EtQ Announces HACCP Solution for Food Safety Management

EtQ Announces HACCP Solution for Food Safety Management

EtQ, Inc. is pleased to announce the upcoming release of its Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) module for its EtQ Reliance Quality/Food Safety Management Software.

Farmingdale, NY (Vocus) March 3, 2009 -- EtQ, Inc. (www.etq.com) is pleased to announce the upcoming release of its Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) module for its EtQ Reliance Quality/Food Safety Management Software. EtQ's Reliance software streamlines Food and Beverage organization's compliance to Safe Quality Food initiative (SQF) and ISO 22000 standards.

EtQ's HACCP module helps an organization manage the process controls established to proactively reduce the risk of defects throughout the food production process, resulting in food safety from farm to fork. Integrated modules such as Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA), Risk Assessment/Decision Tree Analysis, and Monitoring and Inspection ensure an efficient, closed loop process that also promotes continuous improvement. EtQ's solution includes the ability to record and track Prerequisite programs (PRPs), use Risk Assessment to conduct Hazard Analysis, and establish and monitor Critical Control Points with links to corrective actions for immediate action.

Furthermore, EtQ's solution includes additional, robust modules and processes that will streamline an organization's compliance to standards such as the Safe Quality Food (SQF) initiative and ISO 22000. Modules such as Document Control, Corrective Action, Audits, Supplier Rating and Inspection, Calibration and Maintenance, Employee training and more are designed to provide organizations with the processes and tools needed to guarantee a Safe Quality Food environment. EtQ's Supplier Rating module enables organizations to track the overall food safety of their suppliers, ensuring Food Compliance throughout the Supply Chain. In addition to the SQF initiative, EtQ also supports compliance to other Food Safety standards such as ISO 22000.

"EtQ recognized the growing need in the food industry for HACCP compliance, and implemented our HACCP module to provide organizations in this industry with an automated system for all HACCP processes," says Morgan Palmer, Chief Technology Officer at EtQ. "In addition, our Web browser based food safety management system takes an organization through the full lifecycle of achieving and maintaining compliance to such standards as SQF 1000, SAF 2000, ISO 22000, and related initiative facing food manufacturers today."

About HACCP

Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) is based on a set of Prerequisite Programs (PRPs) and is guided by the ISO 22000 standard. It is built into an existing system, and relies on identifying Critical Control Points (CCPs), which are identifications of high-risk hazards in the food production process, through the use of a Hazard Analysis.

About SQF

The SQF (Safe Quality Food) Program is a leading, global food safety and quality certification program and management system designed to meet the needs of buyers and suppliers worldwide. The Program provides independent certification that a supplier's food safety and quality management system complies with international and domestic food safety regulations. This enables suppliers to assure their customers that their product has been produced, processed, prepared and handled according to the highest possible standards.

About EtQ

EtQ is the leading Enterprise Quality and Compliance Management software for identifying, mitigating, and preventing high-risk events through integration, automation, and collaboration. EtQ uses best-in-class, integrated modules and enterprise application integration to manage and measure quality and compliance processes and execute organizational change. Key modules within the product include: Document Control, CAPA (Corrective and Preventive Action), Audits, Complaint Handling, Risk Management, Change Management, Employee Training, Project Management, Nonconforming Materials, Enterprise Reporting, and more than 20 additional compliance-oriented modules. With its world-class flexible workflow, collaborative platform, EtQ has developed a unique niche to support enterprises involved in various compliance management initiatives such as; ISO 22000, HACCP, SQF, cGxP (FDA), ISO 13485, ISO 9000:2000, ISO/TS 16949, ISO 14001, AS 9001, TL 9000, OHSAS 18001, RoHS, Sarbanes-Oxley, and similar standards for compliance and regulatory management. EtQ has been providing compliance solutions to a variety of markets for over 15 years.

For more information or to schedule a virtual demo, contact EtQ Inc., at 800-354-4476 or 516-293-0949. Visit us on the web at www.etq.com.

EtQ is a trademark of EtQ Management Consultants, Inc. All other product names and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

Contact:

Brenda Percy

EtQ, Inc.

800-354-4476 ext. 26

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Contact Information Brenda Percy

EtQ Inc.

http://www.etq.com

800-354-4476

Lokion Partners with Alterian to Deliver Hands-on Web Content Management to its Customers

Lokion Partners with Alterian to Deliver Hands-on Web Content Management to its Customers

Key U.S.-based Partnership Signs First Joint CustomerLokion

Chicago (PRWEB) March 3, 2009 - Alterian (www.alterian.com) (LSE: ALN), a leading international integrated marketing platform provider, and Lokion, a full-service design and interactive agency, announced a partnership through which Alterian Content Management (http://www.alterian.com/products/content_management.aspx) will be available to Lokion's customers. The first joint client, Stephens, Inc., a privately held, full-service investment banking firm, went live with its website, www.stephens.com in Fall 2008.

