by-store comparisons to carbon emissions reporting and more.

"We are honored to work with Ocean State Job Lot Stores," said John Fardella, Executive Vice President of Business Development at LPB. "The keys to unlock future cost and consumption savings are revealed in the monthly reporting that bill consolidation enables."

"Outsourcing our utility bill management to LPB lets us focus on our core business, which is offering high quality merchandise to customers at the lowest possible price," said Marc Perlman, President of Ocean State Job Lot Stores. "The cost savings we realize help us keep prices low. Reducing our utilities consumption helps us be a better corporate citizen in the communities we serve. It's a true win-win."

About LPB Energy Management:

LPB is a full-service energy management firm that helps clients measure, report and reduce energy costs and usage. Utility bill and meter data is centrally captured and then analyzed using LPB's innovative Utility Manager™ software, revealing actionable insight that is at the core of LPB's integrated energy management solution. With offices across the U.S., LPB has helped over 1,000 corporate and government clients reduce energy costs and increase sustainability. LPB has been recognized with ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year and Sustained Excellence awards, as well as a GSA schedule for Energy Management Program Support. For more information, visit www.lpbenergy.com.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jami Robinson

LPB Energy Management

Office: 972-383-5200, x282

Mobile: 469-878-1219

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Contact Information Jami Robinson

LPB Energy Management

http://www.lpbenergy.com

972-383-5200

Susan Morrow

Marketing Symphony

http://www.marketingsymphony.com

972-444-9310

Aimbridge Hospitality Focuses on Sales Performance Metrics for Success

Aimbridge Hospitality Focuses on Sales Performance Metrics for Success

50-property hotel company uses 80/20 rule to target sales teams on top accounts

Atlanta, GA (Vocus) February 25, 2009 -- Brand maximization and property positioning are two of three strategic components behind the rapid success of Carrollton, Texas-based Aimbridge Hospitality. The third, and conceivably its strongest driver, is sales and marketing.

The six-year-old hotel and real estate company was created by former Wyndham Hotel and Resort executives Les Bentley and Dave Johnson with a primary focus on the management of medium-sized hotels. Aimbridge Hospitality started in 2003 with eight hotels, expanding rapidly to own or manage 50 branded and independent properties across the United States. Its flags include Embassy Suites, Doubletree, Hilton Garden Inn, Hampton Inn & Suites, Sheraton, Hyatt, Marriott and Wyndham. Several projects are currently under construction and will carry the aloft, Embassy Suites, and Cambria Suites brands.

Between 2005 and 2007, Aimbridge Hospitality posted an astounding compounded growth of 179%. As a result, the enterprise was named to the prestigious Dallas 100 by the SMU Cox Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship, an award recognizing the top 100 fastest growing, privately-held companies in the Dallas area. The Dallas 100 winners are chosen solely on sales growth.

Establish sales standards and use technology to monitor

Tom Kenney, Aimbridge Hospitality's senior vice president of sales and marketing, credits the company's success to precisely measurable sales goals, management oversight and enforced compliance. "We established specific sales performance standards for our property teams and regional managers and we monitor performance across our portfolio remotely using the latest enterprise sales technology from hotelSystemsPro (http://www.hotelsystemspro.com?Campaign=PRWebaimbridgeFeb252009)."

Employing a Web-based corporate sales and catering software system (http://www.hotelsalespro.com/Main/Products.htm?Campaign=PRWebaimbridgeFeb252009) called hotelSalesPro (http://www.hotelsalespro.com/?Campaign=PRWebaimbridgeFeb252009), Aimbridge Hospitality has automated its entire sales system and centralized its propertys' client databases for access by corporate sales managers for cross selling and to control selling opportunities. Aimbridge Hospitality also uses hotelSystemsPro's catering software, hotelCateringPro, to maximize function room and banquet revenue, automatically generate BEOs, contracts and manage client accounts at the property level.

"hotelSalesPro enables us focus on the revenue potential for each hotel," Kenney says. "Just as important, the system also enables Ambridge to manage all its hotels' client account and contact information and activities, regardless of flag, to protect our future revenue." Aimbridge uses the enterprise sales tool which is scalable across all types of hotels, no matter their size or flag. "We can create customized reports that allow us, among other things, to set corporate group rates, access group bookings, follow regional performance, compare YTD for past years, and monitor sales performance for one hotel or our entire portfolio."

The centralized oversight is essential with a sales force of more than 150 people. Three regional sales vice presidents report to Kenney, each managing properties based on geography, size and complexity. Kenney spends most of his time traveling and relies on the accessibility of hotelSalesPro's Web application to maximize his effectiveness.

"All the information we need to oversee and manage sales for our hotel group is available to us anytime, anywhere," says Kenney, adding praise for hotelSystemsPro's dependable customer service. Utilizing real-time reports, Kenney can set measureable goals and track accountability. "With hotelSalesPro, we can drill down into the 'why' behind our performance from the corporate perspective to the property level to maximize our revenue."

The hotelSalesPro system plays an integral role in Aimbridge's client and prospect account development. Historical and current data help Kenney create a sales priority guide that follows the 80/20 rule - 80% of business comes from 20% of the customers.

"We look at reports on every salesperson's efforts and outcomes and objectively fine-tune the deployment of their client focus to target their efforts to achieve the highest revenue potential. hotelSystemsPro worked with us to create a very effective revenue report to accomplish this" explains Kenney.

Aimbridge Hospitality utilizes hotelSalesPro in a majority of its hotels. Kenney notes a significant improvement in sales productivity and performance, and an increase in the company's year-over-year attainment above the industry standard. In many cases, Aimbridge's remaining properties will adopt hotelSalesPro when pre-existing contracts with other vendor applications expire.

"One of Aimbridge's standards of excellence is the face-to-face sales call," Kenney said. "We pride ourselves on exceptional customer service and the long-term relationships we develop with our clients. Email is no replacement."

Regardless of market conditions, direct sales and marketing remains a top priority and winning strategy for Aimbridge Hospitality. Integrated with cutting-edge technology, says Kenney, Aimbridge Hospitality sets itself apart from its competition.

About hotelSystemsPro

Founded in 1996, hotelSystemsPro is a technology company operated by hospitality professionals who provide a suite of high performance; ASP-based enterprise property solutions that help hotel companies grow market share through better management of assets, increased sales, reduced operating expenses, and a higher quality guest experience. hotelSystemsPro partners with clients to provide solutions that scale across the broad range of properties in North America and around the world. Whatever the size of the property or its challenges, hotelSystemsPro solutions do the heavy lifting for hotel operators to streamline operations and boost staff productivity and property profitability. Our solutions include hotelSalesPro, hotelCateringPro, hotelServicePro and hotelWebSpace. For more information, visit www(dot)hotelsystemspro(dot)com.

