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Bandwidth’s inetwork Launches Application Developer Challenge Offering Up To $600K in Telecom Services

October 22, 2012 No Comments

inetwork, a division of Bandwidth and the leading choice for innovative and scalable voice, 9-1-1 and SMS solutions, today announced the launch of The Voice App Igniter, a developer challenge aimed at discovering the next disruptive voice and messaging application. The challenge targets developers creating the next groundbreaking ideas for scalable voice or messaging applications. inetwork will offer up to $600,000 in services to either a single or multiple developers based on the entries received.

F5’s New Hardware Platform Helps Customers Consolidate ADN Services

October 17, 2012 No Comments

F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader in Application Delivery Networking (ADN), today announced the BIG-IP® 4200v hardware platform. This new appliance offers leading performance to support the consolidation of IT services for mid-sized enterprises facing high traffic volumes, as well as cloud organizations and service providers. In addition, the platform provides enhanced SSL processing capabilities, helping customers improve security while increasing server capacity and reducing overall systems costs.

Riverbed to Showcase Data Consolidation, Recovery and Protection Solutions at Storage Networking World Fall 2012 Conference

October 17, 2012 No Comments

Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the performance company, today announced its participation at Storage Networking World’s Fall 2012 Conference, taking place October 16-19, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency Silicon Valley/Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. At the conference, Riverbed® (booth #501) will demonstrate its solutions for consolidating data, accelerating disaster recovery, and moving backups to the cloud.

Revising an Outdated Business Model? Try Predictive Analytics

October 16, 2012 No Comments

The engines of a Swiss airliner on a recent trans-Pacific flight were being monitored by sensors sending back data to the offices of SAS, a global analytics provider.

SAP Positioned in Leaders Quadrant of Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance Platforms for 2012

October 16, 2012 1 Comment

SAP) today announced that it has been positioned in the Leaders quadrant of Gartner’s “Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance (EGRC) Platforms” report

LATEST JEDOX MOBILE VERSION AVAILABLE FOR IPAD

October 16, 2012 No Comments

As of now, version 2 of Jedox Mobile AdHoc is available in the Apple iTunes Store. Jedox users may now use the iPad app to create custom reports and analyses for the Jedox suite. They can also use their iPad to edit and enter budget data. This makes Jedox AG one of the first Performance Management providers offering an iOS app for the entire budget–analysis–reporting process.

SeeWhy Opens Up 27 Real-Time Marketing Technologies for IBM

October 16, 2012 No Comments

SeeWhy, Inc. today announced a pre-packaged integration with the IBM Digital Data Exchange, which makes it easier for companies to take advantage of IBM and third-party services by providing a single tag for the collection and distribution of real-time behavioral digital data. By integrating with the Digital Data Exchange, SeeWhy brings the benefits of its analytics-driven ecommerce hub to IBM and its customers.

Red Hat Expands OpenShift Ecosystem with Zend Partnership

October 15, 2012 No Comments

Zend Server for Red Hat OpenShift Offers Simple, Highly Productive and Flexible Options for PHP Developers on PaaS

Cambridge Semantics Announces Successful Completion of Anzo Express Early Access Program

October 15, 2012 No Comments

Cambridge Semantics announced the company has completed a successful early access program for Anzo Express. Anzo Express links together information from multiple Excel documents in real-time, enabling faster and more accurate collaboration, reporting, and analysis on Excel data.

Array Networks Inc. listed as an “Innovator” in Info-Tech Research Group’s Application Delivery Controller Vendor Landscape Report

October 12, 2012 No Comments

Array Networks Inc., announced today that Info-Tech Research Group ranked Array Networks as an “Innovator” in its Vendor Landscape Report entitled, “Vendor Landscape: Application Delivery Controllers: It’s a Lot More than Just Load Balancing” The report assessed the strengths and weaknesses of 10 leading application delivery controller (ADC) vendors. Array received a high score in the “Innovator” category based on its features for support and migration toward IPv6 before much of the competition and for being on the leading edge of SSL acceleration, offering 2048 bit encryption.