Lokion, with its diversified roster of mid- to enterprise-sized customers, was interested in adding Web Content Management products to its portfolio that would meet a wide range of client needs. Through its partnership with Alterian, Lokion can recommend, implement, enhance and train corporate users of Alterian Content Management, helping them build and run sophisticated intranets, extranets, websites and other digital channels.

"For companies with a significant web presence, it is extremely important to have a stable yet flexible Web Content Management system to help them expand and prosper," said Megan Jones, CEO of Lokion (www.lokion.com). "Alterian Content Management provides operational efficiencies, ease of use and agility needed to grow with the needs of an individual organization - requirements that we're hearing continuously from our customers."

"Our partnership with Lokion will help us expand the global footprint of our web content management solution, Alterian Content Management, further penetrating the U.S. market," said David Eldridge (http://www.alterian.com/products/content_management.aspx), CEO of Alterian. "As marketers are looking more and more to engage their customers, websites will become more critical than ever before as a means to provide these customers with a meaningful experience."

About Alterian

Alterian (LSE: ALN) empowers marketers with an integrated marketing software platform combining database, online and operational marketing applications on a shared data infrastructure. The Alterian Integrated Marketing Platform makes it practical and cost effective for marketers to use actionable insight to execute an integrated marketing strategy across online and offline channels.

It is the unique integration of analytics, content and execution through our industry leading tools, such as the Alterian Messenger email platform, and the award winning Content Management solutions, which enables marketers to drive a seamless, multi-channel customer experience.

Alterian's analytically-led software is delivered to approximately 1,000 marketing departments, across 26 countries, and an international network of more than 100 business partners, including marketing services providers, agencies and systems integrators. Its partners, such as Accenture, Acxiom, Allant Group, Cap Gemini, Carlson Marketing, Experian, Epsilon, InfoUSA, LogicaCMG, Merkle, Ogilvy One and Euro RSCG Worldwide, deliver Alterian software alongside their own domain and services expertise to help market leaders such as Princess Cruises, General Motors, Zurich, Astra Zeneca, HSBC, Limited Too, AEGON, Avis, Worldwide Wrestling Entertainment, Dell, Amnesty International and Vodafone integrate marketing processes and drive competitive advantage. For more information about Alterian, products within the Alterian Integrated Marketing Platform or our Partner Network, please visit www.alterian.com.

About Lokion

Lokion is a boutique interactive agency. The depth of their services in strategy, design and technology greatly outweighs their size, as do their clients and partners. Lokion designs and develops all aspects of large-scale B2B, B2C websites, software applications, branding solutions and more. The online experiences produced by Lokion help companies leverage brand awareness, customer loyalty, and growth, and Lokion's client list includes top companies in manufacturing, luxury goods, banking, retail, hospitality and logistics markets. Lokion's results stem from a commitment to immediate and long-term client business goals, plus an understanding of how consumers want to interact with brands online. From crafting personalization & content strategy, to designing dynamic, user-friendly interfaces, to architecting and developing robust technology solutions, Lokion serves clients in a collaborative, process-driven manner. For more information and a list of clients, www.lokion.com

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Contact Information Adrienne McGarr

Ruder Finn

http://www.alterian.com

312-329-3907

Malti Shukla

Alterian

http://www.alterian.com

312-884-5226

SourceIQ Partners With CollabNet to Deliver ALM Governance Solutions

SourceIQ Partners With CollabNet to Deliver ALM Governance Solutions

Products Focus on the Needs of Executives, Managers, and Agile Teams

Portsmouth, NH (PRWEB) March 3, 2009 -- SourceIQ, provider of the industry's premier development governance platform, today announced its technology partnership with CollabNet, the leader in application lifecycle management (ALM) (http://www.collab.net) platforms for distributed software development teams, to integrate SourceIQ Enterprise Server with the CollabNet platform and Subversion. This integration offers development organizations using CollabNet products an automated governance solution ideally suited for executives, managers, and teams. Examples of governance initiatives addressed by this solution include software quality and process improvement, managing distributed teams and project trajectories, analyzing and understanding trends with software metrics, and achieving compliance with industry and corporate standards, such as CMMI and ITIL.