About Aimbridge Hospitality

Aimbridge Hospitality is a hotel real estate and management company created to identify investment opportunities throughout the United States. Aimbridge provides management, asset management, capital renovation, supervision, accounting and consulting services for its strategic partners. Aimbridge currently operates hotel properties in the Embassy Suites, Doubletree, Hilton Garden Inn, Hampton Inn & Suites, Sheraton, Hyatt, Hilton, Marriott and Wyndham brands. Aimbridge also manages a number of independent hotels, including the Phoenix Inn & Suites brand of hotels and has several projects under development in the Starwood, Marriott and Hilton enterprises. Please visit www(dot)aimbridgehospitality(dot)com.

Contact

hotelSystemsPro

Danielle Rieppi

Marketing Manager

280 Interstate North Circle, Suite 600

Atlanta, GA 30339

Phone: 770-303-9911 or Toll free: 877-263-3645

Email: sales(at)hotelsystemspro(dot)com

www.hotelSystemsPro.com/?Campaign=PRWebaimbridgeFeb252009

Aimbridge Hospitality

4100 Midway Rd., Ste 2115

Carrollton, TX 75007

Phone: 972-952-0200

Email: info(at)aimhosp(dot)com

Media Contact:

Julie Keyser-Squires, APR

Softscribe Inc.

180 River Springs Drive NW

Atlanta, GA 30328

Phone: (404)256-5512

Email: Julie(at)softscribeinc(dot)com

http://www.softscribeinc.com

http://www.marketingsnacks.com

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hotelSystemsPro

http://www.hotelSystemsPro.com /?Campaign=PRWebaimbridgeFeb252009

877-263-3645

Parature CEO and President Duke Chung Named to "2009 Smart100" by Washington SmartCEO Magazine

Parature CEO and President Duke Chung Named to "2009 Smart100" by Washington SmartCEO Magazine

Elite Group of CEOs selected for Leadership, Strategic Vision and Character

Vienna, VA February 25, 2009-- Parature, the global leader in on-demand customer service software (http://www.parature.com/customer-service-software.aspx), announced today that Parature CEO and President, Duke Chung has been named to Washington SmartCEO magazine's "Smart100". The Smart100, assembled by an independent selection committee, is an exclusive group of 100 CEOs selected for their leadership, strategic vision and character.

Mr. Chung started Parature in a college dorm room at Cornell University and the company quickly evolved into a leading Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider selling its award winning customer service software to organizations around the globe. Today, Parature serves more than 750 customers and 13 million end users in a wide range of industries including associations, education, gaming, interactive media, manufacturing, services, and technology. Parature has gained significant recognition within the Greater Washington area and abroad for its dynamic, award-winning software and it continues to set the standard for customer success - one customer at a time.

"I am truly honored to be named one of Washington's Smart100," stated Duke Chung, Parature CEO and President (http://www.parature.com/team_DukeChung.aspx). "It's an exciting time at Parature and an inspiring time to be involved in innovative SaaS technology. Parature has realized tremendous growth and recognition that can be attributed to the vast market we serve, the world-class software we deliver and the visionary customers we support. Parature will continue to set the standard for support teams worldwide by providing the smartest, most efficient way for organizations to service and support their customers."

Duke's philosophy of putting customers first permeates Parature's culture and directly correlates to the recognition that both he and Parature have received for leadership and product innovation (http://www.parature.com/abo_awards.aspx?nYear=2008); product awards - SSPA Recognized Innovator award and Customer Interaction Solutions Product of the Year; corporate growth awards - Deloitte Technology Fast 500, Inc. 5000, SmartCEO Future 50 and the Software 500; CEO and executive management awards - Bisnow on Business 35 under 35 Top Entrepreneurs of the Washington Region and the Northern Virginia Technology Council Hot Ticket Award for Hottest Management Team to name a few. With Duke's leadership, Parature has developed a formal 'Give Back committee" dedicated to promote and support philanthropic and charitable involvement within the community.

Parature (http://www.parature.com/default.aspx) enables any organization to fundamentally change the way they support their customers through its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) delivery and integrated, intuitive design that empowers organizations to better and more efficiently serve, support, engage with and retain customers in today's Web world. The seamlessly integrated suite of Parature Customer Service™ software (http://www.parature.com/customer-service-software.aspx) modules allows organizations to effectively manage all of their support needs without additional hardware, software and IT expenses. Parature integrates everything in one dynamic, unified system to increase efficiency across entire organizations, improving processes among customer support, operations, development and sales.

All Smart100 CEOs will be profiled in the 100-page annual supplement which will debut as the 13th issue of SmartCEO this spring. The Smart100 will also be listed on www.smartceo.com. The Smart100 companies represent a variety of industries including government contracting, information technology consulting, travel services, financial services, and video production. The average Smart100 company employs between 10 to 100 employees and generates $10-$50 million in revenue.

Parature, Inc.

Parature, the leader in on-demand customer service software, makes it possible for any business to leverage the Internet to provide outstanding customer service. The company's software-as-a-service (SaaS) delivery and integrated, intuitive design enables organizations to better and more efficiently serve, support, engage with and retain customers in today's Web world. Founded in 2000, Parature received the 2007 and 2008 Product of the Year Award from Customer Interaction Solutions magazine and has been named to the Inc. 5000 list of Fastest Growing Private Companies in America. For the past three consecutive years Parature has been on the Washington Business Journal's list of Best Places to Work. Headquartered in Vienna, Virginia, Parature is at work in organizations of all types and sizes, and helps support more than 13 million end users worldwide. For more information, visit www.parature.com.

Parature is hiring talented people, please visit http://www.parature.com/careers.aspx for more information on joining this winning team.

Washington SmartCEO

Washington SmartCEO magazine is a regional "growing company" publication. SmartCEO believes that a "growing company" is really determined by the spirit, drive and dynamics of a company's owners and managers, rather than by the size of its building, the number of its employees, or its sales volume. Each month, a variety of businesses in the greater Washington and greater Baltimore areas turn to the pages of SmartCEO for features, case-study advice and trend analysis, all with a uniquely local flavor. SmartCEO is read by more than 34,000 business owners in Baltimore and Washington.