Kii Launches Carrier-Grade, Self-Service Cloud for Independent Mobile App Developers

October 11, 2012 No Comments

With 25M End Users, Kii Cloud Joins “Mobile-Backend-as-a-Service” (MBaaS) Market As Its Biggest Player

Free QlikView Governance Dashboard Now Available

October 11, 2012 No Comments

Today, QlikView announced the availability of QlikView Governance Dashboard, a free product that allows IT users to have a 360 degree view of QlikView deployments. This allows them to quickly make decisions about the best ways to support these deployments, including allocating new databases or adding additional server horsepower to the most popular QilkView applications. The dashboard allows users to maximize data governance, saving time and resources by providing a central location for monitoring all QlikView applications within an organization.

Supporting SAS, PMML, and open source R models, SAS Model Manager boosts analytics ROI

October 11, 2012 No Comments

Analytical models are high-value assets that improve decisions and business outcomes. But as, models degrade, so do the conclusions they support. The new release of SAS® Model Manager, from the leader in business analytics, makes it easier and quicker to register, validate, deploy, monitor performance and retrain models.

SAS® High-Performance Marketing Optimization takes on Big Data

October 10, 2012 No Comments

With unprecedented speed SAS® High-Performance Marketing Optimization, from business analytics software provider SAS, a leader in integrated marketing management, applies high-performance analytics to tens of millions of rows of customer data to help chief marketing officers and their teams solve complex business issues such as how to maximize profit, enforce contact policies, and stay within budget.

Actuate to Host ActuateOne Live! 2012 in New York and San Francisco

October 10, 2012 No Comments

Actuate Corporation (NASDAQ: BIRT), The BIRT Company™ – delivering more insights to more people than all BI companies combined – today announced registration is open for the annual one-day Actuate conferences. Taking place in San Francisco on November 8th and New York City on November 14th, ActuateOne Live! 2012 will feature influential industry speakers – presenting the latest trends and best practices on Big Data and data visualization – along with the annual keynote speech by Actuate CEO Pete Cittadini. During the complimentary conference, attendees will learn best practices and gain insights into the future of Business Intelligence and Business Analytics – while experiencing the related benefits of ActuateOne®.

Ariba Named Leading P2P Technology Provider

October 9, 2012 No Comments

Ariba, an SAP Company and the world’s business commerce network, today announced that it has been named the leading P2P Technology provider by PayStream Advisors. An independent research and advisory firm dedicated to helping companies automate purchasing, payables and financial processes, PayStream recognized Ariba for driving transformational change across procure-to-pay process through cloud applications and network and recently presented the company as part of its 2012 Technology Excellence Awards.

MasterCard Enhances Customer Expense Reporting and Management Tools

October 8, 2012 No Comments

Latest Smart Data Release Makes Commercial Spending Intelligence More Accessible and Actionable

RainStor Secures $12 Million in Series C Funding

October 4, 2012 No Comments

RainStor, a provider of database solutions for Big Data, today announced it has raised $12 million in Series C funding from leading global financial services organization, Credit Suisse and Rogers Venture Partners.

New Integrated EMC Software Solutions Advance Patient Care, Reduce Healthcare Costs

October 4, 2012 No Comments

EMCtoday announced the availability of its EMC Documentum Integrated Patient Record solutions , specifically designed to transform how healthcare organizations worldwide can access and manage patient information.

Socialtext Listed as an Innovator in Info-Tech Research Group’s Collaboration Platforms Vendor Landscape

October 3, 2012 No Comments

Socialtext, a leading provider of enterprise social software, has been listed as an ‘Innovator’ in Info-Tech Research Group’s latest Collaboration Platforms Vendor Landscape report. Assessing vendors by the strength of their offering and their strategy for the enterprise, Info-Tech Research Group Vendor Landscapes pay tribute to the contribution of exceptional vendors in a particular category.