"Now, more than ever, software managers and executives are searching for ways to do more with less and to maximize the productivity of their distributed teams. ALM governance delivers the up-to-date insights into process, projects, teams, and software quality required to make effective management decisions and to achieve these results," said Roger Dunn, chief executive officer, SourceIQ. "The addition of CollabNet to our suite of supported ALM environments brings new and uniquely powerful solutions to our customers. CollabNet's ALM products form the ideal foundation for SourceIQ's ALM governance, in that CollabNet creates a trusted audit trail of change patterns that can survive the scrutiny of the most demanding audit, while catalyzing the work of developers, QA analysts, and build and release managers. Governance with agility is a clear competitive advantage for our customers."

"SourceIQ is a pioneer in ALM governance solutions," said Bill Portelli, chief executive officer, CollabNet. "The integration of SourceIQ with CollabNet products will further enhance collaboration and decision-making by software managers and their teams, ultimately accelerating innovation while reducing the risk and costs attendant to many development initiatives."

CollabNet provides the industry's most open ALM platform, supporting every environment, methodology, and technology. With an integrated suite of easy-to-use tools that share a centralized repository, it is the only ALM platform that enables a culture of collaboration, substantially reducing the cost of software development. As the corporate sponsor of the open source Subversion project, the best version control and software configuration management (SCM) solution for distributed teams, collaborative development is in CollabNet's DNA. Millions of users at more than 700 organizations, including Applied Biosystems, Capgemini, Deutsche Bank, Oracle, Reuters, and the U.S. Department of Defense, have transformed the way they develop software with CollabNet. More information about CollabNet and its products are available at www.collab.net.

About SourceIQ:

SourceIQ is an independent software vendor (ISV) with headquarters in Portsmouth, NH. SourceIQ Enterprise Server provides an integrated, consistent view of software projects across the enterprise, giving managers the metrics and analytics required for governance and global teams. SourceIQ automatically analyzes the artifacts in code management systems, producing a repository of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in four critical areas: code quality, code volume and volatility, team contribution, and governance. Visit SourceIQ at www.sourceiq.com or get more information about development governance solutions by emailing info (at) sourceiq.com.

Copyright © 2009 SourceIQ, Inc. SourceIQ Enterprise Server is a registered trademark of SourceIQ, Inc. All rights reserved. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners.

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Contact Information Roger Dunn

SourceIQ, Inc.

http://www.sourceiq.com

(603) 766-4929

Charlie Hubbard

SourceIQ, Inc.

http://www.sourceiq.com

(603) 766-4929

LabCentrixSM Becomes Reseller of BioRails

LabCentrixSM Becomes Reseller of BioRails

Leading LIMS consultancy expands its informatics offerings with a productivity tool that helps labs manage service requests more efficiently. The BioRails™ software provides additional workflow and scheduleing capabilities that will operate in tandem with LIMS software packages such as the Thermo Scientific Nautilus software.

Hudson, Mass. (PRWEB) March 3, 2009 -- LabCentrixSM LLC, a premier provider of Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) consulting services (http://www.labcentrix.com/consulting.htm)and lab technology solutions, has entered into a reseller agreement with The Edge Software Consultancy Ltd to distribute BioRails™ in North America and Brazil. The BioRails software is a productivity tool that enables laboratories to manage service requests and resources more efficiently.

LabCentrix specializes in helping laboratories of all sizes gain operational efficiencies through the effective use of technology. With the BioRails software, LabCentrix will address the challenge labs face in managing service requests, prioritizing workloads and assessing the best use of available resources. BioRails provides additional workflow and scheduling capabilities that will operate in tandem with LIMS software solutions.

"LIMS software packages do a great job of automating sample management once a sample is in the lab, BioRails automates the process of managing requests as they are submitted to a lab and the resource decisions that occur from there," said Mike Lujan, CEO and founder of LabCentrix. "We're very impressed with the sophistication of the BioRails software (http://www.edgesoftwareconsultancy.com/Preclinical_Study_management.htm)and believe it solves a widespread need, particularly in large multi-lab operations with high service requests volumes."

"We are very excited about our new partnership with LabCentrix and the strong market opportunity they recognize for BioRails," said Andrew Lemon, managing director of The Edge Software Consultancy. "BioRails is a natural extension of LabCentrix' services and offers a valuable new technology solution for both its current and new customers."

LabCentrix' principals have more than 25 years combined experience in implementing leading LIMS systems such as the Thermo Scientific Nautilus LIMS software (http://www.thermo.com).