Media Contact:

Dayna Tenorio

571.730.6241

dtenorio@parature.com

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Contact Information Dayna Tenorio

Parature

http://www.parature.com

571-730-6241

FIRST Chooses Hot Lava Software to Deliver Mobile Content at Robotics Competitions

FIRST Chooses Hot Lava Software to Deliver Mobile Content at Robotics Competitions

Hot Lava Software has teamed with FIRST to inspire kids to learn science and technology while attending the FIRST Robotics Competitions and accessing relevent test questions via their cell phones to test their knowledge about robots at the event.

Washington, D.C. (PRWEB) February 25, 2009 -- Hot Lava Software (www.hotlavasoftware.com) has teamed with FIRST to inspire kids to learn science and technology while attending the FIRST Robotics Competitions and accessing relevent test questions via their cell phones to test their knowledge about robots at the event.

The goal of FIRST (For Inspiration & Recognition of Science and Technology) is to help young people recognize the opportunity, power, and joy of solving problems through science, technology, and engineering. FIRST is a multinational nonprofit organization, that seeks to transform culture, making science, math, engineering, and technology as cool for kids as sports are today.

Hot Lava Software's content creation tool (LMA) allowed the easy input of testing and survey materials along with the mobile delivery and tracking system (MDTS) that will enable instant access to the tests and surveys.

Please visit www.usfirst.org for a complete schedule of FIRST Robotics competitions or visit www.robocomp.org to register to participate in the surveys and questionnaires being offered to all participants attending these competitions.

About Hot Lava Software, Inc.

Hot Lava Software, Inc. is the leading provider of mobile authoring, publishing, delivery and tracking solutions. Using Hot Lava Software's content development and publishing system (LMA) integrated with the Hot Lava Mobile Delivery and Tracking System TM (MDTS) allows organizations to have the tools and knowledge needed to launch and track mobile initiatives faster, with more cost efficiency. Hot Lava Software, provides mobile content solutions and mobile content design, authoring and publishing solutions to corporations, governments and universities around the world. More information is available at http://www.hotlavasoftware.com.

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Contact Information BOB SANREGRET

Hot Lava Software

http://hotlavasoftware.com

540-428-2988

Barbara Walls

Hot Lava Software

http://hotlavasoftware.com

540-428-2988

Remcom Announces Next Generation EM Simulation Software for Unmatched Design Engineering Efficiency

Remcom Announces Next Generation EM Simulation Software for Unmatched Design Engineering Efficiency

Remcom announces the release of XFdtd® 7.0 (XF7), the latest version of its FDTD-based electromagnetic simulation software. XF7 simplifies simulation workflow for design engineers with an overall focus on the iterative nature of the design process. Features unique to the market include ubiquitous parameterization capability, cross-platform functionality, and custom scripting.

State College, PA (PRWEB) February 24, 2009 -- Remcom announces the release of XFdtd® 7.0 (XF7), a new electromagnetic simulation (http://www.remcom.com/xf7) tool for antenna design and analysis, biological EM analysis, microwave circuit design, and other EM simulation applications. XF7 marks a departure from other standard 3D EM solvers with a simplified and streamlined user interface, cross-platform functionality, and several time-saving features that are unique to the market.

XF7's most important benefit is improved efficiency due to faster, easier simulation workflow. Scott Langdon, product manager for XFdtd, said, "In addition to looking at what new features customers were requesting, we looked at ways to transform the typical workflow required to produce good simulations. By simplifying simulation setup and post-processing, engineers can focus on the design itself rather than on commands and menus."

Other unique capabilities of XF7 include:

• Ubiquitous parameter control facilitates increased automation and time savings

• Easy to create custom features via a powerful scripting API

• First EM simulation package in the industry to run natively on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux

• Guided modeling processes, an editable modeling history, and the ability to edit imported CAD files substantially enhance productivity

• Intelligent, ultra-fast meshing expedites previewing of finished meshes with materials prior to simulation

• Dynamic and interactive graphing allows results to be viewed and automatically updated as simulation data changes

• Custom project templates, simulation history, shared libraries, and hierarchy import enable shortcuts and reuse of past results

• Complete control of any output and no restrictions on where fields can be saved

• Customizable Results Browser with filtering and searching tools supports an iterative workflow and fast, persistent access to all past results

• Clutter-free, straightforward organization of tools and attractive, eye-catching icons and window layouts

"XF7 isn't just a new release of an existing product; it's the first of its kind in an entirely new EM simulation class. It offers a creative, modern approach to simulation that hasn't been available in the market thus far," said lead developer Bradley Flubacher. "In addition, Remcom's core competency has always been developing EM simulation tools from the ground up, with a strong focus on the highest-quality simulation technology. This expertise and leadership have led to other companies partnering with Remcom to incorporate our technology and innovation into their own products."

XF7 is available in both Pro and Bio-Pro versions. Both include 32- or 64-bit analysis module, geometric modeler and postprocessor, shared memory multiprocessor (MPM) at eight cores, and comprehensive variety of 3D CAD import modules. The Bio-Pro version also includes SAR capability and hi-fidelity human body meshes.

Remcom has prepared a collection of videos that demonstrate the new features in XF7 at http://www.remcom.com/xf7. The site also offers a brochure download and detailed specifications.

About Remcom: Remcom has been a market leader in the field of electromagnetic simulation software for nearly 15 years, creating the first universally usable full wave EM solver to be based on the Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD (http://www.remcom.com/xf7/fdtd-method)) method. In addition to its flagship product, XFdtd®, Remcom provides a suite of innovative software and services for antenna design (http://www.remcom.com/AntennaDesign.html) and propagation. Remcom is committed to its customers' unique needs, offering flexible licensing options for installations of all sizes as well as custom engineered solutions.

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Contact Information Stefanie Lucas

Remcom Inc.

http://www.remcom.com

814-861-1299

Synergis Software to Show Adept Engineering Document Management Software at daratechPLANT 2009

Synergis Software to Show Adept Engineering Document Management Software at daratechPLANT 2009

Adept provides Owner/Operators and EPCs an economical solution to organizational efficiency

Houston, TX (PRWEB) February 23, 2009 -- Synergis Software (http://www.synergissoftware.com) announced today that they are presenting Adept Enterprise Engineering Document Management software at this year's daratechPLANT 2009 (February 23-25, Hilton Americas-Houston, TX). Adept helps companies manage, share and control their plant, production facility and infrastructure assets; automate business processes; and improve departmental and global collaboration. Scott Lamond, Vice President of Synergis Software and Chris Fabri, Director of Solutions Engineering, will be available to meet one-on-one with Owner/Operator and Engineering Procurement & Construction executives at Booth #200.