Leading Russian Insurer Selects QlikView as Its Business Intelligence Standard

October 2, 2012 No Comments

QlikView Business Discovery platform will provide AlfaStrakhovanie Group with quality information for decision making and strengthen the analytical capabilities of regional offices

Oracle Unveils New Partner Cloud Programs at Oracle OpenWorld 2012

October 2, 2012 No Comments

Oracle has unveiled a comprehensive new set of Oracle Cloud partner programs and enablement resources, that help partners to speed time to market with new cloud-based services and solutions and deliver increased value to customers.

OpenText Named a Leader in Multichannel Capture by Independent Research Firm

October 2, 2012 No Comments

OpenText (NASDAQ: OTEX, TSX: OTC), a leading provider of Enterprise Information Management (EIM) software and solutions, today announced that Forrester Research, Inc. has ranked the company as a Leader in its recently released, “The Forrester Wave : Multichannel Capture, Q3 2012” research.

SAP Completes Acquisition of Ariba, Inc.

October 1, 2012 No Comments

SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Ariba, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARBA). All outstanding shares of Ariba (other than shares held by stockholders that have properly and validly perfected their appraisal rights under Delaware law) were converted into the right to receive $45.00 per share in cash, without interest and less any applicable withholding of taxes.

Leading New Zealand Freight Service Provider Adopts IBM PureSystems for IT Consolidation

October 1, 2012 No Comments

Tweet SOURCE: IBM Auckland, New Zealand – 01 Oct 2012: IBM (NYSE:IBM) announced today that Peter Baker Transport (PBT) has selected the new IBM’s PureSystems integrated system to simplify and streamline their server, storage and disaster recovery needs. PBT, which offers a fully integrated nationwide freight service, is the first company in Australasia to adopt […]

CA Technologies Extends Cross-Platform Infrastructure Management and Monitoring Offering with Nastel Technologies AutoPilot

October 1, 2012 No Comments

Tweet SOURCE: CA ISLANDIA, N.Y., September 27, 2012 – CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) today announced a global distribution agreement with Nastel Technologies, the middleware infrastructure monitoring and management company. The agreement strengthens CA Technologies cross-platform offering by adding Nastel’s AutoPilot® for middleware management. “Customers around the world are looking for an enterprise solution that manages […]

Knoa Survey Results Identify Key Trends Within the Application Performance Management (APM) Market

October 1, 2012 No Comments

Knoa® Software, the leading provider of user experience and performance management software, today announced results of a survey conducted during its recent webinar entitled “Thinking of Application Performance Management? Don’t Do It. Find Out More.

IBM Launches Global Initiatives to Help Managed Service Providers Capture Burgeoning Cloud Opportunity

September 28, 2012 No Comments

Tweet SOURCE: IBM WALTHAM, MA. – 26 Sep 2012: IBM (NYSE:IBM) today announced a broad set of global initiatives to better position clients to take advantage of cloud opportunities. This effort is aimed at further expanding IBM’s cloud ecosystem, enabling organizations to develop solutions and services on IBM SmartCloud and PureSystems, built on open standards. […]

CONTROL YOUR BUSINESS IN REAL-TIME WITH AUTOMATED DECISION MAKING

September 28, 2012 No Comments

Tweet Do you have control over your business processes or do they control you? In the rush to automate key operational functions within line-of-business (LOB) systems, many organizations have embedded key policies and practices deeply within the applications making it difficult, if not impossible, for the business user to make changes. In a world where […]

Parasoft Introduces the Open Embedded Testing Platform

September 28, 2012 No Comments

Parasoft, the industry leader in Development Testing, announced today the release of the Parasoft Open Embedded Testing platform at DESIGN East Boston. Easy integration of open-source or 3rd party tools into the ‘Open’ Embedded Testing platform gives embedded software engineers comprehensive control and process visibility throughout the embedded software development lifecycle.

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