About LabCentrix

LabCentrixSM LLC is a premier provider of Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) consulting services and technology solutions for a range of industries, including pharmaceutical, biotech, healthcare, process, forensics, environmental, petroleum and others. LabCentrix customers, who cover the spectrum from multinational giants to small- and mid-sized organizations, receive measurable value from the company's unique approach to maximizing a lab's informatics investments. Building on a profound knowledge of technology, laboratory processes and preferred business practices, LabCentrix collaborates closely with each customer's teams to efficiently deliver individualized solutions that specifically address their needs. LabCentrix also offers technology solutions that extend the value of LIMS software packages including its SmartManager™ for Nautilus and Affinity for Affymetrix. For more information about LabCentrix and its consulting services, value-add technology solutions and personalized support offerings, visit www.labcentrix.com or contact us at +1 888 708-8781.

About The Edge Software Consultancy

The Edge Software Consultancy is a multidisciplinary consulting organization offering solutions across all aspects of drug discovery information management. Its consultants are seasoned professionals offering the benefit of extensive real-world experience in drug discovery. The Edge offers a range of services including business process analysis, project management, requirements preparation, technical specification, implementation and testing. The consultancy is also known for its independent integration services and guidance on software selection and interoperability. Its unique approach identifies bottlenecks, concentrating on the goals of your scientists; targeting recovery of a day a week of your scientists' time and to reduce the frustration that accompanies so many software users experience. For more information visit www.edgesoftwareconsultancy.com (http://www.edgesoftwareconsultancy.com/index.htm).

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Contact Information Mike Lujan

LabCentrix LLC

http://www.labcentrix.com

(978) 562-6973

SamePage Enhances Wiki Capabilities to Incorporate New Social Media Elements

SamePage Enhances Wiki Capabilities to Incorporate New Social Media Elements

eTouch SamePage, a dynamic enterprise wiki, today announced it has enhanced its social-media features and deployment capabilities with the introduction of SamePage version 4.1. SamePage version 4.1 includes new applications that allow users to incorporate elements of social media in an enterprise product.

Fremont, Calif. (PRWEB) March 4, 2009 -- eTouch SamePage, a dynamic enterprise wiki (http://www.etouch.net), today announced it has enhanced its social-media features and deployment capabilities with the introduction of SamePage version 4.1.

New social-media elements, such as rich user profiles, page ratings and people searches, provide much-desired social features beneficial for companies of all sizes. In addition, SamePage version 4.1 is available to customers through the new and evolutionary deployment option, multi-tenancy for on-premise enterprise customers (http://www.etouch.net/company/press_releases.html), which is especially useful for large enterprises, umbrella organizations and academic institutions.

"We've responded to customer requests to take strides in increasing the social-media aspects of SamePage with this new release," said Aniruddha Gadre, CEO of eTouch Systems. "Allowing enterprise wiki (http://www.etouch.net/products/collaboration/index.html) users to personalize their wiki experience and profile can help build excitement among employees about using the wiki and help to foster better relationships among colleagues."

The key social-media features of SamePage version 4.1 include:

• An integrated social directory with rich user profiles and people search that facilitates people-centric collaboration.

• User-created profiles to provide a well-rounded view to other users and become a source for a collaborative social directory.

• Exhaustive people search functionality.

• Page ratings

• Twitter-like status updates

• Display of the most recent wiki activities

• On-premise customers can also customize the user-profile for their instance, hiding SamePage attributes that may not be relevant within their specific organization.

More information about the social features of SamePage v. 4.1 is available: http://www.etouch.net/products/collaboration/features_social_directory.html.

About eTouch SamePage

SamePage is a product of eTouch Systems, a leading provider of enterprise-class wiki solutions and consulting services that leverage technology solutions and help organizations share their collective knowledge, insights and creativity. SamePage is a scalable and dynamic wiki that enables its users to improve collaboration, save money and streamline decision making in a secure, well-supported environment. SamePage is used by medium and large enterprises around the world, including Alcatel-Lucent, NASA, Citrix, Hestia, Teradyne, Siemens, NY State Unified Court System and ADP, as well as by strategic partners, such as Cisco/WebEx. For more information, visit http://www.etouch.net.

eTouch Systems, eTouch SamePage, and all other eTouch Systems product and service names are trademarks or registered trademarks of eTouch Systems, Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks herein are property of their respective owners.

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Contact Information Abbe Solomon

eTouch SamePage

http://www.etouch.net

+1 408.533.2065

Devang Mehta

eTouch SamePage

http://www.etouch.net

+1 510.795.4800 x 11