"Adept provides powerful searching, revision control, workflow, visualization and vaulting (http://www.synergissoftware.com/features) capabilities," said Scott Lamond. "A growing number of customers from the Oil & Gas, Chemical, and Energy & Power industries are using Adept to control the quality and accuracy of information, collaborate between O/Os and EPCs, and achieve and maintain industry and government compliance."

One of those customers is VENOCO Inc., an independent energy company primarily engaged in the acquisition, exploitation and development of oil and natural gas properties in California and Texas. The company is using Adept to improve overall engineering productivity. "As the engineering staff gets more streamlined, we take on additional responsibilities," explains Tony Soriano, Senior Facilities Technician & Piping Designer at VENOCO, Inc., Carpinteria, CA. "It's not just design and engineering, it's purchasing, getting certifications, overseeing fabrications, installing the fabrications, writing up purchase orders, and then overseeing all the related documents. Adept is a necessity. Without it, people would come to me to find one out of 20,000 documents. Adept gives us fast access to information, better quality control, and an easy way for people throughout the company to view, markup and print the documents we have in place."

About Synergis Software:

Synergis Software (http://www.synergissoftware.com) develops engineering document management and workflow solutions that enable companies to effectively leverage business and design content across the enterprise to drive growth, mitigate risk and gain competitive advantage. For more information, please contact Synergis Software at 215.529.9900/800.836.5440 or visit www.synergissoftware.com.

Copyright 2009 Synergis Software. All rights reserved. All products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

Contact:                             

Martha Lubow, Director of Media Relations

Synergis Software

(215) 529-9900, x110

martha.lubow (at) synergis (dot) com

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Contact Information MARTHA LUBOW

Synergis Software

http://www.synergissoftware.com

2155299900

GL Announces Enhanced Packet Test Tools

GL Announces Enhanced Packet Test Tools

GL Communications Inc., announced today the release of enhanced packet test tools: PacketScan™, PacketCheck™, RTP Toolbox™ and PacketGen™.

Gaithersburg, MD (Vocus) February 23, 2009 -- GL Communications Inc., announced today the release of enhanced packet test tools: PacketScan™, PacketCheck™, RTP Toolbox™ and PacketGen™. In a statement released to the press, Mr. John Phipps, Senior Test Manager of Packet Tools at GL said, "Our Packet Test tools provide comprehensive test solutions that cover the entire gamut of testing packet networks including Ethernet, IP and more complex VoIP testing, monitoring and voice quality assessment”. He added, "Our Packet Test tools are now supported with enhanced features and functionalities that would address the needs of testing packet networks.”

Important new features of PacketScan™:

•Call Graph: The application has been enhanced with addition of the call graph and T.38 ladder diagram display. Now the user can decode T.38 frames received over VoIP calls and can have ladder diagram for T.38 traffic flow.

•SMPP (Short Message Peer to Peer) protocol support: The application has been added with the supported decode of SMPP protocol.

•Dynamic Payload Map Table: Now Payload Map Table contains all supported codecs (both static and dynamic payloads). This helps in setting payload type number for all codecs for auto detected traffic.

For comprehensive information on the product, please refer to PacketScan™ (http://www.gl.com/packetscan.html) web page.

Important features of PacketCheck™:

•Test Ethernet traffic of up to 500Mbps bandwidth

•Generate full duplex IP, UDP, or Ethernet frame traffic to transmit and /or receive traffic on any of the three layers (Data Link/Network layer/Transport) with on-demand bandwith

•Bit-error-rate testing (BERT) on layer 2, layer 3, and layer 4 with detailed runtime statistics for both Tx and Rx

•Customizable 2 byte test patterns

•Support for end-to-end (Tx and Rx) performance statistics monitoring

For comprehensive information on the product, please refer to PacketCheck™ (http://www.gl.com/packetcheck.html) web page.

Important new features of RTP ToolBox™:

•If there is no NAT address or not specified, now the address can be specified "0.0.0.0" as default NAT address. Supported NAT address in both RTB GUI and CLI

•For G711 appendix 2, now the user can generate both power and spectral information for SID packets

•There is a feature now to solve payload mismatch in Profiles

For comprehensive information on the product, please refer to RTPToolBox™ (http://www.gl.com/rtptoolbox.html) web page.

Important new features of PacketGen™:

•New Codec Support with an enhanced script editor

•Reliable Provisional Responses (RPR)

•Digit Detection Qualifications

•Option to turn on/off sending outband digits information in signaling

Significant Enhancements:

•RTP Script Editor Changes

•Command Line Interpreter.

•Option to set EVRC Packing Format (Using INI File)

•UA Configuration

About GL Communications Inc.

Founded in 1986, GL Communications Inc. is a leading supplier of test, monitoring, and analysis equipment for TDM, Wireless, IP and VoIP networks. Unlike conventional test equipment, GL's test platforms provide visualization, capture, storage, and convenient features like portability, remotability, and scripting.

GL’s TDM Analysis & Emulation line of products includes T1, E1, T3, E3, OC-3, STM-1, analog four-wire, and analog two-wire interface cards, external portable pods, and complete system solutions. Capabilities include voiceband traffic analysis and emulation across all traffic types (voice, digits, tones, fax, modem), all protocols (ISDN, SS7, GR-303, Frame Relay, HDLC, V5.X, ATM, GSM, GPRS, etc.), and with capacities up to thousands of channels.

GL’s VoIP products generate / analyze thousands of calls simultaneously with traffic types such as voice files, digits, video, tones, noise, and fax using G.711, G.729, AMR, EVRC, GSM and a range of other codecs. Additional features include visual analysis, real-time listening, and recording. The product line also includes a Software Ethernet Testing capability that checks frame transport and throughput parameters of Ethernet and IP networks.

GL's Voice Quality Testing (VQT) product line complements all of GL's products. Using ITU-standard algorithms (PAMS, PSQM, and PESQ), GL's VQT provides a widely excepted solution across the telecom industry. Voice Quality Testing across multiple networks (T1/E1/T3/E3/OC-3, VoIP, Wireless, Landline, etc.) are all available.

GL’s Wireless Products perform protocol analysis and voice quality assessment on GSM, CDMA and UMTS networks. Connections can be made to any wireless phone with automated call control, GPS mapping and real-time signal measurements.

GL’s Echo Canceller testing solutions provide the broadest range of simulation and analysis, including compliance testing per G.168 and G.160 across TDM, IP, VoIP and Wireless networks. GL’s wirelss VQT solutions help assessing impairments to voice quality such as poor mobile phone quality, voice compression and decompression algorithms, delay, loss and gain in speech levels, noise, acoustic and landline echo, and other distortions are easily assessed and accurately measured.

GL’s Handheld data testers can test a wide variety of communications facilities and equipment including T1, fractional T1, E1, fractional E1, T3 and E3 modems, multiplexers, CSU/DSUs, T1 CSUs, DTUs, NTUs and TIUs and more. The testers provide convenience, economy, and portability for almost any interface, including RS232, RS422 / RS530, X.21, T1, E1, T3, E3, and many others.

GL’s Network Surveillance and Monitoring products include Probes for TDM, IP, VoIP, ATM, and Wireless networks. An open standards based approach provides a scalable, feature rich, real-time access to network intelligence. Centralized or distributed access, efficient transport and database loading allow compatibility with 3rd party and standards based monitoring systems.

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Contact Information Mr.Shelley Sharma

GL Communications Inc

http://www.gl.com

301-670-4784

Gururaj S D

GL Communications Inc

http://www.gl.com

91 80 40488428

Elguji Software's IdeaJam Wins Coveted Lotusphere 2009 Awards

Elguji Software's IdeaJam Wins Coveted Lotusphere 2009 Awards

Elguji Software's IdeaJam won the prestigious IBM Lotus Chief Technology Officer Innovation and Breakout Technology awards at Lotusphere 2009. IdeaJam was also named a finalist for the Best in Showcase award. IdeaJam is an online "suggestion box" that allows businesses to securely collect ideas, solicit and manage feedback, and then use "crowd-sourcing" to rank ideas. Once an idea is posted people can comment on the idea, promote or demote it. As a result, the best ideas rise to the top, enabling the company to respond quickly to market opportunities and threats.

Vancouver, WA -- Elguji Software announced today that its IdeaJam software application won the prestigious IBM Lotus Chief Technology Officer Innovation and Breakout technology awards, at Lotusphere 2009, while also being named as a finalist for the Best in Showcase award. Taking Lotusphere by storm, Elguji Software's IdeaJam, the industry's first XPages application, proved that it's helping to create a highly engaging and usable "Web 2.0 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0)" user experience for its customers.

"We purchased IdeaJam to deploy as the first employee 'community' application on our new global intranet. In the first two months of use, we've received a number of great ideas, votes and comments on various employee experiences and cost-saving measures," said Scott Stewart, who works in the messaging and collaboration department for Kelly Services. "As a result, some of the more popular ideas have already been implemented."

A virtual "suggestion box" designed to support open-innovation practices, IdeaJam allows businesses to collect ideas, solicit and manage feedback, and then use "crowd-sourcing" to rank ideas from employees, customers and partners. Once an idea is posted people can comment on the idea, promote or demote it. As a result, the best ideas rise to the top, enabling the company to respond quickly to market opportunities and threats.

"Innovation is crucial in the software business, and the Lotus Awards (http://www-01.ibm.com/software/lotus/awards2009/) show how IdeaJam continues to leverage emerging technologies to provide greater value for businesses of all sizes," said Matt White, CTO of Elguji Software, the developers of IdeaJam and an IBM Business Partner. "IdeaJam customers can save time and money by helping them to work together to share and prioritize ideas."

Elguji Software tests its own software on a public site IdeaJam.net (http://ideajam.net) to serve IBM and Lotus (http://www.lotus.com) communities to improve its performance and get feedback. By innovating quickly through feedback channels with their customers, Elguji releases product updates regularly to stay at the top of its industry.

While popular, blogging and instant messaging tools do not allow people to gather, sort and categorize ideas in one central place companies that implement IdeaJam can use it internally or broadcast it to the world in an open forum. Ideas can range from simple questions to complex topics. In addition, because IdeaJam is based on open standards, businesses can use their existing infrastructure and be up gathering ideas within 15 minutes of installation.

The IdeaJam user interface is complemented by open-data access in RSS, Open Document, and Microsoft Excel formats. Users can extensively - and very easily - customize the application using the IBM Lotus Notes client, without any programming required. IdeaJam provides multilingual support, and many details of the IdeaJam process and user interface are easy to reconfigure for different-use cases.

About Elguji

Elguji Software, LLC, is a member of IBM PartnerWorld located in Vancouver, Washington, USA. Elguji specializes in Web 2.0 and social networking software development. Visit www.elguji.com (http://www.elguji.com) for more information.

With Elguji Software's IdeaJam, customers can:

• Collect ideas from employees on cutting costs, new products and new work processes

• Solicit feedback and suggestions from employees, customers and partners

• Run innovation contests and competitions

• Gather and manage feedback on new product features and services

• Use the power of "crowd sourcing" to rank ideas and allow the best ideas to rise to the top

• Solicit immediate input from employees at any level and from any organization quickly and easily

IBM, Lotus,Notes, Xpages and Lotusphere, are trademarks of IBM Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both. IdeaJam is a trademark of Elguji Software, LLC.

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Contact Information Gayle Elgort

Elguji Software, LLC

http://elguji.com

360.606.1532

CompareHRIS.com Proudly Announces One Year Anniversary

CompareHRIS.com Proudly Announces One Year Anniversary

CompareHRIS.com, a free, easy-to-use, and extremely comprehensive web site dedicated to assisting human resource professionals with their evaluation, selection, and use of HR software applications proudly celebrates their first anniversary.

Seminole, FL (PRWEB) February 23, 2009 -- On February 23rd of 2008, CompareHRIS.com (http://www.compareHRIS.com) was officially launched. The goal was to create an online free HRIS selection tool that would match the needs of prospects to the features and options of today's leading HR software vendors. The concept has succeeded. One year later CompareHRIS.com lists 14 of the industry's top HRIS vendors. Traffic, lead numbers, and revenue continue to grow. CompareHRIS.com is confident they have filled a needed niche for both prospects and vendors. Going forward, CompareHRIS.com has aggressive plans for expanding the site into new HR software product groups and markets.

New Features:

Free HRIS RFP Template

CompareHRIS.com users never pay a dime for the services. CompareHRIS.com's competitors sell an HRIS RFP template (http://www.comparehris.com/hris-rfp/) for as much as $400. CompareHRIS.com now offers an extremely detailed RFP template for free. The template was created by an HR consultant who combined elements of the best HRIS RFP's they had seen to create an extremely comprehensive RFP document.

HR-SoftwareBlog.com

CompareHRIS.com believed the HR software industry and market needed a blog that covers the latest news, trends and offers advice without bias on selecting HRIS systems so they created a HR Software Blog (http://www.hr-softwareblog.com). As opposed to other blogs for the HR software industry, HR-Softwareblog.com does not represent any individual vendor which allows the site to remain both objective and unbiased with its opinions on the industry.

Additional CompareHRIS.com Site Features and Capabilities

HRIS Selection Tool - CompareHRIS.com's HRIS selection tool (http://www.comparehris.com/hris-hrms-survey/) is comprehensive, free, and easy to use. Customers simply answer a series of questions about their requirements and rank the importance of each. CompareHRIS.com then automatically generates a free report showing ranked scores of the HRIS products that best match their needs. From there, customers may compare the features of each product side by side, view additional product details, view a pre-recorded demo or request a free trial.

Free HR Payroll Software Buyer's Guide - The president of CompareHRIS.com, who sold HR and Payroll software (http://www.comparehris.com/guide/)systems for fifteen years, created a free ten-step plan for those looking to purchase HRIS, HRMS, or HR software systems. This buyer's guide provides "inside the industry advice" on how to find a system that best matches the needs of any organization or HR department.

HR Software Article Database- The CompareHRIS.com payroll hr software article library now contains over 100 helpful articles. The articles cover a wide variety of topics related to HR software including selection advice, implementation tips, and industry trend analysis. Many of these articles have been added to hr-softwareblog.com as well so visitors have a chance to comment on each. With the assistance of vendors, outside contributors, and our own staff, the database continues to grow.

New Vendors - We are actively soliciting additional HRIS and HRMS vendors for our web site. CompareHRIS.com offers outstanding lead quality and tremendous exposure at a far lower cost than other less-detailed and less-focused HR lead services. To date, CompareHRIS.com has seen a 100% contract renewal rate. Contact us to get your company listed today. In the near future, we will also be asking for input from recruiting and performance management software vendors to add these product groups to CompareHRIS.com.

Experience, focus, and attention to detail make CompareHRIS.com different than any other HRIS site on the internet.

The following vendors currently participate in the exciting services offered by CompareHRIS.com: Ascentis HR and Payroll, CheckPoint HR Payroll/HRIS Services, PerfectSoftware HRIS and Payroll Suite, HRA HRIS, Auxillium West HRnetSource, Infinity HR, Spectrum iVantage, Nuview HRIS Product Suite, Dresser and Associates Sage Abra HRMS, Sapien HRMS, Ultimate Software Ultipro, Lawson HCM, !Trak-It HR, and PDS Vista HRMS.

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Contact Information Clay Scroggin

HR Pay 'n' Time, Inc.

http://www.CompareHRIS.com

727-596-6088

Steve Robb Joins PCI Compliance Solutions Provider ControlScan as Vice President of Operations

Steve Robb Joins PCI Compliance Solutions Provider ControlScan as Vice President of Operations

Successful technology industry executive joins ControlScan team in a period of accelerated growth as demand for PCI compliance solutions increases.

Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) February 22, 2009 -- ControlScan, Inc. (controlscan.com), the leading provider of PCI compliance and security solutions exclusively focused on small merchants, today announced that Steve Robb has joined the ControlScan executive team serving as vice president of operations.

Over the course of a year, ControlScan has built a seasoned management team to help take the company to the next level, providing PCI compliance and security solutions for small e-commerce and retail merchants. Robb is a solid addition to the team with 20 years of experience working for growing technology companies in a variety of senior roles within marketing, customer service and support, product management and development, and professional services. As vice president of operations, Robb will utilize his broad base of experience to build efficiency and quality into the company's core business processes and technologies as ControlScan continues to grow and expand.

Robb said that one of the reasons he was attracted to the PCI compliance and security solutions provider was the company's focus on serving small merchants, which represent a large and growing market that continues to be underserved. "Security and financial services are huge, competitive industries, but ControlScan is laser-focused on providing PCI compliance solutions designed especially for the needs of the segment they want to lead, which is critical to success," said Robb.

Another top draw for Robb was ControlScan's people and culture. "I felt the energy and enthusiasm the moment I walked through the door," said Robb. "The team believes in the mission, has worked hard over the last several years to build a strong foundation, and possesses the drive required to be the leader in its market."

Just prior to ControlScan, Robb led the software development operations of over 30 different product groups for Infor Global Solutions, a $2.2 billion acquirer and consolidator of business software applications. In a subsequent role at Infor, he led all operational aspects of the company's inside sales functions, whose revenues grew over 425% in a six-month period.

Robb joins the company as ControlScan is enjoying its highest rate of customer acquisition in its 3-year history. "I am excited that Steve has joined our team," said Joan Herbig, chief executive officer, ControlScan. "Steve's work ethic and ability to provide leadership in many areas will help ControlScan capitalize on its momentum in a period of accelerated growth and beyond."

About the PCI Compliance Provider (https://www.controlscan.com?campaign=Feb09A), ControlScan:

Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, ControlScan is the leading provider of Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance and security solutions designed exclusively for small merchants, which make up 98% of all merchants. ControlScan provides easy-to-use Web-based security solutions and a personal level of service that make it easy and cost-effective for these businesses to analyze, remediate and validate compliance. The company's core offerings are complemented by a number of value-added products that help merchants maintain a high security posture and market their achievements to shoppers, most notably Breach Protection insurance and Verified Secure security seals. ControlScan is the solution of choice for small merchants and acquirers because it offers security solutions that are built specifically with the small merchant in mind, a personal level of service and the best results. Acquirers and other merchant service providers rely on ControlScan to manage PCI compliance programs for their entire merchant portfolios to ensure maximum compliance rates. For more information about ControlScan call Heather Varian Foster at 1-800-825-3301 or visit controlscan.com.

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Contact Information Heather Varian Foster

ControlScan, Inc.

http://https://www.controlscan.com?campaign=Feb09A

678-279-2644

PowerDNN Launches KeepAlive On Every New Site

PowerDNN Launches KeepAlive On Every New Site

PowerDNN's keepalive service ensures maximum performance on all new shared hosting plans.

Omaha, NE (PRWEB) February 22, 2009 -- Today, PowerDNN, the nation's leading provider of advanced DNN hosting (http://www.PowerDNN.com) services for the DotNetNuke(R) community announced ASP.NET Keep Alive (http://www.PowerDNN.com) services on all new shared hosting plans. This announcement comes on the heels of the DotNetNuke 4.9.2 platform releases.

"Over next quarter we are drawing a clear line between companies who offer DotNetNuke as a side product and companies, like us, who truly support and service DotNetNuke to the core. In addition to running Keep Alive on every site, all of our new shared servers are high-end DELL servers with at least 8 CPU cores with anywhere from 16-32 gigabytes of CRUCIAL name brand RAM." says Tony Valenti, CEO and founder of PowerDNN. "If you don't know hardware, we've gone from using big servers to using giant servers. These servers are at least 4 times faster than most other companies' biggest servers."

When asked about how the service upgrade will impact customers, John Grange, PowerDNN's Chief Operating Officer responded, "We've actually been doing this since January but we didn't make a public announcement because we wanted to wait and see how much of a performance difference it makes. The performance has been so good, we felt compelled to provide this level of service on all servers going forward."

Traditionally, a pain point for DNN hosting (http://www.PowerDNN.com) has been a large "first load" time and a short "application timeout". PowerDNN's Keep Alive service will completely eliminate both problems by constantly browsing the websites on a continual basis.

DotNetNuke and DNN are Registered Trademarks of DotNetNuke Corporation.

PowerDNN used with permission.

About PowerDNN (http://www.PowerDNN.com):

Founded in 2002, PowerDNN.com (http://www.PowerDNN.com) is the full circle DotNetNuke hosting (http://www.PowerDNN.com) provider, servicing organizations ranging from small businesses to Fortune 500 Companies to the Federal Government of the United States of America. Specializing in high-reliability, business-critical DotNetNuke solutions, Power DNN is the clear choice of business and technology experts who demand exceptional customer service and enterprise engineering support for DotNetNuke. Additional news and information about the company is available at www.PowerDNN.com

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Contact Information Tony Valenti

PowerDNN

http://www.PowerDNN.com

877-743-8366

Beat the Bailout on your iPhone

Beat the Bailout on your iPhone

PlayScreen Battles the "Bailout Bonanza" with a New iPhone Game

(Vocus) February 20, 2009 -- Angered by the million dollar bonuses, corporate jets, fancy junkets and other executive perks funded by the Bank Bailout? Wish you could stop this "Bailout Bonanza?" A new iPhone game will give you the opportunity to do just that, and in the process, provide a real helping hand for people in need.

PlayScreen has created "Bailout Bonanza," a fast, fun and furious arcade-action game where you try to catch bundles of cash being thrown by a greedy executive. Taking advantage of the iPhone's cool control features, "Bailout Bonanza" gives you the option to play by swiping your finger across the screen or by tilting the phone. Watch out for the occasional shoe toss. If you miss a moneybag or get hit by a shoe you lose one of your baskets and make the greedy exec very happy.

PlayScreen is pledging to donate 5% of each sale to The United Way. With "Bailout Bonanza" you can channel your frustration over Bailout abuse into helping the people hit hardest by this economic crisis.

More information about "Bailout Bonanza"

http://www.playscreen.com/bailout.php

Download new screens and gameplay video

https://download.yousendit.com/Y2ovYURDd0lEa1ZMWEE9PQ

Stream the gameplay video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYzm-QJKByc

Contact Information:

William Volk

bvolk(at)playscreen.com

(858) 692 1124

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Contact Information William Volk

PlayScreen

http://www.playscreen.com/bailout.php

858-692-1124

LogMeIn Opens Australia and New Zealand Operations to Support Asia Pacific Region

LogMeIn Opens Australia and New Zealand Operations to Support Asia Pacific Region

Remote Access and Support Experts Invest in ANZ

Woburn, Mass (PRWEB) February 19, 2009 -- LogMeIn (https://secure.logmein.com/home.asp) is expanding into Australia and New Zealand with the opening of its Sydney office, the company's first office in Asia Pacific. LogMeIn has seen significant adoption of its remote access solutions in the region, and Australia, New Zealand and the greater Pacific Region and is investing to further support the company's existing customers and drive new adoption among consumers, SME and enterprise IT, and IT service providers (https://secure.logmein.com/solutions/serviceprovider/). Seth Shaw has been appointed as General Manager to lead the Sydney office as the base for sales, marketing and support in Australia, New Zealand and the greater Pacific Region.

Since the company's inception, over 60 million Windows PCs, Macs, smartphones, servers and other devices have been "simply connected" using LogMeIn, enabling people to connect to their digital assets from any location at anytime. In the fourth quarter of 2008, an average of 92,000 new devices connected with LogMeIn each day.

"With thousands of customers and hundreds of thousands of connected devices across Australia and New Zealand, we think the time is right to make a significant investment in the region to support our customers and grow our business," said Seth Shaw, General Manager, ANZ for LogMeIn. "Australia/New Zealand has a large percentage of small and medium sized businesses that are savvy about mobile computing and utilising new tools to support mobile workers, customers and partners. We've seen demand for remote access and support solutions grow as businesses seek to increase productivity, reduce IT costs and deliver competitive advantages to Australian businesses."

LogMeIn has a large number of existing customers in the region, such as real estate franchise company Stockdale & Leggo, consumer technical support provider Gizmo and broadband VOIP provider Engin.

LogMeIn products are available for a free trial from the LogMeIn website at https://secure.logmein.com.

About LogMeIn, Inc.

LogMeIn is a leading provider of on-demand, remote-connectivity solutions to small and large businesses, IT service providers, consumers, and mobile operators and handset OEMs. LogMeIn's products are deployed on demand and are accessible through a Web browser. The LogMeIn product family includes LogMeIn Pro®, LogMeIn Ignition™, LogMeIn Rescue®, LogMeIn IT Reach®, LogMeIn Backup™, Remotely Anywhere®, LogMeIn Free®, and LogMeIn Hamachi™. LogMeIn is based outside Boston, MA with international locations in Australia, Hungary and the Netherlands.

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Contact Information Trip Kucera

LogMeIn

781-897-0696

Accor Services USA Helps Companies "Go Green" with OpenAir

Accor Services USA Helps Companies "Go Green" with OpenAir

US Division of 150,000 Employee Accor Group Leverages Leading PSA Software to Gain Visibility into Key Business Metrics and Improve Efficiency

Boston, Mass. (PRWEB) February 19, 2009 -- OpenAir, Inc., a NetSuite Inc. (NYSE: N) company and a leading provider of on-demand professional services automation PSA (http://www.openair.com/home/solutionsPSA.html) software, today announced that Accor Services USA, a leader in innovative employee benefits solutions, has chosen OpenAir Professional Edition to improve employee resource management (http://www.openair.com/home/solutionsResMgmt.html) and project management (http://www.openair.com/home/solutionsProjMgmt.html) by ensuring projects finish on time and under budget. With the help of OpenAir, Accor Services USA has greatly reduced their average project length, and now has a system in place to properly allocate staff resources based on availability and expertise. For more information about OpenAir customers, please visit www.openair.com/customers.html.

By selecting OpenAir for its PSA needs, Accor Services can now practice the mission it so strongly advocates. Through OpenAir's software-as-a-service (SaaS) delivery and mobile and offline access, Accor Services USA employees are able to work remotely without sacrificing visibility, thus limiting greenhouse emissions from daily commuting. Furthermore, project management, online collaboration and document storage through OpenAir greatly limits Accor's paper consumption.

Accor Services USA (www.accorservicesusa.com), a division of Accor Group, is a leader in innovative employee benefits and premier provider of national commuter benefit programs: Commuter Check Benefit Solutions, a nationwide transit and parking voucher program; and WiredCommute, a program for private-labelled commuter benefits. Its mission is to make tax-free commuter benefits a staple in employee benefits packages throughout the American workplace - while helping protect the environment.

"We work in a very dynamic and fast-paced environment," said Niraj Jetly, CTO at Accor Services USA. "Priorities can be managed and projects can be delivered only if we have access to the right information at the right time. Our biggest challenge was a lack of a centralized repository of documents that could be shared across departments. Due to this, our projects were taking longer and required steep learning curves. This was further aggravated because none of us had complete visibility into all the projects and priorities being executed at any point in time," said Jetly. "To solve these problems we embarked on a mission to have the right tools in place to have real-time visibility on tracking projects with associated documentation along with resource availability. OpenAir provided a solution for all of these needs, so we can transition from a reactive to a proactive mode of supporting our clients."

About Accor

Accor, a major global group and a European leader in hotels, as well as a global leader in services to corporate clients and public institutions, operates in nearly 100 countries with 150,000 employees. It offers to its clients over 40 years of expertise in its two core businesses - Hotels Services and Corporate Services. Hotels Services, with the Sofitel, Pullman, Novotel, Mercure, Suitehotel, Ibis, All Seasons, Etap Hotel, Formule 1 and Motel 6 brands, represent 4,000 hotels and nearly 500,000 rooms in 90 countries, as well as strategically related activities, such as Lenôtre. With Corporate Services, 30 million people in nearly 40 countries benefit from Accor Services products in employee and public benefits, rewards and loyalty, and expense management.

About OpenAir

OpenAir, Inc., a NetSuite Inc. company, is a leading provider of Software as a Service (SaaS) services automation software. Offering both professional services automation (PSA) and project portfolio management (PPM) solutions, OpenAir provides project-based organizations and firms the tools they need to grow their businesses quickly and profitably. Providing enterprise-level functionality for businesses of all sizes, OpenAir has more than 42,000 active users at over 300 world-class firms using the software to better capture billable time, manage projects and resources and bill customers. Coupled with a team of highly experienced consultants from some of the world's leading services firms, OpenAir's services automation solutions drive higher profits through improved utilization, visibility and data collection. To learn more, please visit www.openair.com

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Contact Information Brian Martin

OpenAir, Inc.

http://www.openair.com

(617) 351-0236

New Time and Attendance Hardware Improves Efficiency

New Time and Attendance Hardware Improves Efficiency

Legiant, a leading provider of time and attendance systems, announced the addition of two new employee data collection terminal "time clocks" to their suite of hardware selections. The Maximus brings employee time collection into the 21st century, while the Optimus takes another giant step forward with a heavy focus on employee self service functionality.

Austin, TX (PRWEB) February 18, 2009 -- Legiant, a leading provider of time and attendance (http://www.legiant.com/) systems, announced the addition of two new employee data collection terminal "time clocks" to their suite of hardware selections. The Maximus™ and the Optimus™ will add a new technology platform for employee self service to Legiant's robust time and attendance software (http://www.legiant.com/products/timecard.htm). The Maximus brings employee time collection into the 21st century, while the Optimus takes another giant step forward with a heavy focus on employee self service functionality.

The Optimus was developed in response to a need for more employee self service features. The large display screen on the Optimus gives users the ability to access more information than was ever possible with previous terminals. Employee self service features include timecard approvals, viewing of schedules, company alerts, performing job cost transactions and leave requests.

"For our customers who wish to enhance the efficiency of their time and attendance processes, the Optimus offers a wide variety of key tasks that can be completed by employees right at the terminal," said Rod Crane, CTO of Legiant. "The Optimus allows employees to view their current vacation time and then submit a leave request from the clock station."

For over a decade, Legiant has been leading the way in the time and attendance industry with features like zero-footprint installation, automatic workflow notifications and web-based solutions. Legiant continues to break new ground by integrating with the most effective devices available, making previous solutions obsolete.

About Legiant:

Legiant is a leading provider of web-based attendance tracking software (http://www.legiant.com/products/badgereader.htm) for payroll, attendance, productivity, leave and project tracking. Flexible workforce management (http://www.legiant.com/products/datacollection.htm) solutions help Legiant's enterprise customers maximize the profitability and productivity of their workforce. Solutions such as Legiant Timecard™ and Legiant Express™ can be customized to meet the unique needs of any organization including mobile workforce tracking, payroll automation or automated time and attendance and workforce productivity reporting. Legiant combines software, hardware, and professional services to create a comprehensive time tracking solution, easy-to-use and accessible from anywhere through a Web-based interface. Legiant integrates with the majority of payroll systems and supports biometric data collection devices. For more information, visit Legiant at http://www.legiant.com.

Legiant™, Partners in Time™, Legiant Timecard™, Legiant Express™ and the Legiant logo are trademarks of Legiant. All other trademarks herein are properties of their respective owners. All rights reserved.

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Contact Information Jeff Swetland

Legiant

http://www.legiant.com

512-329-8426